LOSS AND CAIN. Who wing his love shall lose her, Who loses her shall gain; For still the spirit wooes her, A soul without a stain, And memory still pursues her With longings not in vain, Heo loses her who gains her, Who wades day by day The dust of the that stains her, The griefs that leave her gray, The flesh that vet enchains her, Whose grace hath passed away. Oh, happier he who gains not The love some seem to gain, The joy that custom stains not Shall still with him remain, The loveliness that The love that ne'er can wane, wanes not, dreams she grows not older He The land of dreams among: the the songs be world was cold sung, he behold her I and Andrew Lang THE RAID ON THE STILL. wind young te, than Mrs, Mrs, “Take hoped Jonat Samuel yourself CONV ers with one ing ou in the mountain nothing sharks revels ked uneasil these could officer tells Jonathan girl Jona and told him he w asi fur jut miserable out ity. He lad a terril sSWer him sake.” and things judginent day and no since.” Mrs. Jackson sighed softly to herself, Mrs. Pearl's eyes were wide open with and she wondered how true story of Ike's dissppearance had remained a secret so long “Getting dark, Miranda, and [ guess I liad better be going up the road.” and Mrs. Jackson bade her friend goodby, The November sun was gradually disappearing behind the mountains and the long shadows of the fading sunlight cast apectral figures here and there among the trees, Mrs. Jackson then lighted the oil lamp and wade ready for the evening | supper. Presently the sound of a con. veyance was heard in the roadway, and Jonathan Jackson and his daugh- ter Alice alighted, They had been down to the village, a ride of twenty miles over the mountain roads, to provide | themselves with some necessary sup- | plies “What's the news in the village, Jon. | athan?” inquired his wfe, went le hlow e back h for [ke did not strik Alice's his hand . ry hii mutter something, tut lad raised that he would even up Jonathan, if it took until Then went ever the SWoOre with he heard away. one has of him surprise, the about the revenue officers, the<gi 1 font take much stock in the stories.” | And Jouathsn relapsed into a moody | silence, The rest of the meal was eaten in | quiet, and after the dishes were cleared | away Jonathan sat comfortably by the | fire and smoked his pips. as the No vember evenings were becoming chilly and uvplesaanut, After an hour had passed there waa | the sound of a horseman approaching | near the house, and a moment later Jonathan rose, surprised, from his “Does Jonathan Jackson live there?” inquired the newcomer, “My name Is Jonathan Jackson,” swered the master of the house, “What And Jonathan an your business?" ‘I am making a journey over the HE at le moment Jounthan sed: then while Jackron bade went For a he fhe looked surpr stranger enter, he outside put up his In the light of the room the stranger appeared to be a man of some thirty of He beard of luxuriant g cenled would b ervd a horse, possessed a dark th ave been years nge row which con what consid were it bereft hirsute appendage, The gue fire and Kept his handsome face seat near the a few minut i es Jonathan re urned and joined the family circle os vou appears 1 te to day 1 niured stranger, | in the : ve H vou ave iZgerous tr en in Arthur a strapger. Only for a moment did the two men seem to converse, amd soon When as the newcomer had disappeared Riis mith reached Jonathan's house it w but shortly after Alice arrived ni had nore equently than The reports of the revenne officers infesting the tain boon for monn § =tille fy f some time mountains had be. come jess freq nt. and the stills were being operated with a greater degree of security “We had better getting the mountain, lad.” Jonathan one evening in December. Supper had been prepared earlier than usual, for Jona than'<® still worked in growing dusk “I'll follow you in half an hour. Feel rather badiy to-day, but believe I'll be all right in a short while,” Smith an- swered indifferently, Very well, Smith. I'll expect you.” and Jonathan departed be up sa id was to be the Probably some twenty minutes had elapsed when Bmith left the house, and leisurely made his way toward the se. eret still. Alice watched the stranger Closely, and when Smith had dsap- penred she threw a shawl over her there was an unpleasant chilli- ness in the mountain air-and followed | The old mill which concealed the still was some three-quarters of a mile from Jonathan's house, ard as Alice | proceeded on her way she sccazionally | the forms of with herself. Ounce a strange man He some one whe was returning from a visit to a nelghboring mountatueer's home, Noon In HE fist thie 1 i the girl reached a.d mill, ening disappearing faint the Smith, the Kun the the ov twilight the ing Ww behind leaving an glare in is it , golden light Hountains wae, which up cone with a siranged standing motionless in front of then Iu ths t day ich in past anys peering anxiously now and mse undergrowth on 3 Ww li for Jacksot had farnished the mot tie wheel Allee tently for a n approached him and shoulder hound VE power moment laid hea qutly on his Wily ido Yoil f recov ol id Indifference “You know me Vroug cand looks You sane topped eve master moved or seetnedd § he point of awakening Passed a School of Whales. The unusual sight Friday off Cape Ha Davie, of the « last Captain Bendo, of a school of large sperm whales dis porting the Philadelphia mov ing along at in the distance appeared like rocks on an unknown A slight breeze springing up, a of water spouts appeared tvhales started Wis witness: tteras by i jritish steamship themselves at sen, says Levord The ¥ Wore a slow, steady pace, and shore number The in pursuit of theses svidentle deuiviane to have the spouts break over them. Ax long ax the Bendo was in sight of them the big fish could be seen playing about like children in a bathtub, scl that might happen to strike the school. State Care of Drunkards, A bill has been introduced into the Austrian Parliament to appropriate funds from the imperial treasury to build asylums for the care and cure of Iabitual drunkards. The bill provi®es that any habitual drunkard may be in carcerated in these asylums upon com plaint made either by the victim's rela. tives or friends, or by the town authors Hos, VENOMOUS PESTS. INSECTS AND REPTILES INFEST THE LONE STAR STATE. A whole Family Killed by a Centipede that Fell In a Coffee Pot-Fight Between a Blacksnake Rattler--Red Ants, Screw Worms, and Horned Frogs. “1 ®p while there learned mae and a f ait a number of years in Texas i of rept is and inter ont In re to the JOR that 5 NEW gard [EE and insects of state,” sald ou ol gentleman ton York Bun reporter a few days ago “The centipede,” continued h Is common to that state the nanny country ionnlge ingects of its class are to thelr affars Os ‘ 1 Whit nly Most dangerous insect 1 While other Hg OW iy trying to ke ts question of & Httle while and the rattler | govt str auniagonist fed Was over. and almost lifeless in the oo King snake snake held the rattler te and queeze, aneoiled itself and gracefully blag Kk y ake sure of For some time hiz work, then giving it a parting glided into the bushes beard of the unobtrusive in- “Nearl? everybody hase tarantula. It ix a very sect, Keeping close to its nest, and is neeal itself when a man The tarantula is nothing Ww hose disposed fo oo pron chrs more than a great big spider body full of persons who have been bitten hy one, but prompt remedies were applied and the effects of the poison neutralized be. it mixed with the blood It jw poison I have seen fore in bite will prove fatal unless antidotes are used in a reasonable time, and even then it makes the victim so «lek that he thinks he is going to die, “The big red ant, a very harmless in. sect fn this latitude, is a terrible pest in Texas, They live in great armies, and when they take up their residence in a place it is wll nigh Impossible to dislodge them. The ant mound is a familiar object in the sandy portion of Texas. Inch by inch the industrious little ant burrows into the earth, bring. ing out the soil, grain by gral, and de. positing it on the outside, until a three or four feet above the surround. ing surface. On the summit is the en- trance from which the paths radiate in every direction and extend nobod: Around the entrance, wivell at any ittle there, knows where, hurrvine to and fro, enn Ix ft hiorse and numbers of busyhodies, scurrying hers as if important measures depended on haste, A favorite place for the make thelr beds they the greatest | vegetation their Hots the yard, nie near five 10 is where nr just will Mite NO row thelr foragers beds, as they are pretty ad and get about every green within a reasounble he sting of the red He, Their beds ex, small children frequently In less will plant or shrub (isinnee, apt ie being close minute d's into them thnn no Ants cover a oh thie stings frequently n hundred hod 3 nny nnd combined effect throw into un sii that victim i jd EVAPORATED FRUIT. A Drusken Desperads Borrifies a ( Hunday-school While conduetis John F ado named John Haslin curred without previous warning. No passed betweon the men i the nation the inrge K Killing was the 1s wed by the report trated fourm with head ons terrible of! Col, standing ov Ald SOK fmol Has chester stry That Crown Us Around Rc returned of Post be was in EEE the interested in the The foreigner traveler from in wster Hgner talryving industry tliat York ie il fearned the was New quired he and he once Knew Row was located. The American smilingly said that he did “Well” the Frenchman, “all the people over here know a great deal abotit Rochester, It must be a great place, 13 the people do anything aside from drying fruit?” Being assured that the city was one embracing a great many vari ous manufactories and noted for other industria he « pressed surprise, He actually believed that nothing was done by the inhabitants here except the preparation of dried fruit. 20 well known the Rochester product— Rochester (N. Y.) Post-Express, #iate nas where said there is Wanted to See the Dispatches. Kir Robert Low, telling of the diffienl- | ties he had with the field telegraph in the Chitral campaign, =ays the native chiefs were at first very distrustful of the wire, as they thought it was a mark for parceling out the country among the soldiers: but on being told that it wax to sed messages to the seat of Government fo India they agreed to guard it. After sovern! days’ | close watching they saw no signs of any dispatches passing along, so they took it away to watch the messages more at their ease. Their Investipn. tions were interrmpited by *he return of the engineers to see what had hap pened to cut off comnnunieation. mes 4 lear jams Mess PP LARD Best re re { ‘rude fined BUTTER Under Fi Creamery Fae Cro ¥ ne Rolls CHEESE, CHEESE. N.Y. F N. Y. Flats Skim Cheese ancy. .§ EGGS8-Kiate con® North Carolina LIYE POULTRY CHICKENS Hens Pucks, por TOBACOD, TOBACCO-M4, Infer's..§ Sound common Middiing Fancy 15 300 6 00 16 09 LIVE 870CK. 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