tmL mm H. A. LONDON, Jr., BATE3 OF ADVERTISING. MHTOU AND niorKJKJVll. 0!.l-s;uari,ei.'-I:.eni'in, -ore (i.re, tu t l-srnlo&s,- OU yiaur-.-, u.-.i.tii. - TERMS OF SUBGCRIPTION: 1.0 IK Oe T y. one ) tar. la.ao-)' Uil-UT.'jB - Deeiipy, Wrt in-'ntte, - l.UU VOL. II. PITTSIJORO CHATHAM CO., X. CAPIilL isso. NO. 31. TuciiU li'frah .Mrar-s w:J ItutinrMH tin 'I i'rormnioiinl It tritm. JOHN M. MORINC. Attorney at Law, .lerlB.Tlllc, Chatham o., N. C. fcB atrBn-aj, Of Chatham. UniO A. MOEIFd, Of Orange MORINC & MORINC. Attoruoya a t Ija w. irnnA.i, . c. All business intrusted to them will reeeiva prompt at lent ion. THOMAS M. CROSS, Attorney at Law, PlTTDOHO', N. C. Will practice in Chatham and snrroaa eouuties. Oollectton of claim a specialty, ding J. J. JACKSON, AT TOR NE Y-AT-L AW, PITTSBOItO'.X. C. pyAll business entrusted to lilm will r civ.; jirompt a'tentlon. Si. A. LOi: JCtJ, jr T Attorney at Law, PITTSBOUO', .. C. Ha?-Special Attention Pnid t-i ColleoUna- W. S. ASHEHtOir, P. A. W1LET, PrMldut. Ca.hl.r CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, OF RALEIGH, V. J. D. WILLIAMS & CO., Qrocsrs, ConuaisrLcn Merchants and Produca Bayers, FAYETTEVILLE. N. C. Certain and Reliable! HmVAKDK INKAI.I.MlLK WORLO VS.- NOWNED liEMl'.DV FOR WORMS In nw for f!o by W. 1.. IiOilcn. in rittstnro'. AU those who are ant,oyed wrh thane I'l-nts are ailvmel to call m l yi t a packtKe of tbir Talual le remedy. XtiiK coTip.jUiid in no bum bug, but a granl ,urc "x. One xeiit uan'ed in every town in the Htat. For paricn'arii aldincii. iin-'.hiu,' a oMit i-lanp. It. .1 M IIOWAIII). Mt. Oiiv. WvtiicriniitT. S.r. Bungles. Rockaways, Spring Wagons, cStc made of tbe tet ma!i and fullv warrant ed, to be eold rriffHrdlera rf cont. rartioo iu want will cnicn't tbt-T own ititernt by exam ining onr .tuck an 1 pneei before bnyina. a we are rtPtirmnel ti eil, and bave cnt down onr prici no tb T cnrmt be met by any otber bouMi iu tbe state. AlfO a full to -1; ,t. I Imiil ZM:il I I:iiiiim lilM' MlilNO douo at bottom prictx, and in tient mann'r. Kind for pr reo and enta A. A. 1UUETII N .1 KOXS. I'ayitt. ' ille, N. ('. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO., or mHGIJUf. CAR. t. H. CAMERON, rrmHnt. W. E. ANUEKKON. Vict J'rti. W. II. UK KS, Stc'y 1h only Eons Life Icraanco Co. in tho State. All Its fund loaned ont AT IIOTI :, ami among our own people. We do Lot aeml North Carolina money eoroi.l to build upotbir Biatea. It i one of the tnt fucre-ful i'oni paiitce of lie airo la the United Sutn.. t a. a.Ha are amply uillcient. All lo-'.a palil promptly. Eiht tbouMtud dollar! aid !u tli laat two ynara to families in t'hntliam. It will coat a man aged thirty years only five cent day to insure fur one tbouraud dollars. Apply for further information to HJA. LONDON, Jr., Geri. Agt. HTTSBOKO, N. C. XOIiTII CAROLINIANS AND OTHERS! THE CELEBRATED Liquid Enamel Paint i MANUFACTURED BY HEW JERSEY ENAMEL PAINT COMPANY, II an been sold in yonr State Kir, FIT YEIR3 Thousands of gallons having been disposed of. In no caee baa it failed to give satisfaction. Tbe tnest public buildings iu Baltimore are painted with this elegant Taint, among which re The Carrollton Hotel, The New American Office, The Armstrong, Cator & Co b Building. The Hurst, Fnrnell & Co's Building, The Trinity M.'E. Church South, And otber PRIVATE RESIDENCES All Over tbe Country. Mixed Ready for Use. Any One Can Apply it. Sample card by mail on application. G. P. KNIGHT. Sole General Agent. AND MANUFACTURER OF Roofing Paper, Building Paper A Roofing Cement, No. 93 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Md. WILL YOU SELLTHE FARM? Chapin's Farm Agency, it A LEIGH, 1ST. O. Dr. A. B. CHAPIN. Manager. NOKTH CAROLINA BRANCH OF (iKOIlCIl H. CHAPIN 8 FAIiM AGLNCY, BOSTON, MASd. Special attention given to tte rale cf Soi-th Carolu-a Rial H-tate. Ko charge n.ade until a tale effected All property placed iu our hands for aaie will be advertised in the popu lar work, The Booth Illustrated, free of ex pente. I The Charleston News and Courier sa.s: tveryi-ijcy tu near a or ueo. ji. e.Lapius farm sency. aud few are uuacquainted will the success whiob baa attended Us operation..' Tbe New Lagland Farmer myi: 'Geo. H. t"! apin La adtertited bia ftrnis to tbe amount of t 50.000 during tbe pat year. We caniui-Ld h:m to our readers.' The Aiken. H. C . Review sayn -!o one taa done more tbin Geo. H. Cbspiu in ibe cause of Southern in-m'trratiou. Oar village is thronged with Nirt'jern people in Marcb of Sorthem heme, ind Rood sale, aru being made. Tbe '--loath Illustrated' is doing a grt at ork for ns.' - Tte New York TriLnne, the Boston Herald. Jonrna), Ti aveler, Globe, and Advertiser speak in tbe bight xt term of Cbapin's Farm Ageucr. N. B.-6MALL FARM 3 (f,aitieularly) are wanted at once. Oftlae Fisher Building, RALEIGH, N. C. T.H.BRI8GS&S0NS, Briggs Building, Raleigh, N. C. HARDWARE. WAGON & BUGGY MATERIAL, SASH, IO0IW, BLINDS. TAINTS, OILS, COLORS, rrm, WINDOW-GL4S3. Steam Knines,! Jelting, LI51E, CEMENT, I'LiSlLK, MILL SUPPLIES. Corriondeiice solicited. JACOB B. ALLF.N. FKF.D A. M'ATSOK JACOB S. ALLEN & CO., 11ALK1GH, N. C, Building Contractors ana innnufacturerH of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould Ings, Brackets, and all kinils (if Oroumcutiil, Scroll nu.l TurneJ Work;Window an 1 Djar Frames made to Order. W Oive us a coll b. fore ordering. tihops locatel on IIrrington atrppt, where it crosses the Kulc-igh and Oantun lUilroad. ' Steamboat Notice! Tie boat of the Kxprees Steamboat Compa ny will run aa follows from tbe first of October until farther notice: Steamer D. MCBCHLSON, Capt Alonza Gar rison, will leave Fayetteville every Tueiday and Friday at 8 o'clock A . H., and Wilming ton every Wednesday and Saturday at 2 o'clock P. M. Steamer WAVE, Capt. W. A. Roboson. will leav FayetUrille on Mondays and Thursday, at (J o'eioek A. M. , and Wiltulngtcn oa Tues days and Fndsys at 1 o'clock P.M., connecting with the Western Railroad at Fayetteville on Wednesdays and Saturdays. J. . WILLI AITS 4, CO. AgsnU at Fayetteville, N. 0. C aprice at Home. No. I will not say good-ty Not good-by, nor acytbii g. lie is gone I wonder why Lilace are nit sweet this spring. How that tiresome bird will sing! I might follow him and ray J act that he forgot to kiss Biby, wben be went away, Kverytbing I want I miss. Oh, a preeieui world is tbife! .... Wbat if night came and not be? Something might mislead bis feet. Does the mooa riee late? Abm:! There are tilings that be migbt meet Now tbe rain begins to beat: Bo it will be dirk. Tbe bell? Some one seme one loves is dead. Were it he! I cannot tell Half tbe fretful words I said. Half tbe fretful tears I shed. lea.'? And but to think of death! Men migbt bring him though tbe gate: Lips tbat bave not any breath, Eyes that sUre And I munt wait! Is it t ine, or in it laU? 1 was wrong, and arong, and wrong; I ill tell him, oh, be cure! IT tbe heavens are bailded ttrong, Love i-ball therein be eeenre; Love Ike mine shall there endure. .... Listen, listen tbat is be! 1 11 not speak to bim, I ml v. If he choose to say to me, I was all to blame to-day; Sweet, forgive me," by I may! AUNT RUTH'S VALENTINE. "Dinah," fail Aunt Bath, "thee may light the gas in the hall and see who is at the door; I hear the bell again." ' 'Deed, Missus, it's only another of them mizzable boys with their valen tiuos, I 'spect. My legs is abont broke now, and I'se got a dreadfal misery in my back a runain' to the door with nothin' there but them no 'connt picters and chalk marks on the Btepsl" Mattering thns she Bailed from the room with the air of an offended prin cess; opened the door cautiously a few i lichee and peered ont into tbe snow storm that was raging; bnt seeing no one, proceeded to slmt it with muttered iLvectives against all "mizzable white trash," when a small b iy, ten or twelve years of ago, black as t bony, scantily clothed in a cotton shirt and ragged punts a world too largo for him, which were drawn nearly to his t boulders end held in place by smpeuders of twine, mi J tnrned up at the ankle?, showing a pair of bare feet, rose from a corner bt- side the door. Kurvejii g her for a mo ment quite as coolly as she surveyed him, ho r.t last deliberately stepped into the lighted hull, dragging by the hand a sbiveriDg little girl almost hid den in the folds of a ragged coat which he dexterously jerked from her shoul ders, saying: 'Here's a wallcntine for the lady wot lives here!" "Then turning, he ran rapidly down the steps and disappeared around the lirst corner iu the snowy darkue?s, while the bewildered Dinah stood star ing Btupidly after him. The little smutty-faced, blue-eyed "valentine," so unceremoniously deliv ered, stoo 1 motionless under tho gas light, awaiting further developments. Ditah speedily recovered speech and tetion, and closed the door with a brng. "Missus, Missnal for the Lord's sake lock -a here!" Ai the laly obeyed the imperative summons and etepped into the hull tho little bundle of Utt.-ra and rags moved to htr side and peered up into the placid faca surrouudel by tuo prim folJ of a (juaktr cap. SjBTntug to reognizea friendly hiart shiuiu? in the scions eyes, she thrust into her hand a scrap of crumpled piper, saying : "Dick writ it!" Aunt Rath took the dooumnut, and, with a pnzzled lo k at the bearer, pro ceeded to decipher the queer hieroglyph ics. It had evidently been a laborions task for the grimy Augers that ha 1 traced them; but she at lit piokl ont the messuge embodied in letters of all sizes and chapes. The writ.r had evidently made it his sole aim to give the facts in the case, proudly regardless of tho minor csmiderations of orthography and panotuiation: "This littul gurl Hain't gt no folks nor no wares to sta only a womman tl at betes her orful aud me aud a 1? n with straw into it to sleep in nights. I've brung bur to bee yuro walliuline. Shee's hungree. Dick." While the lady was laboring over the odd missive tbe little waif stood looking sotier'.y np into her face, and wben she raised her eyes, fall of pity and oom passion, the child said: "H told me he writ into it that I wasn't nobody' girl only his'n, and that I'd bo your wallentine! I don't lok like 'em, bat I'll be it. I'd like to. It's jolly warm here, only my feet's cold," and she looked down at the heavy boots she had on, ragged and run over at tbe heul. "Tbey's Dick's. He made me wear 'em when I cried." "Thee may taktj tho child to the kitchen, Dinah, aud give her something to eat. I will come jrreeiitly, and per haps I can On I ont where she belongs.' Dinah led her down the hall, the wet boots ehnflling heavily over tne carpet, an 1 the bright bine eyes, shining oat of the t-nintty face like ttais from a mud hole, lifted apprehensively to the dark face. "I do declar fer it," nm'.teu-d the old woman, "white trash and black trash is mostly alike in their no 'ccntit prackf, that's a fact! Bleat if this ain't the queerest piece of business I'se ever seen at this house yit? A wallentine! MisRus Rith'B way ie so unexpected! Here, ron poor little white beggar!" Diuah's crnsty manner Boftesed a lit tle as the watched tbe greediness with which the chil 1 devoured the big slice of bread and butter; bnt fht tacit -o out right when, as she finished her feast, the "little white beggar" slid from her chair and caught aud ki-ed the big black bacd, saying: "1 Lkes you, 'cause you look like Dick. I likes good black folks." When Aunt K ith came down she found her "wallentine" seatexl in Dicah's own rocking chair btforc the fire, hi!e Dinah herreif, down on the floor, bad the almcet froztn feet in her lap, warm ing them, and giv.tig veut to some vt-ry nnorthodt x exprei-sions of opinion as to the ordering of Providence. "Bakes alive! don't know's it's so, but the Lu'd seems to pay a mighty sight of 'teiition to some fohs and fergit all about the rest. 'Pears like chi lun ought to be looked after anyhow. Xuey ain't though, hulf on 'em! Tilings is queer iu this world if 'tis the LAl's world!" "Well, child," said Aunt Ruth, "now that thee is warmed and fed, will thee t-ll thy name and where thee bc-louge?" She shook Ler head. "Djn't belong nowheres. Father al ways calle 1 me 'Drat yog-Bab!' " Aunt Rath sighed over this d jlorons conipcuud cognomen. "Has thee no mother?'' "Once. She called me 'Here-jon-Biib!' Father struck her on?e with a bottle, and in the morning Fhe went dead. Aud one day the perliee took father away, an 1 old I! -t told me to go 'long too, and I went 'long fer as I conld. I hadn't n'lwhercs to stop to, and I crawled into Dick's box and he put things over me aud tlxtd me a jo'.lj nice place, and ev'ry dny h" t"o!-t care of me. lie made this" and here the child litoeped and drew from ouo of the capricious boots, which she put on agan, upon getting down from the rocking chair, n doll, whittled from a stick and urtistical ly fiuishe 1 w;th oil, as to hair, eyes and mouth. She looked a', it admiring ly for a moment, rearranged its drapery of old print, which was somewhat dis tnrbed by its journey iu the boot, and restored it to its resting place. Annt Ruth sighed again. "Give her a warm bath, Dinah, and then thee may make her a bi-d on the lounge in my room. I will give bee something that will eerve her as a night dress." The poor little wanderiug child was soon wrapped in a warm shasl and curled down on tho lounge iu Aunt Ruth's ple.isant room, too much excited by the novelty of her position to sleep too comfortable to do anything but Lug her wooden treasure aud stare, first at the pretty surroundings, tben at the kind face at the fireside. Suddenly the raised herself on her elbow. "Dick said he heard there wamangels that lived aomew'erea an' took care of folks. B jon one?" "No, no, child," said Aunt Rath, gently; "I am only Aunt Ruth. (Id to sleep." "Yes, 'm. But I do wish Dick was a walh-ntiuo. "Jt's wery old into LU box." Annt Ruth find Dinah sat h.te into the night hastily f.tshiouiLig warm garments for the little otio, aud cousi iered them selves well repaid by tho .'cliglit with which they were d jnued iu the morn ing. While happy little "Drat -you Bib" was taking her breakfast by tbe side of the kitchen stove a shadow darkened the window, aud the little girl, looking np, exclaimed, joyfully: "O, there's my Dick!" Dinah opened the door and bale bim "come "long in," giving him a jerk to fiicili'ato bin movomeuts. He shamHexl bashfully in, an I in a moment the child's armi were around his nock, and her fa"e, pretty in its unwonted cleanli ness, nestled against his block cheek, whila she poured out a torrent of eager exclamations of satisfaction at being a "wallentino." Wheu she at last released bim Diuah took him by bin shoulders aud sou ted him firmly in a chair. "Now," said she, "you's just a goin' to ret there till you splaiu this whole 'rangement to me and Mipsns. An' you jext lay ont to tell the truie, the whole trufe, au' nrifliu but the trnfe all the way through that is, if ye kin. Niggas is mostly mighty tinirtin!" When Aunt R-iMi came down Bhe found her "wallentine" bringer Bitting by the fire with little Bab at his Bide, her two little bauds tightly held in one of his own, and supreme satisfaction at the suoocfb of his odd scheme shining in every feature of his honest face, ner eyes filled aa sho sto id in tho door a moment unnoticed by tho children, bat she was not given to demonstrations and made no comment. And then Dick rose in bis place still holding both the little hands. "I hain't got much to tell, roa'ma. I'm only Dick tho loo!blaek, an' this yer , l.tMe girl I foutd clo night last week. Mv- aLd Joe Jliffeity Lai I een to a place i where they had Pome p'ctets an' thingB the man ed!td a paLdorjmmf r, aa' when we came cut 'twas late and we was c Id an' we ran all the way to the box. Tue bcx is a big box down by Uigby's warehouse, an' we sleep into it. An' I c iuulu iu: lime iu cuneu up miu j it aslct p. Joe Le was aoin' to booLce I Ler, bnt when Le seen how little the was j he didn't. He jest yanked his coat '.iff an' pnt it over her an' Bome old carpet, toi, an' we did cover h r tip elegant, an' she si. p' till mornin'. In tLe morn in' she tuld us she ha lu't no place to stay, an' we reckoned to take care of Ler our own selves after t'jat. Joe an' me got her crackers and milk an' tbii.g wben we could, an' we made believe she was oar housekeeper. Joe swep' the crossin's, an' one day a team knoc&e-d him down nu' killed him all of a sudden. Tuis here Bab she cried bo, an' was so Ion -some after .loe that I allowed it was better to try an' find Ler a bome if I could. I sien folks a seudiu' wallen tines for presents, an' I thought some one orter like a little girl better than a picter. I seen you on the street, mama, tho day yon gave the lame, man some money, an' I fallowed along to eee where yon li.'d, an' when you went np the steps you seen me, an' you smiled ont of yonr eyes so good thtt I 'most knowed you'd be kinl to a little girl what hadn't cjbody but me. Sh-j's real cute, mi'mt. I s?eu you one-;, too," add d he to Dinah, wl.oFtood with dish towel in hand, gravely weighing 1 is words. "I was a blaekin' a feliers's boots on the marke-t the day yon boxed that chap'd ears for dragging the dog over the stones in the gutter. DiJn't he rnn, though, when you let him go?" "I 'ch.r for't," said D nah; "he's tellin' tho trufe! 'Peard like I felt he mipht be 'liable the niicmet I sot eyes on h:m." Dick male r.o commtn'. ou Dinah's change of ba-e, but looked earnestly into Aunt Ruth's face. As the sniil nothing ho rcpeited timidly, with u little quaver in bis voic : "She hain't trot ro mother nor no body in the world, only me, ma'tni; an' she's real cutel"' "Dick," said AuLt Rutli, quietly, "I should think theo would rather find a home for thyself tliau to take so mui'h troutde for a s:trauge little girl." "Ma'ma," faid Dick, gravely, "I heard a preacher man ou the str.et oue day tellin' about a good feller that want ed tho little chil lren to ik care ef, an' that he said into some book cr otber (he had it, an' rea l out of it. I 'Wueii yon do it to them yoa do it to me, an' I'll remember an 1 be goo 1 1 you some time fer it!' When we fonnl B ib a cnrled np in the box lo iking so little an' so hclplets, I th mght it meant for us to take care of l.rr, tin' poor Joe, Le reckoned so, too," "I think Til keep my valentine, Dick," Aunt Ruh said, with a smile. "I never Leurd of sending back a valentine, I believe. And I think 1 wiil send olc myself, too. Thee may carry it for me to Friend Bradley's olli -e, on Harlem street, Dick." The note was written in a fair, npright hand, in a few concise words: "Fhibsd Biiadlf-y: I fead thee a valentine. Thee will find tne lines be longing to the picture in the twenty fifth chapter of M itthew, fortieth ver.-e. Ilrrn Hahmos." It is a year since Auut R it Li reci ived and sent a v dentine, and the Uuof February, lS'Sd, when it comes, will find no happi-T c'jild than l.ltle ' D.a' jou B ib;" no prouder boy than ' V,il. n tine Dick," who o.vuoie the itt of errand boy iu Frieu I Bra 1 ley's ofiice; no more peaceful heart than Aunt Rjtli's; and c rtaiuly be woul 1 fad to spy out, wdh his stronge-t beams, a moro diguified, undismayed, constitu tional grumbler than poor old D uah, who pots or foils tht U) children as inclination aud opportunity dictut-., and who Rums up the whole nnlter in these word-: "H .nn'times children ia comfort, bnt mostly tliey is au aggravation. Them two them two WHlletitim s is a weariu' tholiieont of my bones, the po t or phanless things! But Missus Ruth is ho t,ot Mi heir ways that I'vo got to have 'em underfoot to the end ef time, if the Lord spares u-!'' A Wooden Match. A North Carolina paper, the Abiuplou Staitd iiii has the following : Some tune ah-o Mr. F.. A. Johnson, uf Johnson Brothers, jfweh r, of this place, made a plain, open-face wooden wotch that attrae'ed a great deal of attention, but wa- subsequently txtlipsed by Mr. Dor iot, of Bristol, iu a watch s-'tuewhat luoie elaboruto iu design. Not to be outdone, Mr. Johnson put to work on another watch, and has turned out a handsome double case stem-winder and stem setter, every piece of which, save the main and hair springs :nd crystal, are of wood aud made entirely by his own bunds, Kveu the spring t the cases are made of wood. It keeps splendid time, and is sufficiently strong to be nsed aa a time keeper. It is of ordinary size, and when ornamented, as he exp. ..i to do, will be n hand -wo e tribate tohis skill and ingenuity. 10K THE FAIR SF.X. Fashion Aoles. White pansh a tire used for bridu boUouelS. Buttons will be as fanciful as evu ihis summer. Th'-re are twenty-two new shades in open-work si.k stoe-kins. Lutes ring ribbons with f a'.her edter are eorniii iu fashion aiiain. Bi iiee.eis should be worn on the wrist wlii n piuced outside ion gloves. Imitation Aieneon point is much ued to trim kf-rehi. f and nr-ekth-s. Isabeile yellow is the proper name for the c offee color so prominent in iace and nets. Bolts and rivets in metal are to fast' n on the triuimiui-'s of bome of the sum mer hats. Outside j;M-kel are made with very large iiearl buttons, but are otherwiM cUite plain. Plain grenadine and brocade grena dine wiil be combined in summer gowns this year as they were iast sum mer. Fiain iinens and cottons, and very simple stripes, are to be the favorite wear .f our F.nglish sister? this sum mer. 1ouisine siiks are rf pl.v cd this sum mer by what an caiied canvas si.ks. Tliey have alternately stripes of plain color and of brocade on white ground. Ixosely woven Cheviots in pinhead el, eeks of two colors or of two shades of one color, wiii be wor n lor traveling suits this summer. Tin y are wide and not vi ry expensive. Si a-r'i ' n. which is to be fashionable Lis summer in thin simhN. r.'.'Msto be lighted u; with pink ribbons or pipings to become hlondi s, and In uneites cannot wear it at all. I.oli-' j i' kets, made ti.'ht at the wai-t and I' :e liin li arly to tl.e hem of the skirt, have lu eri introduced in KnL'iari'l. They are almost exact. y like the oid lasbiolii d l.asijuine. Camel's hair goods appears stio an o' d.er -t ie this jear. It is made with thi'-k round thr ads, ;,,oely woven, and i- t rtli'f striped, clouded or strewn with tiny il i-hes. One ( f the new ways of dressing the hair is to part il in front, criaiping il sightly, and to fast' n it into on. ;:n-j,-lir ai 1 at the 1,. pi:i ing a !, in tl.e e.nter of th Knot and n rose iow on the -ide. The KlfTcrem e. It is frequently p-inarked, says Jn nie June in tl.e AVashington ft ir, that one of the great ad vatitag.'S which the dress of gentlemen pos.-csses ove r that of ladies is the peruiam tit cut and style ol tli. ir lull, or wi.it is known as ' i veiling dress." With a clean shirt, a dress i oat and white tie ail men look line gentlemen, and what is more, lee, like, me. This is riot always the east with the evening dress of woiin n, not withstanding the va-t amount ef trouble ami anxhty it costs tin in. be cause it issoo.'i. ii d.il'eiMit front any thing else they ever wore b.loic in tlnir lives, and liny are not .-up of it or them selves. Fu.i dies i ujht to Lave some thing distiin live about it, and il should not chang very oft' n, or in essential ideas. The skirt should always be ruore or less ttai' i d, the boi'lce cut square or open, and the sleeves lo or below the elbow sons to allow of the delicate tin-i-hing of lace, the dipiay of jewels il need be, arid ti e wearing of long, glovis. A darkshoit -tie. t -uil is as much out of place iii a drawing-room on a " drr-ss '' occasion as the business suit of a man, and for a gentleman to make his appear ance in sui li a costume at a formal gathering, would be to exclude liinr from the li-IS of iMP'sts in the future, unless li is poverty or his ji nius formed a suf ficient excuse. The s'iort ilr sscs worn at dancing paitics by young girls are ol course ii. o-t lining ami pivptr. Tlcy are tisti a ly nf light delicate materials, and as charming as the wearers. Thej have a reason i 1 ing which the walking suit has iiot-in such com pany. A riiysicbuiN Mistake. Dr. ClemeiKcau. the eminent Parisian physician, is also a member of the French legislature. II" is a bri-k and busy man, kcviily cog'ii.anl of lie hu t that " time is money," and, the idler ray, while he was in attendance at bis Montinartc eonsultinc room, two men si liuilaiieousiy solicterl an interview 'A ith him for the purpose of taking his advice. O.ie of them, admitted to his presence, and asked, " What was tie1 matter with bim." complainee of a pain in hisi he-t; whereupon be was ordered to lake off his shirt, and 1 r. Ciemcnceau -ubjeclci- liini to a careful examination. II. fine the doctor, however, sat down to write bis prescription, he rang tin bed and ordered his servant to show the other patent into the copsuitinu room. As the latter inten d the door way Dr. Ciiiin iiceau, without looking. ' up front tl- desk at which he was I wriling. said to bim: ".lust undnssl yourst-ii, loo. it you will be so good. We shall suve time by your doing so." j Without a moment's hesitation tie-j second visitor proceeded to take off his clothes, and by t he time the doctor had finished wriling his recipe, taken his fee, and dismissed the preceding patient, was stripped to tbe waist ready for in spection. Turning toward him, the doc tor observed : " You are also sutlcring from pain in the chut, are you not?' " Well, no, doctor," the man replied ; ' I have cilled upon you to beg that you wiil recommend me to the govern in "t lor a pi.-i'-c in the postoflicc." JauhIoh TiUvriioh. ITEMS OF (JEXERAL INTEREST. Trying to a n.istiful young lady at a p irty to give you a song, is. in one re-v'-ft, a picasc-sing, mailer. OlUiwi lie piiWiOHrj. A divorce was le-ci ntly granted hyonc of the eoui Is of Indiana, win re the only all -gallon against the 'defendant waj that he hail Cold feet! An exchange asks: "What is nearest to the heart of tl." American citizen?" We should say !.s undershirt, or bis h' st-protector, if he wears one. Site York Eipthh. A city ordinance in Terr? Haute com. p. ls ev ry n. an ket ping a canine to put up m ar his ga'.e a ,-i. n, " 15. w are of the rii g." and it is a iovijy sight to see n two pound b.ack-arni-tan loafing around nr.e ol these lolici a. The Dennis family at Beaueoup, 111., found bits of glass in the sausage nt breakfa-t. and that day the chiiilren's li i th i rum-he. ! powder, d glass in tl.i ir lum heoii at school The mother eon lessed that wi-Ling her relatives to die in tin- most horrible ma:, ner possible, si.e h;.d plar.lnd to hi. . lin m with the e a-s. The u'll'itlitouo gva-shi.!.,ier has ap I '.'ii'o! in lliis-la and has aiarmed the g'.verriai' nt, wlii h has a.n ady teiit a ci. ntili" comii.i--ion to investigate ll.c habits and pn-si'ile depredations of the im welcome visitor, at.d with most un w. .come r--.-u.ts. But it is iii..i:g,i that e-ltaill l.i.ds il:h- l-itiig the Caucasus ir:'nra y prey upon tin- imu-ts and .vi'U.ii In-only too happy Pi make their a quain'ar.ei . .ii. ! an ll.-rt will hemade il.tl oliuce l),i j to i a. h olh' r. It is estimated that the total cost of the bridge connecting ltnoklyn wilh N"W York will excel -1 iTJ.o-HitsMi. This will make the Bionklvn bridge by far ' In- most expensive bridge in the world. But it is un ;U -lionabiy the boldest un i! riaking in the way of bridge -structure . vi r aii'-mpti-d. Its ci r.tr u span across t'v-F. i-t river, front tower to tower, is I Vii teet long It is lieariy boo feet vifi-rihan tin-now wi-h-st span that o! the bridge at Ciminnati across the 0 ,i-i. The most recently published figures -bow that suicide i.- on the increase in srancc. Iii f.ue the Franco-! icrman war tin- avi rage rium'-i r of suicide, only - igl.t y ex--enl, (! 5.1 mi a year, and now they i xeec d 'i hmi. In Paris there arc :!in e linn s as many suicides committed a- iii the country. Mo-t of the mi n who destroy ih"in-e vi s are b:ichelors. The -pring is the linn- of the year when sui cide is the most fn ju- nt. and death by hanging is more Usua.iy resorted tothan any other mod.- I s- It'-d'-lr.ietion. be ing consid-Ti -I more expeditious. Silver, next to iron and gold. is the most extensively diffused niet il uj-on the globe. It is fit i uentiy found in a natural state, though n- ver chemically pure. In ing invariably mixed with gold, coppi r. antimony and other nntals. 1 lie ri In st siiv- r mine in the world is 1' -tosi. It i-situat-d on an elevation p. con feet above sea level, in arcg'ori of perpetual -now. It has always been worked in a very rude manner, yet it has a, f.-ady produced .J".ll,(KHI,0lHI, and shows s-n of. ,aU-tion. An instrument called the staihmo L'raph, lor recording the spud of rail w ay trains. Las bet n in vi nti d by a (ier man mechanician at Casscl, and works -o well that the 1 'l u.-sian government is about to ti st it on some of the State ini'S. A dia. in view of the engineer i. abies him to ase. riain tli" velocity of .is iocouii'ti . c at any lnoiii-nl, and the l aiiges of spi d an graphically repre- nted upon a r- 11 of t aper, which can 'c studied at the end of the journey. A curiously pathetic little story eoin-s from liio. Dr. Frank Bledson and wift ,ol lli'iiiviist iw n.scp irated four teen years ago, an 1 tic wile proru led a divorce, retaining t'n ir two little girls. The doctor soon in irried again, and his second wile, afier hearing hiiu live sons, died. Then a correspondence sprang Up be! ween the do. -tor and his former .vile, whit h resulted iii a n newal of the old love, an.l a promise of remarriage. They met and the p.ighte-1 lailh was re newed, the doctor promising lobe kind and loving to Mrs. B.edsori antl her childieii, but tc.ld her that she must likewise be a liv-thcr to his five boys. She indignantly said, "Never!" The doctor took the train to join his live, boys, while Mrs. B.edsoii took her two girls an-! h turned to In r home in Brown-town. 'Cast thy bread upon the waters; rthoti shalt find it alter many days." The historic ii editor of ihe i'liiladel- !,ia l.nl.xr has umarthi-il a striking i u-tratioi of tin- old text. In the yi ar IOi the eoiidition of New Eng ianel was one ol fearful desolation. One in eleven of tin- New Fiigland towns had been destroyed by the Indians, and the same proportion of nu n cnpahleof hear ing arms had fallen by massacre, or in open encounter wilh the Indians. The tic Us had lo be abandoned i.nd bread was at famine siaircity. During n period of the most acute distress in 11176 tin-Rev. Nathaniel Mather, resident in 1 ubiin. probably upon ad vie e-s ree-eiwd bom the Bey. Increase Maihcr, resid ing in Boston, suggested the relief of the I'olonists. Citi.-ns of Dublin freighted the "good shin Catherine " with provisions, which we-ru duly re ceived, thankfully acknowledged and equitably distributed. The governor and the local magistrates superintended the- distribution. In Boston 402 persona were reiievctl, and in other towns tlm re- ipie-iits ruade up the total to 2,361. I ll it liubiin food cast upon the waters in b'Tti is on-'i- more returning nftcr many yeai -. One vast drill ol it w nt li.e-k in 1-10 7 and another goes now in e; .' ft'. fV