North Carolina Newspapers

t&ljc tl)ithattt XUtoxb. 11. A. I)MK)., KDIToU AND l'H PKIF.TOH. TErfMSOF SU$SfcRIPTiON, One y, one Jem- ( ue copy, i mitiillis , On ipy, 1 1 1 r-t iiinnlhs $ 1.IMI .VI; The Thought of Thee, WIh-II .,. I!, ,hl- l.f III.'!'? V Itfii lirn awn' in:.', Hit' (jmj iluwii liicnkiiig, I 'ci hud mill Ni'M. 1 hi' iln, ii l infill :, 1 1 n first ji.. litiiiin 'J III' thought "I lll(!1 1 think ll As tint I IIIK'I . 'I til' I'm suit I ill fli.ttcl mill Irw A tiny l.i'iiiie. rli'iiti'i, My (i'il ili.iu hi -iir. r, l I W, .' t''l l' I think nf tin i- licit ilnv is Mllili);, My nil Iiiri'itiii4 All i-lsc hut tlii-c - My run- ht-guilin;;. 'I hi' lone limns ivltihii X itli thoughts il Ihco. I tlllllk III' 1 1 II When -inr. milfOih. Thi-ir w.iti h un- k i-pinu ( i l l hind urn! sen. Their vi'if shiu-ini:, My lliuunliis nre hriit'in, My ! In I ln'o. '1 l.i' thought of thru 'I h tiiiiiin 'i'. 'I'liiimin j, Mr love is niiininu 'I'll' lull fur from un", Aid mini. I me lintel I VV .III cloivltii: linm n Slil! iiiiiiu lii'i. 'I hi' tticiiielit of lie" tshull neVi !nt ik' ine, 'llimiyli l. i''.i tiii un slui'sp A nil tlirt'alivi mi' tint Mill 1111I..M n.'. My lio,.i iih..Minu, Mi l .Ii"- fli-i-. Iho thought nl'thce Id' 1 1 nihil my I'illovv Win ii iMe's I it I liilb v ." Is my will lit'i'. llV i iinili'it ui i'iy 'I n him. nil", liriiu. 'I h.iinJit hut nl thee. - '(. Smith I ' It THE MINER'3 STORY. .toUrney ing westward on the Atchi son. Toprka and Santa Fe road, tin1 other day, two old westerners fat together smoking ami chatting, writes a correspondent of tln Now York Tin.'. Out of llic iiiiTi was a ininiT, Mini tliu otluT a cattlo-raiHcr. Tliu miner lirst pit liic. fuet mi tlin spat in front nf ti i in, ami remarko'l .slowly: "Seven years au'" lliis winter was a mighty il'ill season in mir rump. Tin' weallier was i-nMer than usual. I lien wasn't any water, we were slmrt of fjnili, ami tli" lnili.m.s were very t mil Mesoiiii'. W'e hail almilt lil'ieen or sitteen in the eanip, I heliee, aiel we hail to j(n pretty iM .y with the i .itaMi SO as to III. ike t hem l.r.1. I ll l l lieeli ki'i pinu si'M'ial iii mi there, I hiiiKiun e ery il.iy t li.it we'll striko sun, "I huijj rii li, nii't when they k it inure an I iiiri' il ssati.slie.l, I ju nili.eil thilil liiav'i'r an I liiw'i " --ili.ii'. s. I -upp.i.e I pioni. ise I mnr'n a liiiti linl luitimet that winter, h'l' soii.etliiii toi mi' that il I liuii on I wuiil'l make it. I eoulil "u that the ni"ii w i re jietl inn ahont rea'ly to jump iih aii'l that they ha I I'l'iiun to look upon me at KiiiiH'thiti of u liiinttii'. They wmil'l hoM lomr coiiferonc's toetln r, sp 'akiiij in low toiieit, aii'l when I came aronml thiy W'liilil piett'iiil to he talking almilt the weather, or somethiin; of that kitnl. I bail iiscil them all pretty well, anil thoy hateil to leave- me, hut tliey were pelting uneasy. On day towaril riiiiiIhwii, when I was ahout ready to give up myself, a young Mexican couple, who were bound for fsynora, straggled into our diggings a good deal the worse for wear. They had heen up in Colorado and had started for hoina with a tram and driver, but the Indians had got un their trail, killed the driver, an-.l stolen t lie horses and wagon. The travellers managed to get away while the driver was holding the savages at bay, and lying in ambush until nightfall, they had worked their way on foot into our camp. The young woman was one of the prettiest girls I ever saw. She was ab ut sick abed when she arrived, but the next flay she was around as chip per as anybody, and the boys w ere all making themselves very agreeable Says I to myself: 'This is a special dispensation of Providence; if I can keep the girl here for a w hile, there will be no trouble about the boys--they'.'l stay, too.' I never heard a word of grumbling from them that day or fie next. They just walked around on eggs all the time, and butter w ouhln't melt in their mouths. "I was a little afraid the greaser would get jealous and knife somebody but then I thought if he does the rest of the boys will finish him, and then we'll have thegirl anyway. The Mex. ican seemed anxious to get away, but I made one excuse and another f r not helping him right awny, and one loom ing he was missing. He had gjoped during the night, leaving the girl to us. Well, she was pretty well cast down for a while, but 1 explained to her that probably her husband had fit VOL. VII. gono on to get horses and an rs-oitf and that hn had taken this course became he knew she would have objected to his going alone. This faint hope seemed to give her some comfort, and the rest of the boys fell in with mo, and it became the settled convic tion about the camp that ho would be back piesently. She livened up some, and the boys made themselves very agreeable. When two weeks had gone by, and nothing had been heard of her husband, she insisted on being taken home, and offered us any amount ot tnriney, which she said her father would pay, if wo would escort her over the border. 1 began to fear that her hus band was never coming back, and, to tell the truth, I had H still stronger suspicion of something else: so I agreed to start with her the next morr.i lg at sunrise, and told the boys to be in readiness. That afternoon we heard unearthly screams up one of the gulch es a ways, and ssveral of the boys running up with blanched faces to see what the matter was, found the little woman b 'side a new-made and very shallow grave, into which she had dug far enough to discover the bo ly of her hioliand. As the boys stood there aghast, she sprang to her feet ipiickly, and, draw ng a revolver, shot two of them dead before any of us could lind voice. I threw up my hands and begged of her to desist, and when some of the boys grabbed their guns, I just pulled mine and made them put them up. Tlnn I got her ba-k to the cabin, disarinel her, set one trusty fellow to wa'ch her, and c.ill"d the others up into the gulch. We uneovero I the dead man, and found two bullet holes in his back. "Who put them there V' said 1. sternly, to the men. "'Tlic two men whom she shot,1 they answered. " 'Impossible,' says 1. 'How could she know ';' "'She didi't know. Hie just hit them by chance.' said one of the party. 'Wo knew when they did it, but we didn't want to say anything about it. They thought to rob him a"'.il run away with In r. but she sevined to be afraid of them inure than of all the others.' "Well, I kind of got tired of that place after that, and when I got ready to take her homo, I parked upniyown thins, also, and as we set out I says to the boys: 'liiiol bye, old men. Yoll can work the claim or no'; ju-t as you pleas.-. It ain't likely that I'll ever be back here a.; ii n.' And 1 never did go back. Thi' slunk away after a vhile too, aii'l l'e beard that nobo.ly has ever worked there sjnee. I took the girl biiuie to her father and left her there. he's t lien: now. Yes, I see her i asioiially. In fact. I don't mind telling you she's my.w ile, and has been lor three vcars." Ihikola I'l-iiirie Fire. Last Sunday evening, as the sun was sinking in Hie western horioii. a lire was noticed encircling thi: place, and at n greater distance than twenty miles to the noith and west. The sceiii! that immediately followed was too horrible to be thought lightly of. Tim whole heavens seemed as one mass of seething, hissing tire. The roar that accompanied the flames as they darted upward, was enough to startlo the pioneer, and completely shatter the bold and fearless tender, foot. A cry was raised, and in a few minutes tho citizens turned out en masse w ith wet hags and coal oil toiches, and going to the north and northwest limits of the town, along tho wagon trail leading west, immedi ately applied the torches. The grass went off like powder, burning a back lire about twenty feet wide in an instant, reaching nearly a half mile. Then to meet the creeping ll iiin's ap proaching from the north, a double backfire was started by the torchmen. and had just been completed when the roar' of the llaini's was In ard ascend ing the hill -only in a moment, to ilash in the tall grass and meet the. ba with tne swish peculiar to the concus sion follow Ing the discharge of a can non. The Urn to the west was then about two miles distant, but Hearing at the rate of about eighteen miles an hour, ae.d when the north lire bad been safely met, all hands went to the south west trail, running to about twenty yards north of the new school house, and started a back lire on the north side of the trail, and then bringing the (lie over the trail, It was let to burn around the south side of the school hous-. being watched by eight or ten to prevent the (Ire spreading to tht building. At one time it seemed Of though the blaze would get tho best ot them, but wet sacks were applied, and tho flames subdued. Other parties were sent in different directions, ant succeeded in checking tbe fire. Tin damage done, however, was estimated at ilO,tHH).f'o;m,t;( (Dakota) Citron He. Ctottew I'ltTSBOUO', CHATHAM CO., N. C, KKBKUAUY 1885. ( i.ii'i'i.Mis l oit nii. n imirs. Oysters deposit about one million egg- Over Mm lit patents on churns have already been granted by the (iovern ment. The pulse of a hen is I i of a cat I IM to of a dog 1H to l"i. and of m ox "Jo to I J. Tho cavities in the long bones of -Uailrupeds are tilled with marrow. Those in the long bones of birdsaud in skulls contain air. A Philadelphia linn pumps its nn lasses from the wharf to its storehouse :hrough a pipe line similar to the oil pipe lines, to avoid delays and cartage charges. Cannon Point, tia.. claims the bcmoi if having the only olivo grove in tht l.'nited State.-, whose fruit is used foi the manufacture of oil, It contain lt'iii bearing trees, which were plantei' over I On years ago. The grove, yielilcr 2'Hi gallons of oil this year. Tho ocean, as well as the land, ha lifl'erent botonical regions, and change.' are observed with the depth analagoiif to the variations of terrestrial plant to the altitude. Marine vegetatior seems to have its ver. ieal extent deter mined by the rang" of light in tht water, which varies with the power ol tho sun and tho transparency of tht water. Ily a proclamation of (leorge III., dated Oct. T, 1 7'ii', grants of lands ir America were authorized to the re duced oillrers and discharge I soldier.' who had served during the French am Indian war "iii!'i acres each to Held officers, :Mi to captain, JmiiMo sub alterns and stall' officers, 'Jnil to non commissioned o'licers, lilty to private soldiers. From a single grain of wheat plant ed in HM, says thetirass Valley i Cal. ('' ', grew twenty-two stalks, each bearing a full heal. Tnese yielded Mill grains, T'l'i of which wero planted the next year, producing one-lifth of i bushel of splendid w heat. This was planted last spring, yielding seventeei; bushels, making l.njn pounds of when' from one grain in three years. Chess is the oldest game now in utfe It was originally played in India where tradition says it, was invented .i,i mm years ago. The Indian game, however, was much improved as il traversed over nations. It reached Miina. aivl then mine through Persia to F.urope. P.el'ore the sixteenth ecu tury there ha 1 been fifteen writers or diess, of whom seven were A sialic. Scarcely twenty-live years ago thf most powerful pic f artillery vva a sixty--, ight pounder, throwing itr projectile with a velocity of PUM feet per second. Now the weights of gun have been increased from five to 1 if tons, the velocities from p;nn to2ll,n feet per second, the energies from l'm foot-tons to over .'ij.ii'in, and the pro jtrtiles from sixty-eight pounds t' Jihiii pounds. Weather Cliaimvs I'nre lulil In rtlnii of Animals, The behav ior of some animals has long been known as a means of pre dieting the coming changes of the weather. The lower animals are more significant in this respect than others of a higher organiat ion. Thus snails and fiogs are mure susceptible ol changes in the weather than bird.-;, and it is well-known that swallows, peacocks, geese, and other birds, ant. pigs and some other animals exhibit very omspici ons signs of an approach ing change. Snails drink by imbibing moisture through tubercles in the skin, and some time before rain these tubeicles are extended and become ipiite protuberant. Some snails change color from yellow to blue, others climb trees and gel on tho leaves, on the upper side, if the rain is to be Hi irl, and on the under side if it is to be long, swallows II v low just before rain, skimming the ground or the sur face of ponds of rivers; blue jays and peacocks cry loudly and persistently; geese ad as if w ashing themselves in water, and "sipiawk" with great vigor; ants rush hither and thither as if greatly excited; frogs croak clamor ously; gnats gather in clouds under trees; pigs sipieak and carry bunches of straws in their mouths to make up their beds; dogs curl up and go o sleep; cats lie with their backs to the lire; llies even exhibit greater ani mosity in teasing their victims, and mosipiitoes ami gnats are greater tor ments than ever at other times. Fven people feel restless and irritable, and rheumatics feel twinges in their joints and limbs, and old wounds and even amputated limbs sutler severe nervous pains. The reason of it is doubtless luo to the greater rarity or lightness of the atmosphere which precedes the advent of a storm and the fall of rain, and in some cases also to the special t fluenco of electrical action.--AV Xork Times. TKADK IN III MAN HAIR. It is ( Wit horei I fiom All fj'init ol"s of tho W..i 1. 1. Tlie Mo4 Valuable Colors ami the Higli i ol Prices Paid for tlm Material. "The best iiiality of human hair Comes from France, lierin my, Sweden and Norway," said a large importer of human hair on Proadway, New York, to the ipiery of a Mti! K.ri'x interviewer. "Years ago the human hair train was a bonanza alniasl to what few dealeis there were in the biiMiic-s. Fine. It: .tiriaul hair could be ur" chased irom the pos-cssor for a few beads or knick-knacks Peddlers went about the country with gewgaws in ducing women to pint with their hair Times have changed, and not a woman in any of the countries mentioned but requires a good round sum to sever her llowing locks to adorn otht r heads in dilTf rent parts of the world." "Well, how is the trade now?" "Within the last fifteen years it lias fallea off surprisingly. Then it was considered on the list as the third largest import trade in America, whil" now perhaps it ranks about the I wen. tleth. The reason is obv ious. The introduction of cheap hair from Paly and the Chinese refined hair has ailed" ed the sale of the genuine article Now the hair that mostly coiu-s from Italy is either cut alter death or taken from hospital patients. It is then sent to Paris and carried through a process which is supposed to give it tone and vitality, but graveyard hair can never eipial tho excellent quality of the raw material taken from a flcsh-and-blood seal)." "How is th-j hair prepared for mar ket, after it is first cut from the head?' "All hair obtained in Sweden. Nor way, Italy and sometimes (iermany (although the latter country often pre pares for market hair obtained there i, is sent to Paris as raw material. There it undergoes the refining pro cess. It is cleaned, washed, and dried' and then drawn through hot sand; so the article is as pure as can be. Now when the raw material is sent, here it. is simply washed in soda, and is qeady for sale." 'What does the hair cost, obtained from the original wearer?" "It depends on the leus.'th and color. All the way from $1 tol" is tho price paid for tho raw material. Wo call it raw until it is cleaned and purified. Thirty-two inch hair retails here from $:t t o if I per ounce, being graded by the shades of color desired. Some hair easily sells for $lDand fit'" per pound, if thiity-two or thirty indies lon'." "What color in hair is highest priced?" 'Pure whito hair is more sought after now than any color, and is worth its weight in gold. Ind'-ed, it is more valuable than gold. It sells at $10 and if I. Mi per mince, and is extremely hard to get at that price. The reason of this is that pure white hair can rarely ever be found. Nearly all white hair turns to a yellowish tinge from ex posure to the sun and weather. Ordi narily white hair has three different shades, beginning at the the toots, and varying a little in the middle and the end. Hence tho great dilliculty expe rienced in getting pure white hair. 1 don't mean gray hair. Cray with us is mixed. Then, when white hair is colored you can tell it easily." "What colors come after white in popularity V "The light or pale colors are always more in demand than dark shades. Light blonde, not reddish, and golden hair are the favorites after white. In Sweden light hair is mostly obtained, and is more expensive than in any other country. France furnishes dark and medium shades; Ciermany medium, and Italy gentfially dark. Hut of course all these countries furnish all colors, but those just mentioned pre dominate." "Will the prepared human hair last as long as the raw material?" "Prepared hair will last a lifetime; it never loses vitality. The raw hair is clogged up with oil and will soon become dead. Tho refined Chinese hair, which is generally mixed with the imported and sold for lirst quality, very soon rots. In order to refine it, acids are used, and the effect is dele:e rious. The Chinese hair is dirt cheap. Twenty-eight inches in length can be purchased at the rate of fH per pound. The trashy Italian quality is about the same price. The prepared human hair, twenty-eight inches long, Is worth $:iii per pound, not counting the costly shaded grades." "What is the matter with America that yon cannot buy the raw material here?" "It is tho variable climate here, 1 think, which seems to impede the growth of hair. Fact is, hair doesn't seem to grow long on American I women, and the only reason that can j be given is the strange freaks of the ; weather. Now. in Svvedn the winters ure long and severe, but not capricious ' . .... . in changes. The temperature remains Beautiful Edifues tlia'. Are Built in equable and Swedish women take pride j gj,.., ,lf Aifliitnitiir.. in cultivating a tine crop of hair for . " the hair-gatherer when he comes Tin village churches in the south around lalo in the spring. American J West countries, m- cider count rbs as women wouldn't sell their hair if they they are sometimes called, are particii had it. Money is not an object with arv rj(., ;1nv of them are of Tu them when it comes to looks. No hnir ,i,,r wirkin:iushii. and are built mi a is obtained I mm Kngland for (lie rea- . uw:t largerscal" thanthetinv edifices son it doesn't grow long in the foggy island. The hair from Italy is trashy, and there is no doubt that if the raw material was imported here direct, be fore being prepared in Paris, it might contain a germ of cholera, as a great deal of it is cut from patients in hos pitals. Hair from Italy might proper ly be excluded with rags during a cholera epidemic." The trail llniiseluilil. Me was a grand-looking old man, and looked all the more so in his pic turesque Arab costiini Following him through a small lobby, we ascend- ed a dark and narrow wooden stair- case. At tho top of it we found our- selves in an arched gallery running round a small court. Here a few goats ! were wandering about, and from be I hind curtained doorways numerous dark faces were peeping at us. The principal lady ot the household reeeiv- , t,0 hearts of its builders for some ed us at the door of the sitting-room, ! greater purpos-. Within three miles and soon we were surrounded by at j ,,r s,, , Kilpcek. is a small, massive least a dozen women and lots of chil- j , ,,, , ehmcb of great curiosity, ilren, not two dressed alike. The' poor j xvjt), s,)ln lingering t ra 'cs on it, at it children were all nerfectly laden with I aj,,.s ,,f t),,; plodding touch of previ bracelets, anklets, nose-rings, while a ! ,,s Snxon masons. few had even nostril-rings. Indeed, many of them looked queer little objivts, with patterns painted on their faces in scarlet, yellow or white. Some of the women, too, had white spots painted round their ears. 1 thought these extremely ugly, for they stmngly resembled rows of teeth One exceedingly smart baby was dress ed in a yellow silk dress w ith a bright crimson border, and a little rap sur mounted by a tuff of feathers all the colors of the rainbow. His arms and legs were perfectly laden with jewels and his littleneck smothered with rows and rows of beads, from which were suspended all sorts of charms and talismans. Several of the women were afraid to shake hands with me, and one little fellow with an enormous nose-ring screamed most lustily. This led to our discovering that they were afraid of my dark hands, lor 1 had on a pair of brown gloves. I! was the lirst time that any nf lliein had seen a pair of gloves; and the whole party were very much astonished, when 1 took them off, to liud thai my hands were white. Miss Allen produced a scrap book, and handed it first to the old gentleman. He commenced look ing at it at the wrong end. as Arabs always do, and evidently enjoyed the pictures quite as much as the children, shortly after mir arrival the servants brought in a gilt tr.iy with two large green goblets full o i sweet syrup: and we had to drink a little of this, as well as three small cups of coffee, the old gentleman particularly wishing me tc understam" "that it was Arab custom to drink not less than three." The Lapp iiiul UK Itcinilccr. The mountain Lapps of Norway have learned to drink rotiee a d wear stout Norwegian cloth, but they set a much store by the reindeer as ever. A poor family will have fifty and upward ; in a flock, the mid-Mo classes :tmi to' 7(10, and tho richest l.miiior more. The , reindeer is as much beloved by the; Lapp as his pig by the Irishman, and t the reindeer often sleep in bis hut in much the same fashion. The Lapp will whisper to his reindeer when harnessing him to his sleigh, and will; tell him where he is to go, and declares he understands him. The reindeer is much like a stag, only smaller; all the ' people, animals and trees in Lapland ; are very diminutive, the mm are mostly under live feet high, and tin women under four feet nine inches, so , great are the rigors of the climate in . this as in all countries under the arctic circle, and the cows, sheep and goats ! are small in proportion. In stimmei j tho reindeer feed upon grass, and givf ' excellent milk; in the winter they feed upon moss, which they scratch up , under great depths of snow with mar - j velous instinct. When winter draws i near great numbers are killed, and the flesh is dried and smoked lo provide food when the ground is covered with snow, and but few birds, like ptarmi gan, partridges and capercailzie, are met with. The flesh is very nutri tious, and after a course of grass feeding it is surprising how soon the reindeer become fat and plump. The skin makes their dresses and boots, the sinews their thread and fishing lines, and the horns their spoons and domes tic utensils. TVO jAv Lm 1 1 ( ) S KS ( t I UK S 1 1 If- Country ( liuri lxs ,,, Eimliinl hihI Mel With WhIis. ' of Sjxoti and Norman timet. When ! Henry VII. was buil'lin; his be lu'iful ! chapel in Westminster Abbey, many ' of the liegp caught tie! same feeling and taste that prompted his outlay on ! this work, and reared in their own lo- j j calities edifices that were in the same style, without a'tempting to vie with its richness. Thca, perhaps, to the-o j structures a porch was ai led when ; (Jueen F.lizaheth was making her sum- j i mer progresses, and subsequently fur- j ; ther alterations were effected when , i Kinir Charles ha I co-iv to his ovvi:. : tin,r,,,j Wi,tl ,..,,e taste, telling of 1 foreign travel, all of w hich yielded a t ijhter air and tone th n the work of j ,1P ini.w,,n!, ,,f earlier centuries. Abbey I lore church, near to Mere ford, is an unusually line village chnn-h, with much work in it of these latter times--mysteriously vast, indeed as though built with vague longings in There are little Welsh chun-he;, built of stone, wilh slated roofs, so plain, so I featureless, that it. is difficult to be sure they are not barns. There are others. again, no larger, that arrest all liassers-. by with their plaintive beauty. Here I "Faith," sai l Pat. "1 had a brother is l.lanbedr church, of the dashing, ! wlo Vl,nt to prison against his ill---darting Artro. Il is full of ibdica-y faith he did." and grace, though consisting only of j A wt5;ish (.i.,llis, ha discovered the usual nave and chancel, with a';lhlt sa Will(M ntai,,s alcohol. Wo small bell-cot on the west end. A K""-i i,,n't w n,;,t this has any ronnec- erousgiver. however, recently added a: ,i)in ,.xl.,,s..Um "Half seas small vestry and an 0l",n",",,1,('1''''' ! ;ivi-r " but it mav. pon h. Pike the rest, it stand churchyard, only the tombstones lie Mat upon the earth, fringed with the grass that grow s around them. These memorials of departed Welsh villagers are made of slate and incised with Welsh inscriptions, giv'ng tin. names aivl iia'es oi tne mrins ami deaths in the usual way. Over the en ! trance to the churjh is a small slat e i tablet, ins-ribe I with an admonition, which is likevvis-' in Welsh. tothe el'Vct that, none should enter that tiriv ileged sanctuary save with good thoughts We may venture toerossthethreshold not w ithstanding. Within all is orderly There is an ancient, open timberei roof; an unusually picturesque chancel- j arch, formed with rough-hewn, slab formed stones; a central pathway; bet wein tiie two rows of sittings; i -j stained-glass vv indow on the south side and a second stained glass window at j the east end, both masterpieces of color steel, pale, and wan tints contrasting incomparably with deep and rich tones a few mural tablets, and a general ail and tinge of refined and homely piety In a wold, these village ehurcher present afield of interest that is prac ticall v inexhaiisl'ble. l.'iiti"U iifr h:ki.-i ok 111(11 1. III. A talent is perfei ted ill solitude stream of tin a "hararter world. in the It is in vain for a mm to be l.orr frit unatrly, if he be unfortunate in his marriage. It is easv to look down on others; to look down oil ourselvts is the dilli culty. When ivorkincn strike to do bettet than well they do eonloniel their skil in cov etoiisne-s. i'very one of your actions is re wardnl or punished. We may not discern il. or if we d", are foe proud to admit It. A wide, rich heaven hangs above yon. but it bangs high; a wide rough world is around you, and it lies very low. The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pur.suit which lind. hiin in employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, oi broadswords, or canals, or statutes, ot J son1 "Spirit is now a very fashionable word. To act with spirit, means only to act rashly and talk indiscreetly. An able man will show his spirit by gent ir words and resolute actions; ho is neither hot nor timid. Life is ma le up, not of great sacri- ties oi onues, ... mue ui.ugs, ,,. which sin les and kindness and small obligations, given habit ually, are what win anil preserve the heart and secure the comfort. tjljc iHljatljam tlcrord. hati:s ADVERTISING One square, our inerlinn- - l.rtw One eqmire, tavn insertions - l.fffl Unr Square, one munch - - 2.50 For lin ger advert iscmcnis hbcriil con- t rturts will hi' made. U cr. , i i- n-.ii . ill,. . Ml i III" .1 A I III the -Il All. I I ii -; lw t X II. I lie Am i- tin-,-!. ! I i ' II -hi llll' Villi.-! -!.. I'.l. Ill-1 ill "I Ml.'i Mm ll-Ill (.in I w I. u In n l! ill'! . V H I II:.- Inllle. . Mi. i ih.. Ion : ih A e-i- ll i- ln I Hi'- In) lul ;:ri.i ,n Ii .ii Alli-I mil i-i-i:n.; Alli'C I In- l.iii.lin Hi l'i.i- tin- ll.-lil i'i Al'n-i lie- fie i.ov . tin Aln I tin- -!i.i..i. i M-ii- i.. II-; ;i IliOll I . .-.,.1 l.il.well- -""I "-I -I'.l lll.-l" n- h in- -I il.lll . I ' " I I I I" -I' IH'MOKOIS. A slow iiuhIi -parking, but iicver popping. "What is the boundary thai separ ates a smile from a tear?" "( live it ap." "The nose." An eel was found in a ran of milk n cent ly, and il didn't appear to beat, ill out of its clement. Ananias has a very bad reputation, imt il ran be said to bis credit that ho aevcr wrote a circus circular. An exchange asks Imw lo remove paint. We have found that a coat sleeve will remov e a great, deal of it. I IH-VI'I IIH'I il llMi'li" HI- -till. l-:-ti rinllv when tliu Ii'-! I is i'li, Hut I hilt I ;ii-lii- for liiiilo ii 'l:i , Ami nlu.osnti the l-illi-l -i-le. A little girl suffering with the mumps declared she "Irk as though a headache ba 1 slipped down into her neck." A young man who was jilted by bis girl and subsequently married her, says bhe treated him like a bottle of patent medicine. He was "shaken" before taken. "No man nm do anvthing against his will," said a motaphvMi-ian. "What vim doin' puvv. Pill?" "Xoth in'. Pe rn doin' of it for three weeks and 1 can't stand il much longer." "What you goin' to do?" "(lit somebody to help me." Mistress to amiable servant maid: "I am going to the opera this eve ning, so I shail probably be home late." AmiaMe maid: "Oh. ymi j ' "l"'" 111 "in- j Lit'!.' Pmiolph one day begged an i invitation to dinner. At lie table his hostess anxiously inqnir. d. "It udolph. can yon ( lit your own meat "Humph," said Pulolpl:, who was saw ing away; "can't I? I've cut up just as tough meat as this at home." Trawling in the N'mth Sen. Trawling l"r fish on the shores of the North sea has irnv Ins ir so vast an industry, that some alarm has been raised lest the continuous dragging of jho bottom of the sea by the immense licet s of steam and sailing vessels should exterminate the edible sorts (if sail water li-h. The line fishermen say theiufshof the trawl net is s.. small that it is impossible for the enormous quantiticsof fry that is drawn in it to escape. The consequence is that not only are the large lish captured, but the young, for which no market ran be found, are desl roved. Trawl vary in si e. Some are srv-cnty-eifcht led long, and have a beam of from forty-eight to fifty led, w ith trawl heads of four hundred weight. The size of the mesh of trawl varies I three and a hall' inches down to one ! and a half inches square It isadmit- ted that the supply of soles has greatly i fallen elf ; that they have become sear I cer and dearer, and it is stated tliaU : in -io ne places they do not even pay for the trouble and expense of cali-h ing. j In the w inter of 1" 1 1, when t lie Silver j pits were lirst isi'ov ercd, soles were : found in enormous quantities, a single : vessel getting as many as a ton and a ton and a half in one night. The price they yielded at that time was from 10 1 lo p; shillings a trunk, while the same quantity now would realize from '.'ttn , ep. II is pretty evident that the cause 'of this diminution in the takes is duo j to the destruction of fry. Soles resort I to the large estuaries to spawn, and in the winter they go to tho deep water, j The suggestion has been made that, 'while the soles are on the spawning : ground, inshore shrimp traw ling ought to bo restricte 1, as, unless that is lone, I there is little chance of the soles at taining maturity and continuing the valuable and toothsome article which they are now. In fact, some authori Li,,s ,iSsprt th.(t if somo I11(,ans are not levised to prevent the dest ruction of immature fish in thebaysand estuaries, in a very few years tho sole will he a thing of the past. London I'el&graph) 8i Hi I f V I rv hi K ' G5f- hi HW'imli.',j.,, y III. imwiy nm