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Sip Cliailjam uecorb. l)c (Cfyahjam Uttorfr. RATES OF ADVERTISING, One square, one insertion $1.00 One square, two insertion! 1.50 One square, one month 2. 50 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con tracts will be made. H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor, vy Ay TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Slrictlv in Advance VOL.XXyiII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1906. NO. 25." LITTLE " MAKE-BELIEVE I MM 111 A CHILD OF : : : : by b. l. CHAPTER IX. " Continued. They went to a second-hand ward robe shop, where the woman who kept it satisfying herself first that the sov ereign which Lictle Make-Believe showed her jwas a good one gave her the benefit of her experience in the selection of frocks and hats. The choosing of colors and materials occupied them for a considerable time; Little Make-Believe was soon suited a brown stuff frock and a plain straw hat. which the woman declared almost with tears -in" her eyes, were dirt cheap for four shillings and six pence, were purchased for her. Far more difficult was the selection of a frock and hat for Saranne, who at length was made happy by becoming the possessor of a blue frock, of soft cashmere and a hat trimmed with rib bon? and little bunches of forget-me-nots. These could not be obtained for less than eleven shillings, and the balance of the sovereign was expended in stock ings and some pieces of colored ribbons for the further adornment of the beauty of the family. The purchase of boots and sundry other small requirements was left for the next day. Loaded with their pur chases. Little Make-Believe and Sa ranue returned home as happy, nay, perhaps happier than any two human beings within a dozen miles of them. There was much to do at home that night; the frocks, being second-hand, did not exactly fit; alterations were re quired in them, which, of course, it fell to the lot of Little Make-Believe to make. She was quite clever with her needle and the way she set to work, snipping and cutting and altering would have been a lesson for many a dressmaker. Long before she was done Saranne was abed and asleep, dreaming fairy dreams, with smiles on her lips and joy in her heart. sot less happy was Little Make-Believe. who sat till nearly 2 in the morn ing engaged in her labor of love. As she cut and stitched there was a smile also on her lips and in her heart a sons'. The common room was glorified, the gleam of the one thin caudle a very blaxe of light. The faded and torn paper on the walls, the black eeilins. the hard bed, the scanty furniture these were the unreal surroundings of thia patient, sweet, unselfish young soul. ' "What was the reality? Why, what question to ask? Didjlt not shine around her in flowers and stars and sunlight aud shining water? Forests in which the lovliest trees Were growing to the skies, the bees singing their songs of fruitful flavor, birds chirping 011 the branches and fly ing to and fro from their nests, sheep browsing, cows being milked, fragrant winds Mowing, a myriad graceful shapes lloating in the air, lakes in Which the fish were. gleaming, visions cf-Alaodin"s cave sparkling with jew els whic-h were theirs for the gather ing, a marble castle with white steps tending to Cowered terraces over whlck iadies ai:d gentlemen were wandering, sounds of Invisible music earth, air imd heaven yielding their sweetest fancies to nil with ineffable gratitude find happiness the heart of cur Little Make-Belleva whilst she plied her iieedle in that common room in Clare Jlarkst. And from all these imaginings, as though he was the subtle essence which gave them birth and invested them with their wondrous beauty, the figure of Walter Deepdale with Ms handsome face and gentle voice was never absent. Dream on. Little Make-Believe. Even to you, bending over the second hand frock you are altering for Sa ranne even to you in that small dimly-lighted room has come a foretaste of heaven. CHAPTER X. Little Make-Believe Receives an Offer of Marriage. The following day after purchasing their boots, Little Make-Believe and Saranne went to Thomas Dexter and thanked him. He expressed his satisfaction and asked Little Make-Believe what, she thought of his pretending. "It was fust class," she replied. "I .wish I could pretend like that." '"You'd pretend a lot of things into reality if you could." "That I could. We shouldn't want for much." "T ought to have told yer that the two sovereigns were sent by Mr. Deep tale. They didn't come from me." "We thought so, sir."" "Will you have money enough?" "Yes, Mr. Dexter, plenty." "You've bought frocks, hats and Loots?" "And some other things we wanted as well. Why, we never had so much niouey t spend in our lives." ' But there's something you haven't bought that yer might want. A cap to go over yer frocks on rainy days." "Oh. l Lope it won't rain!" said Sa ranne. 'It might, and then yer'4 get wei , THE SLUMS. farjeon. :::::: MT' V 7iZ -7 through, and spoil your frocks. Now, l ve got a present for you." And he brought forward two silk capes for fine days and two warm cloaks for rainy days. They were exactly alike. "I don't know," said Little Make- Believe, "what should make every body so good to us. -We ought to be the happiest of the happy and we are, Mr. Dexter. Why, Saranne, we snail be regular ladies!" "Only," said Thomas Dexter, gayly, "don't grow proud, as other ladies do." "That oould never happen, .Mr. Dex ier. wnat 1 want, sir, is ror some way to show our gratitude. I'd work my fingers to the bone for them as has been so kind to us." "No occasion to tell me that, Make- Believe. I wish I could come into the country with yer." Now, who should be watching them through the window as they stood talk ing to Thomas Dexter but Foxey, and presently he saw a wonderful thing. "After you'd done your pretending and went away," said Saranne, "and we looked up and saw the two sov ereigns on the table, I said to Make- Believe I'd like to kiss you for I thought at first they came from you, "And now that you know they didn't come from me," said Thomas Dexter, "yer wouldn't like to kiss me, I sup pose." What Foxey saw at this moment was this: He saw Little Make-Believe go up to Thomas Dexter and kiss him. It was such a kiss as a child might have given to her father, but through Foxey's heart shot a jealous pang Presently the girls left the shop, and Foxey followed them unobserved. Good news sometimes flies as fast as bad, but it was not to be expected that the circumstance of Little Make- Believe exchanging two golden sover eigns in the purchase of clothes should pass unnoticed, and Thomas Dexter himself had, for reasons of his own, made it known that the sisters had been invited to spend a few days in the country. Into these reasons it will be as well. In the cause of charitable feeling, not to enter; sufficient to say . that any evil construction which might have been placed upon Little Make-Believe's and Saranne's possession of so much money was by these means nipped in the bud, Foxey was one of those who had heard of the treat in store for the sisters. All day long he watched them with ouv their knowledge; he wanted to speak to Little Make-Believe quietly, with no one by, but he could not obtain an opportunity. Night came on, and he had not been able to exchange a word with her; with what was in his mind he could rest no longer. He knocked at the door of the house in which she lived, and asked the woman to tell Little Make-Belive that a friend wanted to speak to her. She came at once. "Oh, it's you, Foxey," she said, not at all displeased to' see him. "What do yer want?" . "I want to sneak to yer." he an swered, "if yer don't mind coming out for a minute or two," Without any suspicion or fear she ac companied him to a part of the street where there was tha least chance of their conversation being interrupted. "You ain't in any trouble are yon?" she asked, "No, Make-Believe," he replied, "I ain't in no trouble. I heered as you was going into the country." "Yes," she said: "it's the fust time we've ever been. Why, whoever told yer?" "It'g all over the shop," he said, gloomily; ' "you've been buying new dresses and boots." "Yes." "And you've been kissing Tommy Dexter." She was silent; there was that in his voice which suddenly made her trem ble. "How do yer know that?" she asked, presently. "I seed yer this morning .as I hap pened to pass his shop." 'There was no harm in it," said Lit tle Make-Believe, after another pause; "he's been a real good friend to Sar anne and me. He knows we're going to have a holiday it's the fust we ever had,' Foxey and he give us this morn ing two nice capes and two warin cloaks." And then suddenly she exclaimed, rather fiercely: "What makes you speak of it as if I was doing something wrong? Do yer want me to hate yer?" "No, Make-Believe, no!" he cried, eagerly. "If yer say there was no harm in it, of course there was no harm in it." . . "He's old enough to be my grand father," said Little Make-Believe. . .The situation was so extremely novel to her that she was swayed by oppos ing moods, which at one moment led her into exculpation of her actions, and in the next fired her with indignation at Foxey's interference with them. "What do yer mean," she cried, "by talking to tub like, tint? You've nc right to watch me, as I'm aware on Look here, Foxey; you're a toad lot, 1 know, but I never thought you was sneak enough to be a spy." He quivered at this and replied: "I'm no spy. I watched yer to-day because I wanted to speak to yer alone. As to being a bad lot well, I know I am; I ain't got no think to say agin that. But I ain't a sneak, Make-Believe; I never went back on a pal and never showed a white liver." Ordinarily his voice was harsh and defiant, but it was now so mild, and his maimer altogether was so humble, that Little Make-Believe reproached herself for being hard to him. "I'll, take back about the sneak," she said, "but it is strange that you should have been watching me all day. What for?" "That's what I'm coming to, but I must settle about Tommy Dexter first. It made my blood boil to see you kiss him. Do yer do it often?" "I never did it afore, though you've no right to arks." "Perhaps not, yet " and he looked at her with such eager eyes that she began to tremble again. "But I may have. Bad lot as I am, Make-Believe, old Tommy Dexter is a thousand times worse." She was not one to hear her friends traduced without defending them, and she said, with flashing eyes: "He ain't bad. He's done me many a good turn. If that's what yer come to say to me yer might have saved yerself the trouble." "It's not what I come to say." And then he paused; something seemed to stick in his throat. "Out with it, then," said Little Make Believe, "if yer not ashamed of it. I've got a lot to do, and I can't stop talk ing here all night." " "Yer know that promise yer got out of me," he said, with the mighty effort "What promise?" "About me getting a honest living." "Oh, yes, I remember. Have yer kept it?" "I have, Make-Believe." "There, now, Foxey, you've made me downright glad. Forgit anythink un kind I said to yer. Here's my hand." He took it and did not let it go." "I made the promise for your sake, Make-Believe." 'I know; you're better than 1 thought you was, Foxey." "It's you as has made mo better and you can make me better still. You understand me, don't yer?" j "Oh, yes," I understand yer, Foxey." It was a great pleasure to her to know that she had a good influence over him, and she gave him a kind look. 'Well, then," he said, "when shall it be?" Her kind look changed to one of bewilderment. "When shall-what be?" "The wedding. I've got a room, and some bits of furniture; I'll get more afore another month's over my head, and I promise to be good to yer. Yer know how I can keep a promise, and I'll keep this one. When shall it be, Make-Believe?" Why!" she cried. "Do yer mean to say yer want to marry me?" "That's it, exactly, Make-Believe; there ain't a gal in Clare Market that can hold a candle to yer, and that's why I have been follering yer about this blessed day. What are yer shak ing yer head for? Why can't yer speak?" " 'Cause yer've taken away my breath. I never heerd such a thing in all ' my born days! You're never in earnest, Foxey?" 'I am, Make-'Jelieve. Strike me Jown dead if I ain't." It need not this to convince her. Mustering sufficient courage to look him straight in the face, as he stood before her blocking the way, she saw that he was, indeed, terribly in earn est. . ' 'Ccine," he said, somewhat roughly, "eay 'I'll have yer, Foxey and make an end of it.". 'I can't make an end cf it that way," "Why?" "Because I don't care for yer," He took her two hands and held them as in a vise. " ' "Say that again," he demanded. ShesteadUdher voice and repeated: "I don't care for yer." "And yer wont have me?" "No, I wont." "What! Arter fooling me in the way you've done?" Who's been f poling yer?" she asked indignantly. "Yer telling lies, yer i know yer are! Here jest let go my hands, or I'll scream for help!" You've got no call to," he said in a gloomy voice, releasing, her hands. Yer don't think I'd hurt yer, do yer? But L wouldn't give much for the man as'd stand atween you and .me. Ah, but yer playing with me, Make-Believe! you've only been speaking in fun. Yer want me to wait a bit. All right; I'll wait, I will, if it's six months." . It's no use of yer going on like that,' said Little Make-Believe, recog nizing the necessity of firmness; "if yer waited for six years, or sixty, or six hundred, I wouldn't have yer." On his part, now, he recognized that she was as much in earnest as he.- - "Is that yer, last word?" "It is." -"J He laid his two hands on her shoul ders with a violent grasp, and the pain he caused her forced a scream from her lips. - Then he left her suddenly, and as suddenly returned. ."That night yer found me bleeding in the road. Yer don't forgit it." "No." "Yer knelt alongside me. and brought ne to life again. Yes, I might have lied If yer hadn't come. Yer don't f or- It that?" No." ' To be continued. Feminine Press Agenf. The only woman in the world who travels as press agent for a circus, it is 6aid, is Lillian Calvert Van Osten, who left the stage to exploit the merits of a Wild West show. Though called "Miss" and looking little more than a girl, she is a Mrs., and her husband, who is advertising manager of the show, travels with her. Miss Van Osten's business is to call upon the newspapers to induce them to print good notices concerning the show, and she has secured concessions that men could not. Miss Van Osten finds her life many-sided and far from prosaic, and declares she gets a world of hap piness in the experiences of her Bo hemian life living in an advertising car. The Pilgrim. Fad For Scent. The old prejudice against perfumes has died out with the passing of musk and patchouli. Those -crude odors which make a room. sickening after an. hour or so were considered vulgar, but the delicate sachets and refined distil' lations which have taken their places are more popular than ever were the musk and patchouli. The woman of taste chooses one favorite odor and sees to it that her soaps, her powders, her creams, her gowns, her gloves, her curtains and her bath are all scented with it The odor of. a single flower, so popular a few seasons past, has given place to Paris concoctions or mixtures called bouquets. The most fashionable women have an exclusive bouquet made to order, the secret of which is kept from all others. Successful Women Drummer. "There are numbers of them in Phila delphia," said a well known traveling man, speaking of women drummers, "and they are most successful more successful than the men. "One of the most successful drum mers I know is an old lady who lives here. She is a grandmother, and through reverses of fortune was obliged to take to the road, carrying on her husband's business. She's old and comparatively feeble, but she can sell more goods than any man. "I understand that to-day she has bought a fine house, and sends a grand daughter through college uy her work. There are lots of women on the road who make a business of selling, and, though it does not seem to be a strict ly feminine field, they succeed in the work." Philadelphia Record. Glittering Fane ' The medium sized fan, measurinj eight or nine inches, will be the popu lar ones this year, dealers say. Larger fans, those decorated with real lace and ostrich feathers, will also be fas hionable, and as for the smallest fans of all, those perhaps five inches long, this season will see their glorification. It is the exceptional fan that is not partially or entirely covered with spangles. The. queer thing about it, though, is that it may ba as dignified as it is mis chievous. The smallest fans, as well as the medium sized ones used for dances and dinners, are practically all made on the same order, though of course the former do not admit of the elaboration of r.esign found on the larger size. The gauz8 foundation prevails and is treated with adornment in spangles, hand painting or applied iaee or silk in charming designs. Spangles come in different shapes, The round or sharply olar, tha Utt few t flower petals in ipangie design, A great bachelor button flower done in silver spangles of the oral shape on a white fan is very attractive, On a black fan is seen an Iridescent bird perched on a gold branch that bears silver fruit. Green fans "are new and well liked, as are.also those In the modish rasp berry hue. The latter spangled in a design of gold are especially effective. Hand painted flowers, like roses and poppies, sprinkled with a little span gle CLew,. make a delightfully airy, dainty finish. Applications of white lace on black grounds or black lace on white grounds are much sought after. - Fans of -white gauze on one side and of black on the other give a cloudy, back ground which spangles . of lace show effectively. New York Sun. - Chinese Mother. . The Chinese mother is very fond of her children, says Paul Hunter in the Pilgrim. She is happy in their com pany ana spenas mucn time caring for them. In a Chinese family the birth of a child is a greater event than with other Orientals. Long before the child is born the mother performs the rites and ceremonies to propitiate the gods "that her child - may be a boy. After birth, the little fellow is wrapped tn old rags, and . in winter is some times put in a bag of sand sewed close around its neck to keep the little one warm. Great rejoicing ; follows the-birth of a boy;- otherwise, there is an air of chastened disappointment But good Chinese parents ' make the best of their little lassies, becoming very fond and even proud of them. ' I have known more than one Chinese father to exhibit his toddling wee girl for approval, though always with the customary national verbal deprecation of what belongs to one. Indeed, this evidence of excessive courtesy may be I found everywhere in this strange land. It is good form to villify what is mine and laud what-is thine. "My good-for-nothing family are all still troubling the earth with their presence. How is your honorable family?". The fact that Chinese custom has be come moulded ir.to certain set forms has misled many travelers. It is, for instance, a generally accepted custom in this country that a gentleman should remove his hat when he meets a lady with whom he is acquainted, but a Chinese visitor would fall into error if he assumed that "this implied that wo men, therefore, reduced men to social servitude. So in China a woman waits oh her husband while he' is eating, be cause it has been the .custom from time immemorial. In the same way were they traveling he would walk be side the cart while she rode. The education of their children is a matter of no small interest to the af fectionate Chinese mothers. They watch the little one from the day he is born, to note superstitious signs. Let him cry lustily, and he will live longV say the old grannies.- If he teeth s ot walks too soou he will grow up un lovable in disposition, At first the lit tle Chinese are not very attractive" ob jects, presenting rather a scaly appear ance, due to the custom of not washing them lest they catch cold. A month after his birth, the. bey's head is shaved. A graat feast is prepared and celebrated, the child now receiving his "milk name." When he enters school this name is changed, as. it is once more when he receives his degree. , Latest in Gloves. The latest thing in gloves? Hands, of course. That's easy, but it is not so easy to keep track of all the new things in the shape of gloves. The party glove the long kind, the kind that buttons down the back, as some one has said, will have some pro tection in the new overgloves that are brought out this season. These over- gloves are knit of white Wool and are so long and flexible that the wearer may draw them on over her long party gloves and protect them from the soil that sometimes comes on them between the house and- the place of the party. . Many a young woman prefers to ad just her gloves before she goes to the party, but hesitates to do it, as the chances are that she will not arrive at the party with them in the same im maculate condition as she left home, no matter how careful she may be. With the new overgloves all danger of soil is past and she may pull off the knit gloves and find her kid gloves in perfect condition. There is also warmth In them and instead of chilled fingers, the wearer will find herself arriving in the dressingroom with "toasty" hands. Another glove is the slip-on, made without any buttons, and the wrist spreads into a gauntlet shape to come up over the sleeve ana- Keep out an the wind. The slip-on gloves may be worn over party gloves, or may be worn alone. They come in white, black, brown and tan shades. They are good for shopping gloves, and when the weather is not too cold make good driving gloves, the broat wrist effects and no buttons making them a desirable bit of hand-wear. While many of the new costumes are in shades of purple, green and red, these colors in gloves are not satis? factory, and neither do hands look well in bright colored- gloves, The tints for , prcposition, Tha colon are so pale and artificial light makes them even lighter than they are by day that they make an evening costume complete, A purple, red cr green glove on the hand in the day time is positively ugly. So welt is thia understood by glove makers that onlj a few of them are made to satisfy the. demand of some women who think mat a giove me color of the day gown should bo per fectly matched. . . ' - For several seasons, white and tan gloves have been worn with colored dresses. This year it is the perfectly fitted black glove that has the lead with the bright colored gowns. A Woman Conscript. Women soldiers there have been t-e- fore new who won fame and honor in their day, but a woman conscript is, it may be supposed, something of a novelty. She has just made an ephem eral appearance at the French village of Mazelle, in the Correze, where a young woman, named Francoise Ber nard, a few days since received for mal order directing her to report her self for service with the Fourteenth Infantry, stationed at Brive. Though, a little surprised, jjraneoise consulted the village mayor, and, as he advised her to report herself, the plucky girl made no more fuss about it, but set out to do so. At the village station she had no difficulty In getting her ticket at one-fourth the usual fare, but on reaching Brive nothing less than production of her mobilization order saved her from being arrested for frau dulent traveling. Her difficulties cul minated on presenting herself at the barracks. The sergeant of the guard obstinately refused to allow her to pass inside, but having gone so far she had no mind to be balked of her nni form, and it required a long parley to persuade" her to take steps with the po lice for having her "civil state" placed on a more accurate footing. Louden Globe A PRECOCIOUS CHILD. liiidu Children and Their Peculiarity Of Speech! . Hindu children are not like those of the Western world. They have a sin eular maturity of speech, caught from their elders, and tinctured by imagina tive charm, and they are as quick witted, as subtle in their judgment of character as those elders themselves, Pa gal is a little boy described in Cor nelia Sorabji's "Sun Babies," a book made up of delightful studies of the child life of India. The child is first introduced to the reader in the ante chamber of the man who he hopes will become his employer, and who is magnificently referred to as tn "Presence." Paeal ra8(ia a low obeisance, and then, asked to tell what he had come for. resDonded: "Presence, I am a man child. While my years were yet few my mother turned me adrift to earn my living. I have never gone foodless, but the work I did was the work of child. Now that my years are many, would do the work of a man." . His many years seemed to number about seven. . "The Presence wonders about tha child work," he explained. "Two years, maybe three, have I sat at the sahib's door, being the hand to bear the note things to and fro; and much knowledge of the world have I thus gained. Now that! am come'to man's estate, 'tis higher work should be. my portion." . Pagal was gently persistent, he was shrewdly diplomatic, and he got forth with a chance to 'pull the punka the swinging fan in the chambers of the potentate. He expressed his joy, and then prudence impelled him to bargain about his pay. "Let my wages come to me," said.hr, "in daily coppers. It is not good foir a man child to get into the claws of the moneylender." His employer hoped to inakest easier for him by arranging that he should eat with- the gardener, who was of the same caste, and sleep in the servants' quarters. But he would not consent. "A man gets settled," he said, "even In his ways of eating." He could cook for himself. In the day parched rice and- earthnuts would be enough to- kill hunger, "and when my work is done, the evening meal is well flavored at mv poor idle hands." So he arranged a kitchen out of doors, and diplomatically asserted that he knew his employer would under stand. "The Presence will say, 'Let him have as much license in these mat ters as the birds yonder, who live in my trees aud feed all over my garden, and sleep in the boughs at night time.'" What "Presence" could deny him? WORDS OF WISDOM. The true man is greater than any thing he can make. . When each does his own work the work of all is done. . If you eat leeks it's hard to keep the fact from leaking out. Some men would forget there was a God if they never bad any trouble. No nation can be destroyed while it possesses a good home life. J. G. Hol land. v Tf rannii'oe . no much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put F into a sermon as what is. cecu. What is it that love does to a wom an? Without it" she only sleeps; with it, alone, she lives. Ouida (Louise d' la Ramee). Salaried Daughters. Where there-is .need of her work In the home, and often help has to be hired to take her place, the daughter should be given ft regular salary, ap proximately the equivalent of what &9 could earn outside after making allow' ance for board, room rent and the nunis berlass" privileges ft girl has in he? father's: houie, Tb salary (should be at Jeait what would haye to fc paid for thft lame work if ft stranger were called it) to do it, and the duties should be as distinctly defined and as prompt ly and efficiently performed, This is a very different thing from an allowance without definite duties. We know of' several families where this plan has worked successfully. In one Instance the daughter, while un married, became a capable house keeper and manager, buying all sup plies and relieving both parents of care . and annoyance, for which she received a housekeeper's wages at the end of every month. Another, whose mother is an invalid, gets a weekly envelope containing the same amount that would have been paid a nurse. Both these salaried daughters were happy, contented and eflScient, and each had a feeling Of independence and self-reliance never to be attained under the' "allowanca"' system or the usual hap hazard appeal to father for money to gratify needs or whims. Independ ent ! f; , ' Fear Uach Vevr Governor. Rrprv time Kansas installs a new Governor about fifty convicts in the penitentiary at Lansing tremble with fear. They are men being held in pri son awaiting the Governor's order to be hanged. -In Kansas the Governor must sign a death warrant before a murderer can be hanged. Many years ago hanging was virtually abolished in the State by the refusal of the Gov ernor to sign the death warrant. Life imprisonments the extreme penalty applied, although the murderer is sen tenced to hang. Every time there is a change of administrations the "hang" men in; prison become nervous. Thry fear that tome time Kansas will elect a man. as Governor who believes in hanging for capital offenses, and that he will sign a whole buach of death warrants at one time kid have a big hanging bee. Atchison Globe. W ft " SCIENCE - jgJ Compressed paper pulp, impregnated ' ith certain salts, is molded into the rm of saucepans, which, on account 1 their lightness, were used largely oy the Japanese army in Manchuria. Investigation of the properties of mineral springs by Dr. II. Mache. of Vienna, seems to establish the fact that many of them have radio-activity, which certainly points toward radium as one of their curative properties. That it is a good, deal of a strain on the nerves to discover gold is shown by the story of an Australian official, who wished to telegraph the news of the finding of the precious metal lu his district A small boy, seeking for n stone to throw at a crow, had picked up what proved to be a nugget of pure gold. In his -excitement the official overlooked the main point entirely and wrote this: "Boy picked up a stone to throw at a crow," and nothing more. If the ancient Greeks could revisit the earth they would hardly recognize their beautiful country, if the state ments made by DrIIennig, of Beiiiu, can be sustained. Attica has lost the greater part of its forests, the rainfall has decreased and the. temperature has Increased. The heat in the open nir. Dr. Hennig says, is now so great that he Olympian games of antiquity would 59 virtually impossible to-day. Many other parts of the earth show similar changes. The once beautiful oasis in the Syrian desert, where Zenobiit reigned over Palmyra, is now a deso late waste. In Upper Egypt, where only 100 years ago rain was abundant, drought now usually prevails. Study of the fishes on the two sides Df the isthmus has led to the conclusion that in the Miocene epoch there was at Panama open communication between the Atlantic and Pacific. This period Is arrived at by considering the time that would be needed for the develop ment of the specific differences now ex isting 'between the fishes in the oppo site ocean waters, and the geological date thus fixed is made more probable by the fact that study of the fossil mammals of North and South America Indicates that the continuity of the land between the continents was inter rupted during a large part of the Ter tiary age, and was not re-established until the close of the Miocene. -. MAN AND NATURE. the Struggle Between the Beast Side and the Intellect. 1 Nature tends obstinately, Michelet thinks, to bring back toward primitive anlmality, to unmake, the civilized man. It 13 perhaps still her dream to have sons like her men all nature. Humanity, in its earliest age, could' be but that, and legitimately. It had. then to take possession of the world which had just been born. It engaged in sternest combat with the primitive, shaggy creatures, well armed with teeth and claws, that looked with con tempt at this last born of creation without claws, unprotected by hair, all naked aud unarmed. To conquer these creatures man must be like them. "He also must belong, to this lower world, or rather he must take on the two natures that Is to say, he must needs become at once man and beast, possessed of instinct ive craft as well as bloodthirsty furyV The victory, which rested decisively, at so many points of the globe, with the weaker, shows none the less the orig inal superiority of the conquered. In the man-beast at first controlled en tirely by physical fatalities, slfpt al ready pa in the chrysalis the trnff man. who walk itpi'jgut and with in raw to the heavens," And this trua man, itm v7 Mtl set himself frs?, "To-day nilod li df cldealy Ihs victor. To tb hmj dreams cf a troubled blood, to the en. ergy of the brute, bai succeeded tb nervous life of delicate, Intelligent sen sibility; in short the higher life." But the beast 1 not dead; he must be watched. International (Quarterly. . A Varied Career. 'Samuel Crowther, the oldest town- crier, ha3 died at Droitwich, his birth place, at the age of ninety. His last public crying took place in May last During h's long life he had played many parti, Including those of a scare- boy o birds from wheat, gravel digger, bricklayer's laborer, policeman, survey or's assistant, bailiff, auctioneer, por ter, Liberal agent, volunteer and bell ringer. At the time of his diamond wedding he possessed ten sons and daughters, lrfty grandchildren, and twenty great grandchildren. He lived in the reign of five monarchs, aud was bora before Waterloo was fought Ills wife, who survives him, is in - her eighty-ninth year, aud lives at the Coventry clmshouses. London Tele graph. Mapping; Afrira. The topography of Africa Is begin- mnz to laie euape, at ieat in fceucgai. where up to a couple of years ago it was in a stat? of chaos as to the in evitable result of mere hand to mouth work, done always to meet an imme diate emergency and often in great hnste. In 1303 the Governor-General of West Africa requested the appoint ment of an officer from the army geo graphical department, and this offi cer. Captain Carrols, has organized a permanent topographical survey for French West -Africa. The two first sections of an official large scale map of Senegal have already been printed, aud in threo years the work will hve been completed in more than twenty ections. London Globe. A'