North Carolina Newspapers

''""riM 35 (him tmfi. q djjhafham Record. H. A. LONDON, Jr., editor and riionucruK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: or ADVERTISING. Ono square, one Insertion, Olio square, two Insert Iuur, ue P'jutire, one mrnith, 11.00 1.50 4.M Oneenry. on your, One copy ,slK luuiitht -1M MWi three luoutu.', VOL. IV. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVEMBER 17, 1881. NO. 10. For largor advertisements liberal coiilracls will Ml i00 J.OO Don't Borrow TronDlp. Don't borrow trouble, nor meet it half way ; Sufficient to all are the ilia of to-day ; Misfortunes, reverses anil trials may come ; E'en 'those, we deem tho most hippy bavo some. Pon't Ikh row tronMo-'twill oome soon tnongli, With aspect forbidding, liabilameutH rough But wait till lie's lie ro, aud, unheeding bis frown, Meet boldly the onset and battle it down. Pon't borrow trouble this debt will rtmain, And ean only be cancelled by Buffering again The ill we thus borrow by prophetic fear, Baptizing the record in sorrowing te-ua. Don't borrow trouble it springs in eaeh path, A harvest that beareth an aftermath 1 It plantvth itvolf with a plcutcoun seed, Anil is gathered in lorrow by hearts that bletd. Don't Urrow trouble ; dexpair in a cheat, Rowing weeds for thietles instead of for wheat ; Ah ! the crop is a full one that springs from hi hand, And the harvesters many, all over tho land. Don't borrow tronb!e, nor gloomily weave A harvest of tears in a shadowy sheave ; But, rather come forth from the dark aud the night, And garner the blossoms that grow in the light. Don't borrow trouble ; on hillside and slope, For tho climbers w ho always look upward in hope, Bright flowers spring up with a heavenly bloom, Unknown ti the realms of dei-pair and gloom. Don't lnirrow trouble ; bo sure, in the sky, The light will burst forth when the clouds have gmie by ; Be hopnful, and brave, and patient, and neon Will shine out a glorious, gladden inguoou. SAVED BY STRATEGY. "Strange I what ran this reran? Is this a stupendous framl, a trick, or what!'' And Dr. Pomeroy stared most vacantly at the closely-writ ton sheet ho held in his band. He read : "Dr. Tomeroy, I will not upologize for the unparalleled service. I am about to ask of yon ; suffice it to say I have heard your history, heard of your strug gle", and realize how hard a task it is for ono so young in tho profession and without friends in tho great wilderness of housed called a city. Also, permU me to add, I have I .pen informed of the cmel blow you received from the baud of one you 1 jd, who was unworthy of yon ; and yet I am not acquainted with yon, nor you with me. Tudec-d, wo hav. never looked upon ono anotbes face. Nevertheless, I am about to request yon to do me a great favor. Will you come to South Street Cunrch to-morrow at eight o'clock? 0 mo pri vat ely, unat tended, and never repent that which takes place there. Will yon givo me, a stranger, a lawful d dui to your name, and yet not peek to. know whom you marry ? If you ill do so, I will make over to you fifty thousand dollars, pay able to yonr order at the city bank, a Boon as the ceremony is over. Trusting that the moi ey will bo a tcmptatun to yon, I shall anxiously await you at the appointed time." That as all. There was no signa turenothing to give any clue Jo the writer's address or abodo. Indeed, it was so terse and so unfemininc in its details that he was tempted to beliove some of his male friends were playing a joke on him. "I will not go I will not bo fooled !" he said to himself. He flung the missive down, then In picked it up, folded it carefully, and thrust it in his pocket. He remembered t' at ho had a patient to visit, and went out ; but everywhere the contents of that strmigo letter were ringing in his ears. He then went to Bee his mother. Sho was buffering even more than usual, and a number of dun ning bills had been left to his consider aation bills which he had not the most romote idea how he was to meet. He threw them down and buried his face in his hands. 'Toverty is a curse, mother," he moaned. "I do not know which way to turn." Sho tried to cheer him, but in vain. Everywhere ho turned, hopeless chaos seemed to envelopo him. "Ah, if that letter was only real," he thought. "Fifty thousand dollars would make me rioh." Aud so he fretted and worried until the appointed hour came ono moment vowing he wnld not go near the place, the next tempted to seo the "farce" oat. Eight o'clock found him stealing in, He saw two ladies closely veiled, and a gentleman, standing in the npper part of the building, while tho minister Fat in a chair. There was but one gas jet lighted, mid he could but just distin guish the forms. As soon as ho entered, the gentleman spoke to one of the ladies and she then advanced to meet him. "Are you Dr. Pomeroy?-' she asked in a low tone. "I am." She led him to where the gentleman stood, and he extended his hand. 'How do jou do, Forneroyr" he said ; and Pomeroy recognized in him the president of the city bank. "I am here by the request of this young lady," pointing to the one who had not moved or spoken, "to inform you that if you agree to her proposition, I am author ized . to pay to your order the sum of fifty thousand dollar," Pomeroy tried to rpeak, but his voice was choked. It was no fraud ; it was reality. He stood motionless for a moment ; then advanced and offered his arm to the silent lady. She took it without a quiver, and went with him to where the minister awaited them. Tho ceremony was quickly performed. Dr. Pomeroy registered his name, and then looked with considerable curi osity at the bold, plain signature, "Ellen Latour." which his bride wrote down. Tho minister hastily filled ont a certificate, which he had brought with him by request, and which the maid and tho banker signed as witnesses. The brido took it, kissed it and thrust it in licr bosom. One moment more and the two glided swiftly away from sight. Dr. Pomeroy w iped the perspiration from bis brow, and then rked : "Who was sho ?" "I do not know," taid tlio minister. "I was requested by letter, and paid to perform the ceremony end keep it a secret. It is perfectly lawful.'1 "And I," said the banker, "did not see the Iady face. She deposit id tbo money with mo, aud requested my at tendance here to assure yon that her promise should bo faithfully fa filled." alio tnree men separated ; tlio pas was turned out; tho curtain fell on the first ;ot. Tho nest day Pomeroy tried to leal jzn what ho had done. He had sold his name to tho unknown woman but ho thought that could not injure him. Sho must bavo been in deadly peril, to pay mch an exorbitant prico for a simple name. ' Ho took an lliee further np town, and moved his mother to a nicer borne. Patients came pouring in ; a different class employed tbo rich Dr. Pomeroy than those who had employed the poor one. Fivo years had passed away, and he had gained a reputation and added con siderably to his bank account. He had been an indefatigable worker, and now he felt that he needed rest for a while. "We will take a trip to Europe, mother," ho said. "It will do you moro good than you can imagine." A great many gentle hearts felt a pang to seo tlio "good doctor" leave, although their endeavors to catch him had bren in vain. He felt no prefer ence for the opposite sex. He had re covered from bis disappointment, and he ceased to lemember that he was a married man, or to think kindly of the uti known woman who had bo radically changed his life. They traveled leisurely through the tonr they had marked out before they had started, and one uiglit found them in a French village. About the middle of the night tho doctor was awakened by somo ono tapping at his door and calling for him to come out. He did so. He found tho landlord, who told him, in broken English, that one of his countrymen had just fallen down stairs in a fit, and seeing his name registered M. D., they called him up. He went into an elegantly furnished room, where a man, some fifty years of ago, was lying in a dying c ndition. A young lady eat by tho bed fanning him. The doctor hastily examined tho patient., and found it was impossiblo for hint to live; but tho day passed, and still another, before ho drew bis last breath He never recovered his consciousness. The lady told Dr. Pomeroy that he was her father. H's name was Eugene Sydenham, a native ol England, and she would like to have him buried wbero he died. They wero trnveling for the benefit of her health, she went on to explain, and he was a widower. Her only remaining relative was a young sister, who was being educated in tho Convent of the Sacred Hmnrt of Paris. After Mr Sydenham was buried, Miss Sydenham went, under tho care of the doctor and hi3 mother, to Faris. She insistod on their taking up their abode where sho had apartment, and so not a day passed but she was with Mrs. Pomoroy. Tho old 'ad.- got warmly attached to her, end talked dolefully to her son about tie time they should havo to be separuti d. She told tbem confidentially not to wonder that sho did not mourn for her father, for ho had endeavored to wrong her too deeply that it was not love that held her to his side; and in all her life abo had never been so happy as now that she was free. Dr. Pomeroy watched her. At first he was very gallant, but at last ho be gan to be reserved and cold. A feeling he dared not cherish was growinsr in his heart, and it ala-med him greatly. "I dare not love her," ho muttered to himself. "I am bound." Then, for the first time, ho felt how heavily were the fetters he had forged for himself. She noticed the change. She tried to beguile him to forget the grief that was evidently wearing on him; and at last, in a fit of desperation, he told her all. "I am a married man 1" ho said, im petuously. "1 love you ; and yet I am not free to love I" She reooiled, but bade him toll her all. "It was cruel, unkind of her to biud you so," she said. "No, no !" ho ejaculated. "Sho saved me she blessed me arid shall always respect her, but never did my bonds hurt me until I met you. Now I shall be miserable forever." "You may meet her." "Improbable 1" "Bat possible," she said, with a sor rowful look. "I know your Ellen La tour. She lives, and I mubt give you r.p." "You know her?" "Yes; to-morvow I will introduce yon to her. She is anxious to seo you ; she knows you aro here, and-she be lieved you loved mo, and wondered if you were as upright as sho had always thought you to be." He bowed his face in his hands, and Miss Sydenham left him. The hour had como which he had hoped for in bygone days he was to learn whom he had wedded; but it givo him no pleas ure now. At an early hour the servant told him that Miss Latour awaited him in her private parlor, and he was ushered into a strange room. Ho scarcely lifted his eyes as ho entered, but when ho did, tley fell upon Miss Sydenham. "I am Ellen Latour," sho said, sim ply. "That is my real name, though I never anticipated revealing the truth (o you. Listen to my story before you blame me," she said. "Tho man whom you saw dio was my step-father. Ho married my mother when I was but fivo years old, and sis ter Ada a baby. My mother was weak ly, and site died a few years later, leav ing all onr father's property in that man's bauds, ne was our solo guar dian, to hold our property under his control until we wero married or be came of age. He placed me in tho Sa cred Heart, and kept me thero until I was sixteen, and then ho took me out, and proposed to marry me to a friend of his. I rebelled. One night I heard a conversation between them, and found that ho was selling me for twenty thou sand dollars, that was to bo paid down to him out of my proptrty the moment Turner became my husband. I was shocked. I had no friends to go to, and was totally at a los3 what to do. He did not allow mo to go into society ; 1 made no acquaintances, and instead of allowing mo to stay in my mother's house, he kept mo traveling about the country. "At last I proposod to compromise. I told my step-father to take me to America, nnd when I returned I would marry his friend. He complied, and I got my maid to gossip with ono of the servants iu .the hotel, and by chance she told her your history, as her sister worked for your mother. Just before I started from Euglsnd an uncle of ray mother's left me fifty thousand dollars iu my own right, wLich my step-father could not touch. I had it transferred to Now York, and determined to save myself with it. Hearing of you, I adopted the plan of gottiug you to mar- ty me. When we returned to England, my step-father commanded mo to fulfill my promise, I showed him my narriugn certificate. Ho swore, but ho saw his ease was lost. I had outwitted him. I did not leave him, but remained to protect my sister Ada from a similar fate. I never expected to meet you. I intended to have you suo for a divorco as soon as ho should die, and it would not endanger my safety." "But this intention will never be carried into effect," Dr. Pomeroy ex claimed. "You will be mine forever, Ellen!" "Yours forever !"' she answered. Aud whon they went to seo his mother, there were no three happier people te be found in tho whole world. Years havo passed eiuco then, and Ada finds a homo with her sister who never repents that she was saved from a fate worse than death by strategy. Cause of Slovenliness. Undoubtedly many women who arc not slatternly by nature become so on account of the nnvarying routino of lomobtic life. They loso interest in acts continually repeated, and slight email duties. Perhaps tho housewife docs not sweep her rooms so thoroughly to-day because the operation must be repeated to-morrow, nor dust so parti cularly, fcince dust, unlike her coffee, has a trick of settling often. Why should she take unsparing pains with food which is to be eaten as soon as it is ont of tho oven, and not by visitors cither, who would credit her with skill ? Or why I o "fussy" about the beds that aro to bo tumbled in a very few hours ? Al the same time, what is worth doing at all, is worth doing well, they tell u. Why did she undertake a business fur which she had no talent, and in which she finds nothing congenial ? For whom does she seek to make homo attractive ? Is it not worth while to persevere in her irksome routince for the sake of th 3se she lovct ? For that matter, is not life itself monotonous? A certain suicide made the excuse that the routine of sleeping, dressing and eating indeed, of life in general -was too wearisome for endurance, and bo quitted it, UH.K.'IOl'S IIKADIXJS. A Pei.lh-lli (i Sermun A prntieman died at bis ret-idonco in one of onr up to.vn fiu-hiouable streets, leaving $11,000,000. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, in excellent standing, a good husband and father, and a thriving citizen. On bis death-bed, lingering long, he suffered with great agony of mind, and gave occasional expression to his re morse at what his conscience told him had been an ill-spent life. "Ob," ho exclaimed, as his weeping friends and relatives gathered around his bod, "if I could only live my years over again, I would givo all tho wealth I havo amassed in a lifetime. It is a lifo devottd to money-getting that I ro gret. It is this which weighs me down and makes mo despair of tho lifo Litre after." His clergyman endeavored to soothe hi in, but ho turned his face to the wall. "Yon havo never reproved my ava ricious "spirit," he said to tho minister ; yon bavo called it a wise economy and "forethought, but my riches havo been only a snare for my foul I I would give all I possess to have hope for my poor toul." Jn this stato of mind, refusing to be consoled, this poor rich man bewailed a life devoted to tho acquisition of riches. Mauv camo away impressed wiib the uselessnoss of such an exist ence as tho wealthy man had spent, adding house to house and dollar to dollar until he became a millionaire. All knew him to be a professing christian and a good man as tho world goes ; but the terrors and remorse of his death-bed administered a lesson not to be lightly dismissed from memory. Kelialoits Neu'H nml N'otr. Tho report of the ' American Board shows an increase of seventeen mission aries, ono hundred preaching-places, 2,b00 common schools and threo hun dred high school scholars, aud more than 2,0011 additions to the mission churches. The Free Baptists of Xew-Brunsw:ck have added three hundred and forty four communicants an 1 received S!5.- 000 for church purposes during the pabt year. The increase in communicants during tho last ten years has becu 8.?, 500. The annual meeting of the Indians of tho American Board's Dakota Mis sion was held in September, whon a class of thirty-six native pastors and teachers was organized fur Biblical study, and s ent six Lours a day for three days in receiving instruction and discussing the topics which wero sug get-ted by the lessons. A Scotch clergyman who was per forming tho funeral service over tho ro- mnins of a neighboring pastor said of tbo dead man: "Ho was a good man, but ho was not perfect." Ho said this with an atr of sadness, as it the poor man ought to havo been perfect, aud was greatly to blame for being anything short of perfi etiou. The Catholics aro reported to bo making advances iu Africa, particularly in Algeria, where they hitvo. 1n5,000 adherents and a missionary society for ( cut ral Africa. During tho past three years they havo obtained a firm foot ing in tho interior of the Continent, i.. id havo sent forth several Misbionarits iu the equatorial regions. The New York Yearly meeting of Friends has, during the last three years, added four hun lred and fifty-one mem bers by request, and one hundred nnd eleven by birth, aud has had an in crease of ono hundred and ninety-nine members above tlio losses. This gain, which is unusual in tho history of tho society, is ascribed to tho iufluence of the revival services which the meetings have recently permitted. Every Mormon, by tho present ratio of sexes in tho state, ha? his chances in two aud one-third wives. The Human Ear. Few peoplo realize what a wonderful delicate structure the human ear really i-. That which ne ordinarily designate so, is atter all only the mere outer porch of a series of winding passages which, like tho lobbies of a great building, lead from the outer air into the inner cham bers. Certain of these passages are full of liquid, and their membranees are stretched, like parchment curtains, across the coiridors at different places, and can be thrown into vibration or made to tremble, as the head of a drum or tho surface of the tambonrino does when struck with a stick or the fingers. Between two of these parchment like curtains, a chain of very small bones ex tends, which serves to tighten or relax these membranees, and to communicate vibrations to them. In tho innermost pine a of all, rows of fine thread, called nerves, stretch, like the strings of a pi ano, to the last point to which tlio trem blings or thrillings reach, and pass in ward to tho brain. If these nerves aro destroyed, the power of hearing certain ly departs, as the power to rive out sounds is lost ly a piano or violin when it strings are broken. F' :iif"hia Tir.m, One Meal a 4.iy. lr. ('. F. Piii'e i-ciids to the Jminnil I' i li. in intra ati r.cccunt of (xperitnontr. made to show that one meal a day is enough for a man : S. N. S., twenty-eight years old, resolved to adopt the one-ni2al system, and did so, leaving off meat and all condiments, as salt and pepper, and eating chiefly wheat-meal bread and fruit, tho br.'ttd mado from unsifted meal and mixed with wuter only, no suitor bread-raising devices unleaven ed breal. Within suven months his weight increased from ono bundled and forty-five pounds to ono bundled mid .seventy pounds, and hisstrength of both body and mind had increased in pro portion. His labor hail been severe; ho is u machinist nnd un inventro-, working U n hours every day, mi l do ing a goo.l deal of practical a':d proiit able thinking at the sumo time. It is now a full year since he came to one meal, and tho weight gained has been maiutainod, and his health is perfect. During the last winter, for the purpose of testing tho sullicicncy of one meal of pure food for the must trying labor, he worked iu an iron foundry for three mouths, and notwithstanding the e. trenio and frequent changes of temper ature incident to tho work, on cold mornings, with the mercury below z.to, mid iu the afternoon ut 120 degrees above, and all hands sweating like rain, ho had not a 'cold' for the winter, aud was the only employe thus exempt, lie hud formerly been subject to frequent attacks of the above disease. His daily ration consists of six ounces to iiino ounces (according to labor) of Graham iluur, beside fruit sufficient to supply all the liquids necessary half a dozen apples or their equivalent in other lruit. Ho ii rarely thirsty, but sometimes, it too little fruit is taken at meal time, lie takes a small draft of water iu tho course of tho day. This meal is taken at night, after entire re covery from fatigue, usually at about seven o'clock. During the month of May, 1881, just, passed, ho gained bixty hours, or six full days, working extra hours at his bench, sometimes working tight through to midnight, and taking his 'breakfast' af :er a short rest, before retiring. No man in his employ had gained so much time. Ho has occa sionally made a trial of bolted-llonr bread, but has invariably experienced a loss of weight and strength. "My own experience goes far to prove the illieieney of the above regimen for either tho brain or muscle worker. I am now taking but ono meal a day, and find myself perfectly nourished, weigh and strength maintained, on about fourteen ounces of unleavened wheat meal bread, to the mastication of which I devote nu hour or moro. I liud that six cold gems, weighing about fourteen ounces, without either butter or milk, chewed deliberately and thoroughly dissolved by the juiees of tho mouth, will sustain mo much better than when eaten warm with butterormilk, or both together added, and eaten as fast as one iiaturallv eats hot rolls nnd butter or brta l and milk. O.m-ddering the man ner iu which people in general bolt their food, it is not tit range that a huge proportion of it fails of digestion. Starchy food cannot be transformed iu to pure blood entire, except as far as the change is begun in the mouth. "Until a few months ago 1 took my food in tho morning, but I find the evening u better time. During the dav the biain and muscles can have every thing their own way, without interfer ing or hindering digestion, and at even iug, after sufficient rest, thero is per feet tranquility of body and mind and 'leisure to digest.' I had never been a 'good sloeper' until I adopted this s;s tern of diet. Peoplo who eat several meals a dav do well to take the last one early, and the lighter they niako it tho better, but dyspeptics may rest assured I that, of itself considered, tho evening meal is not tho cause of their wakeful ness or troubled dreams. When I ate three meals of a mixed diet, I could not make the last ono simple enough to givo mo complete rest at night, but now, when rested from my day's labor, I ein eat my full vegetarian meal and sleep liko a well-fed babe. I could give quite a number of examples like the foregoing, of one-mealers, did space permit, all tending to prove the superi ority of vegetable over animal diet, and of the entire wheat over the most sci entifically impoverished article." Although early in the eeason, we an nounce, at the request of Mr. Yennor, that during tho coming winter water will as usual frcczo with its slippery side up. The Welsh l ongrctational church of Plymouth, Pa., ono of tho largest churches ot its kind in this country has received as its pastor tho llcv. Mr. Morris of Wales. Tho pehool lands of Texas are esti mated to bo worth $100,000,000 ; a sum equal to the school lands of all tho other tatcs ccmbined. The Irish Presbyterian t'hnreh has started au Aged and Infirm Ministers, Fund. The (Jrass Crop. A question widely discussed involves the relative value of the wheat, cotton, ta and hay crops of the world. Which of these product involves the greatest amount of tho world's capital? It is said by tho "liny L'-jo.rlcr" that hay leads the rest, and the items that enter into the account as stated aro i omewhat startling. Cotton und tea are local crops, while hay is produced everywhere tho world over, and the hay crop gen erally outweighs either of tho other two. Tho aggregate reported value of all farm products in tho United States for 1S70 was 12,4"7,r:W,C5H; but as this includes aldi'.ions to stocks, "bet terments," etc., it was probably too high then, but the census of ISO will no doubt show evui larger figures. Now, the hay crop for 1.S70 - that is, the grass dried or cured for use or sold is reported at over 27.0110,000 tons. This, nt half the selling prico in the large cities, would amount to ? 105,000,000, and is far greater than tho aggregate homo value of the cotton crop or any :ther crop. But the "cured" hay i but n portion of tho grass crop. The other portion is used on th" ground, and it requires considerable calculation to get at the value so used, even in the roughest way. In the first place, live stock, imluding horned cattle, horses, sheep, RWino, etc., to the value of ??l,525,(Mi:i 000, were fed from it thi't year. Averaging the livcR of these at 5 years, wo have one-fifth of that sum us representing the gras fed to them in 1870-viz., $105,000,000, next, wo fiud tho value of animals slaughtered for food in that year to 1)0 S:K)'.i,000,000 : and as this is au annual product, the whole of it will for the urescnt be credited to the grass crop ; next, we find that tho butter crop of ls70 was 511,000,000 pounds, which at tho low average) of 25 cents, amounts to sl2s,0U0,000, and this goes to the credit of grass ; next, we kavo 225,000,- tiOO gallons of milk, which average at tho low estimate of 10 cents per gallon, adds fe'25, 000,000 more to the credit of the grass crop ; then we have 100.000.000 pounds of wool at 2. cents per pound, adding 25,000,000 more, and, finally, 50,000,000 pounds of cheese at 10 cents, adding over 5,000, (100 to tho total of these credits to the grass crop of 1870, which aggregates .SS7,0()0,(HIO. Now, says tho " l,'-jirlr" let us add the vulus of tho "hay" crop as given above viz: 815.000,000 and wo havo a grand total for "hay" and tho products of grass consumed on the grouud amounting to 1,202,000,000. Thisis.of course, subject to deduction, as the meat, butter, milk, cheese, and the wool-producing animals consume other food besides grass and buy. To make ample allowance for this, wo deduct the entire value of corn and oats of 1S70, estimated ut S27i.O00,CtK), and this leaves a remainder of jfl ,082,000,000 to Lu credited to tho hay and grass crop of that your, when the reported ag gregate of all farm products was .S2,4t7,52S,('i5s. If our estimate makes even the roughest approach to accuracy, tho value of that crop was two-tiftlis of the aggregate value of all farm pro ducts, and hence we may infer that two fifths of the capital then invested in agricultural pursuits was devoted to the grass crop, and this in the United States (equals in round numbers) S4,075,0OO,0OO. The Men W ha Siiecer il. The great difference among men ol all callings is the energy of character or tho want ot it. Given the same amount of learning nnd integrity, and tho same opportunities, and energy will make one man a conqueror. The want of it will seo the other man a failure. Dead-beats are all men without force. They had as good a chance as any ol their companions. Others weut ahead aud carried off tho prizes, while they wero lying by tho wayside dispirited and despondent. It takes nerve, vim, perseverance, patient continuance in well-doiug to win a great prize. And the young man who goes into a profes sion without this pluck and force will not earn salt to his porridge. Ho will drag through lifo with the help of frieuds, getting some credit with them fcr being a well-meaning man, in deli cate health and unlucky. Tho real trouble is that ho lacks energy. This is just as trim of the minister as of tho lawyer or the physician. Tiety is not enough, and piety with much learning is not enough. All tho Greek and Hebrew in the world will not qualify a man for usefulness in tho ministry. It wants push, stamina, vigor, courage, resolution, will, determination in ono word, encrcy. If tho youth knows a little Greek, ho knows what en enox means, and without it Dr. Parr's knowl edge of Greek will not help him to use fulness or success in tho pulpit. X. J'. Bishop Simpson declarod in the Ecumenical ( 'onferenco in London, that tho loss of children of Methodists in America in favor of other denomina tions was one of tbo most disastrous facts connected with Methodism. ITEMS OF 1NTEUEST. Plates mado of papor are now urirfd in Berlin restaurants for serving bread and butter, rolls, cakes, buns, and similar articles. Mr. Wa'ter, of the London Timr, says that the American people Fpend too much for public buildings and do not spend enough for pavements. The Cochituato water of Boston tistos so bad that tho leading hotels and many private persons are buying water from farmers in the suburbs for drink ing purposes. Young James Garfield, who returned to his class Ht Williams College, is again very ill with tho malaria which his system absorbed while in Wash ington. After the experience of American cities with wooden pavements, it is htrango to hear that Piccadilly, London, has been paved its cutiro length with blocks of wood. The editor of a Yirgina paper was asked by a stranger if it was possible that that little town kept up four news papers, and tho reply was, "No, it takes four newspapers to keep np the town." A Massachusetts judge lias officially ruled that the ringing of a church bell at 5 o'clock in the morning is a pnblio nnisance, and that if people must wor ship at that hour they must do so with out disturbing their neighbors. The Rev. John A. Lansing, theMetho dist exborter, is nowiu prison at Boston charged a'ith swindling his dupes out of 820,000. He used tho jnour iu pro moting the Jacques Cologne Company, which finally wound rp in bankruptcy. Among his dupei wero four Boston widows. The Lime-kiln Club. "Doorin' my throe score y'ars of life I have obsarved somocurus things, began Brother Gardner as tho thermo meter showed US degrees and rising. "I hav obsarved, fur instance, dat the men mos' consarned 'bout do welfar' of do keutry am do men who do do least to prosper her. "I hev observed dat do politisbua who sots out to Hive de kontrr am ginoraby hauled up for robbin' her. "I hev obsarved dat do men who seem to hev do mcas' sympathy fur de poo' neber wait fivo minutes to foreclose a chattel mortgage. "I hev observed dat good clozo an' impudence will pacs fur riches an' educashnn. "I hev obsarved dat brag an' Iduster am better weapons dan argyment an trnf. 'I hev obsarved dat a grind monu ment i:i a graveyard doan' hide do mean ness of a dead man's relashnns. "I hev observed dat charity kin make paupers almost as fast as a conflagra shim. "I Irv obsarved dat while all agree dat honesty am de bes' policy, not one man in a hundred hesitates to work a lead nickel off on a street kyar com pany. "I hev obsarved many odder things equally strange an' inconsistent, an' I am prcpar'd to say to you : "-Mottoes doan' mean biziness. "Maxims kin be forgotten faster dan written. "Promises am a wheel with or.e cog gono. "Friendship will las' as long as you kin aflord to pay ten per cent, per an num. Let us now pureeed to biznoss." - Ficn I'nss. Riml Treatment or Horses. It has been observed by experienced borso trainers that naturally vicious horses ar. rare, and that among those that are properly trained and kindly trea'od when colts they are the ex cept ion. It is superfluous to say that a gentle and docilo horse is always the more valuable, other qualities being equal, and it is almost obvious that gentle treatment tends to develop this admira ble finality in the horso as well as in tho human species, while harsh treat ment has the contrary tendency. Horses havo been trained so as to be entirely govi mod by tho words of his driver, and they will obey and perform their dimple but important duties with as much ulacrity as tho child obeys the din ction of tho parent. It is true that all horses are not equally intelligent and tractable, but it is probable that there is less difference amoDg them in this regard than there is among his human masters, since there aro many incitements and ambitions among men that do not affoct animals. T!io horse learns to know and to have con thlence in a gent le driver, and soon discovers how to accure for himself that which he desires, and to understand bis surroundings and his'dutios. Th e ti-no, volume, and inflection of.his mas ter's voice indicate much, perhaps more than the words that are spoken. Sooth ing tones rather than words calm him if r cited by fear or angor, and angry and excited tones tend to excite or anger him. In short bad masters make 1 bad horses. SdmUfc American. i