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RALEIGH, K. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1875.
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I ii i i MHlro ;ortrmuiit.
I i S. J run l, of lllinoi, I'resi-
,1-nt.
Il.nrv WiNoti. of Ma?., V. President.
Miniiltoii Kili.ol N. Y..Sec'y offc-'tate.
t:, nj iiiiiii II. I5risuw, f Kentucky,
H.,Tf lary of the Treasury.
William V. lU-lknaj, of Iowa, Sec re
, irv ..f War.
t;.-.riM- Uleson, of New Jersey,
S. . ri-l:iry oi me
t'..:uiuSiiH IM.mo, of Ohio, S cretary
l t!.f Interior.
IMm.-ihI rierr-Hnt, of New York,
im v Jeneral.
M;in.li.ill Jewell, of Connecticut, It
m itr Jeneral.
suprriiif Court of the If. S,
M ,rri-"n K. Waite, of Ohio, Chief
Jutiee.
Nathan Cli!l nl,of Me., A-wn. J notice.
.. i!i II. Sway tie, of ().,
S.iium I V. Milh'r, of la., "
lu i.l l.i i. f HI-. "
i,-lii'it .1 . Field, of Cal.. "
William M. Stroiiu.ol'Pa., 44
j.. .h l I'.radlcv.of N..I. " "
Waul I hint, of N. Y.. ' "
foiirt mct-l irt Monday in Dceem
U r, at Washington.
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SKNATK.
A. S. Merriiiion, of Wake.
Mil. W. Kaiiom, ol Northampton.
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S: li-lrirt- .!. J. Yeate.
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A. M. Wiuhlell.
Joseph J. Davis.
A. M. Scales.
Thom iH s. Ah.
W. M. Kohi. ins.
Kobt-rt It. Vance.
United SI Mr Courts.
Tin stated termn of the U. S. Circuit
si. Ii-tri't Court. are a follows :
l'nit-l Slater Circuit Court Eastern
lilricl North Carolina Held in Kiil
lirL Monday in .Jiiueand last Mn:i
il.iv in NovciiiIkt.
II. I- llond. Circuit Court Jule;
rii.icmc. I:ilt iiiior', Md.
;. W. llriNiks, Histrict Court Judi;e(
Intern iistrict ; ri'sid. Elizalieth City.
C. S. Marshal. J. It. Hill; ott"., Kaleih.
N. J. Kitldick, Circuit Court Clerk;
'tlii-e, Kalei;h.
kastkkn nisruirr courts.
K!i-ilx't!i city, tin rl Monday in April
au.l OctolKT.
Clerk. M. It. CuIiH'pittT ; resi., Eli
C'lr. j
Newbern, fourth Mon.'ay in April i
m l cto!er. I
i '!-r'K,i ieo. E. Tinker; resi., Newbern. i
Wiiminuton, first Monday after the j
fourth Monday in April and October. j
rierk, Wm. lirkins; n-si., Wiluiiuj;- i
t-'ii. j
Marsha!, J. It. Hill, office, Kalei-h.
histriot Attorney, Kichard C. ltader;
t--i.leice, Kaleih.
Assistant, W. H. Y011115J, Oxford.
I. s. fiuri'lT riU'KT WKSTKRN IIST
II. Ij. ltond, C S. Circuit Court Jiulge,
I'.illimore, Md.
K.Urt 1. Dick, U. S. District Jiulge,
Western District ; resi., Greensboro.
Koliert M. Douglas, IT. s. Marshal ;
Hire, (ireenslMrn.
Circuit and District Courts in the
Western District are held at the same
tiitK
(rtvnsboro, first Monday in April
and Octolier.
I'lerk, John W. Payne; re- i., Greens
lro. Statesville, third Monday in April and
'Vtober.
I'lerk, Henry C. Cowle; resi., States
ville. Asheville,tlrst Monday after the fourth
Monday in April ami Octolier.
Clerk, E. K. Hampton; ifsi., Aslio-
Ville.
Virgil S. Lusk, U. S. District Attor
ney ; residence, Asheville.
Assistant, W. S. Hall, (J reensb.ro.
I uited Stiilen Internal ICevciiue.
I.J. You iiij.Col lector Fourth District,
f'I!i.-e, Ualci-h.
I'. W. Perry, Sujrvisor Carolinas,
Ae., oifice, Italcigli.
Charles Perry. Assistant Su jervisor,
R.ileiuh.
Mint.
branch Mint oi the IT. S. at Charlotte.
(uverniueut of ortlt Cnroliua
KXKCUT1VK DKPARTMKXT.
Curtis 11. Bregden.of Wayne, Governor.
J,,lin II. Neathery, Private Secretary.
H. F. Arnitield, of Iredell, Lieutenant
Governor, and President of the Senate.
U.1I. Hovserton.of Kowau, Sec of State.
I'avid A. Jenkins, of Gaston, Treasurer.
A. D. Jenkins, Teller.
Iona!d W. Bain, Chief Clerk.
John Keilly, of Cumberland, Auditor.
Win. p. Wetherell, Chief Clerk.
l. Pool, of Craven, Supt. v f Public
Instruction.
Jhn C. Gorman, or Wake, Adj. Gen' ral.
T. 1 H:irj;rive, of Granville, Alt. Gen
C. Kerr, Mecklenburg, State Gedo
pisU II. Purnell, of Forsythe, IJbra'n.
Henry M. Miller, ol Wake, Keeper of
the Capitol.
goverxqr's couxciu
Tlie Secretary ot SUite, Treasurer,
Auditor and Supt. of Public Instruct'n.
IntItutions
The University of North Carolina is
Chapel HilL. The Institution for the
leaf and Dumb and the Blind ; the In
ane Asylum and the State Penitentiary
re at Raleigh,
Ilardf Education -
The Governor, Lieutenant, Clovernor
iiki:ctouv.
Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor,
Siiperintendeiit of Public. Instruction
ana Attorney iJenerat ntiiutn rhn
ULOe iVtanl of Ktlueution. The (tover-
nor I President, ami the Superinten
dent of Public IiiKtruction, Secretary of
the Itoard.
.Supreme Conrl.
Kh-hnioud M. Pearson, of Yadkiu.Chief
JuMtiee.
11 win ;. Ileade.of Person, A so. J list ice.
Win. It. Ilodman.lteatifort, "
W. P. Itynuin, Met.-klenburg,
Thomas Settle, Guilford. "
Tazewell L. Hargrove, ofGranville. lie-
porter.
W. If. Itagley, of Wake, Clerk.
I). A. Wicker, of Wake, Marshal.
Meets in Kaleigh on the first Monday
in January and June.
Superior Courts
Samuel W. Watts, Judge Sixth Judi
cial District; residence, Frank linton.
J. C. T. Harris, Solicitor, llaleigh.
Wake County Cioveriiuieiit
Commissioners Solomon J. Allen,
Chairman: Win. Jinks, A. G. Jones,
Win. D. Turner, J. Robert Nowell.
Sheriff S. M. Dunn.
SujeriorC.urt(Ierk Jno. N. Ituntin.
1 Treasurer David Lewis.
terister of Deeds W. W. White.
Coroner James M. Jones.
Suiveyor N. J. Whitaker.
City tioveriiineut.
Mayor J. H. Separk.
Aldermen first M'urd Jjis. McKee,
John Armstrong, H. J. Hamill. Second
H',trd I. J. Nowell, W. II. Martin,
Stewart Ellison. Third WnrdV. V.
IVseud, Jr., John C. Blake. Wm. C.
Stron ich. U. II. Bradley. J. C. It.L'ttle.
Fourth irtni H. C. Jones, James H.
Jones. James H. Harris. Fifth Ward
P. C. Flemiujf, J. Hullin Williams, K.
II. Jones.
Trejisurer Lh. I). lleartt.
Clerk and Collator George H.. Wil
liams. Chief Police B. C. Manly.
POETRY.
The Host liclovctl.
HY A. J. KEQUIKR.
I live for thee, my beautiful, my own !
' For that dear hand which thou didst
lay in mine
One matchless eve, and the confiding
tono
That breathed in music. "I am ev r
thine!'
For thy cheeks, whose deep vermillion
dyes
Are drifts of sunset in a lake of snow ;
Ami the perplexing circles of those eyes
Where mirth and feeling jet and over
flow. For our first meeting, with its fresh ro
mance Of budding myrtles u)kn azure bands ;
And the long night if that enduring
trance
When angels almost tore thee from
my hands !
For Love's young dawning dipt in
llowing jars
Of pearls anl rubies; ami the bridal
mist
Of diamonds powdered into infinite
stars
Beyond a twilight bridged with ame
thyst !
For all thou hast been and for all thou
art !
For -all the memories of our mated
past ;
For all the .struggles which cement the
heart
That feels and owns its counterpart at
last..
I live for thee, my beautiful, my own!
For thee thee only thus supremely
blest ;
Tost by the surge and by the tempest
blown,
My soul renews its plumago on thy
breast.
MISCELLANEOUS.
1111 CO 1ENA.
I In OrlfjrliiA lleautifnl Story.
There was once u beautiful prin
cts who had a great fondness for
almonds, and ate them constantly,
but nothing would induce her to
marry, and in order to rid herself
of her suitors, of whom there were
a great number, she invented the
following device : To every prince
who sought her hand, she presented
the half of a double almond, while
she ate the other half, and said : 'If
your lordship can succeed in getting
me to take anything from your hand
before I say the word'I remember,'
then I am ready to become your
bride. But on the contrary, you re
ceive anything from me, without
thinking to speak these words, then
you must agree to 'have 3our hair
shaven entirely otf your head and
leave the kingdom."
This, however, was an artful strat
agem, for, accordiug to the court
custom, no one dared to hand any
thing directly l9. the princess, but
first lo the court lady who theh of
fered it to her. Uut if, on the other
hand, the princess should desire to
tjivH or take anythii g who could
refuse her? So it was useless for her
-tiitors to make the trial, for when
th-y fnied likely to Im successful,
and had diverted the princess bo
thatsho was about totakes-imething
from them the court lady always
sfcpHt lietwcen, and spoiled the
lnst laid plan.
When the princess wished to dis
ps of urn of them, she would ap
wr so Huirni'ng and encouraging
to him. that he would be entirely
fascinated, and when he sat at her
feet, overcome with joy, then she
would seiz upon anything near
her, as though by accident : 'Take
this a a remembrance of me," and
when he had it in his hands, before
he could think or speak the necessa
ry words, thre would spring out at
him, from it, ierhaps a frog or hor
net, or a bat and so startle him that
he would forget the words. Then,
upon the spot, he was shaven and
away with him. This went on for
some years, and in all the places of
the other kingdoms the princes wore
wigs. Thus came to be the custom
from I hat time.
Finally it happened that a for
eign prince came upon some pecu
liar business. He thought her very
beautiful, and at once perceived the
stratagem. A friendly- little gay
man had given him an apple that
once a year he was privileged to
smell, and then there came in his
mind a very wise . idea, and he had
become much renowned on account
of his deep wisdom. Now, it was
exactly time for him to make use
of this apple. So, with the scent
from it came this warning :
"If thou wouldst win in thegame
of giving and taking, under no cir
cumstances must thou either give or
take anything."
So he had his hands bound in his
belt, and went with his marshal to
the palace, and asked to be allowed
to eat his almond. The princess was
secretly much pleased with him,
and immediately handed him an al
mond which his marshal took and
placed in his mouth. The princess
inquired what this meant, and,
moreover, why he constantly car
ried his hands in his girdle.
He replied that at his court the
custom was even more strongly en
forced than at hers, and he dared
not to give or take anything with
his hands, at the most, with only
his head ami feet. Then the prin
cess laughed and said :
"In this case we will never be
able to have our little game togeth-
er.
lie sighed and answered :
"Not unless you will be pleased
to take something from my boots."
"That can never happen !" ex
claimed the whole court.
"Why have you come hither?"
asked the princess angrily, "when
you have such stupid customs ?"
"Because you are so beautiful ;"
replied the prince. "And if I can
not win you I may at least have the
pleasure of seeing you."
"On the other hand, I have no
similar gratification," said she.
So the prince remained at the pal
ace, and he pleased her more ami
more, but when the humor seized
her, she tried in ever manner to
persuade him to take his hands
from his girdle, and receive some
thing from her. She also entertain
ed him charmingly, and frequently
offered him flowers, bonbons and
trinkets, and finally her bracelet,
but not once did he forget and
stretch out his hand to take them,
for the pressure of the girdle re
minded him in time. So he would
nod to his marshal, and he received
them saying: "We remember"
Then the princesM would become
impatient and'Would exclaim: "My
handkerchief has fallen I Can your
lordship pick it up for me?" Where
upon the prince would fasten his
spur into it and wait carelessly,
while the princess would have to
bend and remove it from his Kot,
angrily saying "I remember."
'rhus a year passed away, and the
princess said to herself :
"This cannot remain so. It musl
be settled in one way or the other."
. She said to the prince :
"I have one of the finest gardens
In the world. I will show your lord
ship over it to-day."
The prince smelt his apple, and
as they entered the garden, said :
It is very needful here, and in
order that Ave may walk near each
other iu peace, and not to be dis
turbed by the desire to try our game,
I beg you, my lady, that for this
one hour you will take upon you
the custom of my court, and let your
hands alo be fastened. Then we
will be safe from each other's art,
and there will le nothing to annoy
us,
The princess did not feel very
safe about this arrangement, but he
begged so strongly ' that shecouid
not refuse him this small favor. So
they, went on alone together, with
their hands fastened in their girdles.
The birdssang, thesun shone warm
ly, and from the trees the red cher
ries hung so low that they brushed
their chivks as they p.i.vs. d. The
princess saw them and exclaimed:
" What a pity that your lord
ship is not able to pick a few for
me
i
"Necessity knows no law," said
the prince, and broke one "of the
cherries with his teeth from a branch
and offered it to the princess, with
his mouth.
The princess could not do other
wise than receive it from his mouth,
and so her face was brought close to
his. So when she had the cherrv
between her lips, and a kiss from
him besides, site was not able to
say that instant, "I remember."
. Then he cried joyfully, "Good
morning, much loved one," and
drew his hands from his girdle and
embraced her. And they spent the
remainder of their lives together in
perfect peace and quietness.
The Coolest Woman.
If all women were as cool and
matter-of-fact as Mrs. Stum ! But
she is one of a thousand, says the
Detroit Free Press. She was over
at Mrs. Moody's, on Macomb street,
the other day, her iron gray hair
combed down flat and her spectacles
adjusted to gossip range, when she
suddenly rose and said :
Mrs. Moody, be calm. Where
do you keep the camphor bottle?"
" Why ?" asked the surprised
Mrs. Moody.
" Because they are bringing your
husband through the gate on a
board ! I think he's mashed dead,
but becalm about it ! I'll stay right
here and see to things !"
Mrs. Moody threw up her arms
and fell down in a dead faint, and
Mrs. Stum opened the door as the
men laid the body on the porch.
" Is he dead ?" she asked in an
even tone.
" I think so," answered one of
the men. " The doctor'U be here in
a minute."
The doctor came up, looked at the
victim, and said life had fled, add
ing: " His back and four or five ribs
are broken."
'That's sensible, that is," said
Mrs. Stum, gazing at the doctor in
admiration. "Some physicians
would have said that his vertebra?
was motally wounded, and would
have gone on to talk about the 4 la
rynx,' the 'arteries,' the 'optic
nerves' and the ' diagnosis.' If he's
dead it'll be some satisfaction to
know what he died of. Well, lug
in the body and send after an un
dertaker." The men carried the body through
to a bedroom, and Mrs. Stum wTent
back to Mrs. Moody, who had re
vived and was wailing and lament
ing. " Don't, Julia don't take on so,"
continued Mrs. Stum. "Of course
you feel badly, and this interferes
with taking up carpets and cleaning
house, but it's pleasant weather for
a funeral, and I think the corpse
will look as natural as life."
" Oh ! My poor, poor husband,"
wailed Mrs. Moody.
" He was a good husband, I'll
swear to that," continued Mrs.
Stum, " but he was dreadfully care
less to let a house fall on him. Be
calm, Mrs. Moody! I've sent for
one of the best undertakers in De
troit, and you'll be surprised at the
way he'll fix up the deceased."
When' the undertaker came in
Mrs. Stum shook hands and said
that death was surerto'; overtake
every living thing sooner or later.
She mentioned the- k hid , of coffin
she wanted, stated the number of
hacks, the hour for the funeral, and
held the end of the tape-line while
he measured the. body.
Several other neighbors came in
and she ordered them around and
soon had everything working
smooth ly. The widow was sent to
her room to weep out her grief,
doors and windows were raised, and
as Mrs. Stum built up a good fire
she said :
" Now, then, we want pie and
cake and sauce and raised biscuit
and floating island. He'll have
watchers, and the watchers must
have plenty to eat."
w ; When the baking had been fin
ished the cofllnund the undertaker
arrived, and the lody was placed
in its receptacle. Mrs. Stum agreed
with the undertaker that the fact?
wore a natural expression, and
when he was going away she said :
" Be around on time! Don't put
in any second-class hacks, and don't
have any hitch in the proceedings
at the grave !"
From that hour until two o'clock
of the second day thereaftersho had
full charge. The widow was pro
vided with a black bonnet, a crape
shawl, etc., the watchers found
plenty to eat,-a minister ' was sent
for, eighteoxi chairs were brought
from the neighbors', and eveiy thing
moved along like clock-work.
" You must bear up," she kept
saying to the widow. " House
cleaning must be done, that back
jard must be raked off, the penstock
must be thawed out, and you
haven't time to sit down and grieve.
His life was insured, and we'll go
down next week and select some
lovely mourning goods."
Everybody who attended said
they never saw a funeral pass off so
smoothly, and when the hack had
landed the widow and T.Irs. Stum
at her door again, Mrs. Stum asked :
"Now didn't you really enjoy
the ride, after all ?"
And the widow said she wouldn't
have believed that she could have
stood it so well.
James lelk, the Centenarian.
Interesting Recollections A uthen-
j ticitj of the Mecklenburg
Declaration.
Among the honored guests at the
late Celebration at Charlotte was
Mr. James Be:k, of Cnion county,
in this State, the more than Cen
tenarian. Mr. Belk is a man of
fine intelligence, well preserved in
mind and body.
Believing that Mr. Belk's rec
ollections of the events of the last
century would be interesting a
Journal special reporter interview
ed him, and we give, as concisely
as we can, the answers to his inter
rogatories :
By family record in a Bible prin
ted in Edinburgh in 17i!0, it is sta
ted that he was born February 4th,
1705. Five years ago, during the
Spring term of Union Superior
Court, he was a witness in Court to
contradict the plaintiff in a state
ment which the plaintiff swore to,
to the effect that he, James Belk, as
a magistrate, had given ajudgment
at ome prior time in favor of the
plaintiff, in the case then on trial,
to-wit: Calvin Bany vs. Thomas
Richardson, upon which judgment
the plaintiff based his action. The
record of his age was exhibited in
court. He was born and raised
where he now lives, in Union
county, which was formerly a part
of Mecklenburg. His recollection
is good. He lost his leg from the
effects of a wound inflicted by acci
dent with a pitch fork. Ho named
one of his sons, who is now living,
for Julius Alexander, who was
younger than himself by a consid
erable number of years. II re
members the death of his father
who was wounded in South Caro
lina, during the Revolutionary
war, near the North Carolina line,
and knows that his mother found
his father in the woods by the road
side. She took him to their resi
dence, and afterwards carried him
to the residence of James Belk's
grand-father, for better care and
attention, where he died. He
remembers distinctly the meeting
at Mecklenburg Court House that
made a declaration of independ
ence ; heard his parents talk of
it after his father returned from
the Court House, his mother
cried because she thought it would
bring trouble. He was frightened
and this makes him 'remember it
though only ten years old. As he
grew up he often heard the 20th of
May Declaration spoken 'of and re
members that the Resolves of the
31st of May were spoken of as being
separate and distinct. Ho heard
Julius Alexander speak of the two
meetings the 20th and 31st, when
Alexander and he were young men.
He says that his recollection of j
these events is more vivid than that
of events of thirty years ago.
He remembers the conduct of the
British soldiers, how, on one occa
sion, they killed the cow of a poor
neighbor of his father and wrapped ;
him up in the wet hide, and his
mother kneelingdown to beg for his
life, she thinking they were going
to kill Kim. Wilmington Journal.
s : j
About the happiest time in a
J j
lover rings her hand.
Desperate. Kiicottiitcr vitli
Thieves.
The Spartanburg correspondent
of the Greenville AV?r. gives the
following account of a daring and
fatal encounter with three desperate
thieves, a son and some women :
Mr. B. Burnett, Chief of Police of
Greenville, and Capt. Alley, were
in my ofiiee just now, giving the
particulars of a most perilous and
dangerous arresjjj: Capt. Alley left
here the other day with Jim Ray,
colored, and Mr. Summer, to arrest
the parties who robbed the safe at
White Finder's factory a few
weeks ago. Capt. Burnett joined
Alley in Henderson vi lie. The
thieves were Marve Lewis of Ed
neyville, Henderson county, N. C,
and Lewis, of Spartanburg
county, and Wm. Hudgins, of Bald
Mountain all white. Iludgins es
caped. Lewis, of this county, will
be arrested to-day men having left
for him this morning. Willis, who
was lodged in jail for this robbery,
is innocent, and will be released.
Capt. Alley, with Ray and Sum
mer, went on Saturday to Marve
Lewis' house, and not finding him
at home, ascertained that he was at
the house of one Johnson, distant
about three hundred-yards. Going
to Johnson's house, Alley arrested
Lewis, who, when he was told the
cause of his: arrest, swore that he
would die before he would surren
der, drawing a pistol. Alley got
him down, Lewis still having the
pistol pointed at Alley, who in try
ing to get it, caused it to fire, tak
ing effect in, Lewis' thigh. While
Ray was helping Alley, Lewis' son
struck Ray on the head with an axe,
inflicting a most dangerous wound.
Ray. being nearly senseless, the wo
men present ran to get his pistol,
which was prevented by Alley get
ting to him first. While Alley was
going to Ray, Summer took charge
of Lewis, who got away somedis
tance. In this .scuffle, Lewis was
shot mortally through and through
by incognito. Dr. Whitted, of Ilen-
dersonville, was examining Lewis'
wound when Mr. Burnett left,
though he must have died very
soon after. Mr. Taylor, Sheriff of
Henderson, arrested young Lewis,
who struck Ray. These four men
and live women were encountered
by Alley's party. The men had
pistols and axes and the women
knives. After Lewis was shot,
young Lewis ran, leaving his father
who was too badly wounded to be
removed. Ere this goes to press,
the other Lewis, of this county, will
be in custody.
Fashionable Women.
Fashion, says a writer,, kills more
women than toil and sorrow. Obe
dience to fashion is a greater trans
gression of the laws of woman's na
ture, a greater injury to her physi
cal and mental constitution, than
the hardships of poverty and neg
lect.' The slave woman at her task
will live and grow old, and see two
or three generations of her mistress
es fade and pass away. The wash
erwoman, with scarce a ray of hope
to cheer her in her toils, will live to
see" her fashionable sisters all ex
tinct. The kitchen maid is hearty
and strong, when her lady has to be
nursed like a sick baby.
It is a sad truth that fashion
pampered women are almost worth
less for all the good ends of life;
they have but little force of charac
ter ; they have still less power of
moral will, and quite as little phys
ical energy. They live for no great
purpose in life they accomplish no
great ends. They are dolls, formed
in the hands of milliners ind ser
vants, to be dressed and fed to or
der. They dress nobody, they bles3
nobody, and save nobody. They
write no books, they set no rich ex
amples of virtue and woman's life.
If they rear children, servants and
nurs.'S do all, save to conceive and
give them birth. And when reared,
what are they ? What do they ever
amount to, but weaker scions of the
old stock ? Who ever heard of a
fashionable woman's child exhibit-
ing any virtue and power of mind,
for which it became eminent? Read
the biographies of our great and
p-0od men and women. Not one of
them had a fashionable mother.
They nearly all sprung from strong
minded women, who had about as
little to do with fashion as with the
changing clouds,
A father, in consoling a daughter
who had lost her husband, said:
" I don't; wonder you grieve for
him. mv child you will never
find his equal." "I don't know as
I can," responded the sobbing wid-
"but I'll do mv best?" The
1 father felt comforted,
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A man toolc umbragel
which appeared in a par
ed in the tdwn in whichi
as personal, the other t
an irate manner en tere
and inquired of the first
who wrote that art ichM
paper, and pointing to: tV X
which he took exceptions:
. Said he, (raising1 his voice In
loud key, and with clenched li-
high in the air,) 'I want to mv 11 e
editor that wrote that article.'
'ou do,' answered the
man intcrrogatexl.
iu 1
'Vis I do,' answered thestrangtir.
angrily.. 'It is satisfaction I conie
for, and will have it, and before
I leave here, loo; do you hear and
understand that?'
All riht,' said the young man.
'But before I call him, I would 11m
to ask you if you ever saw thegi
tleman before ?'
'No, of course not,' was the sav
age answer. 'Why do you wish
know?'
'O, nothing very particular.
to'
I
thought if you did you wotdd 1 ot
care to see him.'
'That'sjust what I come for,you ng
man ; and there will be fun, ynti
bet.'
'Well, stranger, I tell you befote
hand, he is a powerful man, stand
six two in his stockings, weighs two
hundred, and owns two. fists that
strike tremendous blows; when an
gry, his eyes Hash lire; his tread is
like an elephant's, and he can lift a
three hundred pound weight with
perfect ease, and top it over his
shoulder as easy as I could a base
ball. No one dare approach him in
an angry moot, for they wouhl be
in danger of losing their Jives. He
has held an elephant's trunk for ten
minutes, and put his arms around
the neck of a horse, antl turned him
over with comparative ease. He
has done. powerful things.I tell you,
stranger. Besides, he always car
ries a six shooter, and he is an ex
cellent shot, scarcely missing the
hull's eye one time out of twelve.
Stranger, he is the counterpart of
Samson, of old.'
During the young man's brief re
citation of the personnel of Je edi
tor that wrote that article, the stran
ger turned very pah?, trembled all.
over, backing all the time toward
the door, out of which he sutldehly
darted and has not been heard of
since, doub.less deeming it wiser to
dt?nart ouietlv than to encounter
such a formidable opponent.
Saving is'Wealth.
One great cause of the poverty of
the present day is tho failure of jour
people to appreciate small things.
They do not realize how a daily 'ad
dition, be it ever so small, will sjon
make a large pile. If the young
men and young women of to-ilay
will only begin ikjw to save a little
from their earnings and weekly or
monthly add their mite, they will
wear a happy smile of competence
when they reach middle life. Not
only the desire but the ability lo
increase it will also grow.
Let clerk and tradesman, laborer
and artisan, make now and at once
a beginning. Store up some of your
youthful force and vigor for future
contingency. Let parents teach
their children to begin at the foun
tain head to control the stream of
extravagance' to choose between
poverty and riches. Let our youth
go on in the habits of extravagance
for fifty years to come as they have
for fifty years past, and we shad ,
have a nation of beggars, with a
moneyed' aristocracy. Let a gene
ration of such as save in small sums
be reared, and we shall be free from
all want." Do not be ambitious for
extravagant fortune, but do seek
that which is the duty of every one
to obtain, independence and a com
fortable home. Wealth, and enough
of it, is within the reach of all. It
is obtainable by one process, and by
one only saving.
He Sensible.
Do not be above your business;
ho who turns up his nose at his
work, quarrels with his bread 'and
butter. He. is a poor smith who
quarrels with his own sparks; there's
no shame -about any honest caIN
ing ; don't be afraid of soiling your
hands, there's plenty of-soap to bo
had. Ali trades are good to traders.
You can not get honey If you are "
frightened at bees, nor plant corn 1
if you arc afraid of getting mud or
your boots. When youcan di
fields with tooth-picks, blow shlfis
along with n3, anil grow plura-
cakes in flower-pots, then it will'be'
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