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mi i niiifiiimiii iw mi nuiitnuimimxu SFlC djihailpm ctciji H. A. LONDON, Jr , EDITOR AS'D riiOrUlEIOK. or ADVERTISING. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION: On tqnan, on. uusrdon, Ous square, two !nat1on,. One sqnare, oup trmi th, IM tot j, ens ye- r, OMWPT.jIx IIP) to copy, Urn-e in ntii f.nn VOL. IV. PITTSBORO CHATHAM CO., N. C, MAY 18, 1882. NO. 36. l"or larger 8!vernienta lltieril cmi'ine's wlB Children's Joys, The children's world is full of sweet sur prises : Onr common tilings ari precious in their eight i For tliem the stars shine, and the morning rises To aliow new treasures of untold ileliglil. A dance of bluebells in the shady places : A crimson Mush of sunset in the West ; The cobwebs, delicate as fairy laces ; The sudden linding of a wood-bird's nest. Their heirfs and Hps are full of simple pISiW", To Him w'm nit!in earth divinely sweet ; There i w.-U biiniiu tlis buttercups and nt-nies, And fin. 1 H, 1 leei-mps strewn about their feet. Tut we, worn nt by days of toil and sorrow, And siek of pla-'iurB ttiat are false and rain, Would fietly vc our Ridden hoard, 'o borrow One little hour of ihildhood'e Idiss srr:iiii. Yet Its who sc nes ; llif-ir Joy beholds our snl. And in the ui- b.m r.f n Father's love, He keps the sen. t el the heavenly Onrwett;r,.r;. wait for us nbovo. THE DOOR-STEP. Hu tin iih ctwl.lt i,..i . i .uw)i. "viivii ill'. ill IJIT in broom, ami Ireke.l m' from tl;o low and ice-glnzed streamlet, which lav be twocn ber homo pr.d tho villain of Greenock, With its oi.o tapering rpiro ana eloping roof aud blank thit.i wii'Ih, bar now of the summer verdnro. She, bad done her housrh l.l wotk, polished every article oipah'o of pMihb, and soaped one! canded nil tho rest. At the last Bho bad swept cloau herdoor-rdono, and now felt free to do what sho clweo, to reBt or gossip or sit down to needle work- a thing impossible to her hilo n spot beneath her roe.f was out of order. ouat now se.o ;eu neiii;er Jiuo gor-sipiug nor sewing: her koait wan wry full, aud she found it ncecRsnry to s'aud still and Hunaawnue. uaiy that she wan not need to it, she would have cried, she was so very sad. It cocked to bor that the Lappiost people were tkoso who lay in their green graves in the churchyard, with crossed bauds upon thoir bosoms, and feci qaiet frnm nil earthly going to and fro for overo:oro. Not that Hannah Gneldt was tired in body or weary with tho toil of hour-a-hold dob ; for she was strong in frame, and her health was perfect, as her bunds were willing. It mi on her humble heart the- burden lay, her spirit th:t was worn with earthly travail and cure. "Twenty-three years to-dny I'v? been hie wife," she muttered, "anil I've loved him well, and worked hard and faithful to keep things decent, and it has come to this at last. 'Things had bu n better,' says he, 'if he'd married Mist Lester I' ' Yes, that was what Faimer Oneldt, harassed by toil and debt, had suid that very morniug; aud it seemed to Hannah like the confession of a lo.ig rep-ntanco, forced from her hueband's lips at last. "Pcor man! I wish I could help him," sho sighed, leaning on b-r broom beside the door. "I doubt bo's risht about Mifs Lester." With that her eyes fell and rested by chanco on the doorstep. "I can mend that, anyhow," she faid; "and I have time, for my work is done." So sho hnng the broom up and peep ed into her oven and set tho kettle on, and then, hooded and shawled, crossed the fields to where the farm joined that of Simeon Gray. On ono spot were men at work break ing np the stones lying about. Hannah Gneldt nodded to the old farmer and he came to meet her. "I want a smooth stone," the said. "May I have one?" "I wish you'd take 'cm all," muM the farmer; a lot of rubbish. You f eo I'm clearing away what they call the old giaveysrd at last. Wifo talks to mo o' sacrilege and dinturbin' bones. Bless you, there ain't been nono for yearn aud years; and these hard limes a mini can't Jet land go to waste. I tell wife t-he don't know nothin' about it. What do yon want to do ? Dave a bit around the welir ' No, I want a step," said Hannah. "That great white one ip just- the thing." And she pointed to a slab hard by. "Ike shall bring it over to night,' tali the farmer. No," said Hannah; "I can roll it along. I wish I oonld tell .what that was," she said. "Some one's ago and name. Ahl there were sore hearts when that was npw. I hope whon I die Oliver will have written over mo that I was a good wife. I've tried bard to be. I ought to know that big letter. Wait a bit. I believe it's Z. Thn sho turned the inscription downward and washed the other side clear and white, and fitted it into place. She received little credit for her work; Oliver only mattered: "Ton needn't bavo published the fact that I couldn't afford a porch to the place." And no one noticed the step afterward save Hannah when she scrubbed and swept it. Matters were very bad at the Gneldta. Oliver brooded over the fire in speech less sorrow, and grew grayer and balder each passing day. Hannah kept ruin off a little by making a homo of the poor house aud a feast of the humblo fare by her housewife's skill. Bho might oveu have been cheerful but for the memory of that luckless speech Working in her garden one day when t!ie brut spring gratia was growing green, Hannah beard footsteps, and, lifting her bead, saw two gentlemen beside hor, and arose precipitately, with womanly anxii ty about her ankles, not sti icily covered, perhaps, by her cotton frown. The nearest gontleman, an el derly man, with bright, dark eyes, ad dressed her: "Mrs. Gneldt, I presume? ' "Yes, sir." 8bo uskeJ him to walk in and he did so, tho other following. In the little par lor they sat down. ' Yon aro Mrs. Hannah Gneldt, Oliver Cueldt's wife?" "Yes, hi:; it is about about excuse tn.-, you look like a lawyer, and I fear it h Moro trouble for poor Oliver." ' jWssnro yourself, madam," said the (.i-t Mi iuan; "reassure yourself, mndam Your bnshand is not concerned avo through you, and that, I hope, pleas. ant lr. Your name was IJurns before you -,wro married ?" "Yes, sir; Hannah Burns." 'J)j you remember dates well?" 'No, sir." "You have, perhaps, a record of family events your own birth, your parent i' niariiago, your grandfather's dea'h?' Haunnh Gneldt wondoringly replied, "I havo mother'H Bible, and they toll mo it's all there." "Hew far bark ?'' "To grandfather's birth, I believt uramiiatner jsurus. u naa ono child ; and I am the only ono my pur ents ever bad. Oliver set down our wedding day and our two boys birth days." "And yonr great-grandfather the record of his death is there ?'' "I doa't know ; yon may see. Wait, I'll call mv husband." Going to tho door, Hannah took down a hrrn, used for that purpose, und ut tered a call, which brought Oliver Gneldt home from the field pt once, Hi? also felt alarmed, but explana tions quieted him. Almost as much attonislied as his wifo, he brought out the Bible." "The death of my wifii's great prand- father, Zebnlon Burns, is not here," h.j said. "Tho first record is in his j h:h1, 1 believe. It is tho birth of his ebb-st child." So it proved, and the lawyer looked disappointed. Yon cannot remember the day of his death?'' he said. "I mean the date of it." ne diod long before I was born," said Hannah, "and though rich, left nothing to grandfather. They had qniirrelled, I bvliove. He told odd stories of bim. Ho mn-t have been very eccentric, and a servant or house keeper had great in flnenco over him ; sho had the property. Margery Mar gory " Margery Wilber, I think," said the lawyer. "Yes," said Hannah. "I remember now. "You aro quiet peoplo, not likely to talk too mnoh," said the lawyer. "1 will tell you something. We have found something. Wo have found a will among the effects of a legal gen tleman who died very suddenly in a fit of apoplexy. Don t hope too much, mind. A will in yonr favor, as your father's only child." Hannah cintohed her hus band's hand. "It was written by ono on his death -bed, dated tlm 10th of March, 17 , aud leaves oil bi property to your father, his grandoii, then a boy. Hush I don't bopo too mnoh, Margery Wilber or her heirs now hold this property under a will dated M irch 15th, 17-." "A later will," said Oliver. "Then of course they are the rightful posses sors. Whst need of all this? tho latest mnst stand." "Not if ft is a forgery," sii 1 the law yer. Oliver lunched, the bitter laugh of care and disappointment. "Who oan prove that, he said. "No ono. Yet the record of his death might. "A man whoso dying hand signed a will the 10th of March would scarcely make another on the 15th. We believe tho will a forgery, written on obi parchment since the discovery of tho one I have spoken of. Margery Wilber took possession with lecaj forms, for no one appeared to test her tittle. Where was yonr great-grandfather buried?" "Here," sail Hannah. "They say he was brought down at bis request Mrs. Wilber as chief mourner, and his son grandfather not even sent for. An old grave-yard somewhere. O Oliver! Oliver!" Sho turned quite white, and uttered a cry. "Oliver, that mnst be tho graveyard on Gray's place that he dug over last winter in the warm spell." "Then it is gone," said Oliver. "And our last hop? with it No, gentlemen, good luck eonld never come to ns. Poverty means to cliiiK to us to the last. I wish you lud belter o'.ien'ii." 'Ohverl Olivei!" gasped Hannah Gneldt, "tell mo one thin i. 7. i!i'i'."i vas my greut-iiraudfather's nanii'. Zebnlou isppelled wi:haZ.isu'tit?Oh, do peak!" "I think you aro going mad; Hannah; of course it is." "Oh, tho big Z, I remember it so well, and know it was ''; and it would have been l.ro'ien to pieces before now. Oliver, don't yon nmeiul-er mv door step that you were n angry at? I be lieve it is my poor old i-reat-grand-fathcr's tombhtoutt. Aud not to kuow it wheu I started at tho great 7.'. Oliver Gneldt said nothing, no feared his life's brain was turned, and thut mado hira fuiut and cold as he fol lowed her into the garden, and there watched whilo tha threo others lifted at the fiat. skb. Til IP . .. .. ii iuy iwioro uiem on tiso given, spring glass, ui.ieu letters on the whit nens, aud, bending over if, they read aloud, "Zdbnlou Enrtis. Byru Mar. Died March 14,17." Willi eulogiidie verges with loug e's underneath, rs ia dniv bouud. "It's poor gteul-grardfatborp," raid Hannah. The liwyer extended his hand gracping those of Oliver and his wife. "The proof ib found!" ho said. "The latest will is a for.ery, for it is dated the day after the old man's death. Mir?. Gneldt is heiress to a largo property. I congratulate you. And HaunMi, with her head on l or husband's shoulder, whinperi d, "Oliver, it wouldn't havo been botte to have married Miss Lester after all." Mexican Propensity lor Healing. Washerwomen pawn the clothes of unsuspecting und trusting Americans wheu given them to bo washed, and ticre than ono engineer has had to visit some empono and pay down tho cahh for garments that were alreadv his to get them out of pawn. Either ouo by ono or all in a lump, theso garments aro gathered into tho maw of the Most can "unoie. iuo statement of mv friend, tho machiuibt, mav ba colored by a t-ad experience, but there . much truth iu what bo says. It id only fair toward those of our countrymen con templating coming hero to give the ac tual coloring of the dark i-i.le as well tha bright. Iu regard to stealing, this I know that nothing along ILo lino of the great Mexican railroad from Vera Cruz to the City of .Mexico is left out side after dark; nothing that the strength of two men can lift. Even the car couplings are taken inside the station and locked np. The road once intioduecd air brakes on their oars, but tho workmen punchel holes in the pipes nud stole the tubing, so tboy were taken off. On tho "National" road, and doubtloes on all others also, they stole tho bolts that fastened tho rails to the ties, until they were liually riveted on. One of a gang of workmen undertook to steal tho cap of a cartridge of dyna mite, and the re:ult was that ho and several others went to their reward. Instances might bo multiplied to show that the bulk of tho mixed population of Mexico are thieves and beggars. It is impossible to mention the term (-teul- lug without umiing a victim. J. wo evenings ago I wus at the house of a prominent American here, whose wife that very day bad had a valuable gold watch stolon from her. They wero in conisultation that same day with iho chief of pol'oe about tho possible re covery of some furniture btolen from them a .'ew weeks before. That after noon I met a missionary well known hero, who showed mo a watch that had been stolen from him, and which he had only regained by paying fifty-livo lollars ro recover it from pawn. Tho wifo of a hiith Amerieau offidal iu Mexico told mo that namo evening that at tho first official dinner given by hor husband (-ho lost so many spoons aud forks that lh"ro wero hardly auy left I hat eveuing. Though thero iH no other city of any size near this; though the streets swarm with policomeu and the custom officials search o- have ILe right to search all merchandise arriv ing and departing through tho city gates, property once lost is rarely re covered. Even in tho event of the identification and Iho arrest of the thief,' it is so difficult to reoover stolon goods that they are, in the majority of cares, left with the magistrate. Broom Brigade. ' Twcnty-fonr. young girls of Nevada Oily, California, in mockciy of tho mil itary boys of the pla;e, recently organ ized a broom brigade. They adopted n nniform dress trimmed with red, jaunty jackets and blue caps. Each carried an ordinary broom, made fantastio with bits of red ribbjns, and tho drill was highly entertaining. At last ono of their number was married and the broom brigade escorted tho brido f 'oui hor father's bonso to the railway station, tho bride's broom, trimmed in mourn ing goods, being carried reversed at tho bead of the procession. ( i isi:i nv utM.vKs. A ilvil f 1 1 i Nnnu .'linp I.'.ht fnr .Hr Our liliilm .1 ou in i ,!- Ooe Thvrs.lay afternoon George Hen niiitheiiNO, a short, thick Geimau, who is employed to carry tho mail between Bullion and naily at sued times as tho road is impa.Tsablo for teams, left Haily with a sack of mail weighing otiout iev e.ity pounds for Bullion Camp, whieh in neven miles almost due west of this oity. As Henniiiyhouso (darted down Bullion street toward tho liver, mounted ou snow shoos, and the sack of mail swtiug over his shoulder, ho re marked, "A heavy storm is approach inrr, and I niut.t hasten or I'll Joso the way." The ct ius taken from Haily to Bullion by snow shoes h over the mountain, and the well worn tiail is easily followed, except during or just after u storm, wheu tw-bh snow oblit erates the track.! mado by the f-hoes, Henuinglionso had rjouo as far as the road wiiieh turns oiF to tho Warm Springs, about two milo", when n blind ing; Ktorni si t in, bbwing almost a gal- Ail signs of th ? rn.l und trail were socu obliterated, and, as tho oatlines of tho ruonntiiiufc were uot difdiin'ii-bal'lo through the descending snow aud tlopt, Hennin.'.'houso was forced to go consid erably by fcuess. Miscalculating the distance over which ho hud travereed, he turned off tho road loo soon, as cended tha b'-;ak, wild mountains to tho north, aud nm:-t havo followed tho precise oDurte of the unfortunate Allen, who perished on a similar trip a few weeks ago. Upon reaching the highest point no familiar landmurk m t his vision, and, not daring to descend without being Mtro of tho way, ho -.vaudeved about for hours iu search of soma cluo to his whereabouts, X.'ght s t iu cold und dreary, and as ho waa about to givo up from exhaustion aud lay down to rest, the dismal howl of a wolf was borne to his ear. Boused hy this omiuou3 souu.l, fear leant strength tohia weary muscles, und h fetai ted along tho ridge he knew not whither. Sgou other wdvos wero heard, and from tho distinctness oi the sound ho knew they must havo ccentcd him ad were ou hia trail. Now thor oughly awakened to a seuso of danger, he hurried forward, wildly peering out into tho darkness, hoping to see the light of tome rancher's or minet's cabin. Nearer came his pur.-uers, aud, p.s no light appeared, the howling, snarling fiends upon his track seemed to bo sounding bis death l.ne!!. Soon ho could hear their loud breathing aud tho pat, pat, pat of their many feet as they came swiftiy over thofrozou enow. Wi'h his eyes fdaring wildly into tho great blank before him, and the perspiration lshmug from every poor Into ram, he hastened forward. At last he felt in- ht-nclivclv that, the came was up, that his pursuers were upon him, pnd ns ho was utbnt to halt and face, them, a wolf sprang upon the heel of his snow shoe anil throw him. In his great fright ho had not thought of droppiug his heavy burden of mail, but as ho fell it was hurled awiiy many yards, and immedi ately net upon by tho famndiiug wolvc. Taking advautao of tho moment, neiiniugluusij btruck a light, end drawing Horn's papers from his poekef, sot fire to them, aud tho glare of the flames fr'ghteced tho wolves. This gave him timo to ruoiibt his shoos, und, tinning them down tho mountain side, ho flow forward with tho speed of the wind, knowing nothing of tho course before him, whether r, led to safety or a precipico hundreds of feot deep. An an cry snarl told him that tho animals wero again on his track. Iu about twenty seconds he placed half a mile bctweeu himself and pursuors, and as he rode out into tho valley he beheld a light eiiily a short ilislauee ahead. Screaming for help ho pushetl on, and was soon met by the inmates of Virgil Lamb's cabin. As they cauio up to bi.n ho fainted from exhaustion, rnd was carried in and cared for bv Mr. uu l Mr. Lamb. Two wolves came close to tho cabin, but after .1 few liowN they retraced Heir steps and disappeared in tho darknnsH. Wo learn that Ilenning- hono is all right again, except a little soreness of the muscles from over exer tion. He affirms, however, that if he packs any more mail for Undo Sam in these parts it will be done duiiug sun shine). Waitim: to See Mm Off. A country schoolmaster had two pupils, to i'ne of whom ho was partial and to the other severe. One morning it happened that these two boys were late, and, wero called up to account for it. "You mnst havo heard the bell, boys; why did yoa not come?" 'Tleasp, sir," SAi'd the favorite, "I ws dreaming that I wa3 point; to Margate, and I thought the school bell was the edearnboat bell." 'Very well," said tho master, glad of any pretext to excuse'' his favorite. "And now, sir," turning to the other boy, "what havo yon to say?'' "Please, sir," said the puzzled boy, "I I was waiting to see Tom off." It is not wise to reject benefits when they rosy be refused. Untuning- .Millions a !?;;y. In a ii-all room e u thn main l! or of (be " en Yolk cn-toin be.UM', atd oeen pjiug th" ponthwi" t eniner id il, the cashier, with a forco of fifteen clerks, receives all the mcury for duties levied ly the Government on imports, exports, except tho small amount, assessed on passengers' baggage, which is collected on tho wharf. Scmo idea of the amount of business done in this office may bo gained when it is stated that the money received in a singlo day 1ms teveral times lately amounted to one million dollars, and tho number of entries made has exceed ed ono thousand. The manner in which tiiis large amount of mt i:i y i t col In-led is as follows : The merchin! er broker's clerk, after liri-t making ont hittntty in th" lotuudn of tho building, wleit the ain-'unt of duty is calculated ou tho entr- bv the entry clerks, taket. his plae-e in the line before any of tho reeiiwug clerks, and deposits the it m omit of bis entry in a .small bo., and with i n ticket on which h has entered tho merchant's came, wi;h ti.it ela'e and the Mini it.edo.-cd, whether in pold, silver, notes, or cifi ficatcN. Gn'ta-j-eielin boxes nr-j used lo pre veui uiiueciiifary nul:C from tho clink ing of tho coin. Tho revolving; clerk takes lb-? box of money, and hands it to a teller to count from the entry in a blotter. The toiler does not look at Ike cash ticket until ho has counted tho men y and marked it cn Iho back of the ticket, no then turns it over, an 1 if tho count, is correct, he cheeks it, aud returns it to the reeeivia' cieik, who then tins a permit fur iho good?. The eutries then go to tho book-keepert who crder the amount on "shreds," and at the closo of the day the money is count ed and compured with this recorel of the book-keepers. So carefully is this systsm enried out that thero is rarely a variation of u cent between iho money and the accounts, und tho ollico has thereby gained the imputation of being more exact thau any other t-imilar institution iu the country which handles uioh uu amouut of money coming in bo many tiiilerent payments, from five dollars to five thou sand elolhtrs. Shoulel any discrepancy occur, the clerks carefully compile both sides of tho tickets with the clerk's blotter; aud then tho blotter is checked off with tite book-keeper's sheets. By some of tlie-e methods the error is certain to bo ebs. covered. As account is kept of each kind of money separately, the tellers can see at a glance if a mistake is made iu tho gold, silver certificate, or notes. When the coin has been counted and put iuto small canvas bags it is placed iu boxes holding twenty thousand ilol- Lira iu gold. Thc-o boxes are put in a hand cart outside tho building hud wheeled to tho t-ub-treiburv, which gives a receipt to the custom house for each deposit. Nearly a tod uf c An has to bo trans ferred daily in this nvinner. An officer fully armel ncompanivs tho pnrtirs, and there are ulso armel men in the cashier's office. Tho cashier, e!t-i ), aud sellers are men of ell) jieney, and th- se apcnsibility of the ullioo makes their potitiou more permanent than tha', of tho a vera go custom hoiisn officer. The tellers aiquira gro it skill iu detecting counterfeits as well as iu vapid collat ing. Some of tho ways of cjiit.-t rfeit. ing which come under their notice (lye cnrioun. Tho Chinese iu Ban Franeisei arc ,;x pert enongh to split a .510 g jld piee-.vut out tho center, fill it with bane metal and join it together so nicely tint only au expert could detect the fraud, tha patient Chinaman also finds it yirolituldo to "sweat'' gold by shaking tho coin in a bag end gat boring the gold dust which accumulates from tho abrasion of the metal. Another devicn is to filu old c in iieros-i tho cdg and thus dev' roving thn raising milling. Alt tho t-ilver and nickel coins are counterfeited, from the thrre-e-out piece to iho legal-tender ti'd lar. They are first i-tmp,sl fioai kee metal, and then plated with (diver. Even this tho counterfeiters do not bay but obtain by immersing silver coin in acid, which removes from the c :iu enough silver for the counterfeiter's use, whilo the "sweated" silver can ft ill bo passed at par. Tho cashier's office performs ouly a small portion of tho work of the custom hoive iu all its branches, but as it is one of tho main resources of tho public purse, it is perhaps tho most interest ing. As one passes along Ihe dingy corridor ho catches sight tf tha three) lines of men ciamped and crooked arounel iu tho little room, boys and gray-haired men, with their little nutia percha boxes full of gold ready to be emptienl into tho capacious pockets of Uncle Sam. Youth can bear the storm of passion, but old ogo is overe'omo by it, as the north wiud sweeps away that leaf in au tumn which is so gracefully swayed in summer. ion tiii: fa in sex. rliiuti Notes. tee veils with borders are im hprirji:. They have square cr eb-e the lower ends are f ; por'od f corners, rounded. Whito mull shawls finely embroid ered will bo worn ngein in iho sum mer, These nro in Inrge squares, or else in fiohn sbspo villi tw pointed ends. They cost f'om four to twelve dollars. Rcfrular squari- shawls of mull are also videiy ,i mmed und hem-stitched, and have clnstt rn of 1 lock-work in each curivr. TI.ey aro a yard and a quarter square, hihI cost fr.'tu five to twenty fivii dollars. Japanese erspp, embroidered f-ilk Pii'slin both whin aid colrred and pu'pute lets are all used for -quare huudlierehiefs of large nize. Red gui pure net squares fnihihed with frills of Iduck lace urn becoming to brunettes. Tho newest French linpcrio combines the gray unbleached Medici lace or twino tr ipuro with ivory whito laco in Bieton designs The grav lace lies flat t n the eortttgo like n vt st, and has straps p::nsirg e.vt r vc ry full frills of the ivory laeo which extend down the middle, and theso etraps nto fastened by Drt-tiden china buttons. Another caprice shows narrow turne : ov,. r cliar.-t of lace or embroid ery that arn optu cm tho side of the neck instead of iu front. A U"ck ribbon e,f pale-tinted pros-. rain passes around tho neck, and there is a fmall bow at tho side. Ribbons are much used for tho nock, wiih plain linen ejllos, and white mull neckties are pa -seo. These ribbons are from ouo to two inches wide, und are passed around tho neck iuside tho dress collar and outside of the linen collar. They aro then tied in a very large bow of two long loops and two longer ends. Gros-graiu, moire, aud satin ribbons are used, und the f-tylish colors aro terra cotta, porcelain-bins, and dark car dinal. ( aro ulias Kthu. A writer iu the Cincinnati Commer cial speaks of Cairo, tho town at the junction of the Mississippi und Ohio risers, as follows: "Tha town of Cairo is diolressiug looking. It is Miid to contain 11,000 inhabitants, of whom 10,OHO have had their homes overflowed this spiiug. Tho ground on whish it is built is low that when you wald in tha sheet", horsor. and carriages moving a!oui5 tho levee uro as far above you as if then- were ou tep of tho walls of a fuur-story building. That is what they made me think of. When you remem ber that tho Missisbippi, at the height of the Hood, was about even with the top of this levee all along tho front of the town, while nil behind the p'aej the river has broken in and oubmerged acres of ground, you w ill realize the situttiou Cairo has been in for many anxious days aud nights. Recall your geography suf ficiently to lemember that it is built in a loUi?, uarrow uulo just wheru the Ohio comes iuti tiio Mi si-i-ippi 0.ily foi the levees this whole tingle would be overflowed every year, tho ground is ho Ion-. And now the levees have beeu tried and found wanting. It was a mis take ever to try to put a city iu such a place. Given high ground where the rive rs come together aud one of tha magnificent eiti" of America would havo ! ceil there'. At it is, the streets are filthy and hiicky with bhicis mud, where here and tin-re selves a-j a pig wallow. The town ret ks with malaria fairly glit-tens with it. The countenances of tho inhabitants are sicklieil o'er wiih the pale, groeni.-h cast that marks the 'chills' as infallibly as a mouth that turns down at tho corners minks a sanc timonious hypocrite. Unhappy Cairo! I wouldn't live thero if I bad a rrift of tho whole town." Cairo is tho t-.iwu w hero Dickens s-nds Martin Ckuzzle wit aud Mark Tapl.-y to settle. Ho call ed it E.leu, and his account of it ia truly dismal. Too ( art ful. ,Tutl bi fore New Year's Day a young Patisian happens in upon a dealer in curios, nud finds him in dispair; the dealer has just broken an elt";unt und very e-o--tly Kcvro ; vase. "I'll buy these bits oi you." says the visitor, with a shrewd air. "But it is qnito impossible to put them together again." "Never mind about that,. Tnt them into a box aud tie it up carefully, and send then package to Madam V ." Then, throwing down a five-'iauc piece, tho young prodigal goes bis way, mntteriug, "Capital idea! Sho'll think it was broken on tho way ! ' Tho day after New Year's ho goes to puy his respects to M vlam V . "I have rcceivod your singular pre sent," she said to him. "Singnlar? Why?'' "Look here." Anel she exhibits to tho stupefied young man tho separate fragments of the vase, carefully wrapped np in tissue paper, eaoh pieco by itself. The dealer had been rather to careful that time I Tho Fountain of Tears. If you travel o'er desert and mountain Far into the country of sorrow, To-day, and to-night, and to-morrow, And may be for mon'b? and for years, Tou shall come with a heart that la burstta For trouble, and toilinp, aud thirsting Von shall certainly conic t the ftuutiu, At length- to the Fountain of Ttarn. Very peaceful the place is, and solely For piteous lamenting and sighiug From those who come living or dying Alilio from their hopes and their tears. Full ol cypres!) like shadows the place is, Ami statues that cover their facon, Cut out of the gloom pi injjs the holy And bnaiitilul Fountain of Tears. And it Mows, and it (lows with a motion So gentle, so lovely, and listless, And murmur a tune so rcsietles To him who hath suffered aud hears, Von shall finely without a word spoken, Kneel down there and know you're heart broken. Aud yield to the un embed emotion, That day by the Fountain of Tears. - -Arthur O'fihaughnessey. 11 E.MS OF INTEKEsr. Cheyenne has at present soven churohea and not a singlet concert 6aloon. A good deal of tho oil pepper has beon taken out of Cheyenne. The wife of Senator Edmunds iato rcceivo a gift of a silk quilt from the women of Utah as a mark of their ap preciation of her husband's recent ser vices. A New York rat-catoher says that American rats are decreasing in size every year, and he thinks that another fifty years will bring them down to the size of mico. The widow of Junius Brutus Booth is still living in a green old age at Long Branoh, where she is honored and re spected. She was a Miss Mary Anne Holmes, and was a beautiful girl in ber youth, A wealthy company of miners frora. Arizona Territory are building a steamer at Victoria, und intend to pass four years in prospecting the coast line as far North as Alaska for gold and silver. A negro woman tore down her ene my's houee ut Hot Spring3, Ark. The building was t-ubstuntial, though very small, but with her powerful arms and an axo sho wrecked it, nobody daring to interfere. Trofessor Vennor, in reply to in quiries as to the signification of the re cent aurora, predicts that the approach ing summer will be cold and wet over a very considerable portion of tho conti nent South and West. Ho would not bo surprised should each month for the remainder of tho year bring frosts. Nearly four thousand immigrants were landed at Castle Garden- Among them was a part? of young German girls, each of whom had pinned to the bosom of ber dress a silk ribbon with the woids "Noch Wisconsin," that state being their destination. They appeared very proud of these "iags," HUMOROUS. McKesii connty postefflce is in charge of a pretty woman. It is needless to add that males arrive and depart at all hours of the day. "Where aro our girls?" anxiously in quires a religious exchange. Wo don't know. Wo can't keep track of all tho girls iu creation. Boston Post. When a man dies suddenly, "without tho aid of a phyt-iciau," tho ooroner must bo called in. It a man dies regu larly, after being treated by a dootor, everybody knows why he died, and the coroner's inquest is not neoessary. A Sunday school toaoher asked : "What bird is largo enough lo carry off a man ? ' Nobody knew; but one little girl suggested "ii lark." And then sho explained : "Mamma said papa wouldn't be home until Monday, because he had gone off on a lark." "My brethren," said a Western minis ter, "the preaching of tho gospel to some peoplo is like pouring water over a sponge it soaks in and stays. To others it is like tho wind blowing through a chicken-coop. My experi ence of this congregation is that it oon laius more ohicken-cocps than sponges.' Percy, eight years old, just getting over tho measels, was sitting up in bed and taking breakfast from a tray on his lap, which needed to be levelled up. His father suggested that a book bo used for the purpose, whereupon the promising vonngsfer quickly replied "Yes, give us 'Elijah, the Tishbito," placing accent on tho last syllable. A young lady who graduated from a high school last July is teaching school np in New Hampshire. A bashful young gentleman visited tho school the other day, and was asked by the teacher to say a few words to the pupils. This was his speech : "Scholars, I hope you will always love your teaoher and your school as much as I do." Tableau giggling boys and girls and a blushing school ma'am. The little daughter of the editor of the Tif fin, O., Daily Star was immediately and per manently relieved of a serere cough by three doses of Dr. Bull's Cough Byrup. A twenty five cent bottle of this valuable remedy will enre the worst oougb.