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The Wilson Advance. PUBLISHED ElEolTnlMT.IT WdOPARD & CONNOR Wilson. N. C. .UBSCntPTlOS RATES: In Advance: ....... -ez r0r one Tcar " j :;x Month. - - 2.00 .00 "PROFESSIONAL. "iCiTk. arkinotox. D SURGEON DENTIST. GOLDSBORO. N. C . r:i. ffnUrlr every mouth "Office v inK "VuROEO.N DENTIST. permanently located in "" r.. ?vZt.-.-A -,..lnn terms as reawna I"1 r ul'. "rrh extracted wfhout Jita VQtn ?arbm street next door to 1 Wnw v v - ,, ,- 1) R.J. S. B ATT LEV SfGRGEON &ENT1ST, Tlii.cte.t t WrWn, N. C..ainVrapect- tillv IIcitA the parroting oi u All ' brannlM of, the profcwlon arefnTl.y ni neutlv rxrcute.1? Charg moderate. . P-lmer Iloiirte Nsvh' treU 0ince hours from I A. W. to 5 P. ffl. D It. K. L.- II 0 N T E R. SHR6E0N DENTIST. j ENFIKLI), N.C., Tt. r B-ttne Practice at fiulteld wS res ectfullv solicit a continuance of his former Joct251y pi art ice G W, BLOC NT, v i Attorney - at - Law, Office Ptiblic Squans Tar 11mii . ''. ( WHm,.N.C Oct. lOtli '79. Ol1 Oourt TR. TlliLKRY. ) ATTORN EY-AT--LAW stocky Mount, 1 WiH prndice , in Nash, Kdgecombe and Wilson coiinl ies. Special attentiisn gwen! t any portion of th Stme. collections in i MVStn T-iiter sneldLon, SSRES, D OCRS AND BLINDS, Mou'l'lkiz. Brackets, Stair Rails, Newels, BUILDERS HARDWARE, Pvntv Oil. r;iai. Putty, Building Jlate- rials of Every Description. 1 Wt-M Side M.-irlir t Sqimre and 49 Roan oke Avenue, Norfolk, Va. sep2G 6m WILSON COLLEGIATE SEMINARY l FOR -YOUNG LADIES.) iTi'iion. yi, c. Best talent employed in all departments litustiiou unusually healthy. ( B4nU per feKsion of 20 weeks, including fuel, lightsj ami furnished ' room .j(J,00. Othetfcharares modulate. i- Fall Session begins Septcmbtr 1st. ; Fer catalouu ur iiifnriuatiou. address, J. B, BR KWK R, I'nncipal. UNEQUALLED OFFER Wilson Collegiate. Institute FOR BOTH SEXES4 , j STRICTLY NON - SECTARIAN ' - ' ,-.' '' , - . Fpr.yars the most successful.' school in Eiksirrii Camiiiiu. 'lkhe best advantages and lowest rates. Healthy location. Able and Experienced Teaeliers. Fine Library and ApiaraUi. 8paeioug Building. A plra.anr. i-tlneationat home. FOR $150 f AID IN OCTOBEK, YU OftT TUITION, Bk)KS, AND EXCELLENT BOARD INCLCDINO j KCRNISHKl ROOM, FUEL, Mauri, and wasiiinu, lot. the entire Scholastic Year. Music, $40 extra. Ses sion extends from lirst Monday in t)ctober to last Thursday in June. A Live Institu tion, Modern, Thorough, Practical. Send ter catalogue and our "Institute Quarterly,' ftill of.Taluab'.e educational matter, frtbh, hrirht. anil frer. S. H A.SSELL, A. M., I'nncipal, jlflS tf Wilson, N. C. LIYERY & SALE STABLES ! NEVV HORSES. , " 1 NEW HARNESS and NEW VEHICLES. HTln jast opened a Itv.r? and ul. stables, sar tb. market house, on CKidbdro street in this plm- w rwpect fully announce to ih peoj'l. of Viltoa and adjoioinc counties that w. will b readr tt all Umra.to.ttll their order, ior fine Horses Sc Mules a' thi T.rylovre.t price, for ch or on time, librae, and Tehlcles will b. hired at mo e.-at. iat. '.. Horse, boarded by th. month or meal ery cheap W. tak. pleair ia showing our stock, and would bn clad to. Uaf. our friend, call u aoa u. ' h-n they coinclo town. i SUGG & EDWARDS. WiUoa, C.. Oei. i : - - t ;:- CAtlFIELD, BROS. & CO. BALTIMORE A CHABLES ST. ZXAXTXJIOtXE, RXIK Ajnertcan and Swist -Witchet at lowest prices. DIAMONDS, FINE JEWELRY, bracelets, Earrings, Pins, Kings, Charms, Lockets Ac, Jfcc Bilker ware, plated ware, tea sets, pltch r, baskets, casters, spoons, fork etc. Clocks, bronzes, china and other vases, i c pen glasses, spectacles and eye K'wses and fancy goods. wders hare prompt attention. tep261y VOL. 10. The Wilson Advance FRIDAY.... ........ FEBRUARY 13. 180 The Task of the Flower. BY BOMBRVdXK OIBNET. A little flower in beaut j grew t Within a garden fair; No want it fragile leaflets knew, - 'Twas watched with tender care; Yet sorrow oft would tinge its Joy i For those whose hearts were sad; It longed iu beauty to employ, : And make their liven more glad. One day 'twas culled, and borne away 1 By cureless hands and small; But soon was dropped, and dying lay Unheeded in its fall. It sorrowed there with anguish sore, SToJongr-r might it live; Its fragrant life would soon be o'er, No pleasure could it give. A mother saw it lying there. And bore it home with joy, To blossom In a garret bare . i Beside her Crippled boy; The child belield it with delight, -And all his love was won; His pale, wan face with smiles was..bright ; 'f he flow'ret's task was done. : For the Adtance. "DID MAM SPRING FROM MONKEY ?" If you remember we a poke of a time when the earth had a uniform tem perature, the result ok its inherent heat when climates aad zones bad no existence, when rams, and winds and storms if they existed, were - without any deleterious influence, when the whole planet was in a state ol calm and repose. This is the time when earth was ptegnant with her fruits; this is tbe seed time when the cell took on'development, when the very forces of nature protected tbe embryo, when earth in its grandest sense could be called mother. This is the time whew an infinity of developments, re sulted in an infinity of forms, millions of .which are yet imbedded iu tt& ma trix of the earth ready' to burst forth into life, whenever the circumstances favorable to their reproduction by gen eration take place. These still latent forms xA emBryonic. development are perhaps confined to the vegetable kingdom, as we have not the fame proof of t heir existence in tbe animal, that we have in the vegetable. Seeds have germinated that were taken out of the tombs of the Egyptian Mumies, In tbe settlement of Nortn America by the vliiied, no matter how far into the interior a clearing was made, the second year mull in would spring up; the same may be said of the common crab-grass of the South. One remark able instance of tbe latent vitality of seeds may be mentioned. In cauling out swamp an old crossing was en countered, all signs of which had loog since been obliterated. Trees fifty feet high were growing in thfe old road, and men gray with age, who bad been born and raised there knew nothing of it. The poles on which the road bed had ben made were thrown out, aud the bard packed mud under the poles, instead of crumbling and dis integrating, remained in solid square chunks, Just as jt was thrown out by the spade. This work was done in autumn, and tbe next spring I noticed on one of these chunks, of mud a lux uriant bunoh of crab-grass. Struck with the singularity of this fcrass growing in an uncleased swamp, and upon a solid chunk of mud, that I knew to have been thrown out the fall be fore, I became curious to know in what way it got a footing. I patiently set to work and traced the root to the centre of tbe clod, and there 1 : found the seed. This seed had evidently laia dormant under that old crossing for fifty years, and perhaps an hun dred, but jast so sooa as it vas brought under its proper condition ot growth, it came forth as, a bunch of grass. If a seed will remain perfect in its Best: for fifty years, is it unreasonable to sup pose it might remain the same from creation to now? The Egyptian mu mies were placea in their tombs three thousand years ago. If a seed will retain its vitality that length of time, b there any limit to its life under the same conditions? The creation ceased JPoetry "LET ALL TIIE ESDS TIIOl wilson, n. when the earth became dependent up on the sun for its heat; another moth er is substituted and ceii. development can never go on to form newcreations. Present' form may die j out, and new ones be substituted, just as has been the case fn the, past, but that is no proof that new developments are going on. It only shows that the conditions have become incompatible for one, and suitable for another. This slate of things will continue 'till all that,1 vast host of embryonic developments,! have come under their j?roper conditions of growth and reproduction by genera tion.' and served their time and died, and then the end will come. Earth will have run her race and become cold and dead like the moon. Does this reasoning conflict with Christianity? If some one thinks so, let him show cause. Does it evolve man from the monkey? Such an assertion is a slan der upon science. Doea it "savor of atheism? . It only exalts God iastead ot degrading Him upon a level with man. s Religious thought lay djrmant in tbe embryo thousands ot years, like the grass seed under the "crossing" 'till the '-poles" were raised by the Christ, and then grew into the -world wide bauyan-ree of life," with all its million times multiplied variety of form and function, and beauty and power, standing wjith its roots in - the dust, and with its lop commercinff i. ith the skies and bearing on its up per boughs the eternal light of God s spiritual glory."" ! The tree Sore' fruit, but the seeds. fell on barren ground, and still Tie bnried in the tombs of the mummies of prejudice and superstition ; but the day is at hand, when the genial warmth of the spring time of ever increasing knowledge is about to Kft the crust. and let in the sun shine of Cod's ovrn glory. Evolution is doing this just as: snrely as astronomy lifted ithe earth off tbe turtle's back, and men will preach a few years hence what they now condemn with so jnuch. rancor and bitterness; Many diseases get well in spite of the physician and his remedies and Christianity will live in spite of her advocates. God's character needs no defense from man, and his work will be done in His own good time.-. ; i Grendeex. . For the Advance. A Trip to Texni. I entered the Lone Star State at Texarkana on the T. & P. R. R.,I then went westward to the northern tier of counties - composed of Bowier, Red River, Fanin, Grayson, Cook.Montaguc and Clay, a distant of 275 miles. I saw some of the land of all the above coun ties but did not make a thorough exam ination of any but Clay county, this being a frontier county. 1 stopped one day in Honey Grove, Fanin coun ty, 42 miles east of Sherman on the T. & P. R. R., at T. II. Legon's hotel. This is a flourishing little towu with several stores, three livery, stables and a large school. 1 There were present at the hotel seven drummers and they were decidedly a lively set of you.ig men, of course they were showing their various kinds of merchandise and trying to sell. On enquiry where they were from and le&rned that the dele gation represented the following States from places as follows; Petersburg. Va., Baltimore, Md.. New York, N, Y., Chicago, III., Boston, Mass.j St. Louis. Mo., Houston and Austin Texas. I remarked to tbe landlord that I was afraid they would break up the little town, but he assured roc that there was no danger of that, and also that the people of that place had paid out half million dollars daring the last month, and were able to repeat the operation. In a conversation with one of the drummers abont Texas, he was a na tive of Mississippi, but had lived in Texas for five years past, he said he had known a farmer to raise 1000 bushels of oais. n ten acres of land. The landlord said that forty or fifty, bushels to thej acre was a common crop In Fanin county. This county is well divided into timber land and prairies. Corn is worth 50 ceuts per bushel and pork 4 cents per pound here. I was told by a man in Honey GroTe that a negro woman started stock raising with one yearling and in a few years had twenty-five head, valued at $250.00. with a cost of about $1.50. and Fanin county is by no means the best stock region. Beef is as high priced as pork on account of the demand abroad. Shennaa is a very lively pjace. A new cotton corsDress began work in October 1879 and up to Jan. 1st 1880 had compressed 40,000 bales. Street . cars are also in full operation there. 1 IM'ST AT. BE TUY COCATUfS. a, Friday; February 20, isso With my limited time I examined the different brancHI s of industry.' Bank ing, stock raising, farming and trading goueral y are more lively than- in this State,! .? .j . . -JL kL2m Clay county is generally praine, it is bounded on the north by Red River, the bounding line between Texas and the Indian Territory. Here corn is worth 60 cents per bushel, and pork 5 cents per ponnd. In Montague coun ty, adjoining I was told that pork was worth 3,eertts per pound. , The soil in Clay cdfcuty is a uep red or chocolate color, sandy loam, and is said to be easy to cultivate, two horses being re quired to break the sod. Here is also a plenty of good water for man and stock- Good water can be found by d'gg"1" twelve to forty feet. There are also many natural curiosities here. In the j Wichita river there is a natural deposit of salt. Little hills frill of rock dot the prairie in this region, and Cave the appearance of being placed there by hand.: The lsnds about these small sized mountains is entirely clear of rock. A man informed me that he had been in sixty-eight counties in Texas, and atjlast had settled on Red river. Several others that had; traveled in different States gave their preference to this section of the country aad bad located here. . . , In some parts of Texas they have to haul wood five miles, and lumber for building and fencing is worth four dol-i lars per hundred. Wire fence Is nsed to a considerable extent. It mast be, bore m 'mind that there is no clearing of land, 'and no guano to be furnished.' In Eastern Texas lumber is worth 75 cenls per; hundred, and as it passes through teveral hand's -of course there is much speculation in it. 'Henrietta, -the county seat of Clay county, although on the border is not. deficient in educational advantages.1 and has lover on hundred children at tending school. I The cost of wire fence for a single' aere oT land is about $16, for forty acres $2,50 per acre, and for six hun dred and forty acres about 60 ceats per acre. When I arrived in Clay county I went to see Mr, John Douning, whom 1 had before heard of as the best farm cr in Clay county As soon as I saw him and inspected his implements, I was satisfied that he was Vao sardine." Mr. Douning is a native of Illinois, and has on bis farm one thousand dollars worth of .implements, and was then going to Dallas for a plow, he expected to pay $160.00 for. Iu reply to some questions respecting his crop, he said that he did not succeed very well last year on! account of drouth, but with one son to help him he made, 1,000 bashels of corn, 400 bushels of oats, 400 bushels of wheat, 2 bales of cotton besides raising 5000" pounds of pork and 16 calves. Mr. Douning has .the fastest hound I ever saw, this hound can out run a "jack rabbit,', an I the rabbit cau out run a deer, and' a deef can out run the davil. and he has a pony that can beat them all. A good farmlabbrer can get from twelve to fifteen dollars per month. The Texas horses. are the best horses for. farm work I ever saw. ! i : -" ' Lumber in large 'quantities is hauled from the rail road out west, and the roads in this section are excellent. On tha road between Henrietta and Sherman on the 14tb of December last, I enquired of six men as I -passed their loaded wagons how much lumber they had on, one two horse wagon had 1035 feet, the highest figure of the four two horse teams was 1234 feet, and one four horse team bad 2200 feet. Game appears to be abundant here and fish are plenty in the streams. 1 There is a plenty of land to rent aud on good terms. Where the land lord" furnishes art but the labor, he gives the tenant one half, where the tenant furnishes all, he gives the land lord one fourth. I think that half a crop in Texas is equal to a whole crop in this State. Taxes are low in this State. (The free school system is bad enough here, but not half so bad as in North Carolina. Texas is eminent ly a stock raising country, and it is generally believed that sheep raising will be more profitable than anything ebe, and many think it will pay 1001 per ceo perannunv i The farmers do not satve blade fod der foi their slock, but make use of hay almost entirely, this is saved by means of improved machinery for one ' dollar per ton, and is fully equal to any " hay I ever saw ia'this State. A man living in Wichita valley, in sisrht of Red river, informed me that THY G0D AXD TIHTrtrs. he waf the second man that settled in ! site entered the room he made her ait that region, that he bad a large family ( down and after telHnj hr t&m ana of ehikiret), and that they all poses- ions and sorrowful 'be "bad Wen ed excellent health, he said that his doctor's bill for five - yearn ha 1 been $4.50. I saw men inT Clay county from ten different Slates, and the v i were all ot the opinion that North IFestern Texas was an excellent coun-f an annuity during ber life. Now sop try for health. Henrietta is seventy , posing you marry me, although I am miles from a railroad, bttt there are almost at death's door, you rfll be two railroads in proceus of construction ! amply provived Tor In the future. Will that will form a junction at that placed you consent to thisf As a general ihing I notice"d that the "Master, dear. you must be doting! Rtock was in" excellent condition ! What onld people say?" j throaghout the entire ' country. On Christmas doy I saw cattle two years life, Mary ; and I am sore people wifl old on the previous spring, thai" would ' eay1 sre hare beth acted wljiely In this weigh 400 a piece, and would be Con-1 matter. Take ti li the evening to think side red Not Vbeef in this State. They j it over, and then bring me your aa were entirely -grass fed and worth $15. ;swer, a head in gold. j The Wichita valley Vies between Red river and Wichita river, and 1 suppose abont' one hundred families are living there. I waV. there during the Christmas holidays, and r.ever heard the least disturbance ef any kind, and I never heard a gun fired during the whole time I remained there. Con sidering what I bad previously heard concerning this section of county, j I was very agreeably disappointed, and to say the least, this region of country bids fair to be as prosperous as sub part of the United States. I crossed Red river into Arkansas and there appeared to be a plenty of water;! re -crowed at the mouth of the But Wichita, which I suppose was 'about 400 miles from the first crossing but there wss very little xvatet therev Abbutfive miles above the second cross ing it was perfectly dry. About five miles above tbe third crossing I found a little water, something like a small creek. This may seetn strange, but as the bed of the riter is sandy, I sap pose the water percolates through the sandj and makes a short cut. The bed of the river is about seven hundred i . i yards wide, and not very deep. Abomt two miles from this dry place in the riverj vpposite in Texas god freestone water could be obtained by digging twelve feet. I suppose that during a dry season the flourishing crops in this region of country might be owing to this sub-irrigation. Although I must say that I consider it a very promising country. . ' The distance from Sherman, Texas to Goldsboro, N. C , is 1362 miles by way of Texarkana, Little Rock, Mem. phis. Chattannoga, Atlanta, Charlotte and Goldsboro r' T. . fc, . .. ' MARItUGIi pnopoflits. KVei naan ha hUOtVa rmy mt Asking the InkportusiC TART I. Sit Arthur Helps believed that never since the world began did two lovers make love ill exactly tne same Wav as any other two lovers. Whether he was right is equally beyond proof or disproof. Certainly no question has been put in such a Variety of ways as the most momentous one a' man can ask or a woman answer ; how it is put depends upon time, place, cir cumstances and the temperament of the in dividuals concerned. , A MAttlUAtJE WITH A GEKEBQUS MOTIVE. A j curious marriage . proposal was made by a reverend .bachelor who entered the matrimonial state on his death bed. When in his seventy-third year the minister had a severe attack of paralysis, which left him so weak and helpless that, feeling his end was not far; distant, he proceeded to set his Wordly affairs in order.- His parish being an exceedingly small one, and having been, always a most liberal mau, be bad not much money to leave which circumstances, had it not been for one reason, he would not have minded. '.-; , : For the last twenty years he had had as housekeeper a steady sensible woman, who had served him honestly, tended him bite a daughter during Lis illuiss, ar.d for whom he had quite a fatherly regard. It was on her ac count that he murmmred his poverty. It would have been a matter for thank fullness could he have left beraa mach as would have supported her comfor tably aud respectably ia her old age she was how about forty-five. After wtigUiug-aad-emistdcriDg-'tne -matter for some weeks ia eyety puestble light, a way out of the .difficulty suddenly flashed upon him; and knowing the precarious stale of his health." he re- soied to execute bis purpose at once. He called his housekeeper, and when w i NUMBER 4 'because he had no aontr to laart her he continued: :"- " .'f: "V5 "J r-''" Of course yba aYa asrar that there fs a Ministers Widows Fund, so that if the husband dies, his wife' will hare "I was'never more serioos ia my In the evening Mary told him she "would takehira."' ff tea days after they were married, and three days later .be good old man died;; but his widow still enjoys her share of the 'Widows' Fund." a soldier's r&orosAL. A young officer was dancing 'a Mt of Lancer's in a crowded drawing room with an extremely pretty girl, to whom he made hun self most agree a ble. After Ums dance was over, he took her to a chair, and seating him self beside her, began to saoera his oeli bacy. It is exceedingly easy to remedy that' said she. . j ' "I don't think so, at all ; la fact I do not know a girl who would oaarry ' " ,'--::.-: She laughed and replied S ''Just go and ask some one here to. night, and I venture fo say yoe will be accepted by the firsU' 'Ah ! I am not so sure about that. tJut -will ;vou take me?.V "With pleasure.", And a. few months later they were married. j ItE CHANGED ttER XIMEk . . ' ;i ' ' i ' ! A big good natured doetor Was des perately in love with, and had boen twice refused, by a fair -haired httte woman. , But instead of - tbe dlsap pointment curing his love it only made his passion grow more Intense. After the last refusal, ta told bar that if ever she changed her taiwd to let him known, as his love for her was unchangeable. Some months later ha was driving home from seeing a patient when be raw hie lady-lovw riding i ale direction. Supposing-she won td merely bow and pass on, as she had often done before, he did not poll top his horse. But the moment Miss Dixon came up to him, she reined In her horse, stopped, and called out xWon'tydustopVDrsHillf He raised bis bat And replied i VI shall be happy to do so," then waited for her to speak. She was gating at the ground and blushing. deeply, bat quickly looking up, she filled the doctor's honest heart with surprise and gladness by saying! "Dr. HUM have been closely watch ing you lately,; and j see nothing but goodness and noble mindedoe ss In your character, and believing yon will make an excellent husband I am will- ing to marry you. .j ;-.-'' i 20 ODJECTlONfl. " ii- Mr. Smith coming all the Way from Australia on the lookout for a wife, saw a young governess on board a G lasgow steamer, whom, from her kindness and attention to some chil dren under charge, he fancied woold suit him. 8o he went and in trod need himself, and taking a seat deside her, said t j "I am fifty-three! years Of age; have an income of a thousand a year ; am a total abstainer from intecieatlng d;inks ; have a good hoow ntar Mel- bourje; and all I want is s good wife to complete ; my possessions ; woald you mind taking fief' "'...'-..'' She quietly replied : - j -I hae no objcctbnt..-"-T- And a few : weeks later tbwyi were made one. S XOT TO BE FOOLED. A VOUBg man of 23, with neither money nor prcapett of getting any. came to the conclusion that the best thing he could do was to marry a rich wife ami live on her; money. : Among his acquaintances was a w'niow lady twice his age, with three ; children, but with a steady income of j two thousar.d dollars. She be resolved to msrry, and in order to cultivate bar friendship, took presents of flowers and fruiU and gave her ehildrer. books and ? rides on his horse. Tbe lady kindly reeeivjed bis attentions.' gave htm the -ttT- ADVCQTISISCi i t.Qf One Square 9 tfeotha, One Square Months, One Squan IS Slootha, liberal tftdnctkani mxi t3rlxC?n Transtect AirefUsetaenu lasened at Tea Cents per Use. '- : : , : " I , , -r: , - ' m n 9 m is .if . ti liberty c her fcaaat xi 4 Hs InUrpreted hsr klodnts4-T6 suit hlmstlf. ah'beinvedViviad' totiinf U do but ask bor, and so ventured one evening on the subject In- lie fU iag manner: ; . I wonder very much why yon doot re-marry, Mrs. L." 5 v Smpry becaase no on out 1 ri ata' a widow with Uiree childrea." "I know oaa who woold be proud to have yea aad yoar dear children," j said the wooer, feeling the worse wall over. - ' - "Indeed, yon are most flattering thla v evejilng 1 y ; :. i;KC:-"i: "No, I am not flatteriag ; I lev i yoa and would be proud to be yoar hot tandT j' 8ha looked coldly on him, thin piled: - ', t "Ton mean you wcnld be prottd tal own my money, sir. I have been vast! ly deceived in you.' Ten pointing to tbe door, she continued "Leave my bouse, and while I live, never dare to re enter IC ' CjCADTT AXD LCDICKOCS PstOFOCsVLs When Lord Strangfbrd sat down to criticise a book of travels by llUa Beaaford, he little dreamed that he should sooa write to the young autho. reast. .' I" '' ' "N , : ":' ' "I was thinking the other day ibont a communicaUon from tbe Emperor .. Akbar to tha King of Pbrtogal which contained a request for copies of the holy book or tbe Christians, and la which the following sentence oocnrs x 'In the world of humanity, which ts the mirror ami reflection of tbe world of God. there is nothing eqvsj to love, or oomparalls to. hnmaa affection. For many years I have felt and known Una, though I never said It till todaj to .any one. When yoa next pleas give me the possessive aoun of the first person." 1 wriU pro- Snrely, . never was ai declaration made In a Quainter fashion, savins perhaps by the Mcotch beadle who led the manse house-maid to the c'rurch yard, and pointing with' his finger, stammered : - "My folk lie there, marry, and wad jn tike to lie Ihertf Or the lugubrious humorous Irish lover who took his girl to see ithe fami ly vault, and then and there asked her If the would like to lay her bones be side of his bones. Louise de Savole popped the question ' to Bourbon, but had to take "No" for her answer, tbe constable curtly de claring that the disparity of y tars be tween them, and hit own feelings, ren dered the union impossible. A fcADtS FBOrOSAL. If ladies sin against propriety la taking tha initiative, they cannot be. blamed for bringing a sbllly shelly or over bashful lover to the point when a good opportunity presents IteelfJ Such an opportunity sufficed to aad what had been a somewhat tedious courtship. The young man paying kit usual evening visit, asked his lady-love how she got along with her . cooking. Nicely aha replied. 'I'm improv-, tr.g wonderfully, and make splendid cake now ' . , ; . 'Can your eeid the young fellow, ignorantly rushing on his fate. ' JTbat kirxl do you like best? " i 'I like one with flour and augar. with lota of ralsiaa, cor rants and citron. and beautifully frosted oa top.' . s 'Why, that'a a wadding cake V I meant wadding' V And there was nothing left far hiaa bat to uv he maint weddlacr tsQu i , It el Csieengfc Cleeeu As a people, we do not get eooogb sleep ; we do not get enough rest ; we will bot take time (or eoch tbiags ; hence our nervoosnesa, our instability, bar hasty temper, and prematura giv ing out of the stamina or life.1 Half of os art old at threa sxxa, the very time a man ought to be i his mental, moral and physical prime. . Half of out wlvts, tapacially in the laming distrkta, die loag before tbak time, because they: do not gat rest and sleep proportioned to their labor. Nine Umee out of tan it would be bettor for all , psvtlea if the fanaer should get ap and light the fires aad prepare breakfast for his wife, aha coming directly from her toilet to the breakfast table, becense it almoat alwaya happena that; aha baa to remain up to set things right, lon after her husband baa gone to bad. when really be has nothing to do after supper but go, to bed. This ia a atrousiy cruel uc sition on wivwa aid J motfcera. The- Sf. .UirC AJ I wiisoihfiavance er. i