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THE REPORTER AND POST. A;ME XI. . .carter and Post. ri'BXJIHKD WEEKLY AT D ANBURY, N. C. ?f£PPEK & SONS, PUBS. *. PROPS MAT KM OF M iwnumox | tic . ir. paouble In advance, §1.30 L\ ' ~73 RATE* OF ADVKKTIMIXi: ft Smarw (ten Hue» or !«•«) 1 tLuie,.. f .. .81 00 - c o'u additional lunertton, . BO jntneti for longer time or uftre upace can be »lo .t> proport >ai to the above rate*. Ttniwiint m*l v erttmra will be txprrlril to remit ••u riling to these rate* at the tlum they wnd r t*ror». Notices will be charged 30 |>cr cent, higher .v hi»ve i Atr*. I n*H Cards will be Inserted at Ten Dollar* - ami. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. >;/-:IRR.D. GILML'K, rnejr and Counsellor, MT. AIRT, N. 0: .Hlivi In tlie courts of Surry, Stokes, i.i ami Alleghany. rr. F. BARTLUT, cZ r. il r. AJHV, aI'KHV (JO., X. O • Practices wliei-evc.- hiss .rvicoirnre wanted. R J7HA YMMTX, ATTORNEY-AT LAW kit 4tii'y' N. G- SjxvMal atU ution tjiwu to tlie collection ol claims. I—jSJm H. M. MAiITINDALK, WITH ULIR. J. C. LUL. JLNY $• QO., TTAILOMJCLTS' .IAD FLVQKSELLWTT? WAUKNOCSF:. FYJP*SCHOOL HOOKN A .Mr.tiuiiery of all kHxls. Wrapping paper, in ll'iiind Boards, l*a|M'r lilimt.s. • . "ALTIMOUK ST., UALTJMOItK. .WD J. S. 11 AItIUSON, ~ • wim L. Ef.LET &CO., 1Y 3-OUDSB NOTIONS 10, 12 & 14 Twulfth Stroc'., I.KTT. ) A . ■ WATKIMH, r , ißichm'd, Va B. P. KW«, WITH 7 V ON, SUTTON $ CO., ■ GOODS, • -T t :ul f» S uth Sharp, Street, * H. M. BI«TL'ON. ; i r «iR VBUK, O. J. JOHNSON. V.Y, ALBIRT JONKS. . o.y & Jo»,©S, inafiufiietun-rs ol S A?>DLKItY,II ARNFKS, COM. %RS,TRUNKS No. .WWW. Haltlinore street, Baltimore, AM. W. A. Ticker, H. C. Smith, b. U. Spraggitu Tucker, Kmitk a Co.. M tßul'acturhrn & wholenale Dialer* lu HOOTS, SHOES, HATS AAD CAPS. Nj. W Haltlmore Street, ltaltlinorc, JM. ELHALTT, WITZ j- CO., l«i|*orterM & wholesale dealer* lu KOTICNS.HOSIKRY.OLOVKB, WHITE AND FANCY GOODS. No. 3 Hanover rtieut, flaltixnoiyi, Jf«l. IT. J. &■ IT. A EST, a n ii HENRY SON? REBORN. IF CO., WHOLESALE CJLOTWBRS. Anooyer St., (feotwcaniJerman Jt Lombard Sta) HALTTMOLIE MIT. !i. gONXKBORS, B. BI.IUM.NK. . V.'ATKINH, W. S. MOHKKTSOK, i I. A. N. AVATKINB. Watkins. Oottrall * Oo.» I in porter*'anil Jabbervof HAItDWAUE. 1307 Main Street, TUF'JLMOML), VA. Agent* for ralrVAfiltK Slnnduul and Anktr ilrfiDd itolt.ng Cloth. XTCGHEN PUTNEY, L. U HUIIR W. //. MILES, WITH STEPHEN PUTNEY# CO., WHOLESALE DMU RU IN BOOTS, SHOES, UIID' TRUNKS, 1219 Mam Street, SEPT. 8-81-O M. lUCUJJOND, VA. V.M tIKVftICH. W*. It. UIVMNi CBKIKI".N DkVBIES, WL.VMOS KIJiVtX, )VM. DEVRIES * CO., I mjmrter* and .lobbrr. of FORCIQN AND OOMCSTIO DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. J!2 H' AT HITLLIMUN STRETL, HETMXN LLOICVRD U.UI LIBERTY, 11ALTIMOHE. ETTABLINC*J 11*+4. S. T. DAVIS WITU T.J MAOHUUEII and CO, ami Ilonlem In HOOTS, KHOKS ASI> HKOGAHS, &C. >j. SI Sharp Str«ot, Aaltinore, Md. F. YATES of N. C. with BAYNE, ANDERSON ,J- BARD, Wholesale Grocers, So, -M \V«t l'r..tt ami K8 S. Kcuard St., JUiVt'IiICUK UD. COB or TIIK IIAI.UI'X «l tV. > Milter, come sit ih>w 11 •awhile, . An' listen. I Has :liar. I tell you, Mir, it gat ao list Tlie tire acurehed mjr h"»r. I weko uji when the whtsllc bluwAl, ' An' hope I mar be item ; Kr't took tlie fii'i" a minute, «lr, To run from stem to «OTH. 3 Hut, mister, you'll forgive these tearj That t'roni my eyelids fall; J It makes 'em come to think of hiiu, a The hero of them all. t The ime who at the throttle stood, I And never flinched with fear, r Bat saerified bis noble life— t "Bob"' Kelly, engineer. a 'Mid all tlie wild, cxcitiiu» scents, The cries lor "iielp"—ll»o yells— Dub stuod tliar at tin: engine*, air, An' answered nil the bells. He hiukcd s'jleafl.) munr In flk> *en, i U> lito*lir»ttle el»l«/, / ( An' v,niting fur tl .it Kong to say, n Tin done"—lt never rung. , J»ob, no doubt thonghl of wHu and home— Of little ones so dear— Rut of duty most of all. An' never thought of fuar. He wmit down with tlie burnin' boat, An', mister, yoti itn ix-t Your,lift: lllght a( them engi.ierfyet. I don't say that his soul is thar, Fur that liz throui;!i Hie tlauiev. An' (Hit on win;;* an' went u>> wliur Tlie angels w rite men's names. I Tlie names of iienx'S Just like him, It' we could only look I'll bet we'd see lJob Kelly's name 'Kit down in Ili aven's book. Stßrteitoii tliclload to Crime. A young lad whoso parents reside on one of the most fashionable avenues ol this city was asked by a gontUmen whe 1 was a guest of his parent* during the recent Sunday School convention if he didn't want to go to heaven 1 Tbo little fellow hardly stopped pinch icg the cat's tail when in response to tlx ' innate depravity horn of Adam he repli ed : "If I know myself, aud Ltfuuk 1 do, I will Htay where I am." • ' "Hut" said the pious individual wlir was greatly shocked, "if you do not waul to go heaven you will go to hell and be r burned up with fire and brimstouo." "Now see hear Mr.' said the young hopeful, straightening himself with dig nity, "you can t come none of your fool ishness over uic, I just couldn't stand none of that fire and brimstone busi ness." "Hut (!od will made you stand il sir." "Al right then, if lie will make mo . Nand it I dont care if 1 do," aud oul came one of the cat's whiskers, i The doting mother who was just en tering the rooip' overheard the last ques tion and answer and taking her youth ful heir by the hand vigorously waltzed liiiu into the woodshed and taking him into l.er lap, bottom sfde up, applied the authoritative slippor with stinging blows, that reached through 3 couple of well • worn openings down to the very seat ol bis semabilities. "Yon don't care do you,' and blow followed blow. He bore the infliction at first witl stolid indifference, but his atubbornnesi ) soon gave way, and through a flood ol tears and intermingled sobs, he exoluiiu . Ed: "Ob, ma, 1 do care !'* She straigbteaol hiin up *n his teel with a jerk, and snapped out: "You do, do you ! Now go and seei: you can behave yourself." The lad looked at her a moment with au inquiring look, and then askod : "Are there any slippers in heaven V ■ "Why do you ' "Because if there iQ any, I dont can to go there, briuistiuo or jio brimstone. Tliis was moru than the outraged feolings of tiie mother could stand, ant full of despondency slie boxed his ear soundly and sent him to bad without hi supper. There in the darkness with bis littli • head resting on a pillow he sobbed him self to sleep firmly resolved that hi would grow up and be as big a man a ' Jesse James ever was. And thus an rl other candidate for a brigand's life wa started on tbo road to aotieive succes in his calling, or die in the attempt— COUNCIL BHIFFT JVONPARTIL. Common aliusk.— A valuable hors f had been lost and no one coald fim him. A half-witted follow finally broogh him back, and to tha question, "Hoi Jid YOU find biui when nooaeclMconldf replied. "Wall, I just 'qnired wlWr Ilia horse WHS seen last, knd4 went tha aud sot on a rock . and I just axed my self if I was a horse, whar would I g and what would Ido ? And then I wen and found him." DANBL'IiY, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1882. Nearly Klsscil ThemselVM to Deatb. Osculation is unquestionably a pleas ing pursuit. It has been recognized as audi from time immemorial, by genera tions unuuiubered, of lovers, poets, aud oven philosophers. There are doubtloss at this moment in this, as in other aoun tiies, many enamored swains, who ask no better than to be permitted to im print "tod thousaud kisses," one after aqothor, upon the lips of the damsels upon whom they have bestowed their affections. They may, however, esteem thamselves fortunate if their opportuni ties in this direction are somewhat lim ited, as tb{ following true story will show : At an evening pnrty. m KrtkJicim x few weeks ago the conversation happened to turn upon kisying, and the question arose how many salutations of this class oould be exchanged between two ardent lovers within A certain space of time.— As usual, opinions differed, aud the dis cussion waxed warm. I'reseutly a Oery youth offered to bet anybody present the German equivalent of a ten-pound note that ho and his betrothed would kiss one another ten thousand timos with in ten hours, provided they wore per mitted to partake of some slight refresh ments at intervals of half an hour dur ing the performance. Ilis wager having been accepted and the money posted, the affiaßccd couple addressed themselves to the achievement of their congenial task. At the expiration of the first hour their account stood credited with two thousand kisses. During the second they added another thousand, ami during the third scvcu hundred and fifty to that number. Then, pitiful to state, they both broke down. The youth's lips were stricken with cramp and the maiden tainted away. Latar on. in tha evening she was com pelled to lake to her bad with a sharp attack of aeurulgia. An even more distressing result ensued from this sur feit of tender eudewaient, for it kd to tbo breaking off, by mutual conxont, of a hopeful, matrimonial ehKinmiient. — Young lqvcrs should keep this sad talc in uiiud and moderate their transports, lor, straago as it m»y scoia, Hm> CupiJ himself may bo kissed to death. About Small Waists. Mrs. Haweis, of Lon don, has writ ten a letter in defence of small waisU. Shosays ; "The long and short of it is, a small waist is only pretty when it is natural—for-it is then,aud only then, architecturally in proportion. A wido, overhanging pout-house bust and pinched waist are excessively ugly—and unwhole some, too—because unnatural. The trnuk must bo of .the right breadth for the branches, i. p., tbo shoulders. If the width of the shoulders—measured outside the arms, across the back— equals fifteen inches, the widtb of the waist onght not to bo less than seven and a half inches. Or guy the circum ference of the shoulders be thirty eight inches, the circumference of tlie waist should not bo less than typnty-cigbt inches. Lastly, as to safe pressure. A waist which is naturally only tweuty two incites may be enclosed iu stay of twenty inches without danger of discom fort. Indeed, it would be difficult to fcal any support with a looser corscl. In sach a case tlio height must not ex ceed five feet two inches. Hut a waist which is thirty inohes, measured hon estly, without tba stays, and forced in to a belt of eightoan or twenty inches, is not only likely to iujuro the .health, but is certain to look ugly. It is arch itecturally bad, whatever the height of the frame ; and no woman who knows an] thing about proportion, in a tree, in a building, in a statue, or who lias any e/c' for graoe in curves, will rend r herself so eouspiouous an eyesore as to adopt a fashion which seams to deform her." Mont Blanc In Jitnoary. A correspondent describes an ascent of Mont Blanc in January, and his re markable elimatio experiences. 110 states that as soon as the sun was fairly up, and tha shadow-liue bad been passed, the heat on the glaeier became almost oppressive. I!a and hi# companions were compelled to take off their addi tional wraps, and were clothad exactly as they would have boon foe the sane excursion during August. At an ele vation «f ton thousand feet, cigarettes were smoked "on tha balcony of the CABINE about 9P. M.,after supper, witb i out feelrog tbo cold any moro than if • wo had been in M. Vouctct's garden in . (Jjiauiouiiix—a Kiel wLicli will hardly be credited by many, to whose nimds "a visit to Switzerland ta winter is only 1 suggestive of "Kane's Arctic Discover ies" or "Franklin's Voyages," i Cream auU SlranVi ry Pan nion. "Myrtle door!" • " Yes, Qturpi rfiiat in it ?" r* lied the " gii"l, glancing slowly upward. t TLc mdiant glory of a summer moon s phone down upon the earth this Juno - uight, bathing in all iti mellow splendor the leafy branches of the sturdy old oaks - that had for centuries shaded the cn r trance to (Jostle MeMurty and laughed a defiance to fierce gala* that every winter r came howling down in all tbeir cruel i force and fury from the moorlands lying - westward of the castle. On the edge of - the broad demesne that stretched away 1 to the south e'ood a large brindle cow, and a.4 the moonlight >- T «fy lustre hi~ starboard riifS** seeiu ' ed to Blyrtle a perfect pioture of sweet > Content and almost holy calm. 1 "la it not a beautiful night dearest." t mannered the girl. "See how the - moonbeams flutter down through the - trees making strange lights and shadows ' that flit among the shrubs and flowers ' in such a wiord ghost-like fashion. The ' dell is indeed clothed in loVelinoss to night, sweetheart." "Yes," said Georgo' 'W. Simpson, "this is the boss dell." And then looking down into the pure, innocent fj'» that was lifted t/> his, he took in bis own broad, third base palm the little hand that erstwhile held up Myrtle's polonaise. As they stood there sileutly in the glade George passed his aim silently but firmly around Myrtle's ' waist. ' The noble girl did not shy. ' "Do you luvo. rue, swcctwhcart ?" he ' asked in accents that were tremulous with troniulousness. 1 Myrtle's head was drooping now and the rosy blushes of Calumet avenue in-, noccnce ware chasing each ether across 1 her peachy checks. ! George drew her closely to him. If a ' musquito had tried to pass betwecu ' them then it would have been bad for : the lhu'srjuito. "C?n you doubt me, darling *" he ! whimpered. "You surely must know i that I love you with a wild, passionate, ' that can never die. Do you love we a little in return ?" For an instant the girl did not speak. George heard the whisking of the . brindle cow's tail break in rudely upon , the solemn stillncs of the night, aud ever and anon came the dull thud of tho bull frog ut he jumped into a neighboring , pond. Presently Alyrt'e plaood her , arms about hi* neck, and with a wistful, ! babyVgot-thu-cramp link in hor sweet . face, she said to him. 1 "1 love you George, with a deathless • devotion that will eventually keep you f broke." And with these fatefal words she ad justed her rumpled bangs aud led the i wuy to an iee cream lair. Mr. F. 11. Darbey, of Wilmington, after tcii days' hesitation, has fiually given to the Liberal and Kepublicau conventions tho ntepf his namo for the Judgeship of the third judicial district, lie sajs in his published oard that he , does this "reiterating my (his) allegiance to the general Democratic principles," and with the understanding that his ac ceptance implies "no sacrifice of my (his(well-known Democratic principles." This a very remarkable attitude for a man to ooeupy, and it would seem that betwccu tho two stools, Mr. Darbey would surely come to the ground. His acceptance wt a position in the lines of ' the enemy relieves his friend re sponiibility of supporting him, wtulo his avowal of the continued allcgianoe to Democratic principles places him be ' youd the pale of llepubiicaN fellowship. [ In one word, taking Mr. Darby's pro . feusion with his conduct he is found to bo neither pig nor puppy, hawk nor 4 buzzard. Any party is on the safo sido when it gives a wide berth to such a man as.tliis. — Statesvitle Landmark. t Together they were looking over the paper, >Oh my! how funny !" sbo said. P "What is it 1 " he asked. "\Vby here's an advertisement that t says, 'no reasonable offer refused.' " "What's so odd about dial I" "Nothing, nothing," she replied, try r ing to blush, "ortly those are exactly B ' my sentiments." ~ If that young man hadn't taken the B hint and proposed right then and there . she would have hated hiin. J "Poor man !" said Mrs. Partington; s "and so he's really gone at last! j. | Nioety-eight «ras he ? Dear! dear! to . i think how that if he had lived two years j more he'd had teen a centurion." The New Schoolmaster- The old man approached tho new shooluiaster with a bull glare in his •ye. « "You got after my boy yesterday be cause he left a live hornet glued to your chair V "I did." "You licked him so he thought the world was coining to an end ?" '■That was the impression that I inton ed to convey to him." "I am bin father, aud I'TO come to let you know what I think of your pro ceedings." Then they clinched. Hair and blood flew in the air, likewise the dust and fragments of garments.—Then it quieted down a little and the oTd man implored him to tet him up, stop choking and take his teeth from that ear. "What do you think about ray warm ing your boy ?" asked the teacher. "I think you did just right, and when I go home I'll give him a tanning that'll teach him to come to me with his com plaints and stories that the schoolmaster can't fight." They parted and tho schoolmaster niurmered: "1 did right to tackle the son of tho worst fightiug man in tne district first. None of the others will pester me." The Majesty of the Law. There is a Justice of the Peace out in Crosby cuunty. Week before last he found a man guilty of shooting a bull that did not belong to liiiu, aud lined him $76. "Why, Jcdge," said the doomed man, "I liavn't uo $75 ; 1 can't pay no such fine." "The State of Texas puts me in this office' to find a way to make men pay thoir finis. You will cut cedar poles until you have cut enough to satisfy the majesty of the law," rcpliod the Jus tice, "llut Jcdge, what use has the State of Texas got for cedar poles V "The State of Texas hasn't got no use for oedar polos. It's this court who needs thorn cedar poles to build a fence I'll take the \toles and settlo with tho Stato oPTexas for them." And the poor fellow is cutting cedar poles for the State of Texas now. Sardine*. Not loss than 30,000 are engaged in the sardinu fishery in France, aud fully as many find occupation tn "preserving" this fish. A writer says that in taking the sardine tho bait, which is called rogue, play? an iinportaut part. This lure is aki d of caviare made from tho eggs oft' _• cod preserved in brine. 35,- 000 ba' els of which arc imported from Norw y every year. Wheu tho posi tion of a shoal is ascertained the nets aro let down and tho master of the boat throws the bait, mixed with sand to make it sink into the water. Emerald green flashes on tho surface of the water de note tho rise of some of the fish. Then the bait is liberally cast out, aud soon the whole shoal rises into the nets At one time a boat could take '20,000 sar dines, but now it is rare to bring iu more than from 5000 to 6,000 at a trip. When the boats land the sardines are taken to the factories in hampers con taining about 500 apicoc. There wom en cut off the heads of the fish, open and clean the bodies, and place esob fish, one by one, on a stone or marble slabs previously strewed with salt. While this preliminary drying is going on the fires are lighted and the purest olive oil is put into immense caldrons. When the oil is boiling the sardines are laid in iron wiro baskets provided with handles. These baskets are plunged into the oil and thon placed on shelves covered with zino to drain. When they are moder ately dry they aro taken to the large drying house, exposed to the sea breexe, and there they romain until fit to be sort ed and put into boxes. The largest are considered the finest, and the small ones are frequently passed off as anohovies. In no better way eould the Govern ment confer a real benefit upon its citi zens tban offering a reward for impor tant discoveries in the treatment, and working of materials with which the country is so bouHtifully sup plied. An appropriation should be mado to encourage experiments and dis coveries in the metallurgical processes. The matter is one of national interest and importance. Dublin, Ga., has developed a new variety of sqna-sh called tho twin, from the fact that the vegetable grows double. Next to rice, Indian corn is used by a larger number of people than any other grain. How a Father was Based from the Penitentiary by III* v Ijittle Hoy. Judge Rogers' court room was re - cently the scene of an affecting aud hu r nianming incident. It was in connec tion with the sentence of James Rice, who was implicated with the now cele -0 bratcd consumptive Larry Murray, in a burglary case. Rice confessed to the . officers, telling them whero tho $3,000 worth of pluuder was. As Rice outer -0 ed the room over the bridge of sighs, a . blight-eyed boy started up from bis mother's knee, and ran toward the con (1 fessod criminal, cryiug, "Oh papa, how d glad wo aro to sec you." Like a vine ,1 of hope the young \uierfcan clung tri d umffiillly fo Iris fitter's leg, and "tTTus e burdened, attended by the tho prisoner marched On to face justice. It - tempered justice to pity, but remember ing the dignity ofoffice, the reading of a the sentenoe was commenced, aud fln -1 ished with two years in the Penitentia ry. r It was teo much for the poor little wifo, with a sleeping bnby in her lap, r and sire sobbed aloud. The boy at once forsook his father, quickly went to , his 0 mother, and in tone audible all over the court-room said, "Oh mamma, why do you cry ?" endeavoring to pull away the hand that concealed the face flushed with tears. Those great blue eyes of t woudering innocence, that musical voice t unanswered, appealed to the heart of j cvciy man in that court-house, "Judge," j said the prisoner, with a manly effort to conceal his emotion. "J don't care for ] myself; it's my wife and children that I } carc for. I want to be an honest man and live a better life. Can't Ibe near 8 them V There was not a dry eye in the f room, as the Judge said, "I will make s your sentence one year in the penitoti j tiary." The prisoner was takev away . to jail,'when one of the principle prose cuting witness'*, an attorney gray in e serving the law, stood up ami told the Judge with tears iu his eyes, that he for e his part forgave the prisoner. Again 0 Rice was brought back to' tho Judge's desk. "Your sentence is changed to out 0 year in tho county jail, in order that you may see your wife and family" said r the Judge, as every listener nicntolly ejaculated Amcu. , Home I'olltcne**. ii A boy who is polite to his father aud > mother is likely to be polite to every one , else. A boy lacking politeness to his j parents may have the semblance of cour , tesy in society, but is never truly polite 0 in spirit, and is iu danger as he becomes _ familiar, of betraying his real want of courtesy. We are all in danger of liv . ing too much for the outside world, for g the impreasiou which we make in society, , coveting the good opinions of these who c arc in a sense a part of ourselves, and j who oontiuue to sustain aud be intercst . Ed in us us, notwiths anding these defects B of deportment and character. We any B to ovory boy and to every girl, cultivate the habits of courtesy and property at _ home—in the sitting room and in the B parlor, and you will be sure in other , places to deport yourselves in a boeoin e intf and attractive manner. When one has a pleasant smile and a graceful do . mcanor, it is a satisfaction to know that j these are not put on, but that they be long to the character, and arc manifest ( at all times and under all circuuastanc e cs ' • _ 1 ASlfuWhlch Conquered 1 A Wayne county farmer who is much " annoyed by trumps, eaino to Detroit a '■ while ago and had half 3 dozen signs of ' "Small-pox—Beware!" painted to post ' up on his house and grounds. Although he had one on either sido of hi* gate, c tboy had not been up two hours wheu a ' rover passed between them and knocked on the door and asked for food. 9 "Didn't you sco those signs on tho 8 gate ?" demanded the farmer. "Ycs'r, but 1 can't read." The next one said he was near-sighted _ and thought the signs read "for sale." „ Third had had small-pox aud was will ing to nurso the family. The fourth h bad been vaccinated and was reckless. - The filth had a remedy to soli, and the e sixth, after getting away with a cold bite, turned to his benefactor jmd it s * i(l ' "If you want to beat the boys, knock down tliein stgus and pnt up one reading: * "Help wanted." It never fails to (i keep 'em jogging straight along. The farmer followed tho advice, and y he hasn't had a call since Detroit Free ' r Prist. i NO. 4 SMALL BITES. . Fame js like a pig with a greased tail—hard to hang on to. Ilow to keep houso—refuse to place a mortgage on it. Prosperity kills many people, but newspaper men never die of it. Can exchanging with new newspaper* be X-tunding ■ friendly Some one tr*)y remarks that editors and barbmm do a great deal of hoad work. Did yom rver see a doctor in the oem etery look at tin monuments of hi* kill. bank, «'Were'you not upset!" replied: 9 "No, I only lost my balanee." t v Who is the straightest man mention f ed in the Bible ! Joseph, because . I'haroah mado a ruler of him. Beauties often die old maids. They set such a valuf an themselves that they > don't find a purchaser until the market i is closed. Teacherto small boy.—What dees the proverb say about those v»ho live iu glass houses ? Small bay—Pull down the bifnds! The most sensible people of theioun ■ try livo at Lansing, Mich. A butchet" shop in that place bears this sign ; "Closed till meat gets cheaper." It is terribly discouraging to an edi tor to see bis wife pass carelessly over the brightest paragraphs, aud settle down with solid comfort ou the obituary column. Cutting severity : It may be said of the two colored women of North Caro- • lina who fought a duel with razors that they treated each other with cutting severity. "Set 'cui up," said the printer to the barkeeper, and he locked up his form around a glass of boer, made a fat take of a piece of pic, threw down a quoin with : a hole in it and was chased out. % Deaf lady—What's hie name' Young lady—Augustus Tyler. ' Deal' lady—Bless me ! what a name, Busthis Biler! Eliza, you must be making fun of me. A girl who married an old miser for his wealth, but pretended that she mar- I lied him only for love, was surprised, when she asked him for some money the first time, at his replying : "True lore, darliug, seeks no change." To desire public office is au lionora | blc and praisuworthy ambition. To eb ! tain it by the sacrifice of priuoiple and the best interest of the bost people or by pandering to the ignorant and vicious elements of thovpting population » de testable. A Useful Hoy. Not long tinea, a smart 7 year old son of on* of oar preachers, after service was over and the family had returned home from church, said : "Papa, do you ever look at me while you are preaching 1" The father thinking be was a little hurt by supposed neglect said : "Certainly my son, I often look at ' you and think of you when lam preach ing." "But to-day did you notice me at all 1" "Yes my son several times," said the father. " W ell I'a did you see tne wink at you , two or three times !" L "No my son. What did you wink at C me for wbeu 1 was preaching!" t 1 winked at you, Papa, to get yon to t stop ; you were spinning it too long. The llerodlun Mj story. I This so-called mystery appeared here a few woe Its ago. It was the rcpreseti ) tation of a woman's bead severed from the body. The Charlotte Observer ex plains how it is done. Tale a convex, t perpendicular triangular mirror, place ' it standing in the northeast corner of ■ the cabinet. on the northwest corner i place an oblong vertical mirror, so that . the reflection from tho opposite mirror i will absorb the reflecting propensities I of the other mirror ; then secure a hori -1 zontal mirror, place it so it will exactly re flect on the diameter of the mirror in tbn £ northeast comer. Then procure a sub ject, place it upon the positive plate of an electric battery of two hundred ton » power; let tho negative pole of the bat- Wry touch the' mirror at' the nortli | west corner of tho cabinet; place the 3 e head through the diameter of the verti cal mirror and the body will be invisi ble.