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Ojltaiham Record. croud. BATES OF ADVKltTIBINO. iiiir : jii;irc, ih- it vrl Idi, - $10 iim mu;uv, titTtl"ii,- J,V) One Hti.irf, !! ju.'hih. 2.V) H. A. LONDON, Jr., KIHTOK AND I'ltOI'KIKTejU. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Onr co r, one par, -Oneroy ,ix iikhiIIis Ouocupy. three luunllu, .oii . . l.ul VOL. I. lnTSM)K( CHATHAM CO., N.C., Al OCST 7, l7!. NO. 17, To the Bereaved I Headstones, Monuments AND TOMBS, IN TOE BEST OF MARBLE. Oood Workmanship, ami Cheapest sad Largest Variety in the Mate. Yards coruor Morgan and Blount streets, below Wynn'a livery stables. Address all mmmnnicatioiiH to CAYTOM & WOLFE, TUleigh, N. C. W. L LONDON Will Keep Them. Urn Hpring and Hummer Mock ia vry largo and titra Cheap. liemoniber, HE KEEPS EVERYTHING And always keeps a Full Supply. Ho komis the largest Block of PLOW. 1'I.OW CAHT ISaH aud 1 AKMINQ lMl'LEMK.NTS iu tho Comity, which ho soils at 'aotory Prices. Has Doll-tongues, Bbovel-plows. Hwoeps. utc, cheap aa you can bay tho Iron or Htocl. Ho keeps the fluent aud beat stock of GROCERIES! Sugart, Coffees, 'Teas, Cuba Jlb'a.., Pine Sirup and Fancy (rarer its. lie buys goodii at tbo Lowost Triooa, aud takes advantago of all discount, aud will null goods aa cheap for CASH ax they can bo bought In the Btato. You can always Cud DRY GOODS ! Fancy floods, nuoh aa Itibbons, I'loWors, Laces, Vails, Kails, Collars, Corsets, Fans, Paiaaols, I'rubrellas, Notions, Clothing, HARDWARE, Tinware, Drugs, Paint Mixed and Dry Oils, Croukcry, Conft xlionerUa, SHOES! Very large stock Hoots. Hats for Men, Boys, Ladies and Children. Cur.agu Materials. SEWING MACHINES Nails Ironr Furniture; Chewing and RiuoLincr Tobacco, Cigars, Hiiuu; Leather or aa Lu.urt, and a thousand other things at the CHEAP STORE! OP W. L. LONDON. riTTSBOKO. N, 0. II. A. LONDON, Jr., Attorney at Law, PIT a'SBOKO', . V. jtfTSpecial Attention Puid to (Jolletmiig. J. J. JACKSON, AT TORN E Y -AT-L AW, l'ITTSliOi:i x. c. t-9AU buines entrusted to him will ro. ceive prompt aiteutlun. W. E. ANDERSON, l'rellul. P. A; W1LBT, CITIZENS i NATIONAL BANK, OF ItALEItai, X. ('. J.D.WILLIAMS & CO., Grocers, Commission Merchants and Produce Buyers, FAYETTE VI LLE, N. O. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF RALEIGH, X. CAR. . H. CAMERON, Prttitlmt. XV. K. ANDKKHON, W Prfi. W. II. HICKS, SrSy, Tho only Home Life Insurano Co. In the State. i i.. fnniiiuniii f,nt AT iiOitlE. and among our owu people. We do not tend Hor A Carollua money abroad to build up other nC W3. . It 13 UUS Ul IU. wvww a it. tat, lii tha United States. It aa. ..,ir.i..iii. All lnuea I'ald romptly. Aisrht thoubaud dollars paid In tb I... t.A.ura fnf.mlliea In Chatham. It will cost man aged thirty years only ttva wo' Slay to insure ior one iuuumi u.. Apply for further Information to H. A. LONDON, Jr., Gen. Agt. PITT8D0K0', V. 0. JOHN MANNING, Attorney at Law, PITTSBOEO', N. 0., Waalell ill ih 1'OUFW I Oraas., aud la 8uP.... A Hook-Marker. It holds my liible loaves apart, This poor shorn tress, so sad lo hoo, As memory murmurs to my heart flow you died, lovo, aud left for ms A barren waste of weary years, Howu with dark doubts that sorrow broeds. I grasp at hope, but vex my ears With jangle of discordant creeds, And wonder is It quenched, that sweet Heft radiance of a life benign, That made my grosser pulses beat In humble harmony with thine? And aro tbey dead, tho nameless blius That only foolish lovers know, I.ivo lips ttat quivered to my kiss Iu those bright summers long ago? Or, haply, past the nether wave, Hhall sundered spirits meet again ? Is thero no knowledge in the grave, or promise for the sous of men .' Tho wintry smite! sheds a ray Across tho Hook. I read aud trout That you shine somewhero, far away - I cannot think that you are dust. PLAYING EDITOR. Time, twenty-fifth of Jnue; Lour half- paot two; Bceno, bulnouy of a popular hotel; tlramnUn jwrsomc, a yonug gou tlcmuu nipping a rIiihs of ieeil lemcmuilo with Lih foet on tho railing. Abovo rodo the stalely spirits and steeples of tho neighboring building; below lay tho bustling panorama of u street Fi'Due, aud hither tho eyoB of Oliffo lluntly, million aire, were dreamily i:ont. 'iwenry- fifth of Junol' ho soliloqniHod at oppo- Bito cuds of a yawn, 'Iloigho, how timo paBHes away. Juno four years Biuco I received that eventful birthday present from Muttio iu the ehapo of a letter, coolly informing mo that 'our engage ment wan, on her part, rnorely a littlo flirtation to pass away time; that nhe could not enduro poverty even with me; that ehe must marry n rich man.' Hal hul was it nu nooidont I wonder, or a just recompense, that tho next mail brought tho announcement that I'nole iJ'ipb hBd died, leaving mo solo heir to bin t xtensivo liroiiorty I However, I teuiaped a mercenary wifo, for I was tie- cived u'terly. Fool that I was. I would have tilnkcd my lifo that uhowneaa puro miiali'tl aud guileUas an an augel. lint bah ? I huvo vowed uover to upeak or think of her again, I'll inn ilowu aud bco Hal Tixloy, tho editor. Ho ia jolly aud eutcrtniuing, and will drive away tho bluoH.' CiilTo bruiight down his olmir with an euipbanis which Brattorod tho romainder of tho loraonado over tho balcony, and bturtod down tho Btreot. "(ii'rtie'a Advcntnro' old contribu tor tlrf.t pag 'Autnm LweB-or-thography deficient (hat goes into tho waste basket. 'Tho Lost' Hello Uunt ly' 'Noah,' paid tho editor of tho lie icir to a Biuall boy in waiting, 'tako that pile of priors oil that stool and give this gentleman a seat. Fly around, now.' 'Xow, don't dit.trecs yourself,' said Cliffo, luzily; 'Shades of Nulphi I what a porspiratiou you aro in I' 'Do I ?' said Mr. Pixloy, rather eon fusedly. Woll, business is pressing to day. But it appoars to me that you aro looking unusually sober. Hw anything happened ?' 'Xothiug, only this is my twouty eighth birthday. I am getting old, you know,' said Cliffo, fanning himself with a stray llcvitu: 'Ho 1 should think,' said the editor reflectively. 'Why, you vi ill soon be an old bachelor. Why ilon't you get mar riedf' Really, now, I can't. Tho ladies are all to good for me,' repliod Mr. Huutly modestly. 'Nonsense I That'u all a prevanoa tion. There are a dozen of young la dies of my acqnaintauoe who woo hi be nly too glad of a ohanooto become Mrs. Huutly. There's Cora Adams, lor iu stauce; isn't she nioe enough?' 'Nice; indeod she is charming.' 'And then there is Judge Dellafleld's daughter,' continued Mr. Tixloy, beauty and an heiress, and as proud as Iilioifor.' And as cold as an iceberg. It freezes me to thiuk of hor,' said Cliffo, turning up his coat eollar. 'Well, there's Kate Williamson; sho has life enough, I fauoy, suggested Mr, Pixley. A lioitlenish eoquetto. I toll you Hal, all the noble, true-hearted women havo gone out of fashion, and the young ladieB of to-day are a meiotmary class, as grasping as Midas. Fossibiy, as yon sny, any ono of the ladies mentioned would become Mrs. Huntly for the ask ing, but why ? Not for any good qual ities I might possess, but simply for the sake of poor old Uncle Jaoqae s money, said Cliffo with a sneer which spoiled half tho beauty of his dark face. 'Nonsense, said Mr. Pixley, making diligent search for his pencil, whioh was balanced nicely behind his loft ear. 'At this rate yon will become that most abominable of all maukind a cynical old bachelor. 'But bvthe wav. Cliffo. you ilon't know what yon escaped when your un cle left yon that nice littlo million which spoiled you for an editor. 'Why sol" questioned Mr, Huntly, lifting his tlark brows. 'Oh, for a great many reasons. One has so many cares and vexations. For 'Dstauoe, I have been reoeiving ooutri 1 butionfllately from a young would- be anthoreEs, which I did not print, as I have so much surplus matter on hand. And tho other day, if yen beliovo me, Bho cumo to see why her piece hadn't been publiiihed. Well, we fell into con versation nnd somehow beforo I know it I had partially engage 1 her next manu script, and she's coming again ii-day,' concluded the editor with a groan. 'Why didn't you toll her you couldn't accept it .'' inquired Cliffo, Boborly. Well, I can't explain just why. She was tho loveliest creature I i vor saw, audit always whs hard for mo to say no' to tho ladies,' tuid tho editor apolo getically. 'Now, don't look bo diogiiBt ed. You probably would not have dono any better iu my place.' 'Indeed I I fancy myself capable of saying No, when No ia needed, in ppito of a pritty fne-o,' said Cliffo, f :;riifully. 'Oh, no doubt it seems very capy,' said Mr. I'isley, with an injured air. 'Just tako my place for a couple of hourH, and you will chaugn your miud.' 'I'll do it,' cxcluimed Cliffo, spriugiug up. Mint stay I possibly I might bo ro cagnized.' (!dod,' said tho editor, 111 manage that; Noah, run up stairs and get Uncle David's wig aud spectacles, aud hero is some false whisker 1 worn to a masquer ado luBt week. There I I fancy your best friends wouldu't know you iu this difguifiO if thoy should ehaueo to call in my absence, which is not likely. I do elaro sho is e'Jiuiug uow,' ho addod.look ing out of tho window. 'Who?' inquired Mr. ".Huntly, pla cidly, Why, our yonug contributor, of course. Good-bye, I'm oil',' and Mr. Pixley put on his hat, and umlor tho pretense of leaving the room, slipped discreetly into a tall cupboard used for packing away back numbers of tho V-vine. Meanwhile a foroat of gray whiskers partially hid tho haudsomo face of our hero; a long dnater coucealod tho elo gant suit, uud ho stood transformed from a fiihhionublo youua man into a gray-haired, bcuign old gentleman, Feeling rather amused than othorwiso at tho absurdity of his pot-itiou, Cliflo stepped behind Iho desk and commenced lookincr over tho Mas., as Noah showed tho laily iu at tho door. 'Is tho editor iu ?' Something iu tho Bweef, low tones seemed strangely familiar. Cliffo fiturtoJ aud looked up. Surely that graceful fluro, tho proud ly poised head rippliug with bronzo browu hair, tho changeful violet eyes nudci tho darker brut, a aud hnihos no, ho oould uotbo mihtukeu. Beforo him stood tho lovo of hia boyhood, his bo trothedbrido,aud tho hoaatloss ooquutto of four years beforo, Mattio ( fulso. no .loubt, morcouary no doubt, but lovelier than ever. Is tho editor iu?' sho repeal Oil. No,' said Cliffo, roeoveriug himself iu part, 'Ho ho is gone, ho wout away this afternoon.' Indeed! How uufortnuato I' said tho visitor in a tono of disappointment. I wishod very much to boo him, I havo a short sketch hero whioh he promised to look over this afternoou.' I am nianugcr iu his absence,' Baid Cliffo politely, 'and will, if you will per mit mo, attend to it myself.' The old familiar handwriting dauood for a moment before Cliffo's eyes as he glanced oagorly at tho bottom of the page for the signature. Yes, thero it was, 'Mattio E. Kaymond.' ho was not married then. Perhaps a lover suf ficiently wealthy had not yot made his appearance. All thia passed through Cliffo s mind as ho glancad tho manuscript over, and also tho disagreeable faot that it was hia dutv to critioiso aud mioet it. no would havo given worlds to havo ete.iped tho ordoal just then, but it was tje luto, so he laid down the Mas., saying iu a loud grim voice, 'I am sorry, miss, to disap, point you, but I oanuot aooept your con tribution.' 'Not accept HP Tho tones wore slifflitly tromnlons and Clitlo saw tho lovely luce grow white, aud noticed for the tlrot timo that she was thinner anl paler than when ho had seen her last, four yeura before, during which timo he had been abroad. Excuse me, but you look tired aud ill. Pray bo Beatoel. Noah, a glass of water for the lady. Pardon mo what I am about to "say,' Baid tho old gentleman, as t is guoBt wearily accept eel the offer, 'but I beliovo that we eaoh have some especial mission, or vocation, if you please, in lifo. Yours may not bo of the literary kiud. but may, never theless be just as important. Vocation P eaid Miss Kaymond bit terly. 'There wan a time indeed when I might have sat dowu with folded hands and waited for my vooation to oome to me; but that time is now past. I am not, sir, as you seem to imagine, trying to acquire wealth and fame. Far trom it. My mother has been very ill fei' some time, and if I should leave her, she would die; so I gave np teachiug. Fortune has petted mo so all my life that I was unaccustomed to other em ploymeiit, eveu oould I got thorn, so as a last resort I trio, I this, but Khe paused for a few seconds for self- control, then rose with pertoot coinpo- old gentleman, retaining tho desired ar ticle. 'Your story Ims touched mo Btrangely. I would gladly nsnist you. Miiy I. not bo your frinvl T A flash of crimson dyed tho young contributor's face. Tl:nnk you, Kir, but I did not 3oruo hereto mil; 'it friends or aid. Ispoko of my trculilea before I thought,' sho said. Ho I perceived. Hut 1 !iould iiitnem it a privilege to bo of hen lit to you. I believe I havo never done any good in my lifa, bo do not, I beg you, forbid my beginning now.' Miss ltuymond's face timplud into a half smile. 'What a stia'iK'o 'ld gen -t Ionian,' Bho thought, 'perlmpa ho ingo ing to romomber me iu Lis will.' 'I spoke of voeutiiiisa moment ngo,' continued the fnlsj cuilor. 'It ei-cins to mo that ye n aro Jittod to adorn homo Kooiety. You aro too ycinig and beau tiful to toil amidst poverty and eiimp- poiulmont, and from tLo flw-.t uiomout I Baw you I felt an iutereHt iu you. I am rather c ceentrio uh 7011 see, and though yen may think it tfrnuge huvo novor seen 11 lady I wishou to make my wifo uutil until' 'Until whon?' donunded Mattio iu bo wilderod surprise. 'Until I saw yon. Nay, listeu ouo moment. I am rich. As my wife your lifo of toil and taxation will bo over. No wish shall remain uogratilled. You shall bo looked up to, bowoel dowu to, by thefio who huvo slighted you iu ad versity in hhort you Mi 1 reigu a queen iu society. Forp-et tliodisparity iu our ages; forgot the temerity of my proposal remember only that I offer you my hand and fortuuo. Do you consent ?' 'Ne-ver bir.' And oh ! the indignant Boorn of lips and cyosl 'Were you possessed of all tho wealth of tho whole world I would not sell nyself for it. I thank you for tho miiiukg kiuduens of your proposal, but booih i than consent to it I would beg, or btiuvi). My baud and heart shall go tofitiicr or not at all.' But surely you will i?counidcr this--you will' 'Cliffo,' fcaid a fiopnlulnul voieo from tho closet, 'aro you htiido yourself ?' uud tho uext instant tho horrified editor of tho Ht vitte cmergfd coveiid with cobwebs, and seiziug wit? and whiskers with a relputlcesliaud.Ciilljnnutly stood ineo luoro, Hushed aud taudsoruc,bt fore thorn. There was n glance, and a ncog' nitiiui. Cliffo I' Mattio 1' L'orgivo me, for tho tVoeption I havo piactified upon you,' Giffe mid encr ly. 'I oould not, filter ill, believe that you could bo the hearttehs, mercenary orcaturo that vour lotte proved. But why, oh, why did you vrite it?' 'What litter? I do lot uuderntuud you. I never wrote any buou letrer as you describo thia to be. After cuniiug into possession of yourtn eioH foituno you sailed for Europe without ono fanv well wor l, bo I couoliucd you wished our engagement endod. But w hat does all this meuu ? Aro you masquerading? Permit mo to crave p.iiinu jiiht hero, for my part in this trauau-tkm,' sai l Mr, rixloy coming forward. Mv frioud nuutly, vre, ih leading a louoly, cynical sort of a life, and wish. ing to reform him, I toik tliinm.vel way of introducing you, litto dreaming you would prove to bo old acquaintances, Am I forgiven?' 'Qoel bless you,' suidt liffc, grasping his baud, while an eloqient pair of blue eyes opposite, more thiu granted par dim. Three months aftor thero wan n quiet weddiug whoso annoiueomont fouud dueplaoein tho Jtcriic. Tho bride groom was Cliffo Huntly, Esq., mil lionairo, a universal favoiite in all select circles; tho bride, Mi'.tio Uiymond whose father had failed miserably years before, leaving the family in destitution And 'all tho world woudeted.' I tut they did not know, reader, as do you and I, of the littlo episode in tho editor s sanctum, while ( lifTo Huntly was playing editor. A Slliiiriiur Tree. Though tho tropical scrubs of (Queens land, Australia, aro very luxuriant and beautiful, l!iey are not without their dimgiroiiH itrav. bucks, for thero ia ouo p'fuit growing iu them that is really deadly iu its effects - -that is to Bny, dradlj iu tho Riinio way that ouo would apply 1 ho term to lire; ns, if a certuiu proportion (f ofio'h body is burnt by the stiupiiif; tree, deut li will bo tho remit. It would be as safo to pass through fires oh to full into ouo of these trees. They aro found growing from two to three inches high to ten an I fifteen feet; in tho old ones tho stem ia whitish, and red berries usually grow on the top. It emits a peculiar disagreeable smell, but it is best known by its leaf, which i'h in aily rniind. h-ivir.ir n iU't ' mu iM , uud iH jugged all an uud tho edge, !iko tho nettle. All tho leaves aro large some larger than a saucer. .-bmoUinrs,' says a traveler, 'while shooting turkeys in tho scrubs I have cutiroiy forgotten tho stinging treo till warned of ite close proximity by its smell, nnd I havo then found myself iu 11 littlo feiroit of llicui, I was only once stung, aud that wua very lightly. Ita effects uro curious. It leaves 110 mark, but the p.'iin is maddening, aud for mouths afterward tho part, whin touched, ia tender in raiuy weather, or wheu it gets wet in wnthing, etc. I havo peon n man who treats ordinary pain lifrhtly roil on tho around iu ago ny lifter being sliuip; aud I havo known horse po completely mud nfter getting ito a grovo of tho trees that ho rushed opeu-mouihed nt every ono who ap proached him, and hud t )bo shot in tlio rub. Dogs when ntuug will rush about, whining pitetinly, biting pieces from tho affected part,' Tho small Btiugiug trees, a few iuehe3 high, arc as hiui'eri id as ai'V, bcini? to hunt to boo, aud seriously imperiling ouo's ankles. Tho hcrub is iihind'y found growing among paliu trees. sure. 'Mr manuscript, sir, if yon please,' Wait just a moment, please, eaid tho I'riiiee Louis Napoleon's Prayer, A prayer in tho handwriting of the priuco imperial has boon found amour; the papers iu his desk at Cmideu Pliico. Tho following is a translation : 'My (lod : f give to Thee my heart; but give to mo faith. Without fuitli there ia 110 Ktiong prayer, nnd to pray is 11 longing ( my soul. I pray, not that Thou hiioiildht tako away the obhtuch's of my path, but that Thou may si per -mit mo to ovcroomo them. I pray, not that Thou shoulilst disarm my eiH'inicH, but that Thou fhouldiit nid uie to con qui r myself. Hear, oh, God! my prajer. Preserve lo my nil'oi tion these who iv dear to me. (iraiit them happy days. If Thou only GiviKt ou this earth a cer tain sum of joy, take, nt;, (ijil! W nn.iu, nuiineniort 11 em 1 no most worthy, ur.d 1110 v the most worthy bo my friends. If Thou bcckest veugcuiiPO upon ii.au, ;,trilo mo. Mihfortuuo ia inverted into liaiiiiiuesH bv Iho sweet thought (hat thoi-o whom wo lovo urn happy. Hap piness is poisoned by the bitter thought whilu I rejoice ILu.ro whom I lovu c. thousand times better thau myself are Buffering. I'orme.. i h,i jd! no more: happiness. TV.ko it from my path. I cau only find joy in forgetiing tho paft. If 1 forget -those who aro 110 more, 1 fhull be forgotten in my turn, nnd how pud tho thoupht thai makes ono cny, 'Time tffaces nil.' Tho only Kutwfue liou I nock is that which last's forever, that which is given l y a tranquil cou Bcieneo. Oh, my God 1 show mo ev r where my duty lies, and give r.10 strength to accomplish it always. Arrived at the t rm of my lifo I shail turn my looks fearloibly to tho past. K incmbvaiice will uot be. fir a long remorse1. Theu I lihiill bo hnpi y. (IniLl, oh (iod I that my heart may bo penetrated with tho conviction dial thoso whom I lovo nnd who are dead ."hall eeo all my actions. My life hhall bo worthy of their witness, uud my innermost thoughts shall mvur make them blush. iti:.ms op ;i:m:kal im i:ki:st. e 1 of thei operatic.;" iu iiiit.rntc to ( ollec ( A distrusted Suitor. A writer detailing auccdotes of promi uent nctresMB, gives this littlo account ol an admirer oi Miss Noihon, tho celo bru'ed I'.jf li'h lu-tnwa who made m niiny friend;! iu thin country: M-fs' ilhi.ii nuiJo many conqueHts in .New York, and her parlors in tho l imi Avo nue were uover without her admirers, iu seasonable hours. A New Yorker fell madly iu lovo with the lu'treps while nhe was 1h iiifj as ll . iilin l and Amy ! siirt. I '.very mght l:o was m au orcaea tr.i chair, with u big lUnal omblcm for her, and every afternoon, alter haviug obtuinod un inliuduetion, ho calloil, bearing moio i'.owers. Tho charming aetrosa liked nothing better than to loll buck ou tho divan with 1 rich bouquet to pick at while tho admiring eyes of several gentlemen .beamed ou her from oltomana and eas-y-cluiirs about hor. Tho love-lorn yonug man was onuoyenl bv a big fellow who ur.od to Bit off in 0110 comer, apparently abstracted, yet over too near to permit any passionate leciarutioii to bo properly made. The big follow smoked his cigars, read hia foreign papers, yawued, looked at his watch, but never left tho room. Ho was there wluu the lover came, and tliero wheu he went. Everything was marked Mis Adelaide Nwlsou. Tho flowers all camo to Mots N oilmen. Jier pioturea were labeled Miss .Wilson, and tho lover had never heard of Mia. Loo. Ono day, wheu ho had spent enough 011 flowers and proscuta to pay a wiuter's board, he impatiently said to hm adored actress, 'Miss Neuson, wao is mat stnpiu iouow who is always hanging about you? Why don't you send him off? 'Oh, uovor miud him,' answered tho netross; -no is only my husband!' Tiio love-loi.-i young mau shoved tho top of Ins opera nat out, bowed himself as gracioii-ily as ho could under tho eircnnwtiiuctR, aud Bhot out tho room. A Fourth of July Snow-storm. A re mirkablo meteorological phonom onou was observed in several places in Porthtud, M , Friday afternoou. About tlvo o'clock flakes of falling snow were seen by many, who could hardly credit their senses. Scrgt. Boyd, of the signal service, happened to bo out at tho timo and caught several of the flakeu on his sleeve. He says such a thing might not occur again in ouo hundred years. Ho explains it iu thia way : Artificial suow may be formed iu a warm room, tho air of which has be'oomo saturated with moistura from the breath or any cause, by suddenly admitting a current of oold dry air. Shortly before five o'clock a cloud was observed rising from the south. At the same time another rose from the northwest. The currtnt of wind which boro this along was eeild, w hile the op posing current was warm and saturated with vapor. These two mlermiuglevl, and the effect was to form crystals of snow. The preceding heat and dryness of the day also helped to produce this renlt. The barometer was vory low at the time, aud tho thermometer dropped fifteen degrees in ten minutes. Tho nnuiiuum toporaturo that night was fif ty soveu ele,greos. This sudden ehauge was no loss remarkable than the mow flakes. A Phase of ( it) l.HV. A bright-looking boy, twelve years old, who tiiiid h;s name was Lotuwy McEvov. wout idouo into tho Jefferson Mnrkot l'oliee. eonvl l.ut criuiii uud said to Justice Morgan: 'Judge, your honor, I want to give myself up.' 'Why, my boy? asked tho coutt. 'Because,' replied tho lad, ! I haiu't got uo homo, and I don't want to livo iu tho streets and become 11 bad boy. 'Why don't you stay at home?' '1 ain't got uo home. Fatlier'a boon dead uino years, and mother died beforo that.' 'Put where have you Iwu living siuce?' 'With my aunt. Sho lives in Forty-first street. But sho gets drunk. And she wem t lot me May indoors. To-day no cuaseiu mo out aud laid if I ever came baet sue nl.l .In anniethiucr ftwflll to 1110. I Ul afraid of her, aud so I've got no homo. Nobody will tako me iu because- I aiu t got good clothes aud dou't look nice. I can't get any work, and 1 can't get any - thing to eat unless I beg or steal it. .... .......... T Then the cops n who me iu. a want to bo arrested. I don't want to steal, nor to bo a bad boy. Won't you please send mo somew here where l cau loam something and got to bo a man? There's place liko that, ain't there?' Th justice told tho boy thero were suoh lilacs, aud, taking tho littlo fellow under his protection, promised to Uud him a home in toroo good institution, The Al t of P.oiMuet MuMll'r. It secmn nu easy thing to make a bou quet an one looks over Iho garden and sees tho beautiful flowers. But alter all it is a el lii."ilt mutter aud ono iiumetums forgets that flow era havo their i.lliuitles and preference ii, lis well as the human r.iej. Abovo nil givo tlieui room and not crowd I horn. When flowers aro nursed ne-ivi!y together i.U lose their beauty. I saw ,iu arrangement of H-iwcrs yesterday where two lovely day lil es that would havo been beam iful if grouped alono in a slender vase with a foiv feins or green spires, but whoso effect w.s ruined by being put in the center of a mass of I.nk- Hinmuiiid conunwii rurdcr. flowers. Tho I'onunou flowers only looked tho mon evmuiou in contrast wilh tho lilies, aud the lilies looked as though caught in very coarse ooiupuny. For vases and bouqueta of any fort tliero f-honld bo plenty i f white for the foundation. Wheu htcniloM il nvevs are used, liko a tuberose or u single g-ru-ilium, Htenw cap bo made by pnttiu;the ends inside of straws uud then wiiiug it iu: when arranged in tho bouquet the straw cannot bo seen, but tho flowers can bokeptfretdi by absorbing the water. A pretty arrangement isfo bike a hpil.o of k.-arlot eladio'-i '. with its brilliant coloring, arrange it with fewthery grass es and gleMims of white feverfew hero aud there, and you will have a lovely spot of coloring for come dark coruor. Again, ptMuniai und luor.nng glories ato difficult to combine with any flower, but give them a wide mouthed vano and a few leaves and they nro positively grace ful. All lilies I thiuk aro prettiest if no other tlowersarc mixed with them. For small vases a very good way is to clip them off and put them in e-irelewly as thev come, then thev will look natural ; too nuieli niTiiiigi r-icut oftea spoils tho looks of a v. iso of tlowets. Pur either bund or vase bouquets d. not put too many colors together. A marble statno to Princo Louis will be erected iu Westminster abbey. Dress with tho weather, uo matter j how often you must change) your cloth ing. The total membership of tho Baptist i hurchos in tho l.'uiloel Htutes is ii.ll, c: ; 1 . Kuading in the twilight baa bieu the means of tt.aining and ruiuing many good eyes. Blowing dowu o lam) chimney to ex tiiif'uish tho light is a frequent cause of explosion. A colony of 1(H I persons hii boon form- -r 1 county, Tnu. The miner iu Spotti jlvuina, mi., im just shipped twenty gooil-si.od bugs of gold dust to the Philadelphia mint. lToeeutly Henutor Cordon, of (ioorgifl, w.is seen partaking of tho communion in church besido un old colored woman. The dreaded phylloxera ha", made its appearance in the vineyards of Switzer land, nnd the authorities aro doing thoir utmos t to stamp it out. During au in vest .'gat iou into tho evil iffVehi of a'llaulus trees in Atlanta, it wn". demonstrated that only tho nuilo trees of the species were harmful. Au Iowa mau tied hia maro to a tree, when a owariu of bees ulighteel upon her, and stung her so severely about tho head a.i to caiv e death iu a few moments. Euglaud has got to explain the pres once of her riuVi iu tho hands of tho Turcomans. I'.ussia thinks it ratiior equivocal friendship that supplies hor euemics with arms to oppose ner -vim. L:wrouco Hchue.sier, a youth of eigh teen, took oath boforo a Newark, N. J., uiinisler wiio married him to a woman of twen'y-four, that ho was twouty-ono ye-iiivt of age, and is now under arre-Bt lor pel jury. Muu'd Cross! and, a beautiful youug lady of ludianolu, Texas, saug very pa thetically to her friends tho soug 'Seo thut my grsvo is kept green,' wout up Htairs, tiiocnrod a pift 'l uu l blow out hor brains. Cluis. llarriniiu, ouo of tho contest ants iu tho groat international walking match in Ndv York, has eloped with tho wifo of a proiniueul merchant of that city, whoso ai'quaintauco ho made eluring tho tournament. The hut Missouri and Illinois legisla tures passed u law Linking it u fulony for ony Mlb'er of a b:.iik to accept deposits iu tlio institution if ho knows it to bo iu a failing condition, nnd imposing the Mimo I'-.njL-hau-ut us tl at for stealing Tlir Mecca of Oiilcasls. A coirespoudci-t writii g of the v 'luu tecr English forces in . iluh.nd, savt-: A man whom 1 reie.eiul i r i.n tho pvuie of a crack light infantry riy,int id, r.nd who was prmi.l ot ti.e lepmatsi'il of be im; one of the best .lrosed men in Lou don, is uow lying out iu the open on a section of this frontier, living with n handful of Kaffirs, win eat with him and call him Bosh. Tin1 sou of Ciiiie.iu geuiirul is a transport c.Midiic'.e-r in this oaiup. Iu tlio voluuteers, broken geu tlimeu, ex soldiers of our own nnd half a dozen e.mtiueutal armies, farmers whose farms aro on tho frontier and do- meiiey. As an evidence of tho largo amount of surplus capital idle in Enropo it is an uemiiced that the Bank of Paris has i.gne.l to furnish tho capital for tho cousl ruction oi nu uudergronud railway in New York, provided that thooompauy shall raise .!iiX,0lli) for tho first ex penses and establish validity of tho fran chise. Tho second boot sugar factory iu New England is being built at Northampton, Mius , and over 'MO acres of beets are groiviug in tho neighborhood for its uso. Good beets, closely worked, will yield about ten per coot, of nigar, and it is thought thut with improved machinery twelve or foul teen per cent, may be realized. Haula Cruz, California, has a gallant baby. A littlo two-year-old girl was playing with a thiw-aud-a-balf-yoar-old baby near tho water's edges when a breaker carried the liltlo girl out iutoit. The muuly littlo fellow went immodiato ly into tho water to tlio rosano, and eavod his companion, to the admiration of those who witnessed tho 8eeuo. Daring n Friday night aud .Saturday I moiniu:? 'tho American Union Telegraph coinpauy erected about six miles of tele graph po'es in Iho several streets of Newark, N. J. Saturday uftornpon all tha poles were taken dowu, by order of tho mayor, who claims that the require ments of tho e;ly ordinances woro not eompli-vt with iu tho erection of tho poles. ),iring tho recent dry weather in Manatee eoiuitv. Fla., tho lower Miaka lat e dried up all to ono hole. Tho holo was deep and was tho only resort of the cittle for water. Tho holo was full of alligators, and as tho stockmen feared depredations on tho cattle, a number of them went there one day aud killed 7i nllteators from six to fourteen foet iu leoRth. Tiio largest ferryboat in the world is ready for launching at Hau Ftuneisoo. .she is 12 1 feet long and 1 1 0 wide; double eight steel boilers. Au inexplicable epidemic in prevail ini? iu New Orleans. It Li a catarrhal inllammutiou of the eye. soriml. sons ed stiirekeeiieus, aH'ztus . i i r. e.. -.ri. hukiMrn ondcr. carry inar soldiering, and some respectable young J decks, capable of accommoelutiug twen- fellowa whom lighting enterprise uas brought out from home, ride together in tho same troop. A novel idea is proposed by tho Ms Baohusctts society for the prev.-ntiou i'f cruelty to children. Tho society requests that at least one article of tho children's clothing be marked with their full unmo aud residence, in order to aid the police aud tho cIVkws of tho seieioty in return ing lost or stolen children to their hou.es. If this advice would bo followed by all parents they would save tueuisolvea a great deal of uneasuiesa dimug tlio nu explained absence e-f their children aud their littlo ones much suffering. ty-four passenger cars. Hnewnu run oe twecn Mar'.iuezaud P.enicia, nhortrniug tho distance between Sau Francisco and S icrarnento fiftv-five miliis. Tho house of Samuel Wooel, late oi New York, now residing iu Chesterfield, Ya., was destroyod by accidental fire. Wood's wife, au old woman, was bo much confused and alarmed that, though Bho earef'illy removed the cooking utcu sils and tho things sho was cooking, she forgot a package of &1,OCO iu the house, aud it was consumed. Wood, who was an cceutrio character, hearing the loss, refused to quit his work iu a neighbor's harvest fluid, Baying he guessed he had bettor earn his lull day's pay.