North Carolina Newspapers

(f;h;ilh,nm Record Chattel ccotia. or ADVERTISING. H. A. LONDON, Jr koitcii; ami rt:u'T:ii:r!. 15 a. ft Tcn;,:3 of subscription: One nry. n rear, " ) ropy, (It niniilttt ... 1.00 Ooeriw, three ranettK, .40 fi.no One v-jim , t ' Iti5rrt1r-nn, On r . ( in- mmitii, VOL. IV. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY 26, 1882. 20 I rorlarueraOvi'ttljmci)tiillli?ril'-oulr.irtw.lJ i" 1-1 II up Tcll-Talea. Oh I don't von remember, Long time go, When the path was in December Covered over with snow ? The a we had a little walk, Then we had a little talk. Bill jealous ryee 1 I aoon divine The fooliteps tli.ro ware uot ail uiiua: Ohl the enow, The tell-tale SHOW, Long time r: Oh! don't ymi remember On that en niitg fair, When the jamhio llnwer you biui'lol In tho raven hair ? Homeward then I thoughtless s'ray'd And the Jasmine Rowers bctra'd ; Fur well tho jfiilou. glunis. knew No jasmine in otirgarth-u grew ; Oh ! the fion.r, The tell-tale flower, Long time ago ! And when wo were both forbidden Fveriiioro to moot, Silly littlo no'es wer.i hi ll-n By tin; willow scat. But vainly fir a imto wo aoni-lit : C'oi.M no ia.li i.tlii i have forgot ? Ah ' others knew a vi 11 lis wo Th- secret i.f that hollow tr. e : till I tl' tree, the hollow tloe. It Is-'riiye.l Loth ji m .hi! n.'. I.-HH! it i as'o I MISS HARCOURTS LOVER. tiT rti'-Kii r nn.t, "It looks us if it were poing to snow for weeks, Mi.-s Elizabeth," mill ni l Gregory, as he touched hi but un 1 hub liloil down tho icy pathway us fust us rheumatism and old ago w nM permit Lim. Miss Elizabeth Id. 'ki ll down into the sweet tiKl English pardon, with itf tangled muss of shrubbery covered wii.li Know, and a mist came over her eves. A week 1 The slim whito lintels closed tightly over the yellow envelope clasped iu her hui: 1 , mill us shn turneil away from the dot r a tour plashed down upon it. In jnst ouo week tho mortgage would lie foreclosed, the letter said, and unless tho nmonut could bo raised in tho mean while, tho dear ohl house whero she was born must ai into tho bands of strangers. The investments that her nephew made for her all proved failures, ntnl when, five years ago, ho hnd come bust ling tip from London and told her that this mortgupe would save her foitune, she signed her name to tho paper, und for a while ull t eemed well. IIow foolish tho had been! Why had she not asked mote about it? Ralph Morgan had pnid tho info I est for her as it canio due, until two years ago, when she received a short letter from him, and he had derided (o go to Australia That was all. Mis Elizabeth hud seen very little of hint. Ho was the only child of her sister, who was many years older. When the father died, the prop erty was divided between tho sisters. Margaret took her shure in money, ntnl went, with her hu-bar.d nnd child, to live in London, wbire she died scon after. Elizabeth had never left the old homestead, and with pioper manage ment, there would never have been any need to do so ; bnt now .she had made another mistake. Tho old clock was ticking li ully in tho great wido hall as she slowly went Tip the stairs to the pleasant room whore she bad spent her lifetime. I am always making mistakes," she moaned, drearily, as she threw herself on the little white bed. "Sixteen years ago to-day I made one, nud now I have made another." There were no tears now in the dark gray eyes, only a tired look that stran gers would wonder at ; for if ever a wo man was envied iu that little village, Elizabeth Haroourt was. "She has everything one could wish or," the poor folks said ; "but she is so good with it all." IIow oonld they know cf tho business worries, and the pinching economy, and the aching heart, thut tjo sweet, calm face never showed ? Elisibeth Harconit was a proud wo man, and in tho yours gone by, had been a hasty one ; and now, in the quiet of her room, her thoughts went back to long ago when, in her hot temper, she told Jack Rainsford she never wished to see bis face again, now could he know that in the morning she wcnld have given worlds to unsay the words ? It had started, like most quarrels, with such a littlo thing 1 Bnt he had taken her at her word, and one week from the night she gave him back his ring, he sailed for India, and khe had never seen him since. She did not think he would stay away, but, in the meanwhile, no ono should ever know she cared at all ; so she langhed and talked more blithely than ever, and grew prettier every day, until every one said sho never had cared for him ; and away off in hot Calcntta, Jack Rainsford heard it, and his heart grew bard and bitter. A year went by and he did not come back ; then she promised to marry Philip Dinsmoie. After that she was gayer than ever, until, when the wedding-day was fixed, and the villagers talking of the grand match, she broke it off with him. Nobody ever knew why, axoept Philip Dinsmore. If he bad been less grand and noble than b was she might havo married him ; bnt looking into thoso pure eyes of his, she could not bike a lie on her lips. So she told him with bitter tears how tho face of her absent lover came between ber and any ono else. Brave Philip Dinsmore t As he list ened, whiter and whiter grew bis face ; bnt when tdio had finished, ho stooped and kissed tho sweet red lips for the last time. In all tho world ho knew he wonll never love another woman as he loved Beth Harc.ourt, and it wos a grander love than sho had lefore. "I inn going to India on business uext month, Beth," ho wrote to her af terward, "and if lean, I will find Jack Raiusford." So he sailed away and tho ship was lost, and Philip Diusmore nover reached Jack Kainsford. After thaf Elizabeth Haroourt was never the same ; and as tho years rolled on, she was left alone with her faithful servants in tho old stone house. Some body said that Mr. Hams-ford married tho daughter of a rich merchant, but he n-ver o.irue back. Something had gone from her life with each year, and now, at foity, the very last thing had come, and the old homo was to go. No wonder, on thut winter morning El'zibeth Haroourt was in despair! She had had so much tobeur t From the night that Jack Kuinsford left her in ancer hc had never reully been happy again. That hot temper hermother had warned lnr naitst ah! it had been cooled since then. No ono who saw her bending quietly ever the sick bed in the poorest cottage, would guess that beneath that calm face there hud ever been anything but peaee. N.iw sho lay with wido open eyes, thinking of tho past, und iu her ears were ringing old Nurse Bluckitt's words of In r : " She will take an awful site of sobel'iu'." lust then there came u knock ut the door, and hlspeth's voice, saying, "Miss Elizabeth, there is a strange gentlemen down stairs who wished to see you for a few minutes. Ho looks an if ho was from London." The lawyer from London I Miss Ilar court's heart pavo a quick throb us bhe ari se and mechunically glanced at the the little narrow glass between the win dows. There was a red spot burning on each cheek, and tho brown h iirhud lost its smooth, satin appearance ; but she did uot uotico that to-day, but passed quickly down fothe cool, dark room btdow. The stranger rose and bowed as she eutered, a tall man with gray hair and a swarthy skiu. "Your letter camo this morning," began Miss Elizabeth, nervously. "I am afraid the house will havo to go for the mortgage--" " My letter? " said tho stranger. " I think there must be some mistake." " I beg yonr pardon," Mis Harcourt said, " but aro you not from London ? " The stranger took a step forward, "Beth," he said, " havo I changed so completely that you do not know me ? " " Jaok ! " dho pasood. You cannot be Jack Baiusford ! " Such a. different meeting from that which she had planned in tho years gono by 1 Instead of passionate kisses she quietly shook hands, with her old lover, and sat dowd on the chuir oppo site to him. A chilled, disappointed look camo over tho worn, tired faco of tho man, and he arose and walked over to tho wiudow as ho said bitterly, " You have hardly changed at all, bn sixteen years in India are not likely to keep a man fresh and young especially when they are not particularly happy ones." Something in the tones niude Eliza beth Harcourt's heart thrill as in the old days ; but sho remembered that wife iu India. The feverish checks grew a deeper crimson but sho said, quietly, " Are yon going to stay for any length of tirao in England, Mr. liatnsford ? Is your wife with you?" With a startled look he turned and faced her. " You know I nover married, Beth Harconrt," he said bitterly. " I never loved anybody but you, and you have forgotten me. With a low cry she sprang toward him, and the next moment was sobbing in bis arms. "Jack, my darling," she said, "I have loved yon always, and have not forgotten you for ono moment all these weary years ! " " If I had only known it before ! be answered sadly. " Some one told me you married the year aftor I left, and I thought it was trne until one day, on beard a vessel, I met a lad that came from here. I asked him about tho old place, and ho told me Miss Elizabeth Harcourt had nursed bim through s fever when every one else was afraid to come near bim." Rainsford stopped and slipped an odd hoop of shining stones on Miss nar court's finger. "Do you know." ho taid, "a wild hopo tilled me, and I said to myself, ' It is for Beth, if sho will wrnr it. If not I will drop it in tho middle of the ocean, and nover look ut England again.' " Elizabeth looked down at the spark ling diamonds, nnd said with a long drawn figh, " Oh, Jack, and it was only this morning that I was iu despair ! " "Snpposo you let mo seo that letter fromLondou?" ho said. "1 wanted t i make some English invo.-.tmonts." That night Miss Haroourt knelt by the little white bed with a happy sob, liko a tired child that had found rest at last. Jack did make an inest, but it was uot in Loudon. Tho mortgago was relieved, and Jack nud Beth now enjoy thu old stone mansion. A IMMOl'S MISSION. The Iti'lli unit 1 riiilllliin f tlirnii C urt Intuit FurireM. Among the buildings nlnng tho Hud son of historic interest is tho old Van Cortlandt manor house, w hich wiih built i!.0 years ngo. It stands about two miks north of tho village of Sing King, on the right hand side of the midway loadiiig from thut village to Croton, or Underbill's Foint, on tho banks of the old Croton river, which at this point empties its waters into the Hudson. It is a rcmarbahlo plain looking mansion of medium size, and was originally built as a block houso to servo as a fot tress. Tho basement story still retains tho old embrasures or iort holes for firearms, and in them in thctiixcof the Revolution cannon were mounted and more than once belched forth I. ads of grape 'and canister into the face of tho enemy. Similar port holes are to bo seen on tho floor above, and they are iu shape very sinii'ar to an inverted T. Tho front commands an extensivo and unbroken view of the Hudson and Crotou Bay, it being possi ble to look down tho former for at least a score of miles. On tho north and east aru high mountains covered with a thick forest of oak, chestnut, hickory, elm, ash, birch and pine, which in tho autumn furnishes a rare scene of beauty in every variety of color. In tho parlor there is a glass caso iu which are kept many old family relics, among them tbe old family real, now very much broken up, but which, it is thought, can bo made gooil again. From a small mahogany cabinet iu the opposite corner of tho room was ten derly taken a string of thirly-iwo metal buttons which were on Paulding's coat when ho, with his two friends, captured Major Aiidro in the woods cf Sleepy Hollow. The family said fhey had time and again been asked for "just one" oftho.se buttons as souvenirs, but as tho entire thirty-two had been strung by Paulding on tho very string they now are on, all such requests had to be declined. The windows of tho parlor and all other rooms on tho same floor aro provided with tho old-fashioned seats und cush ions. From the parlor tho reporter was invito.! to tho " haunted chamber," an ordinary sized bedroom, which, so tho story goes, has been visited iu tho still ness of the night by a lady in a silk dress. People assert thai the rustling of the silk has been distinctly heard, and they say that tho mysterious lady always enters from tho north side, walks to the middlo of the room, and after standing there for a moment suddenly vanishes into the air. Returning to the parlor, tho reporter was shown into tho library where are kept many treas ures of tho old family. Tho old books aro still in their original places on the shelves in their own bindings. In front of ono of the bookcases is a small mahogany stand which was used by DoWitt Clinton as a desk. In the centre of tho top is set a silver plate bearing the inscription : " At this table DoWitt Clinton was sitting when ho died." In this library aro also treasured niauy interesting autographs, and a poem by Mrs. Madison, wife of Presi dent Madison. Here is also an auto graph letter from General Lifayetto to Charles King, Etq., which reads as follows : La Grase, September, 28, 1532. This letter, my dear Sir, will bo deliv er. d by Mr. Fiorelli, a young Italian sonlptor, a refugee patriot, nephew to the gentleman whom I introduced to you in 16'24. I recommend him to your good advice, and beg you to accept the best wishes and regards of your obliged and affectionate friend, Lafayette. Croton Point was tho see no of a spirited affair, in whioh Enoch Crosby, tho Westchester Spy, figures. The sloop of-war bad anchored off tho Point, Crosby, concealing half a dozen men among the bushes and rocks, donned a uniform of Lafayette's corps and con spicuously displayed himself. A boat manned by eleven men put off from the sloop, and upon tnching the shore they pursued Crosby. When ho had drawn them as far as be wanted, he suddenly turned and exclaimed. " Come on boys ! now we have them t " At this bis com rades raised a great shout, and the British, thinking they were surrounded by a large force, surrendered and were marched off as prisoners of war. "THOMAS OF THJItC." A linn W'hn lint hern I.nn-vfr. F.illtnr. Aftor, HihM'iiiii'er. unit Wliol. H'urlli 111 I linn. J.mqiiiii Miller's " Thomas of Tigro" is uot only a real person, but ho is the most promiueut mon in Central Amer ica. His nnmo is James Thomas. He was born in New York, studied law und went to Cincinnati. There he full in hvowith fi "Juliet" nt.d divided to become u tragedian. Ho turned up in New Orleans, whero ho btaited a news paper. Having joined tho Lopez expe dition to Cuba ho whs shipwrecked and floated around on a log fur two days. Ib'tnrnin j to New York he became a Bohemian, formed tho acquaintance of liippard, North, Filz Jan.es O'Brien and other noted writers, scribbled thyme and finally became tho editor of a widely-known journal, which is still being published. Returning to Now Orleans, ho killed a rival hi a duel. Other adventures followed in Texas, Northern Mexico and California. A return to Texas was eharaeterizi d by a l Uel witli a famous desperado naninl Jack TnrJey, known as " The diamond m.-rcbiinf." from hiiviin' stolen a hirer- t umber of valuable diamonds in Brazil and made good his ei-c ipe. Next came the expedition of Walker to Nicaragua, whioh ho joined. Since ho has be n hero ho has amassed an iuiniouso for tune. At the end of a lively revolution ho was tuken beforothe successful ring leader, ' What wonld you have done with me if I had fallen in your power ?'' asked the opposing General. "Had you shot in throo hours," replied Thomas. "Very well,'" was the answer, "that shall bo your doom." Thoro chanced to be iu the audience a wealthy Spanish lady, who did not approve of the summary execution of handsome young men, and to her golden influence populur opinion attributed the immediate reprieve and speedy release of Thomas. Ho now deter mined to bid a long farew ell to perilous conspiracies a'd filibustering experi ments. Iu tho center of thety heci purchased a block of ground, built a spacious residence on it, and, to use his own peculiar expression, "took up his eternal rest." To such impetuous spirits, however, repose is impossible. Ho had no sooner btcomo established for life than the uisiiia of European travtl possessed him. Shipping j?10,()0'.) iu gold to San ! Francisco, ho arranged his uii'airs for u long absence and speedily followed the treasure. In three years he expended evcy dollar of it in tho leading capitals of Europe. He formed the ucquiiut tince while ab oud, of Swinburne, the Unset t is and other English writers, and also hecamo on friendly terms with j many French uiithora of renown. lie returned to Leon recently, and hi uow living legally. I observed a copy of tho "Songs of Sua Lands" in his well selected library, and, taking it down, j recited that much admired poem ' Thomas of Ti:':re." Ho seemed highly pleased with it, but expressed regret j that Miller should havo depicted him as a gambler, when in fact ho had never stuked a dollar upon a game of chance in his life. .S m J-'mncifCo Chmhid-'. A Couiitiilrtini Fxplaiiiiil. "Hw do you come to ask six dollars for this load of firewood, when John Smith, your neighbor, offern tho same kind of wood for four dollars?" was the question Giihooly asked of the man in charge of a load of fuel in Austin. "Wei!, you see I am going to be indicted for stealing this wood, and I will havo to pay a lawyer to prove my iiinofciice. That's why I have to charge two dollars a, load extra." "Doesn't John Smith steal his wood, too ?" "Certainly he does. He cuts it off tho same tract of lend where I got this." "Well, doesn't he havo to biro a lawyer, ton, to prove his iunocence." "Of course not. He is never iudicted by the grand jury." "Why dou't the grand jury indict him?" " "Because he is always appointed foreman. Ho has got more iLfluenoo than I have. Sifti'irjs. FACTS 10K THE (TRI0FS. Tho city of Leipsic, of 140,000 in habitants, contaius only seven churches. One of the first modem kiugs who possessed the accomplishment of writing was Pedro I., of Castile, styled Pedro the Cruel. Uo died in FIG!) His sig nature is preserved on a treaty "Yo, cl Rev," I, the king. When the drama first appeared in Athens, iu the time of Pisistratns, fif teenth century B. C, it formed a portion of the religion of the State. The thea ter was a templo where tho people were taught how tho wills of gods and men must bow to the force of destiny. Tho wife of tho new Chinese min ister a lady of high rank in her own country, will not at present enter Wash ington society. She speaks only her own language, her littlo foet will not permit her to go about unsupported, and she is to crown all, exceedingly bashful. FOR Tin: FAIR m:x. PnnlilcHi Notes. Fans for young ladios are of medium sizo and made of feathers. Tainted satin and luce fans reniuin in stylf for bridal occasions. M ur.io cloth tidies aro popular for furniture in common use. Ouo of tho newest materials for embroidery is Madras mtislin. Plush iid moiro autijuo take the lead in winter fabrics. Black gloves, black stockings and black slippers are worn with 'w hite satin evening dresses. Bows of black velvet ribbon are again tited to brnameut dresses ani cloaks, bnt they are so easily spoiled that their reigu w ill probably be short. Tho most becoming largo hats aro thoso which havo tho edge of tho rim bound with slightly gathered plush. Their only trimming is two very long feathers st on tho right side uud fastened by a cluster of tips. Tlir l.nillea Riut Hip Kuo'lim BIlioi. ;i one of my trans-Atlantic trips, "'V a St. Louis Clergyman, I remem 'i-i we nun hii insii iiisiioii uu ooillil who mored liko two men. In tho next cabin to him wrro twj ladies, who com plained to the steward that they couldn't rest, and the stewart suavely asked the bishop if something couldn't bo done in the premises. ' Certainly," said the bishop. And U'-xt day thoro hung a placard iu the grain! saleoou which said: sonrr:. The bishop nill morn l'n.m eleven to four. A llou. e Ifelr Queen. Q:ieen Caroline, of Saxony, has been suffering lately from an illuess which is attributed to a cause unusual in royal households. Her Majesty has a niatiiu for cooking, in which sho excels, espe cially in tho preparation of fruit pre serves. Tho crop of fruit in Saxony was this year so abundant thut the Queen labored night anil day in the composition of her jams and jollies, which she was, of course, obliged to taste constantly. Tho consequent fa'igue and indigestion brought on a serious illness. Iti'ihii-.g u Boy. Iu cleaning up a little yesterdy after the Christina-' rush, a small dealer in tovs, papers and coufeciionery on Gratiot avcuuo found among his trash what thu boys call a, "thundering big tiro era, ki-r." It hud been hidii g away ever since Fourth of July, and the man uo sooner found it than ho was possessed of a desire to m ike somo ono happy. Ho dared not throw it into his stove, and it seemed a gri.woua waste to fling I jt into the alley. Ho thert fore waited I and patience was soon rewarded, jnst ; as sho always is. A boy camo iu ', after a cent's worth of taffy, and ho was j closely followed by a dog big enough to j carry off tho front steps ot a meeting- j hous Tho big firecracker was ex-i hibited oud tho case explained, and the ' party of tho second part, iu consider turn of live sticks ot numy, gave rne : party of the first, part leave to attuoh the cracker to the dog's tail and tiro it ; off. The ratline offered no serious ob- , jectious, aud things were soon iu shape j Tho boy then led the dog out on the ! walk, tho fuse was ignited, and directly i there was an explosion which set the i dog to thinking faster than ever before in his life, no wheeled and .dashed back into tho store, ma lo six or seven circuits of the room, and then, embar-1 rassed, confused and anxious to pet home and overhaul hiinsilf for repairs, he took a jump through ono of the doors aud left 7 worth of glass in pieces on the sidewalk. Some of the crowd sat down to laugh, while others leaned ugainst tho wall and yelled haw! haw! bawl at the top of their voices, The fire-cracker man was tho only one who seemed abstracted. ' '-,.. The Vanderbilts. i Tho following is from "Hermits" New I York letter to the Tn.. 1 inn : Speak- j ing of the old commodore I sometimes think t'.iat if it could come down from its j elevation a''d walk up tho Fifth avenue somo of the edd man's thunder would 1 be beard. What a chscgo, indeed, has coiuo over tho spirit of his dream, j There is young Cornelius, to whom he left 82 000 000, collecting old books at 81,000 apiece, while William is tillinr, a gallery with pictures, each costing from 610.000 to 50,000. "Look ut that palace, which is estimated at 82,000,. 000, but may reach a still higher fiuure, built for a man who passed his first 40 years in a Staten Island farm honso. Each f tho boys, too, has a palace adjacent to their father, thus early! beginning a life of luxury. Admitting! that the family wealth has increased to ! a vast degree, how is the number in creased among which it is to be divided ! What luxurious habits too have taken the place of primitive simplicity ! Here too is another grand wedding which in troduces a mere fortune hunter into the family!" Such I think would bo the nature of tho old statue' soliloquy, with the addition of a few profane ad jectives. Fnmons Theater Fires. The most fatal theatre firos was tbe burning of the Saragossa Theater in 177S, when COO persons lost their lives. At tho Carlaruho Theater, in 1P47, 104 persons perished. Tho burning of tho Opera House, at Nice, in 1881, iu which sixty-two persons were burned or crushed to death, is still fresh in tho publio memory. In these Island many tLiaters havo been burnt down, but some providential ahauco has always in tf rveucd to limit the proportions of tho catastrophe. The tiro had broken out in tho daytime ; the performance had uot begun or bad not ended, or there were fuw spectators in tho house. If, for example, the Surrey Theater, wher it was burnt down dining tho daytime in 1S0.", had contained an audience, few would huve escaped ulive, so rapid was tl o action of the (lames. But of all tho calamities which havo ever in modern times overtaken a crowd of human beings iu a single building, the burning of the chut'eh of I.a( amp mia, Santiago, in lsr.3, has never been equalled or ap proached. In ouo short hour 2 0H0 people, nearly ull ladios of youth, rank, und beauty, were reduced to ashes The flower of tho capital of (. hiii had Riitheroil in tho church, in a spirit of religious excitement, to pay its devo tions at the elo ing celebration of the Iminainihito (!. inception. Every r--at was fnll. Nothing that invention could suggest or wealth supply was omitted iu tho adornments of the occasion. The interior of tho church was hung from roof to flo ir wiih fl la'ing gauzeand rich drapery, and lighted with festoons- of innumerable par ifliue lamps. An acolyte, in lighting tho lust lamp before the shrine, raised a flame which spread in Htautauonnsly. A rush soon choked the entrances with a wall of dead and dying twelve foet in height. Tho milting lend fr.uu tho roof an 1 tho blazing oil of the severe.! lamps poured down upon tho hea ls of 2,01") tender women, who could bo seen from the windows of neighboring houses, rushing wildly to and fro, without a:i outlet of escape. The fulling of the roof put an end t" their agonies, completed a catastrophe which stands without a parallel. I.-- . Tn't 1 niianitiou Figures. The emigration reports show some curious facts. It is rather snr ptisiiig that out. of the half million straugirt that came to our shores last year only forty six w -ro lawyers. Clergymen nro rather more numerous, and during the year 2t'.n an ived, seventy ot them from England, and the same number from Ireland. Of musicians j there were o'.'O, und strange to say, only forty two of them eaaie from Italy ; bnt ! whether tho bereau classed haud-orguns under tho bead of musical instruments is uot known, 'lhere were 211 teachers, IiS sculptors, 7 reporters, lnO artists, .12 editors, 22 dentists, "0 architects and ono chiropodist. From tho largo num ber of bakeis on tho list it is presumed that they must have heard of the mag nificent wheat fields of Dakota an 1 other places, and longed to lend a hand iu turning the golden grain into bread. Theio were landed 1,377 bakers during tho year, and of this number 7:t 1 came from Germany. There were 1.F1S butchers, 1.574 cabinet-makers, '2, Co.'! masons. '2 I'M tailo.s, 1,174 weavers, lii'ters uud 100,012 laborers A Virginia Priiiliiry Iu Arithmetic. A man by the name of Price, near Alma, Virginia, who is almost blind, and who is wholly uneducated, and not at all sprightly in other respects, is said to be able to solve almost any problem in mathematics that can be given him. Ho uses no figures, but makes his calcu lations on his fingers. Mr. Hampton, who is teaching iu that neighborhood, pave him the following problem, which Iil sohed quicker than u good scholar picetit could do by algebra: A man ( tight a lctse, l-nggy find harness. The horse cost forty-eiht dollars mure than the buggy, in..) two and three fuiirtlis turns as n itch us the harness und the liai less one-seventh of the whole sum paid. What was the whole snni paid? What did inch cost. He has no difficulty iu working fractions bo we vei complicated and intricate. Mr. James P. Graves informed us that be once asked him what was tho third and the half of one third of three and one third and he was ready with the answer almost as scon as ho hud finished the question. Ho is about twenty-three years old. A certain amount of opposition is n great help to a man Kites rise agaiust ' and not with the wind. Even a head j wind is tietter than none. No man ever j worked his passage anywhere in a dead . culm. The Lycians consi dered mourning effeminate, and so put on women's clothes. A pig was onco burned at Fontenay, near Puns, for having devoured a child. A l.udj's Foot. Tle-i' V iii i-i.- in a lady's fo"'. An 1 well the holies know it : And Mh" Iu hr.a a pretty one Is pi-! try sum lo slmw it ; At thiii you, too, are mniyrcd by Tin- iiic-s: littlo ankle, Tim' :-h '! an arrow throajfli the eye. WVhin die le art to rankle. But wb"ii it tups l,.nq the Btp-ot, Tiiro' win t ii'i'l m ill, und vapor, By .'ho. rest ii-.-i li-nl y u s-e II im 1.. nut iful the taper ; Airl as sin- stops up hi the walk, A in ut (Iip iT'OvI to miiis'le, T.vo r .yuish evei lo k up and say, " I n.'teler if he's single .'" HUMS OF IMF REST. Tho lake fisherman who catch while fish know them as luko herring. In many parts of tho West the people protest against vaccination. Massachusetts savings bauks have 81.1,000,000 nioro money than they bad lust year this time. Chicago sends plowi to Mexico, the Sa3.lwl.icli Ishiuds und New Zealand. Iu l.V'il tho wandering bauds called gypsies wore s i n i moron -i iu Iviglaud that an ac'. was pu-i ed to banish them from tho realm on pain of imprisonment and confiscation of property. The bud and vicious may bo boister ously guy, and vulgarly Lnmorous, bat seldom or never truly cheerful. Gonuiue cheerfulness is an almost certain index of a happy mind uud a p'liv, good heart. The mvsteriims disajipo .ranca of King Louis of llavuria is the ougrossing topic of European gossips. He left his kingdom without a word of farewoll aud is traveling about incrgnito, vono.hsating no trace of his where abouts. Tho Louisville ('mtn-r Journal eon grutula'ed its readers on New Year's day upon the fact thut tiicy were that day "fretd bom tho most vioions, enrrniit. discnic. fill and demoralizing administration that ever was known in all the history of the sity." A locker, in seaman's parlance, is a place where stoves are kept. Jones is a corruption of Jonah, aud Davy is "dully," the name among West Indians for a spirit or ghost. "Gono to Davy .Imies' locker ' is therefore " gone to a place of sufe kcoping yhero Duffy Jonoli was sunt " The expression is generally applied to ouo lost over board, tho reference to Jonah beiug obvious. HUMOROUS. Synopsized opiuion by the court " These defendants aro dismissed. The Court finds they stole a large amount to entitle them to respect. Cull the ui xt case." When Tulrnap" says : "Oh ! non sense!" ho is mi iiuing to swear just as much us any man who says " dammit." Fact is, no one means to swear. The idea is to forcibly express thought. Mid tho s ftilor t j his sweetheart : " I know that ladies care little about nauti cal matters, but if you hal your choice of a ship, what kind of ouo would you prefer?" ho cast down her eyes, blushed and whispered: "A little smack." Tho latest marvel of scienca is the in stantaneous photography. By tho aid i f this process it is possible to obtain a picture of yourself and airl in the act of being thrown over a stone wall by a a runaway horse. This picture can be placed ou the muutelpieco iu a maroon velvet frame as a warning to young men to never let go tho reim with both bunds. t are of Carpets, To make sweeping an easy task, get carpets of a kind thut are easily swept, then save them from unnecessary littsr by care about scattering tine chips or crumbs cf wood, cloth, paper or food. Eating should be douo iff rooms easily cleaned, with carpets of oil cloth, or similar material, or with bare floors, or with a linen crumb-cloth spread upon the carpet underneath tho table. Children should not bo allowed to run about tho house with pieces of food in their bunds. If their food is not all taken ut the table, the child should be obliged to sit still somewhere, catching his crumbs upon a napkin bib, or apron, instead of dropping them upon the floor. Children who learn "to save luamtna trouble," and so get at least a smile of gratitude from her fortheir thought fulness, aro far happier than those who are not trained to earo, but aro allowed to niuko themselves a general nuisance iituong orderly people. If they wish to whittle, or to out paper or dolly things iu your best rooms, you neoil not necessarily refuse them. Spread a largo cloth or newspaper down to catch the chips or clippings, and see that it is safely emptied as soon as the child's work is done. Gtown np people are sometimes very annoying, because of their luck of this kind of twining. They pull flowers to pieces in your parlors, whittle on yonr smoothly shaven lawn, scatter fruit peelings and cigar stumps about the yard, scribble on the covers of your magazines and margins of newspapers, and scratch matches ou the walls of the house, or leavo disagreeable marks of some kind in every possible plaoe. r ' t Si' 3. A-'- i r i". X "u""H"ltiriTii'r,n'il 1 i i m i ii mi i i .ui.