L. V. & E. T. BLUM, PUBU8HER8 AND PnOPR.ETOHS. MS:-CAsl7lN ADVAXCE. V six months, three .t .75 s '- - Li.. ' : ' ' " ' , I r , dpunumt, :ht TTjrhls nl rtnJ TRUE WORTH. By the pleasant fire they Bat one night, Husband and wife alone. uKea or the changes they had And of how the years had flown; ur the sons, now scattered far and near, And the daughters wooed and wed; n e re only two in the house once more, Jh, Mary, my wife! he said. ; " When we were alone, forty years ago, Se, young, and happy, and poor, 1 here wasn't a prettier girl than you, Ivor a better one, I am sure. I promised you then I d make you rich, If you'd only share my life ; Tm worth a million pounds to-day I .A million of money, dear wife! " "How much asked. am I worth?" she, smiling He looked in her tender face; ' : He looked in her eyes, then closed his own, And thought for a little space. "You are worth the life IVe spent with you, You are worth its richest iovo- You are worth more gold than can be told i ou are worth my girls and boys. ou are worth the years that are yet to come; You are worth the world to me; Oh, Mary there is not gold enough ' To say what you are worth to me! " "Well, dear, I was worth the world to you More than forty years ago; A million is but a bagatelle ! To the whole wide world, you know. " So, then, we have never been poor at alb Now isu't it nice to know h iThat you were a million billionaire More than forty years ago ? LTr? haPP7 then' We we are taPPy now, bo tell me the difference, Frank! " 'jit isn't much," he said with a smile; "IVe gathered a million from the pile, And locked it up in a bank." IN SEASON. Oh, pallid meads! Oh, snow-clads hills! Oh, wind-swept dales! Oh, frozen rills! Oh, N ature sad and sere and drear " . Cheer up! cheer up! Sweet spring is here! to beauty, life and love and glee Her magic touch shall waken t5hee. Ob, Nature cold and chill and' still Awake! Awake! : r ' Thy sweets distil! - - " ;Ahf who Spring's glories doth pot span? ... "-? v . v ; 'iter: That mad-eyed man, the-poet swears and glares ' " id kicks him down -3e sanctum stairs! " r &-Waldrcm, in the Current. tnow -SSL.' restless movement of her prefiypeacock- iu, i am reaiiy unnappy this morning." Webster Arbuthnot leaned over wTth a look of such obvious devotion that a third party, if there had been any such a disagreeable person uresent. could nnt possibly have doubted his hopeless in fatuation. 'Tell me all about it," he said, posses sing himself of the hand nearest him. "What is it that troubles my darling Sylvia's sunny head drooped on his shoulder. ,' J "Papa is going to run 'for Congress," ene saia, disconsolately ;ibut was quite unmindful of the start her lover gave. We always have such ja disagreeable time when pa i3 runring for an office Oh, Webster" (sighing), ! 'after we are married, I hope you will never take to politics." . Webster got up quickly. 1 "I am sorry jou don't like it, Sylvia," he began, in a nervous way. But'a sud den burst of music from a brass band broke off his speeeh abruptly. "It is a parade, ".Sylvia cried excitedly, .springing to the window as the band at the head of a body of delegates, turned the corner. Webster followed her reluctant! v. He had grown suddenly pale'. "Sylvia," he said hurriedly, "I'! "It is the opposition," she interrupted. "See! There is the banner. "We want reform, and we have secured it by the nomination for Congress" pyivia gasped. i "-7 of Webster Arbuthnot?" ' 'Darling !" he cried, flinging his around her, "Let me explain. ; I just going to tell you, -when" arm was "1 hen you are are going to run for Congress, too ! And against papa?" "They forced the nomination upon me. I was the compromise candidate. Heaven knows I did not seek the honor, but I was in such a position that I could not " ' i . "Oh, no doubt," she . answered causti cally, freeing herself from his embrace. "Those honors usually are thrust upon one, it seems." . ; "Sylvia, you are unkind." j " ' "And no doubt you expect to defeat papa. Oh, the arrogance of some men is astounding." ; 4 'Don't be angry, darling. 1 am sorry that your father and I happen to be the opposing candidates. But every man has a right to his opinion, and it cannot make any difference to us, what are our respective politics." j "No? It makes just this difference Mr. Arbuthnot- " p ; . ' "Mr. Arbuthnot? Sylvia 1" , "I should be sorry to marry a politician anyhow they are always a low aet; but 1 win uuu uiaiij unu ui opposition. "Oh. my darling, don't sav that!" "I mean it. You kne'w that I did not like politics. If you would rather en- age in them than please me, you may o so. I have nothing more to say." "But you would not have me give up my honest convictions just because you oppose them, Sylvia. You could not re spect me as a man." ' "I mean exactly what I say," she re plied, shrugging her shoulders. "I have no desire to hamper you in any way. Let us consider our engagement at an end." ! Webster drew back and looked at her. Her tall figure was drawn up to its full height, her eyes flashed, and he knew by the haughty curl of her proud lips that the was both earnest and angry. "As vou will," he replied, taking his hat with a morning. , - r She turned when he had left her, half nrt thof tl nun IBKeUUCI l uw nwu and gone away. Then, woman-like, sh6 burst into tears. KIT- on Aiib rr- " she said, aobbipgly. Ie can go and reform the cor-cor-rupt party to which my father belongs; but oh, I do hope he will be beaten." . Several weeks before the election, ex- VOL. XXXIII. Vwwvi;r mow, wno naa ocen so oc u io rareiy eat at home, was uming at Home with his daughter. "So you and Arbuthnot cannot make it up an v more?" As he spoke he looked over the top of - "xnojiapoi, w men was wen known as an organ of the popular party. "I am not a friend to the opposition." she said, proudly. . Mr. Scottlaughed. - "What a girl you are, Sylvia. You're an out-and-out partisan. But you needn't --.v UOCu nam on young Arbuthnot. He s a nice young fellow too nice to run as a candidate of such a party as the opposition; but, bless you. he hasn't the 8? Ii fc-Y6 are ng t. sweep "Then YOU feef sum nf vnn. papa?" J . """u "I'd bet mv last rinllai- ? t..i. m rather the raners vnnM thinff. This attnv : : a,:u in the custom-house is downright mean " f to,8Peak i BilUngham Square f lf ht' lr-en 1 youJ" Sylviaaid, chang ins the subiprt. riftiT- uti : - 8 . .i V uuuiaa is KOinff to drive me there." 6 Jou must not think of such a thins " "Oh, es. I will rrn i tK 1 P" and I won't even stick my head out onee! lw", papa, aon t bother; Cousin Fred is COIB IT With me anrl -r- 1, -r , v juu b.uuwu x never heard you make a stump speech." Sylvia had her way about th-s. At the hour appointed for the mass-meeting, she . w tuc giauu Biana. iJiilinjr- ham Square was packed with people. By thehehtof thehlajinrr - A by the clubs who had turned out. Svlvia " " a otcuc as sue nad never wit nessed before. Her get very near the platform? and. as the wind was blowing the wrong way, Mr. TTa an lusi to ner. "I can't hear a word x . , .v. cue Dam, turning to her cousin." Across the sea nf ing every gradation of virtue and intelli gence, marking every station in life touching every phase of depravity, Sylvia saw her father haranguing the populace with all the earnestness of enthusiasm. . "Oh, I wish I could hear what he says," she cried, leaninor fnmj u.. ner cousin drew her back. "You mustn't show your face, Sylvia," he said, emphatically. "There is a per--feet mob around you, and you promised that you wouldn't look nut nf Tia dow." 'But I can't hear " sh refn-,i rexation. . "I miffht &a well wrt KnJ- n "I think it would ber." said her - uwjvu tau b drive through a crowd like this without In If in rv . n . a.x ... """"6 ouuic uucjsumere s notning to do but wait till it breaks up." -"If I onlv had be disagreeable, Fred. Won't you run over to Marron's and get me a box?" x reu nesitated. "I won't stir, and it A u-. v. 1 " minutes, lou're a man- throuffh ther ftrfm - t tare's V-'' OUS1.J at the surging crowd. The horses shied a little at some passing' torches: and Sylvia leaned forward thoughtless ly, bo that the light feli full upon her oeautiful face, with its misty glory of vel low hair. J The crowd saw her. "Whew! ain't she a stunner?" cried some coarse fellow, with a leer in his eye and in a moment several ugly faces were peering in the carriage door.making vul gar comments and shouting their approv- With a ' low, frightened crv, shrank back into the carriage. Sylvia ir say, beauty, gimme a kiss, won't you?'.' cned a low fellow, with his hand on me aoor, and his foot on the step "This is Mr.. Scott's cned, frantically. "Help! helDl ' 1 1 . . T . . . P. she A strong hand came to her deliver ance. The ruffian was dragged away by the collar; there was a fierce scuffle out side of the carriage, and, cowering in one corner,' Sylvia, heard the cry of "Police!" Then there was a roaring in her ears, and she came very near faint ing. Suddenly come one touched her and said, in low, tender tones: ' "Sylvia, are you safe?" "Webster!" she sobbed. "Oh, thank God! Take me home take me home !" He had gathered her in his arms, and she was too much frisrhtened to reaif "Drive on." he cried to the rrwrfcmo But this was impossible now, for the wav won r.i'.u 1,1 i j J in tne crowd a ficht was m for the rowdies who had accosted Sylvia resented the interference of some one who had come to her rescue, and a passage-at-arms followed. Two fellows in particular closed in a scuffle, and, be fore the police arrived, they had drawn weapons. , The sharp report of a pistol was heard unexpectedly. But, in the surge of a scuffle, the course of the ball was changed completely. Flying wide of its intended victim," it sped over the heads of the crowd and struck Sylvia's father, who was . still speaking. He fell forward, blood gushing from a wound in his side. "Mr. Scott is assassinated," was the cry that echoed through the streets. Sylvia heard it, and sank insensible into Webster's arms. That was an awful night. Fred, de layed in a scuffle with a thief who tried to pick his pocket, came home, wild with anxiety, having failed on his re turn to find either Sylvia or the carriage. Mr. Scott was in a dangerous condition," but not dead. It was a singular sight m the weeks that followed to see the Topi position candidate spending all his leis ure time at the bedside of his antagon- "You'll beat me now, Arbuthnot," Mr. Scott said, with the resignation of extreme weakness. "Ten days before election make or mar a candidate, and I haven't the ghost of a show, lying here like a helpless baby." "I dont leel so" sure, sir," eaid Web ster, quietly. "You were very popular as controller, and a great many of the opposition are going to'vote for you." "Maybe so. But, if I am beaten, I'll have the consolation of knowing it was by a good man.?' But Arbuthnot was right. A great many of the opposition did vote for Mr. Scott. The wound he had received moreover, awoke general symDathy, and so brought him votes. He had in the district a majority of five hundred, which elected him. When the returns were all in, and Webster knew positively that he was de feated, he" came to Sylvia with a smiling face. "I am beaten," he said bravely. "But I shall count my loss as little if you will only renominate me as your husband." She looked at him with shining eyes and held out her hand with a sweet im pulsiveness. "You are electecVJay an overwhelm ing majority,? she said, softly. - ,,! t , r-; --rx i La took her in his arms were nowhere. . "But I think tW T .,v .i to forgive me," she said at length." "You have behaved beautifully, dear; and I am proud of you if-you do belong to the opposition. I think every man his a right to his conviction, provided they are generous, and andj-if a man has .1 taste for politics a real taste I men of course he can't be blamed for; " Here she was spared the necessity for further humiliation for Webster stopped her mouth with kisses. The second year of their marriage, Arbuthnot was again nominated for Con gress, and ran so much better than the candidate of the popula party! that he polled a higher majority! than any candi date who ever ran in that district. The Key or Death. m In the collection of curiosities preserved m the arsenal of Venick there is a key of which the following singular: tradition related: -"About the vear 1,600 xne of those dangerous men,j in whom extra ordinary talent is only the fearful source of crime and wicked ordinary men, came to establish himself M mercnanc or trader in Venice. The strancrer. whose name n Tphl,li k came enamored of the diughtetof an an cient house, already affianced to another. ucimuucu ner nana in marriage, and was, of course, rejected. Enraged at thlS he Rt.lldipd tinin . - J w w ICTCUUCU. Profoundlv skillod ? in l vv tuvvuauivAl arts, he allowed himself, no rest until he had invintiil tkai..t j .1.1 -- -- uwai luruiiuaoie weapon WhlCh COUld he imarririBr) T,. - ."wv. xAim ra key of large size, the handle iof which bu consiructed jthat it could be turned -rnund vitli Jt:m "liU lllliu UiUl culty; when turned) it discovered a spring, which, on pressure,! launched from the other enrl - r " uvtuic or lancet of such subtle! fineness that it entered into the flesh and buried itself there Without lnrinir: - o " lebaldo waited in disguise at the door of the church in which the maiden whom he loved WAS aKnnt nNi.i..il.. 1 benediction. The assassin sent ih slender steel unperceived into the breast of the brideirroom. The wounded m.n v. nosuspicion of injury, but seized with a - oaip Ki4u iu ioer IU1U8L oi the ceremonv.hft fAnfjA mrl wa miA W J vt wi voiiicu to his house, amid the lamentations of the bridal party. Vain! was all the skill of the nhvsiciarm who rmld M J V the cause of this strange illness; and in manded the hand of the maiden from V. w - utU parents, and received a second refusal. rney, too, perished miserably in a few davs. The alarm which thu: do.tV. which appeared almost miraculous-occa- wiieu.exciiea me utmost rlgilance of the" magistrates: and .when 'fin rfnen Ai.min. I iuc uuwicD. iti! fs:a;i iDsiramnt -wKnw,,,, i-a ia, te prrfaed flesh. T'lnl; every one feared r "- " thus" cruej- ' ' ont-s of to speak with her at'the grate. Th face of the foreigner hart hm m HUft.,n to her, but since the death of i all those most dear to her it had! become odious (as though she had a presumptien of his guilt), and her reply ws most decisive in the negative. Tebaldo, beyond him self with rage, attempted to wound her through the grate, and succeeded ; the obscurity of the place prevented his movement being observed. On her re turn to her room, the maiden felt a pain in her breast, and uncovering it, she found it spotted witbj a single drop of blood. The pain increased, the surgeons who hastened to her assistance taught by the past wasted jno time in con jecture, but, cutting 1 deep j into the wounded part, extracted the needle be fore any mortal mischief had commenced, and saved the life of the lady. The State inquisition used every; means to discover the hand which dealt these in sidious and irresistible blows. J The visit of Tebaldo to the convent caused sus- nirinn in fall ha.viu tt- r "j iiuu. xus house was carefullv searched infa mous invention discovered, and h ished on the gibbet. Public Opinion. The Crofters of Scotland. The cable dispatches during the past few months frequently referred to troubles mm- uic cnjuicu v,ruuers. An article in the Chicago Saturday Evening Herald, tells who and what the Crofters are. We quote.: . j j - Much of the land in ;the Highlands of Scotland is owned bj landlords who never go near their property, and all the disadvantages of absentee landlordism are felt as much in the! island of Skye as in Cork or Tipperary. (The landlord en trusts Jiis land to an agent, known as the tacksman, and the tacksman in turn lets out the land to farmers, who sub-let patches, or crofts, to the crofter, who, according to recent testimony is of all men most miserable. These poor wretches live at the mefcy of their farmer landlords, or the-more: cruel tacksmen. In thousands of instances they live in black, filthy hovels, unfit for human habitation. If they improve, the croft at their own expense, the rent is raised. If they complain they are told' to "move off," as the land is wanted for sheep and deer. It is reported that the island of Skye alone, between 1840 and 1883, the landlords served no less than! 6,960 no tices of evict inn on fVioir tnni n.j -A - - - k- uuuio. WMUCVl on by untold sufferings; the crofters have fc iengin adopted tne policy of "no rent." I i Aii Ancient BnrTal Custom. At a recent meeting jof the AnthroDol ogical Society ui London, MrJ J. G. Fra zer read a paper "On Certain Burial Customs as illustrative1 of the Primitive Theory of the Soul." j The Romans had a custom that when a tnan who had been reported to have died abroad returned home alive, he should enter his house noi Dy me door, but over the- roof. This custom (which is still observed in Persia) owed its origin to certain primitive be liefs and customs with regard to the dead. The ghost of an unouried man was supposed to haunt and 'molest the living, especially his relatives. Hence the importance attached to the burial of the dead, and various! precautions were taken that the ghost should not return. When the body of a dead man could not be found, he was buried in effigy, and this fictitious burial was held to be suffi. cient to lay the wandering gaost, for it is a principle of primitive thought jthat what is done to the effigy of man is done to the man himself. ZnA Academy. Richard A. Proctor savs that there are no less than 635,013,559,600 ways in which a hand at whist can be made. That all the cards in the hand may be trumps (the dealer's, of course, must be taken), the chance is but one In 158,753,339,800" (one-fourth of the tioned.) . - 1 SALEM, N. C, THDESDA Y, ' MAY : KJTLICS or am ucmi IDTMTirao. roxK or nc ifs mt OI4 lama-Orlcl ! , "r,0O9ter." o rrmnent, was an old Dutch emblem, formerly much used as a weather-cock in 2sew Amsterdam. Signs aad emblems in all countries are a cunous study and one who has traveled tnuch can always recall curiosities in this line, found more especiallv in old coun tr7 towns and out-of-the-way places. Advertising is now so general and run to such aa extent that few of the old-faih-ioned signs remain in the large cities ex cept the tobacconists' figures, the three balls of "my uncle," the barbers' poles and occasionally a pestle and mortar at a druggists and a gilt hammer or some implement of trade. The lager" beer signs King Gambrinus and others are modern conceits. I am inclined to think this divinity is a sort of modification of Bacchus, a nineteenth century creation for presiding over malt and hops instead of tha juice of the grape, and more warmly clothed than his youthful origi nator. , In the small towns at the South many of the inns and taverns have the old signs of the colonial times, such as "The tt bite Swan," "The Golden Lamb" and other emblems on battered boarJs io washed-out colors. Not very long ago a sign-painter was an important person ana reirarded aa nn artist, being hospitably entertained as he traveled through th. ' ft vvuuu i UU his materials of trade. Many impecun ious portrait naintara derr.i-.fl boards with headnrWnntnrfr.n r.v lin and distinguished hern T,,. in genuity was spent on emblematic signs, Dgure-neads ana weather-cocks, almost equal to that now aznndirl in rocks and covering walla and fences with puffs of trade and medicinal cure-alls. It is a wonder shonk Q have not adopted armorial bearings, wrw ooiiii." tacn might have on his escutcheon aome mhlm vice signifying his trade or occupation. ""IS'""! was ismous lor ner signs, some of which, the Roar'a 1T1 Z,.. and Garter, have historical flm i Nuremburg and old continental cities it xs very interesting to decipher the weather beaten signs and emblems still hanging in the narrow, crowded streets and alleys and in our own country their u.Biurj is wen worm tracing, in the his torical museum of the old South church.' in Boston, is preserved a colonial, sign of a flowing Punch Bowl, once much ad mired as a work of art. " New England discouraged all such worldly emblems, and an old traveler com plains, after a journey in a stage eoich, that- "the pas. eengers were - a thirsty set, who got out t every sign-board," thus showing that there were a considerable number in spite of. Puritan scrunles and denuncia tions. . y PhiladeipbjV signs are early spokenofasbeiB'? rennrksbly well -paint- ""Oj. ;j"i"w iti counoQui maoer row be. it aim net JarBed junction lor LimselT. in bjmade nw JbWv to thh what a KcenU?. t calling iu Tlnt1 th. ;- .v. : -, L . - . . rrapu0" calhng. lie painted the sign for the Federal convention ia 1788. Tut ur first on the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets. Pratt was a schoolmate of Ben jamin West, but found his art of paint ing portraits insufficient to support an increasing family and took to the more lucrative calling of sign decorator. Sev eral of his signs were quite famous in Philadelphia. One, a came cock on a beer house in Spruce street, and a fox chsse on Arch street, were quite artistic ! pictures. lie sometimes put poetical' couplets at the bottom of his signs. Many of the old Pennsylvania towns! were noticeable for thir i rrn.Krt saw) a sv the days of turnpike roads, toll bridges and lumbering stsge coaches, aod later the long wagon trains of western travel ers; to these a "Rising Sun" painted in lavish colors, a "Hen and Chickens" or the head of the "Father of his Country" were joyiuny greeted as notices of re freshment for weary men and beast. On the stage route from Philadelphia to Bal timore some persons now remember the mow remember the) t pressing a welcome; " promising great -neart in Hand," ex "The Three Tuns- joviality; also a tavern with a full lenirth rn With a full lenirth 01 --jiaa Antnony Wayne on a swinging sign in an iron frame. Only a few years ago this was still hanging, bat tered and weatherbcaten, among cars and locomotives. The old "Wheat field Inn" bus been denuded of its field of waving grain overrun by hun gry rats and is now a modern hotel. The "Indian Queen" was a noted hotel on this route, said to accommodate "two hundred guesta and have bells in every room." The Fountain inn, where Washington always stayed ou his way north from Vir ginia, was built round a court, in which was a fountain, and had shady galleries on each floor. This inn was constructed after the pattern of those in England io the time of Shakespeare, where ho used to act plays with his comedians for the amusement of his friends and patrons. At a Baltimore inn, the Seven Stars, the first American lodge of Odd Fellows wss instituted and grew into importance. These Seven Stars were gorgeously gilt upon a bright blue firmament. At the Three Loggerheads, a dingy old inn near the docks, was received the first warrant ever cranted a United States lodire from Great Britain. This wss a curious sigu swung on an iron pole. On each side was painted two very ugly faces, with the words, "We three loggerheads be." To our country belongs the honor of originating the wooden figures so much used by tobacconists. Tnese were very numerous mere so than even at the pres ent day. A story is told of a foreigner, landing in New York, inqairing if they were statues of distinguished Americans. Ben Jonson in his "Bartholomew Fair," speaks of the "Blsck Bov, where to bacco was sold; also of" the "Indian Queen." Old figureheads of ships were often used and added to. aod were very funnr. Sir Walter Ril;rh .. ducer of the weed, is a favorite tobac conist siirn in England ; "Jim Crow " "Uncle Tom" and "Captain Jinks," a'll of American parentage. The "Indian King" was popular after 1710, owing to a visit of four Indian chiefs, who were received with much ceremony by Queen Anne, and were much sought after by sight-seers. J Altogether old signs deserve a passing mention and would b an interesting corner in antiquarian research. Many would require considerable ingenuity to trace their origin and applicability. A pair of "snow-shoes" mystified the in habitants of Chelsea in the Revolutionary war. They were set up over aa inn when snow shoes were supposed to be a needful part of the equipment of soldiers sent to fight VMr. Washington and his rebels," , But I have drifted back to signs, my original "moutons" from our American specialty, the wooden " Mani kins," and before closing the interesting subiect I must 4s a 71 TVaaa . . . . SMUt, These were established la Eag-j land fa the intent ef temperance and It ff tnfa Wm. I a. ' io giTo uotm apaaainr men tion, aa moatfy the signs mentioned have ta to b adveruslag of Bacchus. These inDs were admirable la their ar rtngernent, bright, cosy aai attracUve. Tbey adopted the old-fashioned sin aad were economical aod comfortable, sotlut the sight of the bright berriet and shia- tive TheS(j"hoUy.tre inns"Jar. scattered oW England PlidtlrkLi Timeif A.Chlafse Clashane. Describing a visit to Cieofuegos,Cuba. a correspondent of the Xew York Tim ays: One of my first adventures ia Cienfuegos was a visit to the Chioesa clubhouse. There are two of them, but this was the larger. Purser Slilea and I went ashore together through the Urge open shed that covers the landing place aod took a earriaire tar a tinr J.. i.i. o - - vhvb yii v a U town. As we were troinv the streets we naased a fine UrM Ki.im. ine that Mr. Miles said u a f-vt clubhouse, aod I immediately suggested uvwa to anu see it. .it is a long time since I bare talked anv Chi. nese, but the man oa guard at the door received us courteously, uihered us into an inner room, and ant a r.;. v fter somebodv on the other side of the counymra. i ne e a trance wss through a long, broad hallwr. mrhl ;m ,..V,i. and leading to a ne, large room, also maroie paved, which opened upon at pa cious ouadrancmlar rnurtrrl -1,1.1. were Bowers and plants, and a founts! a in.jisg ue center. Kverythine was in ou:te as rood order U .n. t best clubhouses ia New York, and the marble doors, the flowers aad the foua tain rave the nlaca an inwirmM Ar gance certainly not etceeded by the tnxoa League or the Knickerbocker. The ccntlemsn who hA 1 wnt tot proved to be the president of the club, and he soon came and showe4 us every attention. He spoke English fluently, and told us all about theclib, and about its handsome quarters, in a building which had once been the residence of a wealthy Cuban family. lit showed us about the build og. even jointing out aa idol or two standing on a shelf, and conducted us to a room ia wkich the muster roll is kept, where ia a large frame are secure 1 the name of tie 600 Chinamen who com- oflsly selected some cigars from a class ia w nm room we entered, and i felt rather tskea down when, upon leav. lag, tney wonld not let us. pay for them. The presideot laughed at tbe idea oi strangers vis-ting the house being a, lowed to rv for anrthtn an.l wm v;- 0oy to bneg a bottle of claret, which, mixed with plenty of Ice water, can to appreciated nowhere half k much as oa a hot daj in Cuba. The whole place is tirjjn Qf fmndfar that I had no Idea of Biding ia any Chinese establish iaenittift the Orient, and after being yrt1ed by everybody we met In the met courteous manner twkMihU it any ordiaar, CTaa-wouM meet If b uouiu nsppea into one of the fashion able clubhouses ia New York. . - Irrlratlea la Egypt. The ancient -wealth of Egypt has ever been in its crop of corn. As surely aa the seasons come round, so surely has the Nile risen year by year. From tbe earliest time the valley of the Nile has been divided by earthen embankments into a succession of great flats, measur ing occasionally as much as 100,000 acres. Tbe rising flood is diverted by a series of short canals into the f it where the water stands two or three feet deep until it has soaked tbe soil and I deposited its rich alluvial mud. By this time the Nile has subsided. The drrln mud is rudely plowed aod sown, aod , vu, v, uc uivuuu aticr iuo crop is reaped. No ra:n has fallen 00 it. ou; the soil has been so saturated to require no further '"'""i"' rui J Jleni onlj one crop in the year, nd ffur,.n8. the um months, when, J W sa sri n r A I J W..a "TV tempcrajure, one , mignt expect Egypt to be yielding sub- trcpical fruit, the empty fields lie baked and parched. Muhammed Ali Pasha, ! vhosc mniittiii.t imiH..i .a,i. 1 whose genius and energy created modem I EgJPt, oon recognizee that more might J be obtained out of the soil thsn this one! m m. I be obtaiocl out of the soil thsn this one crop of wheat or beans. He set to work, therefore, ia Lower Ecypt to deepea the canals, so that thev should flow ia low as well as high Nile. His people were not long in discovering the benefits this conferred on them. Pumps and water wheels soon lined the banks of the canals. Egypt became known as a cotton-producing country, aad during the American civil war, twenty years sgo, wealth poured into iu But this new system was a vastly more complicated one than that which It superseded. To suit the convenience of wealthy men numerous canals were cut, without sys tem or arrangement. Complaints soon began that the crops were deteriorating, that the soil wss being eihausted, no longer replenished by lying two months a year under muddy water. In many ptaces a salt florescence appeared on tbe surfsce fatal to vegetation. In high Nile there was abundance of water for all, but in low Nile, just when the cotton crop wanted it most, there wss least to be had, and then the peasant's poor little patch had every chance of being with ered, while the pasha's broad acres were flourishing. "Worst of all, this great network of canals was v early tiled with Nile deposit which had yearly to be removed, and an unpaid armv of 60, 000 peasants was employed for about half of every year effecting the neces eary clearances. In the long, narrow valley of Upper Egypt, e&ceptioone portion, the old Pharaonie system of ir rigation still prevails, and here the Egyptian has little to learn. In the delta the new cultivation with perennial irrigation is practiced, and in this, the richest part of the country, Lord Duffer in soon saw the gravest reasons for aot iety. A system had been created which the people did not understand. Ignor ance of tbe most ordinary rules of engi neering, iodolence, and corruption were fast destroying tbe country. XintttenUi Century. A girl with three arms is one of the attractions of a Louisiana show. This young lady ought to be sought for by every msrrisgeable young man in the neighborhood. She could put two arms around a man's seek while she turned pancakes with the other. So Vsvsrisra It is said there are wires enough over the streets of New York city to reach from San Francisco to Loodoa if they were stretched out ia a straight liae. The man on roller skates always strikes sn f TV . . . 1 . talL-rrtJW Trailer. 1885. THE JBAMKS.j'OF' LONDON. tTivoousVoi ztnrx or aw 1- rtr. siu sv i sa KssgllaJ yitrNa. The street boys of London represent ia numbers the population of a towa aa large as Halias, ork ia other words, they amount neari j 80.000. By far the larger portion of this total Is made up of newsboys youngsters bt sell th escoing and morniog papers ia thi streets. Of these there art 30,000. Many have stands where they - go every day, and nobody ever thinks of ia terferiog with them. In the course of our inquiries among the newsboys, sjs a Loodoa paper, e rouaij that It is not unusual for two cf lb ten to go Into partnership that U, to work Into each other's hands. One boy cannot well display three or four cob- I uu ODC. or even two, be caa show advantageously aad sell the psnrs longiDg.to them. Accordingly, la the ce two bojs go to-ether, one takes a dozen of each of tbe half, penny papers and tbe other a dorea of a peony paper aad ia this wtv, shouiJ a Erchaser want a peony paper from the Ifpecny dealer, the latter sings out to the other, and vice versa. These boss are cast unon the wo!.f t . - ...u ui run away iron borne and U.iog as 'best they caa. Through th. day ihey have to strucrle with iK. J., but the iHish comes atiijhL ' Having no home to go w they have to ake ahTft ia the "doVlng hous,- or ust to the shelter of aa In b or door' sr. Was th. ru, .... . . make tru --j. iu soe rvaaer ever in a peaoy doswng house f No dowbt he will . swer "No." Then all we ran say Is, we hope he will never have that esprrience. Some short time ago, havlig eiprrased a desire to a policeman that we would hke to pay a visit to one of these places, we went under his guardUohj; aod the sights that met our gare will remain impressed upon our mind to the last dsv we live. ' Imagine a Urge yard -we caaaot call it anything else, because before lu transformation it had beea a stable about ventv feet long by thirt v wide, and about thirty ia height. The fiooe consisted of nothing but the bare stoaes covered by planks or wood or every de scriptioa. Hound the wlU were raneed huge shelves, something after the manner r -1 . . " . of these one above ik- 7 I ed bTJL. t ft wlbarpfoca. irZJLrU 'teach t aaitora oudil ITi.r . th Tint A j . . . c dotens of rats scam red awsv in every direction. Cantian.i. i I STIMI.? m m our way by aid of a bullVeyeTaatera and accompanied by tbe proprietor of th- fearful den, wt acceded one of the Huddled and twisted la every conceiva ble attitude, without cover of aay kind aave that which their threadbare clothes ?57i?Vi'ITnilB "d cowering t.triie-J W to tuJs t 'Tflf might not hm ito;w.l i. . of some theft; now toviog mj from side to side, shivering with cold; and then, again, some sleepless but light-headed youngster ait ting up with his back to the s.l aad hit bands thrust deep into what wereoace pocxets, white his mouth denoted that he was In audibly whistling, the scene presented a terrible illustration of what Loodoa life l at iU lowest. Hound we went, and tbe poverty of the sleepers became more forcibly demonstrated at every step. Never shall we forget that nigh in th doasine house, containing its "00 la. 1 ne 1 mates, if such a scene is presented In- of four walls, what most hm tha state of thin In tia if rt nf f K5. . 1 a. m - - . v . . u . . fficientlr 1 Were ble litt,c tbut Bot mocn f..Ki Th street eraU have to out rvoerai tbe vigilant eye of the law by Coding fresh l.Licea to T r J0 Ucc to doss in, or the consUot cry or on mere 7 so painfully familiar to . would rive them no n-f l'n ttr. - f . , Iv ' . Jt? L -A h7'J; ,v souna 01 tne court o3 the Strand we saw a policemsa j Chaae about a dozen rouiinim Infn Ik I i -; They scampered about at the I aC ? 1 e Pol,fcoa T0,c taejoathe papering; the jeweler sits by his Cfpv,t-?Ut e'ra-oce ia ; window ei. the year round, working oa , , iJD ouse oagh some go ul- f Uale whecU. anJ the oechaaie stnkee Is n 1 flni!irn a n1 smasaa C sw V ass a . . a - . a a j w t . , " r " 1 tt-e tame atoaoi a i every aay. ibee srW.iracs of -giving cheek." A 'run j people do not Uloeg to lhemsel.se; they io now aad again varies the moootoor. I re all penned at bae coptkU ia a cha-a as tbey are sure of aa uadistatlied shet- r..,; lb,y a t ui,t a day aor aa tww ter ad something to eat so I drink. The j fur recreation, for they are the srrrsnte only thing they fear is being sent to a f their employtrs. There Is ao profee reformatory, aod we haye koowa boys to i0a that glees a man such freedom, such shrtrk anil nra tMiMtuslv oni tn. lw . . .. . . , - j 1 ' " J .V W Wtt mere, so strong is their aUborrtnce of these institutiona. The sboebtacks of the metropolis num ber about 1,500, of which about 5O0 be long to the various homes. The Ragged School Shoeblack society give a home to 370 of these boys, who are required to give up tbe whole amount earned daring the day, which Is applied aa follow: Sit pence Is returned to the boy as his allowance, and one-third is rtulaed by the society for expenses, the other third being reserved in a bank for the boys benedu During the year over 100 is put away ia the bank, or a little overL to each lad. Through the day the boy takes, oa aa average, two shdlinga, which comes in the year to the Urge average total of 11.731. Of the boys who do aot betoag to these homes it It diCcuit to estimate what the earnings may be, but probably i;t lt .v:n: But tbe number of bovs oa the streets of London is not aeartv so large as it was a few years ago. They have come to recognize the benefits which they re ceive at the orphanages, aad are ready to enter w oca aakeu. Ooe ot the moat worthy ot these establishments is the Boys Home, No. 83 Southward street, S. E. Boys are received without nomina tion, the only qualification being want. There are about 160 of them aod they are taught printing and shoemakiag, be sides the ordinary routine of school life. The home is most excellently ordered ; oa entering you find yourself ia the com positor's room, where all the smartest of the boys are engaged insetting tip type. A great variety of printing ia done, but principally circulars, and they have more orders than they caa execute. Adjoin ing the compositor s room ie the cagiae room, where among others is oae very fine press lately presented to the home. Next we find ourclvea ia tbe shoe making department. Here a number of young sters are engaged ia tbe duties or cob blers, aad just bow thef are making some st roc g top boots for the ose of those of their aumbers who are going out to Canada ia the summer. About oae hue dred are to be shipred off this yearsitty went last year. They find situations ia Manitoba without any trouble, aad gtt their board aad wages, so that they arc able to commence taring from the first, t . N0..19. I time ltf wri gtt - 1 ia s;j ca SiaL'sLkiaas mtt tlat lis trsal'.e'it aa- anal raia fall la llil ro-elrt -iU r. Ueik aad. Caforala; zi I richua laches. rnrrt!i!f J .v. I highest (a Orrrba aad Aklina. f-rtU I tine aad Cfty-stx iacha.. f ws wry mm coat or rtrceriaa art . -a . . . Oa both deill mtiDl a .,U.. pace from Uoueg Uearet br it or hoar-frost; la fact, glyevriae snay b oed ia this waj to rrtveat a C!a ef cosi dree nvoisture gathenag oa aay article. A Collection ef kul'.a 1rrn tm f V- ern hetaUphere has ba stodied la Ear- t.. - .... . . . socaa9sBoiaoMcoacics.oa reach4 htl thai son of tm im f &w.ik Africa, Australia and tha sssUMnsMst fart Of Noalh Amrv mf V ' ! i the smallaeaa of their hcaia. It is stated that sUel which Las U& burned ia tha forr ns Lav It Mnoi qoaUties restored by f loegiog the metal, j mi orai, ia:o a Rvlllort 0( two frts f pi'h, two paru of traia oJ. osva part of tallow tad a small quantity f eoe&asoa salt. Tbe oratioa shooU be repeated two or thrre mats. Ia Great IViUia aad Irtlaad the mum- Per 01 tlar msaufsctuml I Der of envelopes tasaafactared ia a year , .llT 'W3yQ i'".1 - . .0O3.. i . . fcaod Ubor were comr:!d t MW V" : l A JTtlof1 ' fLl tf tU .ft V"fJ I ,hta' It ould take IT 00 the work bow dooe br smachiaea la tlop. taking ao ac- them, it Wbuld taka 9?1 Hfl MVn According to the census f thete ,r persons earreJ ia the maaa faeture of eavelopea at that time. Microscopic orj-sxUtas aot enlr de stroy the plant aad animal forms fsmil Ur to us, bt tbey apprar also to bviUl up such forma, aad to be aeceseary to their very eitsteace. A F re oca biolo- .a , a - . k. -n. arocuat. bas just male some jetrerimeau which tend te prove that I plaau will aot germinate salras mkrobee i tiist la tha soil, aad I:rur has alreadv ?. t i . . . . . . . w: ini so sac coacioaioa tXat coxrobva f essential to aaimsl lir, aa digtaUoa canaot be fr formed calrs they ere present. After tea has beta steeped la boiiieg water for three mlaatte over Cve-sistha' 01 tbe vaJuatHt roastitoaats are e ttractad. 1 roa OI ,ea lautea the Waves are almost entirely ethauated. rre4oar4 lafoaveaao 4diUoel stretfthU . . . . . " vi vuv ktiviigr I'T.otj pca. Hard . i t.ZJL ,'t, 1 -fc-a- I a . ".a a a waters La tha LarW aa fka V.rt d Usol ve Itse of the taaalaowt cr the Wave. The beariag ef these laboratory results oa the art or cnakia a good cup ot tee. is obtiona. The reason why earpeaters use square woodea mallrte aad stoae maccs roc ad wooden mallcU Is n.t gvarrslly kao esrw c wmkraaa U.' -cirteters chisels rjA.cj cf w 'Va iV..rt(.j. ji - .v ' vrike thers ai .ih a . . .. . son ia.cj us im have the proper wel-ht. Tby quart to that they mav be tsd la cor-' nets where a round mallet oiH set ra. Ft one masons use woodea malkta t cause they are leae likely thaa iroahsa mers to injure thdr heads by misaiagthe chiteL Their chisels are of iroa through out, and the maTUl Is made round so that a differeet part may strike oa the chisel at each blow. The mason tares his ham mer as he works, otherwise the Iroa tool would aooa bore a hole la It. Dill Arp ea Farsslsg, It's a woadtr to me, siys Bill Arp la j rft.' that evertbody I iog. .Lawyers aad doc- j about towa aad tU v the AtUau Ctt dot'l ro to farmine tors have to ait atxut towa aad rUv checkerv aad talk pciitka aad wait foe ! a a . a . I KWWW J IO qUTTt4 Of tI, OC .UCK ; Af..L - . J a . a a tiply, and count until they ret to couaU i a .v- - ' .1 . , wcfa ssvu uwaaM:TTn -Ku nu t . -a .a (uji stars, uatt uc ttca oa i&c cr.iiBC, 1 k- 1. tv. .1 .v. Zl sssf s msi a, sasa sis a av wa irsa. aaana av a u w - latitude, aad each a variety cf employ ment aa f analog. There ao asoaotoay upon the farm. There's some'.hiag aew every dsy, aad the changing woek brings iste actios every muscle ia the human frame. We plow aad hoe, aad harrow aad sow, sad gather it ia at harvest time. We look after the horses aad cows, the pigs aad sows, and the rams aod the lambs aad the ehlf kens and tha tnrkeea aad rnw We rat our 01 wood, sad raise our owa bread aad meat, aad doat have to be stingy of It like city folks. A fnead, who suited ne aot loaf, ago, trroce lack from the towa that hie grate doat aeea blrrer thaa the crowa ot his hat since fhe sat by our rreat big friend y fire place. 1 may be mistaken, but it seems to me a little higher grade of hapriaess to lock out upon tbe greea Ce'ds oi wheat aa4 the leaag trees aad bt.se wmou8tai as ia the distance, sad haax the dove cooieg to her mste, aad the whirporwi:! siega welcome ia the aUbt, aaa bant fa art aod but. by blosaoms with the child tea. aad make whistlee for 'eat aad bear em blow, aad ate 'eta get after a juospia frog or a garter saake, aad heal kwa's arsis aad paddle ia the breach aad get dirty aad wet all ever, aad watch their peaiteal aad snbdaed expresaioa when thev go home, as Mrs. Arp looks at 'cm with amttsetneat aad exclaims: "Mercy oa tn; did ever a poor mother cave such a st ! Will I ever rtt doee caakiag clotbeer Put these ea right clean tha mora ing, aad aot aa other claa rag la the house I Go get sae a swith. right .f I V t M 1 ai'l m-rt afamf It lint. she will stand it, aad they know It ea- peciauy II I remark, "tea, uey oegm to be whipped. That saves 'rn, aad by the time the swiuh comee the tea pea is over, aad some dry clothes are fosied. aad if there Is aay rake ia the hoase they get it. Bleated mother! fortaaate chiidrea! T hat wouM they do wtiaout her. Why her very accidie" Is masse ia their leader tars. I'm thaakfu! that there are some this re that corner ia the doeaestte rireia that Wall street eaanot buy a or mooey kings depress. Too. seem to have titrate of bouixa here. raid a drummer to Mies Fitx, the dressmaker. ''More bustle thaa boai aev," was the lady's reply. ' ? A Vr'.f 1 w-.X a fc.v-a. a" A i a Uj rt ' 'M SrK U : rr crt lm Aj1 ri t,- r A t.T l'uisc a Imd f swt, A rrv-J rre-ra j -a, , A&i a. k i-t Ur t4 sa iwi Aa-I Wt VLrtKttaci ailrwy Asy rUrtaal, tm aai Vara. . Aa, K-.ir"-r-i a! frm! XTti OV." tM xr4t a4 maj vttJim, ' Yosbt lWfw oar frl t-tT'a-i'SK A4 rrm sar sir cam Xaj Ijtwfry Hd. llt XOB Of THE DT. Oae swallow doal fa tit esse sreitj. bt a wasp graerally drs, it Is sat epoa, OeyAv; - "LArp tVarieg is dtae l y mtlnmj la An.Sra.ia,- I, wl atret it is f ct ia the !d fsii.ktx4 it-.i Laai l . 1 . fT fTuralac telle, t", U Las cease iai. mrflmg.m (iie-rsJ It c;s ftfij.tao eettot4Tt a trsJa. r: cism tt.se it is flra chearv-r to we-p lue trsia tLa it Is "- throw a raf atf c . i. -v..W. Utr(Teit:.l lM tarjeftrar. S. l-wt wLrn tajMj a,ks ti lws hs fi-sl asn:aat t.fs.rt gsral K he asts -Hir-.jJrrtk,ut. 1rhT. la U sfrlnx IW taf(4 Um l Vhrjy, rr.:. to ta jm a ; la U arvscf iwtk rv. .lrr t.ur vtm n ut. Yonaeg Lof4 ito his s ! -I asv. Nell, pas ate the bu!tt. N:i ia a tt of rvproaeSt-tf shit, JUaa i Jcha Bk t ro4ed to drrt,o hj 1 df lst H 0 csa rra. h xX.lft. TWrvvaa4 SM trtwl AfisstMl(i.oaU; H 'iStf Slnt1 Aal rtiM Mm ks4.a i flt-m rine. A New Jersey ttsu levke t: n bu-keeptts- a&J et.t to a hotel to Jt. ia order that his wife talt taov iW sksfiaj io ber Lrn scx.uti, t;t Is disidtl o lit )urt'U Le lort her or waats Ur tot era ter tk. I SSO TO tsrLatv. Vnmn U-Sr ta lis aU Ar hri W !;&. i. TV ttrr Ik fct Th mmfZ'e lim fcrswa; TVva aav tm U ky Um Unp ar tr f WWtiervt I pt litim rk. hail I to asvsaif, a4 , Of ew s tawawaf I nr.k. . 1 so serwef. !. 11J T-m ta txCr m as v ft snr faav-v assise 01 -t Ml i--s ra r m, ii I. ' r -i.. rwtiR, - rs or nmjtm. IT by Darters treat CaUh D.nu. - "Some mea." remarked Ca ; .' a ifs. tea. caa move ia the midst of pesti lence aad miasmata, tcd cser fern aay the wo?r. "How, rr iauae, d. joe doci's defeal ytwir f Utt P Tea glad jem asked :beurTia. 1V defcad the fortress Crst by o;c- o4i tary peexsaTidts. We i';l if s . si tie. bfraihe avee it,f1c-l a.r tksa we caa help. We will a4 I stspidly rh. Depead upa it, tsy friraJ. rr. AUrraethy kicked Lis t the paae of g'.a ia his pat becawse he colJat ret ha irrl. tLat Ut tr4. iLfrjgh rtatieat'a room becaa.se he coUat get hm to have h s window dawa, tbe etcdieat pbisx aa st thiakieg aa avjch alKr.t Li t a safety at that of his psiMat. - e. l:t. physicians kaow that they e-t l.se ly rule whea atteodieg case dar-e j a p ti'.eace. The mnt Ue krj.t up io the health eiaadard. Ia tiers cf eps demic let every oae see to at lead to every ra'-e ef heath, lite r-. Istly, aa l keep the stotnaeb rmt tart f ally ia order. a4 W alwiit-tt. There Lsaee:herwsy ef defend. eg th tcttrttm ef life agaiast lavisit-le fosv "This livisg according to rx'e. aad say frten i muaiagly, a terr.Uy hard thiag to have to de At Wn, I am s-re saost people fiad it so. "Few feor'O I rrfHrfd, ih!r.k ef doiac aarthisgof theaoet, cat. I artual danger to life staree them lathe face. Potce oae e'ea, 1 believe, tat made a r mark similar to this telore now, bt it is worthy ef beirg repeated-" "Aad it is tro, aaded Horta. i have beea thiakixg a good deal lately "Most people who are tail ! d think.-1 aad. "I have beea thlakicg. aai 1 my f rt4. that most ef ta err by e-siirg saoee thaa Is aesary. How vers true tla Is. Hortoa ! Why. Ia carefsil rrg-alatioa ef dt a diet that shoali iacl.ee to the ab:ruas w hav est ef the ts defetx afsiast ia Visible fort of all kiada. Th-t t os of our posta, aad sbotud V bt'4 at all r.tks, if we care f -r life at all aaJ act foe Lf . a m a . a ' . ssatr eaiy. osit romtort it a fact tUa that overrauag b!ooi. b-Jt drat a litisr, a C L A Kerwseae Prlak. Oae alcbt receasly a ;aia-r:'e lady wat arousrd by a kaork.tg at hrr dooe. Oa epeaiag it she brhel J a well drewl aad gealJettaaly lockitr taaa. who er ried a laatera ia Lis hard. Ilessud that his laatera was about to go o-.t foe axl ef oil. the frorurel her 1 caa. aad qttietle haaiisg it to Lias, he tura It en to hit mouth sad Ux.k a locg aad vigorous swg ef Ju coaUala. re remoastraJed, hut he easmre-i h-r that he had fee several years pst w4 krro aeae aa a stimulant ia place of co'er, whisay or t!ber beversgta. He thea re plenished hit laatera aad strode oa to ward his d est.aalioa- a. I Ant. Baxaaa niWraatlea la lalta. IIcmaa h-beraatioa. as reactkwd ia Iadia, ia thus eirlaiacd by a coerepoal. eat: A taaael Is dog from the rnt to the aeighboriag juagie; the grave its'.f I then, ia tsrht of the spectaleea. pevparrd J by havia; his ears sad aoir.! .d w(h the a appervally twieJ. creeps throrh thetuaaet aaJraeay. After ate taoatha. or aay other ia'ewal. ho'crwtit beck sgaia. Is dsg up apparvaJly l.fWs, aad restored sr;h Ulai: ralaa. LawaVa JTaJafse,