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' : i H. A. LONDON, Jr., EIMTUB AND I'RorBIETOR. or ADVERTISING. Jtm aqoan, one MiwrtlHn, . L0t TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: on mouth, . VCD Oneeoijr, one your, necopy ,nl n.uuiii One copy three mouths, J.oo VOL. VI. PITTSBOUO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, FEBRUARY 28, 1881 iMgw lwimmi llbwral eouUMfc wit NO. 2'u I Old Customs. id custom-, Well, our children ,-uy Wri'iui iil'iiy v itliiml theni; li it ynii mi l I. deur, iii ii'ir ihty, lluil other lli.i ijits idi.tat llii'iu. Tin- iIimi i.l.l habits ol the 1111 - I i-annnt i Iiihih' li'it love thru', Ami shdi to think the mnld nt 1 1!. Mini win I so far lih r the III. Wc had nut, ill lilt' veil-.- g..ic hy, 'J1f cun c that ml di-roier-.-, fur live- wen- calmer; r.ti uivl ! Wimp, tcry .iiiilH lovers. Aral when, our daily diitii- tier, Wf H'nivfl hrsid" tlio ru-lii'a. 'Jin- only i-iii' vim ever wore AVrlr l'li;llt lll.ll blooming I'l'l-lfS. fiiir ruMir niiy was -Jim-, hut w-t Some n'ind there va tiht.nl i, And miiiiiv ill. vvc now regret Old liahil would Inn i- lotitod. I know our i hililicn till ran 'I lie Tifih 'oinniuiidmoit' be titty -lav Un-.v chey, omiu' o iji'l e l'mtu luvi'. and not from il'ilv. 'Jhp world tn-.lav i- far to hi-li In vi i-.lcin to rnnfe-i. thi'iii, Itnt well c know. ir. yn anil I. For nil it wo have to i"-s thrin 'Ihinu:h !'( was in tin' hrart i l rirh, I trriiibliil to ar"c-t von , Hail Villi ll'llll I II ' ill -ln-1 speilll I think I would li i i- l"-t von. No iloul't oiii' inin li an' -low to g nigo The wiis we air ii"t hc-dini:. lint lien- iiion inn- inenioi v '. I'li'. I very finii'lr ir i.lteg. M -ay. ihi't'onin we -tid Icld f. -t Wi n- wir ri- rll in- 'l- : -. nil Jh.'.-li'llrii-l-iiKH'lhi'i.i t Haw .'i'iii -l all tln im i'. AN HOUR OF PERIL. If you please, ina'am." si.id Betsy ho help, presenting In iscli' in the lii'irway, vit!t lii'f ai tii.i tlnj)in with i.i;ii-m!'I:, itn l lnr califo .skirts lc.-s-.ooiijil aliouttuT tipnrti form in a w.iy liat Wurtlt woiililnnviT iiavfiiiiaoint'il, thtTt'" an in: am' man in t he; liarn." I hiitl just so.'lfl inysflf duwn to my iiornin; tiisk of ii'iiiriiii? a flnstor of i!iu hart'lii'lls, whiih IhniV.il :v initiil in, a tri'iilty of Iii liflort r a'il'.i-t walk up the mountain. Hiil'V A,n swi'clly !-!i-!jiiMo; Toniiiiy anl lit ,h ! ion. iM witi ii-'tiiii,' t ir minnows n t!in iiicailow s'rra it. ami I was lirart ly c-ontrratnlatiiiff uiy.iilf upon tin; (iiivc.-s of my n!"a !' r iitin.' a moun ain rot t age for !Ik Mii'ry snuiiiicr limit lis. "A whatV" I ,wp'il. "An insane man. niuY.iii," sai'l lrt.?y. Least way t, thai' what I H a-mi ia Is y Hlimitotl a-; lit' va i?a!l-ipin' liy on lor.scli.ick, to catt lt tint ilnv.n train, lolli-rin' goo. I anil luiit!. as he's aware I lin't quirk o' liearin. 'Trll your mis. iis.' says lie "to rail the rhihlrrn in : ili'Tt-'s an insane man in the Larn,' s.iys he." "15ut, ISetsy," rrie.l I. involuntarily -.liiti'liing at the baliy's rrih, it ran't I e possible !" 'That's what Peaon ;.-vlsly saiil, 'iia'ain, ami I'll take my Hil'le oath to ;t," saiil Jietny, noil.lin her lira. I with i coiinteiiiinee vspressivt: cf entirt! con virtion. "'J'hen why tlhln't he romc to our nrlpy" I t rie I, wi ingintt my hands helplessly. "Don't know, ma'am," said Tiitsy, "unless it was because the mail-train, like time anil title in the Kpellin'-book, waits for no man." "Hut what are we to 1I0V" I almo-t iolilieil, my oonragu ami presence of mind nearly deserting me as I pictured to myself tlm horrible vision of a lu natic dancing about anions the hatch et a, scythes and hay-cutters in the barn. "Don't know, ma'am." saiil lietsy, viewing nie with a sort of miM con tempt, as one of the ity la lies who become powerless under the presence of any sudden emergency, "unless you rail in the boys and lock the barn floors as quick as possible." 1 looked uppealingly at lletsy. Betsy," saiil I, "would you mind locking the barn doors, like a dear, good soul, while I run after Donald and Tommy?" Betsy cleared her throat emphatically. "Not If I know it, ma'am!" said she. I hain't no more, partiality than other folks for crazy people. My I'nde was nssibtant keeper in a lunatic asylum, and he was choked to death by one of the patients. And I don't mean that sort of thing shall run in the family, ma'am, not if I can help it." "Then, t ried I, driven to sudden re solve, "stay here with the baby, Het-sy- don't leave her for your life! -while I go after tho hys. (iood Ileaveh-! If the wretch should be attacking my poor children now!" With almost superhuman speed 1 ran down along the edge of the woods, seized Tommy und lonald each by one hand, and dragged them home, not even stopping to explain matters to their be wildered little ears. "Come, children, roni't." I panted. "(h. d make, haste! We must get buck to the house immediately." "But I've left my lishiug-hiHik, mam ma," pladeil Donald, with a longing, lingering look over his shoulder, "Can't we stop in the barn, mam ma':'' cried Tommy, "to see if Mr. .lours hasseot the co-se. lamb he prom ised ns V "Children," said I pausing tt. regain my breath, "at your peril keep away from the barn. There is a rray man there. Heaven only knows what vio lence he may attempt to perpetrate. Kim totlm house -run as last as vou can !" I Ami pausing only t ) set! them living ' up the terrace I slopes of the lawn, 1 j hastened with blanched cheeks and j wildly-beat in;; heart to I he barn, and win fortunate enough to secure both doors by wooden bars an I outside but" tons before tho attention of a broad- I faced, biistly-haire I r.illiau win silf- j liciently attru"t-d to induce, him to ; present his iiioon-liko coiiutcnaii'-e at J one of the stable windows. Without heed to frantic gestures ami j loudly shouted words, I lle l baek to j the house, ami sank nearly fainting on J the sofa, with both ban Is clasped over j my eyt s. ' "I declare, for't, though, l.ha' wa real gritty;" was Betsy admiring com- 1 incut, as she hurried to bring the ' am- ' plior and red lavender to my rescue. "Mamma, will lie kill us':" whispered Donald, who was a timid child, and clung I los" to me. ! "Mi.ill I nil oil his head with my tin sword, in. noma :" bawled Tommy, ' the irrr pri-ssible. j "Betsy," 1 cried, rot sing luvs' lf to j the paramount neiessity of not faint-j ing, "plat-H yourself at th" window i i Wateli for passers-by - j "Yes 'inn." "Fa plain to them our dreadful pre- dicamciit," I went on. '.uiiiiuoii help ! the instant it appears; 'ind, al oe all. keep every dour ami .isement locked and bolted, b s( that, lieu I ill human shape should break loose ami atta' k ; us. There's an eld rilln up Mail's in the garret, isn't, thu'e. Betsy':" I add-! ed, with a bidden , nspirat ion. ! "Yes, 'tun." saitl Betsy; but it ain't just in lirst-rate woikin' tinier, 1 cal- j culate." ! "There i-nt either slock nor lock to ; it, mamma." chi'nel in Tommy. "I ; loaded it with ahes hu-', week, and put j in pebbl.'s for bullets, and it wouldn't ! lire off worth a rent." ' "But Cim's tie- rarving-kii'fe and i the potato-poiiudei, mamma," ;oigg-'it- ; ed Donald. j I looked at tho clock. Only eleven- i It would be six hours, al the very near- 1 est, beor.' my husband would return from tin? city. Suppose that there, 1 should be m pa.ve.rs-hy helwceji that : time and this! "lietsy," saiil I, "this won't, do. I ' elieve my hair will turn while with ; this terrible agony of suspense." j "Ma'am':" said l!ety, who had the; Shakspeariaii faoilM of "not marking , withal." I "Kith t you or I must go for help,'1 ; I uttered, dh-tim tly. ; "If it wasn't for goin' rig'.it past the ; barn door, I would't mind," saiil Bet y. j "It's ti'siened," I pleat 'c.l. ; "But them there wcodeu Imttons j iloesn't aniount to anytliiiig," faitl .she. "And only s'pose he jmr. ps out at uie':" I was just about to reproach Betsy1 v itli having no elements cif the heroine ; in her composition, win n tittle Donald, j who had posted him elf in the garret 1 window to watch, came tiinbling into ; the room with Tommy close behind. ! "Mamma! mamma!" they shouted in j chorus; there's somebody ro.ning, and j we guesi it's Dim mi li.u'sly on horse- j back, riding back trom tho Irani. j ".-top him!" I gasped "for merry's I sake stop him!" j "lie's a-in.ikin' straight for the bam, ma'am," saiil Betsy, who had stretched I the skinny length of her neck further out of the window than I tlared to. "lie's heard that feller hollerin'. lie's imbarriu' the big doors. Land o' lib erty! there comes the poor cray cree tur out with a hop, skip ami jump! Wall, if the deacon likes to risk it I j wouldn't." i "I have heard of instances where I somii particular individual exercised unbounded influence over the insane," I said faintly, 'and--" At this moment tho deacon himself knocked lit the door. I made haste to open it. "Be yo all cray here V" saitl he, with a smile on his sunburned twntennnrc. "If ye ain't, what in the name of all creation possessed yo to shut up my son Hiram in the barnV" "Your son Hiram" I gasped feebly "Was that your son Hiram? 1 I thought it was an insane man!' "What?" roared tho deacon. "Betsey said that you shouted nut as vou rode by, 'Tell your mistress to call the children in there's an insane man in tho barn!'" "Hood .lerusah in!" cried the deacon, slapping bis knee, "how folks w ill get i things twisted round! I never said no ; such tiling. What I did say war1, 'There's a lame lamb in the barn." I i promised one to them boys of yours ever since they ca'iie up here, and this rni'i'irn' our lliraui ( t' he.l em a reg ular little cos iet; and tin re he is muni h ing clover down there, with lliia;.i holtlin' on to the rope. And ymi sup pose' I it was a cray man! 1 la. ha! Ie( ho, ho! That boats all!" The ii aeon's rachiiialimis n hood through my little parlor like distant thunder. I looked reproachfully a! Betsy as the rauso of all the aliir. That d.ni'sil, however, tvim-id ii i signs of diS'vinlilure. It was nut her w ay. "Wall, ' said Betsy, :l wly, "I always was a little hard o' liearin' ever sine 1 ha i thesca:ie( lever; and I s'pose we're till liable to mistakes." That was the end of an hour of t-r-ror. Betsy retire I to her v, ashing; the deacon went his way still chuckling; the childi-'ii ru.-dioil whopping out into tlie barn, wher" Hiram, the victim of this unfortunate misunderstanding, stood smiling broadly, w itli the lamb at his side, tied up w itli blue ribbons audi looked in the gins, secretly thankful that my ba r had not turned gray. Ilidiculous as it all seem.-; to write down in bl.i 'k ami whii", it was a re.il horror al the time; and 1 ne i r could look at the innocent lamb alt"rward withoiit.il curious duPcring at my heart suggestive of the aprcii-ii .ion I had undergo!!.'. Aniciiltitre in Alaska. Tho visitor to A!ud,iii at once struck by the luxuriance of th vege tation, ami is apt to ha.tily draw the inference that farming would be suc cr.s:d'ul. But ther.' are two ob-taeles in the way. In the lirst place, the sur face of southeastern Alaska is exceed ingly luo'iutaiuons. At B irllett's bay. near th" enfram e of (ihi -icr bay, there is an extent of comparatively level land, but no experiments have yet been made to ascertain its capabili tics. But !cn were the land all that could be desire the climate would be against the success of any such rxperi -inent. '.I'hu avciu.ro number of rainy days is 1 wo hunlrel and forty-live, and tlii' average rainfall is right v-liv! inches. The rainfall is not continued to any one portion f the year, but even in . I uly or Am.'u.! teti coiisecu. tiveil.iys ol fair wcat'irr are ecop. ti mil. It will b:- rea lily a that fruit or crops have no cham'e to ripiei. Near Juneau hay has Ivn raised this year, but even in tit latter part of .luly it was not rea ly to cut. Midi vegetables as potato s and turnips have iieen raise I Willi fair success at Sitka and Fort WraugK but these place.; art" .'.till dependent upon the more southern countries for supplies. Sallilolibei l ies, blueberries, rrailbrl ries, strawberri'-s, whortleberries, a 1 1 many others grow abundantly in Ala l:a, and s ime have bjen exported to San Francisco. I'iie interior of Alaska is a large plain, covt red with wildgra-sts four orihe feet high. Th" roiintry is well adapted for gra iug, if tin? herds can be well protected from I he .i-vcre w in ters. Near the coast several Miiail l.erds of cattle have grazed for several yi-ar-, and are beiM 1 to do very well A few years ago Messrs. I'aliuici Bell, iV Co. experimented with ;-he p, but tlu y were unable to endure the lopg winter. Trees mi l MtiMiuv. A report sent us by an undoubted anthoriiy on the subject of Ami riraii forestry proves that sine.' l-'-'i years the necessary moisture id the soil in rth Aiiit ririi has decreased seven pi r cent. cM-ry quarter nt ary in cn-i"pience of the wanton destruction of w.m l liimls, ami that a liutln l ontinu.iiice of these must most scrioicdy alle. t the climate of the whole continent, to tin' gn at detriment nt health as well iis lie! Icrtility of the soil. That the picture is not overdrawn we can easily prove from the decline in hoiticiiltural products. From many Mates in w hich but comparatively few years since peaches wi re grown o:i f.'ee hind, this luscious fruit bus entirely disappeared ami many other garden products with it. According to the "lleporl I 'pun Forestry" Southern Indiana, until re cently, had a regular peach crop, whih now it is the rule for such rrops to fail the same as is the ease with regard tt far more hardy apples ami other fruits. Light frost in May and dune no longer a rarity; the wheat market was in uianv places entirely killtd by frosts; in nth ers from twenty to forty per cent w u lost. In many states in which, at Hit commencement of the present century, spring used to happen in February it is now delayed until the end of April, and the growingof wheat has becoint altogether problcmatit al. An oilicia report from Illinois on the harvest prospect, says the crops had sulferei greatly from the want ol rams it spring ami the continuing cold wind ami the cause of both is rcit rreil loth indiscriminate destruction ol woodh:-.' .l'I'll'i''otV J'l iiH. ciiildk: vscoi.niN. J.lllv uml tt"' Mil, Inn ill. J.vir lit'le I'il'i" ' Ht';:;'"; " "..n I'mler I lie n. lr t" " J looknl front Ihn u iii.e-.'. an 1 tlireiv la r li U-. And .-In- toi-si-l one I- "1 to m-. Ami til" I"'-- nnl Ik- l"i'i".tb"- h"Mi"l a roinul, While the hMiheie.- I'o !!... I i !l n il the i'.roiin.i. lij i-i my j.'iilie- -:v to -lev, . And wh.v i- Iff I t -. !..',! " My lllll" i. I.c hll.il he:- I ! III". .l limit lurk li' i '!! -.h:i..li'i ) ion I know, iniunm-' ' ,' I a .- ed -! 'Jll.ll MlnhlMIII. i o in-i-l" el ni". ' M.mj If. Hi 'J I'ltf Hll.l I lllttlflll. "Ch.irlii; ! Inn be ! ' h ar an 1 swet t as a note struck limn a .-ilv r fell, the voice rippled otr the common. "That's mother.'' cried mm of the boys, and he instantly threw down his but and picked up his ja"!;i t and cap. "Don't go yet! Have it nut !" "Finish t. i game ! Try it again!" cried the play is in noisy choin. "1 must, go- iighl off this minute, I t"ld lo r I'd coin ' whemver sue called." "Miik" believe, vou didn't Icar !" they exclaimed. "But I !i I hear." "She w on't know Vou did " "But I know it, ami''- "Let him go." said a bystander, "you can't do aii thing with him ; he's t ieil to his mother's apron-strings.'' "That's so," said Charles, and it's to what every boy ought to be tied, and I in a hard knot, too." "J wouldn't such a baby as to run , the minute ,-hc called." "I don't call it babyish to keep one's .word to bis mother," auswerel the obedient boy, a btuutilu! light glowing i in his blue eyes. "I rail that manly; ami the boy who doii'i l.c-p his wind toher w ill never keep it, to any one j else-you see if In: dors ;" and he bur I rictl away to his cottage heme, i Thirty years have parsed .-ince those 1 boysplayt d on the roiiunon. Charlie I Uray is a ) fi'spcrmis business man in a ' great fit v, and his ineiraiitilt! friends 1 say ol him that his word "is his bond." J We a.-k'tl hi i.-i how- he acquired such a reputation. "I never broke my word 'when a boy, no matter how great a temptation, and the habits formed then have tdut'.r ti ley through life." -II Hi,, vs. 'I'lillililU Villi HiiiiliillllK llinl. A lady residing at San Bafael, one i of the many pleasant health resorts ol I California, has sent to friends in Lon. j tlon ;in aerouni of the taming of two freu wild humming birds by her I daughter, who, under medical direc I tiuii, hits for tuiue months passed sev ' cral hours daily m lining on rugs ; spread on the garden lawn. "K. has a i i:ev source of int-n si," her niuther i writes. "Tho liumming birds have j ( laimed her companioii-hip, ami maiii- fested their curiosity by inspecting j her, with their littl" wise brails turned to t iie.side, at a safe distance, wateh i ing her movements, evidently wishing to become acquainted. To entice them to ;i iieai cr approach. F. plucked a i fuchsia, attached it to a branch of a trie over her lead, and Idled it with sweetened Witter. The intelligent little creatures .soon ha I their slender ! bills thrust into the llovvi r, from which j they took long draughts. 'Then K. J took honey, thinking tiny might prc 1 fcr it, anil filled a fresh flower each I day. Ihcy would sometimes become so impatient as to scarcely to wait lor I her to leave before they were into the sweets, and finally, while she Idled a i flower in one hand and Idle I it with I drops from a spoon, the now tame 1 lit pets would rntrh the ilr ps as ! they fill, and dart into the honey cup the silvery, thruullike tongues. F. is delighted, and so fa.-cinat"d with ! the id that she pusses hours tie h day of her resting tunc talking to them and I watching their quick, lively move, j melits. Although these tiny birds are i humming all day among the Mowers, two only have monopolized the lionrv I filled llowcr, iilitl these are both ! males, consequently there are con-slant squabbles as to w hich shall take pos. ' session. Tin y will not permit a wasp 1 or a bee. to come near their honey llower, and not only drive them away, but ; chase them some distance, uttering a shrill note of protest again-t all in truders." BeteiTing to them again, at the close of the rainle.-s California!! summer, in a letter dated October "ti. this lady writes: "We hae had threatening clou Is for two days uml a heavy rainfall to-day. I',, has colli in lied her devotion to her little hum ming birds. since tho change of weather she has tried to coax them to the parlor windows. They appeared to think there must bit some mistake, and would hum about the window wher,' she stood with the honey ll-iwer ami spoonful of honey, or they would ait on a branch and watch every move 1 mi nt, yet not daring to take a sip nnti to-day, whin at her peculiar iail which they always recognize, one yen" tured repeatedly to take tho honey Cfviu Ucr hinU," SISIEK SI'K'S MEDIUM'. JUiimv I rl. Ilia rciHIIns I'll" ou III fel-.tr Unlifinu Iim ifilnilM. f ir ought to have be -n married a long while ago. That's what every body says as knows her. She has been engaged to Mr. Truvers for three years and she had to refuse Ms of oilers to go to the circus with other young men. 1 have wanted her to get inarri"! so that I c ml I go an I l.e with her and Mi. 'J'ravrs. Wlim J '.hiii- that if it hain't briii for a mis :e." I made Mm wi iild have been in ii 1 1" I je;,t'-rday, I bud it dreadfully hard to be resigned. But we ought always to bo re igned to everything whin we rant help it. Before 1 go ioiy further I uti'.t trll about my printing .rrs. It belong d to Tommy Mt tennis but he got tired id it mi 1 .sold it to me real cheap, lie wa; going to writ" to tho Y"iiii: '. o.- post ..ti. e i ,,N- an offer to exchange it for a bicycle, a st. Bernard dog, and twelve jood 1 ks, but he I n aily let i n- have it for a dol lar and a half, it print S bountifully, ami I have print--! ir is b r e er so many people, and a i 1 .-fit n!y cents it would be nice eir u . bills in case ever h.t e all it her ina to t'si 1 1' dollars ali-.-1.;;.-. I thought to be ill, I to print Tom an-1 I slii'tild circus, :.i) si nt to the rity and bought some type more than an inch high, an I si. me beautiful yellow paper. I.a-t vt"k it was deiidrl that sue in I Mr. Travers siioal l be marrie'l without wailing any longer. You should have seen what a st.i'e of mind her and mother Were Th"V tli'l nothing bul buy new eiotht s, and sew and talk of th-wedding all day lorr,'. -he was determined t be married in ihurdi. .-mil to have -i In idesmaids and six bridegrooms, and llowers. and hi'i.-.io, and tilings til! yo I e ml lu'trest. I i uly thing that trouble I her was milking up her min i w ho to invite. Mother wanted tn invito Mr. and Mr;. M' l itddeil and the seven McFaddcu g:rls; but -lie said tiny had insulted her, and sin- rouldn'l bear the idea of asking the M 1'adbn tribe. I-; very body agreed that old Mr. Wilkinson, who oace came to a paity ii' our hou e wilh i n - boot a d one .-liep- r, e nMn'i be invited: but it was ided that i-vory oil" else that was mi go tonus with the family .-houl I in- invite I. -lu'coiin'ed up all the people -he meant I o invite, and there were n arly three hull lied ot them. You would haidly I I liovc it, but she told me I must carry around all the invitations and deliver them invself. (If rourst' I could not do this without neglecting my studies and los'ng lime, which is always precious, - I thought of a plan vv Inch would save Sue th" tro ible of directing three huiidred invitations and save mo from wasting time delivering them. 1 got to work with my printing press and vvoiu. in endures longed, and will bear printed ;i dozen splendid big bill, about j j iiin to which the strong man sue the wedding. When they were printed 1 ( limbs. Zymotic diseases aro more 1 cut a lot of small picturcsof annuals ; fatal toniale--. and more male children ami ladies riding on horses out of some ' ilie than females. Dcvcrga asserts old circus bills, iind pasted thorn "ii to tha the pp poi lion dv iug suddenly is the wedding bills. They w ere perfect I y about 1 i women li 7-" un-n; I'l-'i in gorgeous, and you coal I see them lour the I'nitel -litti-s in I-71' com mitti I in-live rods oil'. When they were all ; suicide, to 2--"i women. Iutciup' ram e. tloiio, I niirlr some paMc in a tin pail . apoplexy, gout, liydroecphalus. aifec -iind went out after dark and pastel i tioiis of the heart and liu-r, scinfubi, them in good places all over the village. ' paralysis, are f;ir more tatal to malt s The next iitternooii fa' her came into i than females. I'libiionary ronsuiiip the house looking very stern, ami car- tion, on the other band, is more ilea y rying one ol the wedding bills in his I to the latter. Females in cities are hand. He handed it to Susan and said: j more prone to consumption than in the "Susan, w hilt iloes this mean? This- ! country. All old countries not it i - -bills are pasted all overthe village, and tiirbed by emigration have a great ma there are crowds of people reading i jority ot females in the population. In them." royal families the statistics show more She read tho bill and then she gave i daughters than sons. The Hebrew an awful shriek anil fainted away, and ! woman exceptionally short hied; the I hurried down to the post o'liee to see colored luall is exceptionally short Iiv- if the mail had come. This was on th" bill, ami I am sure it was spelled all right: Mift Sm.tn lln.wn ntii.r-iirri' lltnt U- ill ninny Mr. .l.iin.-- 1 1 i.n at tin- . lino li' li.-vt I luit -.i.o at 7 . -I -harj'. All Hi.' I 1. li. I-. I Hi.' I an. ill W Ith Mir rx.-. tn.n i.l the Mi'I'ailili n li il-.oii.d old Mr. V il 1,-eii in.' int itr.t. Com.- .-at Iv and l.ni l.'U i.l lit. went. Now, what was there to iind fault with in that ? It was printed beauti fully and every word was spilled right, with the exception of the name of the church, and I didn't put that in be cause I wasn't quite sure how to spell It. The bill saved Sue all the trouble of sending out, invitations, and it said everything that anybody could want to know about the wedding. Any rther girl but. Sue would have been pleased, and would have thanked ino for my trouble, but she wits as angry as if I had ilolie soiiiet hiiirr teal bad. Mr. Travrrs was almost as angry ir- Sue, and it was the lirst time he was ever angry with hi". I am afraid now he won't let in" ever come and live with him. lie hasn't saiil a word about my coming since the wedding bills were put up, As for the wedding, it has been put off, ami ii s;is she w ill go to New York t hoi uarricil, for she ivinil.l peifcetlv die if she weretohave ,l wedding at home after that boy's dreadful ci i.duc . What is worc ' am to besviit away to a boarding school, ami all because I made a mistake in ( printing the wedding bills without first asking u how sin; Would like to have them pi iutod. 1 Influence of t ic Went her on Criipi. The weal her exerts great inlbleie' ' i upon crops, and each t i'"p ti 'puros a different rlimat-' ioud.t:o!i foi itSpelftil ilevi lopiii! nt. All ex res.. of water in the -,.i.l prevent ;;ui h do veli.pnieiit ami i aii-' S a lo-s of ni trates iin 1 i tin r s-Jui I- plan' f U in the drainage v;it' i. I 'ec'.ly roote I crops, such as wheat, red clover and mamd "s. are bi st I t'ed tore-i-t drouth w hilt; shallow-root"d crops, as gra-s ii'ul turnips, are thus: vvhi- ii i-.idie-r . most f.oai it. ill a tlamp, rolil summer the bitrvi'-t ia al w ,n s la'e. gro.v I Ii having taken phl'C slowly in the dclineiu v id light ! and heat: tin- season is niton too .-hurt- for ma uring crops. A knowledge of the climate bed ; sii.ted to ra' h is i 1 gi'-a! .-.-i". i' e tot'n ( tiltivator in selecting crops lor iiuy ' sjieciiil location. Tim s, wheii' n- O'ires led and dr.. -weather for its r. pil ing period, wlile o,d will ripen in a tlamp atiiiosjihrre. Mangels rejuire heat, an I will re -.is! tin-dr . night, while turnips succeed bet ill ,1 t O'll, 111"! t The chara' ti r of tho winter hie ; more or le.-s intlm-nre on that of the following .-.i-a-on. Th soil lo rs ni- t rates to a run dder iMc extent by j drainage during a wet. op. u winter, j ''"',l (h--elopiue'lit is prevented by ex. I C' SslVO moisture. I In- wheat ,-iop is usually in a backward toaditioii alter a wet wint'-r. 1 In adverse seasons a good, rich soil I is the fanm-i's only Imp-. With plenty of plant food to induce a great j at nt of vitality in the plan's, cr .ps j will olt en succeed in pro hieing ;idv an- 1 tageotis yields w hen th"-" mi poor : soils fail to mat ure. poor soils yield ' their best result.; in seasons "f : I i V. I but coiitiuuoii . growth, when the i i"p j has a longtime in who h to collect the scanty supply "f food tln-y contain. In hot sta-ons, v.:tn an early liar .a ', i lily soils Weil S lj plle-I W! Ii '":'Ut food can pro lin e lull . r p-. - IV ii! ale Ti .iiii'ity nl' Lire. ft appea.is from the g.ataeiel statis tics of the world that wo ticii hip e a greater tenacity ol life than men. Na -turo Worships the feinal" in all its va rn ti' s. Among inserts the imtle pi r ishes at a relatively earlier period. In plants the seminate blossoms die carli est and are produced on the vvea's-i limbs. Female quadruped ; have more endurance than males. In the human race, de-pito the intellei tna! and physical strength of man, the i d. The married stale is favorable to ; prolongation of life among wotin-n. Dr. Hough proclaims that there are , from - tob pci cent, more males born ; than lemales. yet there are more than i tl per cent, of females in (he living; populations. From which statistics we conclude that all women ought to marry, and that as men are likely to become so scarce tln-v cannot be sulli cicnily prized by the other s.-. The Froir ami the Two tierne. Two geese, when a' i. nit to start southwards on their anni.al autumn migration, Were asked by a frog Intake hiiuwith them. (In the get se ex pressing th. ir w illi. igness to do s i if a I means ol et lllcv.iueo could he il "V sei the frog produced a stalk of stroag grass, and made the two geese take it ellc by I adi i lid, while be rliuijr tn it by h:s in.iuth in the iiiitld'e. In this in. inner the I luce vv i re making their joiiilicy success nlly, when they were llnti' el Iroiu below by some men, who loudly rxpro-se.l their admiration of the tie. ice, a id wotiderel who has been clever enough to discover il. The vainglorious I rug, oening Irs mouth to say "it was I." lost his hold, tell to the earth, and was dashed to pieces. .Moral.- Do not let pride itiilucc you to speak w h n sab t" requites ,o;i to be silent. rerversilj'. Jiii ll s wr i-h to f.rl. Vet rem III! s..-l.llllilts still; We would have h-lilll. Illld Vet Still ii-i- our li-ftic- ill : ..i ..I Cm one .n,M i-. I.oi.i v'teli to!i!f .,-t M-ell"-. .. H.i-il ! !, or in..iit ..-..-", let .,t ....k .vi.len. V.'r .-111 I II I V eii-' l l re V.-i v. ill net i c " Iioin s .i : W :e.l illi 'i" '-."It " ' a v. ill n o Ji i'-'-i Ilie.CI-. W do ic-t v.lni A" ."i :ht. VV h it , .-. I,' li .t v.r d-., A i. I il :n ;.... t !-.I'.-.ll' l,. rh-ili, " II '. .' II. Ifll-O'u'v o:U o.Ml act-, I e I -I I I, (! Ull"' i I "'-- 1- V ' v " 1 'Jl,e ., i. ..- V. . h P'll And v. Il -I r e. i.l. to i ni V r li, o-. ,v-.!iid l-'lll 'l'"ll, , j,. I ;;, .. ,. li r:l" t vli i mitl V imlv li.' -. .1-.llt.- ,in.Jt. IMMOIKH '. Tl e h'rcl co ik .sii 'iild I-i gien a Wide range. Why is love like a potato? Because it shoots from the eves. In tin- no -nth of May ap; 1-: trees go aciiirting. Love is evermore father of poetry. By the way, a dog generally "comes to the scratch" i:i the at tempt to make I it' ll ends meet." A woman who owns a coal-mine says she might bao married tiiei nu'i uday for the hist two years. Courting a girl is plying her ad-Ires-es Marriage is paving lor In r lre-s.., ami all the oth'-r lixiug-. Th" .mall boy vvh i lianas iiroi'inlthe parlor ami m.aU' s ! .aces a Li-' si-tei's beau si, ool. I In,- .;::i:s!i' il for e 'ate, opt of tolil't. "Yes." say.; the Idaho mall, 'it's dreadful uuf.'i I ioi.i'" that my gal got 'nigged by that ar" nr. '-h'-'.- : ort ';' Held llio in ro.'lt. mpt .-nice." A lot of mai l, ns rec idly g ? up a air lor tin- poor, ami. as quite a num ber now wear rug o'eiiiciit iIim. v, the ii!crpri..o is sjieki-n of as ,i Iriliiant success. Say- a writer on table etiquette: "If vou aro of a party t i dinn rm lutn h, wail by your chair until nil seat them, -l ives." 11 tin- rule is i igitlly ob.si rvc-l She dinner or lunch is apt to get cold before the company is aiic- cs.duliy .rilled. Id Yrnn.tr M.iluli, the Fa' Fiophet if KgV t, is po-essc I id uiie t o il men lable trad, anyhow. He may bull In r bis captives and pillage towns, but he ha-never published a weather almanac. Th. re is so. no lal.d good in all men "Ib.ll".".' wL. ro are ymi :r.rft?aid i railroad t tln la! al l.oiiv ain to a gen tleman about to enter the (iermaii ex press. "I am going to Verviers." 'I mean in what carriage are you go ing':" "Inihi. line. I suppose." "But I saw ;t man getting out of it just tl ivv '" "Thai w .isn't a man; it u.tsa lidol-Collcctor." The American "I u I" haMshaichcen introduced Into laighiud iluls under littecii wear r. st buds in their litt in fancy of bloom; tlio-c under tvvin'v wear half-opened buds, and tho-eovt i that age wear lull blow n to n; It Would be interesting to know il tile tleiiiaiid for lull-blown is greater in lingland than in this country. Tli Wliislliug Tree. In Nubia ami the Soudan groves a species of acacia is describe. 1 asei.-t ing, wh'e si-iciuilic appela'ion, a well as its popular mini", is derived from a peculiar sound emitted by th branch' s when swayed by the win '. The Arabic name is tho "solVa," ot pipe, ami the specilit' name of i.o,' also meaning a pipe, has been given t it for the same reus ui which pl'oinpte I the natives to give if its local ile.dllia tion. The tree is infested with in -eel ; whose eggs arc deposited in theyoiui shoots ami extremities of the braiiehc: A sort of gall-like excrescence abou' an im h in diameter is produced at the base i f these si Is, and when the larva has emerged from this nidus, it leaves a small circular hole, the action of the wind in which causes it to pro duce a whistling soi.nd like that pro duced by a llute cr by blow ing any hollow pipe. When the w ind is violent, the imise caused by thousands of these natural ilutes in a grove of acacias is most remarkable. The description given by Dr. Schwrinfuith of thi.se bladder-like galls leaves it uncertain whether they are true g.ll-nuts or whether they are the secretion of a species of lac insects. The valuable Indian lac insett thrives on two or three species of acacia, while one variety (the .1. Amliira) also products a potl or gall nut, which is useful lor tunning. In either case, these natural "whistles'' of the whistling tree would form a valuable article of commerce it they could be easily and regularly cob lcetetl und exported.