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Phyniciant and Country Merchant are respectfully invited to call and examine my stock k before purchasing; SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO PRESCRIP TION DEPARTMENT. f- ANY MEDICINE NOT IN STOCK WILL BK SUPPLIED AT SHORTEST , POSSIBLE TIME.' 1 V. O. THOMPSON, vr. a. - O H J 2 "V HH V- 2 m 2 hj,- ; e c? n "si H ' H 1 . t S .2 o d & Q 1 1 1 rr - O -S -3. . d - 2 ! : - I i ' j - 1 ' " I A Swedish Poem. It matters little where I wtaa born.l Or If my parents were rich or poor; Whether they shrank at the cold world's scorn, 1 Or walked In the pride of wealth secure; But whether I live an honHit man, And hold my integrity firm in my clutch, , I tell you brother, plain asU am, Jt matters much ! V I! It matters little how long I stay In a world of sorrow, sin and care; Whether in youth I am called away, Or live till my bones and pate are bare; ' But whether I do the best I can To soften the weight of adrersity's touch On the luded cheek 01 my Art low-man, It matterfe much ! It matters little where be ily grave, On the land or on the seat By purling brook or 'neath stormy wavs, It matters little or nauglif to me; But whether the angel pf Death comes down And marks my brow withhis loving touch; As one that shall wear the l ictor's crown. It matter much ! The Monitor Within. It was a.bright sunny day in spring In the cleat, mild air khe larks were soaring with joyful sodg, the swallows sporting and twittering, and the storks loudly clattering Butterflies were disporting then selves in the warm sunbeams, and the busy little bees were buzzing around the fragrant flower-cups , and from time to time disappearing au long the bright lv colored blossoms to provide the sweet honey for the wi iter. Konrad Bieder, an industrious and intelligent farmer, with his son Franz, a little eightry ear-old . was walking around among the bl wining flower beds of his garden His eyes rested with pleasure upon etery flower, but psneciallv unon the fruit-trees, with their snow-white and rosy-red tops; and the rich, beautiful green of the vegetables he viewed w ith joyful cmo- ied the little adjoining, the tious. . j Konrad had purch house, with the garden year before "with the unexpected legacy wh broceeds of an eh he had re- ceived. Previously tol tbis he had earned his livelhood b ; cutting wood in the forest. Yet this lhappy change in his life had not made him overbear ing ; rather was his heart all the more filled with thankfulness and rever- nre towards that Beint. whom from his childhood he had bfeen wont to re gard as the source of al good. - Such, also, were now the thoughts that he expressed to hij "See,, my eon !" he be: litttle Franz- ran, as he led him to some .little fruitrtrees that he had set out. "I have ticil the little trees to stakes .that1 they may grow up straight and slim for til e use and en- iovment of men. So also should the child grow up guided i i conduct and manners by his elders, always obedi ent to their words, wh ch direct him aright. Do you see t lie snow-white blossoms of the fruit-trees? White is the color of innocenci and as the white tops to the trees, w does a good conscience give honor and respect to man, more than tne finest clothes can do it. Alwaysj therefore, keep your conscience clear, and you will Jive in peace with God and I uin, and with yourself." j ; . Little Franz raised h s bright face to his father at these wore s, and, with as decided a tone as possi jle, answered : "Certainly, dear father I will always listen to you and ma nma, and try never to do wrong, and love God with all my heart, that you and mamma may always be pleased with your good little boy." And now it-seemed to the little fellow as if the si n shone more brightly through the treetops, as the little birds sang more l eautiful songs, the flowers were gayer and more fra grant, and the fruit-trees, sent down more brilliant flakes t pon the dewy grass- Involuntarily he folded his hands in silent gratitu le, and in his little heart praised the Creator of all these gifts, and fully pi r posed to keep his promise. - j . I A few months passet by ; the trees began to put on their various colors ; the grapes purpled on the trellis: the asters and geraniums on the flower beds nodded to passeis-by their last summer greeting; thM young trees, which the industrious farmer had set out, had done finely, ar d a few of them were already bearing fi uit. And again it was a beautiful, sunny morning when Konrid's little son, this time accompanied by a scoolmate, entered the garden. 0 tto, as the play fellow of our little friend was called, was a bright, active lai . lie was one of the first in his clas , had a quick perception, aud was n ever warting in he necessary applicati n ; but he had also a bad fault, whi h hud already brought upon him mai y a reproof and punishment from his :lders. He was very fond of eating nue things on the 8y, . Nevertheless, be ween him and little Bieder existed a ' ery close bond of friendship, which, at least oh the side of kind-hearted, L'hildish Franz, was very deep and ge mine. His pa rents were not aware of little Otto's fault, or they ;would lardly have al lowed their son" to asso iiate with Lim. "Mv! what nice fruit! ' exclaimed he, as they went together along the gar den walk to the endr1 v here the fruit trees were. 1 . , j "Yea, my father set ut these trees," said Franz, with a certain pride; "my father understands it' j ''Yes, you can see that plain enough," replied Otto; "I should like to try some of them.", j 1 so, you mustn't, C tto ! my father don't allow that. B sides, they are not ripe enough yet." j ' "Oh, just see that gieat red-cheeked apple there, and those great peaches and : large, round plums! tlSot ripe enough !" cried Otto, v ith 'greedy eyes. "Wait a minute and I will show you." With a light spring ;he boy was over the ditoh, and before ranz could hin der him had pioksd om of the finest -1 y WINSTON, fruit, into which he was now eagerly biting. ; "They are mighty good," said he, turning to his playmate. "Just try one of them." "Xo," was the answer, "I must not i tuch them, they are Btolen." But, j while saying this, he could not keep J his eyes off the attractive ueaches. ; "Take one," pleaded Otto; "They are 1 picked anyway, and an angel couldn't i put them back on the tree again as ' they were before." ' "You are right there," answered Franz, still looking with longing eyes at the fruit. Whf f t A-nit x.) T ,Ko)1 JJ I T v . J JKM UUU CClfc S. DUCU1, continued Otto; "and I think 'twill be all the same to the peaches whoev er eats them." The last argument was too much for Franz, for without further hesitation j he took the fruit and began to eat it with great satisfaction. Having once tasted, he wasted no more words, as Otto proceeded to strip the young trees of their most beautiful product, which Franz helped him eat to the best of his ability, so that in scarcely a quarter of an hour there was not a tree that had not been stripped of its finest orna ment. "I guess I've had enough," said Ot to at last. "Good-bye, Franz! I'll see you again before night." The litttle fellow nodded dreamily, and looked after his departing friend as if lost in deep thought. Now that he no longer had the partner of his guilt before bis eyes, and consequently no false excuses for the same, his con duct weighed upon his heart much more heavily than before. , He sighed j deeply to relieve his heart of the bur- I den that rested upon it, and when he ! saw his' father enter the garden, he ' started, and spiaug quickly into a; dense bunchof honeysuckles that grew t' in the further corner of the garden. j With- beaiiug" heart he looked out j thr ug'a the openings between the 1 ave He saw his father approach I the nursery, and at sight of his empty ! trees start and turn pale. "You little rascals, who have done I this," he said, with a tear in his eye ; j "you will be found out and punished." ! Then he turned and sadly left the garelen where, after his weary toil, he j think I shall not get well, anel I want like I te g. and gladden his heart with i ed to see yeva once, Franz, and ask you the sight of the beautiful trees that he had reared with so much care. Franz was now all of a tremble. With troubled look he ran through the garelen-out into the open fields. It seemeel as if the ground was burn ing beneath his feet. On the bank of a utile orooK ne sanK eiown in tne tall meadow grass, ami tried to cool i his feverish face. But there came no-, rest to his heart. As if mysteriously urged on by some irresistible power, he rose up again anel took the way to j the house. ! How ' changed to him seemed the 1 world, which hardly an hour before he hael admired as the noblest work of j the Almighty ! The larks, which, with 1 songs, soared up iu the blue sky, j seemed to him the winged messengers j of God, sent to inform him of the pun- ishment of the Highest for his crime, j. The blue and yellow flowers shook I their lovely heads as if to say, "We j are here for you no more. You have j no part, in us, lor you are a thief." And the lizards that crawled through ' the grass the frogs as they went hop- ; ping over the meadow everything j turned away from him. Even the j flies uiel not. trouble him.; He heard j them buzzing around his head, "A thief a thief!" founded in a long, j drawling tone, but not one alighted on his hand, or on his cheek. The but terflies, too, fluttereel out of his waj', and they certainly were not very se vere moralizsers. Then the stork, that was striding back and forth at a little distance, suddeuly stopped when he saw the boy coming lifted up one leg, stared right ahead a minute as if in deep the.ught. and then all at once j flew up and clattered away- 1 apper- eappap i ou - -v- - pap I" :-:' j ; : And the sun concealed his face be hind some dark clouds, as if not to see the boy who was guilty of this twofold crime; for once he had stretched out his h ind for others' property, and thereby had. troubled his father who had always beeu so good to him. He redoubleel his speed towarels the house, for his heart pained him so that it seemed to him it must burst. It grew ever darker around him ; the wind howled through the poplars that bor elereel tbe "way, and thousands of leaves whirled and danced about him as if niad. Clouds of dust drove wildly by; lightnings flasheel in the horizon;. the tnunder rolled high above him, and a few drops of rain fell heavily upon his uncovered heaei and feverish hands. He could bear it no longer, but quickened his steps and reached the house just as the rain came pouring down upon the famished earth. 1 j He burst into the room where his j father was sitting in his old arm-chair, j as was customary when the weather j would not let him walk in the gar- j den. ; "Father !" cried he, grasping his j father's hand ; "dear father, do not be j angry with me! It-was" I who stole i your fruit.' Forgive me, dear father, J that God may not be angry with me, j and that his warm sun may shine out again.' And he pressed his father's j hand and' bathed it with his tears. "You, Franz?" said his father with j an expression of pain. "Ah ! I had ; not expected that. But it has come to pass as I taid. God knows how to find out the guilty. He speaks to your heart in the thunder, and waken the monitor which avsry on has in his breast. Now you will find no rwt till NORTH-WESTERN NORTH CAROIJNA-WE LABOR FOR ITS INTERESTS. FORSYTH COUNTY, N; you truly repent of your fault, aud j promise never agaiu to reach your j iiauu lor auy gooa tnai tioes not De- long to you." "I promise you, my dear father," said Franz, in the nmtet of bin tears. "You are always so go-d to nie; I should have waited. I do truly re- pent. lar father, forgiv "Then come to my arms, my child," said the father, deeply moved, and he warmly pressed the dear boy to his heart. Il you are truly in earnest about your reformation, 1 shall not regret the taking of the fruit ; and if in later life this hour shall come to you at some ! wroncwhit'li von nrp nhniit tn rln nnrl I O " " - " - " , j yu shall immediately turn again to the right way, then I shall regard it no longer a loss, but rather a gain." ; Then little Franz dried his-esand at the same iusta ut a bright sunbeam burst through the d:irk clouds. Here j and there the blue sky appeared. The ! light ol the western sky all golden and ! red trembled oil the white walls of the : little room. The sparrows twittered beneath the window, and from the i tops of the lindens which stood before j the house, came a full concei t of the ; birds. "God has forgiven you, I trust," said his father, "and I think you can once more look up to' heaven with a light heart." Then the happy 1kv ran lightly out into the clear autumn air, and his heart was filled with joy and gratitude to the Highest, and with a bright ye he watched the ball of the sun as it sank slowly in the west, While there a little girl approached him and said, with trembling voice. "Dear Franz, my brother Otto is j very sick, and wishes to see you." " Franz wa shocked, but was soon . ready to visit his play in Ate. j As he entered the room where Ott j laytipon his sick bed, the poor boy j ojened his eyes and said, with a weak, ; low voice, "Is it you, Franz ? I thank you for: coming; I think I am going to die." i "Oh ! no, you will not," said Franz; "you must not think so." "Ah!" continued his friend, "I did j very wrong in taking the fruit and in j j getting you -to join me in my crime.' I to tell yourather all, and pray him te forgive me." . "I bring you my father's forgiveness now," said Franz, and then related how gooel his lather had been to for give and forget it all. Thereuon the pale face of the sick boy began to brighten, and he raised himself with ditlieuity and threw his arms arouua lits ineii-l .s nei-K, ana a burstfof tears relieveel his heart. "I thank' you, Franz," sobbed .he"; 'you are my good angel, and I believe that I may rce-over." In fact, he improved from that hour, and in a few ehtys was we ll enough to go himself to his friend's father, anel confess his sin to him. The kind man gladly forgave him, aud gave him j much good advice for the future. It fell on no unfruitfnl ground. Our two litttle friends never afterwards thought of taking the least thing that did not belong to them, and both be, came good and worthy men. A Pennsylvania Boy. Nearly forty years ago in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland county, Pa., says the Pittsburg Tele- graph, lived John Hinton. He was an oan boy, rude aud uneducated, and j had wandered there from the neighbor hood of Mason town r Fayette county. With no known relatives, he was kicked from one family to another till .manhood. Enlisting then in the War. At its close he helped te escort the Cherokees beyond the Mississippi. From Indian Territory he Weut to New Orleans and shipped as a common sailor ou a vePsel bound for the East jndief,. At the bay of Madras, on the western snores oi tne xtay oi jeugu, he desertetl, anel enlistetl in a British regiment. He served many years, anel ; during the memorable Sepoy Rebellion I was noua lor nis oaring uraery. a his discharge he was presented with a gold medal by. the Governor General himself. He is next heard of traveling in- a caravan from- Delhi, westward across the Indus B-iver, through Afghanistan and Persia, to turkey aud back. In time, from trading, he became immensely w'ealthy, and was the own er of five caravans containing over 13, 000 horses anel camels and fifty ele phants. In 1854 he visitetl Cabul, the capital of Afghanistan, for copper, great quan tities of which there are mined and smelted. His magnificent retinue at i tracted the, attention of the Ameer, and j he was invited to an audience an hon- or never before ecieved by a Christian A nresent of a hundred of his best horses and a three tusked elephant made the Ameer his eternal fripnd. When, yearly it was followed by simi lar presents, besiele camels and mer chandise, John Hinton has the monop oly of trade from tbe summit of the Hindoo Kosh Mountains to the con fines of Beloochistan, and in real pow er second only to the Ameer himself. About 1870 he was made Military Com mander of theDistrict of Herat, and in 1876 suppressed a local rebellion to the great satisfaction of his sovreign. Trained in the arts of war among the savages of North America, and among the superstitious natives of India, where he became thoroughly familiar with British soldiers and . resources, together with his years of Eervlce as the idolized commander of the Moham medantribes to tens of thousands half-civillx-d men, hs is to-day the ablest ( soldier la Asia. C, TUESDAY, ! MARCH 8, 188lJ Our Young Folks. BENNY'S ADVENTCKK. I has been prowling about the,i 'U M.1 rai t a ara liic m llfll IV 1111 I country, breaking into corrals, and carrvins ofTniirs and noultrv?" sked one pioneer of another, as he took seat by the cheerful fireside in his : . . neighbor's cabin, in the Green river valley of Wyoming. " "Yes. ' He broke into our corral last, night and carried off a calf. It was one that Benny claimed, and he can ' scarcely be, consoled for its loss," re- .plied the hostr gianciDg towaxd a bright little boy of four years, who stood near. Tbe child's eyes filled with tears, and he paid : "Papa, I'll go and find it ; I won't let that big lion eat my . poor little pet." i The men laughed. ' "Pet would be glad to see 3Tou com ing, but you look like a small speci men to fight a lion," said the father: . The neighbor remained a! couple of hours, recounting marvelous and thril jiue adventures amid the fugged scenes jn which the greater part of his life ' bad been passed ; and, absorbed in his conversation, no one noticed the child when be took his little cap! and mit j tens, and quietly left the house. The ; winter had been severe. Th? snow lay deep upon the plains, and the howling : of wolves was nightly heard as they 't. i f - V i ' f .i i searched for prey under cover of dark ness, and retreated to their dens with the approach of daylight; The lion -j had apparently descended - from his home in the mountains td feast upon .the tempting herds which constituted the principal wealth of the settlers, and repeated depredations were rendering him a terror to the neighborhood. "Where is Benny V" asked the moth er, as she looked up from her sewing and missed the pleasant face from the group around the fireside. 'He must be out at the stables with Toon," saiei the father; but inquiry revealed the fact that he had not been there. One place after another was searched with out finding any trace of the little one. The last recollectitm that any one had of him was when he aunounceel his iu- tntion of finding his pet.yOh, the lion has carneel ott my eln.Itl " ex- : claimeel the mother, in. terror and a- ; larm, as she reflected that ut leat two !, hours had elapsed since he had been ; noticed by any 'of the fainily. "He i may have followed after Mr. Brown," said the father, seizing his' rifle, "I j will look in that direction, and John and Thomas can go in another." i The two brothers aged respectively I eighteen and twenty, hastily grasped j their rifles, looked carefully to the priming, an I hastened away leaving the mother in an agony ot fear and j suspense' terrible to endure. "Which j way -shall we go, John?" asked the j younger brother, as they stepped put-j side the eloor. ' r 1 i - "Let us walk out beyond all the j plaees where the snow has been tram- j. nled, and then strike a circle around the premises until we fin his track," i replied the ether. . -This plan was quickly acted upon and in a short time they were reward ed by finding a little footprint, which scarcely indented the snow, which had settled compactly to the earthy j et dis tinct enough to be easily followed. "All right," said Thomas, cheerily; "we will soon find him now.'? "He has gone straight to the river. If he does not fall through an opening in the ice, we will overtake him short- j ly; replieei the eleler brother. They had traveleda mile or more, when they discovered a track recently made in the snow by some large and powerful animal. .The long sharp claws were plainly imprinteef ," and it needed no second glance to ; tell the ; brothers that it was the track of the ! ravenous mountain lion. It came up ' at nearlv right angles, then turned, Ami f.il l-hu-Al afroirrlit nn nftir tlio lit : ; . foot.,)rints e,f the cherished brother. ! j j, ja. they leaked silently in-? ; t) each otht,r8 faCes: and read the-ter- rible fear that sent the life current back upon their hearts, and blaniched their cheeks to ashy paleness, then speel ; mi,iiv over the siieiw-eovered cround ; toward the ,.iver. Not a word passed i between the brothers until they stood upon the bank, With nothing interven ing save the growth of .willows which fringed the stream, when Thomas ex-' claimeel "Oh, John, I nevfr can bear it! I dare not lexk down upon the icse. If I should see-r" 'Hark!: what was that?" I For a moment the brothers listened intently. It was a child's voice in an agony of grief and terror, 1 pleading plaintively with some threatened dan ger:, "Oh, please go 'way,! you Wg, naughty dog ; Benny's po 'fraid ! I do wish my brother Johnny'd come and take nie!" The touching voice broke down in childish sobs, and in another moment the brothers had pressed through the willows, and stood upon the" brink, ; gazing aown upon tne se-ene oeiore j membership at the end of 1879, was i fani diock is m ne i me nc ni Scarcely a hundred feet ds- j 1fl 407 ; ', zohtal lines, reading from left to right ; them tant, the child was standing on the ice, ; and walking round and round him, as ; if uncertain of the prey, was that sav 1 age mountain lion. The .child had ' heard him coming down the bank, and I turned and faced him. That act alone ! had delayed the fatal spring ; but now ' as if tired of his trifling, and tin willing longer to delay the promised feast, he j j crouched low upon the ice, in a cat-like ! .(iiln-tn ritf Vita fterno pvm TPrt tin- ! on the trembling Innocent before him. ; "Quick, Tom! God help us!" said the elder brother, in a husky whisper, j as he raised his rifle to his face. j A rapid glance along the glistening ; barrels, a simultaneous report of two rifles, and the savage beast sprang up- 1 2A-.11- .... - fJ. aru into tue air, men reil back upon; the ice, and rolled over and ver fn the agonies of death. With the discharge j of their rifles, the brothers bounded td the eDot and tbe little one reached hia ""U8 nis eiaer orotner, say-j i 1B "Take me, Johnny; J'ssocold.'l a ! "Idid com, you poor little lamb!"! ( An:l iU. i1 A. , . . j , Krea, siroDg reuow, lining trj M"y. amis, wnne me tearsj coat, and holding the shivering child against his manly breast, rebuttoned it over him, then turned to his other brother, who had dropped upon his knees on the ice: "Come. Tom. let us hasten,, and relieve the anxiety at ! home." I ' But the intense strain upon the loy's nerves had been to much for his endur ance, and it was several momeuts be fore he was able to rise. "Don't tell mother bow near the lion came to get ting Benny ; 'it will.be like a night mare to her for weeks to come," snid the thoughtful boy, as they climled up the bank, after Thomas' strength had been somewhat recovered. "No ; but I shall dream about it my self, and tell it in my sleep, perhaps, for I can never think of it without a shudder," replied the other. ' . After Benny had been placed in his mother's arms, amid the general re joicing of the family, and tire loys had partially rested from their rapid walk, they privately informed their father that they had sevn the mountain lion, and requested him to go with them to find it. He readily complied, and tliey were soon on the way to the river. "Why, this is the direction in which you found Benny!" said the father in a startled, toiie, as they n eared the stream. . ! "Ys. father; aud if the mere thought of it frightens you, imagine our feel ings when we had to shoot the lion to save him," j replied John. "Thomas j came as near fainting as great strDg j boys ever dp; and how we ever stead- ied our nerves enough to take so sure an aim, is more than 1 can tell." "Ged surely 'helpeel you," said the father, as he paused upon the bank, and turned white at the thought of his child's peril,! as he beheld the carcass I of the beast Ivinar unon the i-e where j u,ty uai iert him. It was an auimal j 0f unusual size, and made a soft and j beautiful robe, which was presented to j Benny in remembrance of hisprovi- jrtiential deliverance. j I , Co-operation.:! Rochdale a city in England, of about Sixty-five thousand inhabitants aud is the Mecca of co-operators every- where; for here, about thirty-five years ago, was begun the enterprise which has since grown and multiplied into the extensive system now known to US. ' The following account of the Roch dale Equitable Pioneers' Society is eon elensed from-Holy oak's history: In 1814, twenty-eight weavers formed the society, for the purchase and sale j of provisions and supplies on the eo- j operative principles. Even as long ago j as that, cooperation was neit unknown ! thing. "It was worse than that. As sometimes happens atthe police eourts, it had, like the prisoner at the bar, 'been seeh there before.'" It was an old offender. "It had been tried and condemned many times. Many work- men had lost by it; more had suffered f ends requiring of the jeelcstrian a per by it. It was regarded as an exploded j sastent .effort to reach a reliable foot-': scheme. To use a nautical phrase the j hold. I recollect a remark made by -r.tl v not o worth v in fact.. eo- i the late respeeted Col. Bird in the operation was little better than a leaky, rickety cockboat, in which few would sail out into the open sea of industry. It was doubtful whether it would ever j get into port, and was sure to be a long j time about it, if ever it did arrive. However, a few resolute niariners,who ; could not be much worse ott ir they j went to the bottom, made up their I minds to the attempt." After two years of sailing they managed to get together a capital-. of $140. In Decem ber of the year 1814 they-'opened the shutters of a small shop in Toenl lane, ami began business. Their stock was small, and !fer a long time the '8 weav ers were the only customers that the store had. They could not afford to hire a clerk, but took turns in keeping store in th4 evenings, the place being shut tluririg the day. Their wanty stock was soon solel, anel with proceeels they bought a larger steck. The n?xt year their1 capital had increased to $900, and Uheir .membership to 74. Sxn after they hired a manager, and nearly every year has witnessed an' in crease in the profits and business of the cone'ern. Six years after they began, inl8-50, they did a business of $60), on which rthere was a profit of $4,tiR. In 18G0 the sales were $760,000; profits, fSO.OOO. In 1870 the sales were $ 1,1 10, 000; profits $126,00. In 1877 the maxi mum of a little over one and half mil lion of business was reached, on which there was a profit of upward of $300,- 000. The last three years have net nuue reached this figure in sales. The The general system may le outlined about tliis: The capital hi made up of e.tK.iti..r.. fmn, Lmhamnf H, than $25, nor more than $1,000 each This last is an important clause, pre venting the concern from falling into the hands of any one person. The of ficers and committees are elected by the members, who have one vote each, no matter' how much share capital they may have. The shares are not transferable, but the money Invested can be withdrawn. At the end of a quarter the books are made 'up, and the customers bring in the evidences of their purchases in the shape metallic checks, on which they receive their dividend. If, as in the last report, the '' " - : j committee declare a profit of 28s 6d in the 1 on purchases, they will get back about 13 per cent of the amount they have bought during the time, or they can allow it to remain at' interest. Non-merujbers receive just naif as much as members. The nmnnrli f S r - v s'a SJV tllWia US ( mull, the sales being about f3,000 in j the quarter ending June 8, out of a to- per cent. Before, however, the divi- ! dends are declared there is deducted I the interest on the capital, which is . per cent; the interests on dejtoits f percent; a certain percentage for de preciation on fixed slock'; '.a certain' portion carried to the reserve fund; 21 per cent of the remainder ta be' applied to educational purposes, and the Iwl ance is divided among the customers of the store in proportion to the amount of their purchase. " The members of the KqiiitttMe neers'Society therefore get buck part ol the price they pay for everything at heir store, get dividends on their shares, jje-t interest on any sjiviii they may eleiosit, have the use of read ing rooms, looks, and instruction lor themselves and their families, and get pure, good, unadulteral eel wares, aniel form the invaluable habit of 'paying cash, and thm perforee living" withtn their means. The a flairs of theociety are man-' aged by the members through a loard of managers, eomposcel of three oftb-ers and eight committeemen, elected at quarterly meetings. When Niagara Went Dry. A citizen of Buffalo writes to 77r Courier of that city : Thare are un jdoubtedly many witnesses yet living jto attest the truth of the Rev. Bishop (Fuller's statement relating to the sud den and extraordinary subsidence of water in the Niagara river at the time I he refers to. J remember-the circum jstauce well, being in charge at the jtime of the. Custom House at Black jRoe;k ferry. The wind for several jhours nrevious had varied but little from east to north-east causing a strong purrent during the lime ami piling the (volume of water upon the liosoiu of : .Lake Erie. No slight sensation whs manifested by the millers whose inop- I i . - j erative machinery was uiiex ee edly iu j a mute contlitioii, minus the element j pf propelling iower. George W. Tint," , K.sq. in this connect ion, may unelouht ; jedly be referreej to as an interested jwitness. The steam ferry Ixrnt Union, j during the greater part of live lay was unable to reach her dock on either side, (being e pre vented by the lew stage of the water. The shore On the Canada pde presente'd the appearance f an xtendetl marsh of gravel and sand eds: fishermen's nets were in fold be- ond the reach of the beiats. The ab- senee of water was ceiuallv ierceutible ' Jm the American side. The nmt-ive j pier stretched like a stone wall upon ' dry lanel; Hquaw Island was extende-d, j y a temporary area ban en beach; the harbor display eel the worst features of Jhe annoying debits which ob-.tnirt- ea navigaiiou anu onen ensturoea tne 4qui,iurium of the miller'a --temper. in the latter respect it was a benefit, furnishing a clue to tbe worst olmtruc tpons to 1 removed. 'Theremembereel timber float-bridge sunk below availa ble use for crossing trains, the declivi ty of the windlass- worked falls at the evening, he having visited the falls ; during the day, that "the water was so j low on the American side that footmen ' cpuld pass fremt the Perter mill to the , small it-lands upon the naked rocks." Explaining the Fifteen Puzzle j . I The following appears in the Lon don Truth of January .17: '"Mr. Rich ard A. Proctor lias eleveted bis ener gies to the solution ef the 'Fiftee-n' or 'Boss' Puzzle, anel has published some, three er four Jearne-d article- on th subjeert. He has calculate-I that there are 110 fewer thau '22,Um2 7S!t,svi si tious in which the puzzle may be place! if an aspirant el es ires to attempt ' its solution. Of these he lis satisfied himself that ene-lialf are-soluble and the remaining half insoluble. The njlubility of the preblem depenels Uxn a strange law of re lation between the Qme in which the vacant square -. cuis, and the numler of what Mr. Proctor terms Misplacements.' If, for instance, we read the lox in its ordi nary way, leginning with the uper horizontal line from left to right, and find it to'begin with 5, mere are then'--Ipur,elisplaement8, beeus corn en Lefore 1, 2, 3 and 4, whereas, it ought to ibllow tbem. If the next figure be 3 there are then two more displacements, because 3 comes before 1 and 2, where as it ought to follow llieni. Now, a- i coming to lr.'irocior, 11 tne nuniner f displacements are even, and the va- f -that is to say, in he second line from P '.n the bottom line-then he problem is soluble. The same is the ease if the number of displacements is j the store-ant is extended to an aston qneven aud the vacant block be in an i ishing size with honey, the skin being uneven line. But where the displace- 1 ments are uneven and tbe line of the Vacant block even, or vice versa, the broblem is insoluble. I do not profess 0 entirely follow Mr. Proctor's reason ing, any more" than to be able to count ihe stars in the nebula of Orion. But i have followed, his rule and I have never found it to fail." L Mr. Labouchere publishes this with the observation that' for his own part he finds It rather tougher than the ,panle. Six Months, $1.00. NUMBER 10. In a Portugese Inn. First they (tbe travelers) will have soup a thin consomme of teef, with rice, cabbage, and probably peas flou ; in it. ' This is followed by a piece of beef and the piee-e of bacon which have made the soup, anel as the soup is serv ed up very hot, so is some degree of va ' riety skilfully obtained by the bouiUi alwaj-s being , half cold. Theu follow several iude?scritable stews, very goexl to eat, but inscrutable as to their ingre elientn. Afte r this, when one has cess edtoexpee7! it e-emes: fish broiled al most always hake, wliehin Portuguese waters, feeels on sardines, anel is there fore, a lietter fish than tmr British hake, wh:ch feed les daintily; tlieu rice made savory with gravy anil herbs ;af ter that foniw brrj'm -a dish fashiona ble in all parts of Portugal, and iu whose name the Portuguese desire to do homagv to our Rr't natoti the won! Ileitis a corruption of "beefsteaks" and the thing itself leing quite as un like what it intimates as its name. Then follow, in an order with which I cannot . chaise my " memory, sweet things, chiefly mde ef rice, the dinner n variably ejiding with a preserve ef epiiue-e. Jtrt,ifil, Old and Xeiv Crawford' ' - Revival Notes. Twenty-five have joined the First Methodist church, New Haven. A revival is iu progress at the North llaptist church, Newark, N. J. Herkimer strewt Baptist church," Brooklyn, has baptized eighteen con verts. . Beeiford stre'et Methoelist Episcopal church has added fifty ceuiverts to 1 roll. The Methenlist Episcopal church at Dan bury-, Conn., has had fifty conver , sions. At -rtouth .Second street Methodist , Kpisspal church, Brooklyn, over sev enty have been added. The Yonkers Baptist church, Rev. H. M. Sanders, baptizeel twenty-five converts on a reient oe-casion. The Cross , street Baptist church, Pateryon, N. J., has had an addition of I'l't Members sine-e January 1. At the Forsyth siret Methodist "Epis'-opal ehur.'h, New York', about sixty addition have been 'made. 1 In Meriden, Conn., the result of Mr. Harrison's, the young evangelist, la bor has been over 4K) conversions. The Methodist Episcopal chruch at Leadville, Col., is cixjwdeel nightly, and a geHal revival is in progress. 1 Grand avenue Methoelist Eoiscopal churcli, Rev. F. S. fctein, pastor,-Milwaukee, Wis., is enjoying a revival. Seventy-sixth stret Methoelist Epis copal chun-h, New York, baa gathered in alout 200 within a few weeks. Plymouth Congregational church, Chicago, Rev C. II, Everset, pastor, aeldeel 59 to its niemlrtTfhip the'past year. ' SuiTimeifield MetbiKlist Episcopal churcli, Brooklyn, has just received fifty ou probation, and Embury church f"i!y.j - ' " Literary Recluses. Mr. Ryan, librarian of the Kilkenny Library Society, made txjoks his idols, denying himself every luxury and not a few nece-ssarie-s in order to add to his collection : the well-furnished library of which; he was cut"liati lieing in sufficient t satisfy his literary crav ing. He lived in the uppe-r part of the society's premise but admitted no one to enter his rooms for any purose whatever. On his sudden death, in IWK5,. their privay was perforce in vaded. II in iK-ilroonf, or -what pansel for such, was found to contain nothing in the way 'of furniture save an old sofa, which had served him for a lcd, upon which lay a pair of old blanket", his sole night!y eevring. . Piles of hooks were heaped up , promiscuously in every direction. So in his sittiug room, there was sear:eiy sjace to move for eluflt-"overeel volume-s, of which the owner hael apparently made very little usc.e-ontenUd like many another collector, with merely having ae'tpuired them. A Wealthy eccentric living in a French provincial town was not -open to that reproach. He dw-lt alone in a secluded house, admitting no ine but a charwoman, who prepared bis meals and a news agent, who brought him thirty or lorty journals at a time. On day even they could not obtain admis mission, and tbe police ere called upon to intervene. Coh entering tbs solitary llreoiii in the heuse a room as squalid as it well erould le the r eluse was found dead on the led, which cemld only be rea.-hed by passing through a ravine, the-sides of which were conoel of thousauils of neve papers arid novels, whose perusal had leen the sole delight and esre-upatlon 'of bis wasted life. The Honey Ant. The honey ant makes its store-vessels from the bodies of the workers. Kirwt, it bites the end of the abdomen, thereby setting up an inflammation, which closes the apertures pf the body. Theu it feeds the maimed ereature with honey, pouring it into tbe mouth of the ,lvmif honey-pot, just as he bee pours honey into ,U crop. The process i. continually related until the body of stretched to such an extent that it Is sufficiently transparent to show tbe honey within. It cannot escape, for ita body is so heavy that the limbs are not sufficient to carry it, and so it re mains in tbe nest until the honey is wanted- In -Mexico these ants are s plentiful that they form regular artielea of commerce, being sold by measure in the markets, and used for the purpose of making mead. Specimens may ia j seen in the British Museum. Ths Zltvy J. O. Wood, in Qood Word: V i t
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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