North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XIII. Reporter and Post. PUBLIif!ED WEEKLY AT DANBURY. N\ C. PEPPER & SONS, Pubs. * Prop A R A TEA OF MIBN(RH*IIO!Vi Cae Year, paoablc in ad\ance. sl-V Month!. * "I RATKH Or ADTKKTIMZHttt One Square (ten line* or ICH*) I time £1 Ot Far each additional tuMertlon Contractu for loitg«r time »»r more upaee can b aaili in pro|*»rtion to the above rates. Transient a*lT(rtUfr> will be OIINM- ted to remit according to the*e ratea at Et»« tlmo the; - r-- Uwli r*- ** Local Not! I e* a ill ba charged 99 per ceirt.hlghoi than ku.tve rate*. BuMneaa Card* will ba luHcrted at Ten Dollar! rep annum. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. A. J. BOYD, J. W. RKID. BOYD ft RE ID, Attorneyn-at-Lnw WENTWORTH, N. 0. Practice in tho Superior court of Btoke* county. VOUEUT D. CH.MEH, Attorney and Counsellor, MT. AIRY, N. c. Practice* iu the courts of Surry, Stokes, Yadkin and Allegliatiy. JF. F. CARTER, IT. MT. AIHY, SURRY CO., X. C Practices wherevn.' lilswrvicns ar« wanted &. L. HAYMORE, ATTORNEY AT LAW Mt. Airy- N. C- Special attention ti> tlie collection ol claim*. I—l2m 11. F. KINO, WITH / U HA"SOX, SUIT OX ft CO., I>HY GOODS, No*. 27 ami '.'9 South Sharp, Street, T. W. JOHFBON, R M. 6UTUON J. H. R. JKAIUiE, U. J. JOIiNSON. r. DAY, ALBERT JONES. Manufacturers ol a A DDI.HKT ,H ARN KSS, COLI ARM, TRUNK No. 33* W. Halt.more utreet, Baltimore, Jfd. tr A.Ttiker, H.C.Smith. U.S. Spraggln* Tucker, Smith & Co. M iitaftotuikntf wholesale Dealers In /;•*. S. UOK.\ HATS A. Y/> CAPS . I tlt.mura Street, I altlmorc. Jfd. ti. J. d It. i' ii/l'jTj WITH Henry Sonneborn ft Co., WHOI. ES.ILE CLOTHIERS. J# Aaao*er .St., (between • nnai- «9Sr Lombard Stal UALTM 'ltf Ml). ■ . SONNEBORM, 11. III.IMLINE 0. WATKINV W. S. ItOBEHTSON O L. COT rnn.i., A.K. WATKISS. Watkins. Cottrell * Co.> Import'*!** and Jobber* of 11,VIt1> \VA i t E. 1307 Main Street, nicnyo.su, r.t. Agents for Fairbanks Standard Scales, an Anker Brand Bolting Cloth. st'yhfn Putney, L. // Blair W. 11. MILKS, WITH STAPH EXPUTXE i 'ft CO. fVholctale driller* in Boots, Shoes, anil Trunk#, 1219 Main Street, Hrpt. S-f l-tim. ItICUMOXb, VA. J. H ABBOTT. OK W C , with Wl,\e», ELLETT L CRIMP, RICHMOND, VA., Wboleanle Dealers la BOOTS, SHOES. TRUNKS, &C. Prompt attention paid to orders, aod satis lacliou gauranteed. Vtrgtnta Stmti Pruon Good, a tj'frially March, 6. m aoun w. rowaa*. KDUAB D. TAVLO , R W POWERS & CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, Dealer# In PAINTS, OILS, DVKS, VARNISHES, French and Amorioan WINDOW GLAHS, PUTTY, ItC. SMUKINd AND ClffcWINU CIGARS, TOBACCO A BPBOIALT\ 1306 Main St., Biohmond, Vu. AugustSm 16— J. L. C. BIRD, WITH W. D. KYLE & Co., IKPCttTKItt AND JOBDEKA OF HARDWARE. Cutlery, IRON, NAILS and CARRIAGE GOODS No. 9 Govtjmor Street, RICHMOND,V A. ISaAjr tonne. A certain «mrc. Not expenaivc. Three Bmuibr' ir**unirm in on- pncßi «e. Oo>*| for OoM »!»• Hurt. HwuUefa*.DiniiKMt. Hny FHVPT,AC. SUBSCKIBE FOR Your County Paper, y -=Tbe Reporter and Post,^ OF THE PROFY.K! FOR THF PEOPLE I OF THF. PKOI'LK! FOR TilK Pi-.uPLK! OF ill!. PEOPLK! FOB THE PKOPI K! OF Tilt PKOPLK ! FOIt THK PKOPI.K! ONLY $1.50 A YEAR! HI'RSt'RIUE SOW It is your duty to aid your county paper. Wo propose publishing a good family paper, and solicit from our friend* and from the Democratic party in Stoke* und adjoining counties a li beral support. Make up clubs for us. Now go to work, and aid an cuicrpri.su devoted to your best iutcrc.sU. Head tbe following NOTICES OF TLIR PRESS : *4O »* !V T f "t" 1 "' policy politico, ii d derßeftes a lite ral supp.irt. — Reidsvilte Weekly. Tlie I (anbury REPORTER AMI POST begins its tbirtccntb ycy. It is a good paper and deserves to live long aud live well.— Daily Workman Tlio Daubury KkPoitTi.lT AND POST celcbiates its twclftb anuiversary, and witb pardouable prido refers to iis suc cess, which it deserves.— ,\ews und Ob server Tbe Daubury REPOU . Kit AND POST is twelve years old. It is a good paper aud should bo well pationized by the pc.iple of Stokes. It eertbiuly deserves it.- Sal mi Pre**. For twelve long years the Daubury REPORTER AND POST has been roughing it, and still manages to ride the waves of the journalistic sea. Wc hope that it will have plain sailing after awhile. Lexington Dispatch. The Daubury REPORTER AND POST has just passed its I:2th anniversary aud uudcr the efficient management of broth er Duggins cannot fail to increase IU popularity with the people of Stokes and adjoining counties. Winston Sentinel. The editorials ou political topics are timely aud to the point, and the general make up of every puge shows plainly the exercise of much care aud yuins taking. Long may it live and flourish under the present management. — .Moun tain I'oice. The D.inbury REPORTER AND POST has entered the thirteenth year of its ex istence and we congratulate it upon the prosperity '.hat is manifested through its columns. To us it is more than au ac quaintance, and we regard it almost as a kinsman.— Lenksville Gazelle. The Daubury KEPORTEK AND POST last week celebrated its twelfth anniver sary. It is a strong aud reliable paper editorially, it is a good local and gener al newspaper aud in all respects a credit to iu town and soction. It ounht to be well patronized.— Slalesville Landmark. Tbe Danbury REPORTER AND POST has just entered iU 13th year. We were one of tbo crew that launched tho RE PORTER, and feci a djep interest iu its welfare, and hope tlut she may drift ou ward with a clear sky and asuiooth sur face for as many more years.— Caswell New*. The Danbaty REPORTER AND POST has celebrated its 12th anniversary. The paper is sound in policy and politics, and deserves the hourly support of the peoplo of Stokes. It is au excellent weekly and we hope to sue it flourish in the future as never before.— Winston Leader. Tbo Danbury REPORTER AND POST cauie out last week with a long editorial, eutitled, "Oar Twelth Anniversary" and reviews iu past histoiy iu a very entertaining way. Go on Uro, Popper in your good work; you got up one of if not the best country paper iu North Carolina Ktrnersxnlle A eim That valued oxchange, published in Danbury, N. C., tbo REPORTER AND POST, has entered upon iu 12th anni versary. Long may it live to call the attention of tbe outside world to a coun ty whieh is as rich, wc suppose, in lutu crals as any in the State of olina, and to battlo for etrrrrt.pSficiil measures.— Danville Timet. "NOTHING HUCCEEI>H SiTCLMNS DANBURY, N. C„ THURSDAY. FERRIJARY 12 18W. How M Copper .fllne Win Found The bifT engle that dropped Sinbud into tho valley of diamonds «M a "glory bird," aud it may be fiction that tells tu the first gems of the now famous Transvaal wore discovered in the crop of a Sooth African Dutchman's lien ; but it is unquestionable tint more than one revelation of the riches of the earth to men has bocn uucousciously undo by |i'." w-diuid) animal. In tbia line l(Y dtWirfl y>RTf "fng lias beaten all competitors if what a correspon dent of the Cleveland Leader tells us is is true : I have just returned from the shores of I.ako Superior, where 1 spent somo time visiting the copper regions, the greatest in the world. Throughout the rook, barren Ke weenaw peninsula, good for nothing as farming lauds, tho immense copper de posits havo caused large towns to spring up, aud they now give employment to thousands of men. About eighteen years ago a pig stray ed from the drove to which it belonged, and fell into a pit on a spot where tho city of Calumet now stands. In rooting about, it uncovered a mass of native copper, and showed to the world the lo cation of the greatest copper mine it lus ever known. As the result of the p : g's rooting, hu manity is now thirty-five million dollars richer in the uso of the copper there discovered, and the stockholders, who led oy the pig, havo helped tho world to this wealth, have received about twenty-five million dollars for their trouble. A town of six thousand inhab itants has gathered around the pig's hole, and nearly tw.) thousand men arc employed in operating tho mines be neath it. C«n«allnii I lie Squire. 'Squire Patterson, wearing an air ot deep coticim, appioached his friend, a-t. 'tyd lyijwitt ajKNiliimr.- ' leant u on the fel.' e aud sighed : "What's tho matter, 'Squire?" "1 don't know what this country's comiu' too. What would you thin 1 ' if your daughter should ruu away and marry an ignorant hired loan 1" "Oh, I don't kaow, 'Squire, but I would not take it to heart if 1 wore you. 1 would try to think that it happened for the bust." "Would you forgivo the gill ?" asked the 'Spu.re. "Yes, I believe I'would. There's no use in holding out, you kuow. When did it happen 1" "Just a while ago." "Who performed tho ceremony ?" "i did." •• >\ hat I Then you could not have beet. opposed to the marriage." "Oh, it makes no difleience to me," replied the 'Squire, "for you see, it's your daughter instead of mine.—*lrkan saw Trawler. PoMtlbilltle* of Farmer**. 1. They have ten votes to seven of all other occupations. 2. They havo euough to carry any election. 3. The can effectually put an end to tho extortions of railroads, which take one bushel of every two the farmer rai ses. 4. They can put ten farmers in Con gress and the State Legislature for ev ery one they now have. 5. They cau make their own luws in all tho States. 0. They can sccuro the same pay ment per hour for hand work that is de manded by brain work. 7. They can have all the comforts and luxuries now enjoyed by the classes whioh prey upon them. 8. They cau combiuo themselves into a compact body. 9. They can 00-oporate, can stand by one another and if :hoy do so, can rule the world- -or 10. They cau ooD'inuo to be tho dull drudges tboy have been, tho prey ot every cunning politician, lawyer aud speculate or in the land. Upon the keys south ofl>aytona there grows a veritable upas troe, called the mauchineel. Any ono taking shelter under it during a rain or sleeping un der it when the dew falls is sure to be poisoned. One who experienced it says U "swells a fellow all up and makes him feet as if be had been skinned and pep pered." Sawing some of the wood to make canes for the Kxposition, Mr. llall of Davtoua, suffered from its poisonous effect so severely that he refuses to bun dle it ag-ain at any prieo. A True (ientleiuuii. A few years ago a yonng roan, fVli iynably dressed, took his seat at tho ta ble of the Giiard House, in f'cnitsylva nia. There was nn air of »olf"M:i.*.iou* .superiority in tho youth which .1 :raeted general attention. He read the aionu with smothered disgust, gave his orJt-r with a tone of lofty ooudesocn in. anil when his neighbor civilly hit led him the pepper-oux, started at i>im for hi. presumption, as ,V-ugh !: • iiMJim . 1 him on insult, hi short, a 11,7 .011 of the blood could not have regarded a mob of serf with ui"rc arrogant hauteur than did this lad tho respectable travelers about hiin. Presently, a tall, powerful built old man cnteicd the room, and seated him self at one of tho larger tables, lie was plainly dressed, liis language was rcmaik ably siiuple. 110 entered tho conversa tion with his neighbor, who happened to be a poor tradesman ; and occasional ly during the dinner exchanged ideas with a little lady of live summers who sat beside him. The colored servant spoke to him as an old It loud. "How is your rheumatism, John !" he said to one, and remembering that another had lately lost his sou. '•Who is that old-fashioned gentle man Ijfuiskoda curious traveler of the stewii^T "Oh, that is Judge Jem ljlaek, the greatest jurist iti tho couutry !" was tho enthusiastic reply. "And tho young aristocrat l Ho surely is somebody of note." "lie is a drummer who sells fancy soaps." Judge Jciemiah Black, who has re cently died, was noted and feared 111 public life for his massive force of iutel leet. "Every blow kills!" said a listener to one of his arguments. On the other side, an old farmer and neighbor wrote of him, "We shall never have auothcr man as pure, kindly and siuude amonc us." boys trim will 4T.ike • next generation could find much 10 tltidy in the missive nature of this ol 1 mail with his powerful brain, his simple, direct manner, and his unfaltering childlike faith 111 God With his last breath ho took his aged wife by the hand, saying, "Lord, take care of Marv,'' and so died. Tlic PiotVuioiial Teacher. Corresponrienco by A Colored Tea -her. If teaching is to bo made a profess ion tho teachers themselves must net professionally They must act for and with each other and not against one an other. If one physician visits the pati ent of another and tries to make him dis satisfied with the trea'iucnt of his at tending physicians or proposes to give him medicine at lets cost, and proem cs the discharge of the attending physi cian, he acts unprotcssionally. lie has not pursued tin houotable course. Ho it one teacher approaches tho patron of another teacher, and by representation 01 misrepresentation inducos the patron to believe his prrseut teacher is not pursuing the best or not giving tho best ! instruction ; or if he offers lin iucial 01 i other iaducomcuts to draw away his pa tronage, ho acts unprofessionally, and dishouotably. Vet this is a very com mon thing, so common ihat it calls for reform. Let each and every teacher respect each other, act honorably to wards each other, cooperate with each other, and drive from their ranks the quacks who will not do so, tlfcu teach ers will be rospected by tho people, and the profession be established. J. B. UoBEBSON. POISONOUS (,'OAL WAS KIM. A TWO YOU.NO MEN.—The following is clipped from the Lynchburg Virginian of the 2Cth instant : Great excitement prevailed in Wytlie villo Saturday morning, when twoyoung men were found dead iu a house owned by Mr. Ewald, having been suffocated with coal gas. Our informant was un able to obtain full particulars, but states that the two young men, Thomas Ver non and—Walton, retired about 10 o'clock Friday night, and left a coal lire burumg iu tho stove. Saturday morn ing one of them was fouud in tho hall and tho other one on the floor of the room, which would indicate that they awoke during the night, realized that they were being suffocated with gas and ondeavored to reach a place where they could brcatho fresh air. They were the only occupants of tho house. Pomdexter Ptinn, who is making such a good run for U- S. Senator from Ar kansas, is a nativo of Wak; county, N. C., says the Raleigh Viiitur. j t" Indian Talc » the Utilise. -j A recent writer fives us tlio follow i- iiig version of the Jim], which he says i-U* believed in the Kast Indies: In Kast s India (here is a legend that ago 1 mankind became so very bad that find u determined to destroy all except just r j enough to begin with now. Tho excep ,l | lions were mostly perserved, along with n pairs of all sorts of Animals, in a golden s j palace on a mountain top. A boy and 1 V jrit 4 .! mu gf parents who %*,> >f cr good nor bad," bad been previously li onrricd offby an angel from tboir revpec i | live homes on the day of tboir birth, a ' and were brought up in a crystal palace . suspendea in mid air, where they trcro I I tended by a mute figure of gold. Wliru - ; they grow uj> they woru married, and a i girl was born to them. The destrn- ti u - ,of the wicked having been effected by •, fire, the earth was tli r by greatly srnlr -1 j died. So giants wen. sent to wash it - clean. They used so much water that i | a deluge was produced, and the water j | rose so high that the gulden palace and t ■ its inmates were in danger of being sub merge,l. CoJ. tlcl'liirc Arrenlcil. Col. A. K. McClurc, editor of the ; Philadelphia Times, who pissed through j the Mate about two weeks ago entroute j for New Orleans, was arrested on his ar- I rival ill that city at the instance of M. A. Dauphin. I lie trouble comes from j an article published in the Times con ' | corning Mr. Dauphin and his connect ion j with the Louisiana S'ato Lottery. Dauphin sues for SIOO,OOO. About this unpleasant affair the Charleston ~\rw3 mil Courier says : l | The arrest of Col. A. K. JlcClue in ' j New Orleans, at the instance of .Mr. j Dauphin, the manager of tbo Louisaui I Lottcrv Company, is as unpleasant a j surprise to the people of the South as it could have btcn to Col. McClurc him self. Mr. Dauphin probably congratu lates himself upon having his distin £'l> ;|d\el iM — -ur!i ofe - -, I and jurors,* not to say j'l L.-;, »uo can 1 bo controlled by tbo Lott-jry Coiiipanv; but the people of New Orleans and of Louisiana have no reason to share in his satisfaction. It will be to their in terest in every way to see to it tint the 1 j objects of the arrest shall not bo accom plished, and that the insult and injury attempted to bo inflict- d upon their friendly visitot shall bo atoned for as far as possibly. The Spted ul' Thought. Many peoj le have noticed the remark able quicknesi of thought in dreaming, how a long story, with many details and extending ovor a great period of tiuio. will flash through the mind in a few inin i utos, but they seldom have any means of even approximately measuring tbo i quickness with which they sometimes dream. There is now going the rounds of tlio press a story puiportiug to tell, the dream of a railway engineer, which, | if true, aiToi as a means of measurement, j and the story itself bus every appear* i j 'luce of being a genuine relation of ex- j ! perienee. Tne engineer h;.d been with- ■ | out sle -p and on duty for many hours j and at last fell u.sltvp on Ins post. Then | he dreamed quite au elaborate story of I an accident resulting from a confusion ] of tiaiu orders ; how he studied over the ; j words of the dispatch, trying to make j | out their meaning, and then how, his j ; tram coming into collision with anotiior, j ! Ue was thiowu into the sir and dropped j j hack into his so it in the cab with bis | baud on the throttle. At this instant : consciousness returned, and he found that il was all a dream, and that al though his train was traveling at the rate of forty-live miles an hour, it lad | gone only two hundred and fifty feet while the dream was ] assing through bis mind, this distance being hxed by the position of the train with respect to signal light* on the line. This is the interesting pari of the story, for if these ! measurements are approximately correct the dream occupied less tliau four sec- ! oud.s of time. l'l nlsiimkxt.—Garroting and wife beating wero found difficult to check in j Kugland until resort was bad to the j whipping post. It is unquestionable that tbo most hardened offender there dread this feim of punishment mi.ro than any oilier that can bo inflicted upon Lhciu. Mr. Bayard's State is the only one in the Union, so far »s we are aware, where , tlio whipping post is a permanent insti- ! tut ion . Perhaps it would be as well to j introduce it wherever wife beating is a - popular amusement. We waut no di vorces in [south Carolina, but, if we ! have wifo beaters, wo ccrtaiuly need j the protection of a whipping-pott.-~- ; Charleston News and Courier. . | Clocliiandlluitlei. - | A STIUK.'NIJ INCIDENT, t ( Not long ago a lady left a Paris hotel n at or about the same time that the I clock which ornamented her room left : ■ also. The landlord pursued her, caused - ; her arrest, and dragged her into court, li whete she Was accused of stouling the i ! clock. Although justly indignant at J j such an accusation, tho lady, stroug in . ■•■•■il '' V-r ivtle '".e >■ ■ j such a convincing way that tho magis - j Irate was on tho point of discharging , i her when she unexpectedly struck i: , twelve. The strokes came from the D ! neighborhood of tho bustle, and as tho i lady coul 1 not prove that nature had i provided her with a striking apparatus ."he was searched and tho missing clock , discovered. This pi ising and affecting incident t w.ll it is bono ;, suggost to dres-makers t the propriety of utilizing the waste r ■ space now occupied by the. bustle. A 1 small clock capable o? striking the hours - [ and half hours could bo easily carried ■ by any woman in the locality in which til" Parisian lady carried her ill-gotten clock. Women iuvariably miss railway t .rains and all manner of appointments t for the reason that they have no means of telling the time and nothing tore . I mind them of its flight. It may bo said 1 that women wear watches. This is , true, but what has it to do with tho . i matter ? Nothing is better known than that a feminine watch i« entirely worth | less as a time keeper, and even were it j uot worthless no woman with au ap pointment for 4 o'clock would think of consulting her watch until 4"0. If, however, clocks were generally worn in bustles, women would be reminded oi the time whenever tlioy might bear themselves strike. Were such clocks ■ to be provided with an alaini attach i ment they would be still more useful. A careful mother, for example, might wind up her daughter's alarm and set . i .so that U would off at 11 p.m., itns notifying all young*won wlio mi'iit be present that the hour of departure had arrived. If a husband anxious to 1 wake at 4 a. m. could set his wife for j that hour, and be sure to be waked, j provided the bustlo wero hung over a j chair within \ reasonable distance of j tbo bed. I The fact is, the length of time which | has passed without auy attempt to util | izc the carrying capacity of the bustle is a disgrace to the agj. Woiuen no- ' toriously suffer from a dearth of pockets and yet they have never—except in the instance of the feloniously lady of I'aris—made any attempt to convert the j bustlo into a pockol. This, however. ; cannot last, and the day will soon come when every bustle will contain, if not a j clock, some other article ot articles I useful to tho sex.—»V V. Times. Children'* Saying*. I . Little Icssie, who has been much ill- j | tercste.i hi collecting butterflies, asked j ] her paper one day, I "It butterflies couldn't fly, and ! | couldn't do anything but walk, we'd ! have to call them butteiuvi//>•£•;•», I wouldn't wo 1" ) One beautiful starlight niglit IMdie | went out a short distance wiiii Ins mam ; ma. After gazing up intently ul the j sky some minutes ho said solouiuly, i ik Dod's eyes!" Little Charlie heard some one say i , that their minister's salary was SBOO and the parsonage, lie afterwards told ; ! a gentleman that their minister got SSOO ! and parsnips ! Marcy was naughty one day— very I naughty. She struck her mamma, j " ha i would you do il you did't have any mamma asked Auntie Noll, sob- I crly. "I'd get gramma to make meat rag one," was the quick answer, Ava very much dislikes thunder, which she calls "a hirge, big uoise." j One day during a shower she ran to grandma with, — j "I don't like tliundcr, gramma ;I i j don't like it cooked nor any way ! At another time she asked, "Is (lod j rolling barrels around ?" Little Author was chopping with a : hatohot ono day and cut his finger. "Oh, Ilia bail old hatchet, I'll dull 1 it!" I "No, don't, deal ; you can't chop with it if you do.'' i "Vcs, I can chop just tho same," j ' (making the motion with his arm), "but it won't leave any tracks," - ■ •• —■ When Land seer, tho great animal i painter, asked Smith to sit for his pic- j turo, Smith replied, "Is thy servant a ! t/og that bo should do this thing ''' NO. 34 '■' lie IBlttlc 1M tlicltoat. j A sou of OHO of the priests of Mysore ( i who had been aroused by reading a 1 tract to d.fcp anxiety for the salvation e of lis soul, travelled nearly two liun- I dred mil s to visit a missionary, in or d ' dcr to learn the way of (Jod more per , I feet ly. e [ Ou one occasion lie was much inte(* t | ested in reading Bunyan's I'ilgrim II i Progress. He salt 1 several times to ■ >nry» »fi • 1..d L'm aid - given bim the book, that it was better H ' than the Uible. The missionary poin -1; ted him to the scene before him, and c said : e "Do you see that beautiful mango J trco there V' s "Yes,'' was the reply, i "Don't you sco the beautiful fruit which drops its nectar on the ground ?" "Yes." Don't you eat the frui' and enjoy its 31 sweetness ?" . ] "Yes." ' And whore would that tree be if thero I was no root to it V "Oh," said the man, "now 1 see what i you wean ; the Bible is the root, and all the other good books IU the world are s produced from it." ' The losson was a timely one, and • probably never forgotten. Possibly it 1 may profit others, who read so many of • men s "good books," that they iieglecjlt that book the best of all, whose living i and abiding words are able to save ahg" • soul. No matter how good a book may be, anything which turns us away frou*. • j the word of God robs us of a blessing, f and so inflicts on us a curso. Genius, Talent, luilii«(r)'. ' "Talent" is a quality which enables its possessor to acquire knowledge by I learning from others and by unassisted l study. J aleut is .an laborato engine, 'killlully devised to wheels and to 1 perform Jivjrs work, but wanting th.e L j motive power. >j "! ni'v ." hand, is .Av-- acterired by an indepoiidanca of instAn^- tioil ; it takes its own course, aud origi ' ; nates uew ideas aud inveutiens never thought (it before. It may, of course, ' j enlarae its sphere of knowledgo by 1 j reading, by observation, and by oxpari i mont; but it is by no means characteristic j of genius to ho apt to bo taught; on the , contrary, embryo geniuses are often dull; fellows at school aud idle to boot. It ; rather dislikes to follow in the track of others, and rises superior to obstacles if circumstances and deficencies of educa ! lion. Genius may safely be left to hew a path for itself. ! Can industry then supply the place of | genius i Emphatically, no! Industry j may compensate for paucity of talent, is a common heritage, and its presence or | absence is a matter of heritage, and its presence or absence is a matter of degroo and whatever results are attributed to, j talent are the joint product of talent multiplied by industry. 4w Kvcrj l»ny Occurrence. Once upon n tiuie a donkey fell into a deep hole, and aftor nearly starving, caught sight of a passing fox and im plored the stranger to help liiui out. "I am too small to aid you," said tho fox, "but I will give you some good ad vice. Only a few rods away is a big strung elephant. Call to him and hq will get you out in a jiffy." After the fox had gone tho donkey thus reasoned to himself: "I mu very j weak fur want of nourishment. Kvory ( move 1 make is just so much additional | loss of strength. If I raise my voice to nail the elephant I shall bo woakcr yet, So, I will not waste my substances that ; way. It is tho duty of the elephant to come without calling." ! So the donkey settled himself back and evidently starved to death. Long afterwards tho tox on passing tho bote saw within it a whiteuingskeW ' eton, and remarked , "If it be true that the souls of ani mals are transmigrated into men, that donkey will become one of those mor j chants who cun never afford to advep -1 tisc." A Russian priest who has just made a journey round the world says that ' Kngiish is fast becoming the universal lungungo. lie found his slight known ledge of it available in all par's of th« i world. lie says that ii is acceptable both to the Gcrmanio and Latin races, as it is a combination of tbp Teutonio and Human tongues. i Mrs. Hayes was in Cipainnati Thurs day. She left her old tpan at borne tQ look after the sitting bens.