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VOL. IV.
PITTSBOKO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, NOVEMBER iO, 1881.
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Only n Drrnm.
Tivm only a dienm, I know,
I.iko tho fancica Hint couio and go ;
Only a tlrcniu, au1 yet someway
It linn been in my mind all through tho day,
And I cherish it, though reason duct any
That it was only a (beam.
Twas only a dream, and yet
I do not, I cannot, forget
Only a dream, and still ita power
In with mo in every wiking hour,
Like the Bweet perfume, of afragiant flower,
Even though 'twas but a dream.
"i'wan only a dr.am, but thru
It conica again sind again J
Only a foolish ilivam, 'tin trno,
Iliil ho unlike, all I ever knew
Why, no; 1 don't mind telling yon,
Fur 'twaa nothing lntt a dream.
I saw a t tider, ii"Mi' face
A form of ipiict, eay grace,
And eyefI'm pow.i'Vn, here to ti ll
Th namcU es ma ;i of their spell.
I felt -l,nt then nh, well 1
'Titti nothing lint a dream.
And a voirvo- hut here I'm powerless too j
I cannot impart ita torn a to yon :
Tin enongh that tiny were low nndwoet,
ItiHathing words too tctrlcrto repeat,
Tw a heart withgla Incus ipiito replete -
Cut tl.eii 'twas but adriam.
Only a dream, yet of my heart
It 1ms become a living part.
How strange that a dream should linger no 1
Hilt Ita joys I could nor would forego
Even though a now I shall ever know,
Twaa nothing but a dream.
A DOMESTIC SKETCH.
I Lai just returned after ten years'
absence in the West, ami of course,
found many changes even in my coun
try homo. Thero was a new birdbonne
on the barn-top ; there was a new wood
hod buiK on to tho old kitchen ; there
was a handsome carriage drive in placo
of tho old uneven road and narrow foot
path which lod from tho ample gate
aronnd the hospitable aide door, with
its pleasant piaza, covered in summer
by creeping vines, and in tho winter by
the loveliest mow drapery ; tho vino
resting for support and giving form if
not color to the flake s as they fell, I
think I never saw anything so pretty.
Inside the old homestead the changes
were even more apparent. Dear grand
mother's seat was vacant, but I could
seem to see the venerable form, the
sweet, pale face with its lovely bluo
eyes and serene brow, crowned with
the softest, prettiest silver hair you
ever saw, still occupying it. I saw her
then, just m when I parted front her,
with a smile n her lips, though tears
were in her eyes, as she bade mo a
cheerful "Good-by, and God bless you,
my love."
I tnrned and looked back as I left
the door, sho had already taken up tho
little writing desk, niy patting presout,
and commenced writing. I knew after
wards what sho was saying on that white
sheet.
"flow shall I thank you enough, my
darling, for this beautiful gift? it will
be one of my chief comforts in yonr
absenoo, for it will constantly remind
me of your love, and of my duty to
you. You have jnst left me, and I am
soothing the pnia of paitiug by writing
you a letter! Ojd only knows when
and where wc shall meet again."
My father had grown old, and my
mother moved silent aud loss bustling
in her ways ; my s'sters had changed
from merry school girls into sober,
quiet young I idicr, ; my brothers wero
way to college, or encagtd in business
in a neighboting city; and tho front
chamber was changed into a nursery
for Ellen's now baby. A sweet little
girl of four years old would often stand
near grandma's chair, leaning her head
upon the cushion, and there was a
cartons rcsemblanco between the old
face hanging in the gilt framo above it,
and the fair baby ono beneath it, and I
felt that in natnre, as well as in name,
we had a second Tirzah. Tho old
clock in tho corcer ticking tho same
psalm, and the grand old elm just in
front of my window seemed to me the
only things quite unchanged in and
about tbo farmhouse.
"And my school girls, where are
they ? I interrupted, as my sister Lois
was giving a detailed account of Mrs.
Cerow's new mansion ; tho splendor of
her carpe's, the size of her mirrors,
the number of her tenants, being the
wonder of tho village. "Where are
Helen Morris and Susie Joice ? Surely
they do not know of my arrival, or
they would have ca led ere this."
"Mercy on me, sister Kate!" exclaim
ed Lois, "didn't I write you that Helen
was married six months ago to Ccrowe;
and dont you know she is tho very one
that I am telling you about ? Ho is
Croesus, and as aristocratic as a prince,
so Helen and he ate well matched you
know."
"And Susy?'
"Hhe was married, too, abqnt tho
i sum time, and lives iu H , the next
town to ours."
"And is her husband rich, too? I
asked with some aniiety, for she was
my favorite pupil, and I could cot bear
the thought that al.e thould grow out
of that sweet, simple girlhood into a
proud lady of fashhm,
fOb, my' po," aniweree Lois, "Her
husband is well enough, very pleasant
and iuteresting indeed 1 think an ar
chitect ; poor I beliove, at least, far
from xicb; yon need not be afraid of
her being spoiled by ease, for she has a
host of little ones I hear, and of course
blio is dragged to death."
1 was always a great hand to take
quiet walks by myself, and also to drop
into a friend'S house to make a call
without ceremony ; so, when after a
long ramble tho next day among my
favorite haunts of olden times, I found
myself Dear the stately mansion of
of' James Ccrowe, Esq., I dcterermined
to waive etiquette, and call first on my
former pupil. Sho received me very
cordially, a littlo stiffly perhaps, consid
ering our past relations, but quite in
keeping with the elegant appointment
of that magnificent drawing-room, and
her queenly presence. Ilolen was an
aristocrat by natures, -as Lois had said,
and weahh aud art bud added their
treasures to perfect her character as
such. Busy, on tho contiary, was per
fectly simple in all her lasts and habits.
I used to call them ''Josephine and
Maria Theresa." "The one," as Napo
leon said, "tho perfection of nature, the
ether of art."
Some of these thoughts passed
through my mind as wo sat there chat
ting of what had transpired sii.cn last
wo parted, nud then I asked,
"Havo you no children, Helen i"
"Yes," said she, warming a littlo "I
have ono child ; Jane," sha said, in
answer to her bell, "bring Master James
to me directly."
"Then you have only one?" I in
quired again, as tho young gentleman
delayed his appeaiuuce.
" Only one, I am most happy to say.
Neither Mr. Cerowo nor myself aro
fond of children, and ono is qni'e
enough in our family."
Jamio here camo in, a bright intelligent-looking
boy of live years, but ho
seemed to lack the gayety and impul
sive childishness I so love. IIo walked
demurely up to his mother, nnd a',
ed her to present him to me with a for
nial little bow, and a stiff "Yeiy well, I
thank you ma'am," in answer to my in
quiry for his health.
There was, however, a certain look in
his dark eyes I did not liko to see, of
constraint and watchfulness, as in fear
of offending,
When his stately mother left us a
moment to order lunch, I took tho op
portunity of questioning tho littlo rauu
on his plays, his tops and Marbles acd
his balls.
Ho looked at mo with astonishment
in his dark eyes, and said,
"Mamma don't allow mo toplay with
thoso noisy things ; I build houses with
blocks, and have wax dolls to play
with ; only vudo boys havo t alls and
bate and marbles, marama says."
His mother returned iu time to hear
his remark, and added,
"I desire to mako my lovo a gentle
man even now ; there is ii' need of so
much noiso aid dirt as most boys mako.
Thero is my old friend, Susy Joice, you
remember her, sha has a perfect flock
of little ones about her such a noiso
and clutter as they mako I bhe has
just had another added, I believe, mak
ing four; poor thing, how I pity
her !''
Mr. Cerowo camo in just then, and 1
was of course presented to him with
tho remark, "My former excellent.
teacher, my dear ; Mis II ," and re
ceived a bow from the gentleman so
magnificently stately that I felt myself
turning to ico, and believo I returned it
wilh equal solemnity, and a dignity
quite surprising to ray sol f.
After our elegant, but to mo most
distasteful lunch was dispatched, I took
my departure, with a feeling of intenso
relief, and a sense of thankfulness that
this splendid mansion had no power to
hold me within its walls ; although I
would gladly have lingered under the
uoblo rcw of eluisbeneath whoo shade
I walked to the marble gateway, and I
piyed from my very heart tho child de
barred from childhood's own pleasures,
and I felt sure that he would some time
burst his barriers, and perhaps luxuriate
in hurtful and pernicious ones, bring
ing sorrow and shame into those "hearts
where he, if any one, must havo a
pluco.
' But Sitsy," I thought, "poor child !
I must go at once and seo her ; full of
care as I know sho is, overburdened I
fear, still I am sure of a welcome, hearty
and full, from ,hcr ; perhaps I may be
of somo help and comfort if sho is cast
down sho used to lean on me so
much."
1 took an early train tho next morn
ing for H , and reachd thero while it
was yet very unfashionable for a cull.
' Only half-past seven very likely
their breakfast hour ; well, no matter,"
I thought, "Susy will excuse the eager
ness of hrr old teacher, and I can return
on the one o'clock train if I choose.''
A brisk walk of five minutes brought
me to the pretty cottage, which a
pasier by had told me was Mr. Lorri
ruor's, for sure he built every slick of it
himself, ma'am," and softly opening the
gate I stepped to the front door, and
there paused.
" Such a noise I" as Mrs. Ccrowe had
tiuly said. The window were open,
but tho blinds wero closed, and merry
voices rang out clear and sweet and full
of innocent mirth that bright tuunacr
morning.
" Oh, Harry, Harry, you will surely
kill poor papa; pity, pity, you young
rogue, I say !" and amid the shouts
and tumbles I hardly d.red touch the
door bell ever so lightly. In an instant
there wus perfect silenoe, however, and
a pleasant, merry-eyed Bridget ushered
me into the parlor so different from
Mr. Corowe's but so like Susy simple
and neat, yet elegant.
Only a moment had I to observo it
all, for my Susy' loving rvrms wore
about me, and her tears of joy wetting
my cheek.
" nere, Ha-ry, narry, come in quick
and see her ; you know quite well, I
am sure, who she is."
" I must bo very stupid if I do not,"
said Mr. Lorrimer, advancing and
grasping my hand most cordially, "after
hearing her name mentioned and her
many perfections described every day
for the past six years."
" And I may hopo that it has not
proved that familiarity breeds con
tempt," I retorted.
"Contempt, my dear madam ! rather
love, reverence, thankfulness; for my
wife constantly assures me that all sho
is she ows to you."
" Aud your children, Susy," I said,
" how many have yon, and are they all
well?"
"Four, dear, and auch darlings!
Here, Harry, my love, como in, and see
mamma's old friend ; and will you
bring in Walter and Frank, Bridget, as
soon as you can make them decent."
narry came up to me at once, with
such a sweet, frank face and earnest
manner.
"Aro yon my Aunt Esther?" he
asked.
"Yes, darling," I answered, delighted
to fiud my name a household word.
Presently tho little ones came in, fat
and happy, just from baking splendid
dirt-pies and mud houses iu the back
yard.
" I cannot keep them quito clean all
the time." said Susy, with her old de
precatory manner when excusing her
self for any lack of what her stately
friend Helen deemed indispensable to
etiquette. " They must play, you know,
and I won't punish them for soiling
their aprons, only for being naughty
and wilful. Aud my baby you haven't
seen her yet " as if she had treated
me with injustice to deprive me of the
pleasure so long ; " como up to the
nursery and seo her sleep."
Mr. Lorrimer kept me a moment from
this happiness to assure me again of his
pleasure iu meeting mo ; and, as of
con rso I should spend the day with
them, he would dine early, and return
in a carriage and take mo and Susy
back to B iu tho evening ; aud then
he said,
" You may bid your friends good-by
for some time, for I am sure Susy will
never let you off without a long visit."
Susy had preceded up stairs, but flew
down again to give au order for dinner,
as sho said, but. as I could soe, more
to give and receive tho parting kits.
Then wo went np stairs.
I hope, my dear, you like my hus-
aud," she said ; " becanso he is tho best
and dearest in tho world ;'' and having
uttered this complimentary eulogy, she
opened the door of her paradise.
' Here she is I" And with a illuminated
face she looked down upon her last and
best treasure hor baby. " 1 thought,"
she (aid, as she touched her lips to tho
velvet cheek, "that I was happy enough
before, but this one t my own little girl
my only daughter sometimes," she
continued, tears filling her eyes, "I
fear it cannot last long wo seem too
happy for earth. There is our friend
Helen Cerowe ; she has an elegant house
and ground, and driven such a span of
splendid horses, and is so rich, but
oh, dear I her husband is well, j won't
say anything about him, only he is so
cold and stiff not a bit like narry.
And then, she has only one child ; how
I pity herl
A Straight Answer Wanted.
One of the east bound trains couiin-r
iuto Detroit the other day was heavily
loaded, and a parsener who got on at
Ypsilanti walked tbroagh two cars aud
then halted at a seat occupied by a
small man and a grab-bag and inquired:
"Is this seat occupied ?"
"Of course this seat is occupied, was
tho reply.
"Are both halves of this scat occu
pied ?" was the next query.
'Of course both halves are occupied."
"Well, my frieud," said tho new ar
rival, as he let go of his satchel, "I
want to bother you with one more
query. Had you ralher I would toss
that grab-bug out of the window and
sit down with yon, or chuck you out
and ride into Detroit with the grab-bag?"
The grab bag man got mad at that
and wouldn't ride anywhere else except
on the wood box. Jittrvit Frti Yf.
A Tea Cultivator Wanted.
T!.j manager of a large tea farm in
India appeals, through tho Sc'enlirtc
American, to American inventors for
what wo may call a spading machine,
to be used in tho cultivation of tea
plants ; the machino to bo worked
either by bullock or steam uower.
Tho tea bushes on the estate in our
correspondent's care are. mostly planted
four feet by four feet apart, iu plots
eighty plauts broad by four hundred
and twenty plants long ; a few acres are
planted four feet by five feet and five
feet by five feet, in fields of tho same
length and breadth. Many tea gardens
however, are planted five feet by live
feet. Tho tea bush grows from three
to four feet high ; it occupies about a
square foot of ground at bottom, aud
at top spreads go that tho linen of
bushes almost (sometimes quite) touch
each other. Tho nearest approach in
America to a tea Held, our correspon
dent thinks, is a plot of gooseberry
bushes, which somewhat resemble tho
tea bushes, minus tho thorns. In gen
eral aspect an ordinary cotton field
might be compared, we imagine, to a
tea field ; aud possibly a machine
suited for, tho cultivation of tho one
might be readily adapted for use in the
other.
The India tea fields nro dug by hand
from twelve to fifteen inches deep, the
upper surface, grass, etc., being turneel
over and buried aud the subsoil brought
up to tho top. A day's work for a
cooly is to dig one lino across a field,
or 1,280 square feet. Tho ordinary plow
will not answer for this work, an it
leaves ono side of tho bushes unculti
vated and cuts the roots of tho bushes
on the other. Tho horse hoe or culti
vator has been hied, but it does not
cut deep enough, it docs not turn the
soil over, anfi it injures the outer stems
of the bushes.
What is required is a machine work
ing a blade or blades set at right angles
to the handle, with au up and down
motion, and so operated as to turn the
soil over. It must dig to a depth of
fifteen inches and turn tho soil thor
oughly. It must dig elose to the root
of the plant, yet not injuro tho side
stems ; and it must be ablo to do much
more work than a conly can do say ten
or twenty times as much, when dravn
by a bullock or by a fixi;d steam engine
working with wire ropes. A machino
of this character, ablo to compete suc
cessfully with cooly labor, both in
cheapness and efiieiency, would bring
our corresponilent thinks, a small
fortune to the inventor, "us there are
upward of a thousand tea gardens in
India hard up for coolies and looking
out for something of this Li ml."
We may add that the inventor's riuht
may be protected in India by patents.
Also that the oxtensiou of tea culture iu
Jav.i, I'lirmos, aud other islands, not
to mention Japan or China, would scein
to offer a wide Hold for tho introduction
and sale of a successful cultivator. The
same machiuo might also, as already
suggested, bo adapted to tho require
ments of cotton and other fiber plants.
A Jt,.00.00( lH.linond r'ouiu!.
,. From all accounts tho wonderful Koh-i-noor,
"Mountain of Light," tho prop
erty of her majesty, is eclipsed by a re
cently discovered diamond lutely fouud
in South Africa, and now in tho posses
sion of Mr. Porter-Rhodes, who is, I
believe, the fortunate discoverer of the
gem. Tho weight of the newly found
stone is l.'iO carats. It is uncut, but,
from its peculiarly favorable shape is
not expected to lose more than ten car
ats during the process. Tho diamond
is as big as a very large walnnt, and is
described as "liko a hailstono in sun
light, of a bewitching transparency and
brilliant whiteness no other precious
crystal can vio with." Most Capo dia
monds are of an inferioryellowish tinge,
which detracts from tlui value of the
stones; but this specimen is not only
the largest ever discovered, but of a
purity unsnrpassed by any of its com
peers. I understand that the stone was
recently shown to the Prince of Wales
at Mailborongit House, and that his
best diamonds, when placed beside the
Porter-Rhodes stone, were seen to be
"off color." Oilers for Ids property
flow in upon tho lucky owner from all
parts of Europe. Tho first offer re
ceived was J.'."il),000 ; tho last mini.', last
week, was A' 1 00,000. The owner's
bankers, I hear, are willing to advance
A'liO.OOO agninsl the security. The
stone will not, it is thought, change
hands under '.200,000, which is just
A'tiO.OOO more than the famouR Kh i
noor is valued at. Mr. Porter-Rhodes
asks tho trifling sum of A'-MO.OOO, or $1,
600,000 for his property, and does not
seora in any hurry to dispose of it. It
iu rumored that a Russian piinco is in
treaty for tho jewel. London L.tttt r.
There is only one woman we know of
who can let other women pass by her
without lookiug after them to see
whether the: r polonaises are shirred in
the elbow and cut bias on the watch
pocket. TLo woman iu question is a
tobacco sign. QUvtLcyin,
l'OITLMl S( IE(T..
The amii'lia, sponge and tape-worm
Lave no blood. There is no need of it
for, being destitute of digestive organs,
their food comes in contact with all
parts of tho body.
The earthquake of Lisbon in 17"5 had
its origin in the bed of the Atlantic
Ocear, whence convulsions extended
over 7,500,000 fquare miles, or one
twentieth the area cf the glodo.
There aro many curious instances
where tho loss of ono sense adds to the
acuteuess of the other. Dr. Moyse, the
blind philosopher, could distinguish a
black dresn by the smell.
Redi found that birds sustain tho
want of food from live to twenty-eight
days. A seal lived out of water, with
out nourishment, for four weeks. Dogs
livo without focd from twenty-five to
thirty-six days.
In tho Royal Talace at Berlin, 40,000
wax candels aro simultaneously lighted
by a sinplo match, tho wicks being pre
viously connected by a single thread
of Bnn cotton. Thus the 700 apart
ments aro lighted at once.
Lizards have been found imbedded iu
chalk rocks, and hove lived on exposure
to the atmosphere. On detection, the
mouth was found to be closed by a glu
tinous substance so tenso that they are
sometimes suffocated in their efforts to
extricate themselves.
Near Cambridge, England, tho por
tion of tho wall letter boxes surround
ing the apertures has been treated with
luminous paint to enable tho people to
see to post their letters after dark. Tho
result lias been satisfactory.
On Sunday, September IS, at Kin
gussie, Scotland, several persons ob
served a pink rainbow just over filn
Fcshy. The bow wai shaded from
crimson to pulo pink, but there was no
other color. Not ono of the party had
ever noticed a similar phenomenon be
fore. A most remarkable discovery has
been rnado iu the Sweetwater country,
in Wyoming Territory. It is a deposit
of sulphuric acid in its natnral state.
The odor, chemical action, aud general
appearance of the stu(T demonstrates it
to bo a pure quality of sulphuric acid.
The ground is imprgenated over a
largo area one hundred acres or more
and parties have filed claims upon it.
Largo iron ore deposits af almost un
precedented richness have ,lately been
surveyed in Liplund by practical min
ing engineers. Tho district is near the
villago of Judkasjarvi, iuSweedish Lap
land, about ten miles from one of the
arms of tho West Fjord. Analysis
shows 70 per cent, of metallic iron in
this ore, and tho quantity is said to be
siitlicient to supply tho entire w rld
w,th iron, at. tho presout rate of cou
ftUnjpnUou for many years.
Reds nilil Hed-clollleS.
As at least oue-third of our lives is
passed in our beds, their arraugement
and furnishing is a mutter of no small
importance. Tho new steel spring bed
is, of course, the bed of tbo fiitnro.
Fulfills every intention of flexibility ;
it is durable ; it goes with the bedstead,
as an actual part cf it, and it can never
be a nest or receptacle of contagion or
impurity. On tho subject of bed
clothes the points that have most to be
enforced aro that heavy bed clothing is
always a mistake, and that ueiuht iu no
true sense means warmth. Tho li;ht
down quilts' or ooveilets which are
coming into general use are the grcit
est improvements that have bee n made
in our time in regard to bed-cl.-.thes.
One of these quilts takes well the place
of two blankets, and they cause much
less fatigue from weight than layer
upon layer of blanket covering. Tho
clothing must be rrgnlattM according
to the needs of each individual ; the
body under the clothes must neither
bo too cold or too hot ; but it is better
to sleep with too littlo than too much
clothing. The position of tho bed in
the bed-room is of moment, Tho foot
of the bed to the firo-placo is tho best
arrangement when it car, bo carried out.
The bed should bo away from the door,
so that the door does not open upon it,
and should never, if it can bo helped,
be between the door aud liro. If tho
head of the bed can bo placed to the
east, o that the body lies in tho lino of
tho earth's motion, I think it isthebist
for the sleeper. Tho furniture of the
bedrortm, other than the bed, should be
cf tho simplest kind. Tho chairs
should bo uncovered, and freo from
stalling of woolen or other material ;
the wardrobe should havo closely-fitting
doors ; the utensils should havo
closely fitting covers ; and everything
that can iu any way gather dust should
be carefully excluded.
Tho personal property of the Forma,
nent Inhibition Company, Philadelphia
was sold, low prices being realized.
Tho event of tho day was the sale of
the great Roosevelt organ, with three
banks of keys, forty-six tops and two
hydranlio engine. Tho criginal cost
was S22,0(0. It brought 8.",0(o. The
purchaser was Nathaniel J. P.radlee,
who bought it for the now hall of tho
Massachusetts ( haiitablo Mechanics'
Association, Boston-
iM I. STAKES OF MILLIONS,
How I'm-lnlined I'uxfnl .Honey Order! Ar
runiiiliile lo an Iniiiiru.e Amount in ihr
Sul)-TrHury.
"Is it true," inquired a reporter of
Postmaster Pearson, of N?w York, yes
terday, "that there aro nearly $2,000,
000 in tho United States sub-treasury,
representing accumulations from un
paid money-orders for several years
bade ?"
"Yes," replied the postmaster, "I
suppose that in round numbers they
hol.l about that amount belonging to
careless pi rsous whom it is impossible
for ns to fiud,"
"What do you propose to do with
this money, Mr. Pearson ?"
"Congress will probably be asked at
its next sestion to make some disposi
tion of it."
"Why was this not done heretofore ?"
"Well, there is no legal limitation to
tho time when funds of this character
may be aconnted for. The postmaster
cannot tell when tho parties to a money
order may correct fatal mistake in the
order und demand their money, You
know we must always be prepared to
pay on legal demar-d."
' an you give me a geiun.l idea of
tho way in which such largo, u:.claimel
accumulation of money comes about ?''
"Primarily it is duo to a lack of
knowledge concerning the operations of
the law under which tbo money-order
system is orgauized. Then a great
many people who understand the pro
visions of this law are habitually care
less aud overlook somo of the necessary
details in making out tho order. For
instance, they may get tho name
of tho payer wrong, or they may
neglect to nolif; him by nnil. Then,
ag.vn, the person to whom the money
is sent may lo a traveling man, who
has left tho town where the order is
piiyuble and who may never retnrn there
again. No legal provision has been
made for advertising for theso people.
The individual amounts which go to
make up tho largo sums of unpaid
money orders in this office are, generally
speaking, small, and no eljubt have
long been forgotten by tho persons who
sent them, as well as by tho persons
who wore to receive them. All post
offices which do a reasonably fair share
of money-order business have the same
trouble to contend with, but some diiy
or other Congress may definitely settle
postal responsibility iu the mutter."
The Anatomy of an Oyster.
F.vory oyster has a mouth, a heart, a
liver, a stomach, cunningly devised in
testines, and other accessary organs,
just as all living, in .ving and intelli
gent creatures have. Aud all these
things aro covcre 1 from man's rudely,
in-pisitivo gazo by a mantle of pearly
frau., whose woof and warp put to
shame the froit lace on your windows
in winter. The mouth is at the smaller
end of tho oyster, adjoining the binge.
It is of oval slupe, and though not
readily seen by au nnpraetieod oye, its
location and size can bo easily eliscov
ertd by gently pushing a blunt bodkin
or hiiiiiLir instrui'iciit aloug tho suifaoe
of the- locality mentioned. Wlipn tho spot
is feuiud, your bodkin can be thrust be
tv.'ien the dibcufe lips and usidi r
able distance down towards the stomach
without causing the oistcr to yell with
pain. From this month is, of course,
a sort of canal to convey the food to
tho stomach, whence it passes iuto the
iulestincs. With an exceedingly deii
cafe and sharp knifo you can tako off
the "ratntlo" of tho oyi-t or, wlu-n there
will be disci sod to you a half moon
shaped spice just above the muscle, or
so called heart. This space is the oys
tcr'rf pcricaidiuui, and within it is the
real heart, the pulsation of which arc
re.ulily seen. The heart is mad it up of
two parts, just as the human heart is,
one of whi;:h receives the blooil from
tho gills through a network of blood
vessels, and tho other drives the blood
out through arteries. In this important
matter the oyster differs iu no respect
from other warm or cold blooele.l ani
mals. Aud no one nev.l laugh incredu
lously at the assert ion that oysters have
blood. U is not ruddy, according
to the a -ceptod notion about blood, but
it is nevertheless blood to all oyster in
tents nud purposes. In the same vici
nity, and marvellously proper positions,
will bo found all the other organs
uarae.l. Rut it is vry proper to be in
credulous abont'that mouth and organs
At first glance it would scorn that they
are utterly usclesi, for the mouth can
not snap around for food, and tho oyster
has no nrns wherewith to grab hi
dinner or lunch. True, apparently, but
only apparently, for each oyster has
more than a thousand arms- tiny, deli
cate, almost invisible. And each one
of them is incessantly &t work gather
ing up food and gently pushing it into
the lazy ruon'h of tho indolently com
fortable creature.
A party.of lynchers, after banging a
robber at Sncorro, New Mexico, dis
covered that two of their number were
mounted on stolen horses. An imme
diate trial resulted in conviction, and
two more Lilies wero quickly kuh
peiideu.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The body of Miss Cress, who diedat
Erie, was almost eaten up by rats, after
bring prepared for burial.
So far $G50,000 hast been subscribed
towards the King cotton factory at
Augusta, Ga. It is intended to raise
3 1.000, 000.
The San Francisco Cull makes the
estimate that the Chinese laborers in
California send home 15,000,000 every
year.
Queen Victoria's children stand in
great awe of her. They were on far
easier terms with their father, whom
they ndored.
Mr. Yendo Kitaro, a Japanese officer
who has been studying at the Royal
Naval College at Greenwich, England,
took the highest place at the recent
examinations.
Mr. James C. Ford, a well-known
planter of Kentucky, and one of tho
wealthiest man of that State, died at
ho residence of his danghter, Mrs.
Huntington, at Rhiuebeck, N. Y., in
the e ighty-fourth year of his age.
The register of the ancient parish
church of Oxford, Kent, contains an
entry of the tiai riage of Henry Clark to
Sarah Thorp, with a n ate to the effect
that the former wa9 U0 on his wedding
day. So no bachelor need despair.
A fashionable city wedding now cents
from 1,800 to .. 3,500. It is said that a
Wall Btrcct broker, not willing to spend
such sums, got a friend to put np his
intended son-in-law to .elope with his
daughter on the score of economy.
The Cuurltr-Jiiurnttl, in a leader on
"the abominable pistol," fays "we
would have a tax of $25 levied on tho
vendor of firearms for every weapon
sold ; a license tax of ?20 on every per
son who carries a revolver, and 850
lino on every person found carrying a
pi'tol without a license. Iu every in
stance when a pistol is used and a
wound results it would be well to send
the offender to the penitentiary for six
yetrs.
A .Sad Taie from the Sea.
Mrs. Georgo L. Hunter, tho wifo of
("apt. nnnter, of the schooner Thomas
I. Lancaster, which wu3 wrecked north
of Cape natteras, has returned homo to
Philadelphia widowed and childless,
having left tho bodies of her husband
uid three children buried in the North
Carolina sands, near the burial place of
fonr stamen and the second mato. T'd
high up ia tho rigging of thoLuucasto ,
while the strong vessel was pounding
herself to pieces, Mrs. Hunter saw her
infant child torn from her arms by the
sea. which had ouly a moment before
swallowed up her husband and hii
elde st daughter, aud still clinging, wet
and nearly froaen to tho mast, tho
heart broken woman heard above tho
ro.ir of the sea a plaintive, s bhiii cry,
'Mamma, como h.e nio," which told
hi r that one child still lived. Through
twelve hours of wind an 1 ruin and daik
ncss Mrs. Hunter lnttlcd against the
ropes which obstinately saved her lifo
by fastening herself there i nt of reach
of the storm aud of her child, who died
even after succor came, and tho five
survivors of the ill-fated ship wero
brought to land. Whtu tho captain's
b.-dy was found, his pocket hail been
robbed of $1, w hhdi ho had secured
before leaving tho cabin when the
vessel struck tho reif. The poor woman
was thus left destitute, but not frieud
les, for sho met kind assistance from
Lieutenant Newcomb, of the United
States army, and keeper Midget, of the
lifo-saviug stati in, who made her as
comfortable as it was possible to do in
that uncivilized place.
A llomi'l) t'liniK ctlciit tiirl.
'Twas a dull, heavy evening; tho
light of liio dozeu fits jcis along the
streets only served to mako tho hazo
and fcg visible. The clock just tinkled
fourth tho hour of nine, and, with tho
usual remark that "'twas time honest
folks wero abed," old McGunnigiggle
trudged off up stairs, followed by tho
ared partner of his sorrows aud searcher
for his joys.
"Don't you young folks ret up till
tho piorniug paper ironies, this time,"
shouted she over tho banister.
"No oo," replied a sweet voico
from the parlor ; "wo wou't will we?"
said sho in un undertone.
"Not if 1 kuow it," was the leply. If
tho old folks uio going to be as (out as
this I guess I'll skip now," and ho
reached for his hat.
"Seo hero!" and the girl's eyes
gleamed with earnestness, "you're the
first follow I've had, and you've got to
put dowu that hat and sit up and court
uie in good shape. I'm honacly, I
know, but I can build better bread,
irou a bosom shirt handsomer, knit a
pair of storkiDgs quicker, and make
s?l 37 go further thau any girl ia tho
village. Them's my recommendations.''
'That Ruits me exactly," and the bat
flftw into the corner, and that evening
tho details of tho wedding wore all ar
ranged . IIo depended ou a girl as
smart as lljat to pet the bet of the ol'4
I folk. '