North Carolina Newspapers

THE EBA. A RHPUBLICAN WEEKLY NEWS PAPER THE CENTRAL ORGAN OF THE PARTY. W. M. BROWX, Manager. THE ERA. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY (SEE RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION OX THIS PAGE.) serJnn Work executed at short no tice and in a stylo unsurpassed ly any Mimilnr establishment lit the Stat r. RATES OF ADVSRTISlixa : - One square, one time, - , - , $. 1 0o 44 44 two times, - ;- i 50 44 44 three timeji, -, - 2 00 Contract advertisements taken at proportionately low rates. OfFicKover the North Carolina Book store, corner or Fayetteville and Mor oni street, first door south of the Sute House. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION : One year, - - - - f2 10 Six months - - - - 1 0.5 Three months, - 55 Invariably in Advanck. -g VOL.. IV. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1875 NO.' 46. i i DIRECTOKY. I'ulted Stale fiorernntcul. I'Ivm S. Orant, of Illinois, Prei- .lciit. Henry Viloii, ofMm, V. President. Hamilton Fish.ofN. Y..Sec'y of State. Itenjauitu H. Bristow, of Kentucky, Stvretary of the Treasury. William W. Belknap, of Iowa, Secre tary of War. ,;tH.re M. Robeson, of New Jersey, secretary ( the Navy. ( ttiiiinbu.s Pelano, of Ohio, S-cretary .f the Interior. Meorge H. Williams, of Oregon, At torney fieneral. Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut, Post- masi ter fieneral. .supreme Court of the IT. S. Morrison R. Waite, of Ohio, Chief Justice. Nathan Clifford, of Me., Asso. Justice. Nah H. Swayne, of O., 44 M s.unuel F. Miller, of la., 44 44 h.ivid Davis, of 111., " 44 Stephen J. Field, of Cal., 44 44 William M. Strong.of Pa., 44 44 J,,eph P. Bradley.of N.J. 44 Wanl Hunt, of N. Y., Court meets first Monday in Oeeem-l-er, at Washington. V. '. Ilepreenlation in Congress. SKNATE. A. S. Merrimon, of Wake. Mat. W. Ransom, of Northampton. HOUSK OK BEPRKSEXTATI V KS. Ut District Jesse J. Yeatfts. J. A. Hynian. A. M. Waddell. Joseph J. Davis. A. M. Scales. Thomas S. Ashe. W. M. Bobbins. Robert B. Vance. :'h1 4th ;th tith 7th Mh lulled Slates Court. The stated terms of the U. S. Circuit ami District Courts are as follows : United States Circuit Court Eastern District North Carolina Held in Ral eigh first Monday in Juneand last Mon day in November. II. lu Bond, Circuit Court Judge; residence, Baltimore, Md. Ueo. W. Brooks, District Court Judge, K:istem District ; resid. Elizabeth City. U. S. Marshal, J. B. Hill; off., Raleigh. N. J. Riddick, Circuit Court Clerk; oiliee, Raleigh. EASTERN DISTRICT COURTS. Klizabeth City, third Monday in April and October. Clerk, M. B. Culpepper; rei., Eliz. City. Newbern, fourth Monday in April and October. Clerk.Oco. E. Tinker ; resi., Newbern. j Wilmington, first Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October. Clerk, Wm. larkins; resi., Wilming ton. Marshal, J.B. Hill, office, Raleigh. District Attorney, Richard C. Badger; residence. Raleigh. Assistant, W. II. Young, Oxford, r. s. rtmriT coirt western dist II. L. Bond.U. S. Circuit Court Judge, Baltimore, Md. Robert 1. Dick, U. S. District Judge, Western District ; resi., Greensboro. Robert M. Douglas, l S. Marshal ; llice, Greensboro. Circuit and District Courts in the Western District are held at the same time. Creen-sboro, first Monday in April and October. Clerk, John W. Payne; re i., Greens loro. States ville, third Monday in April and Vtober. CIf?rk, Henry C. Cowles; resi., States ville. Asheville.first Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October. Clerk, E. R. Hampton ; resi., Ashe ville. Virgil S. Lusk, U. S. District Attor ney ; residence, Asheville. Assistant, .:. Hall, ureensboro. i lulled Male Internal Iteveuue. I. J. Young, Collector Fourth District, otlioe, Raleigh. P. W. Perry; Supervisor Carolinas, A, office, Raleigh. Charles Perry. Assistant Supervisor, Haleigh. mint. Branch Mint oi the U. S. at Charlotte, (ovrrmiieiit of Portia Carolina EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Curtis II. Brogden.of Wayne, Governor. blm B. Neathery, Private Secretary. B. V. Armtield, of Iredell, Lieutenant iovernor, and President of the Senate. W.H.Howerton.of Rowan, Sec. of State. avid A. Jenkins, of Gaston, Treasurer. A. I). Jenkins, Teller. Itonald W. Rain, Chief Clerk. Johii Rcilly, of Cumberland, Auditor. Wm. P. Wetherell, Chief Clerk. s. D. Pool, of Craven, Supt. or Public Instruction. John C. Uormau.of Wake, Adj. Gen'ral. T. Ij. Hargrove, of Granville, Att. Gen W. C. Kerr, Mecklenburg, State Geolo gist. Thos. R. Puruell, ofForsythe, Libra'n. Henry M. Miller, ol Wake, Keeper of the Capitol. governor's council. The , Secretary ot State, Treasurer, Auditor and Supt. of Public Instruct'n. Institutions The University of North Carolina is at Chapel Hill. The Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind; the In sane Asylum and the State Penitentiary are at Raleigh. Doard mt Education. The Governor, Llentenant Oorernor, DIRECTORY. Secretary of State, Treasurer, Anditor, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney General constitute the State Board cf Education. The Gover nor is President, and the Superinten dent of Public Instruction, Secretary of the Board. Supreme Court. Richmond M. Pearson, of Yadkin.Cbief Justice. Edwin G. Reade.of Person, Asso. Justice. Wm. B. Rodman, Beaufort, 14 W. P. Bynum, Mecklenburg, Thomas Settle, Guilford, Tazewell L. Hargrove, of Granville, Re porter. W. II. Bagley, of Wake, Clerk. D. A. Wieker, of Wake, Marshal. Meets in Raleigh on the first Monday In January and June. Superior Courts. Samuel W. Watts, Judge 8ixth Judi cial District; residence, Franklinton. J. C. L. Harris, Solicitor, Raleigh. "Wake County Uorernment. Commissioners Solomon J. Allen, Chairman; Wm. Jinks, A. G. Jones, Wm. D. Turner, J. Robert Nowell. Sheriff S. M. Dunn. Superior Court Clerk Jno. N. Bunting. Treasurer David Lewis. Register of Deeds W. W. White. Coroner James M. Jones. ! Surveyor N. J. Whitaker. POETRY. Tim l'oor Man at the Gate of Paradise A Morning- Dream. IIV W. WAYBRIDOE, ESQ. A poor old man died on one bitter cold Jay, And directly to Paradise wended his way ; Saint Peter he met 'tin a dream I re late i With his great shining keys, keeping ward at the gate. Now, while standing here, with the Apostle conversing, The events of his journey to heaven rehearsing, He sees a rich townsman the crate is ajar Slip quietly by them and in through the bar. He listens; he hears peals of musicarise To welcome this man to his home in the skies ; But on entering himself, though bright visions fill His fancy with rapture, all i silent and still. 44 How is this ?" turning back to Saint Peter, his guide; In accents of wonder the poor man then cried: ".When my neighbor went in, sweetest music I heard ; Why is not the same honor on me now conferred ? 44 D'ye keep up the distinction here, please let me know, 44 Twixt the rich and the poor that we had down below ?" 4- Not at all," said Saint Peter ; 44 oh, no, not at all; Just as brothers we live in this ban queting hall ; 44 But poor lolks liko you, I am happy to say, By hundreds pass through the gate every day ; About once in a year comes a rich man along, Then all Paradise rings with a general song!' MISCELLANEOUS. John Harper, the Publisher. Mr. John Harper, of the well known publishing firm of Harper & Brothers, New York, died at half- past eight o'clock last evening, of paralysis, at his city residence, No. 234 Fifth Avenue, in this city, at the advanced age of seventy-eight years and three months. The Harpers' firm originally con sisted of James (born in 1795, died in New York March 17, 18G9) and John, whose death is above record ed (born January 22, 1797). They were the sons of Joseph Harper, whose occupation was that of a builder and were born and reared on a farm in the vicinity of what is now known as Newton, L. I. Their father was a man of sound common sense, a pious member of the Meth odist Episcopal Church, and to which the sons have always ad hered. James and John Harper were indentured apprentices to the printing business by their father, when they were of proper age. Early In the summer of 1817, hav ing just finished their term of ap prenticeship at the printing trade, they opened a modest printing office in the second story of a small wood en house on the corner of Front and Dover streets, in this city. When this little printing establishment was announced to the public the business of printing books was in its infancy in this country, and the venture of these young men was looked upon as almost desperate.. By great energy and industry, how ever, the firm prospered from the first. In a few years they found their quarters too limited and re moved to another building in Ful ton street, near Broadway. In 1823 a younger brother, Mr. Joseph Wes ley Harper, who had learned his trade of them, was given an inter est in the house. In 1825 they re- moved again to Pearl street, near Franklin square, and shortly after to Cliff street, where they purchased sheep, a double share comparative two small buildings and materially ly of cows, but only one pig to extended their business. In 1826 another brother, Mr. Fletcher Har- per, was admitted to partnership, and the style of the firm was changed, from J. & J. Harper to Harper Brothers. This was the origin oi what is now the largest book publishing firm in the world, On the 10th of December, 1853, a fire occurred in the building occupied by Harper Bros, through the care- lessness of a plumber and property to the value of $1,000,000 was de stroyed. With their characteristic energy they immediately deter mined upon rebuilding their estab lishment upon a scale that would have staggered the most prosperous commercial house. The new build ings were finished in 1854 and are the same which are now occupied by the firm. On the 25th of March, 1869, Mr. James Harper visited the store for the last time. On this oc casion he was in his usual health, and appeared to be possessed of un usually good spirits. He left the es- tablishment at an early hour, and, as was his usual custom, went to ride in Central Park. By an acci- cent ne was tnrown irom nis car riage and received injuries from which he died two days afterward. -V-V .a v w w I iis orotner, josepn w esiey liar- per, became so afflicted at the de- mise oi nis emer orotner tnat ne took sick and rapidly failed in health, and died on the 14th of reb- moijf, ioiu. After the death of his two broth- ers John Harper withdrew from active business and the firm was re organized by the admission of sev eral sons of the original partners. inese, aner receiving a careiui eau- cation, several oi tnem at uoiumbia College, entered the house, each serving a regular apprenticeship in some branch of the business. Mr. John Harper had been in very del icate health for upwards of a year past, being confined to his bed since last July. The last occasion of his being seen in public was during the latter part of the. mouth of May, 1874, when he indulged, at the ad vice of his physician, in a ride through Central Park. Of his im mediate family there remain two sons and three daughters to mourn their irreparable loss. New York Herald, 23d April. Horace Greeley's Daughters. A correspondent of the St. Louis limes recently had the pleasure of an introduction to the daughters of Horace Greeley. She grows rhap sodical about them, describing them as both beautiful and accomplished. It was at a reception given some literary and artistic people at the residence of Mrs. Cleveland, the sis ter of Mr. Greeley. From 3 o'clock till 7 there was a constant coming and going, two rooms and the cor ridor being all the time comfortably full. It was purely an intellectual feast, there being no refreshments. Mrs. Cleveland, her two daughters (one of them an authoress) and the Misses Greeley were constant in their attention to their guests, con versing in turns with all with ad mirable ease. The elder Miss Gree ley is very pretty ; indeed, both of them are charming, resembling their mother, looking more like Italian girls, with their dark eyes, clear brunette complexions and chesnut-colored hair, than like Americans or daughters of the fair and guileless Horace. They were dressed in half mourning, and with out ornaments of any description. Neither affects or pretends to be lit erary, yet are well posted as to books, and have traveled extensive ly, having made the tour of Europe some seven or eight times. Some important discoveries of Roman remains have lately been made at South Shields, near the mouth of the Tyne, on the suppos ed site of in ancient fortification. They, consist of a column twelve feethigh'and a number of Roman oins and other things. A baby in Milwaukee has been christened 44 Zero," in honor of the cold Sunday upon which he was 1 om. Live Stock and Population. Prof. Thorold Rogers, of Oxford University, England, has made up a curious return of the proportion of domesticated live stock to popu lation in the most prominent coun tries in the world. It shows the following results : Great Britain has one cow to every twelve persons, a sheep for everybody, and a pig for every six. France has a like proportion of every six persons. The Swedes have a cow between three and one-half of them, a sheep between two and three-quarters, and a pig to a bakers dozen. There are as many sheep as there are Norwegians in Norway, when they are all at home, and two and one half of them (the Norwegians) are entitled to a cow. Thev can have only one-eighteenth of a pig each. Denmark has a cow for three per sons, as many sheep as persons, and a pier lor lour anu three-quarters persons. Prussia, with her usual uniformi ty, has an equal number cf cows and pigs, one to every five inhabit ants, besides a sheep apiece all around. Wurteraburg has a quarter as many cows as people, a sneep to two and three-quarters, and a pig to every seven. Bavaria rates the same as Wur- temburg as to cows and sheep, and is as much better off for pigs as one- fifth is better than one-seventh. Saxony has a sheep and a pig for every eight persons, and a cow for every six. Holland has a cow to every lour. a sheep to every four, and a pig to twelve persons. Belgium, a cow to six, a sheep to nine, and a pig to eight, (which is a Hibernicism.) Austria nas a cow lor every six persons, and a sheep and a vis for every five persons. Switzerland runs up to the Swe dish standard on cows one to three and one-half persons and has a 8heep for five, and a pig for every oPVPn .imi onp-hulf seven and one-half persons. We Americans close the list with a cow for every lour of us, a sheep apiece, one pig to every one and one-half. Mural New Yorker. Heavy Hearts. Trouble is trouble whatever it comes from. One may be foolish to have a heavy heart from a light cause, out who can alter tne iacc, n it is one ? It is not only the beggar . t . on tne steps wnom we migntpity, if we knew all, but the fine lady and the rich gentleman who seem so enviable. Other things come to aome and shun others ; with all love does not dwell, and to some poverty seems kin, and to others wealth. But all have sorrow with them ere the first gray hair glistens. The lips may laugh and the heart make moan. Life may be a burthen though the feet dance. You could show me a grave and you an empty cradle and you some withered flowers, and an old letter or two; and if you sorrow you suffer, though the cause seem light to others. There may be as much pain in those dead vio lets as in the grave and many a woman can matcn against tne iosi child of another the dream-child never born. So the lost lover may give no more woe than the lover watched for, but never coming, until Sister Ann, in the lonely tower, grows gray with waiting and seeing no one. What we have, what we have not, and what we have had, may all be troubles nay, what we only fear often makes the heart ache ; and I often think that if the conventional masks could be lifted at some great assemblage, and the truth were forced out of the lips uttering merry nothings, the air would be full of wailing, and woeful eyes would meet each other, and each would cry to each : And you also grieve as I do?" Mary Kyle Dallas. 44 When I was traveling," said a traveler, 14 1 had a seat with the driver, who, on stopping at the post-onice saluted an ill-looking fellow on the steps with, 4 Good morning, Judge Sanders; I hope you're well, sir?'. After leaving the office, I asked the driver if the man he spoke to was really a judge. 4 Certainly, sir,' he replied. 4 We had a cock fight last week, and he was made a judge on that occa- sion. There are more men ennobled by study than by nature. Cicero. Two Covers Cast Ashore on a Desert Isle. An English newspaper publishes a singular deposition made by one Austin Gray, an Englishman, and the son of a clergyman. The de position sets forth that Gray and a young lady named Flora Locke, daughter of an officer in an India regiment, took passage for India in a sailing vessel, name not given, commanded by Captain Gark. Du ring the voyage the Captain's ad miraton for his fair passenger in creased daily, and he was contin ually proposing to marry, while she, with equal perseverance, was declining his offers. The voyage might have terminated happily, with nothing to mar the pleasing monotony of offer and rejection, but for the discovery of Captain Gark that Miss Locke loved Austin Gray. The skipper offered to marry her once more, but receiving the usual reply, ordered the lovers to be iron ed. Next day, by some unkind geographical mischance, they sight ed land, which was a barren island. The passengers were put ashore and ironed to the rocks, like a double edition of Andromeda and Perseus. Gark left them his blessing and two days' provisions, upon which, after freeing .themselves from their fet ters, they subsisted for five days, when the good ship Albatross" conveniently took them off to In dia, where " we arrived safely and were married immediately." It was a romantic and uncomfortable adventure, and if true, Capt. Gark ought to be spoken to seriously about it. The Slanderer. There is no character more thor oughly contemptible than the slanderer. The slanderer necessa rily deals in falsehood and deceit, and will stop at no crime which may tend to gratify his malignant propensities. Nothing is more beautiful than religion, coupled with sincerity : nothing is more re volting to the mind than an affec tation of religious feeling, beneath which all is shallowness and hy pocrisy. 'The slanderer seeks the hospitality of an individual learns all the little secrets and peculiarities of opinion possessed by his enter taineraffects to play with his chil drenbreak bread with him (a cir cumstance sacred even amongst savages) and then departs to com mence his work of defamation against the very man who received him as a friend. The slanderer obtains the evidence of individuals under a solemn promise, ratified with an oath in the sight of heaven, not to abuse that confidence, and then he hastens to divulge to his brother-slanderers all he has heard. Hence is it that the slanderer is usually a hypocrite, because he en deavors to conceal his selli.shue.rs and malignity beneath the cloak of religion. He is naturally an unhap py man his conscience is an evil one and his pillow is covered with thorns. The success of otheris galling to him ; their misfortunes are by him construed into crime. He is uncharitable in all hU senti ments and opinions: his bosom is tilled with bitterness and gall. Ex change. Novcl Cure for Love. A new and amusing cure for love has lately been found effective in a fashionable Parisian fauburg. The son of a wealthy nobleman became enamored of his father's concierge, (door porter,) and determined to marry. The aristocratic papa op posed, but moved at lat by the despair of his son, gave his consent with the proviso that the smit ten youth should go to sea for twelve months before the marriage. Shortly after his departure, thefath er, who had previously observed an embonpoint in the young intended, took her under his especial charge, gave her the most nourishing and succulent food and wines, forbade her to taue exercise, as unbecoming in his future daughter, and, in fact, stall-fed her to such an extent that when the enamored swain returned from his year's voyage he was hor rified to find, instead of the slender, elegant girl he left, an immensely fat woman, as big as two Albion3 rolled in one. Of course the ruse was successful, and the unfortunate victim of good cheer has been pen sioned off. A schoolkoy being asked by the teacher how he should flog him, re- ! ! plied: 44 If you please, sir, I should like to have it on the Italian sys temthe heavy strokes upwards, and the down ones light." Mechanical Genius. 1 know at least a score of men who though intelligent enough in other respects do not know how to drive a nail in a workmanlike man ner. As boys, they were educated with a view to practicing certain vocations or professions, and me chanical arts were completely ig nored by their unwise parents or guardians. Now it is essential to every man lawyer, preacher, phys ician, merchant to know some of the principles of mechanical art, and how to apply them for no man leads an industrious life Without very frequently seeing the use of such knowledge. There are certain mechanical rules that apply to at most every piece of work that man attempts to perform, from the fold ing of a paper to the matching to gether of two boards, and the bun gling manner in which these things are generally done shows how little idea men have of mechanism. Then, fathers, whether city men or country men, fit up a workshop for your boys. A small set of tools of the best material will not cost much not more than ten or twelve dollars at most, and they'll soon return to you thrice their value in the good accomplished. Where there is a comfortable workshop supplied with good tools, the boys are seldom known to leave it upon leisure days to loaf in the streets. If nothing else is given them to do, they will be manufacturing wind-mills, sleds, weather-cocks, hand-carts, etc., and every hour thus employed adds to their skill as workmen. Very soon they will be able to make rainy days as profitable as others, repair ing or making very many import ant fixtures about the house. Ex change. The Empress Eugenie. An interviewer recently visited the Empress Eugenie for the pur pose of learning something of her ideas concerning the status of Im perialism in France. Her Majesty, it appears, was slightly indisposed when the interviewer called. Her Majesty reclined among pillows, decked with a dainty little white lace cap with blue ribbons, and a handsome white dress rich with lace and embroidery, and tied at the throat with a blue tie. A tiny table held a cup of chocolate and a silver tray of bonbons, while anoth er little table held a draught-board with the men in position, which showed that she had been playing. Her Majesty, we arc told, "smiled on seeing the interviewer, and, af ter a talk about the political situa tion, the interviewer was permit ted to retire." 4i On going out," concludes the writer, 44 I. turned to take a last look of the beautiful em press who had carried all hearts by storm be they of kings or peas ants. She lay back there, her rich golden hair loosely caught under the tiny, coquettish bit of lace and ribbons, the fair fulness of shoulders, and bust half revealed through the embroidery on her dress, and the tower-like strength of her round, white neck, made more marked by the blue tie. Thesoft, white hands are as plump and dimpled as those of a baby, and her complexion is still delightfully clear and fine. The profile is clear cut and of a high cast of beauty, and her mouth is a marvel of sweetness and sadness, except when she smiles. She bade me aurevoir instead of 44 good-bye," and some day I hope to pass anoth er hour with the queenliest queen of all the ex-Empress of France." The Worst Punishment. " You do not look as if you had prospered by your wickedness," said a gentleman to a vagabond, one day. " I haven't prospered by it!" cried the man. 44 It's a business that doesn't pay. If I' had given half the time to some honest call ing which I have spent in trying to get a living without work, I might be a manof property and character instead of the hometes wretch l am." He then told his history, and end ed by saying : 44 1 have been twice in prison, and I have made acquaintance with all sorts of miseries in my life ; but I will tell you, my worst punishment i3 in being what I am." Men can steal our money, and rob us oi our reputation, but no man can defraud U3 of what we are. It is an excellent rule to be ob served in all disputes, that men should feive soft vvord3 and hard ar guments ; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince an opponent. American Wonders. The greatest cataract in the world is the Falls of Niagara, near Lock port, N. Y., where tho water from tho great upper lakes forms a river of three-quarters of a1 mile in Width, and then being suddenly contract ed, plunges over the rocks Jn two columns to tho depth of one hun dred and seventy feet each. The greatest cavo in the world is the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, where any one can make a Voyage on the waters of ii subterranean river and catch fish that are with out eyes. I , . - The greatest river in the World istheMississlppi, four thousand one hundred milej long.) r j The largest valley tin the world is the valley of tho Mississippi. It contains five hundred thousand square miles, and is pno of the most fertile and prolific Regions of tho globe. The greatest city park -in the world is in Philadelphia. It con tains over 2,000 acres. The greatest grain port In the world is Chicago. i The largest lake in tho u'orid is Lake Superior, which is trutV an inland sea, being four hundred; and thirty miles long and one thousand feet deep. ) The longest railroad in the world is the Pacific Railroad, over 0,000 miles long. j ' The greatest natural bridge in tho world is the Natural Bridge over Cedar Creek, in Virginia. It ex tends across a chasm eighty feet in width and two hundred and fifty feetin depth, at the bottom of which the creek flows. The greatest mass of solid iron in the world is tho Iron Mountain of Missouri. It is three hundred and fifty feet high, and two miles in cir cuit, i A German Breakfast Tabic. There is no family breakfast table where sons and daughters gather round the board. We look in vain for the damask table cloth, the steaming urn, the symmetrical ar rangements of plate and china, that welcome us in the middle class English household. No trim girls in bright cotljon or well-cut homespun gowns; rio young. men, whose.fresh faces tell of tubs and Turkish towels, aroj here to greet us. There may be a linen cloth upon the table (the ugh even this detail is far from general), and there will be a coffee-pot, and milk jug, and sugar-basin, set down any how anywhere ; a basket, either of wicker or Japan, piled up with fresh tiemmelen, perhaps' a stray, plate or two ; a disorderly group o." cups of different colors and designs: no butter ; no knives and forks; nossiblv a plate wil h a few milk- rolls, of somewhat ii ner Hour-than the ordinary; ana the breakfast equipage is complete. The nrst comer will help her or himself to coffee and rolls, probably eating and drinking like peripatetic philoso phers, tor there is ho inducement to 44 sit down and jmako yourself comfortable." If itibe winter time, the coffee-pot and milk-jug will le placed on tho stov instead of on the table ; and the njext comer will go through the sajnie formula of solitary feeding, departing, Jis the case may be, for the enjrtyment of the pont-prundial' cigar, br tb sup plement the somewhat scantily rep resented 44 mysteries of the toilet." The last comer W!li;enjoy th; dregn of tho coffee-not and the drains of the milk-jug on an oil-cloth cover . . . or erumphd table cloth, slopjKd with the surplusage of successive coffee-cup.-, and besprinkled wJth the crumbs of consumed'J-olls. Superlative Shlitlcsuiess. CoL Finnesan was a Honda planter, wealthy ijmd hospitable. Towards the poor he was always kindand even ihe shiftless he wou hi not turn coldly away. A man who had often been the subject of bin bounty was named Jake Hartruff. Jake was a Kpiatter in the woods, where he had a log cabin, t and a small clearing. Upon his land he sometimes raised corn, and with his gun he captured t game. Of the game he ate the fiesh.and the skin he traded for whiskty. -Long be fore the winter was over, he was t . MP i f. lft. sure to no out oi corn, in which emergency he would bring-his bag to the colonel for a Supply ; and the supply was general I y furnished. Once upon a time Jake came with his bag very early in theseason,- In fact, the winter had just set in. 44 Why, how is lliis, Jake?" de manded Finnegan. , 44 Seems to me . i it you are ratner eariy in your- can lor corn." j 44 Well, Colonel, Ijact is, my crop failed this yer season." "Failed! How i. that? I thought it had been an uncommonly good season for corn." t 44 Yass, I s'poso It has, ColoneIt But y'sce I forgqt to plant !" Two men named Charles H. Mil ler, simultaneously had divorce suits in a New Haven court. A de cree in one case 'was granted. Both Millers took the decision for their own, and remarried, and the Mil ler who isn't diw reed, therefore, has two wives on nd. Wrhen a Western man gets a ("I vorcefrom a crusading and strong minded wife the papers say 44 Mr. So-and so has resigned hi3 position as husband for Mrs. So-and-so." ' Tt ipfwv enouerh tdma'ietho ao quiintance of applQ dealers1 Buy their fruits ye sliall fenolfeli2.,,-