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iMiailiMrWrMHfii SFft$ (Jjjhalham Record. H. A. LONDON, Jr., i or ADVEHTISING. EDITOR ASH I'llomiFTOR On Knrat on !nnrtlnn. On wjtir, two tnnsrflrm,- 0Mnr,on ninnlh, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! t. IN One rii t, en year, One copy .tit inouth, . Ono copy, three months, Lon LOO VOL. VI. I'lTTSIiOHO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, DKCRMMCH 2, 18W. NO. 1 . SL,u,lt "rH " HtMl contrsets win ttmk sow row a WARwmo, T eaa tall just how It happened, though It's fifty yearn ago, And liomeHmp think It' eurioiu tharT ran remember o; For though thing that lately happened slip my nuid, and fade away, I am eure (hat I shall never lose th memory of that day. Job was coming to Thanksgiving o hn wrote u in the fall; He wa lira's oldest brother, and hta favorite nf thorn all. We'd hwn keeping house dice April, but t couldn't always tell When my pie -crust woul I be fl iltv, or the poultry roni'rd well: So I felt a little worried-if the truth must be confessed At tse thought of Ezra's brother eomln as cur household guest. Just week before Thank),'ivin(, Era rode one day to town, As I needed things for conking Amir and sugar, white tin I brown; An I worked like any I eater, all the tim be was a way, Making mime and ftewing epp'e for th ooining holiday. I waa hot, and tii I, and nervous, when he galloped home a night All that day my work had plagued m, nothing seemed to co just right. "Here's the flour. I.ueindy," said h: "it's the best there is in town; I forgot the ether susar. but I've brought enough of brown." "You're a fool:'1 I cried in fnr.v. and the tears began to fall. "Ride ten miles to do an eriand, and forgot it after all!" Iwas cross and clean discouraged, asl thought he oiifzht to know ; But he turned as white ns nviible when he heard me rneaking a . Not a word he said in answer, but ho started for the door. And in leas than half a minute galloped do n the road once moi e. Then I nearly cried my pj out. what with grief and fonrand shnnie. lie was goovl ami kind nnd atieut . I n nil the one to b'auie. And the hour wore i n till midnight nnd my heart seemed turned to stone, As I listened for his coming while I sat lliore all alone. With the daylight nine a neighlmr, has been hurt.'' Iic-Jiid; "Found beside the r-ad iii.emieions. taken npat first for ilea I." Just behind him cani" four other. with n burden slowly brought, .As I stood and dumbly wnti he I them you tan guess of all 1 thought ' h. the ilnvs and nights f '.ill followed: F.ra lived, and that was i 1 . And with tearless eyes I waited for the worst that iiiiht befal'. Wandering in a wild delirium broken phi n-ef How and tlvn Propped I rem fevered hps, in 1 t 'Id in" h it hii painful th ii :hts In I been. Po Thanksgiving dawmd leo i us. .Toh. ioo,. early, shot ked to im et Pueh a broken-hearted wnnian for the bride he hoped to greet. Not a word we spoke toetlv r in that hu-l e I and shadowed ro in, Where we waits for the twilight dark- niiiK down t deeper gloom. For the doctor sai I th'il moinin. "There i notliuig more t" do. If he lives till after sunset. 1. feihnp-, ran pull him through." Just as five o'clock was striking. Ynn woke and faintly stirred, ' Pid you get the siinr. darling'" were the worls I faintly heard. How I cried: You can't iieaine howl flt to hear him s eik. Or to see his look of wonder when I bent to kis his cheek. Well, I b id a long, lon story Kua's coming up the wilk But I'v had a purpose in it . 't wasn't just for idle talk. Don't you think, my dar, you'd better nisk your quarrel up withOrayt It may save a world of trouble, and it's near Thanksgiving Pay. ('(inid'iie B. L. How, THE LOST RING. 1 THANKfiGlVrSO SREICH. .The twenty-fifth day of November was Thanksgiving Day, and It was al ready evening of the twenty-fourth, when Jenny Davis stood at the pantry window in grandpa Davis' big house, and looked out at the brown woods be yond. On Thanksgiving Day the w hole Davis family, big and little, old and young, were wont to assemble at the old horac attad, and great were the preparations for'thc grand event. Gran una Davis sent over to John's, Monday morning, for her favorite grand daughter, Jenny, to come Hlid help; so Jenny's nice, taste and deft lingers had been busy the whole week. Everything was now ready. All the rooms of the great house were freshly wept and garnished, beds and windows draped in their snow iest garments, and yaeea tilled, and baskets drooping every where with brilliant fall flowers and glowing berr cs. Out in the kitchen the fat turkeys were dressed ready for cooking, flaked with innumerable plump chickens, the hams were soaked, and everything else in a Mate of preparation. In the pantry, where Jenny stood, were rows on rows of golden pumpkin and delicious mince pies, shelves of rich rakes, glittering like icebergs, and shiv ering jellies of crimson and amber, and in short good things enough to make a body thankful that Thanksgiving Day only comes once a year, and ouiy couldn't kill one's self with eating every day in the week. Well, it was Thanksgiyiug Day, and the grand festival of this whole year, and yet bright-eyed Jenny Davis stood at the pantry window with tears under her loug fashes, and a sorrowful curve to her acarlet mouth. l-ast year Jennie had been the happiest f the happy, but this time she wim likely to be the saddest of the sad. nnd all be cause of a certain broad-shouldered rouun Tom, who stood six feet in his stocking, and had heart a big as n barn. Jenny nnd Tom had been lover from babyhood, as well an cousins. There never was a positive engagement, but thera wn a cood deal to nil a maiden's heart with nappy dreams, Bud .lonny knew she did not hope without reason, when aho earn to hope that Tom cared more tor her thun any ono else. l.nst Thanksgiving day Tom went awny to tho city and attondod to some business which kept, him away for six months. .Tcnnv was sorry he hid to leave in (lie niirift of tho merry mnking, became it deprived them of A quirt hour to themselves. Indeed, she hardly hoped fra fine well word, but lute in the evening, ns she went through the half darkened hall, she felt herself suddenly clasped by Tom's arm, and a little rina" slipped over her finger, as ho said ; ' Wear tlti-4 for my sake, Jenny, until I put a wedding ring in its place, fiod bless you, love! (!nod bye." And then he kissed her once nnd let her go, and she (lew up the stairs to hide the tears which came in spile of her. I he ring was a little huge, nnd three months after Tom went away, Jenny lust it on her wny home front church, bhe grieved over it, but determined to tell Tom as soon as he ciinin home, and not fret over whal she could not help. Hut when Tom ciime home, poor little Jenny's loving heart received a sharp blow. Me was friendly to her, in a kind, cousinly way. and not a thing more, lie never spoke one word, or gave one look, to make Jenny think he. remembered the pulling words said, and her heart was well nigh broken. Hut she did not blame him. ' lie had seen more of the world," she said to herself, "nnd found out that a little awkward thing like me is not what lie can love. He is quite right to show me how it is." Hut poor Jenny could not help loving Tom. How could she, when he was better, onre nmnly, and handsomer than ever? She was a proud little body, though, and carried her heavy load so bravely that nobody suspected she carried any at all. As Thanksgiving day drew near again, it seemed to poor jenny that she could not bear up longer. Slie was glad that ! minima. Ihivis had sent for her, for sh J 1 1 u 1 learned that occiipntion wns a grand I cure for the 'bines," so she worked with j all her little might. j Kven thins; vva done now: there was i not liiii"- to I 1 1 v her to niidit. and ns ,,.mlN .,,) lV i, ,,.. ,vi,low, her , heart swilled with pain. " 'Oh, what have I to be thankful for?" she sighed, wearily. And a moment later, added' "Ah. what a wicked girl! I have parcnls, home, friends; oh, Tom, I have i vn thing but yon. and I care for nothing w iihoui von'." Her In-art broke then, and dropping on the Moor In -ill,, the window, the poor child sobbed with hitler grief. It ou had seen Jennv the next morn in-', lis she st, hm lv giaiiiipa, fair and lovclv in In r suit, bhie robes, with I. irk hair braided, mid In I' scarlet mouth -niiling, mui would never have known le r for the sobbing girl who knelt by the panny window, she was so bright and sweet. Tom looked keenly at her and sighed when he came in, and spoke ju.-l is usual, kind and cordial, and Jenny .answered the same wav. Hv ten o'cloi k the house wns full of bi'T Davjse-i and little Mavises, and a lot wh"neie not Dm i' es, hut w In -e mothers hc i e Tom wa.- a gu it favorite among the little folk:i. and mm ontinual deniand, and Jenny h id her hands full to entertain the company . She exerted herself to be sociajile, but she could not put much heart in it. A little while beioie dinner ehe slipped into the deserted htnry for a quiet minute, and dropped into a big arm chair in the great bay window. She had enjoyed her solitude about two minutes, when the library door was pushed open, and in came Timi. with little Snlli". I ncle Nathan's four year old pet. lending him. Sallio in in hed I im straight to the w in dow where Jenn sat. ami, pulling aside the curtain, discovered her. "Oh, here's Cousin Jenny !" she cried. 'Now, that good, for Tom's going to tell inc a story, and you can hear it too! Here, Cousin Tom. sit down in tjiis big chair and I'll get on our lap. Mo, I'll sit on Cousin Jenny's I ip. because I know her the best." So she made Jenny an unwilling pris oner by climbing into her arms. And then she demanded the story. 'Well, I shall have to think of one," said Tom. "You said you knew one before we came in," pouted Sallie. "Yes, hut I've forgotten that one." 'Hah, in this littl.' time! I wouldn't forget that soon myself. Say, Cousin Jenny, don't you know any new ones?" ' I don't think I do. Sallie," said Jenny, smilingly. 'Then Tom's got o think nf one," declared the little auto, rat. "1 like Tom, because he tells such funny ones. Don't you like Tom?" Poor Jenny flushed painfully, but Tom answered for her. "No, Sallie, she doesn't like him very much." "Dow do you know !" demanded Sal lie, while Jenny sat silent. "Oh, I know '." "Hut how, I say?" " If you gave anybody you liked some thing to keep, and they gave it away to somebody you didn't like, would you think they liked you very much J" "Mayla'l would, maybe I wouldn't," responded the same oracle; "but I don't see what that has got to do with Cousin Jenny !" "Well, run away and kill yourself w ith goodies,'' (.aid Tom. lifting her from Jenny's lap. "We'll come pretty soon." That was a call Sallie could not refuse, so away she ran, leaving her somewhat embarrassed elders together. Jenny rose up quickly, turned her face to him, nnd said: "Tom, I want to know what you i mean" Tom came near her, bent dow n so he could look into her eyes, and asked: " Jennv, why did von give your ring to Phil Hunter?" Jennv stared at him in consternation. " Phil Hunter; I never did! I never gave it to anyone. I lost it coming from church one night, and never could tindit. I felt so bad over It. Did you ccr bo lieve it of me, Tom?'1 " Ves, Jenny. If I wns wrong. fnrgl o me. Phil Hunter, I knew, admiiod vn long ago; you know you went with him soinotimes, and you had not promised m anything, remember. When I had b i n in New York four months, Hunter came up to his brother's. I saw a good deal of him, and he told me he meant to marry a girl out here. He showed me a ring she gave him, and, Jenny, I knew it was the ring I gave ym." Then ho found it !" cried Jenny. "Tom, I refused Phil Hunter's company two or three times after you went awuv, and he has dona this for ici-ngu "li, Tom, why didn't you fell nv .t j.i " lit cause I was a fool. Jennie. 1 don't deserve to h ive you forgive me, dear, but I loved nu s,, it hurt me terribly. This nioining I ic ed 'I haiiksuivin- day should not co over until I had ii'l a word to mui. Oh. Jennv, I ha uf- fered " "So have I, Tom," snid Jenny, soft! v. "Then you did earn a little for me in the old days. Jenny;" "Ves, Tom." "Dear I know I o Jt dorvpfo hnve you tell me, but how i it now-;" "Just the same, if you care for mn vet," whispered Jennv, softly. "If I care for your Oh. Jenny, come here; let me take yon in my nrms and tell you how much I .are ,,r ion. Can you forgive met Can you love mo still?" Jenny's whispered answer w as low. but it was loud enough for Tom to hear. They sat there together, forueitui!; all about the dinner, until voices m fne hall warned tnem that they were oeinj; sought. nfter. Then Tom caught Jenny to his heart for a last embrace, and said: "Are you happy, dear;" And Jennv answered: "Yes. Tom. happy nnd thankful. Tins ti 1 .1 ! is a real Thanksgiving day, now Dyspepsia. The late Dr. beared, in his reiently published essay on "The Cail-es and Treatment of Indigestion." lavs down n a fundamental principle, that the amount of food which each man is capable of digesting w ith ease alw ays Im-a limit, which bears relation to his age, eon stitution, health, and habits, and that in digestion is a coiiscipn nee of exceeding this limit. Different kinds of food are also dilTerently adapted to dill'ereut eon solutions. Dyspepsia may be brought on by eating irregularly, by allowing too long an interval between meals, and bv I eating too oltcn. Frequently the meals are not gauged ns to their I'l.ilnc amount, or distributed with a due regard to health. Thus, when we gn out after taking n light breakfast, and keep at our work with a still lighter lunch ouh dining the in lerval, till evcniiig. wi are apt, with the 1 solid meal which tempts us to imlnl I gence, to put the stomach In a harder test than it can bear. "When the or gaus are left too long unemployed, tin y ! secret an excess of mucus, winch greatly interferes with ili';i-tion. One meal ha il direct itilliicuce on the next ; and a poor breakfast leaves the doinach over :u live ! for the dinner. ' ' The point to bear in mind is, that not to i at .1 -ulli eh ncv at one meal make; otitoo hungry ' for the next; and that, when you are too ( hungry, you are apt to overload the stomach, and give the gastric juices nmie , so do than they have the power to per form." Persons who eat one li en too quickly on another must likewise expect , the stomach tinally to give notice that it is ! imposed Upon, ojh, i provoeativesof il , , pepsin are imperferi tnastii'ation. smoking : and siiulT taking, which occasion a waste i of saliva although some people I'm, I i that smoking assists digestion if done in 1 moderation - sitting in positions that ' cramp the -toinach. ami thcprcssiircth.it , is inllictcd on the stomach by tic. tool-, j of some trades, as of curriers, sliocui i , kers and weiiM rs. The gi ncial svmp toins of dyspepsia arc well know n. Some thut deserve spei i.il remark are fancies ' that the limbs, or the hand are distorted, , mi nt, il depression, extreme nervoiisii ss, hypochondria, and othei alTei lions of the j mind. The cure is to be sought in avoid ing the food and habits by vvhiih ds : pi psia is promoted, nnd using and prac I tising those which are frund to agree be-t with the system of the subject, j Regularity in the hours of meals cannot j be too strongly in-i-ted on. The stomach j should not be disappointed when it ex I pects to be replenished. If di-appoiiiiejl. even a diminished amount of food "ill j be taken without appetite; which riin-r- I the secretions to injure the stomal h, or ' cNc impairs its muscular action. KfTeet of Standing Armies. ' It is gincrally supposed a nation's J physique is improved hv army life, but ; such is not the opinion of Professor , Mumphr.v, president of the Htilish Smi tary institute, who said inn recent lee i ture that under the most favorable eh I ciinislancf s, and in si in- of the good in fluence of drill and discipline upon the physical nnd mental qualities of the men. i a standing aiiuv wns to sonic extent neo i essarily adclei ioratorof national physique, inasmuch as by the selecting influence of recruiting regulation the best sei-imen-v were withdrawn from the community just ; when they were entering upon the vigor ous period of life, and I hey were sub jected to a high rate of mortality. c pcciallv from lung ihsca-e. which was at tributed to what hml been termed "viti ated barrack atmosphere," as well as from exposures of other kinds. The augmentation of an army, therefore, ,i rcctly debilitated a nation and lessened its lighting power by the drain it made upon the In st bone and blood of the land. This was fully as serious as the drain which it made upnn gold, even if we took into account the diminution of gold pro during power consequent on the ab straction from tho labor market of so many men in the prime of life, and it was less easily repaired. An Impromptu by Whittler. A chambermaid at the Asquam house, Holderncss. N. II., made bold to ask John (1. Whittier. who wasstayingthere, for his autograph, lie complied with the reijiii st, signing his name after the following impromptu lines: " The truth the Knlish poet s Two cvnluri'H. b.iek is thine , W ho swiv n room as by t lodV law. Make room and action tine. And in thy quiet m n.strv To wants and net' Is of curs. 1 How trace and toil may well airce ' A SATAflE Bnii FIflHT. . Cruel Sienra In the Arena fit llnv ni-llowt Bull Mim Slrmglilerrd. j A New York 27iwW coi respondent, in a letter from Havana, Cuba, gives the subjoined description of a brutal bull light which ha witnessed :' A ahrill bugle sounded. It was the signal for the entry of the bull. Five ( thousand throats yelled themselves hoape ! in a fervor of excitement, A moment's i pause and a sleek, blai k-conted, powerful ' animal dashed and snorted into the very middle of the. arena. A moment he stood I there, ns though da?ed by the lltrht, the crowd nnd the tnmu!' of voi.es Then, : with lowered horns and nnd angiv oje. be made a blind rush at the Mist bright i object he saw. It w ns n red clonk trailed i before him bv 0'ie f the caniadores. who l,.nped lightly aside. Another and an other crossed lum at everv turn in how il- . dering succession He make a sudden ' aide lunge and a capindor, neat of limb and trim of apparel, is dow n. The hull ' rushes at the prostrate man. but the capi ailor knows his business. lie los-.es a cloak to the animal, who paws it. In a . moment, the others drnw nenr and draw j the brute's ntteution olT. Another swift j turn and tho bull gores the horse of a 1 ; 1 1 ing pionuor. llorse nnd man tro over in a i.,,,... .....i fmm ti,nnnnr hnrw..ih.nV i,,,w ' a 8tream of blood. The enpiadores are . pwjft to m,rk it)l thcircloaks and draw I ,hP animal olT again. ' T1C pj(.ador remounts nnd the blinded : nrrc isdiiveninacnnteraroiind the arena to take his place airain at another danger , ousi point. The bull and his tormentors an, n(,vrr ,,, res. nmi .. ,.,.,,! ,,f such events takes place faster than I can write them down. Another lunge and another horse and rider aro overthrown, nnd the .horns of the bull are bloody. The same tactics are resorted to to draw oil the infuriated animal from the pros . . . . ' tratc man and licnst. I lie bull careers around the arena, the fighters leapover the bnrriendes or hide themselves behind the recesses. Tho man who was first thrown was one of the espndas, xviioseotliee it is to loll the bull. He was young ami handsome. I had seen him lounging in the cafes la before, the center of an admiring crowd, lie may have primed himself with drink, or he may have been over ambitious and eager to (list inguish himself, lie felt the disgrace of his fall, for, under the circum stances, a disgrace it was. lie approached the maddened animal as though it were a tame cat. In an instant the cat had tossed him. There wasan awful stillness among the thousands then-, for death was surely coining to a man. The inure cautious lighters had scattered themselves over the arena, and the bull had the man at his mercy. Cloak and power of motion wcie gone. Tin- beast lowered his head and dashed at the prostrate and h. Iph form. "He is dead," said mv rqvuiisli friend, under I bis breath. I looked v illi all my eyes, as I all prescul looked. Tin li lh,w '; ill w d a ; pale face to the aiiiin.il and a o illid -mile ! liickcnd faintly over hi- t omuIciuiiici . He exported the ih lh In had invited. and the smile s.ai, thi. If I mu-t die, , w ill nt h ast die game " The bull rushed, his horns were within thiee indn - of the ! in, ill w hom none could sin , nr. w hen hv i i oil's grace only, the animal made a sud i den turn and sought other fo, " I'm ra. I afiicra!" " tiet on' ' g.i away!" shout, d the people tn the e-pada. They had had I enough of him. Mm the man felt his danger and dishonor One who enters an arena to kill a bull should not Id himsi It' j be tossed Ivvicc w ithiti about tiv e minute. He nerved himself and icilicnnd hiueilf I by dnino- daringthin- -. touching tin bull 1 on the forehead in full course and step ! ping aside. Then ( ami tin b-uiderilleois. j with tlio'r gav Iv trimmed darts. Their , business is to entire tin bull toward them. meet him in full coiire and plant their ' darts in his brawny ne, k Thi vva . well ' and safely accomplished. The barb, j pierced, the animal shook hi- head and ' tossed his horns in pain and anger, and , rushed madly at any thing or anybody. 1 Again ami again weir a horse and rider i overtuined. Sometimes a mounted pica ! dor actually siireccde in frightening the bull olT with the hake of his lance. Sometimes he saved his horse and hiin -elf by a skilful swerve, but mote often the bull's horns found the horse's Hanks, and the blinded animal quivered with agony and night. It yvrs cruel sport. Winn the bull had been badgered enough the espad i i ame out. svvnnl in I one hand and in the other a red scarf to I wav e the bull on. that he might deal him j the mortal blow. Willi uplifted sword I he saluted the president. A stalwart. ! swarthy fellow, square shouldered and t linn of limb, he was evidently a veteran I at the business, though his years cannot have numbered over thirty. 'I he others with their cloaks drew the bull this wav ; and that toward the espada, who with , fixed face and steady eye, and sw otd now ' uplifted, now veiled under the sciuf. i awaited his opportunity for the mortal I stroke. At last they ( ame face to face. the man and the bull. Tlicv eved each i other a few seconds. The hull j in wed I the earth and g'ared at the object before ! him. He had a fair foe nt la -I who shrank not and moved not The man . stood lixed as fate, the sword low dow n, hidden by the scarf, and in his eve death ; Face, bodv. arm were rigid with resolu tion. The bull seemed positively to con sider and take in tho situation Another pawing of the earth, as if to fit I the ground sure under his hold's Then there xvns a wild dash and a black, horned j mass hurled itself at the man. who stood I still as a statue. Something Hash I ill 1 the air. The espada leaped a-idc. The bull stood transfixed, quivering with lis tonishmcnt. feeling something in him he bad never felt before. Just behind that left shoulder was the handle of a sword and two inches of the blade quivering out. The rest was buried in the body of the animal. A moment of surprise and sulTcring xvhocantcllwh.it that moment meant.' and, w ith the sword buried nearly to the hilt in him, the brave animal dashed again nt his foes w ith npparnntly mull n;inished strength anil spirit. The es indn approached, ami, by a deft move nient. drew out the blade. The neck and flanks were streaming with blood and the mx cut of agony was on him A few more passes of the seal f.s and the! mortal f im s faced cm h other as before, i The bull seemed to recognize his enemy j und again paused before rushing. He i t rushed. There was another j. Until nf ; somi thing in the nir. It was a merciful cruelty. One w ift luugc ami the keen J blade must thlsttme hnve i loft the heart. The huge beast fell nt the espida's t in swiff nnd mortnl agony. lb; fell on his buck in a death quiver, one leg shiv ering in the nil. In a moment all was over. It was a lean, sure stroke; no surgeon could have given n bettor The nrena, open to heav en rang with tumul tuous plaudits The v ielor saluted the president. Tho inuletecr- entered, nnd the dead carcass of tin beast that had given such "brave sport'' to tlioie-amls of Christians was drugged out i ;notnin iously. I was sick of ji I did go there for sport. I went to ere thh people. Steep Kail uiiis. The inventor of the famous Highi Kuliii railway, hi Switzerland. ha ju-t achieved a still re;itcr fent in mountain engineering lie has rondi lifted a nil way from the ensile of ( billon Hp pnrently straight up the side of the mountain, to the village of olion, one of the favorite resort of tourists vi-iung the upper end of Lake tictiev.i, I he giadi cut of the mad is li ft v scv on .i i n-nl .inak ingit thesteepi st uiilwav in ilw vv oil, I, ex cept that nf Vesuvius, which is much shorter. theClioii line being " o meters in length. The locomotion of thenew lineis described in I he London ,,',. my. A as being brought about entirely by water 1 ndcr the carriage is a machine of about the same ditiK nsioiis iw the c.ir ritige it-elf, which i- filled with water at the station on top. Tics then proceeds low ii the hill. Attached to it is an iron wire cable, which is run round n uigauiir wheel and fastened at the other cud to the carriage at the bottom of the hill, which stalls on its upward joiii iu y at tic same moment Iml thecarringe at the lop starts on its dow nw .in! cour-e. The carriage coming from the top, In ing full, drags, as it proceed- downward, the ear riage at the bottom, w hich is empty, up with it, on the principle of two weights of a clock, with the sianevvliat curious result that, a- the traveler goes down lie appears to be rushing headlong to destruction, and as he goes up he ap pears tn be crawling, though the down ward and upward journeys arc .kcoiii plisheil in xactly the same space of tin 10 b. a secoml. The line ha- In en constructed by Mr. liiggi nb ich, tin inventor of the Highi railw ay sy -ti in. and although the mi" is worked by si ant nnd tils other by Water, hot h are exie I I v the same, inasmuch as both go on three lines, vv il II three vv hei Is, the center line being gri ovid, and the cellti r wheel iiiii.ii with teeth, which c itch in tin- groove- a il goi - along, and both i an be w o hi , up and down bv ilu brakes ahuie w it lioiil imv nt her a - -istanee. The Heil nf ;m liastei'ii Prince. Some linn last yi ar tin I'e vva- a wooden bcdstiad in itiufacluii d which w a- in tended for tin- u -e of the king of si irn. it was fourteen I'm t wide and divided into three parts, t!,, cenli r part being raised about eighteen inches. This piece of furniture, being of mu Ii uuu-u.d di mensions, caused a slight -ciis.it ion among nil tho.c vv ho weic pirmiilcd to examine it . Hut the bedstead made iu Paris lately for an Indian prince would draw thousands to.ee it were it exhibited in New York, even II fancy price- were charged fir admi-sioti The bed -lead is partly made of red silver, and cost many thou-amls of dollars. At each corner stands a lio.niiilullv modeled nude female figure i lib- sizci holding a deli cutely constructed fan Hach figure, it is said, wens a wig of ri al hair This is to be regularly In i d ' by the i ourt I n the groat potcn the wi i 1 1 1 ot Ins .i 1 1 i i rv in motion, . h it o l .ug a- his hi. In i i oiit.il re barber once a mil, I. lie gelling into Im l.o.h -it- 1 1 rt.'iin in the 'effect of w III. h i I'ov al high", -s i ii io fre- hmont t he -il er in ii the slcepi r. If the tigiu "i lit Iv Ian r-s at the foot of CXcl t I ilelll ( Ives can be aei mu cloi I ik( appa uld the du-kv t he bed arc n quired to in a like manner, thi pli-hed by the ai l of talus. Morcov i r, - ou in r of the I" d wi-U I . b. lull, d to slumber by the , -mm - o o't mu -ic, this can be done by touching i pring. The bo'tom of the bed emu ain a Inigo musical box whiih is soma i n : I that the tunes can be loud or sott as de sired. Pt'onil-eil Hip-sing, (ieological rxpirt-.m )' the ..iineni that th" signs vv urani tlum in (iie.li. ling a n ctiactuii nt ol the i at a-troj he of Sod, un and ( .otuoi tali in the modern sodmi, m t,,. I i . ; . K l.iibert ha- I H i n iiim tiu.i'iiig I he nioib m geology of I In rn.inli v rmunl about S.nt Lake, and ha- arrived at tin com In n lli.it s-.ill I akc ( in and I t di air liabic lo In victim, (fa p ruble i all In.uake. such a-have bun the destruction of Can. o ca -. n Lisbon an I other n n . When the litiil.!. i ilamilv i- to be ex pu led. In do. - n. a - iv . Inn lu intimates licit ii may m i be fat off. On tin- point he vviit... --Prom Warm Spring to Lllliulatio that i- aiion I' nil! -i ia . s.-iv. i.irlh Ii. ut. ires in 1 1 if mountains! hav found, and the lalim al I In il ab-cin-e i- t li.it a v el ipsi d since t heir n tn v a not been pi mat inn i f iiu time It. Is lnlh. -p. nod in i i a -ir on im. o.cii sowl im n a I in . and si.tne da v it vv ill ov i iconic t In I f i ii I inn, lift the n n nti t a ns ,i f,vv I eel, and H i e. let on a mote feat I'ul -cale the ( at. is i trnph. ot Ou, I,', allev." The prods s,u -d:n pioplui v is ba-nl mi the Ihcorv I In- acl n i Ulterior I mi s of the cart h 1. 1. 1 il ill l i oil, eat i.. I 111" and a. e mini laliiiu nowcr, u ,1 -..,u !,, , ,irlh'.- er.i.i ii.u-t uivc wav iituli i the strain I'm- the upheaval that i's I,. foil,, v . The Lord has a wav of setilii-.o m iller- w ithnui .pub biiiiu whin hisnnir is :, rouse, I. and the " Mnrmmi I'loliii-in " may be nearer solu- Ooll II we M.pp I'hc Lilmund's law i- no thin" to w hal t!ic blear t vol big ami-t in. iv 1'iiul in -l.'ic lor him. ft Y.-t. s.uctl ii shilling. A journeyman weaver took lo his em j plovcl a pireeol clolh he h id just lini-lied. . 1 p.ui evaui nation two hole- wire found for vv liieh a line nt two shilling-, was de manded " Po you i barge the same for small iisfm i true boh s. " 1 thr work .man. "Ves; a shilling for everv l,o!e, ! leg m lillh-."' hereupon the wmktn.au iiiinn ilialely tore the two holes into one. i i Xrlaiuiing. " I'b. it'll sjive ,i shilling, 'aiivhow ." Hi- i-iiqilover ieuiitt. ,1 tin i v hole line a! mice. An tin a-: I'l.i'ni.nhu.t and grist mills POPri-AK SCIENCE. The Inst observations indieuto that we are distant from the sun about fi-', 700, nun miles. These are the liguie- obtained as nenr as may be from the ol si i v afiom of the last Venus transits. Huron Hotliscliild. nf Vc una. usi s in : candescent light in his enniage lamps. 1 j The electrical accumulators are pi ned j under the coachman's seat, ami arc of I sufficient capacity to supply light Im I'M) : bonis. I The scarcity "f springs and i mining streams in Canada. I tiscril cl by Mr. Joseph Wilcox, to the fan that tin au i eient glaciers swept away from The ioe;s . of the i-oiintiy. a large part -d the soil. leaving but Iitle of the inVeiial which i in countries vv hen.' springs and streams , nbmitid, souks up the rain air! m- 'ting I snow, nnd nftetward grr.lualh gie- out ' the water thus stored j The new gin s 'im tiled in Vienna ' seems to have proved a vi in the i qualities churned f r ii lli .i i i i ! transparent nnd iicue brillli iul il r-m j mon crystal, can be cut ami ob-ln d and. I when fused, adheres o iioii. Iiion.e ami I zinc. Sinuuiui L ! fcrs It. .in all ml,, i its composition in j Ingredients silev borax. ! Aciotding to , London Ophihal .'h. lie g!.e- dit . of old in thai In in ot tin il Hal li h 1 1.1 II '- i tn ti- ' -'cut. li. proporiioti of e . . I o i blind pi aire the Itiinkers . m ii y ..i j.et i rut vv hti.' . the percentage in the lu m i :. I mi nitv 5m only three and a hall In hi-is-avs . upon human f.ni.liv and n-v. I. pnici.l, Mr. Kraucis l Jaltoii cpres-c- the opinion that even greater difference iniubl Is.i v ' been expect, d. inasmuch a- the niin I tors of mo-t junker nf tie pies, u; day ! separated themselves from then-l o( the world, and w ere di"! ing ii-hed from others, five or six general ions ago. by ' their dislike for color in die, j 1'or some yt sirs the prof, s-imt ha- been ! nimn-l revolut ionized a- lo the cnu-i - of : disease, by the theory of leu teria. The-c microsropir forms are now supposed ,. I be the active agents of di-ea-e, ami rem I l ilies employed, accord inu l.v . I 'r llic-g of HulTalo, N. V., has been ot f tin; : doiilileis, ami lias Im en ex criui- tiling vv ith the follow ing n-iilis : IU boiled pure fibrin several hours cm h day for ten days. He then baked il -low ly in au oven : for Jirec hours, and tin n burm .1 il bl.u k, i pulverizing il after lh:-. and I In n I lent ing I it with absolute alcohol he powdl r I I thi- mass gave million-of the -m ailed spherical bacteria or microeo.it. tln.u- sands of tin in being in ll Im ila" form or chain.., and hundiuls of "ban riunter lie tlu ll compared tin with ioe f'om blood thai had be. u n-l liuu under wariuth lor t hi i c in ..nt , und. r an eiuh' h objective, ami tie y app. iir.-d idi'ilica! i i . every respect . Ilu do. tm-hi- In Illicit ! tin si b:n t . ' i.i in 1 1 i-i a-e i ;e i . " , i . ' " t oranules :ni. pic. i nf lil-rin, whieli. under pro ercomlitii.n. -how v ioh nt um- I .'on In. in what he supp.-e- to be pol.il i : atioii and elcclric ton c. IL- , pi ri incuts, he claim, ab-oluli ly su -tain hi- position. A t hhipe t iirrier. The t rick of sham sullc ring, o eveitn 5- nii;it li and cxlmt extra pay. hi- be . ( nine a t, imili.il one ! Iravi I. rs iu lialv, : l'gvpt ami South America, who h.ivcoc j elision for I he erv ii i s of nat iv r guide- or ; carriers. Mis lio,t Williams, author of "Voices fioiii the Silent Land, "says that the l him se servant are adopt-in the same kind of scut imrnlal deception. , While -topping at Hong Ixolig. she em 1 ploy. .1 a couple i. f i oolii - to carry In r in i a sedan i h lir on a pleasure ti ip up the I I.cmig Tcotig mountain-, and vv hi n about halt way up. one of Ihein began lo pant and labor so painfully thai she beugid in sieit laugilaui to be si I down. o that he i en I 1 n t hini-cll Having al hngtli m nh hi i -ell under ; stood, -he say -. i In i h iii wa put don n , in lie in i I -1 1 - ol tin load . an 1 lie '.!.' vv ho had cm in d my -ymparhv. al:!iou;li 1 ill pant ing, wi- t in. Iiu;; .pintl, .nil look i'u; mi vv ith I h 1 1 : r.ix and app-ui ntly iim oiie ion all' I hal a I hinam m know so wed leiv. to alb el, vv In n In I i til t nl mi uaiuinu -otne .uivanlau1 ovii on My 1 1 ii n 1 vv ho aci onipatiict lie in an ol her i h oi '.'inc iit nice hi hind rami up vvhih wc waited hc uinh i -.' -i d I liine-e wav - b. Iter ill in I did. and n ,-nl mv i oi di. at a o on ,. 1 1.' w i - on! , p. r fminiiig an old ru e on i m ab -otivnl outside " hai h.ari. in " lo! ii .. , in tti it tin lllall l pel ted to VV ol k l my li i I inusiiiud I : hmilil. mil of i:y , pn and il;siu'i-s him. I'm. i inin' He h i 1 im lie I in inn. tin pilliltlc. bill the -ildi'iell i II 111;;, to tin- ludicrous wa i 1 1 -i -! . I .!.-. vv h. u my fi ii ml. nmh I -tandmu I he i a- . i m I inin d in I air. n l'i:glili " How la-hion tli it : ha' Im v on no i airy th,,t chair." Not a wold vva intend In th In, who, appatctillv oh iv ion- ol v ii ,1 vvii p i ih". -ei tin . I In ill;, l I " 1 'i . i in l 1 o be i mi-clou that an I ho,.; v a . v i,. r... A Hi r a -hml paii-e. no. Pi. id :n i .m !: living In I wmd- vv.ili -put.. I li'.t'e 1 i 1 llli -. ( out llillc I " I'iuhlcr la ' . Ion rv up i I ti il. i 1 1 1 a - i e nt you, and he in. "iv,, v,..i ma i i-h. Taki e up that i h in i In p i hop ' o ( an l in V all. e plo ei . ii. . , au i at, Inc I hat. i.i-h! I ay you 1!" i. my. in i- . . no ojv ic you mn -inu li ' a-h '" Mv bi an I"-, win. nadily un.i.'- .o what wn tm an! by "Ma . i no eiv,e mu single (a h. " 111. li -s lin y peiloinu d their contiacl. Ilu n upon .. k up the i hair, and can ieil it with appanul i asi: to the ( ml. Wlm I ne live r'or. "What i lif.-;" some mie a-Ut d Mont lord. His answer i-m f the mo-t : t banning ihiii"- cvei wiiitin -'The , pri'seiit iile is sh , ptti" and waking; il i- i good night on "oing to b. d, and : I ', lunliiiiig on gelling up. il i- lo womhr ; what the day will bring lo.th. il i- tain : i n the w indow vv In n mu - t by the lire: it is towalk ill the e.inlci: and Liar sin . birds sing; it is tn hear nnv- fimn La-t, i Wc-t, North. SMitith: it i- tn read , U i and new book-; it is to -i e picturis und hear linisir ; it is to bav i Im akl'ast. ilium r .'imll(a; il i.ibiloiig to a low a, and , hav e neighbor . iitul b. come our in a cir I rlr of .;riUaiiitan, e- ; it i i,, have friend ami love. A blur -locking has wriilmi an c ii ''The I is ulv aiil.igc nf Ii in;; 1'nttv Must girls arc g, naluicd and wi li to put up wiih i he disadvantage HOW WE TRIED TO WHIP THE TFACHE", TOCO T 7 lie1 ot 11 SFTTT PR' MEKTIttfl. I wn ii boy of Fvent"iti, ungainly, dull aa' t ill. Vi gn-ii ! eny (ozlin", but 1 tho't I know'd it nil I iv i I loschnolnt I'lann. I rhnpp l up wovd im' eh ired Tor i ti in 1 1 in Ii Wilkinson tn pay him for my l.-arl. ("inn iinv I'lil'e'us riiiimey, auo'.her boy In s li ml. About I'oiiujli nn' r'nr ft. I nhont as bfg a f.iol- ,Ibt hlnte 1 inn private way, 'I would be a right mart feature, An' (,'iv' us lots o' glory, If vv'd up an' lick the tea. her. We wouldn't ask no better fun than J;t to muke liim climb, Yiu' lev a lonj? va' ntion an' a whopper of a tiiii". Th" lonelier he wuz lir-kly h wii7 not ei big 7 I 1 knew that we ooukl bounce him if w didn't half I nt try, Fut eny one look in' af him would a nald on sight Ther' vvun't eny nand in him an' not a speck o' liglll. Mis linnds tliev wan t neeustomot much to lianiin' on to ploughs. Tn hoiii' crn, tn cradiin' whoit, or mllkln' tWellly C 1W-. riiil"tu -aid he'd use lum for a mop to mop Hi. II -a-. An when lu lagged an' liollerifl that we'd lust him out the door. We t'l I thiihiivsat reel'--o' tho plot that w had planned; Tliev -aid f we e 'iddn't duwn him they'd lend a lielpin' hand; I'.ut lug I'lnletiis I'liinney. h wil'. tieklM es .-..alii b- Tn ilciik Ih.'.v ibf a n p hkc that could liolr a cliaji likV 'I-' 1 .1 kirk the Imekot over, hid mak th ten- lier dnin e Hu'-J llop lum in the waier, an' he'd mop It wai h hi pants. We heard the school Ih'II ruiRin', we scram- 1. m pell ic!l; I run agin' the water pail, on pappus, an' I fell: I struck upon i -lieko' wood. I badly raked my -tun, l h. waior swo-he I upmi me, on' It wet meto Hi" -km. Tii I'.iwny little teacher, why! Im bnnndel from hi- chair, lh 1 1 ml, nie 1 v t lie 1 1 ovvsci-.. nnd he held in I li" in ', Tin ii loiinlan' roind an' round an' round l.e v. I, a-1.: nie hl.n a lop. Au when I s e I a thousand slurs hf suddn i. ' im drop, lie to ,i. i i.- mi' In- shook me Ml I tho'! that. I li..n!d .be, II. -,v :!i.. i nie Willi his ruler till my pants w. re nearly dry, V, I. iie l-u I'lulel u- 1 'In mi y h" mi; jist too - -a r'.l In laugh, lie I lie teacher Hire h me till I iwllnred like a . all. i all Hi.-oilier tight in' boy-, with white an' ll llllenod look, Sot -h.i'.ui' m titer very hint an ras'lln' vv II II the I II ml,. n Ii. Imvv hod th"V -,t idio.l n"t a fellor -. o. i -i n " l 1 i didii i ,1 ir I . wI.snt or to ny a sinRln U I. o it lot e e i. her t hut giv' me ouoh lle-i.ll i- . I I ..,i.iii' ti..'- .ittin' over tier n t li i he ne n l seventy, an sickly yit, I v . -vv I d hate to Lev him git this" hands o' hln'n mi nie ti" w ; lie taulit tii" one great less ai by that flog e.iu" in his school. That ii hingg'ii t nn' a b illy ar' a enwar.l an' n f,. l r,.v, .. Hull, im lum, Ovt U'esf. I'l N'iENT I'AIMIiHArilS. Im of an. lent history: "What afine, i ; i u i oin. i ii. nice you have. " said .lonall, el. a In wa- iiilro'bli ed to the whale. V . ! on .mallet than the detectives," - ii I . bn kei . a he i mnplai a ut Iv eyed him-. .1 iu lln mil mi "I can always tilld a loguc" .'. ' , .7.A-. Thi Phil.idr'phia .W.rss.ays ''Thedoj l a.- queer la-to in matters of dresj; hf wear- hi pants iu his mouth." Yes, and ihc ncin pant. t,. I'iii-.nn 'li nn. H.i'.tiiuotc woman by the name ot ( hariiy trii(k lu i hii-biind over the head with a boot and i ame mar killing him. I I; nitv In gills at home. i.i, 'onMa i' .... "We have struck a smoother road, leu i li t we ' asked a pa-ellger of II Con ductor, man Alkali-. I- railway. "No," replied tile Colliluetof. "we have unly. run oil tin Hack. . I LihU'Hr Vriirrlrr. I threw vol a kis-, mv pretty Louise, I lhivu you n ki-s at ih.'diHir. Hut your ialhei s s em I I did tlin butini lor me, Ko. I couldn't turn 'round tn throw ninr. I in iAcis .XYiif, .Miiun. Mr. Spuigcoii, the famous London preacher, being asked whether a man i mild be a Christian and belong to a bras bind, replied, "Ves, I think he might, but il would bi a very dilliciilt matter foi his next door neighbor to be a Christian. --,i'Ci7 (''Vl. " Have you brought your gimlet with jou:" " i lush, Johnny"," said Mrs. Ver ger. " (Jo to bed, sir," it marked Colonel crgcr. "What do you mean !" asked litis. I don't incaii iiullin; except I heard pa say you were routine; up this ( vcuing to Imrc us all," ''com Sn'ti'iit. If there is anything that gets a woman completely deranged, it is to have hot liii-baiul eonie hmuc and inform her ol I lie fart that he has met one nf her old schoolmate on the street, and in reply to her question, "What did she have on?'1 answer, "I didn't notice." J'url. I'laginenlsnf a dialogue heard between two languid swells on HoyMnu street : "I'cllah told inc you were engaged." "YansT ' Jolly girl, ' "Awful."" "So glad." "Vaas.!'' "Married suoti?" "No; it's otr now." 'T.less im-: don't say so!'' 'Vans. Heard the family ate benni. , Couldn't stand that!" '"Vvo bud;" J "Yuiu;"- JmhIoh (JiiHttc. Ill l IIIICMpyjniTlllB