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A KAMII.I I'APKH. 'TU T I1.1T1 A.H1 I !.T t t'.U MvMfU'TtlUa tiiKKlKil, aMi Hi lMt III !! STATION" I LLK. N. i. SATl.'KDA V. DKCKMBKU Is. VOL. XXIII. COXfDT TWr jrul to etaf of t wt A ltd kUHM, AtlJ trOTbiSff "I limy BMt. in a forljn laud. After avna twey yawra, J!t M knjnilB'ahOM Ilaaa t ISnjCisaglT. trAanuil-ayad t d lha UmI lltUa bat Of thw baarl uuoo Ailber a-la ' ThJ iti of hui m4 Il itOtblDfr thai maka up lif fiba in a ialuaborou(b bat. Ami b tu black foe hit wife. At. whal a ootntylr tbia U' Ntiiticr waa tinrt it j jwr HLm bad for-ottQ bl kia-ea And b bid forif'rfteu hr taarw Tho Golden Dollar. Sunset burnished the apple trees and iLMimd the imtli winding through tbetu wr cnmnl tbe rnrifJ uid discolored coat of the ixmn crouching in th tall blue grass, munching a grent red apple. There h a ravenous look in bin glittering black eyes an be turned th-nf lestlcsMiy from side to i.dc, a ravenous expression in his pinch ed and awartby face, ami something ex ovedingly ravenous In the way be net bin amall white teeth into tbe apple, ami bolt ed tbe mouthful. There wai also an alert look In bin eyes ah if lie dreaded detection, and be shrunk tm('k behind the tree, and crouched lower In tbe- grass, tin tbe laugh of a clulil and tbe patter of little feet rami dow n the beaten path near by. There came simultani-ously witb these Hounds tbe clatter of a horse's boot on tho turnpike nmd Is-youil, and tbe hun gry black eyes, oecrlng through tie tall grasaheada, saw tbe blue dress and white apron ol a little girl Hying down tbe patb lownr.ii tbe gate, and a ?arge bearded mari enuring it, and at tbe name time throwing tbe reins of bis horse over one of tbe post a. fie stopped and held out bin arms to tbe little girl aa she ran gleefully toward him, and folding tbem around her, tossed her lightly iion hi broad shoulder. -What's limit" asked tbe c'sild, cling ing with one arm to bis neck, and pointing with tbe other lo a araall bag be curried in bis band a linen bag lettered with blue. "Money, my little lady," ha aaid, blink ing the hag until it gave out a metallic ring. Little, Hbiny gold dollars,as bright aa your ye and aa yellow aa your hair." "Give tbem to me," wild the child, hil ariously reaching down her dimpled band. " Too many,' be said, Blinking bin bend iu her imprinoned arms, aa be walked slow ly up the path. "It's too heavy for you.'' "How inauyt" Bbe inquired, still reach ing down her baud. " Three liuudred. he answered ; "three hundred round, yellow dollars, anil 111 give you one of them with a hole iu it to wear around your neck when we get into tbe houxe " And they pa-wed out of Sight, The man be waa a very youue man atarely more tbau a boy crouching low in tbe grass, stared hungrily after them, until their voices, aa well aa their forms, were lost lo bia sight, aud then, us, be rais ed himself to a. half-sittiug pottture, be muttered: " lbree hundred bright, shiny dollars ohPand there was given to the respiration, long drawn out, an exceedingly ravenous aound. Tbe burnished light died on the treetops, to tie n placed by the silvery tissue of moonlight. The dove hushed her silvery bong on the bill near by; and perfect quiet settled down over tbe white washed house in luti orchard, where the bearded man alcul with the golden bead of his mother less child on bis breast, and the bag of golden dollars under his pillow. The ancient clock shows in the dim light of the night lamp like a tall sentinel in tbe corner, telliug out the secouds, throb by throb. With a preparatory gurgle iu its throat, it hoarsely proclaims the hour midnight. Its voice drowns the slight noise at the window, aa the sash slides up. A daik figure, with eyes that gleam in a pale scared face, creeps stealthily through and stands within the room, breathless and shivering. The bead of tbe sleeping man moves, restlessly, and be throws up one arm, raising a comer of the pillow, and an end of the blue lettered bag becomes visible. The silent figure, standing like a statue near tbe window, steals noiselessly towards the bed, and reaching out a shakiug baud, grasps the bag of gold and begins to draw it carefully from its hiding place. Just at that moment the blue eyes of the child open, and the shrieks out in affright. The sleeping man suddenly awakened, springs from the bed, and fastened his bands on the neck of tbe throat of the in truder. 'Thief I" be exclaims, "you would steal my money, would you t" Anil he shakes him until the slender man in his grasp sinks upon his knees on the floor, gasping aud purple-faced. "Papa, dou't, don't, l"and the hands of the child grasp and tug at her father's arm. "Let him gol" she shrieks, "let him go!" As these words, half pleading, half com manding, and wholly frightened, ring through the room, the muscular hands drop from tbe throat of the victim, and he spurns him with his foot. The blue letter ed bag has fallen upon the floor. "Go, you scoundrel!" he says in fierce auger, "but tor the child I think I should kill you, sneak thief that yon are I" Tbe man remains" crouched upon the floor, and look about him in a dazed way. The little girl goes up to him, and halts belore him. "Did you want to steal papa's dollars? There's too many of them, and you oughtn't to steal it's wicked. I'll give you one,"and she draws a blue ribbon upon which is suspended a gold dollar -over her turlyhead, and gives it into his hand, which mechanically closes over it. Eva," says her father, sternly, and he reaches out his hand to take back the coir. "Let him bave it," cries the child, stamping her small, bare foot, imperiously, and again her father barkens to her voice, aou drops hi hand. 4Uo, he says, contemptuoufly, pointing to the open widow. "Go as you came, through the window." The man, grasping the blue ribbon in Lis fingers, rises slowly, and goes to the window, and climbs out. H returns and Wk. and -r the ru.ki L at tbe oj-u tarff"nt. "1 waj trvJnit." le umtl-n, I'.-kiti : her. " mnn." .hr . "'1 -iitt-.hitin to rat with lb (T-Md il ml if mmmr InUi !br uixbt Ins bef u'i J-d out of lift iwiow, nd ;!! -"-r bitu io her v aitt ; I.m't errr try to -! an- """ " Yrara afterward, h-i tbr -biid Km bail (frown Into beautiful won. an '"i ht tbe afjib-a droppw! upii her ft hr' ami ihr wbiSewa-b-'! lumw iu xhr orctmnl bail iat ii;lo other Imu K "be m prr wnt at a brilliant miwiiiblaifr. SIh- wiui anion i tbi-m. but not of them: be waj there not to tie aimiwd, but to auiiin.-, he waA iA a ufrl, but 'wily a vui. 'Who U be r"inquiri-J the luitiui(Uibrd tnirwuiu ia wIkkM' honor 'the a-inlilaife had n.et. ---Only my jroverneaa," answered tbe vel Vi l-nj'nil and dianwiiid lf kel b-te. "lint alie han a wondertul voici-,' he a-M-ed, ap-iof-tically, " 1 bad her cine iu li sing. " "Tbe stateitiiiaii okei after her with sltanife liitentninn. "What It her name?" he asked "Kva, Fj-roin,"annwered the Imly defire cntingly, an if she thought noinehow the nnme lniiht tie offi nive, and ab'Mj'd the re fore In- Hiokeii atKilmretic ally. The gentleman wan looking at tbe black nM l fliire of the girl at the piano, whose wonderful viice was thriUtru- through the room, ami he mnile m reMpoiite f r a min ute, and at the end of that time be was the centre of admirers and satellite that were always eager lo gather around him. letter on, when the marvellous voice was huiihi-d, and the black-rolied form had van ished, as was eiected, with its sound, the Iolitical star with his circle of satellites was i-landing near an ojeu window looking out ill-oil tbe flowe-y lnwu. over which the moonlight lay like a silvery mist. As he talked tolhone alsmt him in his cold, proud wav for it was said of him, that he was all brain, but heartless, so far an tbe tender passions were concerned he glanced oc casionally out in the night. And in one of these glances, perhaps, lie saw the figure moving like a dark shadow among the trcH. Five minute afterward he was making his apologies and alieus to the regretful hostess who bewailed the pressing business which called him away; and then the star faded from its satellites, and the very walis seemed to mourn the light withdrawn. Miss Erroin, the governess, wandering alone over the lawn, hearing a step behind her, turned to find the star bhining upon her obi-curity. He stood lieforc her in the moonlight with his bared head Isiwed in a kind of reverential manner that liewildered her. After a stattled moment in which she hail involuntarily h si ted, she bent her head slightly in acknowledgment of his presence, and was alwut to pass on. "Pardon me, Alias Krrom,'' ho said de taining her with a gesture; "I have follow- w a. tv. 1 i imaw-mm &nr"iw-Bn in rat ran me, of the great debt of gratitude I owe you." "You owe me no acknowledgments. " she said, interrupting him, and speaking coldly, while she drew her slight form up haughtily, in the moonlight," If my mu sic has entertained you, I have given it be cause I was hired to do so. 1 am a paid governess in the house and of my own free wi'.l would not have entered the parlors to night," and with a haughty inclination of the head, she again made a movement to pass on, and again he detaiued her by an almost imploring gesture. "Miss Erroin,' he said, ' I bog that you will not misconstrue my motives in seeking you to-night. I hae sought you for live years, "and he looked steadily into her face, as she stared in a kind of dumb bewilder ment at him. "Whatever I am whatever I may be of good, under God, I owe to you." His voice was low and vibrating, and he stood, as he hail stood throughout the inter view, in a reverential attitude before her, with the moonlight silvering his bowed head. I don't understand what you are say ing," she stammered. "Probably not," he resjionded. "The little drama in which you took a part with me years ago, and which lifted me out of darkness into light out of vice into virtue would naturally make a deeper impres sion upon me than upon you, a little child." Still she stared in dumb bewilderment at him. He reached up and drew from his 1k& m a strip of narrow, faded blue ribbon, on which gleamed a small gold coin. "Do you remember this?" he asked, holding it towards her. She stared from it to him, and a faint recollection seemed struggling into her face. "I don't know," she said confusedly. "1 seem to remember something about a gold dollar which I gave to " "Exactly!" he said, "which you gave to a midnight robber. It has been my talis man ever since.' And he touched it rev erently with his lips, and replaced it in his bosom. "But how . W'fiere did you get it?" she ai-ke'd, in aui'-xeuient. It was to me you g-ve it," he answered. 'And you were " she commenced, and halted in the speech, w orking her fingers nervously together. "I was the would-be-robber," he sa'd, "and but for you, would now be filling a felon's cell or a felon's grave," and be dropped before her as before a presence not of this earth. For full five minutes he remained stand ing silent and liowed before her, while she stared at him with the be wilderment slowly passing out of her face. When she spoke it was in her own natural tones, unbroken by embarrassment : "It has been a dead secret, as it were," she ssid gently, "all these years. Let it remain so." From that evening for several months the velvet-robed and diau.ond-decked host ess of the stately mansion became the en vied of all the other aspirants to the btates man's favor, by the attractions her home seemed te possess for him, to frequent were his visits. And ambitious parents anil blooming daughters were scandalized when six months after, the great political star, en tering a carriage one morning, met the gov erness at the gate of the stately mansion, and driving with her to a little chuicli near by, quietly married her, rtu-MC 1 be first n-tlil -4 frwu'u-, 0irfl.U lo tbe re IU tbe piftjCai til 1 bt umkV of wriliiJrf I n'-ule ptofuwrty gitra ui tbe -KC4iati beT'Ij t.bw. whivb Tbe prsenu t .;: e.l in m y rubjra f.O i mat. ter. ..."The eye, f.e .fjtte, became ) m?4 of Pfoviilrhoe, the I ird an riiitii.-n of iflie-, the -'iO !a-llef a rej.re u!i!Ti- of as-e. " Ct.Uit"ji .lou tlaiin that the liierotf'.rphlc are d.vUib into three d.tflnet iie, ibe ymliC, tie phoueUe ami figurative iifTiA. It U unknown whin picture writing w isj, vented. Some writer affirm that IriUfl came into uae w lien tbe aMMreyiaitoti of pictorial aigua ! ine iiK i Nar aa Uic nystem eitelnb-d. For elalnple, two bands and a liow tk the place of an archer: an rye and w-p're aiguifittl a mnarb. In time even these curtaikt MiguM were found to Le inadequate lo tue wants of tbe jtple in giving -aign to tbiMibU. Figun-a were employed io re isrwnt lanuaire and it seimraU- irgauic element . it It unkuowu when alphabetic or letter writing wm first diwjoveretl. It is sup,xjael tbut Slimn waa a-puiinlel with tbe art of writing, which pruvi-s that it existence wm knoa n at a very early peri od. Tlie Gn-eks and ltomana anMcrteti that the PhU'hiciau were the inventors of li-tteta Some attribute the invention of letters tu Mihm-s, others lielieve that Abraham knew tbe art of writing, and we are also toid by ouie learned historians that Abel knew the use of letters. The Jewish Habbi aay-"i'.)Mi created letters on tbe cveitiug of tne first Sabbath." A very singular invention of a syllable alphalx-t is related of a Cherokee Indian, who was ignorant of the English tongue, and could not read a word in any language. This ssir savage succeeded in producing in 1824 an alpbatiet so complete that be was abb-to write a letter. The Chciokees were delighted, the youth of the hand travelled a great distance to leant the new art of writing and reading, which from the jKX-uliHrity of the alphalx't ami lauguage they could acquire in three days sulticieutly to practice tht nis?lves and to teach othera. Types for printing iu this character have btcn cast. Tbe apieitralice of the lan guatfe thus printed ia singularly uncouth anl barbarous. The invention of in.uk s for punctuation is ascribed to Aristophanes, the famous Greek grammarian. Abbreviations of words were not made In ancient writing, except upon coins and inscriptions. There are extant some remains of an ancient sys tem of writing in which all the characters are formed by different combinations of one simple element. 2s'o satisfactory method of interpretation has ever Im.-cu given of these writings. Of all books now in existence Itie writings of Moses and the Book of Job are considered the most ancient. The Mexicans used the pictural method of writing. It is related that they ap prised their King, Montezuma, of the laud ing of the Spaniards by means of a liueu cloth, on which this event was represented by picture of visible objects." The jmau w mrrereuc nvin an'Ouierft. ins In col umns, beginning at the bottom to read. The Japanese and Chinese also write in columns, but they read from the top, going from the right to the left. The Germans first w rote in the Latin characters ; their alphabet was not in general use until the thirteenth century. The "monastic'' alpha let was used in Germany as varly as the eleventh ceutury. About the time of tbe ttoman conquest writing was first prac ticed in Britain. The several forms of French writings derive their names from the diflereut races of kings w ho have mlcd that country. The Greeks have ever manifested great enthusiasm in prom Hiug knowledge. Tho first library that is known was collected by Pisistratus, who lived at Athene. King Atlalus had a library that contained i!W, 000 books on rolls. The celebrated library of Alexandria was founded by Ptolemy Philadelphia; it is said to have numbered 700,000 volumes. It was destroyed in t42 A. D. The first private library is sup posed to be the one founded by 1. Emi lius, 167 B. C The first public library was founded by Asinius Pallio, in the hall of the Temple of Liberty on Mount Aveu tine Augustus founded the celebrated library in the Temple of Apollo on Mount Palatine, The Kouians had several large private libraries. Tyraunio, a native of Poutus, who was taken prisoner by Lucul lus and brought to Home as a slave, and receiving his freedom, taught grammar aud rhetoric, investing much of his earn-; ings iu buying books, and is sa d to have collected a library of 30,0UO volumes. Constant ius established a public library at Constantinople. Its contents increa.sed from time to time to 120,000 volumes. It was destroyed by fire in A. D. 477. Ruling a Krwncn. Tom Newlana nas an Indian who places a hiirh estimate on bis equestrian ability. There was a horse to be brought to town a few days ago and the Indian was given the job. He was told he was "bronco,'' but it was "esta bueuo me sa'oe.'' Hitch ing the animal to a tree, he carefully plaet d the sweat cloth on him; then the blanket, the bridle and the Badulc; at tacb perform ance giving vent to a satisfied "A'v hah," each ejaculation growing intenser, till he gt into the saddle. All this time the "bronco," looked as unlike Alexander the Great's war horse, Bucephalus, as a car penter's saw-horse. The Italian started: he gained the crest of the hilt where the scrub oak was thickest; he turned and gave another "Ah, hab," which was followed so closely by "whoa" that it sounded like a compound word. Then something rose to a few feet in the air, went back and rose again. There was a cloud of dust, a heap of Apache talk, a flash of bright colcrs. and silence. When Tom went up, he found the horse grazing in the most ortho dox fashion and a strip of white breech-. clout and a pair of brown legs Burmounted ' red stockings and iron-clad shoes sticking up from tbe middie of a scrub oak, like a new sort of plant. Tom got him out of the brush and when he said: "An, hah," the Indian looked as though he wanted to go on the war-path. During a late thunder-storm near London, Eugland, a great bail of fire was seen to descend from the clouds into a lake. After the storm was over a hundred dead fish, including two carp, weighing together twenty-ihree oounds, were found floating on the surface near the spot where tbe fire ball was seen to strike. at it tim It' ia' jj. -. iile J.rr"W' lb . laoetir i-u&tiirinic -"....& U lrr.el - ttae faftrt4.J t- ;? tti ;iree'. u tbr " faroii.ly tabic.'- If it '- rm tat .' 1 n 4. it Mite oiit t4, a fi.,'tb' m9 :rr . !iu wett IB,, the i..:c! ' "e after . trXa- itx (le linprrvt -4 wt afTrceil ;t tbere, ' wbat frvml r-u:U tun te a Llevrd f fu tbe nieetitirf Ihrr .lsr itv iu U- dislc r-ti!, fruii tbe r tirrUi'o 1k1u!1 Uk aiel the etitirirtiU La-'ttualiy n;i i d j there. A neal ; o lerel lalur, t in i tlJtejf a ien to the - tiklren. I bare : botirtil , Uai. a ' rtu'- 'tbiI alui.a.Ui. , rtatiy bam fietti r ni er w ben drrmm-i ! Iu H U-m, atid ! ra with urpnr tbe fleet proiiijied uj. n a cerlaia tuuaii i U.y of iny acquaint! t'V bami' ! y s dreBed iadsea who Are pdile Iu blBi. T(v ' the inviting iabir, ttrx there abould be i alway jtnlbing allrart rr, however fciui , pie the uei may lm is.rl children wij I tlite prepreJ U l-Lr pT"t-rljr. At ; tbu table tbe mother Wui tu.it mk.r bt-r arat j with 1 1 iiierl hair an led rr4Iar, remarking, wiih tleair')f a niartyr, that it is tbe.firat tifie be ha aal diiwo to-Uy. t Tbe head of the hHie, if tbe dinner 'is uot ; eiwlly io hi mind, will not resent it a a ! aTsonal affront, it reallj n worth while, ; and w lien pbilowophicalif conicU ri.l i a ! matter of great tmportaw to lay aside a ; far a ponMible all tbougita of lite hard j work done .In-fore and l lie done after a j meal, and to allow w) v auh qttestion ' to lie diM-UAM-d at this tine. Tbe baliit of brtxsliug over our work and eihaimting ourselves by going it al iter in our mimts is (Hie lo be tu.liiusly avndetL.' There is nothing wbioli takes frin one's energy more tlnn this, and it is frequent caum of insanity. Everylasly Uiow that li digeiHS lutter when valwi in agreeable company. It was metldng more than a pleasantry--which made Iriend remark. i that he could not have h wife and child pass the AUU.intr acaLiou awsy from hmi, j as it gave .him dysi psia. The jxs r child i who ci urn s to (jricf at ilie table, and is j seat away from it with hi dinner half eaten, and who Biiller the whole afternoon I with an undigested lump of fomt iu hi sUimach, is to te pit nil, twl it i a wise plau to e.iplain to childieu, that in tin way they will lie punished for bad conduct at the table. It follows, lU-n, that pleasant surprises iu the way of preparing favorite dishes, that gmsl taste, Us much iaina laking in arrauging all the apjiointmenls of the table and diuiug-rosin, rise atve a mere ministering to the tnimal existence, and affect the finer issues of life. Good behavior and cheerful uea ought to accoui auy eacli meal as nat urally and unvary ingly as bread and butter. The happy laughter which distributes nervous force, aud calls the blood from the brain, allow ing the stomach to get its share, sin mi Id lie heard more frequently at our tables. No one should feel at lilierty to say one word which is not at least kind and thoughtful, any more than he would withhold a suffi cient quantity of food. These facts need more careful consideration than they have I usual received Lnnitua foita. The dense fogs w hich so frequently con vert Iondon dav into uiulit, while the sur- J rounding coOntry is bright with sunshine, are 'commonly attributed to tbe smoky coal j winch Loudon burns; and it has beep pro I jawed to imjort Pennsylvania anthracite as a remedy. Doubtless smoke has soniethiug to do with the density and blackness of IjOiidon fogs; but we very much doubt the possibility of largely dispelling them by any change of fuel, it is,- we believe,, not so much the smoke of Iiwlon fires as the great volume of water vapor which they produce Hiat serves as tbe primary cause ; of the fogs. A necessary product of com ; busi ion is water; anil the millions or more j tires of London must send into the air of I the city enormous volumes of heat vapor in 1 addition to the steam of boiling water inci j dent to cooking, manufacturing, and Binii I lar ojieratiou8. While the atmosphere of ( London is thus being kept at the point of .''saturation, the manner in which the city is laid out prevents any free passage of wind j to sweep away the super-abundant mois- turn. Loudon is made up of a congeries of f towns scattered over a hundred square miles or mor; of area, each with its pecu liar net-work of streets and roads, aud all grown together into such a snarl of passa ges, all short and nearly all crooked, that a hurricane would be confused anl lost in an attempt to pass through the city. So other large city in the world bears any comparison with London in this respect. All other large cities have long thorough- 1 fares through which the wind can sweep t their entire length or breadth. In most cities such aveuues are not only long and j broad but measurably straight. The near- i est approach to such a thoroughfare in Lon- I don bcirins at bhenherd a liush and runs I along the Uxbridge road, down Oxford ! street to liolbert Viaduct. This allocs ! the west winds to penetrate to the very i heart of the metropolis, aud it is a fact well established by observation that this route is singularly free from fogs. The native Londoner is apt to deride the chetis-board plan of mit American ammany, Lurope an cities, with streets crossing each other at right angles and running in monotonous straight lines, mile after mile. This plan may not lend itself so readily to architect ural effects' as the short and tangled streets of London, but its sanitiry and commercial advantages are beyond question. It may be that after all u said and done London may have to choose between eaduring an almost ever-present fog or the breaking up of its beloved labyrintns by cutting broad and straight avenues, in various direct kus, acroes the length and breadth of the city. The Koe of Sharon. The so-calied Iliise of Aharon is one of the most exquisite flowers in shape and hue. Its blossoms are bell-shaped, and of many mingled hues and dyea Iiut Its his tory is legendary and romantic in the high est degree. In the East, throughout Syria, - Judea'.' and Arabia, it is regarded with the prof ouudest reverence. The leaves that encircle the round blossoms dry and close together when the season of blossoms is over, and the stalk, withering completely away from the stem, the flow er is blown away at last from the s em on which it grew, having dried in tbeshapeot balLto which is earned away by the breeze a great distances. In this way it is borne j over the waste, and smdy deserts, untV at last, touching some moist place, i . clings to the soil, where it Immediately takes freah root and springs to life and beauty again. UU-M tvitl a .MX- j 1 tik, A Al i tii -,f Aii-... I W -.a aj. t.- Urt .tA i-" A4-- ... fcll jr-..' A;it'-" ... tji lUritr . n' l.e.-'.-i .t4f-t wstii 5it rri-! f.i. ui! . Ii I.Ms Milfttf. r." tia..ir iUtkbtai:Mi f-. .t Ui. U.e mm.u .ti, A tiirlM, liuCurbware aoiiU-tJif fAujctrt,- ' t y ati CtiUKJ eLitr, 4 er"L t-urret;U oi?itn.i aij 114 it .' aincv-li-ae tirccoww . Jer ai. f ba fe OitiV.1 tiii:rj-tic dufurtiaiv 4 njuA ti tn,U-, k it ariki t L A t.ti.-J Jt-.l !o -teirratt rt-iT's e. r, lt r;wt.:y lt UtiaHC-i'.-HHT-rotvl :a tbe ilii -4 .atjiafitr ! n '.bal earth eurrrtiU tiy lmx--i f rojuent a iiiipwx ilt Uie ijuieitieM 4 n- Hi y earm. A aiij-rt 1. 1 biUil .f ra an-i.Jiili the UUrlJ dt(urliai. An n'mnr U Uie Motjeybarat lrA t.-ry ii.--rlm II m rerl;iii) tle tiiiiE ..f ,t.t.!.i. ikf 1 'Til - t I "T 1 m i 1 i m ttlt of the tfeauct wa r LU tixai violent ever r-i.liil l Lbat iJrvai Tbe 'irJ d .piy u t ly -ut. efvetf in LiigLtMl ami ! 4iaAil. Onrnti nerver deatTtt it aa an otittxifx of :rain ei, ApAntig like wavy, aw my -rartama fMn the U-iutb Ui tJie i.el liOMU, with it... l...u!i.i . . h 1. 1 . -k 1 1. iri.tfl. -n fntn bueifcin to Ar-mlU. tbe ' t-tttjf f tiK ll.l iiJ- blue with a red4.h ttiiA'-. arsKber ptunls the display aa a lnllint j bnd of white light followetl by atreu.er. each lrvaint r failing a ay U fore tbe an-c-ediug (Hie Issiune -.very bnbt, and atili another nsd a glowing ceUwtla! picture of tbe rrt hern boruon a irti-il bv a .bright wblte hae, tcrmiuHtinn 111 An lil-ik-fine-l ! arch, fnmt which sprang a larg' imn.tf "f J bnnwl atn-alm-ia, atreU bilig .toward tbe j n-llllh. 1 he aatne pheuotiterMin wba ain j by Aniencnn olftu rvera, Allltmigb It did n-H j receive the attf ntlirti Nirtownl ujm tl by j Kupan liw-rvi ra. It l evident, lr-w. ever, tlut the (- li of ttrand annua and i magnetic atoruia hn retuni"L and. that our northern skiea for UMititba U inie will oroltablv N- lu-hted with auroral flamea. More earnestly tbiin ever axtiw-a lite qiw-a-1 tion of the cause of tlu sun jsl eycle ainl t . . . . . ... .. 1. - i. .1. 1 i 11a inumaie couiiccucn wiui tunni bihi magnetic pben nneua. .Soone.tsiblAtbal the rouuiii'tiou in tbe Ailar orb ia reflected on the earth in the fiaslu-a of aurvtal light and the erratic movements of the magmiic nei1le. We can see tlie cnuae and note the effect. iiut no one, if the tlieory of Uie distributing influence of the great planet is reJectcAi, bus found the clew to Ute m cret of sun spot. We can only gpijie in darkness while we wait for perAistent at-archeni to lve the prtiblein. an 4 ailnuie with minglei reverence and awe the migi ty power with which the sun sways his te tinue of worlds, and the atrengtb of tbe sympathetic chord by which each placl in the system reflects in auroral light ami dt lurl)el magiK'tisni the aluxrinal cotiditi'm of the great central orb. A Maw Hi 1 11 In 0itl-. . J'roXaaftftoT I fill tiaS ltliU bttiU ut. lUi method of supplying the deficiency of t je power, and some montlis ago he undertook to ascertain if there was any way by whuih we could be able lo dispense with artificial lenses. It is a well ascertains) fai t that persons who are Lear-sighted, r tu other words, can see only such objects aa are near to Uieui, have the ball of the eye globular and protuberant, while tltoae whose vision enables them to see object at a long distance from tbem have the eye flattened and sunken. Tbe obvious ex planation of tiie fact is the thiory that when the eye is flattened, the lenses are comprcsMcti, and thus focal distance i in creased, while the opposite eflect foi'owi the loo great rutundity of the eye. Acting in accordance w ith this theory, be conceived the plan of increasing the power of the eye, not by using artibcial glass lenses, but by improving the natural lensis. He designed an instrument, con sisting of two small metalic disks, ca h pierced with" an -exceedingly- small hole, and connecteil by a light sti-el land. Thee disks are to be placed one directly over the centre of each eye, while the steel lstnd j avnng around the head, holds tbem in place. This band is s made that il can be shortened or lengthened by turning a thtiuibtcrew, and of course, jusi in propor tion as it is shortened the dinks press against the eyes and flatten them. The -inventor tried his instrument upon himself before cxhibitiug it to anyone, lie found that wheu the disks were put in patilion and the screw was gradually' turned bis wer of seeing distant objecu steadily iucrcjed. A very slight increase of pressure on the eyes tave a very warketl increase of vis ual jiower. lie made experiments IsKh by day and night, aud in every case with marked success. He found that in the daytime he could read the Time at a diA- tance of twenty rxls by giving the screw two complete turns, and at night he oiuld perceive the moons of Jupittr and the ring of Saturn w ith six turns of the screw. I'p to this point, the operation of the instiu ment w as quite painh-ss, but any attempt to ive greaur eye-r.sjwt-r was Attended with a sliarp pain in the ey es and a dazzling light, which rendtTed All objects invisible, Profeaaor .Merrill has calculated, luwevtr, that six turns of the tlnimtscrew give bis eyes a power equal to tLat of a refraciing telescope of forty -t wo fext foCal distance, and that, in fact, there is no tel esOe in existence which tuts anything like the power of his eyes when lhey have tut-n properly adjusted by the help of bit new instrument. atrwr, JMrr A gcnUeman residing in the suburbs o Detroit, finding that Lis other wise weli-or dered household was without that indis pensable article of modern civiliza-'ion known as a lemon-squeeKer, and having tried for several days in vain to think to bring one out with him from town, finally directed his man to remind him of it on the following morning before his departure for the city. Standing on the coor-Aicp after breakfast the next day, and just aa be was about to bid hu wife his uaual af fectionate farewell, he beard, in stentorian tones from tbe region of the stable the wortla, ''Squetxer, ir!' The lady was startled, and it was well for tne faithful domestic that his employer had only just time enough to catch the train ; but there now a leniOD-sq jeezcr of the latest pat tern in tbe hociwe. A wag got hold of au editor's whisky bottle and labelled it, "To be contin ued In our necks." W- IU i Ai . -t A ' Ui : hm ?AA- A - -m.! 4 ', t tmj,4 m .A !. m .4 A!J A !nrwi MA i.M Lu '.I e t f - '.c - w a e. it 1? -A 1-3 l .mm , :1 jt A t i a . .we, :1 . lt? Uit ikil are U.: W ftj lbi t-fc W -i.l 1UI m- m Ur .l. .: "H.;.-, A . lAi lu (r.v! vi'lt . t l fktAa Ix'teX b.lla i 1 ,.. a aA U l! f litVU) Ik Uj-J t'. It U.- W A V.- t-I.A !-'-. i-v tJ. i !. itu ' W IU f f ll fr.c: i ".- A. IA r. mi l. twt if - v' Utt i.m hi t A.i lbA n i'tt A faA Ati tu it I ,. .1 fcfi uua !f Ci. A. C J itxt I lull l tfiTtmi IAA M ktf ... '.t i 1,1.11 l !C;f t .t. Ai: Um 1 it iM Ki4 d w .(..! be fimug firt tat. at te mi it a a 4 I'.ftbftl ksul b. , iil:A .'., liti ll r a?'.. '.'ar-lA a n tbe uit f .'.. (- lb . tbe tijr,n ai j'-.i'd u 1U0 ' w e.ldiiA' "fay a i tbr tnWu4 aI ! IlLMiill t 1 riMll.it t. . 11 ?rw-tatft ft..' m. 1 te V. -Ift. n . i. 1- 1 4" tAixea of tbe tao fafl.ihew art lr, U llr i j lo tbe .ntliri . At bnuai lb' V lu'a daiHe a t ra. imjv I r u b U.. tl.. ilam t ta a at.-rt mn. f tbe aakr f lb . r i f'l-t And tatb ) 1 Hiring tbu ll. tf1 W l-lliA" tfreaft b A4t i frii.t I In I. whoat Vouri,; iwi ai i( lrl.efta i .If ipbea to b r N belt A.l tbe A i AwHitiied tbe Kl le kmeia fgT Urf paaielita' j t.ieftiiif . an-1 tb t aJie l p:a.l 10 a arr w nil ln-r la-tralKvl aiel inm l l fi l.ir :iin i. .jut hrnal aiit a.', are wm td to ttie V"4ti: oil4e, Atl w !( la tbeiiw u over lb. ir .U. ri.iawb.al ia kr.t uj. a-Mj ajierwar.i aon . 11 11 i-ra a" :t,i tlie Votlii Ortipie wiii tr pTipt r-ft.ta I.tlKHig, a.liirift' aud t t4,ug re kep i.,i tl-IJ rnofiiliig. w b b tb 'iii i"ij'l a'r an otiipAiueit bi tbrir rt.Mit Hut ( ! then tbe bfidu'a liMl baa t" tf rttt '.Jf, aie a.ie k 1 iijf f .4 m lilt t b IliAlritt' p lint lUttHii It tiTftli.e. -but If bva to t omi " I be wedduif fiwliTllMW ae I ' 1 u' ..r i-ii 'lata aisl attto ciabta w 11 lii nil IjIi rtui-li'Mi. a.'ur whuh tbe wrd ling via,talw-ftiii, osnuK-ix ii with IU old eat prorieir of lord ot liar lael(blaUiftal Uik.- tip hi a tiaie tbla Viatt w aa paid oO the Wnaibtifc'-iUy, Iiut IKiw ll IA d'lajed j until after tbe " wt.liliiiti re. I bat laaaa..! Il in U-tti-j tbaa. 1IA' Hatailtataj. In li-.X c ncampatl Ui tin' llfHitb al tvriiur, tlte f AiU w taen vtliaatera tfate Oulram liif'iciiisl oti f atitfer thai had teu Uiorny JaiiA'Al'lo tbe Tbia itvrl of tbe Uialketl dow 11 ill lb iMirl 11 of the Tillftr cisiuiry wa niairi, kikI 'here wtvA no bit! ( ravine n l. Hut rani lnrtd ini f-aat, J in hand, a fol)iwt-r rftyutg a nfr, Aud aotne si t other Uiwa and arrow a The ! ! :- r I li i iVi' ufm-i.il 11 I I'.'i a t if a- mi li Iinl.w, and cventitallv Afaravd biwi lot death. I lu mt. it la A.Tlruae.1, luaA never been eijualiil l f'Hi; or time In K aiaaii-ab li aisitha r iri.ui be apear in hal, tike a Klaibator in the an na of a K uiiau aiiipbillieAlre rm. for tbe tbr-.win- ojw-u of Ibe wild lua-il't I ae. 1 lie Inmliaa we set on flie, and tbe litfcr, by te iiaeaiit relishing the anioke, ctvue. putTl ig and blowing like a porpoise, every hve or an mxonds, to gul a little IrCftJi Asr, Imt, ai l t ing the i li pbAiit, b- wtvi aJwa ta li to re treAl again. Tbia wr of wrk went m for a:me lltiw, aixl buab afr buali tilaXfl away without jipslucuig Ute ilawirwl iff. it 1 i sild ti A have U1 Ue ua;iriiiv w l, n life waa at alake. At lan lb re wa a low. angry vrTiat, and a acutiliiig r itrtic id Uw ; auHftge. Ibe tiger sprang aut, aoI ilown di sceuilii) the long lame into bit tte k, jual U-blnd Uie ilfiti r er. V ith iwte I airukc of bl JaoWi rlul paw In; ainafK.l tbe spear c: lothe beiL Ibia w tv a prrtty tiUKHM ft. Mr. I lA'r iMae aiep below, w l ti the alii I s(i km iu hi Im k. aluib by no tueaits improvea hi temper, bal ga'ln r. d hi huge hmduuariefti la-low bun f at a t jsrale sprinK, and my Iriend, tuuieal After the fashion of tbe .uth .ea Iaia,nUra, AtamJiiig on a little mournl, bra-Athing iUi. anre aiid braiidiilnut; bia hamilaai on hifb. Lventually the tiger wm bot by one ol Uae arty. tuitram bad iue narrow eaK. 4.iMt, while purauirig a tiger .an f-.at, bia compwuion being on laorat Imv k. the animal Charged, Sa iled Outmill. tuid ro! Ii-l .1 . t, Uie bill with him. liemg tilml fr tu the CIAW of the frr-ar Si4 tia-ftl fr A u to me nt, Uutraui, wnb irreaX preaerta-e iaf mind, drew a piatial be Uml wutj bioi. Ami altot the ti:er Janal. Tbe Hbil, uu a, inv Uiat he had be-u lujured, were otn- and am loud in their grit land fiprasai tm of re. gret; Imt ttrftin quiete.1 Un iu with tiae remark : "S bat uo 1 care for the ciain of a cat :" Tbi spew b wm rile aiim tbe iitnis for UaA'i years Afterwarl, liiay be so until Uii day. l art-lag- In ike I'eleallal ttaatriw Thirty paint of enihronlered al:pp-ri are nxi-iwvAry for the iroutawwu of fhinear laaiy- of tii!on. Ami tier tamtisr ia rrtm mel.with conf-tioraery, And fmiu. burnt almonds, barley auita, tynip of aKW, oTAntrfA, ginger, Ami AbaddorA, ia ctif u sion witii rich AiJkA. jewn of wr sitfbt gf4d And pri cioit atotMA, nnga, !iraielA, cam - of iiai'A, ttiatlkina for tbe hair, and a Utouwuid other charming ex k-nacka In this r-trantre country a ysiog fir I w beo Alae nisrrvea never haa a lwry. Mae ia bterail punliAaed either by the huatavnd bl maeit or by hu relaikooA. A) though alae ntay have no iTotberA, abe cannot initi lit any portioti of her pHiernaJ fortune imlees her father makes an etpreaa 0 laratioo ia ber f Avor,. Such ArranrfeuienU are always ootn pleted befo e the niarnagr, ami Are uAUAJiy DegtatiAted by AjrentA. railed, "Me Jin. ' Tbe yiMing yiV-iria- U next pre D'rsJ fj ber bUAbanda't parenla. The huabmnd himaeif she never sees until the weal ling day, when she u carried in a cloaed chau U Lbe bastae. Tbe key of tbe chair la handed to the bridegraVMn, wboiapena tbe lir. An d if the lAdy within pleaaes his Utwe be bob la out his band to ber ; if not, be Alaat Ue d"ar, and the engagement is at ao nd, the rirl't parents having the right to retain the pur chase money. "WEtx.pAt, Jim didn't quits klllyoo with tbe brickbat. did bal"' "No; but I with be bad. "Hhytol" it could have seen hlut buna;, lain:" a -1 a wl -. f.tlj a.f A a4. -a ej a ti' 94 avy I ttftiUa a aa A' aai lUa lf A .i a II V Vatr A AA4 ft-ft-. Ak4 ft. kt . i ( A m . ah. a :aii .J lit 111 m 1 w IA A A- tuM A a. .tA mAm a4t A ) -A ft. a - . m Wa ia a lwiA.-A'ft i-iAwk.t tAftl U t " aaiA'l W ta ta m4m- Aft W ftft,.t .aftf t .J ta a f UiiaaaaivM ll,.lf Ia a aa m-n Am a f aaa.f Wal a i m L4ftJ. wkMAlklftaaa I 1 1. l-l.-a- a at ftW 1 k fmag a ft- a l.al !( - Uwaif vol 4a aa.l.Aaa laai ti a imllt b Aaa av Wa ..t-. V.ft, . f m Ik t" t) wt, .it. aiAA-'A. II a I.., a . : lft.a-a- f lluai t"mi)ur, f t. ! It.al 4 i. r i fi a w.. m- n I i l l' f ;( i . Si i a 4 iv t.l !. ra l..l la -uf ft' I I It. .tii-t'.i'ii . Ikaa I ti f..llft a ift a f lf ait p a .1 W-.,r-.j a ini.( ma . Aa .Aaj-l ii wall, l. l.at tua.utrl ), it' 1-at u. , til It It A ti I k i ' iiiiK im t Aa .ll ! Ml , tu lb. j.. 1 tl fa. - a' " ' f , t be m al bnau uu mpf, ,h,n . U1 lf ,, t ' aat 1 .t. 1. .1 ' va 1 .1 e 1 1 al li ! J t t .1 Kteft Ml til (III U W a.' i tit l,ll.l. ' lug Ibr xiitblna u( is. iln lAai , a 1 1. It lb hi ! Aawii Nil piat. hu i.nii4ii i , . i a, avrain la ttnj-llii4 Irww I at aa j liaft.i lbat lia la lr.. I In- tu-iftt maiurwl aa I ta'-a ' tltria Ala. fur lb Ui'l tit, Ui-m ka ' ear It niut tu ! T W-ftj ' ran latada IfluA , aan IA A. : wrAita"--in I. ' IiAIuia!1, Win ' irt far. bit u it In van 1 bait J A devtMll tuaiifl-M. A plan .taa'i A bolr puraaae, (a t-lUa liiaM A glwtw I lata m All eaftblf klti lata Ti iioT ru w In this IU iat r lak ia of llftelf, but Wa Mi ilMiW l iKa Uiiii IWuit l Itauat b- plutlltftl fvl. lit Altai rt luiif Ufa loa iiii'.Mi I I vlolantlv ' f.a l ontht'if t" pitimit ! ly ; fear liotbltif t" toaflf . j Moderation it lb falfcar a.f ba Lb . t barf ulnrat. Ait I ol I Al. t'-t A a4 A fanill ton n mmr I eat n I . This thort ajaan af Ufa n aw a rrw with Alniif ll'tn a altila ttlt . tei - - -1 iln Alta m ftaB.at. ft ii a mm . . ...,,, , .. . k, . mail -Ilea. bit pit pieleii Uiat b i .-I. It fllial . aud IIUI fl Itatigftl tttl a.l It A tiire ptf Mitater. If ant AaH (Af At tbe en I ol Iba week, uaft'ilh )ar , ti ll ra-iuna'ar ba ft la tba end Ibe tlMir fnf feataafiilif It, ta 'ill a hate appfiawa bed H'Af auoutb Ua II, forbi birlt Hull U b k Al HAla l A-l mire. You may .brink fro A lb far aeAfi blit aolllu Iwt ta( )iaul baa It, taw I ll aatlier laeal ltlU isili itt llwa-l tbem. A tin Duu lutat tu bta I yt tk bett, b prrpafw-l fur lb .lit, ttl br with e"'aiilmilr aim.itr tua llAppAA. A doubter It ry Ilka we'lal rxatk, bw It vweiaxt aluUn I with ataif pMtniA' Sreet , b il a t-b;i a w hlrlw In. I. iiitri trr lau ittn wblb r 1 1 Aia I art with men, m l tliuM ta.it. 0iiai rayt anri-cla him, li., Itwae atal la mem braoi . leart ar KUm gt alilih iwa b- tUlwt Upon lb Uie Itt of y a( Iba ataftaial. and they will avail U kji Ui bari from auSvtTAlUHt. Iblnj-a tbal will wear tit ft.M Ua bw bavl cheap. Hlt'ther 11 A fatTaa A prlticipie, U aia AifJul, It twittl erulnly cuat wiuirUiin,. UI All lb AAllwut tal Utaa't life bl isarrlag doe rut ruiirar o aatbr ymn p. , yn of Ail ib ai liont xtr ill It it luoal liaeid al will, hf oiiaf aawyl. KiAltery It lb h'aru tmm-u tMalftMbM with tliM-h our aart aa anataHii iOlal, lU OlJar IbAl WA AAA rflH luaiiy babalftaMl iaJ Ab-14elta4 Mre I u men ally tf tl alwAft At touiadl, but uur woo laf At lit VMl fw- ulU AvwtiiplllirJ by rtata pATAli VAl t .uiaJ loeaba rraiatfi lb iaabWAt Wilia ut. VtlwaotaU Lftltvr Ik.w i baa . " U looj xuard. tbe, but tbvii Isual jr,uArJ Iby rwbea. Km ta diaalalaA la taVa il'ti but wUdattti IncfAaaAtla lA a) Aw ofiU A-mau hat no rifbt Ui uc.-uf tw fc blfh moral g round thai M ia c vit al ant Jy ao far Attvv hi fellows that be tail b of taw aarlial AAa.aUtu Ua Lbeoa . There It tntu Itelp for all ta darwett of fortune ; lor If a ait cttMal aIIaia lo Hi ImUi ol bit wtaitoa. hm aaai iiavc bit r eta J j by cttUia of Uto tboTler. A pretty ioitr was flvra by a UiUa -aootcn lr. Wben hr cIaas waa AOllntkl, th replaOl Ut lb t)UA-ftotl. WbAi w paUwooAf" "Vtaii a waa. And ulsna wAry." It U tot given to all AaortaU io bo al WAySWlaa). "ll IbwfA tA tbcaA-t akM foliy bftt tovr -appaaro.!," -t;t l.t tftOxbelCKacaukl." ' It U U- ittt H fcAA. brcr twscn cloif looted lor." W blU Ua not watch for cbAatavt, uot tnAn makot chaaeow; w hiio u men wat for Aomotklag to tara uy; trfto turns AorxtoUiiag Up; tw, wbila tn fall, otto sutxwodt aoJ Ia called a tuan of lack. Beware ot juJflQtt cbaractor t ia Cl deodt. and bo tfto reticool Itt lu-Jftm It at ail. Olf porfev jBipatfij, tj which wcao too Uklaga I rota aootitor's auvad-potal a ad fuV(w for th Uaa our own, can iiati ua tu do JuttlcAJ.
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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Dec. 18, 1880, edition 1
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