THE CHARLOTTE MESSENGER
VOL. 111. NO/6
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Address,
W.C. SMITH, Charlotte, N. C
Ap amusing illustration of Queen Vic
oria’s conservat sm comes from over the
ica. She has ordered the elevator, “that
lidcous thing,” 83 she calls it, removed
'rom Buckingham Palace. It was built
fix years ago at a cost of SIO,OOO for the
tccomtr.odation of the Duke of Albany,
rut the Queen is afraid of it,and declares
;he old-fashioned up and down stairs
jood enough for her.
An inter: st : ng calculation has been
made by the New York Times, show ing
how the steady and rapid payment of tht
public debt incurred in the Civil War,
combined with the reduction of the in
terest rate and the increase of the popu
lationof the country, has affected the
debt burden borne by our people pet
capita. In 18G5 the debt amounted tc
$78,25 per capita Last year itamounted
to only $24,14. In 1865 the per capita
portion of the annual interest charge
was $4.2). Last year it was but e'ghty
thtee cents. Tho ratio of the principal
is now but two-thirds what it then was:
that of the annual interest is but a little
more than one-fifth.
Borne person with lot? of time to spare
has figured that mos. of the events of
President Cleveland’s life turn upon the
figures seven, or a multiple of seven, in
which resp;Ct his career is a parallel
with that of F.i n i, “the last of the
Rom n Tribune?,” who claimed that his
luck turned always upon the same num
ber. Grover Clevelan i was seven times
seven years of age when married; his
bride. Frances Folsom, three times seven
years of age, making a difference in their
ages of four times seven years; the
bride's age and the differences in their
ages added makes seven times seven—
the President's age. The bride"* birth
occurred seven years after the President
attained to his majority. Their ages
added make ten times seven, three score
and ten, the number of years allotted to
the age of man. Multiply the number of
their added ages by seven, it makes
twenty times se en, the number of times
the Saviour commanded to forgive an
erring brother if he repents. The Presi
dent’s official title. President of the
United States of America, contains five
times seven letters. The bride’s official
relation, the White House mistress, con
tains three times seven letters.
A New York letter to the Troy Timet
has this to say concerning railway tics
“This subject is now being felt in Wall
etr et, and a very clear-headed mat
made the remark to me, we have yet tc
learn the full cost of railway repair, sot
the past is really only experimental.
Hcncc, such men as Jay Gould and
Russell Bage arc now considering the
importance of the ra w method of in
creasing durability. It is said that the
present annual consumption of railroad
ties is 80,050,035, and as the trees cut
for this purpose must be between thirty
and lorty years old, it is making fearful
havoc among tho best pari of our forests.
Tho American Forestry Congress ii
urging the planting of trees and thr
better ea:e of the forests, but it wil.
require twenty-five yean to make tin
present planting availab e, and during
such an interval svhat a vast destructior
is inevitable. Railway ties, indeed,only
last i*t best one-fourth the time re ;uired
to grow them, and for this rea-on thr
newly-invented method of treating them
for increased d arability ia of great im
portance. Tho cost of replacing decayed
ties in this country last year was $-50,-
600,0' 0, and the agents (in this city) ol
Southern and Western lumbermen wil
soon expect a large advance. Hence th«
subject is becoming one of great import
ance in railway care las."
A HAPPY HOME.
I have a very happy home, where peace Is '
ever found, ■ i
Where gentleness and love their fragrance | ,
breathes around;
Where gladness and content makes pleasant I ,
every day,
While sorrow, sin and care are banished far
away. j .
Where, when the day is o’er, my darling one 1
returns
To share with those he loves the honest wealth j
he earns;
Where happy children are—without them ;
home is naught—
Where truth is g'adly learned and just as I
gladly taught,
Where piety prevails, and faith In Provi
dence,
And each to each the choicest gifts presents, i
That is a happy home where sadness is un
known,
Where loving words are said and loving
precepts shown.
— Mrs. Hurry Don, in Good Housekeeping.
NARCISSAS MISTAKE,
It was “blackberry-jam day.”
Every nation ha? its movable and im- ,
movable feasts and festivities; every
household boasts its great anniversaries,
and to Nareissa Hail the b!ackberry-jam
-eason always brought pleasant associa
tions.
Tnere wa- the gathering of tho beauti
ful, sparkling, jet black fruit, to begin j
with, not always unaccompanied with ]
reminiscences of rustic swains, who car- !
ried her baskets and found the nicest ;
vines and bushes for her. the impromptu |
lunch eaten under the shadow of great,
mossy rocks, with the mellow whistle of
linnet and thrush overhead; the draught,
in vine-leaf cups, pinned together by
thorns, from some deep-hearted wood
land spring; the homeward walk in the
lengthening afternoon shadows. And
then .Nareissa was a born housewife.
Her jellies were always a success, her
preserves were beyond criticism, and she
was innoc ntly proud of her prowess.
She was a dark, brilliant little bru
nette, with large, liquid eyes, whose
curled lashes t imed pi ;uantly upward,
sud a mou'h as red and fresh as a wild
rose.
“The prettiest girl in all the country!” (
as Walter MiLiutan said to h mself, as he
leaned over the kitchen windowsill, nnd ,
beheld her stirring the bubbl ng mass of (
6weets witli an immense silver spoon,
which had come down, a sort of heir- ,
loom, through half a dozen generations
of Hal s.
“Har issa!” he ventured to say, after I
a second or two of respectful silence, 1
during which, although she must have
k-own perfectly well -hat he was there,
she never raised her eye?.
“Chi is it you, Waiter! ’
“Eon't let me interrupt you,” said
Walter, a little sti.tiy. “I’ve brought
you one of Dora's little white puppies— 1
here in a baskit.”
“A puppycried Nareissa, contempt
uously. "lie a puppy! I bate dogs!”
Waiter's countenance fell perceptibly.
“I thought you said you would like
one of Dora a little ones,” began he.
“I don't see what can possible have
put any such nonsense ito your head!”
tartly retorted ~ T arcissa.
“Then you don t want it?”
“No, I certainly don’t want it.”
“But you took a gray African parrot
from Mr. Silber last week?” dubiously.
“Vi ell. whv shouldn't I? Ido so dote
or. parrots—aud this one says ‘How d'ye
do?' already.” 1
“Oh!” said Walter, bitterly, as he put 1
tho little, downy, b!ue-rit>boned puppy
back into its basket, and addressed it I
satirically. “Yes, go back, Dorettc;
you’re not a cackling, chattering parrot, j
We’ll have to find another home for you,
Dorettc.”
Nareissa bit her lip.
“I dare say Alice Jrffreys would like
the dog,” said she. “Alice is fond of
pet-.”"
“I dare say so. too.” Walter rejoined,
dryly. “Good morning, Nareissa! Oh,
by-thc-wav—”
“Weill”
Nareissa waa stirring away more vig
orous y than ever now.
“About the New Moon picnic. I sup
pose you will be going with Silber?”
“I shouldn't wonder, ” said Nareissa,
coloring up.
“Then I necdu’t trouble about comiDg
for you?”
“Certainly you need not.”
So these silly young people parted.
W alter Milliman would have given his
life for Narcis a Hall. Nareissa loved
the very sound of the young fellow's
free, frank voice; and yet, nobody on
earth knew why they had both contrived
to build up between themselves the
framework of a very pretty ( uarrel.
“Howridiculous: One of Dora’s pup-
Cics, indeed!” said Nareissa, tossing her
i ad.
"That fat, old Silber!” pondered Wal
ter. “A man old enough to be her
father! And weighing two hundred
and City pounds at the very least! Is
the girl crazy? ’
The jam was a success. Os course it
would he. being Nan leva's work; a d
she was portioning itinto gla s jnre with
dainty pre Mon, when she heard a
heavy step among the aw? et-Williams and 1
obnny-jtimpups that bordered the palh
outside.
"That rounds exactly like Mr. Silber,”
she said to herself. “Horrid old man!
what brings him here again? It wtl
only last week that he came with the
rirrot; and father is with him. Well,
do hope father won't tel! him that I
sold the pa-rot to Billy Johnson for five
dollars, Ixcau e he pulled the roses off
my best hat, and killed the canary, and
kept us all awake ni hts, shrieking
•How d’ye do? how d'ya dol’"
CHARLOTTE, N. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1886.
And, thus mcditat'ng, Nareissa shrank
behind the c emati? vines, that made a
curtain of natural green across the case
ment.
Hush! those were surely the rumbling,
sonorous tones of the Squire himself!
“I s’posa, Ha l, ’ said he, w'th a
chuckle, “you consider me too old for
that sort o’ thing.”
“Well, I don't know,” the good
farmer replied, slowly. “Tastes diner i”
“But es I’ve took a fancy to the little
thing—”
"Hum!”said Mr. Hall, doubtfully.
“And I’ll give her a real good home.
Every bit as good as sha has here.”
“I never doubted that. Mr. Silber.”
“I ll go hail she’ll be happy with me.”
“She ought to be happy with you—
sertin, squire.”
“Come,” said Silber, insinuatingly,
“is it a bargain?”
‘ ‘I can t take it on ms to decide,”, said
Mr. Hall, meditatingly! “You must ask
Narci-sr your own self, Mr. Silber.”
“But you don’t think she’ll object?”
“I don’t know,” said Mr. Hall, shaking
his head—“l don’t know. Girls are
queer. There’s never no telling which
way they’ll jump. You askher yourself,
I say.”
But Nareissa did not wait for the
sequel of this strange discussion. Her
oheeksbla'cd crimson; her eyes sparkled
like jet stars as she caught her pink
gingham sunbonnet off its nail behind
the kitchen door, and eavlng the jars of
garnet-colored sweetness ou the table,
sped awav over the daisy-spangled fields
to a certain upland meadow, where WaL
ter Mill man was harnessing the old
horses to a glittering mowing machine.
"Nareissa!” he cried, in ama cment.
“What's the matter? What has hap
pened?”
Shu caught nervously at his arm.
“Oh, Walter,” said she, “I am sc
frightened! I—l don't know what it all
means. I don't know what I ought tc
do!”
H e hung the bridle over an old stump,
snd led Nan is?a into the shadow of an
umbrella.l.ke oak that grew near the
itone fence.
“Tell me all about it,” snid he.
It was strange how each had settled
into his and her rel tive p isition—Nar
cissa clinging, trusting, hiding herself,
a? it were, under the agis of his protec
tion. Walter calmly superior in the
midst of his tender sr licitudc.
“Why, child,” said he, “theold idiot
wants to—marry yon!”
Nnrci sa crimsoned to the very roots
of her hair.
"I thought so,” she whispered. "I
was almost certain of it. But—but what
am I to do?”
ne took both her little cold hands in
his.
“Don't be frightened, Nareissa.” said
he. “You cant marry two people at
once, can you.”
“No—at least, I suppose not.”
“And you’re engaged to me, aren’t
you!’
“If you say so,Walter,’’hanging down
her head.
“I do say so. Narcis«a! And now let
metakeyou home. We’ll see whether
old Silber is to ha.e everything his own
way or not. ”
“But the horses, Walter?”
“They'll stay h re,contentedly enough,
until I come back, pet—never fear. (Jh,
by-the-way, Nareissa! little Dorette is in
the basket under the hedge. I haven t
given her to Alice Jeffreys yet.”
“Oh, Walter, do get fter!” whispered
Nareissa. "The little, white, fluffy dar
ling! I’ve been think ng of her" ever
since—ever Eince you went away. And,
Wulter" (nervously playing with the
button of his cnati, “I told you a horrid
story about the parrot. I couldn’t td
dure the screeching thing, and Billy
Johnson took it away three days ago.”
“Nareissa, you are the dearest little
girl in the world I” cried the enraptured
lover.
“No, lam not,” confessed the fair
penitent. “I am a cross deceitful,
treacherous—"
But here the catalogue of sins was cut
short with absorbing kisses.
S mire Silber, a rubicund and portly
gentleman, well on in the forties, sat on
the porch, fanning himself and waiting,
while Mr. Hall peered restlessly up and
down the road.
“Here she is now,” said Hall, with a
long sigh of relief, as his daughter came
up, with .Mr. Milliman carrying her pink
sunbonnet as reverently as if were a
queen’s crown. “Narcis,a, here's Squire
Silber wanting to speak to you.”
“Miss Narcirsa—” ingratiatingly com
menced the stout gentleman.
“It's of no use,” said Nareissa, putting
both hands to her little, pink eais. “I
never, never will consent 1”
“Yes; but won’t you hear me, Miss
Nar—” *
“No, no, no!" and Nareissa stamped
her foot with renewed emphasis.
“Hear reason, daughter, ” gently urged
the farmer—“hear reason!”
•‘But I don’t want to hear reason,”
raid Nar issa, almost crying.
“He’d be jusi as good to the little i
horse a* you yourself would be,”said the
farmer; "and SSOO is a price that don’t
often come our way. He's going to train
her so. a trotter, don't you see?”
“To train who?” * said Nareissa. I
“What are you ta king about?”
“About little Nannie, the bay mare,” ]
explained her father. “Squire Silber
wants to buv her He’s taken a fancy to
her, but I told him she be ong? to you,
and it is for you to decide tne matter, j
Say yes or say no—l won’t interfere."
“(sb, he may have her in we c one! ’’
cried Nareissa, uncertain whether to
laugh or cry. “I thought—l supposed
—1 don’t know what I did th’nkl”
And she ran into the house and hid be
h'nd the groat Japanese screen in the
best parlor, followed straightway by
Water Milliman.
“Oh, go away!” she sobbed I feel
as if I could sink through a crack in the
Door, I am so drendful’y, horribly
ashamed of mvtelf. It s all a mistake."
“No, it is not,” said Milliman, reas-
auringly. “About our being engaged,
dearest—that's not a mistake? ”
“No, that isn’t a mistake; but—”
"Then I don’t care a straw about any
thing else,” said Walter, rapturously.
“Ana it is a consolation, too, isn’t it, to
think that after all old Silber is not such
a fool as we took him for? ”
“Yes.” said Nareissa, in a low voice,
“I think it ie.” —Helen Forrest Grates.
Winding np the Owl.
In one of the Bowery mu-eiimi, in a
wire cage, is a monster owl, with eyes as
big as tive-dollar gold pieces. A solemn
looking man wandered from the serpent’s
den to the owl’s cage, and his eyes met
those of the captive bird. As he walked
aronnd the cage the big, flat eyes of the
owl remained fixed upon him. He kept
on, and, while the claws of the bird
clutched the rod on which it was
perched, the eyes neither winked nor
wavered. Three times he made the cir
cuit of the cage, keeping his eyes fixed
on those of the owl. Then he halted,
?till eyeing the bird, and a perplexed
look came over his face. Again he
started on, with quicker step, and ar
often as he made tho circuit of tho cage
he closed one finger of his open hand.
After he had doubled over seven fingers
an attendant in the museum came up and
asked him what it was all about.
“Go away,” said the man. without
taking his eyes from the owl. and he
kept on around till ho had closed the
other finger and both thumbs. Then he
halted, and, stril keeping his eyes fixed
on those of the owl, he said;
“I’ve walked around that owl ten
times since I counted, and three or foui
times before, and he hasn't taken hil
eyes off me yet, nor let go tho perch with
his claws. He ought to be pretty neai
wound up, hadn't he.'”
The museum m in thought the stranger
was a crank, and went off to attend tc
some boys who were pestering the monk
eys.
With the observation that he could
keep on walking as long as the owl could
keep turning his head around without
letting go his claws, the stranger started
on. He made eight or ten more c rquit:
and then halted and waited to see th(
owl's head tiy back like a piece ol
twisted Ind a rubber. But the owl’s
eyes rema ned fastened upon him with s
placid look.
••Will, that beats me,” said tho man,
and he disappe ired down the stairway.
What puz. led the man has been a puz
zle to naturalists also. Cno of the solu
tions is that after each turn the owi’s
head flies hack so quickly toat the human
eye cannot detect the movement.—zVeu
York Hun.
Eartliqnake Theories.
A Cambridge gentl man, wbo was a
member of h j old Association of Aoieri
can t eolrgis:s aid Nattnalists. has
shown us a la d of interesting data in
regard to earthquake*, in which, aftci
alter numerous citations of the immense
distan es over which certain famous
earth pinke? l ave be.n felt, be gives an
explanation by i ity-t tissue of the man
ner in which pnrtlcl s of a solid ntassof
mat erare shaken, wh ch will he appre
ciat'd by c ery school boy who ha? seen
the exper meut with a row of ivory balls,
the rst of which was struck by tho
teacher, with the re-ult of knocking
away the ball at the other end, while
the intervining lulls merely transmit
ted the shock witi out bong moved
th-m-elvcs. So tho 6hocit pro
duced by the head of a pin upen one
of the ends of a long beam make? all ts
fibers vibra'e and transmits itself dis
tinctly to the other end to an attentive
ear. According to the law of the trans
mission of movement in elastic bidiee,
one sect oil of earth not being able to
transmit its movements to adjoining sec
tions, tends to detach itself from tho
shaken mass in the same manner as in
the row of elastic balls.
Hence the shocks originating August
21 in Greece and Italy travel d under
the sea at the rate of ItiO miles an hour,
and reached the eastern shores of the
United States on the night of Septem
ber 1. Though perceptible in Boston
they did no damage upon these stern
and rock-bound . oasts. But in the vi
cinity of Charleston nnd Somerville,
S. C., the upper strata of the earth being
of a softer and more yielding nature,
and affording less resistance to the for
wa d movemcn s of the earth waves, the
earth crust was violently shaken and
pushed out of place. —Boston Adcsrtiser.
Precautions Against Bnrginrs.
Inspector Byrnes, of tho New York
police sud to a Hun reporter: An ounce
of prevention to any man who lias a safe
may well bo w >. h a pound of care, and
that ounce may very readily be applied.
Raise your safe npon a solid brick
foundation on the floor to a height of
two or two and a half feet, and place it
where it is exposed to a good light, be
fore a wintow, where it can be clearly
seen fiom the street, nnd there it wi.l be
about ns near to absolute s f.-ty as it is
in the nature of things to be. It is al
most impossilie for burglars to obtain
the time necessary to open any decent
safe if it be expos al in that wav. And
if you run a bank h ive somebody sleep
in the building. .V watchman sleeping
in the building will not be of much ac
count in preventing a robbery if the
burglars get in before he w..kc?, but his
having a lodging there will materially
affc.tthe putting away of the burglars
when they are caught, ns they probably
wili be. B.ea'iing into an uninhabited
build ng is only puni-hablo bv ten years’
iui risoument but f the building is in
habited the priority is twenty years, and
the inter sis of the comm inity d maud
that nothing shall be over'ooied that
w II put the burglar aw y for Ihe longest
time po-sibli'. That s where tho use
fdlne?aof th ■ somnolent w .tc man comes
in. His presence makes the building in
ks oi ted.’
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
By » new process of steaming white
wood and submitting it to pre,sura, it
can be make so tough as to require a
cold chi?el to split it.
Hot air. drawn over steam pipes that
are heated by exhaust or live steam snd
then blown through pipes to various
points where It escapes, is a satisfactory
method of heating shops.
A new signal torpedo, which is shot j
backward by a spring being attached to j
a sort of cairiage wnich enables it to'
slide along the rail, but does not allow I
it to 1s 1 off, is to be introduced on the j
Australian railroads.
It is disappointing to learn that the |
eucalyptus has had no visible effect on I
the banishment of malaria from the Ro- j
man Campsgna. snd that whatever has I
been (lone in that direction must be
credited to drainage and the ardent rays
of Old Sol.
Dana finds that the average height of
the land above sea level is about 1,000
feet, and that this would probably cover
the bottom of the sea to the depth of 375
feet; so that, taking the average depth
of 1,500 feet, it would take forty times
as much land as exists above scs level to
fill the oceanic depressions.
American inquisitiveness and ingenu
ity united have produced thread from
the blossom of the common milk weed, i
which has the consistency snd tenacity
of imported flax or linen thread, and is
produced at a much loss cost. The fib-r
is long, easily earddd, and maybe readily
adapted to spinning upon an ordinary
flax-spinner.
It is proposed to drill holes down from
the surface into the workings of “fiery
mines' to ullow the fire-damp which
a cumulates in them to escape much in
the same way ns ga? is a lowed to esospe
from the natural gi3 wells of Pennsyl
vania. The damp would be collected
in reservoirs and used as gaseous fuel,
wlrle the pits would be freed from
danger of explosion.
Paper pipes for water and gas have been
exhibited in Vienna. They are rolls X
from sheets of paper, and coated on the
inside with au ei.aiuel of secet composi
tion. In winding the paper is soaked
in melted asphalt, and the pipe is painted
outs de with aspha t va n sh. and dusted
over with sand. It is claimed that such
a pipe will resist some 2.0C0 pounds in
ternal pressure, although the material is
only about half an inch thick.
hu-sian geographers report that nn
tner us lakes in Siberia, c liefly in the
Tobolsk and Tomsk pr ivinces, are rap
idly diving up aud vilag s now stand on
s| o:s covered by extensive sheets of
water a h ndred y.ais ago. Lake
Tchebakly has shown the most remarka
ble change, its ar.a being 3.0 square
miles a c? ntury ago, while it now con
sists of three small ponds, the Is goat
covering not more than live or six square
miles.
The rest era'ion of color to fahries
sin'll from one causa or another have
delcriorated in this .e-pe t, b*s sug
gested various ? hernia! a; p i ationsand
pro- esses, it has been customary to <m
plov a nmonia for the purpose of neutral
{/in' andi that ha a acc dentally or
otherwise destroyed (ho color of the
sII r », Ibis being i ecessarily applied im
mediately. or the color is u-uaily im er
fectly rest >red. An application of chloro
for a has the effect of bringing out the
colo sas bright as ever. Plush goods,
nnd all articles dyed with anil nc colors,
faded from exposure to light, resume
their original brightness of appear ine*
after being sponged with chi .reform;
lhecommeicialchloro l 'orm, wh ch is le-s
u-aRy than the purified, answers well for
phis purpose.
The Bill Was Altered.
A friend of mine the other day cams to
settle for his night's lodging at a little
hole in the wall near the railway station
in Neuehatcl called the Hotel des Alps.
In addition to the charge for apartment,
serv.ee. lights, etc., was the item, “Un
dejeuner.” I will pnt into plain Eng
lish that which followed:
“But I didn't order anv breakfast.”
“That was no fault of the house, mon
sieur.”
“Do you mean to tell methat you wish
to charge me for breakfast I neither
ordered nor nte!”
“The breakfast was prepared all tht
same, monsieur.”
“You pretend that you provide a regu
lar table d'hote breakfast every morning
and charge lor it whether your guests
take it or not?"
"Yes, monsieur. See the menu? Here
itis,” and the firm, yet polite landlord
produced h s tegular “a lacaitc." My
friend turned it upside down. Then he
care uliy peru ed it. 'ihen he said:
“How much of this do you serve as
yourr gulnr breaks st?"
"Anything you like, mouseinr.”
“Very w.ll. Receipt the bill, and,
as I am to pay for a breakfast, please
God, I will cat it. Bring me a fillet of
beef with mu-hrooms, a half chicken
grille, an omelet and a pint of ( bab is.
I shall wait over until the next tra n.”
Mine host of the Hotel des Aips looked
first stupefied and then disgusted, snd
finally gra ping tho situation, he ran
into his offiCL'.altered the hi 1 in conform
ity with the facts, and hurrying back,
cried: “Here, monseiur, hers is youi
bill quite correct—six francs, thirty-five
centimes and you will just have time te
catch jour train.”— Usury Wetter ton.
A very good impression of any article
of met 1 in ing a fiat, ornanjenlai -ur«
lace mn be taken bv wet ing 8 ml' not*
pacer w.t’i the toncU an i s noking it
over ag .8 flume. I’h * article is then
pressed upon tli; -moked pa t vhen, ’
the u aeration be earefu ly c nducted, a
o ear i npress on wfill appear. This can
ne m de permanent by drawi g th*
( uper through milk and afterward dry
jug it.
Term $1.50 per Aim Single Copy 5 cents.
... K DEVOTION.
Jn*t m tba bill crowned lake reflects the n\y
That o'er it bends—shines blue whan it li
blue.
fa gray when dim and hoary clouds float by,
And bright when sunset limns a gorgeous
hue
The tapestries of eve with crimson dye,
And gleams when night's soft dusky hands
renew
The heaven's star-studded diadem on high.
Whose million jewels glisten clear and
true.
•
So is reflected in a maiden's eye,
through lashes long or drooping eyelids shy,
Each changing mood cf him whom sho
loves best;
Whether in sorrow dim or gladness bright.
Lore shines with constant and devoted light
Through her soul's windows, ever self-con
fessed!
-John M. Cameron, in CurrouL
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A sling at beauty meins a jaw forever
Lowell Citizen.
A double-shell race—Clams and oya
kers.—Hartford Times.
The man who wanted the earth has
concluded to take water. — Lowell Citizen.
Barbers, like editors, do a considerable
amount of head work.— Procidence Ttlz
jram.
The man who goes around the streets
with a 6cythe is looking for mower work.
— Merchant- Traveler.
“Struck down,” as the barber said
when he shaved the crop of fuzz
from a youth ■ chin.
An e\chan."e asks : “Where are we to
look for our rising young men? ’ Not in
the street car, anyhow.— PMlade'j/hii
Call.
“Tiamp—“l have loit an n~m, sir:
will— *’ Pas er by (in great haste)—
“Sorry, but I ha.en t seen anything of
It.” —Sew York bun.
“Pitch your voi e in a low key,” says
a wrter ou etiquette. But ho*r about
when ore is shouting to stop the last car
at night,— Boeion Courier.
By some remarkable oversight the
views of Mr. -lohn L. Sullivan on the
proper management of mi Is his not yet
b en reported.— Hue on Post.
It is very strr n?o that a boy's hinds
bl ster o much ooner when h? is v oid
ing a hoe than they do when he sw i
a baseball bat. Texas SiftinQu
“Papa,” asked little Johnny, “what
does embodiment of unmiUgated a inin
iry mean? ' “it me inn the other feil jw,"
replied his pi, who is a politician.—Mer
chant Train tr.
“A cucumber four feet long is on ex
hibition at Waterloo, lowa.” The m»D
who u' dertakf j s to k lock out this vprdant
esculent in aduzen rounds will meet his
“Waterloo.-iV rris'wrn 11 ra'd.
Watchmaker—“ Whit can I do foi
you, >lad m?' 011 1 uly d spaying a
I cndulum of a ch ck:—“This e-ky
thing wo ) t go. an’ I th night I d bring
it around au’ have ye nx it/*—Acta Yuri
bun.
“Come w'th me. l'ttle maU,"
Ki-id a dude on > a ad ■.
“We’ll have lo.e in a : t.
I a.u very lond ot tea.
And that s »rt ot thing, you saa.”
“1 will not.
£?i-,' ?a d she,
“Hy with theo;
Tou're too mu h or a po-vll* for me."
—A ew Ycr . Journal.
Grant’s Inauguration Rail.
General Grant at fir-t positively de
clined to attend tho ball go ten up in
honor of his in iuzucation. but was per
suaded to reconsider his determine, on.
Tne use of the n.w north wing cf tho
Tream y was secured and was well
idipted for the festivities, although
much trouble resulted from the employ
ment of the colored messengers as attend
ants in the cloak rooms. They received
wrappings and gave out checks with
alsority. But when people came later
in the evening snd presented those
checks it soon became evident that many
of the messengers could not l ead figures,
and the corresponding wrappings were
not forthcoming. After fretting a while
some of the indignant guests insist! d on
persons'ly hunting up their property in
the room, snd the contents of the pigeon
holes were soon piled in heaps on the
foor. When the managers were in
formed of this mixing up of coats,
shawls, overshoes, snd hats into a mis
cellaneous m dley they sent one of their '
number to straighten out matters. But
as he was making his way up the crowded
staircase he heard ;,ust above him the
shrill voice of Mr. Greeley inquiring for
i “one of tie b!umed f”ols who have ttn
: dertsken to manage this affair” with so
much earnestness that the alarmed man
ager quietly puled o f his gorgeous
badge, turned altout, snd left tits build
ing. gla i to . ee from the wrath to come.
1 do not suppose that there was ever a
more angry, more di gated, or more
profane crowd in Washington then those
who had to trudge to their hot D or their
homes that cold night without their
wrapping..— Ben: Per ley Po/rt.
Songs for Meat.
In Tune. 1851, I was one of the guard)
looking after about eleven hundred Fed
eral prisoners capture i by Forrest at
Tishomingo Creek. On cur way t> An
dcrtonville we had short rations. Among
the prieoticrs was a ,olly captain, anc
sach a singer. After every song h«
I would call for “Meat, meat.” I shai
never forget the first verse of one of hit
songs:
“ Tbs tun was rlaing In the east,
To dry the leaves of morning:
Tbs little bird, b.-ean to ,ing.
Rejoiced at it, retarniur. “
We ’.eft the poor fellows in wretched
Andertonville, return ng to act our part
in tne grand “Minic b 11” in fro t of At
lanta, given by i’rofessors Hood and
| Sherman.