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i ftljc Cljatljam lUcorb. Ctattam $ U.A. LONDON, $ .3 ' KIUTOK AND I'UOI'KIETOU. HATES A D VERT IS I I1C Ote stpuure, one insertion- fl. One square, two insertion 1.61 One square, oue month 2.60 For larger advertiseineBto liberal com : net i U ''. made. TM3 OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance. VOL. XIV. HTTSIK)R) CHATHAM CO., N. C,, SHPlKMHLIi 10, IS.)!. 3 NO. 2. (itiutl mid Sitn-liliie. Waiting in gltmiu iced pain; Wiary. oli! so weary I Steadily falU (In' rain, D .rk iIir liiy and dreary. "J'lti liiltiTi.it winds are wailinc Ioik?, A :iti 1 1 funeral sky 1 dollied ;n cloud, Will tin1 miii ne'er shine again T Omriuc! in In an mul brain, 'Hi li tlio il.iy lied trk'nin;;; W.itiug Is ml iii vain, If liuioi' lluiu'rl hirk'nitig. The dna.-iut wiatlur will change mhih' .In, A ml imh1 a i l. ii 1 Imt w ill a-s mvay, A il l the miii iiiii-I shine i'i;;iin. l' -iii'. sad heart, nor mind. The Ii. art of Inry -trying, The mystery entwined Willi sorrow and wiili crying. Ihe r.i.tM.-st vr .l.l. by a mctled slow, Mu-t lo-e i'.: s in tie ii-.1 tot glow, II. K il e iiu'Mi forth n 'lined. f .i i-t .i ; it l:. K. I'artcr, In Ne.v York Oi'M-rwr. AN EDGED TOOL. r.v amy iiMi fir. .Miss M iicl wanted, iiiitnediately, in tho shtnv-'ooui !'' Shriii and sharp and elenr the mes sage fit n:o through llio speaking-tube i 1 1 1 ., the great I nam whore nli Mi p. (ai ii li-h's young women were ill wuik ;i ;it , btire-lloored echoing room, wh'e'i v.n. lighted only from a skylight of frosted glass above. Valcue:a Morel ro-c nt oneo, her lalu oli vn i ll cks suddenly stiUlscd , wiili scarlet, in obey the summons. Mio felt sure she was lo bo scolded for flighting ( he pi Hif- " tlio skirt of old .Mrs. Mickol's b'.oo eat in dress. J tit Mis. Cavendish, filling nt her desk, received Iht gi iioiuii-ly. 'Miss Morel," kiM she, ' on sec ond i Imhi i li' s , you may trim Miss Yava-u's in ore antique w ith luco in stead of Vi'lvi'l. Miss (i.'l.V, tlio fore woman, wiil g i vi joii all necessary 'nsirueiion..'' After a III men! she .'t'l.b'il: .My dear, you Know lli.-tl I sold ni interfere in llio private mil J I'l'Minal till ir nf my young woou'ii. Hut I mil infi'i ini'il that you arc o-corlcd Ifiiio every night by a genl'duaii who liui-t firiniuly bo nbovi" your slat ion. Ms. M nol. I am not your guardian, lit-i 1 1 iir il. I i.i--i's any nut lioi ily over vim. Hut 1 ilu know oiik'lliinur of tlio wo I I, an I 1 bill ymi bowaro!" 'ali'iii"ia Mori l was j 1 1 i t - iliiil. If Mi -. ( 'a vi'inli -Ii bail for mi iiitiiul Hi o-oil tlial bi'r fav.u ili' "liimiiii'l'"' was jroing ii) foiiliilo In Iiit, she was l.li.-takcn. Half mi hour I.i!or, ben ibeeirN all Mvai iiii" ! nut of Mi's.Cavoiiilili's w ork 1'oniiis ni I hi' -iniiiil of Hid li o'l'loi k bi' l. V'.ili'tn'ia M. irl iDiili ivoil to be il liltb- bi liiii'l (ho lost, m th it it wus fjililo il::: !i w l.. :i .-In" roaolii-'l tlio r'ir lioi nf ill." Mi i"'i. mul il ijiiirk, silrnt s'l.'nl 'W. wiili ilu" tiiry otnl of n ci.'.'ir bin niiiLf in I. mil of il, i.iovoil up lo l.i'r i !i" iiiili as malio.' of ooiirsc. : i-i.t ! "'- I". I J- s;oko Ilu) plinil (olll. Yi"?: ii' I." saiil ':ili'iii"i:l Morel, roijiieiii-liiy .uliin I 1m biii'i vail a little f.iiilii'i" over her faiv. "Ami Mi.'. I 'aveinli 'i bus suiiii iiow' foitiul out that ynii W illi; liiiiin! wiili mo i Vi -iibu's. Wi ll, w 1; it ll.oti,' ileum nih il llio owiKi'iif the Iii i-ti.jiril eiu'iir. in a ib li ni:iaii'i" ami il ;'; nit sort of way. "Is i' .1 ei'iilal i-iiiii"?'' N iio: I Miipo-e not," fuM '.ilei ii i, ilul.iiiiiily. '"li il, lleetor We! r "I ilu w i!i I knew what Ibc end of nli liil w as to be.'1 Captain ll 'e'or Maui ien lifiel bis " I'll n rose. k iibleil hainU ileproni!i!ie;v, '." i !;! a woman," mill In. '"Illesg their ile ir li lie lie u l;, lin y never ran be eoii'euteil to lei w e'l eiloll'rll ainlie," 'Well, ifynil iiiii-I know," iuler llipleil l! e L'aKant eaplaiil, ''Iio mo nearer 'tin i ml of all tbis' lliau you'vo nn v iib':l of." W li i! li i nn in 'an''' A'alenei i h'lio l slill, wiili ii laeo as while as marble. "I mean im;ilv that I'm to lie lilnr rieil in ibree ni'iiilbs." 'Mllllieil!'' ' Yes, ,: rieil. M'hy not? Siie is not u- prelty as you are, Valeiieiii,'' with n si,'h and ti sliru'; "in fuel, hhe's us n. I and i;i:U as Meiluoa, if ymi kniw who thai ebissieal eliara li'r as; but she's i" it-li, iind I never was nuts (,f thi' kind that couSd livo on love am loom. N'.iw dou'i turn criinly, Y.i leueii!" us slio iiivoliuiiai'ily drew baek. "Ymi know I'm ili'speratelv fond i f yiiil and nil that uni t of Ihinir, but I must marry money or it is all up with mul And you iiiii-I have known that we eou'ilu't (,'a ,m pliiianileiin like this fore-cr!" N'aU'i.i i i looked at biiu w ith eyes thai shone daiigoroiisly. " llerlor Miiuriee," Kniil niio, " you have l'"i'ii playing witb mi; ;ili thii linn', liewaio I ilu no! tin a nut an til-cd tool!" " My tlarli njr, only lislen to nr.'." lie took boili lier liumls by main force mul ruiii'ivoil his I'lirecsini; jto-tc-latioiis while ho walked silonj: ai her Mile. 1 risen ! ly bho liinni1, w ilb a short, harsh lauh. " 1 oii't 1 1 1 i tul mo, lleelor," said she : " I wus a Hula oitl of temper. It clinic so Riiililen!)-, you know. And perhn ps I was irironsoiiable. lint I'm all ovor it now. Tell nie abjut her tbo briili".'' Jlec'.or inaili! n liule rriiiuice. 'Kxiuso me," Miid In; "I sliiill have ipiilo onmiifli of lier in the fu ture willnnil rliaiHOil ziiijj oa the sub jeei now." 'I she pretty?" "Was Moilti-a nrelly?'' 'Is she I'ieli?" 'If she wasn't ilu you supMUso I'd many licr?"' 'Is she yomi'?'' 'UVll, nlu:'8 about tho a;;c of my mother." 'O'i, lloctorl And what is her inline ?"' "Aurora, my dear. I-'uir guildess of tho tlawii.'" ' Hut lier last 11111111', I nraii?" urod N'alelieiil. 'That I sb ill not tell you," half in earnest, ' l.ci, 10 ie your own woi'ili, you bhuiikl turn out an ciliied to !' Valencia inmle hint 110 nn-wei'; slio only coiiiprossi!il her lips until l!iey were n mere .scaiii-i lliroad. And w lieu f'.io raiiie liiiilv to Mrs. Cavendish" wml. room the next day, i-lie was a lit tle paler lli.iii Hsu tl. "1 don't iiinli r-laiiil it," sm'uI Mrs. ( 'avemlish, one day. "Don't uiiih r I ind wliat?" said Miss (lay, the forewoman. That Miss Morel is m fever ishly anxious to attend personally to ail the woibiinu' oiilers. 1 used to n'lid Mndeiii'iisi'l'n'! I'li'iiue, lull Mi-is Morel bus akt"l it, as a favor, lo bo allowed lo n; and khe really has an excel if tit idea of My lies ami lriliitlliim', 1111 I ives oiiat Kilisfiti-ti.ni. Ii.it what ner faney is 1 can't lull." 'Si'iiie .'.lis bave an absolute in.viia 011 the Mi'.ijicl i f wed. lilies,'' s.iiil M iss ( i.-iy, elevaliii her bio.v. Hut Yiileneia .Morel's iiiitive was deeper far tl nu niiy of wlii-.-li Mi s. Cavern lish and here forewoman could dream. And one day her tjucsl met w i'h its lew aril. Mrs. horiitiii'e w.". 11 widow, fat fair and forty; ami Mrs. Dirraueo eoiiteiuplaleil 11 st ad 111 ill iiu uiial nilial.ee. Audwbilo she was "ivinf Mr. ( 'iiveiulisli'ii yoiiur woman her opinion about the we tilling ilress, 'a!eticia'8 eye fell tii"ii :i photograph mi the iii.inte! llee tor Maurice's fair, false f.u'O. Her her heart jravu a (treat tbroli the deep 1 rinisoii llaim d into lier chei kii. So you nrcoinir t) hi married njrainl''' said i-lie, ihawini.' a lon bi ealh. "Hut I be-; your pardon for the remark i-11't it riiuiiiiij,' a great risk?" "Oil, I ilon'l know," said Mrs. Dor ranee, laiiIiin;;. "I.ifo is full if riskB." "A frii'iul of ininn is t'"'" ''i bo inariicil to a willow, too," said Valen cia. "Ami you shou'hl hear bitil talk about her! Hut, then, lo bo Mire, widows iliU'-r." "Very iniieli in love, cli?'1 said Ihc widow, siinperiiii,'. "Weil, not exactly lliul," mid Va lencia. "Mis widow must be dread fully old. lie ay s'lc's about the a'i! d' his mother !'' "Oh, ilniriue?'' siiiil Mi s, llorinnee ; 'thai U dieudful !"' ill f-hn was evidently inteiesleil, and mil with tin- samples of white reps and ilove-i'ol.ire.l rutin in her baud, looking al Mi-s Mm-el. "Ami plain, loo," milled Valencia, "lie culls her his Medii-a!" Hateful old Ibiii!' .-aid Mrs. I u raiice, briskly. "What business has lie to he unjjiiiir for a kilobaud at her limo of life?'1 " Hut she's rich," Jidilnl Valencia. " That accounts for it," raid Air. l)oi ranee. "Oh, yev' said Miss More', "Hint aceouiiis f ir it." " Vou you never he.n-il him 111011 t in 1 1 her 11 ;u 1 if, 1 1 11 1 you ? " naid Mrs. llm ivinee, n little uneasily. "Oh, ilcar. 110 lua'ani,"' raid Val encia. Hid you my you would pre fer (i n fitone-oray faille, or "I reiilly don't know w hy I nhonld feel any emiosily upon the tuhjeet," interrupted the widnw, hiiitrliiui aiii ficiallr; "but if your friend's iiainc isn't a secret "( Hi, no secret at all," said Valencia. "It is .Maurice ('aplain Jlector Maurice." " iooil jtraeioih!'' said (lie widow, dropping nil her siuniles in a glistcn i nr shower. "You ilnii't mean to suv that you know Iii in, 1111111 in ? sail Miss Morel, in well-feigned astouisliuicttl. " 'Know him !' " faid Miv. Don-anci ! fanniii;; lierself violently. "Il'n thu very man J 11111 cnpii'ffu' to! Hut I won't inarry him; no, that I never will!" ' Vnleneia rlusncil her li.nirtis tlic.ilrio ally. "Oh!" cried ehc, 'wluit have I said? Please, please, deur inailiini, forget my foolisli ehiitler. It 1 had know " "if I hud known!'' interrupted tho widow. "Medusa, indeed! Old enough to bo his mother, foifooth ! Hut ho bb.-ill never lmvo tho liandliug of my money ?'' And Mrs. Dorruneo rnnur tho bell for her maid, and went off into violent hyMerios. No wed liiiff outfit was mn.lo up for Ibis occasion ut Mi's. ( 'aveudish's cele brated establishment mid Captain Mattrico was ut his wits' end to know why his plighted brido had changed her mind so suddenly. Ho did enter terlain soino vauo idea of a "brcuc'u-of-iroiiiiso"suil,biit wisely abandoned it. Hut shaiuo to say, ho never sus pected Valencia .Morel, w ho still works on, pale, and silent, in the dreary looms, and never sts him now. Captain Maurieo had played with ed"d tools, and he ha I not eomo oil' scathlcs. New York l."der. A Curious House. The reporters and oilier r I rangers who wire in Siiij; $ 'g at the time of the recent electrocutions, mid who climbed the bill loailiiii to the prison, noticed a ijueer It'oking house, just as the road turned off tho main street. As seen from the dp of the hill, it ap peared to be a substantial story and a hal f brii k lioiifo, with 111:1 11 -mil roof and liuoe windows. A porch ran lb'1 entire length mid lip to t ho second rtory. .Many people eiiiinienti'd on its peculiar appearance. A News reporter who had envision to fro to the telegraph eth-.u beneath tin hill, noticed that ihe home was really live rlmies mid a half hie.h, luit was bnill I up against the fact; of Ihe hill, so that j from the top only I ho upper stories : could be seen. J The peculiar feature of theliou'C is that ihe only entrance toil is from tin I liflli story, and I iio residents walk down instead of up stairs, as in an ordinary lioue. The house or rather its own er, I'atriek I'litney, has oiiile a his tory. Some e;irs iijro when ho hoiioht the bluir w liieh his house is now built iij.'iiinsl, ihe peoplo in Sin Sino regarded him as little short of insane. He paid a lucre soii;; for tho entire strip of laud, a block in length, which wa underlaid by liujrc bowlders mid a solid rock dill. He was at that limo earning a living by dointr haul i 1 1 iiroiind the city. The obi residents of Ihe place could not possibly sec what he wanted with what had theretofore been regarded i s ii piece (if wate laud. I!y the use of dynamite and (riant powder, Mr. Iliny siieceedi.vl in celling out eiioui;h ruck, whit''' he sold for biiildiii(r pur poses, to net him a b imlsouin sum. With this nucleus he was enabled lo open 11 pioliiable business, and siibre ipieiitly built Ihe house, which excited so much i- iinneiil on the part of those Who saw il for the lir.-t time. New Y01 k New . I'aper Hells. One of the laiirest es'.iihiishiueuis III this eon 11 try has for some lime been tu ning out paper bells that have Ilu) reputation of lieiiij Kiipcrioi- in many repecls to thoso of leather; Ihoso bells are iiimle from pure linen stock, ami .ire of any desired thickness, width, or length, having also a driving p')ver nptal to any other from tin equal sur face, and, while it is not claimed for l In-ill that they ale adapted to all kinds of work, they arc found to servo well iissliiiiirlit diking belts of not less limn live inches in width. Where lliey have been leled siilc by tide with leather bells for strength and durabil ity, they are alleged to have proved eipially sati-f icloiy, adhering closely to the pulley, generating no electricity whilo ninuiiig, being also flexible, and umiU'eeled by teinpetaliiro within ordinary limits, though theru is 0110 place in which they cannot ho used, ami that is where they have to run in waler, or where they would ho con stantly stlbjecled to moist inc. It in admitted that this kind of belling is best adapted lo heavy driving bells, anil for this ptu po'O it is not only much the cheapest material, hut when oiiio in posiiion will run until worn out. Now Yerk Sun. 'Ihe Utile Darling. ; Mr. le Mover S. ikes alive! This i. the noisiest neighborhood I ever (lot into. Just hear thosu children screech. Maid They're your own chilil.-ra, 11 11111. Mrs. le Mover -Are they? How' Ilin little darlings are enjo) ing them- 1 selveii. fXew Yrik Wiuiklv. ('JIIl.l)IiEN'.S (Cl.lMX. A ijt'lM: Uov. Fie doesn't like study, it aki lis h's ei .," Hut the "r;;l:t run" of ! k will insure a surprise. I,et it lie Khoiit Indians, pir.ilis, or Imirs. And he's lust for tl.e d iy to rill mundane iitl'.iir.s; Hy stuih.Jit or ,::isli'!it his vision ;r dear. Now, isn't tliiit ipiecr? Al llioiihl ef an errnn l, lie's "Iind as n llillllld," Very wiary of life, and of "trumping around. " Hill if tin re's a hand or a circus in siclit. lie will follow it K'd y f'""1 liinriiing till ni-ht. The slum 1111111 will capliiri' lilnt. some day, I f.-iir. 1'or he is soipiui t If tlun's w ork in tlie (ini'un. his In ad "iieln'S to split." Am! hi- hack I- so lame tint he "can't li - a hit." Hut 111 ntioii ha-e ba'l. and lie s cured very soon ; And he'll dit; fur a w 0 lehiick the w h jle iifleni'ioa. I o yon think In- "plays "po-snm" : lle.-n ini ijilite sincere ; Hill - i.-li'l he ipu ci? Tin. : i : 1 : 1 r iiukmui.i.. The great leu tiliill is a large bird, i f a motile I gray and brow n color, whose rentral tail feathers are nearly four feet in li'iig h, so that the bird when .'1 ing forms a perfect ero.-s ugaiiist tin; sky. The bill is a formid able weapon, being sharpened like a miner's pick, of solid bone, hard as ivory, and weighted with a solid helmet of the saiii '. material. These hiuls inhabit Africa and Asia. l'o. I roil Free Pres.. 111; m:;i;;;v oiti.iw, mm ' iim-oiv. The merry bobolink is one of ll.e prcttie-t song-birds in the country, hi lvi-lern Peiiiisyivania, along Ihe Dela ware, the bobolink is known as the "reed-bird," ami is eagerly limited by Spol Isllli'll. Ymi in it t likewise know" thai the bobolink has n third imiiie rice bird." That is what it is called in tho Southern Sla'es. It is so iiiiliied be cause it at lucks (he lice-licbls and de vours the grain. We of the North know little of the t rouble il cui;scs by Ibis especial appetite. The magnitude of the depreda tions' of the liltlo bobolink can hardly be appreciated outside of Ihc narrow belt of rice-fields along tho co:its of ii fe.v of tlio Southern Slates. In innumerable ho. Is the birds vi-it the Iicl. Is at the time of planting in spring, eating Ihe seed-grain before Ihe lieliU are "Hooded," and then lly back north into Pennsylvania, New York and New England, where they spend tho Minime". About the middle of August they eoinineueo to migrate souili ng.iin, and swoop dow n upon the rice-lields -Jiieo more, just at the timo of hnrvesling the crop. What rice escaped in the spring now lias lit tle hope of surviving, for as the grain mature, the birds pick it oil' in the l.ieo of the most desperate opposition. To prevent total dcs'llu'lioli of the crop during these invasions, thousands of men and boys, called "bird-inind. ers," are employed by the ricc-plnni-crs; hundreds of thousands of pounds of gunpowder aro burned, and millions of birds killed. S;iil the number of bobolinks invading the rice-lields each year seems in no way dimiiii-hod, and the aggregate annual loss they cause is estimated by lr. C. Hurt Moriiniun, ( Irnitbologist of the I'liiled states Deparlme it of Agriculture, al Ill II I. Oi 0. lletwecii spring and late summer when tho bobolink is at the Noiih, he displays none of these ruinous ways of his. lie is all beauty and music. S onetimes he may plunder a cornfield slightly, but in Pennsylvania he is not guilty even of that slight ollense. llr is know n on the farms of Hue North only .as a binl most showy in his diess of black, while and yellow feathers. The song of the bobolink is a pecu liar, rapid, jingling, indon i ib able medley of .sounds, stalled list by one bird, quickly followed by another and another, until the whole Hock are engaged in a grand concert. Then, suddenly, without any apparent reason, they all, at the same iuslnut, stop. These delightful choral concerts endear them lo the farmer liny, and girls of Peiiiisy! vaniii. The "mellow, inelaHic chink" the birds inter has given them a name to imitate their song "bob-o-link." hen ihe birds mate, the male appears to lose bis vocal powers, and is heard to utter only a sharp, clinking note, like that of the female. And when they settle down lo plundering a rice-field, thry seem to have lost nil their melody, for then they ran only chirp. Another strange Ihiug about the bobolink is that he loves the darkness of night. They only migrate, or travel, at night. They winter in the West Indies, where Ihev get sit fat thai the uat'iT. t have given them n fourth Hume "the t uilerbirds." 8t. Nithoius. I "CHUB UliARS." rcculiar Mounds Built hy I'ish in Ihc St. LoAi'i'iH'j River. Nosts That ary Composed of Hujco Hoaps of Pebb les. It ha- been our cnst"in each after noon o row out iiiuong suine nf the i-liiii lis of the thousand or moie tint, rrow il iind j 1.-! le eai'h oilier iii the S l.iwiene lover, and then allow' the boat lo drill vsilli the we-! wind. hie day we ill il'ted iilong in water Ion or twelve feel ib ep, w a'ehing the lishes upon Ihe b.'ttoin, the waling weed that formed tic carpet of ll.e lillle biy, when the prow of tin1 boat almost grii."d a minialiire 111 imlaiu lhat, iippaient ly without reason, joso preci piloii-ly from the bottom. It piesonled so viugidir mi appoarai tliiit we -toppi d the boat. i!' :i. liiug over I touched the summit and picked from il a s'ene or pebble, which later had llio emiositi to weigh. A smaU steamer mu ibulginj in and out aiming the islands on n rlaiii days in the week, passing through very narrow pus. ages where ll.e wild ro-es almost ne t 011 cither lido, am! I at lir-t tissuim-d tint this singular heap was cf ashes or clinkers that hid been thrown over fl'elil the lillle Ve--"1, but th" sloue w hich I brought up ilisju'ii-, ed Ibis. It was a piece of granite, wm n by the water, ;,u 1 a slight investigation showed that th 1 n:ii e pile v, a. Mad" up of stones, ihe wh ile amount iog to almost ii carload and W e'gi.in we estimated, over a ton p i-.-ibly two or Mole. For many yur.l- about there w as not il pi lible lo he si " 1 i;: i'!i li.e b-i'toiu: the nearest deposit was a l-ceb, o" feet away, and from le ie the stones must have been brought iind dropped one by on.-, Ticre were Ihotts.-iild-of lliein, ami the m oe we bed-.i il and investigated tin; more exir.iordni.'.ry ii nppciuel. Certiiiniy il foil l not have been the Work of boy-, as lo Inve :. cumulated MI. ll a heap W ould have exhnu-led the paiioiiee of the 100-I fllel'getie lover of outdoor Iii'". We were puzlcil. and after iiiea-uriug the heaji i'nd liuding that i' '.1 :is nearly live feet high and i veil or eight feci across we diil'ii'd on, to ru 1 aern-s several others one in deeper wa'or anil appal oil !y larger, whilo .mother was sinal.er and s 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1. 1 but ball' eolllpleled. 1 dually an old guide 011 Ihe river said it was a "chub heap"- ami n;e lliys'iiy was solved. Tho piles, thai 111 list have been a tremendous piece, of woik, were tin: ii-iills of the l.ileus of a li-h known as the chub 11101 commonly as the "stouo toii"--while those fauiili.tr with lie' li-h will reiiiein'ier it as se id i I us b.iliiu is. The stone tuter is an attractive li-!i attaining n length nf a foot au l a half has silvery seules an 1 bright i-yes. 'J'ho pile of stones is their w ork - tin lierl, or home, or eistle, wiiere their eggs n.-e ilepiisile I and wle'i'i: Ihe little Blolio dlers lirst see Ihe lijln of d ay. Instinctively the p.- I li-h colle ts stones and drops them in the pine selected. Prnb.ibly, in Ihe lirst year, 11' ensile does not rise above a lii'.-l slory, and is hut ll,e I' .inelatina for the vu-t iiggi'cguti.n lb it i-, to follow. Among these foundation stones Ihe Oggs are ilopo-'ued, there liioling pro tection from the catli-les ami niheis thai prey upon such ib lieaeie-. As each successive sea. m eoin.'s iirniind it is doubtless ad I'd to; seyeril gen enitlons of li-ln;s in nil probabi ity working at the ne-l, eolleeiiiig stun s often nf astonishing weight when the sie of tho li-h is remembered, and diDpping tlielil upon llio gmw ing pile 1 1 1 at liually aiiim-l reaelcs ilie sui l'ae', as we have seen. The lihor and pa lieuce involved ill Ibis Work can on" be realized when Ihe s'ono inonii' n is examined, an 1 tie' li-h seen sw III niiiig by il. llow many j 01 iiioy s to ili-tanl point are required lo aci'iiinmulaie all llie.-e pebbles cm be iiiiagincd, ami that the Mono ca-lle is only crei-led after arduous labor can readily be sur mised, hi Ihe localities wheie ll.e dace is riiiiiiiion, several ne-is or tow el s ate of It'll fiiiiiid in :i couipn ui 1 Ii restricted area, so thai in luting'' 1 ),,' stones I he lillle huihleis have lo en-, eiich olhei's ncsls, and ii i- nol imp .p. tible thai soineliitics stun s arc slk taken from each other's nests, though it is fair lo say lhat such sharp pine, tiecs have not been ob-erved. Among the sun li-hes, lint, me also Host builders, invader are eh ill uged and promptly driven from tbo neigh borhood. New York llera'.l. Mniid -I wonder why they call it this jmgry sea. Webb Peril tips bo ciiiisi);'si 11 111 11 people per-i-l in cro-s-in'' ii 'J in Travels of 11 Diamond. 'J'weiity.thico years ago last Febru ary us a Nf wiirk (N. .).) Jeweler was iih iil lo close bis store one sloi my ni!.!, a shabby young man catered iind tli'ieil to sell him a gold ring containing 11 diamond stone, surround ed by a eiiele of smaller gems. lie a-ketl .b'u for the ring, say lug il was all he bad in the world. The man de clared he must dispose of it that night, but his anxiety made the jew fief inure fearful, mid nt la-l he liniily refused lo have anything further to do with the mailer until the next day. On the linn row tho visitor emtio at' aiii, Siivir.' ho bad pawned the ring lor a trilling sum, as be was forced to do -o lo gi t iiccoiiiiiindu'.ious for the night, but ile-ired the jeweler lo go wilh Iii in lo the pawnbroker's shop i.inl exiiiiiine the stone more closely. The merchant did o and made a bttr g dii for the ring', paying the l i ll'-re 11 .'0 between his price and the pawn ikbt. The jeweler a-ked no questions al though the fellow could probably h.ive t ol.l an interesting story about tlio s'otie. lb re..ct the stone in a lady's ring iind a mouth la'er il w as can d away by 1111 exultant lover, uml it spaikl.'.l oil Ihe baud of a blushing bride in high life soon after. Ten year later I he same jeweier paid a lull' .1 lived, sniveling woman exiii'iy what her lovr h;id paid f"l the ri' g l Wf k before bcl' 111:11 1'ltlg'e. aula- sue b-u away her gildeii-htro ed girl she felt (hat she was rich w it il what she w 1 1 it b I have throw 1 aside a decado 1 1 fine. The m xt purchaser was il p'I'liy old gellllem.ill, who gave Ihe stone lo bis young w il'e, whom ho had Itikeii fnuil her school books to as sume 1 he managcm-lil of a grand old m .11. ion. It wasju-t two yeats ago that the old gentleman, slid hale and betily. eulereil the jeweler's .-tote, h a lilig hy Ihe hand a hlighl-eyed lilllf fellow, w houi he iiitrodiici d as his sou and h'-ir. Then be slated Ihe object of bis visit, lie said tin' ring reiiihnieil biiu too luui h mid too painfully of the fair young mother who never saw the f.ifonf h"l' baby boy. -- !" we! ie l's" Weekly. Ife, ults from n:i Invention. I);. I.ardiier, writing of tie- steam engine, said: "To enmnerate its pre-eiil ell'efts would be lo count al ums! fiery comfort : ud every luxury of life It litis inerea-ed the sum of 1 111 111:1 11 happiness, not only by calling new pleasures into existence, but. by so i hciipeiii'ig foruiereiijoynienls tl. to render them attainable hy those w ho he f ure fiild never have hoped lo share them. The surface of the iand and Ihe f.ieo nf the W il CIS aro traversed wlllici'tial facility by its power; and by thus Hi.i.lthiiiiig and facilitating the intercourse of nation with nation, and tlie' cniuiiierce of people with peo ple, il litis knit together remote coun tries by bonds of amity not likely to j be broken. j "N renins of know ledge and infor- Million are kept Mowing hi t ween dis- latil 1 enters of population, those more I advanced il.irii-ing civiii. ition and iui- proveiiieiit among lho-e that are mole I backward. The pi ess ilseif, lo which mankind owe-, in so large p. ilcgrcf, I ihe rapi.'.iiy of its improvement in I iniidei ii limes, has had its power and j iilluenee inerea-i ,1 in a manifold ratio j hy its union wilh the sletiiu engine. It I i. thus tint literature is cln iipeiii.d, I .111 1 by being cheapeneo, ilillu-ed; il ' is ihus lint ii ti-on h i- taken the pi i,-e of fnrce and the p 'll lias sll erseded the -word; il is thu-thtit wtir has ul-liiii-l I'fil.i'il upon Ihe earth, and that Ihe liilleicnees which inevitably arise between people iind people are lor Ihe lin -l pari a I j -i-led by peaeef ill lugo. tlatiniis." I 'See nliiie A mei ie.'iii. 'I lie (dor of Voider. Wh it is the color of pine waler? Vuin-t any person who bus 1,0 spici.il know ledge of the subject W ill reply III onn', "It has no color." Vol fieri -body know-, either through hearsay or bv Ihe 1 videlice of bis ow 11 () es, thai llio ocean is blue. Why Ihe ocean look- blue i- a que. lion Ilia' few who have cros.nl it have ever s light to solve, and there are probaidy many 1 r til lers who, though they have seen 1110. 1 of the famous rivers ami lakes in Ihe world, have failed to notice tho l euiai kilblo ilillel i'liee ill color w hich their Willelb present. I'.vell the ocean is nol uniform in color; in some places its waters aro green or even yellow ish. Nature, A Toutrli Time. 'I'll trouble you for the time," said Ihe fool pa I to t'10 gentleman wilh a gold watch in a dark sheet. "It's just sliikiiij,' one," s.iiil 1I1O goulli'innn, hilling; the highwayman hetHci'll the yes. Don't hit with you" sermid baud,' said the footpad, skipping- off. troil I'lto 1'iiss. (Juest lonlng. If tin re is a iloul'l in your heart toddy That stretches its shadow seross to me. If miii cannot lock in my eyes mid say. "My trust ir perfect and full nd free." For the sake of a day t!nU would work u w I II', I pray yi u pity mid tell nir go. When voj look into my eyes snil kis my f.'i.e. And hold me close to your throbbing he.nl. I. there ever in it a hint or plnoc Thu1 I' Its uii we eyulii in the fut ure part? I Ves a iloiil't.a f.i tut as an unknown breath, Su.-'i:est a purling that not tieatlif Fear loe. setireli so deep in your heart I pray. That iis dimmest corner slull com to light, Then look in" si might in tbe eyes and say The truth, us the truth seems just und n'hl ; If i",ir love can change- nil, love docs, I know I pray oo pity and le'l me R". ;r. M. ianville. in .New York Tress. IMMOKOIS. There is one crop that is pretty short this season the hair crop. Tiie ir itiiti is always too ill to saw wood after din iei, but ho is up and uboiil. People who are really missed when away never app ccialo their im portance w hen present. Miss I)g Plain I 'iielur, what is Ihc seerei of beaiin ' Family Physician ('onli I niially) 15 ; born pretty. Mi.-.- I'gly (iiil-Tl.e whole oirair w.'is s ) ah. unl that, I assure you, I could hardly keep my countenance. Mi.-s I-'lip Why did you want lo? H.iebelur F ed, how' do you delino 11 love letter? H nedict A love letter is :i thing that ten years afterward you generally w i-h you hadn't writ ten. Aunt (ending her story) And three lietileiitiiits fell in (hi attack. College Oil! And is ii po-sihlc there are pen. pie in the world heartless enough to kiii a lieiitetiau; ? lb' Yes, darling, mid it shall ho tho piirpo." of in . life lo sin -round yon w i 1 1 I'M'i y coiiil'oi I and lo linlieipulo uml gratify your , very w ish. She II 'W good of you, Harry! And all on I?!'.' a we.-k, I n)! A .oldler wi'ott! homo for a supply of cash. Appended lo tho letter wim the following posteri pi uui : "1 felt 60 ashamed il having a-ko I you to send 1110 money that I run to tbe postoll,-o lo gel my letter h n k. I ' 11 fort uiintoly it bad gone.'' ( hiii b'itiagiie's Taldeclntlis. Several Sliiirpsbuijr ladieg are anx ious i-j learn how Charleinagne's table, cloths were washed by thr iw ing them in Ihe lire. Otio faction argues that each cloth was bin tied us soon as it be came soiled, thus lemlering washi:: 1111 necessary. It is a fact lhat the labb eloths f n in whi h Ihe grout ruler ale his rovid boar's head mid boiled cabbage w as cleansed by casting lliein into a hot lire. They were made of a-besto. This substance is found in the Alps, Ihe Pyrenees und ihe I 'nil mountains, in many parts of Asia ami Africa, in the Alhgheiiies mul ltluo Pidge, in scveinl Western stales, in the Ande of Souili America and in the inotin. tains of Australia. The lo:-1 samples come from Sar dinia ami Corsica, whence was prob ably obtained i Ii.it for ihe manufacture of the celebrated lableclolh ineiilioned. A-be-los may be woven into lexliln fabric., though no gieat prolicieney ha. been obtained iii thi- art, its prin cipal use being for lire proof Untiring am! us packing in safes, in journal boxes iind around steam pipes. It is iude-triiciible by heal, and for Ihe eutel'laililiieiil of his guests ('liar, leiiiiigue would nl the conclusion of a feast order iho talilechl h lobe I brown into Iho lire, whence, lo ihe inysiiilcn. limi of all, it would collie forth cleansed bill, unconsiiiueil. Pittsburg t 'oiiiniercial 1 011 1 ;e. He Wears "ell. John Furlong presents a fresh illus tration of how much the human Iraino can endure, lie is ninety years old, has outlived every one 011 w hom l e had any claim, and was recently found en 1 he pu ennui in New York cily, where he had lain all night literally thing of hunger. Il takes so lillle to keep him alive thai, according to the I . -1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 y produced, he had lived for years on something less than the daily equivalent of nil iicrago schoolboy' lunch. Yet Im had lived, mid at hut accounts bade fair to live ronio year longer. Hetroit Fret) Press. Iiispecllng the Portrait. Maude Weil, iniiliun.'i, how do you 1 like il? loe il look like me? Mumniii Humph! The face is good enough, but 110 one would over think that drees cost your dear pupa I tilOOO. Puck.