VOLUME VI.
'ill® Mi Iter'* Vooinjr.
♦•Love mi* Utile, loM»me long,"
Sang flic dusty in ler
To Ms wlwal art, ami Tii« song
I>i«l * muizv ami ilirlll her.
"Iliil nio barley ; oh
Me ou« grain of comfort;
] would oal outlie« »nd live
Holding oil to ftomc fort.
In your ryes now love looks niiinc,
Tlieru li«'.H cereal |»lea*tire,
Oli! liominy joys are mine,
Filling up,my na'anure.**
 ame ilio maldm'* corn-full laugh
At the wilier* I'.tw nine:
"Ton can't winnow uirl with chaff—
Sir! to you gvioil morning/'
A Victim of Charity.
It was at n ctiurcli fair, anil ho Inn!
come lliero at tlic special rc|iie.st of his
cousin, who was at the head of the flow
er tabic. lie opened tlie door bashfully,
and stood, lint in liand, looking at the
brilliant scene before him, when a young
lady.rushed up and grabbing hiiu by the
Wilt said, —
''Oh, you must take a chance in our
cake. Come right over here—this
way."
1 tliishing to the roots of his hair, he
stammered out that "really ho didn't
have the pleasure of kuowtug—"
"Oh, that's all right," said the young
lady. ••You will know me butter before
you leave. I'm one of the managers,
you understand. Come : the cake will
all be taken if you don't hurry," and
she almost dragged him over to one of
the middle tables. "There now ; only
fifty cent* a slice, and you may get a
real gold ring. You had hotter take
three or four slices, sure. It will in
crease your chances, you know."
"\ou're very gcod," he stammered.
'.'Hut l'iu not loud of ;akc—that is, I
haven't any use for the rhur—l—"
"That will be ever no nice," said tho
young lady, "for now if you get the ring
you can give it back, and wc can put it
in another cake."
"Y-e-e-s," said the young man, with
a sickly smile. "To bo sure; but—"
"Oh, there isn't any but about it,"
said the young lady, smiling sweetly ;
.'.'you know that you promised."
"Promised !"
"Well, no ; not exactly that: but you
will take slice?" and she look
ed her whole soul into his eyes.
"Well, I suppose—"
"To be sure. There is your cakc."
and she slipped a great slioc into his
delicately gloved hands as ho handed
her a dollar bill. "Ob, that is too
nice," added tho young lady as she
plastered anotlier slice of cakc 011 top of
the one she had just given him. "1
knew you would take at least two
chances," and the dollar bill disappeared
across tho table: and then she called to
a companion, "Oh, Miss harkins, here
is a gentleman who wishes to have his
fortune told."
"Oli, docs he? send him right over,"
answered Miss Larkiu.
"I beg your pardon, but I'm afraid
you are mistaken. 1 don't remember
saying anything about—"
"Oh, but you will," paid tho first
young lady, tugging at his arm. It's
for the good of the cause, and you won't
refuse," and once uiore the beautiful
eyes looked soulfullv into his. "Here
we are. Now take an envelope; open
jt. There; you arc going to lie married
in a year. Isn't that jolly ? Seventy
five cents, please." This time the youth
was careful to hand out the exact change.
"Oh, 1 should like to 'have tuy fortune
told. May 11" said tho first young la
dy.
'•Of course you may iny dear," said
Miss Larkiu, handing out one of her
envelopes. "Oh, dear, you are going to
be married this year, too. Seventy
five cents more," and tho poor youth
came down with another dollar note.
"No change bore, you know," added
Miss Larkin, putting tho grecuback in
her pocket.
"Oli, come, let's try our weight,"
said tho first young lady, once more tug
ging at the bashful youth's coat sleeve,
and before he knew where he was he
found himself standing on the platform
,of the scales. "One hundred and thir
ty-two," sajd tho young lady. "Oh, 1
should like to be a great heavy man like
you," and she jumped on the scales like
a bird, "0110 hundred and twenty.
Well, that is light. One dollar, please."
"What!" said tho youth . one dollar
Isn't that pretty steep .' 1 mean—l—"
"But you know it is for charity,"'
said tho young lady; and another dol
lar was added to the treasury of tho
fair.
"I think I'll have to go. I have an
engagement at—"
"Oh, but first you must buy 1110 a bo
nnet for taking you around," said the
young lady. "Right over here," and
tlioy were soon standing in front of file
flower tabic. "Here is just what I
want," ami the young lady picked up a
basket of roses and violets. "Seven
dollars, please."
"Oh, Jack, is that you.'"' cried the
poor youth's 0 'u.-in from behind tho
flowor counter : "and buying flowers for
Miss tiiggie, too. Oli, 1 shall be terri
bly jealous unless you buy me a basket,
too," and she picked up an elaborate
affair. Twelve dollars, Jack," and the
youth put down the money, looking ter
ribly confused, as though he didn't know
whether to make a bolt for the door, or
give up all hope and settle down in
despair.
"You'll excuse me, ladies," he stam
mered, "but I must go. I lnve~"
"Here, let me pin this iu your bul
ton-hole," interrupted Ins cousin. "Fif
ty cents, please and then the youth
broke away and made a straight line for
the door.
"Well, if ever I visit another fair may
i be—he ejaculated as lie counted,
over his cash t.i see if ho had the car
fair to ride homo.
Sunshine.
From .111 aenrn weighing only a few
grains a tree will grow, for a hundred
years or more, not only throwing off
mutiv nniimU laavna At-aru trom lu»»
itself weighing several tons. If an or
ange twig is put iu a large box of earlh,
and that earth weighed, when the twig 1
becomes a tree, bearing, luscious fruit,
there w ill bo very nearly the same 1(11:111-
tily of earth. From careful experiments
made by different scientific men, it is an
ascertained fact that a very large part |
of the growth of a tree is derived from
the sun, from the air, ami from the wa
ter, anil a very little from the earth :
and, notably, all vegetation dies no- 1
less it is freely exposed to sunshine.
Wood and charcoal are but eoudensed |
sunshine, which contains three iinpor- ;
tant elements, all equally essential to
both vegetable and animal life —magne
sia is important to any of the tissues.
Thus it is that tho more persons are out
of doors the more healthy they are and
the louder they live. Every human
being ought to have an hour or two of
sunshine at noon ill winter, and iu the
early forenoon in summer.
The I 'harlotto Howu and 'Democrat
has the following to say about tho Mor
mons :
"Wc are really informed that dele
gates from the Mormon church are now
within the vicinity of King's Mountain,
and have induced the authorities of a
Baptist church, in (iastou county, to
surrender the keys for the use id' these
"Latter-day Saints."—lt seeius incred
ible that in the midst of an enlightened
. people that Mormonisni coulil obtain
1 any converts. No one at the pro.-eut
i day who reads a newspaper can fail to
. kuow what is the great feature of their
, belief, and how a woman who has been
reared in the path of virtue and religion
. can renounce all and flee to this leeli
. erous sect, is hard to comprehend. We
see where a niau and his wife have been
[ remarried in accordano with the ritrs of
r the Church. The practice of polygamy is
, so revolting that all protestations of pi
. ety they might offer should prove of no
, avail, for it is only to conceal their true
, life. They ought never to be allowed
I to enter the State, corrupting the minds
j of those who arc persuaded of their hon
esty, concealing their disgusting prac
> tices. They are a worse epidemic than
. small-pox, and should be treated the
same.
1
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It is remarkable that Bulwer, Dick
ens, and Thackeray were alike unhappy
j in marriage. Thackeray's wife was in
u sane nearly all her married life. In all
e ' cases the wives survived the husbands.
DANRIRY, N. (' Till'USD AY, APRIL Id. ISM
I.UMt ill the I'Off.
, hrasnitis T. Itugg! eson, a young man
, of Saxon lineage, worked 011 a farm out
, herein\ellow Springs township. He
was not rich, but he was industrious
and just too pretty fur anything. So'
was the daughter of tlio farmer for whom
lie work'd. She was wealthier than 1
Krasmus, but she was not proud. When
the chores were dotio in the winter even
ings, she went with him to the singing
, school and she walked by his side to
church. Sho loved him : slio had rather
sit at her casemi nt iu the glo lining, an 1
hear him holler "po-00-cy'" in long- 1
drawn, mellow cadences, at til ■ hour of
the feeding- of the swine, than hear
Campanini sing "Macaroni del Verm
icelli" trom "llaiidorg/.hanni in Venez
uela. And lie—hi.' was clean gone on
her. Mashed past all surgery. \\ leai
1 they foolishly let the old man into their 1
plans for 0:0 .1 other'- happitcss mi l
halt tii' farm. . wrathful agraettltnr
! ist said il he heard one more word of
such nonsense, just another word, he
would lav that farm waste with physi
cal havoc, and blight its winter wheat
with the salt tears of his only child, and
thai Was the kiudol 1 lather-in-law he '
was inclined 10 be.
( Naturally, the young people detenu- 1
iuod to lly. Finally the night tta.- set, I
so was the ladder. At its foot wail
-1 oil the ardent Krasuius lluggleson, ga/-'
ing at tho window for the appearance of
his love. I'rc>ently the window opened
softly, ayd a face ho loved appeared.
"Rasmus :
"Florence!"
"Ws, ilean -t. Shall I 1! 1-op my thing*,
right, down
•« Yes, love: I will catch them, he:
the bundle fill."
The glittering starlight in the clear,
March night I' ll on Kiasinus' glad and
feet high, four feet wide and about eight
j feet long. It weighed about "J," 1 "'
pounds. It contained a few • things"
that no woman could be expected to j ,
travel without, and Florence had spent !
threo weeks packing that trunk for her 1
ulopeineut.
, Erasmus lluggleson did not scream. j
lie did not moan, lie couldn't, lie
t
had 110 show. r lorence came down tho
ladder, hat log first, with a maidenly
' sense of propriety, requested her lover
to turn his back and look at the barn.
! lie was busily engaged iu looking at tho J
1 bottom of that trunk and thinking how
like all creation he would yell it i' oyer
got his mouth out doors again.
Florence reached tho bottjri of the
ladder. "Pid you get my trunk, Kras
mus f" she said, looking around for him.
"Oh, yes," said a hoarse uit kine
voice at her elbow. "(Hi, yes, he got it.
1 Hot it bad, too."
Sho turned, knew her papa, shriek.
\ ed once, twice, again, and ouee more fur
! tho boys, and fainted away.
"1 never worried about i! a minute,' •
! the hearth ss old man told his neighbors j
the next day* "though 1 kuowed veil
enough what was going on all the time.
' I've been married tw ice, au' I've niarric I
j off four dim 1 liters and two sons, an' it'
, I don't know what baggage a woman
I carries when -he travels, by this time,
I 1 I'm too old to learn."
And Erasmus Rug :loson ! The jury
brought 111 a verdict that he came to his
death by habitual drunkenness, and tho
te.nperance p:ij >rs didn't talk about
( any thing else for tho next six weeks.
1 Stung to I>F;ltll.
a J We sometimes hoar of a person being
I 1 stung to death, but there are more
f j deaths caused by stinging than most
s people suppose. A bee, inflicting a
- sting, it is said, leaves its barbed tveipon
ti ! in the wound, and being thus mutilated,
e : inevitably dies. 111 ninety nine cases
.1 out of a hundred, the stinger dies, while
s the person stung lives. The bee stings
- itself to death in trying to sling some one
i- 1 else.
II | There are men and women who might
e laarn a lesson from this fact. It you
purpose to sting others, remember that
! you may be more likely to injure your
;- self than them. Your stinging may
y hurt others, and kill yourselt. "lie
1- that will love life and see good days, let
II loin refrain his tongue from evil, and
his lips that they speak no guile."
i ffininiiN Ingenuity.
\ IHi Win chambermaid is said to i
have got twelve commercial travelers j
into eleven bedrooms', and yet to have)
Ljiven each a separate bedroom Hero I
! we have . ven separate bedrooms : t
1 | -• | ITjtt«l i" n
"Now, ' says -bo, "if two of you wili
g> in .1 No. I bedroom and wail a few |
luiiiti' •- I'll tin J a .-pare room for y n I
ja ■ - 11 as' I havo shown tho others to
flu tr fin-ius. Well, now, bat ing thus ;
1,.- '■ . i(l No. I
put tie' I'r 1 tit No. fourth 111 No.,
•I, the filth in No. I, tho sixth in No.
i the set th in No. (J, tin-eight in No.:
;7, the i.i-itli in .V . tie to ilh in N.. '
!•, the eleventh iu No I l *. Sim tbtnj
eamo back to .\o, 1, wheru von will re
member she loft tho twelfth gentleman
alone wi 1 the first, and .- ."I him
! accomodated ali the rest and have Mil'
1 a room ta spare : so if one of you will ,
please p into No. 11 you w ill find h
1 inp'y.' Vims, the twelfth man got his
b.'drooi..* Of course, there is a hole •
in the sitncepan somewhere, but wo leave
iho reader to determine ox -etly where j
tho fallacy is, with ju-t a warning to .
; think tv before declaring 113 to which :
j if any. of the travelers was the '■ dd
man oui."
Hoy*.
Ai! -v.v ,l;e b y is always a fruit
ful si .ject for new paper talk. The t
I hi'.r/sty man has this to say otl 0a • 
1 -übjeet, and wo must admit that there
i;s inn '1 i She real b y about, it.
Au xchange says a boy will trump
two hundred and forty-seven miles in 1
one day 011 a raid '. limit and be limber 1
in t lie evening when if you ask him to j 1
go across the street and borrow -lonos's | '
two-inch auger, he will be a stiff as a j i
llioatjlluek. Of 'ourse lie will. And I
the water three hours at a lime, and 1 1
dive and puddle and puff, and next -
morning h • will f el tint an unmeasur
ed insult has b-' :u offer .1 him when lie , .
is told by his mother to wash his face
carefully so as not to leave the score of
the ebb and flow so plain a 1 1 be seen | ,
| under tho gills. And he'll wander around I
a dry crock be 1 all the afternoon pi! ng i
up a pebble fort, and nearly die off tvlun 1
his sister wants him to please pick up |
a ba-kot of chips for the parlor stove.
' anil he'll "peiid the biggest part of the
day frying to corner a stray uiiilo or a
I aid-backed horse tor a ri.le, and t • 1
that all life's charms have fled when it,
comes time to drive tho cotvs home : and
he'll turn a ten acre lot upside down for 1
ten inches of anglo-woruis, and wish for
! the voiceless tomb when the garden de
mands his attention. Hut all the sane, '
when you want a friend who w ill stand
by you and sympathize with 3011, and 1
he true to joti in all kinds of weather, I
enlist one of the small boys.
.4hunt ' alt-
Nothing that we cat is more valuable 1
than - ilt, nor could anvthiny except bread
be more nn— -d. Animals, iu fact, will 1
travel distances and brave great daiigei
to obtain if, Ou th- coast of Sierra
I.eoneJu'o. rs will sell their sister-,
hufbaitls their wives, and ] arcnts their
children, for salt. In the district of the
Gold Coast of Africa, a handful of salt
is tho most valuable thing upon earth,
j after gold, and, wilt purchase a slave
lor two. Salt ttiih tho Rambers is such
j a luxury that to say of a man, "He
! flavors his food with salt," is to imply
that he is rich. No stronger mark of
affection can be shown iu Muscovy than
. 1 the sending of salt from the tables of
the rich to their poor friends. Spilling
i salt was held to be. an unlucky omen by
1 tho Romans, aud the superstition has
descended to ourselves. Leonardo dc
Vinci availed himself of this tradition in
. | his famous picture of tho "Lord's Sup
i t per" to indicate Judas Iseariot by tho
. I salt-celler knocked over by his arm.
When wo say of a lasty follow that "he
; : docs not cam his salt" wo unoonscions
, lv alludo to an ancient custom among
! the Romans. Among them a man was
- ! said to be in possession of a "salary"
■ who had his "salarium," his allowaneo
, of salt, wherewith to save the food by
i which he lived. Thus salary 1 iocs from
1 | salt, and in this view of tho word how
' j many there arc who do not "earn their
salt.
A Meimfcr 0! iti«> Air.
Thomas Campbell and Joseph How
i an', two tvoodehoppers v rising iu the
timber five miles north a.-t of lliiilcton,
•'ill, inform us by letter of a singular
crept tiro they satv flying through the air
last Friday afternoon. They write thus :
"About I o'clock Friday afternoon,
wli.le at v.ork w • w. re startled by the
sound of many wings flapping in the air.
hooking up, wo pen cit 1 passing over
our he id, not more th: .1 forty foot alee."
tl.a iree *op», a ,o ature that looked.
niietbing ii!:e 0 erueoijlo. jj '.YJS, 'to
the be : of our judgment not b -s than
eighteen feet in length, and would mens
iii" Iwo fprt aci'tus the body from the
head io tin tail, a distance of probably
twelve f. t. The t.iil was about four
feet and tapered from the body to .
.1 point pn bably ■ !gh' iucliei wide. The
head was two feet iu length and the jaws
(for its mouth was upon) eould not have
been I > tliuu sixteen inclu - long. Ou
each side of the body, between the head
and the tail, were six wings, each pro
je, • " between eighteen i 111 V - and two '
feet from the body. As near as we
could see, these wings were about fifteen
inches broad, and app red in be forme I
-imil.ir to a duck's font. On the under
side of the body we counted twelve f • t,
six on a side."
Mr. Howard fired one barrel of a
shotgun at the monster, and writes.
"11 uttered a cry itn'lar to (hat of a
calf and bear combined, but gave 11c
-\.;n of being inconvenienced or injured
In fact, when the shot struck, we heard
the bullets rattle as though striking
against a thin piece of sheet iron. The
object was al> 1 seen by a number of
Chinamen wording near us, who were
budl frighten 'd anil fled to tlieil' cab
in"." This is tho first time wo over
heard of such a c rent lire as this; but'
we eaiin i 1 doubt their statements.
—Gridiey Herald.
*l. 1 iei.a- ill u I.' ■ s v.near, even
iu the midst of uiisfortuttfe The only
damage done to the furniture at the fire
011 I'll- 'tiiut street this forenoon was to
a luokin;:-gla s. and that tvas in a man
ner entirely unlocked for and unexpect
ed. The L'lass had been taken from the |
house and careful I)- loaned up against the
fence, where it s 1 oil unharmed during
all the confusion 1.11 ilariu occasioned '
by the fire. Rut a goat happened to
coui' along and spying a reflection of
himself in the glass, lie gaze.l for a mo
ment, shook hi" head a few times and
mounting on his hind legs, ho went lor
that other goit in a hurry, and only
found ' lit hi - mistake after the looking
.ll ■ w.i- smashed into smithereens, and
no goat was to he seen, lie seemed
Confused f' r a moment, stared a little,
-h .Ilk hi. head a while, and then walki d
iiuietlv away to make a breakfast of any
old piece of tinware or br ken crockery
which might bo left lying arwur.d loose.
Wilmington Heir"'.
A Dun wmi Tin: TOOTHACHE. —
Who ever heard of a dog with the
toothache Well, Vugusta can boast of
the novelty. The poor old fellow has
been howling for a ucek with neuralgia
of the jaw, and when his master, ttbo i
a thoughtful and considerate surgeon as
1 well as an artist, discovered the cause ot
the canine's grief, lie set to work to ex
tract 1 whole row of decayed teeth in
the dog's mouth. Now this may seem
absurd to -cine very ignorant peo| le,
but it is all true, and the poor dog held
his mouth open and sat perfectly quiet
while the teeth were being drawn. And
vet some people think a dog has no
seii-c or appreciation. .'h/ffiistii ('"/)
' Xews.
At the recent tisit of General Han
cock to tho city of Little Kock, Arkan
sas, while a military salute of thirteen
Willis was being fired at the arsenal, a
premature discharge blew ofl three linger
! and a thumb from the hand of a brave
j soldier nainod (ieitz. Tho whole hand
' had to be amputated above the wrist.
Iu the hospital Oeueral Hancock visited
him expressing bis heartfelt sympathy,
and in conversation with liiui said :
••Well, my gallai.i friend , we all deep
ly deplore the accident; and now let me
assure you that so long as I live you
uliall never want for anything."
"The bravest arc tho tendcrcst."
NO. 4'2
mi 4i.». nm rs.
- , 'J lie now (iarfield stump will !»•• ivsnoil
• to the IVist Office.-' throughout the I'uit
, ed Slates on next Monday.
Hanging a man in clfigy is a {rood deal
like Id ing a cow owned by the father
of a young gill. It don't fit the ease.
Old umbrella and buggy tops a*now
hi iin; utilized l»v ladies for theatre lints.
I In; ilenimiil for them almost equals that
hT Cot.fi di l ute bonds.
j 'There are plenty of men who paint
and powder.' "Ves, but then ihoy don't
wetirenn "No; they inn somc
thing else in getting light.'
Ladi's' water proof cloaks so light
that they can easily be folded ijiton par
cel sinrill enough to be e;trried*itl the
• dress-po"ket. arc now sold.
'I he li!-1 -■ - .fall the cats in America
would be worth $10,000,00:) to com
merce. And it's n fearful shame to
have so much property ljing idle.
"C hi there be happiness where there
is no love MolomuJy queries an author
in a book on marriage. Not much per
li ij ,hnt it' the girl is awfully rich, there
ean be lots of fun.
j A man in Ohio was struck by light
ning and instantly killed a day or two
silico just ns he was trying to say some
ihing original about Winter lingerin"
in the lap of spring.
A French piper advises its roadeis
who may happen to b- caught out in
a storm to take shelter under a beach
tree, as this tree has never been known
to be struck by lightning.
A I'osey county justice concluded a
recent carriage ceremony thusly "Them
a • this court has jin-d together, let no
man put asunder: but suffer little chil
dren to ctjiiie nnto them, so hcln vou
This is tho last oyster month. The
, saying is a very old one, it was written
by Kutl'T, ill !,;'.!>!>, and runs thus : -It
is and unwholesome in all
months thai have not an *ll' in their
name to eat an oyster,'
There is nothing that so takes tho
starch on of a young man who has been
wedded about a year as to have to go to
a store where there is a girl clerk that
he ns. 1 to keep company with, and en
quire for those large safety pins.
A shot that told : A French officer
said to a Swiss colonel : "How is it
that your countrymen always fight for
money, while we French fight for
honor!" Tho Swiss shrugged his
should.-s and replied : ''l suppose it is
I'vanse people are a] t to light for that
which they need most."
A Methodist clergyman who had been
assigned to a congregation that began
to critiees Ins preaching, said that they
only ridiculed themselves. "Because,
beloved friends if I could preach well
do you think I would have been sent out
hero to minister to a lot of lunkheaded
ignoramuses like you?"
i They are very conscientious in Deail
. wood. A man there recently saw an
i other reach for his hip pocket, anil tlimk
■ iitg lie meant light, shot hiui dead. Tho
 fellow, however, lived long enough to
f explain that he intended to draw a flask
- to treat, and then expired, and tho
i shootist said the lost wishes should be
a obeyed, and took a rousing drink from
, the flask.
' A remarkable ease of tho intricacies
' of law is shown in the contest over a
wiU. in Marseilles. A man and wife
were drowned together in the upsetting
'. .if a boat. The wife left a will bequeath
ing $;>75,00U to the husband, and the
. heirs of loth parties are struggling to
. deeido which drowned first. There
u i seems to be no way out of the. difficulty,
~ and the lawyers will probably bag the
v whole fortune.
A man under life-sentence iu the lowa
' l'eimentiary for wife luurdcr, died tho
• other day, and his daughter was askeil
' what disposition should be made of tho
> | body. She answered that, as her fath
; ' cr had murdered her mother and at
tempted to kill her, and then burned
" their home, she. would rather have notli
-11 nig to do with the matter. The body
! was thetoforo interred in -the prison
i graveyard.