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KINSTON, N. C; THUESDAY, JANUAEY 20, 1881.
SO. G.
noir ooantT, Norta Carolina.
Magistrate Blanks always on band.
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'erer Say Die.
Never say diof never spy die; I
. tile's worth tbe Hying, it only we try V
The hand: and the brain
Were not, given In vain ;
1 We've a battle to gain, 1 v
And so never say die.
Never say die never sav die;
It earnings te low and il livings be high,
Ti reason the more
Not to feint or give o'er;
.Better days are in store,
And so never say die.
llever tay die never say die; j
When night is at darkest the morning is nigh;
Whether far off or near,
In God's jlimei will appear,
Some blessings to cheer, j
And so never say die. (
Never say die never say die;
The soul that is teadiaat may fortune defy;
In labor and art . ,j. j,
Let the band and the heart
Each do its own part,
AnJ so never say die.
Never tayjdie never say die:,'
When cowards despair, be this our reply:
All tlikt's noble and human .
In constant and true man,
In brave, patient woman, -
Cries. Never sav die. ; '
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Never say die never shy die j
tile is G oil's gilt that we may not lay by;
Whatever befall
tbe duty ot all.
Till Ho gives the call,
To say, Never say die.
MRS. BRIGGKS CLERK.
lie was a. tall, thin, starved-looking
boy, with a little jacket, the sleeves o
which crept hiIf-way up! to his arms,
and a hat that was nothing but a brim,
and when she saw htm he was eating a
rustout of the gutter. She was only a
poor woman who kept a little shop for
candy and trimmings, and. worn enough
herself, heaven knows; but, said she. he
looked a little like what her Tom might
e f he had grown up and been neglect-
d, and she couldn't stand it. She called
him.- J -.
"Come here, sonny," . she said; and
be boy came.
Before she could speak again, he said :
" I don't .do it. I'll take my oath on
an j thing, I didn't Co it. I ainrt so
mean." ". . .
" Didn't do w A ? " said the pleasant
pld woman. ' - ' :
"Break your winder," said the boy.
V Why, I broke that myself, with rm
shutter last night," laid the old woman.
'em,
Fl'm not strong enough to lift
that's a fact. '.I'm' settles old " .
j "If I'm round hear when you shut up,
I'll do it for you," said the boy. ' I'd
just as soon.:' What was that, you
wanted me for?"
" I want to knowwhatyou were eat-
ng that dry crust out of the gutter forP"
was the leply.
j "Hungry,' said he; "I've tried to
get a job all day. I'm going to sleep in
an are a over there after it gets too dark
for a policeman to see, and y;u can't
have a good night's sleep without some
supper, if it is a lktle dirty."
"I'll give ybtt some that's' cleaner."
said the old woman. .
"That will be begging," said he.
"No," said she, " you can sweep the
store and the pavement, and put up the
shutters for it."
- Very - well," said he. "Thankee
then. If I sweep up first I'll feel bet
ter." -
Accordingly she brought him a broom,
and ho did the work well. Afterward
he ate his. supper .'with , a 'relish; That
nitfht Le slept, not in the area, but under
the old woman's counter.
. He hid told her his story; His name
was Dick ; he was twelve years old, and
his father, whom he had never seen
sober, was iu prison for life. . y
The antecedents were not elevating,
but tie boy seemed good. The next
morning the old woman engaged a
clerk for a tmall establishment The
terms were siniple-his "living and
bed under the counte "
When the ndghbors heard of it they
were, shocked. A street boy whom no
onerk'new. ;Did Mr. Briggs really wish
to be murdered in her bedP But Ml s.
Briggs felt quite safe. She has so much
time -now that she was going to take in
sewing, Dick attended to, the Shop alto
W ' . ' - 1 . . '
row, Mrs. ungsrs, saia me doj, "ana
you'll sec the custom that it will bring.
If a little shaver sees the kites, he'll
spend all hej has for 'em, and then hell
coax his mother for .more to buv the
stick dates and chewing gum. I know
" You're a clever boy yourself," said
the old woman, and patted feus hand.
Jt was a plumper hand; than it had
been when it picked the crust from the
gutter, and he wore clean, whole gar
ments, though they were very coarse.
"How wrong the neighbors' were,"
she said. "The boy is the comfort of my
life.".; .. z - rv'..:;v.-
, So she went to bed with the treasure
under her pillow and. slept. Far on in
the night she awakened. The room was
utterly dark there was not a rayof light,
bat she heard a step on the "floor.
" Who is that P" she cried.
- There was no answer, but she felt that
some one was leaning . over her bed ;
then a hand clasped her throat and held
her down, and dragged out the bag of
money, and she was released. Half
suffocated, she for a moment found her
self motionless and, bewildered, con
scious only of a draught of air from the
open door, aud some confused noises.
Then she sprang to the door and hur
ried into the shop, d
i
"Dick! Dick!" she cried; "Dick!
Dick! help! wake up I I'm robbed!"
But there was no answer; the door
into the street was Wide open, and' by
the moonlight that poured, through' it
she saw as she peered under the counter
that the boy was gone.? Gone! gone!
Oh I that was worse jto Granny Briggs
than even the loss of the money ; for
she a ad trusted him and he had deceived
her. The neighbors were right; she
was a 'fool to trust a strange street boy .
When the dawn had broken the
neighbors came intoi Granny's shop to
find her crying and rocking to and fro ;
and they told, her they had told her so,
and she onl!y shook her head. Her
"occupation was gone,' but not her
savings. Money was but money, after
all ; he had come to be the only thing
she loyed, and pick had robbed her.
It v as ten o'clock. Granny sat moan
ing by the kitchen hearth. Good na
tured Mrs. Jones was " seeing to things"
and trying to cheer her when suddenly
there came a rap on the door and a po
liceman looked in. 1 i
" Mrs. Briggs P" he said, f V
f' Here she i3," said Mrs,. Jones.'
" Yob, I'm the wretched critter," said
Mrs. Briggs. -. '
"Some one wants to see you at'head
quarters," said the officer. " There's a
boy there and some money."
" Dick!" cried Mrs. Briggs. " Oh, I
can't bear to look at him."
But Mrs. Jones had already tied on
her bonnet and wrapped hex in a shawl,
and taken her on her arm.
The Homes of the OwreeA
antm lrclun.
It may be well to give you a descrip
tion of the interior of some of the dens,
misnamed cots, in which the peasantry
of Galway and Mayo counties lives,
writes Edward King from Dublin to the
Boston Journal. They are merely stone
shelters ; they are not provided with
any facilities for drainage, snd are often
incomparably filthy. . The flooiS are of
hard mud ; it 'is rare to find more than
one room in a hut, and only one story.
Beds and bedding are luxuries which
the poorer tenants do not possess ; old
heaps of hay and 'straw are the couches
on which the lovely brown-eyed maid
en s" of Connaught repose. The smoke
from a peat fire in a common peasant's
cabin spreads through the room, and 'you
narrowly escape strangulation on your
first visit. I have had this experience
in Herzegovina, and consequently
minded the smoke but little. How
family decency is maintained in these
dens is a mystery, and how the people
manage to keep clean for they look
clean is a puzzle.
The pigs run in and out of the doors
and such wretched pigs ! A North
Carolina wild hog would be an aristocrat
beside them! In dozens of these cabins
sick people are to beiound sick people
dependent either on the charity of their
neighbors orxjn friends in America who
send them small sums. A gentleman in
Galway told me that the agents of land
lords treated the poorer tenantry as if
they were animals. He instanced the
case of one agent who, on rent day,1
when any tenant was short a half crown
in his payment, would knock the money
off the table on the floor, so as to humili-
ate the tenant before his fellow3. Up to
a very recent date even the better class
of tenants would not have dared, to
reaent such behavior ; they were ready
to fawn before the man who insulted
them. Now the tables are turned and
! A.ti9U Fulrm mn Mmrket
During a recent lecture in New York
on ancient fairs and markets,' Chief -Justice
Charles P. Daly said: Fairs
have come down to us from a remote
antiquity, and their origin was probably
Asiatic. They were found in Mexico
and Peru when those countries were
first discovered by the' Spaniards, and
were known in Europe as early as the
seventh century. From the fourth to the
seventh century Europe was devastated
by the savage tribes of Asia, and com
mercial intercourse was almost com
pletely destroyed. At the close of this
warfare, the seeds of. a new civilization
were sown, and people were again
brought together for mercantile trans
actions, but with great difficulty. The
roads were infested with robbers and
merchants were forced to unite and
travel well armed for protection. It is
probable that the great fairs held down
to the sixteenth century had their origin
in this way. Merchants encountered
each other at certain seasons of the year
at central points, and exchanged their
commodities. Another circumstance
fixed the places for these meetings, and
gave rise to small local fairs. la the
middle ages the devotional feelings of
he people caused them to visit the
shrines ol the saints. Pilgrimages were
made at favorable seasons of the 'year.
and as travel was difficult and danger
ous the pilgrims set out in large num
bers. With an eye to business they
usually managed to carry with them
goods which they knew would be in de
mand at the holy place ; and thus, not
only indemnified themselves for the ex
pense of the pilgrimage but served God
and turned an honest penny at the same
time. After the religious ceremony
came the fair and the busy scenes . of
traffic,- The same causes led to the es
tablishment of local fairs or, markets on
Sundays and holidays in nearly every
town where the church was established.
warh An none
Lmprvlm Steele CTaapl.
Many farmers suppose that became
they cannot buy a herd or a flock that
thereafter they must be content with
growing scrub stock. On this subject
the Live Block Journal iterates what we
hare frcqently urged. In the following:
It doesn't require a section of. land, nor
a Dig bans account, to znaxe & Degu
ning. You need not go to England, nor
even to a sister State, to get the
blood " which is sure to telL"
Good, reliable breeders of Shorthorns.
Hereford, Holsteins, Jerseys, etc, are
scattered all through the States, and
will supply at reasonable cost, a young
bull or a few cows, or whatever may be
desired. A pure-bloodei bull can be
bought aU the way from fifty dollars up
wards, and. brea to native cows.
ill give half-blooded animals which
when grown, will sell readily at high
figures, when the "scrubs" are not
wanted at any price . If any farmer says
he hasn't fifty dollars to spare, let him
join his neighbor, and own tbe animal
in common. From this point of view
the "can't afford it" plea disappears.
for if necessary a pool of five dollars
each can be formed. In iust that way
the breeders of Madison, Clinton and
other counties in Ohio, in early days,
formed their associations for importing
Shorthorns from England, and the
great results accomplished point the
way for the common farmers of to-day.
Pulverisation af tbe 011.
Dr. Maclarea. of Edlnbwg. flcotJ
land, states that the types of insanity
have changed within modern times.
For instance, acute delirious mania is
now comparatively rare, but mental en-
feeblement attended with paralysis is
becoming more and more common, and
is the result of the overwork and worry
of the struggle for existence at the
present day,
They fish now by telegraph in Nor
way. Stations have been built along
the coast, and during the herring season
whica is at its height for about fix
weeks, a sharp lookout is kept for shoals.
Wbereter one is sighted word is sent
along the line, and the available fisher
men promptly give chase. The old way
was for the fishermen to cruise along the
shore, trusting to luck or the reports
they might hear to come upon the her
ring. Now, every morning during the
season, the position of the shoals which
are watched is noted and posted at the
principal telegraphic stations.
Hr0 sism! After.
Before marriage : '
With wtmdroos care,
Sb seeks the mirror
And baxg ber hair.
After marriage:
With anxry glar
the crab tor slipper
Aid bangs tier heir.
. At Otmu Ti
ALA BOUTS.
the agent sneaks in and out among the I They were a source of revenue to the
people, taking twenty-tivfe per cent, less
than the usual rental, if indeed he gets
anything at all, and is glad to get away
again out of the farming district with
his head still on his shoulders.
. "The wretch!" she said. "I'm so
glad he's caught." '
And she led Mrs. Briggs along poor
Mis. Briggs who crjed all the way, and
cared nothing for the money. And soon
they were'at their destination. Then,
not before, the policeman turned to' the
two women.
"It's pretty bad," hie said. "They'll
take him to the hospital in an hour. I
suppose you are prepared for tnat.
He's nearly beaten to death you know."
, "Did you beat him, you cruel
wretch P" said Mrs. Briggs, "I
wouldn't have.had it done lor half the
money. Let him go with it if it's any
comfort to him," '
"I beat him !" said the man. ."Well
women have the stupidest heads. Why
if-1 hadn't got up when I did he'd have
been dead. He held the bag of money
A Farmer's Blunder.
A Scotch farmer, living near the sea
coast. saw the shore on the morning
after a storm strewn with jelly-fish He
knew in a sort of .general way that fish
made good manure, and supposed that
one sort of fiih was as good as another.
So blessing Providence for dumping
such a lot of fertilizer -.so handy to his
farm he used all his men and horses
that day in carting load after load of
jellv-fish to his fields. j
G.-eat were his expectations of large
cr jd?. But a neighbor, who had a little
"book larnin'," blighted his hopes. j
"You've been watering your fields in
stead of manuring them," said- the
neighbor, who knew that the jelly-fish
is largely made up of water.: j
The farmer rose "a sadder and a wiser
man" from that chat. For j he learned
that a jelly-fish of two pounds contains
Dnly thirty grains of solid matter, and
in spreading four tons of tbe fish upon
his fields he had added but sixteen
pounds of fertilizing matter thereto, j
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I tote the lAMidlord, Managed" It.
Two new tenants, a doctor and a man
of family, had just moved into the
building. On comparing notes they
discovered that they were paying more
rent than their predecessors in the lodg
ings. - -j j
This was how the wily landlord had
managed it : He had said to the man of
family : " These second-story rooms
tight, and the thief was' pummeling are precisely what you want: and there
i . i i 15 . i ' i .1 i i 4 z il. a . t i
him with a loaded stick ; and the pluck
he had for a little shaver I tell you I
never saw the like." 1 . '
" You shan't take granny's money from
her," says he. " If it's your money, old
lady, he's given his life for it for all I
know."
"Oh, Dick! Dick! I knew you were
good. I must have been crazy to doubt
you;" and then she wrung her hands
and cried : " Oh Dick, lor just a paltry
bit of money.
And so she knelt beside the pale face
upon the pillow and called it tender
names. ' i
And Dick, never guessing her bus
picion of him, Whispered :
" I was so afraid he'd get off with it,
is a doctor in the story just above you.
so that if any member of your family is
taken sick all you have to do is to slip
Upstairs and summon him. IWby, it is
worth 200 francs a year for convenience
and satisfaction!" ! ;
And unto the doctor he had said :
"There i$ a man downstairs with
eleven children and a wife, and none of
them seems ever to have seen a well day.
Why, it's a regular bonanza! Four
hundred francs a year in your, pocket at
the very least ! " Parts Pop$r. j
religious houses, a toll being exacted
from all merchants who engaged in
traflis.
There were seven or eight great fairs
in Europe, to which all the great mer
chants resorted. They were generally
held in an open plain, covering a space
of sir or seven miles. . If held near a
town all business was suspended there
during the progress of the fair. The
manner of conducting them was thor
oughly republican, every person In
terested having an equal voice in the
government. A president wa3 elected,
and a council, of twelve, in whom all
power was ioagecu xney also naa a
court, composed of twelve persons, and
police to preserve order. The proceed
ings ot tne court were summary and
without appeal, and execution promptly
followed the sentence. The court settled
all disputes, and theft was punished by
whipping the offender and exposing him,
fastened to an iron chain, that all might
know that he was a thief. The fair was
opened and closed by public proclama.
tion, and merchants were exempt from
arm t in person and property while en
gaged at the fair, and in going to or re
turning irom it. vv lien tne lair was
formally opened the spectacle presented
was striking and picturesque. Booths
and tents were spread out in ail direc
tions, and amusements of all kinds were
liberally provided . Everywhere, as
now, the gambler was to be found, and
the puppet-show. divided attention with
the rope-dancers and fortune-tellers.
With the advance of civilization, safety
of travel and the building of great cities
which are, in fact, but fairs, or mar
kets, on a large scale the necessity for
holding these large fairs disappeared,
and they began to be patronized more
by the idle and vicious in search of
amusement than by traffickers in the
necessities of life.
Agricultural soil is that portion of the
crust of the earth which is wrought
upon by the skill of the husbandman,
and consists of matter from which is de
veloped suitable plant food to build up
a perfectVegetable organism. This de-
i velopment is carried steadily forward by
climatic influences and other of nature's
processes, all of which may be accele
rated by plowing, harrowing, and va
rious operations usually practiced by the
intelligent farmer.
Complete pulverization of the soil ad
mits air, moisture, and the genial
warmth of the summer's sun. It al
lows tender roots to extend them
selves in search of food, with an equal
pressure upon every part, and is essen
tial to the growth and perfect maturity
of all cultivated crops. It increases the
capillary powers of the soil, and drought
or excessive - moisture, which would
have been Injurious, becomes beneficial
to the crop. It also lessens exposure of
the growing crop to insect depredations,
diseases and accidents. In a word, it is
a very important matter in the produc
tion of maximum crops or. the full de
velopment of the natural qualit ies of the
soil. A Fraclical Farmer.
Tobervstt.
The Michigan Farmer gives some prac
tical advice cn the treatment of tube
roses, it says: iuoero3e3 wnentaxen
up in the fall should be well dried and
laid, away on shelves in a warm place
for the winter. The j oung bulbs or off
sets,' both of tuberose and gladiolus.
bulbs, should be removed either in the
fall or before planting ir the spring. If
old bulbs are planted with the young
ones attached, the lesult is a mass ot
Official sta'Jstical returns of the Aus
tralian colonies for 1679 show an area
of t2.5S0.2S21 square miles, with a popu
lation of!2.659,T7V, and revenue of 15
937,488, of which 5,827036 wai raised
by taxation. The value of imports was
47,378.783, an i the exports, 41.278,.
858; miles of railway open and in use,
4,3384, and miles under construction,
9371; 26,841 miles of telegraph lines
were worked, and 1.38Si miles were in
course of building. Of sheep there were
C5.9U.236; of horses, 1,061.640; of cattle,
7,878 ,556; while of pigs there were but
a little over 822.000 The public debt" is
77,890,183.
Au American gentleman, largely in
terested in flour mills in the Western
States, according to the London Times,
has been inspcting the Hungarian mills
with a view to adopting the machinery
and system of working in his own coun
try. The Hungarians use a large num
ber, of rollers between thirty and Tforty
made of chilled iron and porcelain, in
place of the burr stones used in other
countries. The Hungarian plan and
manufacture are more expensive than in
America, but the former gets eighty per
cent, ol flour from the wheat, while in
the United States tbe -average yield is
only about sixty-nine per cent. The
Hungarians have also sent a commission
to America to study the operations here
so as to enable them, if possible, to re
sist American competition in Austrian
markets.
The longest shoe is under a foot, when
worn.
At this season the most popular letter
Is the flan I Syracuse Time. !
A Nevada critic, speakiig of ahspistj
said : We never before knew the? I was
so much musio in a gridiron." j
The average man in an ulster should
adopt the hoop-skirt. In order to gire
his hells fall play. Ovctgo. Kd&u i
The book descanting on the memories
of Ole Ball U bound In calf, with the ;
head and tail Inside. Bloominglm Ee. :
Fill ber bostle fall ol sponges, ;
8istera going oat to skate ;
She will need their yielding softness
WJhea she tries the figure &. j:
He was a fine-looking man, ail he:,
proudly strutted down the sidewalk,!
with the air of proprietorship la ever j; )
movement. "Beg pardon," said a'
stranger, as he stepped up to him,' hat
in hand. In utmost humility. "Do I :
have your permission to remain in town 1
over night tn . ' j:
It was in a San Francisco restaurant
the other night that a waiter was apol- :
ogizlng for the dilapidated state of hit
napkin . "Don't mention It," responded
the customer, tadly. "I don't mind the
holes in the least. That part of jour 1
napkin is always sure to be clean? And i
for the next ten minutes nothing could
be heard but the butter combing its
hair out In the pantry. .
The effects of the recent earthquake at
A gram, Austria, are more set ion than
was at first supposed. Not a bouse re
mains intact, and the aspect ol tbe town
is such as might have been presented
after a severe bombardment. Unfor
tunately several lives were lost und
many persons were injured. The en
tire population was panic-stricken.
Everybody rushed into the streets, and
many families forthwith left the town.
A scene of indescribable terror and con
fusion prevailed the whole morning.
No fewer than 200 private houses
lenvep and no flowers. Tnberoses will
not endure cold or moisture, either in X" UMiBru.wul! out to
en stored, theresult of two coaches are In fodangeroua a state the'hai
A Chinese Ambassador. '
Marquis Tseng, the Chinese ambassa
dor to France and England, attracted
more attention than any other; person at
the recent dedication of the Temple Bar
memorial in London. He appeared in
gorgeous array, with a purple cap, from
which depended an enormous tassel, a
heavy dark silk petticoat, and a yellow
wide-sleeved jacket. Recollecting the
utility of Ah Sin's famous sleeve,-, the
spectators eagerly watched the ambassa
dor as he required various articles about
if he killed me, ranny, gand you in such
gether. lie kept it in fine order, and high hopes last night." 1
increased the business by introducing 1 He did not know what was meant by
candies and- chewine gum. Pennies I askirg him to forgive her. It would
came iu as they never came before, have killed him if he had, for he was
Since he Lad painted sign3 in red and very ear to death, j
blue ink to the effect that the real old But Dck did not die. He got well at
molasses candy was to be got there, and last and e&me back to the little shop :
that this was the pjace for peanuts. and tnough Granny Briggs had her
And in the evening, after the shop was saving she never went to' the old
. shutup, shebegan totako him intoher ladies home; for leng- before she died his person. At one time he was seen to
confidence. Dick was one of the most prosperous take a handkerchief from somewhere
Her great dream was to buy herself mercuint3 n the city, and his handsome near his right shoulder and return it to
into ahome lor the aeed. It would coat uome was iiers, aaa sue was very happy I his breast, men ne crew an opera
her on j hundred dollars. She was I m " : : "" ' ' - I glass from one of the capacious sleeves,
saving for it. She had saved three years, Wanter,One Just Like it. and appeared to produce a watch from
I and had fifteen dollars of it. Bat it cost Tbe husband of a fashionable Gaives- the vicinity of his neck and put it up
so much to live, with tea twenty five ton lady was reading the paper at break- seemingly in his bobU .: Meanwhile he
cents aquarter, and leaves so small, and fasti other morning about a railroad was all . smiles, carefully observant of
she had been sick. And there was the I accident in New York. He remarked: the ceremonies and delighted with the
doctor and Mrs. Jones Maria Jane to be 1 " The damage done to the train is esti-1 marks of distinction rendered him.
paid for minding her and the shop. Af
ter this Dick took the' greatest interest
in the sayings, and the winter months
: Increased them as though he Lad
brought a blessing.
One night in the spring she took the
bag irom under the pillow, and counted j
.what It neld. It was over thirty dol
"And I'll begin to make kites to-mor-
mated at $18,000."
What a splendid dress that must
nave been! I wonder what kind of ma-
irtai the tram was mde of ? Oh,
jeorge, I must send to New York for
one-exactly Use it." Galvetton New.
A meteorological station, is to be es
tablished on the celebrated Scottish
mountain, Ben Nevis.
There are only 15,000 real estate hold
ers in New York city in a population of
1,000,000. The tenement-house system
is the only resort of the masses, and
about 600,000 of the population lire in
this manner. The entire Fifth avenue.
three 'miles long, contains a smaller
number than some of the more densely
populated squares.
A Hill or Silver.
While a whaler during the last fishing
season was lying in a small bay at the
mouth of one of the rivers which empty
into the ocean on the C3ast of Alaska
a great many of the natives came on
board to trade for sea biscuit,' of which,
they are very fond, and fina'ly induced
the captain to go up the river and fish for
salmon, with which the river was said to
be alive. A boat was fitted out, manned
by four men and the captain, .and they
went up the river fifteen, miles, where
they went ashore at the oase of a hill
about five hundred feet high, up which
the captain and chief of the natives
climbed, while the crew and natives
fished. Tbe summit of the hill was
nothing but an extinct crater, in which
tbe captain noticed that the rocks re
sembled iron after it had been melted.
He undertook to knock off a piece, but
could not do it, as it seemed to bend, not
break, under repeated blows with the
bead of a boat ax. He then struck it
with the blade oi the axe, and chopped
It off and took it in his hand. The sur
face where the ax had cleaved its way
through the rock he saw was as soft
nearly as lead, although it did not
shite. He thought then it was a metal
of some kind, and kept it. Specimens
of similar character .were picked up by
others of the crew and taken to this
city. The piece which the captain
chopped off the top of the hill with the
ax has assayed 1 8,000 per ton in silver,
and the loose rocks picked up went as
high ai $275 silver, per too.' A corn
pany of Oaklandera. to whom the rock
was submitted, hare chartered the
whaler and the crew io make a trip in
the spring to the scene ot this remark
able discovery, and a working party
will be left at the location to dig out
, cargo. San Francisco FoxL.
the ground or when
exposure being the decay of the embyro
flower-stem within the bulb. Bulbs
in which this change has taken place
will produce abundance of leaves but no
flowers.
Aeclpe.
DoOgics'tjts. One and a half pints
milk; one pint bowl sugar heaped; one
half pint batter and lard mixed, or all
butter; three eggs; one-half teaspoon
soda; wine glass brandy; one cake
compressed yeas.; when light put in
eggs and soda and let them stand over
night. '
Boiled Fun. Put your fish into cold
water properly salted, and with a tea-
spoonful of vinegar in it. Boil gently,
and when done drain before the fire and
serve with a sauce of drawn butter (but
ter, flour, water, salt and pepper) with
some hard-boiled eggs cut up in it.
Flux Pupdino. One cup of milk,
one cap ot molasses,' one cup of suet,
chopped; one cup of raisins, one cup of
currants, one teaspoonlul each of soda,
salt, cloves, r cinnamon, and nutmeg;
flour enough to. make as stiff as fruit
cake;' boil three hours." It may be
boiled in a small tin pail covered tight
and set in a pot of boiling water, the
water to be added from the tea-kettle
as it boils away.
Black. Caps. Pare a quart of apples.
core them without breaking, set them
bide by side in a baking dish that will
just hold them, fill tbe centers with su
gar, place two cloves on each, with a
grated lemon or orange rind, if you have
it, and bake them in a moderate oven
only uncil they are tender. As soon as
they are tender remove them from the
oven, heat a shovel red hot, and hold
it close enough to them to blacken the
tops. Serve them hot or cold. Hit
Conon.
that they will have to be demolished
Part of the cathedral will require to be
reconstructed. The palace and country
teat of the cardinal archbishop of
A gram, the military school and the
government cigar manufactory have
betn balf destroyed by the earthquake
shocks, and terrible damage has been
done to the farm buildings in the neigh
borhood within a radios of about four
teen miles. The pecuniary losses caused
in A gram alone are estimated at 3,000,
000 florins, without reckoning the incal
culable damage done to the cathedral
and churches. Damage to buildings
has also been done at Salweissenburg.
Essegg, Cissek and Carlstadt. The
Emperor Francis Joseph has sent
10.000 florins for the relief of the suf
ferers. -
' The greatest amount of cold ever
krown to be endured by white men
overtook Lieutenant Schwaikas party
in search of information about Sir John
Franklin's party. They were over eleven
months in sleds and journeyed about
3,000 miles. On January 3, 1880, the
thermometer sunk 103 degrees below the
freezing point. The highest temperature
that day was sixty degrees below, freex-
' Words of ITlsdom.
Discretion of speech Is more than elo
quence. Joy finds its ex pre is ion in almost every
path wsy ol life.
The heart ought to give charity when
the' hand has not the power.
Beauty in a woman is like the flowers
in spring; bat virtue is like the stars in
heaven. .
Tbe mind has more room in It than
mo3t people imagine, it you would f Or
nish the apartments.
Love of truth'sbows itself in discover
ing and . appreciating what is good
wherever it may exist
Human' nature is so constituted that
all see and judge better in the affairs
of other than in their own.
The heart is a loom and it may weave
whatever it pleases. It may make life a
continual progress toward triumph. -
A man need only correct himself with
the same vigor thaty1 he nrprebends
others, and excuse others with the same
indulgence that he shows to himself.
That man is very poor inwardly that
can express all that is going on in his
sooL Laaguaze is too coarse and too
superficial for the expression ol high and
deep feeling.
A Helping Hand. . '
"Every man's Kemeaa Lion lies In vait j
lor hhn some where." Rut kin. t .
There was a small crowd of boys and j
men congregated upon an uptown. cor- .
ner the other morning, and the occasion ' .
of it was a horse fallen In the harness
a respectable-looking horse drawing a! .
respectable-looking milk i wagon,, and
driven by. a boy, who now tugged at his
head, vainly urging him to rise.
"Jerk' him up," called a man who
stood on the sidewalk with both hands
in his pockets. "Give him the whip."
Ech one shouted out some advice,
but no one volunteered to assist the boy,
who was juit far enough away from his . j
childhood to feel like having a good cry ; .
but he coaxed and pulled at the horse j
thnt now lay quite still, tnd with horse j
spnso did not try to move on the slip- " !
nery ice, but stretched his neck out In a
way that brought despair to the heart
of tbe boy, who believed he was going
to die on his hands.
. Jaft then a man came walking briskly "
along snd raw the prostrate horse, and ,
thcdisconsc.'ate-looking boy; he car
ried a Lcavy . riece of machinery in one v
a a mm
nana, dui to is ne laia asice as ne strppea
the hene and began to take off
am ess. in a moment he had run
the shafts back and left the horse free.
Then he took the briddle-rein, gave a
quick, sharp chtrup and the animal'
sprung to his feet and gave himself a :
great shake; the man helped the boy re- -harness
him, the two exchanged a smile
of thanks and welcome, and then the
man picked up his machinery and .
walked cheerily off one way, a the boy
drove on another. He had slain the
Nemean lion to begin the day. and we
may. well believe that when . evening
came he would be one of those who can
sing:
Something accomplished, something dose
lias earned a nights repose." (
An old colored woman stopped at-a '
corner of one of the most fashionable.: .
thoroughfares the other afternoon, juit
before nightfall, and looked disconso .
lately no and down tie street; then she '
appealed to a beautifal girl In a Raphael
hat and with eyes like some pictured
saint who tripped along in rich and
costly attire: Please, mi, mought
this be Anthony street,1 deary." Let only i
a look from the beautiful eyes was
vouchsafed ber. TLea came some fair '
and prosperous matron . sul lauiLing
and chatting over their Christmas pur-.
cLaacs. The old aunty, with ter with-
The great glacier which gives rise to
the 7rw river in Central Asia has
ing point. For twenty-seven days the been explored and recently described y
average temperature was ninety-two I Mr. Iloshkrtof. a Esi&iaa geologist. - It
degrees below the freezing point, lis fifteen miles loox, and a mils wile.
ered face stood In the way. "Phrase
honeys, will ye direct me to Anthony
street Ise done got loiL" ,
We never heard of st ch a street,'
they said, and went laughing on. :It
was a weary professor going hone from
instrumfntal kasoo-giving, with the
merest breath of life left inhim,whd
stopped sxdsald: "You mean Antoire
street, aunty ,w and te turned her In the
right direction, and saw that she fol
lowed It. And so he had slain Lis
N mean Jioa before he slept. T"
For the difilculty of moment in the
path of everybody is the small, homely,
un heroic duty, which is so tinbeaatiful
we will not see it. and Las so little
grandeur with which to Invest cs when
we have performed it. Who of us cares
to be seen assisting an old woman with
an overburden ol unwashed clothes, cr
a blind man groping behind a wheel
barrow. The fear of ridicule is strong
than the creed of z?.IklroU Fne
Pre. t
Salicylic sdiliEc'i used in Ger
many to keep water free from Ir:; r-