North Carolina Newspapers

! UK" QM (hikim Berird. H. A. LONDON, Jr., D1TOB AMD I'UOi'RUfroK. EAT3S OK ADVERTISING. One square, one Insertion, One Kin ire, two luMrtluu, Ono square, one niei.tli, - 1.0 2.5 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Om oi y, oae rar, -opj' , U moult. - VOL. II. riTTSBOKO, CHATHAM CO., X. C, AVML 22, 1880. NO. 32. WiAWWi'-iW.i'iitta:M BuHhtHH anil VrofeHKtonnl nrtla. JOHN M. MORINC. Attorney at Law, Morlnatavlllc, C'IhiiIiiiiii Co., N. f. JOB M. VlRIMfl, Or Chatham. ALFRED A. MOniNn, Of Orang, MORINC & MORINC, Attomoya At Law. Il Itll.VM, N. V. All business Intrusted to thorn will reoeiv prompt attention. THOMAS M. CROSS, Attorney at Law, riTTNlMIKO', N. V. Will praotioe In Chatham and anrronn ooontiei. Collection or claim a speoialty. ding J. J. JACKS ON; AT TOR N E Y - AT-L AW, PITTSHORO'.X. a WAU business entrusted to liimwlllre. eyu prompt attention. H. A. LONDON, Jr., Attorney at Law, PITTMBOKO. X. . f9-Special Attention Pnid M Colloc'ina. W. S. ANDER805, T. A. WIIBT, Pr.itd.Dt. C.ki.r CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, OF K.VI.KIGllI, X. '. J.D.WILLIAMS & CO., Grocers, Commission Merchants and Produce Buyers, FAYETTEVILLE. N. C. Certain and Reliable! HOWARD'S ISFAf.I.IHLE WOKLO RE NOWNED REMEDY FOR WORMS la now ror aale by W. L. London, in Tit If Wo'. All thnae who ate annoyed wi'h Uicho Peats are adviaod to call and ge t a package or thin valnable remedy. This compound in no hum bng, but a grand sncc-". One agent wanted in every town in the State. For pBrliiin'arn. addie.H. ftx'loMn:; 3 cent stamp. Dr. J, M HOWARD. Mt. Orivo, Wavnocnm tv. N. !. lOO Buggies. Rockaways, Spring Wagons, &c. made of the beet mati rials and fully warrant ed, to be cold regardless of coat. 1'artie in want wiil commit their own intcrcat by exam ining onr atork an-1 prirea before bnying. aa we are determined to i-ell, and have cut dowu onr pricon fo thev cannot to met by any other honns in the HI at". Alao a full eto"k of. IIixikI AIal I lni'Ilfait REPAIRING douo at bottom prises, and in best mxiui'T. Send for pr cea and rwu A. A. McKETFIAN X SON j. Fay, ttovillw, N. ('. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., OP RALEIGH, . CAR. 7H. CAMERON, rrtrttmt. W. 1C. ANDKRSON. Viet Prti. W. II. HICKS, Sn'y. Tht 00I7 Home Life Iniuranoe Co. is tho Stato. All 1U fund loaned out AT HO TIE, and among our own people. We do not send North Carolina money abroad to build up other Butoa. It is ono of the mont Biiceeiaful com panies of Us age in tho United Stated. Its aa. set are amply sufflcleiit. All lowa paid promptly. Eight thoutaud doll.irs paid in the last two years 10 familiss in Chatham. It will eoata man aged thirty years only Uve cents a slay to insure for one thousand dollars. Apply for further information to H. A. LONDON, Jr., Gen. Agt. FITT8BOKO', N1. C. RE ADlTHISfe XOliTIL OAKOLTNIANS ANP OTHERS! THE CELEBRATED iquid Enamel Paint: MANUFACTURED BY SEW JERSEY ENAMEL PAINT COMPANY, Has been sold in yonr Sate F.KIT T YEAR! -Tho oaands of gallons having been disposed or. In uo ca-p baa'it failed to give aati.ifaclion. The finest puhlio buildings in Biltimore are painted with this elegant Faint, among which a.e The Carrollton Hotel, The New American OfScc, The Armstrong, Cator & Co s Building, The Hurst, Purnell & Co's Building, The Trinity M. E. Church South Ann oilier PRIVATE RESIDENCES All Over tbe Country. Mixed Ready for Use. Any One Can Apply It. Simile cards by mail on applisation. G. P. KNIGHT, Sole General Agent, AND MANUFACTURER OF Roofing Paper. Building Paper & Roofing Cement, N5. 93 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Md. WILL YOU SELLTHE FARM? Chapln's Farm Agency, liALKIGII, N. C. Dr. A. B. CHAPIN, Manager. NORTH CAROLINA BRANCH OF GEORGE H. CHAI'IN'H FARM AGENCY, BOSTON, MASS. Special attention given to the sale or North Carulina Rfal F.atate. No oharge made until a .ale effected. All property placed in oar hands for Hale wili he advertised in the popu lar work, ThJ South Illustrated, free or ex pen e. The Charleston Nowa and Courier aays: 'Evervbodv baa heard or Goo. H. L'hauiu'a farm agency, and few are unacquainted with the sncocaa wliiob has atteuded its operation..' The New England FHrmer aaya: 'Geo, II. Chai.in haa advertised his famn to the amonai ot 150,000 during the past year. We oonimcnd him to onr readers.' The Aiken. 8. 0., Review sava: 'No one baa done more than Geo. II. Cbapin in the carina or Southern io.migratiou. Oar villa fie i. thronged with Nortborn people in aearch ot Hontliurn homes, nud good .ale. are being made. The 'South Illustrated' ia doing a great work ror u..' The New York Tribune, the Beaton Herald, Journal. Traveler, Globe and Advertia.r apeak in the biglient terms of Chapin'e Farm Agcutv. N. B.-SMALL FARMS (earticularlj) are wanted at once. Offloe Fiaher Ballding, RALEIGH, N. 0. T. H. BBIGGS & SONS, KrlgH Building, IUleigb,N. C. HARDWARE. WAGON & BUGGY MATERIAL, SAStl, DOORS, BLINDS, FAINTS, OIL9, COLORS, ITTrV, WINDOW-GLASS. Steam KngineeIielting, LIME, CEMENT, FLASIER, MILL SUPPLIES. Cori-eapondonce solicited. JACOB ft. AI.LRN. FltFD. A. WATSON JACOB S. ALLEN & CO., :uai.i:kih, n. c, Building Contractors m il manufacturers of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould ings, Brackets, ntiil all kinds of OnuimentHl, Horoll an.1 Ttirnfil Work; Wiuilow ami Door Frames run !e to Order. " Oivo w a cull before oriliring. HLops locatoel on Harrington atrert, where it croaees the ltiltigh and Gaston Ri:lroad. Steamboat Notice! Tbe boats of the Express Steamboat Compa ny will rnn as follows from the first or October j until further notice: Steamer D. ML HCUISON", Capt. AlonzaOar rison. will leave Fayetteville every Tuesday aud Friday at 8 o'clock A. M., and Wilming- ' ton every Wednesday and Saturday at 2 o'clock P. M. Steamer WAVE, Capt. W. A. Roboaon, will leavM Fayetteville. on Mondaya and Thursdays at 8 o'eioek A. M. , and Wilmington on Tuea davs and Fridays at 1 o'clock P.M., connecting I with the Western Rulroad at Fayetteville on I Wednesdays and 3ntur. aya. J. D. IT ILLIAJiS A, CO. Agents at Fayetteville, N. 0. The lmi'0 hie. Mini ennnot draw water Irc.m mi empty well; Or trneo the alorii a tluit gi)si'9 tell, Orgutlier tho somi.laol 11 peuliug hell, Miiu never cun atop the liillcws' ronr, Nor chain tho winds till thoy blow no more, Nor drive true love. Ik. in a maiden's door. Mnn cnuiiot o'orliikn h Heeling lie, LI nnge his wheal to a tlelil id rye; Or call hack years that have lonj; (;ono by. Man never can lnihecl'l luther time, Uuin the height ol a poak that ho cannot climb, Or tru.it the hand that hath done a 01 inio, Mnn cannot aei nel word recall, Fetter a thought, bo it jjrciit or small, Or lioney extract liom a ilrop ol null. Man never can lncknid tin n tho tide, Or cimnl the Ntars t lint lire aeatteiod wide, Or find in a loo! a timty gniilo. Mhii ciinnot rinplruil irom worthies.- seed, Rely tor uti'enth on 11 broken reed, Hi gain a heart he Imtli eaux il to blued. Man never can hope true pencil to win, I'lensuro without 1111 1 joy within, Living a tliounhtleHM life ol nin. Kose Forres'er's Fscape. " Kveryliody envies Roe Porrester." Tn' pule jtirl, in pilil euliuvd tiilk, lifieil tin' brodtl lids frm her flear eyes for a moment, as the speaker's word reached her ear; then she hint over I hi photographs upon her lap again. She handled the pii tures with an en tliusiaslie apprn iatiim of their worth. fo alisorheil in their examination !u to he totally uneoneinus of the tall, fair nmn who stood quite lvar, looking down at her with .111 apparent stuhleuly a wakened interest. " Relnncinj; to such a nieo family, an heiress, and so beautiful !'' The eontinuiil words of the speaker reaehed How.ii'il Mauley's ear, hut evi dently Uiwe Fnrnvler did not hear them. Slie turned with a sparkling smile to lier hostess, and wan still talk ini? w itli In r of the photographs when Mr. Clinton hrouuht Howard Man ley up for an introduction. As she rose in the full litiht it revealed that she was very young, seareely twenty, yot tall ol btature, ami with a certain marked repose of manner. Her beauty was not conspicuous she was too pali ; yet Manley saw how per fectly cut was every feature, how clear the dark-era eyes, how dark the curl in. it la-hes. The ripe lip-i shut over lit tle teelh as white as milk, and the eon tour of the faro was a perfect oval. Tho piri's natural and spontaneous manner told that she aave the young man, at first, no unusti'il attention. Lit tle by little she olisi r Veil him-the lair hair shadowing the white forehead, thr dark blue, pi uctraling ryi s, theuitusiial jrraee of figure, the faultless dress. Her inanner win so cordial hud stiendly, and unmistakably rl.arni'm.' that Manley racked his brains lor the chance of a next nu etini?, but was obliged to abandon it when Miss For rester was joined by her brother. She left the room, but instantly he thanked his pood fortune at the litiilinu of a ruby scurf pin which he recognized naliers. It was easy to deride the r nan'ent too vaijabie to be entrusted to n messenger. It was a presumption which he would uiairiuu with ease to call upon and restore it. Rose was not a belle. She had too much depth and passion of nature to ever be a society woman ; but she had her admirers, and out of them she soon chose Manley. She could not tell why, but his looks, words, every act, had a charm for her, anil the eloquent blood tinning her cool cheek at his nppi'oach told him the story of his power. He was a proud man he might well have been a happy one b it he often bore an air ol noticeable weariness and depn ssion. This, in nnwef to Ui.sc'. geiit'.e iinjilii ics, ho attributed to ill iicalth. Spring was opening, with its vivid suiisliine, its lu'iiiiy air, and Rose was very happy. It seemed to her that it was the pleasant influences of the sea son which made her daily ways so light; the tender colors, sights and sounds surrounding her daily walk with Manley in the park, which made them so enjoyable. Perhaps they helped to make bet spirit Btronstso that she dared say to h-r.i'lf, "I love him!" and say it with out reservation or fear; for she knew that it was but a little while since she had first met him, and of his past his tory and much of his present she knew nothing. No; she feared nothing for hirself. To lore and be. surrounib d with tender ness was happiness enough tor her; she asked for no more. Yet some instinct or trace of worldly wisdom made her withhold her confidence from In r brother, who was In r guardian; hek.iew nothing of the intimacy. From the night she hid first met Manley at Mrs. Clinton's party, she never knew any one who knew him in timately. Ho told her that he had no living female rel lives 110 home. He evidently had means at command, and procured for her, with an ingenuitx which was a most e t.uis. the rarest and most bcautifu' gifts- Her delighted re ception of them seemed a mutual joy which prevented tiny possible fctliniroi obligation on her side. In truth, full o! the passionate impulses of youth, she was deaf, dumb and blind for any thine but the fullness of tbe present. Hcrbrottn reame ii:tothc music-room, where she sat at the piuno. dreamily playing, one day. "Rose, will you give me your atten tion for a few minutes?" He held an open letter in his Land. He was twenty years older than herself, a world-wise, prudent man. " Poclor Wingrove proposes for your hand. You are aware that it will be 11 very admirable match, are you not?'' Rose had a strange, stunned feeling, yet she bowed faintly. From childhood she had been greatly under Iht brother's control. "I should like to write I, im favorably. Rose. Have you any obj-etimi?" "I-I-" She found herself upon her feet, shiv ering in the May sunshine. " I would have a little time, Edwin." "Certainly, if you wish," though hi, brow slinhHy clouded. "The doctor will not probably look for an immediate answer." The next moment Rose had escaped from the room, and was locked in her chamber. During the next two hours she hardly knew what she was d in'. She found herself walking the iloor, and wringing her hands. At last she slopped short, with a sense of pridr. "Tle re is no reason no reason in tin world I dare tell my brother why 1 will not marry Doctor Wingrove." Doctor Winifrove was the noblest and 3entet of men, singularly handsonn . wealthy, ami hiirhly connected, and barely thirty years of me. lie had known her since childhood, never made love to her, but now that the offer rd marriage had come to hi r, she realized, somehow, that ho had always loved hcv. Kose was conscious of a racking pain in her temples, at last. The chamber seemed stillinii. Catching up her cloak and hat. and tying a veil of heavy black lace across her face she went out into the street. She soon walked herself weary, with out abating her painful sensation, ami, returning to the street in which her res ilience was situated, uttered the publi. enclo-ure of trees and shrubbery which ornamented the square. A fountain bubbled in the center; the stone vases ol fiowers sent a sweet perfume upon tin air. So close to her home, she had no tim idity, and, sinking upon a circular scat surrounding a large tree, she gave her self up to her absorbing thoughts. It was soon dark, yet bin! had not stirred. In her black dress, in shadow, she was unite unnoticed hy two men who crossed the street from theopposite side and satdown behind her. She would then have risen and glidid away itiet!v. but that the movement was arrested by Howard Mauley's voice. " How soon ?" he asked. " Now, my dear brother. I'll stand the risk no longer. I've passed false money enough for you to shut nieup for the rest of my life, and I value my liberty, singularly enough."' sip ci i"gly. " Well, we 1, I am iiiing 1 notig'i to go, Fred. Ileavin knows that I a n as sick of the busiress as you can be. Coin ing Isn't all prosperity. In a new coun try I should feel like ntiother man. I! ut" "The heiress?" " I am sure of her. I'm Idm'tliketo urge a hasty marriage. Slie has an old fox of a brother, who i;viy be inconve niently curious regarding my affairs. If we could wait till the autumn, now, ! might enter some respeciali.c business.'' " I tell you it won't do!" Both rose in their cxcitciui nt, and in voluntarily walked away. Plainly, under the gas';ii'!;t. Rose saw Howard Manley and h s hr.'ilier p iss uinier the street. Ticv ue coin- rs. More dead than alive, s'.ie crept into the house. But Rose was ru a .veil. g;rl. Before midnight she hail plae 1' Howard's gifl.s in a clo-e l aekigenm! sealed with them a note, hrietU .-taiin. that she had heard the convi r,'diot: ii. tin park. Thenex' nior.iiii.: i' was ilis patched. As soon as her brother broached the subje-t of Dr. Wingroc's proposal, s.'o asked to have the latli r call upon her. He came, with countenance so high ol purpose, with eves .,0 luil of truth, th-i. slie involuntarily contra led Howard's ied. reticent face wi h it; but she told Dr. Wingrove. all the truth. " Perhaps it was wrong but I loved him loved him purely and my heart is torn and bleeding. I am wild wilh a secret pain which I must hide from vervcne. Ii I had never known him! But I cannot imagine that. Tnis terri- hie experience has changed me; I am not the can -free, h.-'ppy, trusting gin you knew. I cannot love you: but pity me be my fri ml! I must ta'k to some one, and, oh, tin re is no one in the world so kind as you!" Was Dr. Wingrove piqued hy this re ception of his proposal? No, he was too ircncrous atit tenib r for that. "Poor child!'' he said, in a tone so soothing that, for the first time, Kose tf-tve way to a relieving burst of passion ate weeping. "What shall I do? What do you think of me?" slie asked at l.-c-t. "We will wait, and I think that I love you," he answered, quietly. So two kept the secret of Rose's sor row more easily than one, nud though her heart sti.i knew its pangs of irrict for a time, the summer brought change of scene which was helpful toaspilit n ally brave and innocent. Dr. Wingrove joined Rose and her brother at the seashore, to lind bright ness in the young girl's ryes again, and to the laler it was sweet to call so kind ami nob'c a man friend. Togethei they climbed the rocks or ink in the live air. watched the sun - I sand the sea. Of old they had been ongenial, and now they seemed iimf happily so. Tin re is usually a s.ieredness about lif,l love, and perhaps it is expected ol me to record the death of ruy heroine of a broken heart, but I must tell tin truth. In the nuttimn, Rose married Dr Wingrove. She is one of the happiest wives in the world. The first love fell from ln-r like a false blossom, while the second ripened richest Iruit. About Blood Stains. In the Hayden and other trials, ex perts have testiiied on both sides of t .t I'll stion whether human blood can hi distinguished li'oin the blood of tin lower aiiima's by a microscopic exam inalion of dried stains. The question was lately raised in Mi-souri. Wil iam Young wis indicted in Chirk county for the murder of a family of live per sons named Spencer. A vital question was whether his clothe were staitnd with the blood of the Spencers, as t In state claimed, or with animal blood, m the accused said. (Jovcriior Phelps asked Dr. Laws, president of the Stall university, whether any prof" snir ol that institution would be willing to taki the stand and give an expert opinion under oath, on tliis point. Prcsidi-nt Laws, Dr. Duncan, jrfes,or of phyi oiogy. and Dr. Swih.er, profc-sor o' ehrniitry, Lave answered in letters which are now publifhol. Sub-tan ' hilly the same eon. dusion is p a lo d by each, and each ex; r sscs inability t solve the problem propoiimh d by tin governor. Tiny admit that bloor tains are different IVoin oiher Mains, and that the bl- .od of mammals can In dislinguishe.l.by a microscopi .cx"mina lion of stains, from that of ol her aui mats. But it is claimed to ic impossi ble to decide with any iL give of n rliiM ty, from dried stains, between the ivr blood, ccrpu.s.'les of 11 an and those o many other mammals. Dr. Laws i x plains that in all ma u'iiais, execptim. some ruminants, the il.itn-t. a'pacn am' 'amcl. for instance, the blood corpus oies arc the same in foim an I differ onh in size. The dia'.iie'.i r ofiher -d cor pu-clcs of human blood, he says, varies from above I Itnoo to below 1 lii of ar inch. But within this range fall tin measurements of I In- red blood cor pusvlcsof a multitude of mammals, in cluding among others the dog, monkey whale, seal, ass, hear, wolf, raccoon, rabbit, beaver, badger, otter, npo,sum. porcupine, mouse, rat and squirrel. Ii has been maintained, however, that tin question can be answered when it is si narrowed that it lies In l ween the Hoot! ot a man and that of certain speeili d anima:s. Thus, it has hivn shown that the difference in size between the cor puscles of human blood and those ol the blood of an ox, horse sheep, goat 01 cat is such that the former may be dis tinguished from the latter under :l p(w erlnl microscope. Dr. L:oin lS. Bca.e, in the fourth edition oi his "Micro -cope on Medicine," published in IT.-s. lays down this rule : " I can hardly think that in any given case tic' scii ntilie 1 viih nee in favor of a particular bloo l siain being caused by human blood will be of a kind that ought to be considered sullici'-nt'iy conclusive to b' adduced. nr ix.imple, against a prisoner on trial." Paris Cats nud their Friend. Lucy Hooper, in a rc-nit Mur Irom Paris, says: Talking of the commune, a r. lie of its furiis still remains in the shape of tin- ruins ol tic am id. I pr. f. c- I tin-of police on the tJil-M les uncv lieries. Tin--e 1, m '.V pre 'incls have bee. .me l',e haunt and abode of innum erable stray cvts, a I lino army onlv ui pasfid in i.u.nh, rs by lb"' cohorts that piowi alolliel il. oi.vbvii- of tbe ..r.iiti market. Bit that lain r point I u-.-y h-isii misMon. ai "I the era in sloie-t.ousi-s sw.irm with rats, and if MiMri s Puss is obliged 1.. bunt lor a living, at ia-tshc tii ds p'm.'.n f mime. Nor is -he molested or i .-'.n a!i .1. The dogs .f the in iglil'..i in-o'l ar.- forbidden to I :i,e h'T. M"! lia.-gl 'y bo'-S who al- ciupt to hurt it v. ny In r ere instantly i.llliished. Puss! a- . -eog-.i .c home. 00, ill the ilil'M i-' -!. or r. row d- ! postolliee (now soi 11 t-i be l'i e"i,sUuct- .'), where, b'.o for h'T procure, the ra'snnd n ice would ho d high eainivi. liver the m .i' bag- and the dead ii Iters But the liickle s m u-aiol. r id the Qu i d- s Orfi vi. eta s iias 101 social slalulim: and no 1 -tTicial supplies of name. Tin sparrows an i.y and vary hard to ealrh. The dogs of the 11. igl.boihood ire decidedly I'n ice and undisciplined. Hnl these fool- cat - have .'omul a friend. Once a day there . o.ncs to the tuins an aired woman, iln-scl all in black, and bear-in? a Inure basket on her arm. At her cry. " Puss! pus,! puss!" from every nook and oc. nor hasteiisdc.il. I in V pop out of holes, they swarm over the walls, 1 hey ere. p rem umb r pi esoi rubbish -ra white, black, tabliv. tawny, t. rloisc-shcll all the ariities ot the f.-'i, dome-:!. -a are revealed in a moment i'h .1 I nly sits down and opens her li:i-M l. Il i full ol scraps of raw n eat and liver. I'.va ty cat receives his portion in due turn till all are e,' and the supply is exhausted. When first this bcnevoinit creature began to Iced these poor animals sin- had a b ud time ol it. The starving eats wouie leap into her ha-kct. snatch the picas IVoin her hands, and scratch her severel y il she attempted to l- sis! their depieda ti ms. lint now tie y are pea . a'ole ml wi ll trained a? S' mauv ca'ci-y birds. They rub against her skirts, c.iinb into her hip, and rub th. ir fe es a.-aii'st hrr cheeks, purring loudly the while. F.veiy cat waits his or her turn wilh patience, and eats hisor her oinner with a strit t attention to s-md manners. There are about fnfty pmsionirs which tt'tis sub sist da ly oil the old 1 i-lv's bounty A French veterinary surgeon bus dis covered that vaccination may be use fully applied to dogs. U apparently pre vents the development of those uisiases that in many casts prove fatal to pups. A NEW YORK DEPOT. How 170 Trains aail to,ooo Paaamgrra Are 4.nvrrurl by llic Alan with the Knobs. At the (Jrand Central depot the Hud son River and Harlem roads load and unload their human freights 170 train loads a day of thim. Think of that a minute; think of the immense influx and outgo of humanity. No other than human freight, except baggage and ex press matter, is received or deposited here. Under the immense roof of phuts and iron is a vast wilderness of tracks, on which trains come and go as if con trolled by magic. I had the pleasure ol an introduction to the presiding genius of the place, and interviewed him in his eyrie-like abode, and this presiding genius is not Mr. V.itiderbilt either. It is a long climb up many stairs, through dark hallways, up to near .the great glass roof. Then out through a door way in a window along a long and nar row pathway of two p'ank.M, protected by an iron rail, and into a iiltle glass box, hung over the middle of the great depot, at the end through which ail trains arrive and depart. Here we tiud a p.eas-ant-faced, affable young gentleman. Van Horn by name. He ii the presid ing genius of the place, and he is sur rounded by implements of magic. But it is the magic of the eighteenth cen tury, the magic of the telegraph, the swiliness and mystery of the lightning broken to harness, and made the intelli gent and serviceable shwc of man. In the center of one wall ticks a regulator clock, beside it a time card, on the left of the table a mysterious ling, r-boan! with twenty-one keys-, on the right ol the table a tel.graph instrument, tin the wall be-idc the clock are sundry lit tle bells, greatly given to activity. Van Dorn, the magician, touches a knob on ihe key board, and cotirt'-ou-ly ex plains: " I have signaled the baggage man to Rtop checking baggage for out going Harlem train." Another knob louched: ' That rings a hell in the depot ordering the closing of the doors against more passengers " Another knob touched: "That orders the opening of tl.e door in the waiting room." Another dive at the key board : " I have ordered the engineer to back up his engine." Another touch : "This orders the fireman to get ready to couple on the train." "Time is up. and tliis Tilers the train to move." And obe dient to this mysterious young man way up here in this glass box, the whole manifold machinery of the great depot moves on smoothly and rapidly. But here, the telegraph instrument breaks out. " A train coming in has passa tl Mott Haven." A slg is touched. Ii turns a disk a mile and a half distant, not orders it turned, but turns it. It ,hows whether the track is clear or not. For about a mi.e and a half from the lep t the tracks of the Iltidsi n Liver and Harlem roads cross 1 aeh otlnr. forming a sort of giguiiie ligi.ro eight without the curves at the end. Hero ilmost any hour of the twenty four a hrrihle collision could be arranged by magician Van Dot n with very lilt ir trou ble. But he is alert and wideawake. A signal bell rings, showing that the signal is set at the crossing. Another bell rings. " Ah, the outgoing train has gone on the side track, and the main track is clear." A touch of the key board : " The incoming train is situalnl that the track is clear." Anotln-r bell rings: She has passed the crossing.'' "Tho outgoing train is on the main Hack again." "She has passed the crossing." Another hell rings, and an other signal shows the train is passing another ajgral station nearer the depot, a few minutes more and she derives in sight. And all the time we have bc-n writing Mr. Van Dorn has hern signal ing ciiuiiiccrs, firemen, bag'-igemei:, conductors, doormen, sett in-, danger kignais at one point and remov ing them at aiiollnr. making min utes ol time on a blank report, and manipulating his telegraph insti unn ir. with a wonderful rapidity, and at the same time finding time to chat p.eas antlywith his visitors. Of the daily average of 50,000 people who pu-s in and out ol this great ib pot every wo. king day of the year, on the 170 daily trains, how many of them think that their lirts have been in the hands ol Mr. Van Dorn or his "partner" up in the roof there? Suppose he suce.imbs to the heat or the cold, or falls asleep for a few seconds? But then he doesn't look like that kind of a man, and we dismiss the ugly thought and fill to admiring the ingenuity of arrangement an.l perfection of detail that makes such perfect and intelligent management possible. Kcw York Letter. Probably in no city on the globe are there furnished such opportunities for Christian worship as in the great me tropolis of the world. London. Many of the continental cities have but few churches, and it is said that in IsOl Ihat of v':!,4iH funerals in the city of Berlin, 20.000 of them had no religious services whatever, either at homes, churches or at the grave. From " Mackson's Cuidc to the Churches of Iiondon mid its Sunurbs" for ISO, we 1 wn that thnie are siT2 churches of the "Establishment" in the city of I. .ndon within a radius of twelve miles. Of these i'l., were open for daily service; 270 were entirely free churches; at 40! there was a week'y celebration ol the holy communion, daily celebration in forty-thivechurches; surplic.'d choir in 375 churches; a paid choir in less than one-fourth; voluntary choir in :ts.-l, mid 12U churches were al ways open for private prayer. It will be noted that this guide only alludes to church of England parish churches. Tbe aggregate of ot her houses of w or liip must be very large. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. The total numbi r of fin s in Paris las' year (chimneys excepted) was l.OIlt Vhe loss was a little over l.tUIO.OUO. The young lady who can reel a po tato in live seconds is ns useful as the young woman who speaks live languag. s is ornamental. The international conference on Arc tie exploration, i:; session at II iinburg. advocated the gradual lft:i'i i-bmont of a chain ol stations toward the polar regions. jiithcr th" boys h ive got to quit fly ing lantern kit -m at night or he gov ernment mu-l provide asylum accom modations lor di.-tracted aaUoiiouiers. -W . '...!. A spider's net su-pendod across the path of Sir Samuel Brown, lis he walked one dewy morning in his garden, was the prompt" r that gave to Mm th- idea of his SU-p' ll-iull b.id,;.' ;u-r. ss tile Tweed. There are fio.oin lor .iii..,.iv -s in i!. I'liited States, ami i i' li eoaia'as :.('.! liffrrellt pieces, l lquil'lig II I.' i every ten or twelve years. 'I bis ( f 'il v ys a notion of the indiistries which rai,-' roads fost r. A Missouri newspaper having nomi nated " the Honorable Adolph l'antz" for the Pnsid -ncy. ihe Washington C.i,t7a' sut'gests SclitliV. for Vice-President. " Puntz ami Schurz would work well together," says the Cii) Hal. The digi st of oa-es of the Calilornia reports has one head that reads: "People vs. Ah Chung, People vs. Ah Cow. People vf. Ah Feng, lVople vs. All Fllilg. Peop'e VS. All How, People vs. Ah Ling. People VS. All Woo, Pro. pie vs. Ah Yck." The Indianapolis & n'in-.l r t ints some liguns. purporting to conic from a well informed source, whi-h show that the first cost ol nine c llius. ol various kinds, from plain to imitation msewooil ami extra line cloth cn.-ki is. was i?l'iO, ami the n tail price was TIT "0. An inscription in an old cemetery nt Upper Samlii.-ky, Ohio, is neatly and plainly cut ia the marble slab, as fol lows: " Christiana, wife of John Hang. Died, February 31, Will." How such a blunder c er got into the copy, or how even the stone-cutter could id it go on is a mystery. Wasps' nets are Irequ-nfy ignit' d by some chemical action, supposed to be that of the wax upon the paper-like sub stances of wlil-h the li"sts are formed. Spontaneous coiiibii.-'ioii of this nature is believed to have been the cause of many mystei ious fiivs in !;al irks and 'aiv.ici s' htiililing. The latest Parisian coiffure for young girls under fifteen is to crimp th-- whole of the hair, brush it out smoothly and then braid it in on" long plait or braid faslenid at the nape of the neck with a soft ribbon bow. Another bow is placi d sonic distai.ee below , around the braid, ami the hair b -low the final bow is arranged in light curls. The newspaper advertisement, an ox chnnse truthfully says, is a nevi r-tifing worker in the interests of its cmployi r. When tin' hill ili tributor has disap peared from the streets and h's hi, is trampled into pulp, the advertisement is performing its silent mission in the family circle. It appeals to :i constit uency three or fou: times larger than the actual sale of the psiprr. for I here are few newspapers which do not pass Irom hand to hand thvotuli lor. . vr K-ur pi r sons with every issii". The Gate City guard, n military eom any ol Atlanta, (la., has decidul to erect a memorial armory, which sha.l commemorate I he reunion ot ihe S.alcs ami the return of peace. The di . 'si, ,n gtew out of thi" warmth ami cordiality oi the reception given the rrganizalii.n on it, lnii' tour through tin Nor.u. The star.- a"il stripes will llo.it Irom '.he tur rits. Many subscriptions hare 01 1 11 made, and it is proposed to ( pen stlb s ii,:i..ii lists in every pri, lipal city, .l.-.t a.i ! lie Slates may be r- pr.-seli! d Boslon and Port iaml merchai ts ship large quantities of lumber to Brazil, be cause she has vol few ni ls. The streams wash away many trees, which mill owners at their mouths would simply have lo capture and land. A Portuguese who buiit a mill a few years ago at the mouth of the Madeira river, has ree. ntly retired with a large for tune, although he had employed only the rudest machinery and unskilled workmen. The cedar logs limiting down supplied him in live months in every year with sulli. ient timber for the ei. tire year's work. The New York Juiirnal of CVmitatrci prints an intercs'ing tubular review o last year's export movement. It np pears from the figures that in 1hu tin people of the I'nitid Slates shipper through New York to foreign con sinners 172,27 1. 170 worth of wheat !?IH,2tl,fi:i!i worth if coin, .2, 572.37: worth of rye, $ 102 '-". worth if outs i5.ll70 wor.h of barley. 2I,0I,72 worth f wheat Hour, i127.r.l2 worth o corn meal, )?I7,(15 worth of rye Hour S3.'i,,'!ll73 worth of bacon and hums T2 !. 171 worth ol sail pork, ?l.t2.!l( worth of salt beef. .i.!iOsi,s',,l Worth o f esh beef. J 103 ( 85 wort.i 1 f fresh mut ton, $5 102,3.'j! woith i f biitb r. 10.5.17, 538 w orth of cheese, s67.72u,v)3n won I of lard, and $1.711,1.71 worth of tallow The exportation if cotton from Ne York during the year footed up i?23,. 5!l'.i,7o3; thai of petroleum and its r.s du.-ts, !2ti,5ii7 lo. Germany took tin lion's share of the r" lined petroleum, but England i Mill Aniirieu's best tiaiisaliatili. cus'otin r. On this side 1. 1 ihe ocean Bu..ii naturally enjoys thai l ist nelioii, inthougti Vi n zuda has a varmer appreciation of American Lacor and hams. r