North Carolina Newspapers

ft r - ; - i ) "C '" t M Ffr'" : -rfA . .-rp-. - ,.-r. . :,:L-, : i TY,; I! IV - IK vol. ym; third series. i SALISBURY. H.: C.',V FEBEUABY, 15, 1877; K.J' a ' '! .j . . , : r - BALISBUEY. C..V FEBSU ABTi 15, 1877." V . '.:, - THE FOUR-LEAVED CLOVEKA Mr mother an4 I were spending the gunner trith liiy oncle, David Gregory, ut tishonje- The'ldnd 'old;" gentleman' I.kI written tome to bring one :of my' richoolmatea? with me. "Some one (he j wrote) who loyes the country" I invited Elsie Ventnor. She raa not a scholar like myself hut livedo with", Mme. Pa l'ois, teaching the children who were day wholart.- . : . '; . . Orte afternoon nnele came in where. wo ore all sitting over oxu fancy work, and baiil, with a smile: ' W . ! M-adge,ut thii in the Bible for me. Sw its a four-leaved clover.! I foun.d . it just now. Some good fortune must surely be coming to me,' " V' ; Wlien Iliad don.j he aked ..Jie . gat (lown and unfolded a new plan for our 4iuiuseiue,nt. We were to get up tableaux and invite all we clvose to help us, and conclude with a dance. "Oli. nni-le. how nice! AVhen shall it 7 " . 1 . heT ,r: ' "iamuin a vol! wish. I Will llJlVC every thiug done for yon.that is necessary and voiB may use anything in the house yoit like for the purpose. I want you to wninr vfiiiwlw-s as much as yon can.- It .1 . J - - w ' will be a dull house after you are gone r fchnironlv have the iray memories to enliven it." When he left us I exclaimed : w0h, mamma, isu't it a pity that uu- never hud anv children! lie la so ftmdiif iseMM vonnsr. folks enjoy- them- mdves.'1 "Hush, Madge!" she hastily replied; "for inercvV sakej never say anything like that liefore your uncle." -.. "Why not, mamma f". - "Idealise. m-child, there are reasons . i wliv vou should not." I wondered a good deal in my. mind over that scrap of conversjition, but I did uot ask any more questions, it was no liaid matter to get a merry party to join uA, and such fun as we had, rummaging in tlif attics, with Deb's assistance, for old fashioned things to turn into use. One afternoon mamma called Elsie and nivSilfrnto her room, to look through an Jd miuk she had found stowed away in the back of an unused closet. "HenO crirls. examine. I shouldn't ( - -wonder, from the peep I have taken, if we had found a treasure trove." ' We were both delighted. When w? had taken-out its contents: old fashioned dresses, feathers, laces, etc., in a tray, all hy-ltself, was a -dress which would have driven" Queen Mab to envy, and which Was evidently more modern in its fasluou than the other articles strewn around us. It was a -long trained skirt of the palest lilac silk, with an overdress of lilac tulle, covered w ith embroidered clover blossoms, as if some careless hand had flung them in profusion all over the delicate material. The rosettes on the tiny slipper's were detorated in the same , war, and a wreath of white clover sprinkled1 with mimic dewdrops lay with them., 'ltank, Madge," said mamma, "it inust have belonged to your uncle's sister, JlilUa j4 1 have heard she was a great belle in her? day . v"Oh, iuainina, well have a tableaux .-railed the '.Spirit of Good Fortune,' and Elsie shall wear the dress. Come, dear, , ' and try it on." Even the famous belle herself could rj no have lioked fairer than did my friend,-when we' had arrayed her in the beautiful costume. Instead of the name J had chosen, mam ma thought it would .'bo jusi as appropriate, and much prettier, to call the tableaux "The Four-Leaved Clover." ; The evening came, and all the tableaux were successfully gone through with, amid great applause, except the last. When I was helping Elsie to dress, she opened a case, and taking out a massive chain clasped it around her neck, saying: "I will wear this to-night, Madge." , 'Why, Elsie! what an exquisite thing." "Yes, it isll I have left of mv mother's, l eyer wear it, as it would hardly Ik; suitable for, my plain dress. See.? rAntLppening the diamond studdediock--t-rhich hung from the chain she showed Hie the picture withiiu j; There, smiling at me, was a face some tldng like Elsie's, ,only more rosy, more radiant. It was the only time Elsie had ?yjfr sjKken to me of her mother, and I wished she would say more. IJut the .. IkJI rang for tlw last tableau, and we has . tened to our places I among the audi eee, and ishe to7 appear as "The Foui , -'Leaved Clover." The .curtain rose, and Elsie stood in a gracefubattittlde, handing the syinlMd of good fortune to a 'youth, who, on landed kiiee, waited t6 receive it. The diamond : studded locket on, her white neck caught jjthe light lu a hundred sparkles, and the Mlew spangled clover flashed It back agaiu. Lit wsis a brilliant picture; but we hardly - fiaS time' to admire it sufficiently for r wtth -a low groan my uncle fell heavily ilbrward froui his chair to the floor, i TlnaU, was confusion. The young t pe-opte.4inl not stay for the promised dance, J and to a diirkenedlroom they- carried the .d geutlnian, jsr hile a physician wa slwily.Rent for. -"No one could account '-:fif thtttrange attack until uncle, after a long time, awoke to consciousness. - 4 . - .... ... .Veto, the eld housekeeper, with strangelyVworking features, camenS) our room and .said: V , "ilks i Ventnor, may I liave the ihain and locket yoa wore to-night tn 2 .' Wondferingly Elsie rose and cqt 'it for her. i .''- , : -! "Deb, Deb P I exclaimed, "what Is the matter f--how-js dear uncle T-wlry!do you want tlsie's chain V7 ' .. - -z ''Miss i MadgeMsoleJanIr inierrnpted Deb, "with that clover dyes came nnsfor tune to this house, and now it has brought good luck back again, I think. g: 5 And without stopping to explain her ambiguous sentence or answer . myr'qnes- noii iuic uejianeu. v uca ueu came, into the room again, it was tos say rmcle was better and wanted Elsie. When. we were alone Deb told me a strange storythat tnyiincie had ad a liild leautiq i dausliter; who had married aeainsi hk ! will, and whom he had refused to foftrive ' - . I party she wore that dress she was always fanriful and at that nartv she met the ! gentleraan.she married. With my own j eyea I saw her father clasp that chain and j locket fhere a Jisrht broke in nnnn mv mind) around her pretty neck When he ! refused to letTher marry her lover (whom i he knew was dissipated) she ran away, MissMadge, and they went abroad to foi-eign country. Her husband died, we Mieard. Bnt with all Mr. David's" trvimr. V C7 T we could never get any news of her till this day. At last, through your means, Miss Madge, her daughter, - Mr. David's : own grandchild, has been brought to his i verj house." Ilere the good woman elasped her arms around me and wept for very ioy. A Elsie told how she came to be with Mme. Du Pois. When madame had first established her school, she was in her gar den one day, and saw a young woman passing on her way from the station, car rying a child in her arms. She was struck by the weary look in the pale face. And going to the gate, she called her to come in and rest. Madame made her comfort able in ner sitting-room, and hastened to bring-some refreshment. When she reach ed the room agaiii she saw the young woman had fainted, as she supposed. But it was not a faint it was death. No in quiries could discover who she was, and she wasjjuietly buried dear, good ma dame herself erecting a plain monument to her memory. Tho baby's clothes were marked "Elsie VentuorT arid so "mallame called hen B SECOND BRIDGE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN. The projectors of this proposed bridge over the East River, between New York and Brooklyn at 77th street, by way of Blackwell's Island, have, in response to the invitation sent out, received ten se parate designs and estimates from as many engineers. Ground will be broken as soon as a plan shall be decided upon. TheT)reiiminarjr specifications call for an approach on the New York side of 4,580 fe,et, 1,000 feet of which is to le in form of a tunnel extending from Fourth to Lex ington avenues. Fioni the end of the tunnel, an iron superstruetiou, curving to the center of the blocks between 76th and 77th streets, and thence direct, leads to the river. - From the pier on the brink of the river, Blackwell's Island will le reached by single span of 734 feet. An iron structure 700 feet long will then lead over Blackwell's Island, and the channel between the island and the Long Island shore will be spanned by a single arch of 618 feet. The shore approach en the Long Island side will be 3,900 feet in length.. This will give in all a total length of 10,532 feet,,or nearly two miles. A single track tramway will run across the bridge. There will be, jin addition to the main approaches, two auxiliary ones, one from Avenue A on the New York side and the other from Vernon avenue, Long Island city. The spans are to be 135 feet above mean tide water. Double passen ger elevators are to be placed at the piers on each side. " William Henry Wright, Col. William McRee, and Col. Alexander Swift, all three of whom received the highest honor in their respective classes at West Point, were natives of Wilmington. It is cer tainly worthy of mention that out of some five or six North Carolinians who stood number one at West Point, three should have been born in this place.. Let it be borne in mind that but one person can stand number one or highest in a class. In the literary institutions any number may be graduated with the highest hon ors, but not so at our national military school. To be number one there means something. We have known a scholary young man to bear off easily the first hon or in his clas, at a lending college, hav ing no competitor who could give him a close run, and yet he only secured num ber six in his class at West Point, with the -advantages of afineliterary education. -WilStar. ' Learn to live frugally in your youth that you may afford to live independently iriyour old age. It is easier to work when you are young than to beg when you are old. The hardest thing at any time of life is to live on the -charity of those who wish you were dead and wit of the way. . '" ' ' T . .if About two years ago it was customary' I to destroy the immense amount of muti-1 lated and dirty paper currency, which was redeemed in, new bills by the Treas mfy pepirtment in Washilfon, by bttrn ing 'it. . Tliis plan' is now superseded - by' u.iuucit .iuuro euecuve, auuj economical operation rA, iew i subepartmeni has been added to the Treasury called the i. . . .:. i 1 xax.um.mg wtiutuj, wu i erally filthy lucre is made into pulp ready w o iraasiormeu into ciean zresn , paper, i Luc uimniiiiin wn riinimin uin i tiMiai m n lti m i In the first place tlw fractional currency issnj)jeeteil, ta a inost rigid c3 counted for the purpose of detecting coun- terftits, and then it is turned ovcr.to men , ... . - wno, witn a macuine, cancel each note so I effectually that by no possibility could it eve uea agswu ; another count is then gone through with for the purpose of I . . . . . . I checking the operators of the machine, preventing them from appropriating any of the Condemned money. After the canceling the money is next cut in half, and once, more , the separate halves are counted, and when ascertained to be all fnght are placed, in boxes for -the purpose of removing them to the building before alluded to. These boxes are securely, locked while in 'transit from the Treasury to die macerating establish- mcnt, where they are opened m the pres euce' of three representatives of the Treas ury, one acting in behalf of the Secretary, another for the Treasurer, and the last for the Register, and each batch is usu ally accompanied by a quantity of bonds. From the boxes the bonds, which are cut and canceled thoroughly, and the frac tional currency are emptied into the mac erating cylinder, which is also locked with three separate locks, the keys of which arc held respectively by the olfieers named above. The process of macerating is very simple., The macerating cylinder is re volved by a sixty horso power engine, and at the same time jets of steam are injected into it which speedily soften the mass of paper.; The moistened paper by its own gravity keeps drdpping, and is reduced to a pulp by the sharp ridges which form the inside of the cylinder. After being subjected to this treatment for about thirty-six hours the cylinder is Unlocked by the three ' officials and the pulp is then allowed to fall on an eleva tor, which conveys it to a large tub, where it is thoroughly cleansed, and all fatty matter removed by the agency of quick lime and soda. The washing of the pulp completes the process, and it is finally dumped in aheap to lie until purchased. Receutly about $4,500,000 worth of fractional currency was placed in tho macerater. This was an unusually large batch, the aven "burnings," as the macerations are called, being much less. There is now an im mense quantity of the pulp on hand. probably several hundred tons. This will be sold to paper manufacturers. The rate usually paid for the pulp is in the vicinity of $5 per ton, and the principal purchaser manufactures from it a very nice article of paper. An approximate estimate of the qurntity of pulp annually uiale out ot the iractional currency or bonds at thnTestablishment is 650 tons 'UB 1,1WWUS itutu8 lium mo miu vi this may Ik; counted as a net gjun over the old method, as the burning of the money or bonds required the expenditure of as much Labor as does the present ma cerating system, and consumed a great deal more coal. The National Bank notes are converted into pulp by the centrifugal process in side the Treasury building, the method adopted being almost in every respect similar to that pursued with the fraction al currency and bonds, as described above. ! The improvement on the burning plan is too obvious to need extended mention. Extraordinary precautions were required to keep the destroyed iuoney from flying out of the furnace chimney, and the odor of the burned money was an intolerable nuisance, and was very injurious to the health of those residing in the neighbor hood of the place where it was carried on. This last reason would have been a sufficient one for changing the method, if the additional one of making an absolute saving to the Government . did not sug gest" itself. Scientific Amcr. THE MAD-STONE. : ,tRev. E. F. Rockwell, writing to the Statesville American, says : At the house of Mr. John Faris, in the North part of this county not far from Williamsburg P. a road from Salisbury to Wilkea boro, by Coun y Line, is what is called a mad-stone ; to cure the bite of mad-dog, snake, or insect. It is of a whitish color, smooth, and weighs 216 grains. Resembles a quarts pebble out of a creek ; but is not hard, f Found by the father of Mrs. P. in Wythe county, Virginia in the stomach of a deer. Is used by putting it into warm milk and water and then applying it to the wound ; also s t will stick and draw out he poison. When it is full, it falls off and is put into the water, and it can be applied again etc. It ought to 1 tested and if found ',tote of value, made bet ter latowvLHicl-ory PrcitA . WHAT BECOMES OF OLD GREENBACKS f Kewtcr6. It was at a school not a thousand miles from Newburer. ; The teacher had been civinfi out words which the scholars were to .in corporate, into sentences: He cave to one vtmn mis th --word "oblitnrr H explained that obligatory meant , binding! TJie young lady laid her fhead nponer band and seemed puzzled But in a ao- ment or two Jier, ;,eyes rested upon JUer well-worn srHng-book and her features brightened aa- Uappy thought seemej to " . ' . . 'i ;- ' . BriK.e uex. jf, no ficxi, uisuiut uie ascomsn ed teacher read the sentence; lfThe,pbli-' gatory of my spelling-oook is worn onu - . . u.. WHTTPW A QTT VOTTT? BWriPd ' 4 suggestion tliat a little water applied to lactory windows, and some ot the same "quia nuxeu wiui ume anu appueo ro i;: ii tf t - walls and ceilings, will not cost much wlule at the same time, during these murky winter days, it will render work- ..1. Vi L...l i i I 1 l.l. t suops uguier, couuuee 10 vue neaim anu comfort of operatives, and perhaps save some g"8 ums. From the Constitutionalist. SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE STATES OF THE NORTH. (Especially the Original Thirteen.) DEDICATED TO HIS WADE EXCELLEXtTY 1IAM1TOK. GENERAL 1 These hands 1 lift, by iron fetters banded; beneath the scoriiitil stniiight. and cold star: I rear my once imperial forehead branded By alien Shame a immedicable bcuth; Like some pale captive, ghuuiwd by all the nation?, I crouch, uiipilied, quivering, and apart; Laden with counties woes and desolation', lhe life-blood freezing round a broken heart ! II. About my feet pplashed red with blood of slaughter, My children gathering in wild, mournful throngs, Despairing son.", frail infants, stricken daugh ter d, Rehear the awful burden of their wrong!.; Vaiu i their try. and worse than vain their pleading ! 1 turn ironi tormy breast, Ironi yearning eyis, To mark where Freedom's outraged form re ceding; Wane in chill shadows down the skies! III. midnight I wooed her once in rude, t emigrations place, " ine purple Vintage of my khiI outpnureu, ! win, and keep her unrestrained, emhracea in . i- i . n.Hi ume tue onve-crowii o erioi'pea ine sword; O, Northmen ! with your gallant heroes blend- in Mine in old years for this sweet Goddess died: But now, (all : harne all other shame trans cending!) loi'R pitiless hands bare tern her Ironi my ; IV. What ! 'tis a tvrant PartyVtreacheroua action. lour hand is, clean, your conscience clear, ye eigh; Aye! but ere now your aires had throttled Fac tion, Or pealed o'er haif the world their battle cry; Its voice outiung from solemn mountain passes, Swept by wild storm winds of the Atlantic strand. To where the wart Sierr's sullen grssses Droop in low languors of the Subset Land ! V. Never, since earthly Slates begun their 3tory, llaih any suffered, bided, borne like me; At last recalling all my ancient glory, Eyen at lhe tj,OUKht bertide tie prostrate col- umn Of chartered Rights, which blasted lay, and dim, Uprose my noblest Ron with put pose solemn, While host on hont hi brethren followed him ! ' VI. Wrong, grasped by Truth, arraigned by (whose sober, Majestic mandates rule o'er change Law and time,) Smit by the Ballot, like some flushed October Reeled in the Autumn rankness of his crime; Struck, tortured, pierced, but not a blow re turning. The steadfast phalanx of my honored braves Planted their bloodless flag where sunrise burning. Flashed a new splendor o'er our Martyr's graves ! VII. What then? 0h, Sister States'! what welcome omen Of love and concorJ crossed our brightening Blue ? The foes we vanquished, are they not your foemen, Our laws upheld, your sacred safeguards too? Yet scarce had Victory crowned our grand en deavor, And peace crept out from shadowy glooms remote. Than as if bared to blast all hope forever, Your Tyrant's sword shone glittering at my throat I . VIII. Once more my bursting chains were reunited. Once more barbaiian plaudits wildly rung O'er the last promise of deliverance blighted, The prostrate purpose, and the palsied tongue: Ah! faithless Sisters! neath my swift undoing Peers the black presage of your wrath to come; Above your heads are signal cloud of rain, Whose lightnings Hash, whose thunders are uot dumb 1 - IX- . .;. ' There towers a Judgment Seat beyond your seeing; ! There lives a Judge whoaa none can bribe or blind; . " Before whose dread decree your spirit fleeing- Shall reap the whirlwind, having sown the wind; 'ii ' ! - I, in that day of justice, fierce and torrid,5 , When blood. Youa : JLIeod, outpours . like poisoned wine, . .. , , Pointing to these chained climbs, this blasted forehead, . ; . , , May mock yodr ruin, as ye mocked at mine f ' V Pattl H. Him. A Good Stort mpii i jrhfc ,'jiEG Atheihtjmt S3 4 -- In the interesting collection , of , peci ,4 mens contributed by Prof. Ward from his mnsetiin-Vhieli was displayed in the Agncuiiunn department ot tneventenr niaL., Exhibition nixJ. was; a plastcrmodel f -askeletoo tirhich museum, and Is. the 'foasijrnajSjii nuge beast-wbieb'once roalned the wild vr& fjame-wo of tlris piby-ne age..: Its proportions were immenNTha pelyis measni hearlv flv feet'ifroWldy io uip, oem muca, larger xnair uiai pi jine Mphant.ii uughn.fwfia fthrce ladrSle- pliant. The hind foot was a full yard long, the heel bone constituting nearly one-lralf the entire length. The forefeet had four digits, each armed with ah im mense nail well formed for cutting1 and digging. The hind foot had but three toes. The tail of this enormous beast was formed upon the same massive plan as the rest -of -his body. Some of the segments nearest the body measured nearly a foot and a half iu transverse diameter. Its great strength enabled it to serve as means of support, and perhaps also of de fense. The total length of the beast from the end of its nose to the extremity of its tail was about eighteen feet. It was much larger than the inoeeros, and scarcely inferior to the elephant in size. Its gen- eral form places it in the same class of animals with the sloth, which is still a natiferof South America. The disciple of evSTotioo could scarce restrain the impuls(f to do Homage to this ponderous form, recognizing init the hypo thetical progenitor df the human species. Though not indorsinhisrnestablishcd theory, one isftuck withthe many points ot similarity to the human skeleton. Like man, it had a collar bone unlike nearly all quadrupeds and the corresponding bones of the anterior, and posterior ex tremities, or arms and legs, of man. Like man, also, it walked upon its palms, in stead of upou the ends of its fingers and toes, as do the horse, cow, and numerous other quadrnieds. Its massive tail might be considered as a full development of the rudimentary caudal appendage represent ed in man by the coccyx. Like man, also, its natural food was furnished exclusively by the vegetable kingdom. Notwithstanding all these points of similarity, dissimilar characters were quite as numerous; and a still closer ana- logy might be readily established between man and other members of the brute crea tion. Where did the megatherium .live t is one of the many interesting questions which scientists propound respecting this animal. History is silent on the subject. No ancient naturalist ever described its structure or its habits. Geologists are fond of assigning to the megatherium an antiquity too remotely anterior to the ad vent of man upon this terrestrial globe for calculation. Whether the facts which have been clearly established tire sufflcie to warrant this conclusion, it must be left to every investigator to decide for him- self. It .would certainly have been a grand sight to have seen one of these prodigious creatures at work in its native forests, cutting and tearing the roots of mammoth trees to loosen their foundations, .and then bearing them to the earth with the weight of its massive body to secure the succulent fruits which constituted its fovorite food, Health Reformer. THE SOCIAL QUICKSAND. Victor Hi;go gives the following praph ic description of "earth drowning," which is a most forcible illustration of the way in which thousands of young men are swallowed up by that deadly social "quick sand," intemperance : "It sometimes happeTTs, on certain coasts of Brittany or Scotland, that a man, traveler or fisherman, walking on the beach at low tide, far from the bank, sud denly notices that for several minutes ho has been walking with some difficulty. The strand beneath his feet is like pitch ; his soles sticks to it ; it is sand no longer it is glue. "The beach is perfectly dry, but at every step he takes, as sou as he lifts his foot, the print which it leaves tills with water. The eye, however, has noticed no change ; the immense strand is smooth and tranquil ; all the sand has the same appearance ; nothing distinguishes the surface which is solid from that which is no longer so ; the joyous little cloud of sand-fleas continue to leap tumultuously over the wayfarer's feet. The man pur sues his way, goes forward, inclines to the land, endeavors to get nearer the up land. He is not anxious. Anxious about what I.t Only he feels somehow as if the weight of his feet inoreases with every step he takes. Suddenly he sinks in. ' "He sinks in two or three inches. De cidedly he is not on the right road; he stops to take his bearings. All at once he looks at his feet. His feet have disap veared. The sand covers them. He draws his feet out of the sand ; he will retrace 0 his steps; he turns back; he sinks in deep er. The sand comes up to his ankles ; he polls himself out and throws hinvwlf tflj attred a2majtc,degrb j Theoriglnal. Is, pisbj paniXut.Ajtocrlcffi11 Tbdusands gazed inWVMisiiinniV ihli iaas left j the sandTsI balf-Teg deep.'t H ws hlmttda11iei:riff san He troi sand comes 1 trp ' lo 4I! Illll 1WU W recognizes' i unspeakable ' teTTpr itiat medio:if la which man can no inote Valk 'diOTieltfslrlBMsTteHa ldloadlf bbai1 6nynitens 'himlelf lati j llesanitl ik '-abWe his -knee.: lie calSj wvhiaiTiat orbiAbandk land U to j fit, off; If .(there isoo Jtelp ;!a sights ltiL&&3$ Pt 5fi-- "-f btirial impdg Mble tojrtaf M hasten; which, en dures i vjursy-SWLfes &ct, free, and 4n full health, which draws you by thefeet, whjcb at every effort that you attempt, at every Shout you utter, drags you a little deeper, sinking you slowly into the earth whileyou look upon the horizon, the sails of the ships upon the sea, the birds flying and singing, the sun shine and the sky. The victim attempts to sit down to lie down, to creep ; every movement he makes inters him; he straightens up, he sinks in ; he feels that be is being swallowed. He howls, im- plores, cries to the clouds, despairs?- "Behold him waist-deep in the sand. The Kind reaches his breast j he is now on ly a bust. Be raises his arm, utters fu rious groans, clutches the beach with Ids nails, would hold by that straw, leans up on his elbows to pull himself out of this soft sheath sobs frenziedly ; the sand rises. The) sand reaches his shoulders; the sand reaches his neck ; the face alone is visible now. The mouth cries, the sand fills it ; silence. The eyes still gaze, the sand shuts them ; night. Now the fore head decreases, a little hair flutters above the sand ; a hand comes to the surface of the beach, moves and shakes, and disap pears. It is the earth drowning man. The earth filled with the ocean becomes a trap. . It presents itself like a plaiu and opens like a wave." Politics and Collection Plates. Recently a Radical, Who is also a preacher, tackled old Uncle Itemus on the subject of politics. "I understand, old man," said he "that you are a Democrat." "I dun no 'bout dat boss." "Well, it comes prety straight." I know idey got two sides, one what dey call Deminy crat and de udder what dey call Itadikel, but I don't bodder wid 'em w'en de wedder gets dis stiff." "But I hear you vote the Democratic ticket every time." " I wote wid my young marster what I nussed w'en ho wan't no bigger dan a buck rabbit." "Now don't you know that this is going back on your color t" "But hit aint gwine back on my belly, an' ef I don't tend ter dat de fus' cole rain dat come 'long-mount wash de color right outen me. I aint takhi' no chances iu dis bizness, boss. I'm a gettin' ole, and de ol'er I gits de hongrier I gits I duz for a fac'.'. i "Look at mc. I vote tho Republican ticket, and I'm not losing any flesh." I "You sorter preaches 'round like, don't ; you, boss ?'r j "Sometimes. Yes. Why!" j "Caze dat's whar de fun comes in. I don't git no chance fei ter feed outen, no beaver hat,' an' I don't eat offen no plates what dey tikes up church kleckshins in. i'm a mighty lonesome ole nigger, an, I has ter scuffle 'long de bes' I kin without ennv cowrenrashen at mv back." The preacher looked at his watch, and said that he would talk some other time, while Uncle Remus, with a serene smile upon his venerable face commencetT sing ing : Oh! whar skill we go w'en de great- day comes,; Wid de blowin' uv de trumpets an' de ban gin' uv de drums t How many po' sinners will be cotch'd out late, ; An' tine no latch to de golden gate ? Atlanta Constitution. An inebriate Jerseyman in New York, led by flaming posters advertising the play ; of the "Forty Thieves" at Niblo's, went ' to the box-office and called for a ticket at the same time throwing down a 5 greenback On receiving in return $3 ' and a ticket (he had expected to pay about ( 50 cents,) the astonished countryman, looking first at the money and then at the ticket, exclaimed : j "H h-ehowmuch d'yer ask to (hie) gee these Forty Thieves 1" The ticket-seller informed him that tho price was '$2. - j jje paid the money with considerable grumbling, took the ticket and started tor the door, j ' "Hello P shouted the ticket-seller, "you're going the wrong way. Turn back and enter at first door to your left." "No, (hie) I thank you,"' said the coun tryman, "I don't (hie) care to to aoe the other 3!V r I went to see a girl the bther day," says our Dan ; I kissed her repeatedly, and when I finally ceased the tears came into her eyer, and she said, in sad tones, HAh Dan ! I fear you have ceased to love t me ph,,no, I haven't," I said, tnrast brekdu" Botton Globe 'Knt t fvi a , j the 'lmd?tliai tSBm, beneavhimHhefeaifuf liefi the Sand gaina on him uots'ratiS niore If thcacAlsi tesejtedth 5uTui timate power. , . 'J . 4 lu,nn4v "LA 1 CbuandUi, , ..Freedonrigatyj; aAdfadepea. c?&3rritte$ granjgowejyf Jimitefad t :Ja?ditap-pffice wv1fcrflw&- -jJ?onabpnal b;lfpwible.;f-;V ; 10r i& Vdtly HgpltlrfdIaM tion. ' r.V-t-i ': 11. No proscription of opinion nor of public discussion. i ' 12. No unnecessary interference with mdi vjftual property or speech. 1 3. The civil paramount to the military authority. - 14. 'rherepresentative to obey the in structnn ofhisNxmstftnents. . 15. Ao favored class, monopolies. lGf Elcctfoi) 3 -VAi..,' ree,i and suffrage unt- verbal. .. IJ 17. No publirmoncys expended, except, wairant of spjeciljc appropriation., . . 18. No mystenei -in government inac- ible to tlie.iubliC eye. compensation for public services, moderate salaries, and perva ding economy and accountability Thomas Charlton hooked his chin over the prisoner's bar at the Fifty --seventh street Police Court and regarded His Hon or with a bland smile. "Thomas, you are charged with being drunk," said the court. " "I can't deny it," said Thomas, grinning from ear to ear. "You don't seem to be very sorry." "I'm happy, Yer Honor," said the pris oner, giggling. . , "Whatexcuse have you for getting drunk V " "I've got seven of 'em Judge." "Seven excuses !" "Yes, Yer Honor, seven. Now I don't mind tellin' ye all 'bout it. Ye see Fve got six boys in my family, an' last night it Vagirl, Judge." - Thomas got off. A negro was found dead in Georgia, having fallen and broken his neck whilo stealing chickens from a high roost. He was a class leader in a church, and hi pastor, in preaching the funeral sermon, was bothered by the festion where tho soul of the dead brotl had gone. "Hi well-known piety," said the minister, ''indicates that he died a christian; yet there are circumstances connected with his death that are perplexing. If, after he fell and liefore he struck the ground, he repented of his sins, there can be . no question that he is now in glory; but there was mighty little time for him to think about it." . ' The hi -ightness'of the Lamp in the light houses of our coasts frequently produces great -destruction among tho birds. As they fly along the beach in the gloom of the evening, or seek the shelter -of tho land when the ocean breeze blows too strong for their comfort or pleasure, they are dazzled by the brilliancy of the lights in the towers, and frequently fly blindly againsAhe glass of the building, crushing and breaking their bones, and often kill ing them instantly . r His lastwords.to her in the morning were : "Wrap up warmly, darling, if you go out shopping to day ; it is very cold." She said she would, and before she went out she had all her bustles weighed, and put ou the heaviest one. What will not a woman do for the man she loves t A Raleigh girl, while crossingChesa peake Bay on her way to the Centennial last summer, lost one of her shoes over board ; and now captains of vessels arriv ing at Baltimore are telling stories of a mysterious sea-monster they . sighted on their trips. - "Ma," said a little fellow yesterday, while looking at a picture of Cupid in ft valentine. "I should think that little an 5 gel would rather have some clothes than) those wings and a bow and arrow." . A Georgia couple, who recently trav? led five hundred miles to get married have just separated Wcause the wifeinsis- ted on putting her ieet to the same hot brick which the husband ordered her to, bring to bed for his use. ;i " - , A yonng woman arrested in Baltimore., for shoplifting, proved to be the daughter of a wealth man. She had spent the money obtained from thievery in the sup port of her child, of whoso existence none, of her friends knew. 4 ' i tf ' ' Women who shiver at the sight of a door ajar, or at an open window, will eilj dure the impact of a frosty moustache as, sereneiv as it a sunoeam nan siiovnrf v . . . , - ,- 7X them. . ' ' ' i n-1 -tt-tiV.-? . J i " - IT o' . i i! I . - 3 f s - -1 . 'I 4 1 - it ft