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Waif.j. !:; " Yes, 1 know there are stains on my carpet, The traces of small muddy boots ; , Yml I see your fair tapestry glowing, nd spotless with blossoms and fruits ! ml I know that iny walls are disfigured ' 1 With prints of small fingers and hands ; 4nd that your own household most truly In immaculate purity stands, r ,i , - ' ';.' And I know tr t my parlor is Uttered With many ld treasures and toys ; While our own is in daintiest order, Unharmed by the presence of boys ! And I know that my room is invaded Quite boldly all hours of the day ; While you sit in yours unmolested, And dream the soft quiet away 1 Yes, I know there are four little bedsides ; Where I, must stand watchful each night ; While you go out in your carriage, And flash in your dresses so bright. Xow, I think I'm a neat little woman ; " I like my house orderly, too ; And I'm fond of all dainty belongings ; Yet would not change places with you. No : keep your fair home with its order, It freedom from bother and noise, And keep your own fanciful leisure ; But give me my four splendid boys ! SIFBEWE COURT. Derisions Pile Febrnary Term. From Aavftnce Sheets of DaTidson's Eeports. TUKKKR T. QCISK. Where an appeal has been dismissed for want of a proper justification of the un dertaking on appeal, neither haste, ignor ance nor inadvertence in the appellant's counsel in preparing the undertaking on appeal, will furnish any ground for issu ing a certiorari as a substitute for an ap . peal. . j Where the surety to an undertaking on appeal does not justify, but it appears that the surety was tendered and accepted, and the instrument duly executed in open court, without objection; Held, to be a waiver of the statutory" requirement. iHaneoei v. BrumUtt, 85 N. C 393; Jone v. Potter, 89 N. C, 220; cited and approved). DTJCKEB T. COCHRANE. A party to a contract cannot maintain an action for its breach without averring and proving a performance of his own an tecedent obligations arising on the con tract, or some legal excuse for a non-performance thereof, or if the stipulations are concurrent, his readiness -ana ability to perform them. (Dula v. Coules, 2 Jones 454; MMett v. Herring, 4 Jones 262: Jones . Mat, IV sn, C, 164; Ibid, approved). 82 N, C, 252, cited and ASHEVILLE DITIBION V. ASTON.. claimant to land in dispute, between other parties to a suit, who is not connect ed with anv interest in that controversy, but claims by a title different from that of both claimants in the suit, cannot inter ?ene and become a party. A party may intervene when he has an interest in the controversy, but not when he has an inter est in the thing which is the subject.of the controversy. ; , ,Krathly v. Branch, 84 N. C, 202; Wade v. .Sanders, 70 N. C, 277, cited and ap- proved). MOOKE V. THE BASK. 1. An attorney for a foreign corporation, who has claims to collect for them in this state, is not a local agent upon whom pro cess can be served. 2. A local agent of a foreign corporation, upon whom process can be servea so as to bring the corporation into court, means an agent residing either permanently or tem-i porarily in this State for the purpose of his agency, and does not include a mere tran sient agent. Cunniicgham v. The Southern Express Co.. 67 N. C, 425, cited and approved). BPESCE V. TAPSCOTT. 1. In order for the Supreme Court to acquire jurisdiction, it must appear in tne transcript of the record that an action was instituted, that proceedings were had and a judgment rendered from which an ap peal -could be taken, and that an appeal as taken from such judgment. " 2. Where the transcript of tne recora nt to- the Supreme Court is impenecx, the appeal will not be dismissed, but the papers will be remanded, in order that a proper transcript may be sent up. v. Simmons, 90 N. C, 9; Moore v. V'liohrhjrg, Ibid. 10, cited and approved). STATE T. MGNEELT. There were three indictments against a prisoner, to one of which he pleaded guilty, and judgment was suspended on c.the payment of costs. ' He was found 'guilty on the other two, on one of which he was sentenced to imprisonment for ten 'lays. After-remaining in jail for the term f'f his imprisonment and (twenty days ad ditional, the prisoner took the oath pre :ribedior insolvent debtors and persons "Dprisoned for the costs t and fine in a criminal prosecution, and applied for his discharge HeM that ha was . entitled to i" discharge in all threef cases. WlfEDBEE V. LtSGOBTT. Ihen the defendant pleads as a coun kr claim, a cause of action arising out if the contract or transaction set forth "i the complaint as the foundation of the P'aiatiff s cause of action; the plaintiff annot be permitted to take. a non-suit. Bllt when the counter claihi does not arise o ol the 8ame transaction as the plain- till u e.n a -i -- A .m aiiK. 'vision 2 of section 244 of The Code, the Wwntiff may submit to non-suit. In vaue m Hnnnn nni i m ih uuue 'UCQ case, the defendant iiay either with- punier claim, wuen m 'atan end, or he jnay proceed to trv it v.: .. ', , r i uis election. s iFrar;. ua, n4ht r. &t. and fW ,V ,w2'!3t -td Vuuahan, and 11 . II tl II lll.lt nil l:. y -ZW approved). TRULL V. BICE. 1. ft id f, n...ll .nltUJ . ! f ntaf.14A in nTatt' that in judicial sales the biddings 1 ."'be oiKned and a resale ordered, if. pfljre the sale is confirmed, an advance of tic ,jn the biddings will not be re-opened, ept in case of fraud Or unfairness, or pother adequate cause: , the bfcre' however, theudge below,, in . -- viae ui BIS UlBCretiUU, rfnthe biddings on an) advance Of ten r nt. before the sale ii confirmed, the Pfeme Court will not! direct ; him ito and re-open the biddings.' the finnromp Court will not look into conflicting affida vits, but are governed by the facts as xuuuu ojr tue judge., . - (Attorney' General v. Roaiwke Navigation Co., 86 N. C, 408; Pritehard v. Atkete, 80 N. CM 86; Bout ex parte, 3 Jones Eq., 482; Btii Y. Blue, 78 N. C, 69; Wood v. Far ter, 63 N. C, 379; Miller r. Feetor. 82 a. V., 192; Simmon ' r. Founts, 81 K C, 86; Lovinier v. Pearee, 70 N. C, 167; University V. Lamiter, 83 If. C, 38, cited ana appro vea). STATE V. WHITFIELD. 1. A juror summoned on a special ve nire is not rendered incompetent because ne nas servea on tne jury in toe same court within two, years. . Only tales jurors come within the proviso of section 1,783 of The Code, and in order that they may be disqualified, it must appear that they nave not only been summoned, but have acted as jurors within that time. 2. Where a witness has been impeached. in order to corroborate him, he may be al lowed to testify to statements made by him about the same matter shortly after it occurred, corroborating his evidence given on tne trial. v . 3. A witness may be discredited by the nature of his evidence, by the circum stances surrounding him, or by imputa tions directed against him on cross-exami nation, as well as by direct evidence in troduced to show the untruthfulness of his testimony. (State v. Thome, 81 N. C, 555; Stater. Brittaiu, 89 N. C, 481 ; State v. Tvoitty, 2 Hawks, 449; State v. George, 8Ired., 824; State v. Dote, 10 Ired., 469; March v. Ear- relL 1 Jones 329; Jones v. Jones, 80 N. C. 246; State v. Mitchell, 89 N. C, 521, cited and approved). FOLEY V. BLANK. 1. A pleading, placed on the files of the court after the judge baa left lor tne term is not filed in contemplation of law. 2. Where, in setting aside a judgment for excusable negligence, the judge does not state the ground on which he founded his order, his action will be upheld, u in any aspect of the case it would be proper. 3. The Supreme Court can review on appeal what is mistake, surprise, or excus able neglect, under section 274 of The Code, but it cannot review the discretion exer cised by a judge of the Superior Court un der that section. -4. Where the judge left the court before the end of the term, but did not adjourn the court, leaving it to expire by its own limitation, and a judgment by default was entered against a defendant, who rued an answer before the expiration of the term, but after the departure of the judge; Meld, excusable negligence. 5. Where the judge presiding leaves a court finally oeiore tne term nas expirea, he should have it adjourned, and not leave it open to take care of itself. Such prac tice has no legal sanction, and it gives rise to misaDDrehension. confusion and a a wromr. (Branch v. Walter, ante, Bi, citea ana approved). BCXLT T. BUXTON. 1. The execution of the bond sued on being denied by the defendant adminis trator, he introduced evidence of conflict ing declarations made by the plaintiff to him when the bond was presented for pay ment as to the sources from which she ob tained the money which was the consider ation of the bond. Plaintiff failed to in- tmdnra evidence to corroborate either of these declarations or to show from what source the money was procured by her. Held, that this furnished no presumption in favor of the defendant that his intestate had never executed the bond. Itwasonly virmimstance to be considered by the iurv with the other evidence in the case. 2. Held further, that it was not error for the judge to remind the jury, such being the fact, that there was no evidence before them that the parties who might be called as witnesses to corroborate the declarations of the plaintiff were alive at the time of the trial. 3. It is not a violation of the act of 1796 (TTiA Cod, section 41 3) for the ludge to tell the jury that the evidence, that the intestate had seen the bond and admitted that he had executed it, if believed by the iurv to be true, is entitled to more weigh!) .nn" th oninions of experts as to the gen ,,inonw of the signature, and that such opinions should be received with caution 4 A seal imports, or rather dispenses with, proof of consideration, except when onniahll TPWM 1 80U?nt. tv. AJeem. T Ired.. 16: State r: EU linaton. 7 Ired., 81; 8tate v. Nash, 8 Ired., a. Htsifj, v Nat. 6 Jones. 114; Wiseman v Cornish. 8 Jones, 218; State v. Haney, Dev. & Bat., 390 ; 8tate v. Hardin, Ibid 407, cited and approved). ASHEVILLE DIVISION V. ASTON. 1. A deed from an individual to a cor poration will be good and pass the title to the land, if it clearly appears from the deed itself what corporation was intended, although a mistake or omission in the cor porate name may have occurred, and this rule is not changed by tne iaci iuai i u time of executing the deed, the grantor was ignorant that the grantee was a uouj corporate. ' 2 If lands are conveyed to a corporation aggregate, it will, from the nature of such corporations, be understood as a fee with out any woras oi hduuuuu. 3 Although the existence of a corpora Ka limited to a certain number of years, yet it is capable of holding estates in A a corporation cnarierea wr tuc . . , ji m I. pose of promoting wuijrei.u, ---oi atoti which it has purchased, because it ceases to pursue the objects for it am incorporated. 5 A corporation cannot endure longer than the time prescribed by its charter, and no judicial proceedings are necessary to declare a forfeiture for such a cause, m hr Muse of forfeiture, a di- i mil iiri "y . , . i rect proceeding : must .be "a DJ sovereign to enforce the forfeiture, j ana it QUl iur "J " T-7 -.f.A v cannot be taken aavanwge i j itwm f" o- . Ar .rt 6.1 A receiver appointed under the act 1 mi. rA .tlrni 70V tO Wind Up tne i i xuc vwu, - - - . of cornorations. can proceed tocoi- r7 t, -L,t. and o prosecute and de- uw3jmt au vuw j fend suits, aiwr uwOTipv - , I ;. w ' v. .ration of the charter. 7. The segona swry iu . , 3 S.i. .nav Hp recovered in an ac- neiu Beprvt.j, j -- tion of ejectment. r-nf nrJi Thtmb Institution r. JSorwooa, v. Martin. 91 N. C. lhZZtlM-. 27: Elisabeth VZlZLlndse 6 Ired., 476 TnAL v. Railroad GA Ibid f.tffL,i ... DeResset, 81 N. C. V IZ"mrd. 8 Ired.; 280. cited and approTea;. , . T.tmltr.iia at Napoleon, Jackson mint? ha married the Democrat who it i. wppi 'jr"rr TWO COLORED PEOPLE. "The Little Charcli Around tlie Corner" -fW. c. Prime in N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Writing about colored people reminds me of an old couple, who were once well known to many readers of this letter," and who have for, some years past been citizens of another and better country, where they are happily settled. For there is a better country than this of ours, howsoever we "boast of our institutions. The Church of the Transfiguration in New York is widely known by a name given it long since "The Little Church Around the Corner." This was never a Eroperly descriptive name, for it is not a ttle church, but seats nearly a thousand people, and is generally fulL But the low celling, ilie wanaering suape in tue uwi, the ouiet and warm tone oi tne aecora- tion, the paintings Hanging low on un walls, and the numerous memorial win dows, many of which are to children of the parish, mve it a more compact ana home-like appearance than some other churches, and lead strangers to underesti mate its size. The members of the Trans figuration parish, old and young, arc warmly attached to their church and it is unnecessary to add that they are still more warmly held in bonds of very tenaer anec tion and respect to the rector, who is their father and friend. The church was found ed by and has always been under the guidance of Dr. Houghton. It is a work ing church, reaching in its charities and ministrations all classes ana coiorsoi peo- Kle. The record of these works is not to e published here. It is kept in a book elsewhere. Not the least interesting and important part of the work is among the colored people of New York, of whom many are members of the parish. Old members oi tne pansn win remem ber the forms and faces of George and Elizabeth Wilson, who for a long period were doorkeepers and pew openers in the church. Wilson was a tall colored man with gray hair and beard, a wrinkled fore head over a pair of fine eyes, a stoop in his back and sometimes a halt in his step, r or he was a rheumatic old man, quite feeble, fit for hard work, and therefore a pensioner on the charities oi me cnurcn. He did a little work, with his wife, in and about -the church, which is, on week days as on Sundays, always open for any who may seek a place of rest and prayer. Eliz abeth was not much better in neaitn ana strength than Wilson, but she was more active, and regarded the church as her special possession and care, for which she was responsible to tne rector ana 10 uou. Wilson had been a slave in his younger days. Elizabeth was born free. At al most any time-of any day you would be sure to find the two moving slowly about the church, dusting here, cleaning there, arranging this or that; or perhaps sitting silent as if at home. They knew every member of the parish by sight, and on Sunday, standing at the transept door, re cognized instantly any stranger and showed him or her to a seat. They were a loving couple, closely attached to one another; devout and bumble in Hie ana conversa tion, much loved by all the parish. They had become, I might almost say, a part of the church decoration, for their iorms made a feature of no little beauty in the home-like church. Their faces always greeted incomers with a smile of welcome. and when first one and then the other was missed there was a vacancy to which it took long to become accustomed. They grew old under the care and in the service of the Transfiguration parish. Elizabeth was the first to go. There were some very touching, very thrilling occur rences in the room where she lay dying. None was more so than what old Wilson said to her just before she died. The last blessing had been given ; the passing soul committed "into Thy hands, Oh Lord." The rector and Wilson were kneeling' side by side. The old man, silently weeping, held his old wife's hand. She was restless, and moved her head uneasily. Still hold ing her hand in one of his, he reached out the other, gently passing it over ner iore head as if he would smoothe the wrinkles, and said " Never mind, never mind, Bessie darling, you'll soon be washed all white." No one had ever before these days heard him call her any name but Elizabeth. No one had ever before heard from him any suggestion that he desired to be of any other color. His heart now spoke out its hidden emotions, of love and longing, when he letiiis old companion go before him to the land of rest from labor, and of rank and station according to the will of the Master and King, in whom he had per--feet trust. He did not wait long behind her. He was very lonesome ; he wandered in a va cant way around the church. He sat a great deal in silent thought there and at home. No one knows how lonesome life can be to a poor, old, rheumatic colored man, whose only companion for forty years has died. But he looked into the other world now with new thoughts and new desires. Elizabeth was there, waiting for him, white of countenance and puns of soul. Poverty and lowliness in this world compel miserable surroundings and associ- firms with vice and sin and shame. The iova of paradise are not so entrancing to .1 t il V ; nrnrlffl T IIP VlHIOIl III LUtnc wilt in lino ' live among the delights of life and the ex ternal refinements of society. The poor and lowlv in New York cannot keep clear of the abominable surroundings of poverty ; and to those poor who are pure in heart, as were Wilson and Elizabeth, the sight of the beautiful country over yonder is full of joy and refreshment and hope, even before they enter it. At least once aweeK, sometimes oitener, he came to see us, and to talk about .bliz abeth. Many visitors have been in my library, many dear friends, who have gone away forever, none oi mem nave ien here more enduring memory than he. He was a child philosopher, a cnua uieeio gian. He told us what he thought, not as beliefs, not as opinions, but as ideas that had come to him, when he sat alone thinking of this and the other life, and commenting to himself on the words of revelation. Wonderfully clear, marvel lously penetrating are the wisdom and comment which come sometimes iromsucu simple thoughtful minds. He never knew he was talking theology or any other ology. He only revealed, with the sim plicity of a child, the workings of a mind which had one great foundation principle of thought and reason, faith in a Saviour of men. . . , ' Wilson was a sensible man, without any imagination. Therefore we noted as more interesting and remarkable an occurrence which he related one morning, in my libra ry, to one of the ladies who had been with Elizabeth in her last hours. . "I saw Elizabeth last night," he said. " You dreamed about her,, did you f" said the lady. . i j, -n't " No ma'am, it wasn't any dream. I was mVi ani h nu in the room and I saw her as plain as I see you." , Being ques - tioned he described the vision. He always and with choice of his words. " It was all dark in the room, and I was lying awake thinking about her, and say ing to myself, ' she is happy and comfort able;' and I looked up and she was stand ing by the side of the bed, looking just like she used to look a good many years ago when she was well and strong. " " Was she dressed in white ! " " No ma'am, she had a kind of a mouse colored cloak on, something like what la dies wear when it Tains.". " And you were awake 1 " " Just as awake as I am now, ma'am, and I had my eyes wide open." " Did she speak to you ? " . "No ma'am; you see I was surprised, for it was dark, and . I couldn't see noth ing else; but I could see her just as plain as if it was light, and she stood still, and just kind o' smiled ; but she didn't speak ; no, sne aian't say anyuung. duo wm lighted up. somehow, so I could see her. tfS was going to speak to her, but before I could get myself together to say anything she wasn't there, and I didn't see her any more." Wilson had told his vision to some one that morning who had tried to persuade him that it was his imagination, a pure delusion. Not so we. Why should he not believe he had seen her t What harm in believing that God had sent her to com fort him in his lonesome old age t Who dare affirm it was not so ? We encouraged him to believe it. Soon after that he saw her, and knew whether his night vision had been delusion or reality. Both he and she died in faith. The rector was with them to the last. One af ter the other was brought into the ghurch, laid before the altar where they hcl wor shipped with us, carried thenceo the church, cemetery, and committed to the earth until the resurrection. - S Often and often I see visions of them, almost as plainly as Wilson and Elizabeth. I see them when I go down the transept, standing at the door as in old time. I think many of us who worship in the Church of the Transfiguration will be glad when we see them in the eternal temple, whose doorkeeper is their and our Lord. When you are passing through Twenty ninth street near Fifth Avenue, turn into the churchyard, which, with its shadowy trees, its fountain and flowers and birds, separates the church from the street. Enter the church. It is always open ; many weary men and women rejoice to find it so. On the right hand side of the transept door, and also on the right hand side of the baptistry, observe, as you en ter, a stained glass window. Perhaps this is the only window in any church in the world which is a memorial of a colored person. It was placed where it is, be cause that is the door which for years the old man and old woman, Wilson and Eliz abeth, used to attend. The painting- in the window represents the baptism of the Ethiopian by St. Philip. This is the in scription : " In Memory of George B. and Elizabeth Wilson, Sometime Doorkeepers in this House of the Lord. Pa. lxxxiv. 10." The reference is to these words: " For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness." They are not doorkeepers now. No servant or apostle, not Peter for all his keys in symbolic art, keeps that door. For the King is himself the door, and no Peter keeps him. Con tent, humble and faithful as doorkeepers in the church here, they walk now with kings and priests in the day that knows no night, the peace that is unbroken, the safe citizenship which is beyond all revo lutions. LKB KANT JOHNSON. An Incident Related by Mr. Garrett. 'New York 8un. "I don't think," continued Mr. Garrett, "that it was ever known how near Lee came to being arrested as one of the con spirators in the plot to assassinate Presi dent Lincoln and his Cabinet. I know that Andy Johnson in some unaccountable way got the idea in his head that Lee was in that conspiracy. ' Somebody had told Johnson something. I have some reasons for believing, that led him to think so. Johnson wanted Lee arrested at once, and I know that he proposed, if Lee was found guilty, to have him beheaded. Johnson told me that Lee couldn't be hanged, shouldn't be shot, and he would order him beheaded. A warm friend of mine and of Mr. Johnson's, who knew what was going on, came to me in great naste, Knowing that I had long been a personal friend of Gen. Lee's, and was also a warm friend of Gen. Grant. This gentleman said that Lee was in great danger of arrest, and that in the then excited state of the country it I at was hard to say what might happen. once telegraphed to Gen. Grant to meet me, and started for Washington. I met Gen. Grant a few moments after my arri val there. I told him what was in John son's mind. I have sen men black with anger, but I never saw 'such anger as Grant then showed. He was not passionate, but he was terribly angry. Said he : This is infamous infamous I I will throw up my commission if there is the slightest attempt to do it, and if there be the shadow of a circumstance to justify even the faintest suspicion against Lee I will throw up my commission, too. It's as impossible for Lee as for me.' " I said, Can't you see President John son and his Cabinet and tell them What you have told me ! ' He said he would, and he lost no time in doing so. He was very stern with Johnson. He said that if Lee was insulted by threat of arrest he would throw up his commission at a mo ment's notice. 4 Lee has given me his pa role, sir,' said he to Johnson. 'You can trust every West Point officer who gives his narole.' Grant was so earnest and an- gry that Johnson was impressed, and he was a little frightened, too, by Grant's threat to throw up his commission, lUe matter was dropped, but there is- no doubt but for Grant's action Lee might have been at serious peril. I myself told Lee about it afterward. He was deeply touched by Grant's conduct Afterward,, when Grant was President, Lee called on him at the White House, and was received with great consideration and courtesy by Grant." Retrenchment nn Heforna. New York Herald Letter.J t Secretary Manning says that the records of the New York Custom House on file at the Treasury Department show a gradual, but decided, reduction in the expense of conducting the business of that office. The pay roll for tne montn oi vcwuer, 1884, amounted to $256,000. The pay roll for the month of April, 1885, amount ed to $244,900. The pay roll for the month of-May. 1885. just received at the 1 j29, 000 less than for the month of October last. wvv -v - t r - - spok'p slowly, Womilis WKDDIN6 WAYS. In the City of New orku -r ' Warper's Bazar. ; ! White satin is still the first choice for bridal dresses, with-lace and. pearl em broidery for trimming. For June wed dings the, satin dress may be lightened in effect by a petticoat front of China crape put on in f estoons, with tassels of pearls dropping. between the curved folds. The graceful flowing train of four breadths is laid in pleats at the top, which meet in the middle, and are caught up slightly on each side to make a large, tournure; most trains are plain around tne edge, but sometimes a jabot of lace of, narrow width is put there. - Several gathered ruffles of white taffeta silk, notched or pinked in scallops on each edge, are put inside the deep silk facing of the whole skirt, and there is also the usual muslin and lace sham petticoat in the trained breadths. In these rich dresses the pad bustle, is of satin, and the steels are incased in satin ribbon. The front of the skirt Is arranged with refer ence to the bride's height, as, for a short bride, the skirt may have lengthwise jabots of lace with organ pleats of satin between, or else there may be a panel of lace or of pearl beading on tulle down the middle, with jjleated panels or pleated flounces on each side! while for a tall bride the lace flounces may be in curves across, or else in diagonal rows on the left side, and a Greek apron covers the remainder of the front and the right side. Sometimes the bridal veil of lace is dispensed with for very young brides, and arranged as the Greek apron, and the . more youthful-looking tulle veil serves instead. The corsage is pointed in front, and may have either a basque back, or be pointed, or else have the train draped upon it. High basques with a very wide standing collar of lace or of beading; or of the satin edged with pearl beads,' are the fashion abroad for church weddings ; if there is a lace open ing at all,' it is in heart shape, but more often there is merely a frill of lace down the front, with perhaps a narrow vest of pearl embroidery. The elbow sleeves are made of satin, with a cuff of the lace, in preference to entire lace sleeves. A few natural orange blossoms are the flowers now used by brides; there is a small bunch at the throat, or perhaps at the side of the high dollar, on the left side of the skirt, and in the veil on top of the high coiffure, unless it is more becoming to the bride to wear her hair in some other way, when the flowers must be worn lower. The tulle veil is not hemmed, and some diamond pins are worn in it to fasten it securely. Siinilsrdreses are carried out in the soft Bengaline repped silks, or in the otto man silks that are not so flexible, and sometunes the entire dress is of China crape, which is especially pretty for a mid summer : wedding. A pretty tulle dress worn by a bride in April will also be a good model lor summer. The taffeta silk , ...... . train was covered with tuue gatnerea in clusters of three fiat puffs, and these clus ters were separated by a f nil oi tne tuue doubled. The waist was cut low in a sharp Y in the front and back of the neck, and was also pointed at the waist line. A very dainty dress of crepe lisse for a bride wearing mourning had folds for trimming, while Valenciennes lace flounces were on a silk muslin dress worn at a home wedding by a vry young bridef ' - ' ' When the greatest economy must be considered,' and the bride likes the gloss and glitter of satin and beads, the inex pensive satin surah may be made up with some bias ruffles of the material for flounces up The lets siae, wnue me crystal- oeaueu nets that are not so costly as tney were last year may form a Greek apron, and be let in the neck in the shape of a V, or in a Pompadour square. The China silks at $1.25 a yard are also graceful for a simple dress that needs only some Oriental lace at the neck and on the sleeves. In quiet home weddings the almost diaphanous organdy muslin is suitable for a bride, especially if she is young; this dress may be trimmed with a very little real Valenciennes lace, or, if a greater quantity of lace is desired, there are the inexpensive Egyptian and point d'eaprit laces, or the still popular Oriental lace. BBXDEX AIDS' DBE88ES. Picturesque and simple styles are chosen exceptions (that - prove the rule) dresses hate been short at most fashionable weddings since Easter. Four or six bridemaids aie a popular number, with a. corresponding number of ushers. Six bridemaids at a recent wedding wore white satin surah dresses with round skirts tucked, and insertion of Valenciennes set in between; the basque and drapery were of Valenciennes piece lace. A novelty about these dresses was their flowing Greek sleeves of lace, resembling the so-called angel sleeves. , l ne nrBt two maiuens uau pale blue watered surah ribbons, quite narrow,' for waist ribbons, tied on the left side, while the second pair wore pink rib bons, and the third pair wore pale green ribbons. Their very large bouquets were of very large Tose-buds, two carrying pink roses, two others the yellow Marshal Niel roses, and the third pair with dark red Jacqueminots, all tied with long ribbons. Colored China crape dresses are also worn by bridemaids; and Of these, two wear pink and two wear blue..- The English fancy prefers bright jonquil yellow crape when only one color is used, but at a pret ty wedding here lately, with only two bridemaids, blue China crape was used; these dresses had demi-trains, and the cor sages were without lace, having the crape laid od in fichu fashion down the open heart-shaped front. Small capote bon nets of pleated white tulle are for bride maids to wear at noon weddings. These are laid , in lapping pleats, or else in the simplest folds on a white wire foundation covered bnlv with tulle. A cluster of white or of colored rose-buds coverea witnwniie tulle, as if veiled, is put on top as the only I UllUUllUgi "---"ft- back of the crown and fastenea in a small bow are of velvet or watered ribbon of the same color as the sash, or flowers, Or other marked part of the dress. . At nTioon wedding recently the bride's family came to church in their mourning attire: And were conducted by the six ushers to the front pews on the left side of the aisle, and after the groom's family and other guests were seated, the ushers took seats also, three each aide of the aisle, in the first pew. There were no bridemaids, and the bride dressed in tulle, without jewels, and carrying- prayer-book with silver cover, came in with the relative who gave her away, The groom and his best man 'met her at the altar. Instead .of stiffly' arranged bouquets or baskets "of nowers, HingiisuunueiinuuBtiiirj pusi, as they call them, of a few Jong-stemmed flowers, sometimes of large la France roses tiad ntr with white lilies-of4he-valley, or else of Marshal Niel roses with mignonette i Mhrwtna Ann Tnkiap.nn&ir iernn are KlVVU awiv " . used with all the English posies, whether of pink geraniums, daffodils, or other odd flowers not used formerly for this purpose. The favorite gift from the groom to each bridemaid is a bonnet pin of some small stones pearls, turquoises, or diamonds spelling the bride's name,, and is worn in the bow of the maid's bonnet during the ceremony. Hirhrr French hats trimmed with flowers will be worn by bridemaids in midsummer, : and there are also pic turesque large Leghorn hats, with the crown and front of brim nearly covered with flowers veiled with white tulle. . Sometimes two tiny little girls of the family precede the bridal procession, and are taken up the aisle by the ushers, and usually are carefully watched by their ! father also as they toddle along what must seem to them a great distance, . They are dressed in the simplest and most bunchy looking frocks of white mull, tucked, and ornamented with a very large blue ribbon bow on each shoulder, ana a saan to matco tied in a large bow behind. Occasionally a page is preferred, but he is usually large enough to walk alOne in front of the bride and carry a large gilded cross. He is dressed in white, in last-century costume, or there may be two boys, one clad in white and the other in blue. SMALL DETAILS. In answer to correspondents who ask for small details, we take occasion to say that the bride alone wears white gloves, while the groom wears none, or else carries them down the aisle in his hand with his hat, which his best man has held during the ceremony. The bride also wears white stockings and slippers, and everything white except the " something blue " that she must wear for good luck. The bride maids wear very light tan undressed kid gloves, and their shoes and stockings may now be either black or white. A white feather fan with a mirror in the centre is in favor for bridemaids. At very elegant but quiet weddings no one goes to church without a bonnet except the bride and her attendants. Even the bride's mother wears her bonnet in the English fashion. At church weddings that are to be followed immediately by a reception at the bride's house, the more intimate friends of both bride and groom are requested to come to church without their bonnets, and this is considered an honor. On a written list given each usher a seat is assigned each of these guests, and if the guest is un known to the usher, he consults his list as he asks her, "Are you a friend of the bride, or of the groom?" and finds just where she must be placed. OTHER. DBB8SE8. Reseda, the new color called drab-white, gray, and sage green are the fashionable colors this season for the mother of the bride to wear at her daughter's wedding. Moire in large figures, with trimmings of velvet and lace, makes up the rich dress. If the wearer is stout, she should have the back cut in princesse style, or else the train carried up on the waist, while the front may have black lace beaded net put on nearly flat on the skirt and as a vest on the waist. A black lace shawl may be draped as the apron. For a young-looking mother (in law) the fanciful ecru laces or any favorite white lace may be used. Among the short dresses worn oy other guests at day weddings, and suitable as parts of a trousseau, there will be pretty India silks with white ground and colored figures, ecru canvas dresses with velvet trimming, and perhaps an embroid ered skirt, a light blue-gray or ecru mo hair, a tailor suit of white wool with gilt braid trimming, black lace dresses, and others of colored wool, guipure lace and fanciful wooL THE BRIDE'S TRAVELING DBESS. For the bride's traveling dress a tailor suit of wool of light quality and of the quietest brown, dark blue, or a mixed black and white that makes gray should be chosen, or else she should have an ecru or blue-gray mohair. But if the bride wishes to wear the dress during the cere mony, and use it afterward for church, visits, etc., she should have something a trifle more dressy, such as a blue bison cloth with blue wool guipure (which, cor respondents must be informed, is not llama lace) laid plainly over scarlet silk, if the bride is a brunette; but if she is a blonde, she should have a similar dress of ecru wool with brown lace. Then in her THE EPISCOPALIANS In tne Dloeeae of North Carolina. Church Messenger. This is Treasurer Charles E. Johnson's first report and he has good reason to feel gratified at the exhibit he is able to make. He found the Treasury four hundred dol lars in debt to the missionaries on the dio cesan list. This debt he has paid and all missionaries have received the stipend promised for the year just closed. The fears that were felt by some per sons that the division of the diocese in 1883 would materially weaken the Church for missionary operations, -are most agree ably dispelled by this report taken in con nection with that made by Dr. DeRosset to the convention at Kinston three years ago. It appears from the reports that the ordi nary income of the two dioceses, derived from assessments and the Permanent Funds, is amply sufficient to pay the salary of the Bishop with all the current expenses, and to leave a balance in each treasury to be carried to the credit of the Permanent Fund. But it is even more gratifying to observe that the additional burden of two diocesan organizations has had no disas trous effects upon the contributions for ninneRn Missions. The receipts on this account from the undivided diocese re ported in the Journal of 1880 are $1670.01 ; in 1881 they are 1717.82; in 1882, $1752.97; in 1888, $1895.92. Mr. John son reports $1,700 as the receipts of the present year, nearly as much as the aver from the undivided diocese for the four years immediately preceding r the , di- vision. Added to the eleven hundred dol- lars reported by Dr. DeRosset from East Carolina this makes twenty-eight hundred dollars. . ! 1 Circumstances Alter Caaes. Lime Xfln Club Committee Report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the query, 'What should a colored man do if meeting a po liceman at a late hour at night t" reported as follows: " We held fo' meetin's of de committee to discuss ais matter, an we find dat we can't 'zactly agree. Samuel Shin am of de opinyun dat he would wneei. to de left and "climb de fence ; Ramrod gnyder says he would try to dodge him, an' Telegraph Jones finks he could cheek it frew all right. After lookin' at de case in all its b'arin's de committee hey deci-. . ded not to lay down any rule of axshun, kase dey can't tell how big de poleeceman is or what sort of a bundle de cull'd man mayWtakfahome."':1 : trousseau she should have a pretty surah 1 s'pose that was the gayest season tnat ever jt8 ynder crowdm' the land a leetle in these I for her best dress, and gay lawns, cam- struck Goslin' Hill. Reub's case specially when th' hain't no of the brics, and the new-old ecru batists that I "Long to'ardsthe end o' the winter, one more 0f ft to the acre than th' is 'round' nave come uaca to iavur. Digm m mv.u, ii. u " - wv 8 pitcn, t I up the b'ars to the bobs to go over to 1 r , LIVE OH THE FRONTIER. M B'ara la Queer Critters. New York Sun's Old Bettler.J "When Nate fust went to livin' en Goslia' Hill he had nigh onter the run o' the hull country to hisself. .His clearin' were bounded on the north , by nowhar. The nighest p'int on the east side were Bill Flint's cabin ten miles away, with Hell's Bottom Swamp betwixt. The clear in' were bounded on the south by pooty much the same as it were on the north, an' on the west by the settin' sun. . Nate had a job in the bark woods, an' didn't put no more 0' his time inter tillin' the sile th'n were necessary to keep him an' his ol' wo man is taters, cabbage, an' sich. The second spring Nate lived on the Hill he said to his wife one day : " 'Bets,' says he, 'w'at we want fur next winter is a pair o' wooden shoe bob sleds.' "Gummed if I don't think yer right, Nate,' says Bets.. " So Nate, bein' handy with tools, went to work, an' in a week or so had knocked together the properest kind o' a pair o' bob sleds, with a body big enough to car ry a ton o' hay, an hick'ry shoes ez white an' ez glib ez streaks o' taller. Arter the finishin' fetches was put on the bobs Nate an' Bets tood a lookin the sled all over an' feelin1 ez proud of it ez if it was twins. All of a suddent Bets's jaw kinder fell, an' she looked fust at Nate an' then at the : sled in a way that made Nate ast her if she were goin' crazy or had a fit o' cramps. " 4 Haint the sled all right?' he ast. "Pooty ez a red wagon,' said Bets, an' if we hev any snow nex' winter it'll run ez slick ez a log raft on a June fresh ; but w'at's a pesterin' of me is,' says she, w'at'n under the blue dome 'r we goin' ter run it with. We hain't got no hoss,' guy a she, 4 nor no mule, nor no steer, nor not even a suckin' calf to hook to it,' says she. Be ye gointer harness yerself to it,' or be ye gointer break roe in to work sin gle,' says she, 'so'8 I kin' yank it roun' over the boolyvard o' Goslin' Hiil?" says she. "Wen Nate managed to git inter his head w'at Bets were drivin' at be jist ker flummixed. 'Well, gum my moe'sins! ' says he. ' I never thunk o' that, an' now, 'nless I kin cunjure up some kind o' perpetyal motion,' says he, 'or rig the bobs up with oars an' sails, the consarned thing, pooty as she is, ' wun't be no more use to us th'n the hind wheel of a bark wagon.' " This knocked the sperrits clean out'n Nate an' Bets, an' they sot down in the cabin feelin' ez glum ez if th' were a f uner'l goin' on an' they was the chief mourners. Nate said it was a durn shame to hev them bobs sp'ilt just 'cause he didn't happen to hev a noss or two, an' him an' Bets could n't shake the blues ofFn 'em nohow. 'Bout a week arter the diskiv'ry were made that the bob sled wouldn't be no use without some thin' to pull 'em, Nate laid awake in bed a thinkin' the sittiwation Over. All of a suddent he hops out'n bed an' danced 'roun' the room like a wild Injin. ' Bete 1 ' he hollered. ' Wake up, Bets 1 I've struck it!' "Bets got awake an' wanted to know what Nate had struck. " 'I've struck a way to navigate the bobs!' Nate yelled. 'I've hit the idee plumb ! ' "'No!' says Bets, gittin Nate. 'Git out!' says she. upau j mm 'What's the idee?' ' ' '. B'ars 1' says Nate. ' B'ars is the idee ! A rippin' team o' b'ars, Betsey, broke to harness, an' war'nted sound in wind an' limb, and gentle as a kitten 1 B'ars is the idee, an' w'en snow flies nex' winter ye'll see them bobs bein' yanked aroun' tnese highways an' bvways by a team on 'em that won't take nobody's dust! ' "To git down to the meat o' this yarn, 'Squire, Nate went out nex' day an' kitched a couple o' b'ar cubs, 'bout a month old. He went to work at 'em, an' 'fore winter come 'roun' ag'in he had 'em broke to har ness, single and double ez well ez to sad dle. They buckled right in to their work as if they ini'yed it, an' the way they did whizz them bobs o' Nate's 'roun' the coun try that winter were a caution to ol' Patched. Nate an' Bets got up sled-ride parties all over the hull deestric', an' I over Skunk's Corners to a dance. Bets didn t . t . r i ,- a .1 go. It were coiaer n vtreeman-, nau win P. . . . . . ml j . sleighin' were Dang up. ine uance went off ez scrumptuous ez any dance ever did, Wota an' nill started fur Goslin' Hill 'bout three o'clock in the mornin', both on 'cm with a snug jag on, an' with a two gallon jug o' rum in the sled, which were to be used at a shindig that Uncle Sile Hdfit were to give the next week over be yond Hell's Bottom Swamp. Nate an' Bill were sailin 'long to'ards hum with the b'ars on the dead jump, when all of a suddent the b'ars begun to slow up, an' pooty soon 'come to a dead stop. Naie yelled at 'eth to know w'at were the mat ter, w'en he begun to see that his team wa'n't the only b'ars thar was in the road. Three prowlin' ol' sockdologers o' wild b'ars had iact'ally m'andered out'n the woods an' brought the team o' b'ars to a stan' still jis like a passel o' highway rob bers. Leavin' one b'ar to keep the team from startin' up, t'tother two b'ars waltzed back to the sled, an' without waitin' fur to be ast, jist dumb right in. Ez they clnmb in Nate an' Bill dumb out, an' made tracks back down the road. They stopped Wen they see the b'ars wa'n't chas in' 'em. The moon were shinin' bright ez day, an' lookin' back Nate an' Bill see the b'ar that held the team a climbin' inter the sled with t'other two. The fustthing the Wlia U BIS uuih nciii w tj w JB rum. All three on 'em took a swig at tne an' then, by gum! if one of 'em didn't carry it out an' give the team a iwirlir ol1 snifter, tool men ne ciumo in tV,o bind (Inn n' the b'ars picked Ynes, Fve a howl that made thing, X &n, went Nate's pet team an' WOOden-Snoe DOU sieus, ueuywuiuut, up mo road, boun fur nobody know'd whar. " Wall, Nate and Bill footed it the rest o' the way to Nate's cabin. They got thar about daylight, an' Bets were jist crawlin' rmt. Wen Nate tol' her that they had I , , 1 J t 1 IV. been stooped by b'ars an' robbed o their team. bobs, an' rum: she took on like crazy. Nate an' Bill took their guns an' started out to trv an' run down the high way robbin' jb'ars,' but they couldnt come on to 'em, and dug back to the cabin. Beta an' Nate an Bill sot in the cabin, 'bout the glummest lot o' bushwhackers feez ever sot anywhar, when long; in the ar ? 1 IV I o ternoon th' come a big hullabaloo outside. Nate riz up an' looked out'n the winder. v "jnmpnr unnstopnerr ne nouereo. Ef : thar hjaint our team, an they've rolled up' to the barn with the tockiniat ol' load o' brain that I ever sot my eyea out' t ' lr'-V":'--- "Sure enough, 'Squire, thar were the team o' b'ars puffin' an' blowing like a pair o' belluses, an' piled up in the sled, criss cross an1 lengthways an' eVry which' way, were 'bout ez permisc'us a getherin o' b'ar meat ez giner'ly gits heaped together at j wunst. , There was seven sockin' pi' b'ars, ; an' every one on 'em were roarin'.stavin', j blind drunkt The two-gallon 1 jug lay 'mongst lem- empty. The hull business, were plain ez day. That team o b'ars j had jist circulated ,'roun' with the sled, an' had gethered up all the b'ars that nap-; pened to be put lookin' fur fun, an w'en the flowin' bwl had got its work in on on 'em, Natefs pets had quietly run the hull kit an' caboodle o' drunken b'ars over to Goslin HilL an' thar they was t WalL Nate jist opf ned the. barn door an' the team snaked the sled load inside. Nate , an' Bill unhooked the team, rubbed 'em down, an' fed an' bedded 'em to the Queen's tasted Then they turned .to an' slugged the seven b'ars so ez to save 'em from wakin' p arter awhile with a head on 'em, an' then come a leetle-the heftiest piece o' rej'icin' in Nate Tankelbun's cabin that ever woke up the owls o' GosUn' Hill. 'Squire, that's the true story o' them seven b'ars. Do yelbelieve it or don't ye?1,; . The 'Squire; rubbed his chin for a mo ment and then said : " Major, b'rs is queer critters." A MEAN MAN t Profits by Wbman'a Ingenuity of Fear. A man was walking along one road and a woman along another. , The roads final ly united into; one, and, reaching the point of junction at the same time, they -walked on together. The man was carrying' a large iron kettle on his back ; in one hand he held the legs of a live chicken; in the other a cane $ and he was leading a goat. They neared a dark ravine. Said the wo man: "I ani afraid to go through that ravine with yOu; it is a lonely place; you might overpower me and kiss me by force.1' Said the man: "How can I possibly overpower yoi and kiss you by force when I have this great iron kettle on my back, a cane in one and, a live chicken in the other, and an leading this goat ? I might as well be tied hands and feet." " Yes," replied the woman, " but if you should stick your canfe in the ground and tie your goat to it, and! turn the kettle bottom side up and put the) chicken under it, then you might wickedly kiss me in spite of my re sistance." " Success' to thy ingenuity,' 0 woman l " said! the rejoicing man to him self. ' ' I should never have thought of that or any similar expedient." , And when they came to the ravine he stuck his cane into the ground and tied the goat to it," gave the chicken to! the woman, saying, Hold it while I cut some, grass for .the goat' And then so Tins the legend lowering the kettle froin his shoulders, he put the fowl under it! and wickedly kissed the woman as she was afraid he would. ABOUT TWINS. Boy Twins, ptrl Twins, and Mixed. The Old fiUtler in New York 8un,l "Reub Salfdown's wife's got twins ag'in, Major," paid the 'Squire, as the Old Settler came into the tavern the other evening. "So I heerd," said he. "Wall, that makes four pair in four year, which 'd be a mite su'prisin.' in any other family, but th' haint nothin' p'ticlar s'prisin 'bout it bein's it's in the Saltdown famly.' ;,The Saltdowns kind 'o runs to twins. iReub's j'j, were a Ftwin hisself, though double were ,niy a gal,, an' went pap, or ietcn Daiiaown, were mm, u nis an' runned awav With Pete Paiey, the fiddler, jist 'bout the ftime she was gittin' big enough to be of some help ,'roun' the clear- in' showin' how much gratitude she had fur bein' a twn- Th' hain't no p'int, 'Squire, in havin' twins, b'gosh, if one on 'em has to be a gal. Wat's Beub's last uns?" v, - "Both gals!' said the 'Squire. . " Gosht'lmigjbty 1 " exclaimed the Old Settler. "That's a stiff whack in the neck fur Reub, hain't it? One gal is pooty nigh onto ez bad ez bein' sold out by the Shurff , but twdon 'em ! Jewhizz ! That's ekal to a fire 1 Wall, twins may be a good thing to hand dpwn from gineratdon to gin- Dquirc, tnat Something: New Under the Snn. New York Herald Washington Letter. . , A good looking and well built man came with the crowd! of callers at the Pension Office this morning and entered the room of First Deputy Commissioner McLean. When his turn f r an interview was reached he asked the deputy to be allowed to see the Commissioner. "The Commissioner is busy, sir," said the deputy. "f you wish to see about a claim or to secure an appointment we can attend to the matter here." . " I want to hive my pension stopped." The Deputy Commissioner looked at the man, then at his; papers, then at the man again, and finally touched his bell button and sent a messenger for the record. "Have you considered this step suffi ciently, sir?" asked the deputy. "You are, I see, receiving $72 a month nearly $1,000 a year." " Yes, I have (considered it. The gov ernment has done enough for me. I want to give it up." I . . ' 4 Have you a great abundance of means?" " No, but I have enough for comfort. "Well, I guess you had better see the Commissioner." t Colonel McLean thereupon introduced the visitor to th Commissioner. After a short interview i record of the case was taken in order that the pension might be cancelled "upon; claimant's request." ' This man's name is Snyder. He be longed to a Newf York regiment.. General Black says this is not the first case of the Z eTffl ! 2 ,Jl tin kind within his knowledge. Not long ai- a Kentuciaan sent in his certificates UOIUW1 ' with a request jthat his claim might be cancelled. . He surrendered at the same time quite a large fund of -accumulated pensions which he had never drawn: He wrote that he was convinced be bad folly recovered from his disability. ? s TalasHs Doff vim ncHaeai. ! rWasiington Letter. ' The number ojf callers on the President to-day iell off somewhat from the ordi nary number. : There were: couple j of ... - i n t a hundred vuitors who eauea simpiy to: pay their respects. One of these visitors had with him two Bt Bernard dogs, which were almost as large as cowsl1 They were the sensation of the day at the White House. The President admired the dogs very much, as did all the others who saw them. The owner said he had been offer ed $3,000 for the pair and bad refused it. eration. but it seems to me, 3. ID an application ti set aside a sale sor. jonstny """-7
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