' -" ' " '" " ' -rs.rr.-- - .. .. ..... Jmj - . . . v. -- . . THE ERA. the- :eba. TTPiV WEEKLY N KWS- lPEB-THE CENTRAL ORGAN rtp THE PARTY. TnUOWN, Manager. OrricK on Newbern Avenue, some ven hundred yards east of the ffcpltol. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: - - 2 10 - 1 05 gix months jre months, rs-INVARIABLY IX - 65 Advaxck. -ii Local Director?. 3Isv,nte TTfmm LeriKV9 40 A. FL Lee, r K LHtle. J. W.; J5. B. Thomas clrretarv. Meet third Monday ninz'i" ch month t 7 o'clock. Milium . Hill Lodse, No.218. Trk R. Williams, W. M.: D. 8. LtSiti 6.W.; William R. Cox, J. VS. V.P. Wetfcerell.Sec'y. Meet? itud 4t Monday evenings in each !nonh, third story of the Fisher 5cHJn? at 7' . ' TUlelirh Chapter, No. 10. John Vchols! H. P.; D. W. Bajn. cjptary. Meets 3d Tuesday eve Jin in each month at 7$ o'clock. Isjepndent Order ! 044 Fellow. Munteo Lodge, No. 8. Morris' feenhanm, N. O. kv. V. G.r O. F. Curtis, Secre- fttA at Odd FellowsMIalL -iv Tiesday evening at 7 o'clock. Seaton Gales Lodge, No. 64. T. 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Meets every Monday eve nin? at .7i o'clock, at Good Temp krb' Headquarters, Fayetteville St. Uudron Dejjrree Temple, No. 1. N. B. B rough ton, D. T.; Miss lUnvhe Fetitre-w, V. D. T.; Thos. Hainpson, Secretary. Meets on th 1st and 3d Thursday evenings in ch month, at Good Templars' Headquarters, Fayetteville Street, it 7 J o'clock. Friend of Temperance. Rdeish Council, No. 127. L. 8. Barkhead, President; Willie C. Ballard, ..iuiim.ii, 1 v "v" " inn , Wreuiry. Meets every Friday v-'Miing t 7J oVlck in ttrikling. theBrlggs Yunr leita Christian Association. D. W. Bain, President; A. M. Mcl'neeter, khn ArmBtrcmg and W. J. Young, Vice Presidents ; W. B. Primrose, Trvaeurer; Edward R. Sum pa, Secretary. Sleets every Tuesday evening at fk o'clock at bng-gi Building. Typographical Unlou. Ralegh Typographical Union, No. 54, meets every first Wednes day night in each month. Officers. Jos. A. Harris, President. J no. W. Marcom, Vice-President. F. T. Blcer, Rec Secretary. J. It. Itny, Cor. 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Sweet friends in the borne of our childhood, " ' r , The gentle and love ones, stand Gazing out as we enter Iife wild wood In search of the sunset land. Full soon do the meadow3 grow broader. And rougher the path where we stray, Less frequent the fountains, And the sunset ' away. cool, gushing seems further And the friends who have Journey ed with us We lay with the moldering dead ; They have reached the bright sun set before u, And lonely the pathway we tread. But the floods of molten glory Which beam from the sunset land Fill our hearts with a restless longing On those beautiful shores to stand. Pr locks, once Minny and golden, Are white as the drifting snow : Our eyes have grown dim with their gazing, And our footsteps are feeble and 'slow. s As we near the eternal splendor We pause at a swelling stream ; We must cross it ere reaching the hilltops Which glow In the sunset's beam. So, closing our eyes for a moment In the pun's last dazzling ray, W awake where glory dwelleth, In a land of perpetual day. Selected Stomj. THE WIDOW BARLOW. Peter Buskirk was money, not so fond very fond of that he quite starved himself to keep it, or hide it up the chimney or refused hlm- self fire or lights, or a pillow; but yet so very iopu 01 ii w u uu mo verge of 111 iserhood without having quite fallen over. Beggars . reaped no harvest from his purse or kitch en nnd the match-makers could make no impression on his bachelor heart- Peter Buskirk saw; mrougn the latter as well as the former, and . . . . buttoned'tip his pockets as hastily In the pretence ol bewitching crino line as in that of a seedy gentle man with a folded document in his breast pocket. The men wanted to rob him the women to marry him. ' The last was the worst. Not tUittt Peter, hated women: on the contrary even at fifty he was re markably susceptible a bright eye nut him in a flutter.. But the fact was wo men, fas wives or daughters, were expensive, 'rney neeaea clothes, and were fond of dainties; they were proverbially, extrava gant. Should' he marry one, she would spend his money while he lived and muander it after he was ded. And with this awful terror rftir him. Peter steered clear of rII the shoals of matrimony. 1 There was one inconvenience in. this bachelorhood, however. This wm the housekeenincr: for it in volved a servant some one to make bedswash dishes, cook and iron, Tn short the servant-of-all-work was al ways the bane of Peter's life eating and drinking in a manner which kept the master 01 tne nouse in a continual firmament; wasting hutter and fuel, and each change in the kitchen's encumbrance being Mri'liUSKira; no intu ccny nu Dinah and Mary and Ann, and then, in despair, flew to a certain Mrs. Brown, the giver or tea-parties innumerable, for advice. Servants are sad plagues," she said. "Eat you out of house and home," said Peter. m ' " . "Not to be relied on for honesty," said Mrs. BrrJWn. ! !4Thieves, ma'am, thieves I" said Peter. Ah." said Mrs. Brown, "a gen tleman has no time to watch them. Now I- should advise marrying-, Mr. Buskirk." - "Marrying!" . "Yes sirj a wife can manage snch things so much better. Be sides, ts you ? choose a smart, cap able woman, she will keep an eye on the Bervant. It would be mucn more economical to marry." V1 Economical I" yelled Peter; .my firood ladv I: Eco I O. goodness ! Feathers and flowers, laces anu un, and rings, and fee cream and things economical! How many yards do you take fur a dress, ma'am T" Well, sir, twelve or fifteen; sometimes, when it's sil, you know, eighteen." ' ' "Eighteen yards, at five shillings RALEIGH, N. or so a yard, and not one dress, but iweniy. wy good ladv. it would be enough to ruin a man." Mrs. Brown reflected. "But If you could find an econom ical woman, Mr. Buskirk." , "Ah I if I could find a mermaid." One who never wasted a penny." l4She certainly does not exist, ma'am." "who liven on next to nothing. The fact is, Mr. Buskirk, I have such a lady in my eye. She's a wid owquite a young one Mrs. Bar low, and I'll have her at Peach House next week." Peter Buskirk grinned sarcasti cally. "Economy in hoops and bonnets," he said to himself. "They want to marry me and spend ray money." And he went home wroth. However, economy forbade him to refuse an invitation to dinner; and when, a week after, Mrs. Brown sent her compliments,' etc., Mr. Buskirk donned his Sunday suit and went over to the Peach House at five precisely. The parlor was full of ladies: ladies in silks and muslin 8. with crinolines and flounces. Most of them Mr. Bus kirk knew well, and he looked about in vain for a stranger.. Mrs. lirown's note had said : "Mrs. Barlow will be with us." But which was that economica widow r I'rooaDiy. tne laay in green silk near the piano. He. could not remember her face. Suddenly Mr. were set at rest. Buskirk's doubts Mrs. Brown ejac- ulated, "Lear mo wnere is cousin Betsy? Mr. Buskirk, you must be introduced to Mrs. Barlow," and at these words . something small and flat emerged from between two portly dames, and stood before him. It was a very short and slender lit tle woman, with a remarkably pretty face. She wore no hoops, ana ner aress ciearea ner anKies. The sleeves were close, and the skirt had perhaps three breadths in it. The dress itself was of very plain brown merino, and she wore neither brooch nor bow, only a' white linen collar. Peter looked approval. Several of the ladies ex changed glances, and a faint giggle was heard, and, as though by com mon consent, the two were left tete-a-tete In a corner. Pleasant day," said Peter to commence the conversation. 44 Pleas ant day, but cold." "Ah, yes; but I dislike cold weather," said the lady. 44 Don't agree with yqu, ma'am ?" "Oh, that's not it. I am never ill; but cold Is so expensive. Lights early and coal dear," pro ceeded the lady. "Money slips throusrh one's flngrers: and I never waste anything. 4tMy case exactly," said Buskirk. "It's astonishing how things cost. Now there is nutter say a pounu a fortnight." "O. I never eat butter ; it costs too much." said the lady. 4Ah I and sugar and tea and cof fee." "If you indulge in such luxuries what can you expect ?" said Mrs Barlow. "They are artificial wants alto- irether. so thev are." said Mr. Bus- kirk. "But then haoit is second -. ...... nature." ?Extravaeant habits ruin many. aald Mrs. Barlow. "O. I shudder when I look at those flounces. Such a waste of material." 4I have often thought so," said Peter. "And do you not wear them ?" I ?" said Mrs. Barlow. "I have mv senses, sir. I have no wish to die In a work-house. I've had this dress, ten vears." "Indeed I" said Peter. 44 And I suppose some ladies buy one every month." 44 Everv ten days." said Mrs. Barlow. "O, I blush for my sex, Mr. Buskirk. I do. indeed.!' Peter was charmed; He began to think Mrs. Brown right. The cost of such a wife would be a mere trifle, and what an eye she would keep to the expenses of a house hold. Ere this evening was over he de cided that it would be cheaper to marrv than to remain single, were Mrs. Barlow his helpmate. 44 She'd not only be saving her self, but she would check me in my would be invaluable to me. She wears one dress ten years. The fates must have sent her to earth for my special benefit." So, after due consideration, .reier resolved to court the economical widow, and. that lady, being con veniently domiciled atMrs. Brown's he found every opporiunuy. It was a very inexpensive court ship. He gave her not a present. She expected none. He took her nowhere, save to cnurcn, wnere neither of them ever saw the plate, and both were happy. At last he DroDOsed. tone Diusn- ed and hesitated, and begged time to consider. At last she saia, am afraid to say yes, Mr. Buskirk. I like you : but you are so lernuiy extravagant. You drink coffee, and eat butter, and tea and really I want. I ahould fear com i ner to should, Indeed." I i Why. Pm the most economi cal soul living," said Peter. Extravagant people always think that," said tne iaay. -no Vm afraid to say yes, unless,indeed, over to me, so that I could be sure you would not ruin yourseir. ui course mat is iminwoiutc, " .. wmiiri ba such a care that really I could scarcely desire it, even for a gentleman I so much respect." . And the economical relict blushed and hesitated. It was Peters turn 10 pause aim consider. He went away to aoso, and returning suddenly to his O., THURSDAY, houses found his servant-maid selling dripping to a man, he dismissed her at once, and rushed back to the Widow Barlow's. "My money would be safer in your hands than mine," he said with a moan. "Marry me, and keep me from being ruined. What the widow's answer was may be judged from the fact that three weeks from that day they were united, the clergyman receiv ing five shillings from Peter, and the bride wearing her brown me rino, in the pocket of which she carefully deposited the deeds which made the property; exdustoely her own. , ' . ."Now for happiness," said Peter. "No more thieving servants no more wasteand a lovely wife into the bargain. He, he, he I Peter Buskirk is the mad for luck." And he took hi3 bride home to dine on cold meat and radishes, be ing absolutely ashamed even to speak of his accustomed mutton chop before such an economical iadv The next morning ho hurried off to business. "Never loose time, love," said the newly-married dame. "Besides, I have a great deal to attend to ; so, good-by." "Good-by," responded Peter. "What a treasure you are, ray dear. The washing, I suppose? My mother always washed on Mon day." And awav he went, enntpnt with himself and all the world. At six he returned. Horror of horrors ! there were ladders against his house, and men upon them. Had there been a fire ? He rushed up breathless. 44 What is the matter? Who are these men?" he panted. "Fire thieves I Oh! I must be dream ing." "Don't make a noise, love," said a voice from the parlor window. "They are only the house-painters." "House-painters." "Yes, dear. Don't you know the Dutch proverb, 4A coat of paint pays itself?'" Peter breathed again. "But the awful expense!" he said. "Dear, dear, you should have con sulted me." He stumbled into the house, and over the form of a man kneeling in the hall. " Who are you ?" In. reply the person produced a card on which was printed, "Gilt &, Blinder, Upholsterers." "And What are you doing?" gasped Peter. . "Measuring the hall for a new oil-cloth, sir," said the man. Peter staggered in. A woman was making up a car pet in the front parior ; anoth Arranging curtains. er was arranging He rushed up stairs. There sat another woman also at work. Again ho gasped the question, 'Who are you ?" "Mrs. Buskirks regular seam stress, please, sir," said the woman. "And where Is Mrs. Buskirk?" "Here, love," said a voice. And there entered, from the ad Joining room, a lady dressed in silk and in expensive crinoline, with bracelets, '.brooch, ear-rings and a little lace can worth a small fortune. "The furniture is ordered, and the painters are here, and I nave en gaged all the servants, Mr. Bus kirk," said the lady; and the book wants to know whether you like beef under or well done. In such things you shall have your choice always. There was no lime to make a pudding to-day, so we must have Ices. Strawberries, too, are only two shillings a basket." "Mrs. Buskirk, have you gone crazy?" "I am wide awake, at all events," cried the lady. "I have starved long enough, and worn that browp merino until 1 hate it. I always was fond of dress " "Fond of dress !" repeated Peter ; "and loved good things!" "Loved good things," repeated the spouse ; "and now I am mar ried, I mean to have them.' "But if I had known I" be gan reter. 4I would not nave marriea; 1 mm . ' l.tirll suppose," saui tne onae. -wen, my cousin, Mrs. urown toia me that, you know." Peter looked at her. me trutn was plain at last. He tried to speak, but could not. He stared at his lady for five minutes by the clock. and then rushed out of the house muttering, "Taken in! taken in!" It is said Peter Buskirk never re covered the shock. Against his will he lived luxuriously ever af ter; and his wife astonished the neighborhood by her magnificent attire and grand parties. But nev ertheless Peter himself expired in less than a year ; and the last words on his lips were said to be "Taken in! taken in !" The village clerk, at a town in England, onened the Sunday ser vices on an occasion when his Bish op came, thus : 4The mountains skipped like fright ened rams, The little hills did hop To welcome into our town His Grace, the Lord i3ish-op." "Madam, do you know that you possess one of the best voices in the world?" said a saucy fellow to a Chicago woman one day. indeed, 00 you uhok so c re plied she, with a flush of pride at the compliment. - "I do, most certainly," eonimuea he rascal, "for if you hadn't, it would have been worn out long ago." t or the nrst time in mac woman's life she hadn't a word to 6ay MARCH 2, 1876. Miscellaneous. A Tryinjr Moment. The Selection of Two Officers to Die Retaliation, The following story is told by an Ilibbv officer who was confined prison during the war. He says: All the captains among, the pris oners T7ere one day ordered below, into the commandant's room. More than fifty of as were thus as sembled and counted. Major Turner, the commandant, was sit ting by a table with an open cigar box before him, hair nneti witn paper slips. A murmur of de lighted discovery ran from lip to lip. We were certain of being ex changed; but .never were men more deceived. Banging us around the room, the commandant said: . " We have received news of the execution of two of our captains in Ohio as spies, by Gen. Burnside, and our government, prorwises to retaliate. I am ordered to select by lot two of the Yankee captains onnnea nere, xor lmineuiaie ex ecution. In this box is the name of each of you; the drawing can be done in such manner as yon prefer. You can talk together about it, and arrange the details to suit yourselvs, so that it proceeds at once. The men selected will be led from here to execution. Confer together, and say how you will have it." I think five minutes passed be fore a word was spoken. The re vulsion was so painful from the hopeful expectation of a moment before that we couia oniy iook blankly into each other's faces, and kept silent. " Well, make haste," said Tur ner. A few of us exchanged a few words. Then some spokesman de clared that we should have noth ing to do with what we regarded as a flagrant outrage upon the rigths of prisoners and the rules of civilized war. "Very well," said Turner, harshly, 44 I'll arrange it for you. We are bound to make all of your generals sick of this sort of thing ; and we will begin with yon. You, sir, may draw two slips out of that box, one after another. Mix them up together first." He spoke to a gray haired chap lain of one of our regiments, who had been for some time detaiued in the Libby. The old man was a general favorite, and at the com mand he clasped his thin hands and looked around on the sombre faces in pitiful distress My God. I can't!" he sobbed, and the tears rolled cheeks. We partially down his forgot our own fears in witnessing his trouble. There were many white faces and I-"""" hearts amont us; out we assurea me cimpmiu that if one of our number must make the fatal allotment. we would nrefer that heshouldf do it. He hesitated a moment, stepped up to the box with averted face, andaf- gether, ter mincrllnfir the ballots toge drew one out. In the midst of the morft nainful hush that I erer heard, he handed it to Major Tur er, who unfolded it and read th name ; 44 Capt. John W. Saywer." It was the name ofa brave fel low, and he showed hl3 courage in that trying moment. Folding his arms, he stepped to the side of. the table with a defiant smile, and In another minute of horrible sus pense, another slip was drawn, handed to the commandant, and read. For an Instant Major Tur ner hesitated. - 44 Blind writing," he mnttered, loud enough to be heard across the room. 44 What is it, anyway? Captain B ; yes, that's a B ; F, I think yes, B F, and then a P ." He was reading my own doom from that little slip of paper I Thus far he had read my exact initials. I knew there was none other in my room, and I could not hope there was ono in tne prison, wnn me game. I grew faint, and leaned on the shoulder of my neighbor. With a dead weight of despair at my heart, I fastened my eyes on the face of the commandant, and awaited the sound of my name. 44 B F that's sure." he went on. 44 Is the next a PI wonder? No it's another F and the name is Fylnn Captain B. F. Flynn." Well that was such a revulsion as very few men etn experience in ... mwm .1 . e .! liie. xne inroooing- 01 my heart as the blood went back to It sounded to my ears like the strokes ot the hammer on the anvil.- I felt something as the cataleptic must feel when his coffin lid is torn off at the grave by someone who has detected rinture's' awful secret. The two doomed captains bade us farewell manfully fl believe they were more manful -about it than the rest of us,) and' were- taken away by the guard while we re turned to our quarters." V Flynn and Sawyer were hot ex ecuted ; but they lived for ; weeks in daily expectation of the order to go out to their death, and they bore the torment as bravely as it is in man to bear it.' On leaving the prison they were taken before Gen. winder, the commandant of the city, who ordered them to .be con fined in irons. The treatment they endured uniil the selectiori .of Gen; Fitz Lee and another Confederate prisoner of high : rank; - by the United Stattn War department, for retaliation. The irons of our two captains .were removed," and the execution was deferred. Time passed on, and save 1 their separate nnnfinement. they were nol-iui-4 lested, Vubtlluone day they- were sent back to the Libby; Thid was. NO. 37. the end of the matter; but it is easy to understand that tha artnni pang of death could . not have ad ded largely to their sufferings. Theodore Hook's Pans. Theodore Hook was delighting a I fec friends one summer's evening w I at "Fulhatn-by an extempore comic but went on at the nothing had happened, with 1L tuuunw stanza : , . , .ii.5o,Wuj ux..vifiiuer, collector 01 laxes, - I'd advise you to pay him what ever he axes; ; Excuses won't do he stands no sort of flummery, 4 . ' Though Winter liisr rmme IsL his process is summery." ; : Two silly brothers, twins, were very much about town in Hook's time, and they took every pains by dressing alike to deceive their friends as to their identity. A tuuipauuiii was expatiating upon xjruiuios, at wnicn , iioox grew impatient. "Well," said his friend, "you will admit that they resemble each other-won-rlerfully; they are as near alike as urn ims." "They are," retorted Hook, "and quite as green." Some - times. Theodore Hook was strange ly puzzieu by hard-names In his improvisations,asin thecaseofaMr. Itosenagen, a young Dane; but he mastered the difficulty as follows : 44 Yet more of my Muse is required, Aias j a iearsne is done : But no, like a fiddler that's tired, in Rosen asen and tro on." agen and go on.' When Theodore Hook wa3 on his way home from the Mauritius, to be tried for his treasury Irreemlari- ties, the ship stopped a day or two - . o at St. Helena, where he encounter- ed Lord Charles Somerset on his way to assume the governorship of the Cape. Lord Charles, who had met him in London occasionally, and knew nothing: of his arrest, saiu, - i. nope you are not going home for your health, Mr Hook." 44 Why," said Theodore, "I am sor ry to say they think there is some thing wrong in t,he chest." In Theodore Hook's crarden. a friend, viewing Putnev Bridge, ob- served that he had been informed that it was a very good investment; and turning, to his host, inquired if such was the case, and if the bridge reaiiy answered. l don't know," said Hook ; "but you have only to cross it, and you are sure to be tolled.' " The Rev. Mr. Barham, of the "Ingoldsby Legends," an attached friend of Theodore Hook, called upon him one day In Cleveland row. Haynes Bayley was there at lunch. Hook introduced him: "Barham Mr. Bayley; there are several of the name : this is not Old Bailey, with whom you may one day becomo intimate, but the gentleman whom we call Butterfly Bayley" (in allusion to his song, '"I'd be a butterfly," then in the nomer, 1 look," replied .Barham, following devices have been suc "Mr. Buy ley is not yet-out of the cessfully tried to accomplish the de 4grub' Leisure Hour, sired end. One Hundred, Years Ago.. : ! Borne wise wag has summed up Jbr the Augusta Constitutionalist the changes that have taken place du ringa century irr this way r ; i One hundred years aeo wedding f tours wore not JGasbionablei: , r ' Onefjundred years ago farmers did not cut their legs oft with mow, ing machines. ; One hundred years ago mothers aid not worry over disordered sew- I ing machines. Ono hundred years ago horses which could trot a mile in 2:40 were somewhat scarce One hundred years ago it took several days to procure a divorce and find a congenial spirit. One hundred years ago there were no disputes about the impoliteness of street car drivers. One hundred years ago every young man was not an applicant for a position as a clerk or book keeper. One hundred lamps did not j ears ago kerosene explode and assist women to shuffle off this mortal coil. One hundred years ago men did not commit suicide by going up in balloons and coming down, without them. . . ' f", 1. , ; One hundred years ago there were no Turkish HaremsatSaltIake,ahd tno Ann, Elizas suing for the nine teen tii part of a divorce. 4 One hundred years ago England was not very far behind the United States in ail that goes to make a na tion powerful and progressive. v Oiie hundred years ago. the Dutch had ' taken Holland, but they had not made France .'"come down'., with a handsome pile of "smart money." - -I . .'-'4 - i';.v One hundred years i ago a young woman did not lose caste by Wet ting her hands in dish water or rub bing the skin off her knuckles on a wash-board. One hundred years ago a physl- clan3 who could not draw every form of disease from - the system by tar- L ping a large vein ini the arm was not much or a doctor I One hundred years ago men were not running about over the country with millions of - fish eggs to be hatched to order. Fish superinten ded their own hatching in those days.; - . : ; . . . One uutidrMt years ago the condi tion of the weather on the first of January was snot r telegraphed all over the continent on tho evening PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. (SEE RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION ON THIS PAGE.) : . j2r J ob Work executed at iihort Uo tl.and In a style unsurpassed by any similar establishment in the i State. ' RATES OP ADVERTISING . One square, one time, 14 44 two times. - I 44 44 three times, - 200 contract advertisements taken at proportionately low rates of December 31st. - Thing, have changed. , One hundred years ago people did not worry aoout rapid cheap transportation. transit, and but threw ineir grai n crop across the backs of their horses and uncomplainingly Mirnnt ft I . One hundred years ago every man cut his coat according 1 to his cloth, every man was estimated at his I ' ' mf - A.W and nnlv o in for one year's sub fevnpuon. I low Many would bo Left? ; j A writer asks the following pun. gent questions : . I When the following classes are taken out of our churches, how many would be left T All who will not pay their debts. All who are hypocritical. All whor are deceitful, and talk about others behind thelr)acks " All who ret into debt without I . . 1 prospect 01 paying tne same. .All who are Droud and ftcomfuL hold themselves above helr fellow men, and shun those less fortunate than themselves. 1 than they do their Creator. aii wno worsnin monev mora All who speculate on the Igno rance of others. I All who are tattlers, All who think more of wicked rich, men . than they do of a pious poor one, i. P All who oppress the poor. , ' All who make long, prayers for. the sake of being heard and seen of men. I All who are vain and solf-con-ceited. "I When these, and a crood manv others that could be mentioned, are taken out, the. church will be left without a member. jThe religion of Jesus does not have anyoftho above defects. It makes the true convert cheerful, hopeful and char- itable : disoosed to visit tho widow and orphan, and to keep unspotted from the world. It does not mako one proud, scornful, but on the con trary, makes one desirou3 of doing good, to be meek and humble, and to be kind to all, as opportunity may offer. Oh ! that we had less in our churches, and pretension more- genuine Christianity. So- ected. 1 Balky Horses. I once heard of an unfortunate gentleman who had become insane, but was restored to sane health sim ply by causing the mind to make a sudden revulsion which was done by skilfully causing him to become jealous of his wife, who was a most excellent lady and aware of the pro cess. : ' , j On this hint we might learn to manage a balky horse, lie is insane on the subject of gotng, that is evi dent. If we can manage to mako him think upon some pther subject, he will naturally fprget aboutgo 1. Tie a string around the horse's ear close to the head. 2. Hitch the horse to the single tree by a cord instead of the tugs, the cord fastened to the horse' q tail. , : ; 8. Fill his mouth with some dls- ' agreeable substance. 4. Tie a stout twine around the leg just below the knee, and then removing it when he has traveled some distance. J i Never whip a balky horse, for tho' more he is whipped the crawer he will become. Let everything be done gently for boisterous words only ' confuse him and make him , worse. Treat him in the mud man ner that you would a crazy man, and you will succeed. I Things not Generally Known. Glass windows wereused for light in 1180. Telescopes invented by Ports and Johnson, 1690. ! Europe in 1501. , crrclation of- blood discovered by Harvey in 1610. Cotton planted in the -United States in 1795. ' ? Sterotyping Invented In Scotland In 1785. 1 Chimneys first upon houses in 1230. - j Tallow candles for lights in 1290. ' Spectacles invented by an Italian in lZto.C' " Paper made from linen In 1802. ' Woolen cloth made) In England, ! Art of ' printing from movable type, 1440.- ; ? VVatches first made 1447. ".l in Germany, ( ? Newspapers first established in i f Pendulum clocks first invented In 1G39. At the breakfast table the other: morning -a Detroit landlady gavoj Mf. Jones a severe look and said : Mr.' Jones, I understand you I have been, circulating Injurious re-J ports about my house." - n r "How, madam?" . I , f "I understand you! said yoa had used better butter than I have " here to grease wagons with." : ' 4I did say so, madam, but not to injure your house. 1 have used bet- . ter butter, madam, to grease wag- ons, but I wouldn't do it again, I'd sell it to you!". I She accepted the apology ; . j 00 60 i it. .1
