North Carolina Newspapers

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Vi slmll nut ll.i, we -luill nut tire, Hut i-ti.'is,h Minn, tin' IoihI les.ij li lii Ik lit lnsl In li liiint mi'l mmi lii yi'inl la - sMc ,V. (hi-ifis Timrt. THE STOLEN NOTE. Except that lin indulge-d too freely in the use uf tin intoxieat ing cup, .loliii Wallace was an honest, high minded and extraordinary man. His olio groat fault hung 1 i lii it Hliitilow over his many virtues. lie meant well, anil when Ins was sober lio did well. IId win a hatter hy trade, and ly in dustry and thrift In) had secured money enough to buy tho house in which lie lived. lie had purchased it before, fur $:!.'". paying $I,Mt,lown, and senired tho balance; hy mortgage to tho seller. The mortgage- was almost dun at the timo circumstances made mo ac quainted with the a Hairs of thu fami ly. P.ut Wallace was ready for the day; ho had saved up the money; there seemed to he no possibility of an aeei -dent. 1 was well aeiiiainted with Wallaee, having done some little col lecting and drawn up legal doc.iuients for him. One day his daughter Annie came to my oHiee in great distress, de claring that her father was ruined, and thai they should he turned out ol he house in which they lived. "Perhaps not, Miss Wallaee," said I, tryingto eonsolo her and give- the af fair, whatever it was, a bright aspeet. "What has happened ?" "My father," she replied, "had the l.'.uliey to pay the mortgage on the house: in which wo live, but it is nil gone now." Has he lost it ?" I ilon'l know. I suppose so. . a t week he drew two thousand dollars from the bank, and lent it to Mr. Ifryro for ten days." "Who is Mr. liryce?" "lie is a broker. My father got uc ipiainted with him through ticorge (.'handler, who boards With us, and who is Mr. liryee's clerk." "lines Mr. llryec refuse to pay it ?" "lie says he has paid it." "Well, what is the trouble then?" rather says he has not paid it." "Indeed! Hut the note will prove thai he bus not pa d it. Of c ourse, you have the note?" "No, Mr. li.yce has it." "Then, of course, he has paid it?" "1 suppose he has, or he c ould not have the note." "What does ymir father say?" "I lo is p"sil i ve I hat he never reeei vi d I he money. The mortgage, he says, ( must be paid tu morrow." "Very singular. Was your fat her " I hesita'el to u-e the unpleasant word which mut haw grated hardily mi the ear of the devoted gul. ; "Mr. Ibyee says lather was not iiite right when h" paid him. but nut , very had." "1 w ill see your father." "lie. is coining up here in a lew mo- lients; I thought I would see you liist, and you the facts before he auie." "I do not see how ISryee could have ' obtained the note in, less he paid the ' nioiiev. Where did your fa' her keep "lie gave it to ine, and I put. it in I the tii'cietary." ! "Who was in the room when you put it iu the secretary ?" "Mr. Hryce, (leorge Chandler, my father and myself." Tho conversation was hero inter rupted by the entrance of Wallaee. lie looked pale and haggard, as much from the effects of anxiety as from tho de bauch from which ho was recovering. "She has told you about it, 1 suit- pose?" said he in a very low tone. "She has." I pitied him, poor fellow, for two I thousand dollars was a large sum for i him to accumulate in his little luisi- iiess. The loss of it would make tho future look like a desert to him. It ! would be a misfortune which one must i undergo to appreciate it. "What passed between you on that day?" ; "Well, I merely stepped into his of fice It was only the day before yes- terday to tell him not to forget to, have the money for me by to-morrow. . He took me into his back ollice, and as I sat there he said he would get tho ; money ready the next day. He then left ine and went into the front ollice, where 1 heard him send George out to : the bank to draw a chec k for two thou- ; sand dollars; so I supposed he wasgo- J ing to pay me then," "What dues the cleik say about tit ?' "He says Mr. Ihyco remarked w.iien he sent him, that he was going. to rpay me the nmney." "Had you tho note with you'?" "No, now I remember; ho sahl be supposed I had not. the note with inn, or he would pay it. 1 told him to come in the next day and I would bavo it ready that was yesterday. When I came to look for the note it could not be found. Annie and I have hunted the heuse all over." "Von told llryco so?" "I did. lie laughed, and showed me his note, with his .signature crossed over with ink, and a hole punched through it." "It is plain, Mr. Wallaee, that, be paid you the money, as alleged, or ba obtained fraudulent possession of tho note, and he intends In cheat, you out of the amount." "He never paid me," Im replied, promptly. "Then he has fraudulently obtained possi ssion of the note. What sort of a person is that Chandler, who boards with you ?" "A line young man. Pdess you. bo would imt do anything of that kind." "I am sure he would not," repeated Annie, earnestly. "I low c Id liryce obtain thn note j but through him? Whattiinn does he i come homo a' night?" "Always at tea time. Ho never! goes out in the evening." ' lint, father, he did nut till ten o'clock the night bclore you went to F.rycc's. lie ha, to stay in thc..lH-..t.,,HWt 1 s. or something (lf 1(.kin,r ii. .w .ii.i I ir.a in '" lie has a night key." I must sec Chandler," said I. o harm in seeitor bin, " aihied .Mr. Wallace; "1 will go for him." In a few moments he ret timed su ith the young man Chandler, who, in the. con versa! ion 1 had with him, r.iani fesicd a very lively interest in the so lution of the mystery, and prolcssecl hiinscK ready to do anUhiug to tor ward my views. "W hen did you return to tin: house on Tuesday night ?" "About twelve." "Twelve!" said Annie; it was not more than ten when I heard you." " The clock struck t welve as I turned the corner of the st rcct," replied t 'hand ler, positively. "1 certainly heard some one in the front room at ten," said Annie, looking w ith astoiiishinc lit at those around her. "We're gel I ing at something," said I. "How did you get in ?" The young man smiled as he looked at Annie, and said: "On arriving at the door, I found 1 had lost in v night kev. At that mo- ; m.'in a waiciiman iiappeneii along. inn .,!, t!,,, Samo way that, the negro I told him my situation. Ileknew me, j silV(.s , u. southern Slates were for and taking a ladder from an imliuish- J m,.rly. 1,,K,,ll M1, -p,,,.,.,, W.,(S ,,. ed house opposite, placed it against one ; S.ns(', .,mMt jti au, ,,,,.. t,Vrry tttsln ol the si n.l-story windows, and I en- . ,!,,,. k,.Ilt SU1., ,i;iy " of Span- tered in that way." j.j, M,,j,.rs who dis. ipliimd the In- '(ii.o l. N'.w. wh.. wa. it lb it was ,1;,,,, u M.,.ver they nee... it, which beard in lh- paih.r. unless it was was Mj(), ,,,, ' viM.,.Ver anv oi liryce or one ol his n onipl Hi mint haw-taken the ,-y liom your pocket. Chandler, ami stolen the note from the .secretary. At any rate I will charge him w ith the cri , let what may happen. Perhaps he will confess when hard pushed." Act ing upon this thought, I wrote a lawye r's Idler 'demanded against jou." etc--which was immediately sent to Mr. liryce. Cautioning the parlies not to speak of the atf.iir, I dis- missed them. liryce came. "Well, sir, what have y.m to say i- gainst me.' he asked, sillily. "A c lai n th part of John Wal- lace for fjiimt," I replied, puking over my papers, and appearing perfectly in- different. "Paid it," he said, short as pie crust. "Have you?" said J, looking him sharply in tho eye. Tho rascal ipiailed. I saw that he was a villain. "Nevertheless, if within an hour you do not, pay me $Jimiii and fl'M) for the trouble and anxiety you have caused my client, at the end of the next hour you will be lodged in jail to answer a criminal charge." "What do you mean, sir?" "I mean what I say. Pay. or take Hilv,,r Wedding will como on Saturday the conse.pienccs." j ,.vwlill,( ,,,, ,hilt W(MlKl Ilt.v,r ,, a. It was a bold charge, and if he had tlllt iH tliu ,.miil,B i haVe to go to the looked like an honest man, I should : i0,ige."--Siftitfs. not have dared to make it. j -- "I have paid the money, I tell you," j Medicinal Intelligence, said he; "1 have tho note' in my posses-; "wh:,t is tho "".liter?" asked an son " Austin eliK-tor of a thin young man "I got it when I paid the --" ! ni""'', Anderson I've. "When you feloniously entered the ' "I think the climate of Austin does house of John Wallace', on Tuesday not agree w Hh me have great trouble night, at ten o'clock, ami took the said breathing with my lungs." note from Ihe ncrctary." "You would have a great ileal mor. 'Von have no proof," said he grasp- trouble breathin ( without your lungs,' ing a c hair for support. responded tho doctor, whereupon An- That is my lookout. I have no time elersem Pye got up and evl joiirned, and to waste. Will yu pay, or go to jail?" now he tells 'very one that t lie He saw the evidence I had was too doctor does not understand his bind trong for his denial, and he drew bis t ness. HiJ'tinju. cheek on tho spot for $JHH), and after begging me not to mention tho alfair, he sneaked olT. ! I cashed the check nnd hastened to. Wallace's house. The reader may judge with what, satisfaction ho received it, and how rejoiced was Annie and her lover. Wallace insisted that I should take $Ihi for my trouble, but I mag nanimously kept only ifju. Wallace signo I the pledge, and was ever after a teliipei ale e man. lb1 died a few years ago, leaving a handsome proper ty to Chandler and his wife, the mar riage bet ween him aud Annie basing laiieii place siioruy alter the ahovo narrated circumstance occured. Christening laigenlc's llahy. The secret papers of tho second , empire give an account of the expend -It me on the urea, ion of the birth and baptism of the prince imperial. Medals iu cliam Is head the list, at a costof ! -V inu francs. Doctors and midwives received iW.i Mm francs. Tho wardrobes cost Iini.immi francs. Tho several i .societic-s of dramatic authors and. ...nposers, painters and .sculptors. industrial inventors, and medical men ! of the clenai'l lit of I he Seine received ! lo.ocO fran.M each. Ninetv three thousand francs were given to tho benevolent "bureaus'' of tho depart ment of the Seine ami of thecDinuiunt) in which lay the estates of the crown, .I . , . i , i , H. I ho "agents of the interior serv c j of the empress receive gratifications to 1 1,M francs. Forty four thousand J ,r:""'s w'erc'allowi'! logiviiigpcTforin- '" theaters ,,,, March Is. I-';- I ... .parents of ch, l ren born " "!' m. mill siiare'i (among them .V'...ni. fra.ics. For !l !a,s ' iv"11 to nutli.iM and , l'l"posers of verses and c-ailtate addressed to their majesties, and to the pupilesattho l.ycees, s.'i.iini) francs were allowed. Tho relatives of the godchildren of their majesties received 2 i.i ii mi francs. The scrvieo of the : stables of the baptismal cmt -go is set clown at l"J.'cM francs, and lt'.ii,niHi i francs were c list ributed in gral ilicat ions to the hired servaiitsof their majesties 'household: The Mil come to the ' sum of n'.kiii o I,-;,,,, s linliaii M.n.'i-) in lairlv Mcvlc.i. The old Spaniardi were not at all afraid of the savages, aud enslaved as many- as they w ished and made them woik well in the mines. History tells lis this, and tells in besides that they treated the Indians wilh great cruelly. I!veu the pioiM fathers made the In dians cultivate the soil and lead clean lives, and, above all, caused th.'iu to , (ll,.jr W,1VS j,eness. f.very 1 evening the Indians came in from la- , i,, a, aftc-r singing soine religious songs, were locked up for the night in them made their escape to tin moun tains I he soldiers u iit alter them and brought t (in ho , or rather back to tho missions, and again s't ih-ui to work Some of these Indians eventu ally become respectable members of society iiul goo I men, though others 'eliirned to their vagabond life after tll(. Iiri(.s(s ,, i,wt ,.ir K,i, ,., ihvM im, ,,,. (.iun., prup-rty had ,een secularie.l. which occured as far . ,)ack ;H y,,,,,, ,,, l hnri.u vro j erly was abandoned, as was virtually done in consc.pienei) of a decree of the ' supreme- govcriiiiieut in tho City of I Mexico, dated August 17, is: id, the 1 seiui-civilied Indians found them- selves free, as thev considered it. aud returned to their wild ways. f 7n'. .. j Tiims. i A Caul ions .Man. Ho was a mathematical chap, and always engaged i.i making intricate cal. illations on paper. The marriage was to take place' on Friday, but he suggested to his prospective mother-in-law that it had better take place on Thursday. "Why do you wish it changed?" sho asked suspiciously. "Well," said he, "1 have been inak- ! ing a calculation, ami I find that mv DIVISION 0 L.l'0R. i Oitd Wnyn of MnKimi a mrj in New YorK -. Poeiilwr Mom uf Livelihood Uv- which Civilization Develops. I'liero are many o Id ways of cani ng a livelihood in a great city like New York, and it is surprising to see low many persons there are who read ly adapt themselves to new iiccupa iuiis. Type writing, for instance, was unknown a lew years ago, an I , there are thoiisan Is w;io support :j selves by it. It has supplied a 'lew and wide held for tho employ ment of women, and has come into ilniost universal use for legal docu- aients. The iineution of the tele - I1'1""" K'en employment to tho.i- "",s tIio.-..i.strn.-li..ii of theappara- m al"' ! "'lendance at telephone ,li, ,s- im'' 1"' ""'''' I 1. v ' I ,,r":"'' rlv'.,u ""inber engaged "' ,,'l,,-'ril,is. '"minim. I i.m of elect rie light ing ,li,s iv'''1 ''"l'"y"""d. to many per- i,s l,as ,iU" "", '"'""-atively re- c,,,t "s" feline I oil all over the ' ""rl" '"" " n. u..g. It is only a lew years .since the inven tion of district messenger service and .1 1 ,.r i I l .1 ... .! j "": 1,11,1 ' "" i uioit r ill in i' i ii tin iiiii o i uu 1 The successful iiianutact ure of play ing cariN, whieh were largely made ibroad until w ithin a f .'w years, has recently given employment to many ill,(,rjl'..u'1 w ,rklll,1,i; Tl, ,,.,, , olV.'rs an , ntlrelv new o,,- pat ion. Photo-lithography and many other !iiick processes of picture printing have furnished employment to many within a few years. There is an im mense business in ready-made cluih ing for women and children that is of oinparatively recent growth. There are at a rough calculation, about fifty men in the 1'nited Ma es who make their living by hardening steel for various mechanical purposes. There are three or four who earn a liv ing by ileuiagiictmng watches, and perhaps about as many who adjust .oinpasses on iron ships. There is an eld ami somewhat intricate occupa- lion in the insurance business know n I as the adjustment of averages, and the number of men engaged in it in a great ;'ity may almost be counted on one's lingers. There are many men who earn a liv ing by tasting various articles of food, r judging oflheinby their appear tnce. There are ex pi its in hand writ- ing, in chemistry, in mechanics, and ill sorts of things, who turn up in the ourts and make litigation costly. Civilization tends to a division of la bor, so that in every profession ther; in men wha get. a rcpuiutiini for some particular branch. Thus there are ac knowledged specialists in law, who have almost a monopoly of a certain lass of cases. S-un lawyers know all about patents, and others all about ad mirably; others all about criminal law, md so mi. In lliesaui'' way the doe lrs take each some portion of the hu man body as a special study, so that Ihe old family doctor, who undertook to doctor all sorts of disease is com paratively obsolete iu crowded couiinu cjities. This ilivi-ion of labor leads to the I'siablishnii nt iu great cities of many (iieer stores, or depots of supply for all sorts of odd things of which the general public knows little or nothing. There are for instance, depots for the supply of pcciilar food for tho various j nationalities that centre in the great fily. The Chinaman, the Italians, the Hermans, and the Scotchman all know w h"re they can go an I buy things that are specially suited only to their own taste. A craze like roller skating gives em ployment to many persons. American rolb'r skates are now known all over tho world. There is an American roller skating rink even in India. The progress of mechanical inven tions, while it throws many persons out of employment, also furnishes new occupations to many, and does away with the apprehension that tho ma chine may supplant the man. .Yni York Sun. Advertisements. The strangely wonli'd advertisements which appear from day to day in differ ent papers throughout tho country, are, in many instances, very laughablo and ridiculous. A western paper gravely announces in its advertising columns: "To Kent An elegantly furnished room to a gentleman already heated." Among the artiMic advertising no tices are the follow ing: "Two young women want washing." Wood and coal split." "Teeth extra. ted with grea' pains." A cheerful adxcriisc.-iicnt is this: "Try our colli ns. You will never unit any o' her." The Weird Itli .l of the Atlantic. As the craft bowls along in the South Atlantic a new world .seems to open on the voyager. The const i lla tion of the Southern Cross has scarce ly become familiar to him before ho begins to sen animal, or rather bird, life altogether new to him. one of tie- greatest novelties of this kind that can ever impress itself on the mind of man is the alliatross. Some morning the lounger will reach 'lit) deck and, casting his eye in tic wake of the ship to judge h r speed will see a speck pist above) the h il ioli lar astern, (irowing larger and lar ger as it approaches, it filially devel ojics into a gigantic bird, and the old sailor, conning the helm, will grutliy suggest thn fact that it is proper or the tyro to wet bis first int rmbie'tion to an albat rem. There is something inexpressibly weird about Ho' bird it self as well as in Us in inner of tlight and it is matter of little wonder to those who have seen it, that a brain sili'h as Coleridge's should have hit up on it forth" text of his Lay of the An cictit Mariner. Without a bea of wing, without motion of the body, thn bird will, by lon, easy-goin; lacks, swoop up from astern until il gets within easy watching distance frmn the ship it chooses to follow. It will then "Jay to" at that resp-c!ful dis tani'o and after taking thorough .stock of I ho stranger that has invaded its domain will, wil h no apparent effort swoop past the ship to oort or star board, as the case may be, pass it by several cabbf b-igMis a id then, laying to on the opposite hau l to its advance allow I he ship ti pvss it, and w ill then once more take, up its post as rear guard of the procession. Nothing can be more ghost -like tluri the action of the albatross in thus passing or being passed. No stroke of the wing occurs and all the motion apparent, except that of the almost unintelligible cleav ing of the air, is the half turn of the bird's head towards the ship, made as if to see what manner of beast this was that hid come to bother it. Though sailors are over prone to su perstiti. in. they seoni not to be very particular as to thn sacre lness of the; albatross and will always a.sist in the capture in spite of the curso Coleridge associates with its killing. A king's Workshop, In a letter leeenl ly received from liiirinah a characteristic sketch is giv en in iilustn.t ion of the slate of the country under its present, ruler, in which it is stated that at Mgine there Is what is called the king's workshop, which was erected at the instance of the last ruler at, an enormous evpcice, his idea being to build steam ts for Ins own and the country's use. The ship building yard is at Mandabiy, and the place at Sagine was designed as a foundry, in which cast and w rought iron was to bet re it eel. Two largo furnaces, fifteen boilers, three furna ces for cast iroo, seven large engines, live rolling mills lor bar iron, and a quantity of other machinery I includ ing a large steam hammer, lathes, punching and shearing machines, an I ore crushers ) have; been put down. All that is required is to .start the fires and raise steam: yet this valuable prop erty is ine.iuti.in' overgrown with the products of the soil. The large steam hammer is twined round with beauti ful crimson creepers; from out of one of the furnaces grows a large prickly cactus; the rolling mills are shaded with large tree ferns. The machinery, however, is not rusted, though nearly ten years have clasped since the king died. The works were suspended at his death, and the! present king will neither spend more in.. ney on the un dertaking nor sell it to others.- limi. Ton Much Strain cm Puppy. 'And so your man has quit clerking in the grocery, has bo?" "Yes. he had to give; it up and go back to his trade of making shoes." "Ihdn't he like it ?" "Well, you see, tho way of it was that there was too much brain work about clerking for poppy, for his brain never has seemed to bo real stout since he hal tho fever aud his hair couie out, and figuring this and ciphering that all the time was too hard on him, to say nothing of having to remembei the people who would stand light weight and them that wouldn't; and them that wouldn't growl no matter what kind of truck you shoved off on to 'cm, and them that- woald fairly take the roof off and go to the other corner if they didn't get everything sweet and fresh. No, it was too much of a strain on poppy's head works, and he had to give il up." r '(.., g r. .4 Tragedy in Three Acts. Act 1. Scene, a front door-step. Young man, girl. Act '2. Scene, same front door step. Young man. girl, etg. Act :l. Scene, sp;ne fr..nt door step. Girl. San Frnm-isi o luxlsi It n:iti.s oi Tiion.ii r. A good beginning i half Ihe work. Little thing-; cos'il. us because little ihings alltiet us. The sound of sweet bells is the laughter of music. An ounce.' of good cheer is worth a ton of melancholy A mill I once cultured will not lie1 fallow for an hour. Work w ith all tin s I and ca-f you can, without breaking your head. The thing I desired is in it how to to avoid the existence of parties, but bow to keep them within propci bounds. Money is ii .t Mammon. Oive it plenty ol air and it is sweet as th hawthorn: shut it up and it canker? and bl eeds w onus. Happiness i- not out -id, but in -ide. A good heart all I a cb ir i !is.'ii ii. bring hapi'ine.s, which no redes am' no circumstance's aloii- e er do. The common man is tie victim ol events. Wha'ev. i' iia;p ic is too much for him: he is drawn this way an I that way, and hi.s whole life is a hurry. The water that has no taste is the purest: the air that has n i odor Is freshest; and of all the in-nli .i'-at i.inw of manner, the most generally pleas ing is simplicity. As we are bound nt to indict un necessary sufferi ng of animals, so we are obliged to avert all tha tends b ' i add to the sorrow and trials of our ' common humanity. The Politest of Milililiy Clerks. I "WliC i cirant was in Chicago, three or four years ago," said an army oilici : al. "he lounged about Sheridan's bead ipiartiTs a good deal. His son Fred I was at that time on sheriduii's staff, i but was absent, one day, and (irant took bis place at Fred's desk aiel look led after the bu iuess. , nervous, ' li'lgi'ty. irritable old fellow came in b j inquire for some paper that lie had ; left with Fred. When he stated his e'.'ise (irant look up the matter in a , sy i ii pat liet ic way, and proceeded alter j the manner i,f an over anxious clerk to look the paper up. The document could not be found, and Crant, apolo gising, walked with the old gentleman to the! door. As 1 walked down the stairs with tho mollified visitor he turned and asked: 'Who is that old codger? lie is the politest clerk 1 ever I saw at military headquarlers. I hope shcridau will keep hiiii." I answered quietly. 'That is lien, (irant. ' The lidi ety old gentleman, after staring at ine , for a full minute, said, with consider.-! ble fervor. 'I will give you .".i cents il I you vv ill kick me dow n stairs." ( 7i- !'-i;'i ''l if ii nr. A Pi, inn made nf Pin., i Mr. I-!. M. T.ibcr, the librctti.sl , ' I esiiie," was a clerk iu the IVii-.i..! t Ollice, and his desk was iniineili.ttch I next to th' wainscot ting of the hall. : Alter he left his siiece'ssur made a die cove ry. Panged along the wooden i wainscot! ing was a row of pins, the . lowest deeply nnhedd'vl in 'he wo-i.l, j the' highest simply far enough iiide!:' ed to keep il from falling out. Th M'' was such evident purpose in this row of pins that the attention of the chiei , ol t he div ision was called to it. IJiiii ning his finger nail along the row, h found that each pin repri'sented a nat . nral Unto or a semi tone. It took but a minute innre to piny a tune upon this pill piano, and. until the novelty , n.iii' off, Mr. Taiier's ingenious ar rangement of pins was a source -: aiiiuseiuciit to his f irmer fellow clerks. Watch Towers in s jjorlainI. I On the principal si reel of lierneare three watch towvrs. Theclock tower originally built iu I P.M. stands nearly . in the center of Hie town. Its droll ; dock-work puppets always attract an .admiring crowd of idlers, months agape. A minute before the hour ; st rikes, first, a woo leu cock appear--, crows twice, and flaps his win .'a; and ; then, while the puppet strikes the hour on a bell, a procession of bears appears and passes inlr.mtofa figun on a throri", w hich marks the hour In yawning and lowering his sceptre. Farther down the street is the Cage Tower, now used as a prison; and be yoi'd it. (Jollath's Tower, tihviag upo:' n, a figure of a giant. ! Ouc Alien. I. i Alma Tadeinit said a goo.! thing the 'othcrdiy. It was at. a dinn.-r party, when tho guests were talki.ig of the exchange of genius 'oeiween Fnglan i and America. F-r every :i-tor, si'Jg er, lecturer or person m note sent hers by F.ngland the r,.in'. Slates made a return. There; i',is Ho ith for Irving. .Mary Andersoa for I'.llen T-rry, Patti for Ndsson, as really i'adi belonged to us first ; Joe .Jefferson far S'.thern. and so on. A"ui I'a derma said "F.nglai 1 is on- ahead of the i'nited S'.-u.!. V.'c sent Oscar Wild" over there but she "ad no fool to scud bac." ; line liar. i iiiti .1 ij -i'ii.'j d .v I f.ieuv llml . sli'ill j Ittei-l. I li m.'II I l.in.n . Ilnia.n. I..-I Inc. will t -i imi. ,i'i-t in I ,v .-, ' ! Nil, , ti:i . l."t vi ' el let us iim i I Ii il .1 iv I -hull not le u- .l lieu tllV lone- li l:il,- lh' olil,i-s,. h uel. nil ii tmiii'l eo W llllin tti'lie " II t .11 ten I- I .1. mi, il .s.. .'ii'. in i. I ... Ii -.M jJ.CAO-l. A s. ii sl-i 1,,-u li.i'.i tti the s.i's o ,..il,1 mv loci. I In II I ! ii - ..'. -l.lv III""! -- I II I M" I - II I II lli.-l oi l I. lis-M.-i-l 11- III". I I- meet. W-l nil. lint 1i1 lie.-il- - I.. I ... not l,i-s 1 !! not ii-.i- lie- i i.--. Iliv ;r-.'. tin lone: li-u ii. ,.. i- .. Jin lei. I"l Ii... Illislit null," III" .'ill III. II" UH'l I, . ......I .in, In c. - V.iii llnnl.r Mi' flu,. Ill MOIMM S. lie content withyoitr lot, especial !y if it's a lot of money. "We meet to part no more," said tic ha!! lici.d"il man to his bail brush. Wuiiii'ti are n.t inveiilive as a rule They liave no eagerness for new wrinkles. Mrs. Pari ington said tliat a gentle man laughed so heartily that sho feared he woiil I ha " burst his jocular vein. I J In- lose li dl icii,iiii' now 1'li'i' iH's I Inn-' If ;i iilisl '!i- isli" , ' And f iv s in )i ol - ul iO-hiivi All'l 1 :(!!- uf -Ii. Kill,' l'1'l-tcl-. ; All Au-t rian naturalist has discov ' ered the iim vo is system of sponges. It lies in the! vicinity of iha pocket- : b.Hk. Tiny say that canvas back ducks fly at the rate of two miles a min..:e, bu' this proiiably means after they get into a restaurant. I "Why c ures n t my lover to ine?'' wads a poetess in a Chicago piper. j Ten to one he's at Hie skating rink ' with another girl. There won't be any white elephant in the circuses this year. Tho price uf whitcw ash has advanced until tho ( business i uii't pay. ' A book agent went into a barber shop and asked th" proprietor if h" i oiild sell him an encyclopedia. "What is it like?" asked thai barber. " It is a book that contains exhaustive in formation upon every siibjee't in the world." No." said the barber with an injured air. "1 dn't n I it." A Humiliating Punishment. At the collillieiieeiiilnt uf till' c.llll piigu uf lMil Hen. Meade hesitated at one t lino silioiit a Iv atieiug, but Hen. (Irant positively ordered him to move forward. This was alluded to in a . letter sent to a Philadelphia newspa per by Mr. Id ward Ciopsey, a native of Ciiii mnati, who had I n reputably I'otiiici ted w ii h sev eral lea ling new s paper., lb' aid in bis article: "His lory will record, but new papers can not that on one event fill night during the present campaign ! rant's presence stvcilthe army and the nation too. IM that lien. Meade was on the point of committing a gieat blunder unwit tingly, but his dev it ion to bis country made him loath to risk In r last army em what he deenicd a chain'.'. (irant assumed the responsibility, and wo are still on to lliclim. ml." When the newspaper containing this paragraph reached the Army of the Potomac, tieii. Me uie issiieil an order that Mr. Cr.'psey be arrested, paraded through the lines of the army wilh a pi. card marked ' l.ibeler of the i Press," and then !,e put without, the lines and not permitted to return. Thi humiliating punishment was car ried out in the most offensive manner possible, and Mr. ( 'rupsey, after hav ing been escorted through the camp iiii horseback, bearing the offensive la bel, was sent, ba k to Washington.- 1 II. I'll I'll J'miri. True Courtesy. i A beautiful fact on this subject is ; related of a distinguished clergyman. ( )n one occasion a humble, worthy man I who had befriended the clergyman in early life cidled to se:o him, and was , inv ited to the family table, lie began to cat with his knife, as ho had been I a"custoiiied, and tho younger people) I smiled. The clergyman looked round upon them, as if to say: "Stop that!" and at once himself began to eat with j his knife, and did so to the end of tho meal. After dinncroneof the children asked him why he did so. The clergy man replied: "It is well enough for us to observe the etiquette) of the day; but it is far more important to avoid in sulting people. 1 wanted my eM friend to enjoy his dinner, which he could not have dono if ho had seen you laughing at hiin. He is accustomed to use his knife, and It would be quite difficult lor 1 1 i tii to use the fork in stead." That was genuine politeness. The world would be happier nnd bf ter if there were more of it ..., '-