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djjhatham Record. Or H. A. LONDON, Jr., OF K.niToii and rnurniKToit. ADVERTISING. oiip Mfiiaie, inn Insertion, " uitniuiuare,lwn Insertion,,- OiieHp,nrr,,,IP '"""III. tl.H) l. . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Oik-fl T, one rrir, ...... One "!', "! Ill"llh. Ouecopr, three month., - VOL. J. ijttskor ciiatiiam co., n. c, An.rsT its. no. ro. Kr laigxrailrt'riiM'iuciiO literal c.iitra.-t will be UUlUC. To the Bereaved ! Headstone, Monuments AND TOMBS, IX THE DEST OF IiIARBLE. Good Workmanship, and Cheapest end Largest Variety in the Bute, larda corner Morgan and Blount streets, below Wynn's livery a table. Address all oomtnnnioations to OAYTON & WOLFE. Rileigh, N. C. I A!D W. L LONDON Will Keep Them. Bit Boring end Summer Stock Is very largo and extra Cheap, heme ruber, BE KEEPS EVERYTHING And always keep a Full Supply, lie koepe the largest stock of PLOWS, PLOW CAST INGS aud FAKJIINQ IMPLEMENTS iu the Ooouty, which be sells at Factory Prices. Das Ball-tonguea, BbOTel-plows, Sweeps, e'o., as cheap as you can buy the Iron or Steel. Us keeps tbe Quest and best stock of GROCERIES! Sugara, Coffcca, Teas, Cuba Molasses, Fine Sirups and Fancy Oroceriea. He buys goods at the Lowest Trioes, sod takes advantage of all disoonnts, and will sell goods as cheap for CASH as tbey o&n be I ought iu the State. You can always find DRY GOODS ! Fancy Goods, puoh as Ribbons, Flowers, Laces, Vailpj Puffs, Collars, Cornets, Fsns, Paiasols, Umbrellas, Notions, Clothing, HARDWARE, Thware, Trvy, Paints Mixrd and Dry Oils, Vntokfry, ConfcriionrrUs, SHOESI Very Ihtro stock Boots. Bats for Men, Boys, Ladies and Children. Carriage Materials. SEVING IiIACHINES Nails Iron Farnitiire; Ch owing and Pmoklnp Tobacco, Cigars, Banff, Leather of all kiuJs, aud a thousand other things at tb CHEAP STOEE! -or W. L. LONDON. PITTSBORO. N. 0. " h7 A.LONborit Sr. , " Attorney at Law, riTTKBORO. X. '. HsJSpecil Attention Pnid to Collecting, J. J. JACKSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, riTTSitoiMt', y. c. t-T"All business entrusted to him will re ceive prompt attention. W. E. ANDERSON, Prs.ld.Bl. f. A; WILET, Caihlsr. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, OP RALEICin, X. V. J. D. WILLIAMS & CO., Grocers, Commission Merchants and Produce Buyers, FAYETTEVILLE. N. C. NO RT H CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., OF RALEIGH, . CAB. T. H. CAMERON. Frnidtnt. W. E. ANDKRSON. TV. Prn. w. H. hicks, Avy The only Home Life Insurance Co. in the State. ait It. f,inU lnanftd fmt AT HOME, and among uur www pwpiw. ' " " - - Vortn Carolina money abroad to build up other States. It Is one of the most successful cora- r.r it f in the United Slates. It aa- Wa An tint ainii uts are amply sufficient. All losses paid promptly. Eight thousand dollars paid In the lass two years to families in Chatham. It wiU cost a man aged thirty years only Ave eeots a flay to Insure lor one muuuu Apply for further Information to H A. LONDON, Jr., Ben. At. PITT8BOKO', N. 0. JOHN MANNING, Attorney at Law, nTTSB020 XT. C, T-r.MIe. la th. Courts w "?2 Mosr aaa Orasgs, a la ths Hur..ao fU C.arw. Al thr Old Farm. V"., 'tis true. The blinds are closed, and the front door streams with orapo. Surely through the houso last eve stole a vague and awful shape. Dimly seen by only one viewless, soundless to the rest ; Only one devctied the arrow ere its death pang pieroed his breast. Why, they say he kissed bis wifel Bhe was sit ting by the door, With her patient, work-worn handp folded, for the day was o'er, And the twilight wind stirred softly, tapped the lilacs cn the psne, Vi'hilo belated bees swung slowly homeward through the lane. 'Hutu,' he said, and touched her brow, gently as a lover might, Stooped and kissed her, sitting there. She was struck with sudden fright. 'Ah! what is It, John?' she cried. 'Do yon tbiuk I'm going to die?' 'No!' he answered; 'no, dear wife. If 'tis any one 'tis I.' Full (en years or moro bad pasved since he'd given her a word Thoughtful, foeling-liko, caressing. Bhe could scarce believe she hoard Hightly now. Their talk, you sco, was, most part, about the farm Butter, eggs, the new Alderney, making hay tbey uieant no barm Kindly, honest, Christian folk, both t ho deacon and bii wife ; Only, somehow, they bad font all the romance out of life, And the lovo which they began witb, like a flower o'ergrown with weeds, Struggled on, half ohokod, half buried, iu the strife for worldly needs. Well, the night came on apace. All the usual chores were done, And tbey went te bed as usual; rising always witb the tuu; 'Twas not worth while burning caiidtei; and at midnight, lo! a call Woke the sleepers. One was taken, ouo was left -and that was all. Lucy told me of the kiss. On her way to meet the choir, She had stopped to see Auut R'Jtb, elio and neighbor Brown's Desire. They were no, surprised this morning when they hoard that ho was dvnd ; That he must bave had a warning wss what our Lucy eaid. But I think the real love, tho true love, that never dies, Once two loyal hearts have known it , wakened 'ncath those evening t kios, And 'twill be a comfort sweot, iu her lonely tiino to be, That before ho went he spoke to the 'dear wifo' tenderly. Our First and Last Quarrel. Will yon tako cbargo of S100 till to morrow morning, Marian? 'Take chargo of S100, Harold I' echoed my wife in amazement. 'What do yon j mean?' 'You know, my dear Marian,' I began with a business-like air, 'that the fnilnre of Hardinge Brothers threw scores of men, women and children in this neigh borhood out of work, in the very hard est part of a very bad year. This even ing a mooting was held with a view to enlisting the sympathy of the public A subtcription-list was got op, and a collection was made there and then to the tnne of $100, As nothing else could be done with the money to night, I was, as treasurer, obliged to bring it Lome.' We immediately went into a consulta tion as to where tho money should be put. Both of ua failing to hit upon any thing better, the wine- bin was agreed upon; and, as I looked over my evening paper, I watohed her place the black japanned box in tho drawer, lock it, lock the sideboard, and place the key iu her own purse. Therel'she exclaimed triumphantly; I shouldn't think any one would get at that before to-morrow morning, for this purse goos into the well of my dressing oaae to-night, and that will be locked and the keys put away in my dressing- table drawer, so we are doubly and trebly secure. ' In spite of these precautions there was a load on my mind, that I felt would only bo removed when the money was sate in the bank. I envied my wife her happy insensibility, for iu less than half an hour she was quietly sleeping, while I tossed restlessly to and fro, thinking about the money, and wondering wheth er any one could possibly got at it. At last a grand idea struok me, which was to put it insido the piano. No doubt I should have done so, bad not a cireum -stance intervened I fell aeleep. Breakfast was a hurried one, and when it was over I bad my ooat and hat on. ready to start off to an important case, I reminded Marian of the money, and begged her to get it out quickly. I had quite forgotten it,' she exclaim ed. 'Here, Martha, run np-staira and fetoh my purse out of my dressing-case, the keys are in my dressing-table draw er.' Martha flew up-stairs to do her mis tress' bidding, while I stood and chafed in the hall and submitted to having my coat brushed. Ia a moment she return ed, bringing the purse, and Marian ran into tho dining-room. Two or three minutes passed, and Marian was still fumbling about at the sideboard. I en tered the room impatiently. Marian looked at me erossly. 'This is quite too bad, Harold. What have you done with the box?' Done with the boil' I exolaimod; what do you mean, Marian?' . 'I won't stand this trifling any longer, replied my wife. 'It's a shame to give me the responsibility of that money aud then tense me like this.' 'What ou north is the woman talking about?' 1 cried, bewildered. 'Buy wbtt you meau iu plain words, I beg .' 7Vic 7nonry'a not hcrr. It's gone, box and all,' Mtrian replied, with a white face. 'Gone!' I cried, 'gone! Where's it gone, how's it gone, or who hns taken it, I should lite to know? Yon must be raviD. Let mc como and look.' man pieced in such a position is bound to hare au idea on the subjeot, and to aKsert it, so I suggested that Martha must bo the culprit. 'No, no, don't say that,' cried my wifo excitedly. 'I'd as Boon believe that I was tho thief as she. I've known her all my life. No, no, it isn't Mtrtha.' You admit that it oanrrot be nny one outside the house, bo it must be Martbaa: that is plain logio,' I said, with as muoh evenness of temper an I could command at the moment. 'It isn't Martha,' replied my wifo stub bornly; 'I'll nevor believe it.' For my part I felt sure that it was Martha. And as it was quite impossible that she could have got rid of it yet, I hoped I should easily diFcovor it. But she denied tho charge so em phatically that it was with a very anx ious heart I betook myself to the bed side of my patient. Aftor paying one or two minor visits I returned homo. Martha opened the door, and immedi ately rotired into the kitohen, without a word. Marian was nowhere to be found. I went up stairs in search of her. She was not there, but a little table in the corner oovercd with writing materials betrayed her recent presence. An open letter in a handwriting I knew and de tested attracted my attention, and I pioked it up and saw it was from her brother Frank, begging for S50 to save him from a grave difficulty. rreseutly I heard Marian euter tho house. With the letter in my hand I onfrouted her. She turned first while and then red, and asked me by what right a gentleman entered a lady's pri vuto room and read her oorrespondeuoo. I paid no Attention to this high-flown language, but replied by asking Iter whether pIio had been out to post a let ter. She admitted she had. 'To Frank?' I inquired. 'I decline to say,' she replied haugh tily. 'Continuing mouej ?' I nske 1. 'Tht I rIs'i decline to ray,' she ro- plied. I think any one else in my plare would have come to the fame conclu sion as 1 did namely, that the letter was to Frank, and that it contained money, A few inquiries at the post- office continued my supposition. From the time of this discovery a cloud seem ed to have settled over our usually happy household. Marian was sullen aud augry, and sat at ho head of the table without spejkiug a word. Be tween meal times I scarcely ever saw her. Martha sided with her mistress, aud always looked at me reproachfully. In the meantime other cares were pressing hard and fast upon me. In spite of a rigid examination I could discover no clue to the lost money. Of course I had been obliged to make it good; and, iu order to do this, had droined myself of every available far thing. I went to my father and, plainly stat ing the facts, asked him if he would lend me the sum I had lost. This he agreed to do; and the conversation turned on family matters generally. The unhappy coolness which had arisen between myself and Marian was pres ently discussed ; aud when my father taxed me with unkindness toward her I felt bound to explain to him Frank's demand, and her resentment of my in terference. My mother started up suddenly from a fit of thinking and plied me with questions. 'Was Marian the only person who had access to the sideboard?' As far as I knew, the only porsou,' 1 rculicd. And did you say Iter letter to uer brother Frank contained money? Yes-aP. O.O. for 50.' Had she S50 of her own?' Not that I knew of.' 'Was she likely to have saved it from her allowance for housekeeping or pit vate purposes?' 'Very unlikely indeed. Thon,' my mother continued, 'it seems to me that the nearer homo you look for your money, the sooner you will find it. When I arrived home, my mind was torn and distracted by conflicting opin ions. I felt very anxious to discover some sign of innt-cence, or may beguilt. Marian,' I said, as gently as I could, where did you get the money from that you sent to Frank?' Bhe started, aud turned quickly round upon me. How did you know I sent money to Frank?' Never mind how I know it,' I replied. Where did you obtain it? You must answer me that question beforo you leave this room,' I added, more sternly; for her evasion of my question disquiotod me. Bhe looked me steadily in tbe face for a minute, then dropping her eyes, and clasping her hands tightly together, she exclaimed J see now tho drift f yanr question. The money was lBt at t to arao time that I sent some I" Frank. UnrnM, yon suspect your own w'c--uf boicg the'thief.' 'Marion,' I answered eictnlly, 'one word from you will dippe' it; or, if it should be otherwine (her 1 extended my hand to hor, but sho flung it from her), you have only to neknowlodge it, to obtain my free forgiveness' 'Your forgiveness!' she added haugh tily, 'I do not need it,' and without an other word she loft me. A day or two after this I found a note awitiug me when I returned tome to dinner. Tho hand-writing was Marian's, and my delight at seeing it was bo great that I kissed it again and again, Eagerly I opened and r -1 it. It ran as follows: 'The society of a thief cauuot be con genial. For that reason I huso kept out of your way till I bad made lip my mind what to do. I shall not trouble you any more. Baby and I lnao gone to my father. I know you cau claim baby if you like to do so, but I tiiiik you will see that it is better for him to bo with me. Do not ask me to core linek. never can. Tho miserable lifo I have been leading lately would noon have killed me, and my lifo is prKious to my child. Your unhappy wifi, 'Marian.' That was all, exoept a tw words at the end that had been hastiy scratched out, of which 1 could distinguish only, Oh, Harold!' Btrange as it may seem, this note did not 6hock me as the discovery of Ma rian's guilt had dono. I lelt so angry with her for her unroasonsble conduct that my tenderer feelings rniaiued al most untouched. My loveor tho Ma rian of former days had not decreased one whit, but my auger with tbe pre sent Marian was for the mument para mount. Tbe child was better with her, and for the present sho diould keep him, for I hml no idea of letehing her back. Bho had lelt me thiough no un kindness of my own, aud id wife could be justified in leaving hct buband iu the way Marian hml left mo, I was beginning to get a little accus tomed to my renewed bachelorhood, when ono night, very late, n telegram was brought me, worded thus: 'Cora9 at once to baby.' The night train would learo in about an hour's time. I packed a few thingp and fetarted to catch it. In about three hours moro I was conducted into the room where Marion wos pitting with our little one lying iu her hip, struggling hard for life, Borne medical limn wns already there, bending over tho child aud anxiously gazing at its contorted and livid features, but, as far os I could see, doing but little to assist iu the bat tle against death. Ho loft at once, F.nd Marian looked up into my fnco and said 'Thank God, you love come t He was doing no goo I. Oh, Haroldl save my baby; save my child.' I will do what I citu to save our child,' I answered. 1 called a servant and geve my in structions. I stood at Miitiun s knee, watching for the approach of some fa vorable symptom. Only oueo Marian spoke, anl then it was to ank me with blanched face and faltering lips if there was any hope. To tho last moment, yes, I answer' ed; and Bhe waa relieved at once, hardly comprehending from my words how faint that hope was. Presently tbe struggles grew more frequent, gradually the almost lifoless limbs became imbued with fresh vigor, the heavy lids relaxed, the gasps for breath bocarao more effectual, and with mighty effort natuie asserted her sway. In a short timebaliy was nestling peacefully in Marian's arms, wrapped in a sweet life-giving slumber. When he was laid in his cot, bin moth er turned to me and sutd pnthetically, Oh, Harold I when baby was so near death, and you far away, I could not help eeoing how wicked 1 had been to leave you as I did. Will you forgive me, dear, and take me IircI;, for baby's sake?' I could only kiss her, and press her to my heart. After awhile 1 said, 'It was only those words, 'Will yon forgive me?' that 1 wanted, If you would have spoken them sooner, wo need never had parted.' 'Ob, Harold! how con you? It was not that I was asking you to forgive me, but my folly in leaving you. I am as innocent of taking that wretched money as my own child. Won't you beliove mei' I do, my darliug, I do,' I replied, with genuiue deligkt. 'I would have believed you then if you had said this to me; but you know you never deigned me a word, and what was I to think?' I was so horrified at your even sun pcctinfi me that I fancied it was be neath me to deny it. I cannot now un derstand what could have prompted you to think such a dreadful thing of me. It is very hard to bear.' I was beginning to wonder, too, how I could bave suspected my own Marian. OircrmBtanoe s and my mother were more to blame tbRn I, however. In answer, I murmured something about Frank. Ah, that letter to Frank; I remem ber it. You were always so hard upon him that I didn't like to tell you about it. He really had been tiyiug to keep on steadily at the poet your kindness Lad obl'iinrd him, but old debts were eonstautly coming in, and l)U limited salary would not meet them and keep him as well. There was one man who pressed him hard for S'iO. Ho had spent his last quarter's salary within a dollar or two, and more would not be coming for some time. Ho wrote aud toM me this, asking mo to help him, but 1 could not. He wrote again, avd said he mufd draw ou his salary, but I begged him not to do so, so soon. I was sure his employers would thiuk it a bad sign. The man threatened to expose his formor habits to the firm, which you know might have ruined him with them. I resolved to help him this once, and in order to do so sold my diamond brooch, which I scarcely ever had occasion to wear. I got ?59 for it, and I sent, him notes to that amount he littlo guessed at what cost.' 'My po r, persecuted, solf-sacrificing littlo woman; why did you not tell mo all tliis ? Why could yon not trust roe ?' 'We were both to blame,' I replied. I am not going to exonerate you quite, ittlo wifo, but I am goiug to own to my fnult, 1 was a brute to doubt you, Marian, you runul forgive me, dear.' 'Oh, LInroiJ ! we shall bo so hnppy again now, snau t we ! the littlo wo man replied ; and then sho wound up our reconciliation in a truly womanly stylo, with tears and mniles and kisses. But the mystery of the money was still more dark after Marian's explana tion, and it was months before wo pen etrated it. Wo did so nt last, howover. Our piano being sadly in waut of re pair, 1 sent to a professional man to come and 'do it up.' I was in the room when he proceeded to take it to piooes. As soon as the front was removed, I peieeived a little black box snu.qly lodged inside, which I immediately re cognized. My grand idea now flashed into my mind. Here, then, was tho clue to tho myskry. (' (fin thitj. In my anxiety 1 had place! the money iu tho piano, while still uudnr tho influ ence of sleep. Mariau was delighted. Bhe actually shetl tenrs o! joy when I told her of my discovery. Oh, you abandoned man, she said, Bhaking her head at me, 'to suspect me, when all the time yi-u had stolon yur own money!' A New t J it ii I tilill. Trial wni lately made at Woolwich, England, of the now M;) ton fciin. The shot with whit'ii it. was leaded weighed ,01 J ll. The gun wits fitted with a gaB check. Its diametor was very little less than that of the bore, which has a cali ber of seventeen snl three-quarter in ches, increasing to nineteen and thrco- quarter inches in the powder chamber. Tho thickness of the metal at tbe muz.le is about five inches only, but at the bretch end the clwmber is titrrouudod with a wall of iron two feet five inches through, making tho maximum diame ter six feet six inches. The gnn iB thirty-six feet iu length, of which the bore occupies thirty-three feet, and the total length of gun and carriage when ruu out for firiug is forty-four feet. The cartridge, consisting of 440 lb. of cube powder, fctrougly bound in canvas and stiffened by wooden bunds, was rammed home, occupying five feet of the bore, and thou followed the projectile, the length of which waa two feet eight inches. Tho gun was fired by electricity from the instrument room, and recoiled a contiderable way up the platform, but suffered no damage either to itself or the carriage. Tho screen registered a velocity of 1,590 feet per second, but the projectile was found to have brokeu np, which may bave affected the result Siiliiiini ine Full liing. About two years ago tbe water-pipe crossing the river at Upper Central Way bridge, Cltvolaud, Ohio, was fouud to be leaking very ba lly at somo point near the center of the river. Iu crossing the stream it is about eighteen feet below tho surfdce of the water, and is imbed' ded iu tho sand about six feet. To Mop tho waste of water the valves ou each side of the liver were shut off. George H. Breymann, the submarine diver, was sent to make an examination of the pipe, with a viow to having it repaired with out moving it, if possible. To discover the locatiou of the leak one of the valves was opened for a few moments, when tho clear lak water soon appeared through tho river water. A large tng was then fastened with its wheel di rectly over the leak, snd the wheel started at fuil epeed. Iu fifteen minutes a hole was excavated down to the pipe, aud before the sand bad filled in again an impression of the holo and the sur face of the laps and rivets near it was taken in putty. From this putty im pression a mold of plaster of Paris was mauo, in whioh was cast a lead plate of tho exact form of the original pntty im pression. Tho hole in the pipe was fcund to be about four by two and one half inches, and irregnlar in its margin. A strong bolt, with plates, washers aud cross-bar, similar to tho hand-hole plate for boilers, was then made and put iu plnoo by Captain Breymann, tho lead plato lieing between the pipe and the iron pinto. After the wholo was pnt to gether aud the lead thoroughly corked, the water wsb tnrued on and the leak found to be effectually stopped. Freedom of Opinion iu It usln. The censure ia exorcised in ltussia by four large committees, 03tablishod iu St. Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa and War saw, and consisting of a president, three superior and six inferior censors, and by auumberof minor Lurnaiis, coiisibting of one cenfior and several inspectors of printing bouses. No book or engraving or music-sheot con be issued without having obtained the approbation of the censure, and tho censors have power to confiscate the whole e Jition of any ille gal publication whether it contains any thing censurable or not. The establish ment of this institution dates from I3tjo, and on account of the liberality of the principles laid down for its guidance, it denoted for that time a considerable pro gress. Uuder Nicholas, a Lntin gram mar which had gone through tho ordeal of tho censure and obtained its appro bation was nfterward confiscated because it was found to contain a quotation from Cicero, iu which that philosopher prais es tho republ:c as the best form of gov ernment; and a mazurka by Chopin was oi'cs sent buck across tho frontier be cause it contuiuod n passage which re minded the censor of one of the nationul hymns of tho Toles. Nothing of the kind has t ikon place siuo ) 1803. The same rescript regulated also the bffnirs of the press. It allowed the Russian nowspapers to appear without uuy pre vious censure, but, 'on nccouut of the deficient state of our court ,' it charged the administration with the exercise of a certain control, under the form of warnings. In 1868, however, tho min ister of the interior was empowered to stop tho sulo of a fiDglo number of a paper when it was fcund to contain any thing agaiust 'the doctrines of the es tablihhod chnrch, tho form of tbe pres ent government, the person of the czar, or the members-of the iruperiol bo tine, ' A.J. ; aud in 1870 he was further empow ered to suspend ii paper altogether for a period of time aud withent any previous warnius. This situation i f course, very unsatisfactory, but i : -cript of 1805 declared itself 'pir.v i .. ' .iud'not in harmony with the princ.iiles of a ju.st aud liberal legislation,' and a comp?ri sou bttsreon the practical application of the Russian press laws and the practical application, f.T instance of, the Grrman or French laws, docs not Fpeak unfavor ably of the position of tho I! issmu pro. Au Kditor'- Expel ieiues. Tho Han (.'': roan gives ua his ezpeii- enec ol traveling in a sleeping car ia warm weather, aud ail who have been iu tho same prnlicament will appreciate his remarks on tho subject : We Brine from the Pullman conch after tho por ter had help drag ell the blanket. It has long been a question iu my mind whether the Pullman blankets are stuff ed or weather-boarded. I think now they must be built on tho plan of the Victoria bridge. Tho one I slept nnder last night was au inch and a half thicker tbun a Miller platform, and ju-it about as elastic. When the porter folded it up, be bad to go outside, lay it on the rail, and let the train ruu over it to make a crease in it. When you cover up with one. you think you have drawn the drapery of a plr.nk sidewalk about you, or else covered yourself up with a wharf- boat or tho side of a frame house. All last night I dreamed I was a turtle, a sea turtle, ono of the tortoiso e mb de nomination, and that. I had caught cold in my hell and couldn't bend it. By the way, did you ever notice how peculiarly bewildering to tho untrained mind are mercantile forms ? The other day, beiug in a commnnistic mood, 1 had occasion to "divide with the oflue. I had a vague kind of an idea how the thing c ugbt to be done, iu a general way, sol went into a bnt k and asked for a sight draft. Should the obliging ecuhier fill it out for nu! I tli"nkod him haughtily, and filled it up myself. I bad my mis givings, but I handed it over. The obliging cashier smiled. "Do you wirh to collect thin?" ho aike.l. I said "yes," in tho tonej whie'i 1 imagined Mr. Vau derbilt employed on himilar ocra nous, oud to my iiiiHpHukuble. srnnxi meut tl.c obliging cashier eaid: ' Very, well, sir, just leave tho money with us and we will remit it to your homo at once." Aud theu I saw that somehow or other, I had made the thing out just that, and bad drawn upon mjself in favor of therflivfor three weeks' ralaiy, dining which time the t fn t had U"t heard from me. Due to lli Mother. Mr, John C'rossley, a promiusnt En glish carpet manufacturer, receutly en tertained tho Prince of Wales and a distinguished party. In recounting tho experience of h'S early days, ho said; 'Oh, my mother was a remarkable wo man; she wa onoe a farm-servaut; she lived fourteen years in the Banie family; she hod to milk the cows, and churn the butter, and carry it to market; she had for a long time only six pounds a ysar wages, and yeS she managed to save a nice sum; aud her leisure hours were filled np with spinning wool, her mis tress allowing her a fourth of tho profits for herself.' 'Ah.' said a friend who was present, 'perhaps you are indebted to yonr good mother for some of your snctesa in the spinning world?' 'Oh, yes,' ho replied, 'under God's blessing I owe everything to my mother.' ITEMS OF UENtRAL INTEREST. Tho proBpeot for a large corn orop ia very promising in Louisiana. New York oity's bonded debt, less the sinking fund, is $r2J,N78,859.15. Twelve lakes, and extending fifteen miles, aro to bo dredged into one at Quinoy, Mich. It is reported that the celebrated ra cing mare Mollie McCarthy has become lame, and will bo retired to a brood farm. Thirteen barns have been burned with in a few months in tho western part of Chicago, and it has transpired that boys fired them for fun. A new waterfall of one hundred and fifty feet height has been discovered iu the White Mountains, N. H. It is de f eribed as being of great beauty. Twelve millions of dollars are invest ed iu Coney island improvements, while it in estimated that 85,000 would hove bought the whole island ten years ago. A largo portion of tho wall of the im port dock, East India Dooks, Blackwall, England, fell, carrying with it all tho hydraulic crones ond quay sheds. The damage i.-' estimated at SoM.OOO. KeportM are to the effect that Litut. Carey, who left the prince to hifl fate, was Eonte uced by eourtmartial to death, but that the quoeu ordered the seutouco modified. Fifteen years before the Revolution the wile of Washington kept sixteen spinning wheels running, and saw tho fubries maJo in her own house uuder her own direction. Too steamer Arizona on her last trip from New York to Queenetown exoelled her j revious speei across the Atlantic making tho voyage in eight days, eight houis aud eight minutes. A cteamer hos arrived at Halifax, N. fi., from Bordeaux, France, filled up with refrigerators for freezing salmon, codfidi and lobsters, which sho will col lect along the Newfoundland coast Rnd carry to France. r v. W. n. 11. Murray, Boston's fa mous minister, who wrote the well known look on the A liroudaeks and also one ou 'The Horse,' has boon bankrupted by his stosk farm, tho Ooldcn title and otln r business ventures. Authouy Anderson, a New York trav eling salesman, fill over the Palisades on the bauk of tho Hudson, but was o&u','bt in the limbs of a tree after a descent of 2:ji feet, Rnd strange to say escaped with only n broken arm. Tho freshets raised tho Ohio river to such au extent as to admit the pastago of the coal laden cauolboftts which hod been i-ciMimuhding ou eejounl of low wah-r, and not less than 8,3'12,OO0 bush els of coul were started dowu stream. Official returns show that twenty offi cers and four hundred men died of chol era and other diseases on the return march from the Afghan campaign, while only about one hundred men were killed in action on the British side during tho war. The Silt Like City (Utah) A'cwa (church organ) denounces United States Jndge B iremau for 'judicial impulenco and aHsumption' in tho Brighani Young executors' cifc, ond charges him with 'abomiunblo falsehoods,' and with being infamoue, bigoted and aristocratic. Trolestant missionaries iu Turkey say that young Turks who are sent to Amer ica to be educated, in order that they may return and labor for Christianity among their conutrymeu, aim to obtain a medical rather than a religious educa -tion, so as to practice medicine profita bly when they get home. A Maryland farmer, beat on extermi nating cabbage worms, offered a cent each for the littlo yellow butterflies which lay tho eggs. Ho spent over six dollr.is thus, and estimates he prevented the hutching of thousands of worms; at any rate his cabbage plants tho next season wore unmolested. The threat array of embezzler has re ceive I twou Id lions recently in the per sons of Cii"valii:r Jnrnenville and F. 1 w&rd P. Page. Tho former was cashier of tho New Orleans Canal bank for thirty years, and stoic S'JO.OOO. The latter win chief c'.cik of the Vermont Ceulial railroad, and embezzled 817,000. The gamins of New York are iu tho habit of i tinning alongside the bob tail cross town cars late at night when crowded with passengers and reaching in on both sides, snatch the hats from tbe heads of the unwary, and escape iu the darknes. There are no conductors for these cars, snd the driver can do nothing, as he is not permitted to leave his scat or his cash box, John E. Beely, three years ago a horse ferrier in New York State, took Dr. Greeley's advioo and went West. Ho engaged in tho restaurant or hotel bust -ness there and thou speculated in mining stocks and in working mines. He came back to Goshen ou a visit last week, worth over 15,000,000, having made in the three years of his absence an average of nearly $4,o00 per day. The grapes in the viueyardo on Lake Erie are affected with a rot which attacks tho borrios on the bunch individually, striking them here and there at random. so that while some bunches have only a few decayed or decaying berries, others hanging on tho same cane and almost touching have rotted almost entirely, while again on the same vine will be found perfectly clean and souod clusters.