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Jfy Chatham Record. Chattel H. A. LONDON, Jr., oy ADVERTISING. EDITOR AND VT.til'ltlETOII. 1 III!' Stpiaro, llho lllSlTtlcUl, Onowinare, lwi lupt-rtlmis, OitowjH.'irt, fin hiuiitli, - fi.no - i.so TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Ono cry. e"e yar, inpeoty,stx iii'iniliH -. Oosoopr, llirco muiulis VOL. I. PITTSBOR) CHATHAM CO., X. C, JCXE li, IN?.). III Fnr liir.-i'i' uilvurtlsuniciiU llboral cuntra.'ts will I I W. I miiiie. To the Bereaved! Headstones, Monuments AND TOMBS, IN THE BEST OF WARBLE. ft cod Workmanship, and Cheapost and Largest Varioty in the Stato. Vards ooruor Morgau aud Blunut i.troela, below Wynn'a livery stables. Address all communications to CAYTON tfc WOLFE, Kaleigh, N. C People Will Haye New Goofls, AND W. L. LONDON Will Keep Them. Ilia Spring and Rnmmer Ptock la very largo ana nlti Choap. lismemuor, HE KEEPS EVERYTHING Aud "alwavg keeps a Full Supply. Tie keeps the largest stock of FLOWS. ri.OW CAST INGS aud FARMING IMPLEMENTS in the County, which be Bella at Factory Priced. Han Hall-tongues, 8hovel-plows, Sweeps. ot, an cheap an you can boy the Irou or Htcel. Ho Keeps uie unost ana oojt stocK or GROCERIES! Hl'OAI'.S, COFFEES. TIHS, CIBA MO LAsSl'S, FINF. KIltUPH AND FANCY CSKOCEIIIKS. Uo buys goods at tho Lowest Prices, and taken advantage of all discounts, and will sell poods an cheap for CASH as they can bo uougui in mo mate, iou can always una DRY GOODS ! Fancy floods. Mich as Ribbons, Flowers, Laces, Vails," JIuffB, Collars, t'orn'ts, Fsus, ratasols, 1'nibrcUaa, Nouous, Clothing, HARDWARE, TINWARE, InUOS, TAINTS MIXED AND DIIY OILS, CROCKERY. CON- ii:cTiONi:i;iEd. SHOES! Very largo stock l!.:ots. Hats for Men, Boys, Ladies aud Children. G'arnago Materials. SEWING MACHINES Niils Iron Fnrnilurr: Chawing aud Smoking Tuliaccn, Cigars, Snnff; Leather of all kinJs, and a thousand other thing:) at the CHEAP STORE! W. L. LONDON. I'ittsboro, N. C. HhTaT low" 55 n, Jr., Attorney at Law, I'lTTSltOKO', X.C. JHiff-Special Attention Puicl to ColleuUnrj- J. J. JACKSON, AT TOR NE Y-AT-L AW, riTTsnomr, x. c. IflPAll busiuoss entrusted to hhii will r. reivo prompt attention. W. E. AHDHRSOH, P. 4. WILKT, hreilJaut. L'a.klar. CITIZENS . NATIONAL BANK, op K lI EUai, X. c. J. D.WILLIAMS & CO., Grocers, Commission Merchants and Produco Buyers, FA YETTEVILLE, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., RALEIGH, X. CAR. T. n. CAMERON. 7Yu -jVf. W. E. ANDERSON, I'.V rr. W. II. IIICK8, Siv'y. Tho only Horns Life Insurance Co. in the State. All Ita fund loanod ont AT 1IOM K, and ruonz our own people. We do not send Nona Carolina money abroad to build up other Blatea. It Is one or tho moat successful com panies of Us ai;e In tho Uuttcd 8tntes. Its as eta are amply sufficient. All losses paid promptly. Eight thousand dollars paid In tin fast two year to families in Chatham. It will oat man aged thirty years only live ceuts day to Insure for ono thousand dollars. Apply for further information to H A. LONDON, Jr., Gen. Agt. FITTSBORO', N. C. J6HN MANNING, Attorney at Law, PITTSBOBO', N. C, Wsl la th Carta M Chatham, H.ra.tt Mur aad Uraas, auil lu tli tluinm od Vwtwai CoaiM. Evening. When tho long bright hours aro nnmbercd, And the da; light beauty dies: Wbon the stars their nightly watch-fires Kiudlo m tho nightly skiei: What is it goutly stealing, Dreani-liko o'er the musing mind, Calms each wayward thought and fooling, With a magic undefined ? II ark ! tho dash of distant waters, Murm'ring in their ceaseless play, Comes npon tho breath of evening, Blending with the night-bird's lay. Whouco the power that strangely sways us, As wo list that mystio tr.no, Bringing lack eweot, faded mem'rioa With tho glances of tho nioou ! Now tho evening star arises, Brightly o'er tho wooded bill. Gilding with bur mellow radiance Field and forest, fonut and rill. Kuow'st thou whouoothis strong emotion, Stirring e'eu the fount of toars ' Why the glance, so quick and searching, Backward flies to childhood's years ' Is it memories of tho wild-wood, Whero in early lifo we strayed V Or the moonlit l.aiinls of childhood, Whore we innocently played? Is it namo of friend or brother, Hoarded long in memory's ocll, Or the mild glaucu of our mother, That awakes the mystic spell ? Deep within that spell is ccntorod Yot what toiigno cau speak tho whole ? Who reveal thchiddcu power Of the strange, mysterious soul ? Ever unexplained, yot present With tho spirit, dwells tho power, l'otent thus (o move or sway us, In the peusiro ereuiug hour. SAVED BY A CHILD. It was ! Miirueuectuent nt O College Tho people wero pouriug into church ns I cuterod it, rather tnrily. Finding tbechoico scnts iu tho ceiitor of the nndicuoe-room nlrca.ly tuhen, I pressed forward, lookiug to tho right and to tho left for a vftonucy. Oa tho very front row of seats I found oho. Hero a little girl moved along to mnko room for me, looking into ray fuce with large gray eyes, whoso brifjhtnefca was aoftcued by very long IukIips. Ilcr face was open and fresh ai a newly-blown rose beforo Bnurino, Again and ngniu I fonnd my eyes turned to tho rose-like (aeo.and each time the gray eyes moved, half Broiling to moot niino. Evidoully tho child waa ready to 'make tip' with rue. Aud when, with a bright smile, she returned my dropped handkerchief, and I said Tiinn!: you P wo seemed fair ly introduced. Oilier perwms.now com iug iuto l.io MHit, crowded rao ijuite closo up ngaitmt tho littlo girl, so lint we noon felt very well acpiaiutsd. 'There's going to bo a great crowd,' eho said to me. 'Tea,' I replied ; 'peop'c alwaya like to seo how Pchoolboya are ma'.Jo into men.' Her face beamed with pleasure and pride ns sho taid : 'My brother's going to graduate ; ho's going to speak ; I've draught tues9 flow ers to throw to him.' They wero not grccnlicne favorites ; just old-funhioued domestic flowctB, such as we associate with the dear grand mothers ; 'but' I thought, they will seem sweet and bouu'iful to him for littlo sihtcr's sako.' 'That is my brother,' eho went on, pointing with her nosegay. 'Tho one with tho light hair?' I aked. 'Oh nocha said, smiling and shaking her head ia innocent reproof ; 'not that jomely one, with red hair ; that hand some one with brown wavy hair. His eyes look brown, too ; but thoy are not they aro dark-blue, Thero I ho's got his hand up to his head uow. You see him, don't yen ?' In an eager way feho looked from me to him, and from him to me, as if eoiue important fato depended upon my iden tifying her brother. 'I see him,' I said. 'He's a very good- looking brother.' 'Yes, he is beautiful,' the taid, with artless delight ; 'and he's bo good, and he studies so hard. Ho has taken euro of me ever since mamma died. Here is his name on the programme. Ho is not the valedictorian, but ho has au honor, for all that.' I saw in tho little creature's familiarity with these technical collego terms that she had closely identified herself with her brother's studies, hopes and tiu-- easses. 'Ho thought, at first,' sho emtiLuod, 'that ho wculd write on the Tvimarca of Monastic Life.' What a straugo sound theso long words had, whimpered from her childish lips 1 Her interest in her brother's work had stamped them on tho child's memory, and to her they wero ordinary things). 'Bat thou,' sho went on, he decided that he would rather write on 'Historical Parallels,' aud ho's got a real good ora tion, and he says it beautifully. He has said it to mo a great many times. I 'most know it by heart Oil ! it begins so pretty and so grand. This is the way it begins,' sho added, enc3uraged by the intorcst she mint have seen in my face : 'Amid the permutations and com binatioua of the actors and the forces which make np the great kaleidoscope of history, we often find that a turn of Destiny's hand' Why, bless the baby I' I thought, looking down into her bright, prcu I fRce. I can't describe how very odd and selfish it did seem to have those sonur-. ous words rolling out of tho smiling in fantile mouth, Tho band, striking up, on end to the quotation aud to tho confidences. As tho exere'.sca progressed, and ap proached nearer the effort on which nil her interest was onownlratod, my little friend became excitod uud restless. Her eyes grew larger and brighter, two deep-red spots glowed on her cheeks. Sho tonc'ied up the flowers, manifestly making tho offering ready for the rtirice. 'Now, it's his turn,' sho said, turning to mo a face in which pride aud delight and anxiety seemed about equally min gled. Hut when tho overture was play ed through, and his namo was called, tho child seemed, iu her eageruoss, to forget me and fall tho earth beside him Sho rose to her feet and leaned forward for a bettor view of her beloved, r.s ho mounted the speaker's stand. I knew by her deep breathing that her heart was throbbing in her throitt. I kuow, too, by the way her brother came up tho steps and to the front, that he was trembling. Tho hands hnug limp ; his face was pallid, and tho lips blue an with old. I folt anxious. Tho child, too, seemed to discern that things wero not well with him. Something like fear showed in her fuel. Ho mado an automatic bow. Then a bewildered, Btiuqgliag look cimo into his face, then a helpless look, and thou ho stood staring vacantly, liko a som nambulist, at tho waiting sulicuco, Tho moment of painful euspento went by, and still ho stood as if struck dumb. I saw how it was ; ho had boon seized with a stage-fright. Alas I littlo sister 1 Sho turned her large, dismayed eyes upon mo. 'He's forgotten it,' sho said. Tluu a swift change came into her faca ; a stroug determined look ; aud on tho funeral liko aileno cf tho room broko the sweet, brave, child-voice : 'Amid tho permutations and eimbina tious of tho actors and tho fine ;s which make up tho grert kaleidoscope of hi.H tory, we often And that a turn of Des tiny's hand' Every body about us turned aud look ed. Tho breathless silouca ; tho sweet, childish voice; the childish face ; tho lotig, uue'iildlihe words, produced a weird effuot. Hub tho help bad como too late ; tho uuhappy brother was already .staggering iu humiliation from tho stage. The baud quickly st i tick up, and waves of lively iiitirtio wero relied cut (o civtr tho defeat. 1 gave tho littlo bister a glnncs iu wl.ioL i ueitut to suow tno intense sym pathy I felt ; but she did not see me. Her eye, swimming with tears, were on her brother's face. I put my arms around hor. Sho was too absorbed to heed tho caress, aud beforo I could ap preciate her purpose, sho was on her way to the Bhama-strickcn young mau sitting with a face liko a statuo's. When ho saw her by hia side, the set faeo relaxed, aud a quick mist enmo iuto his ryes. The youug men got closer to gether, to mako room for her. Sho sat down bdsido him, laid her flowers ou his kuco, and slipped her hand iu his. I could not keep my eyes from her sweet, pitying faoa. I saw her whisper to him, ho bending a littlo to catch he r words. Later, I found tut that she was asking him if ho new his 'piccV now, and that ho answered yes. Vhen tho young man next ou tho 1 1:-t had spoken, and while the band wan playing, tho child, to the brother's great surprise, n.ade her way up tho stage steps, mid pressed through tho throng of professors aud tut -tecs and distin guished visitors, up to the college presi dent. 'If you pleaso, sir,' sho said with a little courtney, 'will you and tho tiiftees let my brother try agaiu? ne knows his piece now.' For a moment, tho president stared at hrr through his gold-bowed specta cles, and then, appreciating tho child's petition, he smiled oa her, and went down aud spoke to tho young man who bad failed. K ) it happened that when tho band had agaiu ceased playiug, it was briefly auuouuced thut Mr. would uow deliver his oration 'Historic tl Parallels.' 'Amid the permutations and combina tions of tho nciors and tho forces which make up the great kaleidoscope of history' ThU the littlo sister whis pered to him as be rose to answer tho Mttnmons, A ripple of heightened and expectaut interest passed over the audienoo, and then all sat stone-still, as though fearing to breathe lest the speaker might again take flight. No danger I The horo in the youth was aroused. He wont at his 'pieeo' with a set f urpose to conquer, to redeem himself, and to bring the smile back into tho child's tear-stained face. I watched tho face daring the speaking. The wide eyes, the ported lips, the wholo rapt being said that tho breathless ou lienoo was forgotten, that hor spirit was moving with his. And when the address was ended with the ardent abandon of one who catches enthusiasm in the realization that he is fighting down a wrong judgment and oinqnering a sympathy, tho effect was really thrilling. That dignified audience broke into rapturous applause; bouquets intended for the valedictorian rained like a tempest. And the child who had helped to save the day that one beau- iug littlo face, iu its prido and gladness, is something to bo forever remembered. At. Ki lt')la for June. Tea Culture in the South. General Lo Duo, commiMsioucr of ag riculture, lately visited Baltimore from Washington for tho purpoto of witness ing tho curing of America;! teas grown iu the South, in which ho is greatly in terested. Iu 1S00 tho bureau of agri culture scut to North and South Caroli na and Georgia a largo nuai'.ior of young tea plants, which were distributed throughout these States with a view to culture. The war coming on boou after the plants were lost sight of, but having been planted grew wild. Inst fall, at the instance of the commisdoner of ag ritullu'e, a geutleman made a trip through tho South in erdcrto boo if tho reo could ho cnltnvod in sufi den quan tities for experimental purposes. As au outgrowth of this visit a barrel of toa leaves were forwarded to Baltimore from Georgia, but having been plucked out of season and kept too long, fermonttd and were mioIcsp. Auother barrel wao re ceived from South Carolina and offered a better opportunity for tho proposed experiment, one-third being lit fo? use aud in fair condition. It was with those that tho experiment was made in Gen. Lo Due's preEeueo. It commuted fin of placing the leaves iu nn ordinary wire sievo and steaming thera with boiling water until they wero wilted. They were then nqut-rzod through a clothes wringer to extract the tannic acid, and by this means tho Btructuro of tho leal w-s also destroyed, leaving it limp and capable of Leiug formed into any shape. 11 ?gurdloss of the appgaranco of tho 'tea,' however, no care was taken to secure shape, but tho product was put into a pan aud dried, cai o being taken to pre vent burning. This process nlao devel opr.l a delightful aroma, which tho lov er tf teas ro much des-ircs, and left a le f closely resembling tho imported teas of India. The exi .Tiraont consum ed less thau two hours, and the result exceeded tho utmost expectations of oil those who wore interested. Browed, the ten, tho firt prot!u?od in this eonutry, wa3 partaken by tho ropresautaiivo of tho government, who wai enthusiastic at the result and sanguine that America would yet produce teas equal to the im ported artielo. Tho experiment hardly demonstrated tliat teas conld be grown hero at a profit, but it is thought with carefnl culturo O'.d proper machinery for curing tho desired results can bo ob tained. Tho era of Amrietn teas, how ever, iuiki litcwiHUiy no muuc aoni.i diisiaut. New plants will have to bo grown, count uing n period of abeitt four years, nud watched carefully, wheu tho prcspects.it is maintained, will be prom ising. Gjneral Lo Duo will cito tho re sults so far accomplished before Con gress, and will endeavor to Recti ro on appropriation necessary to purehaso a hundred-aero farm iu th South, with lha intent to grow tho plant under his peiaonal stipervitiou. With this se cured, he is satisfied of gival nud lasting rem't:'. l'lorhla's Singular liiver. Ono featuro of tho St. John's river, Florida, is something remarkably strange if not au actual pnzz'.o to hydrogrophcrs. It has been ascertained by actual scien tific survey, that the surface of tho wuter at its mouth is only three font six iuches lower thau what it is two hundred aud fifty niles above. Iu other words, that (he river has but au average fall of ltras than the siith of ou inch to the mile. Another singular fact worthy of con sideration: it has a com.'o taking its many meaudi-riugn into account of be tweeu thrco aud four hundred miles. Yet its source is not ruoro thau twelve miles from the Miorrs of tho same ocean iuto which it empties itself. Some of ita tributaries, yet unexplored, nay bo form 1 to have their heads still nearer to tho Se'fl. The enrreut of this strtam is of the most alnggii-U kind, scarcely ever ex ceeding a milo to the hour, aud often so stagnant that the traveler may think hiinst If sailing upon on island lake. Its gieat breadth, in many places quito a league, leads to thin ilcluuiou; whifli, indeed, is nut altogether a delusion, siuco instead of a river, it might be just ly regarded as a serit s of hikes, with a slight difference of elevatiou, flowing into ono auother, Sonio of its tuoro open expanses arc so characterized, hav ing tho names of lakes givou them. The principal,- as ols. the most cele brated, is tho St. (L-orge, nearly ono hundred and fifty miles from its month. Farther up are Likes IViterprise, Mon roe and Harney, with many others that havo lately been placed upon mops. A t li lid's Itcply. A littlo boy, ten years old, was being taught by his mother tljFtBttsonB for his Sunday-school. The subject was 'Mo ses and tho burning bush." He waa asked, after the pnssogo ia the Bible re lating thereto had bee a read to him, 'What did Moses say wheu a flame of fire came out of tho midst of the burn ing bush?' Tom answered 'I don't know. 'Why, it is very simple,' said tho mether; 'what would you havo said?' Mel exclaimed the boy, his blue eyes wide with wonder. 'Mel why I'd have said, Jimmiuy cricket-! What's thatl The various towns in West Tennessee are organizing boards of health. I'a!i!ou Nate. B'ack velvet bracelets and neckties come again. 1'olka-dotlnd patin of a contristing c lor is uied to ti im bunting suits. Pauiers havo bccime so popular that clinging dresses begin to look old-fash-ioued. Short walking skirts of black satin, without a siuglo i utile of fh.naces, orciu favor. Tho new round hats have Qat, squ vro orowns monuted by an Alsaciaa bjw of ribbons. Crepe lisse lingerio is more worn this snmmer than ever. Aud nothing is more becoming than thin soft material at throat and wrist. Queen Anne fans cro made of chintz to match dresses, oud tho chatelaine by which they haug is of the samo libbou as the bows woru elsewhere ou tho costume'. What aro called cheese-cloth suits are dresses mado of unbleached muslin, and trimmed with rows of woolen skirt braid, or else bias rod and yellow phtida in tho handkerchief patterns. The sashes that, havo been laid asido for many years aro fcen rgain, nnd the overdresses of last season are all being rcmodolod by merely making tho long low draperies shorter oud higher. A new and pretty idea for spring cos tumes of wash goods is to make a neck tie of tho dress material; stamp taoends iu an elaborate pattorn and embroider in difforc.it color embroidery cotton. Breakfast c.ips made ef largo silk handkerchiefs are worn by tho yt u'hful matron and the middle aged lady. They havo a foundation of stiff crown lining, over which tho handkerchief iri arrang ed. Flouucoi on bhort dresses are merely border Ik liters, not vciy deep, and oliko all around the skirt. A stylish fun flounce, cosily made, is of ftraight siik teu to twelve it dies wide, Tho plaits cither three or fivcin n o'.nsler are fold ed or lapped upon each other, and ore stitched across near the top, ond agaiu at half their dopth. Simple bonnets of black chip ore edged with beaded la.v, er else they are daintily trimmed with a jabot of India min-liu aud hie? ou tho right side, some sr.uey pcrked-np loops of black satin ribbon ou tho left, a bunch of white lilacs or of chrysouthcrouaisou top, oud four narrow strings, two which aro white satin ribbon and two bhwk. fusido the brim is shirred Mr.clc satin, ou which rests a row of white Breton lace. "IVTS AB'IIT lUUMSKS. Tho standing collar around tho neek of a dress is now covered with shirring to match the other triuiiu-ngs. Tho drawing-strings pass around tho collar, not up and down upon it. Surplici efftc'.B given by shirred pieces down tho front ore greatly in fa vtir for dr-'fs waists. Striped, plaid, or polka-dotted silk or f:U:u is u ted for this purpose; thuH an almond-eoloro.l bas que aud tiver.skirt U woru with a f iill shirred frout of Scotch phuti silk, and tho kilt skirt is also of tho gay plaid. To trim waists iu thin way take tno pieces lengthwise of the goods, each a fourth of a yard wide, and long enough to reach from the shoulder-sonm to tho end of tho basquo front. Double tho upper end to mako a mill j an inch wide, and shirr it across in a bunch of five or six rows, drawing it into half ita width; then make two similar clusters of shirr ing at the waist liuo, drawing them much narrower at tho top, to give a tapering effect. This is prettiest ia a soft trimming fabric, au.l d ies not need to bo lined with foundation lawn. Homo times a broad bolt passes over it at tho waist, and tho port below the belt hangs iu two loops liko a great Alsoeiau bow, or else forms a sash. S imo dresses havo a more full blouse effect given them by covering tho wholo Rpoeo from the front of the neck down with a siuglo breadth of the striped or plaid silk. Tho cheeked Panama cloths so n:u -h used by young ladies for spiing suits are so thin and pliable that the surplice drapery is made if tho cloth, merely piped on tho edgert with olive, maroon, or seal brown silk. irtin:r'it lhr.ar. A California Heroine. Sau Diego possesses a genuine heroine iu a youug lady named Miss Mary Ltw ereuce. A band of wild cattle wero be ing driven through tho stree ts when ouo of them singled ont a child at play and started for it. Tho vaqiwro, who was drunk, tumbled from his horse, as ho atte-mpted to turn the furious animal. At this moment Miss Liwcrence cime along, and taking in the situation nt a glnuej, sprang iuto the vacont saddle, ran down the wild steer, thraw her shawl over its head jnst as it was about to gore the child, and taking a J vantage of the confusion of tho beast, rode up to the child aud without leaving her sad dle reached to it and lilted it iuto her lop and then carried it off iu safety. This was not ou ly a genuine act of hero ism tut au exhibition of horsemanship such oa few, if any, in this section conld eqnl. That young lady deserves a medal, both as the most expert eques trienne iu those parts and as a lady whoso courage and prosence of mind aro equ tied only by her skill as a rider. President Qrevy has signed a decree pardoning another batch of i'Jii French communists. The ( reps. Statistics gathered from authentic sources state thut the agricultural pros pects of tho country generally wero nev er better. The spring was lato aud cold iu Georgia as well as iu Mitino aud Min nesota. A eeivcrc eli ought followed, which threatened sorious damage to ull growing products, but copious rains completely chauged the face of nature oud has earned all kinds of vegetation to pnsh forward rapidly, until now they are now iu a stato of advancement equal to that of an ordinary year, although considerably behind hirt year, Tho chief foatnro of the reports from the Now England Stutea ia tho obvious revival of ogricultnro, Tho number of small farms, especially tear cities, is greatly increased. The lnig 'st increase in crops is iu gross, upon which dairy interests depend. Iu the Middle States, from New Euglaud to Virginia, tho crops ore of tho most varied nature, aud aro especially important as the foe Jem of the three largest cities on tho Atlantic coast New York, Philadelphia and Bal timore. In these States wheat ond c ru are more largely raised thnu lust year. Tho fruit prospects ore excellent; ber ries premise to be abundant, ond market gardtins ore prosperous, notwithstanding the roducod prices for their truck. Iu the great Northwest, whence are drawn our enormous supplies of cereols and corn, the reports aro flattering. Kansas alono will produce less wheat than last year, and Indiana alone less coru. Iu the other Slates the overage is material ly increased, nnd tho prospects are ex cellent for an abundant crop. Reports from the South are encouraging. In Mississippi alono is a r.ericiu falling oil anticipated. Tho recent rise iu the price of cotton ha", stimulated that in dustry, and tho acreage of corn, wheat, potatoes and tobaco is irereascd, ex cept in a few States. The increase of tobacco iu tho North is especially uotoil. In Texas everything iz booming, oud wool and stock, her staple pro:lr.c's, are, of conrsf, largely iii advuncn rf auy pro vions year. Ilico premises poorly in Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina. How He (Jot a Situation. A journalist of distinction, now hold ing a very prominent and responsible position ou one of the best kuown pa pers iu tho ceuutry, once had a peculiar experience in getting a po&itiou ou the staff of a New York daily. II j applied to tho e.litor iu-chief, who know him wed, and was aaro of his ability and experience. 'I've nothing to e-rtVr yon,' un.'.l, i.t I'-.-.-r-- -iiiM lu'ff.T n,. the managing cdittir.' To the managing editor, who also knew him well, the ap plicant went. 'Tnero's nothing I can give you,' ho said pleasantly ; 'why dou't you !ii:o the editor-in-chief ?' The next day ho applied to both again, aud the next, each time receiving tho sumo nn s'.ver. Dropping in ou the fourth day he noticed a vacaut desk iu tho report err.' room, kept for any ouo who might want to r.so it. II j called thee llioe boy, told him to e'ie.m up tho desk, and bi iug writing materials. Having 'ni'ived in,' he sought tho city editor's assign ment look, picked out a jib that he thought he ould do, did it, laid tho re sult ou tho city editor's elevk, and went home. The next day ho elid tho same thing, aud the next, and t'je next. On tho fillh day the editor-in-chief passed through tho room while ho was nt his desk. 'So you've got to work?' he f,aid pleasantly, 'Yes pir,' Ba;d tho self-appointed reporter. A dry or two later the managing editor c ime in. 'Gt ot it at last, ch? ho inquired. 'Yes, sir,' answered this latest aduiti iu to the stall', going ou with his work. Thii.gs weut ou this way for two weeks, when one morning the chief came in. 'How do you liko your position?' ho asked. 'First rate,' he auswered. There's only ouo trouble. .1 haven't hod any money yet. 'No money? now's that? Per haps tho managing editor forgot to put your name on the roll. Never mind, 1 will. How much did bo P:.y yen were to have?' 'Ho didn't say, sir,' raid the reporter, telliug tho truth very literally. Tho chief fixed tho pay the-u aud there, dated it back two weeks, and the 'hong er on' breanio a full-tlJf;o.l membor of the staff on the spot. And the best ol the joko was that it w;n not until Iwo years afterward that cither tho o litor-iu-chief or tho managing editor knew how it camo about, each supposing the other had done it. Two heads were certaijly better than one that time for tho opplicont. A band of outlaws weoriug masks broke into tho courthouse at O.-'ccola, Missouri, aud carried ell" all the tux books. This is tiie second time this eiffenso has been committed withiu n yoir. It is supposed it is the work of persons who aro opposed to being taxed to pay tho interest on railroad bonds indorsed by the county. The result of the great Derby race in England was transmitted across tho oscan in forty socoads, an I two minutes after tho dispatch was received iu Lon don its contents were known by the New York pepers. Once, when Beethoven, the eminent composer, was hard up, be wrote a letter to a friend asking a loan of .". Tie didn't get the money, but perhaps it would cheer him up to know that that letter sold for $22.50 last week. ITEMS OF (iEXEKAL INTEREST. Atlanta is getting up a big Fourth of July. Evangelical work is forbidden in the Austrian empire. Akron, Oliio, has had nineteen elope ments within fifteen months. Senator Morgau, of Alabama, was a private iu tho Confederate army. Scarlet fever aud diphtheria have clos ed the schools at L'.idingtou, Mich. Tho acreage of the cotton crop iu Western Texas is fifty per cent, greater this year thou last. Takoob Kuan of Afghanistan is guar o.'i'ecd a subsidy of $'.(M,0u0 a year by tho English govornmout. Tho Gannon empire has twenty-one universities with 1,250 professors, aud moro than 17,000 Btndonts. The Dutch jjovcrnment gives the population of tho Netherlands as 3,!7S,001 souls, of whom 2,007,.'59i are females. Twelve thonsaud prisoners, with their families probably about thirty thou sand persons are waiting at Nijuii Nov gorod to be sent off to Siberia as soon ob the Volga is navigable. The New York trans-Atlantio Hues having hael so iuiic!i trouble on account of tho striking longRhorcme-n, thoAuohor line recently brought over fifty expe rienced Saotchmen to do their labor. A party of citizens raided some low dens at Furmington, West Virginia, threw their stock of liquor in the street, gave c-iio man twenty blows on tho back with a hickory rod, and then tarred and feathered two men and threo women. Five men traveling iu Montana Territory, were attacked by fifty Yank tounais Indians. Tho men intrenched themselves bohind their wagons, and af ter fighting twenty hours and killing eleven of their opponent!, succeeded iu escaping. The insurance companies hoviug been boateu iu the attempt to pr im Colonel D (right ( who held an immense sum ou his life) died by his own hand, have now started the theory that a body wai sub stituted for him at the funeral and that ho is alive and hiding. Owing to the strict quarantine regu lations the steamer which has hereto fore run between New Orleans and Vera Cruz has been laid off. As she formerly connected with tho main line from New York, ther will bo ouo less steamer run ning between those ports. Tho Wettern Union telegraph com pany will scon begin work taking down all their poles in Now York, as it is their intention hereafter to lay all their Wires 1U p!Ul'UL UHia.UiJ Cub..., nn.l gn .nnd. It is probable that tho work will bo fully completed in tho city beforo next winter. A dii'pute about a ditch botween John H. La wis and sou aud John Lumpkius and two sons, near Wiuchostor, lud., re- snlte.l in Lvimpk.u's eldest sou being shot and killed and tho yo ingest son aud the father severely injured, whilo youug Lowis was fatally injured, by a blow with a pick. A committee of Chicago's city coun cil appointed to examino tho condition of tho new city building iu process of erection, reports that thero aro so many rrravo defects iu tho material anil work Joue, that it. would bo advisable that tho whole structure be torn down and ro built. The expenso would bo about .v5:m,001. A report from Cincinnati says a vigil ance committee iu tho mctintaius of West Virginia rode up to a man's house for the purpose of chastising him, but met with snch a reception of buckshot from the man nud his wife that they were glad to give up tho undertaking, with the loss of one of their number aud the wounding of others. John H. Brown, liviug mar Centre vii;e,Md.,lost ayoke of young oxen iu tho following singular manner last week: They were drawing a loaded cart toward a field, ond wheu near a deep ditch they became stubborn, and rofused to go. Tho driver applied the whip, and the oxen msho J into the ditch, driving their heads iuto the earth, aud died beforo they could bo extricated. A mob of seventy-five men captured the jail at Hikerst'ield, Cd., oud hanged Thomas oud Willie. m Yoakum iu their cclN. The latter, being chained to the door, was hanged with the chaiu on his feet. Tho Yoakums wero imprisoneel for the murder, oyer a year ago, of Johnson and Tucker. William hod been tried and convicted, but the superior ceusrt granted him a chouge of venue. Smuggling has bocomo so prevalent among the fashiouablos of New York that the authorities have determined to put a stop to it, and consequently after a promiuont resident of Fifth avenue declared that he hal no dutiable goods ou his arrival from Europo, tho officers searched his trunks and found 115 pairs of fine kid gloves, each dozen having tho name of some fair friend marked thereon. Milchoir J, Miller, of Accident, in Garrett county, Md., bos had a prolific run of luck recently. DuriDg the lats term of the circuit court he gained an important law suit, and when he went home be found the following additions to his family and stock in trade, viz : His wife bad twius, both girls ; the old sow had pigs, the mare had a oolt, the old goose had hatched out a nest full of goslings, and tho old hen had a brood of young chickens under her wingd.