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II)c tl)at!)am Uecorfc. ii. a. i jCrv i orv, EDITOR AND PROl'KIRTOH. RATES AD VERTI8IN C TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Oin' mpnire, oui1 insi-rtioii-!ne square, two niKcrtioiis 'Our square, one lt till i For larger ml vt-rt iM'im'i tracts will lii' iiiinli-. i ?1.00 1.60 2. fiO On' copy, one yeur One copy, mx mouths . One copy, three months 'J.liU I. on .Ml VOL. VII. PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOBER 2, 1881. NO. 4. infirm (fflmfKsirtw IJwwh vv i j ii ii iv , vv y ii ii i Jui, ii . ii ii (v jii ii ii ii . .11 , it . n u ii.ilu The Appointed I'nrl. Tty lliino on n Mini's law If on l live. Ami if men llivvnit thee take iiii licoil, Ami il nu n luiti- tine Ii ivi- iiiumiii; .Sing ii snug iiml doilo, died. Hope limn thy hope iiml piny thy prm-r. And trim in nticiuwn tliev Hill not give. Hot bays they grudge I lift lor lliv litii. Kvrp limn thy acnl-snotn slon'lliict oiitli' An I lu thy lieail lid true thv luiir ; Whut hf io.il tcm'li'X li-iirii to know. And piny oui tliinr- t d j n 1 1 ; And thou ulndl roup n flu -ii s all tmvi Nor helped I m Iiiinli. it-il in lliv gt'tmll), To 111 lull ltine lli'oi -hall i'i.nv. fix on the IiiImii V g"iil thy diee. Nor It t III H-i-l Ii hue I to sum Now liiilii r l.iil It swil'i run, Anil now lino trim- I iy llu- nay, I'litilnt In! thr end is wim. And thnu nniy'st link hack finm fhy p'rice Anil see thy Inn,; tiny jnni-n y dene. CYNTHiA'S MISTAKE. 'It's Mtrli n lonesome plaiehero," nid Cynthia Copley, dolefully. "(Juoil creation!" retorted Uncle Phineas (for shortness known its "Fin" ), "what iliil ynn expect? 1 told you, iliilu't I, that it was out on the (shore; of Lake riiiM without it lioiiso for two miles around?" "Oh. yes, i know," said Cynthia, with a little shudder, 'but. I ilifln't know about the ha!l eagles screaming, nntl the horrid inno-.es with their l)lg horns, ami t lie lap-lap of the water on the. shore! I dochue, sometimes it seems as if 1 should go mad in this horrible solitude!" "You'll get used to it arter awhile," said t'neli' Kin, who was rleaning his cun-bairel with a niece of one of his old shirts. "I did!" "J5ut you aren't a woman, I'nclo Fin." "I declare to goodness. I never thought, of that:" said the old man, with a chuckle. "It is pretty rough on a woman to have nobody to talk to - - now. isn't it ? Wal, if you'll get into tho boat artersupper, I'll "take you over to see Indian iM .dita. It's only three miles round the point, and she'll show Villi how tn stllll l.ii-.ls iiml lr. fam v. work with their quills, and play on the ' across in my life," said Ctnthia. pet mandolin, and all that sort of thing, j tishly. .She's ii right smart gal, Oscclit i is, and "It doesn't seem solo me," said pretty in tho lurgain. Shes Pilot John's darter, and her mother w as the handsomest Indian woman hereabout." "Thank you:" said Miss Cynthia drawing herself up, "but I am not yet rcdrcedsolow as to s'-ek the association : of an Indian squaw." "Oh, go along!" said good-natured I'ncle Fin. "Ossy ain't that. Her : mother was as white as most white : women, and her father is a line-lookin' old chap yet. lie was a Maine lumber- ' man, till he took to runnin' the little steamer through the lakes. 1 just wish ! you could see the pretty little cabin i they live in, all covered w ith morning- j glories." ; "I have no desire to see it." said ! Cynthin, pursing up her thin lips. 1 thia. "Hut I have resources within i,ntl sl""'hlnS. l Hie room. "Ossy is coinin' round here some day myself which preclude h liucss." Sl(i w, nl lji,('k to the ,state Hhoth to visit' you. she says." hazarded Uncle : "Is there nothing I can tlo for you ?" ' lslaml the ,,PX, week- Hna h' !i grange Fin. ' i persisted Ocseliia. thinkingof thelittle '"mbmation of circumstances, sh "She may as well save herself the I boat wherewith she was wont, to row 1 ,ravelel H'1 same train which car trouble," observed Miss Copley. j out, in the pink sunrise, after water- ' riel Mr aml Mrs (';lI'tain Sydford tf "Oh-h-h!" said I'ncle Fin", with a ' lillies; ol the hidden wood-nooks; the I,u8ton5 ,he 'Ftain exultantly happy prolonged whistle. "You're too genteel ; lovely little brooks, whither no one 0iL-,'Iita swi"ct u,i sl,.v as a wild-llowcr. to scrape spoons with Indian Oscelita, i could conduct the stranger hut herself. 1 -And ever after she spoke of Lake eh? Well, I do declare there ain't no "Thank you:" once more retorted i Fmbagog as a wilderncs , and its in findin' out the ways of women!" Cynthia. "I don't know of anything ! habitants as half-civilized aborigines, And he laughed at intervals all the I evening, and chuckled between whiles, to the intense discomlitureof his niece. Miss Cynthia Copley had been the village dressmaker at Weldon Falls, in the state of Rhode Island, until a newer and more genteel interpreter of the fashions crowded her out. There were eleven of them in the household nest, and when Cynthia came home, with a racking cough and nothing to do, it made a little awk wardness. Hut just then arrived Uncle Fin, brown, beaming ami uproariously good-natured. "Eleven, eh?" he said to his care worn brother. 'Must the right num ber; not one too many. And if Cynthia's delicate, just send her out to spend a summer with me on the shores of Lake Umbagog. That'll set her right, if anything will. Why, bless your heart, man, there's health in every whiff of the pine-woods, and red cheeks in every gale that comes across the water! I live there alone, like Rob .- Bon Crusoe; but it ain't a bad place, and Cynthy'll be as welcome as flowers in May." So Cynthia Copley packed her ward robe of frills, flounces, jerseys and other feminine appurtenances, with a set of croquet and an outfit of lawn tennis, some shelving boards and botanical cases, and the last new novels, and came to Lake Umbagog. "Of course there are plenty of tour ists there, she thought, exultantly, to herself dreaming vague visions of re. turning home with a hat trimmed with orange-blossoms, and an Apollo-vlsaged young man in her train. But, alas, she had been a month at Tine Point, and not a soul had come near the place, except two or three leather-faced old hunters, a crooked licldam, gathering herbs and simples, nnd two showmen, in starch of a fine specimen moose for their collection. Was it any wonder that the demon homesickness took possession of her In-art ? Uncle Fin, on his part, had not been entirely without tho pangs of disap pointment Cynthia was not much company for him after all. Sho could not c ml; half so well n ho could; she mended his stockings so biinglingly that they hurt his Ice'; and she forgot to make his brd e'i ry other day on an average. "Ah, well!" he consoled hitu-elf; "I s'pose all wemen are alike. Indian Oscclita ain't cut arter that pattern, though. I'm level sure of that!" Oscclita Dean came one day, on her father's steamer, to the little dock, with an offering of freshly-gathered blueberries, radiantly-spotted birds' eggs, and a fan of eagle plumes made by her own hands. "Ah, thanks!" said Cynthia, to-sing her head. "I don't care for birds' egg collections, berries here, eagle fan ?" We've plenty of Id What do you ask for the Oscclita colored a little, i "''lit " ' I meant it for a present." ?aid she. ! "I assure you hat I don't think any "Will you accept it ?" ! thing of the sort," said Captain Syd- "I couldnt think of such a thing.' ; ford, with emphasis. said Cynthia, primly. "1 never re- ceive presents." "Then I shall leave it for Mr. Cop - Ipy," said Oscelita, smiling, as she : h"np it over theold hunter's big enair. i ,vl" ''e it. I know." Cynthia looked quickly around. Was ! it possible that Oscelita was tnamen- ! vring to entrap I'ncle Fin for a bus - ! band? He would be quite fool enough J to fall into the trap. j "Von can do as you ph-nse about : that." said she. knifing with all her : might. ' "Your are verv lonelv here." said , Oscelita, in her solt. tlute-like voice. "It's lh diMii:ilet i.I;ii.i. I nvnr e-lmo Oscelita. "In my eyes it is li'itm." "Tates differ," said Cynthia, with a well-cuipliaiml sniff. Hut, as she sat there, she could see that Oscelita was tall and slender, with a complexion of the richest oli dark, liquid eves, and hair bkc i. t silk. And, all in a second, she felt how elderly, and sallow, and plain she her.self was! But .ic w as Doctor Copley's daugh ter, and Oscclit a, alter all, was noth ing but the Wiiif nnd stray of thee wildernesses. "I have been wishing to come and se? you this long ti ." smd ocelita in her lo.v , mild tone. "Much obliged. I am sure." said Cvn- --unless, indeed, vou could come and scrub a half day for me every week. . I should be willing to pay a half a dol- ; lar, if " ! Indian Oscelita rose quietly up. J "I think you are mistaken," said she. 1 "I am not a menial, (ioml-by, Miss j Copley." j And Cynthia watched her unfasten 1 I hu li.nil unit irli.t.i i n- ,,n Mm cr.urlr ,. .. ..Tii ... I ling floor of the lake, with slow, grace- ful strokes. "1 don't think she will come again," I said Cynthia, hugging herself. "The ' idea of an Indian girl expecting to be ' noticed by me!" It was about this time that Captain j Sydford came to the Point, lishmg i one o the real, live tourists for whom ! Miss Cynthia's soul had so longed -and 1 hired a room in Uncle Fin Copley's , cabin. And now began the real course of j life. Miss Cynthia took her guitar, I screwed up its strings, and practiced ! so desperately that not a bald eagle re- mained within ear-shot of the Point, j She persecuted Uncle Fin into grub- bing up stumps innumerable, and level- jng down the ground for a tennis ! I course: and she unpacked the nets and ! balls, she placed her water-colored j sketches around in the most conspicn- j ous places, and jioxert at sunset, " ith I her easel and brushes, just where Cap- j tain Sydford w ould be most likely to I see her when he alighted from the boat j at supper time. "She's a queer old customer." said the I captain to himself. "If she trill perch i herself in those exposed spots, some high wind will blow her into the lake j some day." J "A nephew of Sir Simon PvdfWil. of i Ottawa?" said Cynthia, almost in a scream. "ilood gracious mo, I'lielo 1 I'in, why didn't you say so before V" "Didn't think of it," said Uncle Fin- j "Bless your heart, we get all sorts of J folks this ti-way. Lord DulTerin him- j self came down hero and stayed all night at I'etcr I'iflin's, the guide's hut. And we had a hank burglar at F.aglo ' Hay for a wi eh." And straightway Miss Cynthia j Copley laid the foundation for an nir-ca-tlc whov pinnacles rose lo Mie very cloud-;. She eo iked the daintiest! dishes in her ' --she played I ho guitar of moonlight nights, and I talked general literature to purr Cap-' lain Sydford, until befell a-leep more, than once, with his chair tinned back ' iiiraiiist the sid ' I he lit tin porch ajid;111" ,U',,' is lhc ki,,d thal m-" snored audiblv. J ?,( I'0'1"' gi'ls that are useful "I think it is making some imp.es- aml ,,iwl'ul in tn" ''ining room, si-k sion iipoi him." she mused. "He i.mL-n.1 .it in. i ,.,..i,.r,i.,.. in- ..u it ,i . . . he were going to say sotm thing. If ho would onlv tuoiMise delinitelv. all would b,. widi'" ' And that veiy evening. Captain Algernon ydl'ord broke the spell of si lence, spurred on thereto by Miss 1 1 opley s broad hints. j "I suppose you'll think mo a giddy i young creature, captain." giggled she. "Hut-one can t help one s thoughts, J went on Cynthia, "anil I have been ! wondering o much w hy ymi never ! married!" hafs all going tu be set right. j now," said the captain. ; "Gracious me!" fluttered Miss ; 1 .vll"'ia." j " '"ean to take a wife back w ith mo ; ,0 n,t:wa." went on Captain Sydford. j unacciistmiu'd frankness. "To ! ,c" ,hn ,n,th' Miss r"l,,,,y. I bave lost ' '"' hoart ,n ,,lis P'no wilderness." j '- re-My mean it-V murmured Miss f'l'ly. with a little gasp. I ""' eourse I mean it." said Captain Sydford, With lllS lace fair! radian. "Then there can be no harm in con fessing that--that I've loved you from the very lirst moment that I set cye.- on yon." gurgled Miss Cynthia, throw ing herself in Captain Syd ford's anus, . in as close an imitation as possible of a tragic actress whom she had once seen in lio-lon. "Oh, dearest Algernon, I am s-s-.-so happy!" Hut Captain Sydford rose up with exceeding prom tn. ssand deposited hei carefully on the calico-draped lounge' as if she were a brown-paper parcel. "My dear Miss Copley." said be, "you are entirely mistaken. It isn't you I mean at all. I am engaged to Mist Oscelita Dean. We are to be married to-morrow. I think she will be tot. happy to have you witness the cere mouy, if you care to come." Hut Miss Cynthia had run. sobbine " hile throughout all the vicinity ol Weldon Falls there reigns a genera! impression that Miss Cynthia Copley has met with a disappointment. -- Hr-leii Forrtxt. tint-cut. " Thorns Held Sacred. In Ulster, Ireland, the thorns are sa cred; no plough approaches withir Uilll.n fuut of I.1V1 oi.l ..v..,, ,,...! . i i ' , , , I their branches in unltickv. Innuruera ble are the tales of fool-hardy persons who, after many warning . insisted or breaking off leaves or boughs fron such trees, ami who were punished by losing the guilty hand, or by its beinji ho torn by the thorns as to be crippled for life. Sometimes a man alone at work in the fields would bear his otvr. name distinctly called, and. looking up, would see all the little f. Ik in green dancing on a hillside or playing among trees, and whilst, he gazed they would all vanish again. They are in populat legends the very embodiment of caprice anil fitful zeal for good or evil. For no apparent cause, some man or woman is suddenly singled out for every sort of favor; the ashes on the hearths ar changed by night to glittering gold. the empty cars are filled with well- water by the toil of the tiny friends, the housework is done, and the barrel kept full of meal; and then on a sudden they forsake the favorite of a fortnight, and pelt him with petty woes till he is half wild, or, maybe, dry up the supply of milk, lame his horses, or blight his child. Their love of children, am! 'heir longing to carry them away.h.ive "iiggested many touching ballads. r.d they are supposed to be willing to gie any good gift to a household in refute for leave to rock the cradle. CHILlMtKVS COM .lis. A Mti'ifi. She wrote "Gminna" a imter. Wt couldn't iiii'ln'Muii'l Tlie meuiiiiis that n in it. Slis wrote i od I u lian 1. Hut "Ganimn" mi Im-loml it, She know the m.hinjk- ic.nl. "I love yon. Nmv I'm tnud. Vnur littlt- linlilclilieir' '" J'dii't t'-iufhtttm Two Rlnil. ot Ulrli. j There the .. ire two kinds of girls, say Yisilor; Oneis the kind that appears best abroad -the girls that are good for parties, tides, visits, balls etc., find vhose chief ileliufht is in such things. ;""". pn-cuits -u ,,. , They differ widdv in character. ..ii i . .e i One is often a torment at home, the I other a blessing: cue is a moth cmi- I kuminB everything about her, th other Is a Riinbr-am, inspiring light and gladness all around her p.ith way. To which of these clashes do you belong? Txvn f Irvrr Colllra. If you should visit Central Park Xew York, some line morning yon might s'e young shop, the collie that is being trained to take the place of oldShep, the eighteen-year-old veteran at his lessons. He is never whipped, not even when he does wrong or makes mistakes, because tha breaks the spirit of a collie, as, indeed, ol any other kind of dog. and a shep herd dog must of all things be brave. When he doesn't carry out au orde; correctly, or in such a way thai th sheep can understand him, old shep i sent wilh the saun order, and sh Junior is made to keep still and watcl him until it is executed. His first lesson is simply to guard a hat or coal or stick thrown upon the grass by tie shepherd, and he is left oil' with is soiii. tines until hit in the evening In how bin .the importance of fidelity, the verv lirst essential in a shepherd dog. el he is taught to gailcr the sheep, ti take them to the right, then to thr left. After this he isseiil onthotra of a lost sheep, with insl rnct ions ti bring ii back slowly. The most im p" iant Ics.s.iti, and otic ycung Shep ha' not yet learned, is that of going among the dock and finding out il any of them are missing. This, as may be imagined, is by no means an easy task with (lock ot eighty-two ewes and sity-ninf lamb-. Hut dd shep can do it. lor hi know- every member of the (lock, though to the ordinary observer they all look almost exact 1 alike. Indeed, old sin p i an. if his master, the shep, hetil. is ted mis aketi. perform a feat more wotnlorful iiKtn ties. The shep herd av. that "lien, when uncertain whether some of the dock hVk have not strayed up the bridle path mi their way home, w hile he wa busy in keeping troublesome hovs away, will take his stand al the gateof lhe fold and touch each sheep with hi fore paw as it passes in. At such time he has the air of a farmer counting hif cattle as they come home at night, and he wears tin expression as if his mind were occupied with an intricate sum in addition. Whe'her he is really counting the sheep or not, can not be said positively; but he has been known, after noting oaou sheep as P pa-scd, to rush off up the bridle-path and return with a straggler. This does much to prove that the shepherd's assertion that old shep can count the sheep is posiiblv not far frtu the truth. .7, ,. Airtinlus.. Freaks; of Watches. Watches are queer things. fhry possess some unaccountable peculiari ties. For instance, some time about the beginning of last, summer, when there had been a s icivssion of fine dis plays of aurora bore lis, it was esti mated that in a single night, in the City of New York the mainsprings of no less than :t,('0 watches broke. This estimate is based on actual inquiries. Fine, sensitive w atches are particular ly liable to lie affected by'ele -triral at mospheric disturbances. During the months of June, July anil August, when these phenomena are most fre quent.thereare more mainsprings bro ken than during all the remaining months of the year. They break in a variety of ways.sometimes snapping in to as many as twenty-seven pieces. It Isafactthat since the introduction of the electric light has become so general A large number of -atches, some of them very tine ones, have become mag netized. While in this condition they are useless as timekeepers. This de fect used to bo incurable, and because of it thousands of watches have been thrown away after much money has been spent on them in vain attempts lo persuade them to keep good time. 1 1 Rn K. l) I ft tir-K i.f th. r in vn I m. Htdhiir I'miu His fiiibjeris an ing in Qii'ier Antics. Tiiduig-; Multifarious are the am cdnti-s , fables, some of them, I really believe -told "f the kins. lie is a misotrvnist. a hater of court ceri niouials, vet with- ii man who stands upon his dignity. i a passionate lover of mountain scen- i crv, and a great stickler fur the anab l " i my of llavaria. He will not have , Prussianized at any price. His favor - ite seat is a hunting-lodge up in the mountains. It is said that he sleeps In n large, lofty room, with the ceiling painieu to rcpreseni me tirmami'iu, and 'i practicable monn shedding a mellow light from one quarter of the artificial heavens. The perspective is , managed so as to give the. illusion of I i spaciousness, and through t he distant trees cut oui on the can a , as be re- ' cliiics may be heard the pla-li of fall- ing waters. Their lullaby hushes hun to sleep. Sometimes bis majesty rises in the night, has a black steed saddled, and dashes oil at whirlwind speed up nnd down the hill roads which are well kept for that reason -like a phan tom horseman pursued by some re lentless decree of the supernatural powers. The lines) stud in Havana ! is to be found in his stables, but the j cattle are cast so m and often: they j '! thoroughly worn out and broken j down alt-r a very few years in the 1 royal servic. lie plays practical jokes on bis retinue Minict imes. It is related of him that a minister arrived in hot haste once to crave an audieno on important business of slat". The king was out hunting the chamois, but by some chance the minister succeed ed in catching the party. I, ml wig pre ceded him to a gamekeeper's hut. where he sometimes used to unch, and went in. telling It i tit to attend him. The minister waited out; hour, two hours, and at last, losing pat ience. and tearing that his royal master had been attacked by some sudden illness, forced in tbeiloor. No king w a-there. Me had made his exit by a window at the back, ami was away on the high hills in pur-uit ot the game In the lapital his majesty oltcn couiniauil an opera- -generally one by Wagner, for whom In-has as st range a predic tion as a predei-essor on the throne had for I. ola Montez. and tins opera is pro ililccd in t he middle ol the day. The theater is darkened, and no one is ad mitted to the auditorium but himself. If be is pleased be sends the prima donna, not a bracelet nor a ring, but a bouquet of (lowers plucked by his own hands, lie once had '.ohcng'-in" en acted mi the Marnberger See. the bor ders of the Lake hav ing I ecu illuiuina ted at hi-s expense. When the wa: with France broke out be was di pleased, but daretl no) attempt to stem the tide of universal Ceruian .eeling. However, he declined to go to the front, and withdrew himself to his be loved solitudes while the stirring events which led to the building of the (ierman empire were thrilling tin world w ith excitement. At the close of the duel of Titans, the crown prince of Germany came to Munich to pass the victorious Havarians in gala re view. The king lied again to the mountains. He knew tho popular commander would receive an enthusi astic greet ing. and he did not chouse to play second liddle in his own capi tal to any domestic foreigner. lie takes a deep interest in the "Passion Play," and when Josef Meyer was drafted iuto a lighting contingent, he gave strict orders that he should be detained at Munich and employed as a clerk in the war otllce. The village of the Mystery lost its own share in that conflict which brought mourning to so many humble firesides in the lather land, and of the actual performers two or three who had speaking parts in 1 s7' were killed in the field or succumbed to their wounds. 'I'ijispi's Mn:u:iin. A-i Idaho Mining Camp. -Murrayville. writes a correspondent of the New York Thmx, has tine main street, from which, al intervals, are offshoots in the shape ot side streets. It is about T.r feet wide, and is full of stumps of the trees cut to make room for the town site. On either side of this main street, for perhaps an eighth of a mile, are rangetl the stores. They are of every conceivable kind and shape. There are a !evv log houses, more tents and tent houses, but one story frame buildings abound. A tent house is half log or frame house and half tent; it is simply a shell of logs or boards with a canvas roof. This kind of building is very plentiful in the West, and particularly popular in new towns. The canvas is not made opecially for the houses; it is an ordi- nary tent adapted to the purpose. J'h"ir size is often considerable. I tavewn them 90 by 30 feet, but tue ( K )N TIIK T average are irmii '" by 'i to I1.1 by JH. They are plcniil.il because they are cheap, lumber 1" rig ;.ti expensive art.i- e'e in a new country, but tiny are iin.re c mkIi r: .i'ie t ban a 'ent. Any thing "oveiv ! with canvas is damp in rainy wi-a'.hcr, and i 1 1 -n I't -r;i ' I hot when the un pour-, down i i n t it; hc-dde-, bgiit canxas is ilni wa'irproot", and lere ciirM-iiiiuc ir iai.-kin.' U.-ud aliuos! ccjisi cly. j There is no seaxotie I lumber in tlio ; ,uW .ml ,,lnjs,, nt , ,. fl,r ' time ou in:; to the limited capacit "f til" awmilN ni the l-uicIi. l.xirv- thing has been built ol green material, ' , f . . , , k , int0 hotMe tin saino dav it was sawed. jt S, .j.(vo v at !?-!" per l.nfi't teet ago it was at $'"' per l.'m i plJ(,( and i.'-loiv anv sawmills were put in it was at one tiin in high as i-"i per l.fMin feet. At that ti very plank was wh ipsa wed. the amount iiiado was small, and the d.-m.ind waj wry groat Many thousands nl feet were sold at jOT-V '-'-"." per l.'i'i'i feet, and most of it va- s-i! I in lore it was cut. (V(iria'i';ii in l-iiglaiiil. I! will probably surprise most pe i ple to be told tha' ill l.nglatid co-operation has made .such headway as to liduce a caut ions journal li..e '" l.'m ilmi Ni7'(i to predict "that long be fore the century is out the whole i I our working cl. i s will be in associa. (ion, ami will have the Maple trades of the counirv in their hand-or under their control." Yet the statistics ,,f the movement seen, to show that such a prediction is not idle exaggeration, At present 'here are over l.-'mi socie ties of w orkiug-folks, numbering ' " ' -ii'i'i members. Almost all of them are heads "t families, and they therefore repre -flit two millions and a half of people, or otie-t well'' h of the w hole population of t he kingdom. These so cieties posses- a capital of s-l.i.i" O.iViii, and make a ml profit ot fl",i"' .nub yearly. I'e,jdes this tl.ey have a Wholesale Society, now in it- twenti-i-tji year, w hich on a capital nl sj'i V (iiiii does a business of upward of f 1". iiiHi.iinii, with a m-t pr.-r.t of il'.i.o'". This concern has branches and i le j t .-s pi Scotland. Ireland, this city. 1'ranci ami Denmark, and owns three larg steamers w hich ply he; ween Fugiaud and the ('on'itieti' on the company's hu-llless And the Constitution of this already great I uiou pledges :i to "the pioinol ion ol the practice o 1 1 ut hi illness, iiisticc and economy in production and exchange -i I i b tht abolition ot all false dealing, cither di reel or indirect; i'J i by conciliating Hie coiilltcting interests. if the capital the worker, and Ihc purchaser, through an equitable division among them of the fund i nmuionly known as profits: l ; i by preventing the wasti of labor now . au-ed hv unregulated competition." No soi-pty is admitted to the l'n ion unless it agrees to accept thes-' principles as its guiding rules ol business. There is thus established il sxstein which promise- m good time to s,,ii, the most dim. ult economic problems id the ape, and to Iiml a common -lauding ground for Capital and Labor.--A' York Triliino. In Obion 'linn":. In the year stin what v. as the st itr id Kurope? The (ioth-, the Vamlak the Franks, the Huns, th Normaas. the Turks, and other barbarian hord -s, had invaded and overthrown the I,'., man F.mpire, and had e-tablished .c rious kingdoms upon its ruins-, lo ad ing. writing and ciphering wer-separate and distinct trades. The masses, the nobility, the poor and the rich, were wholly unacquainted wilh thn mysteries of the alphabet and the pen, A few men, known a- clerks, win generally belonged to the priest ho. !. monopolized th?m as a special cla s of artists. They taught their busmes only to the seminal is;s,apprent ice- aln' bev oiid thcics. lv i s and their few in pils. tin one Knew- bow to r. ad if write, ii"- w,ts it expected of the gi i ; erality anv i.iore than it would - llu wail ays. it -t everybody should b a shoemaker or a lawyer. Kings ,k, not even know how to sign their names, so t hat when they wanted to subscribe to a written contract, lavv m treaty, whit h si.mi -i lerk had diawn up for them, thev would smear the rtj lit hand with ink. and slap it down upon Hip parchment. s:iy;ng "Wittie-s my hand." At a later date sotnegeni ous devised the substitute of the seal, which was impressed instead of the hand. Kvery gentleman had a seal w ith a peculiar device thereon. Hence the sacramental words now in use. "Witness my hand and seal," affixed modern deeds, serve at least the purpose of reminding us of the ig- norance of the middle ages, In Philadelphia all the cutters are flns' - ed ailv bv turninarthe water on : from the fire plugs ac a certain hour, i The Printer and the Cress. lli n '- In Ihc hum I lyp-'. WI ; duty liriiinnnd himd rri-i'tii- tn most ntl riif-t ix i 1'iini 1'he new. effx-eiy hunl, I In- In-auio.- nt inti-llieni ' A re til! al hi- 'ninmiiiiH. Ill-n-'- ;ill -iiii-i mil. i the pl'f9, I '.inmi ii'iii'l In prm biim I in tli"iiiJ:-til llix-enliVM nil. I In n.i-c! i, il.i'imiv l tinnn I iiliiii-l. Il,e l.ii r i.f kliatcM . ii. I lit i.lili M In. in. r'- imln" l IP. I. Mil i i i niit ,.. . "I I l llu li t -1 1 1 1 i In i...i Mailt i.-i I ii -1 1 1 :.: t .i l- III I lil. I'll- . i.-: i I In lit MiMIIMS. Meiob- r id ul w a s be t i n. I. o il ing c'ub should its scllll"!--. Tin- iii. 1. 1 w lis ii mai four oV: i k can l e -a high old i ut t ill t vventy ! in In having a Ii i- l .e b vvitl. a hai sh v oice oi! might make it 'i,..-si-i- I'rorl st ill in her v out h. she go: s around ll-ng th i:i liv idual tha' soaking it in - says the earth is that explains why i much ami is out so laic al night-. "I.a! me!" said the old lady, "times do change. They now wear kidson t l.e-r bands. Wheal w , is a child they vvor it their hands on the kids." -,, v.ni called that well witter?" re marked t lie M ranger, spurting the of. fending liquid from his mouth. "C.reat ' ll;,ve tasted when ' "I think I will goto Ohio In live, iid a maiden of uncertain age. "What or," "I'.eiause there is one factory there thai makes oii.nnii matches every day." she replied, with a sigh. hie young mail said to another: "Il is a h-ng way from this world to the next " -till never mind, my dear fellow," -aid tl ther; you'll have it till dovv n bill." I onir I 'ti-ii in ii i if Tube. A i ' to anv i-. getting ready to build a pheu ,ia' ie I iibe (or carrying letter? and ii' ill pa. kages troiu Chicago tt; New York. I hc idea at l ist seem? impracticable, but on examination it tuinsoiit to he feasible. Two tubes are to In- made of brass, which will run side by side, although it is said one tube will be tried at lirst. A pow er! ul engine with an exhaust-wheel is to be stationed at "tie end. It is said tha iitbetiibcis properly made and planted no ;iir w ill es iipe. The right of way it is believed can be secured lor nothing, "f at a nominal expense. and the main cost will bo the tube ami the engiiHs and k: at ions. A letter, a sampl" "f train, or package of any k.ii'l which is to be sent, is inclosed in a lea her ba'l. A ball presents the lea-! in -v.oa as a rolling object, and the leather 1-. to be stiff and heavy. A t out liiuoii i i uri cut of air is passing through tie tube constantly. With lie pip-- Hie plan is lo reverse the engine every hour the lirst hour fore, rig i l r-i-i d at the I hicago end and .eliding pa.-kagi- t" New York, the in xi ho'ir ex i.anst mg the air at Chi- ..g" iiml drawing the packages as qii.ckiv ice k The nu n who have it h i barge do not say how long will lake to s iid a package this way, hut '.-.aim ' ii: nuii ."'ie to ,o ii iii loss than a l itioiis will In-established : t tl l'n i" i taut citiis on 'he route. il I- ex o ,o ! i nr ii ma:! crude liislaii, al iit Ii i vie I to p y a large pro:it,anl :c business ,i the telegraph ie-. e. press companies, and the I bey -ay the scheme of sending ii t r. ileum by a pi e for long s. as is now done, was laughed -t ami I hilt this one is more pr;n I :ea 1c possible, and not nearly so i ost ! , is the pipes arc t" he small aroiiiii !1 iis on curv e level. bills a- vv I'm.' ,, ,, III.' ( 'Hill t.f tlllstcl i; 1 1 1 ii : ililiu. gated nui- The i aliiils are a sain t'. They may the w inter, it the i be all v cry well in st be hard enough to fn ee them, but as soon as the weather I egins to grow warm they give au o-lor .ike that v. bich the Seriptur s 1. lis ii-emitted by the deeds of the vviekiil They cut the city in all direct am- ami are of course onlv lo be em, i d at regular intervals by the aid ol I ridges; o that the pedes- trian wanting to get from one side of the street lo the other is liable to be senl Jim i yards out of his way before be can tlo so. At night, in a dark street, they are to be appioaohod Wari ly, for a false step or a stumble against the stone pillars to which the boats ami barges are moored would bo apt to send one h' ad foremost into the water. Hut the quaint craft that ply their sluggish waters have a charac ter and interest of their own, and the mingling of town life with the life of ti,- curious enough in the t v...r. tlie canals are found 'fiwlei's j,wf. d's V-V.;