North Carolina Newspapers

H. A. LONDON, Jr., BATES OF KM loll AMI l'ltul!;iTUU. ADVERTISING. One square, uut Insertion, Due nqiinre, two liuurCluui, Ons square, one month, - 11.08 - l.W i.M TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: tin C"f v, nut y- ir, -One copy itmiilli UDbCOpy, tlltrU IliUllltl-, VOL. II. pittsimuo Chatham co., n. c, January ir, isso. NO. 18. I "J To the Bereaved I Headstones, Monuments AND TOMBS, IN THE BEST OF MARBLE. Good Workmanship, nd Cheapest and Largest Variety tn the Btate. Yards oorner Morgan and Blonnt street, below Wynn'a livery stables. Address all oommnnioations to OAYTON & WOLFE, Rileigb, N. 0. Steamboat Notice! Tie boats of tbo Eirrofs Steamboat Compa ny wiU run an follows from tee first of Ootober nntil farther notice: Bleamer D. MCJICHKON, Capt. AlonzaOar. Tison, will leave Faottevil!e every Tuesday and Friday at 8 o'clock A. M., and Wilming ton every Wednesday and Saturday at 3 o'clock r. m. rtf?amnr WAVF Hint C A icuvvi rayeiiiviiie on Jlundays and Thursdays at 8 o'cioe't A. M. , and Wilmington on Tnes davs and Fr.days at 1 o'clock P.M., oonnootlng wi:h thn Westoni It.ilroad at Fayettevllle on J. n. irMrr.t.tjtsjb co. Agents at Fayottoville, N. 0. 65 BUGGIES, Rockaways and Spring Wagons At Price to Suit the Time, Made of the beet materials, and warranted to give eutiro satisfaction. COXSULT I OI K OllX IXTEREST, By giving us a call before bnying. Also, a fall lot of Hand Made Harness. A. A. MoKETHAN SONS, iwanom Fayrttevillei X. c. JOHN M. MORINC. Attorney at Law, .tloriDKHvlIlr, Cualunm Co., X. C teas m si"Bino, Of Cbalham. ALFRED A. MOBUXt, Of Orange MORINC & MORINC. Attoruoya . t :Li,xcr. IM It II A M, N. C. All bosinftas Intrusted to them will receive prompt attention. THOMAS M. CROSS, Attorney at Law, I'lTTMIOItO", N. f. Will practice in Chatham and aurroun onntius. Collection of claims a speoialty. ding Certain and Reliable! IlOWAltlVM INI'A! .I.II1LE WOULD ItE NOWNI'.D IlKMI'DY I'Olt WOHMK Is now for sale by W. L. Loudon, in l'ittdmro'. All thoaii who am anuoyi'd with those rents re aMmi'l tn rail and K't a package of this valuable remody. This compound is no huni biK. but a grand snccesn. One agent wanted in ovory town in tbo State. For particulars, libfon i ni'loHiiiR S pent stamp. I r. J. M. H'lWAHl), Ml. Onve. Waynocomitv, N.C. "h7a. LONDON, Attorney at Law, r .. ; -l A ri'i n l'::il ... NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF RALEIGH, X. CAR. T. n. CAMERON. 1'rtH lut. W. E. ANDEKflON, Vi.-e Vr . W. 11. IIH'Krt, AV.-'y. Tha only Home Lifo Insuranca Co. in tho Stata. All its fund loaned out AT IMMI K, mid among our owu people. We i!u tint mud North Carolina money abroad to build npnther Biatcs. It !soneof the iuil in'ivliil unii panic of Us nj;a In lti I'lilled Hub-.. !l as set are amply sutlleleiit. All ltr paid promptly. Eight thousand iliitUrs paid In lti last two'yrars t families In (.'lialhaui. It will C0t man sued tliiity yenra only live ivnls a day to Insure fur one ibim-aiid ilollitin. Apply for further Information U H. A. LONDON, Jr., Gen. Agt. lTITrWIOUil', N. .'. " J. J. JACKSON, AT TOR N E Y -AT-L AW, 1'ITTSIIOUO', X. C. ty AU business entrusted to til in will r eclve rompt attention. w ANIIRRiN, l'r..U.ul. P A. WII.IT, Cxbli CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, or uti.F.nai, w. v. J.D.WILLIAMS k CO., Orocars, Commission Horch&nta and Produce BaTers, PAYITTKVILI.I, N. O. A L'rniidslro's Itrcnui. It is within my ingle-uook, So old and gray, I know: I close my eyes and backward look: 'lis fifty years avo irs youth baa ll.d, or bops if dead. And life's Nanus ruuuiug low. The ChriatmaB bells are cbimtrg A6t (Tin fifty years ago), There comes the full of fairy feet Across the trackless enow; And hearts boat high, to pluaeurcs ni i; h , Just fifty years ago. From cut the weird n.,n:or-hou?e I see a golden glow; And many voices welcome na ("Tis fifty years Ego) A laughing band stand hand in band, A crowd pass to and fro. In hall and homestead, great and email Sing blithely as thoy go; The smile of one is smile of all (Tis fifty years ago), And hearts are light and eyes are bright, That Christmas long ago. A face looks out from wealth cf hair, , That waves o'er brow of suow; And brown eyes droop with tbyest air Tis fifty yoarB ago, And cheeks are flushed and voices hushed To nbippers swcot and low. A kerchief crossed a swelling breast, The heart that throbbed below Grew restless with its own nnreet; For. ah, how could yon know That I loved yon, so nell, to true, Just fifty years ego? We trod a measnre through the hall With stately steps and slow Once more I hear yonr footsteps fall; Your bright chocks brighter glow, And yon aro mine, by right divine, Of love, long years ago! Vonr dainty cap, your golden hair, Your muslin kercbiif'u suow, Your tiny feet that cross the stair Less swift tbau mine, I know; All these I hear, and see, my dear, As fifty years ago. How fair you lookid! How fond I loved! Tis weh it should bo so; I gaze upon your picture now Till tears begin tu flow; And all ti e pant is li.ld as fast As filty years ago. It is not fifty years and time Has stayed for u, I kuow; We hear tho met ry Christmas chime, We see the falling suow, And hand in hand so closo we stand, My love of long ago. The voices sweet of friends who greet Are cIobo to me, I trow, Tue firo-glcams dauce iu radiant boat, The holly-btrries glow: I have tut dienmt of dayB I've epcut fiiuco fifty year ago. Alas, who stands demurely hero, With eyes of tender glow, Bo like tho eyes of you my dear, la days of long age? She. smiles, I weeu, at graudtire's dro.'.m Of fifty year ago. LONDiN EOCIETV. FOREVER! 'Promise!' 'I ilo solemnly.' 'Forever?' continue J tho Boleruti, brok en voice. 'Forever,' echoed tbo weeping maiden by the bedHiele. The wasted lmndx were raised over the beads of the kneeling figures; the pale lips of the dying womiin patted the tongue tried to utter a blessing; but all brightness faded from (he eyes. The woman was dead. Two young girls knelt at the bedside. Constance Owen was tho name of one, with sallow skin and largo brown eyes, and Edith Ormoud, she was called, with ringlets of gold floatiug around her fair nack, and whose head was leaning npon the shoulders of Constance, who had promised the dying woman to be a sister, protector mother even to the fair maiden at her side. The strong, faithful, homely girl oallcd Constnueo was an adopted daugh ter of tho dead lady one of thoae waifs of tho street, whone only hoi e of life is in the charity of some tender-hearted trangor. Blie, however, repaid her protector by a love and regard as filial as that of her own daughter, and when upon her deathbud Mrs. Ormond bade Constance Owen make her the solemn promise recorded, the brave girl not only did not falter, but whispered onee more to the stricken girl at her side: 'Ten, kUitli, for tho sake of the love yonr dear mother gave to the orphan will I love you better than myself for ever. And darkness was in that chamber, desolation in the hearts of the mourn ers. Two years passed two years since F.dith the beautiful and Constance the brave had lost their best earthly friend. The former had grown more lovely even than the protuino of the dawn of her radiant maidenhood; the latter more homely, larger-featured, in face, but with the two years an added dignity of ruoin, a more intelligent light in the quiet, tender brown eyes, and foroe of diameter better defined iu every move ment. There carae many suitors to Bon nybrnok bo the littlo country-seat be longing to Edith was called but, so far, the little coquette did not pay much heed to any of them. BLe was chasing tho butterflies of Fancy around that Garden of E len first youth. But at length her beauty, grace and perhaps high sceial position, brought one day to the pates of Bonuybrook one Doctor Paulding, superior and rising young phyiioiaD, who lived Sn the city close by, and wlieu he had found his way t o thut pleasant cuiutry ntxilr, somehow 1 discovered patients in that vicinity very frcnttentlv. Was it F.lilh's fak face that ruudo him tnko that, bloominp, .hinli wny so often? lie was indeed fasciuate.l by her bright, girlish beauty, nud one nv suing after he had becu wandering in thi . gar dens, under tin) moon, soft pl naant words mtiht have becu npoken, for nftor he had kouo. Edith, with a Unshod fne dashed iuto tho room whero C'jiistanee was awaiting her, and throwing ha rnrms around hor, said in a hnppy, frenbliug voic: 'Oh! darlincr. I am sohnpiiy. Helms told me ho loved mo.' Constance ppoko not a word; E.lith was hold a moment to a beating heart, a soft kiss touched her forehf ad, ana the next moment she wai alone. Ho loves rael lie loves roe!" And E.lith looked out over tho garden s from which tho dews of night were distilling all their odors; she gazed it the rewin d, beautiful moon, and peopled the Hhado ws with tho imago of the man who had 0 rat stirred hor young life with the divino music of love. A month after tho pleasant confer siou had beeu made, Edith was calliil tf the mountains of Vermont to attend a dying aunt, the only sister of her dear mother, and tho had to proceed aionc, as Bonny broeik would havo lacked a gunrdiau if Constance had accompanied her--Dr. Paulding's duties utterly denying him that pleasure. Cjnstance was engrossed in her borne duties and saw but littlo society, pave a few rustic neighbors, who only ricom mended themselves by their good., ens of hoert, and certainly not by the brilliancy of their wit or understanding. Once un i awhile Dr. Paulding would ride out to lSonnj brook, as Coustunco told him, 'uo'u the force of old habit,' but nou it tcci ;i:.t tuat tue man ot medieiue. uuii sie-in-e did not carry on tho conversation with tho old ease, grace and spirit. What had como between Constance Owen and himself? Something Ui.'iph uable. The noble womun found a fitrauge, rare pleabtire in the society of the gifted man; the scholarly man a sympathy with the large hearted, intellectual wemnn which he had never known or experienced in any of her sex. 'True,' Le said to himself, 'sho is not beautiful; indeed, measured by tho rules of beauty, (die is positively ugly. But who oau, gnugo tho charms of a melodious voice, or de fine tho tenderness of aa hones'., kindly- eye?' And she, too, mused in this wise; 'This Dr. Charles Paulding is a iiiiu'veloualy gifted man. What powers of language, what treasures of imugiuutifru he pos sesses! What a noble career ho has be fore him; and Edith' hero she would pause and think of that clinging tendril, not as helping the growth of the oak, but as drawing from its strength. Yet from all snch thoughts as theso her staunch and loyal heart would resolutely turn away yet for ail this her speech would not como as 'trippingly on the tongue as iu the old days, and ho would oftentimes finish a sentence in the mid dle of it, and then lose himself iu vngno glances at tho ceiling or out into the gardens. Oh, it was a dangerous time for both of theso awakening hearts. But th;y glided on this treacherous stream, and seemed only conscious that the hours were sweet and that tho sun shone on tho waves. There was uo thought of elisloyalty in either heart. He was above all a man of honor, nud she of all else a loyal woman. Yet how hearts delude themselves. In the very pride of his strength Samson was shorn of his locks. One quiet evening iu July Dr. Pnuld- ing had taken tea at Bonnybrook, nnd Constance his 'hostess' only, she culled herself strolled down to tho gate with him. His impatient herse was biting the rcugu old hitching-post and throw ing np clouds of dust with his fore feet. He had been kept there four hours, and be seemed more eager than his master to leave Bonnybrook behind him. Tho doctor idly plucked some heliotropes as they strolled down the rose-bordered paths, and mingled with the flowers eome dainty mignonette and a vale bud or two of the tea rose. At hut ho placed tho bouquet in her httnus and said dreamily: Read tho emblems, Cjnstanee yon, who aro a priestess iu Flora's beautiful temple.' Blie quickly looked over them. Ah,' she said, 'you choose well, Sir Botanist. Here you have 'beauty in retirement,' 'constancy' that is good and 'I am not a summer friend' that is better than all. But you flatter with jour flowers nevertheless.' 'Not j ou,' he replied eagerly, almost tenderly, and in a voice that somehow frightened her. She replied almost coldly although her heart was strangely beating and a warm, nnusual color was in her face: 'ily best friends will tell you, doctor, that I am ugly and commoaplace. Be lieve them, I beg of you, and do not let your imagination invest me with any eharms.' He seemed all at once to be carried away by his passion. He leaned over her and replied, warmly: 'I say you are beautiful, Constance Owen. I feel your beauty in my very soul.' Bat he said no more. Tllrt f.:OQ of Cimstupco v.i,.'i a (daily; tho llti'ili that before lir.l crini'-oiscd lid checks died out, aud she beciiin? ghost ly pnl?. Her fingern, which had clipped the flowers, slowly opened aud thry dropped to the round nt her fi ct. All at once the vision of tlio dend woman seemed to present iteelf to her ruin:?, and tbo tiu5t p.ho was vioIMing sti-rif.k cold to her henvt. Vs.; this the 'Furrver' i.ho had spoken? yhoH'u.rp: rt'ii and would have fallen; the arms hi Dr. Paulding were about her, but pLo w;'V d him away in a moment with sm-li a pi? - eou.i, despairing gesture that ho obeyed her without a word, She only hf:d strength, to falter: 'Gc nnd remember Elith' end she triggered back toward' tho honne, Ut.v- ing him standing theie, bent aud t.-ee bling. Sua did not know how sho reached her own room; the strong woman had learned at tho same moment tho h.ved that sho muBt sacrifice and renounce. She stood for hours white and motion less, looking out at the sunset nnd tho gathering gloom of evening, with wild thoughts chasing themselves through her brain and a dumb, aching pain in her heart; e very hopo trailing in the dust, like those sweet flowers he had given her. She In d bet heal after awhile upon ber hands, on tho window case ment of her room, scd wept softly through tho loi g, long hours, until she leard the village bell strike the hour of midnight. She had prayed Jd wrei-tled with ber grief and agony, and rcmo up at length quiet and calm. She had ieldod to duty nnd hc-r promise to the dead. Somehow Cjnstoueo Owen fecmrd to grow puttier ns tho months pushed by there was some refining change which wns softening her rugged features and rounding every line in her s'alely form. Tho etirumtr into autumn had flown, aud still Edith Ormond had not etnrned to Benin brook. Her aunt ha.l ied, and letters came from time to time fraying that erelong li would be borne, t she ciirue not. Conld the supcci ho d.sloyalty of her lover? It was late in tho full, when tho woods ad p nt on the ir pomp of glory, nnd the hill witida seat the f alien leave s thruugh tLe valleys near Bonnybrook, r.ben Dr. 'auhliug rode np to the house aud asked for Constance. She had only received iui twice before siuce the summer even- ng, uiid hud tliea contrived by womiiu- tcct not to be alouo with him al though she no longer doubted her strength. CousUuco ou thii oecesion eoeived her guest alone; there tee mod strange embsrrassnK-ut in his muuiier. After the first greetings were over, he said: Cjnstauce I havo iniK'h to t.ay to you to-day. Do you think yeu can listen to me calmly?' 'Yes, she replied, 'if it is upon asnb- ect en which yon should speak' and he added tremblingly 'to which I hould listen.' 'Both,' ho said. 'When first I siw E.lith Ormoud I was captivated by her beauty and girlish f.rnejy; I thought I oved her' Constance would have stopped him by gesture, bnt ho gently begged her to listen 'for you can do so now,' he said, in all honor and reason.' ne coutinued: 'I had never had my heart utirred by tho full kuowledge of love, however, until I knew you and discovered the readth of yonr sympathies ai:d tho womanliness of yonr character. I never respected you more thuu wheu you ro- jectesi me, knowing I was tho engaged husband of E.lith. But lato has been ind to us both.' His voice was trem bling with emotion, K"inl the last part of this letter.' He banded a folded paper to Con stance, who took it as one in a dream. Frem Edith?' she said, 'Yes.' The portion sho read ran thtiH: 'So you see, dear Dr. Paulding, it is better I should tell you now that 1 have met one here) my e'ousin Bay whom feel that I love better than anybody in the world. I have promise! to be his wifo nnd I am sure you will forgive me, for yon are so noble aud grand and all that, and I should feci, 1 kuow, tl.at I never could till worthily the ujalle.l phere of Dr. Paulding's wife' Constance eouid read uo more; a mist gathered over her even, but this time a trong arm was about her aud a voic, deep and meleidione, whispered to her: Dearest Constance, will yon be mine nt last?' Their lips met for tho first time iu ono long kiss of love, and his auswor is: 'Yes, tliino Forever!' The Feree of Imapisutieii. Mrs. Cora bourse, of New York, when making her toilet, missed her fuhe teeth, and came to the conclusion that during her sleep she had swalbwed them. She iLqnired the result in cisn her fears proved true, aud was informed the result would certainly prove, fatal. She hastened to the hospital, aud tho physician there told her that she could not possibly have swallowed her teeth. Eke became satisfied and started home, but she died soon after from complete exhaustion of btr mental fssmlti, bronght about by force of imagination. Safety at sea is insured by a light vessel and a sober orew, .Seuthern House for New Knehiiid. Wo huva always had on. idea that tho American f-,ty:! of iirehite dure, if it ever came, would he ev. lv d out of tho log cabin, c-r, if ll at is too f rr.b) yoire u frerni, from tLa Southern plantation house, i-.;id wo aro gliv.l t-o sr o that tho II w. Dr. IVcj.-i is tiyibp' tha experi mLt iu his i't-,7 house at KerwVi, Co::.:. Tim rici t difference in the teiu f eTi!Me e f t!n, f i i.Mii.B in this eui'.'try iiiiikf s it r.lmr s! inife ss-ible to build a iK.'i:.: s'iiie.1 for ccraf, l ' aud c invent euo ail the jear round, and of courro a oily l-.:is lim.taiioi'H in regaid to space a:l nirrritii',inp' whie'i cm not be dis- reparecd. B-tt the H.-.r.thinipluutat'on house ha;i 1 1 j. t'.iretejuo and opproprin'e i leraeu'n, vhiuh fire tutire-Iy wiiuting to the angular frumo building of the New England states, and which seem capable of development into the best arrange raeuts for convenience and comfort as well, providing there is space enongh and surroundings that can be ruado op propriato. Sjme of the old mani-ie ns of Virginia end the Cirolinas, whero they were not built in the bastard Greek style with pillars and porticos, aro per fect models of picturesque appropriate ness not surpassed by the rural cottages of England. Their very irregularity gives them a charm, and they have at onco an amplitude, a coziuiss and a supgrstie n of comfoit. Tha chimneys on the outside, the roofs continuing out over tho porticos, and other features sugge t tho simplicity of convenience, but are nene the lees perfect parts of the general design, nnd show that the adaptation of means to ends is the real secret of perfect architi cture. Some day we may expect to see something meir.' in this style rather than in imila tiou of Swi.-s chalets or any other form oi European aichitecturo out of place and incongruous in American mrround- ings, and having no particular conveni ence or bf ar-tv to recjmmvnd them, Particular'- (or a summer c ittnge there could I e uo finer model than the wide, open entries end broad piazzas of th S ttthern houios, and if un example or trm v-eie shown in the N rt!i, ws iuiag- would bo lalgely followed. IngciNoll the Inlldel. Col. Robert G., or, in ho is generally called, 'Bob,' Iugetrsoll, is a native of the western part of New York; but, when very young, removed with his parents to Ohio, and afterward t Illinois, lis yoiUh was paa-tei ou native prairiea i-ud iu primeval forest, aud he grew up in dependent iu character ar.d rng?ed in eemsfitutiou. While in h?3 teens, iie left home; drifted around; picked up nu education, studied law, aud soon ac quired a local reputation iu Sjuiheru Illinois as ns eloquent pleader. His faiher was a Presbyterian e-hrgymun, who was very strict, but allowed 'Bob,' a' ways a skeptic, to express his radical opinions, because he wanted him to tell the tru"li. lugursoll is taid to bo ouo e.f the most, if not the most, popular of lecturers. His infidel opinions prevent his engagement iu regular courses, aud his dissertations on theologic topics are attended mostly by men, either youug e rold; but women flock to hoar Lira, and are greatly pleased wheu ho speaks ou subj,cts,.of a domestic nature. He teieived $1,20(1 for ono lecture in Sau Fraucisco, reported to be the largest amount ever made at one time by any lecturer. His wife and children tdiare his heterodox views, and have always done so. They are said to love him dovoUdly, and his home life is describe! as happiness itself. Neither of his two danKhters, now young women, has ever beeu inside of a church, even wheu tlu.y were traveling in Europe. From his profe -siou and he'ures bo earns from i0,000 to 870,000 a yeat, nnd spends most of it. Ho gives away a great deal in charity, believing that when a man saves he becomes selfish and begins to petrify. He now calls Washington home, nud his practice t hero is mainly parlia mentary law. He has a host of friends Tho are warmly attached to him, and he is reputed in private life to be as lovable as he is entertaining, A Domestic Scrap. ITarkins went homo to day with a brand new tint on, and Mrs. Uarkins asked, 'Where's yuur old eleithes, my dear?' 'U:ve 'em to a beiy.' said liar kins, '(live the m to a boy ? Wh .t on earth did you do i.hst for? Are yon en tirely crsr.y, Itarkiafi? Yem I-.uow you can't alVerd to give away such t:iot!ie-H, OU H HilKtll mitt T. it uo nun uic fiiutm : brirjiir von cave them to I' 'To the ! tailor's boy,' mid Haikins, with u chuckle, to carry homo for me.' 'Yon hft'eful wtelcli I'n-reameti Mr. Uarkins; 'why c.iilun't you 1. 1, cm that bwor ? Here I urn drudging from morning ti!l uight for you and yonr bruts, Bark is, aud yon a.wnjs impose npon me and de ceive lue. 1 won't stand it, I tell you. I'll get a divorce ! And theu tho injmed woman left tie room, while the brute of n husband laid back in his chair and roared with laughter till the whole ueighborhood was aroused, A merchant of L 'tile Rook, Ark., the other day indulged iu a novel bit of advertising. Frozen in the center of a block of ice neighing 400 pounds Wiiu two large fishes, a variety of fruit, and a, big advertisement ot fresh oysters. The Freaks of Fashion. (iuudurmo blue for blonds and garnet for brnnettcH are tho favorite colors this winter. A favorite chatelaine ornament is cu oblong silver locket containing a look-inr-gluf;s which may bo put to practical use. L irge cards r.ro used by ladies. The name is engmcil in hcript. A cird should bo 1-Jt for ttieh person called ujion. Sets of gold jewelry lira soldom sold nowadays, as it is the custom to buy different and fanciful pieces; hence the priocs are much ln.-s. The newest ribbons are of Persian do sign with fringe ou ono edge nearly an lueh in depth interspe-rfced with tiuy tassels containing n'.l tho colors iu the ribbon. The one fanciful picco of jewelry now worn is the bracelet, and somo ladies go so far as to wear it iui-tead of the linen cuff or other lingerie nt tho wrint, which it can never replace. For this purpose tho serpent bracelet is used, as it is flex ible, and may be made to clasp any pait of the arm and remain i.-tat.omiry. Stones arc mounted in more solid work than formerly, and diamonds look es pecially well when set in silver. What is called tho gypsy setting, whero the diamond is imbedded in tho gold, is more fashionable than the knife-edge. setting that merely caught tho eto-es. The favorite brooch is the useful shape, long and slender, with n strong pin, and is known as the lace pin, be cause of the prevailing fashion of wear - ing iuoe on the throat aud but. Thib stylo is used for diamonds aud pearls, as well us for the Miopia gold or silver brooches worn in the morning. For din mouila there is an Etiuscan g ild baud, or, better still, a lramo in which the pendent diam iuds swing. Tho Fauchou, or handkerchief-shaped bonnet, acoordiug to Harper's liazar, is a;;ain rtvived, and is liked because i' is so uuiverually becoming, aud is so imple that u hidy oin mako it without the sod of a raidiiKr. The small frame is pointed iu front, li's flat on the top o! the hea l, .'iu i h;n u crowu. It is very pre tty when cove-red witii red or black Sitin, across which rows of black beaded Breton iiv.'e are slightly gathered. Some large loops of black satin or of garnet ribbon form a b.ow on top quite far buck, whieh is partly coveted by the beaded laoe. Tho springs are then of black sati'j ribbon, edged . u tlie lowi-r side with lac: or with ti'O new curled fringe, or eb:i they are made ed doubled net similarly trinim-d; thc-e strings fustra under the chin, not ou tiie sid?. Night vs. Days. Iu the novel Tug (l.-au !issimAs,' now running iu Sarilnv ', occurs this re flective and tiuthful passage : Do we not fail to accord to our nights their true value ? We aro ever giving to our days tho credit and blame of nil wo iV' and mis-de, forgetting those hileut, glimmering hours when plans nud BomeliiUc-s plots aro hud; when resolu tioi's aro firmed or changed; when Heaven, and sometimes Heave'n's ene mies, are invoked; wheu anger and evil thoughts are rec-lbid, and sometimes bate made to inflame and fester; when problems nro solved, riddles guested, aud things nindo apparent in the dart which day refused to reveal. Oumihts nre the Leys to our diys. They esphin there. They nre also the days' cor rectors. Nipht's leisuro untangles the mistakes cf day's haste. We should cot attempt to comprise our pasts in the phrase, 'in thoso days;' we shonld rather say 'in those ilays and nights.' Tiiniiii!,' Ihe Tables. Holoroft, tho well-knawn dramatist, snnped emo evening at Opie's. After the cloth had beeu removed, numerous storie-B were told, among which was one of a gentleman who, haviug put out his candle ou going to lied, read in phos phorescent characters ou the wall, 'Con fess thy sius." The gentleman fell ou his knees, nnd, ns expected, began to confess aloud not froru terror, bowevir for, awnre: it was a trick to terri y him, deviled by a certain waggish younc lady iu the house, and hearing a li.tle bustle ou tl.r stuithcad, mussed rightly that she and !ier compuiiions wer-i there to ev.'jny his liisfon-.Qtuie. Ib-confe s.-ed, as the greatest of his sius, that 'he had kisseil Mi.ss freqiu i.tly ;u the dark,' and tn turned the tatili s u his tormeut- : lesion she never irgot. J x , matter Low indui-trieus : r ecv llomiciil Jonl.g Kftll ip uiH P,.(ieavors ! t ,.ave .' wnsW if j, ,,H8 n e!lM.j,.6B ! W;V no miVllt ,(e v;, j i)0 ,illomi,i to j (,rru , lls Mrenglhund lifo iu an otiempt j tJ e,t,cll w.ltor jn a pil vp Tho wi u'd be scarcely less certainly iu vain, nabita cf economy, tho way to turn ev 'i-y tiling in tho household affairs to the bi-( sojouiit aro among the thiugs wh-'c'i every mother nuould teaoh her daughters. Tho Bostom f'ilot. calls attention to the rapid increase of Catholic dioceses in t'ds ronutry, D lrin the reign of Pi-is II thirty ceiv dioeess were erected i! U.e United States. Tuere Rre now sixty-one dioceses. At the opening of the century there was only one. ITEMS OF ;i:nkiul interest. Mdlct'gevillt", Ga., Las 5,000 people and no bun lib. A nine-foot panther has beeu shot t'ead in Orange, Flu, A government bureau, like any com mon bureau, is notel for its drawers. Diawoisuf s;d;u'ie., yon understand, in this ense. Yep, the hou-esopatbists are right. Liko di.to euro liko. Lriok at the fish. Afier bidug in salt water nil his lifo, salt is given to euro him. It is estimated that the real estato now owned by the colored people of North C'lredina aggregates between $2, 01)0,000 and 8.1,000,000 in value. Mine Payne, of E Paul, Minnesota, put ber cig:;vetfe iuto her pocket to prevent somo Hidden c tilers from seeing it, aud was sot ou fire and nearly burned to death. Of 0,100 camels which started with the llu.isiiin expedition Ngainst the Turcomans only 30!) survived, at Inst accounts, and these were bo reduced that they were regarded as sure to perish. One-third of the gold that is mined goes to wear and tear, one-third goes iuto circulation and one-third into the arts and manufactures. All the gold in the world would make a pile only twenty-five feet wide, forty-flve long and twenty five feet high. The S imoan islands have been entirely christianized. Out of a population of about 40,030 some 35.000, or seven- eighths, are onneotoi with Christian "hurdles. Tjh London Missionary 8o- iety reptvt 20 493, the Wesleyans 4, H, the Catholici 2,852, and the Mor mons 120. Kossuth has issued an appeal for subscriptions to his forthcoming me moirs. The veteran orator, now in his eveuty-eiglith year, has been forced to undertake this task in order to earn moniy, since he lives entirely by his pen. Otherwise, as he states, ho should have left to Ins sons the task of publish ing his recolleeitious. One rei sou tha Dr. J. G. Holland irivea why it country boy should not eek tho e;ty is 'That a city mans iream of the future, particularly if be ever lived in the country, is always of the country aud the soil. He longs to leave the noise and fight all behind him nud go buck to his country home to enjoy the money ho has won. The closing of the Philadelphia post flico nt the time of General Grant's reception was elone by the cffiMal order of P .istnrinst .-r General Key. The banks anl brokers did not receive their regu- ar mails, nnd it is expected that litiga tion will grow out of tho negleot to protect sipht drafts, etc., as the day was ii.it u legal holiday uuder any interpre tation eif the existing laws. Adidina Patti is neiw free to ting in Paris or anywhere she likes. Sue paid theM.re,mi de Canx 1,000,000 francs, f.Clit.OOO,) and is now advertised to appear nt the Gaiety, in Paris, on the 14?h of Ftbrunry next. Tho perform ances begin with 'La Traviata.' The subscription amounts already to X10.000. Toe Emperor of Germany conferred the Rol l medal for art nud scienoe on Mme. Adelina Patti. General La Due, commissioner of agricnlture, has finished his report, and it is nuderstood that he estimates the increase ia tho valuo of the crops this yenr over last at five hundred million dollars. The total corn crop is about 1,700,000,000 bushels, against 1,450, 000.000 for last year. The wheat yield this yenr, while larger in bushels than last year, receives its increased valuation principally because of higher prioes. Li bauon, Me., is proud of possess g the stupidest man in the United States. He is a farm band, and was engaged to plow a teu acre lot. Wishing him to draw a straight furrow his employer diroatod his attention o cow grazing rif.'ht opposite, telling him to drive directly toward that cow. He start d his horses.aud his employer's attention was drawn to something else; but in a short timo looking around, he found that tho cow had left her plaoe, while the sagacious plowman was following ber, drawiug a zigzag furrow all ever the field. A Ge rman pnpe'r, which must be ed' ite-d by a nimble man, declares that it is wr.iUi' to write in novels that the 'sea lau nioiiut'iius high,' because, in fact, tho sea runs very littlo more than twen ty f:-et high. The German is right; and it is equally wrong to speak of a gor geous siini-et, for tho suu does not sot; or the moonlight sleeping on a bank, for moonlifdit nvor sleeps', or Father ll'iine, for the Rbiue in a river, and no body's faiher at all. In point of fact, it is wrong to u so words at anytime, for words ulwiiys mean something else. The crrect thing ia to open your mouth only when yoa are hungry, and hold yonr tongue under all cii enmstanoes. Onr Chief I'itles KlglitT-flve Years Ago. Tne South Carolina and Georgia Almanac for 1791, a copy of which has fallen in the hands of the Charleston, (S C.) X' wh, contains a table in which tho population of the chief cities of the Uuite 1 States are st down ss follows: Ptiilu.'clphii', 42.52 '; New York, 30,000; Cnovle.t-ai, 2),(k0; Bobtou, ld,000; Baltimore, 13.5U3; Newport, 6,000. At that time the entire population of the country was leu than i, 000,000. i