UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUlt LIBERTY.
Vol. xxxvii?
' HILLSBOROUGH, N. C, "WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1857.
No. 1915.
I
NEW FALL GOODS.
A VARIETY of Chep Fall Good, no- coming in.
, . JAMES WElilt.
j September 10, , ( , o
Clover and Lucerne.
THRESH rJEEU, just received. Wow ii (he lime to
Jl sow. ' ' ' .
JAME9 WEBB.
Repiomber IS. ......
. 06
JUST AT HAND. . '
SHIRTINUH.-i.T-S, and i t. x
Cotton Oxunburg and Jeans, " '
Kerxy, Bonnet Cord. '
Mr 8jrii fur Bkirta, fto., &e.
' ALSO Ao ueoctiaeul of UKOUKRIES.
JAMES WEBB.
BeptemWr'O. (15
. WRAPPING PAPER, ;
I? ROM tUe Raleigh paper mill, on hand, sr. fot Ml
' by JAMES WEUj, Agent.
Fcbraary f.5. .- IT-
CASH. FOB WHEAT.
V WISH to buy til the Wh'at fur nle. I will fur-
nih ban and pay cub, or trade. I nuat have pay
far all account bo due, out of lite preaent wheat crop.
Neod m your v, beat aiiu (ay , off, 1 cannot creilit auy
ae longer uita oat year.
JAMES WEBB.
July 39.
W9
.Guano l Guano! I
-v I
I Vl r rZ CTJ ZFSJEZ
.'. i . i-.V . . I
JAMES WEBB.
July !.
95
Chp.ngo in Business
TTY tenaa lufter will be caalt, bailer, and ere
'-! to thoae who will pay once a year. The titnea
domand aboricl credit than hereiofoi.
JAMES WEBB.
. Pahruarv I. 7
IRON IRON !
AM new rereitiui all uf of King Mouolain Iron, I
which I will aell el low price iy in ton w i
kauu and ether, or lv Mail.
JAMES WEBB, Aeent
. far J. W.OAKKARD.
OfLjxt ii. co-
Bible Depository.
T1R. JAMES WEBBhaabeen apointd agent of
. the Arnrrican Bible Kociety, and will aerp en
hand a (nd awnrtment of Bil'buaad Teatorni. to h j
di.wd of to lhM who want at the Society imoii
low mice, for oath.
Aucurta. ' 00
, Chinese Sugar Cane Seed.
f AM mam reaJy to reeelvo Ut tbe whm er.
Mcle, which I abaU have m a lew u.ya.
JAMES WEBB.
New Spring Goods.
mnE rjrrt anJ bert etork I ever had. whicfc were
A tNtunht Hfxui the beet tarat, early is the reawu,
Unn ih rie. rnnwliiia in la't ol
3iMl yeid up"r Hemp, f elt and Ingrain Carpeting,
Hmi tlaU, BaniK-t, r"Ut.iiiie Ac.
.S KI yard I nLdex hrd l-otion MB, irn, etc.
SOrt vard Blrachrd (;oon. Kbeelini. e.
' H.tiHI Check l and Hiriped Cotton tlloili,
: : " . . . .... j i-L r-.u.u. l :Wki lul-
4.- ,1.-1,. li,.o d Eta Ribbed Mouair, anJ oUi-'f food
IjM boy and men wear.
7. 'n yard Liuen liU, tVcwlif od eoloied.
ftjiie-yardt t'aliro,
nut ...u I'.jrr.l .ml Tllack Cinihame,
l!nw yar.1. Uu, Gingham Lawn, OiganJiee.Ja-
cenet. li'lllianK Vc.
no pair (ihivee,
. dL Kl Thread
Viiil et.bAJl ftiilUkaiaU
ew piir Udi.', Ml' an! ChuVlren'n Hhoe.
tieauulul ahipe and liana. ineiiwing-urrira..s'""-
tnrea and Kkl HuAum I. oil ft ft U"Ow; nv.
Htippmt I'Uin. Foed and iUvm tiaiter. t l.el
mi i tThddrra' Colored and Plain. Ilwhel-foaed
-.i it. H,,im. Alo llmnaed ami Kid Hork.
Mantle; ! ami WrmiuM llanii.t r wunrins.i
r-i. ...I iMriinnl I'nnteJ and rierrea toii
.mi Ha,. ; Mlk and leather BelUt Oummei Cenelat
... aj.tl Kmnrre HknU; (iraa (,Mh;
Torded ('amine Brlibeul, ana ouicr gtwu
iughkiiU. ,
'jui Ttii.twktii of all kind.
i.iiiitt lb. Rio, Lag'ur and Java Cuff; Tltwel ol
a fliM) lb. Coffa Suir.aa CiodiedanJ Powder-
.1 g.ra; Jurt Hon.. "yntps !' !'" and Blaek
Tea.; Fin) Madwra Win and Freneh Brandy, tot
mMlKirMl purpose; alo looking m,
ttotn and I iinri Irfuither, Vc
KKADV-lllADl CI0TI1IX.
ii ...... ihi una branch of iny kulnM,l aia
tow rerrivinc food aaeortment nf pring and Huiw
Mr Cbrthmir. WUKh 1 will " '
moon in the ulu-e, ronaicunc in part of Ibefollowmr-
Uenre t awuioef "Joat, parwi""" i
llrowa l.lnri CoeW.'Llnen Vrrt,
wi.ii. I.l.n Coal. IMiria Anna TeU,
Cberk.l.inm CoU,!White Mai-tllea Vaeta,
t;raM Liuen Coal. Cl'd Mararill" eale,
m
f
t. hacked Maiaeilb,iiia-arwiirro
t'naU.
ICMed and While Whirl,
f BUck anJ Cl'
1'J Al- Shirt Beeoraaand Collar,
peer. Co' e,
Brapd'EleCoaU.
Faary CaMiaer Pants.
Black Caiuiere Paol.
Cravat, WVM ana i we.
Whit and Cohered l inen
and Milk Pocket Hand
kfhle(.e.. A .
Perron In want 1 Clxlliing. or any onrr -
fJwJ. w jU well to "II aud y aw
far making their purchase.
JAMES WEBB.
April 1.
si-
Turnip Seed
Jaty la.
7-
Fronb Cardcn Scctl.
t.si itt,v.iv ., - ,
. . i ,-ki . . C.na and Lucerne
at ami v.i --
r...l.rl.e.nbT v.,t.o svtftin
79
T
.. iv.i'ui! a i:inn emir ur
,i. ...... - .... - iu.
. . i j .i.. A. I ara now teadf to teeelve erdrr
Hl.Kr4 tr-aa Map-.' Improved rno.pna.r. a..-.
f7the Pbo.phau of l.lav..ffom th. wbo wbdi toe
I n l ' l to ihe A to It. I refer to .11 pOR PRF.H
wb aa tnv ll vear1 care erp, sod I wy com erib 17 T1E
i. -i-
JA11ES WEBB.
Vinegar, Vinegar, Vinesar.
TU8T RECEIVED AT THE DKUU 8TO KR
ONE BARREL BEST CIDER VlNEU All.
' JAMES V. CAIN.
Hcplemlmr 30. ' ' 08 I
VOll VOVUHS Al t Ol.JJS.
LEMON OUM DKOPH,
Vanilla f.um V-roim.
Oianga lium Drop, ' ' "
j Rosa Uum Drone, ' .
Alas Compound Byrop Tolu, 1
Jufl received at the
DItUO STORE.
OctoUer 14.
10
DRUGS, MEDICINES. &c. -
WIKTAR'8 BALSAM Or WILD CUEUBY,
Woml'a Hair Jtertnrative,
Iloofl.n.r Herman Bitwr,
Lyun'a Kathiinrn,
l)aiaa 1'ain Killer, '
McMum' Elixir Opium,
Brown Wimlnor Soap, . ;
Kitrart Vanilla,
Two (iallon Bell Cologne,
Blue Ink, in stand. ' .
Letter Paper and Evelope,
Viaitititt Catda, , , , ,
Lily White, extra fins,
Emery, No. 1,3 and 4, '
Fly Stone, and many other ettlcle In the Drue
I line, Juat received and iai sale by - ' -
AurantSS, --. ; . 03
PATNTTSt lATMTtf PAINTS? 1 1 !
-v V nr. ..rtir'Kii rrrvn -i I
1 ,UUU " Wiii L..d, In oi., Ju.t
received at tu rrnt'n cTiinp I
Aucurt 36. , U3
DRUG STORE.
Tvn. CAIN will keep eorutantly on liand complete
aiwortment ol
Drucrs. Medicines. Oils. Paints.
Vaniishes,DyeStuff,Pcrtuniery,SUtionery,
Uraai ami uardpn seeds, Aromatics,
Vinrirnr. I'ur Linunra. &c. A:c.
and ill other artirle in hi line of buine, and with four loads, (cords') we Spread a coat Ot plas
the apeeiaJ detign of keeping only vmuine artidt. Iter over tliO whole, and when the stack IS
He hope, by eloao attention end rnoderat price, to
ur - nt and receive the patronage el the public
November II.
61-
FLAVOHING EXTRACTS.
Orange, Lemon, VcnUla, Peach,
Celery fai.ley, Six.
FotU at tU ( DRUG STORE
N'evemtier 13. . S 1
FOR COUGHS. COLDS. &c.
nierp r.i i xi . t l n n: . ri.
I. Loxene.,Kim,,.CoKh Uror-.;um Drop., flavor-
ed with fui!r, ntrawberry, rino Apple. Are.
For aale at the
LKI U UTORE.
Tor Solo.
p1 INE. Chew ma; Tobacco,
I !. Smoking Tobacco,
SnuDT, add a large lot of Segart,
at the . DRL'li STORE.
NoBler II. 61
Soaps.
Vw n . n r. mi.
variety, at the
November 1 1.
i4 i
BRUSHES.
Halt rtnis-b. Tooth Bruuhe,
Nail nruihr,
Fir ,h llturfte. Paint Brushes
Pboe BiUfLe.
Long Bru-Wor wartun wiodovr.
For aale at the
DRUO
STORE.
November 11.
Ct
Jut Received at Lho Di"U2 Store,
0"i (Quinine,
" IB on. t hinuiJinS.
4 dos. Kii.htun' Cod Liver Oil,
das. VhielTelin, Heine at C.'C. Liver Oil.
dos. rtol. fit. M aeneaia.
t dus. Bahnof a Thutwand FUwr,(gcuuine,)
I croM A yet I'lll.
i iru uariimu-" vanuy ermuuea.
AIM. fredi eupply of Mare. IM.rk Pepper. Hae
Ginger, AUpic,Nuliuga,Red Pepper, Mo-ardfVed,
Ae&c JAS. F. CAIN.
December to. 68
" ' " " .'. . ,
.J
tT
iu.t(.li i ran. roia.n. uw !,
AT THE llKL'U ri'Uirv.
iwmwtn. ti-
. - 1 -
Jiwt Rtwivcil at tho Drug More,
1
I1BI.. Ill KMMJ FLl'IU,
VAKNIsilbS-WUiM.Coacn. Japa.ConJ.e,
ttl'EKM OIL.
I ca.k btt OlN
llari b H.
do
GRASS iSEEDS.
ORCHARD URAC,
lievd Orsxa,
. Lucerne,
Clover,
""'"".'l
Kentucky Bios Graaa, li
i reealved and Of sals It lbs
DKUO STORE.
AukuMSO.
oi!
Turnip Seed.
p ably flat bUTtti.
1 , ,.
I lare: norfolk,
h.i.m
I s- nyonu,
Uuta Bags. n4 retie. al the
UUtU BlUKr.
Aottv 19,
Oi
i- : : ' . ; . r . ... .
Arthur tkjlcbraUtl I'ftU'tlt AIM .gill,
tH'lf-S..1in2 Cnna ami Jniv,
PRF.HEHVINO FREfU FRVITI,TOMA
For eaie el h .
nurc store.
l rC.' - - - ? - -.. i-,-
June 3. m -
:. :" r " May your rich aoil,
Exuberant, nctures's bettor Weaning vour
O'er every land."
Front tho American Farmor' Magazine.
MANURES,
AND THEIR GENERAL APPLICA1IOX
The present is the season when farmers in
general, and good . farmers in particular,
scrape up and remove all manures, and give
them immediate application iit top dressing,
or pile it fur future use. How fur either of
the above ways of disposing of it, are pur
sued Willi the 6trict economy ot good hus
bandry, we shall not attempt to decide. Our
object, just now, is to tell of a course we
have fur several years adopted; and which
we have fimnd productive of very good re
sults. .........
Our manure for next year's corn crop.
ti . i . . e L - I
tins is mane up oi sucn nn remained ana
HfCU inUIULtll 111 Lilt! UiirU-VH.ru LiirilUITIl LI1H
iummer. and is composed of the droppings
the animals and such other material as
conies to hand for the purpose. Ve draw it
to the ground where it is to be uaed the lol-
lowing year in September, and make it into
la pile as nearly conical as possible. The
OUJCCl OI tills la, nr Keep ii, cumpati., aiiu in
la eliape to shed rain, an object we consider
as important in a manure-stack as in & hay
isiaiK. ui ouiiomg our manure m:ai c
I have ulaster at hand, and every three or
fitiinhed we give it a covering of plaster of
the cmhth ot an inch in thickness, and
here we leave it until spring, to find it ::. a
beautiful condition at planting time, for
putting under the hill.
For tup-dressing meadows, we spread the
same kinds of manure evenly npnn the sur
face, as near as we can be lore the laii rains,
at the rate of four or five cords ner acre.
W'e then give a coat of plaster at the rate of
l'""" (t quthUtf) per
acre, in Una case the two ingredient act
together, are actually worth more than
douitfe the quantity of cither would be if
used separate. v
The lurc'ioing Byslem of rrpparitg and
applying manure we have found to be a tle
cidid improvement. AVe believe it is gene
rally admitted that the action of piaster
(gypsum) is greatest on newly storked or
recently manured lands. This being so, the
more the manure and phsU-r are inrorpo-
moic uic i
are spread aim sown on grass lanus at ute
same time, men uicir actum must ue tu ciose
connection, and if put on when the rains of
autumn come in to their aid their eCect will
be early and btroiigly tuaikcd in the coming
spring.
We luvflit carry our experience one step
further. W hen manures are to be applied
as tup-drcSding.1, on grass Liuds, the rjuautity
may oe greatiy increased without any ma
terial diminution of tpiality, by composting
mui k, or indeed almost any absorbent txiil.
in the proportion nl one-liall. indeed, ve
have tp-trtsicd by simply taking turtli
from the way-side, after removing the thin
sd, and spreading it over the meadow, in
the same proportion we would other manures.
If its fertilising properties were hot so great
as guano, it possessed this quality it cover,
ed the exposed roots of grao and furnished
tliem toil in wnicn to uirow new unres aim
of course contributed to a more abundant
future growth. Where manures are nearer.
it is certainly worth trying.
i ours uuiy,
WM. BACON.
Ri&BM&J, Ockibet 4, 1857.
From the New EnslanJ Fma en
GOOD CHEESE.
For cheese of twenty pound', piece of
. , i
",ul ww ,m "'l"1"1 " " "
a pint I waur twelve nours. AS reiiiiti
diUers much in quality, rnoULh should be
uied to coagulate the milk i-ulhrietitly in
I about forty minutes: no salt is nut into the
. ; ,i, . ,i,. ir,
lerr, nr aiiiiuuiuv imiini, w";
or riirlit noursit is Ueing prepared, uut a
1 thin coatol line salt is ar-ptoti the ouuiiic
juring the remainder of the time it is in the
tircss. The cheeses are prrswd forty -eight
I on(ior . fih, ,f M.tn or cief,t nun,
inours unucr a wriK'ii " acviu vr irmm mh-
I dred tmunds. Notliing More i rrriuired but
to turn the cheese onte a day on the shelves.
lUothtf t'rrmum CAa. liie iiiiik
strained in large tubs over night, the cream
stirred in milk.and.in the morning strained
I in the same tubs, milk healed to natural
heat i add rennet I curd broken fine ami
whey olT, and broken fine in hoop with fast
I. " . t.
Bottom, antl pur. in strainer preeu icnt
hours t then taken from hoop, ami salt rub
hed on the surface t then nut in boon, with
out strainer, and pressed forty-eight hours
then put on tables, ami sail ruu;ieii nn sur
face, and remain in salt lis dayi for cheese
weighing thirty pound ( the hoops to liavn
holes in the bottom ; the crushing are saved
and set and churned to grccse the cheese,
The above is for making one cheese tiertmy
I. No salt to be put into the cheese, but
Cne salt rubbed on the surlare.
S. Remain in press forty-ciht hours.
.4. Ilrv. root cellar, tint d.inm.
4. To make whey, add the rennet while
the milk is warm.
I would like a cheese made after either of I
itheabq - itilens,
J. M. U. i
IMPORTANT TO COTTON OROWEIW.
llmry'i invention for (he Manufurture of Y,irtu
spinning the vol tun on tut rumiuiiwit.
One of the trreatsst improvements of" tlte
sge is the invention ol Mr, GeorgnC. Henry,
now t be seen tit the Crystal Palace, wnere
by cotton varns may be manufactured-6n the
sou wnere tne cotton grew, ami tne capital,!
labor, and power used to gtn it, w tth no nu i
terial cost aJded, can be made to spin it also, :
and thus make tho income of tlia planter
double what it now is. Mr. Henry in his
invention uses a gin, but so constructed es to
be a preparation carder, with a tapper and
speeder attached, withalso carders anil draw
ing 'head, and drawing frames, speeders, spin
ning frames, and reels. This machinery,
banded to a shaft which gives it motion, ope
rates singly or altogether, as is the casa in
the factory. By Henry's process the fibre is
taken directly from the gin and lap to the
cards while iu a loose and straightened con
dition, and pased through the other ma
chine. He thus excludes the use of the press
and ordinary picker totally, saving the labor
of baling aud also the injury to the fibre it
occasions, saving the waste this machinery
causes; and as this picker is a machine in
which the fires of the factories arise, this
process diminishes immensely th risk by fire.
There are other advantages of great impor
tance which space forbids our touching upon.
The number and ttualificationsof the hands
for a few planters, according to the quantity
of cotton Vliey want to spin, will be about as
lounw t " a planter ol a hundred uaies win
require, for the gin and lap machine, his gin
ner : for the card a boy of Gfteeu years ; lor
the drawing frame a girl of twelve years old ;
lor the speeder another sir! ol the same sge;
for the spinning frames three more girls of
tne sainu ace ; and for the reels three women
A planter of three hundred bales will require
only four more haods, and the cotton-gruwer
(jets for his yarn about double as much when
unly ginned as his cotton yields hint, and the
saving of labor all computed is about equal to
that usually employed. With this improve
ment a single operative can superintend as
much work as could have been done by two
hundred men sixty years ago. Varns range
in price fioin twenty-two cents to a dollar a
pound, according to quality. A planter ol
ne hundred bales would require $2,509 worth
ot machinery to make his crop, now worth
$5,000, bring hiraf 10,000. A fiftecn-hund-
rud bale planter will require machinery cost
ing 9 30,000, his crop, supposed to be 750,
COO pounds, and his income, instead of being
b5,U()0, will reach to 170.000. i he con
sumption of yarns is immense. Last yetr
Kn"iand exiiorted 1G9.000.000 pound, which
it is estimated required the amount of 510,
lots oaies oi couou to mae. auowing iuur
hundred pound to a bale, and deducting
twenty per cent, for waste and loss in weight
It is said the markets which hnirlana now
supplies would be our own if we took hold
of this improvement in the South, and the
$o5,0o0.000 of cotton goods now annually
imported will stop at once, ana tne cotton
manufactories of England be transferred to
our own country. few V Day Book
FATTENI"Q PKOPE.Tnra CT TZA9 AND
BEANS,
Thetc articles have born found by chemi
cal ana! vsrs rit h in nitrogen. The inference
has been that they would be specially u.el'ul
in sitr-nortinz the wate ol the muscles
of animals, and it h;is been sugrrted that
they would be particularly ttelttl in the
"V. -r I 'M... ...... ...il
valuable for thew purposes, but nut the !
primuruuii tu vwui. tm-y arc imu my
valuable lor the production id lat. inoe
ti'rMns who nave ed pc-as lor luuen
in-' hois, consider tliem worth as nnuh
as Hunan corn, in in-tricis wnere viai
rrain is not irmwn. very fine pork is produced
from peas. Dickson, in his work " On th
Uttcdniz of Live Mock." tUt.s that
sweep-stakes was eniered into between five
East LoL'iian .armors, to be ruuned i.ytne
one no anonitt nc pronounce " oi"
feeder of cattle. Forty cattle" of the? wi
breed, and in equal condition, were divided
anally among them, as Luriy as pn-niii'.
They were put up toget!t r tne eecouu wees,
in Hftcmbrr, and killed at Christroa fd
lowintr. The winner of the Makis fed his
animals wholly on boiled beans with hay.
QUAINT OLD SUNG.
Ye who arould save youf CmIuks OjihI,
Lilli binlx, bright eye, Bnv"inUJ IcU.l,
From age's devaatation borriJ I
. Aibit't Ibis plan I
Twi3 rok in ebraaie eoM bvtiJ, .
A kale o!J Baa.
AtoM In youth .usurious Jiel.
Reitrain the pawkm' lawle rlol,
Dote4 to rUiBient.c ijui.-t,
Oe vtitely giy i
So aka!) ye, in tpito of Ago fiat,
Kit decay.
Peek ni In Mamm'e worrfiip, pleaeuiw
But dud yoar richest, prrt trranrc,
la book, friend, tnnaie, polwhed Icuure ;
Tlit mind, not penr,
Vakrs t!i sole ?! by wbirb to meaeurs
0;u'inre.
Till U l!ie enlace, tli! the svl c.
I.ife'e poreal, iwettart, bel tppliife,
Tint dif point not tnan'e rrliaif
kal a'et bie elate .
But aballenge, ilb r.lin d ttatsve,
Tiua, Ferluw. fs'e-
I -. f rw-
From the Now YorV Piapiteh.
, BREAD UPON THE WATERS.
; nuxN roRKBSt otuvR.
It was a gloomy room, in a crowded tene
ment house low, narrow, and unwholesome
and a palc-ftced child was its only inmate.
She was a confirmed invalid you might trace
that in her hollow cheeks and the strange,
unnatural lustre of her large blua eyes the
II a mo ol lile was burning very low on the
altar of her childish being, yet here she was
alone. The old arm-chair in which .she re
clined wascushioncd with one or two pillows,
and a rude pine box was the sole support of
her tiny, blue-veined feet. There was no
carpet on the mouldering floor, and in more
than one place door and window had yielded to
the remorseless hand of decay, and presented
a most dilapidated aspect. Yetall the scan
ty lurntture was arranged as neatly as pos
sible, aud there was even some taint attempts
at taste, as iu a bit ot gayly colored chintz.
spread over the child's footstool, and a solitary
llower placed in the window seat, where tue
sunbeams eould touch its emerald leaves.
That llower ! it had been poor Katy's com
panion long. It royal beauty and luxuriance
seemed strange and out of place in the squalid,
low-ceiled room, yet it grew and flourish 1
there, as if its roots had been nourished in
the velvet sod of Uendemcer s stream. And
little Katy lay back in her comfortless chair,
and looked at the splendid rose which qui
vered like a ruby drop among tne leaves,
and watched the sunlight writing its golden
message on the crimson folds of the blossom
with a vairue leelins of wonder.
It was so strange that tne rauiint sun,
whose glory lay on marble pillars and statsly
dwellings lar away, should come to peep into
her lonely. lonely room :
" Is that you, Jamie r she said, soitiy, as
(be door opened, and a boy ol twelve came in
" ICS ll JOU ICCl UCIICI, MXilJ i
Are you tired of being left alone t"
Aud the I - looked tender! r into her blue
V - . I V . ..... 1' I I. ... I a I.' -
eyes, and parted the auburn hair from ber
loiehead, with a loving touch.
' Not very, but there is such a weary aov
ing round my heart, and sometimes it seems
all on fire. How cool your hand feels,
Jamie!"
Never mind, Katy, I've been sawing wood.
and earned a whole quarter, and I'm going to
lay it out in apples and oranges to sell down
town. I'll make a mint of money, aud then
won't we have a good suppi-r when mother
comes hmne from work ? 1 shouldn't wonder
if we had a bit of cake and a bunch of grapes
over and above the medicine that tue Lus-
nensary doctor ordered for you !"
Italy smiled aud sitoo iser neau, as it oe-
preratin this piece ol extiavagance.
" Yes we will, Katy, resumed her orotner,
"'taint often that we taste anvthiug but dry
bread and cheese, and I havn't forgotten that
it i vour birthday, sis yon re ten yeari old
to-day. Besides, you need something to put
a shade ot color into these pale cheeks; the
doctor said you must have something to tempt
yoursppetite.
He bent down to kiss the marble forehead
as be spoke."
How lovely that rose is, tobesure I It's
almost as good as company to yon, Katy, isn t
it? Are you willing I should leave you atone
again fori little while, dear i" '
" Ves, Jamie, I don't mind it much," she
answered, with a deep, weary i;;h, "but be
as soon as von ran. fjleasel
And her "wistful, hollow eyes watched him
from the room, with that earnest, alarum
look that we only find beneath the very shad
ow of Death.
Down at the piers ail was confusion an
ttnroar bnsr insscnirers burryinz from new
I y arrived boats turbid waters Hashing and
rollinsacsinst mossy posts swariie crowds
and loud, dissonant voices, created a small
HedUm aroud the docks, and little Jtmie
wsndcred around with his board of fruit,
feeling very lonely and bewildered. He had
piled up the golden oranges wilh their fun
niest sitlet upward he had polished the red
cheeked apples until they shone like tnir
rors yet nobody stepped to ouy.
Uarnaje, sir r" " I aKe vou to tae .sior
Ilouscr" " Up Broadway in a twinkling,
ma'am !" 'Ere' your 'L'ralJ, Tnbune aud
I'rpmt. Latest steamer from Europe!
Have a papvr, sir?"
I'oorJamiel amid all thi tumult, wnat
chance had he cf being heard or noticed f He
had picked out the very bunch ol grspes that
he intended for Ka tr, mTavler's window, a
he came by a plump, apoplectic bunch,
dane'.ins from a crimson thread, where the
sunshine lay full cn the purple bloom, and
amethystie shadows lurked among its fullness
of fruitage. Just at present the tempting
tnorocl seemed very far off to Jamie imagi
nation :
Determined not to give way without a vig
orous effort, however, Jamie stepped boldly
forward to the first person he saw, and held
up his wires with a modest, " liuj an orange,
sir?"
Now, as ill-fortune wonld have it, thi pos
sible customer was. a fat, ill-tempered, pursy
old man, whose e holer had just been inflamed
to fever heat by the inadvertent descent of a
heavy nailed boot-heel on bis favorite corn.
At all times, he considered orange boy a nui
sance, bat iust now his slender nttou of pa
tience was entirely exhausted. He aimed a
muttered oath and a furious blow at the fair
haired boy, and rushed past, to catch a re
treatins omnibus.
Jamie sprang asioe just in tim lo escape
the brutal blow, but it oescenuea iuii upon
In stock in trade, scattering apple and oral-
ire far and wuls ! lie was s-iiJmg close tn
the edge of the ier, and mot ol the fruit
flew into the water, w'neic it went bobbing
an and down with Hit tide, in a must tanUli.
ing manner. A few applet rolled tinder the
feet ol the crowd, but it impossible to
tcue tkcia agiiu.
Jamie's first sensation was that ofinditrnant
wrath the blood rushed in an angry torrent !
o his cheek ami brow, and he shook his small
list imputently in the direction which the fat
man had taken. But in nn instant a feeliue
F forlorn wretchedness came over him no
tempting bit of cake no purple grapes for
poor -little Katy perhaps not even a supper,
f or he well knew that his mother's wages must
go toward the rent ot tho room. They de
pended entirely on his exertions for their
eveninj meal and the sun was declining in
tne west atreany :
I he rellcction was too much for his boyish
heart, and he was sobbing violently, when a
gentle hand was laid on his shoulder. He
tarted up, antl bclore him stood a pleasant
looking gentleman, who had watched the
whole transaction.
There, my boy," he said, laying a silver
hilar in the boy's hard palm, " that will set
you up again. JNo thanks the money was
intended for some piece of extravagance, and
I choose to lay it out thus. But remember
this, my boy when you are Bushed down in
the race, don't stop to rub your bruises, but
picKyourseii up and start again:
i : .1 i. . . i -i y.i .t . i.
jaiuic iuou;ii mc smuo wiiu wnicn tnts
was said the pleasantest and kindest expres
sion that ever brightened a human face, but
ere he could stammer out his thanks, the gen
tleman was gone.
I lie boy started tor home with a light and
joyous heart, stopping to purchase the cher
ished morsels ot Iruit and sweetcake on his
way. Ihe gentleman walked leisurely up
Broadway, beeing at a bookstore the title of
a newly-published work that he much desired
to read, his footsteps involuntarily turned in
that direction, but in an instant he went on,
buttoning up his pockets, and murmuring to
himself with a smile, " can't afford it one
luxury in a day ought to be enough!" There
was a vast tliBerence between man and child
n their capacities for enjoyment but both
were happy that night ! .
1 he supper was a joyful ceremony in the
garret room that evening. The grapes pleas
ed Katy's delicate appetite to a charm, and
the story ol tne dollar was listened to witu
iotercst.
" I wish I could see the kind eentleman."
said the child, earnestly, " I would give him
my beautiful rose, if he liked flowers!"
blie looked strangely pretty thatnizht, her
head resting on her brother's shoulder, while
Jamie fed her with the juicy berries, ono by
one, as a bird might feed its young.
V by, how bright the color in your cheek
is J" cried Jamie, " I believe you have been
stealing the red shadows from your favorite
rose. Mother, I am $urt Katy will get
well !" -
The next morning, while yet the golden
spear of runrise was in rest among the purple
hills, little Katy died.
. The moss of twenty years had (fathered
upon Katy's head-stoue the violets of twen-
bty years had blossomed over her grave and
itaa glorious autumn day, whose light
streamed along the busy thoroughfare, and
shone on the magnificent marble erection de
voted to the expensive operations of the cele
brated bank ol .
A t.!endid carriage, cushioned with vel
vet, and glittering brightly in the sunshine,
was drawn up opposite the door, waiting to
Uke the great banker to hit palatial home.
The spirited horse, foaming and prancing,
could hardly b! curbed; and the driver looked
wonderingty toward the door, and marvelled
why his usually punctual masterdid not com.
Mr. Arnct stood in a little office opening
from the main bank, where the long rows ol
clerks were bending over their desks. He
had been looking over a little pocket-book
which be always carried about with him, for
some .note, or bill, and, as he turned its page,
a bit of folded paper dropped out.
I he banker opened it, ami although twenty
years had deadened the first edge of hit sor
row, the tears rushed to hit eyes at they icil
on the contents. A pencil sketch, rude and
unfinished, of a meek-browed child a lock
of Soft brown hair and the perfumed dust
of a crimson rote these were dearer te the
banker than his vaults of yellow gold.
Ashe looked at them, a txctaulout voice
without arrested hi ear.
1 would be glad if you would buy, gen
tlemen, for my need it very great. 1 have a
tickl v daughter at home who must be fed."
Be oli'about your business," was the sharp
rejoinder, " I wonder v. ho let you in. Don't
you see yon are not wanted here?"
The voice seemed to strike a responsive
chord in the rich man's heart surely he had
heard its mild tones before. He partially
opened the doer, and called out sternly t
Mr. Waters, show Cut g-mleman in, if
yoa please."
ihe auained tier, ojcjc.i, not wunout
surprise, and the bowed old man, with his
heavy basket of strawberries, came humbly
into the private room of the great banker.
Will you take a chair, sir?" politely in
quired Mr. Arnet, moving forward a luxori
out JuiUeuiL
The old man took o.T bit hat, apologet
ica.Hr.
"Sir, I f!r that I intrude on your vain,
bie time. If you would buy tome of my
fruit necessity, you know, it strong, and
my poverty is extreme, t was not always in
such a position."
Mr. Amet watched the proud torn of that
pray head with a singular smile; then tittin
down to hit desk, he wrote oil a cheque, aud
handed it itt ops the table.
"One thousand dollars:" faltered the old
man, at he read, turning red and white in a
breath. He held it towards the banker.
.Sir, I hoped you were too much of a gentle
man to make sport of age aud dittre. It
thfie a&ylhing to jest about i.i my want i"
"Not at all, air. You spoke ol a sickly
daughter, t have a rotUge vacant, juat out
sidt th city, witli fountain, groundt ao $ cjin-
. Tia, ea uar
rebaufry II.