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PITTSKORO', CHATHAM CO., X. C., JUNK 8, 1882.
NO. 39. I f'torg-r mlwrtlarm-iilillW.il ccntrm-!., v, i
flis Love and Mine.
Be gives hit lady ruble.
I give my plrl a kiss
The one mar he bought for money.
But no money eotiM puroliM this.
He crowns I ho head of hie lady
With a chaplet of gold and pearl.
While my darling has only the sunlight
To crown her binne-brown curls.
Hi laily liven in a palace,
My girl in a cottage dwell-.,
And eaeh has In r chu-cii O'liipanions,
To whom all secrets she tells.
Pride and Name and Riches
Of tlie.e his lady can boast.
While Innoenure, Truth and Duty
Are the guests my girl love moot.
Hii lafly ia robed in satin.
In ailka and Houiton laes ;
My girl, in the cheapest id muslin.
Outshines her in beauty and frai",
By the virtue uf art, hi ludy
The figure cf Hehu may ape j
But what art would attempt to remodel
My girl's unapproachable shape ?
Are the cheek- of hi lady like roses
Is her brow, linn, lily winte r
fin, too, art my gill's cIioi k rosy,
And hi r brow is daz1 eg, quite.
Hut wire jiui to ark hi lady
To bathe her face, I fear
The ruses, as wi ll in tl-.i I. In
Would etraiinelv dii-M- ar.
I know that 111 nil tin- wi I innif,
In rank and rich, h and 11,1 in".
His high born ami haughty litdy
Would put my dulim. to shame ;
But I know, too, nl richi r far raier
Thau he ever has even guesn d.
An I of these, though the world mav not know
it.
My darling and nr possessed.
Vi s, we walk through I.uve'i f.nr dnniitiions,
And we pluck the upni. s of gold,
And tho now u us is a hoavt u
Which hardly our soils can hold.
Bo his lady may wear her iiibies,
And hi r cliHplet of gold and pearls ,
IIi has won the o. 1 hlv ol Indies,
I have won the ri d rose hud of girl.
A STORY OF COUNTERPARTS.
A quiet, uneventful life was mine nn
til I left tho shelter of my farther's roof
in Gorhaiu, and accepted the elesk of n
book ke-ept r in tho wholesale clothing
establishment of She-ars k rreseott, in
the busy little city of Weston.
Hut then', ono Uue afternoon in Oeto
her, justiu the midst of the itid'.au sum
mer, I invited Lillin Presefit', with
whom I was very nearly in love, to walk
in the park with ine.
Her littlo hand 111 itn delic ito primrose-colored
glovo rented- on my nrm,
her black eyt h were? lifteil to my face.
I folt particularly tender and contiden
tin), uud at pence with all tho world.
We wi re speaking of Iho gorgoonsness
of thrt distant hi:ls clothed, as they
were, iu tbtir mantles of crimson to.
liugo, when f hus brought to a stop by
heuriug my name i.roiiouuced in a lone
neither sweet nor agreeable.
"Mr. Smith, I'll jest trouble you to
top u minute! '
I looked up. A woman of tifiy, or
thereabout, tffectuully blocked up the
sidewalk before us; indeed her propor
tions wero colossul. If ever I have seen
the personification 0 indignation, I saw
it in hor expres-dvo countenance.
"M-adaml" i exclaimed, retreating a
littlo front the buttery of Hushing iray
eyes w'jich she brought to bear upon
me.
"You needn't madam me!" cried she.
waiinn redder "I'll jest trouble you
to Kettle thin little billl ' And i.ht
thrust un oniiuoiiH piece of paper bofurit
my eyeK, which read, hubtdnutiully:
Kicliard Hmith to Jnliunu Digim, l)r
For nix montlm' board 8190 00
J'or ' " waehing 12 00
CO
1 returned the bill !o her.
"I owe you nothing, madam. I never
Raw you befote iu my life."
''You needn't lie to met ' cried she,
setting her arm akimbo. " hain't
kept a genteel boarding home fifteen
year for nothing, sir! You'll cither fork
over on the upot, or I'll take tho lim!
"Take it," remarked I; 'you're wel
come to it."
"Yon think to nurse me, young man!
Remember what you promised I I'll
have you took up for it as shure as my
name's DiggitiM" I'll larn you bettor
than to deceive a trnstiug widder woninn
in that wayl You dinatoful hypocrite!'
"Mnduni, you insult rue! I"
' Oti, it looks well for such us you to
stand on your dignity I Mighty lofty,
all to once I You've, forgot tho cream
flapjacks I used to make yon, and the
kisses you used to give mo every even
ing after the rest of them waa gone to
bed I You've forgot the half dozen
shirts I made you, and never charged
you a cent I You've forgot that you
solemnly promised that you'd marry me
last Tuesday morning I You've forgot
that, have you?"
"Yes yes I never! no !" stammsred
I, dropping Miss Lil lie's arm in con
sternation. 'Do yon dare to deny it?" cried she,
in a rage.
"Yes; forever and a day afterward!"
I roared ont. "Do yon think I would
marry an tdd termagant like you? I'd
sooner wed my grandmother I"
1 law the fire flash np in her eyes.
The widow was waxing dangerous. I
dodged the retioulo sho airre.l at my
head, and ft 11 ovi r back ward as she
charged npoti me with her lnlf m.urn
iue paraiol. Mi'-H Lillio turned and
fli'd. I thoiiglt discretion tho bettor
part of vu!or, so I leaped over a garden
fence near at hand, and wax immediate
ly attacked by a lurgo watcii d( g that
sprung ut, of n kennel ueur by. I
se 2 d a duMia polo, and hurling it at
the lligerent, made good my cseapo
by fording a duck pond and reaching
the next street, from ht'ch I hurried
home ct the best pace I could command.
I was r solved that I would not
remain in Weston a day longer. Evi
dently there was iu the city some other
Richard Smith, for whose notorious self
I was mistaken.
I penned a hasty note to my employ
ersgiving my reanoiiH for leaving
them packed my trunk, paid my
board, and, marking my baggage
"Richnrd Smith, New Hampton," I
entered the can for the locality specified
on my trunk.
Iu selecting Now Hampton as my
deBtiuutit n, I had no very definite pur
iu view; but in 11 place of its izo I had
u doubts of being able to secure some
lucrative situation, and the office of
"Roots'' was better, if I could be loft
nnmoloi.led, than the station of presi
dent, if I must lose my identity, and be
attacked by viragos: iu tho streets.
It was near noon of tho next day when
the train whirled tip to the depot at
New Hampton. I alighted, and was
hastening down the platform to look af
ter my b:irg,tcp, when I saw a voting
ludy in a brown nil k walking dress,
earnest !y regarding me. As she
caught my eye, eho threw np her veil
and spmng townrd me. As the veil
swept back i(. revealed the lovelitht face
I had ever looked upon. 1 had never
even ditiitued of anything half so
beautiful. It in vjliintmy admiration I
stood h; ill. She threw herself into my
arms - her urms full around my nock
her velvet cheek touched miu' and
such 11 kiss n sho planted full ou my
lips ! My face whs in a blaze. I felt as
il I hnd Utt n stwed in honey, with
lau nder for 11 ivoricg.
bin if'i'tati'd the I. i...s tho tunuiti-
ci ut little nn;ri I! eliiinnug,
'Dear, dear Richard ! How delighted
I am ttiut you have como at Initl"
I was dumb. My mouth was realed
up with tho sweetness of her kis.-es. I
lar d not speak lest I rhould dissolve
the Hpell.
"We have been expecting you for four
whole days ! Only think what a period
of suspense I" went on the soft voioe of
the ludy, as, clasping my hand, the
drew me unresistingly to a phaeton in
waiting. "There ; make yourself easy.
I'm going to driv. Isn't it pleasant to
bo waited on, Richard?"
'lhe arch brown eyes sought mine,
uh, drawing np the fur-lined robes, my
ct nipnriou t-ln e.k the reins over the
white horsec, and wo were whirled
rapidly away.
"1'aiia is so ucxicus to see you once
more, Richard ; but his rheumatism is
er-e to-day, and he could nut drive
uown Milium in absent on au errand
for tho bride. But I would come I I
wanted to bo tho first ono to greot yon,
dear Richard ! Alice ia so beautiful !
ai.d so doeply, beautifully happy I
It chard, you onght to be the most
grateful man alive !"'
"I I believe I am !" exclaimed I,
us, reaching up her sweet face, the
)ittb enchantress favored me with
another kisH, which, this time, I repaid
with compound interest, and then
blushed boiliui; hot to think of it.
At this mo nent the phaeton stopped
at the ('oor of a fine old mansion on an
aristooratio street, and mechanically I
aliehted urd lifted out my companion.
Tho hall door was flung open. The
clasping Imnd ct the young lady drew
me gently within the vestiLule her
musical voice called softly, at the door
of a boudoir,
"Alice, Richard has oome I"
Instantly the door flew open, and a
dark-haired, beautiful woman came
forth. She gazed at me an instant with
unutterable tenderness, and then cm-
braord mo, with a mingling of fervor
audVhyness absolutely bewildering.
Ver', I was a favored individual I
An elderly gentleman, supporting
himself by a cane, now came forward
and saluted me, calling me his "dear
son," and cutting short everything I at
tempted to say by his joyful volubility.
The folding doors separating the sitting-room
and parlor were thrown
apart. I heard the subdued hum of
voices, the rustling of heavy silks; and
waiting in the alcoved arch of an ea&t
window, I saw a clergyman in gowu and
bands.
The elderly gentleman took tho hand
of the dark -haired Alice and placed it
in mine.
"Take her,'' he said, with emotion;
"and may Ood prosper jou ! We will
have the most important thing first, and
dinner afterward. The gnests are al
ready getting impatient."
I glanoed at Alice's dress. It was a
bridal white; and her beautiful hnir was
crown.nl with a wreath 6f orango bios
so ins.
The sight gave mo a tremor. I felt
weak and faint. My pallor must huvo
alarmed Alice, for she clutchid my arm
wildly, and gazed into my face with
painful anxiety.
"What is it, R'chard? Am von ill?
Merciful heaven ! Helen, look ut him !
Ho is ill 1"
' It is nothing nolhin !" I gasped
"Only, I caunot cmuot marry you !
I-"
"Ob, heaven I" crie l Alice, iu horri
fied dismay; uud seeing (ho was about
to full, I Hung my arm around her for
support.
At this moment tho hall door opened,
and, turning ut the noutid, I saw, with
my own eyes, my second self enter the
room. My exact counterpart ! Richard
Smith, No. '2.
nis fierce eyes took iu tho scene at
cne glance. He rushed toward me
with a wild ejaculation, und tcuiingthe
half fainting Alice from my urtn:, he
planted his firm grasp on my throat. 1
put my hand on the sumo locality of his
body.
"What are ye.u doing?" he thundered
iu my ear.
"What are you doing?" I thundered
in responso,
"Your life shall pay tho forfeit I" he
exclaimed, with mad violence, "The
man who has dared to win Alice Here
ford's love shall die !"
"Gentlemen," interrupted the sweet
voice of her whom they hud called
Helen, "be patient; thero is soma mis
take. Which of yen is named Richard
Smith?"
"I am I" replied I.
"I am I" replied my counterpart.
"But which of yon is Richard Smith
the sou of Archibuld Smith ?"
' 'I am," said my second self.
"And I am not," said I; "my father
was named Robert."
Helen looked at me a moment, half
iu donbt, evidently, how to treat me
after what had occurred. Finally she
held out her hand.
"I bog pardon, Mr. Smith; it was all
a careless mistake of my own. Can you
forgive me?''
I thought of tho kisses she had given
me, and wished tho same mistake might
be made over again, though I was wise
enough not to muko known my wish.
"Lot mo explain," sho said, frankly.
"We were just expecting my brother
Richard home from the South, whore he
has been some four or live months puht,
and were quite sure ho would arrive on
tho train which brought yon; he has
been some years engaged to Miss Here
ford, and the marriage ceremony was to
take place immediately after on his ar
rival. I went down to the depot to wel
come him, and because of the striking
similitude in your respective porsou il
appearance, I mistook a stranger for my
brother. That is all. Brother Richard,
Mr, Smith is entirely blameless of uuy
wrong. Let mo present you to each
other as friends.
My counterpart shook bauds with me,
and begged my pardon for dislocating
my nock-tie. I granted it, and begged
his pardon for committing a like depre
dutiou ou his neck-tie.
And then, at a sign from the eluoily
gentleman, we all walked into the draw
ing room, where, in a brief space of
time, my counterpart was made the hus
band of his blushing Alico.
The acquaintance so singularly begun
with the Smith family, sot u ripened
into friendship, and became one of the
most precious of life's blessings to mo.
. Helen Smith had kissed me, and she
coulel not forget it. If a man can get a
woman to think of him it hardly mat
ters in vthat way-ho has a claim ou her;
and so it was iu my case, I believe
that I nover met Helen but sho blushed
at the memory which stole over her.
Three months after our first meeting,
she kissed me again and called me
"Dear Richard." And this time she
was well aware that she was not address
ing her brother.
Is it a fortunate cr an unfortunate
thing to have a Collate! purl? Wiieu I
think of the boarding-house keeper, I
say, "No;" but when I look ut Helen
and recall the circumstances of onr in
troduction, I am accustomed to answer,
"Yes."
About (iirls.
When girls midway in their teens
throw off their natural girlish habits aud
attire, dou long shirts, Bhoot up their
hair, aud affect the airs and dress of
young women, they would often be
surprised to know what their elders
really think of the improvements. One
such young miss went to tho depot
reoently to meet an aged friend of the
family, and was surprised to tind her
self not recognized upon greeting the
viator as she stepped from the car.
"Don't yon know me, auntie? '
"Why, this isn't Maria, is it?"
"Oertainlyl Don't yon think I look
better than I did last summer? '
"No," replied the honest soul, look
ing at the girl; "to tell the trnth, 1
don't! Oo home aud let down your
hair, and be young while you can, for
it will not bo many years before you
will be glad to have people take you
for a girl."
DiihI 011 four (dame.
I don't often put on my ehinscs to ex
amine Ktty'ss work; but one morning,
not loug since, 1 did so npou entering a
room she had la-en sweeping.
"Did you forget to open the windows
when you swept, Katy?" I inquired;
"this room is very dusty. '
"I think thero is elust on your eye
glasses, mamma," sho said, modestly.
And sure enough, the eyo-glassoH
wero at fault, and not Ksiy. I rubbed
tliem oil', and everything looked bright
and e'em, tho carpet liko new, and
Katy's fa 'o said,
"I uiu ftlud it was tin; r.-,lasi;N, and not
mo thin time."
That taught rue a (..ood lesson, I said
to myself, upon h living tho room, u.mI
one I shall remember 1 1. rough lifo.
In tho evening Katy camti to mo with
some kitchen troubln. Tho cook had
done so und-so,and she had saidso-und-o.
When her story was finished, I
said, smilingly,
"Tiiiro is dust 011 your- glasses, Katy,
rub tliem oil, and yon .-ill seo bolUr."
She understood mo, and left tho rouni.
I told the incident to tho children,
and it is quite common to hi-nr them say
to each other.
"Oh, there is duet ou your glasses."
Sometimes I am referred to.
"Mamma, Harty has dust ou hii
glasses; can't he rub it off?'
When I hear 11 person criticising an
other, condemning, perhaps, a course of
action ho knows nothing about, drawing
inferences prejudicial to tho person or
persons, I think, "There's dust ou your
glasses; rub it off." Tho trnth is,
everybody wear those very same glasses.
I paid to John ono day, some little
matlor coining np that called forth the
remark,
"Thero aio somu pcoplo I wish would
begin tj rub, then," said hi. "There-
is Mr. H uud-Sj, und Mrs. So-und-So,
they are always ready to pick at some
one, to slur, to hint; I don't know, I
lou't like) them."
"1 think my sou John has a wee bit
on his glasses just now."
He laughed und usked,
"What is a boy to do?''
"Keep your own well rubbed up, and
you will not know whether others need
it ..ot."
"I will," ho replied.
1 think, as a family, we are all profit
ing by that little incident, uud through
lifo will Vver forget the meaning of
"The re is dust on your glanscs.''
The Old Man's ( onsenl.
Old bow legged Juke, a colored man
of high stauding aud extreme blae-kuess,
entered tho county clerk's office and
said :
"Ross, I wants a par obmirriagu
license. 1'so un olo man, but l'so gwiue
to marry one ob do "youngest gala iu
ilis community."
"Havo the parents of the girl any
objections to tho mairiage ? ' usked the
clerk, hesitating as to whether or not
tho license should be issued.
"Hit doau seem so ter me," replied
Jake.
"Did you iisk tho old man's con
sent?"
'No, sah."
'How do you know then that he does
not object ?"
"Well, yer see I has been a cullin' ou
,lo young lady for sotno time, au' las'
night do olo man como in, tuck down
a army gun an' said he reckoned me an'
Liudy onghter git married. Dis mornin'
he como ober tor my hou-e wid de gun
1111' said snthiu' about my goin' at once
an'gottin' de license. I tole him elat I
had a wife somewhar in do country, but
ho cocked do ole gun an' looked so sad
like, dat I struck a tiot for dis
office."
"If you have a living wife, old man,
1 can't issue a license."
"But, boss, dis is one ob deso he'ar
stringent cases. Do fodder ob do gal is
staudin' ont at the comer ob de house
wid that army gun. It's better, boss,
feir a man to hab two libiu' wives den it
for a 'oiu ju to hab one dead hus
band."
Finally, the old man with the gun
was induced to como into tho office, and
explain. "Well, yer see, boss," he said,
"ole Jake hab been bnrnin' my oil an'
weariu' out do bottoms ob my chairs
long enough. He's boo a eatin' at my
house moron a year, conrtin' my gal,
au' now I wants him to board de gal a
while. Ef he don't, I'll hab to injure
him." After a while, however, the old
mau agreed that if Jake would pay him
five dollars the affc.ir would be settled
without marriage. Th money was paid
over, and the two men contemplate
establishing a catBsh restaurant.
Krupp's works were founded by his
father in 1810. The present Krnpp
succeeded in lfi-18, wheu thero wero
seventy-four workmen, against 10,000
to-day, exclnsivi of workers iu his
mines; 2,t'M) tons of coal and coke are
consumed daily. The iron comes from
Germany and Northern Spain.
What's iu a name ? That which we
cauli flower by any other name would
taste as good.
Hii- Scotch Terrier.
Whether there is truth or not in thn
old saying that the Scotch terrier's
beauty lay in his ugliness, we susptct
that the silkies were in greatest repute.
But be this as it may, ther: can be no
doubt as to which was the native breed.
The wiry-haired had been reared to
hunt and to go round after the wild uni
lnals which ubonnded in the Highlands
a1; 0110 time ; while the soft-haired blue
or blue aud tan, m a cross between the
old breed and the French poodle. It
is said that thepoodhs were left on the
inl iud by a French vecsi 1 which had
Ik-hi sMuuded ou t he Ksye oast. The
curious p u t of it i that an intermixture
of blond si ili.sMUilli'.r should piece in
h:. ni ( y with tli her.
As regards tho 'difiereiico bctui eu
tho wiry Skye and terrier peculiar to
tho maiulund, it may h said it liiv
only in si.', and not i't .my (t.eutia)
' articular. Their pluck, color, hair,
hardihood aud general contour :ue, and
always huvo been, tho sau. -. Toe
smaller sizi arose undoubtedly from
desire to have, iho terriers of suitable
form for l.ui.tii:g tho otter, to bolt him
from bin holds und strongholds The
Skye coa:-t i.s so well uiluptod to the
otter that it is to bo met wilh there u-.
often uh iu tht Hebrides. It is not to
be wondered ut, then, in a country
where sport is comparative ly limited,
that gentlemen residini; in Skye -houM
keep pack ol tho-io hardy terriers for
hunting tho otter. But while this is
tho sort of work for which tori i-rs un
used iu Skye, their duties wero different
on tho mainland, where fox, foumart,
murten and wild cat once abounded ;
and henco tho necessity for breeding
tho muiuliud dog of greater strength,
becauso it was not so much for bolting
as for t.ckling with vermin that ho is
required ; these wiry dogs, with their
pushing head", no matter whether
small or large, prick or drop-enred,
could not be excelled for pluck, nose,
or endurance. They had courage to
attack anything, and often paid dearly
for their temerity, as tho mutilated
faces of some of tho dogs wo have seen
amply testified.
The purest bred Scotch terriers ate
now to be had iu Skye, v-hero those
who appreciated the qualities of tin
unlive breed, and knew tho origin of
the silky dog, took care ti keep tin
two kinds apart. While this was the
caso with some sporting breeders, how
ever, others went on breeding up tin
blr.o nud tan nutil they became a dis
tinct breed, aud great favorite-s; they
weio called pure Skyes, ami credited
with ull the merit which belonged to
the old breed. Iu fact, fanciers of all
sorts, even farmers nnd gamekeepers on
tho mainland, kuowinj nothing of their
origin, und confounding tho ono variety
with the other, must, have lo'jg-haiit d
Skyes, und then ihey ree-rossod them
with their pur.- dogs until they deteri
orated aud re'diiced tho breed of the
SontcU terriers to a parcel of mongrels.
We have no doubt the ciiciiiust.uieo
of four-foeti d vermin being ! ini iteil
by trapping, which had become g-iteriil
all over the country, was anotht rivasoii
for keepera being less careful to br ed
a strong, courageous dog. At any ra'e.
good specimens of the tdd type have
bocciino scarce, and were it rot that
some itinerant fox-huntois in the west
of Perthshire have kept the pnti'y i!
tho true breed, t hoy would have gone
out altogether ; but more is dm- to the
exertions of tho secretary of tho High
land Society and a few Aberdeen fan
ciers for bringing this old aud true fypc
of tho Scotch tnier into notice than to
any other influence.
What makes these terriers so com
mendable, over und beyond their in
elomituble pluck, is their ilocility and
uttaphment. They are admiraoly
adapted for work, uud being of a placid
disposition, make delight lui compan
ions. It will he. noticed at dog shows
that while fox terriers, Dandies and
Redliugtons are invariably struggling
to get at each other, tne Scotch ti rrier
is ovor quiet and submissive.
Honest hul not lleliable.
Not long since a lady called ou Mose
Schaumburg to find out if 11 colored
womau, who had formerly been a ser
vant at his house, was honest, she luiv
iug given him as ti reference. " She vas
not reliable." " How iu the world can
that be ? " " Voir, von day I lea esa five
tollar pill on do floor and I tells Matildy
to sweep dot room out. I shoost vunt to
se-e if she keep dot bill." Well, did
sho keep the bill?" "No, she brings
me dot pill pack.' "That looks very
much as if she was reliable." " No, she
vas not reliable, for dot bill vas conn
terfeit. I vas in hope she dakes dot
pill and den I would never have paid
her dot twenty dollars I owed her, but
she fooled me py bringing me dot pad
pill pack, so 1 counot say she vas reliable,
but niuvhe sho vas houest."
A pretty -girl in Sweden turned up
her nose) at her poor but deserving
lover, and it froze in that position. Now
she does know whe ther to retire from
the world or hire out to stand iu some
body's ball as a hat-rack,
I'h wiilimk iiiif.
Those w ho look upon tho pawn-shop
as being nilthing but. r. spo table, do
not know or re-member that one of the
chief inducements put forward in the
original prospectus for the establish
ment of the Bank of England was, that
it would regularly engage in the pawn
ing business, being ready nt all times
to advance) reasonably on such silver
plate and o'lo-i- personal prop.-rtv as its
customers should deposit with it, charg
ing for this eotw-nienee a much less
rate of interest than the gold and silver-
Huiiths of the time, who had tho mo
nopoly of this business, wero in the
habit of charging. Hut to-day, to
mortgage one's house, to hypothecate
one's bouds, to go? un advance upon
one's storage receipts or one's bills of
lading, i:s .1 biisines'; operation as re
spectable as it is gi-uerul; while to pawn
one's watch or any other piece of per
sonal property, though the opera1 ions
are of precisely tho same character, and
ary und'trt ikeu from tho satrio necessity,
i.-i cni sidered u somewhat disreputable
transaetivii. Perhaps wo do not attach
sufficient impjitanco to ibis rua'ter.
The ruoie prosperous clashes huve, with
11 cureless disregard for the welfare of
their nmio needy fellow-eiti.t tis, allow
".1 tho wholo business id fall into un
worthy hands. How thoroughly the
ln.'-,t interests of tho poor havo been
in this njatl'-r disiegurdod is shown
conclusively by tho fact that the legal
ra'e of interest allowed th- pawnbrok
er in onr large cities is six per cent, a
month, or seventy-two por cent, uyear.
Ii.i--.lor, Massachusetts, is the only city
in the country whie-h has a regular
pawner's bank, and the charge ou its
loans is only ono and a half cent per
month, or eighteen p:-r cent, a year.
A very largo proportion ru tho loaus are
mailt! f. r sums less than a dollar, while
tho borrowers, up'-n the payment of the
interest, i.ro so astonislieel at the smull
1 ess of this charge that they constantly
olier to pay more, i hat tho bauk is ol
immense betiefit to the poor is a I.ict
.-oe-u i:t a glance.
Keeping food for .llonllls.
The more people reflect 011 Profcs-or
P. irff's discovevy that by h.-ating boraic
acid wilh glycerine u c .impound was
obtained which keeps foo.l perfectly
M.mud and seve-et for months the greater
will bo their I'oiiceptiun of the rev
o!uti:narv character e.f buroglyccrinc.
I'd be'gin with, tho vast refrigerating
vaults which have been constructed nt
VieU'i-ia D icks, in which 4 !S00 "mut
ti-ns" pin be stored ut one time, will be
rendered useless uud the deuuitid tir
refrigerators will suddenly oeasi. That,
however, is oue of the most trifling of
the cousequouoes of Professor BuilV's
di-covery. A sultry day will no longer
be able to spoil tho "harvest ol the
1 en," and London and all the inland
townt will for tho f'rst. time bo able to
e-nj iv a constant supply of cheap fresh
tish. The revelation will fall heaviest
ou farmers. Mutton is u penuy a pound
in Ni w South Wales, und beef tbrvp
half-pence a pound iu Texas. If Devon
shire cream can bo delivered iu 7. uzi
lar as fresh us when it. left the English
dairy, 1 he one gre-ut e-l'.ra- ut which has
hitherto favored tho British agricultu
list in hisstrugglo against foreign com
petition will disappear. Hents will fall
onco morei, and tho reluctance ef the
Irish tenant to purchase hisi holding
will be gre-uter than ever. Professor
R.irfl" may yet figure iu history us the
revolutionist who udruiuiste i-l tho
coup ile gru-e te the uueieut lauded
svstem of (treat l.iitain.
Ilo irileel Ih.IiI.
The hoarding of golel among the
lower classes always has its due effect
upon the circulation of money. Oar
immense foreign population does no;
crave half as much for paper mouey un
it does for cold Some of them the
Italians and Austriaus, for instance
had some sad experieiu-es ith paper
money at homo. Tlie-y don't know
anything about tho solidity ed green
backs, bank note-s, bends, und savings
banks. What they are nnxious to get is
a gold pi.-oe, and tho moment they get
it lbi-y hide it. Nothing but the op
portunity of buying at a lurgsiu bind,
cattie, or a house, ever briugs thesei
geild pieces out aguiu. It has been
calculated that some two hundred
million dollars have thus been abstract
ed iroin tho circulation during the last
three years of growing prosperity
throughout the continent. Women
lepresent a very important factor iu this
houuling prewHs. A woman of almost
any l'uropeau nationality prefers a gold
coin to a piece of clothing, a piece of
fjjrnitinc, or anything else except,
possibly, a piee-fc of jewelry. The wives
of business men frequently ro'i their
husbands' pockets of gold pie'ees. An
old Frenchman told me tho other day
that he avoids ever going home with a
go d piece in his pocket, for he is sore
that his wife would steal it at night and
try to pursuada him next morning that
the coin must Lave rolled out of his
poekot. "Yet she is a very honest
woman," added he. "She would never
touch the bauk notes, but her passion
for hoarding gold is invincible. I elon't
mind it, though, for she will give it all
back if a rainy ilay come-s."
7 he Hiiarle Notes of Spring.
Nmw winter, on his leo-bound ear.
Is rattling north, o'er eras an'l car !
The thrush und Idaeklurd cheery sinfr,
RIomiiik the hiigl iiotr-n nf sprltig-
SnyiiiK, -1 (.''lining ! r-miniig I i- mung !
The spring Is coming, man, to thee !"
I've heard fur many a year, ah me!
Those Imgle notes, so wild and free ;
And tici' enrh year its wrinkle throws,
That music, aye, the swoeter grows
Haying, "Coining' coming! coming'
I'erennial youth I bring with ine!''
The eelauditie's bright enn of gold
is nestling by the brooklet cold ;
Tin- c'ilt-.foot to tho warming days
Is Ktreaiuing back its ye llow rays
Saying, " Coming! coming! coming!
Sweet Flora cmne-th, fair to see!"
The ehestntit bursis its shining hoods.
The poplar sei nts the leating woods,
Where, cheerfully among the boughs,
The birds arc warbling lender vows
Saying, "Coming! dining! coming!
And spend the summer, wild and free!"
And my dull muse, it faia would eing
Of the b'-nnie bugle notes ot sprini'
" O blackbird, in thy ecstasy,
Chun! thy loud clarion cheerily!
While humming! hummius-: humming'
The wouds repeat thy song for inc."
UK MS OF INTEREST.
Goue.nl Sherman has been distin
guishing himself by kissing girls in St.
Louis. Ho says it's naughtv, but it's
awfully nic
"Tho hest thing fur potato buss,"
says the agricultural editor, "is carbon
ate of lime. It makes tho potato bugs
hold their uoses and walk off to the pig
pen to get a breath of fresh air."
Grace Jlabb, a Maine girl, recently
stood first and pussod the best exami
nation in a class of 105 at tho Philaelel
pnia Colle-go tf Tharmacy. This is
supposed to have prompted Harvard
College in refusing to admit girl stu
dents to tho medical course.
Tho real and personal property in
Philadelphia returneel on the books of
the assessors as subject to taxation is
S55:t,775,02!, against 543,uu'.),129 in
1. ssi, mi increaso in one year of $10,
l(Hi,10(i. The amount of money at in
terest in the city is 845,8(53, "(if.
Miss (I. L. Wolfe, of New York,
whose fortune is estimated ut many
millions of dollars, is said to be tho
wealthiest unmarried lady in the United
States, und the pictur 1 gallery in her
New Y'ork house is euid to far exceeel
Vunderbilt's iu value. Sho inheriteel
her fortune from he-r father.
Tho largest stock raiser in the United
State is W. IJ. Todhunter, of Texas.
Ho brandeel n,(l()i) calves lust spring,
and has already marketed (5 000 beeves
this season. He has 20,000 head of
stock cattle, aud owns more than
100,000 acres of land. Mr. Todhunter
owns 1,(100 bulls aud .'100 saddle horses,
employs fifty men and pnts up 2,500
t 'Us of hay to guard against hard win
ters. Ho keeps 100 weirk-horses, aud
raises grain enough to feeel all his sad
dle aud work stock. Besides his cattle
ho has seven or eight hundred stock
h iiues, four j icks aud fifty stallions.
itrnoKors.
Truth, liks consistency, is a jewel.
This is why some people are so penuri
ous in the use of that virtue ; they
think that jewels are too precious to be
u.-od lavishly.
Some one says Pocahontas was a
myth. Perhaps she was ; but he can
not make us believe that John Smith
was also a myth, because he still lives,
and we havo seen him.
A Brooklyn man was sent to jail for
kissing his girl good night. Thisshejulel
te-ach Brooklyn young men to remain a
couple of hours longer and kiss her
good moruiug.
She ha 1 boon iu this country only a
short time, coming from the Emeralel
Isle, so her employer was not surprised
ttln-ii sho casually asked if he'd have
his iggs boiled iu hot or cold water,
Au lesthetic Philadelphia young
woman, who is in deep mourning, com
plains oi tho brilliant hue of the
postage Btamps which she is obliged to
put upon her heavily-bordereel envel
opes. Tho story is told of an American
visiting Montreal, who gave a waiter a
silver dollar as a fee. Said the waiter :
"Sir, did you intend to give me a
dollar r
" I did." -
"Well, sir, this coin is at a discount.
I can only take it for ninety two cents.
Eight cents more, please."
A Jersey mother was much distressed
one afternoon last week by the mysteri
ous disappearance of her two younger
sons. When the father returned in the
evening, a careful search wasinstitnted,
und the absentees were discovered
lying ooncealeel beneath the woodshed.
They were thoroughly armed, eaoh
carrying two table forks, a carving knife
and a soup spoon. It took a hickory
rod well laid on to extract from them
the hideous confession that they were
en ronta ont West to avenge the death
ot Jesse James.