(Hlje !m!l)niu Uccovit
$1C ljntl)am Record.
11. A. LONDON,
EDITOR AND PROPBrtETOR.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION,
$1.50 PER YEAR
St. icily in Advance.
ROYAL RANGER RALPH;
m
I Un I i
1110 Mil
s pn ' n ' ps.
VI
CY WELD0II J. COBD.
ril.tl'TBR X.
1 UK MOl ( ' CAMP.
Tin sr-rit ly thn river ti whlrli tlm
two sennit" li:nl e .me vva, hnloe I, 119
iln y Mii,ir.icil Hi i general ramping
I : n e of tlx- M.nl.v iiii'l Sioux savages.
Within an liniir after their nrriva1 tho
banks of the i renin were hnod with
amp tires ami vv gwaius, an I 1 ho war
piiint .if l ho Lilians an I iho goiicrjl
hustle ami ue'iviiy tn'd that so r.o move
m Mil i'f importance iva tnolitati-i liy
the hid .. I -1 li : I- ly hordes
It was I .-1 1 1 1 I that Hanger Kr.'ph
shnu'd s -on Irnrn al the plans of 1 1 i
Indians and their leuo-ado white allies,
mi I ilia! he shon'd he p tinged into ac
tive eciiiiett within a very short time.
Winn li si .summarily sprang Into
the tree uIimv Parrel hail boon com
pelled I i leave him, he lu.-t sight nf his
i iiaipaninii :i in il th" ox-it 'Uieiit of tho
h-Mir.
Hi- iiiv the Indians scour thn vicinity,
"i ire ih' .oie. aid lead lh"m nw.iv;
iiinl I ln'ii al: ;i in - 'ill in hi"1 imine.il
al ii "i.'hli rho si
"There's ,i p.-rfe t lies: nf them nt'omiil
1 ' re,"' h muttered, grimly. "It's gong
l i h h i i','i-y ta 'i ,i rscapn I wonder
hai ha; h ecu' of young (Irey? lln
i 1 1 t it 1 1 .- in lut-iiliur with thP Kiinlof
win '; The Indians -ecm to he starling
nut "li --'ine l;in I nf :i'i expod t on. ami
hil" I'm in I h I'm i al i if their ramps I
In'eud ii). I mil I at it is.
l.'.ih .e. K'a'pli was a i export scoit,
rii-l was ilimmigli'v familiar witli fron
l i r lii.-.l-s nf craft ami warfare, llo
i! tided from the Iron ami legaii In
i r ti I n 1 1 f hi-' nsltini'.
li " iii. i le i.iii that the ma'ii iMraii ol
Hi ' In li. in- v.it; ilhoetly n Tns an l
ilo.vti I i-lira iii a iilthi lii-tanco.
M.ikiu sine ih.it li was unohs -vo I,
lln .-.nni I n el ami swam t !- river.
i 1 I h i the ivpj.n.ite hank an l th'li
uraduu'lv an 1 i ; I ' ' i ; I y h ran a pprnaeh
fug I'm' camp i'( thn Modn 'S.
lie .it ,n-t gained ;i point of espinnag'
iimi-i Iii. n.i'ie In liis plain, a Mini. I
l.ie'll ef hii-lr s ;ui l stunteil trees en
it'ilim: h in tn rompl.t?ly purvey tho
amp :i'.i ,is in.r.iili s.
.tin low Snal;" '. baud," lie muttered
i u ! i i ne ly. his eyes swept the scene,
and in warpaint, t io It means troubln
,i- the ctlletn'-lits lla! It is as I
th.u.'litl pi'spanl has onmo t his o'(J
tr.e.eh '1 hen the it i I' I Im". must he
h'l "iils'l "
'lie nt's fa.e ilarkf neil and he
fi'iv.ii 'l ii i!i!.'.iilv as h reeosnizeil, aa
Jiarrel hail dime, the form of Pyko, pes
I i:i I in the thi'mr,' almiit the lampliro.
s I,,. di e.' ii 'l th nnniher o."' his on
i in r iiii'l leinii'd the hazard nf up
pic.i in,' t!i 'tn any ii ";i:er, h i rellectol
ill eply.
Ill wa plniii'ed de -p in Ills lnedlta-tidti-.
win-it t!;e sound of a faaiiliar voica
near .t hiti'l st If! e.l hi III a'1'1 ellliainotl
Ills i.ltl'lltMI.'l.
' P 'tj a I'.l. '' Im iii irmnr-d excitedly;
"i'liil P.i'iUni is with him."
It va in l 'i'l fie nut a.v le.ider an 1
h s . h.i : ai-i.einl .
'I li ;.' pans d in a re !es" stroll fron
th . i mi' and -;i' dun on a lot; near
the . iv -pv wlii'ie the S' ont was se
f re led."
The l. Uer tliriile l with thn krrne-t
f-.j t : .'ii the; at this iippnrt'.init". of over
le a I iii ; t lie plans nf his enemies
-V' ii w .in'-d in see in" alon vera
l'illlt'.il's ,',t W.'l'ds.
"Ye- "
'What :ii 'ti!'.1''
On- i'ii atl'.iir-". we'o (jot anion
fl"ii'i:d '., ll'll I ilin'l s.l'istie.l. "
" liv net
"I in ne.e is. . Th i'hi chief Shadow
.c-i:ake i- ,-,'rl;!e ami rcvenifefnl; and if
lie -h ill d s'ispi" I lis "
'Ale. 'it Mi ir!'.'" iisko-l Towner.
'White I'iiwn ves.
ll'.iw rat. he.''1
'."hnilil h-1 meet nnv nf thn Nes
I'lleei ie-e; .itina Itidiin he would
h inn of "uf iii'iieher'.".
"l!(l'A-."
" I'liey w.eiid tell Iii '11 that 111? girl
liev.-r reach- d lliein '
Thai's n il,. '
"Ni whii'ever we d'i, wn mut act
lint we ii'jiie I in n I'linumny Shadow
Miaii' on lee nild on the emigrant
Irani ''
"N": I uiive him ill information of its
w he i e.ilii''ii : that is all."
"Kiit li e is tis to 1:0 with him "
We wil' have t) disappoint
Mere we an' safe frcin pnrstiit
Hie viL'il.ini".. That Is why I
him.
from
came
here "
" Ii 11 ih
To r. in
m prop.ise to do? '
th" girl down the valley
to niith'."
"Aloii.-"."'
' Ni Vim an I o:i. id tho others will
taUe liei aw iv from here 11 hunt midnUht.
I will I'.'inain wiili Vatiee and guide thi
viiehi s ai i ,i-i t he country to the train,
a ml i 'i"iii in l.i fi r. ''
An I the rest of our baud?"
"Are i't Pinion's It -ml. I will send
t linn !'ot ward to meet ynu. tin to the
0 il lemh i'.o.is anil wait for mo. You
c , lie' SnaKe agrees to divide lib-
1 rady for my share in the present vpnt
ti i inn- 1 i.'et lhat. I wi I leave, tho
I' linp, fur Ii w ill .soon tind out about
White l'awn."
"And tl cti".''1 rjuerie 1 Panton.
'We will curry out our plan to find the
hermit who has Inez Traeey's fortune,
s "Cue it. and. leaving thn boys to their
n.vn plans. si K&i and eu.ioy our
wr-.i'th
Hie old siMut lmed grim a ho over
hear I ihe p ansnf tho lonsplrators
lleKne.v now how to act, If ho could
evade the sina 'S and fo'lowi;. .on the
trad of Pe.-pard's men.
Tho two men left the spot and r
tunied to the camp, and Itangor lialpli
Iiega.ii lo determine, how he would niakn
a iletniir and reach a point down the
valley where he iniiflit intercept LVs
p.ird s i.ie.i, who would leave for the
bandit rendezvous that night.
lie began to cautiously work his way
rack to the river, believing escape by
that avenue more easy than by tho land.
He crept from thicket to thicket and
from eoM'rt to covert, gradually noaring
the stream, and meeting with none of
his enemies.
At la-1 In' eaine to a point where lie
1 aesed in ilisni.iv. Since ho had last
been tlier.: a eainptite had I pen built by
a htt. e cuterie of fakirs, directly in Ills
tourso o ill a liver.
VOL. XX. HTTSliORO, CHATHAM
- It cut off all eafo escapa Iii lli:U diiec-i
tlon, and nothing b it a ho'd d i9li acrosi
an cpen space, or a s'owand perilous re-'
treat by tho way ho hud coiii) won d
avail him.
He resolved ott the fonner course, evnn
hoping that by a sudden run ucrosi the
p'aeo ho ml;;ht g.ilu tins river unp.T
cclvo I.
With a sprirg In hrnkn from thn
thicket and nUrtcd across tin open
Spil'O.
A series of li.u I, alai'.i e 1 vVs from
tho lire told that lie w;u dis ovef.'d
Within ten fo t of a thicket where I'm
horjfs of the Mo !o s wore rra iii '.
Itan:,'er fa'ph's I'mo' ranglit in a tr.ii lug
l-jpe.
Mo foil iiotv i: v.
Tho next moment a scure of rl r-ky
warriors worn upon hi n.
Hanger Halph wa a prisiuier in the
hands of his in st m rei e -s eiienne i,
tiiAi'init m.
Tin: li.si a i E.
Ranger Ralph ma le a desperate i"
sistanee against his savait uiptors. In'
struggled vainly Iii their iron i ras i a
they bore hlin towards th nr i an.i lire
with yells of triumph.
Tlu demonstration soon drew a lari
throtiK to the spni, and the scout, -e
cnrely bound, was liel vu'inn-l a tree,
thn cviioiiiro of many uiuidero i i eye-
n I tiio objoet of th 1 i ei's an I insults 'if
his victorious foes
A grim :ool ca me over I he oM nnct s
face lis In saw the Modoc h i flnin.
Shadow Snake, a'ipioieli th" so it.
Willi him were his r nega .'" r.'lli'1,
I.yke Pespiird and diui Panto i.
Thn outlaw lea I'T stariol. n' d tlcn
stared i i mule wonde iii"iil at t!ie m in
he had eudeaored to kill at T"U S,i '
two nights previous
"K.itiger I'.alph!' cjai'ulate.l Panton,
with a savage sei.wi. lie b-ars it
r ha ruin. I life."
The ey s of th Mo io . h ef kin lied
with Siitishel h i'. as he ree.i rn :'.' I a.i
ruotny who had mm'" than i ti e cims- d
his trail t his serlo n di-advantag
"Tim l.'angei' is a spy,'' In' h s- d
"What br.iigs him her1'.'''
Tho Seoul wa i si i ir.
"Ves; he has been lrillg to in it
palefaces t attaek the ttilei"
Panton -lie i a dan ter ets e,;enr
"l,"t hilll die befoi'.' we I ve h I
Mil
another sun," o d le I i ho Sn i ',
to tho Indians ah mt him.
Tho old saint did l.et s; i
mind came a nvinii". of what
It.". I.
lilt I l is
II" h:i I
overhear I P spiinl iiud P.in'oii ay
about (lie daiiThter of t he o d ehi f
He resolwd lo I r n : t Ins in ei.iei.e
to the knowledge of Shadnv,- n. ike. b it
t!m o.iportuil.ty w :i- le t ; et pie inleil
Ho foiined a plan to see the iliid
nloii", when llespii'd and I ir;to i wninl
not be near in deny Ins item oils ur
silence him.
l'or over an hour h ri-maim 1 .-eeun-l
to tlii tree wan liitig the savages, win.
p:iid no further atte;niu;i to him lor th"
present.
In some wa .' tiiey had set. u red a ke :
of liiiuor, anl were intend . engaged ;n
disposing of it as rapid y as pesii.ble.
Tho old scout knew from i xperlence
that ai soon as the t ndian were tight
lug drunk they w ould pay at t nlio i t .
him.
He recalled his many I att'e with the
tribe, anil knew that lin y wer I u.l of
animosity and luit'el tnwar! Inn
To his surpri-K, h w'-.ir. when tliej
had linislied Iii" liiior the ma ority of
them staggered fron Hi" camp, entirely
ignoring ids prc-ene .
duly a few so -ping inebriates I'.ow
guarded the prisoner.
Tho scout eiideiuoie.l to free himsi- f.
but was not able lo I re ik die bunds that
secured him.
In a few in i n ii t s dm !u iiau- relnriie I
with a s coml keg nl wlrsky. from the
direction of the mam ramp
They were iill. or n iirly nil of (hem.
very inudi iniovi ;wed, anl struggling
lllolig wltli them w.-ie several other s:n
iges f r vn a dilTeien! camp Cue of
llieso attracted the r inger's v ttetilhui by
Il s helpless and reeling i nmlit on
As the savages p a vd tin- keg nu lit"
ground and began loilrinl. I nun it, this
Indian stretched hiin-elf o it on the
jreen sward as if to sleep.
His hand almost lom h -d the form of
thn captive s nut. anl I lie latter looko. I
somowliat startled a ho observed that,
unporceiven by bis i oiupanions he. hud
drawn a knife which he held liaM' eun
.ealed in his hand.
Tho Indian ;ipicared to 1m rlrawiti :
nearer and nearer to th" s.out, an I
linally stealthily drew the keen blade of
the knife over ih wjlhcs which secured
Hanger Ha'pht'- the iree.
Tho nevt m uiieni th" larl.it that held
thn ranger's form ravM ve w is also cut
Hanger Ha'pli was relt"eii (,f bis
bands
"Pon't move xetl"
The scout starl'd as his strange
friend ultero I llm wnrds in a hoi, e i i
tious tone of voice.
"Parrel dioyl" lie miitternd, in iima'e
ment. "Ilow did you enii" hoir".'''
"Never mind now, but imm, iiiieklv
Those Indians ar- so itrunk they will
not notice yo :. Make no suspici.i.is
move while I talk with ..u. and warn
inn if any of them - em lo untie u-or
romn this wn y. "
Parrel lav with bis back t.nrned to the
Indians, who were pi'ihajn ten fm-tdts-taui
Tim old Seoul kont bis ey up.in iliem
and listened intently a-.Purr l iv-iiiih'iI
the conversation in vaultou- tones
"There is ouo way I" i s -ape safely,''
he said. "Ynu musi Titjlow th it. "
"Where?"
"To the east, (inco across tho river,
s'riko to Hie north and you si if sail
from ambush, for the savages are in
tending to move south il lid urn ca m pet;
in that direction "
H'iw did yon come lirre - thls dlsgui i
were you not afraid'."''
'I risked it, ami luck has favored me.
"You cannot long rontinue it," p
marked tho s out.
"Why not?"
"You cannot sicakia word of the M .
doc language "
"That is why I pretended to be Intoxi
cated. "
"You cannot keep up that pretense all
night."
'T don't expect to."
"What then'."
"To tind the girl and escape with her. "
"To-night ""
"Yes."
Ranger Kalph looked sormu.
Tho Inexperienee of bis young friend,
lm feared, would lend In in into trouble.
So far, h iwevcr. Parrc' ha I out nval- d
himself in Lis tactics nf di a'ing w,th
thn Indians.
"I have marked out a course of ac
tion." said Parrel, lorilidentiv. "and 1
expert to carry It out suece-sfnllv. You
know what the e red tiemls meditate?''
"Tne attack on the emigrant train'.1"
"Yes Front what. I have heard, they
Intend moving at once. The u.iiu
boiJd b9 warned- You can do that "
JIu-.v? I cunnot r.'.'K h them In time'.'"
"You can with a lins". In a few
pilnuti'S 1 w.ll stagger to tho corral and I
I. a. ii a hursn ready fur yon. Then you '
must i Ideas fast as pissibe ti Hie tr.iil ,
mid plvo tho warning of the proii.-cd
attack-."
"I feu;- that 1 leave you In tlatig -r "
"No I am s'lfo for the preseM, and I
l.oliuu! 1 shall suec.i'ii In rescuing Inez,"
ie, die. I P irrcl. '
Ti o young i-eout iiros to his fcol iiinl I
reeled tnwavd the thicket wh re l ie
hot's' s were !"pt, a iniuuto later.
Tho savages g:it-hT, il at'oiind the
camp lir.' were loi iuiii.li o rnpie I in
drinking to ii'ilh e his abscii e
Hunger Halpli wa I' d for Mime lim ".
ami I hen allowed ih nil rop-i to fall to
the ground.
Then he sto'e quiet y t ) ll:e thh l; t.
"llliekl Here i- I hi! Iiot'-e u lid t b"IM
is a rillciind small at in ' struppod lo inn
saddle "
"Then it's one of I'pspanl's hore.?''
' Pro liihly l.:is no lini" I'ro.-thn
sin ",l m an I keep ti the ll'lllli of 1h'J
i amp "
Til ll'd S olt Splil'lg into the -addle
and a minute later the h'.rs- w a rin.-s-lug
the river.
No one sei-med l i have not it I his
e-eapo. and b" male a wide del mr of
the camp and tuti d rei'lel ihest-nl
toward the distant emigiiint Ira I
lie ih.w a lonely ro.id, evadin?
what ho b licved wo ild be t he i mirso
pursued Dy tlm .Modocs
Twice be nearly ran Into a a ri v r.f
horsemen, and th" discovery ma l" him
very anxious.
"It ciiiitiot be possible that the In
dians have .started on lb'' war Hail al
ivaly," he milltered, concernedly
Suddenly, an hour later, the sound of
shouting some distance ahead a Ian 1
him. lie hastened Inward Urn spot.
As he emerged from the woods a sight
met his vision thai thrilled him in the
keen "st excitement
Hanger Kalph was too ht" vvllli his
warning.
Thn emigrant train had alrendi' I ecu
attacked by the nlli 'il Modmsand Simix.
and thn wagons were now Hi" .-eci f
an aiiima'ed runt. -!
The red demons were pil'agiiiB and
linrniiig at.d l.iil ng. while th" shrieks
i f the uiifortuiiiit" einigranls echoed on
e ery sid".
'Too lute lo warn and save tlu-m 1"
c.'a ulated Hanger Kalph, grimly: "hut
not too late to help them against tin ir
murdered loos."
Ho directed the horse into the tl.l k-e-i
of tho eonlliet as lie spoke and, ilile
in hand, determiii-d to sell his life di ar
1 In protecting the lives uml properly
of the 1 in i eriled emigrant
It Wiis a brief and si'iigniiinry battle
l'h" Mo Ions mid Sioux and th"lr rene
g ulo allies were superior in numbers to
tho emigrants, who were surrounded,
driven back, and biilchercd mer ilosslv.
Tho bravo old scout, saw th" bnrso he
ro le shot ibiwn and h inseif wounded;
lie dragged h s lorm t i a covered wagon,
and crept into il fur safety and ionrc.il
le.eiio. Then, as die b nod oozed from a
leirililo wound In the breast, Hangi
Halph sank into a bank lethargy ol
in-ensibility.
When be awoke It wa-broad daylight.
The wagon was moving-, and he peered
cautiously forth from a pile of hay in
iho bottom of the vehicle.
He was weak find in pain, and alnii'ii
helpli s-; lint he made o .t his sitnii.i 'U
a t a glanco
llcl'iind tli" wagon nn horseback vvero
hall a doen men, doubtless anolher por
tion uf I'cs, nrd's I and.
Pnving the vehicle was -lim Panton,
and die seout double. I not but that they
were proceeding lo tin outlaw rendei
voiis at Hone t annm
So far, evidently, bis preseii.e in H o
wagon had not bi en di-ruvere.I; ho knew
that lie was in u position of great peril,
end that nlli'irt were fa-t .i.-suming a,
-h.ip' most favoiali!,. in the plans of
IH ke Pesp II I'd.
jn i m: c i:-- risi iiii.
l'rinii "r.nlli-y Ifciit'i.
nccently a deputation of women went
from I rudlcy Heath, in Kng and -a
plu e where women are employed at
heavy work In fi.rgiiu? chains to I on
Ion, lo protest a iiins' the passage by
l'arliam oit nf an ic t which roionl to
p.nhilet the us. by wi men nf a heavy
Inrging impleineiit known as tho
"ohver " They eb'o ted to the passage
id the bill on Ihe ground that it would
deprive them of i inploytuent
At London ihey were iiuestloned at
length uimn the manner of their em
ployment by the Mom" Secretary an
o tic ! whose position in the b'ritish liov
ei nineiit is lum li the same as Ihe Secre
tary nf the Inter or i t this enuntry.
It 'tween Mr. Matthew s. ih : Secretary,
and lue ehain-vviuniiii th" following dia
logue took p !! e:
Ml'. Matthew-- And what is the pre
cise ii ii t ire of the emplnyni nl In which
you me eiign
i liii'ti-womati . hii aking in -Idoan't
want my work taken ;;wf:iy from me!
Mr. Maithous ib'yndly- Pardon me,
that is not iiiite the point on which I de
sire Information. ,f yon will pi. r ex
plain to me th" iii'tiii-" of thenpeiation in
which - -
i haln-wnman it-mi thoiuth llnstere I,
and determine I to gi-t nut what she had
coiue a I the wav to Loudon to sayl It
never done me no harm, sir'
Mr. Mai thews--Hut, my good wi inan.
if veil will suspend your nbser ;' mis
long enough to ciintmuiiieat" tome
idea
I liuin-vvoMan I likes the Yaw work,
sir: an' I says. Let each o'i" do what
they ran!
Thn iiit -iv ew proceeded in I his unsat
isfactory way until a iUcstioner wis
found who could talk t i th" chaiii
vvom"n In their own language.
I'r.iyoM lor I. il i.
I haw heard my fadier sav ilia' In
thn iluvs of Irs early manho id, which
dales bark lo more than a century, in n
season nf ptottaeted drought it was a
custom for th" deacons of the church
situated in the old town of La-t W ind
sor to rail together the members nu a
week day and pat up petitions for rain.
And lie has :i;s .iod mo that these meet
ings were ulways followed by rain. He
failed to toil m Just how s n'li Among
thoso ulwius in u' tendance was a man
of tiio nam - i f l'otwine, one wonder
fully gifted in piaver. My father i ailed
lo mind sor.in of Ih" pe us man's earne-t
expressions, si. eh to ' S -ml down tho
rai a, Lord! ii"t in torrents but ti cu
pious .sic ell'uKions " On un occasion of
extraordinary a id prolonged 'might !u
; ul his petitions nearly i.i the form of a
demand. Haiti lh--y must have, ra ri
th-'V wo ihl bnve. Mid they could lint ".
without it Healllng tliat he h.-.d eon i
too far In that dirertinti, he i.ttal.liel
his demands by ayuig, "O Lord! ve do
i-ot i-h lo de-iai". t'if. i try I" adv n "
COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOKKK 28,
Will THIHKS OF INDIA.
TRAIT1) OF THE TRIBESMEN WHO j
RLV0LTED AGAINST ENGLAND.
Tli'-v Are Hi" SlroiiKCsl, Most Wiiilike
innl I'.liMiillhii'Hly l'enile In Asbi
They Have lli-i-n 1'rged nil by the
i'in-1 Atiii'rr of Affjliiiiilstuu.
Iinli-i's hill tribesmen are the v
tlians or Al'jgliHiis iui e Arvaiuh men
of tie- oiiler race. They nn; of mighty
i tal in e, with jiowerful muscles ami
ii love nt cniiihnf. They ore brutnl
ii'i'l ilcii lly. They neither ask imr
receive iiiniior. They are full nf cun-i-ing
iin-l slrutegy, and they po into
liiittb- liroil with funaticisni.
Tin- in-sent revolt against Kiiftliiu-l
is the iiiilprowtli of this fnnnticisui
iiiel the ri seiitiuent n;rninst !ril ish in-
llueiiee. The Iii I tribes -hi not tnk.
I. iinll v to t he iunov nl ions nf civilized
life. They w.-int H- country forllieni-icImmuu-I
to fwMow their own ways,
whi"h is mil uiiii etioiigh. Their petty
rulers long for lliutimo that shall
licvi i' entile, w lieu a British resilient
of a politirnl in i't v will lml intrrfere
w ilh tlu-ir pleasures nii'l nmbit imis.
The iiiesls und reli.nioiis IiiiIils
have ilotie lunch to stirilp the trnnlile.
Their inllueiiee is lieyoiul tin- neiliii
t imi nf one who is led familiar with
nnthc life in India
One w ho hii- not studied the tiiluil
lillereiu'e i riiiinol nuike lieml tn-r tail
of th ili-liiietioni. I'-nt this touch is
ijuli My rcnlii-il. the hill tril e me
the must iliitictoiis in linlin. They
tile niitiii'iil wai'l'ini'ii. They have lived
i-y tin- swoiil ami spear fur tlnui-un-ls
nl' yens. Nio.i they have excellent
l ilies which they have put eluisi d, or
st den, or iii'tuieil from tho Fugii di.
I'.w'iy little vv hile n feeling of nu
in id. follow e-I by signilieutit activity,
takf-i "is sest'ti of the hill triln-siui n.
Thi, tiiiio it :r. lined hcinlwiiv ami
ipre.id vvi'h lv heloro its real impor
tance whs Kiaspul. 'J'iio Ameer of
AlVhiinist.in is hugely responsilile for
il. It is mi the le-nlcr of that country
that tlit trouble is.
Al'diir l'liilimnu Khan is n very able
iiii-l Iiliiri.lt h ir -ty ruler, lie i- .jealoti
of what ho cotisiilers his rights ami
privileges. Am-'ilg those are incltnleil
eei lain lot tines mul outrages which
lie is ph ased to inlliet Upon those
v. 1 1 - ii'Miise liis iliiipleasiire.
Tlie Ameer bus been going too far
liming the past months. He lias been
siiliji-i'tiii-r wnineii tothe luost horrible
tortures. He has humeri a few of
tlit iii alive, and he has crui itied
ethers.
Jt is a very horrible thing to see ii
woman imilcilto across uml llnating
ilown ii liver, as the Knglish sohlieis
have seen ninre tliuu oiu-e. And they
t-aii not esrnjie the responsibility of
these things. When n woman's limbs
.ne hacked nil' because of the anger el
some mlcr, it may be attributed t.i
accident, but crucilixion is ilill'ereitt.
Tlie Ameer was told very plainly
that lie wotihl have to behave himself,
liis country has h;nl e.xp rienco. The
I'aylliaus have hail a hoautii'iil time
in tlie beginning of Iho Afghan Wiirs,
but tiio ilnglisli had their revenge,
ami the big hairy warriors still'ire:!
terribly.
The Ameer di-l not want to give up
his ihe.iilful pleasures, mul he wished
to retain tho support nud "ooilwill nf
tin- l'.nglisli governiiiriit To that end
ho sent his son, Sliiuliidis, as n spe
cial envoy. 15ut tin- son was not r. c
ngnizeil. llo was sent I n 'k liouieaiiil
ilirecte 1 to tell his father to behnv
hituself ami to stop his tiendishne-s,
or there would be punishment in store
for him.
This niniiseil the
Ameer. He ileciiled
lie didn't want to dec
iiinl have tlie troops
linger of ' the
upon revenge,
hire vv ti i- himself
pour into his
rnuiiliy. Mechnseii much mure rt
l'eclivc iiiel safer way. IP- stirreil up
tin- bonier people.
A few of Iho bunds under the direr-ti-ui
of the Ameer stinted the bail
ii rolling, (if course, he has ilerlat rd
that he has no influence over these
folk, and cannot hold them in ehei k.
1 1 doesn't deceive the Prilish, but it
protects the Ameer in a measure.
It is n wild ami terrible country in
the fastness of the Himalaya moun
tains. It is the linme nf the hilltiicn.
This gives them a tremendous ndum
liige. They know the trails over the
iiioiiut iiiis. They can nttiick. inns-a-cr
nl e-c.ip".
The importance of this present mu
tiny lies in Hie great iiuiubeis that
have in i-eti mul the tribes Hint have
revolted. The Afridis have turned
iigiiin-t the I'.hdisb. It is u populous
iin-l pouctlnl K ibe, and this makes it
dangerous. And heretofore t he Afri
dis have ii'ways been loyal. Tiny
have c.uiie to be looked Upon as de
v ote 1 n lin i cut -, iis much to be ile
poiule'l upon as the Sikhs, who i c
inauiiil faithful during the mutiny of
Is"i7. They have guarded thai p.is
siige w hi. h lead-; from India to the
(d.iiin of .l.'lnl.ad. the keynote of the
i l not i. n. ' that sword cut in the
iiioiiut un which men enl! Khxber
I',.-.''
It i- n n.ii row defile thirty miles
loin.', w ith j ri ripiioiis clitls on eiilnr
side to a height of 1000 feet. It is t;ie
strati-'. ie point, 'u all former upi is
ings the Aft id is have been tho wii'ils
of this pa-.-, und tho I'.nglish have
felt secure, so far as it is concerned.
And this is not the only evil. There
are ninny Afridis among the Hritisli
troops. There is danger that the re
volt may iipread to them, and they
will turn upon their masters. Should
this tollow, there will be the st
dtea lful s.-'iies of bloodshed and tor
tiucthat the world lias ever seen.
St. Louis Star.
(if the twenty-six senators who
served terms in the lower house be
fore entiling to the Semite. Senator M ill
f Te.-.ai served longest, hi term
being ioui 1?73 to 1S9.
18!7
TERM A N'dSNOMER.
(.r.'-i1lile,
Lend, Iii !' m ils -- IIiivt
Ihe l.ltllrl- Are iMllile,
I lue pieces of lead were used for Ltund up, ye spellers, now and spell -lnarliiii:,
mid wo continue to use the Spell pheiiiiliistono-ipe ami knell;
word, though lead is no lunger a art Or take some simple word as chilly
of niir pencils. The 1'hilailelphiu ; Or ganger or the gai dcu lily.
Times in speakinr? of these useful j To spell such words ns syllogism
articles regrets that history has failed ; And lachrymose and synchronism
t i record the nunio of the great genius Ami l'l-ntiiti iu-li and sucrlmi iue.
who give t ) the world thnt luost use- Apocrydui end celandine,
fill little instrument, and says wo huvo 1 Jejune mid hnineopnthy.
heard all about the iliseovei v of burnt l'ni iilysis nud i him ol'oi iii,
siiu!!' and tlie sewing machine and tho I Rhinoceros and pachyderm,
typewriter an I n ' 1 that, but the iiiveu- j Metempsyrhosi-, gherkins, basqtltj
tm of tin- leu I (lencil has, evidently, i Is eertiiinly li-i - -isy tils';.
gone down into the shadow ot obliv-
iol, "ninir lit lllihi. Iinrrd Mild IIUSUIIC.
"I have to hiuirh at the uueer ideas
some people have about pencil s." snid
a uiuiiufiictiircr. "Ynu will seareely
In lit veil, but the ii)iiiiiniis of people
who Know nothing tjliont it seem to be
divlib'd li'tweeli the melting nl the
lead and pouring il into the Imle in
the wnod mid cutting nut the lend to
til the hole. The pint that goes into
our pencil-: other than the lend is
cedar, and mines from the swamps nf
Florida. It i - nhtaiue.l from the fal
len tiers tluil lie there. There urn
melt there who nuike a business of sup
plying to peic il inaiiiifiiclurers this
cedar in blocks which are sawed to
the length of the pencil, some thick,
hi receive t he lend, und olheis thin,
for the piece that is glued over the
other continuing tin- lend. The blocks
an- sawed tor four pencils each. Th"
groove is made bv n saw, nml i'i this
the lend lies.
' I know." coiil iniieil the in ;i ti 1 1 fn ' '
turer, "that not one nut of tell thou
sand per-oiis bus the least idea of what
this lend j.-. See, here is u tine black
powder; tliid is p.riiphile, and costs
s-iinew hero ebotit I vvciity live cents a
pound. Tins white substance is ( ier
Iii i'l chiv It c -lines ,'ieloss ti rim
ii". bulla I in i "si Is. I'll. I nil it eo-l-m
ii for freight. We mix chiy nud
powder b gel her und grind I heel ill U
mill, iiioisiiuiing the iiiii-.h carefully
dining Ihe pr -:, until the two n-e
t horoiiglily ji s- -i in i i :i t i l tind reduced
t" ,i piiste thnt is about the consistency
of putty, lleieioe the die for Iho
lends, into which we press this paste
of graphite- and clay. These lends m e
kept in hot glue nml are placed in the
grooves :is the blocks -ire made ready.
When the l-ad is put in there snugly
and forever, th" thill block i- glued to
the thi -k one und iel't to dry thor-
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
In da pan the locks are placed upon
the jamb instead of on the door.
Seven -eighths of the families of
Philadelphia cvciipy entire houses as
residences.
i;liil"lids have been discovered, ill
rin-e instances, in the meteoric stones
which have fallen to tho earth.
The population .f Ptiblin. Ireland,
has decreased wiihin the Inst forty
years from 2111,1100 to 'Jl.i.000.
A storekeeper in 15uth. Mo., mys
that rats never gnaw liemloek. IP
keeps all his grain in hemlock che-ls.
It is estimated that tho lumber out
of the Miramiehi nud tributaries,
('.Hindu, will this suisoii aiiioiint to
11".'. HOI'. Oi 10 i'e, t.
The Coliseum nl Koine was built by
Vespasian t i nccommoilaie loo.ooii
spectutors. It covers live und a half
nctcs, and wiis I'JO feet high.
One of the most curious results of
the investigations mud - by doctors in
lip- Russian jails is tin- statement that
each group of criminals has its own
peculiar color of the eye.
A Moral enrio-i'.v i- on exhibition iu
the Temple Cardi tis, Loml
It is a
S iliiKI orchid from Yrneuehi. It has n
w hile Mow el" vv Inch i:i shape resembles
a sea-gull v ith out -prend w ings.
In Lexington, Ivy., there is a club
t'ie youngest member of which is
i ight'v nine veins old. All the others
:i;e over ninety. The club meets reg
ularly for purposes nf tiiiitual improve
ment and so.-ii'l pleasure.
Tin- specie 1 1 nun on ocean steamships
is usually sixteen feet long, ten feet
wide 14 tl eight feet liiuh. It is formed
of steel plates u ount ter
f nu inch
thick, with u steel dour, which ha
burglar-proof combination lock.
It is calculated that a tluent speaker
utters bet ween 70OU und 7.100 words
in the course of an hour's uninter
rupted speaking ; mn'iy orators of
more thuii u-u:il rapid utterance will
reach Minn, nml even '.moo. I'.nt 1 Jo
words a iiiiutil". or 7o'io nn limit-, is
fair .-iv el age.
coinien! duel wns fought by two
New York bill posters, near Washing
ton bridge. Thcv had been covering '
i ji eh other's lulls, nml (hey agreed to
settle tin- mutter with paste brushes,
rii'li starting with n full bucket of
paste. In live iiiinut- ""- they were a
droll sight, each covered from head to
heel . w iih the stick; stutV.
I'nlil recent years our bakers l nl
tint improved upon the inediod used
tu the bakeries of Pompeii, viz , by
burning woo.) m the Moor of the oven
itself until the proper temperature
had been iciiclnd, then cleaning out
nud introducing tho loaves. Nowadays
our large bakeries are titled with ovens
heated with Miles, gas or steam.
Uml llii-iiii- iii Tnw ii Oiu-e in Sevrn
1 fill's.
Woodson llenthman. who owns n
good farm between here nud New by,
wns in town rereii'ly for the first time
in seven years This is rcinnikiible
wli-ii it is considered that Mr. Heath
man is in good health, lives only three
and one-half miles from Richmond,
nud every day can see from his yard
the w liter tower and courthouse eu
pola. 1 1 e is seveniy-foiir yeai s nhl.and
was born on the spot w here he now
. lives. He says during all these y ears
he hud no business in town mid there
foie ''iiw no reason why ho should
come. Ru-hmoad llxy ) Register.
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
IIAUll WOliliH TO SP1-I.I..
Jxnlcid .iieiil)i Jennesseo,
Knuielji i a II d ll ls I'll sill y ,
Diphthong und erysipelas.
And etiiUette nud sas--:il'riis,
Infallible and ptya!iviii .
Allopathy and rheumatism
And ciiliielysin nml beb'ii'-tu l .
Twelfth, eighteenth, rendezvous, in
ll'lgllel-.
And hosts, of other wnrd.- nil found
t)n I'.nglish and "ii rin-sie grniind.
Thus Ih-ring straits u-id M iehin l inu
Thi'l'limpvlie. jiilep. Havana.
( 'iiiiiiefi -il and i -I - :m-1 1 :i liP ii .
Ami lliiiipi.h'iinioi k. Slieiiainloiih.
And Schuylkill nud a thou iiiul tuoio
Arc words some pnun- g I speller
In dictiou.ii v hind i like this.
Nor need otic think hiin-elf a
ivh,
If some of these hi- eli'orts foil,
Nor deem llllin ell Ullib'tle forever
To miss tin- nut either river
The I Uiieprr. Sen ' ( inn -lahpiiv ir.
M'l l.l l i. I l l
Pennsylvania I 'ii t - of n won
blind pig. It was horn blind, i
Hie tender age of three month
sold to a neighboi i i . V I'al llU'i .
i lu!
I ut
VI II s
Who
too, it In in hi- :r.'n. The rond
was not only ..ol.e I but was rut by
several cos, oil I-. and it passed
through a v ill.iee w nil ;i dozen cross
streets, the entire di -tauee being two
miles lievolnl the village. 'I in- pig
was turned into n -mull lot. and tin
third day afterwards the little blind
fellow was b.r.-k with itsfoi iner ow ner.
There was nootln r way f'-i the pig re
turning homo t li ii ti lev following the
l oiid over w hieh ir lu I been rat l ied
in the box. Still, ii- dumb 'ininiiils
iiei forni these lent . bv instinct, n blind
pig would be mi nu eiUa! fooliii"
anv other.
th
MtSTllVl. Hit Mi OM.V IN I'lltWD.
The existence of u
mineral, w hieh hen
nr. c: y-tul-liko
olo-.r througli
produces two images of a siuvjlo ob
ject, isone of the curiosities of science.
Jt is stranger still that the only Known
J supply of this double refracting Ppaf
I is found iu Iceland, and is controlled
I by the Danish government, l it" mine
is' located on the en-t coast of Iceland,
about four miles from the trading sta
tion of Ivskifjord, on a mountainous
.'lope ooO feet above the si-a-level.
This mineral is used largely iu optica!
instruments, poluriiit hm apparatus,
nud the like, and us the supply of tin
mined mineral Ins been exhausted.
the mines having been closed for some
vears, the Danish government has re-
eetitly leased the mine to its former
owner Tin- London News says that
a poiiud of this miner il is worth about
mi 1 1 ts-
The Arabian--
slink
hands six or
t enough. P.
!S of ill.-tlllc-
j eight limes. Once i - lud
however, they be persons
i tioii, they eiiibr.i e iitid
iiiiolhn several tunes.
their ow n hands. u Turl
lilt" is t" place the hum
y the si
upon tin
! bnast and bow. which is Lot
lln! nud anpropri.il".
In lini ma. wh
man meets
I woman, he put-- his ,.o,,. and his
mouth close to hei -cheek ami draw
I a long breath, a- if inhaling a delicious
i perfume. He doc- not ki -ln-r rin .!.
sliaugc to say. A luau i- gieeini ri
exuetly the same w ,i V
In the e-reatil' part nf iei inany it Is
considered mi a"' of p..!iiem-s, not of
giillatitry. for a man I k'---ii woman'
baud. In Italy thu p: iwlfg" i- a!-
iw en oiiiv in near lenoi.e-. ,,. ,,,
! ...
it 1-
I'Xtell
led I" l.l-illg th
I'oveh.'U
The
have n
not t
eu of (''.iiiiu-'iital
slum that w oiibl -"e
,,y lau-hio'le. her,
iiuothrr w itb a ki--
1 .limp"
a n'leer.
Tiny
if theX
lie
111. 'Ill
the lip
II-t
th
I:, -el., bill I hilll
I M OH 1 I N I i: I S I I I I.I CI l"V
Willie wa- ii-leep mid 1 'an w :i-buie
ly. Willie i- the minister's son, Dn-i
is his do'.'. Il w a Sunday morning
and eveiy one a- at church but thi s,
two friends. ltwa- w arm and sii nn v.
nud they could hear the i.e,i. preach
ing, for their lion.,, vmi- next door to
t! hlll'ell.
"Dun." said Willie, "il is better
here than ill ch
every wold, a
for y oil can hem
1 1 -ti I .:
is von i
et prickl.
i w hell yo
I oW l
have t
nr b;n
to -it up i
In some w.
v. l.lle
Willie w:i
listening he fell ash
Dan ki--el him
w ili'U Willie vv cut te
ui the nn.se, but
deep he w i 111 t-i
.-lei p to stav
So Dan 'at
look of can
nml w ith on
noises.
uml di i not uiiinl tvitles.
dow n w ith tin- funniest
on his w se. black face,
ear na lv for outside
Now the minister I
et, "Daniel." Thi
' nl wav - crave Da
his
sllll-
via- the muni
when he wns
I tencliitu: him to sit
p mid beg.
j other trick-. While the dogat think-
' ing. the mime "Daniel" fell in bis
l eudy ear. Dan at once ran into the
' church through the vestry door. He
stood on Ins hind legs, with his ton
paw s drooping close beside t l.e in in, -
ter, who did not see him, but tin e
legation did. When the mini -ter
t limited 'Daniel" again, the sharp
j bulks sold. "Yes, : ir," a" plainly n?
I Tan could onsw er.
cw
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eol'l rill w I inh.Ii
The minister start e.l buck , looked"
i... innl mid anw tbefiiniiv litllo pic-
tore; then lie wondered what be should
do next, but just then through tho
strv cnlii" Willie. Mis lue.v wn
rosy from shop, nml ho looked a Htno
frii'litened. He walked straight to
ward his father, and took lmi in lm
; anus, end said:
'Please 'sense J nn. pupa. T went
j asleep and he rumied iivvu v. "
I Then ho walked out with Pan look
iiu: buck on the smiling congregation.
Tin- preacher ended his : crie'iii on
! Ibiniel ns best he could; but tlnti ho
I inii'le a resolve, if he ever pleached
' again on the prophet Daniel, he would
remember to tie up his dog.
Tin: rsr.Fi i. hiuai i-i:.
'On the road." snid the old show
man, "we always used to hud; to tho
p initio to supply us with iipphs. H"
wns a tremendous big giiiilt'-. iibnut
eighteen feet high, and hcnoil l n n- li
almost any tree in the oreli.-ii -I , nil wo
had to do wiis t" drive him up along
side the fence.
"The girall'e keeper's particular
friend in the circus was the driver of
the build wagon, ii mil 11 lln lue.l Hilly
(iiibslv; and whenever vie ciime to nn
njiple'i rchurd the keeper always used
to see thnt his friend Kill was well
supplied. The girutVe's place i:i the
Inn- nu the road was just nliea.l of tho
baud wagon and whenever Dili eaiiin
along and saw the girnii - nl work,
why. he'd just haul up and wait for
his share, which lie w us sure to pet,
for tin- jiiratVe had been laui'lit M hand
up upph s to the man on the high sent
till the man told him to top.
"Al the ends the biiiid ch.iriot swept
upwii'd with n great curve. At tho
rear end, away up iu the air, was tho
bass drum: nt the I'm h aid end. just,
under the back of th- di iver's seat,
was the big b' uss horn. Tin- man I bat
played the b i-a horn in our baud could
probably cot More thunder out of that
massive iii-truinniil tliuu any other
mull that ev i r p'nyrtl one. uml he was
proud oi' ii, of euiirsi-. Did he was
too powerful to suit the drivti" of tho
bund w u. on. Pill like I music us well
ns anybody, nml it mix thing, he liked
the bass iu-m a litt'e better than any
other instrument : but he didn't liko
ipiile so in-ie'i of it as he not in tho
let ml w agon. Do was d riling n I wenty
U"i -e tram, and he w .' - ju -t a- proud
tu' driving as the bu-.s hom player
was ol his playing; nud he u-i d lo say
lli.it tlie vibrations of t In- wagon at
t'.nit en I caused by the h.-ivy blasts
nl' ti.e horn, shook the wagon so much
th.it .10 couldn't do hi-driv nii' iilstiee,
and he naked the ha :-s lio- n player to
let r.p n liit.
he never di
ui piira.
but uf course)
"One day, late in Miuiun r, when we
came to nn mvh.-ird i f lu iiulifitl red
apples, the keeper of the giraffe at
once set the animal at work, und when
the bmid wagon came along. Kill halt
ed, a- he ii'wiiys did, to get his share.
It was a still, drow-y day. the jolting
had In "11 jllsl etloui-h to keep the tlies
oil' and t'ie w ho!" baud iv;:- scattered
along the baud vv ;;oii u-V-'l', from tho
bass drummer up nt tl
tin r end w ith
s nlnis on tho
his head resting
great drum in trout ot him. dnvvn along
the whole length nf the wagon to tho
front seat, "In ie, witii one or two
others, umhr tin- overarching real
edge of the driver's smt sat the big
horn player, the great born beside
him, the bell opening upward under
the edge of tlie driver's i ul , like a
ruin w uti I cask und. r the raves of a
house. Driver Kill leaned ou r Lack
it u 1 dropped the tifst apple t lint tho
tiralTe handed him tut i tin- mouth of
the big horn, and he kept mi dropping
them there us fust ns the gii'iilie blinded
them up. Altogether In- must huvo
dropped into the big horn about a
peck of apple, and the jolting of tlm
wauT'U utter that wedged 'i in in pretty
tight. Wo were making n long jutu
that dnv; r.o day sh"v . uml no para hi
t hut day nt all.
"Thai night v. In it th
player tried to -oiui I
w ouldn't sound, and pe"-.
Yoll e.l'.l't do itllolll
bass horn
i- horn It
- ii. i . -ed it.
- o 1 1 1 1 1 1 h :i 1 1 .
ootiiphnh. ooii
liorii liny more
the sharp note:
nild folks begu
the band to set
ii n i hen they
phiYer was d,
t lie
big bus
1 ban x ,-u i-a-i w ith-mt.
. of the 1". Mai cornet.
a looking over toward
w hat w a- the mutter,
saw vv hat the bass horn
mig thcv '- llied the nt -
teiition of others and piotiy -o'lii tho
-..i-.ole il'l llelic wa- look im--over thai
way. Tiny -aw the .:i or leading,
a id everybody but tlie ba- - hoi n player
playing ns usinil. The b.i I. m il phiy-i-r
was trying to play, pii-hiiic in key
and valves nud blow mic. biuiself n-d in
the face, but I'lakiii'.: iio sound ut all.
Put suddenly there s 1 -. - t out of tho
iiioulh of the t;i'eiit i li ! rn uieiit , liken
ball out of ii roinmi ea ml le, n si nglo
btg red apple Then nil of n sudden
the lug le rn began r".ai t-i". nud rumb
ling mul i- outiue; red upples like t'ue
wml.s. 1! I'll the clown 'alibie d, und it
wasliltee'i luitiutes In ice the audi
ence i'.nt iUietrd down i-,oii'h -o thnt
1 he show con Id go mi .
"Of course, t he old inn ti had lo know
all nboiit it, nud ihe up-h-'t ot it all
was that iluver Kill was -eM back to
the tiger rage, nud the ibivrr of tho
tigt r cage was promoti 'l to ,th-- bund
w-n oii. And iifti't 1 1 in t the ha- horn
player used to pluv Imi I. r than
When he blew noiuphiih.
ooinpbnli, uoxv. the I'm v. m,
heavy bund wagon wmibl
sway like a Ii-ght can ui'.'e
you poiineeoii the sent '
iphali,
ol tho
'' Old
w hen
II-
an itit'TpMitir; bit nl tihiiom-
r;v. It ermei rns the origni of the ',i"n
'tiii," and throws a H'tie buhl on tlm
origin of the elisin'.i;. !n old Kii:is:i
liiveii'S ii reeepl.ii le I'm i im-il i ..in
' ...- diieed eoiispirumisi v . iiinl or. i i- n
. . eit ion, "To Insure Prompt in- .-;."
, iuit rv er Wiis dropped iii the box by
I 'lesiii wan divided aiming the serv.u ts.
l.i the course of lini" the iibbie-. i.Tcj
form, ' T. I. P ,' w-bb