North Carolina Newspapers

f,e CEtpm mxk BATES o ADVERTISING. H. A. LONDON, Jr., EDITOR AND lttOrBrTUK. . One squar, oo luMitloa, Om equare, two Inswtlona,- One tqaare, on. mouth, - - urn - M9 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One fry, fine year, -On. eouy,ltMnllis ' One copy, throo months, tJ.on l.iv PITTSB01iO CHATHAM CO., N. C, APEIL 24, 1870. NO. 32. Vr larger adt.rtlwiueuta Ulxritl coatracta will be nude. VOL. I. To the Bereaved 1 Headstones, Monuments u , AND TOMBS, IN THB BEST OF MARBLE. O.iod Workmanship, and Clearest and Largest Variety in the Slate, lard, ooroer Morga.i tod Wonot atresia, below Wynn'e livery .tables Address all coaimnnioatiop to CAYTON & WOLTE, Bdeigb, N. 0. W. LJLONDONWiU Keep Jj$jn. Hii Rpring anJ Summer Stack ii Terr Urge and xtra Cheap. It member, HE KEEPS EVERYTHING And alwavs keeps a Frill Rnpply. ITs keep, the largest atnok of PLOWS. l'l.OW CAST INGS mid FARM.'NO IMPLEMENTS iu the !j uly, wh.cb ne sells at Faotory I'rioia. Ha. 1! ill tonsil .. Bbovtl-plowD, Bweepa. e i, .a obeap ai you oao buy the Iron or BtetL He keep, tbe fluent and be it ttook i f GROCERIES! BUOAII.H, COFFEES. TEIB, CCBA MO h sSE3, fine Minora and fancy till 1CE11IE3. He bnyj good, at the Lowest Prior., and taka advantage of all discounts, and will f 11 good, a cheap for CKS l aa they oiu be bought in the S'atc. You eau hi ay Bud DRY GOODS ! Fanoy Ooods, mob aa Uibbons, Flower. I.aces, Vi1k r. iJs. Collar., (kirtet, Fan, Paiasols. I'mhreiias. Notions, C.otbiug, HARDWARE, TISWAI1E, DKUOS. TAIST3 MIXED ASD 11;Y OILS, CltOCKE.RY. CON-HCCTIONEHIE-J. SHOES! VoryJrg) stook B.o'.s. lUta for Men, Boya, 1. adieu and Children. Crr.age Matcrialr. SEWING MACHINES Nii'a, Ircn. Furniture: Chewing and Stroking Tobacco, t igars, Hnufl; Leather of all kinda, an J a tLonssnd otter things at tbe CHEAP STORE 1 W. L. LONDON. ritUlK.ro, N. 0. H. A. LONDON, Jr., Attorney at Law, riTTSBOUO, X. V. gtiTSpecial Attention Paid to Collee'tng. J. J. JACKSON, AT TOR NE Y-AT-L AW, PITTSBOIIO', x. c. All business entrusted to him wilt re. elve prompt attention. W. E. AKDE1H05. Pruld.at. P. A. WILIT, Cathl.r. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, OF RALEIGH, X. C. J. D. WILLIAMS & CO., Grocers, Commission Merchants and Frodncd Bayers, FAYETTEVILLE. N. O. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF RALEIGH, . CAR. F. II. CAMERON. JYfif. W. E. ANDERSON, Tit rrei. W. H. HICKS, JSwy Tba only Home Lifo Insurance Co. In the State. A11 Its fund loaned out AT IIOMK, and among our own people. We do not aend Horin Carolina moneyabroad to build up other tUatos. It !a one of the moat ancecaaful com panies of Its ago In tho United States. IU aa- .mnlf .nfllplntlt. All lOMWS Dald i omptW. Eight thousand dollar, paid In th i .u i.n'if.M i.ir.mlllaa in Chatham. It will coat a man aged thirty yeara only five cents a ilay to Insure for one tnouaaua gotiars. Apply for further Information to H.A. LONDON, Jr., Gen. Agt. 'PITTSBOKO', X. C. JOHN MANNING, Attorney at Law, PITTSB02D'. N. C. praaMw. I. lb. Coarle M Chatham, H.ni.M, M.M'. aad Ors, ass la th. Sapram sa ttitt, The Sugar Maples. , Along tlio vale and o'er the 1(111 ' I aee a blue and smoky hajte; ' llie afternoons are warm aad still, And presage longer, warmer days. The bluojay, on tlie Miiuaoh bow, Is acruuming with cliaobrdont nolo; Tho phoube-bird iirouMS now Tbe longing lieurt with trembling throat. The hills r peeping through the snow, And buried fence greet the view ; On bare, brown knolls aquaw-bornes glow, Or tiny snow flowers flaunt in blue. The fresh, new eurtb now scouts the golo, As, rising from her sopulchro, She caste aside her snowy Teil, And greets her train who wait for her 'flia gnthered odors of tlie flowers Tliat lurk within the maple's veins, The golden light ot auuimohouw " TrrtTioardnrl wealth of summer rnins, Tlin gnrnerod sweetnou of tlie years That pulses through tho mighty trees, Awnit a wound to flow in tears Swoet as tho hoard of shining boos. Now stnnds tho drowsy team a-iloop Boforo the huokol-liulon eloign, While sinks the oniol stool full doop To dmw the crystal snp away. Tlie atoady diip from wooden lip Mukos musio in tho aoft spring air, And aoon tlie ludon buckets tip And woKto the nectur rich and rnro. Anon tho pungont smnkc-wrouths rUo Around the koltlns' tossing surge. ; Hale youths attend tho ancriuco, And high the flomos with fnggots urge. Ah, tmuauiutntion wondrous awoot ! 'Hint stenis the blocnl of bure, brown trees, And iu the crackling flanuw and host Has ower those golden gntius to seize ! Oh, vunixhed youth ! Ob, balmy days ! The odors rise of curly flowers. I sec uguiu through smoky haso The pictures of those fleeting hours; I bear uguiu tlie wild bulloo Of boys long siluut in the tomb; The fllful cuinp-Ure briugs to view (Had luces from tbe outer gloom. They tell of uu eterunl spring Forever bright with springing flowers, Where uioruisgU uu endlcst ring, Existence knows uot uu)sing lumra. It nuiy be tliut tlie fliiuies of strife Hiive storod lor us some sweets nwur, Ci Irozeu drifts of uuthly lile May yield for us a brighter dny. J. T. W urdci. HELEN. " Helen!'' called a fresh, girlish voice. Oh, here you are! !ust like you, for all the world ! Poring over your hooks by a light suited only for owls eyes. It was true; the only illumination in the large low-ceiled farm kitchen email- J ated from some smoldering embers in j the largeold-fashioned iircplace; and as Helen rose at her friend s voice, and went with her into the family sitting-room, her eyes had a dazed, bewildered look for a moment as though her mind had been far away. "n hy, under the sun, Helen, asked her aunt, "don't you study iu here in stead of getting off by yourself, and spoil ing your eyes reading by firelight ? Such pranks put me out of all patience!" Now, auntie, ileu t scold, said Helen, eoaxingly; then turning to Mattie, she asked : " What is it, Mattie? something pleasant, I know by your looks?" Mattie s black eyes sparkled. "Indeed, Helen, you guessed right. Mr. Marron asked me to let you know. We're going to have a straw ride to morrow night, if the weather is fine, and will be after you at seven o'clock. So be ready, sure." Helen's face had brightened at the mention of Mr. Marron's name; but it clouded again. Why did he not rome himself with the invitation, instead of sending?" she asked. Oh, Milly Button's arithmetic is all in a muddle, and she asked him to come to the house to-night and help her. Since Mr. Man-on's been our toucher some of the girls need lots of help!" was Mattie s satirical reply. Helen's red lips set themselves together with sudden resoluteness : " I shall not go," she said. "Xow, Helen, don't say that. Archie Man-on cares more for the tip of your little finger than for Milly Ihitton's whole body; but she's always doing things to get his attention. He can't rebuff her, you know, for that would be rode." 'I shall not enter lists against her. said Helen, quietly. Mattie knew it was useless to say more. Helen was as firm as she was gentle when she thought her self in the right. "Tell Mr. Marron I am engaged, she continued; "and so I iuu!" holding up her well-worn Latin grammar. "Yes, said Mattie, as spitefully as such a good-natured girl could speak; " I suppose you'll be at your old tricks! One would think you meant to he a judge or niiuisttr, or " "So I would if I could," -answered Helen, soberly; "but ns those profes sions are not generally accessible to us, I moan to lie a teacher. Helen was an orphan, and dependent on her uncle. Uncle Amos entertained a secret scorn for " hookworms," ns he called them. Hy him Helen's literary proclivities were considered an unfortu nate inheritance from her father. He had been a scholarly man of fine abili ties, marred, however, hy an utter lack of that practical common sense without which one stnnds hut a poor chance of making his way in the world. Helen, however, differed widely with him in this. While inheriting his brilliant talents, she had also qualities which called out her shrewd old uncle's respect, so that ho was really fond of her. Of late, however, Helen had lieen liv- ing in a world peopled with sweet anJ tender fancies for tlie future. Sir. Mat ron, a handsome, young college student, bad 'ieen nppoiitted muster of the village school, and had singled her out hy va rious kindly attentions ns his favorite pupil, so that the advent upon the scene of a pretty hut frivolous young girl, who was an adept at flirtation, and who miui nged to monopolize him completely, nt first caused Helen sharp, keen pain. She was so little used to the ways ol society that all that glittered seemed to her like the gleam of true gold. As Mattie had said, Archie Marron had not meant to neglect Helen; for, in his secret heart, lie admired her far more than Milly, nnd fully intended to make his peace with her ngaln ; hut he had rceonitod without his host. Helen was proud aa well as fond, and ruthless V plucked out tlie tender dreams from her heart and flung them to the winds, and with them, also, her faitli in love. Tho ride came off without her, and Milly had the field to herself. The next day reports came back that " Surely tho master and Milly Pulton were en gaged, or about to be, they were so sweet upon each other." Just at this tiino an idea came to Helen. An announcement appeared in the paper which once a week brought tho far-off cfty nows to her uncle's household, over which she pondered doeply. It was an offer of a position ns a student-teacher in an institution. A young lady was wanted for the place, and was to have a small salary for Iter services, beside the privilege of perfect ing herself in the higher branches and in the languages. Helen's pulses thrilled with excitement as she read. She would apply for it, and when she carried out her intention nnd wrote about it, whether it was that ap plicants for the position were not numer ous or that something in the tone of the letter pleased the principal, Helen re ceived the nppoiutment, and was duly installed in her uew life before the month hud passed. Among the pupils was one to whom she soon became much attached a sweet child named Alice Herman. Her health, always delicate, became so muvh impair- I ed that at the close of the year see had te be taken out of the school, and it was a real grief to Helen to part whither. She thought, almost bitterly, that it was hot fate to lose any companionship around which her heart tendrils began to twine. In parting, as Alice put up her lips for a good-bye kiss, Helen's eyes filled with sudden tears. " Do not cry," said the little child, fold ing her arms about Helen's neck in a close embrace, " for 1 shall ask mamma to invite vou to our house in vacation. Would ylm like to come? " "Yes, darling." whispered Helen. tboujrh with a wad thought in her heart th;it the fair little face might be laid away llmj,.r the daisies before that time, j,.S- Herman. Alice's mother, had stmi at , little distance watching them, After Helen had irone she said : That young teacher has very pleasant manners, nnd as pretty n face as one would find in a day's travel. She would really he an ornament to one of my re ceptions. We must ask her to visit us. Ally." "Oh, mamma, that'll he so nice," said A lice enthusiastically, " anil some elegant gentleman will marry her. and she'll be the most beautiful lady in the world when she wears silks and diamonds in stead of that black dress." Mrs. Herman smiled. " You are a romantic little girl, my pet. In this mercenary world dollarsand rents too often prove more of an attraction than worth and beauty." " Mamma, were you rich when papa married you?" asked Alice, with wide- open eves, it was ner nrst lesson in tins great world s selfishness. " No, darling." answered her mother, with a smile and a blush at the memories the child's words had so suddenly con jured out of the piist. " Neither was your papa. He was a struggling attorney on slender pay." "Then, mamma,'' said Alice, with ready logic, "that was one love-match. Why should there not be another? " Mrs. Herman smoothed the silken head tenderly. " (Jo now, dear, and rest a little before we start. Our journey will be long and tedious." Two weeks had passed, when a tele gram came to Helen saying that Alice was very ill and called constantly for her. " Would she come to her? " All other plans were at ence put aside, and soon Helen was at the sufferer's bedside. It seemed as though the child liegnn to improve nt once under the in fluenee of the strong equable nature of her favorite, and after a time she was able to be lifted into the carriage for a ride. Kandall North, a nephew of Col Herman, was to drive the spirited grays. as Mrs. Herman lost her nervous fear of accidents when his strong hands held th reins. It was Helen's first meeting with him, and her usually pale cheek flushed slightly as, after her introduction, he assisted her to the. deserted seat which she wits to occupy beside him; but the exhilarating motion soon put her cm hiuTussment to flight, and the two thus suddenly consigned to a Me-ti-tctc were soon chatting away unrestrainedly. To Helen's own surprise, muck of her old girlish gayety bubbled up to the surface as she talked, anil the grave, Intent face lieside her hrightened as it reflected back unfeigned pleasure at her evident enjoy ment. After this, every pleasant day saw the little party out for a drive. Stmctimos the colonel took the reins; then Randall would accompany them mounted on bis favorite Thor; but invariably taking a position wkj're he could occasionally ex change a word or a glance with Helen. At last Alice was well, and her friend was aliout to return again to her school. Kandall North, was suddenly made aware of the love which had grown up in his heart for the beautiful young stranger when he found how changed to him was the face of nature when seen without her, and in a short space of time he followed her, and iu a few but curliest words he asked her to he his wife. She listened with a troubled faso as he plied his suit. "I am sorry, Mr. rsortli," she said; 1 have not thought of any future save the one which has been mapped out for me; and love has no place in it! "Pardon me foT asking. Miss Stearns, butdo you lovo another?"' Helen flushed. " Hid I not say that love was not in my future, Mr. North?" she asked: 'Then I shaUmot take your no for an answer. 1 wilVbe so faithful to you, and so patient in waiting for you, that you will at last marry me from sheer pity." He bent suddenly and kissed her hand. The next moment he was gone. Helen stood for a moment as though bewildered, with the memory of his words ringing in her ears, almost fooling the touch of his lips upon her hand. "They arc all alike," she thought, bit terly, "attracted by tho lost new face. Foolish is any one who puts faith in their vows!" A memory of past pain came surging up in her mind, nnd made her unjust to all because one had seemod faithless. Handail kept his word. He was not obtrusive in his attentions, but occasion ally a basket of hothouse flowers or some choice now book would come by express to the school for Helen. Her vacations were always partly spent with Alice, and Randall invariably put in an appearance, apparently quiet and cold, but following Helen with eyes whose wistful language she well understood. One evening he called, accompanied by a college acquaintance. Helen's heart gave one great throb ns her eyes rested on the stranger. It was her old friend, rchie Marron. Randall North saw her agitation, and when he learned of their previous acquaintance he at ouce drew his own inference, and, to Helen s great surprise, for the rest of the evening was absent-minded nnd silent that she found her eyes constantly turning toward him in mute inquiry; but for the first time in their acquaintance he hardly seemed to notice her. A strange new pain began to thrill at her heart-strings. She looked at him and then at Archie, who had changed but little. The some careless waves of brown hair swept back from his high, white forehead: the same pleasant, merry brown eyes laughed back an answer to her own. Mechanically listening, she mentally contrasted the two. Randall's firm lips Mid massive chin; his dark eyes, domi nant forehead and dose-cut black hair- truly he was not Archie's equal in come- i i ies! Rut v sudden conviction came to her that she loved Kandall! Not one lark, rugged feature would she change if she could. The knowledge made her so quiet that Randall noticed it, and made nn excuse to return after they had taken leave. Sore as was his heart at his imagined discovery, he wits at once filled with anxiety lest her health was failing tinder the constant strain of teaching. " You are looking pale," he said. Are you ill? You know," and his deep voice trembled a little, " I told you that 1 should watch over you until some one had a better right., Helen, tell un truly, is Archie Marron to have that privilege?" Helen's beautiful eyes shone down upon him like twin stars as he said this. So this was the key to his strange cold ness and abstraction through the even ing! But she would not prolong his misery; so she bent and whispered: 1 No one will ever have that right but yourself, Randall." He turned and looked at her. " Are you in earnest, Helen? Po you really love mo at last?" "Yes, better than life itself!" washer answer. Under the influence of his enduring. unselfish love she felt that she could trust him fully and freely. Her faith had been liorn anew. Extraordinary Deception. Kvery day, on the Via Toledo, the finest and most frequented street in Na ples, might have been seen an old wo man', bent under the weight of years, clad in wretched mourning. She wore a tat tered bonnet on her head, a thick veil over her features, nnd a pair of ragginl gloves on her lingers. She never spoke. but took with a kind of growl whatever small coin the passengers might vouch safe her. That old woman a gams were four dollars per diem ; but who was she? No one could tell, and she never answered questions. The other day a couple of municipal guards laid hands on her, and, bundling her into acah, took her off to the Mendicant's Home. One of the female attendants stripped her, and suddenly, from the filthy, fetid envelope of rags, emerged, t inderella-like, a lusty young woman, considerably on this side of thirty, frosh-oolonil, fat, and prepoS' sessing. Her make-up was a marvel of effect. Her curved spine was arranged " with a cord which passed round her neck and was fastened nt the knee. Her hump was manufactured from a ball of rags, Her wrinkled and dirty white face was managed with imitation parchment. On inquiry it was found that this young woman was of good family, and that the gains she so cleverly earned were taken regularly homo to her parent. Why is a corner peanut-seller like an npotheeary? Because he does business on a small scale, Vt says. Mexican Newspapers. The Detroit Free iVcus thus humorous ly descants upon newspapers in Mexico: A small daily sheet called a newspaper in Mexico costs $lt a year. The paper is about the size of a theater prognmme and there is no mad struggle to fill its columns. If they get tlie murder up in the Twenty-sixth ward a week after its occurrence they think they do pretty vrdl, and then as a general thing the murderer has to call around and write it up himsejf. The morning papers are promptly delivered at eight o'clock, but the editors or printers don't lose any sleep on that account. The paper for next morning is nil printed and ready for delivery before six o'clock the even ing before, nnd then the editorial stafl' .and jirinters, two men ns a general thing, go home happy. Sometimes one man is editor, compositor, proofreader, printer, mailer, in fact, tho whole establishment. He lives in his printing office, generally in tho upper story, while the press is down stairs. Some of the largo papers, that rule the country as it were, have as many as three men on the staff, and one printer with several type-setters. A small engine runs a press that will print about 400 papers an hour. They consider this a big thing in Mexico, and point with wonder at the gigantic enterprise of the company that lias a steam press. A paper of this class sometimes gets an item of news as soon as three days after it happens, and in other ways shows ex traordinary energy. As only about one in ten persons can read in Mexico, the newspaper business is not one in which monstrous fortunes are accumulated in a few years. Printers aud Printing. Many who condescend to illuminate tii.s dark world with the fire of their genius through the columns of a news paper little think of the lot of the printer, who sits up at midnight to cor rect their false grammar and orthogra phy and worse punctuation. We have seen the arguments of lawyers, in high repute as scholars, sent to the prints!' in their own handwriting, many words espovially technical and foreign terms abbreviated, words misspelled and few or no points, and these few, if any, cer tainly in tlie wrong places. We have seen the sermons of eminent "divines" sent to the press without points or capi tals to designate V:e divisions of the sen tences; also the letters of the political and scientific correspondents. Suppose all these had been so printed the printer would have been treated with scorn and contempt. No one would havebeliexed that such gross and palpable faults were owing to the ignorance or carelessness ol the author: and no one but the practical printer knows how many hours the com positor, and after him the proofreader, is compelled to spend in reducing to reada ble condition manuscript that often writ ers themselves would be puzzled to read. Li. The Surveying Hoax. There is a practical joke which isquite a favorite with Parisian students. Fix- ng upon some thoroughfare where a bridge crosses the Seine, two of them take their station, the first on one side of the river, tlie second on the other. Ixioking carefully around, they proceed to take measurements with cords and surveyors" instruments, until on each side quite a crowd has gathered. Next, one of the students selects some verdant youth who happens to be passing, and politely asks: "Would you kindly hold this cord, sir? There is going to be a government survey. Please retain the cord till the official conn, on no account dropping it for an instant, as the nicos urement would thus be lost." lie then gives the other end to a second innocent young man, and the way is thus effect ually blocked. Meantime his comrade across the bridge has repeated tho same performance. Calochos, carriages, drays, all sorts of vehicles, with throngs of foot passengers, have collected, who are grave ly told that they must wait, ns a govern ment survey is in progress. Hy this time the students, of course, have deenmped. leaving the unlucky holders of the cord to manage the impatient crowd ns best they can. The affair usually ends in the summoning a detachment of policemen to drive away these victimized disturbers of the peace. This hoax, though often practiced, is said to he always successful. The Carriage Trlek. A certain builder of carriages made n practice of keeping a carriage on hand to palm off on the executors of di-ccnscd noblemen. It was a costly vehicle, hand somely fitted up. As soon as the death of a noblemau occurred, the carriage was decorated with the arms of the deceased in the best style of herald painting. With this preparation a letter was dis patched to the executors respectfully in quiring when it would be convenient to remove the carriage which had been built according to the orders of his lord ship. It had been some time ready to be taken away, and the price was l!IO, or some such sum. This unpleasant an nouncement usually hii to a compromise. J'he carriage not being wanted, a sum of money was paid by the executors to take it off their hands. This was precisely what was anticipated. The carriage was now ready for a fresh start in plunder mg. J lie armorial iicnrings were ol litoiatod, and tho panels were prepared to receive the heraldic blazonry of the next nobleman on whose executors the same trick could bo played off. Very clever this; hut, like all i-oguerii. it was at length found out, and a loss of reputa tion ensued. What became of the car riage that had undergone so many trans format 'ems we know not. Chainlirrf Journal. How the Turks and Arabs Prepare Coffee. A really good cup of black coffee is not only exhilarating, but a great aid to di gestion. To be excellent, the very best quality of mocha must be selected. The roasting requires much care, and ought to be done at home and on the day the cof fee is to be used ; too much heat and a oot sudden process of roasting dries the berries, nnd a burnt taste makes the best kind unpalatable. Coffee should not be long kept after it is ground ; iu that con dition it soon loses its delicious flavor. Nor must it be ground too finely, or the decoction will not be clear; and, again, when too coarse it does not yield it strength and aroma. Of course, tho quantity of perfectly boiling water has to be in proportion to the amount oi coi feo. The greatest cleanliness is abso lutely necessary; and coffee made in a china percolator will taste bettor than any prepared in a silverone. Small per forations in the filter are essential, ana the boiling water should gradually be poured in. It is tho bo.st plan to serve tho smallest quantity possible, and to choose the best china, tho beauty of the cups contributing materially to the en joyment. W lute sugar candy or coarsely broken white plantation sugar is prefera ble to that sold in machine-cut squares, which has always a dusty taste. People fond of Turkish coffee should prepare it accordingly. The roasted berries and a proportionate quantity of sugar arc pounded together in a stone or marble mortar; when reduced to the finest powder, about two teaspoonfuls of this mixture are put into a small tin cup, with a corresponding amount of water. :md allowed to boil for some twenty or thirty minutes. The Arabs put a tin cup, which is provided with a long handle. on the embers, and cover it with the hot ashes. When ready to be served the boiling coffee is put into a china cup, which is generally very small, without a handle, and standing in silver tilagee in the form of an egg cup, and there it is al lowed to settle: and shaking prevents the coffee from getting clear. It is a de licious, though rather costly beverage. ( Mall ihisMc. Words of Wisdom. Humanly speaking, there is a certain degree of temptation which will over- come any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man you do him an injury, and if he is overcome, you share his ul. Hiimau opinion has so many shades that it is rare to lind two people who agree. But two people will agree won- dcrfullv if they will let a third think for th. The fni'tunate man is he who, born poor or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and consideration, and having got them, dies before he finds they were not worth the trouble. No man can succeed in all bis under- j takings, and it would not be well for j him to do so. Things easily acquired go j easily. It is by the struggle it costs to obtain that we learn to rightly estimate the value. Truly great men are polite by instinct to their inferiors. It is one element of their greatness to be thoughtful for others. The greatest men in the world have been noted for their politeness. Indeed, many have owed their greatness mainly to thsir popular manners, which induced the people whom they pleased to give them an opportunity to show their power. Never give up old friends for new ones. Make new ones if you like, and when you have learned that you can trust them, love them if you will, but remember the old ones still. Do not for get, they have been merry with you in time of pleasure, and when sorrow ennie to you they son-owed nlso. No matter if they have gone down in the social scale nnd you up; no matter if poverty and misfortune have come to them, while prosperity and plenty have fallen to you are they any less true for that ? Are not their hearts as warm nnd tender if they do beat beneath homespun in stead of velvet? Fou Hi's Musical Inventions. Thf history of music plainly shows that the elements of musical art were in a manner systematized from the earliest ages of mankind. The Chinese have records of one of their emperors who fixed the twelve degrees of the chromatic scale at the wake -anil -call - me -early period of 3108 B. C. The potentate in question was named Fou Hi the First. He invented several instruments, im provements upon which have made the fortune of many an unscrupulous invader of Chinese patents in these our times. Among his instruments were, of course, the bones, which, when rattled by Fou Hi, gave forth celestial harmony. His bones were a peculiarly prime order of article, better than those in use iu these degenerate days. The lowncss of the standard of national taste in America to day was never more distinctly shown than in the utter indifference of the aver age auditor as to what a minstrel's bones are made of. so that they rattle ns lustily as any sucking dove w ill roar. Fou Hi, with that nicety of taste invariably ob servable in the fabrication of choice arti cles bv the Oriental peoples, always in sisted upon having his bones made of the relt shank of infants of good anciwtry, Upeejally massacred in the neatest way. I fr tbe purposes of manufacture. The ! bones w ere the first instrument Fou Hi invented, but his genius soon took a wider flight, and he dropped them for another, nnmely, the lyre, in drawing the long bow upon which he was unex celled even by his biographers. Olive Ixynn, in nrcr' Migiuiiic. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Ladies' sacques Jilted lovors. Beer fills many a bottle, and the bottle many a bier. The Paris exposition was visited by 16,039,725 people. Few of the beautiful w ild flowers of California are fragrant. New York Central Park has'oost some thing like $15,000,000. In Venezuela they are making flour from unripe dried bananas. Callows executions may be called sus pensions of public judgment. The Pes Moines (la.) school board for. bids pupils to jump the rope. It Is proper that a confusion of papers ami books and manuscript should sur round a literary person. Two pedestrians in Chicago, who started to walk for a Iwit, quarreled be fore the tramp was finished and each one got a belt over the head. A doctor to his son "Johnny, wouldn't you like to be n doctor? " " No, father." "Why not, my son?" ''Why father, I could not even kill a fly.". Now dolb tlie little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all tho day Korctikcs of buckwheat flour. "Why," asks the Wheeling Leader, " don't some one write a song on the first fly of summer? " Because the fly won't hold still long enough for any one to write a song on it. Xorristown Herald Mr. Standford, the California railroad capitalist, owns a farm of 2,000 acres near San Francisco. Upon it are sheds and stables stretching for a mile, containing 300. thoroughbred horses, worth more than $200,000. The pedestrian fever has even extend ed to the most secluded precincts of tlie family circle. Wc hear of several young ladies of highly respectable parents who are in training to walk, and nearly all of them are under two years of age." You can never expect great deeds to yield, Vou can uevcr perform an action kind, Voa can never plow round a liirmer'e Held, Uy turuiug it over in your miud. Two herdsmen quarreled on a Ne-. l k prairie, and each threatened to k.,, tje otul,r Neither was armed, but ti;WMvas a gun in their hut, a mile LW!VV Both " started for the weapon, I aM)j jt was n nu.e fr life, for the man i wj(H g0t'Jt was certain to shoot his com- j punion. They had several fights on the way, and were bruised and exhausted j when they neared the goal; but they ran ; -ith desperation, and kept abreast until dose to the house, i hen one triopeu and; fell, giving the other the other the lead. The victor dashed into tlie build ing, pulled the gun down from its hooks, and mercilessly murdered his fallen foe. Education of the Eyes. We may not be called upon to hunt white foxes in the snow ; or to save our life or our child's by splitting with an arrow an apple on its head; or to Iden tify a stohn sheep by looking in its face and swearing te its portrait; but we must do many tilings essential to our' welfare, which we would do a great deal better if we had an eye as trained ns wc readily might have. For example, it is not every man that can hit a nail square on the head or drive it straight in with a hammer. Few persons enn draw a straight line, or cut a piece of cloth ot paper even; still fewer can use a pencil as draughtsmen and fewer still can faint with colors. Yet there is not a culling in which an educated eye. nice in dis tinguishing form, color, size, distancr and the like, will not be of great service. For, though it is not to be denied that some eyes can be educated to a greater extent than others, there can be no ex cuse for ary neglecting to educate the eye. The worse it is, the more it neeas education; the better it is, the more it will repay it. Directly to the Point. A Philadelphia paper wisely observes: The great end of education is not infor mation, but personal vigor and char acter. What makes tho practical man is not the well-informed man, but the alert, disciplined, self-commanded man. These have been highly trained and accom plished men in days when a knowledge of geography hardly went beyond the islands nnd mainland of the levant. There were powerful English writers long before Lindley Murray wrote his latinized Knglish grammar. What should be thoroughly understood is, that cramming is not education. It is mis take to cover too much ground and to seek to make youth conversant simply with the largest number of studies. It them learn a few things, and learn them well. Let the personal influence of the teacher be relied upon rather than book and elaborated methods. An Important Turf Event. It is reported that the famous English racehorse Peter, the favorite of the Derby, whose engagements have been canceled by the death of his owner, has been purchased by parties who will send him over to the United State to run ngainst the fastest American bred three-year-old next autumn. Mr. Pierre Ir illard. who has charge of the matter and is to have charge of the colt, offers on account of the owners a match of $10,000 $2,500 forfeit to run Peter one mile and a half ovpt the Jerome Park course at tho autumn meeting of the American Jockey club against any other three-year-old. the same to be named at the post. This challenge has been accepted by Mr. James R. Keene, and is believed to be sufficient to inure the appearance of Peter.