North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XL Reporter and Post. fi;bm4Uki> weekly at DANBURY. N. C. fEPPEK k SONiy Pubt.iiPropt urn *r irwairrioir ; C(M Y«»r, poeatde In fcftanoe tl.Sft 81* Meutli*. y . 76 UATK* Of OTIJIT|»IK«> «ne Square Men llaea or J««) I lima .fl # far each »ldUk>iul tatsflitton, .to * C»nir»ru for lojuM»r tliaAor tuorv fMcf can be to prop®rtto« io tLo ahuva rate*. Travntant advcrtlurm will > e i|»o« to# to remit areorUlug to thtt*) ratCN at the time they irtnd tbetr fnvor*. NotirM will be charged fio per cent, higher than nbove rate*. ItusincN* Ci4td» will be Insert*] at Ten Dollar* per annum. •5? ' .■■-.1 .J.J ..._ ... .. 'L ■■■■ PROFESSIONAL CJIROS. ROBERT D. GILMER, Attorney and Counsellor, NT. AIRY, N. L'. rraflior* 1n the rourtn of Starry, iStokos, Ya!kiu anfl All«»j»h*ny. • W. F. CARTER, " .•frrG3,Y£r-.itr-£i*' w. M l*. AIHY, SUKItY CO., N. C Practice* whfreve.- bin service are wante 1 R. I. ~UA YMORE, " ATTORN EY-AT LAW Mt. Aii'y. N. (J- Sjvrinl attont i(>« §«v*u to the collodion of claim*. I—l-m " 11. M. MAKTIMMLE, WITH WM. J. C. DUL.4XY# CO., STATIONERS' A SI) ROOKSSLLKIIS WAUKUOUSK. iSjr~?chool Hntkt a Specialty. (Stationery i.f all kinds. Wrappine papar, Twtill's, iSunuct Hoards. Paper Blinds. KWW. BAI.TIMOKH ST., ItALTIMOR E. Ul> J. S. Harrison", WITH A. L. ELL.ET & CD., DRY GOODS So NOTIONS 10, 12 X 14 Twelfth Stfee'., A. I*. Ku BTT, \ A. .IBPWON Watkikh, f sEichm'd,_Va «. r. fci.vd, W WITH JOTTXSOX, SUTTOW 4' CO., DRY GOODS. Nu>. 2! ami aft South Sharp. SurMt, T. W. JOITFSOV, R M. «I"TCOR ). H. R. (IKABItR, O. J. JOIIRBOR. 0. r. DAT, AI.BKRT JOSK6. 35ay & Joaas, manufaeturers ol »A»»LERT,t|AXRWS.C«M.ARR,TRO}iRS Ho. us W. BaUtmnA»lrMt, Haltiinnra, JM. W. A.Tach*r. Hi, C, Smith, R. B. Spragffin. Tuck«*r. Smith * Co- MannfaMurhra A whaleaala Dvafera in noors, SUOIS, IT ATS A\n CAPS J>o. JM HtltlMN lltHI. Baltimara, Hi. EL HART, iVITZ $ CO., ' lapdklara * wbalaaala ilaalan t» XCTICM, ROSIER V, GI.OYKS, WHITE ARI> river J#OM. K». • Uanar aua.t, BaUUanra. Mi H. J. • *. K. BEST, «»■ Uttnry Sonneborn Co., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. 20 Aami ft Ml.* (between i «an A Lombard 8t») hALTiUORK Ml). ■ . HONIVRBORN, B. BUXLIKI. C. WATKIN'S, W.A. KOBEUT.SOK O. L. COT fKKLI., A. 8. TV ATKINS. Watkine- Cotp:ell 4 Co.» lm|H»rtorn «m. .fuhberi of i IIA.UDWARE. * 1807 Main Street, Kicnuo.vh, r.i. ] AjrnM for Fairbank* Standard *cale«, and i Ankur JUrand Cloth. Stiyhtn Putn*y % L. U Blair } W. 1L MILES, f WITH STRPIIEXPUTXE l\j- CO., ' H holemlt dealnn in Roots, Shoes, and Trunks, ' 1219 Main Street, i 89ft. RICHMOND, VA. c "Wif. UKVBJKJI. TTJf. It. PKTRIKS, ! tiißrtT'S DEVitir.s, toi.oirox ki vatel, L WM. DEYRIES * CO., ' Intfiortert and JobberM ef fl FORCICN AND DOMESTIC DRY r GOODS AND NOTIONS. 31J Baltimore Mrrrt, Mirren Howard " ami Liberty, OAhTIMOUC. ti EttMitctti 1844. s S. T. DAVIS ' WITH T.J MAGRUDER and CO MaaufaciLicra ai.U littiera >n jj HOOTS, xnotM AJl> HROQAXS, Ac. J. V. YATES of N. C. " with c lluyne, Anderson s■ Bard, " "Wholesale Grocers, y O . 'iß6 West Pralt itni r>i S. IlowtrJ St., hALTIMOKE MD. n A MYDTIRV. we are lieait, and happy souls ll.ive yone to (Jod, who ail eoiitiols, Shall \ir retaiiiitbe memoir Of our past j.jy and agony ? ' Or buried deep in Lethe's stream Shall !nrs long Ileil forever noeiu Hut as a vision 1n tlx night, s Or meteor llashushort ami brlghtf We cannot say, for freeil fioin paitr [ The ileail n>me not to us again, , W# nj»y remember or forget, t W« cannot know tlie mvatery yet. Tilts ll««y ilortli. 1 \Ye had to wait a half an hour between Charleston and Savannah for the Way cross traiit, and during this time a black man came up to me aud inquired : '"Say, boss, do»u you lib ub Nwf?" "Yes." "Dat's what I reckoned on. Kin 1 ax a few queshuue ?" "Y'ou can." "Wall, sah, does eherv oull'd man up dear own a brick house wid a eupolo on top ?" "Oh, HO." "Docs he walk nronnd' wid a bag nb gold iu one ban' an' a bag ob siher m de odder ?" "I never saw any of them taking sueli wnlks." "Do day all own horses and kerridg es V' "No." "Do dey all have diamonds and pearls an' velvets !" "No." "Say, boss, iny name's Jone's an' I lib ober beyond dat pine woods.—Mv ole woman am all de time stirrin' me up to go Norf, an' she really believes dat if we once git up dar we kin go ou» | befo' breakfast an' pick up a pailful) o' j diamonds. Naw, tel me do solum i truf 'bout it! Could we do it ?" "No." "Could we pick np a peck' 1 "No." "Fo' quarts!" f "^ l0 ' "Tfto quifis r —« » d "No." "Dat's nu!F, boss—dat srttles me. ! 1 reckon if 1 axed 'bout one quart you'd say yes, but if anybody 'spccts I'zegwine to fool around' wid auy sieh small taters as dat, doy aiu sadly tooken in. l'se kept house long 'nuff to know dat a quart 0' diamonds a day would't keep a fam'ly in cfra cake an' baenn half d# tiißS. ' Ulagged to ye, boss. Mebbe I'll git up dat way arter awhila, But 1 shan't 'spool to own ao brick houso wid a ctipalo on top till I've been dar a hull week or longer. Detroit fret Press. "I understand, Unclfl Alll oat, that yon have quit preaehing ?' said the sec retary to State to an old colored man who had fat years bad charge ot a church iu Little ltock. "Yes, Boss, I'ae stepped aside.' "Why did you quit ?' ' Wall, dar was numerous pressures ! bought ter bar again da ole man. Da | charged me with atealin' a haiu an 'vis ed me to quit.' "Why, they couldn't prove that you stole tho ham, cauld they ?" "No, sah, da couldn't' and ef I hadn't knowledgcd it Ua ueber would have prob ed it." "Why did you acknowledge it!"' "Case da found '. c bam uudcr uiy bed, fall." A young married woman down in Kentucky by being asked if she did not I have a sort of uncontrollable hankering ( to inarch to tho bollot-box and east her j rote for law, and liberty, aud frctdiun ) ! and equal rights, both civil and milita ry, as viewed from a womanly standpoint, | said : "Ballot box be sinashod. I'd j rather rock a cradle with a good baby 1 in it, than rock the throne of overy prin- ' ' eipality ou earth by my suffrage." That's J the kind of a woman to have around the i bouse, accordiug to the anti-woman's j suffrage idea. It is claimed that such a woman lays over the thin-faced, dys- 1 peptio novel reader of history, who de- J mands the ballot, by an ovcr-wheliuing majority in both bouses and the uiind of a the young man looking for soma one to t split tho kindling, build the fires and fry doughnuts for him.— Exchange. Tho story is told of an American vis iting Montreal, who gave the waiter a I silver trade dollar ns a fee. Suid the waiter : 'Sir, did you intend to give mo a dollar ?' 'I did.' 'Well, sir, this coiu is at a discount. I can only take it for ninoty-two cents. Eight cents more, please.' Brooklyn uses 40,78C,G31 gallons tf j c water a day. DANBIJRY, -N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14. 1882 EJov. Sic Applied it. "ll»w fur may wc go in conforiuliy to the world?" is a ijuestion that is fre quently askud in uiew's hearts, if not iu so many words. Have you never heard the story of a lady who wanted a coaehuiau ! Two or three culled to see ber about the situation, and iu answer to her inquiries, the first applicant said : "Yes, uiudauie, yoa eould nut have a better coacbiuau than myself.' She replied : '•lluw near do v«u think you could drive to danger without an accident' 1 "Madauie, I could j_'o within a yard of • it, and yet you would be prefcctly safe.' "V cry well," she, said "you will net suit me.' Ttie second one lnd heard the ques tion upon which the iirst ouc had been rejected, aud therefore he was ready with his answer: "l'angcr, mada:ue, why, I coud drive withiu a bair'u-brcadtb, aud yet be per fectly tafe.' "Then you will not ?uit uie at all." Yv lieu number three cauie in he was j asked: "Are you a good driver !' "Well,' he replied, "I am careful and ! have uever uct with au aecideut.' "liut how near do you ihiuk you could drive to danger ?" "Madame, that is a thing 1 never | tried ; I always drive as far from danger ! as ever 1 can. The lady at once replied : "You are the kind of a coachman 1 i want aud 1 will engage you at once.' Get such a coachman as thai to guide j your own heart and lead your own eiiar- j uetcr. Do not see how near you can go : ! to sin, but see how far you can ke p ' | awuy from it. If you do not take that i | advice, and if thu spirit of (jod doit : not work in you purity of life, by ! and by the ehur.-U will have to hold up I its hands and say : •'Who would have thought it: These j j were the nice young people of whom ; iso mßcli was expected ; these were the \ >4*l.9 'Y'ou must not be ton strict? and j I where are they now. To avoid the worst, keep clear of the bad." Wlcy ite Cwuldii't Have Her One of Jonathan Edward's daughters, ' who had some spirit of her own, had al- j so a proposal ot marriage. The youth j was referred to her father. 'No,' said that stern individual, 'you ! cau'l have my daughter.' 'liut 1 love her and she loves we,' ! pleaded the young man. 'Can't have her,' said the father '1 am well to do, aud can support ! her,' explained tho applicant. 1 'Can't have her,' persisted the old man. 1 'May 1 ask,' meekly inquired the suitor, 'if you have heard anything against my character ?' 'No!' thundered the obstinate parent, by this time aroused : '1 haven't heard anything against you; 1 think you are a promising young man, and that's why ; you can't have her. She's got a very j hud temper, and you wouldn't be happy with her!' The lover amazed said : 'Why, Mr. Edwards' I thought'. Emily was a Christian. She is a Chris- j tian, isu't she *' 'Certainly she is,' growh-1 the eonsci- 1 entious parent, 'but young man, when i you grow older you will be able to un derstand that there is some folks that the grace of liodcau live with that you 1 can't!' Floritlu i'olilitiiiiis and iill galoi-a. '1 kinder like dis sort nb olitnaek " ! said old Si as ho came into the ollicu last j t evening. ! } 'ln what way?' 'Well, I like to be 'round wbnr yer 1 can hang ycr obcrcoat soon as yer buys j ' it, and sot 'round in yer shurtsleebes t jest ez well on New Year ez yer kin on | 1 de Forth ob July.' ( 'That is pleasant.' 'Y'cs, sah, and dat's what makes me 5 say what 1 do. Dar is plenty ob health ' down licah ef yo'jess knows how to find t it. l>c only place wli.ar ye can't tind it, 8 is in de alligator's nnuf!' 1 'Thou your advice is that people j should couie to Florida, but bewaro of ' the alligator!' j !l 'Dat's it. I hain't got 110 uso fer er 1 i alligator —hit's too much like er pollyti- j shun—got uio' mouf dan vittals an mo' ; hide dau honesty!' And with this epigram the old man t bowed himself out of the sanctum. j ' 'Father,' said an inquisitive li!tlo boy, 1 'what is meant by eloso relations?' { 'Close relations, my ton,* replied the . father, 'are relations who never give j you a cent.*' ! ( , The boy said the old man was tho j s closest relation he'd got. | j Sons of toil handle tons of soil. j r I I Tol oiclell tiicWenlbcr. I If the sun sets in crinnou clouds and - ; rises brilliant, or if tlie slurs arenumcr t ous and blip-lit. we kuow in a general r way that w: may reckon on a duration i of fino weather. j Dsws and white moruing fogs are symp r toinsefclear days. A dark and vapory sun, and a sickly i looking moon nidi blunt horns, ttnd a circle around licr, or pallid, big and noutcintillating stars, are all signs of u] - 1 preach iug ruins, _ .0 If tlie sun somas up pat? «•. ; l tutus red, or if tlie n.oon is )ar«eMid ruddy, wish sharp, black horns, we luav ! count on wind. ' Tlie chickwecd is -tfc ■ poor man's baro- I meter, because it shuts up its flowers i when wet is approaching. The aurora borealis, when very bright, forebodes storuiy, uioiat and unsettled I weather. . A haze around the sun indicates rain ; jit is caused by liuu r.iin or mist in the ; upper regions of the atmosphere. A hal i around the suu has often been j followed by heavy rains. A halo around the moon is an iodiea ti'iu of rain. The larger the halo the I nearer the wot spell. Lack of dew is another rain sign, i Sharp, white frost in autuuiu 'ami i wiutor precede damp weather, and three i successive white frost are an infallible | sign of rain. j Previous to rain the flics bite sharp |or and stick to us closer,aud bees remain in the hive. Hut few of the many signs that we j have briefly instanced only apply to the j immediate future, and have nothing to ,do with the farsecing prophets whose prognostication;;, also lamely based on urtural causes, paor into future mouths . —nay, years in advance. Jiwt an Avorasc Sample. I The occupant of an office on (irand ] i ltiver avenue sat at his desk when a ! ; luild-faced stranger entered, passed the 1 i of day, and asked : '\\ ould you let me s/i, at your ticsk a moment and use your pcu !' •Certainly.' •Can 1 use a sheet of your paper'!'j j continued the man as he seated him-, I o'jli. 'Ob, yes.' I 'Thanks, you may hang up my hat if ; you will. 1 eau never sit for any length of tiuie with my baton.' j His bat WHS given a place on the rack ! and for ten minutes lie was busy writ -1 ing. As he finished he asked for an eu : vclope, and when ho hail scaled it he j , said; 'l'ardon the liberty, but can you spare me a stamp V j ll* was given «n«, and after he had licked it on he weighed the letter in his . band aud remarked : "I'm afraid that's too heavy for three cents. Perhaps yo* had better put on another.' A second stamp was handed him and he then observed : 'Pll leave the letter for you to mail a? you go down.' 'Very well.' "And, as it is an important missive, I allow mo to suggest that ff you should go to the post office on purpose to mail it, 1 would take it as a great favor. Thanks for you kindness. l'l»ase reach my hat, and, as I suffer a great deal from tlie sun. I will borrow your umbrel la until I pass this way again !' TOAD. — ('oilman's Rural World j says the author ol the following deserves ' a vote of thanks, not only from his toad- j ship, but front ull his kith and kin :' "Don't kill the toads, the ugly toads, j that hop around your door. Each inoal the little toad doth eat a hundred butrs or more. lie sits around with aspect meek until the fly has neared, then shoots bo forth his littlo tongue like ' lightening double-geared. Ami then' doth wink : and when he's wunk, he shuts his ugly mug, and patiently doth [ wait until there comes another bug.'' N. It.—Wo bopo our readers have already taken coguuanee of the fact that it is a poem. A REAL SoponiricSunMos.—"HOW did you like the sermon, Drothcr j Smoothface >' inquired the doacou as they passed out ol ihe vestibule. *A very satisfactory sermon, very.' 'U by, 1 saw you asleep all tho time it wis being preached.' 'Certainly. 1 was dreaming of heav en aud the angels, aud if that isn't a satisfactory way of whiling away a.Sab- • bath afternoon I want to kuow it. A ' real soporific senucu is just my kind,' K rcuiTul Cennplrary. MOBILE, ALA., Aug. 21.—Tn Cboc taw, county, Alabama, Tuesday, Kith "'it. a bundle of papers disclosing a 1 well organized plot aiuoug tlie negroes to kill tlie entire white population of that eou iy was found near one of their ftffcrfezvous by two '1 he uiattcfwa?' laid before tlio solicitor. On Wednowiay, the Itiih, arjuiet moot ing of th# citizeua of Mt. Sterling and liutlo. v c»H J at lJutler to consider ■ha be. , of suppressing the intended md massacre. After discii isir.ti n w:'s a - reed £, the following ring leaders, .TUCK Tnrdcf I'. IBoney, Jesse Wilson, Peter Hill, Willis Lyman, Anion Scott and Range West, to whom had been assigned the duties of leading squads to liutler, Mt. -'terliu;.', ])sjtoville an 1 other places, and killing .ill the whites at each place, should be arrested and lodged | in jail. Their arrest was effected on ! Thursday, the 17th iust. without I disturbance or bloodshed. The same dav a mass meeting ofeiti::cns of all classes ! was called for Saturday to decide the j fate of the prisoners. The plot has been | inexistcnce since and the con-I spirators now number 400. They think ' themselves sufficiently strong to accomplish tiicir lion dish design. ' Sunday night, tho 17th of September, had been appoin'.ed as the date for its consummation. The papers further showed that this day was selected because Jhen the white people would be at camp meeting unarmed, and then could offer no resitance. Tho meeting 1 called for Saturday brought together j about seven hundred, among whom ! were about 150 negroes, who after j having the papers read, by almost a • unanimous vote decided that .lack I Turner was a turbulent and dangerous j character, a regular firebrand ia the com- | munity, and that tho public demanded i his immediate death, lie was accordingly ! hanged at about 1. I'. SI. in the presence I o! the assembled multitude. The crowd dispersed, ir.d all signs of tho disturbance ] eotscd. livery tiling was.quiet Saturday ' night, The other prisoners are still iu jail to await further developments. Wonder if Jack is a relative of X»t. i Turner who had similar notious in Virginia years agone! I.itcral imtvers. Literal answers arc sometimes quite ! witty. 'Will you kindly put my fork into a ! potato !' asked a young lady of her table ' neighbor. 'With pleasure,' lie responded, and | piercing tho potato coolly left the fork extended from it. Again, we hear of a very polite and impressive gentleman who said to a i youth on the street: 'iioy, may 1 enquiro where Robinson's drug store is '* 'Certainly, sir,'replied the boy, very respectfully. 'Well sir," said the gentleman, after j' waiting awhile, 'where is it ?' 'I have not the least idea,' said the ' urchin. 'There was nnother boy who was stop- ' ped by a middle-aged lady with : \ '■ 'Hoy, 1 want to go to 1) street.' ' 'Well, uiudame,' said the boy, 'why I don't you go, then !' Sometimes this wit degenerates into ' punning, as when Flora pointed pen- 1 sively to the heavy masses of clouds in ' ' tho sky, saying . ' '1 wonder whero those clouds are go- 1 iug ?' '1 think they're going to thunder,' 1 her brother replied. Also tho following dialogue : ' 'Holloa, there ! how do you sell your r wood !' • 1 'liy the cord.' 'llow long lias it been cut ?' 'Four feet.' £ '1 mean how long has it been since a you cut it!' | 'No longer than it is no.v.' v When a pump is frequently used, but little pains are necessary to obtain wa- i ( ter : the water pours out at the first ! stroke, because it is high ; but if tin: ' pump has not been usad for a long time \ the water gets low, and when you want it you must pump a long while, and the water comes onlj after great effort. It ' is so with prayer. If wo are instant in 1 prayer, every little circumstances awak- 1 cr.'- the disposition to pray, and desire j s and words are always ready. ]!ut if wo ' neglect to pray, it is difficult for us to I ' prav, for tho water in tho well gets " low. Vouch for your neighbor's honesty, t not fyr payment of l.'.s debts. | 1 Democratic I'latluiui. We congratulate the people "f Xorth arolina on the eri of peace, prosperity and good government which Las been . unbroken since the incoming of a Deui , ocrutic State administration ; upon the pure and impartial administration of jus tice and the honest enforcement of the laws ; upon the efficiency of pur common school system ami great advance made in education, aud the general improve ment and enterprise manifested in every part of the State, and we pledge our selves to exert all efforts to advance tho notorial interests of all sections of the State in (lie future a»«e have done in the • .# A/"* we challenge a comparison between a Democratic administration ol our State affairs and the crimes, out rages and scandals that accompanied i Republican misrule. Affirming our ad herence to Democratic principles as de j lined in the platform adopted by the I National Democratic Convention, held j at Cincinnati m 18*0: | Resolved, That we regard a free and j fair expression of the public will at the | ballot-box as the only sure means of pre- ' ■ serving our free American institutions, i ( and ne denounce tl e Republican party j I and the interference of its federal officials j I !or their gross frauds upon the elective j franchise, whereby whole districts,' States and the Union have been deprived j of their just political rights ; and we be- ! licve the corrupt and corrupting use of I federal patronage, and of f üblic money ! drawn by taxation from the people, in 1 influencing and controlmg elections, to j i be dangerous to the liberties of the 1 ; State and the Union. Resolved, That we are in favor of the ! , entire and immediate abolition of the in ' ternal revenue system, with its attend- i , ant corruption*, and that we denounce the present tarilf laws as grossly unequal, j I unjust Mid vioious. IV e favor such a i revision of the tariff as will produce a 1 I i evenue stlfficicncc lur the economical j support of the government, with such | incidental protection as will give to do ! incstie manufactures a fair competition ' with those of foreign production. That j there should be an immediate repeal of ; all laws imposing a dire-.t tax for the ' support of the government of the Uuit , cd States, but if it should prove iniprac ] tieable to abolish the internal revenue | system with all its attcuding deinoraliz j ation, fraud and corruption, then we | urge upon our Senators and ltepresen- j | tatives in Congress the importance of so I amending the law that the revenue offi , cers who now receive in salaries iu North : Carolina alone more than §600,000 shall be elected by the people of the localities to which they aro assigned. Resolved , That the course of the Dem ocratic party since its accession to pow |or iu North Carolina in furtherance of popular education is a sufficient guaran- I ty that we earnestly favor the education of all classes of our people, and that we j will advocate any legislation looking to j an increase of tho fund for that purpose j that will not materially increase the present burdens of our people. Rcsolvwl, That the question of pro hibition is not now, and never lias been, a party question in North Carolina, and i never been endorsed by the Democratic ■ party, and tho people sf tho State at i tho general election, in the year 1881, having by an overwhelming majority vot- ! cd again*! prohibition, and theSurprcme 1 | Court having decided thnt the prohibi- ( tion act is not and never lus been a law, S we regard the matter as finally settled, | and any attempt to renew tho agitation j 1 is merely a weak effort of designing per- i ' sons to divert tho minds of tho people I ' from the dangerous principles und cor- i ' rupt practices of tho ltcpublioaa par-! I I Resolved, That while wo are not wed- ' ded to any particular form of county ; ' government, we recognize the fact tha'.' 1 a large part of the taxes of the State aro j paid for the common benefit by the j .• white people of our eastern counties, and I I that wo consider it the boundon duty i of the white nieu of the State to protect these people from tho oppressive domiu- , atian of ignorant blacks, and pledge ourselves to such legislation as will so- , euro this end. I And whereas it is seriously suggested that a vigorous effort will soon be made to compel tho State, by judicial proceed- j ings, to pay tho fraudulent and unlawful special tax bonds, amounting to $22,- | | 000,000, issued under legislation psssed 1 1 by tho Republican Legislature in 1808 and IS.J7 ; therefore, Resolved,furlhtr, That the Democrat- 1j ie party will resist such recovery and ! | tho payment of such bonds by every 1 ; lawful uicalis. 1 i I NO. I t KITES. I lie tailor knows how to get aroui.d I , a customer. M ! i VVlicn a business is "run down" it ia ; lime to have it "woundup." ; The high minded find it easier to - 1 grant than to accept favors. : The mnu who is always right finds ' ' every one else always wrong. ' " I low does that strike you !" as th» i lightening said to the barn. _ j The miller imagines that tho corn 1 grows only to make his mill turn. | A cheerful face is nearly as good for L .jj au ipvalid as healthy weather. n ! The best way to siifenco a talkative II person is never to interrupt hiw. " | N'o Legislature or government eve» 1 enacted an honest man. t j Tho fivc-cent counter is the Saint " j Xickel Us of tho poor. \\ hat makes life decay is tho want of '! motive. The first and worst of all frauds is [ ! to cheat one's self. i j The manners of nature make a man ; • the maimers of art unmake him. There's not a string attuued to mirth ' but hath its cord in melancholy. Everywhere in life the true question j is not what we gain but what we do. Have you a beautiful home? It you have, keep it so; if not, make it so. Much of the charity that begins at j home is too feeble to get out of doors. i TLere may be only one man in the i moon but it has four phases any how. Sons of toil handle tons of soil. Diving i belles are plentiful at tho watering ! places. 'i here aro few occasions when ccre , niony may not be dispensed with ; kind ! ncss nerer. j tiood corn growing weather, but per j haps you don't wait your corns /» grow. II is terrible come down for a man to fall out oi a balloon aud be obliged to walk home. The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can well without a j thought of fame. i Smiles is the longest word in the bnglish language. Between the beginning j and the end of it there is just n mile. In two years Luther's L'ible, the rc j vision of which was Dcgun in 1803, will j be ready for tho public. | Oleomargarine complicates things. .Nobody can tell which side of his bread, is buttered these days. "Fortune knocks oneo at every man's door," but misfortune stalks in many times without knocking. Persons desirous of learning mseot life j should interview the boo.—lie can al j ways give you a point*. ' A man generally dislikes a girl baby at two years, just tolerates her at ten, ; and worships her at eighteen. Logic islogio, and it does notfollew that Noah brewed beer in the ark because the kangaroo wentou board with hops. \\ eddinj cake done up in horseshoe boxes is tho latest thing, the boxes in which the eaters arc done up are of the old fashioned style. In Missouri they aro just beginning to break themselves of the habit of holding up their hands every time a stranger enters the car. Ihe story about a man in Georgia who could yell so as to be heard five miles will hardly bo credited by those who have tried to make a horse-car driver hear at a distance of four rods. lour of the British guns used in bom barding Alexandria could each send a shot weighing 1,700 poutids, at 500 yards distance, through twenty-seven iuclies of solid irou. An exchange says : Water mocca sins are deadly enemies to German carp. Parties stocking ponds with this variety of tisli should make a note of it. •Is it fair,' asked Mrs. G. the other day,'for one's husband to attend a fair with another fair, and pay her faro ? 'Well,' said Sirs. M., if it was uty hus band, he'd laro hard.' A lady correspondent, who assumes to know how boys ought to bo trained, writes as follows : «Ob, mothers! hunt out the soft, tender, genial side of your boy's nature.' Mothers ofton do—with au old shoo. An apology : 'But, Freddy, how could you ever think of calling auutio stupid ! Immediately go to her and tell her you are sorry.' Freddy goes tu aunty and says j 'Auntie, I am sorry that you arc stupid.'