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: r. Till i "4 "i. i , i i s. i ESTABLISHED IN !. . i ii; : . . I - m.rm I! I. jilt is the. business of tbe pLiloso ,m phVr, asjhe world knows, to find law Un) order in even the most ab iiorinall phenomena, to suggest, at jehstf an (adequate explanation of every ; enigma." For what, other f purpose il bits he exist than to throw yjrgijjt on the surrounding darkness T 7; He is a torph bearer to bumauity's iiirioraJicef j If now and again, by f reason of ai pessimist temperament Jordfeet pjf traiuing,; the rays he shetis around intensify rather than : i dispel the gloom, and cast shadows j as of Egyptian night across man's ' fonvnrd path, snrely he construes his mission;. . "iliut the jvisest head is sometimes ' pnzzh'd, and the shrewdest explor ti;of the ij leuvironing mystery is ; .Mmifriiines, confounded. A problem , pjre.setits its IT which cannot be re " solved !by liny of the familiar pro-i-esses.' Tlje why of some suddenly disclosed fact is as inscrutable as tljqjSphiiixj of the Eastennleseit. ll.vi'as i bus with Bernard Ralston. H'tyosewjio thirst for fame, as iiiis'trs IhirSt for gold, or coquettes - tor:'ndmiraton, would have found much' to envy jn this young mau's j position. .t an age when a statesman- is cuiiently supposed to be j studying bis parliamentary primer, aiiV vvhenjjja future ' general may j - still be writhing . under the sar hisijisof a barrack room instructor, rUeritard7 Kjalston had been wel I i)iiied into he front rank of philo-. 4j'liical thiukeis. His book on ; ? Hlwstiiict, iousciencoiind lieason" 7" .w-ijjfxe'ad; au'rt criticised by the few, ; praised audj avoided by the many. 7 The noisy heterodox claimed him 7 ala new hnd promising recruit; au'i so alsoj to the amusement of , . the onlooker, did the stancbest ) maintaiuerslof old landmarks. -He .was; flattered, I feted, and the lion if tiis seasop. 7 j ;Itwas froni this suddenly acquir Ifd distinction that his embarrass . incnt had approached. Thej solici tors letter jtbat was the beginning of sorrows ijiade this clear, fit ran. rtus: v ; . ! ; ,r- , . ; liEAi? Sib: We have" to inform ypUjthat b$ the will of our late taieht, jMr.: llumphery Power, you ale-appointed sole guardian of his inly surviVing daughter, j Olive. i,Vs this nta; - be in the nature of a urprisCj-we beg leave to quote the . fpi"tcisei ' i sigraph of the will: i'Atid I hert by empower Mr. Ber , iard Iialstob to act in etery re .spect ijs the guardian of my child. : tl am siire t jat Olive can have no (titter or wiser protector, uono bet- ferKqujilified to advise and to re i 'gulate hi-r life ;' and should he as , I earnestly beg accept and fulfil - '4 his charge,il give and bequeath to the said Bernard Ralston, over and above 'such reasonable expenses as ' - i - . .. 'IS lie may, have incurred on my daugh "r behalf; vthe sum of 5,(K0, to be :pajd by. my executors on my 'daughter's t veuty-first birthday, as a small tribute of my gratitude." '; Theiyouug lady is a very consid jprablelJieiress, in her eighteenth year, and ai. present at a private pension, in ; France. Further parti culars will follow on your reply. We are, dear sir, 1 i -Yours oledii ntly. i ' " , : Fanshawe & Fitch. ' The! cift of tho proverbial white elephant obujld have produced in ua heart i a greater consternation. What-should a retired and solitary xvro large,1 it by no means tollow ed that he wanted more life within is boiinds ; 'nnd a girl in her teens, a iuere child! as with the sage wis dom of five-and thirty years he considered ber ! How could her presence by jhis fireside bo harmo nized) witb the quiet current of the life be elected to live t ' Tet, the Uait of five thousand lintinds was! a temptation. The i Tories of CMetborpe Hall had been sauiyi larnisiieu- iuiuuu iuo im rtriividence of Bernard's father, and philosophy is not a particularly re WHiierative I hobby to ride. Mr. Ithmphrey If owers legacy, n not ..:..idoiv fortane. wouiu Dean assistanee in the keeping up of the restricted j Cleethorpe establish- iJentJ ; :H , " , ftTh'matteff was debated Ion? and liixiquslyi'aiA as tne i result Miss ii! v.i Power arrived at the hall one Luvn-v February uiorning; Slight i of figure, witisouief feature, with ! IiiHrV," vtoWt tinted brown eyes, v -.i.,i iins continually parting m a ! 1,?niiant smil ' Over teetlr of whitest lileari; Berhafd Ralston was forced T i admit-tiiar, ii . ue w -tV pibtect bis 'ward, his position lihight not pnjve a sinecure. Neither :imiLitVU'h t r' " -- . r y The girl's' penalty attracted suit as clover-blossoms allure Lees ; -laiid it fais sopn.au open secret m ii .intrv side that Miss Power, :lis vell as beiiig lonely and a lovely stfrdent, of serious pursuits and uu. cbiirtly manners, answer to such a 'clialleuget (If Cleethorpe Hall 1 lvoiinglbing,was a richly uowereu r TA, mTIhs biioujrht the sometimes liugubibnis vice of Prudence into ii'asoiiable alt onl with the chorus I ii ,t!nloiratbii. : . . - ' VI HldJiit piive fis not minded joJie h ter4 !Wi i, a woman sHiis iiici H.. ii.Jvtj.ritV she kent tuenaii ir ! . . i ii.. : xiu sir IWfl IV Iltm- rovuiivw ifii. a,.i i j : " i i- ' i . . !- A. ....... rr iinr he necessiiyroi as irucivi"p 6fter; HI lormai ami uiiriiti"i I 1 .... .1 ! tinni ru I "i-terins. Bhe was developing a taste liiteiesieUlat guardian, unu e c.. i,,.. l.Tnliivlullv rallieil her on her . Hppiiyatjou N sundry big tomes in l ie lU'iaiy-- ' . , m shall lt4accusel ot transiorm- -. . f i i . L.i t.. iili!ii(r villi US' Sady into a ie if :y blue stocking a disci- wn dry as-tlust pur- id ; "some one some i;ly lUily have special cause 10 iilaiiicline, t Ai a w'ii'ddeii ear." i blush ! was on the .iiaeiiVxheM ks.and her glance fell. :jt was unporfss ible- that sue snoum Bernanrs meaning. 1825, uiiuk oi," i uuves guaruian. was daring enough to add. 1 Two shining eyes were momen tarily uplifted. Was the flash thev gave one of indignation, of Scorn. or merely of confusion at a betray eu secret i rsernaru could not guess. - ':)' i: -:? ' "The nature of my emnlovments can make uo difference whatever, in miy wayjinac l can imagine to Mr. Harbury" she answered. Then it seemed to Bernard In transition-4"WilL you forgive me for askinir a favor T77 sue , went swiftly on j "I should like oh, so mucn : to help you in your work Could I not copy out your notes or revise proofs sometimes T" 1 What philosopher could have successfully resisted ihe volunteer ed help of 'such an. amanuensis T Not Bernard Ralston. N - ! ! It was summer, three months later than tb? date of this conver sation.. Olive's guardian was seek iug his ward in her own boudoir, with a gloom upon his face and a depression of soul which -defied his analysis. - He had a message to convey and a proposal to informal ! Iy submit which he bad little doubt would be accepted. Oswald JIar 1 bury, the young owner of half Clee thorpe, had asked permission to and his fortunes at I He loved ' her, he lay himself Olive's feet. said ; he would do his best to make her happy. I I "And I believe that be will. He has a home ltd offer you and is a true-hearted, honorable gentleman. As your guardian, Olive, I am bound to give my sanction to so fair and promising a suit. May I bid Mr. Harbury to come and plead his own cause t" I He bad spoken hoarsely and in a queer, far off j kind ot voice that he hardly recognized as his own. It was surely singular and mnst testify to an unsuspected weakness of character, that the prospect of separation from the ward originally received with so much doubt and dread should thus make havoc of his peace. He waited lor the an swer in a suspeuse that j was posi tively harrassing. - At last the an swer came.- - . J; ' No, you may not," Olive said, 'unless, .indeed, you wish to get rid of me to send me away; And not even then, for I cannot consent to marry a man whom 1 do not love.1 . Send Olive .away ! Was not every pulse in his body beating with fierce, unbidden joy ; at the verdict she had given? jThe mea sure jof his recent terror was the measure of his present relief. "That is a fear which my ward my wayward ward! never need harbor" he said, with a slow, broad smile-;. "she has brought too much sunshine into ray lonely life for me to wish to Iosv her But change is inevitable some day." . "Why t" a low voice murmured; and again came tbe mysterious illu mination of Olive's eyes. H j "Because, Olive if for other rea son it-lie Tears of my guardianship will soon be at an end," he answer eiT steadily, "almost sternly. lie must face the future resolutely, as befitted a teacher of 1ms fellows. . Aud a few seconds later his qoick nervous step was echoing in the passage withont. AM early 'summer vacation in Switzerland when the glorious Alpijie flora should be at its love-liest-Uhad been the cherished dream of! years to Bernard Kalston, and at: last it was realized. A woman's hain had guided his steps thither ward. Olive Power had persuad ed him to lay aside his work and mak4 playtime of the I sunny weather. ! i"Vou can finish your book on Vanity as a Force of Human Af fairs! when you return, and the critics will a.l that the last chap ters are the brightest, " she said pleadingly. And when she added a plight involuntary expression of her own eagerness ior ine cuange, he .Surrendered. The" trio Migs Ralston, Bernard's sister and hoitse- keciifer. was Olive's chaperon uau now been from Eucland a fort night. Hi::! ; ' ' iTliev had reached the Ridel and werej thus encamped under shadow of tbe majestic"(grim and uncouth, tor variation of epithetsj flatter horii itself. Here Olive went into ecstasies. To watch the sunrise bathe the rugged, furrowed sides witlij waves ot liquid light was an occupation of which she never tired. And then there was the Gorner Gra to visit, the Gorner Glacier to see. . At the hotel there was pleasant company,- including a couple of young Americans, who swept the ordinarily reserved and cautious stiident forward into s participa tion in their own reckless adven tures by the sheer force of euthus iasui. , The three went off one after noon On-aquest for edelweiss. Tho gloom was thickening in gorge and isass! and gray shadows were tol lowtiig the crimson sunset gow on the huge crests aloft! before there was' anj sign of a return. The ladies grew uneasy. yStories ot ac chieut and of awful peril were sta ll eS of the couversauouai uui oi fare in the hotel salon and. inevita bly exerted their influence on nerv ous Iminds. Iu this case the pre sentiment of evil was but too surely justified. - I Two of the venturesome ers returned weary aud dishevelled, but! Bernard Ralston was riiissing. ! "iVe thought he was before us," ejtpiained Mark Croxford, the elder of the brothers. tWe drifted ao iri amciug the boulders and iceridges of d glacier edge, and we looked for bim to rejoin us at the lower end of the track. Not meeting li ra wefupposed he had ; hurried away linmeward.w ) I A sudden chill bad gonetomairy a heart in the little group of listen i nM,'imnrlitot nreciplces and of their bidden and treacherous j..nirara var in everv one's mind. -a.ssearcu exueUltlOU was quickly organized and started. I pj ; "I hear steps behind" said the guide, halting on stbo first stage of the journey and promineutly dis- playing bis lamp. "Why. it is Miss Power 17 cried Mark Croxtord in astonishment. It I was, indeed, Olive. : With blanched cheeks and agonized eyes and dauntless resolution, she in- sisted on accompanying the ieek- ers. It was at her request that liernara Kaiston uau come to Switzerland. If he perished would it not in a sense be her fault f .Bet terthat her own life should have been sacrifiedj 'To persuade the girl to return was useless-ouly a loss of precious ' minutes. With a muttered growl of disapprobation the guide was compelled to allow wier to proceed. '; ' 1 ; ; Hours were spent in a vain pur suit.- ' -"-i i ' "Guide? is there any hope t" de- His words were cut short. Acrv. half triumphant, half fearful, slip ped over Olive Power's bloodless lips: - . -: - I ' ; ":- r'- i ; 'Listen ! hear 8aul J - i a silence mat might be felt pre- yaiieu. - r "The wind across the glacier, miss," answered the leader, in snl ky depair. 'tThere is nothing for it but to go back." j I "l will not,f the girl declared, '-until yon tell me whose voice that is. Hark I it is no sound of wird !" ; xgnui iuoj j ustcucu, nun Hguiu without result. , ! j:i ' j Mark Croxford genth laid i his hand on Olive7s arm. y KeIieve me you are mistaken, Miss Power,'? he said -"you do not suppose that any one of usj would1 give up this search if the least chances remain ed T f But the guide knows best." And yet. as he uttered his melan choly j remonstrance, j there was a cnnml frnm nrnr trw iiAirrltlwrin ice-floe hard to credit to even the most eerie of Swiss breezes, -i. 'VThere I Surely you hear it now V the girl said. . . ! r . ' i If only to make clear the girl's folly to herself, the quest was re commenced. ! ; i ; The quick ear of love had not blundered, after ail. This time a chance gleam of the guide's Ian tern over a jagged precipice-side revealed a dark form huddled against an inner ledge. It was Bernard Ralston, iuseusible from the effects of his perilous fall,. aud proving that he still lived onh by an occasional groan. 'neg pardon very humbly, Miss Power," Mark Croxford whispered. "And they tell me," Olive, that I owe my life to, you," the convales cent said, wheeled out on the broad mountain terrace of his resting place I "How shall ,1 contrive to repay ypu, I wonder. Do jou know; uavJ you cannot know l nau a dream: this morning. ! After the doctor had left my room I dozed, and .it I seemed tome 'Ittat that the deiirest girl iu. the wide world and surely the bravest came to my sitld and x smoothed down the pillow laud dare Ii.wbisper - the wortls Tj caressed my forehead. It was singular, was it not !" Something iu the poise of the averted! face awakened a swift sus picion i-a keen thrill of happiness. "It cannot be that that it was not a dream !" he Queried. "That my ward is willing to be still .dear er to be my wife f" l ; ' The1 small pa'm was not with drawn, ithe lovely crimsoned face was swiftly and momentarily up turned,as he had eeii it twice be fore, and this tune a look ot iu effable content was mirrored there upon, i , - . i , ... "If vou really desire so to extend your guardianship of your 'way ward ward,'7' mischievous accents answered. , ,r Aud Bernard Ralston's sometime problem had become his dearest treasure. Love itself had taught loveVlessoii. j ) ' ., ) ;i - ;A Matrimonial; Jotterj'. At i recent wetlduig reception in South ICarolina a jyoung lawyer begged: leave to offer n new scheme of matrimony, which, he believed, would be beneliciab He propsed tmit) one man of- the mpan should be selected as president; that this president j should be dnly sworn! to keep entirely secret all comtniiiiicalions that should be for warded to him in bis official de partment That night, and that each unmarried gentleman and lady 8houldjwrite his or her name on a niece !of paper, and under it the name of the person they wished to inarrvJ theu hand it! to the presi dent for inspection; and if any geu- tlemauUnd lady ual reciprocally chosen! each other,; the president was to' inform each of the result, and those who had - not been reap rocal liu their choice, kept entirely secret f After the appointment or the pfesidwnt, communications were accordingly nanuea up 10 iue cuair, and it was found inai la young ladies and gentlemen had made re ciprocal choices, but wuom tuey had ichosen remained a secret to all but themselves and the presi dent.! r.'- ' n : ; - v I was passing through the same tdacd a tew days ago, ana was in- formed that 11 of the 12 matches had been solemnized, and that tbe vouukrieeutlemen of eight couples of tbej eleven had "declared that their diffidence was so great that thev certainly should not have ad dressed their respective wives if the above scheme had not been in troduced. 'Ml An Historic Parallel, v Kaasu City Tiroes. ' Genl Jackson had 219 electoral votes in 1832. Gov. Cleveland gets the same uumberin 1884 History repeats itself. - r last. ! '(p standing; frequent settlements pre- ?,Vi!2j? iff ? W?rk "I fear, none!" be Answered; vent misunderstanding, everything rne8J an11ac 'at the bottom of yonder chasm" being fresh in the minds of the par ?5..n8, hlmeIf' They ead a GREEXSBORO,N. G., TnURSDAX, DECEMBER 11, 1884. December on the Farm. . The Closing Tmr In this latr tude fhe long euough to cive the farmer am pie time to review the labors of the past season and to carefullv weisrh eacu operation on tho farm, and uraiuc wuicn uas oeen a success ana which a failure, and the cause or eacu., -id our. efforts for con tin uea procrress oar thntifrhtx hnnll be principallr 'directed to th fn. ture. but it i wdt 'At th naa nt i me year,! to carefullv review the past, not for the purpose of mourn that we may leant i them leaaon that will assist us to a life of nse fulness as well as of pecuniary suc cess, r .-"-'). -Before the year closes all olth ac counts should be settled up so that wnen the new year commences there will be no doubt as to which side the balance stands. There are many reasons iwhv it is not tw.a '.ir.tr orrnpa nr anMnn0 easl7adjusU of both parties; but when accounts are permitted to run several years, even if the account be c5orrect. flin. tlmt. if. U nnt and as the circumstances relating and as the circumstances relatinir to the charge may be forgotten. there is trenueutlv a dissatisfaction which cannot be removed. ami thus a coolness springs up between par ties if it does not entirely sever their friendship. ; There is nothing like short accounts to keep up good friendship with parties who trade with each other except paying cash wucuiucumia ure iieuvereu, wuicu is a practice that should always be adopted whenever it is possible to clo so. uare i or . stock. December is a long and usually a cold month, aud as the farm stock must rely almost entirely an the farmer for food aud shelter, the good and successful farmer will make it bis business to Lprovido good 'comfortable quarters for all of his stock, nnd ' also feed them at regular intervals with good healthy food. VY hue the sheep should be provided with quarters that will keep them perfectly dry, they should also be provided with plenty of fresh air and sunshine. Sheep had better be out in the raiu than to be confiuedin a small tight building with no chance for venti latiou. A long shed; open to the south makes a good shelter for both sheep and cattle during cold and wet days. . , H i" In feeding farm stock it is very important to bo regular, both- in time of feeding aud in the quantity of food "gi ven. A stock of cat tle ; j 4will come out in the spHng in good condition' with much less food, if regularity is observed in feeding,; thau if feil iu an irregular manner. Good water is very important, and if it can be 4 given twenty or thirty decrees warmer, thau the; freezing point, it is better; if pump ed from well it will usually be warm enough for ordinary Use, but if the cattle have to drink from a pond where the ice has to, be broken, it is too cold' for cattle to drink all they want without chilliug them, and requiring more food to keep them in J cootl condition than if thev had warmer water to drink. The Tec House. Those who have; an ice house should see that it is in ; good order to receive the ice when: it is thick t enough to cut, for ice is a crop that should be" secured with : out delay! whenever it is formed; a single day is sometimes sufficient t destroy a crop that is in iu good condition to house ; it is therefore uever safe to delay securing a crop for a 6i lgle hour after it is thick enous:b to make good ice. It is true, some winters a delay of a month would ody be to get better ice, but we never kuow when such winters are coming, therefore it is always best to have tho house and the cuttiug tools ready, so that work can be commenced at a mo j meiit's notice. ' ' 1- I i. The Wood Pile. Wood that has been cut in low wet swamps, should be hauled home as Soon ' as the ground is irozen hard enough to hold up the team. ; If the wood can be got borne early in tne winter, it gives the farmer a chance to saw and split it into fire; wood during his leisure hours, it is better ro have the wood for home use pre pared before tho first of ! March, it will dry mucii oetter,ano iue iarni- mer usually has more time before, than after March comes in. Sandinn the Mm&om. December is freonentlv a good time to cover the meadows with a dressing of sand. Meadows that are covered with a poor quality of grass should be covered with sand two or three inches deep, and early next spring sown with Red Top and Timothy grass seed, but raeadoves that al ready have good varieties of grass on them, need not be coverea more than half an inch in deptli witu sandj and if some .grass seed be raked iu early in the spring it win improve the crop of grass very much. I To cover an acre of land three inches deep with sand is some labor, but the work cau be done when the farmer uas, uui nine io 7 .-. . . ,.. I'ul. l in nnd when done. it will greatly fn tiiA vaine or uis lariu, uuu ennro. tn him nn increased amount i... , f ! i Ol K"" utj . i .." . If the farmers wouui pay a mm? mdre attention to theirs low land, which is now of but little use to . I. ... iniinlllA A f thir farms lutrui, invvM.v - ' - - . . .. ; niraadPil mill WOalU LHJ V VI J iuuvuiu.ivv-, . . :i. !. ormiml itn rA of uat iwu vuw v.!'- u amonnt of labor. We harA' often heartl it remarked by infitimitit farms that a dressing .wi fnihiwwl the next year by .iroQinn- f manure, I was better fk.,n !. HrPAsinir of manure every yean 'o doubt this is t, rue of land that has a peat bottom wnicn ruu down deep. Grass to jgrow well lmw some silica to strength en the stalk, aud the sand furuish--ii that th tdants need. Those JZO 1 who bed their cattle with dry sand have a manure that is well adapted to grassland thatisunderlied with peat;:. . .. ;. - ' ; ; - , Death of a Fmoi Baptist GranelUt. Rev. Jobez Swan, a famous Bap tist evangelist, ( died at New Lon don, X. Y., last week. His age was 85. Hewas better .known to the people of southern New En gland aud New York State as Elder7 Swan, a! title jtbe Baptists were wont to confer upon their preachers years ago. Elder Swan was a na tive of Stouinston. When the P"""1? ?eefc bombarded that place in 1814 he served as powder mon key to the . cannoneers that de fended the town, i At 22 he was a licensed i preacher, but, thinking himself insufficiently educated for his.work he determined to take a theological course at Madison Uni versity, then n its infancy. 1 To reach the college he rode 2oO miles on horseback. I He had at that jcar aim ueirai M"?- S1 Sndaywbile 1 " ' "r t rt "Z?: ; ' 1 "1V " , rv J VCUM ? u" uluer ua8 ue 1:.? , r?A,. s"f V icinuj; neea aim cuiiing iiinuer. In 1827 h was graduated. I In such a school of heroic self- denial he I was J fitted for the work to which,! during the next I fifty years, he applied himself with al most unexampled devotion. He was then settled over the Baptist church in Stonington, at a salary of $259 a year, nd there began an evangelical career more remarks ble and successful, . counting its known results, than that of almost any other j American : preacher ex cept .Lorenzo Dow, or the equally famous Elder Knapp, With-whom he was contemporaneous. Fifteen thousand persons have been con verted under iis preaching, In one of his earliest pastorates, cov ering a period j of three years, he baptised 1,800 persons. ; i He wasj .more than six feet in height, well proportioned, even in later years his tall form : was but little benti His voice was resonant and ringing and his face expressive. He belonging to a class of preach ers who believeld in a personal God, a personal devil, and a raging hell, nis sermous were extemporaneous, and he always j-eterred to hell as a roaring furnace of fire and brim stone. He gave no thought las to what he should say. )i J It was as an pxhorter that Elder Swan was at his best.J The scenes at revivals instituted by him j were almost indescribable. The great shouting, weeping throng, thq rapt face of the prt' acher, jhis resonsmt pleadings" with those "out of king- dom" to come into the fold, the glad nosannas oi mose wno ieit they were saved, the wails of those who belie ved they were lost; ie;c an abiding impression.- Many .and many a tune at; tnese revivals uas the Elder prayed two; hours with out a pause. :j Ho was .ready to pray at all times in the street, on the housetop," in the tempest and in the calm. Sometimes he preach ed in his shirt sleeves,and in jother ways unheeded tbe conventional isms ' of the pulpit. But it was more in speech than j in manner that his ecceutricities appeared. With him biiptism at the font meant nothing,! the baptismal rite was ineffectual, in his belief, unless the one to whom it was'administer ed received it standing ini the flow ing waters, just as he believed the Lord ami the disciples didj-ages ajro it inauereu nitie vo lueeiucr what the season was, so loug'as it was asked of him tha he should lay baptismal hands upon nny one who would unite himself to the Church. Often m thetlead of win ter, when cakes of ice vere floating in the Thames river, anci riie coun try round about was white with snow, nas ne wbikcu waist ueep into the frigid stream, jand, stand ing erect, severe and grand jin tho unfriendly waters, itb impressive manner and a dignity J fitting tne sacred hour, conferred upou he convert the right, by this symbol of the faith, to membership- ni what he believed was tne one tru Church. Thousands used to gather at the water-side on such occasions and their tears aud rtheir silence nnrA witnpss to the solemnity ot the scene. iginali 1 The Elder was an on tVbtv litiouist, and .all his life fought against rum. . ! .7 Tired Eyes. People spjak about their eyes 1 beig fatigued, meaning tuat tne retina, or seeing porting of the brain, is fatigued, uui! sucu, is uoi the case, as the retina; hardly ever gets tired. The fatigue is jin tho inner an outer, muscies auacum to the eyeball and the muscle of accommodation, which! surf-omuls the lens of the eye. hen a near object is to be looked at this mus cle relaxes and allows the leus to thicken, increasing its refractive power. The inner and; outer mus cles to which we refer are used in coveriug the eye on tht object to be looked at, the limr one being esneciall v used when 'a near ob iect is' to be looked at. it is in the; 1 I tiirpi mnsplps mentioned tli at the I ; 1 - . ; tatigne is ieit aim icuei ia temporarily by closing the es vi The a red- gazing at tar uisiani oojeci. I indication of strain, is i - l-ii I ..ac.inf tlm rim nf the evellu. oe I Mtof -" - ; 7 , , A f-nL-uuiiMT ti ,-nnrresteu state Ot tUG i i o o i . , i inner surface, accompanieu wiiu gome pain. Best is not the proier of remedT for a fatigued I eye, but the a nso of classes of sufficient power to render unnecessnry so mucu . . . effort to accommodate the eve to risiou. German v has forbidden the calA nf" -Jiateiit medicines, ine averatre German wants to live a little while. . ' , .The Origin of SUk. l4 ' M Dr and Calico Printer. r j J If we put any trust in tradition, says an English journal, there is a legend that Tchin, the' eldest son of Japhet, father of the Asiatic race, taught bis children tho art of prepariug silk, as well as the arts of painting and sculpture. . Be this as t may,! it is certain that about 3,000 years before the Christian era a Chinese book, the "Ghou Kingdescribed silken cords which were stretched upon a musical in strument invented by the emperor Fo Hi. One of bis successors, Chin Nong, reputed inventor of the plow, explained j to his contemporaries what beautiful stuffs could be ob tamed by tbe cultivation of the mulberry tree, and about the year B. C. 2G00 au empress, to whom a grateful posterity assigned a place in a celestial constellation, perfect ed the art ot unraveling the cocoon and wea ving. From that time silk culture had its principal seat near the northern portion of the! Yellow river, in tlie province of Chah-Tong. There wai produced a silk for the royal household. Yellow, was the chosen color for the euiperor, em press and prince, imperial J. violet! for the other wives of thV emperor, blue for distinguished officers,! jred! for thosej less conspicuous ; and black forievery one else. lii the book of rites, "Li Ki." the cere monies performed at ' the harvest are carefully described. ; Even! the 'empress did not disdain to gather the leaves! of the mulberry with her own daiut fingers, and watched over the busy toilers of the cocoon. For a long time this invaluable in dustry remained the exclusive pro perty of the Chinese empire,; but about the third century, before the Christian I era, a military expedi tion from China bore the results of its civilization to the startled Occidents.! Silk became ktiown in Peisia and India, nnd was at last brought to Europe. The soldiers of CrassusV B. C. 56, saw silk stan dards among the Parthians, and a few years Hater an immense velar ium of silli protected the spectators in the Roman oircus from the rays of ; the sun. From this time the Romans Were always provided the beautiful textures which were thei admiration of their legends. Yet silk was still the privileged pos session of the rich, aud in the. time of Aurelian, who flourished in thei third century, was worth about forty times its present valui. The) enormous (price-, when considered j with the fact that there was at the time no commerce between! Rome and the Orient, goes far - toward explaining -the great hoarding of treasure and jewelry which has which has on in India. since that time gone There is a dispute between; tradi tion an. I history as "to the period when the! genuine cocoon was brought from China-to Europe. How was the vigilance of the Celes tials thwarted, !..., ' Ll...! ' since cxpuriauou of the silk- worm from the Flowery kingdom was forbidden under the severest penalties ? One account states that in A. D., 552, monks, sent to Kothan by Justinian, sue ceedtul in bearing away their booty concealed) iu stalks of bamboo. The legend says that once upon a time, whim Kothan did not yet possess the precious bombyx, the king ofLoneof the provinces sought and obtained a daughter-of the Chinese emperor in marriage. Be fore quitting her native land she hid the seeds of the mulberry nnd silk words' eggs in her hair, where it would escape the vigilance of the custom officers oil tho frontier.- When she reached her new hpme she planted seeds of the mulberry in older that suitable nourishment micrht be provided in the leaf for r the worms. . ' A Happily Averted Calamity. "Vell, dear, you'll be glad to know that frauds have been dis covered '' 'Where H "Oh, everywhere all over." "I don't believe a word of it.' 'It's a fact, mv dear. Mr. Evarts "Don't mention Evarts to Ti's a mean. base, invention of me. the enemy. . I tell yon, John, Clve laud's electel, fairlv elected, and I won't hear one wortl against it.f "But, my love, won't to reason t A fair conn "Don't talk to me about a lair count. The count haSXbeen jfair PI! (111 crh. What's the matter with the count I Who counted; em t" "The count has been wrong.' "iiow is it wrong!" . "Well, there's been swind iug somewhere. Butler votes have been given to. Cleveland." '"I won't have it. Mr. Smith It's I'm in- a trick. I'mj a Democrat ami going to see Gov. Cleveland jinonirated if I die for it.'' lf T wpxp. ivon. madam. I would listen to reason. --- ,'- T "Who wants reason ! I tell you. John, it's no use, the Kepnbiicans have been fattening ou the spoils for the past 24 years, and the poor Democrats have got to get a chance. Don't talk to me." "But suppose Mr. Blaine is elect ed !'' i ! I AI don't care whether he's e ect-ect- iil nr nut. I KUOW Ite S-IiOC e ed." '.' 1 7 - 'i ; - "But how do you know X77 "Because Cleveland's elected "You're mistaken, madam, and you'll find it out." ; r 717 "Sir, do you ouserve tuat, uiyum stick reclining gracefully in yonder corner! If that fine man, Grover, is tricked out of this election L pa going to smash all tbe crockery iu rim ik.Kiiiiuni3iii iiattt. wu you forget it." On to Taylors llle. I ICharloU DemoeraL There is cool pros,ect of ;Com- pleting the projected railroad from statesville to Taylorsville. It will be a continuation of the road from Charlotte to Statesville, known as AtlmitiV Tennessee & lOhio Railroad. ' yon usie-j Tobacco la North Carolina. ! American Farmer.! Tobacco is grown in eigbty-sevVn of the ninety-six counties of North Carolina; but it is a staple in per haps not more than a dozen of these. Rockiugbam, Person, Oas well and Granville counties consti tute the flower of the tobacco belt, each raising in 1379 about 4,500, 000 pounds, and this year the crop iu each one of these is estimated at j 5,000,000 to 5.250,000. The whole: acreage of tho State, in 1882 wis 04,482, and it is estimated that at! least 70,000 acres are in cultiva tion this ye&r. The whole tobacco4 crop in 1S82 amounted to 32,270, 792 pounds. All the leading au thorities now agree that the crop of 1S84 will approximate 05,000,000 pounds. But tbe best feature in the raising of the tobacco there! is that North Carolina leads the io bacco States in tbe average prices obtained for the leaf. As shown by the census the average price paid for North Carolina tobacco is $1410 per hundred pounds, tie ducting $9.33, the actual cost of production there, a net profit 'of $4.77 is lea for the producer. Tbe White Burley district in Ohio yields! an average profit of only $4.30,M while Pennsylvania! gives $4.13, Connecticut $3.89, Wisconsin $3.53,1 New York $3.12, and so jnn down the list. The annual- profit to! thei North Carolina fanner t more than fifty one per cent, would indicate that the growing of tobac co! is the most profitable agricul tural work done ou a large scale in America. 7 ' j Training of the Young. I A remark was made in one of the' papers read before the recent Woman's Congress in Baltimore suggests an interesting argument iu: favor of the kindergarten. It is well known that, in its develop ment, each new born being passes through very much tbe same stages that his ancestors have been through.- Even after birth the growth of the child's intelligence simulates the progress of the hu man race from the savage condition to that of civilization. It has been Shown by Preyer, and others who halve Studied infant development, that a faculty which has been ac quired by the race at a late stage is -late in making its appearance in the child. Now, readiug and writ ing are arts of comparatively re cent achievement. Savage man Could reap and sow, and weave, and build houses, loug before he coiild communicate his thoughts to a person at a distance by means ot written speech. There is, then, reason to believe that a child's general intelligence would bo best trained by making him skillful in many kinds of manual labor before beginning to torture him with let teis; and the moral to be derived is,! that primary instruction should be instruction in manual dexterity, and that readiug and writing could be: learned with pleasure and with ease by a child who had lieen fitted fjt taking them up by the right kind of preparation.- The argu ment is a novel one, and it certain ly seems plausible. ;) - U.xster as a Democratic Hmblem. I (Cincinnati Ennuirvr. j A H (iVli- wlipn- and where was the r ; , -r . roaster adopted as the emblem of Democracy!' '. - The question has been asked a thousand times iu the last week. ft Iipii 8ii0'iria'Al no doubt, hv f,, ffreat oialarifv of the bird since the 4th day of November. J !.fn 1840, after the Harrison cam pnfgu, there was great doubt as to hot' Indiana had cast her vote. The situation was similiar to that in New York today in. every Ire spect. An editor named Chapman conducted the Democratic news paper; at Indianapolis, aud, ai is often the case in boasting over a victory, his editoral rejoicing over th4 result was termed crowiugj' In ;a day or two, when some of the back counties were heard from, it seemed his crowing had beeu pre mature, and the Whig organ came out giving late returns showing Democratic defeat, and in the head line was the expression, M 7 "Crow, Chapman, crow." This was intended asa taunt, and 4 t must have been felt,or a few more counties yet to hearironi agaiu turned the tables, and nhowed that tho Democrats had wou. It was then that the rival editor hoisted at the head or his columns a magnifi cent rooster, and printed under it thi words '"-We Crow." It made a palpable hit. The passion for roosters spread, and from that day to this' the bird Im mortalized by the Hoosier has been i the emblemoof Democratic success. Too Much Hlaag UufikloTimcn.) these days of social, moral. II and -educational, reforms, there is one thing that should engage the attention of parents and teachers, and that is that more care should be; taken in the language of the broking ones iu about the home cir'clei. There is too much slang used,! the result of too little atten tidu as Io the use of gootl and bad language. Grammars seem to have been made tor ornament uh use. the A The abbreviations used by outb of to day are abomiua- '...ft- A tiousj that sbouiu oe wipeu oui. There is great need for such a re- r,Vm in the narlor. the store in fact, In every place where the young niosi- iiw cwiijji i How to Keep Meat. Tar. in much better for taraiiy use, when at least one week old, in ehld weather. The English method of keeniuz meat for some time, has I gteat merit. Experts say, hang up n onarter of meat with the cut end nli hpinr tli reverse of the usual irnv: and the iuice will remain in Hie meat, and not run to the cut, aiid dry np by 'evaporation. Ut is trnrth a trial, and when made it will be continued. NEW SERIES, NO, 937, T.l rr ff nH ft Z t Ti n-ril t- A most remarkable letter, in ref-' : rrenco to tho assassination ol Pros '-. ident. Lincolnby John Wilkes; ; Booth has been received by a prom-U inent ex Union officer in Baltimore. It says thar Booth did not asssas sinate the President for any politi cal reasons whatever, but, on the contrary, it was simply to weak private vengeance. It appears that Booth went to Mr. Lincoln and begged him to pardon bis friend,1 Capt. Yates Beall, who' was con demned to be shot as a Confederate spy. Mr. Lincoln as inexorable, ; bnt after Booth had goue down oii his knees and bathed Mr. Lincoln's hand with tears and kissed it he finally; relented, and ' promised Booth to pardon Capt. Beall. Booth left, well satisfied with the result of his mission, but when he read a day or two afterward that his mend bad been shot be became wild with rage, and concocted! his scheme of assassination, which he afterward carried out. 7 ) 7 The writer- also says that the same night that Booth had visited the President be slept at Mr. Bo wen's boarding-house in Washing ton with a gentleman who is at present a city official, aud also with another gentleman, now a clerk i n the Baltimore Postoflicc. Hoth the gentlemen referred to coutirm the statement. The vtiter says that the relatious of B.oth with Ars. Surratt were purely of a social na ture, and that-politics and section; alism had nothing to do with the tragedy. , - .; ; ; , . j. ,. "Only' Children. .j; An only child who has no near playmate sometimes develops cer tain nervous, peculiarities which occasion considerable anxiety to the watchful mother and father. This is especially noticeable' if ther little one is of a naturality bright and quick dispositiou, and easily adopts the ways and thoughts of its elders. This restlessness, with nervous cough and incessant move ment often have a basis which may be readily understood and cau be cured. What the child needs is childish companionship, the fellow ship of all innocent young crea tures, human and otherwise, j A child who knows its mother is watching for a cough will often scrape" till its little throat is sore. He does not mean it, nor docs Jie know he is actiug a part ; but -the consciousness of being watched, and the unconscious longing for 8ym)athy, are too much for hir nervous little system. Put. him with other children the small comrades of the kiudergarten !cr play-grouud will not notice ids peculiarities (they have too majiiy other engrossing thoughts and oc cupations); these distressing Higiis will soon disappear, cast aside with discarded toys and outworn clothes. Little girls, boys and dogs are none the worse for being brought up together. Imaginative children need live, flesh aud blood play mates, more than alLtlie dolls and exensive toys, which are .general ly idealized personalities and re flections of self to childish mimlxJ The Liw of Nature. A very rich old Thiaii who had married a young wife, died sudden-' ly upon which the widow a ved like a maniac, and exclaimed t the doctor, who stool by the bed side of the departed, "Oh!, I'll imI believe that my dear partner lis dead ; he could not die and leave me ! No, no, he's alive ; I'm hui he's alive. Tell ine, ilMttor, dcii'c yon think so P Madam," n-plied the medical mu, with much gnii i ty, 'I confess 1 have the means by which he may ' be revived. I will apply the galvanic battery." "Q, no no," cried, the grief stiickfii widow, "hard as it is to bear my fate, I will have no experiments asrainst the law of nature. Iet him rest in peace Her Home wan In lleaveu. "Nti, papa. I do not iwish to, marry yet. ' What I want fs a man that does not drink, Jmioke, chew,1 snuff, go out nights, gamble, bet,; over eat, &c; in short, w man with . - . no vice:, ami one wno is always good. ' : "Mv dauchter." said Mr Dnsen Imtv. "von nre oulv n stranirer j'r Heaven is yourJioine' C'leauslnj; Picture vramen. Black walnut frames will become j dull and rusty looking. They may j be renewetl by firat briirthiiig thor oughly witb. a stiff brush t remvc dust, ami then apph ing pure Uu seed oil, with a prper brnh ; in the absence of a brush, a piece of new bleached muslin will answer the purpose. '! 7 , Wbitewaa that Will XotitubOfl; Mix up half a pail fqlUuf lime audWater, ready to put on the i wall; theu take onejourth pint of flour, mix it with water, theu jmhu ou it a sufficient quantity of boiling water to thicken it, and pour it while hot into the whitewash : slir all 'well for use. together, and it isioaily The Supreme Court of Iowa has informed a joung wife wio married a man knowing him tojln intemperate, and then applied for ; divorce on the ground ths he i4 a confirmed dninkard, that idie yot tiutarily chose a drunkard fViJ-j s husband and should discharge ;tSie m i . ia - - itutieM or a (irunkanrs wite. "ins are to keep a pledge of reform;;, j tion, made betorc marriage,77 suvs Hthe Court, "does not justify you in deserting him. Jiaving knowingly married a drunkard, you must maki-l yourself con tent wilh Ihe saend relationship." .' - ,i 7 ; i On the second' Wcdiiesd-iil ii i rebrnary the-certificate's f the; Electoral Loiieges ot an iue mates will lie opcwtul, the vote counted, ami the election of Clevelaml i;ul Hendricks declared iu the preseuc ot both Houses of Congress, j 1 i ' 114 -i ' . I 3 : -7iH 1 " A I - . ... -i : " I " 7 r.w-im i ft i i I : A-I 7' v7- '71 ::u r.77-MU7J -t '7! i -a A I )-:- - .!-; l. r ti: -v. luiiiintelpret ; Tbere is Oswald Harbury to c IJ-