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PITTSBOIMr, CHATHAM CO., N. C, MARCH 1, 1883.
NO. 25.
Fr.r lrgor a.lvi-rtlncuieiiti fllx-ral couti-ncts wW
W'p;iry r Waiting.
I'm weary of w .-1 1 1 I i i i m ami wailing
For iny lung i-liorislu-d joy In i-.inie;
Yet lull wi ll 1 know llial each evening
tilt heralds the set of a sun
Which sometime w ill hurst in full nature
)n nip anil the joy tha! is mini'.
Anil when my heart thinks of lint moinriit.
It throbs wilh delight that's divine!
Still I inn ho weary of wait int.'. -Js
this lifr made up of hard things'1
I know thai I he luids wait for summer.
Anil lh' swallows wait for their wines,
'I'Ik- sea eve:- milium anil tossing,
So eager lo dash on the shore,
Mas! wait tilleieli far le .u'liliig billow
llral.es jiti.t where ils mate biM.ie liefore.
Tell me of what use are these vigils
Whioli embitter far more than Lie'-';
Anil why is n le ir hot mill shining
l ifl mixed Willi a loving oare-s?
Is I fe one long roiiml of dark' shadows
Whieh roiiu' when we want them the least,
Anil haunt ns like scent of Ihe (-yprtis
We take loll funeral feast?
Ah! le ir chil I whoso eyes are unclosing
Amu.od on our hi ranee little world.
Your wings like the swallow 's are waiting
Their ehanees to l.ccuiiic unfurled.
Ami when they h ive grown a hit stronger.
Anil able toluvir you in Hi .-lit.
What now is puzzling ami painful.
Wilt then staml out ele ul) anil bright.
This life is a picture, my darling.
I' rum er.ulle-bi'il ilown to grave-sod;
Anl wi.udi i fill is its progression,
l!"".iuse it is painlid liy (iod.
An 1 these Ihtlin.r shadows, dell- child heart.
Are ehaiiiliers of rest w here we wait
t'ntil we cin hear tliowiiriu sunshine,
Whieh w ill he ours suom ror late.
S i il not grow we ir of waiting,
t r grieve ou r wntehiau' s i oii-:
itciiicmhiT the robin ami switllou.
Mint wait for the fulness of son;;!
Tie n cultivate patience, my darling.
All I w hell jua'vo unfoltleil your w ings,
Yo i'i! II l.l tha1 llieiineiiiiu mseil through.
II is h lin'.l yoa to In-ir gtvutcr lliim.'-.
A SLIJHT MISTAKE.
" Tin y don't any of them like me,"'
(aid lieile l;ia'iiZ"li, with the suspi
cion of a tear .sparkling under her lo e
l.v dark evi l is'ii'.s. "And I've trie 1 .
h.ir I to win lii-m !o car" for me jn -t a
hit'","
(.'apt. pi! Caidau look"d a Imiiiiigly at
the prctiy g'r!. v.li i w ,i ; swinging he!
M'lf slow y loan I fro oa the pendant
steiiinfa hugeni d grapevine, i-n.-hion-el
with a light (.ietilal shawl, h"si
gol 1 !!iic:i I g!iiu:ie c.l lit i'liily in Ihe
Sept 'Iiih'-i'sil.uhiii''.
Ili-r a!titii.;' v, a ; uncoil cioii-ly
pu t tift-r ijiio. 1 1 r light hair sh.-iie.
her clu ck was llit-heii l v the fresh air
and exen ise ; and altntretlier. t'aptain
Cardan thought that she would havi
made it stiperh model for Pro, orpine,
ai she lingered ill the Woods before
l'lut'i whid.ed her away into the lower
worlds :
"Ah. but you must be inisl.ikeii,"
caidhi'. "II isiiYposspilo, you know.
t!ie village girls can dislike yui."
Hut they do," said Holle, with an
iiuiicral ive no I of tin! fair, siin -hiiiy
hea l. "Oh. I've an iustincl. t'.iptain
Carilan, that never luish ads me. And
it's very hard, I think, that when I
cafneoiil to Wild itivt r lo have su. li a
nice time, they all turn the cold
shoiildci to me. W hy is il. Captain
Cardan? Am I ugly, or cross, or ui:
civili"d ':"
"No !" declared Ihe captain, witli
emphads "not one of the throe,"
"Then w hy is it V" said Hello, pite-
ously. "Do try and had out lor me.
Captain Cardan, and I shall he -oh, so
mill h oldige l to you ! 'And now it's
1 ime for Iho mail to h" in, ami I inn
going to walk down to the post
otlice."
"Mayn't I valk with you '.' said the
captain, pilooiisly.
"If you wouldn't iiiiud, I'd rather go
alone," said Hello, with so propitiatory
a smile that the captain fell no slmg
of wounded vanity.
Hut Miss Hraha..in. flitting lightly
-along as if the tread of Ihe soft grass
was delightful to her fe. t, had pro.
ecoded no further than S.piiie Hater's
stone fence, when an tinoom fort aide
sound; like the low, muttered threaten
ing of a distant carth-ipiako, fell on
In r cars.
"It's the liig red hull:" she said to
herself. "I might have know n he was
there. Of course I can't cross the
li.'l I now. and I shall have to go around
liy the highway, alter all. Oh, dear:
oh, dear !"
Hut jitst at that moment a tail figure
SWIIllg itself over the fence Set h
Va'ilance's !
"Are yuu afraid of Nero, Miss I!ra
liazon ?" he said. "Hut there is no oc
casion ; he is chained."
Jlelle shrank hak, with varying
color.
Mr. Vallance smiled.
"I w ill go across the hold with yon,"
he said, "if joii w ill accept my es
cort." "I shall he so grateful !" said Miss
Jira7.ahon, with a sigh of relief.
Seth hal l'cc!i carting apples for
Sipiire Pater, his uncle, all the morn
ing, lie was iu his working uniform,
with il coarse straw hat shading his
brow ii, handsome face, and a scarlet 1
llatiiii'l shirt tratisfni inin-; him into a
lit ideal for a Spanish artist.
I Hut In- made no apology. It never
i occurred to him tli.il there was any-
i thin"; incongruous in a working-man
i ne,iiiuS uis oi ivin-rioi nc-i in wnrii-
ing-nnurs. ;
lie looked approvingly
at Hello's
palc-lilue organdie dress, and the hat,
with the drooping azure jiliune, and
the gold-threaded scarf,
Hut, then, IJelle Iiralia.ou was a girl,
and a Wanly. To what hotter purpose
could she serve her dr,stinv in this
l world than Fy looking lovely?
i Hut Miss M.idalina Martin, playing
; lawn-tennis on the level stretch of
jlill'f ill flout of the squire's house,
took Hot:1 of the couple as they crossed
j Ihe rustic bridge In-low.
I "There goes Miss Hrahaoii," said
i Madalina. "It seems thai she can't
even go to the postoll'icf w itholll pick- pitched Voice reached her ear, pris
ing u; s un - gen! Ii'inaii, by way of ently, uttering her own name, in tin.
honorary escort !"
"And it's S 'th Valhn
thii time;'
said i: Ma Joyce.
sh.-'s a lii'i n ooipnde, if ever there
waioiiol" sliiigingly remarked Miss St.
A von.
"It's too bad, I declare," said l.ueetta
Pator, "lo have llcse airy oily girls
eoiiie down to steal away all the iie-n's
!u arts with their smiles, and their
r.ni..;h, and their m dorn lur!"
"1 don't think Mi..s Hrahazon
rouge-," .-aid I! ila, wh ha I a str
"i"
..f ju-liec in hersoiil. after all.
"An I 'ail the lie n' nioans only Cap
lain C,i:dan and S th Vallanc." a l h'd
Mi .s St. Avon.
"Who U it you are talking ahmit.
g:rls?" said Helena Man. leril!, a pink-ind-w
iiit'' lieaniy, who ha I hvli .spend,
iagtiiodiy a' I a' or 1 1 range, an I was
j ist coming out to drive to the train
which was Intake her to Now York.
she was li.ii'ioted in a di.-t i;e-t ing
I 1 1 !e capote, i d','cil with pink crvsta!
fringe, her tan gloves naihcl nearly
j to her elbows over the sleeve) of Icr
! h e -. ,'tnd le r gein ral .syh: reminded
!!: pa in I'u liy of a shi.w-iigiiiv stepp"d
i .ui of a la-hi.-ii plate,
j 1
I! I!" I Ira ha. n!" they all an-.w ered,
111 rlinril-.
And II Ila Joyce a hb d:
I "Sao is from llieoily -t iviirj; at Iho
i Hiv. i- Ih tel."
IJ 'II.' Hi-r.az.'ii:" cri 'd Mi .s Man-id-rill.
( loudness gia-ioiis imlwhy
didn't sol me toll in ? I should so
hie likul to moot Hello Hral a.'ii
again! I .-aw her in the 'S'liool f .r.
S '.indai' onee --Lady Teazle, you kuo.v.
The nio-l pel feet .e 'ress I ever km-w
I "
"l-'.f yoii'iea-g iiu' in Ihe loui-lifleeii
train, maiiii." spoke i.ui the nasal
voieeof Tet low. thes.pi ire's eoachiiian.
"you ham t no time to n:v, Miss Maii
di'iill." And blowing a gah.' of kisses from
her tan-kidded lingers to thi' assembled
','ioiip of girls. Miss Maudorill hurried
jiilo I he carriage, and was driven aw ay.
The law n-teniiis players looked ul
each ot her w it h countenances of amaze
ment, not unmixed with a certain sat
isfaction. "I knew it !" said lldia Joi e.
"Any one could see that lio-i
something wrong about her,"
Madalina Martin.
w as
said
-1 wonder sonic institution didn't
iiuderoeive us w hen wo heard her recile
Maud Miiller' so exipiisitely that even
ing when we had charades for the heii
eH of the church," gasped Miss Pater.
"An -actress!" said Miss St. Avon.
"Oh, how we have been deceived!"
"They ought to be moved particular , ,,;1,,v.lli;lil;,(, .-pai,;,,.
aheiit people's anteeedonts at the ltiver : ..,-, ...u.m we ever have made such
Motel!" observe,! Madalina. vioioiisly- .ttkw.ri, blunder? cried I Lev.
"1 shall make it my l.iismesst,, speak j ..j,,,, j,n't it strain;.'." said J.ueotta
to Seth at one!" cried Lueetta Pater, j .,,,,,. Mjs' ,,,.,. j;,..,,,.,,.,,,
"What will Captain Cardan think ?" s(llM ,..,,, ll(,,S(.,- , 1liln.v
said Miss St. Avon, under Ikt hrcalli. ; .lfiirmi.r lik ,,-Scth?"
And at that moment a new visit. -r j was pot so slram;.'. after all. Sell,
was ushered out on the sunny lawn, Vallam e was one of nature's noble
and Ihe tide of criticism was iiu-mcn- i .l,t ., Miss j.,-;,,..,;.,,,, had l.ecu a
tarily checked. ti lli ii-n t ly good judge of character to
Miss Hiahazon eainc hack t Ih.- hotel j appreciate him. -.. '... s! .',';-.n-.s.
tea-table in high spirits. She had a i -
Mu'r fr"1" 11 h,'r f:,,h('1' W:IS j The ear-wax whieh seems like any-
income ior nor nt a wock, ami
walk wilh Seth Vallance had given a
new stir and impel us to her iiieas. She
had always liked the handsome, stately
young farmer, hut she never had re.
.spooled him as she did to-day.
"lie is a priiice.ainong young men.''
she said to herself- "a Saul, towering
al io ve his funpeers."
Alter all, what Holder type of man
hood is there than an American
farmer?
Captian Cardan was at the taHe. but j ,,, tl1, .lepre.iat ions of an iinnatiiiaM " I he homely om s," replied Ihe cloik. ' '"' day when Mr. P.n oiiioit was
he seemed einharrassed and constrained, Lm wlh. ,-. V.o'.v .hli,tl .ti,thli. j emphatically. Seeing a look of iu- attempting to explain In Ihemth-ix-and
devoted himself exclusively to his j credulity upon I ho reporter's face ho i steiu'e of a (lod and his relation to
plittc. "Have you evaporated apples?" she continued: nian. and al-o about Noah ami the
"Hang it!" he thought; "Fin as lili- ! asked of thegriuer. "Not any on hand "It'ss,.; I am not bra ing you a bit. 1 deluge, one of the chiefs r. piio.l :
eral-iiiinded as most men, but my ; just now iiia'aiu." he replied. "Pou't The prettier tiny are the harder Ih.y "Fgh! we know that longtime. We
mother would disinherit me if she you keep them ?" "Well, I set out to. are lo please. A handsoino gii l h is was ..II iu canoes lied together. On
thought I was getting entangled with ; i,t jr,,t discouraged. I rolled aharioi heen so Mattered and cajoled and pet- top heap water. Y o put dow n iniisk
an actress. I've got to break oil' with of Haldw ins out in front one morning, t led, from infancy up, that she has lo-i rat one, (wo, good many times, lie
her- there's w here it is!" ! and hofnro noon hallT'.ie lot had cvap.u- ho i hi ad. she enters with a llii'tor, come up. Last lime he go down, he
Hello Hral.aoe w as a loss to eompro- j .xU., imij disappi an-d. 1 prefer lo deal ! and must be show u half a hundred dll- ! c 'me up he bring mud. We know
hend the gallant captain's sudilen cold-' j ()K. soid fruit." I lerciit cosmetics. Then she settles j w aler go dow n."
noss. S,(. addressed him as usual, lnt
received only monosyllabic replies.
i "What does it mean?" she said tv
herself.
. Then was an iiniroinii(u masquer
.we in me noici uie noxi evening, aim
all the girls and cavaliers ol W ,1,1 liner
worethere. Hut to Sdh Vallaneu's iu-
lilillo disappointment, Miss Hraha.on
! did not appear
j She was lonesome, however, in the
' silence and seclusion of her own room:
1 so, when the hall-room was full, and
there seeliieil no longer to he n!;v
danger of interruption on the staircase,
she crept down the ba''k way, and,
seating herself iu a secluded comer,
where she could see the crowd and
hear the merry music through a vine
sheltered window, which was partly
open, felt inure lonely 1 1 ) ; 1 1 1 ever.
Hut Miss Madalina M irtin's high-
uiistaka'oh' accent.
"Miss Hrazalion !" she crii
surely didn't eX t to see In
night ?"
"Yes. J did," said S'th
d. "'ion
i J1"1" "-
allam
"Why not ?"
"Now that her thin disguise is penr
t rated?" said Miss Martin, severely.
"What thin disguise?" poivi.,(ed
holiest S.-th.
"Ih.n't you know?" said Madalina.
Didn't voiir Coii-in l.ueetta tell vmi
j that she is - an actress? That Miss
I Maudorill hervif saw her playing
L i ly Tea'.le. iu th" 'S houl for s-an
dal,' in New York ?"
"Ye-.; she told tin' that." admitted
S 'th. ' Hut what difference dues that
make? Isn't shea beautiful and ac
complished lady, just the same?"
"S"th, you don't understand 'les
eoMVena i.'es !' cxclaimo-l Miss St.
Avon, who stood smilling hy, on the
arm of Captain Cardan. "Of course
she must loci that she has gained our
social recognition tntin ly under false
prelenees Ail actress, indeed !"
' I doa'r see," drily remarked Seth.'
".vie. an ai t res can't he as perfect a
ia ly and as e.dimahlo a woman as any
lie. And 1 iiiuijiiite : uie that Mis.s
Hrahazo'.i is faultless in every respect.
And 1. for one, am not going to li -ten
loany g"-'ip or baik-hil ing in which
the ladies of Wild liiver may he in.
ohlll'd to indulge."
'1 ap rove your spirit, Mr. Yal
lanco," said a ca'iu, ipiiot voice; ami
Miss Hell Hiahazon, lift ing the oiir
tani. glided iu among them in the ..i 1 -blue
dross she always wore, ami a
cluster of half-faded roses in her hair.
"Without intending to he an eaves-
Iropper, I have hoard thr conversation
(lll.s(. j.,.,.
And I oiilv wish them
to understand that, could I rightfully
claim the title of actress, it Wi lli I he
the hrightosl star iu all life's coronet
to nie. Hut as il is. I regret to con
fess that I am only an amateur.
a' t.d La ly Teazle in tie- parlor thea
trical:! riven by my friend, Mrs.
Willoiighby. on Fifth aeiiue, and was
fortunate enough to w in some little
appreciation. Further than that, I
have ne or aspired to histrionic fame."
And w hen she lelt the room - whieh
she did almost immediately il was
under the escort of Mr. Sei'i 'al-
I lane.
And when Miss Helena MaudoriU's
next letter arrived, explaining that
Miss Hiahazon was a great heiress
and one of the most idolized favorites
of Now York society, the ladies ol
Wild ltiver secretly "rroaiied over their
t liin
ut an agreeaUo or clcaulv thing
',.. , -,.,,'
out ol its place, oMdeiitlv has a pur-
.... . . , '., . ,
pose. N lion it is too forcibly removed
from the delicate wallsoflh'e external
canal of the ear there is liaH- tn.h-
vehd. a fungoid growth which gives
rise to a great deal of troi.He. and cs-
. ., . ,. , ..
pccially iiillaiuinatioii of the driiin it-
self. The moral of this is to clean oil'
only the surplus ear wax and not en-
denvor to scrape the canal ( lean with
insliuiiionts that will c.xnose its surface
LAIHKS DF.I'AIM.MF.NT.
Fi. nV..i,.,.
Tlie lalost French dresses lit loosely
rather than tight toth.- figure.
Crystal and pearl heads ornament
Manv dressv evenitv toilet
ottoman rep is the rival of salin.l.ut
i l;ls j)V M1 i,ans(iisplaced it.
' li,-kl,.s:iiil slides in immense. .,
hers decorate all sorts of dresses.
N'one Iml slender, well-formed
women can w ear pliish to advantage.
A jet collarette bright, ns up a partly
worn black dross very i iTectivoly.
Hints ami fruits form apart of the
design nf i i -1 : i v of tlieili-'ssiest sat teens,
Tlio darts of the eorsa
liiaih' shoit, to give the li:
grace.
'if are iiovv
ure an ea-v
1'ln nillespotte.l I ulle makes up beau-
uiiiiiy i or nan Mioses w lien w orn owr
sat in.
Kobe 1 1 roves with ombioidi n d
lloiine.'s appear aiii iiiif strriti! iinii.ii ta-
f lions.
; ,-,,,,,. dot v. circles and moons bid fair
to be as popular as ever iu the spring
goods.
Terra colt a sa'iu makes a lu-aut iful
piping for a Ida -k velvet, velveteen,
pin h or .silk dress.
Hall dresses nr.- being made of tir:o.
veiling as much now as tle y wi re .lur
ing the summer months.
Th Al-az.ir Lauglry, IVrfei tiou and
Mill. i. remain as choice styles from
w hich to select a in w bonnet.
The draperies are much hunched
around the hips, and even helow that
point l ysoiii" dre-.-makers.
Sprays of il iw ers, Leant ifully inii
laled in precious stones, are taking as
hroochos the h ad ol all others.
Hniii"tt".'s oaa s areely lo o' herw ise
than procitrealtr.ietive suits whil
roiiiains th.- favored shade.
A prim'sse back with wai t and
train in oil" continuous pi".o ispn
ferri'd for velvet dresses.
I! 'die 's of velvet, w het her plain or
hi'o.'ad-'d. are elegant and fa-hionaHo
for afleriioo'i, diin t. and re.-.-j.t i...i
(..l.l.
Shw-'s ail tie' collar of dress -.; are
I rim i'i '.I w itli llat -lying on liars and eiill's
ot' lac - put ..a over the dross collar and
cuffs.
HP use garments are the style for
little girl-, so'.iii' witii ...dy Ihe fronts
I-lose, ol hers w ith Hi" hanging fullness
hoth iu the skirt and waist.
Cheeks, large polka dots, II reek keys,
stripes, and shamrock 1- aos arc among
th" designs of the n.w sateens and
.'ambries.
Hall and tassel lYing.
shaped mo.-hes are mad
for tiiiiimiug cani'd'-
w it Ii diamond
of sa' in cords
hair and silk
dresses.
Sipiarc-cornercd aprons withmii
w rinkh d folds are p .pillar for over
skirts. There are lloun.-es laid iu plaits
up the sides of (he skil l an
ing dr.iperv on I he ba' l;.
uig Mow-1
A WmtuoiN 4.ti-rr I'iriri.
A woman ahout six'yye-irs old, who
lives ill South l'ro id. ll'-e, 1!. 1.. in
dnlg.'s a taste which W'.iil-I be singul.ii'
in any!" idy, hut w hioli, considering her
age and .x, is truly a-!"!iishiiig. she j
may he soon, in all .-..;ts of weal her,
riding on th" fivtii platform of ihej
hoi-s.'-oar which runs to hoi' neighFor-
hood, chatting w ilh thedi Ivor, diseu-.s- ;
iug th goi I or ha 1 p lints on the,
hor.es, and manifesting the liveliest j
interest in everything a IT--cling the j
progress of the car. M iroover. she .
alights with perfect facility while lin
ear is in iu it ion, a-id expresses great J
indignation if ever the driver stops j
tin- car to allow her to g.-t off. !
V.ililniili!i' S"N.'i'ililiillK.
(ieorgo Washington could not tell his
..e any mor-- than ho eoii'.d t"ll a lie
Pr. F.- i lo.-.i..u. who lectured in Now
York n m tit "Warof Independence,"
said Wa-hiiiglo'.i, II. W. was very mis.
oi pt ible to female inlluotioe, and had
sc oral s'Tioii . lo o affairs, w hich his
difference, h iW . i-V, procllod him
from bringing to a suoeossliil issue.
II is not known how he go( courage
finally to propose 1. 1 the widow Custis,
and it is supposed that sh-availed her
self of her widow's condition and ex
perience to give occasional encourage
ments to t Ieorgo. Hut she brought
(he genera! (. Io.imiiI in cash, besides her
large estate and lu-r children, and w as
no mean aeipiisit ion.
.1. .... ....
ami ii is supposci mat sii-avaito.1 tier-i
,- - .
self of her w idow s con. lit ion and ox-
.
l"'1''""' ;rlv " '"--rage-;
'""",S l'"' 'ilt ,"""-llt
' U"'' " h' U lwr
larf-"' "Sl;U" ',,,Mr'-"' Wi,s
no mean acquisition.
1
Thr llinnclv Wnnmn.
"W hat ladies are the easiest to wait
upon?" a reporter asked of a clerk in
a cit v store.
down to a stead v ( wetitv iiiinii' es' i-
hratiou helweeii thorn all. She is
changeable, Mint uat ing ami peevish,
if you venture to make a sngges-
ti"ii she skips from the store as though
lired from tin- mouth of a cannon.
Now. on the other liand. a ho.iielv girl
1 has a mind of her own. She is not
' const anllv cloved with admiration and
'petting i rum her admirers, and has
' drank hut precious little fr.un the
' golden how l of adulation. Hut she
knows what she wauls, asks you for
iit decisively and leaves you w ith a
smile that would ! charming if her
mouth wasonlva vanl and a half
smaller and her teeth a little .ss like
elephant tusks. C id grant us a pros
perily of holilelv girls. Life would he
endiiralil" w ithout pretty fa but
II. av,
II help Hi if we lose our homely
i. in
Tlie Blimil-Slaneliiiiar .Wi-isl.
Plirillg the Frenoh ixpedi!io: to
Mexico, (leiieral Martroy was informed
hy a native thai a plant grew iu his
district w hich was largely used in the
doiue.stie surgery of the M 'xieaiis, and
le advised th" (I ner d to lay in a stock
..f it for use in the French camp. It
goes by the name of the blood-staiieh-
ing wood" the exact mil ive w ord has
not boon placed on r rd. This plant
ha t th properly, wlcii applied after
h"ing chewed or cm die I. of alne.st in
stantly arrest ing t he ilow of blood from
a wound, tl moral M.irlroy brought
home sonic spoeim 'ii s of t his plant lo
Franco, and cultivated it in his garden
at Versailles, w hero ii has thriven ex
cellently ev. r since, blossoms every
year, and produ -. s a sort of fruit.
Meanwhile its Iran plantation to F.ur..-
' p. an soil ha led robbed it of t ho
' I in.- r. ,- .. i.;. i. 1 1 ,. ..j .ii,-
'I" "".' " 1 " " " ' '.".
i oiiiiic'iided to its iut rod ip or. Al
though it is 'plit-' the reverse of an
oriiam-nlal pi. int. and is not di.diu-ciii-hed
hy any heauty of eoh for shape
in its Mowers, it fully deserves, if we
may tin ;t our inf.'i'iuaiit. to be wid' ly
cull ival.'d n a ciint of its rare m-'di-cil
vain.'. Th" pra.'lioahilily ol it .a -i
limal izat ion is n-iw jdaec I beyond
doubt. Itsofb'el in stanching Heeding
is said to surpass all moans hdle iio
applied to this purpose, and il is in any
ca-e to I." procured cheaply and
casiiv. '((.',' do'.' .
Airriciilliir.il Schools in Furope.
The Failed Slates Comiiiissioiior of
F.duea'ioii slates that Austria supports
no less than seventy si lo mis of agri' iil
i ure. wit h -.- 111 si ii. louts, he-side 171
ag.icult ural evening soho ..s, with ".
.M m stud. iiK Italy has thr.-e agricul
tural colleges and high schools. Ireland
is the only pi. ' ol th-' Fiiilo.l Kingdom
that has a regular system of agrh ultit
ral (''location. There are ll". of th"
national selio ils that have a farm ai-
taohed and form national agriciilt oral
farm schools. There arc beside six! eon
j national l h i agricultural schools.
j w ilh model farms attached. The Albert
institute at illaiiievoii is the national
'agricultural college of Ireland.
. France ha forty-! lin e farm schools
j with about thirtv or brly pupils at
each. The government pays tin-hoard
if each pupil and allow s him seventy
francs a year for clothing. Tier.' are
also throe depart mental schools of a rri
euliiire. and a national agricultural
inst it ute i now in Paris i.
(lorniiny has at pros"ut over l-V
schools of agriculture, horticulture,
ahoi iculture, vinieiilt ure. etc. Fa. h of
these has farms, gardens, etc.. attached.
The first ovpirliuoiilal agricultural
station was established in 1So and in
ls7T their number was lifty-fiw. l-'aoh
of these is devoted to some special line
of research.
Ail Indian Version of the Popiu-o.
The Musipiakios, a tribe of Indians
having a reservation in Tama county
Iowa, are said by their agent, ll"orge
PaM'llport, to observe n ligi. us rites
which closely resoluble those of the
ancient Hebrews. They have a llihle.
of whioli there ale sool.ll copies
among the tribe, which are ancient
. and preserved with gnat care La. h
. r,
lihe consists of twenlv-scveii parts.
i , , - , , . -
It is w ritten in characters and signs
k ( im,v t.. ,,.,.,. Th,,v utter
prayers to a supreme being in a lau-
guage entirolv dilVoront from that
' iu which thev converse usually. What
. ' ,, '. ,,
it is Mr. Paveiiporl has never been aHo
to learn, nor has he been able to get a
; "op.v of their Hi'. le. Thoy got from
' heir Hible a I radit ion which corros-
ponds to our account of the deluge;
(Mi'i'i(;s Foit thi: rritiors.
There are stated to be 1I.IM;I doc
tors in the world. Of this nuiiilier
t'l.'i.oiio are iu the Fnited States.
The religious ceremonies of the
I'.gypt ians were preceded by ahstinenco,
and the sai-riticers were allowed noi'her
animal food nor wine.
An ivory arm-chair elahorately orna
mented and presented to (lustavus
Yass by the oily of Luheck was sold in
to tin- Swedish chamlierlain for
ok.immi tloi ins.
A type of antiquity in Ihe vegeta
U" kingdom is that of a tig tree iu
Ceylon, planted according to docuiiieu
tary and t radit ional evidence. 'J Ii. '.,
making il 2. Id years old.
There is a weekly sale in Paris of
toads, which an-lirought in aks tilled
with damp moss. One hundred good
to.i Is are worth from sixty to seventy
shillings. These are boughl f..r gar
d. ns.
The lire ks hold garlic in sm-h al-hoi-eiieo
that those who partook of il
w ere r' g.ir.h'd as profane. The H-minns-on
the contrary, gave il to their
soldiers, with an idea that it excited
their courage, and to their laborers to
strength. -ii them.
Hiot II irt" one" wrote a poem for ;l
oap manufacturer, for w hich lo-was
pa;d an oiioriiioiiss.ini ; bu th-uigh his
na n" w as -.ignod to it 1 1 ..no b'-lioveil
Ilia' ho wrote it,. so he got the m.iiioy
and the soap man wa only laughed
at w hi n le- parade I the authorship.
A Southern paper says that a gen
tleman of its state has l eell presented
with a eiirio-ity. Il is an ordinary
walnut w l.i.-h oil In r greiv around a
nugget of g dd or the nugget grew in
it. At any rate the gold is there.
deeply illlbedilod ill Pie kol'll. l.
Ancient tribal law regar.h-.l tiie
si ranger w ith great suspicion. II"
con Id be tortured iu liiirgundy if ho
oane- under suspicious ciioiim-l aio-o.
and aiiiotig the S.iljan Franks In- w.i-.
im! p 'rinitted Ih" privilege ) s-tlling
in a village il a single resident opposed.
A pearl worth -I i,i ii ii i, now in ihe
possession of the Prim-ess Y. 11 ss. .p. iff,
was bp-iight from India in 1 " l.y
Hohgibiis of Calais and bought l.y
Philip IV. 'J'lu' king asked the mer
chant : -How could y.-u concentrate
your whole fortune upon so sinafl a
thing?" and the reply was; "H -cause
I knew that the world held a king of
Spain who would I uy of me."
The death of an F.nglish pointer,
ag.-d fifteen years, at Newark, N. J..
is re.-or.iod. with an ae-.-oimi of a won
derful feat once performed l.y hiin
.loillillg ill a chase alter ail escape,)
.-uiaiy. h" loap". f-mr feel in the air.
and oaiigii! the hird in Ins mouth.
" Ii --ii In- Iml carried il tohis masieril
was found tha' (he bird was iiuhurl
and thai its foal lu-rs w ere not even
nulled.
A rather curious ypceiuicu of Frem-h
ing.-uiiiiy a copy of . s,,nr, of No
voiubor 2"'. compressed by moans of
photography into a sh""t nu-a-.iiriiig
only three and half ly two and a
half inches, w as n h o i in L indon.
This liliputa'i joiii'iia! n.- .-i t lu less
presents tie- fu'l o .ii!--n's of a-i .-r li
nary full -i.-d iiuiii'i.-r. and with tin
aid of a powerful mi'-iMsi-op.- eail be
r.-ad i-i-i ly.
A'-.-olding to rep ul. Ill-' M-xI' M'ls
must he among tic-p ilite.-t p. - p'o on
Ihe glohe. Fvoii Hi-' rol.b- rs nr.- ir -ii.
t Ii-iik'M. and when they are obliged to
rob, really put one under ol.'.iga! i"ii for
their a'te'.it ion. An instauec is given
of a pvetiy speech tna le by a M -xican
robber in appropria'. ing a pair of oar
rings: -Possessing sii'-h 1. right i yes,
senora.wh.lt need have Voii of these
dull st oll-'s ?"
The Fiiglish law lias alway.- I-.i-ii
.severe up .ii th ' gypsy, the thirty ninth
of F.liza'x'th, repealing all form"!' a
lt.iiiI Acts, laid iliwnthat all p.-rs ur
wand -l ing and protending t!ii".iiseic,
tube I-lgypt i:pis. or wandering in tin
hiil.it. form, or attire of cotmtciT.it
F.gyp! iiins, shall I." lak.-n. ;i Iju Iged
and dc ii it-il rogues, vagahou I-. and
sturdy hegg.irs. and further that they
should b" opeiill whip. el UPtil cov
ered wilh blood, and then l.ikui from
pari.-h topiiiish t" (lie p!:i c (vliore
th-y we.' Ii .in, il l 1 the,.- set a! lih"
cily. lo ho whipped again if Ihoy
st ray. d out of bonds.
T.'i. slaughter of a plow x is piv
hihitel bylaw in China, and a iola
lioii of the law is punished l.y two
inoiilhs' iinpr s iuiii -n1 and lil'M.l .ws
of the hea V l'illld o ; except ill oases
w here the offender is the ow ner I the
iinim il. when the imprisonment is one
m ui'h and the number of I I iw s
eighty. M i nlarins who fail to take
notice of such offeaees are als-i pun
ished. The ox is th is honore I above
other Ii.-isi s hviuso h- is a'liiii.illy
olf'.el I I C infllcilis ; and h '.-auseif
his services lo man in plow iug and the
cat ire d -pondeuce of the husbandman
on him, man should refrain from doing
him arm.
What Will Von lo!
"What will y il do. love, when I am t'oing
With while sails llowmg
The seas lii-.ond;
Whal will you do, love, ihoiiehwavesiliviili-cs.
' And friend sho il.l chide us
For licing fond.'"
"Thotlirli w aves divide us
Ami friends may chide us.
la faith aliiduu' I'll -si ill be trill';
I'll pray for Via on tint stormy m
With deep ilrvolion.
Thill's what I'll dot"
"What would ..u do. love, if distant liilins
Your fond oliliilin.'
Shoiiid Mtei. i iniie :
And I at. i. ling 'm-illi foreiif.i skies
Shoiihl think ot'i.-r fyes
Were l.i i dil a- Ih. no':"
"(Ih. tiainr il n-.l. lo-e : Inoiieh i-'uilt hi J
-h.li.l.-Wei
o oil - 'in- n oil"
I'll snl! l.i- l.ii -i
I'll! that h.-nl of thnie should.- llier share
il.
I could not l.i-ir i!
No- live il ihr i ii:'.."
-Wli.il w-uil.l j'.ii d-i. love, if hon." n-tuniing
la hope's 1 1 i -r 1 1 l"i.l.ln'.
Ami vveillh f .. j
If my b irk licit bona ! I on foreign fo ini
Should ! !o ' ii- ir h .me
! Wii il would oa do?"
"K I I llo 1 w.-l sp !.- J I'd I !.- tii" nco-M'V.
-i w.i c .m ! so. : i v
Tii i! Ii --i'i r'.i in-' yo'i:
: And I'd wol om - ih" f i-en I'i -Mi-mi v hillo.v
' his he o-i pilto-A
i 'I , :-'s V.tril I'd d I !"
i'l NUMM I'AliAMtMMIS.
i A o.,-l:.p--l 1 e -.
j Tie- a -live drill r may 1." r.-gir h-1
' as a comuii-r -i.i! n nt.-r.
I It's str.ing- isn't ii. tlm! to t--ar
1 down ii house y.iii mn -t r.izo il .
Then' is n-i ox- ii-e for snoring wlii-n
IWclW l l-i!li'.-p !l . ' I'I ii" hollgilt for
j one o' lit.
A C.iicag-i couple are grandparents
j to liily cli i 1 1 1 . ! i . Foi l iiiiat-dy tlieiig. il
! pair an- 'h ill'.
j Th" I'm it of idleness usually runs lo
1 -cod. If yon don't l.oj.-e it ..ok ;i V
; t lie t ramp.
I Th.- pi pi w itii a Ii iiid-ioiu-. ..ilk
handkerchief i-, the per wlei is
' most araid of a .-- re throat.
Tin- s!..- .-r t le- I umic, t le- sw.'ider
! the kiss. Ye,, but the long, r tii -tun-':
in-U iho longer the bliss.
A N.-w York girl li:iiiia-lol.i'U'n
by a singl oil t ran.s.i-t i-ui. A can of
j it exploded and killed lo r ri.-l, aunt .
j Tin- old saw "line words butter no
I parsnips," is now rendered "elegant,
.diction clooiiiargiit ines no pastinaoa
j edillis.
i In sum - i-'lie; He- p .li. -ineii give an
alarm l.y rapping ":i the p.ixeinenl.
When he isn't walking his beat h" i
l.c:ii Ing liis (v iilk.
The sloi'i ..f P -i si.i p iy . PI l.iirlier
' live th"ii- iu-1 dollars a ,..:. If tic
barbel- ii::'1.' -. I-, --ay n i'iiiug a'i
halr-'onic -.tic shah is in Im-k.
An ..vsi- r hits boon known l-iop.-n
its sle ll to le-ar lie- mn i- of an aceor
doon. If tin i" was any doii'.t ii'.oiit
the stiipidily .1 Ihe bi;ilve this set
tles it.
lr:i--e up!" whispered the hangman
to the poor f i-l low w hose In in poll ci a at
ho was adjusting. "Yes. It's i a, v for
Voll In SI) tiia!." was (ho gl illl reply,
-because V ei'le II :-II -pell' tel."
A C.. -i-i- :.i man v.a. recently killed
while g;it ! i . ri ii g ii soul i h of coal in his
backyard. A i'i or ;i f. v. In art-rendering
occur. "i.-. Ilk-- this, who; will
t I, -gin to I -..i'li their hous-h.dd dalles.
Il ha- n ev ! .- en fa-hioiiah-e in
o.isi -i-. i . !-. b i.i.-i; ri.-d ;i '-early as
six o'clock iu Ih" morning. This gives
the bride';. I ."Mil." ivlat i i s t ime to sa y
goi'd-l-ye t.. h r I oi.-ro the o oiling
t.lillll go .
A h- . r ii a ii.-ighl.oriiig town PI
his girl that he i '-old toll w hal ; h
was thinki. ; of. o thought she wa,
t hiiikoig ol him, but she w a -n't. Sh"
w as st n i ng how t 1 1 ; : i !-. o or an old
dress so a . I ' make it ..ok le w.
Pot or ( '... .per. now in his ninoly
soe .u.i ear. ..-i liu.-s a st i' no in Iho
Coop. I' I -I -' l! U'e. '-Slleh a lllolllllnolll,"
lm iiv . " w on id o:i ii so no- much p. on
-, hile I am Ih in"." I'd. r hits t i
dolith seoii oiiio. 'I' tliost.ltlllos creeled
to other prominent Ameri. ;u.
The do ion's son was te'l'ng tl .-
in in ist or ill... u I t he boos st inging h I s j ,i.
'and the minister inquired: "Stung
your a, did tin y ? Well, what did
your pii :iy ?" "Stop 'his way a nio
j Hu nt." s.ild tie- boy, "I'd rather whis
! per it lo y,.ii."
! The in.-iin- st boy in existence saw a
i man in the a t of slipping down, ami
yelled lo him: "There's an egg iii your
hip-poik.-t!" The slipping man didn't
', have time to r. Meet that Iho st.itoiiu nl
;w:isnot tin -, l ui the frantic olT.ats he
in;i'i- ( i sim' himself wen- terril le to
W il ll-'S '.
N-'t no no than one time in I'.lly d". s
;i clergy mill gi o out a hymn without
adding tha! su.Ji a eise will le
'omitted. The verso (.mil led is usually
the mi" w 1 . icli the minister relies on lo
make the deepest impression. Fven
liody is sure to road it toiiudout w hy
I it was expurgated.