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(0 (thailam crord. BATES OK ADVERTISING. H. A. LONDON, Jr., kditou ami r:;i)ritiEToit. hn Mjuarv, one nri'thn, Hie mj ii a n two liistT(lunt- (IM Mtiuri', (-111- Ittollltt, - f 1.00 1.30 2.50 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One o y, mip ymr. ittiuwopy .six month one coi) , tluuu iuoutli, - VOL. 1. PITTS B()l() CHATHAM CO., X. C, M AHCII 1., 1JS7J. NO. 20. SFhH (Chatham Record. ! If hp (iimihwm (dvqrtiscmtnts. LARGEST STORE LARGEST STOCK Cheapest Goods & Best Varjetj I AN" ItK K"IM) T LONDON'S CHEAP STORE. New Goods Received every feet You can always liud what you with at J.011 sou's. He keeps i vorytUini;. Diy Goods, I'lolhittg, Carpeting, Hardware, Tiu Wart-, Drugs Crockery, Confectionary fhois, limit?, dps. Huts, Carriage Material. Sowing Macliines.Olls, Putty, Glass, faints, Nulls, Iron, Plow aud Plow Cut lugs Seta, Upper and Harness Leathers, Saddles, Trunk. Satchels, Shawls, ftl.iukcU, Um brella, Co:-;ts, Il'lts, La dies' Neck-Tics ami Hulls, Itam buijf Edgings, Laces, Furuiturc, ic. Best Shirts In the Country fur $1. Best .'-cent Clu-nr, On wing and Smoking Tobacco, StiulT, Salt and Molasses. My ftink is a' ways complete In every line, and -o ;s u'wayj mid at tin- lowest prices, tpcciil b.duectii n's to Cnsli buyers. My inutto, "A nimble Sixpence is better limn a slow Miilliiij;." t'"Ail kinds of produce taken. W. L. LONDON, Pittsboro'. N. Carolina. H. A. LONDON, Jr.. Attorney at Law, IITTMHUO S.V. Special Attention Paid t Colleetinrj. J. J. JACKSON. ATTOR NEY-AT-LAW, rTTsnoi;o', x. c. 1-tT.Wl biielnens entrusted to liiiu will ra c 'ive prompt a'tentlon. R. H. COWAN, lK W.KK1N Staple & Fancy Dry floods, Cloth ing, Hat", ISools, Shoes, No tions, Hardware, CItOC'KUHVsndUHOCKIlII':. PITTSBORO'. K. C. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF RALEIGH. . CAR. T. H. CAMERON. Vsrtdrnf. W. E. ANDKK80N. lVs I'm. W. II. flic Ktf, S-c'y. Tha only Home Life Zneuranca Co. in the State. All It fund loaned out AT HONE, and aiuoi'ij our own people. We do lint send Noritt Carol'ua lyouev abroad toliuild upotlirr Stales. H ' one of the mot siicccMfui com panias of Its agt! In the United Hlules. Its as sets art amply sulllelent. All losi a paid promptly. Kigtit thousand dolUrs paid In tin U.l two year to families In Cliutliaiu. It will oats man aged tliirty years o dy live Ceuts a day to Insure for one thousand dollars. Apply for further luforiualiou to H.A. LONDON, Jr., Gen. Agt. PITTSBOKO', N. C. Dr. A. D. .MOORE, PiTTSBOnO', . c, tor bU pmffwlnaal rrwic to tr ctdaaat of Ckaihrtiu. WUli p-ic ot thirty yar b kiW 11 (IT Utlfsj iitiuUctiub. JOHN MANNING. Attorney at Law, HTTSB0B3', N. C, Ir.wli.a la lh. Coarts ot Chatham, Hara.it, .or sad Oraogs, aas ta tu 8upr.ma.ud Padarai Claris. O. 8. POE, Dsalsr ta St7 1 soil, OnetriM Ontrtl ItsrdnndlM, All kimds of Plows Mi CasUnfS, InjrT KatorUls, Taralt ra, au. PJTTKBORO', sr. CAK. ASPIRATIONS. ) Hir aim are alt tnn lilirh : we try rtiuln tti summit at it ImmiihI. Whan we should rea. li II step in slap. And rllnili the ladder rouiiil l nuii 1 He whu w mid i lltnjllie hrlKlil" sui'llme. or hreatlie the purer ulruf III.. )tllt not eieel lu rent III eHe, ftnt Inaev lilneutlr for bdl tirsirllc. We shuulil lint In lair lillailuew simk V srip ulmie fc.i khiimI and Kri'iu. ' ltlwliilnliii evciy Miiailer kimiI. --for trtttfs mttketlit aKl(,a'Oe, Ami It a rli.iiil hIhmiUI Imeero'er Ourwear) Miriw.i like n pill, lt'int'iiiiHr liiMl pi'iiiilis It there. Ami Ills K(,,d pnrHiiu! ielii-4i,'r nil. I. lie nhoulil lie roll F earneM work. I Mir heart iimMolicil h,' ril'tillie'H ti'iun l.ct I't.ni f,,-it4irt i'iiiniiel- (att Ami mri7 s- l.e Ihf victor's crown. .',,,'.ViVlr!iv,UuU!S4rv,a . The race not always to Hie Heel : Ami lie who cik to pluck the stars Will I the jcnvloal hl feet. ONLY A WOMAN. (Mil ii uiiimtii. shrlvi-l. tl iithl nM t iiic I'l.iv r i in- win. is ,-tu.i tin ii.- -r iin .'..i,t : liffkn that hntiikrii. Ihilt lilt' -Uhkrll. I.Ijih tli.il wi-n- iM-v.-r i.'i'i-'h'IiI. only wmuiiii rir"akcu niul hki. Asking :ik Mn M l la- linmt' - Imn h tl.-nr. Hark t t lit ru:tn t n.ll iin.i, roll llu w..vfmr t tie iimlr tt" ''V'r ln-r : MlkH rustic (i.tst hvr l lil. krr inn) LiKt.-i : IlifKrv-il Ik II r-MM-sitM-.H. K.ilti Wi.'ild .!. riitrr. ImiI lit f -l I It- l-H.r jwliiKflh H' tt ) tit tin liidiut rhiin h tn.i . iinly A wuinati- Wiiltlnx :tl"H'. Ml) ml. I, mi an l.c-t oi-l tiiroiM. What ilit thc v.xtv rr Uvr : IiIiiiiiLiIIiik a prayer fnr her, i.UlhK iiMt kriMil, l.ut a vit.n(. CutliT ulil Ut-fh l lie! r haiilily In-al l 1rai. Mim king (In w.Mf tlirlr klu In tlu olivet. Onl) n Wfinaii ! In thtM.iil t;ijB Ht'iH ramlfil to hvr her haitvM ay ; Suni'thKly mlHM'tl her, NiiitelKHly kliiFHi her, SitiiielN ily i-rtiwiittl her with prulsv; SimirlHMly faeeil Hp the h it t lei of life MroiiK for her .tke who wan uiutlier, 4r wife. iniielHHly Men wlih a tri'HKof her hair Light mi his heart where the tltMth-fch;iUmvn are : KtmrlMHl) watin ftir her, niieuliiK the gat. fur her, tilting h llght ir ihlatr. i Mil) a Mniiiaii - nefet nmri' jhxir i.'it in fie fti'U. al the Itrt'iiio vhurcU iliMtr THE RIGHT MAN AFTER ALL. V it ilit Ini'l found it lover; or, lit leist, Joliti Kllsrtutlh ;i-pircil to that ili.-lilu'l Kill, lit' li.ul ktioun Viola hiiiiv slic us it utile .'ill til mIiooI, untl now ttu- tryini; to win l lie lii'si phico in tin-voting luth V .ill' CliollH. 'Two y int. ago, tin' i ilci'iml Kllsworlli liittl given .loltii on lii I Weill tliinl liirlli 1 1 ay 11 tiled of u .-hi. ill, oott timii licul' lii own. .Inllil set liliotlt lliakit) l: ii hi'inc fur III 111 self, Millionc ol his hall ilot'ii ilci'M o iii.iuiiu" it mid Weill at lii I'lniiin in i.ti'u i't. Ami all the jioxsipMil lilt' llt ionlmi li . . I Weill nliont w iih huts ek'Valt'd and 1 lusts wrinkled when his iiiiiiic wax mentioned. Anil tlie yoniiLier liinale port ion ilnumht him rathei' a dt Miahli' olijeel io inanti'tivre for. IVrlisips lit it was one tendon w hy Viola hail In en mi gr.ieiotis to Inm. It was MMiicthillil to at'ciiic v 11 In iti an clV. nt al uiitioni- that till tin: oilier girlf m lit mid lor. Hut John KIIwoi'th tlal not ie.ili.e iter i.letil. l lider In r i-.iliii eXIelio , she tli't'iimetl roiititiii e of the III .M vivid ioc pink. She h id heard It i dim and crltocx of a world linn l;iy outside her own sphen a world of lights, ii t mtir-ir, ami t-'ay dressini;. a holiday life, with opera untl theatre '"ing nihl- in il ; untl days full of ll.iliiniled pleiibiire seeking. ( )nu Julie itiitht, tint ing over to see his lady, John found an iiiiiimiuI Mush on her lit i r, ralm I'lfc. She rode with him aircpli ji liis invi tittion in a mallei' of eotii'sc way that wu dread I ill ly disi'iiuragin. Il tame out alter a liitle. Mrs. Morn ingioii -ii iircut aunt Imtl sent for her photograph u mouth ago. not having seen iii i hiiit'eshc was u hllle child. Two days itj;o hail come an invitation for Viola to spend a couple of nioiit Its with her the great aunt in New York, and she was going to morrow. " It's no use denying, " the young; fel low said, his volet- growing husky, 'that I'm sorry fur this, 1 don't know what ill come to you from this. You are not contented here you never will he til) you Iihtc had an experience beyond it perhaps noi ihili. 1 uiu not wise to tell you now, I Ktippt sc, hut I love you, Viola. Mind, I do not ask you now for any return. 1 will wait for what the future shall pill in your heart to say.'' It wan a long speech, certainly, for n pi'oKsal, hut Viola listened very attent ively lo he. first proposal, and her blue eyes softened. ' Indeed, I tlo care for you, John, und you cun't hlinne me for wanting lo go. Aunt needs me, you bee, and no one does here particularly. And I ve never seen anything of aociety.'' "' I know, deir " "And I shall not forget you," interrup ling him, " 1 shall always think of you," giving him her hand. ' For two whole months," a little sutl ly, "(Jowl by, then," kissing the hand lie held. And then Viola found herself alone, untl went to linish her packing. Viola's next two months were delightful. She was always preltily dres-ed. and Flunk Thorpe passed his valuable time hesitle her. Mrs. Moniinglon watched the girl nar row ly, and when Viola came home the second week in September, it was Willi in invitation to slay through the win ter. John Kllsworlli called on her the night after her return. " You look well and happy he said scan ning her face. I Hin," she said : ami then she told him all about lur delightful visit. "Ami you are going to settle down with us now T" "Oh, no ! I shall stay here only a few days. Aunl is coming for me as she re turns from a isil she is paying," John Kllsworlli went away curly in the evening, having said no word rf what had been in bis heart all those weeks. " I'oor fellow !" Viola said, its she went down lite moonlight road. And Frank Thoriie's dreamily sad gray eyes came up before her, and she forgot John Ellsworth's shadowy brow n ones. Mrs. 'Morning ton came and took the young lady away, anil Frank Thorie wits once again hanging iilHiut lur a most de sirable matrimonial prize. TheC'hristmiis holidays came and went. Frank Thur lounged iu ou t hri.tuias ; day, and was p.ilei and more listless than ever. " Frank Thore. you are utterly stupid ! What is the matter"' asked Mrs. Morn 1 ingtou. " A general giving way ot the system I should any.'' ' Consensu 1 tienenil laziness. In iluy " "Oh, my dear in idaiii !" -shirting ui alarmed. " Indeed, I'll re form. I think I'm better already. Miss Viola, I'm in tensulv intorcsied In the subject occupying your thoughts at present, if you'll tell me what il i," anxiously. " l was wondering if you were ever in love, anil how she ireiUcd you," laughed Viola. Over Thorpe's lace rushed a Hood of seurlel, lie ulaneed tip. caught Mrs .MuniinifcMt SaJmrpuyeaoii hiiuand Hushed again. Mis. Moriiiiigt"ii give her lirst hit of advice to her young cliargo lh il niglil. ' Frank Thorpe is not the kind of a mill lo t ri (Ii- with, my dear. I think he is iu love wilh you. 'You can h irdly do bet ler." "Do heller!" raising her broad lids for a full steady look. I hidii'f tli.oi-ltt i there was to beany calciil ttioii. No, Frank i doesn'l care lor me, aunt." ' " If he is in love with you, so much the I heller. But come; Mis rove's Christ I mas ball must be attended." ! And Viola wciil lo that ball, and froze ! Frank Thorpu, w ho unconscious of oiVeusc I languidly assumed his usual still ion near , her. There w is something glacial ami I tremendous in her general style litis night that provoked and amused Mrs. Morning Ion. Hut she was beautiful, too more beautiful than ever md so her aunt for gave her. Among Mrs. ii rove's guests that night wats a rallier uruiid looking man. who cer tainly was no longer voting. Having lost one wife, he was now looking out for another. When he was presented to Vio la, she wiw barely civil. Mr. Nicholson seemed lo like it. Frank Thorpe h id ceased being frozen. To tell lite truth, Viola in ide the advances There was a shade in uu of languor in his man tier, and his sad gray eyes had an added shadow ; but he sought no explanation. Restored to stilish ne, he acivpled that, too, wilh no particular dcnioiis r ttion, hut he seemed toenjoy il. To outside lookers on, the matter seemed to li.' between him and Mr. Nicholson, whose intentions were peilectly straight foi'witid and business-like. Ohe frosty, sparkling moinin:r, Viola had been out for a walk. I hi the way she had mi l Frank Thoipe, us she was very ap' to tlo. lie accompanied lu r liouie, and entered the house wiih her. There. Viola, leeiing unusually bright, bcan hclu ing him on his piiipos 'lcss 1 i lo. "Il l wi re a man '' emphatically. "Thank Heaven, you arc not! How ever, go on." "You put me out. Mr. Thorpe why don't ou i sone tldiiir v ' " Do something ': Don't I? Inm your devoted attendant three foil rl lis of my waking life. ' " Y'is; and get yourself und nte talked about by every hotly. Not that I care cer tainly,'' hiiiiiedly. lo cover her blunder. "I shall chose my friends where I please !" making matters worse of course. I He sat up wilh sudden energy ' Miss Viola, if I wen- a woman " " Thank Heaven, you are not." ' F.xuctly. However, if I were. I cer tainly would not ll i ri wii h that uulcdiluvi an relic. Mr. Nicholson." " Mr. Thorpe, I don't." " Miss Viola, 1 beg your pardon, you certainly tlo." She looked til hint with an astonished reil in her cheeks und light in her eyes. Then she laughed frankly and good na turedly. "You sec," leaning forward and lay ing his hand confidentially on her arm " I can't bear to see a clear hearted, hon est girl loweiing herself to the ways of these artificial, brainless girls, who have been bred up all their lives to the. business of catching a husband. You don t need any such paltry ambition. Wait till you find a man wort It falling in love w ith, then marry him. Wait lorever if you don't find him !" Viola sat motionless w ilh astonishment. If any dumb thing hud found a voice, she could not have been more amazed. And she hail felt so fully called to administer advice. While she sat, his hand still on her arm, and her eyes on his face, the door opened, and John'Kllsworih was ushered iu. Viola swepl towards him, with eager, outstretched hands. Why John '. Why John '. w as all she could say. And Frank Thorpe, being disturbed by this newcomer, who was culled John ami received w ith such an outbreak of enthtl siasiii, gathered himself up and lounged away. John I'llsworth was in town for a fort night. Mrs. Moniinglon treated him w ith great politeness, und wtis always in the way in the most natural manner in the world, when he came. Viola always ac cepted his invitations, ami when the time came for their fultillmc ut, there was some unavoidable obstacle in the way. Mean lime, Mr. Nicholson's intentions grew more poinled, and Frank Thorpe kept out of the way. Then Lent came, and there was a sud den cessation ofgaycty. John was called away by his father's iilness, and Viola fell tin- inevitable reaction. Ami she did not know that she would live through it. and be ready ami easier for another season when the time came. It wasalike everywhere. In the narrow circle out of which she hud come there were jealousies, and heartburnings, and H'tly scheming no better, no worse than she had e.iine lo know in the past weeks, though possibly less disguised by smooth. coiiTcnlional polish of manlier Wait till she met a man she loved ! She miht wait lilt she was gray and blind. There had never appeared one to whom she would give a Second thought, unli .-s it were well, perhaps John Kllsworlli, if the life that would follow wilh him were not loo narrow to breathe in; or Frank Tliori. if he were not too lazy to speak. And then, by contrast, came a vis ion of Mr Nicholson, and all his wealth. If she had shown the first symptom of her mood to Mr. Nicholson, lie would have desisted from his attentions at once. Here was youth and la-auly in a statuesque stale of erfeclion. That was w hat hit wanted the statuesque : and everyUnly consid ered il a set I led atfair. I think Viola In an to consider it her sc'.t. She had just one letter from John tils worth alur ais return, aud he had said : "1 love, you Vi(la and am wailing for von. ' Siie did not answer Ine teller, llitl she was cross even with Mrs. Mornington for I wo day after it. Then she was) seized with a 111 of home sickness, and but that her friend was tak en suddenly aud really ill. nothing would have kept her there. lt. Nicholson came more1 frequently than ever: in his way, very kind and eonidcrfctc. Frank Thorpe w as in and out. not so t'reipienlly as before Unit morning when .lo)in Kllsworlli had conic but ofteu enough to keephiiiiscll in her ihoimhts. ( One night, in car'y spring, Frank Thorpe came and look Viola out for a drive. " You were looking tired. We may iul have another such night in a mouth," Frank aaid. -'' lu (he half hour they did nol speak lialf-a dozen sentences, and w hen hi' set her down at her ow n door, and held her hand for a minute, as he said "Farewell,'' Viola felt that they were nearer each other than ever before. Viola was one morning summoned to the draw inn room lo meet Mr. Nicholson. In the occupation of tlie pasl weeks she had hud very lillle opportunity to think about him or his purpo.es. No girl ever went lo meet the linal tpicstion wilh less dclcrminaliou as to her answer. She knew hiseriaiid the moment she entered the room. Noi that he was confused, or hesitating, or in any way disioneerleil. " My dear young lady," he said dclcr cntiully, ' 1 want your permission to ask you a jietsoiial iieslion !" " You have il sir," she said. And then, in a speech whicu was more like a set oration than anything else Viola had ever heard, he oll'ercd her his hand and fortune. The thought of saving no lo such a stately piece of oratory as that, frightened her. " Hut she ditl say il, very sweetly and gracefully, hut also very decidedly, and Mr. Nicholson went away very red in the lin e and a good deal f lest fallen. She went up stairs to Mrs. .Moniinglon. " Aunt, I've done it ! Aud I'm so mir prised !'' " At what?" " I've refused Mr. Nicholson." "My dear I always thought you would." "Did you'.' You astute woman ! And I always fancied that if he asked me to be Mis. Nicholson, I should say, yes." " Perhaps you will he sorry by and by that you have said no.'' " I'erhaps ! 1 shall never be surprised atnnvthiiig again "' "From a worldly point of view, you have made a mistake, my dear " "Don't r. ck my feeli"gs. They arc sufficiently lacerated already.'' A servant announc ed Frank Thorpe. " Aunt, shall I " and paused. Kvcn in her reckh ss. over excited luood, she could not complete? the sentence. " Shall you he kinder to him than you have been to Mr. Nicholson?" " Don't a-k me." So Viola went down lo see her visitor, w ho w as at the full li b' of his languid, tired indillcici'cc II mv cute tiiiniug you are today ! Your con vcrs.it ionsi I pow ers are something lo he wondered at," Viola said at last iui patiently. " Kiilcilaiuing?" opening his eyes with mild wonder. " I suppose tli at was your share of the interview. Il iwever, if you like. I 11 licg:u. Y'ou are not looking" so well as usual this morning " " Thank you. What a very promising beginning.' " Hut you have infinitely tlie advantage of Mr. Nicholson, whom I met just now. He seemed laboring under the impression that there had been an earthquake." Vioia laughed, and ended wilh a half sob. ' And ho there had been. There, talk about something else. You needn't he entertaining any more." "I wonder," lea ing towards her. n slow tire gathering in his dieainy eyes, " if I should find an earthquake wsiiting for me if I tollowed Mr. Nicholson V lead ! ' "Miss Kuwdon,'' tlie servant an noitnced, and that put an end lo ii all. Viola reasoned herself into a conviction that she was in love with Frank Thorpe, or il not nit mil ly iu that condition, that she might easily find herself there. And because passive patience was mil possi ble just then, she gathered up all John Kllsworth's gills an I letters, and put them out of her sight, as if he had anything to do w ith it. The crisis was not far oil. Coming in from an errand that night, she found all the dimly lighted house duply, mid went on from room to room, till in I he library she opened the door on Frank Thorpe. "Since you were not at home, I cuine to lind for myself a volume Mrs. Moniinglon hail promised me,'' he explaii ed. Hut he closed the door as he gave her a chair, as if the lelc u U te were pari of his plan. She looked up tit his pate face and shining eyes, and felt her heart sink. Ami yet this was the conclusion lo which she had reasoned herself a few hours ago. And then Hve minutes of talk in which her pari had been monosyllable, and Frank Thorpe had proposed and hud been accepted; and she was crying quietly, wilh her head on the library table, and he was walking the room iu an ujiUilo movement. We iniuht as well begin with u clean record," he said, with a great deal of hard earnestness in his voice. "Y'ou are not my tirst love, Viola. Nol quile two years ago she jilted me. I was in an awful spoony condition (here's no denying it; and, lr a few weeks, thought it would be the dentil of me. One morning my letters and trinkets came back lo me.' There was not a word of explanation, and I did not choose lo a-k any. When I had tired myself out, and was iu a condition to lie down iu dust at her feet, the house was shut up and the family abroad. That's the whole of it." "And the young lady's name?" "Kmily l'rcscott." "Ktnily l'rcscott T W hy. fa.it is the young lady 1 met lids nt'icruoon. Just home from abroad in l'aiis mourning. Her lather ami mother both died some where in France, iu the spring, und she culm; home wilh the Meltons." "Viola," staring at her wilh eager eyes, ' I can't lielicve il," dropp'uug into a chair. "My jssir darling " A Hash o color shot up into Viola's face. She went and stood by him, wilh her hand on his shoulder. "It seems to me, Frank," in her most commonplace, prac'ical voice, "that the tittle arrangement we entered into ten minutes ul'o inulit as well he quietly an nulled. Your "oor darling" is at pre sent w ith the Mel tons. Uadu't you better go up there at once, mid re -arrant e your programme?" "I d m'l know. Viola, yon w ill think mou scoundrel, but 1 believe I love her yet." Of course you do Who doubt il V There, don't say a woman can't be gener ous Think of my agony in releasing you. and go us soon us possilde. ' "Vint sire generous, dear." "Thai depi iiils on our relative estimate of the siicrilice. (.iisid night." After that nothing could keep her in London, and three days after reaching home, diiving her old fashioned pony chaise through the irreen country road, she came upon John Kllsworlli. walking, and he accepted her invitation to ride. "Il is so u'ood to be here again. 1 was thoroughly home-sick. " "U lien are voii u 1j jHinral?V ... 'Never!'1 with a burst of vehemence; "unless you di. John !" w ith a hysterical Sob. Al home a telegram awaited tier. Mrs. Mornington was dead. Mrs. Moi'iiiiiL'ton died poor. She hud spent all her money. So Viola was not an heiress, after all. And the neighbors said: "Al'ershe found she could not gel cither of those city fellow s.and that old lady disappointed her about her money, she came hack here and took .lohu Kllsworlli. And he put up with it; but then there's no tool like u man when he's in love wilh a girl like Iha'. PRESENT DUTIES. There is not a more common error of self-deception thun it habit of con sidering our stalions in life so ill siiiud to our powers as to be unworthy of calling out a full anil proper exercise of our virtues and talents. As society is constituted, there can not be miiiiii employments) which de mand vi ry brilliant, talents, or great delicacy f taste, for their proper dis charge. The great luilk of society is composed of plain, plodding men, who move "l ight onward-V to the sober duties of t heir calling. At the same time the universal good demands that those whuiu biiUire has greatly endowed should lie ciil.ed from the ordinary track to take up higher ami more en nobling duties. Our country, happily for us, is lull of brielit examples of the greatest men raised from the inciinesl situations, and the education which is now U'iiii bestowed upon the children "ill multiply the.se examples. 15ut a partial .mil incomplete diffusion of knowledge will also multiply the vic tims of that evil principle, which post pones tin' discharge of present and im mediate duties fortlie anticipations of sonic dest i'ty ab ve tlie labors of a han dicraftsman, or the calculation, of a shopkeeper. Y'cai's and experience, which all'oi'd us the oppui l unity of com paring our own powers with those of o. hers, will, it is line, coirect lliein eoiisisiellt epi elatioiis w hich arise from a wnt;t of capacity to set the right value on oiuselvis. Hut tlie wis di in thus gained iiiuy come too late. The object or desire may be found de cidedly uluiUaiiiuUc, und existence is then wasii d in a sluggish contempt of present dulii s; the spirit is broken, the temper is souri d, habits of misanthropy and personal neglect crtep on ami lite eventually becomes a tedious and miserable pilgrimage of iievei-siitisliid di sires. Youth, however, is happily iiotwithoul its guide, :f it will lake a warning from example, of the highly gifled ini'ii whose sib iiulonmint ot their humble ittlling has beeu the apparent lieginaing of a distinguished career, we do not recollect an instance of one who did not pursue that humble calling with credit anil .success tint il (he occasion presented itself for exhibiting those hiiel'ior powers which iiatuie occa sionally bestows. Benjamin Franklin was as valuable to his master as a printer's nppieiitice, as he was to his country au a statesman and a negoti ator, or lo the world as a philosopher. Had he not 1st n so, huh id, it may lie doubted whether he ever would have taken his rank atliong the lir-t states men and philosophers of his time. One of the great sccreis of advancing in life is to be ready lotake advantage of those opportunities which, if a man really possesses .superior abilities, are sure to present llieinselves some time or other. As the poet expresses it, "There is a tide in the st Hairs of men," an ebbing aud llowm of the utistuble element on which I hey are borne, and it this b -only "taken at the llo.ul," the "full st a' is gained on which "the voyage ot their life" may be made with ease ami the pn sped of a happy issue. THE HARDEST LESSON. Life oilers no lessons to mortals so hard to learn, no lesson hiding in its t ruth so keen a st ing to self-love as t his, that your prime has passed, and tint nu must make room lor otheis; that the flower of your luatity, the Mower of your uenius, are in their decline; that vou must wait in shadow whilst the nungcr bask in the splendor which you have left behind. 11. w lew ate ever willing to admit that their tune has come lo learn it. Thus it is I hat we see ! so hinuy women rciusitig to grow old i grace! ully. Instead ul wearing their years as a crown, mellow and beautiful in the light of their ilecliniii,' sun, they deck gray hairs and wrinkles wilii hideous counterfeits id'youth. This is wl y we see writers willing on reputa tions which they have long outlived; writing aflcf they have ceased to have anything lo say, except to repeat what they said better years and yens This is why we see men once in power still imagining themselves important, and in garrulous ami im potent speech evoking the ghost of a reputation in the councils of ouiii;er men. And yet repose is not death. Rest lias its recompense as well as labor. Through e-ery mutation of our life we arc tollowed by the divine com pensations. Let us not begrudge them the youth once so bounteously lie-stowed upon us. They will rob lioone; they will lie but glad iu their own share of the inheritance of being. Then let us thaiikti d that he gave usour day its morning, its mam, its ieaee'ul twilight shadow. lAJt us lie gl.ul we had our day, and thus with r j ucing take our place ainotig the things gone by. TRICKING A RASCAL. A MKXIt AX STOItV. A lady of fortune, living in the city of Mexico, during the latter days of the occupation of Mexico by the Spanish, owing lo some ci'iubiualioii of ciieiim staiicm. toutid herself in difficulties. ami iu immediate, want of a small sum ot money. Don being lit rgodluther. ami a resnctiiiio merchant, she went 0- , , ,. i ,i , 'red linn a case ot valuab.c jewels as a security lor repnynielit, provided he would ndvaiiee her eight hundred dol- hirs. At the end of a lew niontlis, lier temporary dilliciilties being ended, she went to her go.ljatlicr's house to repsiy the. money and receive back h. r jewels. lliMJnaii resuulv cavul (lummiv. m iiioj in rune oei Iteucsputes. 1I1KI Th Juan resxialr reosuved ( lie wotiev. but declared to his astonished god daughter that as to the i wels. he had never heard of them, ami that no such transaction had taken place. The senora, indignant at the merchant's treachery, instantly repaired to the palace of lite Vice King, hoping for justice Iroiu this Western Solomon, though unable to conceive how it could be obtained She wtis instantly r ieil by Revil- lagigedo, who listened attentively to lu r account of the circumstances. "Had you no witnesses?" said the omit. "Noiie," replied she. "Did no servant pass in or out dur ing the transaction;1'' "No one." The Viceroy reeo'lected a moment. "Dots your gi (1 tUi lu r smoke?" "No sir.' said tlie lady, astonished i mm ii n u t. mi question, unit pci naps ine iin-ii: mi as inr ouni s aversion m smoking was so well known, that none of his smoking subjects ventured loap proach without having taken every precaution to deaden any odor of the fragrant weed which might lurk about tb.'ir clothes and person. "Does he take sniilly'' asked the Viceroy. "Yes, your Excellency, " sail his visitor, wl.o probably feared that lor once His Kxeelleticy's wits were wool gathering. "That issiitlicicnt, "said the Viceroy; "retire into the sidjoluiiig chamber, and keep quiet your jewels shall be re stored. " His Kxi-clleni'v then despatched a messenger tor the luerchaiii, w ho im- mediately itesi nted himself. ' I have sent for you," said the Vice- roy. ihilt ws iiiav'ialk over some ma'- I ers in which your mercantile knowl- edge may be of use to the Suite." The merchant wasoicriylielined with gratitude and joy; while the Viceroy ciiternl into convci sat imi with him i upon various all'uirs connected jth ! Ins proicssmii. Suddenly tlie u-eioy put his baud lirst iu one pocket, then iu the other, with the air of a man who has mislaid .something. "Ah!"' said he, "my snull box. Kx ctis" lue for a moment while 1 go and fetch il from the next room." "Sir.'' said the merchant, "permit me to have the honor of offering my box to your Excellency." His Kxcellenev received it as if mi hatiiealiy, holding it in his hand and talking, till, pretexting some business. ; nt1 went out, and. fulling an otlicer, d sired him to take that snull' box to I he iiier.-baiit's house, asking his w ife, asfiom him, by that token, lo deliver to the bearer a case of jewels which lie had there. The Viceroy returned to the apartment where he had left his Haiti roil guest, and remained in con- vcis.it ion willi him until the ollicer re- i turned; and, requesting private speech j of the Viceroy, delivered to him n j jewel case which he had received from the merchant's wife. j R 'villagigetlo then returned to his fair complainant, and. under pretense : ot showing her some rooms in the I palace, led her into one, where, among inauv old -els of value, the iewel case . stood opeu. JSo sooner had she east her eyes upon il than she started for ward with joy and amazement. The Viceroy requested her lo wail there ii little I uiger, and returned to his other guest. "Now," said he, ''before going fur ther, I wish to hear the truth concern ing another atl'.iir in which you are in terested. Are you acquainted with the Seiie fade " "Intimately, sir she is my god daughter." "Did you lend her eight hundred dol lars at such si date?" "1 did." "Did she give you a case of jewels in pledge?" "Never!" saitl the merchant, vehe mently. "The money was lent without any security; merely an act of friend ship, ami she has iuveiited a story ceii- ceriiing s mie jewels, which had not the s.iguiesi louuiiaiion. Iu vain the Viceroy licgged him to relied, and not, by adding falsehood to treachery, force him to take measures ol seventy. The merchant wilh out lis pcrsislc.l in his denial. Tiie Vi croy left the room su Idcnly, and ret urned with the jewel case iu his hand, sit which unexpected apparition the as tonished merchant changed color, and en'ii'ely lost his pnsciieeof mind. The Viceroy ordered him from his presence, w ith si severe rebuke for his falseho ul and treachery, and an order never ag iin to enter the pahic. At the same lime he commanded him to semi him, the next morning, eight bundled dol lars w ilb live handled more; w hich he did, and which were, by the Vio roy's oiders, d ist i i but cd iin long t he hospitals. Ii is Excellency i said to have ailded si severe reprimand to the lady, for hav ing made a bargain without writing. In ordinary winter weather iu Paris the services of -J "iiMI publicly paid street swceiers are employed, with JiHiii auxiliary h indsat half wage-. In very bad weather TOlHI sweepers, be sides inspectors and chiefs, are ready at a moment's notice to ply their brooms in all the streets of the city. They begin at three iu the morniug and end at four in the ulleinoon. S iiuelinies, however, they work for twenty hours. raricttcs. Woman suffrage has been rejected by California's onstiuitioiuil Conven tion. It is said that over .'lu,(XH Hindoos have within a year proteased c'hris- I tiaiiity. It is two hundred and fifteen years I... ... i:i.i : ... ...i e ... . i... siiii-i- me iiib uium w as pi iiiieo iui ine ' ,;;(1. I j liustave I oiv has been promoted I lo the rank ot a drain! Olliccr iu the I Legion of Honor. . S,,atl'svs it is thought lhal ,,. Kl.v,,0(, New 'Testament,' at I . m . ,. , ....... ' least, wfll be published in ismi. It is estimated (hat ."."ft publica- i Hons, more or less, concerning Dante, : ''ave been issued within the seven years uaung li'om .iinv, iso, lo juiy, 177. Of the twenty Muiries of Paris, ten are now provided wilh libraries called papular, where taxpayers can procure instinctive hoiks gratui tously. A salmon, measuring -I feet ." inches in It ngth, was recently presented to the museum of the Royal College of Surueoiis in London, by l'intik Muck laud, the na! iiialist. An Alabama child weighing fifty eight pounds is said lo be composed of fitly pounds of head and eight pounds ot body and limbs, and to have a very bright mind sin I remarkably retentive memory ory. The longest word recorded In any language is used by Aristophanes, in his tin ii. "Tin- Women met in As sembly." It is composed of seventy s"eu syllables and one hundred ami sixty-nine letters. Oue of the largest of the (ireat Ma is ton Salt Mines at Norlhwich, Knglund. was lately lighted with the electric light. The experiment was so Rucccssl ul that this method of illumi nation is likely lo be adopted. - The Chieii'go Public Library con tains ii i, ill 1 1 volumes, and with one exception has a larger circulation than i any ot her library in the country. It ! specially aboiuuis in l.cnii in. French, i Dutch, Noise. Swedish, and Bohemian ! ' - They have an educated seal at the ! Westminster Aquarium which plays i the guitar, beats a tambourine, climbs a Might of steps ami takes a "header'' ! from the tup, sino'cs a pipe, tires u revolver and draws a boat to which it is luiruessed, entering eagerly into the fun. The Maliiiittns had a simple but filed mil met hod of disenvei ing wealthy Hindoos. Tiiey poun d water on the haves the people use instead of plates to eat their rice from: if it ran off the liiaii was rich, because lie could afford cliinli"d hull'T. whereas the poor have only sail. A catamount measuring thirty- !''-U ''"'b lium Ui: '"""' l" hv lilM,f l:m- caiiiiiii in a nap in i anie roii county, Pa., by a boy ten years old. When the lad discovered what lie had caught i he si t the trap for a fox) he went h uiie, got a revolver and shot the beast, which was lurious to gel at him. A French jeweller, iu !S7n. sold a lady it ooiiti-ii'iiiic set of icwclrv. giving a written promise to take the" articles back if tm-y were not approved. She wore them six years and then asked to h ive thun exchanged tor sometning of rt newer fashion. The Courts have finally decided that he must tio so, stud K. L .ndoii tribunal hits rendered a similar judgment where the customer wore a diamond ring tlnec years belore returning it. Judge Johnston, of Cincinnati, is quoted wit Ii saying lliul he was with Abraham Lincoln one day when a commit!) e came to ask the President to suspend the draft until after his second election, on the ground of its un popularity. Slid Mr. Lincoln, quietly, "Wiiiil is the Presidency worth to run if 1 have no country?"' Whereupon llu- committee retired. The Judge says also: "Mr. sianton told me the m xt day or so after Lincoln's death that there was a time when the mem bers ot his ( 'Vain 't ami he disputed on quest ions ol policy, but they so often lound themselves wrong anil Lincoln right, he came to have his owu way, and they to have I'litir ml'ulence in his inspirations.' sis they called them. He w is a man of wonderfully clear in spirations: a man who employed no pics or others to collect stories, but judged of Hie public sentiment by in- . ,,u, ,.,,, j,,,,, his own breast, und askiug ! himself what ought to be done." j I A serious and singular accident I receiiuv occuueu mi tne ii uttsoii ttiver i u uiioiiti, iu .M'w lork. A man uaiiicu .liinics hick was standing near the tnuk, when one of Hie freight trains was passing. As soon as it lad passed. Dick stepped into the middle, ol Hie track. Py some accident it hapitencil that the bell-roM' which runs through the cars bad become detached, so that il dragged about a block or more behind tne train. When Dick saw litis he took hold of the rope, not withstanding the warning of one of the biakeinen who was ou Hut caboose. The cons queiice was that wlieu the end of the rope g-t to him, it wound around his body like a w hip-lash, and dragged him alter the train. He Hew through the air and swayed to and fro like the tail of si kite on a windy day. Tne rope was wound around his shoul ders and right arm, so that he could not possibly extricate himself. The only thing that saved him was the cut l ing of the rope by W illiam Wilson, a brakenian, who saw his situation. Af.er being dragged lor two blocks, he was picked tii for dead and laid on a snowbank, lit linally regained con sciousness, and was sent to Hie hospital, where i was found that his skull w It mVured, and he had received ol g rave injarie.