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THE ERA. A KlU'UCLIiWN WKUKIiV NKWS PAPEK TIIK CENTRAL OltlSAX OF THE PARTY. W. 31. HKOWNf Manager. OFKicKvtr ttf North Carolina It k- (.lp c truer :' Fayette, din and Mr - i ii --w 1-vir J i.lfl'i it f !ui v:if4a ll.tJsC. niTvrETFmt On vr, - - - f- Six months, - - - - I Jio Three iivwitli, ... 5- I NVAK1 BUT IN ADV ANCK rnrmi "f POETRY. The Two Loves. , i).- love that will Ktnet iIwmt, Tii l-vf thnt i Kurt'st to die, "!:. I ve that will "'fn 11 y "War, Ik the i"e I hat i t .11 by t sigh. i ; ! v :h ' - iret t' last, !'!. I.ve that a woman's heart needs. The Iv' t.'iat Will bo kept l.i"t, I the love H i; i- jckeii ip deeds. MISCELLANEOUS. HOW UK LOST 11 15 16. I knew that .Margaret was engag ci out told her that I loved her. 44 1 don't know what you mean, sir?" she exclaimed, with an ex passive lift of the jetty eyebrows; hut the liqiid orh beneath avoided mine. and that encouraged me to bes.iucy in my turn. 4- It is of no co 1 1. sei i J -nee that you should, of course: itut you don't im- ;i;'ine that you were going to flu t all summer with a fellow op my stamp, atul get off unsinged your- 44 Why not ?" she laughed. 44 You don't stfiii seriously damaged." 44 Hut I am. My heart isshrivel !.d erip as a wafer." Really? Well, I don't know u h it on he done about it." 44 I am going to show you." And s! mi, tor naif an hour. We spoke j'-stingly, Indh of us, but the laugh wiin each other covered deeper fetl-o- ... was beautiful, my Margaret; fu.d of homage as what woman is r . . i V and ao-usiouied to receiving A. I- - J" ... I ..11. .til . it. li was not ner lauu, aiier un. that I loveil her, but her glory, as an honest man s love is always a true woman's glory ; and Margaret we. a true woman, though 1 had n led her a ilirt. .-s.u; was promised in marriage to K Htiitiy before she eversaw me, I enough. He had stopped a h-.re that had been running away v. oil her, ami .o saved her life., When he asked h-r to giye him what he had saved, what woman win gratitude ami a whole heart wouid noh have said 44yes," as she dil? Refill's s:ie loved him, for ati.'iit I knew. 1 had seen him, and h was a luialsoine enough man to win a w. nun's love, if beauty u uuM do it. A handsome couple, but tome how, seeing ihe two together they Hid not xein to be fonji of each oth'-r; and s I look courage. Cer tainly, Margaret never looked at K .sB nily when 1 was by, as she had lookeifat me many a time that summer, as we Atrolled along the beach. Ros.s Rently once stayed a week. and went hack to town. lie was a man of huMtiess, keenly devoted to money making; fonder of that, I la.o-.ed, than of the beautiful wo man he had won, and upon that im agining 1 huiig another hope. Mar- gir-twas an neiress. h i I been do wcrlcss. If Margaret I fancy that I nify would never have wooed her. IJitt inw to prove it. MargarH and I dil not relapse i .t t I he oni fash i Oil "f -trolling about U.e heav-h by UM'onlix'ht after Jtoss li -ntiy had come and gone, and we stopjutl liMiking and talking non--eue waiCiii g aen omer furtive-, ly. I u lr eo n i.-iu that M.irgaret u wondering if he had anyihing hi .m w.tii iiio.s' onKK.ls ot pensive n ss wmch had come upon my dark-' Ved tpusn of late. .e day 1 found her upon Ihe bal- !( with an open leiier in her hand. 44 1 am a very fortunate girl," she - aid, giai cing at the Utrer. 44 Did you know that Clark. V. rnon Alo., the bankers m New York, had tail ed last week ?" I had heard of it. 44 The bulk of my fortune was in tin ir hands at one time. I did not know but it was s ill. My guardian writes to tell me, however, that he r moved it mouths ago." I came forward eagerly at that, 4 extending my hand. 44 Permit me to congratulate you, Misstslone." .Margaret laughed rather confu "diy as she put her little hand in hune. 1 .saw that she was surprised m v agei nes.s. 44 Miss.Stoue," said I, 44 Did you U-iieve me wlien I said that 1 lov-d '"u, somewhere ubout a month Margaret colored vividly, as he irave utv a doubting look. Yes. What of it? Do you want to take it back now she iinghetl. Not I. But in consideration of my great affection for you, I want you to do a favor for me." 4 Name it," she said, looking puzzled. " I am going up to New York to morrow. Will you honor me by permitting me to be the bearer of a letter troni yourself to Mr. Beiitly ?" 44 This is an odd request." 44 I am aware of it. Will you write to Mr. Bentlv a letter, asking him to inquire into this matter of lie bank failure, and let you know j how seiious a business it really is?" ! 44 Rui I don't ear about know-j ing." ! 44 1 do." j 44 Whv not ennuire vourself . tit -n mf ' m. i " He has s much better facilities for investigation. The truth is, MlssSioiiM I ii imirli inlMr. ested in this tailure and Mr. Bentlv , . . ". - van nmj out all alwnit it for me. i 1 don't like to ask him to do s i ttul still, . w ffl j t VOL. IV. I ut he wruie the le ter, and I took ii to the city the next day. I Hfss Bently grow slightly pale as h read. 44 1 suppose you know that the. hulk ot Miss btoiie k fortune was in the hands of Clark, Vernon & Co.?" I carelessly observed. 44 I was not aware of it," Bently said. losing another shade of color. 44 Oh, well it was. Can anything be saved out oi the crash, do you hill f II ki " ' NTof vilivf hitur T nm i-r.t-ir anru " ... J. Uill 0U&, he summered. And thinking he i might like to meditate upon the asjuvt of a Hairs, I took my depart ure, saying that 1 would call before I went away again to lake any mes sage he might like to send. When I called next day he gave me a letter for Margaret; but he looked anywhere but at me as I took it. i caught a glimpse of Margaret's blue dress oil the piazza as we drove up to the hotel ; and without wait ing to go to my room first, I hasten ed to her, and gave her the letter. Then, much as I would have li iced to stay until she had read it, I had no excuse for doing so. and there fore left her. -1 waited with some thing more curiosity for her appear ance at dinner than time, but she did not come at all. I ate nothing in self, and spent the evening pac ing the piazza with my cigar, and watehing her window. Hut not so much as a shadow of what I watch ed lor crossed my vision. Remembering Hently's face as he gave me the letter, I could imagine that he. might have written some thing unpleasant; but I was not prepared for the conteiits of the mis sive Margaret placed in my. hands. the following morning, coming sud denly UKn me where I lounged on the shore. 44 1 suppose that was what you went-to town for," she said, with an angry scorn, under which I emailed, for 1- felt guilty ; and as I read I winced again. Thescoundrel ! A more disgrace ful epistle, I never perused. It Mar garet had loved him ever so dcady, i his would have certainly ended it. He dissolved the engagement with out so muc-h as saying 44 by your leave." He did, indeed, say nothing about hasteniuer to sneak while there was yet an uncertainty as to how seriously the failure had in volved other people. But that was the merest gloss-, and only gave Margaret the clue to the selfish rea sons for the extraordinary conduct. I folded the letter and gave it back to her without a remark. 44 Well," she asked, 44 really you have nothing to say ?" 44 Shall I challenge him to mortal combat with horsewhips?" Tears of anger sparkled in Marga ret's beautiful eyes. 44 How could you humiliate me so?" she said. 44 1 ? Miss Stone!" 44 1 beg your pardon, Mr. (jour ney," she said, haughtily. 44 And I beg yours, Miss Stone, for meddling. I suspected Mr. Bentlv, but not for anything quite so cold-blooded. Shall you break your heart about such a selfish fel low ?" 44 Indeed, no! but I am very an gry." 44 At whom ; him or me?" 44 At both of you." I suppose I must have looked ter ribly abashed and confounded. I tried to, for she put a little hand on my arm, and she would have swiftly withdrawn it, but I captured the frail thing and held it. 44 I suppose I ought to be very thankful to you," she said, strug gling a little, and blushing in the mot lovely manner. 44 If you will permit me, I will punish him for you," I said, gravely. She looked up inquiringly. 4 By marrying you !" 44 Oh !" 44 Don't you think it would?" I said. 44 Perhaps." We were quite sure of it the first time we chanced to meet Betitly after our marriage. His face was as good as a picture. A Mountain Heroine. Sketch of a Youufj Lady trho Pi e vented a Terrible Railroad Acci dent in Tennessee. The heroism displayed by Julia Whalen on the occasion of the re cent disaster on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad iu the vicinity of Carter's station, has very naturally awakened an inter est in her history. Julia is the daughter of Elizabeth Whalen nee Elizibeth Lacy. Hr lather is rep resented to have been a genial, gen erous, warm-hearted Irishman, whose chief moral infirmity was a love of strong drink. He enlisted early after the commencement of the late troubles, in the Federal army, and died in Kentucky. Shortly after the war Mrs. Whal en was married to 44Johnuy Burke," another Irishman. The latter bus band was, perhaps, kind enough in his demeanor, laborious and faith ful iu thecauacity of section hand on the railroad, until smitten by paralysis some two years since. After this his disposition was greatly changed. He contracted an unreasonable and bitter prejudice against Julia. To such an extent NVils his hatred manifested that he frequently threatened her life. In o.msenuence of all this, the little u-irl sought refuge at night in the m ' home of her grandmother, who Mi ved close by, returning every m.irnlnrr with a heart forifiviillT ...... - " and free from resent men f, 10 . en gage in the ministration of love to ward her unnatural, cruel, and im olacable steu-fatht r. Matters grew from bad to worse, until tht solemu RALEIGH, N. C, question seriously and unavoida bly presented itself to the mother: 448hall I give up the husband, or snail i surrender the child?" She elected the former alternative, and Johnny traveled to "parts un known." .. Julia was reared, from her early childhood, within a few paces ol the railroad, and hence became ac- OUainted with -a lurcru inn..lu.r f the company's employees. Among inese she was known as "Little Julia," a pet name which she still wears despite the fact that she is now somewhat above the medium statue, and nineteen years old. Her physique is rather of thespare order, while her face is one of unusuai beauty and 8 weetness. In mariners, Julia is easy and gentle traits which, associated with herunusual ly'beautiful face, render her at once prepossessing and attractive to al who are brought in contact with her. Her education, as the result of poverty, is rather limited, although we learn that she has for years most anxiously and ardently cherished a desire to be educated. , We are permitted, says the Knox- vine Herald, to extract from the letter of a cultivated Christian lady, to whom we are largely indebted for the facts contained in this com munication, the following state ment on the occasion referred to : 44Her presence of mind, on. the morning of the fearful collision, was wonderful. She first thought of motioning down the freight train from Bristol then reflected that it was coming down grade, and it would be impossible lor it to be checked up ; so she ran on the track toward Carter, tore her red shawl from her shoulders and waved it, pointiug back to the train, invisi ble to the engineer, but fast ap proaching. She was so excited that she barely escaped witnessed it all, and has been coiifhied to her bed since." I was informed by the conductor and engineer of the eastern-bound train that but for the timely appear ance of this heroic girl every one on this train would most likely have been killed. So excited, so earnest, and so persistent was she in her efforts to save the lives of others that she appeared totally for getful of self, and remained on the track until the engine was within less than five feec of her person. Indeed, it was at first thought by the engineer and conductor that she was killed. ICeflections. . The morning, gay and blithsome, arrives. It is nature's delightful resuscitation. Hail! enchanting period of serenity and cheerfulness beautiful in its appearance anima ting and exhiiirating in its influ ence. Creation rejoices. The beasts of the earth are recruited the birds of the air express their pleasure, and waible their Maker's praise. Man feels himself refreshed and is conscious of a new spirit of enter prise. He is recovered from the las situde of evening, and the torpor and slumber of night. He is risen from a state which bears a v.sible resemblance to death. His spright liness returns his powers assume fresh vigor, and beseems as it the morning were never to end. But soon comes the change ! Time moves, as if on eagres' wings, and flies with an almost incredible rap idity. Phoebus, with more than giant strides, pursues his course, aid noontide speedily exists. But here is still no pause; the fleeting moments will soon be intermingled with 44the years before the flood. A moment we may want, when worlds want wealth to buy." 'Loud is the call to ponder. Im provement of the prtstnt is de manded. The meridian is short, anil duty anil exertion are not to be omitted. Time elapsed is liter ally irrecoverable. How precious should it be while in possession. And what solicitude should be in dulged, that it ever be applied to some valuable purpose! But time misspent, though irrevocably gone, may yet, by redoubling diligence in the right employment of what may remain, be in a measure re deemed. The all-important process forces assent, and exacts obedience. For shortly will the shades of night re eijr. The season of activity isclosed, and the efforts of industry are su perseded. Has the day been lost, how sorrowful is the n flection! Have advantages been suffered to escape, what oi satisfaction and re morse ensue! The voice of warning cries It 'peat not folly, abandon crime ! ILet every succeeding day witness the faithful performance of duty, and realize the bent fit to be derived from endeavoring to attain an ha bitual preparation for death. So shall pure pleasure sparkle around thee in the morning, emit its-lustre on thy path at noon, and not for sake ihoe in the evening of life ; when, as it shall tlraw toward a close, the prospect of immortality shall brighten, and thy solace and support shall le, the genuine hope which rests on the rock of agt-s. Par id S. Pogart. A Measuring Pail. -A very handy thing is a pail so graduated and marked that one can teil at a glance how many quarts of fruit and ; milk are in it. A six-quart pail can be measured carefully and then marked with a little ridge running round the pail made by running a groove on the inside of the tin, like the ridges that are put on to a stove pipe. Any good tinsmith can make one, antl make it accurately enough to serve as a measure for quarts. Pails thus marked become u!nu.-t indispensable. THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1875. Beware of "The Ivy Green." The Harrisburg Patriot tells the following sad story of the death of a young man in that city from poi son, engendered by contact with the plant know as the "poison ivy:" About a week ago, a young man named L gan Ellis, aged nineteen years, and a comrade ; named Dare, aged seventeen, son of E. O. Dare, Esq., Broad street, went to the Is land opposite the city, on a foggy morning, for the purpose of shot-iiig-du'ks. Visitors to Indenen- dence, Bailey's and Ripley's islands nave no doubt noticed bright green vines, running up the trunks of large trees, at th se resorts, to a great distance, clinging to the branches in some instances, tillthev grow downward again to the start mg K)int, and run along ground, over logs and debris, many feet from thestem. Among these vi tits the young hunters rambled, and owing to the fog, the poisonous matter penetrated their garment poisoning their lower extremities in a fearful manner. A few days after, the poison broke out over the body of young Dare, in the shape of an eruption, but the young man was kept indoors and promptly treated, and is now in a fair way of recovery. His legs, body and arms, however, were frightfully swollen. Young Ellis, w7ho is in the employ of Mr. Swopeas driver of a team, was affected in the same way, and continued his work up to Saturday, when he complained of being sick, and was shortly after ward taken very ill. He took spam on Saturday night, and suf fered the most excruciating pain till death relieved him of his sufferings some time during Sunday after noon. The poison, it is thought, struck into his system, reaching the vital parts, causing death. Ellis r 'sided with his parents on Fulton street, near Sayford alley. The vine referred to is styled the - com mon wood ivy, found clinging to old oak trees in most of the Ameri can forests. Potatoes. The following is from a little work on 44Foods," by Dr. Smith, an Englishman. Where he gives the nutritive value of potatoes com pared with flour or bread, remem bering one penny equals about two cents ; and there are about 60 pounds of potatoes to a bushel ; that from five to seven cents is the price of our one-pound loaves of bread. Hence,at our market prices to-day, potatoes are about as dear as bread : 44Potatoes are deficient in miner al matter, so that they are unfit for sole food,, but that defect is sup plied by the addition of hard water, milk and .other elements of food. There are 760 grains of carbon and 24 grains of nitrogen in one pound ; so that more than two and a half pounds of potatoes are required to equal one pound ot bread in carbon, and more than three and a half pounds in nitrogen. Hence, when potatoes are Id. per pound and bread lid. per pound the former are two to three times dearer than the latter, but the former are valuable lor their juices in addition to their nuiriii ve elements, ftew and waxy are said to be less digestible than old and mealy potatoes; but the time reqiiir-d for digestion may be re garded as nearly thesame for bread, viz., Irom two and a half to three and a half hours. Ten grains of potato consumed in the body pro duce heat sufficient to raise 2.6 pounds of water, one degree Fahren heit, or to lift 19.77 pounds one foot high. The water in which pota toes have been boiled is not used for food, for it is not only nearly dtstituteof nutritive matter, but it is said to contain it does contain, C. 11. L. substances which are deleterious to he 1th. The effect of eating good potatoes, whether new or old, is less than that of rice." Tliouirlits for Saturday Nhjht. The body is the shell of the soul and the dress is the husk of the body; but the husk often tells what the kernel is. Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat froui it we shall advance in it, and the further on we go the more we have to come back. The symptoms of spiritual decline are like those which attend the de cay ol our bodily health. It gener ally commences with loss of appe tite, and a disrelish for spiritual food. Every kindly word and feeling, every good deed anil thought, every nohle action and impulse, is like the ark-sent dove, and returns from the troubled waters of life bearing a green olive brunch to the houl. A man that puts himself on the ground of moial principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all. Never be afraid of being in the minorities, so that minorities are based on principles. Many of us have to lament not so much a want of opportunities in life as our unreadiness for them as they come, and ,44it might have ' been" is oftener the language of ' our hearts, than complaining words. Uod sends us "nax," nut our "spin die and distaff" are out of repair. Better a thousand fold sacrifice I ! elegance than fervor ; better crucify refined taste than quench holy pas Uion ; better have the outward j forms of devotion imperfect and , inartisiic, thaii lose thespirit which alone gives them value; better that music snouiu ue. iiiscoruant man siHilless, tiie prayers broken audi rugged than cold and undevout, the I altar bare and unattractive than the ' fir,- that ought to burn on it extin- gu --bed, the temple nude and un- snapely than the God absent. j Fashion. Notes. Black silks embroidered in col ors arevery fashionable. In hair ornaments ruby garnet headbands are new. Few, if any, brides this season have worn white satin. Marabout feather head-dresses are worn now by the dowagers. About a yard and a quarter of material makes the rear overskiri just now. Bead, jet and ball fringe retain their weli-earned popularity. Scotch -plaid jewelry may be con sidered fashionable to a certain ex tent. There is no change whatever in bonnets. The rakish; jaunty and flaring head-gear prevails. Short walking skirts are fast wan ing in popularity. The silly fash ion was carried to a ridiculous ex treme. The new crystal lockets introduc ed for the holidays are very pretty and destined to attain general popu larity. In full dress toilets overskirts are shams and merely simulated by means of clever and adroit trim ming. There is some probability of the revival of crinoline in all its glory next summer. The occasion regret. news ought to Our belles are wearin&r the lanre lacecollars after the styie of those worn fifty or sixty years ago by our grand-mothers. Sealskin has had its day for the time being. It is cheaper and more common this year than it lias ever been. Black velvet (small) muffs, trim med with fur or wide black satin ribbon, continue the most fashiona ble. Martha Washington breakfast caps for young married ladies are new. Tey are not especially pret- iy,i.u ii .uaiumevei w me one sue must have looked a veritable iruv? The side pockets are now made for evening dress entirely of flow ers. The band from the waist-belt is also covered with flowers, and a very pretty effect is produced. The finest French flowers are used. A new style of trimming light silk evening toilets is bands of silk a shade darker, over which is fine Hamburg insertion, edged on either side with narrow lace. For domolselles who admired large earrings, a new style just in troduced is the head of a stuffed humming-bird with diamond eyes, enclosed in a wide hoop of burnish ed gold. They are rather 44 over whelming." The standard mode of trimming street dresses is with kelt-plated flounces and deep overskirts (apron front,) and sash ends of the same material behind. The bustle is worn by many, although it cannot be said to be generally fashionable. Velveteen is very little worn this season. There is iittle if anyecono my in buying this mairial, more especially as velvet was never so cheap as now. 1 Many ball costumes this season, of silk, are trimmed with feather trimming of the same shade as the dress, and simulate the over.-kirt. The floral necklaces now so fash ionable are made of wax, paper, or linen flowers. They fall below the bust and form a very beautiful ornament. The Belles of the Bible. It is an interesting fact, and true to a great extent, that the styles of dress and ornaments of the Hebrew ladies of the present day and, in fact, the prevailing toilet of all la dies is much the same as during the time of Solomon. With ail the changes and variations, of centuries; the gradations of chignons and crin olines, we now find much of the simple grace and easy symmetry of ancient Greece. The Scriptures narrate a great many things about the style of dress worn in the time of Solomon, and in the laws of Moses several direc tionsare given concerning garments worn by the Israelites. In the Book j of Judges the girls of that period are , described by Deborah as 44 A prey of! divers colors of needlework," while I Samuel says, 44 Their clothing- is of silk and purple." In the frequent j intercourse between the Jewish and i other nations, the ladies, tired oi became impatient at the dresses, and Isaiah denounces the 44 women of the period," living for nothing but dress and flirtation, with one j desire to 44 see and be een." The tunica worn by the ladies in.' the time of Solomon was much like ' the polonaise of to-day, and the belts with fancy clasps now worn are about j the same as the leather gird ies and silver buckles worn of old. We aiso ' .-.i...t rKor tMfr.a u-rn ; 11 IJVt f -w t a - h ' s.v - ' to dresses, and that camel's hair shawls were common. Embroider- I ed mantles, fastened with golden i pins, are ateo spoken of. The hair ! was also oiled, dyed, and put up in j coils ; I if tie curls were let hangover ; the forehead, and, strange to say, j the girls of Solomon's time, it is stated, used. paint. ; Veils were worn, and sandals ! were made of blue and violet-color-1 ed leather, with fancy latchets. So!- omon, as it is related, said to a Shu- LJ ";"'" ims yet come over is to arrive UlCia-lllUll.TUl K.r... . . p j jf ... . iindr , v : .! tVo"; ' guidance of Col. McCarty, II 1 iwus JL 9iiui.-i A-i (jam in i 32. lamite, 44 How beautiful are ihy its t with shoes, O, princefs daughter." Hair nets were worn, and ear rings of ail forms and nun-!: value were common. Bracelets on the right arm, strings of i-earl and heavy an Id chains around the neck, rings on the fingers, and other ornaments, werf all word by the ancient He brew ladies. Left to IMc ... . . A horrible story is told in the A' lentown. Pa., Ifrrard, of a lunatic named Ivi HandWerk, who was discovered by a hunter on Blut' Mountain, imprisoned iu a brick cell about four feet jSquare, where he had been immured for twelve years. The father of ! young Hand werk died when the latter wa young, h aving him $5,000. The mother married a second hu-band. after which young Handwork wns bricked up in this prison in the woods, mikI left to live or parish as he might. After the discovery was made, the Coroner and others from Allentown, proceeded to the place in Washington Township, where Hand werk was found imprisoned and found a constable from Slating ton already making preparations for his removal. The iron bars guarding the entrance were taken down, and the unfortunate man va found lying on a patch of straw, nude and encrusted with dirt, while the surroundings were too filthy for description. His limbs had become paralyzed, and he was unable to i stand upright without assistance. It is that the reason given for his i"'(;ii.-!U(iiiiriu ill I o i s il 1 1 1 1 tieil was that it was unsafe for him to beat large, and that if he had been sent to a lunatic asylum, the money he possessed would have been appro priated by the State for his support. FTandwerk has beets sent to the County Alms-house. ! A Warning to Criminals. We should imagine; that the ter rible death of Douglas and Mosher at Bay Ridge, Long Island, and the grisly sight of their bodies lying in thi Brooklyn Morgue, would have I .1 . :' a depressing effect upon the gentle men who belong to the burglarious profession. Most undoubtedly in east side saloons, and! especially in the bucket shops along the river front, the circumstance has been discusspd, and bar-rooms held en tranced by the recital of the dead heroes' daring deed. But a sudden stoppage of a career , of crime as theirs was stopped, is dipt to rub the tinsel off the idea, if it ever existed. And there is no doubt that a taw dry fascination is excited over a certain class of people by the stories of felony written with such rose colored ink by Mr. Ainsworth and others of his ilk. Only the other day the police force of Philadelphia made a descent upon a cellar in which were a dozen or fifteen lads, constituting a juvenile gang ol thieves, each of ; Whom had been originally led . astray by the influ ence of the yellow j covered ro mances of crime. Perhaps Mosher and Douglas began in this manner. However they began, and however they have lived, it is; certain they have given in their death the most terrible emphasis to I that rather trite heading for a copy book, "Hon esty is the best policy. " The Shepherd Iogs. In Scotland they often lend shepherd dogs, and though their they perform their duty well they nevei make a mistake, and adopt the new master 44for good and all." A gentle man stopping for a few days with a shepherd's family, observed a fine dog come in every day at dinner time. He received his ration and then went away. 44I never see thai dogexcept at dinnertime," remark ed the guest, inquiringly. "The rea- M! is," said the farmer, 44 wt have lent him to our neighbor. Jamie N.co!, an' we j tell him to come home ilka day to his dinner When he gets hisdinner, puir beast, he goes awa back till bis work." Fine working dogs they have u Scotland, with a great deal of na tional good sense. Three dogs were lying asleep before the fire, when some one whistled tnem out. 44 Two arose and the other lay still. 4,It is odd," said the visitor, "that thi dog does not get up like the others." "It is no his turn," remarked the farmer, "he was oot a' the morn in A Great Hunt. The wild West of this continent is becoming a favorite hunting ground for sportsmen from, abroad. i he largest party of hunters that the who commanded a regiment of Texaus j during, the late war, went wit! ilrtA";"l,.?.u- if Z " ,ar , h. th French at Sedan, f ??n5lh? f. he Khedive of Egypt, rhe huntiin. Piiry for the Vest .will consist 01 English .gentlemen LTa and, (,- A f h,c'Hf rpTvera! Americans wii J, ' ' T"1 9tart'n ,,m Dallas, Texas. The nun will exteadoversix months througl. y"1. '"' ' T T- 7 ".. Z? V"'0'.' Tern tow, with a re urn n the au tumn to Kansw for buifalo hunting . ., A Canadian murderer wanted them to put off the day. of, execu tjon, owing to his being 'afflicte-' with the toothache ; but the shei irTs;iid he'd o-tit. fi ri to mill .w.v day and he couldn't possibly accom rnodate the prisoner. NO. i THE EiRAi. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. (SEE RATES OF SUBSCRIPTIOV ON THIS PAGE.) ! Job Work executed at short no tice and in a style u una r passed tjy any similar establishment in the StateJ RATES OF ADVERTISING Ono squaro, one time, - $ 44 44 two time, 44 three times, - 1 00 1 50 2 00 Contract advertisements taken at proportionately low rates. Ooli Fish. cjeih Utven says ..his as to the proper care and treat ment of gold fish: Never take the rish m your hand. If the aquari I um needs cleaning, make a net of j u, ,01 to netting and take the fish in it. There are imny gold fish killed by handling. Keep your aquarium clean, so ; that the water looks as clear as crystal. Wateii the i rish u little, and you - will find out I when they areallrighL Feed.lheul i all they will eat, and anything ihey I vvilt eat worms, meat, fish Water ) 1UK flsn Hpawn. Take ' great cajre j ,jiat vod take ail they do not 1 eat j out of the aquarium. Any decayed j n, .at or vegetables in the water has ! 4lll s,m.il to a fish that it does I i() yOU h the air. If your gold fish I iie, it is attributable, as a rule, to ,ne ,f the cause handling, siarva ; ti0n, or bad water, 1 ' The most repulsive .member of ihe Bnghtn aquarium, says the Danbury Xeicx man, was the octo pus. It is difficult to describe it. Its body is in front of its head, I and consists of a yellowish watery, bag, like that of a spider. Its bgs,, of which there are any number, are long and slimy, and armed their whole length with suction , tubes. Once fastened to au enemy , it would bea difficult matter for the unfortunate to escape. An octopus is the most dreadful lookingobject I ever saw. I would rather earrings than be an octopus. wear Work is going ahead on the Fay eiteviue and Florence Railroad. Says the Fayetteville Gazette? 44 To stand on the graded track and look along the line, it has Just the ap pearance of a railroad. There are only two things to make it appear still more so; the iron and the. en gines; and we are going to put them on, tot, when we get done the grad ing, o The Charlotte Southern Home say a: 44 Mr. Harry L. Groner hung him self in South Point township, Gas ton county, 011 the 23d December, 1874. H had given evidences of insanity some lime before. There was no reason for the suicide known to his most intimate friends. Mr. G. was a good citizen, and his sad fate has east a gloom over a large section of the country." An Irishman asked a woman the price of a pair of fowls and is told a dollar. 44A dollar it is, my darlint? , Why in my country you might buy them for sixpence apiece." 44And why didn't you stay in that blessed cheap country?" "Och, faith, and there was no . pence there, to be sure I" English Land Owners. The number of land owners in England is constantly decreasing. Two cen turies ago it was about 200,000. In I80I the census reported the num ber at only SOIS, and 1871 It was reduced to 22.I31. The incomes of the landed proprietors have increas ed immensely. A lad who borrowed a dictionary to read, returned it after he got through, with the remark : "It was werry nice reading,.' but it somehow changed the--subject wer ry .often." It was his sister that thought the first ice cream she tast ed was 11 little touched with the frost. : An old bachelor says: "When I remember all the girls I've met to gether, I feel like a rooster in the tall exposed to every weather! I feel like one who treads alone some oarh-yard ull deserted, whose oats are fed, whose hens are dead, or all to market started," (k t When a Chicago, policeman goes behind a lumber pile aud shoots three balls through his hat, and runs up to headquarters and' tell about his adventure with the Ben ders of Kansas, they raise, his pay on the spot. Merit, is always re warded in Chicago. The exclamation of an old lady on hearing of the execution of a man who had once lived in the neighborhood was: 44 Well, I know'd he'd come to the gallows at last, for the knot in his handkerchief vas always slipping round his left ear At a meeting of the Republican Central Committee of New York, held on the 20th inst., resolutions were adopted sustaining President Grant and setting forth, that if any thing illegal was done, It transpired wiihdut the knowledge of the Ex ecutive. , - : . And when that blushingSan Fran cisco bride showed a check for a nillion to her husband he burst into i-ars, and exclaimed with 'Intense ervor : 44 And even this shall not separate us l";, , , Stove Polish and Soawuds.---If stove polish is mixed with soap juds,the lustre apnea s Immediate y, and the dust or the polish does iot fly around as it usually does. An Arkansas grocer has been sent to the penitentiary for six ears for -hooting a man who Vkeptr helping limself to the crackers.". People who dance never pay the fiddler. It Is those who get up the ball.
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1875, edition 1
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