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THE CHARLOTTE MESSENG VOL. IV. NO. 28. THE Charlotte Messenger 18 PUBLISHED Every Saturday, AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. In the Interests of the Colored People of the Country. Able and well-known writers will contrib ute to its columns from different parts of the country, and it will contain thejlatest Gen eral News of the day. Ths Messenger is a first-class newspaper and will not allow personal abuse in its col umns. His not sectarian or partisan, but independent— dealing fairly by all. It re serves the right to criticise the shortcomings of all : ptiblic officials—commending the worthy, and recommending for ejection such men as in its opinion are best suited to serve the interests of the people. It is intended to supply the long felt need of a newspaper to advocate the rights and defend the interests of the Negro-American, especially in the Piedmont section of the Carolines. SUBSCRIPTIONS; {Always in Advance.) 1 year - - - $1 50 8 months - - - 100 0 months - - 75 8 months - - . 50 2 months - j 55 Single Copy - - 5 Address, W. C. SMITH Charlotte NC, A Wonder Bird. I had not been many minutes on the hey before I discovered a large snow white bird nestling on the ground under a spray of Rhacichallis. Its wings were barred with jet black; its bill was bright yellow, and tape red to a spear like point, which forbade too close familiarity. Thin proved to be the yellow-billed tropic bird (Ph eton flavi rostris), and we afterward caught several in our hand, taking them from the nest. When held up by the wings they strike lustily with their bills and utter a pecu liarly shrill cry. The tropic bird iays a single egg on the ground beneath rocks or hushes. It is about the size and make of the hen's, and is finely sprinkled with reddish-brown, so a> to appear of an almost uniform tint. One of these birds, which my companion shot and slightly wounded, flew a short distance and then alighted on the water. As we sailed toward it, first one and then an other bird came and hovered over it as if urging it to take flight, which it pres ently did, and with it s attendants soon passed out of sight. These birds resem ble the gulls iu many points, but are distinguished from other sea fowl by two long streamers in the tail, which wave behind them as they fly.— Popular Science Monthly. Making Old Hickory Nuts f resh. A New Yorker prizes highest among the stores lor the winter the stock of hickory nuts that arc sent to him from the trees lie climbed as a boy. For more years than he cares to admit it has been his unshakable conviction that no other nuts in the world can approach them in richness and flavor. But in the warm, dry closet of his flat, they do not keep until holiday time. Indce 1, they were a source of deep disappointment to him some time earlier in the season. He had produced some before a visitor, to whom lie had bragged in advance of their quality, only to be chagrined by finding them hard, dry aud tasteless. His dis tress was so evident that the visitor sug gested an experiment. Some whole nuts were soaked for half an hour in hot water, and cracked as soon as they were dry enough to crack well. The result was a surprise and delight to the host. The kernels were found swelled fat and smooth until they anain filled the shells, and the flavor and freshness had come back to them so fully that he was able to say again: “There never were any other nuts like those on the big trees back of the old farm house at home. I ' — New York Sun. They Were Mauled. It seems to make very little difference where you arc when the marriage cere mony is performed. A young runaway couple in Kansas were driving to the church, but the horses took freight and the sleigh stuck iu a snowbank. They were tied right there and then. The next thing will be a marriage or a toboggan slide, with minister, bridf and groom traveling at the rate of c mile a minute. There is nothing likf novelty in this world, and if an atta< k of rheumaiism is thrown in, why, th< interest of the occasion is vastly in creased.— New York Her old. Every beaut if u\ pure thought which the heart entertains is an angel of mercy. Whoever makes home seem to the voung dr aicr uad more happy is a pub benefactor. FARMS ANDFARMERS. Short Talks With the Hen Who Guide the Flow. Os General Interest toFurmera. Sowing Oata. When should spring sowing of oats be gin? Whenever weather and condition of soil will permit, after the first of Jan uary. Spring oats have to run the gaunt let of being killed by cold on the one hand, and of being cut off by drouth and rust on the other. Those sown earliest arc most exposed to injury from cold, but most apt to escape Jhc effects of drouth; the late sown run greatest risk from drouth and least from cold. The wise farmer, therefore, will take both risks— will not stake all his crop on cither the early or the late sown. Some of the best crops of oats wc ever raised were sown in January. They matured almost as early as fall-sown oats, making fine, heavy heads. Then again, wc have seen the best crops produced by the latest sowings in spring. The best plan, therefore, is to begin sowing early, and sow at inter vals till the first of March. If one sow ing does not strike favorable seasons, an other may. Sometimes a week’s differ ence in the time of sowing makes a won derful difference in the yield of crops. Again, from January to March the ground is not always in condition to plow; it is often too wet, and one who decides to sow' his whole crop at one particular time, which he regards as best, is apt to plow his land sometimes too wet, and to rush things through in a rough, slovenly manner. It is better to begin early; strike the land whenever in good condi tion to plow, and when good work can be done. Suppose you lose yonr seed by hard freezes, are you anv worse off than when you lose your crop by drouth? You are really better off in the first case, be cause you can resow or use the land for some other crop; in the second case the result is know n too late to utilize the land to as great advantage. AVliat kind of seed to sow. Home grown, other things being equal, are best and rust proof the most reliable. For spring sowing preference should be giv en to seed from spring sowing, and for uplands, seed raised on uplands. Iu some respects plants adapt themselves quite readily and rapidly to their sur roundings. Seed from the rich lands of the west produce plants not at home on our poorer soils. Western corn does not do well in the cotton states; why should oats do any better. With our usual improvi dence we are getting into the habit of re lying largely on the west for our seed oats. Is it good policy, cither in the light of sound economy or in the matter of getting the best seed? Very doubt ful, to say the least. Our best corn, best wheat, best oats are grow n at home. Every one knows and realizes the im portance of selecting seed corn. Why should not the same care be exercised in improving oats. If one went through his oat fields and selected the best stools and sowed seed from these to themselves, and did this year after year, does any one doubt that an improved variety would soon be established. In ordinary prac tice the poorest and best seed are indis criminately mixed by the threshing ma chine, those from the feeblest, unheal thiest stalks with the strong and vigor ous. Under such circumstances what chance is there for improvement. Some improvement could be had by an old, simple method w ithin the reach of every one. Lay aside some seed oafs in the sheaf. In preparing seed select the heav iest and best bundles and strike them lightly over a barrel so as to get the rip est, heaviest seed only. Let tin* itnper feet seed remain on the straw and be fed to stock. These “barrel” oats will be decidedly better than ordinary seed. How should land for oats be prepared. If in cotton or corn the previous year, and has not been tramped by stock, there is no necessity for breaking. It is well to go over it with one of the. deep run ning harrows like the Disc, the Shares, or the Acme. Sow and cover seed w ith the same. For the latter work the Share’s harrow is best. After covering the seed roll the land. Oats can thus be put in at greatly less cost than when plowed in with a scooter, and will do just as well. If the land for oats is hard or rough, it will have to be plowed as a matter of course, but it is very desirable that some cheaper and more expeditious method be employed than breaking or plowing in seed w ith scooters or twisters. This is too slow’ and too costlj’. Whenever the land is clean enough double footed plows may be used to advantage,--or wide rut ting and rather shallow running turn plows may be used to break the land, and seed put in with Share's harrow.— Atlanta Constitution. Tired of Living. News has been received of the suicide of John Bass, near Nashville, Nash county, N. C. He went into his house a short time before his body was found, aud asked his wife if the boys had brought the wood in. His wife shortly afterwards heard the sound of some one falling on the floor. Hhe went in and saw the body lying on the floor with the throat cut. A razor was the weapon. Bass was heard to sav not long sinre that he was tired of living. This is the only explanation of the act. They Left a Note for the Sheriff. At Louisburg. N. C\, there was a gen eral jail delivery, resulting in the escape of five prisoners, four of whom were under sentence to the penitentiary. They effected escape by means of a crow-lmr, furnished by friends on the outside, A • note was found containing their respects Ito the sheriff. A large reward h offered I for them. CHARLOTTE, N. C., SATURDAY, FEB. 4, 1888 A VITAL ISSUE IN COTTON. The Brokers 00 the New York Exchance (Hand Up for the New Ulasßlflca tlon System. The members of the Cotton Exchange had occasion yesterday to save the new system of classification that went into effect on September last year. The hoard of managers last week de - cided to submit to vote an amendment to the by-laws that would enable sellers to make deliveries on warehouse receipts at any time during the month when “it is found impossible to have the cotton classed and an inspector’s certificate of grade completed in time for such de livery.” The rule to be amended re quired that from the Ist to the 20th of each month the cotton must be delivered with full certificates, but from the 20th to the end of the month it may be deliv ered on warehouse receipts. President Miller was in the chair at yesterday’s meeting, which was held at the trading pit. William V. King was the spokesman of the opposition to the amendment. He said it was an effort on the part of the board of managers and the hears to kill the new classification, and that, if adopted, it would leave the field clear for an undesirable manipula tion of the market. He therefore offered a resolution referring the amendment back to the board of managers. A sub stitute proposing that the amendment go into effect January 1, 1889. was voted down, and then Mr. King’s resolution was adopted by an overwhelming vote. Among the prominent brokers favor ing the amendment were Solomon Hanger, of Fatman & Co.; Charles W. Ide, Theo. H. Price, of Hubbard, Price &. Co., and C. Rich. They contended that the amendment would facilitate trading without giving undue advantage to anybody. President Miller said after the meeting that the board of managers had no special interest in the amendment. A petition for it had been received a good while ago, hut a motion to submit it to the Exchange was lo6t. Subsequently the change was again proposed, and once more voted down in the board. Finally, to end the matter, the amendment was adopted by the boaid in order to get an expression from an open meeting of mem bers. That expression had been ob tained, and Mr. Miller said the subject was disposed of. —New York Herald, January 22. THE WEST VIRGINIA VENDETTA. A Whale Community Placed at (he Merry of n liana of Desperadoes. The vendetta between the McCoys, of Pike county, Ky., and Hatfields, of Lo gan county, W. Va., has grown to such great proportions that it has been found necessary for the officials of Logan county to call upon Governor Wilson, of West Virginia, for aid to suppress the parties engaged in Ihis local warfare, in order to protect the good people of the county, and to stop the feuu. Two mes sengers from Logan county called to see Governor Wilson and ask for aid to repel the invasion of the Kentucky desperadoes into that county. They gave the Gov ernor a detailed statement of the situa tion of affairs in that county, and repre sented that there are no hopes of the civil officers of Logan county being able to control these fierce men, and therefore desire aid from the State. The Pike county gang is reported to be increasing, and the lives of several of the citizens of Logan are threatened. Governor Wilson has the matter under advisement. While he still ho|ies that order may be restored without resorting to extraordinary means, lie is determined to employ prompt and adequate measures to maintain the honor of the State. Sev eral military companies have proffered their services to aid in suppressing the troubles. It is feared that the affair will not he settled for a great while. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. An Im*nnp Man (Jet, I'p n Hanalna «l HU Own. Perry Benson, living near the Air Line depot, Greenville, S. C., tried to commit suicide by hanging himself. Perry’s wife was away from home at the time, and on coming in found him with a rope around his neck, and it tied to a rafter in the top of the house. She at once concluded what he was trying to do and gave the alarm. As soon as help arrived Benson was cut down. He was helpless, and would have died from strangulation in a few moments. More officers were called and Henson faken to the station house. J)rs. Rowley and Peebles were tailed in, and on examination concluded that it would not be necessary to send him to the asylum. Benson says a tree fell on his head some years ago, and his head has given him trouble ever since, and added that he had no reason for trying to kill himself, but was sure he was “conjured,” that 6ome one had buried a “charm” in his back yard, and he could find it if they would let him out for awhile. Benson will have another ex amination, and will be sent to the State lunatic asylum if his condition is had enough to warrant it. Death at the Dance. A dance was given in York county, S. C'., and was largely attended by both sexes. As the festivities progressed moonshine whiskey circulated freely among the revelers, and about midnight a free fight rnsued. Finally the lights were blown out, pistols drawn, and alxmt a dozen shots firtd. When the smoke cleared away Jim Beam, of Shelby, N. was found lying dead upon the tioor, with a bullet through his heart. Several other persons were slightly wounded. George Gunthay and John Philips arc in jail in Columbia, charged w ith the mur der of Beam. THREE MEN LYNCHED The Murder of a Homeless Peddler. Four Men Arrested Therefor-One Con leaned and the other Three are Lynched. News has reached Raleigh N. C., of a terrible lynching at the town of Ply mouth, the county seat of Washington county. The mob, composed mainly of mounted men, marched to the jail and took therefrom Patterson Spruill, John Blount, and Matthew Blount, all colored. The doomed men were taken to a piece of woods a mile from town, and were tied to trees. The lynchers then opened fire upon them with all sorts of weapons, from Winchester rifles to shotguns, and did not cease firing till all the men were dead and riddled with bullets and shot. This lynching is the result of a very brutal murder which was committed in the afternoon of the 23rd of last December. While a man named Ed. Dawman, an itinerant jewel er, was passing through the country near the town of Creswell, four negroes, three of whom were those lynched, met him and presently knocked him in the head, robbed him and threw the body in a shal low pit, where a teamster discovered it, seeing the knees sticking above the ground. Christmas day all four men were arrested. One confessed the crime. All were taken to jail at Plymouth. Vio lence was feared, as public feeling ran very high, and special precautions were taken. The people in the section where the murderer was committed, which is some miles from Plymouth, where particularly stirred up, and it is [proba ble that they were the lynching party. Everything was conducted quietly and with system. The men would have been tried for their lives at the spring term of court. The evidence against them was regarded as conclusive. It is the first lynching in the state in many months. KILLING THEWRONG MAN. A Burglar Trap which DM not Kill Bar glnrn-A DUirrsning Accident Near Sa vannnh. Guyton Ga , is thirty miles from Sa vannah. on the Central Railroad. A. J. Futrell keeps a general store there and supplies the villagers and the surround ing country with merchandise. For some time past Mr. Futrell has been troubled with thieves. Not long ago burglars broke into his store and carried off a quantity of goods. To protect his store he sit a spring gun inside the door at a slight elevation from the floor and so ar ranged it that it would be discharged by any one attempting to enter the back door of the store. Mr. Levi Edwards, a farmer who resides a short distance from Guyton, early this morning went to Mr. Futrell’s house and asked him to go to his store as he (Edwardsi wanted to get some goods. The two men started for the store and when they got there Futrell went in the front way, telling Edwards to go around the back way and he would open that door. Edwards is supposed to have run against the gun and the whole load was empted into his body, killing him instantly, and tearing his body to pieces. There is a law prohibiting the sotting of spring guns, and Futrell will probably be indicted for murder. Heavy Snow Storm In the North. RejKirts from various points in Maine, New’ Hampshire and Vermont state that the heaviest snow storm for years pre vailed for twelve hours. Snow to the depth of 15 to 18 inches covers the ground w ithin a radius of 25 miles, and travel is greatly impeded, many trains are entirely blocked, and highways are practically impassible. A dispatch from Bellows Falls, Vt., says: There is a solid blockade of snow in all directions today. About three feet of snow’ covers the ground, the result of the last two storms. It is still snow ing, and a high wind is piling it up in all directions. No trains have arrived or departed on any of the roads. All Burned Down. Every business house in the little town of Walnut Cove, Stokes county, N. G\, was burned to the ground a few nights ago. The fire broke out about 10 o'clock in the store of John C. Bailey, and was due to a defective flue. It burned Bailey’s store, and also the stores of Wilder & Adams, W. A. Lash and W. N. Blaekburn, the latter of which was unoccupied. Bailey, Wilder, Adams and Lash had large stocks of goods which were nearly all destroyed. The loss is said to be $50,000, with not over SO,OOO insurance. The Armies of Europe. “The bloated armaments of the great military pow ers oj Europe” display their proportions in a very striking manner in Colonel Vogt’s work on “The European Armies of the Present.” The mobilized strength of France is set down at 2,051,- 458 troops, exclusive of the territorial army, wnich is equally large; that of Russia at 1,022,405; Germany, 1,403,000; and Austro-Hungary. 1,035,955. The military strength of Ilaly has now’ at tained proportions that would have been deemea incredible ten v ears ago. Includ ing militia, it is said to amount to 2,387,- 332 men. If, however, a similar inclu sion be made in the ra’-c of Russia, the military strength of that power will probably be found to exceed even that of the French republic. Compared with these figures the numerical proportions of the British army ought almost to sat i*fy the members of the Peace Society. Including our militia and volunteers, as well as the Indian army, we can just muster 781,677 troops. And these have to serve for the defence of territory dis tributed over a very much wider area than that ruled bv any of the other powers.— London Court Journal . A BATTLE AT A C HURCH BOOR. Three Ronghs In Knoxville Attack n Newspaper Reporter and Get the Worst of the Fight-One of Them Fatally Wounded. A shooting affray occurred at Knox ville, Tenn., in front of St. John’s Epis copal church, w’hich resulted in the wounding of three men, one. of them fatally. As James F. Rule, city editor of the Knoxville Journal, was entering ehurch, accompanied by his wife, he was accosted by three men who wanted to speak with him. He walked with them to the opposite side of the street, where all four stood talking several minutes. The three men were John West, William West, and a friend of theirs named Good man. They attacked Rule on account of a communication which appeared in the , Journal reflecting upon Dr. T. A. West, I city physician, and father of John and William West. Rule refused to give the name of the author of the communica tion, or to make any satisfactory answer to questions. Hot Words ensued, when John West struck Rule and attempted to bear him to the ground. Rule drew a revolver and shot John West through the j body. William West immediately fired | on Rule, the ball passing through Rule's i wrist. John West then cut Rule in the back seven times. William West placed ! his revolver to Rule’s forehead and fired, i but Rule knocked the pistol up, receiv ing only a scalp wound. Rule then fired two more shots, one of them taking effect in the shoulder of Goodman, who seemed to be attempting to separate the com batants. A number of men rushed out from church and stopped the bloody fight. William West ran away unin jured. Rule was able to get up and walk to ehurch, but John West was car ried home in a dying condition. Rule's injuries are not dangerous, and Good man is not seriouslv injured. Rule’s wife, who had entered the church, knew noth ing of the difficulty till all was over, and the organ having drowned the noise of the pistol shots. The entire community sides with Rule in the matter. William West has been arrested. Goodman made no attempt to escape. North, East and West. Fire at Newnrk, Ohio, caused a loss of $150,000. The Buffalo Rubber Company., of Buf falo, N. Y., George 1). Barr, proprietor, has failed. At Susquehanna. I*a., fire destroyed two hotels, five residences and a business block. Loss $30,000. At Allentown, Pa., the thread mill of the Barbour Thread Company, contain ing 4,800 bales of Irish flax, was dainag ed by fire to the amount of $30,000 on the mill and machinery, and $85,000 on the flax. The Milwaukee, Wis, brewers have no tified their 3,000 employees that on Jan uary 20 every member of Brew er's Union No. 0 in their employ will bcdischarged unless consenting to leave that organiza tion. At York, Pa., a barge building occu pied by the York Daily Publishing Com pany a* a printing office, D. 11. Welsh, clothiers, and R. F. Pollock, jeweller, was burned. Loss, $50,000. At Pittsburg, Pa., a defective flue in the four story building of C. G. Hussey, 42 Fifth avenue, occupied by Urling A Sons, merchant tailors, and Hecrcn Bros., manufacturing jewellers, resulted in a fire which burned fiercely for eight hours ami occasioned a loss of $300,000. New York city has again been visited by a disastrous fire, which occurred in the Drg Goods section on Broadway, and caused a loss of $2,000,000. Diseases of Imagination. Physicians are just, now having a crush of patients w r ho have, or think they have, throat troubles and are afraid of cancer. The trouble of Germany’s f rovvn Prince has started up a regular cancer scare, and the physicians are profiting thereby. Fome years ago, just after the death of Charley Backus, Ricardo, and Flood, all from kidney troubles, there was a similar t-ea r e among theatrical people about kidney diseases. They went to the doctors in flocks, many of them possessed of the idea that they, too, had kidney troubles. A singular fart in the experience of one physician was that of the scores of actors who vis ited him none of those who were sure they were afflicted had any trouble. Three actors there were, however, who submitted to the customary examination in a spirit of fun. Every one of them had the trouble they hadn't expected to find, and two of them have since died of Bright's disease. The physician in question doesn't know what has hecoms of the third. —New York Times. Hereditary Tradesmen in Japan. The boys seen in nearly all the places >f skilled labor suggest what is the fact, that app-entices begin to learn their ,rades usually much earlier than in our country,ao that when majority is attained the mastery of the crafts is thorough. Another striking feature of the Japanese tystem is that of heredity. Skill runs in f amily lines. Not a few of the famous irtisans of the present dei ade are dcccnd ints in the ninth, tenth, and even ;wentieth generation, of the founder of .he establishment. f once employed a :arpenter in Fulkui, who was proud of lis anccstory of woodworkers through twenty-seven generations ; and the temple •coords show’ such boasting to be true, hough often adoption interrupts the ictual blood line. At a paper maker's establishment in Awotabi, in Echizen, I lioed with the proprietor,whose fathers irst established the industry a millen lium ago, the national history showing ilso that the Coreans, before the ninth icnturyof our era, \isitec the place.— [cnlncr's May aunt. Terms. $1.50 per Aim Single Copy 5 cents. WASHINGTON. WORK OF THE 50TH CON HESS A F**w of the Bills Which Were Inirodnc ed In the Senate and House. TO ISSUE SMALL CERTIFICATES. A hill was introduced in the House by Mr. Wilkins, of Ohio, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue frac tional silver certificates in denominations of 10, 15. 25 and 50 cents, not exceeding a sum which is left blank, the same to be marie out as coin and made a legal tender for all government dues. NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT. The President has sent lo the Senate the nominations of Commodore Bancroft Gherardi, to he Rear Admiral; Capt. William E. Fitzhugh, to be a Commo dore and Commander; Henry B. Robe son, to be a Captain. Richmond's machine snors. A party of naval officers, including Enginecr-in-Chief Melville. Chief Naval Constructor Wilson and Chief Engineer Dcvalin, are at Richmond, Va., to ex amine the Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works, in order to ascertain their facilities for building machinery for the use of the navy, partciularly ma chinery and buoys for the armored battle ship Texas, building at Norfolk. Hena tor Butler, of South Carolina, and Rep resentative Wise, of Virginia, accom panied the party. The visit was made upon the invitation of Gov. Lee. SENATOR BUTLER AND DAKOTA. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, is devoting considerable time and attention to the proposition to admit the Territory of Dakota to Statehood, as a member of the Senate committee on Teriitorice, he has beeu appointed chairman of the sub-committee having the matter in hand. He proposes to call the bill up in the Senate shortly and submit some re marks thereon. - —• National Capitol Pages. For years it has been the privilege of the pages in the Capitol at Washington to make quite a lot of pocket money each session in collecting autographs. The pages of the Senate, for instance, will collect the signatures of all the Senators in an album, turn the book over to some youngster in the House, who gets the Congressmen’s names, then to one of the pages in the Supreme Court for the auto graphs of the Justices, aud finally to the riding pages of the Senate who are con stantly going between the Capitol, the White House, and the several, depart i ments and bureaus of the Government. The latter get the names of the Presi dent, the Cabinet and the other promi nent officials. For such a collection the boy who starts the book has received whatever he could get out of his cus tomer, trusting to his own sharpness and the latter's generosity. When he gets his money—and $lO is the usual price— he settles with the other pages who have assisted him, on such terms as they were w illing to make. The ordinary terms of settlement have been $5 to the contrac tor, $2 to the House page, $2 to the boy who gets the President and Cabinet, and $l to the youth in the Supreme Court. But an equal division of profits is now demanded by the boys. I took an album | which had been sent me by a friend In the West to one of the Senate pages the ! other day, and asked him to get theau ! tographs of the statesmen for me as he had done before. I had formerly paid j him $lO for such a job, but he informed j me that the boys had organized a union i and had advanced the price to sls. He : said that the “kids” in the House kicked because the Senate boys were making more money than they, and had struck ; so it became necessary to organize and have a stated card of rates. “Don’t you sec,” he said, “people who I want autographs somehow always come to the Senate first. We have got $5 for getting the names of seventy.six Sena tors, and have given the ‘kids’ in the Senate $2 for getting 325 names. When they happened to catch on to a job they got the $5 of course, and gave us two for the Senators’ autographs, but for every one book they get we get a dozen, and they kicked about it. So we had to agree to pay them as much as we got our selves. They w’on't touch a book leds than $5. There was a kid in the House who cut under them, and got some names not long ago for $3. but when the other hoys found it out they got hold ot the book and tore out tho leaves.” —New York Tribune. * A Dog with Spectacles. Here, from the of Nelson County. Ky., is a dog story that ought to pass muster: “An aged hound, be longing to Charles Roby, had for several months been almost, totally blind. He no longer heeded the huntsman's bugle, but roamed about the yard in a dejected manner. A few days since some children, while playing with him, placed on his nose a pair of spectacles w hich contained i powerful lens. He at once began to romp around as he did in the days of hit puppy hood. They were securely fastened before his eyes and on the following day, when the other dogs were called for the chase, he joined, and was in the lead when his glasses were pulled off by the . briers, lie immediately carried them to his master and evinced clearly that he wanted them replaced. When they are removed he whines and growls, but when replaced lie shows his joy by the wagging of his tail.” Once in Fonr Year?. “No, Misa Smith,” he said, and he taid it gently, but oh, so firmly, “it can never, never be. While lam sensible of the high honor you do me, and will al ways be a brother to you ” “Chestnut.” murmured Miss Smith, nu l George Samson went out into the mght.—At it York Sun, ER.