North Carolina Newspapers

THE ERA.! MUT T "W E R A . PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. 8EK RATES OP SUBSCRIPTION ON THIS PAGE.) a. ;-5;; i A. REPUBLICAN WEEKLY NEWS PAPER THE CENTRAL OFtQAN OF THE PARTY. W. M. BOWN, Manager. , . -5 jar Job Work executed at short no tice" and In a style unsurpassed by any Offick on 'Newbern Avenue, some similar establishment In the State, x or seven hundred yards east of - the Capitol. RATES OF ADVERTISING . RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: One year, - - $2 10 Six months, - - - - 1 05 Three months, - 55 17-IN VARIABLY IN ADVANCK. Ono square, one time, - - $ 1 00 " , two times. ' 1 60 " three times, - tx - - 2 00 VOL. V. RALEIGH, N.; THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1876. rKT A Contract advertisements taken at J s ? 1 f ' Local Directory. Tlnsonlc Hiram LcI?, No. 40 A. S, Lee, V. M.; F. II. Busbee, 8. W.; J. C. R. LKtle, J. W.; I. B. Thomas, Secretary. Meeas third Monday evening ia each month at 7o'dock, William G. Hill Lodge, No. 218. Ju-k R. Williams, T. M.; D. S. Waitt. S. TV.: Willram R. Cox. J. v W. P. Wetberell.Sec'y. Meets 5.1 and 4th Monday evenings in each innth. third story of the Fisher Building, at 1. IUlelgh Chapter, No, 10. John Kit-hob. II. P.; D. W. Bain. Secretary. Mnets 3d Tuesday eve ning in each month at 1 o'clock. Independent Order of Odd Fellow. Manteo Lodge, No. 8. Morris Inhanm, N. O.; George D. Cul ley, V. G.; O. F. Curtis, Secre cy. Meet at OJd Fellows' Hall, ev-ry Taesday evening at 7 o'clock. Sea ton Gales Lodge, No. C4. T. p. Devereux, N. G.; T. K. Vaitt, V. i ; Phil Thiem, Sec'y. Meets at Odd Fellows' Hall, every Thurs day evening at 7 o'clock. taleigh Ixxlge, No. (V. R. II . Wea their, N. G.; L. G. Bugley, V. (;.; J. J. Lewis, Secretary. Meets at (Kid Fellows Hall, every Monday r veiling at 7 o'clock. MeKee Encampment, No. 15. Vs. B. Hutching-, C. P.; Henry INrtrr, II. P.; Phil Tliietn, Scribe. Mtta at Otld Fellows Hall, L'l eud llh Frulay evenings in each tfnouth at 7 o'clock. K.nlcht of Ijrtliia. O-ntre Ixwlge. No. .E. G. Ilr-V-U.C.C; B. C Manly, V. C; C. A. SherwiHMl, K. R. S. Mets every "A'tiliiesday. at 7J 1. M. tTiird story txctiange Building. Ie1epeidenC Order of (iood Teniplnro. 1 1 lr4k f rt am Idg No. 1. J. 3. Allen, W.C. T.; Miss Delia Wrat ii.W. V. T.; Walter C. Richard pm. Secretary. M ets every Tues day evening, 7 o clock, at Oood feinplArs' Headquarters, Fayette title St. Bethel I)dge, No. 77. Stephen t;rT, W. C. T.: Mrs. George I). Cllley, W. V. T.; R. H. Towles, fv'y. Mets every Monday eve ting at 1 o'clock, at Good Temp mvh' Headquarters, Fayetteville St. Hudson Degree Temple, No. 1. K. B. Broughton. D. T.; Miss Blanche Fentress, V. D. T.; Thos. Ilarnpsfn. Secretary. Meets on th- and 31 Thursday evenings in eh month, at Good Templars' Headquarter, Fayetteville Street, st 1 o'clock. Friend f Temperance. Raleigh Council, No. 127. L. S. Idrkhead, President; Willie c Snnach. Associate; V. Ballard, rW-rvtary. Meets every evening at 7J o'clock in the BTrildinjr. Briggs TaMr nm'm Clirlatlan Aseeclaf Ion. D. V. Bain, President; A. M. McPnwters, John Armitrong and W. J. Young, Vice Presidents; W. S. Primrose. Treasurer; Edward R. .Stamps, Secretary. Meets every Tnesday evening at Tf o'clock at Brlgjs Building. Tj-pegraphlciil UnUo. Ralerfh Typographical Union, No. 54, meets every trst Wednes day night in each month. Officer. Jos. A. Harris, President. Jno. W. Marcora, Vice-President. F. T. Booker, Rec Secretary. J. K. Ray, Cor. Sec'y Otho Crabjree, Fin. Secretary. E. M. Uzrell, Treasurer. Jno. C. King, Sergeant at-Arms. Rates tf Poatage. iWoZ Cards Written or printed, one cent each. Drop Ijttlert- Without local de livery, one cent for each half ounce, or fraction thereof. Drop letters ith local delivery, 2 cents. Pott Letters Newspaper manu script, or other written matter, to ny point within the United States, three cents for each half ounce, or fraction thereof. Periodical Publication Issued Weekly, and oftener, and from a known office of publication or news ffency, and addressed to regular lubscribors or news agents, must be prepaid at the rate of two cents a pound and fraction thereof, less fre quently three cents a pound or frac tion thereof. One copy free to sub scribers residing in the county where the same are pablished. Ifavdlaneous JfaUtrll&te of poa tags on miscellaneous aiatter is one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof. Packages must riot exceed wr pounds, except books, book lanuscript, proof sheets, and cor rected proof sheets. All packages of small matter not Bent at letter rates (except seeds) must be so wrapped or secured that their con tents can be conveniently .examin ed by postmaster, otherwise they will Uj charged letter postage. Rates of Postal Money Orders On orders not exceeding $15, 10 nts; over $15 and not exceeding 15 cents; over $30 and not ex ceeding $40, 20 cents ; over $40 and not exceeding $50, 25 cents. Registered Letters--The order is only payable at the office on which it is drawn.' The order should be ollected within one year from Its date. Alter once paying an order, by whomsover presented, the de partment will be liable to no fur ther claim. Fee for registered let ters is 10 cents, this la addition to she fiQStifiX pQB&& Pot Office Ulrectorr. For the benefit of the TtihlT publish the following directory of the post office of this city : Western mail closes 10:30 a. jr. 3:49 p. m. 3:30 p. 3f. 11:05 a. m. arrives closes arrives Eastern tt Chatham 41 closes i:30 p. m. arrives y.o A. M. 9:30 a. m R. fc G. R. R. mail closes arrives 3:45 r. m Through northern via R. 4Q.R.R. closes 9:30Ja. m. Through northern via R. oc G. R. R. arrives S:45 t. r. Through northern via Goldsboro closes 3:30 P. M. Through northern via Goldsboro arrives 11:05 a.m. Office hours for deliverinr:mai!s from 7.-30 a. v. to 0:30 p. m. Money orders are issued andlnaid from 8:15 a. m. to 4 p. m. Letters can be registered from 8:15 a. m. to 4 P. M. No mails sent or received on Sun days. W. W. Hold en, P. M. Poetry. Poor Blind Johnny. Poor Johnny is blind ! He never has seen The beautiful world, With its carpet of green. He never lias seen The (ay so bright, Nor watched it fold up So sleepy at night. And the bright yellow butter- Johnny can'-t know cups How pretty they look In the fields as they grow. He never can see The beautiful (lowers, How. they smile and look sweet Just after the showers. est, He newr has seen The glorious sun Starting up from his sleep, Like a giant to run. His hard and long journey From east to far west. Then shining Good night, And siuking to rest. And, saddest of all, Poor Johnny can't see His dearest papa, As he sits on his knee. He never can see His mamma's dear face, Or the love that beams there As she meets his embrace. Poor Johnny ! to him We will always be kind ; To our hearts will be nearest The boy that is blind. We will try, by our love, To make up for each loss ; And Johnny shall srailo While he carries the cross. Selected Staty. Circumstantial Evidence. On the morning of the 17th of November, 1841, the town of Steu benville, Ohio, was thrown into great excitement in consequence of the rumor that the body of a man had been found in the woods in the outskirts of tho town, and close to the Pittsburg turnpike. Upon arriving at the scene, the sheriff and his companions saw at a glance that a terrible crime had been committed. The dead man was covered all over with frozen fo re, and seven wounds, apparent y inflicted with a sharp knife, were found on the body, and his face presented a ghastly spectacle. A terrible gash extended from the left temple to the right jaw, and there was another gash in the fore head. The victim was well-dressed, .,nrl oHII hurt hlQ fplt hat on his Kwi tt liott fo h nhniit. fnrtv "..Ji,i On examination, his pockets found to be empty, but close to the body was a wallet; it was still mm a. a 11 open, as li its contents nau oeen taken from it, ano me pocKet-oooa thrown away. At a distance of ten or fifteen feet from the corpse, lay a peculiarly-shaped fur cap. It could not have belonged to the murdered man, for his hat was still on his head. The ground was covered with snow, and there were a num ber of light foot-prints in it, which were the oniy muicaiions oi me Demetrator of the crime. The coroner wa? sent for, and un- til his arrival the sheriff and his companions went to the Ohio tav ern, which was situated at no great distance from the scene of the mur der. When the sheriff told the landlord of the crime, and described the appearance of tbo corpse, the landlord exclaimed : Great God! that poor fellow must be Mr: Sammis, the Pittsburg cattle dealer. He ' was here last night, and took supper with an other man from Pittsburg, named Belson or Wilson, and who rode on toward Pittsburg immediately af ter he left the table. Mr. Sammis sat in the front room with me and Jack Capon for an hour, when the two went out together." Jack Capon was a dissolute but good-natured fellow, about thirty years old, who had a decided aver- sion to work and a still more de- ciueu preoiiection ror strong drink, Still, everybody liked him, for he had an excellent heart, and never . . i forgot a favor dojje him. 'Vhat sort' '.ot;J hat did Capon wear last night f?m asked the sheriff. 'Why, no hat,' but a fur cap made of beaver skin with two ear covers. "Was this the cap TP asked the sheriff, producing the cap which he had found near the corpse of the murdered man, and which he had thus far been hiding under his "Yes," exclaimed the landlord, 'that is Capon's cap, and no mis take; where did you find it?" The sheriff told him, and every one geemed horror-struck at the idea that poor Jack Capon should have committed so atrocious a crime. Men were immediately dispatched to arrest him ; they did not find him at his wonted haunts in Steubenville, but a man who knew his habits said that if he could be found anywhere It would be at the cabin of old Sim BrookF. Brooks lived In the woods on the Pittsburg side of Steubenville. about one mile from the spot where the body of Mr. Sam mis had been found. Like Jack Capon, old Brooks was fond of whiskey, and the two would frequently drink to- gether until they were utterly ob- 11V10US OI tne cares and sorrows Of this world, which, as they thought, had never treated either of them with justice. So to Brooks's cabin they went. They knocked at the front door, which wa3 locked, and for several minutes there was no response ; but at last old Brooks himself opened the door. They saw at a glance that he was in a dreadful state of intoxication. 4Is Jack Capon here ?" they asked. 4,Ye-ye-yes," hiccuped Brooks, "he's lying asleep yonder, behind the stove." Then the drunken old man went back to his lounge, and in a min ute was sound aleep. The men stepped up to Capon, who was also drunk, and whose coat and shirt were covered with blood. They exchanged significant glances and aroused him with difficulty. 44 What do you want?" he yawned. 44The sheriff wants you, Jack." "The sheriff ! What for ? I ain't 44 You are suspected of having murdered a man." 44Go away ! I murdered a man ? Yon must be looney." 'Look at yourself." Capon looked at his clothes. The sight of. the blood stains sobered him at once. 4 'How did I get these stains on my coat and shirt?" 44 Don't t you know, anything about them, yourself?" 4 4 No no ! You say m urder was committed?" r ; ; "Come, come, Jack Caponi!' they replied; you .can't fpq anybody by pleading ignorance. What did you do with your cap?" He looked about the room. "Some one must have taken it away," he said. You left it near the corpse of the murdered man." Was it found there? Great Gcd ! Great God !" Then he willingly followed the men, who took old Sim Brooks along also, to the Ohio tavern, where the coroner had meanwhile arrived. The sheriff appeared soon afterward with some men who were carrying the gory, frozen corpse of the victl hi. Capon was conducted up to the body; as he cought sight of it he recoiled in hor ror. "It's Mr. Sammis," he gasped ; who has murdered him ?" "You were the last man ; seen in his company," said the sheriff; "your cap was found near tho corpse ; your clothes" are blood stained ; who but you can be the murderer?" "I am innocent !" cried Capon, desperately. " I got drank at Brook's ; I do not know howl got this blood on my clothes, nor how ray cap got near the corpse. I had even forgotten that I was with this poor gentleman." ! The coroner impaneled a Jury, and in the first place took ' them to the spot in the woods where the in urder had been committed. Jack Capon, who had meanwhile beep heavily Ironed, was also conveyerl thither. The foot-prints hear the Doint where the murdered man had lain were not , very'dlstinct, but they seemed to correspond exactly with the soles of Capon's shoes. Returning to the Ohio tavern, the coroner swore Sim Brooks, , who by cap off when he came in, and an this time-. had become i( perfectly swered my questions promptly and sober., and who stated ... tnat the nicrht. before, about half past ten o'clock, Jack Capon had come tp his cabin, and asked him if he had any whiskey. He had given him three or lour rlrinL- nnrl ftonnn Kf nr. mnrp r Kori then ahmvn him ft tpn VL "". "iZZ-iVZ-T'-ir-uTZ SPL"1" A.inrTjtf . " , r(ra that if heVouldo , to MikePerr ry's pe mignt gi..juje.(;iueiv Capon had gone, and returned, with whiskey, but without, bis cap, and with his shirt and the front part of his coat all bloody. He had asked Capon how he got the blood on himself, but the latter, was so drunk! that he could pot give an intelligible account of what had happened ;to him, but had said something about having had a falLandJhurt himself. On hearing this evidence the prisoner exclaimed i " Yes yes that's true : I remember it now: I made a short cut through the 1 A, ..A , mi woods to Mike Perry's hoqs.Whero r i got the .whisky, and retarded by f pretty much the same route, when i . .- . ... I stumbled Over something, and fell." The Jury rendered a verdict against him, and he was committed for trial. , He did not deny having the gold piece all of which was found in his, pocket, except fifty cents that he had anent at Mike Perry 's for the Hqtr-but he said mat tiammis, who had taken an interest in' him, had given it to him. This was considered a very flimsy falsehood, and everybody was convinced that Jack Capon was guilty. A messenger, with the news of the murder, 'was dispatched to Pittsburg, where i it created pro found sensation. 'It turned out that the murdered man had had nearly twenty thousand dollars in bank-bills on his person. Sammis's brother Mark, a 1 very energetic man, accompanied the messenger back-to Steuben ville, and engaged special counsel to assist in the prosecution of Capon. The latter was convicted and sentenced to be hunor. which sentence was commuted to Imprisonment for life, The. prisoner was overwhelmed with despair at his conviction; he never ceased to protest his inno- cence, and his eyes were constantly red and swollen from weeping. He was taken tn thn txnftntrarv at Columbus, where ' he was at first very harshly treated: but his amiable disposition was not long in making 6uch an agreeable Impres- sion on the keepers that many privileges were granted to him. These he never abused ; on the con trary, he proved an; efficient assis tant to the prison authorities on more than oneoccasion, so that they wondered how this good-natured man could have been i capable of commitmg such a crime. Five years passed by, when an event occured which proved be yond a doubt that Capon was after all an entirely innocent man. A cotton broker named Wilson, at Savannah, Ga., had long been on bad terms with his wife; finally he accused her of adultery, and sued for a divorce. Thereupon the wife charged him with having1 murder ed a man on the 16th of November, 1841, the night after leaving Pitts burg, Pa., and with having robbed his victim of twenty thousand dol lars in bank bills. She said that she had to wash her husband's shirt the next day, when he returned unexpectedly to Pittsburg, and, finding it blood stained, she accused him of killing somebody. He then confessed to her what he had done, and they very hurriedly left Pittsburg a few davs later, and went down South. Wilson was arrested, and, under a requisition, was carried to Steu benville; there, driven by terror and remorse that his crime had come back to him after so many years, he made a full confession. He said he -had waylaid Sammis, who had left his horse three miles from Steubenville,' and had attack ed him with a knife.' Sammis had ouered; the most desperate resis tance; and had compelled him to stab him many times before he sue cumbed. The Governor, upon receiving a certified copy of Wilson's confes sion, immediately granted a full nardon - to Capon ; to whom the Legislature voted $3,000, to indem nify him for the suffering he had innocently undergone. His return home was an ovation, and he was received with the greatest iov by the people of Steu benville. .No one then had any doubt that Capon's story at the time of the murtler was true that. in 8tatrreriner drunk through the woods that night from Mike 'Per- rv's he had stumbled over the murdered man's body, - had stained his clothes with his blood, and had left his cap on the ground. Wilson was hanged January 4th, 1847. Hoy's Head Tbis. A gentleman advertised foraboy to assist him In his omce,and nearly fiftv applicants presented tnero- selves to-him. Out of the whole number, he in a short time selected one and dismissed the rest. "I should like to know," said a friend, "on what ground you se lected that boy. who has not a sinarle recommendation?" "You are mistaken," said the gentleman ; "he had a great many. He wiped his feet when became in, and ; closed the door after - nun. showing that he was carefuL1 He eraveunhis seat instantly to that lame old man, showing that-he was kind and thoughtful.- He took: his respwuuiiy, that he was polite and gentlemanly. He pick ed up the book which I had pur posely laid on the floor, and i re placed it on the table, while all the rest 8ppeu Over 11, or Bnoveu II lasiue: ana ne waiwu quieuy ior his tarn, i instead of pushing arwl crowding showing that he was honest and orderly. When I snoke4 ;Mm,i nofiT that his clothes ??fQ DiCd urucr. nun ins ictiu. no winter as milk ; and when he wrote his name, 1 - noticed - that his finger- nails were clean, instead of being dipped with jet, like that handsome little fellow in the blue jacket Don't vou call i those letters of ' re- i ao.anu i wouiu r j r j I irive. more for . what I could i tell about a boyi by usingmy -'eyes ten minutes, than all th letters hecan Vj ii llj III J ' ' J -V c Ex-President Iberts of Liberia is dead. y; MiscellaneottQ ' Sharing his Seat with a Young Lady, and Interviewed by Mrs. Sliott. Mr. Shott hadn't been out of De troit In seven years, when, the other day. business called him tofjrticago. Mrs. Shott wanted to go along but he said that times were too tiara, he didn't want to have the bother of taking care of her, and she was com pel led to remain at home. He reached home in the evening, after an absence of two 3ays and as be sat, eating his supper, he observed : I tell you it was a long rldef and I'm glad you didn't go.' "Lonesome, was it?" she asked. It would have been fearful if I had'nt had a young lady in the seat with me," he replied. Whatl A young lady in the seat with you ?" That is thai ta -you know the car was crowded," he said. And you offered her half your seat?" : I that is, shetat down there," lie stammered. Mrs. Bhott's ears grew red and her eyes snapped. ' And so it was lonesome, was it ? You didn't speak to her, I suppose? Inquired the wife. Why, I I spoke once or twice, of course." Nice young lady, I suppose?" Well, no, I can't say she was." "And there yon sat and looked your sweetest, ana I'll Det you passed yourself off as a single man. .a. v v 1 J mjv f mo jl vs t nv plied, as he drank his tea. "Did you inform her that you were married and had three chil dren?" Bhe demanded. "I don't remember, though I pre sume I did." You presume you did I Well, I presume you didn't. I knowjut how you sat up there and pretend ed to be a rich widower, and took care of her satchels, and bought pop corn and illustrated papers for her I" Mr. Shott inquired if there was any more biscuit. "It's a nice operation your com ing home and exiectingto find hot biscuit for you !" she went on Why didn't you ask if tha vouner ladv could make biscuit? -Why didn't she come home to tea with you T' Nancy, don't be fooiisn," ne ob served. Don't be foolish ! Who is fool ish ? Here I was scrubbing around and baking: and patching;, and breaking mv back, and you were braced up in a seat beside a young lady, stroking those yellow whis- kcrs and talking about your bonds and mortgages- and your lonely widower life." "I wasn't," he replied. "Daniel, did that girl ride all the way from Chicago with you r77 asked Mrs. Shott, as she toyed with the handle of the inilk jug. "Did she? Leimne see!" he mused, as he helped himself to the butter. You know she did I" shouted Mrs. Shott. "If she got off at any of the sta tions I didn't se her," he admit ted. MAnd there you sat and sat, and rode and rode, and you paid out the money we need so much in tne house for pea-nuts, nd pop corn, and juba paste, and picture papers ! Daniel, let inesee your wallet l" "My wallet?" "Yes, sir, your wallet 1" What for, Nancy ?" "I want to see your wallfet!" "It's the same one I always had." You left home with twenty six dollars, and I know exactly what the trip cost. Fare to Chi cago and back, seventeen dollars. Hotel bill, two dollars. I'll allow one dollar more for incidentals, and now where's that six dollars 7" "I I" he stammered. You what?" "I met Green down by the depot and lent him four dollars." "Daniel Shott, who is Green, and where does he live ?" Daniel didn't reply. Daniel Shottiyott've lied tomel' she exclaimed. "You didn't want to take me along owing to the hard tims. You said I'd bother you. If I'd been along you'd have growled four times a mile about the bother and the- expense, and: there you went arm noinereo aoout a vouner .ladv and sauandered four dollars on her, and here I've worn those old shoes seven mouths to save expense 1" I'll -get you a new pair pretty soon," he replied. "You will, eh I When?" -Before the fourth of July, any how." . You can squander four dollars on an Unknown girl and make me wait 'four months for shoes, can "Wnat unknown girl ,7;; Daniel Shott" And the milk pitcher came down on his head, she caught him by the neck-tie, and the oldest boy ran out doors and yelled;! .fire !" Several of the neighbors ran over, bit Mrs. Shott met them at the door and said it was only a burning chimney. When they asked for Mr. Shott she remarked: 'Mr. Shott doesn't feel a bit well and is covered up on the lounge f. ..... Wo are Coming. Ah the Centennial onenlncr draws . . 1 o j--,. r near, an exchange gives the follow ing as a sample of thousands of letters- received .dally . by house keepers in Philadelphia s. w v dear JBlBXiUAWiii, pernapSiJi remember that l met you at iNiag- ra -Falls. '-If you don't remember the circumstance, U docu't Dar- ticurarlv matter. I met you ail the same. On that particular occasion you requested me to come and see vou. I .am coming Kxoect me about the first week in June. Un fortunately, I shall not be able to stav more than a month, lours trtthrt- i t : i v. u P Si-1 8h4lli bring fmr mother indaw and niv ; wife's two: sister. 'Also'my wife arid children. The Honest Newsboy. A newsboy was passingalong the street,when be chanced to discover a nurse of greenbacks, lie was at first inclined to conceal it, but, renellinir the unworthy suggestion, he asked a venerable man if it were his'n. The venerable man looked at it hurriedly, said it was, patted him on the head, gave him a quarter, and said he would yet be President. The venerable man then hastened away, but was ar rested for havine counterfeit bills in his possession, while the honest newsboy played penny-ante with his humble quarter and ran it up to $2 62. Moral: Honesty is sometimes the best policy. Tom Marshall and Senator Man gum. Tom dulsred Marshall at one time in in such excess that his friends became alarmed, and dei termined to makean effort to reclaim him. Mr. Mangum was designated to remonstrate with the wild Ken tucklan, and endeavor to impress him with the proper sense of the peril of his position. "I'll hear anything you have to say Mangum," saui xuarsnaii, as,' the Senator opened the conversa tion. "Your friends have been greatly concerned at the manner in whic l you have been conducting your self." 44Don't wonder at it. Been bad ly bothered myself, bent you here to talk with me, didn't they V Yes; they thought as I some times take a glass myself, my ad vice would have the more effect." "You do drink too much, Man- gum. I've Deen ininKing oi speais W . A 1 . F ing to you on the subject. 13u what do you want me to do?" Your friends have the greatest admiration for your genius and tal ent-i. They are confident that with sobriety ..and t reasonably , aspire to tne highest place under the govern nietit." I 'What do vou think I could eret?" "I have no doubt you might cet Chief Justice of the United States." "There's been one Chief Justice in mv family; I don't care to fol low him." 44 You might even hope to become President. 1 "No great credit to follow Capt. Tvler. But I tell you what I'll do, Mangum ; you make me President of the United States, and if l don' make vou Secretary of State I'll agree to be drink.", blanked ! Let's take a A Leap Year Tragedy. They stood together in the entry beneath the hall lamp. Then, Henry," she said in a low voice, wherein were blended de termination,' melancholly and love, fyou refuse my suit ?" "Yes, Ella," he replied in accents tnat were nriri,, tnougn tne speaK er's voice trembled. I admire you ; I will be a brother to you and watch vrlth pridsi your course through, , life, and if ever trouble "should befall you . there will at least be!!tne friend to whom you can come for succor ; but I can never be your husband." 44It is not because I am poor Henry ; for, oh, if that were all I could toil gladly for you, and strive and win a home for you humble it might be but our own.77 "It is useless to attempt to in duce me to change my determina tion. Though 'I - am but a poor, weak 1 man i I can never, never change my mind." , . "Then, cruel young man, so fair and yet so false, farewell ! To morrow you will see my mangled remains on the platform, and know that it has , been your work.- But It will be too late," and, clasping hira to her! bosom in a wild em brace, she fled into the outer dark ness.'arid next day was found at her sewing machine. ' 5 Interesting-Facts. ' The number of seeds of Wheat In one pouiifl ,10,500. The humber ,bt' seeds jn one pound of barley; 15,400.'; . . The number OfseecLs In one pound , The number of setds in one pound dire23,ooo. r ; ... -The humber of seeds in onepound of buckwheat,. 25,000. . " ; ; ; ' -The number Of seeds in. one pound. 0fr?dloyer,2ig,600 . : t The number ofseeds in one pound of white clover,' C$a,400. ; , The number of varieties of Vyer: 'The number of varieties of birds The number of varieties . of rep lies wIUprobab,ly,reaehr,000. V , The' number bt varieties of fishes will probably refch10,T)nx). tere are about 250,'Oyk) species of animais in aiL. . s, , , ! ..codfish has been found to , pro- da ?3,t?0OQ00 eggs or , spawn. f l r 't nog lias iieen louuu.to prouueu 19,200060 eggs or spa w n. . , . ; , Ajhertjihg weighing five ounces has been, found, to .produce 3G,000 i .A, macijerelr weigh ing. twenty ounces has been found to produce 454,000 eggs or spawn. The Education of tho Prosl dents. V The Syracuse University Herald has made" up the following table of Presidents and their places of educa tion, which is of Interest : Washington Good English edu cation, but never studied tho an cient languages. Adams Harvard. Jefferson William and Mary. Madison Princeton. Monroe William and Mary. Adams, J. Q. Harvard. Jackson Limited education. Van Buren Academlceducation. Harrison Hampden Sidnev Col lege. Tyler William and Mary. Polk University of tfort Caro lina. Taylor Slightest rudiments. Fillmore Not liberally educated. Pierce Bowdoln. Buchanan Dickinson. Lincoln Educated very limited. Johnson Self educated. Grant West Point. Monroe and Harrison did not graduate. Monroe left coHeee to Join the Revolutionary army. Fi nancial reverses deprived Harrison of a full course. Polk was the old est when graduating, being' 23; Tyler the youngest, 17. The ma jority graduated at 20, this being tne average age. Jefferson prob ably had the most liberal education and broadest culture It is said , that his range of knowledge would compare favorably with that of Burke. About Milking. Five per cent, and perhaps ten. can be added to the amount of milk obtained from the cows of this country, if the following rules are inexorably followed : 1. JNever hurry cows, in drlvinir to and irom the pastures. 2. Milk as nearly at equal inter vals as possible. Half-past five in the morning and six at night aro good hours. 3. Be especially tender of the cow at milking time. 4. When seated draw tho milk as rapidly as possible, being certain always to get it all. 5. Never talk or think of any thing beside what you aro doing when milking. 7. Offer some caress, and always a soothing word, when you leave her. The better she loves you tho more free and complete will be her abandom as you sit by her side. Rules for Bathing. 1. Bathe quickly, wipe dry, and walk off rapidly, all within ten minutes. 2. It is dangerous to bathe when tired or at bed time; hence, it is better to make a rule to bathe be fore breakfast, when tho system has been treated by a night's sleep. 3. Before bathing, wash the face, hands and head in cold water. 4. Do not bathe within two hours after eating a full meal ; death has ojften resulted from inattention to this rule. 5. Cold water baths aro hurtful under all circumstances to the very young or very old people, to inva lids, to consumptives, to spitting blood. It is the safest rule that a woman should never take a cold bath other than to rub the whole surface quickly with a soft towel, dipped in water and pressed out; lay the towel smooth on the hand, and rub quickly the whole body, within ten minutes. Hint ior Bores. Some time ago there lived a gen tleman of Indolent habits, In Sus sex, who made it a business in the winter ( season to visit his friends extensively. After wearing out his welcome in his immediate vi cinity, last winter, he thought he would visit an old Quaker friend, some twenty miles distant, who had been a school mate of his. On his arrival he was cordially received by the Quaker, he thinking his visitor had taken much pains to come so far to see him. He treated his friend with great attention and politeness several days, and. as ho did not see any sign of his leaving he became uneasy ; but he boro it with patience till the morning of the eighth day, when he said to him: "My friend, I am afraid thee' 11 never visit me again." "Oh, yes, I shall," said the visit or, "1 nave enjoyed my visit very much, l7ll certainly come again." Nay," said the Quaker, "I think thee will never visit me again." wnat makes you think I will never come again ?" asked the vis itor. "If thee never does leave." said the Quaker, "how canst thee come again?" ; , 1 The visitor, left. A Mother's Sad Story The ad condition of the poor Is shown' by the story told by two women arrested in Brooklyn for shoplifting. They were mother and daughter. Both were fine ookintr. intelligent, and refined. The mother told a touching story of downfall from prosperity. She said that her husband was com pelled to go to Canada to search for work, and thus she was left to struggle alone. Then her son, who was a lithographer in new York, was wounded in the hand while at work at his machine,: and the ex pense of medical attendance, $43. she was unable to meet. She was sued by the phj-sician, who re covered Judgment with cost. In desperation, fearing that her furni- ure might be attached, she tooc a roll of silk from a store, and em boldened by success she was tempt ed to repeat the crime. ' The daugh ter la only twenty years old.