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SALEM, N. C, AUGUST 21, 1879.
NO. 31.
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. The Good Old Farm.
There's got to be a revival
Of goo i Bound sense among man,
Before the days of prosperity
Will dawn upon us again;
The boys mast learn that learn in'
Means more'n the essence nv books,
And the girls must learn that beanty
Consists in more'n their looks.
Before we can steer clear nv failures
A.ud big financial alarms,
The boys have got to quit clerkin',
And git back on to our farms.
I know it ain't quite so nobby, -
It ain't quite so eay, I know,
Ez partin' your hair in the'middle
An' settin up f or a Bhbw.
Bat there mora hard dollars in it-
And more independence, too,'
And more real peace 'n contentment,
And health that is ruddy and true.
I kno w it takes years of labor;
But you've got to hang on in a store
Before you can earn a good livin' ,
And clothes, with but little more. -
And you steer well clear uv temptation
On the good old honest farm,
And a thousand ways 'h fashions
That only bring ye to harm.
.There ain't but a few that can handle
With sifety other men's cash,
And the fate of many who would try it
Proves human natur is rash. '"
So, when the road of State prison
Lays by the good old farm,
And she man sees atoilin' brother
Well out of the way of harm,
H$ monrns he hadn't staid there,
A-tillin' the Boil in peace,
Where hell yet cre:p back in dishonor,
After a tardy release.
What host uv 'em go back broken
In health, in mind 'n purse,
To die in sight uv tho clover,
. 0: linger along, which is worse!
And how many mourn when useless
That they didn't see the charm,
The safety 'n independence,
Uv a life on the dear old farm.
So preach it up-to 'em, parson,
Jnst lay it out plain 'nd square,
- That land flows with milk 'n honey,
And health, 'nd peace are there,
And call back the clerks 'nd runners,
And show 'em the peaceful charm
That waits to cheer and bless them,
On father's dear old farm. '
you ft moment longer -whispered Oer
truae as she emerged, faint with fatitrue.
irom tne lumbering coach and kissed the
om gentleman tenderly.
xier maau iouowea with nags ana
wraps.
I rather thought you'd meet me with
a carriage at the station. she continued.
gently reproachful.
1 am sorry, my dear replied Mr. Liee
with some embarrassment, 'but I had
made up a party" to go off in my yacht,
auu, in i act, naa to bnorien me eaii to
TYl-D-of- WTi-1 nf A 11
Dear papa I' ejaculated Gerty, press
ing his arm tenderly.
Mr. Lee looked doubtfully on the fair
little faco nestling against his shoulder;
he was evidently ill at ease. A look of
relief passed over him when Mrs. Grant
announced her intention of remainioff
in her room for the evening and having
her tea sent to her. She summoned.
however, secretly, Miss Nina Montgom
ery. . .
I shall be perfectly frank with your
cousin she said to that young lady. I
mean to write to Mrs. Page and propose
an interview. No skirmishing. I'll come
to the point directly,'
That astute young person looked
doubtful: 'She is hesitating: may not
No, it will frighten her: you said she
A SEASHORE IDYL.
Dearest Gerty: .
i 'Doing precieely as I'd be done by,
I write in the greatest hurry to tell
you that, unless you can prevent it,
your father will be married to a fascinat
ing, intriguing kind of consin of mine,
who is doing all in her power to make
him and every one else in love with
.her.' ;
'What a scare for nothing ! interrupt
ed Jack. 'He is only in love: I thought it
was all fixed.' "
- 'Wait until you hear more,' solemnly
replied his sister:
She is a widow, and fatally, danger
ously charming. I bate her, but am
forced to acknowledge this. ..Every
creature, except me, whom she looks at
likes her. She has light hazel eyes, won
derful hair, an exquisite white skin, and,
whether she walks or sits still, looks up
or down, is irresistible. Her very voic3
would charm the bird off the tree. I hate
her because I am jealous of her, and, al
though she purrs over- me, will not be
-friendly. Very well, I'll come to the
point. I heard your father entreat, be
seech her, to marry him. I listened:
yes, I was so base, even as that sat
near a window they were on the piazza.
He told her he'd settle a million on her,
alluded to all of you, and seemed to
think noone but Willi em would like it.
There is no use in my saying more.
Come on in full force. She's a cowardly
little thing has scruples. I think you
can prevent it. ?
Yours, with much sympathy,
' . 'Nina Montgomeby
Mrs. Grant laid the letter gravely
down on the library-table, gazed at the
three with a questioning glance, - and
languidly inhaled " the perfume of her
blue violets.
How can father be such a fool?'
. exclaimed Jack: 'he is seventy years
old.' '
Poor father P said Archie. 4How de
voted and kind he was to mamma ! Let
him marry if he pleasef.'
You little know what you are saying,'
shrieked Gertrude. 'Let him marry I
with a sarcastic air. 'The woman is an
artfuL designing minx I Dd you sup
pose she'll be content with her million ?
By no manner of means . She'll never
reel until she has put us cut of his house,
and out of his heart, and out of his will.
She'll take possession of him. I've
heard too much Of rich old fathers and
young step-mothers. Mrs. Brooks made
her husband leave her every bit of his
property, cutting off his daughters with
a shilling. When the poor man wantea
to retract make a new will or some
thingthey said he had had an attack
of paralyBis in the meantime, and was
incapable. Actually, when he wanted to
alter it, with death staring him in the
face, h& couldn't ! I feel awfully sorry
i$t -papa, added Gerty. 'He has had a
very. gloomy life, and if he were a
younger man But how long could he
live with his pert young widow ?
Threescore years and ten, the Bible
Bays, is the limit, and he has attained
it.' ...
'I wish , William were here,' ex-
claimed Archie, 'he'd tell ub what to
do .
is cowardly. No temporizings or hesita
tions for me: I hate masterly inactivity.
I am going for her! -a common expres
sion,' she remarked.
They were playing croquet on a
very poor croquet ground, with a large
party. :
'Mr. Lee,' whispered Mrs. Page, 'will
you walk on the beach after the game?' I
have something to tell you.'
' I hope it is something agreeable, he
replied, disturbed by her manner.
No;- it is something very disagree
able.' : .
The new moon gleamed uncertainly
on the water; delicious salt breezes blew
upon them as they walked up and down
upon the sands.
'Mr. Lee, I have had an inteiview with
ycur daughter, Mrs. Grant a very un
pleasant interview. If I had made up my
mind to be her step-mother, I think I
should retract: as it is
What did you say, my dear Mrs.
Page?' asked Mr. Lse with a serenity he
was far from ieeling.
I said very little. If she had coaxed.
I should have told her how little she had
to fear.
'Ah I' in a tone of dismay.
As she did very much the reverse, I
was cold, dignified and non-committal.
She was very disagreeable and Mrs.
Page wept at the remembrance of her
wrongs 'accused me of entrapping and
intriguing talked of your money-
MrB. I'agQ actually -cobbed 'in short.
my dear Mr. Lee, I think I had better
leave to-morrow morning.
And if you go, what will be the result,
so far as I am concerned ?' he politely in
terrogated. 'If .1 go it will greatly inconvenience
me, and of course my only object in
going -will be to end this matter;
Mrs. Grant the immediate propelling
cause
An angry gleam shot from Mr. Lee's
eye. I 11 take care, he said, 'that you 11
not be annoyed in future. Mrs. Urant
shall humbly apologize, and A must
leave, not .you.'
My dear Mr. Lse, promise me that
you will never speak to your daughter
on the subject. I a cause of discord in
your family I Promise me; I insist, I
entreat that 'you never allude to me.
Promise me, dear Mr. Lee,' continued
the coaxing voice. "
'On one condition Mr.' Lee seized
his advantage "that you stay, and that
what Mrs. Grant has said shall have no
effect on your conduct or decision. I'll
take no denial,' he gently whispered.
How does our little negotiation stand
at present? I am at your mercy;
you are douotiui, neeitating, duc tne
scales weigh a little in my favor, do they
not?
'Oh, no. Indeed I have never thought
seriously of marrying you, I only dislike
to refuse you
That last is an admirable frame of
mind: preserve it;' and, as they had
left the beach and were within hear
ing and observation, the conversation
ceased.
Archie and Jack appeared the next day,
summoned by an imperative telegram
from Mrs. Grant.
'Now, boys, you must exert yourselves :
I've done all I can,' said their sister.
She is obstinate and odious would not
tell me anything.'
prehension of danger, for she avoided
Jack Lee skillfully for two entire days.
He shot fie roe glances toward her at
the dinner table, glared at her from
under his bushy eyebrows in the ball
room, and when she came up dripping
from her bath she could scarcely stagger
past him, his saroastio eyes were bo over
powering. She avoided the piazzas, and on the
third day had hidden herself with a book
behind a rock, when, bristling and pug
nacious, heappeared: 'Pardon my intru
sion, but I am exceedingly desirous of
seeing you, and alone -
She bowed stiffly.
Mrs. Page, we hava been told of my
father's proposal, and that you think of
accepting him. The idea is very disa
greeable to all of us to all of us,
be repeated firmly: In fact, we can
scarcely think well of you. It puts
you in a most conspicuous, really odious
light.' !
Mrs. Page did not look dovelike at this
moment: her light brown eyes flashed
indignantly at him.
'There is but one object in marrying
my father,' he resumed after a mo
ment's pause: 'it is a transaction com
mon enough in Mohammedan countries.
You are purchased with a million of
1 VI Vaa . .
aouars: x tninx that was the sum men
tioned ?
Her lip quivered like a child's, indig
nation and tears strove for the mastery,
but cry she would not: he never should
have that eatief action.
'Mr.' Lee, she exclaimed, 'I don't
know what you think of your condnc:
I think it is cowardly, dastardly. Tou
are afraid of remonstrating with" your fa
ther, but you hurl cruel, insulting words
at me, a poor, defenseless woman. I ad
mire ycur father, I am even fond of him,
but I was very far from consenting to
marry him. Now I think I will. What
his entreaties could not effect, your in
solence has.' She arose, and with a J uno
like air swept away.
1 H P TT? TrTira9' ATAltimAil M. I .aA
eenior to his son William, who had
walked from the station, and was reg
istering his arrival in the book in the
offise. j-
Not at all, my dear father; and he
took his father's arm and led him away.
'I only came to see that you had fair
play. Marry whom you please and as
you please. Bat what is the lady's
name?'
She is a Mrs. Page y widow
'Ah 1' exclaimed William, and his cor
diality to a 'degree vanished .
Let me introduce you, said his
father.
'No, I am dusty and tired; I'll make
my own way. They say she is staying
with the Montgomery s.
The Man Who Left Prince Louis to His
Fate.-
We are told that no one becomes ut
terly vila in an instant. Yet it would
peem that L:euL Circy took but one
step from high courage to pitiful cow
ardioe. Strange to fay, the tfSser who
deeerted the prinoe imperial had a re
cord of exceptional excellence till he tore
it with his spurs on that fatal first of
Juno. Lieut. Carey began his educa
tion at a French imperial lycee, and
finished his military studies at Sand
hurst. In 1865 he entered the British
service, receiving a frfo commission aa
ensign in the Third West India regiment.
He passed with his company to the
west coast of Africa, and, though but a
stripling ox eighteen, was made com-
ndant of the fort at Accra, rrom
Africa he went back to J amaica, Before
he had fully recovered from the coast
fever he volunteered for the war in Hon
duras, and had the spirit to conceal his
debility, leBt he should be forbidden to
take the field. In Honduras he was
honorably mentioned in dispatches more
than onoe, and, of all unlikely qualities,
it was his bravery in xeconnoitering, and
bis quick eye for a cointry, which won
him distinction.
The diabanding of the Third West
India regiment reduced Lieut. Carey to
half pay. But he wai rot the man to
rust in idleness. He went at once to
Hythe, and gained a first claas certificate
there. When war broke out between
France and Germany, and the ambu
lance corps was organised to succor the
French wounded,L;ent Carey promptly
volunteered Lis services and wore the
Bed Cross badge thrcngb the terrible
winter campaign. Evidently be was far
from chary of his persoi.for the Germans
took him prisoner on taree fields of bat
tle, and the French Society lor Aiding
the Wounded gave him a cross and rib
bon, as well as a diploma of thanks, in
attestation of his courtge and humanity.
As soon as the news of the bloody dis
aster at Ieandiana reached England
L;eut. Carey asked to be sent to South
Africa in any capacity Thus, for the
third time, he went to the post of peril
as a volunteer. It happened that th?
transport in which he tailed was wreck
ed between Cape Torn and Durban;
and. again, on the sea aa on the land,
the rea iy lieutenant distinguished him
self by fearlessness, judgment and en
ergy. On the long march through Natal to
Dundee he acoompaiied the veteran
drafts of the Twenty-fourth regiment,
and chose all the camping grounds. His
ability as a military surveyor won a wilt
recognition. It eeoired him a place
upon Lord Chelmsford's staff, and des-
An Old-Time DneU
Among the many bloody duels on re
cord as having been fought by Con
gressmen was one of which James Jnk
son, of Georgia, who had bern and who
was afterward s United SUfcs Senator.
was the challenged party. Us was an
Eogliahman, like the hero of Pinafore,
by birtb, but be went to Savannah when
a lad, studied law, was ft leading Free
mason, and fought gallantly in the rev
olutionary war. . Ha killed Lieutenant
Governor Wells In 1780 in ft dueL and
was engaged in several other "affairs of
honor,' until he finally determined to
accept a challenge, on such terms as
would make it his' last dueL So be
Mr, PrllZ f. M w Jth i&nation to map ont the line of advance
Mrs. Page began to be very weary with tt i: it: i .:u r.ni
rued in, beleaguered, by
She' felt hem
the Lees, and
was taking a brisk morning walk on a
dusty highway toward a neighboring
town, in hopes to escape them for a time.
oome one, however, was m awitt pur
suit: she felt that it was a Lee. The foot
steps gained upon her. '
Alice I' exclaimed a full melodious
voice; and William Lee seized both her
hands. 'Alice, is it really you ?
Mrs. Page trembled and grew very
pale. He placed her on a large stone
which stood conveniently near, and sat
down beside her. 'Alice, where were
you ? I traveled over Europe in search
of you. Will you forgive me. my dar
ling, my suspicions, my anger, my ab
surd jealousy V
Mrs. Page closed her eyes and tears
rolled down her cheeks.
At this juncture Mr. Lee senior.
breathless with his chase after her, came
up. He felt that this was a scene, and
waited for explanations.
'My dearest father, exclaimed Wil
liam, rising, and seizing his arm, 'she
loves both of u but she promised to
marry me first. Im sorry, he con
tinued ruMuuv.
Dear Mr. Lae, said Mrs. Page, seiz
ing his other arm, you are bo like him
your bearing, your smiles, ycur
tones really, if I could not have
married William I must have married
you.
A cloud paesed for ft moment over
Mr. Lee's face, but during his seventy
years, whenever there were heroic, un
selfish qualities to be displayed, he was
never wanting. 'My dear, he said in
that pleasant voice so like his
turning with
'my dear.
uraL more appropriate.'
him. was never doubted.
Indeed, it was held to be of the truest
temper, a combination of coolness and
daring, which raised him to the level of
the most hazardous enterprise. Nor
had .he spared to put it tj tbo proof
against the assegai. Oa May 23, only
ten days before that shameful flight
across the gully by the Ilyotozi river,
he had ridden beside the prinoe imperi
al at tho head of twenty-five Basntos,
and stormed ft kraal that was garrisoned
bv sixty Zulus.
Thus, with an established reputation
for acuteness and intrepidity, for pree
enoe of mind and abnegation of self,
surely Lieut. Cirev should have been
the laat offioer in the army to unsaddle
in a man-trap, or to gallop-away from a
dismounted comrade; -btill less to fly
while the prince, whose safety was his
charge, stood among savages at bay and
alone. It was a sudden cloud ol coward
ice, yet it overshadows the renown of a
I lie.
Burdette on nil Travels.
The editor of the Burlington Hatcky
who has been off on ft protracted vaca
tion, writes: Possibly the reader thinks
I hava at last wandered clear to tne
jumping off place, and jumped off, tnd
nulled the dace off after me. This is a
mistake. 1 have been to the jumping
off place, but it was fenced in, and it cost
a dollar to ask where it was, two dollars
to find out. three dollars to ask to look
at it, four dollars to be told that
might, five dollars to get to it, six
lars to look at it, seven dollars to eay
anything about it, eight dollars to keep
prescribed as the terms that each Prty
armed with a double-barreled gua, load
ed with buckshot, and with ft hunting
kfttfv should row himself In ft skill to
designated points on opposite sides of
the Savannah river. When the city
clock struck twelve each party should
start and row his skiff to ft small island
in the middlo of the river, which was
wooded and covered with underbrush.
Oa arriving at the island each party
was to moor his a iff, stand by itfor ten
minutes, and then go about on the
island until the meeting took place. The
seconds waited on the mainland until
about one o'clock, when they heard
three gunshots and loud and angry cries.
Then all was still. At daylight, as had
been screed upon, the seconds went to
the island and found Jackson lying on
the ground insensible from the loss of
blood, and his antagonist lying across
him, dead. J action recovered, but
would never relate his experience on
that night, nor was he ever challenged
again. He died in Washington, serving
his second trm aa United States Sena
tor, March 19, 1806.
Shooting of a Desperate Convict.
John Barrett, an inmate ol Sing Sing
prison. New York, refused to work and
was onfied in ft dark CilU upon the ad
vice of the surgeon, who pronounced
him fully able to do tie labor he was
endeavoring to shirk. The next morn
ing, in making his customary rounds
among the prisoners nnder punishment.
the surgeon threw open liamtis ecu
door, whereupon the convict deluged
him with the contents of bis slop bucket.
For this insubordination he was whip
ped snd sgain put in confinement. Sub
sequently two keepers attempted to take
him before the super in tend exit, when be
drew a sharp Ubleknife and stabbing
one of them severely turned and ran
through tho grounds to the molding
shop, ensconcing himself in ft corner
where be could only be attacked in front.
and picking up ft hammer uared the
three keepers who bad pursued him to
make sn onslaught, meanwhile calling
on the 200 prisoners at work to revolt
with him; and they were only restrained
by the revolvers of the few keepers. The
latter urged Barrett to snrr.nder, not
wifhing to shoot bin, and fearing to
throw themselves upon bim lest the
balance of the omvicts should spring to
caal-
Tke Class ef Men See king Fsrtaaes.
A eWrymaB, newly arrived at Lead
vilb. C L, thought the great number of
ran gb-lookin g itn indicated aa dmira
ble opportniity for Incule-atinx ClrUU
anitv. and accordingly announced be
would open a Bible class the next San
day, to which all were invited. He was
gratified by the appearance of ft goodly
array oi young men. between twenty
and thirty years old, bronsed, bearded,
high -booted and red and blue woolen
shirted, who locked as if thev had never
seen ft blled shirt, store clthe or ft
church hi their lives, even on ft Sunday.
Beginning his instructions in ft some
what elementary manner, he was soon
brought up bv a question from one of
his pupils. Hs had hardly answered
this when there cams another Query, and
then another, aocotnceniel by ft sug
gestion that the original Grvk would
hardly bear the construction that h) was
putting on the passage in hand. Briefly,
the poor min soon found that As was
the menagerie.' Never before was ft
master so questioned by bis scholar.
It turned out that every one of his class
wss a college graduate, with one ex
ception, and even be had not been with
out instrustion in the daisies and in di
vinity as well aa in scence. Astounded
at the result of his benevolent enjrt, be
rave up trying to teach men whom he
found able to teach him. He did cot
exactly go out to shear hi flock, but he
did come home shorn. The young gen
tlemen might have been in need of ft
certain kind of religious instruction, but
it was not exactly of the sort that he vis
prepared to administer.
1TXXS OF GOEBAL ITTEBXST,
The Penalty ef Flirting.
A newspaper man sojourning at one
of the mountain resorts where the pret
ty daughter of the farmers roundabout
earn a few dollars during the summer
months by acting as waitresses at the
hoUl table, sketches the rtsult ot a
young man's sly flirtation with cue of
the fair damsels. Ha writes: We sat
opposite young Fonsby, who is here
with his mamma, a vigilant inatrr who
presides with much urbanity and pay
puff at the head of the table. Taking
advantage of his parent's abeecce from
breakfast, the guileless Elwsrd flirted
openly with the waitress. The coquet
tish waitress, evidently believing that
what is sauce for breakfast is sauce lor
dinner beamed upon the haples El
ward, who turned very red, and mur
mured in his ear that there were no
more clam fritters, but would fish do.
whereupon the mother grew wroth, and
leaning toward her abashed offspring,
who was alternately trying to keep his
glass in his eye and swallow everything
within reach, remarked, "III ward my
son it is evident to me that yon have
given that person soxe encouragement.
We will speak of this later; in the mean
time, remember that your mother and
Miss Sylvia are present The wretched
E J ward kicked Hebe violently as she
approached, and she went away with an
injured look, doubtless consequent upon
barked shins. It i certainly awtwara
ble at any time.
his rescue. The d- f pera'.e man
lenged the keeper to fire, and declaring I jor pretty waiter girls to flirt when one's
his purpose to sill some one, iuta tne i mamma is on deck, but it is orjecuoaa
hammer above his head preparatory ior
a rush on Keeper Good, steadily ad
vancing against the pointed pistol, when
the effiser fired and killed Barrett in
stantly. The other prisoners sprang
forward, but the cQsials cowed them
into submission. A jury of Inquest
rendered a verdict of justifiable homicide.
Jou
ol-
A Singular State ot Affairs.
Bristol. Ye., is perbsps the only city
in the world that has two mayors, two
city governments, police, etc, and that
ia taied in two Btat. The line be
tween Tennessee and Virginia is in the
center of Main street and it gives rise to
msny funny scenes, as for example, the
mnaway couple need no ooach and -four,
but arm-in-arm step across Main street
and aro wedded. The fugitive who com
mits ft crime in Virginia goes to the
pavement on the other lids of the street
and talks defiantly to the effiser on the
opposite side, who has a warrant ior ma
. . a 1 a
arrest. A stumble or ft too doi appo
sition will sometimes, however, bring
him to grief. Siveral instance have
occurred of fngitives being hustled
across the line by ft psrty prepared
while in the act of holding such ft con
versation, and they tell of ft man who
int voice bo like his son's, J-fK ? e,f " ao"" deflsnUy perched himelf on ft pile ot
th kindly courtesy toward her qmet about it, nine dollars to quit look- nryxJJJilDu, iix feet of the line,
.itisbestasitis-morena oa other
, 'IJe'd tell us just to make the best of
it,' cried Gerty. 'William would let fa -
iner cut his (William's) throt cneeriui
ly if he were so inclined. He doats on
papa. So do we all, she added with a
sigh, 'only we don't want him to be mar
ried. It is undignified, it ia preposter
ous I with rising indignation. 'We can
prevent it. Nina savs she's cowardly : let
us use our utmost endeavors. I shall
start to-day. Harry telegraph papa to
secure rooms for me; and, Archie and
J ack, jou come as soon as I send for you.
- In the meantime I'll write to William-
he is at the White Mountains and I'll
lay the whole matter before him. If
be chooses to evade the responsibility,
he may: he cannot say that he has not
been warned.'
'Dear papa, I could not live without
Perhaps it is all a scare,' exclaimed
Archie.
'Ton are very much mistaken. Papa
is devoted to her and icy to me. There's
no time to lose. We are so intimate with
the Montgomerys, you can be constantly
at the cottage, and chance will throw
opportunities in your way.
'Whose turn will it be to speak first?'
cried Archie. 'I'll throw up a penny:
heads win, tails lose. It's mine 1' with a
elanoe of despair.
Archie, clung pertinaciously to Mrs.
Page's side on the piazza, sat next
her in the omnibus which . took them
to the bathing beach, walked home
with her through the. shady lane after the
bathing.
She was delighted with the gay young
fellow. At length he showed ft little claw :
'Mrs. Page, we are all very muoh afraid
you are going to marry papa.
Would you not like me for a step
mother ?' and she smiled deliciously at
him.
His tender heart melted: . 'Like you 1
pho could help liking you? But' and
he hesitated 'we don't want a step
mother: step-mothers are deucedly in the
way.
An involuntary smue appear ea on
Mrs. Pace's face: then she sighed.
The ffood-hearted fellow felt compunc
tion as he heard the sigh. 'Hang it!" he
burst forth. Gertv set me at you. She
exreot8 me to be disagreeable, but who
could tt km a aove 7 xi wui uouhukowus
to marry papa: we shall be in love with
our step-mother
'Jack7 he cried to his brother a few
moments after, 'I made a perfect mess of
. n i i ii ii A. QUa
it Deer an to natter ana au tu&fc. uo
an an eel 1'
She is detestable 1' returned Jack: I
hate vour purring, coaxing women. She
shall have a pieoe of my mind, I can tell
Seasonable Advice.
A metropolitan paper commenting on
the fact that the greater number of peo
ple to be seen st the seaside and popular
resorts are ladies and very young men,
while the husbands and fathers remain
at their drudgery in the olty in order to
earn the money necessary for their fam
ilies indulgence, reads tho parents a lec
ture
not s
tune, or to push them into a higher cir
cle of society than your own. Give them
the best education yon can, but give
yourself one also. Take a part of each
day, week and year to remember tbat
you, too, are a man and not a mere
money-maker. CJtuuy some language or
science. Lave the farm or shop ooca-
sionly. Broaden your mind by friction
with men. Go to the cities, to G lUfornia,
to Europe. Of course it will cost money.
Dress, eat, iurnisn your nouse more
simply; your sons and daughters will be
better men and women for such simpli -
city. Bequeath to them high- thoughts
and noble living in neuoi money, lney
neither.respect nor love yen more for
performing an intellectual han-kari on
their toenail.
and eleven dollars for thinking about it.
So I didn't try to j amp off. I met ft man
who had been working there for seven
teen vears. to get enontrh money to be
allowed to jimp off, but he had only
amassed $14,000, and they would only
let him stick one leg over for five min
utes for that. Bat we enjoyed Niagara
all the same.
Traveling across Lake Ontario he re
marks: Sapper was served on the boat
and I saw one man pay seventy-fire cents
but uufortunstely for him some more
law-abiding citizens tilted the boxes),
and when he resched the ground, to his
extreme mortification, he found that he
was in the other S'ate.
Too Moch for Him.
The other da ft sharp-looking youth
waited up quickly to the c mnter of the
posted je in a country town, and empty
ing ft bag ot coppers thereon, asked the
elijY. who was auenoing to otner ens
An Antwerp Sketch
A Pennsvlvania Congreesman recreat
ing in Europe, gives ft pen sketch of the
humbler classes of women of the famous
old town cf Antwerp, and the economy
ot time and labor they are obliged to
practice in order to live. While the
steamer was hsnlirg into her berth snd
before t Ciders had esme to exam Lew the
trunks, I had noticed one of three
women over whose shoulders hung from
a wooden yoke Urge tin vel of wa
ter, from which she refreshed thirsty la
borers at the rate oi ft centime, or one
fifth cf ft cent, per glass, and every one
ot them that stood cr walked upon the
quay and did not carry or attend a chili,
how deep soever she might be in goip
c dispute, plied her knitting needle as
rapidly as did her Irt voluble neigh
bors; and before we leached the hotel
we saw that the women of the humbler
elassea all knit as they walk, and that
old women, whose wooden shoes ana
rude occupation offered strange contrast
to their immaculate lace caps with side
pezulaits falling to their shoulders,
were employed indifferently with men In
sweeping the streeta. In England the
little donkey and his cart attract atten
tion, but we have all seen their counter
parts at home, while it is a strange sight
to see dogs even of less than medium
aixe commonly used ss . substitute tor
donkey or horse. But here the slender
girl who as porter pulls a hand cart, the
matron who serves milk from door to
door or vends vegetables, anl the burly
fellow who pushes ft load heavy enough
for ft horse, all avail themselves of the
assistance of a dog or cogs.
The Trick Exposed,
One of the crowning events at ft
on the subject, and remarks: Do a supper that ought to have lasted torfle for doUar's worth of one-cent Orleans variety show as t polled by an
truggle to give your children a for- bim two weeks. It didn t last bim five sUmpm nnlooked tor occurrene. Daring the
or to vjnsh them into . hisher cir- minutes. I never saw such reckless ex- ,nL u twh-rwd!' ae the an-1 , n Tmd ia
wSlyfoutof Ihugw cannon, and Maggie p?"
lending to the top ol the .Uge, is
caught b Ella Zuila. while banging by TV.aacsTr
travagance in my life. One very pale
young man told me had crossed the lake
twenty times, and baa never been sick,
in all the term implies, in all his life.
In ten minutes I saw that young man
looking down into the angry waters, and
I am a sinner if be didn t throw up ev-
Oh. von be bothered! was the an-
awer. That's not ft legal tender; it is
all nnnner
'What is ft legal tenner, tneni asaeu
the boy.
'Why, one cent is ft legal tenaer ior
nnit-Atmt stamp.
. . . .. .
OM' MRlsimrd Che von m. IS ill
ery thing he had in toU eept his . frota ,rfal it w hear!
situation. He looked fetched. In h cent stamp, please.' off" ind Loyal ascended as usual,
laot, it was tne reicneaea umex ever . iarw m
saw anywhere.
you.'
Mrs. .rage appeared vo nave wn
Labor
Honest, tearty, contented labor is the
only sour c a of happiness, as well ss the
only guarantee oi me. The gloom ol
misanthropy is .no. oniy ine great ae-
stroyer of happiness, but it tends to de
stroy life itself. Idleness and luxury
produce premature decay muoh I aster
than many trades regarded as tne most
. . ai a -ST . a
exhaustive ana iaiai to longevity, xjaoor,
in general, instead of shortening the
term of life, actually increases it. It is
the lack of occupation that annually de
stroys so many of the wealthy, who,
having nothing to do, play the part of
drones, and like them, make a speedy
exit, while the busy bee fills its day in
usefulness and honor.
Development of the Heart.
Prof. Bencke, of Marburg, Germany,
after measuring 970 tuman hearts, says
that the growth ot that organ is greatest
in the first and second years ot lffe. At
the end of the second year it is doubled
in size, and during the next five years is
sgain doubled. Then its growth is much
slower, though from the fifteenth to the
twentieth year its size increases by two-
thirds. Avery slight growth is then
observed up to fifty, when it gradually
diminishes. Except in childhood men's
hearts are decidedly larger than those cf
women. ; - ,
Paper is now substituted for wood in
Germany in the manufacture of lead
pencils. It is. steeped in an adhesive
liquid and rolled round the core of lead
to the requisite thickness. After dry
ing, it is colored, snd resembles an or
diitary cedar penoO. The pencils sell in
London to retailers at ftbout sixty cents
ft gross.
The clerk gave him one.
Another, please.'
A second was given bin.
Ano '
TTaml mum thai. the clerk
Give me the money. It will be the
shortest wsy to get nd ot you.'
After counting the money, be gsv
. . . At- . 2 1 I W . I.J
ine vaiue ineiwi in iwaiw w t
who was heard to mutter: 'I thought I
would tire bim out'
Grswu-Fp Bable.
The young man who, under the pres
sure of the least real or fanoied adversity
take to drinking, is ft grown-up baby;
but he is nursinsr the wrong botue. ine
young man who Is ashamed ol his moth
mi because she doesn't 'put on style,'
and ot his father because he doesn't nse
eJerant lansuaxre. is ft baby that had so
rrnsines to have ever srrown UP. An
overdose of soothing sirupwoula have
been ft blessing to him. The eighteen
year old girl who is sentimental, and
sighs ior hi eariy coming at u k,
well she is ft grown-up baby that like
to sit in lap as well as she ever did.
her feet to the trapeze. Oa
iVwirr. thm mwder refused to go oil
when Loyal gsv the word, and there
being no noise to hkie tne woramg oi
The
absence of the explosion put Zad eff
her guard, and she failed to catch the
human projectile when he rose like ft
rocket, so that he came down like ft
stick. There w aa an outcry by nervous
women, but the man struck in the set,
which ssged nearly to the floor undtr
iSia f alL but saved Lim from farther ham
. .
than ft scratched nose, lis vaiwww i
the netting until be reached the edge,
when he 1st himself down with ft rather
graceful somersault to th stage, where
he was hastily joined by Zuila, and both
bowed themselves off with smile that
were suspected of being forced.
A fsw davs sgo. BMotdlng to the
treasury o&dals, Mr. William H. Van
derbilt, made in his own name the larg
est investment in bonds ever made st
one time by one individual for private
account In this country, tits purensjie
consisted of ft. 000.000 United Bute
four per oraL bonds, each bond of the
Jn of 50.000. They were bought.
it is said, as ea investment for the
family.
Texas has 3.671,000 sheep.
The debt of the city of Paris sow ex
ceeds fifty six million dollars.
A girl bitten by ft skunk diel in great
agony ia Tom Green county, Texas.
Fcur hundred thousand persons are
employed upon the railroads of this
country.
Each individual In ft partnership la re
sponsible for the whole amount oi the .
debts of the firm.
For the first time In th hlrtorr ol the
country we are sending abroad more
food than fabrics.
Scythes have mnlergon so radios!
change in form since they were first
made, 13 years sgo.
Et'ensiveprtparationssreTbeiEgmsde
in California to view the eclipse of l-e
sun, which will be visible in that Stale
next January.
A poor fltherman st Tallahassee, Fie.,
while digging worms for bait the other,
day, came nooa an old bras kettle con
taining S 1.400 In gold coin. ,
A carrier pigeon, belonging to partiea
in Trenton, N. J., has msde the flight
from Dioghamton to Trenton. 203 miles.
In two hours and forty minx; tee.
The first railroad in ralratias Las been
contracted for between Jaffa and Jerusa
lem, forty mile. The contractor Is re
ported to be G. F. D. LovelL n resident
of Cincinnati.
Virginia still retains hex right to be
considered the mother of statesmen, if
Cocgree4sen cm be so considered, for
there axe twenty-two member of the
c resent Congress who were born ia her
borders.
The Gloucester (Mass.) fishermen are
very Indignant at an interference with
their rights unaer tne aanisgiou vrcmij
by the inhabitants ot Cspe Breton, by
refuting to allow bait to be caught in
their waters.
Tho fastest one hundred yards ever
run by an athlete was aceorspUshed Jjj
George Sewsrd, in England over twenty
years ago. He covered the distance in
the unprecedented time cf nine and
a quarter seconds.
The leg of Mrs. H. A, DMy, a well
known ladr of Bloominrton. CL. was
broken by the .contraction cf muscles,
resulting from inflammatory rheuma
tism. The oaee is cn tide red very re
markable by the physicians.
England oonsame fifty pounds nf su
gar per heed. The United States stands
next with forty-four pounds. Franc
weUns at the rate of fifteen and one
talf pounds, and Tarkey use only three
and one-thirds pounds per csp-.u.
There exists in England ft catalogue
of a Babylonian bbrary, compiled over
4.0CO jeers ego, appended to which are
directions to the stuJect to write down
and hand to the librarian the cumber ol
the book he wishes to consult, the race
as in modern libraries.
It is estimated that six countries ia
Europe will this year be compelled to
buy three handrM mill Km bnhels r!
whesL and that France and England wiJ
need three- fourths of this quantity, while
France's share alone will cct her one
milliard franc, or ft fifth of the sum ot
her famous tanaom. This mesas pros
perity for the American farmer.
A rather novel sight was witneeaed la
the police court at Birhoood. Vs., ia
the appearance of ft eolorsd lswyer as
the e?one4 for ft white man. who waa
arraigned fx some trifling ofirnse. This
was the first tim since the enfranchise
ment of th negro that one of that rao
has appeared as the ecu&lor ol the
white race ia the courts of Bichmond,
Talmsee is criticised by the OUagow
Matt: The delivery cf the lecture was
slow and measure 1 ia iU commence
mnt, gradually lacre.asisg ia strength
and time; his tone slightly harsh and
his arcest Yankee; his style rouh and
bold, th lac suae at times rithy and
poeUcad, at other coarse and vulgar;
His pronucc'eUoa execrable; Lis gesture
redusdant.
Bombay, with ft population I 6M.C03
and aa average to the square mil ex
ceeding Imia. Is the second city la
th British empire ia point ol cumbers.
The everage death rate for the past five
years ba beea about the seme as Lon
don. The people are tall, thin and
stately in sppeerance, with fine, icteili
rent rye. Th city stands oa an lalaad,
joined by sa embankment to th maia
Und. The swiftest railroad trains are rua ia
England, according to Ganaa gov
ernment report, speed of fift tales
an hour being common between Lxdoa
and Dover, London and York, snd Lem
don and Hastings. Trains ro at ferry
two mi! an Lour on one ol the Bds-iaa
line. Th fastest ia Franc and Ger
many do not often exed forty, and ia
other European countries thirty is the
maximujx.
. as
Wm, Sawyer, sged seventeen, ana
aged fiiwo. eUTpea
,, some
ty-faur "
Fndav I hours oy ner iaioc u
Saturday the bride was sent ccsd to th
Western bcu ol refoge by ft UUoa
magistrate, oa th complaint of her hus
band that sh was ft vagrant. Laving so
means of saf port.
A farm laborer at Ardle!gh, England,
went to the help of ft man who was be
ing overpowered by ft ltrnaiie ia Lis
ebsrge and la danger cf being killed,
He vm absent from work an boor and ft
half, and vat prosecuted by his employ
si for five shillings damage oa account
of lose ol ervicee. and th court decided
against Lim for not getting permistuoa
frota Lis employer belore rwng so om
rescue of a man who was liabl to be
killed at any moment.
The dwelling ol the Wine family, at
Martinette, Wis., got aire in the tight,
and the lower part w sll ia flame be
fore the three child rra Led eecaped frota
mn tv room. Th e'dest. ft boy.
jumped from ft window into ft bedqudt
held underneath. A yoca ger lad. only
sight vtars old, was about to follow, but
the mother sew that ft three year old
girl wae not at the window. 'Ban beck
andgetsissheeried. The bey returned
to bis room, but the fir eat Lim off. aad
Lis lifeless body ws fount with the
tie one's cUped la Lis arms.
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