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VOL.. XV. GRAHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, , .'APRIL 1 lY''l889i ; NO. .tQ. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J AS. H. BfrTD, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ... ... Greennharo. JT. C Will Vs at tir-ham on Monday of each week is attend to proiessionai business. Sep 16 J. 33. KEKNODLE. A TTORNEY A T LAW" - Practice in the Httite and Federal-'Ceurs . will faithfully and promptly attend to all no aessntrusted to biin , ,. :. . ' ' DR. G. W. WIIITSETT, : Surgeon Dentist, .. Will afso visit 'Xlamaiice' Calls in the country attended. Address me at Greensboro. ;' '" dec 8 tf : : ' ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, . May 17. '88. v, v ADVJlRTISE'MENTS.". ' DON T BUY, . r. Sell oc exchange any kind of nrrmr second hand Machinery, Buisies, Ac, -.before- ob , fainlD wlric08 from W. R. Burgess,- Manager, Greensboro, N. (X i.mea lino i Kuginee, Boilers, Mills. Stiaftlnir VVood-workina, Ma i chmerv. ifhreshers, Cottontilns, Presses LIkIh Locomotives, Pole Road Lacomotlvcs, Boiler -fecnore, Lubricator. Tobaccj Ma- ; ehinery, .Oil, almost anfUiingyuu want at whole8iilepHc.ee. ' Bay what yon want, mention this paper and save money. - Sept .18, '87-1. SUFFOLK Collegiate ; Institute r. CHARTERED 1872. Preparatory, Practical or Finishing in Clastics, Mathematics, Sciences and the Fine Arts.. .,,: i' P. J. EEBNODLE; A.'M.j Principal. Terms reasonable! noth sexes' admitted in distinct departments. ' The next seslou opens Monday, 8ent. 17th, : 18S8. Write to the principal for catalogue at auitoiK;-va. .--.' - viuiy, iu, u, HOW SHE GOT EVEN. - Our birthday we stood at the gate, And hushed was our lively talk, ' As with red hair a pretty maid . Came tripping along the walk. For Just behind Ivor on the road, There trotted a pure white horse, And, as we thought of the joke, . 1 We smiled, aaa matter of course. .; She saw us smile, then glanced behind, And her cheeks with anger burned. She gave her head a scornful toss. As around to us she turned. A haughty look she gare, then said: ' "I always make It a rule, . . Whenever a white horse I see, ' " To look around for a fooL" - Jessie Howell in New-York Mercury. : eyes shino in thB moonlight and heard ! chan tress. "1 cannot change either V. G. HUNDLEY, ! In surance Agent, ' GREENSBORO. N. C. Tire, LIFE, Accident. V&jrcais dj First'Ckss Conpim ;: ' tSUOflice opposite the Court House, "North Eire Street. Oct 13 If - , Durham Marble Works, - WMtaker & Hulin, Ovraers, , f ' sacrcssors to K. t. Boters.J - Durham, W. C. '. tr-V. J w. Cale. at Borllneton. ran how you eljfns and give yon prices,.M Sly t J. T. SHAW, JEWELER ilEBANE, - N. C, ; THE ASS' SPPJNG. "J In a green valley, shut in by stee heights, a oool, abundant spri&g, calltsd the Asa' Well, has its source. The spring is inclosed, and covered over with a canopy, on the top of which turns a tin ass" weather vane. , .... Every morning in summer there stands by the edge of the well pale young ladies from the city, who, under the care of anxious mothers and pro tecting aunts, .drink the cold water f rom .Jiandsome mugs. City' gentle men, too, visit the spring, and indeed dot only the sickly ones, but also healthy youths with brown faces and bold twisted mustaches. A. warrior, gray with age, who for thirty years tad come ana gone with the swallows; a poetical, incomprehensible young lady,' with long, straw colored curls; a mysterious widow in deep mourning; a,,. prestidigitator, .who is especially sought after in rainy weather, ana who makes1 ' money vanish and " guesses drawn cards--all these characters are to be found at the ass' well, and there fore there is no lack of -what belongs to a so called "summer resort." urn wait! i we had almost forgotten the most important feature, the landlady of the Golden Goose. She rules with unlimited power, cooks well amd treats high and low witn an nonesi prusque ness which to the city peotiio is as re freshing as the May dew. ion about the oriijin of the name the well bears. Some say that a thirsty ass disclosed the spring by pawing with his hoofs. Others claim that the well is so called because its waters, like ass' milk, are beneficial to feeble constitu tions. But both opinions are at fault. This .will become clear as daylight to all who read this story to tho end. s Manv. manv vears arro. : when 'the mightiest tree in the forest Was still a germ ' sleeping in .a ' brown ?.acorn, nothing was Tmown of the healing power of the future Ass' Well. , The . visitors who came to its brink were tho beasts of the forest or crazing cattle and deer; wood cutters, huntemen and charcoal burners; md men praised the cool water, and the beasts did the same after then own fashion. , One day two stood by the well one On this side, the other on that. He was an ass, and she was .a goose, both in the flirst bloom of youth. They greeted each other silently, -ana quenched their thirst. Then the ass drew near to the goose, and asked bashfully, "Young lady, may I ac company you?" She nodded, and would gladly have blushed, but this she was unable to do, and they went together through the meadow and talked about ; the weather. They had gone quite a dis tance when the ass stood still and asked: "Young lady, whither does your way lead J" ! r ; The goose looked sadly at her com panion askance, and said,1 quietly: "How do I know? Oh, I am the most unfortunate creature under the sun I" And as the ass questioned her further. and urged her to pour, out her. heart, she related the story of her life. . "lam called Aiiieiuy said tne goose, "and am of good family. My ancestor was one of the sacred geese that saved the capital. You know the story, J young gentleman." 1 The ass said, hesitatingly: "Ye-es." He had really never heard of the story, but he did not wish to grieve the goose. "Another of my maternal 'ances tors," continued Alheid, "was on friendly terms with Saint Martin. She is aaid, according to tho sad legend, to have given her life for him. But I will not dwell on the history of my ancestors: but. tell you about myself. I came to the light of the world, to gether with eleven brothers and sisters, and, indeed, on a farm, where my mother as a brooding gooeo lived a life appropriate to her station. I was my mothers pet, for in our family tho youngest child is always the most tal ented." - "Just as it is in ours," remarked the tho death rattle. A fox or a polecat must have broken into tho coop. Fear lont me strength. X forced myself through the bars of my prison and es caped. I was saved. My wings bore me to this vallev: and now I shall try to prolong my life as a wild goose, unui winter comes, wucn 1 bnuii, pur haps, find a modest position as snow goose." Alheid sighed deeply, "and then was silent. - r , "My fate," said the ass, "is similaf to yours, Miss Alheid. Look at tl black cross which 'decorates my shoulder; that will tell you alL I am of the race of tho sacred ass of Jerusa lem, and Baldwin is my name.. My pedigree goes back to . Noah's ark. Balaam's ass and the ass with whose jawbone Samson slew two thousand .Philistines are my ancestors. The one of my ancestors who died like a phil osopher between two bundles of hay, I will only mention incidentally; nor will I dwell on the worthiest of my high aspiring forefathers, who founded the collateral branch of . mules. My parents were convent people, and bore Sious monks on their errands of charity, y older brothers and sisters became lay brethren ; but the fathers sold me to the convent miller, and I, a sacred ass, saw : myself compelled by rough men to carry contemptible meal sacks. For a long time I suffered in silent submission. "But one night, when the oruelty of a rough miller's boy drove me to desperation, I burst my fetters and came to this peaceful forest valley, where I found you by the cool weU, most charming Alheid. Here I think I shall remain for the present and lead the contemplative' life of a wild ass." So the ass and the goose both re mained in the meadow, valley. They dwelt apart from each other, as it be came them, but they saw each other and talked together daily, and at last one could no longer live without the other. " They were happy and sad at the 6ame time; happy, because they loved and found love in roturn; saa, because they saw they could never be long to one another. - . : "Ohl why was I born a goose 1" be wailed Alheid; and Baldwin, the ass, sighed, "If I were a bird!" and he knew, too, what kind of a bird he would be. - . - ''.'.. " ' Thus weeks passed by.' The ass grew perceptibly thin.-although there was no hick of nourishing food in the mea dow valley ; and the goose lost Ihd red color from her bill, and her eyes be-, came dull.; . ' ; ' r" ' '. Now, there lived in the forest, in a hollow stone, an" owl, who was the most clever female anywhere about, and the beasts often went to her for advice- The ass told' her his distress. and when the owl ' had heard his of you back again, however willing I may be to grant you the favo:'. But I will make you .a proposition. . How would it do if you became human beings? . Out of an ass and a goose it would not be ainicuit to mane a youm and a maiden; that I can do. . Would that please you?"'- : '. : - "Yes," cried Baldwin' and Alheid with one voice. - ; ! - '. .-: ! The Wish Lady murmured a charm ud told them both' to; plunge their heads in the well. They obeyed, and when they took them out again Baldwin- had become a sturdy young man with an extremely good natured face, and opposite him stood a charming little woman with' a prettily arched, rosy mouth and languishing eyes. And they felt down at the Wish Lady's feet and gratefully kissed her hands, and then they kissed each 'other's hps and whispered words of love in each other's ears. But the Wish Lady, noticing that her presence was superfluous,' wrapped herself in her dress of feathers and flew away.' ' The two young people remained in the meadow valley. ' Baldwin built a house, and in it they passed a happy life;' and 'each' year a little child was given them, sometimes, a,, boy. and sometimes a girl. , , ' , ' , , In the neighboring villages nobody suspected that Baldwin had been an ass and Alheid a goose, for they were as sensible as other human beings. They did not make a great noise about the history of their transformation, as it would nave prejudiced them in the eyes of the people. But when thoy were about to die they intrusted' it as a secret to their eldest son,and it Was he who named the house "The Golden Goose" and . the spring "Tho Ass' Well, as they are still called at the present day, f A FRENCH 1 . ANNIVERSARY. A HARD ' MATRIMONIAL KNOT.''; Important Btwnts fa Pranoe frUek Hare .. Traiupired on Dm . . No single day in tho calendar has Been such a recurrence or remarkable historic events as the 2d of December. A certain spell seems to have con aected it with the family of the Bona partes, ' who on three separate occa sions have seen it realize their highest hopes and ambitions. 1 1 : f s , . . ? On Dec. 2, 1804, Paris was aroused by the firing of artillery and the ring ing of bens to celebrate the consum mation of Napoleon's "glory, his coro nation, 'with Josephine, ' as. emperor and empress of the r rencn.'. 'ine pope himself was there to-do honor to the modern Alexander, and to' place the crown On the head of the first mon arch of the new dvnastv. - Napoleon. however, did not allow - even the sov- ereimi oontiff to bestow a crown unon him, and; taking the imperial diadem Mtr f tli a inritia'si KanIn tisja nkiil I r placed it onr nis own bead. : A "9rtn m 1a4m 4t 4 Via jtaw An Titui 9 1805. Napoleon, then in tho Drimffof his: military genius, waer up in arms a cram st the powers or aiurone cut off from his retreat, hemmed in by Aus trian and Kussian troops und threat ened by a Prussian 1 army 'from the north; The cold win terVf morn -at- AU8terutz under ' these circumstances ' seemed unlikely to usher in a day of p-iorv. ' isut it was JJeo. JJ. 'The "Bun of Austerlits" burst forth; and in the evening, when the Austrians and Rus sians had. been, completely routed, leaving 26,000 men on the field, tie soldiers cries of "VlveTEmpeTeurrV sreeted the most powerful overeurn m Europe the terror 6f a continent' . uu me rnqmrng 01 , jec. , looi, Prince Louis Napoleon, president of .. 1 ino urennii remimte. was anzmusiv How the healing power of the waters ' awaiting in the Palace of the Elysoe Fear. Time was discovered, anu How life gradually came to the remote forest valley.' are very fully described in a book which the landlady, sells to ,guesta who use the waters. , The Wish Lady has for a long time stayed away, probably because it is too noisy for her in tho valley. But even at the present time it happens that al most every year some young pair is seen at the spring, who seem as well adapted to each other as the heroes of our story. Translated from the German of Baumhach by Mrs. Nathan Haskell Dale. - v .- Ths Astonished Drummer. Tho Rev. A. E. Dunning, D. D., the manager of the Congregationalist pub lishing house and . Sabbath school work, and one of the busiest men in Boston, is an off hand, approachablo man with a bricht, winning face, easy manner, and personal magnetism that stimr shAsnid- "Thnt T can nnt hnlr.: ! contributes much to his-success:' 'le But wait till midsummer. Then the 1 has none of the outward signs of the wise Wish Lady comes to tho well in ' clencal colling, but looks more like a tidings of the bold stroke on which he counted, to elevate him to the imperial throne. He and his fellow conspira tors, vq iiorny and , rjaint-Arnaud. had causod the deputies to be arrested pn their beds, the printing offices to be closed, except, those whence the Napo leonic proclamation was being issued, and Paris to bo occunied at evorv strategic point by'regiments that could be relied on to turn their bayonets against the people. The hews brought in by successive messengers was good. ' The nlothad succeeded. Barricades , had still he oyercomo and tho boule vards had to be swept clean with shot and shell, but that was only tho work of a day or two, On the evening of Dec. 2 Louu Nappleop was within reach of the crown and tho Tuilenes. Now York Herald. the meadow valley to bathe.. Confide to her your trouble. - Perhaps she will help you, and change your form; sho is a most powerful magician." ' Then the oijs went away half con soled. One midsummer eve. when Alheid, tho goose, had sought her rest ing place, he concealed himself near tho spring to wait for the wonderful Wish Lady. J' She did not keep him waiting long. She came flying along in her dress of swan's feathers, threw aside the downy garment, and bathed her white limbs. in me cool spring, xne ass waiiea business man. He travels nearly all of tho time, and he says that in the cars he trenerallv naases as a drummer and is recognized by the fraternity as ono of their number. On going into Minneapolis one Saturday evemng a smart young fellow approached in a tree ana easy way 1 - , "Going to stop over Sunday!" ' ' "Yes," replied the doctor. ' 'Stop at the Blank hotel, I suppose?" No, i am going to stop with a friond." - J "Come round to tho hotel to-morrow afternoon ' and we'll have a racket . . 1 , -1 1 , . with an ass batienco until she came ! u" iumw i wiu oe n,it lk.n.1... .vn1 nku .tin kn1 1 there. ; i 1 ,i. ,i ) Dealer In watches, clocks, Jewelry, spec tacles, eye-glasses, Ac. REPAIRING ASPECIALTY. ' .: Any part of a watch, clock, or piece M " fewelry can be replaced at ray bench eve ally and aseheaplv as you can bare It -dose anywhere.. AU woik tent thronith the mail or by express shall ears prompt aueudoo. lours traly. Oct4iy -- -anxw.-' J ' x (m4 Iwf fev, 4,. 4 -tl mm lMit mamm) M mmem nM mm mmmm ml .Mill I m mm WA1.S . - r mU mrnmrnm-. Irmi.mmm. AV.nmw . towaaWtlMS S)LS,-Hll..., IS.i... i a 5 : . ' i ' : j l - 4 t T ' ') (I..,, , . - - nmt - . Imi mm t A - I - .A 'mMkJtrr A- l.n. 1 .. tR-- .. o.. ,1 (u. . i-D m-i i-Jt, mi It ia f.f-- ft ? - r I i I , , u ..lib Urn. mur WvJ tmt 1 fc "I will pass over tho years of my childhood, " continued the goose, "the happy plays in the village pond and in the lake of the castle garden, where, in the company of the young swans, I acquired that cloganco of motion for which I have been so often admired. I had long before shed the yellow down of youth aud had blossomed into the prime of life.- Then one day there appeared on the farm a man, who baa a very booked nose; his temples were adorned on the right and on the left with two shiny black curls, and over his shoul der hung a pack. The fanner's wife and the maids flocked- around him, and looked with longing eyes at the bright colored ribbons and cloths which be took out of hi bag. To make a long story short, I was caught, and with my feet and wings bound I Has given over to the stranger, who took me in exchange for a blue hand kerchief decorated with red roees. Now came melancholy days. 1 was abut up in a narrow coop, and riven balls of barley floor to fatten me. With horror I noticed my circumfer ence increased from day to day, and even my grief overmy wretched plight was unable to arrest the eriL" Here the aas east a look at his com panion's figure, and swore that he rterer bad seen a more elegant gooae. With a look of thankfulness at the aa, Alheid continued : "Lost iiifrlit I shudder to think of it I heard woful cries of tij-'mT, which rkientJr came from the tLn-ut of one ci niy fellow .prisoner. J saiv tro out of the water; and when sho had sat down on a stone and was combing her hair,, then Baldwin steppcdaup to her, beat his fore hoof three times as a greeting, and begged the Wish Lady, most piteously; to change him at once to a gander.' : . . The , enchantress shook her head. "That is a strange wish," she thought, "but I can fulfill it, and I wilL" And sho whispered in the ear of the ass, who listened attentively: ."Early to-morrow morning, at sunrise, pick seven gooseberry blossoms apd eat them silently, then plunge your head in the well, and you will be changed to a fine gander. And now you go your way and leave me alono." The ass thanked her heartily and went away. - He never closed his eyes ail night, and as soon as tho mountain tops began to grow red he was up on his feet and away to look for the seven gooseberry blossoms. Then be hurried to the snnnc and Dlunced his head in: and when he drew it out again, to his delight, be raw in the mirror of the water the picture of a handsome a most magnificent gander with beautifully curved neck. As fast as he could go he hurried to the thicket where tho goose had taken up her abode. "Alheid, my beloved Alheid he cried, "where art thouf - "Here, my dearest" sounded from the thicket, and a pretty little she ass came dancing out 01 tne busnes.- The lovers looked at each other, dumb with amazement .- "Oh, what an aas I ami" sighed the gander. "Oh, what a goose I am I" groaned the ass. Then a hot torrent of tears poured from their eyes: and hi the -midst of her weeping Alheid told how she had followed the advice of the.owLand ought the Wiah Lady, who had granted her request, and changed her to a jenny. Hereupon the gander, be tween heavy sobs, gVra his experienre, and the midsummer ttfn never shone on two more wretched creatures than our two lovers. , Time heals all filing. Calm endur ance took the place of uncontrollablo anguibh. One hopft Was left to the pur. Perhaps the Wish Lady, on her next visit to the spring, would restore one of the lovers totitt original form. But before that a Whole year must pass. . Patience, then, patience 1 Bo Baldwin and Aikeul again lived to gether like brother and sister. . j After much dirties and danger, which the winter bri night to the two anchorites, spring appeared in the land: the sun mounted hhrher end hipher, and at last tlte loc; wished for mi'ltimmer ere had come. . , Wiih beating hurts the lovers this time went togvtrwr to the well, and titnl their cas to tie With Lady. "TL:3 ii al .1 a-Tair " sw J the eu- "But to-morrow is Sunday." "I know it. and .that's why we can hare such a aevil of a good time." . "Ob, I think that wo fellows who are traveling all the time ought to keep Dunuuy, saia toe uoctor. Yes. ' assented the drummer, good uredly. "but I'll bet you won't!" Til tell you what I'll do ; I'll go to church to-morrow if you will I . "I'll do it I Where shall we go!" . "To tho First Congregational It's the best church in town. "All right rU be there, but I'll bet you won't!" " The drummer was there according to his promise, and could hardly be lieve his eyes when he saw his friend of tho night before ascend to the pul pit Dr. Dunning tried to find him after the survice, but he had lied. Lewiston Journal. . 4 Tb lou InJlaa Besersalliws. . The Sioux Indiana have probably overreached themselves in their eager ness to drive the sharpest possible bar gain with tho government for their land. The government showed a will ingness to meet the Indians n v.o than half way, but tho latter refused a per fectly fair offer. As a question of ab stract justice, this refusal may not ex cuso the government for taking pos session of the land in an arbitrary manner, but it is clear that tho welfare of Indians as well as white settlers will be promoted by tho opening of surplus land to actual settlement, and its division among . the Inliat in severalty for permanent occupation. If tho Indians remain obstinate it is hard to see any escape from tho &ecs sity of treating them literally like. Vwards of the government," or as children incapable of comprehending their own bebt'interesta. It is said that a bill will be introduced in con gress providing for tho summary ac quisition of the land at a price to be fixed by Congress. Frank Leslie's. . ... Whlttler's. Advles to Tooth. My acquaintance with the poet Whittier dates from a lovely summer afternoon lust before my, fifteenth birthday. I shall not try to describe the tall, noble figure and delicate yet - - -1 ! . J.l. 1 1 . . coiuniniiuiiiLf ituuurus witn wuicn we are all familiar, nor attempt, either, to repeat the sparkling conversation which ensued. ' ' , .. One tiling especially impressed me at uiu umo anu wui never ue rorgov . - . i i. . i rr ,yt ; ten, "ays a comnouior to J. no vvnier. Mr. Whittier said that his early ambi tion had been to become a prominent politician, and from this ideal ho was persuaded only by the earnest appeals of bis friends.' Talon ir their advice. he. united with the persecuted and ob scure sect of Abolitionists, and to this course, he said, he attributed all his success in after hfe. . Tbenturniug to me and laying his hand on my bead, he remarked, in his gentle voice : "My lad, if thou wouldst win success, join thyseir to some un popular but noble cause." ' My father chanced to mention, before leaving, that I had occasionally written scraps . a . Tm.;u! T , i , 1 oi poetry, tvuuucr uxjuiy awteu me to send him some verses on my roturn, and, armed with lii autograph, I re treated to the carriage happier, I dare say, than I have ever been before or since. ' M : Some days afterward I mailed to the poet a few rhymes which had seen light in a religious Journal published in Boston. .Tile reply, as dear a trees' ure today as it was tnen,apoke flatter ingly of my effort, and closed with the following advice: i - , . . "I would not advise thee to publish much for the present In two or three Sears much will have been gained . by lee. Study, experience, close obser vation of nature and patient brooding over toy verse win ao a great aeai for thee. I would, however, advise no young man to dopenUipon poetry A profession or "trade is needed; and brave work must be done in a world of need and suffering. With kind remembrance of thy father and with all good wishes for thyself, I am truly tnyinena, joia,u. YViunxca. The Writer. - , Times Married and Threo DlTorced Is Her Beeord. . ' Henry' Stevens in 18G6 was the mate of an Atlaatio steamer. On a voyage to this country in the fall of that year he fell in love with a young German girl, a steerage passenger, whose name was Pauline Baumann. : . ; . . , - ' The girl reciprocated the officer' affection, and, on landing" in New York, they were married. The bride was on her way to join relatives in Bradford, Pa., then an unknown lum ber village. ' ' - Stevens quit the service of the steam ship company and joined his fortunes with those of his bride." '.,.'' ; Not long 'afterward the Bradford region began to, attract the attention of oil . operators, and Stevens and his wife opened a boarding house; '' " I ; Y They were still keeping boarders; in 187S; when a dashing German named Christian Kindtner became an inmate of the house. He fell in lOvo with his landlady. She was induced by him to believe that she was not happy with ner nusoana, anu sne oDiainea a tu vorce from Stevons.- The latter seems to have regarded this proceeding with; remarkable complacence, for he did toot leave the house. ' ' ' '' .'t '" " " i ! Mrs, Stevens married Kindtnerf -nut on tho wedding night (or some reason deserted him and. returned to the guardianship of her first husband.' In aahdrt time she procured a - divorce - from Kindtner ana remarried Stevens. Kindtner did not let the sudden end ing Of his honeymoon and the utter re pudiation and legal separation of his bride worry him, apparently, for ho continued to board with the Stcvenses. Last winter Henry Keggan, a well, to do landscape gardener, of Bradferd,' advertised for a wife. His advertise ment was read by Mrs. Hannah YoUng, a comely middle .'aged widow of In dianapolis. She replied to itand the result was that sho came to Bradford and married Gardener Keggan. ' l ' .. . The Widow Young had, a 17-year-old son named Robert Ho was a good looking boy, large for his age. ' Tho Keggan family and the Stevens family became neighbors. -',. . . Mrs. ' Stevens, although nearly CO years of age, foil In love with the boy Robert - Young. Her charms at tho same time infatuated Robert , .... Again Mrs. Stevens had recourse to the divorce court, 'and as the divorco laws of Pennsylvania accommodate themselves to circumstances, she was speedily released from tho bonds that naa niaue nor tor the second umo Henry Stevens' wife. She then married Robert Yountr and established her youthful spouse at the head of her boardimr house. Stevens accepted the situation with commenda blo stoicism, and took his place with Kindtner, the other dethroned bus band, as a boarder in the house. ' - rulings ran on smooimy unui jasi summer, when Mrs. Young took ber boy husband and her effects, and with his mother and stepmother re moved to another part of the city, where the combination opened a pub lic houso known as Darglo Park. This left ex-husbands Stevens and Kindtner out - in the sold, and they Srotestod loudly, but without avail few York Journal . - Old Tim Corn Shocking, . f "Did you gver haul up corn with a Soke of. oxen?" asked iPlunkotf as be t his pipe and took his scat in the corner. K. . ' : ' : "Gathering com with pxen haint no easy job," continued tho old man, as he settled back in bis . rocker, t VYou have to jork and haw knd gee to keep 'em from "pulling -their .necks off stretching out for eating pn each side,1 and tho man than can drive 'em under such circumstances and-not cuss is- a desarving, man for sure. , I've been driving for the' boys today, and my old bones ache and my throat is sdre from jerking and whooping, and then, besides, ' corn gathering time, is not what it used to be, and it don't bring the frolic and fun of the shucking like it used to. But I don't aay a word, fof I know if I did some of these youngf sters would say 'the old man's liver haint flopped,' so I just grin and bear it and comfort myself by thinking of; the days when I was young and of the good times we had then. r , "Corn gathering then was a frolic for we knowed that a good time was coming. " The corn wasn't thrown hi the cribs in them days, biit a big pile was made in tho lot, and then tho, ,night was set for shucking . and the: settlement 'gathered in white and black and the corn was slAickcd, put in, the crib and the chucks penned all in one night I've seed a pile of 3,000 Dusneis snucicea ana put up inona night, and there wasn't a tired person in the crowd, for there was: fun. and frolic and songs and dances, and theroj was 'looking for the last ear before anybody knowed. - - " ' J ; ."Them old shuckings are things of the past, but the generations to comer will never feast on melodies sweeter than the nigger songs of the old corn, shucking days. . I've sat at night and. listened to the crowds,as they were on their way to the corn pile. They al ways went in crowds, and had theiri leaders, and tho young masters would, go along to protect them, and they felfy as free and as grand as they have ever folt sinco tho, war, and there has never, been a gang of since the war niggers) that were near so happy as these crowds as. they went across tho fields singing. Atlanta Constitution. Imuoilli. Ahmt WIbbIm.. . . In Winnipeg I heard of a dreamland for sportsmen a veritable El Dorado of game. Turn to your map again, and look at that part of British Amer ica lying north, and west of Lake Win nipeg in that great, almost blank,! rarion called Saskatchewan if you aro fortunate enough to have a map, that takes account of that ercat new province lying north of Manitoba and Alborta. The man before me is one prepared by the Canadian government, ana enows taat uiougn every large river and lake is located and has been surveyed, .little else is known of that country, even by its owners, and that nowhere, except in" a smaller region in Africa and a larger region of biberia, - Stays ood Cossets. ' ' ;,The Spectator, after quoting Profcs sorRoy s assertion that the desire foi waist bolts is instructive, and has been, displayed by all athletes and persona: of whom exertion is required since tha beginning of history, adds: "It will be observed that this argument, which' ' is certainly truo of all runners, Asiatio or European, applies to men equally with women, though men gird them- ' selves only to meet special calls upon, their strength." To this a graduate, from Cambridge, where ho was dis- tinguished as a runner and long dis. tance bicycle .rider, protests that- neither runners nor experts upon tho- wheei, at that university, ever used or, showed a desire to uso tight, waist belts. .On the contrary, it was their custom' to gird themselves as loosely. -as possible, in order to allow free, movement of the diaphragrn. v If rowers, ever wear waist belts, they are so loose as to cause no inter-' fcrence with the freest movements oft all the muscles of the body. It is pro-, bablo that the habit of "girding up the loins" preparatory to physical exer. tion originated in Oriental countries,, where in ancient times, and now as well, the peculiar form of the prevail ing costume made it necessary in or--dor to secure free movement of the limbs. . A custom once established, -needs ho farther explanation. , Jtmay survive long after there is any reason for it ' The Hittites wore peaked toed, turned up ahoes thousands of rears af ter their ancestors had come from tho. mountains of tho north, where tha form of their snow shoes suenrested the' L peculiar fashion; and the daily life of, every people is full of instances that, might oe cited. , Nobody today places-, restraint upon any of his organs if ho desires to excel in feats of strength or. An nt .hA m-. speed, xle mar wear a waist belt butt mvterioii. ' Thr is nnnn an limit. ' Hia uovcr so tight as has already been, . Kiss Whoa Tboy licet. word in regard to the common . Lor aad Wan . ; What frauds birds are. They are, represented in poetry as sweet, gtuh- lng things, riKing to greet the moru with melody and banting forth in song on the slightest provocation. To - read bird poetry ono might consider them the most amiable of God's crea tures, when the fact is,, according to.1 ssuurauata, iuo majority oi sangmg birds are waspish and quarrelsome amonir themselyeato a hieh desree. Th'y behave worse . during , their: Ringing- season, wuico u aiao. tneir tune for matin sr. when they are norra- i . . : . . - .... I tarty supposed to be uiuing about in the most loving manner, tenderly be ing, for where civilization has piorcod it in what is called "the Peace river district" thcre is already a great agri cultural mdustry around a bustling little city called Edmonton, and it has been found that this is a better wheat growing country than that which lies far below it oithcr in southern Canada or our own northwest . It is even said that tho rich soil and mild climate dis tinguishing this Peace Ttiver district extended far to the north of Edmon ton into a country in tho same latitnde as the southern part of Alaska For tunately, those. who tell such a won derful story as the latter one aro able to give a reason for it They say that tm . K n I n r.9 wrr. n I m .1.. .v m.Mmmm vim, um v. uiuk I , , .t,si,1 t,ii. ... f... i more or less iasmoiiawe name, as JhrwarnV Clbiok indsTf ti'iv ' f, remarked as to rowers, as to intcrfere- with the (roo play of the muscles. Science .' - -; ' ' An Sorts al Flats. ., ' There are flats and -flats in New, York; big flats and small flats, good fiats and bad flats, cheap flats and dear flats, Just how many flats there are in New York it would be hard to soy-' owing to a tendency on tho part of -sumo owners of buiU'apgs to call every form of dwelling a fhu that accommo dates more than ono family. Apple-, ton's Directory, however, gives a list, of more than 800 select apartment, houses, each having a distinct and. less fashionable ciflc are broken there, and the warm Winds nlav over the interior. Car. Pittsburg Bulletin, V ffcxxU's rtrat Fwim. , Ono Sunday younff Walter Scott of fered his umbrella to a yountr Ltdy of much beauty, who was coining out oi I But the Saratoga sold for 320,0O0; the church during a shower. Tho urn-1 Osborne aold for tl'.Oog.&i and the COO to 11.000.000. a fair idea may bo. gained of the enormous amount of money invested in this style of dwell-; vvx house which i, now going: out of fashion, t . Of course moat flats are worth mora) than $200,000. It was for this price, the Marlborough sold some time ago. i brclla was arraciouslv- accented, and Scott fell in love with the borrower. Who turned 'out to bo ' Margaret, 1 onugnter oi tar jonn xieicbcs. uis famous Navarro flats sold under fore closure for t3,973,641. They origin- ally cost $3,000,000. Of course the'. hitter flat could scarcely be called saliito of kissirjg. Various writers'" seechingl'ach oilier to be ''tny valen-.. time of troubles came. Tho story of attentions to tho lady conUnucd for 4 building, since they were made wuiiujiw wwii suo uuunw mm banker, who proved to be one of Scott's most grrnerous friends when his agree that it had its origin in a deaire tine." Those who have made close to taste, thereby affording a palpable study of birds will tell yoa that mates ! teaiizatidn of the' person for whom are won, not by tore but oy pitched affection was felt With us this cus tom prevails only between male and femala or female and female. In oar own city, however., we have the opportunity of observing, among the Italian classes, that it is even practiced between man and man.' The kissing salute calls to mind a practice among the Esquimaux, prompted, possibly, by similar motives, tVbc-u met they salute, after kneeling, by rubbing their noses together in a very ludicrous manj;er. Jlr. fc'pencer, in his writings, tells of singular greet -ing among the Chith.'-oTigs, in which they, in a Lka manner, ' -rtncll one another. Bu&toi Herald. . battles, for tbo most part, the strong est party carrying off tho prizf. Some of the more purnacio-is often flcht un til they are killed. The females bat tle furiously for the males, who sit calmly by observing the combat onite unprejudiced and ready .to say, "May tho tt third win " SoTnetimcs the eonquerer flics off with her dearly won valentine, only to meet some -superior female on tho way who di -pules the prizo aud wins it If the snpenor femaid be a star", singer in bird opera she probably lis. to support her busband mail s-na can ft nJ of him and sliare anoiiicr. las fciiun;rs. up of great riles under one architec tural plan, all connected and all onen- ing into an interior court They aro ' ,in their way the finest' buildings of. , their kind iu t'e worll ITach struc-. , tore is niuo stories high. The front is . broken up with recessed and arched, tpao-a, forming balconies and oriel . windows with turrets on opposite sides . of the buildings. 2ew York Mail and Ixpreas. . A clothing house in.iinnncnpolis took a non-1 method of aitvcrtiin?. Tuesday by throwing out of a fourtli. his pictures in tho Sloa than in thtp noy -wmdow OTcrcoats, jom .sua Eoyal academy. , rerhapa that Is Lho eth(,p ready mado clothin- . An im-. reason that the annual, cxhib. lion in i"-u" -Pnris U lntr lh.-in ihm nn. i-, l.,v... btlow, and so frrcat was l.io c - f. this, his drat and only deep passion, is recorded in the diary that bcolt kept in 1817.' from which it would seem that there may hare been some mis understanding between the young peo ple Caase 11 f Family Magarine. . Wlks Omm aalaa la One of tha clever portrait painters of this city says that it is easier or an. American or any foroirner, lo exhibit Tho IjijJiih artifts who cental t.i IajrcJ a adomy bcLiore ia ciicouri vaiirs taioat, and y t., y tic; t s- -r-i J lor r.'c.i t to t e. " f c .' . ;j . r to ft powxisaoii of the gii-r.i fraiiv iu tho crowd were jurf-1 and t'.o r-i-"i ' v I i f i -, . t