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VOL. XX.--THIRD SERIES. SAUSBUEY, N. C. THUBSDAY, JUNE 13, 1889. HO. 34. ; PIANOFORTE TUNING FOB SALISBURY.' H ; Mb. Owbx II Uishop (pupil oDr. Marx. Professor of 3Iusic at Berlin Umrersity, and Monsieut Bcnezetof Paris) has come from n'fUnd. and settled .-close to Salisbury, and is prepared to tune, regulate and repajn I'iano ibrtes, Orpins and I'ipc Organs.- Having bad fifteen . yeurs' practical experience in England, Ladies and gentlemen, who wish theirmusical instruments carefully and regularly attended to may rely upon having thorough and eon- A' ;ntii.us work done if they, will kindly favor 0. II-1. witU their esteemed patronage. Liv- : m:ir town, no travelUic expenses will be inc urred, nd therefore tlie terms will l.e low; is.0 per pianolorte,Uf tuned occasionai- i ,.r fir three tunintrs in one vearJi Please for fiirtlier particulars by postal? card or I'rv -. r BdU. left at this office. B.Schumann'gavs: "It is the falsest r 1 v" " tnued.AS t ruin3 both instrument and ear." .rtiv trt siltow aiiT nianoforte to remain tin- If any dealer aaya he has the W. t. Don rlaa Khoe without name and price stamped on tbebottoui, pat him down fraud. w. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE FOR GENTLEMEN. SS.OO OKNIIINK HAWIJ-8KWKD HOE. mjiO POIJt'E ANI FA KM Kit V HHOE. 3J50 ftXTItA VAMJK CAfcF SHOE. ok nriirivniUVN sit OK. In (no irnrlil. RTaminfl 111 ft - H2 00 ind S1.75 HOYS' SCHOOL SBOE& , 'All made in Congress, Button and Lace. W. L. DOUGLAS j 3E ladies Rest Material. Best Style. Best fitting. IX not sold hr your Sealer, write . W. DOUGLAS. BKOCKTON. MASS Examine W: 1. Douglas $2 Stoe for ; . gentlemen and ladies. . v FOR SALE BY 5 M.S.BROWN, - ' SALISBURY." For sale by JNO. H. ENNISS, Druggist. D. A. ATWELKS ; HARDWARE STORE, Vhere a lull line of goods in his line, may always be found. . x Solid Gold W.ft V" Sold Tor 1VU. anta utciy. I Bt (S3 Mifli In lb worlJ. I itwl tinckcciirr. IV w-I I nnted. llravy Bona bull Ubuiidic Caw. Belli Udirs' luii (rail' BizM,wriih work, antt raw. rqtial valne. "TV M B On IcnoM la each 1- yi'Ait caitiT run an-ure ore fir. tocHhfr wiih our larpe and.l- . . f -mm a In toot horn, for S SioniUa ami aliown Ihrra w thoi. who nmy'har. callcj, lUey becoroa rour m propwt.r. Tbo?a Prw. and aftrr ya hare kri t . writ, at one ran t. aur. oi wrwmjs -so. w nice -"I S.imnl.a V'imi .11 D!T. ftrish,?e. rtrtr. . - . - . a , 1'orUattO, Uolie. V.utracta may b. maie tor It IN SEW YOBU. all Cfi n-nnn mm fittfl HOME COMPANY i - W jr. ssets '7. ALLEN EEOWN, - Tolril A M- --at Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies, a marrelof pur it strength,and wnolesomeness. More economical than tbeordlnarv kinds, and cannot be soid lu comDetll Ion with the multitude ot low test, short weight, alum or pnospnate powaers. soia oniy in cans. lioTAL Baking Powder Co. ,106 Wall st. N iForsale by Binhaijn.&Ca, Young JfeJBos- I'ftian, anil N. P. Murphy. THIS AGE- Is full of humbuesf and that remedy that disproves this charge is a God-send to human ity. B. II. B. has never failed and that ought to count for something to him who wants to be cured of what B. B. B. sets itself uo to cure. UTTERLY SURPRISED ! . - ' , Meridian, Miss. July 12j l87. - For a number of years I have sulfered un told agony from the effects of blood poison. J had my case treated by several prominent physicians, but received but little, -ifC any, re lief. I resorted to all sorts of patent medicines, spending a large amount of money, but yet getting no better. My attention was attracted by the cures said to have been affected by B. B.B., aud I commence taking it merely asn experi ment, having but little faith in the results. To niy utter" surprise I soon commenced to improve, arod deem myself to-day a well and hearty per son all owing to the excellent qualities of B. B. B. I cannot commend it too highly to those suffering from blood poison. - - . J. O. Gibsox, Trainman M. & O. R. R. AFTER TWENTY YEARS. Baltimore; April 20. 1887. For over twen- ky yearsj have been troubled with ulcerated bowels and bleeding piles, and grew very weak and thin from constant loss of blood. I have used 4 bottles of B. B. B., and have gained 15 pounds in weight, and feel better in general health' than I have for ten years. I recom mend vour B. B. B. as the best medicine I have ever used, and owe ray improvement to the use of Botanic Blood Baliu. Eugenics A. omith. - 318 Exeter St. AN OLD MAN RESTORED. Dawson, Ga., June 30, 1887. Being an old man and suffering from general debility and rheumatism of the joints of the shoulders, I found difficulty In attending to my business, that of a lawyer, until I boucrht and used five bottles of B. B. B., Botanic Blood Balm, of Mr T. C. Jones, or J. R." Irwin & Son, and my general health is improved and the rheumatism leil me. 1 UClieve n iu ue a guuu uicuiuuc. J II. Lai.no. All w'iio de3lre full lnformovion about the cause an 1 pure of BlolTolsons, Scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcsrs, Sores, Rbeumitlsm, Kidney Couvplalnts, uitarrn, etc., can secure oy msu, rree, acoDVOf our 32-t)ase Illustrated Boek of Wonders. tilled with the most wonderful and startling proof ever beforeknown. Address, 4o:ly blood balm .Co., Atlanta, ua i af imu!rf torpid liver, strength en t lit- 1 itt.xtive.tti K".tn.r refill teatl bouclsund arc uueqiiuletl as ati a::ti-e:.l!0?J3 medicine In mnlnrlr.l !!itrlrt their virtnes aro v. iet.v rc-ouiJizcl.nMtl;e.v pwsciiec. u'iar iroicricM in 1 r-eiiir lIn'syHleio cuuteil. JbofeC t.nu ll. l'r ice, 5ct!. i Sold EvcryT7iiGre. Oftice, -l-i Murxmy St., New York. P. H. THOMPSON & CO. MANUFACTURERS, Sash, Doors, Blinds, STAIR WORK Rfirflll Sawing. Wnnfl Tn miner, i AND CASTINGS OF ALL KINDS . DEALER8 IN Steam Engines and Boilers, Steam and .1 Water Pipe, Steam Fittimi?, Shafting, Pulley Hangers. ;. j ' ALSO 'Machinery or all kinds repaired on ! 1 SHORT NOTICE. Mar. 15, '88. ly . !,.,,.. - i i.ni-ai.i SUBSCRIBE FOR THE "CAROLINA WATCHMAN" 1 !?I S 1 ! SEEKING HOME PATRON ABE. A STB0NG COHPANYl Prompt, Eehable, Liberal ! O - a r . Agents n all citieB and towns tn the South, , J. EH0DES BRJOWHE, President. C. Coart, Secretary. - - Agert; Salisfcur, H. 0, For the Watchman, r The Soys cf Sixty Years Ago. . HEZESIAH 8 FIRST tTOt&TSHlP. ' ' FAST IU. The Captain was struck dump and fell into a dreamy state for a few min utes, during which time he uncon sciously relaxed his hold on the soft hand which he had convulsively grasp ed on putting the momentous question. Was he dreaming? A multitude of a a cnnmcting tnougnts were racine through his bruin. Everything seem ed to be in a whirl. He heard the drummer of his com pan v beating the long rou, ana saw nis lnvinciuie Diues in the act of firing a salute thev fired, and tbc Captain thought very charge had hit him square in front, and he wanted to .lcnow w-hether he was dead or alive. Slowly he returned to semi-consciousness. Ihe chairs and other furnititure in the room had al most ceased to whirl. His fair deceiv er was still sitting before him .with (juilt pieces-in hand. Still, paus ing on the threshold of doom, he at last thought he might break the awful si lence. With most respectful timidity he said: "Miss Rebecca, did I understand you to say 'no i 'Yes, sin" was the answer, softly ut tered. Another long pause ensued, which the defeated suitor spent in an endeav or to take in the full import of the situation. He was not a craven he would never beg, not even when under the rod of the master at school. He would never yell "take him off" in his boyhood fights, but bear in dignified silence whatever fell to him. "Well, then," said' he, "the best com pliment I can pay you now is to thank you for the lady-like politeness vou have constantly shown me, and. after wishing you all the happiness attain able in'this life aiid the next, take my self away as promptly as possible I bid vou farewell. She sprang to her feet and grasped the extended hand and said: "Captain, please don't be angry with me; I couldn t help it. Aiid it was probably true that she "couldn't help it' Couldn't help re ceiving his company and attentions for really he was a very onipHinon able fellow, as many knew, even as well as she. Our defeated hero was soon in the still He was ight. saddle again, as his horse was hitched to a post near the gate. felt very strange. His vision clouded, and his feet were too 1 Indeed, it seemed as if he had lost his usual attraction to the earth, and that a puff of wind might blow him away. The whole world seemed changed and looked dark and sad. His steed turned towards home, but he dreaded to go there. He dreaded to go anywhere, and coveted a place beyond mortal ken. All nature was against him. The rust ling leaves and waving limbs of the trees mocked him. lhey-hirds which chirp ed as they flew to a roost for the night behaved strangely, as if thev knew his case. lne grassnoppers derided him, and the frogs in the ponds and mead ows along the road were absolutely in- a m 1 1 . a t a l suiting. in little fellows among them would pipe out "kick-ed, kick-ed; and the rusty old rascals would groan loud enough to be heard a mile, "cover- up cover-up, cover- up. It was a wearisome, sorrowful ride, and th( at only, mitigating circumstance connect ed with it was the almost total dark ness which promised to cover his re turn into town. He heard the word "fooled,'' he could not tell how often, and knew it was aimed at him. Some times it came up from the ground, and and then from the dark forest around him. The hooting owls, after hooting in dismal tones, would end with ji a. a a a a , laugh all at him. flis horse made a strange noise now and then, as if try ing to cheer; but this was exhiliarating rather than depressing, for Jie was con scions that there was virtue in good humor. And this strange noise was repeated witlr such peculiar emphasis auuu v vtuiv vuv iivioc oi uva sa orse hoof on the incorporated limits, that our hero could stand it no longer, but broke out into a big laugh, and began to wonder at himself for not thinking of it sooner. "My figures were right I'd swear by them forever," said he, in a musing sort of way; "but how did she know anything about it? She 'couldn't help it.' Help what? -Knowing my figures? VVise girl sweet lady God bless her and have mercy on me, for I need it." Ji requires time for at honest man to recover from such an It lingers with him for expenence months and years, and sometimes colors his whole life. Fortunately, Capt. Woodman was a laboring m:in and under the necessi ty of being diligent in business. He Wits also blessed with a good share of philosophy, and faith in God, to whom he had early learned to submit in all things. Time, absence from the charmer, and reflection, all came to his aid, and in less than a year he was able to relate to his friends more minutely and more interestingly than I have done the incidents of his first courtship. lne suoseq'ient nutory or the par ties afford exam plexoc most striking contrast. One wont up, up! - The other down, dawn! r The one left an honored namY and ti highly respected family, with provisnhs for their com fort. The othsr, after a short season !of Drosneritr. the possibilities of life only what A;i JiaTe been.' v On th.3 Brisk, or in the Shadow of Sin. When Goeffry Weston eloped with a millionaire's daughter, and the father had disinherited her, he held his wife in his arms and said solemn ly: . "As long as I can "work, beg, steal ormnrderyou shall never want for any thing.' : J "Don't say such wicked things," mur mured the young wife, laying her head on hij lips, and yet it pleased her to see so him much in eafnest. Geoffry occupied a handsome posi- sltion where he handled a great deal of money, and was in receipt of a com fortable salaryT His, wife, however, knew very little of housekeeping nnd economy was an unfamiliar word with her. In duo tima her father marriel a schoolmate of her own and she often met the young lady and 'began to vie witn ner m costume and was .so ex travagant that Geoffry soon found hini sely deeply in debt. Coming home in a desperate mood one night he found Rosa in tears, she held a little note in her hand, and at last was prevailed upon to tell her hus band the trouble. "i wanted to get a dress from Mad ame llouncette, and she has written me the most impertinent answer. r-" The mean thing! I'll just go to somebody else. I want a very pretty dress. My step-mother will be there and she says such horrid things; and father warned me 1 d be in rags if I married you, and you said you'd never let me ueed any thing. Now is the time to prove yon meant it all." "I did mean it," said Geoffry. "You shall have the money, Rosa." ' vHe left the room, went out into the hall and paced slowly up and down. "Come to supper, Geoffry," called his wife. But he answered: "I'll be back in a moment. And she heard him shut the door behind him. As he did so, the safe key fell from the pocket of the coat he carried on his arm to the marble floor of the vesti bule. He stopped and picked it up. Her husband had a bad habit of drop ping that key. bhe ran to the window and saw Inm take a car that passed the corner in the direction of his place of business. His movements were more rapid and ner vous than usual. A cold chill ran through her frame, dread of she knew not what. "What a child I am," she thought. Then the words that he had ut tered on her wedding day came back to her: "I will work, beg, steal or murder to get you all you want. ' How he had put her hands over his lips to stop him; still not believing that he wouM ever do anything wrong; but now now wh.t had she done? Suddenly her own folly arose before her, plainly defined' to sight. She knew how much her husband made, how much they had spent. He must be in debt. He must be unable to meet his expenses. Her poor Geoff ry ! How could she have been so blind? And now, under tne pressure oi ner ioonsn fretting for a new dress, he had gone, as he said, "to get the money." " How? Where? She remembered the fate of a faith less clerk of her father's and remem bered that it was said, "he stole for the sake of an extravagant wife." And her heart smote her. What could she do? Was it an angel that, whispered in her ear, "Follow him f ' r Afterward she though! so. She caught up a hat and sacqne and ran out, putting on her gloves as she went. She took a car and went straight to her husband's place of busine-sr The street was dark and lonely; no one was astir; but through a crack of , al 11 1 l the closed shutter she saw a light shine. She tried the door. It opened under her touch and she entered. Some one had lit the gas in the m- r. . , 1 , I I. ner room, it threw asnauow nigu upuu the wall. Now the shadow vanished. jTrembling with .excitement she crept on up to the very door and saw ler husband bending over the great safe. He turned fiercely with his hand at a pocket in which she knew he carried a pistol. "Who is there?" he asked, in a fu rious whisper. And she answered. "Only Rosa.". And he sank down beside a desk and looked at her strangely. "You here ! ' he said. " VV hy did you follow me?" "I was frightened, she said. "So was I. said he. "I remembered to have left the safe unlocked, but it is all right now." "No, Goeffry," answered K.osa; "it is air wrong. I am no longer a fool ish baby. I seem to have come back to myself. Put that money back. If this is the first time I have driven -yon to such a thing I will thank God for it. Yon hare kept your vow; even to steal for me. Have mercy on me and break it. - Put the money back." f "Tell me all? she said. "Tell me nil. darlinff." " .' young people talked together for long . -. C .s - - And in that lonely old plsce me two ' "We will sell the piano and oiy jew- erly and all wf do not need," said tlie girl at last, "and I will keep house for you as a poor man's wife should, and we will be just as happy as we have been together. Why should we not? And in time we will be better off. At least we will be honest and safe, as honest people are. Oh, Geoffry! to think to what I might have driven yonT They walked h ome together, arm in arm, and next day set to work to struggle out of the load of debt upoiT their shoulders. It was a hard task, but they succeeded at last, and to-day are nappy ana prosparous, and on the road to fortune. " . " Ths Death of Father Damien. Charlotte Democrat. Father Damien, the leper priest, died April 10th in the village? of Kalawao on the island of Molokai, one of the Hawaiian group. This village of Kal awoa is reserved for cast-out lepers alone, and about stven hundred of them are confined there by force. Father Damien was born in Belgium in 1840 and went to the Hawaiian Islands at the age of 24. He resided there until he was 33, when he offered his ser vices to go among the lepers. He went with the knowledge that he must 8tiyitnat he must die a leper, and at Vie..ue"r ot .nw htt,e church, working a I as . . - " to e lastte did die a leper. .ne iciuauieu at me settlement six teen years, administering to the bodily and spiritual comfort of the wretched, desperate, frantic suffers. He was at L J . 1 111 . . I hrst despised, but by sacrifice won his way to honor. He provided houses and food, and established soberness, clean liness and belief in God. He helped the strong, nursed the dying, did all manner of menial work, and buried the dead. Such is a skeleton picture of Damien! whose heroism seems illum ined by some of the light of that star which pointed men to the Babe of Bethlehem. St. Giles, the Benedictine monk, lived, according to legend, in the moun tain side, loving God's creatures. Even the wild animals knew of his gentle ness. A helpless hind, pursued by hunters, fled to his cavern for rescue. He took it into his armsi and the ar row that pierced the heart of the hind first pierced the hand of the hermit. Over the spot in a Swiss valley a chap el bell rings out daily its mellow er quiescat. Some may doubt the prac tical importance of Damien's sacrifice, but vho shall judge? He has the chant of the hearts of humanity for his tolling bells. Even a St. Giles took the harmless hind, so Damien toi k the deadly leper to his hart, and wrap- mncr aoout mm nis own leprous arm, he soothed him with the Master's balir. The hand, indeed, that healed fell help less, but the world rose stronger when that hand fell. Operation on a Lion. The tine lion Jupiter, at the Clifton Zoological Gardens, Bristol, which is nearly 11 years old, having been cub bed in the gardens in the year 1878, was noticed lately to have a claw on the left fore paw growing into the flesh of its foot, which was gradually laming the animal. The lioii was evidently in pain, and it was deemed advisable to remove the claw. The novel operation was performed recently, when a close traveling cage was introduced into the den, and placed against one of the sliding traps in the partition. The animal having been induced to enter the cage, it was removed to the floor of the building and another case, but of different construction, composed solely of iron bars, placed endways to the door of the first cage, and the two firmlv lashed together. After some little tiouble the. animal was got intj the second cage, which was so narrow as not to admit of his turning round. Heavy inch and a half planks were then inserted between the bars, and the lion tightly wedged in. Up to this point he had submitted quietly, but on the introduction of the planks he splintered them up as easily as though they had been matchwood. At last he was firmly wedged in, and a little time was given him to cool down. A fa vorable opportunity for the operation curred in a few minutes, his paw being partly through the bars. The head keeper, Blunsden, who was wait ingjwith a pair of powerful nippers, seized the opportunity, and the offend ineJclaw was nroniDtlv removed. The operation, which was conducted by Ur. . . , " i . . . , Harrison, treasurer of the gardens, was absolutely necessary, as tr.e claw had already rrown more than half an inch into the foot, and would probably have killed the animal. -London Times. To Clean the Pots. The natural colortif iron is gray, and a little care will keep iron vessels this color. It they are oiacx, it is oecause they are dirty. It is a good plan, occa sionally, if you must, use iron ware instead of lighter vessels, to plunge such ai tides as baking pans, spiders, griddles, etc., in water with one table spoonful of soda to each gallon of water, cover close, and cook them for two hour?. -Then remove one at a time and wash each piece before it dries. .. .I ,1 , ! condition of your ware the first time i vou do it. unless you arc one among , You will be amazed at the changed ten thousand of oiir bcuseHeep Yankee Wade. - ... Good Eoads. It U the boast of the people of the present age that it is one of en!ight ment, fivilizntion and progress. If closely analyzed, however, it will ap pear that this enlightmeit, civilization and progress, follows close in the wake of improved facilities for transporta tion. In the earlier ages of the world, civilization followed the shores of the se;, for that was the world's great highway. In the East where traveling was mosty performed on beast of burden. a certain track was pursued and trav eling was done by caravan. At a very early period in the history of the East there were marked out lines of intex communicsition running fr6m land to land and binding different nations to gether. These lines ran from East to West, that being the line on - which trade and civilization ran. As popula-" tion increased, and their wants enlarg ed, the demand for improved roads and modes of transportation kept pace. - The progrefs in arts, sciences, com merce and manufacturers demands at the hands of the present generation: 1. A permanent system of public roads. 2. Permanent improvement of pub lic roads. Not only is more rapid transporta tion, but cheaper transportation is re quired. Competition is so sharp that profits are too small to permit handling" of small loads. If a horse could haul 500 pounds years ago profitably to the producer, he must now' haul 1,000 pounds to make it equally as remuner ative. The present style (not system) of making (?) the public roads is a tax without any benefit. Eveji if every hand worked the full limit of the law, fifteen days, no practical good would result from his labors. The near ap proach of Court forces out the road overseers, and the road is run ov r to make it passable. The first rain wipes out the work or m ikes the roa.l worse than it was before. The need of the hour is a properly constructed road, on a system that will be permanent and the improvements put on it of a permanent character. Why good roads are needed: We are changing from big plantation to small farms; from the all-cotton, expensive system, to the diversified crop and in tensive S'stem; from all credit to all cash. We need to sell off part of our land to cut off taxation on unproduc tive capital.- We need every facility to market expeditiously. Without good roads immigration is an iinpossi bmty. without small farms diversified crops cannot be successfully produced In order then to get the immigrant, and introduce ihe small farmer oiv-the small farm, good roods are indispensa ble. On the score of progress, thrift, economy and humanity, a permanent system of permanently improved roads is the imperative necessity of the hour. rhroncrhuut the entire south, a deeper and keener interest than ever be fore is manifested on this important theme. The public mind is directed verv nointedlv in this direction and cannot be diverted from it. The Marietta (Ga.) Journal says "Good roads are indispensable to the citizen and farmer in his travels to and from market with his cotton, wood and produce. The present roads are woe fully bad, and there should be asysteni devised by which they should be im proved. Mud holes, wash-outs, and high hills almost render our roads im passable. Good, solid road beds should be constructed, and the money so spent would be well spent. Good roads en hance the valnerof property and save the wear of vehicles and enable ani mals to do better service. Give us better roads." Quite an imnortant factor in the development of any section of the country, says the Baltimore Manufac turers' Record, is its public roads. Good roads are an advertisement in themselves. The public roads of the South need much iinurovent, and no time should be lost in devising effective methods of bettering their condition. Good roads pay for themselves in the saving they effect in the wear and tear of vehicles and the strain upon draught animals, to say nothing of the advan tages to traffic and the convenience of the traveling public. The materials for road-making of the highest order are abundantly distributed all over the South, and the public ro;tds of that Lection, with good management, could av I be made the best in the country. Southern Cultivator. A curious weather pmphet is being shown in a Bro;idway-s'.ore-wmtlow. It ii a tree-toad confined in a glass-tube. Thpre is si little ladder for it to climb UD an(j down on, and so susceptible is little nrisoner to changes that it I - . ascends to the top of the tube when the air grows moist in advance of rain and descends when clear weather is near at hand. It also become noUy before a storm. To those who have never seen a tree-toad, it may be inter esting to know that it l-esenijdes the nrdinarv earden-toad -in iorni. bat is more flattened. The color varies from pale ash to dark browns with- blotches h-hrnwn. nnd the stomach vellowT The eyes are large and bril liant. It abounds nds about old tree?, fenc ami 0ia st0ne walls, St, Im I (JhU-De.ocmt, . . , va. o 1 ......I HI" l ll " S Petrifying Springs, , " There js a well known petrifying stream of water nt Knaresboro, York shire, England, three miles from H ar rowgate, the well 1 known sanitarium. It is." a cascade from the River Nidd. about fifteen feet high and twice as broadband forms an aqueous curtain to a cave known as MotljecfShiploifs Cave. The dripping waters at nued for the purpose of petrifying any thing sent to be hung up in the drip of the water ledge, which flows over, us it were, the eaves of the cave. This ledgs of limestone rock is augmented un ceasingly by Ihe action of4he waters which flow over hV The cascade has an endless variety of "objects hung np byshort lengths of wire to be petrified by the water trickling over them, as sponges, books, giovev herehiefs and veils, hunter's cap, fox, cat, dog, birds, boots, etc., just as fancy prompts people to seek petrifying results. A sponge is petrified in a few months, a book or cap in a year or two, cat Or bird a little longer. " . A museum of many interesting things is to Ik? seen in the house of the custodian of the Mother Shipton Cave. The things petrified are mostly larger and somewhat misshapen by the gra! itation of he silicate, making the mass larger on the underside of the suspen sion in the cascade. A cat, for in stance, has the legs nearly joined and largei in proportion than the body. One cat shown in the museum had the head broken off at the - neck, showing the whole was limestone throughout with not a trace ofc-ike organic stru -ture of the original cat. A glove b -comes like a han.tr A book of sermon?, a block of stone, frorii- which science may read its sernionsrli rough without printing or leeves. When Hooking at this cascade as an artist, I could not. help thinking of the poor old woman who lived before her tinie, and. who was spared for the fate of " many thousands . of human beings-called witches, 'who have been burned by the ignorant mob or legally by-theistate officials, mostly at the instigation of the priesthood. It would be a fitting place. '-for a statue' of tlur historic periMUsage. whose prophecies are one by one ' being verified to be seated within the ciive looking out through the veil of dripping waters on the visitors to. the cave, and as fitting inscription in front, the words from a modern poet might be written: '- 1.: - . " " .... i ,l 11 Hilri(r3fi r aa rfrfitl in tlinSp f!m. Ann .,.11 Xuuglit can escape the action of the fact Xor fail to yield an essence, growth and share', Through nuvJia with a Hi m ties to act,' Tht Kftc of 9 Day. I have a human!' head petrified but by what action Oo not know. -It was found in digging a trench through gravel in the park nt tjulstrov.e,. Ul Buckinghamshire,' VEng.. - The subject of -petrifaction is highly interesting, and deserves careful inves tigation. 1 believe many specimens of prehistoric tools, as well as organic . k - . , . . a .remains, might ie recovered from the earth if geologists were "qualified to judge of tools by evternal formation. Geologists, unfortunately, are too often book and stone students, and not cap able of judging by appearance of a pet rified tool as a bit of stone only or not. I. Charles -Kino. 22 Grove Sr.; N. W., London. " Curiositiss ofPunbination. The following specimens of curious - r pnnctuat'o.i are given by the Printers liejister: A man who was suddenly taken sick "hastened home while every ' means for his recovery were resorted to. In spite of all his efforts, he died in the triumph of the Christian religion.'1 'A man was killed by a railroad car running into Boston, supposed to be v deaf.". "A man writes "We have de-" . 1 II 1 - I I . I " I ! ciueu to erect a scnooi nou.se large enough to accommodate 500 scholars five stories high.1' On a certain rail way the following luminous direction was printed: "Hereafter, when trains in an opposite directions tre approach ing eau other on separate lines, con ductors and engineers will be requested to bring their respective trains to a halt 1 beforethe point of meeting, I and be careful not to proceed till each train has passed the oilier. ' - A steamboat captain, advertising an excursion, says; 'Tickets, twenty-five cents; children half-price to . be hud nt the j office," A hotel was thus ad vertisWl rj "ThM -ki. i -ii i... 1 i. .. ak- t:.iL. u iioiet win ue.htrpi. ijr mc tmun ui iuu former landlord, Mr. BroWn, Who dial last summer on a new and- -improved . plan." "Wanted, a saddle-horse for a-lady weighing about 95f) pounds. An-Iowa editor says: , "We nave re ceived a bitsket of fine grapes f rom ot r I friend W., for which he will please a - ; cept our compliments, some oi wnicn are nearly two inches in diameter."' "Boanhnay be had at No. 4.1eail street for two gentlemen with gas.M Over a bridge at Athens, Ga.; is the following: "Any person driving over this bridge in a paeee fa t?r tpan a Lwalk, shall if a white man, le fined five dollars; and if. a negro, receive iwent; five lahe, liulH he penalty to be be stowed on the iuformer." A news p:iper contitined this; "We have two school rKmv suffl.'ientty large to ac comodate 500 pupils one above anoth er Another-newsniuer. in de scribing the doings of a cohvention at - j vieveianu s am; 'The procession was om -- j ue.ry two miles long, "J. f ' chap.a.a. lso the prayer oi Uu PeriT, the A