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VOL. XII.
PITTSBOIUr, CHATHAM CO., N. C, OCTOHEIl 188!.
NO. 5.
O'.il Ago.
r.hii o;i the furrowed cheeks of Af;8
arc's hollow wi Inkles show.
The olil mnn turns hi life' last raj'
Wi h treml litis linml and slow.
D.uk lower l he sb !, In every sound
Death's ni- urnliil dirge ho heiirs;
And wi iii ily the days ro round,
Th-s weeks, Ih? months, tba years.
The lady of his 1 ive, n!a!
Hn'h olos 'd her g ntl" eye.
With hut one tiny tuft of gris
To show him where she lies.
''Old wife of mine!' he whimper low.
"Al ove thy (rave I see
The star of I'..il'i who' beams I know,
Willi guitl" me soon to thee!''
WON AT SIGHT.
Tc had been upon the Mediterranean
:ntion for about a year, when our com.
minder ordered I he ship to hesd for
Marseilles.
I win tlnn n young mi lsh'pman, end
enjoyed the leave on shore in n foreign
p rt with boyish. d'.ight. Theie were
lix in our m", and we nimnged to get
t!oio lei ve mi ai to bo together, w hen
it win possible to do so. This was the
rasa one fine Sunday in ibe month of
December, e.s mild mid suiiini"r-hko in
(ho south if I'miicc as a New England
May day.
The sfni nl ir experience of ore of our
number I hnvo of!en told ini e about
the nios table or ramp Ibe, but have
never put it in'o pr'.nt.
Wo xvrro tstiolling on the fqunie
known us I.c O urs S'. Louis, n sort of
permanent flower nvirkct, where the
women sit riitlircrcd in tent like t:.l!s
of wood, encircled by their bright,
beautiful a'ld liagiint ware, wdiibi the
manner of arranging I ho stalls, sa tint
the vender sit laiscd acme six fctt in
tho ail, guv; novel effect to the scene.
We watched with spec ial ti'li tit these
b'n k eyid, l laek ha red and roty
checkrd girls, the li nh of health in
their fines in r!y rivalling that of theii
tn: let flowtri. Willi busy fingers
they iiirangcd in dainty combinations
tho vivid and delicate colors relieved
by fifth g recti leave an I tuitlnig vines
ef smdax, while we young midilie
joked pleasantly with them and bought
fabulous (plan: il Hi of hniiqu ts.
While we wire idling away the hour
in I.e Cii'.is St. L'tii, with tbc-e
roguish and piotty ll.iwer vendei. we
wen nil thiciun into a sla e of ionize
m: nt and curiosity by the appoirnnro ol
a yc nag girl of about 17, who rushed
iimong hi vi i t H a siartl ing speed, and
who, baldly pulsing to icgnin bei
breath, said, iu cxcel'int English:
'You lire Aiivr'e m, and 1 triisl,
gentlemen. I tl.ere one among you
who will mil i y me?''
'Wc will nil marry yon," wn the in
stant respons-;, nmmpanie I by hearty
laughter.
"Ah, you nio in sport, but I ntn in
nr nxt. Wiio will 111-1117 nu t"
There seemed to be ii" jko after nil.
The girl was po-itiv.y in eirnct mid
looked at on' an''. all of in n coolly,
yet earnestly, ns p'-sihlc.
"Here, Harry," said one who was
rather a leader Mining lis, and a Idlest
im; Hairy, ''you wnnl a wile," and he
give rui comrade a slight push lowatd
the gul.
For sonn singular iea-on II 1 1 ry took
the matter much more in cninrU than
the re' of us, mid icgaidod the new
comer with a tu nt searching but re
spectful finite. Appioarhing her he
laid :
"I do not know exactly whnt you
mean, but I can understand by your ex
pression of face that you are quite in
lamest Will you take my arm and let
11 wnlk to one side?'1
"Yes; but I have no time to lo'e,"
find taking his arm, they walked away
together.
We looked upon tho affair as some
well-prepared joke, but weie a little nn
roed at tho nen-ippeninrce of Il.tiry
nt our render, vc -us 011 the quay, fur
leaieix iied at suii'el, and wo ila'eil
11 t wait for him, as Captain I) was
ti thoicuh ilixriplui.il ian, and no didn't
c;uc to prniokn him and thus endanger
nr next Sunday ' le ave.
t)n board we went, therefore, leaving
Harry on sliure. Whin wc reporte I the
question was, i f course, linked where
Mul-liipman V. win, to which query
w;ou!d return nu proper answer, .n
no really did not know, lie knew p-r-fic.ly
well tbnt we mul nil Ic at the
b at landing ju't 1 1 f. ie ninset. It wa
plain enough to i;s nil Ihat theiewn"
tioubln I tewing for our ineniite.
I Iu 1 ry di I not maiiu his appeiaure un
til ihe ncjt lay nt noon, when he pulled
t' the ship in ashore boat, and, cum
i.H i n bond, rcpirtcd at or.cu to the
isptain, who stood upon the ipiartcr
d ck, and asked ths pr.vilee of a pri
lule intiiv fit.
The ciiruimtiintei connected w ith the
arsenic of Harry were very peculiar, and
a he wn one of ihe most correct fel
low on board, hi request wa grante I
by the captain, w ho leiiud to his cabin,
followed by the delinquent. After re
maining; w ith the r.iinin.in ler far near
ly au bimr, hy tnuio out aud joined us.
"Whnt ii the up hot of it, HarryJ"
vi esked.
'Well. Ind, I'm marrie 1 that's
nil."
' Mm ried? ' asked the tn 'ss, in on-j
voice.
Tied for life!" wai the answer.
"Hard anil faMi"
1 'Irrevocably. "
'To that little craft you scuddel
swny with? '
"Ksactly. As good an I pure a girl
as ever lived," s i i I Harry, earnestly.
'W-h-e-w!' whispered cue and all.
"How did Old Neptune let you off?''
v.e all rageily inquire! that being the
name the captain went by 011 board.
' Ho is hard on me," said Harry, seii
ously "What do you think ho dc
mandi, lads?''
"Can't say; what is it?'1
"If 1 don't resign, ho will send ir e
home in disgrace." That's his ultima
tum." "W-h-e-w!" again liom all hnnds.
"Let's ge' up a petition for Harry,"
suggesle I one.
' It's of no use, In Is, I know he
mem what he sayi. He ha1 given me
a while to think it over."
It nn all up with Hany.
Cipt. D was a severe, but an ex
cellent 1 Hirer, and he had only given
the delinquent the alternative of resign
ing or baing sent hoinj in disgrace.
The fat t that he ha I g it mirrio I in tho
manner he deciibel, in placeof pall i it -ing
millers, only aggravated the cap
tain beyond measure. He declared it
was a disgiaie to tho service, and a
breuh ol piopriety not to be over-
looked.
J Harry told m his story in a desultory
: iinnner, inleiuipted by many questions
I and ejaculations, but whiili wu nil! put
into a simp'e foim for the convenience
of the, rca ler.
Julie Meiiriro was the orphan child of
a merchant, who had been of high
standing during hi life, and who left a
handsome fortune to endow his daugh
ter on her wedding day, or, if not mar
ried before, she was to receive the prop
er y on coining to the ago of 2.1 yeirs.
Her mother had died 111 her infancy,
nnd the father, when she was !) year
i of age, placed her in n ( invent to be
bleated, wln.'U' she ii'in lined until his
leath, which odutne l suddenly, nix
' months pievi' in to tho poi i id of our
isket.li.
I Alter his death Ju'i'i became the
i waid of her ifc'c, bv tho tenor of her
fnthoi's will, 1111 I the pi no I of her edu
cational course having j 1 1 -t clo-ed at the
convent, Hubeit Mcurirc, the line I",
brought her home, to hi family riii Ie.
M.idamo Meurice, it appear., was a
:heming, cal 1 ula1 ing woman, an 1
knowing that Julie would be an heiresi,
she tried every way to promote her in
timai y with her own son. who was nn
j one 'il!h and in-unit youth of IS yen
1 without one attractive point in Ills char
. ne'er.
i Hubeit Meuiire, the unelis of Jilie,
I was a M'a captain, whoio calling carried
: him much imay fioni hi home. )ur
j ing his absenei hi wifo tinted Julie
j with the 11 'must tyriniiy, even keeping
her locked up in her room for days to
I gel her, telling her that when she would
I ronsent to many her son, Hubert, she
I would release her and do all she could
1 to make her happy. Hut to this Julio
j cnul I not ron-ent. Imiu -iiomnent eeu
was preleruble to accepting her awk
ward aud repulsive roii.in.
One day sho overheard a conversation
between hir mint and her hopefu'
son, wherein the iiiyiteiy of hir treat
ment was solved.
The boy asked hi mother what was
thi use of b.'thoiing and importuning
Julio so.
If she d icsn't want to mirry me,
mother, diop the mMttcr. 1 like Julie,
and she would make 1110 a nico little
wife, but I don't want-her aguinit her
wid."
"You are a fool," said the m ither.
' You know nothing; abrmt the matter.
Her father's will endow her with a for
tune at her marriage, even if it heat 17,
ju-it her present, age. At 20 sho receives
the fortune nt an rate. Now, don't
yen see if you marry her wo aic all fixed
for life?"
' Ihts Julie know about the money?"
he asked.
' No, of com so not."
"It's a little sharp on her," said tho
boy.
"I'm looking out for you," said the
mother.
"Juit so," mused the hopeful.
' I am resolve I (hat sho shall mirry
you, and that is why I keep her b;ckel
up, so that she may not sec somo one
she would like better."
' Lots of money, eh? Well, mother,
let's go in and win. When shall it bai"
"It must be at once."
' The sooner the better."
' Your father is cxp"rte 1 home next
week. I want you to be marrie I bebue
he return. Ho approves of it, but i a
little too delic itc about jre-siag mat
ters so quickly. I know lb it do limo is
like lh; preent time, so I hav 1 been;
making airmgemonU to bring tk.il
about immediately."
This wns cno ih for Julio. Phe un
dentood tin situation fully now, ami
saw that her mint would hesitate nl
nothing. The poor child fcaied lie 1
beyond description and had yielded Ir
her in everything, save this one pur
pose of her inai-riagn wi!h Hubert.
Julio was a very gentle gill; oni upoa
whom her aunt could inipo-to with im
punity. She had no idea of asserting
her righ's, much b'S of stand ng up for
them. Hut sh" wns thoroughly fright
ened now, and resolved to escape nt any
cost fiom tho tyranny which bund her.
No fate could be worse she thought th ir
to be compel ed'lo mniry that coarse,
vulgar and repulsive creatire.
Yes, she would run away at ones
The poor chi'd for she was liltle morn
had not asked- herself where she
should go. Sho hnd no other relations
that she knew of in Ihe world, and the
isolated life sho had always led had
caused her to form no inlimiciei, or
even to make friends with those of her
own age. Indeed with this prospective
fortune, yet she was virtually alone and
unprotected, and without a relation
whom sha did not look upon a her
enemy.
The n xt day after Julie had heard
i this information was Puud iv, the gayest
day of the week in Mirseillos, and, for
lunately, Jul ie succi e led in making her
csivipe from her aunt's house. Still un
decided where to go, and in hir d'spir
a! ion fearing that nt any momnt sho
'night be seiz-d and carried back, sho
had wander.'d into tho flower mirket,
w hero she c imo up 111 in, already do
scri bed.
As she explained to Ilirry afterward,
she was intent only upon escape, and
believed this to be her last chance.
When she saw a half dozen young
American!, who seemed perfectly re
spectable, Ihe idea that positive safety
lay only in mairiage. diwnel upon her,
and she actually ran toward in, as we
have rc'ated, tho ni imeiit the thought
developed itself.
Harry became moro and more im
pressn 1 with Julie's story as they walke 1
along, while hi was deliglitel by her
innocent beauty and miuil'est reliao
meut. It wa all like a dieim, almost
too romantic for tiu'h. Our "fate"
si m "times comes to u i:i tin singular
fashion, he thought. ''There i a li Ie
iu lie; affairs of men whit 1 1. taken at
the Hood, lord on to foituue.'' Sud
denly he turned to her and said:
"D ne you trust mo with your hap
piness?'' She lookel at hiin thoughtfully with
her soft, plei'ling eyes. II r briin was
very buy; she reinembeie I wh it 11 waited
her at horn", whit ha I driven her
thence, and then, in rep'y to In sober
quc-Hon, sh" put bolh of her hand into
his with child like Irmt.
They wandered on. Julio had always
plenty of money in her purse, and they
strolled inlo a little rhip-1 on their way,
where they found a young cleigvman,
who could n it resist thur requ-st to
mirry them, and so, though reluctantly
and advising proper delay, he performed
the maiiia.ro ceremony, ai led by the,
scx'on and hi wife, who caih leteived
a Napoleon.
As nn inducement, Ilirry had i.'eo
told the clergymen that he wis jutt go
ing to sea, nnd that he must bo maniel
before ho sailed, that not even one hour
was to bo lost.
Ju'io came on of tho chipel tho wife
of Harry H., who went with her to the
Hotel du L iuv e. From hire hi so nt a
pressing noto to tho Ani irican C msu',
who c mho to him early the next morn
ing, and by tho earnest persuasion of
Hury, the consul agron I to taki tho
young wife to his own hum?, un:i
matters should bo settled ai it n'gar led
their future course. In the consul's lu 11 e,
Julie found a pleavrit an 1 saf J rotreit
I for the timo being.
Whatever might bo said with regar I
to the propriety of the young folk's Con
duct, it could not be u idone. Thev
were inevoeahly united as husband and
wife. II irry was forced, however, lo
resign hi commission. Hy tho aid of
theCmsul, Julio's i-'g'it in relation to
her fort una under her father's w II were
fully reilizid, nnd sho came almost im
mediately with her young hinband to
America.
Harry H., by means of proper in
fluence once moie entered tho navy, the
second timo as lieutenant, and now
wears a captain's epaulets. Sew York
Xnr$.
Astnunilinir lennranre.
Speaking of the small circlo in which
even the greatest movo, Lord H -ai o is
field u-ed to tell the story that Napoleon
I., a year after he became Kmpcror, was
dolei mined to find out if there was any
one in tho world who had not heard of
him. Within a foil night tho police of
P iris had diicovered a woodchopper at
M intmartic, within Paris, who had
never heard of the revolution, nor the
death of Lou's XVI , nor id the Kmicr
or. LoiMn StiindtrJ. "
I'll I MIR FA'S ( M'.HN.
rinoi) Mor.Ntr'i
Pp. in Ihe niir ery tw bl ie ere
Opened q'.l eklv ia ulnl Mli pvi-e,
Two little nil lips hitie;liiii", spoke;
"Maium t kissel m, mid so 1 woke."
Out in the w ols a b'li" IHI earn
Whisp 're I, soft as th sunim r n r.
As Rent ly ojienvl h r fairy cup:
"A sun ray kn-o I m , and I woke up.'
THK I.KOKNn (IF Till-: MI.Y.
Once, long ago, wiie-i the earth wa--young,
an angel was wandering
tliiough it verlant fields searching lor
flower to mako nu off 'ring to hi
Heavenly Father. li ch was the color
mil sweet tho perfume of these eiuSiy
stirs, but how gaudy they worc in
3nnparison to tho one that was in his
mind.
"A pu"0 while fl iwor," In murmured;
hut, though he smirched Ion ; nid dili
gently, he could not II ml one.
Disappointed ail wciry, ho sat down
111 a stone and wept. Tho crystal leais
fell down his robo and sank into the
jrruid. Iiiimedi itoly a lily sprang up
10 pure and sweet tint tho angel, with
j lycui hurst of song, straightway
fathered it and flew on high to the
:hrone of (iid, nnd kneeling, laid tho
iffering at His feet.
His Cientor, beholding the graceful
white flower, said to His faithful ser
vant :
"Because of thy zeal in my service,
:his flower shall henceforth grow nil
)ver the world, nnd when sinful man
look upon it ho will ili.uk of 1I17 fer
vor and imitate if." P.'iil'i I IjAii
My:r.
the mssATisFiFtn pro.
"fiondno si what meat!" exe'nimed
the little dog, ai he tried to pic; the
meat off a bone. "I'm getting tired of
ihia li'e. I never get anything but
bones that haven't anything on them to
cat. I wish I win the I) maid's dog.
riieir's go's everything hi wanti to eat
ind is as fat as can be. while I'm noth
ing but bones. I'll go and find him
ind see if ho di"n't want to exchange
with me for a while; I u' of e mis s he
won't." Jim jii npel through a hole in
:ho fenr ! into the I) maid's yard. Hi
foim 1 Tip there looking as sob-r as
fou'd bo imiginod. "What is tho
matter, Tip? Why nro vou so su'.l ci ?"
"Well," began T.p, "if you had only
bread and milk every day for your meal
foil woiil 1 look sullei, to 1. I wish I
iva you, nnd coii'd h ive nico bones to
pick, instead of brei I an I milk."
"I'll te 1 yju what we cri d ," said
Jim, "as wo look so much alike inly
7011 are fatter Ihri I am, but that
would not I e nol i" 1 we can ex linage
place nnd no otn will know the tidier
?nre. Want say you, Mister Tip?'
"All rifjht," said Tip, after thinking
iwhilc; anything to get out of eating;
bread and miik every m -al. I'll go j
jycr now nnd pretend I'm you. S 1
good-by. Tell mo how you like the
:hangs so m."
Tip had not tol I .1 in of tho bn I !)-.
in the fain , or how they tied tin cm
nn his tail that send him howling over
Iho hon e, while kicki were al iel to
the noise ho nude. Jim sat down on
Iho side porch, thinking of his good
fortune. Suddenly he heard somo ont
railing "Tip, Tip," so, as he had ex
rluinged place for n while with that in
dividual, he niiswercl tho summon.
He went around in front where tho !
children weie playing. :
"Here, Tip," eric I II tt t y, tho fail j
young nii-tren 01 mo -log, --coine uern,
sir. Why didn't you come when )
called you!" an I, with this, she whipped
him.
Poor Jim, not being used to find
treatment, didn't know what to make
of it, but he determined to put up with
it till ho saw Tip.
' Come here, Tip, let mo dress you
up liko a young lady. "
Sho picked up a doll dress ami com
menced putting it on him. "Jim fel
very uncomfortable and wa glal when
the slcove of the dress ripped and hr
was released. He strolled around to the
side pirch and siating hlmse' f c imfort
ably commenced thinking again, but hi
thought ran in quite a different chan
ndthitim Instead of thinking 01 j
his own trouhlei ho was thinkin oil
I
poor Tip . 1
"I'll go over nnd tee how he enjoy!
the life 1 led."
Sisnying, J m moved quietly to thf
hole in thr fence and saw Tip looking
happier than he had ever seen him look
before.
"Why couldn't I be happy liko that ?'
thought . I nu "Well, I'll try anyhow
nnd see how I succeed.''
Jim certainly did not accept the ex
change for "alway"," but he learned
that we mu t never judge from ns
p.'Biaice, and went bnclt to his old
haunts better contented than he had
ever been before. ,Vh Jvt Hiiro.
rul I Velvet Sleeve nre a fenture ol
silk ami wool gowns prepared tot au
tumn trousseaux.
DIAMOND FIELDS.
A Nafal Millionaire Tells About
the Precious Stones.
Their First Discovery, and How
They are Obtained.
John Agnew, a wealthy resident of
Natal, who rrc nlly arrived in t'lis coun
try, gave a teporter for tho New York
Tines an interesting account of life nnd
business in the iliam ind fi 'Ids. "Tne
centre of business in tin diamond fields,"
he said, "is K ml erly, a city of over
fill, nut) inhii'iitiiiits. It h is excellent
police and sanitary reguusfion, and is
situated on table land in tho midst of a
sterile sandy plain, about 5,0011 feet
above the level of the sea. The climate
is exceedingly cold in win'er, nnd it is
not unusual to find K fliri who have
been drinking heavily at night frozen
to death in the streets in the morning.
The city is surro uide 1 by the four prin
cipal diamond mines the Kimbeily, the
Old lj licers, the Dutuil Spin, nnd tho
liu fatitine.
"Evei bi ily in nnd about Kimbcrly is
in the diamond business. There is no
agriculture. Provisions nro bt ought
from Natal or dpi; Town or by the
li icrs iu wagons 'hiee or four hundred
miles overland. (iu ng there from
Natal yon travel about ,'JOU miles by rnb
1 nd oDU miles by wagon. Nobody is
allowed to sell diamond 4 in Kimbery
without a 1 Cense, and nobody is allowed
to buy them without a permit. If a
stranger is found with a rough diamond
in his pos ession without a permit he is
ant-sled, taken before n magistrate and
i liable to bn sent to jail for three
years. I cimo very near being caught
that way mvse'f oil 111; first visit. 1
hud bought a nun ni l diamond from
a broker whom 1 knew vry well, when
he asked me if I had a permit. I told
h'tn no and he replied: "Hero is
your money; give me bin k thediamond.
We will both get into tn iible." Then
I got a peimi'. The diaminl are
taken now from a stiatum of blue clay
Still feet below the sulfate. Tilt (lav,
which is alway us hard ai n lock, i-.
brought up in blocks and broken upon
vast uncnv -re I platform. Some of the
larger diamonds are foun 1 in the b ("ik
ing up. The wmk l dono by natives,
who are divided into gangs of six, with
n white i vi-r ecr for each gang. Ilith
the r verseers and the pic-i g t a per
centage on the diamond they find, as
well as fixed wages. When the natives
quit win k nr runic up from Iho mines
they ni" stripped and searched, nnd evn
their mouths are examine I. After the
clay has been luolcen 11pm the platform
il i sprinkled with water and allowed
t-i di v in the sun. Then it ci limbic
and is tak-n to the washers.
" You reniemb' r, of course, how the
diamond fields weie discovered. It was
in ISffl, I think, or th'-reabmits, that n
Hottentot child p'aying in the sail 1
found a bright stone. Its father carrie I
Ihe stone to a Du'rh trader nenr the
coast, who gave him nn old wagon,
some oxen nnd goats for it. The Dutch
man carried it !o Cipe Town nnd sold
il I'm ili MM). That stone wa iho fa
mous S'i of Africa, nft"rwnrd pur
chased hi 'he Prince of Wale for, 1
think, iU'V'MMi. It was found cn the
j l,i ns 11 1 et thiriy miles fi mil Kimberly.
.1. I!. Kobe' Hon, now one of the riches!
men in S.mth Adicn, wns then a ped
dler, lb) went i 1I0 the interior shortly
after the discovery of thit stone
nnd returned with hrm 1 tills of dia
monds. Then followe I the rush lo the
diamond field."
Fight Ibdneen An Oyler nnd FNIi,
Oae old lislu rimn tell of a li ;ht
between a big oyster and a little full
which he saw last seaoi. It. was a
fight "In a finish,' and one the like of
which ho never aw before. Thi young
slai lish appi.iai he 1 the op ui oyster and
slowly settle I down upon it. The shell
spiang together with a snap and the
fl-li, which hid c tied up m it with five
rays, bobbed suddenly up with only
four. The oyster again dropped his
blin Is an 1 awiiel 11 mm mi I attack.
He didn't havi? to wait long. Slowly
the lih began to drop until ho win
ngnm a s'raddle of the ny .ter, when a
repetition of th" former sound o-cured,
nnd he now hi ' thieo ray instead of
five. Three times moie th s was enacted
and then tho fnh keel.-d over, dead.
Tay of Chinese Servants.
A rich man's servant. 111 Cliina gets no
salaiy, yet many nre the applicants;
while big salaries me paid to servants of
the common people, but few make ap
plication. The pet q-usites of the for
mer often morn than triple the salaries
of the latter, which i the sole, reason of
thc-e dilTerenees. To ent ouiage honesty
nnd sincerity lon'idcn'inl -lerls and
salesmen in all branches of industry 10
ceive an annual net percentage, of the
film's lu-iness, bc-idcu their regular
balmy.
Names of Plants1.
The number of cuiirries which havo
con'ributed their qu ita to tho noinen'
c'.nlii'e ef Knglish p'nnt i legion. Be
ginning with Frinco wo have the dent
do lion lion's tooth wheiico we de
rive our dandelion. The flower-de-luce,
again, which Mr. Dyer thinks was a
name applied to tho irh, c ohm to us
through tho F.eich Hour do L mis tra
dition asserting that thii plant was
woin as a device by Kinv; Imi VII. of
France. Buckwheat is detii-d from
the D'lleh word btc'iwcit, an ladder's
tongue from a word iu fin sime Inn
gunge, nd Ie sloug. Ia like m inner
the name tuUp is Useable to tho word
ihonlybaii in tin Fenian language sig
nifying a turban. So, too, our Knglish
word lilac is nothing more than nn
anglicized form of another word in the
Persian tongue, viz., lilng. X large
number of plants owo their names to
those by whom they were first discovered
and introduce I into other climes. The
fuchsia stands indebted f r its name
to Leonard Finhs, an eminent (Jer
mm botanist, and tin dahlia was so
named in honor of a Swedish botanist
named Dahl. A long list of plant names
might ho formed which bMr what might
be termed animal and bird prefixes a,
for example, horse beins, horse chest
nuts, dog violet nnd dog roses; cats'
face", a name appliel to the plant
known to bitinic il students as the viola
tricolor; cat's eyes, veronica chamti! irys ;
c ts' tail aud catkins. The goose firasj
is known to the country people in
Northamptonshire as pig tail, and in
Yorkshire a iinmo given to tho fruit of
ihe oratie;u oxyai intha is bull horns.
M.viy plant names hnvc been suggcsle I
by the feathered inc.), particularly gooso
tongue, cuckoo hud (m-ntioncd by
Shakspenrei, cuckoo flowers, stork's
bill and crane.' bill. One of tho popu
lar names of the arum i "parson in tho
pulpit" and a Devonshire term for tho
seet scahrio-is is "mournful widow."
The ramp-on 1 not infreq n-ntly called
"plum pulding," and in the. neighbor,
hood of Tuiq my it i not unusual to
hear fir eonei spoken of a 'Oysters. "
Mrs. W. K. Vninlcrbilt's Romance.
A romance that has the charm of fir.
tion all uit it, is told of Mrs. Wi.lio K.
Vinderbilt, the wife of tho famous New
York millionaire. Sho wis nt Newport,
It. L, after her father hid lost his
money, with sum i friend, when the
announcement (hat the rich son of Wil
liam H. Vandcrbdt woul I nrrivo that
evening was made, t if gowns she had
but few mo it of them had been w orn,
and sh" did no! think that she could
mike 1111 impression on any mil if only
she bad a frock low-ear. Ono of bur
Ir eiols volunle;red to I mi 1 h-r a yellow
silk. Wi'li great delight it wa ac
cepted; but the beiuty'. eyes filled w.th
tears, and her lips q i veied with d sa; -pointm
nt, when sho dncov to 1 tha' on
one side of tin bodice and far down on
iho skirt extended a white stain. Rut
was this to dan-it a spirile 1 girl? Cer
tainly nut. When the tini" cime, and
the gown was put on, she took a black
lace shawl, tl.at by sour- mistake had
been put niu ing her things, draped it
about her in Spanish fadiion, fastening
it ab uit the hen 1 ami on one slum tier
with 1 tuber pins. An almirer had soul
her a bunch of yellow roses, and with
.hose an I her black fan her costumi
was complete. She cime. sho saw, and
sho conquered. Tie wicked friend
never forgave her her surr'S in hiding
the defect of the gown, or the loxcly
picture she pru ented when she stood
before Mr. Vinderbilt, an I the lookers
on could real the admiration in hi
evei. I don't know whether this story
is true or not; il was to'd me and
v niched for, a id I like to think that,
Cinderella like, tho maid of the nine
teenth ("iitury nil, if she will, find her
Prince. -Vie Ynrk flniji c.
(Jiieer London Names.
Qn-er iimnes certainly nre lound in
the 1. melon. England, general registry
of buths, nt Somerset House. F r ex
ample, young cions of the families of
Rath, Limb, Jordan, D'v, Dear, and
Smith nre christened respective!,' Foot,
P.i cal, li t-i-r, Morning, Offspring, nnd
Smith Follows. Mr. Cox cilletl his sin
Arthur Wellesly Wellington Waterloo.
Mr. Jewett, 11 noted huntsman, named
his El ward H.ng Tally Hi Forward.
A liinrt il that was evidently un
welcome is rerorled in "One
Too Many." Another of tho same
sirt is "Not Wantel James." Chil
dren with six t i ten nntnes nro frequent,
but pi iib.il!- tho longest mini in the
woi Id, longer than that of any poten
tate, is attached to the child of Arthur
Pcpp-r, laundry man. Tile name of hi
daughter, born ISSt, is Anna Dirt ha
Ciceilia D.aua Emily Fanny (i.-rtiii Ie
Ilypatii Inez J.ino K ite L niise Maud
Norn Ophelia (J lince H-becci Starkey
Tciczn l lys's (sic) Venus Win fred
X iiophoti Y-.'tty Z us Pepper one title
p-ccisclv for every letter of tho alpha
let. (.niofjo JlentUl.
Remember Me.
When shadows o'er the earth lire creeping,
Anil start pe-p through the skies,
When hirtllins in their nest.-i ere sleeping,
And nature slumbering lie".
And when the midnight moon is sliiuiiu;
Across the tranquil sen,
O, thou for whom my R' nl is pining,
Itemeiiiber ni"!
And when tlnroiy morn is coming
Across tin' e-islern hills,
And blithe birds wake, and bses nro limn
iniii";, And nature's prea' heart thrills!
When all Hie happy world is waking,
To glad activity,
O, thou for whom my heart I, breaking,
li iii 'inher ni"!
And through the daylight' .l-nnging b .urs,
The quiet rest at noon;
When ling 'rin? kissoi warn the fl overs
TI.ey iniisf Iu. closing s-i iii
And when the gold'-i sun iss. -ttiii'
In p'ne.iful majesty,
O, thou for whom my heart Is still regret
tin.', Remem' ir me!
At morning, midiiii;ht, n n on I even.
At every ti-ne or place.
When winter's icy blasts are driven
In Hpringt line's budding Krao.
When sii'iinii'i- d eks the world with beauty,
Wle-n ib n I leaves strew the ,,,,
O. thou whose least wi-h is still my duty,
1! -m-'inber m!
lltm Slirllnn in Courier -J'liiraal.
HlMOItOUS.
The man who is right is seldom left.
Some strong holes Sale deposit
van I Ir,.
Virluo is i's own rcwarl, au 1 no
questions asked.
A man must be pretty nick of work
when he throws up his job.
In poultry ciir'es thn old hen gener
ally proves her g )od standing by her
setting.
One of tho inleresting experiments in
popular chemistry is when a youth feeds
hi flame with ice cream.
It does not necessarily follow that
sailor is a small nun Inc imo he some
times sle-'ps on his wa'ch.
Munchausen F. (iulliv.-r (who has
been relating an inc tl'ii-1 "You look
suipii-edl" Faxou True'iiau "Yes; I
know it's ttue."
The coat unit with a pm table chute
may incieas-j thn size of the cut, but it
dees not materially meieuu the weight
of the average ton.
Kiniiui "Your hat is peil'ettly charm
ing, nnd h suits you so well." Mirie
"Oh, yes; hit if you only knew what
1 fearful fainting 111 it c nt 1110 !"'
Mrs. (iazzain (to her dnuglitei ) M 1
bcl, you should keep nu eye on Mr.
Looker. lb;' a splendid catch. Mr.
Oazzim Whnt ( lull d 10; he citeh foi ?
Rest for Weariness of It-idy or Itralti.
A tramp knowi whit it is lo In leg
weary, a farm hibmcr to be b d,--weary,
n literary man to be brain -weary and a
sor.ow ing man to liu soul-weary. The
sii k lire often wear,-, even 11! life itielf.
Weariness i generally a physiological
"ebb-tide,'' which time and patience
will convert into a "flow." It is never
well to whip or spur a worn-out, hoise,
except in t he diictl slr iiis. If he nciid 1
his pice iu nhnlietii-.i f o the sUiim in,
every step is a drop diawn from his life
blood. Idleness is not one of (he fnlU
of the present iiu'c; weariness is one of
its commonest experienr The check
that many n man draws on hi physio
logical resourcs are i'lnuin Table; and,
as these resources nro strictly li mitcd,
liko any other o:d nary h-inkin; ac
count, it is v -ry eisy to bring about, a
balance on the wrong side. Ad' tpinl
rest i one kind of n p yinent to tho
j bank, sound sleep la another, regiiinr
j eating and good digestion nuother.
One day's holiday in the week nnd
one or two months iu tho year for
1 those who work exceptionally hard iirii-
ally bring the credit balance to a highly
j favorable condition ; and thus with care
ami management physiohcj c il solvency
is secured and maintainel. I! il a phy
siological foi tune is as good 11 thing, or
even a better thing, than a money for
tune. Stored resource!, well inve.ted,
keep the mind easy and the body youth
ful. If, howeve", a mm hnvo not
these, but only enough of strength to
go on steadily from day to day, ho
should watch carefully agai list e m' sive
weariness. A feeling of prn-tintion is
tho dark thunder cloud that. port"iids a
change in the atmosphere. Health, lil;i
weather, may "brca:;" and when once
it i broken nobody know 1 when tho
barometer will mark ''.set fair" ngain.
Weariness, coining on in the ordinary
course of work, without nuy special nnd
temporary cfliise, is Nature,' (lemnu I
for an immediate boll lay. The horse
is tire I. Ho due not waul the whip,
but a month's run in a quiet and abun
dant pasture. As nothing in the world
can properly satisfy hunger except food,
so no drug or stimulant of any kind ex
cept rest can restore the weary to energy
and hea'th. The doctor's tonic i a
very good thing in it way, but it will
no more act as a substitute for rest than
a glow-worm's light will serve the mmij
purpose as tho moon. J'fo UoijUd,