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J. J. BBUNEB,
Proprieto r and E4 itoi .
THOS. KIUtUNER,
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;TcetiIar advertiattnent; ijleautng notice.
, nerline for each land every insertion
'Arnrn hfavttiful than ever is the new
JEWEllLY
-just received at Bell & Bro's,
consisting of
GOLD AND SILVER HATCHES,
GOLD AND PLATED CHAINS,
BRACELETS, LADIES
GENTS . BUTTONS,
AND STUD5.
SET&i
riNS,
:Ve have made in the handsomest
manner, - I ' '
'HAIR CHAINS, HAIR JFAVELRY,
"Diamond and Wedding: RinRS
- Siwial attention civiti' to the'-Repairing
. .i
aird, Timing of fine Watt je ,-nd Regulatom.
.U W iletie repitre.l br tn are warranted
12 months. ' 1
OiSce 2 Jnr. n!ovft pvutional Hotel, Bee
sign of large Watrh anTl IVn.l " , 7
Salisbury, Dee. J, 1 1. '
nVRD WAKE
When you want . Hardware at ot
; flares, call on the undersigned at No. 2
Granite Row.
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Silisburv .N. G.iMav
13-tf.
GARDEN
Just .Jlrrived
THE
largest & best assorted lot
j Garden Seeds
tver brought to the Salisbury market.
u Seeds Consigned
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to Country Merchants rin liberal terms.
Come and
see us.
. Bl IS & BARKER
14-3ra
Druggists.
VALUABLE
- The undersigned is aiithorized to sell rri-
itatelT. throo rnhinlilo tiinpta nf -Tjinrl." si til a-
in Mt. Ulla Townnhin. Rowan co., bc-
oaging to the estate the late Dr. O. P.
-llouton", the said tracts briefly described
toiiows : !
i One tract of 200 acres, more or less,
djoining the lands of W. A. Poston, Phi
: 'Alexander, and others, on' which there is a
'goo'd dwellirijr artdrout-houses. and the soil
f well adapted fen: cotton and graih.
U. 2. Another tract of 18? acres, more or
fss, adjoining tlie lands'of 31. -W. Goodman,
Joseph Brown and others. This -tract is
te,7 productive, and a Ijarge portion of it is
'"7 neavtly timbered.v
i - Another tract of
tabout 80 acres, ad-
iijojhmg the lands of J. L
Freeze and others,
of woodland and
consists almost entirely
oieadow. ' ' - -v -"
j Terms of -sale reasona
Ie.
Apply to tlie undersigned at
; 0-Oiowan co:N. C, . S. C, 1
3It, Ulla P.
RANKIN.
Hi3nt
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an. 10, 18?. c
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Ofany Uize desired, cot, out of the lcst
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U: nSr ntice. Also, window and door sills.
crtirs?1 tor monnmnt. . Atinrcs
. c; . rj)i)lip5, Salisbury lC;tf
SEEDS !
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Land
for-Sale
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Stones
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" N00; DISPATCHES.
Tlie London Press on Belknap' 7
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LosDOJr, March 4i The London Times
tajs editorially this! morning: bl th Belk
nap scandal c ilTiia event U more crave
oecaupe u is ennnrtuatory ot tue aafpicion
licli has lately prevailed amonr the'
American peoplei Even the Knronoans
can but be Kruck with the altered tonea
ub . which Atoericana apeak, if not; of
their inatiiaiionft, at least of the men who
at present haejdirection of thtn.-The
Att My : Americaa political life seems
to be in anjtbiog but a healthy condition.
l lie Lmma .Mine aid Belknap scandals
ih T . r,m ca8S OI oceiy miner-
... mpjio:v. i;Vicn;.iHca wio iiDpun i
uea 01 social strata below ana tney lead
one to fear thit some of the worst vices
of rannicipalnyernmejnt mayyet be per.
eolations intoti6 federal administration,
The Tc7ra7 says the general effect
or these scandals has been tor bring the
blush of shame arid nnxiety into the face
of all honest Americans. ' I
And it is perfectly natural that it
should., llowr could it be otherwise ) -AM
the members bf the family sufFerT when
one goes astray, working Qnrighteousneas;
and in proportion to the respective stand
i;g cf that member the shame is lets or
greater. Belniap occupied a - high and
honorable position among tho fan officers
of trfe governikient in the Cabinet of the I
President; lliei great chief of the nation, general of the United States, stands re
And be falls like a fool into the ! vilest vfa,ed a' b a lightning flali,M the paid
wickedness, plunging the holiest peo
p
of the whole country into mortification
and shame. How niust it affect our rep
resentatives ahroad in their intercourse
with high mirided and honorable men at
the Courts of .foreign countries 1 It turns
their pride oflcountry into confusion of 1
face. ! If they are not themselves thieves
we may well Imagine they will cover their
eyes, and groin: in ?pii it.
THE ARM V OFFICIALS MIXED
j UP WITH BELKNAP.
- Chicago, Marrh 4i It ii repirted here
that the part which Geo. 1
Robinson, of
-Baltimore, arul Ueo. jA. .Ai tues ti ive ta
ken in the Belknap disgrace has led to
the examination : of! tin 'army records
which show that thek' both lost their pla
ces in the arinyi through their own scan
dalous practices upon charges preferred
by superior ctiSff is and after format court
marshal and not through the instrumen-
'. i. -
tality ul the late hecretary.- CJeo. 1.
Robinson was captain in the 10th cavul
ry and was1 arraigned hi fore a legal
cooit m ir-hal at St. pmis, Oct. 23J 1S74,
on the charge; of fraud against the gov
ernment, which: fraud consisted in dial
ing his ray repeatedly for the same mnntji
The cour tshbvvs a series of frauds extend
mg over iwoyears oi urae practtcra not
only upon tlie goyerpment t New ork
I'liiladtlpliia, Hiltimore. Galveston and
other; points, but for false charges of
goods and medical practice. Robinson
also did not hesitate each time he drew
his pay to commit perjury. 1 he court
found him guilty and passed the follow
ing
sentence : u Ann the court noes
therefore sentence Capr. Geo. f. Robin-
ion lO.h cavalry, to be cashiered and to
forfeit, the regular pay and allwoance now
due and to have his crime, name aod
piaec,.i mou puyiuvu in uuu uuoui
St. Louis
George Armes was also captain in the
lOih cavalry and was trred by court mar
shal it Leavenworth, Ky , March 12th
1S70 and was dismissed from the service
by the command of General Sherman.
The court itoand him guilty of conduct
unbecomirg An mcer, the onence being
the exhibition of obscene pictnres to fe
male servants at the post. Armes was
also guilty of other offences such as lyin
TheDeyaxD the Kxigiit. A Chris
tiau Knight was playing at draw poker
with the Dey of Algiers for a monarch's
ransom. The fearless Christain observed
that the Grand Vizier was looking over
his shoulder and telegraphing the quality
of bis hand to the Despot, but repressing
iudigiiiationUt the discovery of his perfidy
he" dealt hi antagonist four kings and a
jack and himself tbree aces and two smalj
hearts baling i previously taken the pre-
cautien to blace the fourth ace on his
- . . -
kueeii Thfe jlcslem ruler drew one card
and the Christain warrior two, taking an
early opportunity of replacing one of
theni; with the card on his knee. 1 he
beltirrg w as long and arduous, but, finally,
the Chiislian, not desiring to prolong the
agony of Ids brave opponent, called him.
What then, Was his surprise when the
Pey. brought ffrtli- four Kings and an
ace, the ace that he' had sn prudently
plac.cd on his own knee, while - his own
liandleonsiiBted jnf ibree aces, a Queen and
the seven of diamonds. With the remark
that hip wojild not play-in a game ' where
cheating was goiug on; the disgusted
Chiiiiiau reiufiied to his English mission
and salted another silver mine.
Moral Jlontsty is the best policy, and
no man knows hat a Dey may bring
forth. Xeie York World.
In a moment of zealous enthusiasm
a young lady lit a fair now in prog
ress, in soliciting chances, stated that
she wotilcl rafije herself off at Si a
chance, five hand red chanGes to be
taken, wheq! a genflpmari whipped out
his wallet iautl aqnoquccd that he
would take the entiro number. The
fair one, surprised at such promptness
stated that the prize would be .with
drawn for private offers. Savannah
Nacs,
NEXT. L . -;
4 "-fl . j'' .'ft M .-
And now, it Pierrepoat. Never did
mUten ten-pint fall faster. ! Allihenreei
denla intimate friendi and counselor
torablinfr. scattering, trotting penitentiary-
mrard. ; Uelano, all the power ot tue gov
ernment andr partisan cloaks could not
cave. He walked oat a branded criminal
Ka In nv Ath i.nJ I o,i. ka
would liave tad his head ehaved and been
8et Straddle, ot a prison rock pile for life,
Williams exiated .with the indelible btauip
of felon on bis ! brow. Scheiick cornea
home a condemned criminal Joyce and
McDonald, boon companions and business
a tin
partners of onr eliie: magistrate, don the
convict's zebra garb in the Missenri peni
leniiary; Babcock, contidential secretary
and aMociate ini manv a thievinr ioh. is
saved from the doom of a convicted thief,
by the direct interposition of the federal
administration, rpresident, cabinet and
staff, and by lies, and perjuries enough to
fill jhe bottomless pittopUull and heaped
np I Belknap, secretary of War.iasma?!!
ed beyond all hbman arm to save, though
me succesRor.or asninirton ana Jen-ir
son promptly throws his villain-sheltering
official arms about him to rescue him lrom
impeachment. : jvinence . enough im?
been accumulated against Robeson, secre
tary of the navy, evidence of fraud?, rob
beiies. embezzlements, briberies and mis
cellaneous and assorted crimes 'enough to
nink the bi?et ?un-bnat iil tlx; navv n
thousand nautical leagues in tutiifying
perdition. Apd now Pierrepo:i, .attorney-
i uimp uiiu pP" " wiii?K.y-i mg iintvt'P.
He used his; official pofiijc
pofiijon ' to extort
from Col. Pat Dyer, the prosecuting -attorney
at St. Tjouis, his whole line of war-
far on tl,e scoundrels, all the main points
of evidence and argument ho intended to
usej and then hastened to report cveiy
item to Babcock's sharp practice villain-
yavers, Stons, Porter, and Willaiuis.
I be evidence against him is conclusive.
Down comes ther of Ulys-es' oftu-Ul
all. Never since Babylou (be lewd fell
buried beneath the mighty muss of her
own filth and wickedness, has any coun
try, any government under ! heaven, been
cursed with snch'a dynastylof rottennesd
iiikI chame. The whole earth grows sick
of the stench that Ernes forth from America
1 T?
under jadical iuh. Relief must come
speedily, or we shall perish. 'an a nation,
punocated by our reeking cor-ruutinn
Sentinel.
I
A GREAT MORAL! IDEA.
It! is becoiniug a settled rule in Adiniti-
islration circles at Yabiugion that any
person who (opposes official corruption
and labors to expose the corrupnouieis a
an enemy to the Republican party- If
the person who taKes a stann against me
plunderers is a Republican,! he ia at once
charged with going over to the Dmo
crats. It seems that an agent has been
gm t0 8oiul ;Cdroiin;lt oste3ibly an
Commissioner of the defunct F,eedman's
Bank, but really to see what Governor
Chamberlain is trying to dJ The state
ment of this Commissioner on the latter
'point is published in; Grant's organ at
Washington. It will be remeiuheren
that Governor i Chamberlain has been
n n nni n lliH Hnrvoi:'.!mpnt of men to the
po8i,i()na 0fj jrtdges whose' record and
ciiaraclcr would disgrace any community,
Rnd haa been lrying to defeat goino of Ine
joD3 of the corrupt carpetbaggers and
8CJiuwag of that State. The Freed man 's
Bank Commissioner declares the result to
be, "That the entire strength of the Re
"publican party is arrayed against him ;"
furthermore,! tha,t "ho believed that the
"Governor ias made a somersault over
"to the exposition.' The ffoits of the
Governor to!
slop some of the staling in
that State appear to have enraged tho
party there, to the extent of endangering
his life. Tliisj Commissioner says : "So
"bitter is the feeliug prevailing among
"Republicans against Chamberlain that I
"am .actually apprehensive lest some en
"thusiast take his lite for his! treachery to
"the party, j All!the-leading Republicans
"denounce i hira.'j This; is iho fate of a
Republican ! official who nes to stop
wholesale plundering by officials in his
own party. This is only in keeping
with the course of! the prominent leaders
in the Republican (prty in JWasJiiugton,
as is manifested by the oppoaitisn to Bris-
tow and the efforts made even by C ibinet
officers t embarrass the, prosecuting oth-
l - .l . - . T ' f i . i.l r Ct . . . I . ..'
cials at St. , Loiiis.- In Ulijs State. the
same becomes apparent in the Legisla
ture !in the bitter joppositiou in all meas
ures of canal reform just an soon as re
form beganj to unearth the rascalities of
the JlepubliCans. i To attempt reform and
the correction of abuses in the Republican
parly, is treachery to that partv. If a
Democrat shows uu the iasealities of
Republicans, he is at once charged with
being a fraud and a humbug.
TpE Bridal Chamber. He was
tall and a4kward, she was short and
bashful, hut both wore a nervous aspect
of exceeding great joy. Tbey entered a
hotel in Chicago, and after lie had regis
tered his name, and lady, h said to the
clerk, "See here, !mistcr me and my wife
has just been spliced, and I am going to
show Amauda Chicago, if it takes a mule
a day. Now give us one of them rooms
like the Temple of Solomon, ynu know.
The clerk! called a row-boy, and said
show this geu'leman to the bridal chara
ter.!! At this direction the tall rustic
became instantly excited. Not by a
dnrned eight S Ye shuiy haired, biled
shirt ed, dollar breast pinned grinning
monkey, ye can't play that on me ! if
I am from the country, ye don't catch
roo and my .wife sleeping S in your old
harness room. Aud they left the holel.
CAROLINA CENTRAL AFFAIRS.
LETTEIt FROU A COSDQOLDR.
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.-.!' 4r. : 3Uoba8l, New York ,T
.. .; 4,t..: '.., . ... v Feb. 29.
3Iui . JostAn TrJRKER : The Carolina
Central railway -company having default
ed in paying its last July, coupons on
$143,000 of ks brftids hehl by me, I last
autumn sued on these coupons, aud the
snpremo conrt issued an attachment
against all the company's property in
New York state. Notice of these pro
ceedings appeared in New York and .was
copied in Carolina "papers, i Thereupon
a Wilmington paper, doubtless prompted
by tho railroad managers, deniedjhat the
C. C. Ri R. had ever defaulted in paying
its coupons, and allcdged that the treas
urer of that company had a large claim
against me, exceeding the amount of my
coupons and therefore, "very properly
refnsed- to pay them, but claimed an off
set." What this pretended offset was for,
was not stated, for it was all humbug.
That paragraph also was copied by manv
Carolina papers ; but New Yorkers could
not be Ihu8 deceived, and it was not at
tempted there.
The people of North Carolina, then
and so often humbugged by their railroad
managers, may . now incline to know
whether thia "offset" story was true or
false, a mere jretence to gain lime and
stave off the day of Judgment, a continu
ation of the subterfuges so long resorted
to by the charlatans who have at last
brought the company face to face with
ruin. I will therefore state that in his
answer fo my complaint the treasurer,
-Matthews, set up no such defence ; made
s 1
no pretence of having an offset, but rested
on denying that my. coupons had ever
been preseutedj for payment, and this
'he swore to. This sworn answer served
to delay toy obtaining judgment for sev
eral moullis, until. next court sat." Then
at the recent trial I proved the contrary
of all this stuff, and MaHhews dared not
swearj in open court, that there was any
"offset or that payment of the coupons
had hot been demanded. Thereupon the
supreme court quickly ordered judgment
in my. lavor, for the entire amount claim
ed, wiih interest and cost; and also un
extra allowance of 5 per cent, by way of
punishment for improperly defending.
Judgment for $0 67i) 3 was accordingly
entered,, and execution is jut issued
therefor, upon--which tin; heiiff has
just suz.'d the company's books, but
liuds no other property.
I suppose it is no secret now, not even
in North Carolina, that the managers of
this company, after sacrificing its first
mortgage toi.ds at 33, and its second
mortgage bonds at 15 cents on the dollar,
a i.d somehow running through all the
i nrnrpfd. hien orienlt' !pfiullfd nn ila
t-"' - j - - -
coupons ; and moreover disclose a fright
I'll fl taling dt bt of half a million besides,
with jjuterctt accumulating at overshad
owing rales. Now ilio deceived original
Loud and stockholder.) whose stock inter
est is wiped out at 15 cents on the dollar,
are asked to postpone payment of, and
ultimately to h.se, several years' coupons
of the small amount of bonds awarded
them- in oider that Matthews may apply
the road earnings first to paying his pri
vate claims and lloa'iiig debt. LegiVu
tive investigation fif.een monts ago, would
have disclosed and prevented this rotten
ness. Hut that was throttled. And now
behold the fulfillment of my predictions.
Farewell, a long farewell, to all western
extensions of this road.
11. G. OXDERDOXK.
ECONOMY AND THE WOMAN.
"I don'; believe," remarked a gentle
man after pass'ug ihrough " Washington
stieet on a pleas. yil afleruonn, "that the
ladies know the times aie dull and that,
their bashauds arc having a hard time
to keep their heads above water." lie
was an unarmed man. The fact that
ladies can dress as well as they did dm-
ing the war at a discount ot trom torty to
fifty per centum from prices then, paid
must be taken in account. B it all hus
bands do not make their financial affairs
a topic of conversation e.t home, and some
better halves kuow less of their husband's
affairs than of their neighbor's. Some
weks s since a lady was first informed
of her husband's suspension by reading
an anunuueement in a paper which she
accidentally took up in a etore while
wailing to have an order filled. Whether
it was pride or fear that prompted the
secrecy cannot be stated, but what can
bo expected from wives in the way of
.true economy if they are only silent
partners in the matrimonial copartner
ship?:: In 1857 a large jewelry firm sold
a costly set of jewelry to a lady. The
firm knew her husband was in a f.tiliug
condition, but the lady had been a long
and profitable customer. When the
partner ordered his clerk not to charge
the set which had been delivered, but to
make a memorandum on the blotter, he
paid 1 the lady's integrity a high compli
ment. : When her husband failed the
jewelry came hick with a note couched
in such terms that the dealer only regret
ted thitt a gilt t the set would be con
strued as un insult. Boston Journal.
A Troubled Max. The Btling
touTlawkeye sa3'3 : A Benton county
man hid $600 in the room stove.
The next day his wife's mother came
down during hia absence for three
weeks visit and that spare room was
warmed up for the first time in three
hundred years. . And they say you
can pick up shreds oft hat man's hair
and clothes where he clubbed him
self around the country when he heard
of it, any where within ten milpsofthc
PERU.
i
; A brother of Henry Meiggstbe Amer
ican railroad king of Peru, has. been in
terviewed by a reporters Mr Mt-iggs
says that Pern is richer in ' the precious
metals than any other country in the
known world. Our engineers in building
the railroad from tho coast of Punc have
come across a hundred silver mines, i any
one ot which might be profitably worked
if in the United States., If these mines
are worked, the railroads we have built
will be a blessing to tho country. New
discoveries of guano are being made, and
it is estimated that there are about ten
millions of tons remaining, worth about
dG6 IOj. sterling per ton, net. The, an
nual consumption is about. 400.000 tons,
so that Peru is sure of an -ample iueome
from guano for a quarter .of a century.
Taxes are very low, real estate being aU
most entirely free from taxation. Amer
icans who are steady and enterprising
get along well. 5 Those who become
demoralized and fall into loose habits,
sink. But I do not know that there are
any Ameitcan paupers in Peru. There
are two classes in Peru the pnre blooded
descendants of the old Spaniardsand
mired bloods, partly Spaniard, partly
Indian, and; some cases partly negro.
The former nro high-minded, energetic
people. The latter are inferior, but make
good laborers along with the Chinese.
We employ them by stent, or piece woik.
One of onr roads crosses the mountains'
at 10,000 feet above the level of the sea
Some of the bridges, too, are very lofty,
and built with skill that would do credit
to any part of the world.
THE STINGING TREE.
One of the torments to which the
traveler is subjected in the North
Australian scrubs is a stinging tree
(Utica gigas,) which is very abundant
and ranges in size from a large shrub
of thirty feet in height to a small
plant measuring only a few inches!.
Its leaf is large, and peculiar, froni
being covered with a short, silvery
hair, which, .when shaken, emits la
fine pungent dust most irritating to
the skm and nostrils. If touched it
causes most acute pain which i.3 felt
for months afterwards a dull, gnaw-r
ing pain, accompanied by a burning
sensation, particularly in the shoulders
and under tlie arm, where small lumps
often arise. Even when the sting has
quite died away, the unwary bushman
is forcibly rewtpded of his indiscre
tion each time that the affected partis
brought into contact with water. The
fruit is a pink, flesh color, hanging
in. clusters, so inviting that a stronger
is irresitibly tempted to pluck it, but
seldom more than once, for though
the raspberry-like berries are harm
less in themselves, some contact, with
the leaves is almost unavoidable.
The blacks are said to eat tho fruit,
but for this I can not vouch; though
I have tasted one or two at odd times,
and found them very pleasant. The
worst of this nettle is a tendency to
shoot up wherever clearing has been
elfected. In passing through the dray
tracks cut through the scrub, great
cantion was necessary to avoid the
young plants that cropped up even in
a Few weeks. I have never known-a
case of it being fatal to human beings,
but I have seen people subjected by
it to great suffering, notably a scien
tific gentleman, who plucked off a
branch and carried it some distance as
a curiosity, wondering the while what
caused the pain and numbness in his
arm. Horses I have seen die in agony
from the sting, the wounded parts
becoming paralyzed : but strange -to
say, it does not seem to injure cattle
who dash through the scrubs full of
it without receiving any damngef
This curious anomaly is well known
to all bushmen. CasselVs Illustrated
Travels. ' J!
More Auout Fish. The follow
ing essay on "Fish" the Boston Her
ald attributes to a Cambridge boy ;
"Fish live in the Atlantic Ocean,
Charles River, and some in Buzzard's
Bay: When they arc small they are-
called coil fish and hernn, and sich;
but when they grow up they are
called whales. Ihelatot whales is
cut. up and biled and made inter ker
osene oil for gas light; their bones is
made inter whalebone for ivory pianer
kevs and dominoes; also for jack-knife
handles and horn buttons. I wish a
whale would swallow my school teach
er, you bet. r ish is always eat 1 n
day darn a fisliI hate em; there's
too many bones ter pick out; I'd rutlt
er eat a paper of pins fried in lard,
you bet.
It is a great year for the old man.
Grandfathers who have been neglected
and made to feel that they were in
the way, and wished they were dead,
who have long been thrust away in
the kitchen and left to mumble to
themselves in the chimney corner, arc
astonished by being brushed up; of an
evening and brought into the parlor,
where they are shown off to the com
pany as, Centennial relics. "Grand
father, you knew Washington, didnt
you ?" screams a grand-daughter! ih
his ear, ..for. he isv very , deaf. "Yes,
yes," says grandfather, "the Gin'rl
borer'd a' chaw tcrbaccer of me many
and manv a time: mo out man 13
going to Philadelphia, sure.
DRIFTING.;
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a-i Years ago wo meu launched -out
in the maelstrom on the coast oCNor
way. It wasJmerely for, sport,Raund
and round'titey drifted. , Their friend3
advised tiicm to retting but thejjoj
fully laughetl and said there ! was -too
danger.5 Rolund : and round they
drifted, till a lengthy when; they at
tempted to rejurn, it was too late.
Thev had ventured too far within the
vortex. In. ?vain they reached bijt,
their, hands for help, bnt there , was
no help, and i hey went down beneath
the circling waves. '- J, ':
A man fell asleep in his boat on
the Niagara river. During his slum
ber she broke loose from her moor
ings, and he awoke to find himself
shooting down the rapids.-. -He .-tried:
to row against the current, but 't he,
drifted on and on till he disappeared
lorcver. ; i
A ship was wrecked at? sea. The
passengers and crew took refuge on
the boats without, oar or sail. For
lays and day$ they drifted -and drift
ed on the ocean. What few provisions
they had sooti gave out. They looked
about vainly for a sail or for-ti sight
of land. : Destitute of provisions thev
had cither to gtarvc or cast lots for
one as a victim. A vessel was. seen
afar off on the? horizon. Hope sprung
up. She ' dfe' nearer and ncarerv
They shoutediand shouted and raised
a flag of theiriclothing, but the look
out saw them not. The vessel tacked
and receded avay. In one wild shout
they joined bht the vessel disappeared
entirely out -of sight, and the boat
drifted and drifted in another direc
tion. - - -1 '
So it is in life. A young man takes
his drink morning, noon and night.
He thinks at feast he will never die
a drunkard ; ho matter who has. He
has confidence in his own strength
and skill. A!n occasional glass, he
contends, although warned, harms
not. Then he drinks .of ten ex.! Ah!
young man, Strong drink is raging.
Habit is like a river. It grows broad
er and broader and swifter as it moves
along. Yet lie drinks oftener, and
after a while the river grows to be a
wide roaring! torrent. The young
man who indulges drifts along on the
ocean of life secure in his own safety,
and wakes up some day to find him-;
self drifting down the rapid, roaring
stream, and all hope gone. The
sensualist, who lives mainly to grati
fy his own passions, drifts into an
emasculated dd.age to be tortured
with pains, atjd dies at last a misera
ble death. Shch men as have nover
learned to control' themselves or their
passions drifitfabont the pea of life,
the prey of etfery wind and current,
and; finally shfp-wreck themselves in
darkness anddeath. :
Take care ! young man how you
drift. Take care young woman how
you drift. Jeep fast hold on the
helm and youj" eye on the compass.
Hear you not3 the howl of the tem
pest and the I roar of the breakers!
See you not he flashing lightni
Hear you not the Captain's voice
rising over tne uin or tne storm:
"Sound ! breakers' ahead ! Pilot, stand
,bv the wheel 'I hold it firmly!" If
you give way hat one moment, now;
if you falter von arc hopelessly gone
Young man, take care ! As contempt
uously as you may consider this, it is
ten to. one, if ykm persist in your way
ward course, that you will ever , reach
port triumphaatly, but surely drift to
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Froin Early Days. '
I WILL' NOT FAIL TUEE."
This is what fhe Lord saidto Joshua
who took the place of Mose as the leader
of the- Isrealitei". The servant of God
felt his' inability! to do the work to which
be had been qalled, and therefore God
encouraged himi by His precious promise.
It is a proinitfof which belongs to every
one who is trying, by God's help, to. do
right ; and. We a're never to f.irget that tt
is only by His belp that we can uo right.
No doubt tliere are some among pur
young readers who often feel their need
of some great help. All ought to , feel
this, but some ffeel it more than other..
Even the yong are severely tried.
They have temptations and sorrows, and,
alas for them K- bereavements. Many
young heart U bowed with a weight m
sorrow which (would be heavy even for
an old person. I But these gracious word
ought surely to bring comfort to every
troubhd mind.j
We have read an interesting incident
in the life of fjjilliug, which is a good
illustration of this ext. Stilling was "a
celebrated Gerpiau writer who died over
fifty years ago. In early, life he was
poor. He wished to study medicine, but
knew not wherje to go, nor had he 'money
to take In in any here, oat, young as
he was, he haij a firm faith in God. He
reasoned-thus!: "God begins notbiiig
witiiqut terminating it gloriously. II
alone has ordered my present circuiriVtad
ces, and everything regarding ine " fe
will bring about in His own way." ; "
His friend were as poar ' as 'ittmdl
and wondered how' he wnuld';ijft, tl
iii6ney,he needed for hia. education. Af
ter raising all? he could forlas. long J iux
ney to Slrasbnrg, Where he was to peiul
the winter, ho started on his way. bot
when he 'readied Frankfoff which was
turce oajs uuc iiura oirasuur, ue UAUirygu.s
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bnljr one dollar left.' lie said hotljinjr,
but : praved touch. WbH walking ?ihe
the-strpeis he met a merchant belonging
to bis native place, who said : r
Stilling what bionghtyou here I'-'.t.
?"4 ra going te Strasbnrg to stadr
medicine
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Where do :you got mofrer tosIady
tamiciiit V- 'T:: -. ' - e-Mi . .'
have a father in hfayen,'',
f , J Hqw lniuh money have ynu on hand"
i One-dollar," said Stilling.: V
iWIl," said the merchant, "I'm 'one
of yonr Father'sslewarfs,, and he harid
ed hirh thirty. three dollars .'. . i . .s
He ..bad . not been bmg. in Strasbtirg
wlien his tbirtylhree dollars were reda
ced; ta one. . One morning his' room- y
mate said to him, "Stilling; 1 bejWyefin
did! nt bring fpTich money-with jroO,"
and cave him thirty dollars in irold.Lt.2
Lr Xn a, few months after this he had. to
pay bis college drrrs The lecturer's fees
must be "paid by six o'clock every Thurs
day 'evening or be would be obliged !lo
leava the college. Five o'eloek cahje.
Pandtill he had no-money. Then, while.
in great gnef, and praying: to God for
help, a gentleman came in and gave him
forty dollars in gold. ' ,
' Thus it is tlvat God never fails those
wliW' trust in Him. Some of the boys -and
girls wlio read tliis artjcle may bo
poor, and trying to get an education. T)n
I not be discouiaged. Do nil you can, and
do the best you cm, and God will help
you. IIe may not send people wUhgold
or bank notes just at the very time, you
need them, but He will find some way to
keep bis promise, "I will not fail thee." - ,
; A simple, loving trust in God, all the
way tbrogh life; will give you great hap -piness
even in tlie midst of many cares.
GLEANINGS.
"What is the interior of Africa
principally used for?" asked a teach
er of h pupil. "For purposes of . ex
pulsion," was the reply.
, Marriage," said an unfortunate
husband, "is thechurch-vard of love."
"And you men," replied his wife, "arc
the grave diggers. - ;
It Is the wife who lias the making
of a plan's home, says an exchange.
Tfue,j-and now and then she makes
his wig warn too.
"If death makes all things i even,"
as the paragraphers say, how wiH. it
be with Mr. Odd, who. died the other
day?
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Hard times forty-eight hearts
that jheat as twenty-four !'' Tljats
the way the Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
Gazette heads a list of two dozen mar
riage licenses. .
Tiwenty-five years ago a Rochester
woman stock a pin into her foot.-: The
other dav she pulled a beautiful .nee
dle! out of her knee. That's the tcwn
ifbr; transformations.
She asked him if 'her newj dress
wasn't as sweet as a spring rose, and
the brute said it was, even to ;the-
mitior at tact ion of still having a Mttle
due on it. Washington Chronicle.
The lady who Jell back on her dig
nity came near breaking it ; and i he
tna yvho couldn't stand it has t taken
a seat, and is now quite comfortable.
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the marriage of an Alabama -widower
one of the servants was ask
ed if his master would take a bridal
tour.; "Dunno, sah ; when old mis-
isusTs 'alive he took a paddle tocher;
dtintio if he take a bridal to de new
one or not." . ---
There seem io be a terrible state of
affairs in St. Eouis. An awful edito
rial in the Republican says: "We
mast shiver the secretassassm 8 dag
ger before the rising generation take
it tip as a national weapon." Good
gracious!
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.'i'Charles," said a young wife to her
husband, as they sat at the window
watching tho fashionables on their
way o churcli, "wlien you die and I
get hold of the insurance money I
intetied to have a fur cape and muff
i.it .t i i . : ;
just (iikc that lauy nas on" over
there." . !
A profane young person describing
the looks of a newly arrived M. C
from the far West as he appeared at
the Washington depot, says :- "He
looked as if he had come all the .way
across the continent on the hurrican
deqk'of a mule.''
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,; Adxctor was discovered holding a
yoiiug lady in his lap the other eve
nings l)tit he stated that he was exam
inijitg her for an affection: of. the .heart,"
and Klie 'rejnaiiced that there was tioth
in4wrang,in laying her, head oi her
-nuiow. oiicv suiieim, o
., LV i vo j ng gentleraah haf ihgtnade
sfme pmgressjti acquiringa knowl
;d;c! of I Uil iaHj. addressed a fey word
tojmi nrga 11 -grinder in his nuresi ac-
ccntj-'tuit.was astonisneii ai rcceivin
r . t t - . . .
the following response: "I no'spcak
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