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VOL. IV.
PITTSBOUO CHATHAM CO., N. C, JANUARY 11), 1882.
NO. 19.
For larger advcrUiOinwiis liberal contractu 111
Aii Old Roman (ninp.
Tlio gold has paled tu silver on I ho bright,
The gull belated to the lake, has flown ;
Why Bits young Audio in the house to-night,
While Casar hunts in the old camp alone i
The goodman's rutting clover in the Held,
Young l'lieniie o'er the meadow calls the cow;
Thsy'vo all a task but Ciesar idle ebild !
Cesar elands whining on the whinny kuowo.
How would his ears go up, bis eyes grow clour,
The whit star on his tail bo whisked about.
If only Audio's bonnet should appear
Above the dike, followed by Andre's shout !
What fun you'd s o in the old camp! What
bounds
O'er burrowy mound and boulder, furze and
heath !
Audio would beat, Cu par would watch the
grounds,
His pink tongue palpitating o'er his teeth !
Whero lingers Audio ? Ham-Ming the light
For one red page reside the kitchen llanio ;
A different Human is the pll to-night,
And TaeitiiH, not (rsar, is the name !
The page is open when' Agrieola's camp
One daybrcas, eighteen centuries ago,
Sprang to a man froincurthbcd cold and dump,
At the wild Blogan of tho Celtic fun.
The battle's in the gateways, hand to hand ;
The sword of Cains rings on Collin's mace ;
The eagle's Hash who can their gUneo with
stand i
On them I they yield-tho routo becomes a
race !
How strange it seems ! the ruined camp with
out, With peaceful rabbits hupping to and fro ;
Within, the schoolboy glorying in the rout
Of his forefathers there so long ago !
PLAYNG THE DRESSMAKER.
Mrs. Ross liuslington was indignant,
and took no pains to hide t hut fact, and
all because her son had rebelled all
because her one darling had seen fit to
consult his own heart in falling in
love.
Ernest Rudington was one of those
handsome, tenderly-worshiped fellows
tall, strong, affectionate-hearted, with
a devoted way that goes bo surely to a
woman's heart, that made his mother
idolize him na ho deserved, that made
little Mamie Morgan fairly thrill with
rapturous love for him, that made even
stately Miss Genevieve Wallace admire
him and feel in no ways averse to tho
plan Mrs. Knslington hud arranged that
her handsome son should present Miss
Genevieve as his wife.
But in this especial instanco Mr.
Ernest liuslington was proving beyond
the shadow of a doubt that while he
and Mamie Morgan and Cupid had pro
posed their future way of happiness,
his mother was very determined to dis
pose of them all except her boy very
summarily. Aud, to this end, was the
interview tending when Mrs. liuslington
eat in her blue silken-cushioned chair,
with her fair blonde face as stern as her
well-bred indignation could make it.
Mr. liuslington stood at one end of
tho low mantelpiece, his elbow resting
upon it, his head loaning lightly on
his hand, listening couitoously to his
mother's low-spoken, yet u ne tho less
passionate words.
"But you are so entirely mistaken,
mother. If you would only permit mo
to bring Mamie to see yon, if you
would only give her an opportunity to
let you see her, I om positive you would
change your miud. Sho is a dainty, re
fined, high-bred little lady, with a face
so sweet that it would appeal to you
instantly. Yon would love her, mother,
if you would only lay aside your pride,
your unjustness."
Mrs. liuslington only smiled faintly.
" I am so sorry you look upon me as
prejudiced, my dear boy. I have always
studied your interests, I think, and
now, when I recommend you so strongly
to marry Genevieve Wallace, you surely
must understand I regard it for your
great good. Genevieve is very pretty
undeniably a lady in birth, manners,
education and position. She is very
rich, and would mako a most suitable
partner for you."
" If I loved her which I do not and
cannot. Mother, it Micros to mo you
should not sock to bias my judgment
in this, the most important event of my
life. All my lifo I have tried to please
you, all my life been governed very
much by your wishes aud advice ; but
in this case, you must permit me to
know my own heart. You must remem
ber that where one has carefully hoarded
all their wealth of affection, aud not
frittered it away on every pretty face
when one has never loved until they
have brought their judgment and their
disciplined maturity to concur as I do
that such love is a resisMess passion,
not to be trifled with by anyone."
Mrs. Ruslinglon looked at his very
quiet, determined faco and know he
would stand by what he said, and the
realization that Mamie Morgan would
be the wifo of Ernest Ruslington came
to her with such abhorent foroe that
he rose from her chair, flashing-eyed,
frrsty-voiced.
" I remember nothing but that my
on intends to disgraco his family and
himself. I shall nover mention the
matter again, but, rest assured, that if
you marry this obscuro, ordinary girl,
whose pretty face isheronly commendation-
-hush, it yon pleaso I if you do it,
aid farther communication with me and
this house, and your income will be
ended."
" And yon are sure, perfectly sure,
it was right, Ernest ? 1 am so afraid
that I have been doing wrong in per
mitting myself to stand between you
and your mother. O Ernest I it is tho
only nnhnppiness that comes to mo as
your wife this knowledgo that I am
the cause of you and her being
enemies."
Manila Ruslingtou, tho year-old wifo,
was leaning her lovely head on her
husband's shoulder, and together they
were looking interestingly down on a
little golden-flossed head nestled among
blankets and lawn, from which it will
be deduced that Ernest liuslington had
not been intimidated by his mother's
threats, but had bravely foresworn
luxury aud elegance for the sake of the
girl ho loved aud who loved him, and
married her, couseions that ho was in
the right.
Mamie Morgan had uover been accus
tomed to surroundings that were more
than plainly comfortahlo, so that to her
tho pleasant little home her husband
took her to, and which he was enabled
to make for them in consideration of a
snug little sum of money in tho bank,
saved from his income, was a very
paradise to her, where she was as happy
as tho day was long, after Ernest had
reasoned her into believing it was not
her fault that his mother refused to
conutenanco them.
IIo had not boon long in obtaining a
good position, and on the salary he
received ho and bin young wifo lived
well, even elegantly.
Then a little baby-girl had como to
them, and over tho nestling's cradle,
over this child, Mamie's conscience
condemned her afresh, and she cried
over baby's flossy go! 1 i hair.
"I wish as heart i I - ndo, darling,
that my mother wool." .0 friends with
ns, and she shall know jour delieato
compliment in naming baby Ilelen
Berwyn, afier her own maiden name.
Who knows but that this little pet of
ours will prove a peace maker.
True to his word Ernest wrote to his
mother, telling her of the birth of his
child, her granddaughter, and renewing
his invitation in his frank, eager way,
that was yet perfectly free from fawn
ingto come to his homo and be
convinced thut Mamie had made, not
marred, his happiness.
Mrs, liuslington was conquered by
tho letter by the sweet news that
always touches a true woman's heart.
Almost all thoso long mouths, siuce
her darling had gone from her houso to
bo the delight of another loving
woman's life, she had been wearying
for him, and daily, hourly regretting
that the had said such cruel things to
him.
Within an hour she was with her son
at his oflice, tho fiist time she had seen
him since the day Le had told her
Mamie Morgan was his wife, and this
proud womuu sobbed out her true
heartfulluess on her son's breast.
'"It was wrong in me, Ernest, I'll
admit it. I will endeavor to atone by
going at once to your wife. But, my
boy, if I can't love her as I would like
to do, you mustu't blame me, will you ?
I'll try for your own and your baby's
sake."
Ernest srjiled confidently.
"You on't have to try, mother.
You'll find the dearest little woman in
tho world glad to receive you, and wait
ing to love you as a dear child should.
Go to her at onco."
She did go, and was shown into the
parlor by the maid without giving her
name, merely requesting the girl to tell
her mistress that a lady desired to see
her.
There came into tho room a slight,
graceful, girlish creature with beautiful
violet-blue eyes, and hair of soft
lustrous brown, that was crimped
slightly from the parting, and gathered
into a thick Grecian knot at the back of
the classio little head. She wore a
wrapper of gray sergo, with pockets,
collar aud buttons of brown silk. There
was a dainty linen collar and a bright
blue ribbon bow at the neck, and linen
cuffs at the small round wrists.
There were no earrings or jewelry of
any kind, and Mrs. Ruslington's judg
ment gave a thrill of approval even
under a protest from pride as this
girlishly-womanly creature came for
ward with an ease and graciousness that
never could have been acquired.
I am glad you .have como. Lay off
your cloak and hat, please, and we will
go into the nursory. I have all my
dressmaking done there now, so that I
can keep an eye to bby, you know."
Mrs. liuslington liked the voice very
much, but hardly the peculiarity of
address.
"In the nursory, Mrs. liuslington. I
certainly would be glad to see the
baby."
"You will see plenty of her," Mrs.
Ernest laughed, "before I am done with
you. Oh, did yon bring tho polonaise
pattern, Mrs. there 1 I told my hus
band I never could remember the dress
maker'! name he (aid he would st2d
Mrs. oh, yes Mrs. Abercrombio I Did
you bring the polonaise pattern ?"
Mrs. r.uslington, senior, understood
it all iu a flash. Her daughter-in-law,
whom she had finally condescended to
visit, mistook her for the dressmaker.
Mrs. liuslington, junior, was inward
ly astonished to sec such a dignified,
well-dressed lady come tj make up her
black silk, and, while Mamie was absent
a moment in rosponso to a little nest
ling cry from Baby Helen, Grand
mamma llolcn suddenly began to enjoy
tho sitiation, aud when Mamie came
back, said,
"I have forg- ttcn tho pattern, Mrs.
liuslington, but I think wo can make
tho skirt first, and leave the polonaise
until to-morrow." And Mis. Ilelen
Berwyn liuslington, or Mrs. Boss Kin
lington, as her cards read, actually cut
out and basted the breadths iu her
despised daughter-in-1 iw's black silk.
She contrived the trimming, and
made such stylish suggestions that
Miimio congratulated herself on her
acquisition.
And the while, there was not a look,
a word, a gesture of tho young wife's
that escaped the eyes of the deft-handed
masquerader. She watched the tender,
womanly way she cared for her little
one ; the sensible, economical mode of
her housekeeping arrangements ; the
plain, palatable lnueh ; tho dignity of
the young mistress to her ono servant ;
her intelligent industriousness and her
sewing while baby slept ; her patience,
her amiability, and her beautiful un
conscious adoration of her husband that
betrayed itself at every turn,
It was not yet 3 o'clock of that me
morable day before Mrs. Boss liusling
ton had thoroughly mado tip her mind
that her son's wife was far superior to
Genevieve Wallace, and that Eruest had
shown his accustomed foresight, judg
ment and taste in choosiug between tho
two.
"If I only can get her to talk about
me," thought bho, as sho made side
plaiting, thoroughly enjoying the ex
citement of the occasion.
A while later sho purposely intro
duced tho subject.
"Your baby has an uncommon name,
Helen. Is it a fancy natuo?''
"Oh, no! it's for my husband's
mother. Isn't it a beautiful name i"
Mamie stroked tho soft little hand
lying doubled up on her bosom whilo
tho child slept.
"Very pretty. Ho old Mrs. Rusling
ton's name is Helen, is it ? Do yon
know I never had much of an opinion
of her? They say sho is haughty, unfor
giving and obstinate."
"Oh, uo, Mrs. Abercrombe ; My
mothor-in-law is ono of the most
perfect ladies you can imagine. She
may bo haughty rich people ate apt
to be and she may be is unforgiving
wheie she feels sho has been ill used.
Any ono would bo, would they not ?
But obstinate no, I'm quite sure not.'
"You uro well acquainted with her ;
you should know."
Mamie's fair cheek flushed.
"I am not acquainted with her at all.
I have never seeu her, for she was so
disappointed when her son married mo
that sho refuses to know me. If she
only would, I am sine I would make
her love me. I would give baby into
her anus, and let her see she is Ernest
all over again. I would tell her how I
had called her after her, hoping my
child would make as noble a woman as
reared my husband. I "
Aud just as Mrs. Rusblington dashod
down the plaiting her trembling hands
could no longer hold, just as she was
going to snatch Mamie to her well-won
heart, the door opened, and her son,
handsome, cherry, gay, came in.
"This is splendid ! Mother, dear,
this is all my home needed to see you
here I Mamie 1 how natural and co zy it
all is! Why what V"
Mamie had risen from her chair,
bewildered, palo ; and Mrs. "Aber
crombe" stood, laughing and crying by
turns.
"I've been here taking advantage of
a mistake Mamie made, aud I've
discovered what a jewel sho is, Ernest.
She shall nover again want my love or
care. Children, it's the host day I
ever saw !"
And when Ernest put one arm around
his wife and child, and tho other around
his mother, with tears in their eyes,
and smiles on their lips, they all
endorsod her opinion.
Scoville says if Guiteau should hang
and a post mortem examination should
disclose that ho was insane, it would be
the last cae of capital punishment in
this country. Perhaps, but it is no
reason why the hanging should not pro
ceed, and if the defense want to avoid
any mistakes in the matter they might
mako their autopsy before the hang
ing. A" if lliiren lityinti-r.
The giving of gifts on New Year's
Day is said to have originated with the
Homaus. Titus Tatius, king of the
Sabinen, was presented, the first day of
the new year, with some branoes cat in
a wood consecrated to Btrenia, the God
dess of Strength.
THE M EXIC.tN ( YIYI .U.
InlcicMiii lhls iind svrn- In the C iiy
of Mrx'rn.
Mexico is a serious and by no means
a gay city. There are uo crowds upon
the sidewalks, no eating of ices in
public, no cafes chitntuni.i, nothing Pa
risian. By niuo or ten o'clock the good
people appear to have retired already,
to be up betimes in the morning for the
work of the day. A military baud plays
three evenings in the week, but even
this, except on Sundays, is so sparsely
attended that tho men seem to be dis
coursing their music for their own amuse
ment. Policemen uro found stationed ut
short intervals in the q-iiet streets,
with their lanterns set iu tin; middle of
tho roadway. They are obliged by the
regulations to sigual their whereabouts
every quarter of an hour, and the found
of their whistles, which have a shrill,
doleful note, like November wind, may
be heard repeated from ore to another
all the night throug'i.
Here at length is tho groat central
pla.i, in which events of much moment
have been transacted. We may actually
sit down npen an iron bench a', a corner
of a little garden iu tho midst of it, tho
Zocalo, and make ourselves as comfort
able as if we had always been used to i
The imposingcathodral piles up pyramid-
shape from this point of view on tho
spot where stood the pyramid of the
Azteo war god. Theso stones should
bo anklo deep for all the blood of vari
ous sorts that has been spilled npion
them. For tho moment wo aro fanatic;
reactionists. One would gladly bee
again for a brief instant old llutzilo
potchli, the war god, aloft on his ter
race, hear the beat of tho lugubrious
war drum, aud watch tho dismal proces
sion of captives winding up to the sacri
fice, ministered to by tho wild priest.-,
with black locks flowing upon their
shoulders. Except that at the proviso
momeut we trust we aro merciful
enough for thut before it was too late,
we think wo should insist upon charg
ing up the steps of the edifice with ( or
tez, sword in hand, to their delivery.
San Jago and Spain ! when was it over
known that Castilliuus turned their
backs upon a foe?" Down goes old
Ilntzilopotehli, broken iuto a dozen
fragments, and, howl as our Aztec adver
saries may at the unheard of desecration,
thoso captives ore saved.
But really it is hard to imagine
desperate conflicts in this bright .sun
shine, with tho multitudes of pretty,
novel sights and sounds about. At one
side is a beneficent institution, tho
National Loan Establishment, where
once was the palace ot Lortoz
another, the long white raouotonom J
National Palace, which is on tho sito of SMj, 0( 1. js one of the ciicum
that of Montezuma. The cathedral, stances which Iiiivm occasioned the
liko most of the earlier architecture, is 1 greatei-t solicitude in tle pa-tt, and fitiil
of the B'naissaneo style, run far iuto ! f,n. nhnost as much. Bad odors
tho vagaries of rococ ; but it is saved i-s,.t the nostrils; ami stam.ar.t cutters,
by its massiveuess, eu-ept iujrespect to
the tormwiauons ot its towers, which
aro in the shape of immense bells, from
any appearaueoof finicality. Adj linin g
and formiug now a pirt of it, is another
church, iu a lich dark led volcanic
stone, with a front that recalls the
fantastic fiiQ.ides of Portuguese Belfin.
What a water-color the mass would
make, and especially if it could bo
taken on one of the perfect, moonlight
nights, which bring out every lino of
the sculpture softly, and display it all
like a lovely vision ! There are book
stalls about tho foot of it, and gay
booths devoted to tho sa'o of refreshing
drinks ayutin ii' i-n'l i.s. Tho large
simple jars and pitchers in which these
are contained are fino specimens of
ceramic ware. With a characteristic
taste in decoration, the Indian occupants
frequently cover the. whole freiit with
flowers. Dusky Juanas aud Josofas,
with straight black braids of hair dowu
their backs, are seen forming inception
in letters of pink aud blue com -flowers
Figures go by whose blankets one
burns to take from them for portieres
The men of the poorer sort wear or
carry universally the ,-ttpe a blanket
with a slit in the center for the inser
tion of the head. Apart from its artis
tic patterns, it is a useful garment in
many emergencies. It is not the most
improbable thiug in tho world that, iu
the course of the Mexican revival, we
may yet see it introduced in tho Stutes,
and running the conrse of popularity of
tho ulster. The corresponding national
garment of the women is (he rbozo, a
shawl or scarf, generally of blue cotton,
which, crossed over the head and 1 wer
part of the face, gives a Moorish ap
pearvneo. Tho background of lifo is
more liko optra than sober existence
Two other sides of tho square are occu
pied by long arcades, among the nier -chants
of which, protected from tho sun
and rain, one may wander by the hour
watchinR the shrewd devices of trade,
and picking np those knick-kuacks, trifl
ing in the country of their origin, which
are certain to lie curiosities elsewhere.
From time to time pass across the view,
dark and Egyptian-like iu appearance,
in a peculiar dress of their own, aud
trudging under heavy hardens, Indians
who have best preserved the traditions
of their race. These have affected me
as the most impressive of all. Followed
! to their h tn-s, th y are found to dwell
! an.oiig ruined walls in tho outskirts, in
adobo huts which cuu havo changed
veiy little in aspect siuce the C inquest.
These Indians Lave peculiar, pleasan
voices, raiher in contrast to tho Spanish
voice, which is apt to bo harsh. Their
manners, too, aro above their surround
ings. It is a favorite Mexican expression
to fay, " This is your house," and I have
had thorn on being introduced say,
" W II, remember number so-and-so of
such a street is your house." So, in
the same way, it happened t) mo once,
on looking with curiosity into one of
thf-o abodes, to usk an elderly woman
who stood near by, by way ot making
talk, if it where hers. "Yes," sho re
plied r.t onco ; " and yours also, sir."
The trees neither in the Zocalo nor
the Alamanda (a park occupying some
what the position of the Common iu
Boston) have the hoary antiquity one
would export iu tilth time-honored
places. I.it it uppeurs that tho setting
out of the trees, uud the formation of
the X ivalo entirely, is largely of mod
ern date, and the woik of Maximilian,
a monarch who in his short, ill-fated
rei;;n had many excellent, ideas. The
eei.ler of the ealo is occasionally
allowed to bo inclosed, for some select
festivity orations wi re delivered there
on the national festival of tho5th of
May. Again, there wasa charming flower
show, to which came the ladies cf the
npp r society, the young ones in charge
of their elntperoiis, and almost all iu
the graceful mantilla instead of tho
bonnet.
Tramways run out of tho phiz in
many dii" ctious. The city early utilized
this invention, and boasts of having
ono of tho most complete eiisting sys
tems. Their inscriptions have an attract
ive look. One is enticed to take all the
different rouUs at once. Patience! it
is all accomplished in time -to (iiiada
hipe Hidalgo, with its treasures and its
miraculous virgin , Tacubaya, with its
villas; Dolores, with its cemetery La
Viga, with its picturesque canal giving
access to the t hlirim . of flowers and
vegetables the floating gardens, which
after all really do txist ; the gates f
iiolriti and Nino l'erido, familiar in the
story of the Agiirrppi -capture of the
city; and particularly yes, above all
the Chupultepeo theater of vaunted
exploits of American valor, aud of mov
ing events in every histoiic epoch.
Mexico is extraordinarily flat, and its
streets laid as-regularly at right angles
as in our own most sy.nmetrioal town.
At the ends of all of them, in whatsoever
direction, tho view is closed by i-oiint-aius.
Its flatness, together with its
pi(sui,,u iu reference to tho adjoining
,,,1,. heaps of garbage, the sight
( (m, wayfarer about the interesting
8trcet-". The situation iu this particular
is a civing shame. Thf ci'izens of Mex
ico should stop, as if nn enemy were at
their gates, mil devote themselves to
i's remcdv. Not ano.her railroad should 1
bo built, not another dollar voted to any
public purpose, till it ill attended to.
11'. . ;.-'"., in 07-T.
A not lice Ki'iuiiliator.
A man with a counteuance blurred as
though a butcher had slapped his face,
arrived iu Little liock yesterday. He
was moneyless. Going to a pawn shop
ho drew out a paper, throw it on the
counter and exclaimed, "there, sir, is
my commission as mayor of Black Oak,
give me fifty cents on it."
"Take it away,"mid the broker, "and
don't bother me with your foolishness."
"I will go aud i-ee the governor of the
State, sir, ami have this matter investi
gated." He went to the State House
aud hurriedly walked into the govern
or's room.
"Do I recognize iu this grave person
age the chief executive of Arkausas?"
"I uui the governor. Have a seat."
"Did you not issue me this commis
sion us mayor of the town of Black
Oak?'' ho asked, handing the papers to
the governor.
"Yes."
"Is it valid?"
"Certainly."
"But it won't pass. No one will take
it. I can't raiso ten ecu's on it. Are
you go'iig to allow your administration
to be insulted? A pawnbroker.sir.has jnst
refused to give me fifty cents on this
paper. It is not that I care ; oh, uo, it
is not for myself, although I have a wife
and children that are at this moment
teething."
"Don't nieau to say that jour wife is
teething ?"
"No, sir. 1 mean my children. I
say it is not for myself, but for yon,
sir, that I am indignant. What course
must I pursue? Give me fifty cents
and take back the commission." "No?"
"Then you repudiate. Good day, sir.
I will sever mv connection with this re
pudiating State." iillt i'"ik C.nftte.
The first Dro alarm telegiaph erected
in the United States was st Boston in
jhS-J.
llie Cat's Opera.
( )nce upon a time, and that time dutes
buck more than a hundred years ago,
there lived iu Perth, Scotland, a poor,
ignorant lad of the name of Bisset. ne
must have been born with a wonderful
love for animals and birds. In his eyes
"they were very good" friends and play
mates, that could be trained to gentle
ways; and in them ho was sure he could
discover indications of greater intelli
gence than others would give them
crtdit for. He could not explain what
spurred him on tho pnrsnit of such
lowly studies, lie could only say: "I
believe in them, and they know it. I
can teach them many things, for they
know I lovo them." The neighb irs
laughed and wished him joy of his ''now
knowledge." To them a ca. was a cat
a mouser, it might be, often a great
nnisauco simply that and nothing
more Bisset went on his way, shield
ing his pets, unmoved by tho raillery.
Thut there was a home helping sympa
thy we aro sure. Doubtless the hard
workiug mother whispered words of
good cheer. Any way, tho jibes of ig
norant associates fell unheeded on his
ear.
Necessity mado it imperative that the
boy should bo apprenticed to a shoe
maker ; and for years hut small leisure
canio to the lad. Nevertheless, prob
lems and fancies tilled his busy brain;
for pegs and awls and leathern aprons
cannot shut away tho luxury of private
thought. Aud so, plodding on with
great pains in his head, he accepted
quietly whatever word of counsel or re
proof the master might fling out, happy
if at night he could share his pittance
with his pets, tamed and hidden from
prying eyes.
One day, after ho became a workman
on his own account, and while at work
at his bench, some old friend read in
his presencj au account of tho success
ful training of unimals by a man in a
foreign country. No ono else who list
ened had had their souls set on fire ;
but Bissot was strangely stirred.
"There were then," he whispered to
himself, "other men having tho same
faith in brute intelligence." And with
that there came a great determination ;
and for a while, at least, a good by to
his comfortable business. Ridicule had
no power over him ; lie was his own
master now, and needed not to ask aid
or counsel from any quarter.
His new pupils formed a nondescript
class; horses, dogs, monkeys, and above
all, cats became his constant compan
ions. To sprightly kittons he gave
preference, Great patience the roguish
creatures required, but Bisset was equal
to the emergency ; and finally a lively
trio attained such regularity of move
ment, such perfection of pivr-tt.iwh upon
a dulcimer, that a performance was de
cided upon, and was advertised in the
Hay market theater as"The Cat's Opera."
At the exhibition all his trained animals
were pressed into tho service. A deli
cate leveret created a furore by playing
very skillfully upon a drum with his
hind legs. Birds, too, as trained vocal
ists, joined iu with wonderfully modu
lated tones, ft rminij an orchestra as
rare as it was amusing. Canaries, lin
nets and sparrows lo-mied to spell tho
name of any person in company, to dis
tinguish the hour aud minute of time,
and perform otherequally strange feats.
A solemn, slow paced turtle, one of this
popular troupe, was taught to fetch and
eairy liko a dog. Tho grand finale of
some of theso strange exhibitions was a
country dance, executed by six turkey
cocks. The skillful manuger reaped a golden
harvest, but through all his successes
one thought dominated in Bisset's
mind ; and he was wont to say to his
fri nds, the long ago unbelieving ones.
"See for yourselves the result of true
sympathy, gentle treatment and persist
ent effort."
The flora of Kuropr.
The flora of Europe is more varied
than its fauna, says a letter from Flor
ence. Italv. Comintr throuah the Ba
varian All s we discovered almost every
1 lant. tree und flower to which mv eve
had become accustomed iu New York,
Connecticut and Minnesota golden rod
radiant above tho fences, willows nod
ding by the streams, Lombardy poplars,
stilt backed and defiant, like tho soldiers
that have so often desolated these fertile
lands, elms (small and unthrifty), large
oaks, whitewoods and walnut tree?,
tansy, campanula, mulleins, angelica,
water lilies, wild asters, vervain, bounc
ing bets, yarrow, the woodbine, honey
suckle, and mstny others as familiar.
Tho flower gardens are of the same
blossoms as ours, but not so brilliant,
it seems to mo. The omnipresent grape
vine adds a novel element to the land
scape. Throughout Germany grapes
are generally trained on arbors or sticks,
like beanpoles ; on the steep mountain
slopes of Austria they are bowed down
hill over a wire or a horizontal pole, so
as to let in tho sun to the led advan
tage. All through Northern Italy they
aro furnished trees for a support,
with the addition of a swing of large
wire or rope, stetching from tree to
tree, along which the agile vine creeps.
There is nothing ia vegetation more
picturesque than these leafy festoons of
which the wine of Lombardy is oradjed
The Beauty of the Heart.
A lovely form may chitim the cyn
With fairest loveliness and grace ;
And oft wo may be raptured by
The entrancing beauty of a face ;
But there's u b iiuty far moru true,
Whose radiant cbarins shall ne'er depart,
But every noo n ami eve b new ;
It is the beauty of the heart.
Beneath the weight of passing years
The proudest form must stoop and bund,
And all the ehuriii that beauty wears
Must fade anity and have an end.
Tho sparkling light must leave the eye,
And fioui tin- cheek the Muom depart ;
An 1 there's 11 charm Mint ne'er shall die ;
It is the beauty of the heart.
'Tis this that scatters o'er life's path
The gi-uis of happiness and truth ;
And many charms in age it hath,
Ah 111 Hie rosy mom ol youth.
A charm Ihat nreaths the earth with llowcis
And (bith the sweetest j".vs iinpait,
Which brightly gilds the saddened hours;
Jt is the beauty of the heart.
ITK.MS OF IMKItlMT.
Alfred Teunys in is tho author of tho
lines
"J in belli T to loive lined and hist,
Thau never I" have hoed at all.
It was Sir Walter Scott who said :
"When lllllfllli; otl relllpUUicUl guile,
We doubly feel Olll'selvi S nloile.''
Chili not only respects this nation,
but wauts us to mind our own business
and keep our diplomacy for those who
sigh for it. Looks as if we'd better do it.
Satin-wood is u species of tho ( hlo
vuylini stcititi itiit, a native of tho East
Indies. The wood rt reived its name
from its silky aspect. It is very close
gra'ued, heavy and durable.
Port rush, Ireland, can boast the first
electrical street railroad in that count ry.
It will be under the direct control of
Dr. V. C. Siemens, who is a largo share
holder. Eight of the Presidents of the United
States havo boeu members of tho Ma
sonic fraternity Washington, Jackson,
Pierce, Buchanan, Andrew Johnson,
Garfield and Arthur.
Tho great trouble experienced in Iowa
in keeping Russian blood-hounds is the
fact thit they don't discriminate be
tween the tramps und members of the
family, but bite all alike.
You can't go amiss of death in this
country. A Vermont woman got a dig
from the claw of a turkey, neglected the
wound three or four days aud then died
of lock-jaw.
IH .VIOIiOl s.
"Oh, yes," said the broker; "oh, yes,
he's sharp ; he's very sharp. But then
he's liko most sharp men, ho never cuts
anything unless it's softer than himself,
A man with a small salary and largo
family says if pride goes before a fall,
he would like to see Pride start on a
little ahead of the price of coal end
provisions.
The Boston V..' considers it possible
for animals to blush. A turkey ha
been seen to turn mighty red uror.id
his gills when pointed out to the eouk,
aud maybe the '( .-( is right.
Tho Boston II nu: .luuri,nl speaks of a
"picked squad ot twelve men from the
Crescent Bicycle Club." They were,
doubtless, picked out of a soft layer of
mild. M'it-ni .4 ;.-(.
A Western e liter, iu response to a
subscriber who grumbles that his morn
ing paper was intolerably damp, says
' that is because thers is si much due
on it."
"Yon have heard, my love, that
Amanda is about to mary Arthur ?", "I
know it ; but what I can't understand is
that a woman as intelligent as she is
can consent to marry a man stupid
enough to marry her."
Perils of Pole ( limbers.
A Western telegraph-pclo climber
tells a stirring tale of the hardships en
dured by men of his trade. They are
often forced to climb rotten poles, es-
' neoittllv in the rural districts. In ono
j wl",u tt 1,o1h l,riko n,ul,'r ,lim he
hM 011 lho l'roHS r""'" Hml Ul wireH
let him down gently to thegronnd. But
perhaps the greatest danger is from the
electricity, which sometimes knocks
mou from the poles. In damp weather,
especially, thev aro liable to receive se
vere shocks, when they touch two wires
at once with different parts of their
bodies. Tho climber said : " I tell you
it is a fearful contract to undertako to
fix a broken wire on a wet day. I have
seen some of the boys kick aud squirm
on the cross-pieces, and yell so loudly
that yon would think they had gone off
into spasms. I have in my mind one
young man in particular who came near
breaking his neck. He was what you
call one of your ' smart Alecks.' It was
a damp, rainy day in September when
he went np to splice a wire. As soon as
he reached tho first cross piece he
thought he would make the boys laugh
by performing various antics, so he sat
astride of the wire near the pole and
caught hold of another. The batteries
attached at the ends of both wires were
heavily charged, and he was so badly
shooked that the men were oomelled
to go up and take him down. In fact
the shock almost killed, hico,."
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