THE- MNTA1EEB.
W. C ERTTN,
SCOTT Ss ER TIN
. Editor.
FabUrter.
MORGANTON,
- N. O.
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The Mountaineer is the Jarge st paper
published in Western North Carolina
la Democratic in politics, and is derated
to the building up of our lovely moun
tain country.
Advertistmentb inserted at very
low rates.
Job Pristiko of all kinds done in
the best style and at city prices.
GENERAL NEWS.
ViCKSBrBG, Miss., is soon to have
water-works.
Corn, sugar, cotton and rice .crops of
Ijotusiana are all doing well.
The genuine army worm has niade its
appearance in Hale county, Ala.
A barber-shop in Atlanta run by wo
men is doing a flourishing business.
One man in .Louis county, Ky., has
gathered 1,000 pounds of ginsing this
season.
Nearly a million acres of land in Lou
isiana have leen sold recently to a Kan
sas speculator.
Twenty thoxisand pounds of zinc were
shipped one day last week from Knox
rille to Connecticutt.
The rew bank of Nashville, Term.,
will start with a capital of half a million
dollars. Col. E. W. Cole heads the list
with 101,000.
ture of silk fabrics, and to organize
joint stock company for that purpose.
He has already reeled 1,500 pounds of
silk and has an importation of cocoons on
the way from France of 1,200 pounds.
It is found best to ship from the South
only the pick of a crop of any fruit, and
evaporate the rest, or such as permits of
evaporation. The improved process of
evaporating gives the fruit a value of
three or four times that dono by the old
method of snn-drving. It is mentioned
en passant, that the demand for dessica
ted fruits and vegetables for use at sea
alone has never been fully met.
Augusta Chronicle : California and
Florida people are inventing ways of de
stroying gophers by poison. They had
better substitute gopher soup for ham
and bacon. Epicures consider soup made
from gopher superior to that made from
green or soft-shell turtle. Properly adr
vertised and introduced, there is no rea
son why every Florida gopher shipped to
New York should not sell for five dollars.
The North Carolina Mining and De
veloping Company, with a capital of $2,
000,000, has been formed, and the
papers recorded with the Secretary of
that State. The following gentlemen
are the officers: David E. Aiken, Presi-
! dent; Theodore Conkling, Vice-Presi
dent; D. L. Wing, Treasurer, and Char
es E. Lockwood, Secretary. The com
pany, in their properties embrace twenty-two
gold mines, varying in their,
assays from $2o to $500 per ton.
There are said to be at Overton am
Fentress counties, Tenn., thirty-seven
oil springs and two in Clay county. An
inspection of all these old wells and Ik
rings has been undertaken by a party of
A FltEXCH STORY.
The Adventure!! of a. Jnpanexe Vase
the Terrible Trouble it Caused.
and
Some
THE CENSUS KETOEXS.
Interesting: Figures From tbe First
There are found to exist three chan
nels outside the jetties below New Or
leans, and buoys are' needed to clearly
mark these channels.
The States that brew no Ix.t r are Ar
kansas, Florida, Maine, Mississippi and
V "
cimont Last year Alabama produce
only eight barrels and .North Carolina
thirty-one.
The City Cctmcil of Alexandria, La.,
has decided to exempt froni taxation all
manufacturing for ten years. Many
other towns in the South have done the
same thing.
The Southern Telegraph Company are
pushing their lines rapidly through the
Soutlu They will extend to New Orleans
and have, in all, 2,700 miles of wire ui
two main lines, coast and inland.
The Richmond, Va., nail works find it
imissible to supply the demand from
the South. Six hundred kegs are rolled
out in twt nty-fom hours, or 3,600 a week,
And yet the demand is greater.
An alligator caught a little six-year-old
girl, daughter of Mr. Strange, of Calhoun
county, Fla. A little nine-year-old sister
beat the reptile off. He was afterwards
.killed and measured eight feet.
Ax IndtanTi land corporation has
lniught over 1,000 acres of land at Wil
fionville, in Obion county, Tenn., and
will invest several hundred thousand
dollars in that and other hn-alities in the
State, .
Alabama . newspapers report that the
price of common labor in that state has
increased twenty-five cents per day as
the result of the recent growth in nianu- Garlington, the gallant young South Car
Jactures, the building of railroads and olinian who will command the party
Ihe wonderful mineral developments. going to the relief of Lieut Qreely, who
A seoro was killed at O. L. Cloud s, was lef fc at Franklin Bay in 1881,
in McDuifre, Ga., a few days ago by a has distinguished himself as an indian
1 l -i , -i - ...... AvVnv C-r. T vr il a rt ,
urojien spiKe reixninding wnile feeding a I AU iuruiwesi. uxeeiy is
Pennsylvania gentlemen, who tliink oil
can be produced there fifty cents a barrel
cheaier than in Pennsylvania. They
have the proper machinery with them,
ann nave commenced worn, with a Mew
of testing the oil fields of Tennessee. If
the inspection is satisfactory, a pipe line
will be run to Sruirta.
Bishop Iveax, now traveling in the
Holy Land, has selected a comer-stone
in Gethsemane for the 2roioscd new
cathedral in Richmond, Va. In a letter
he says it was cut from the rock of the
Garden of Gethsemane, the most sacred
spot on the Mount of Olives, quite close
to the scene of the blessed Savior's agony,
he having previously procured the neces
sary permission for the work. The Bish
op says he saw the stone, twenty inches
long and fifteen inches square, and be
fore it is shipped for this country the
Franciscan seal of the Holy Land will be
put upon it as authentication.
Waldo (Fla.) Advertiser: B. W. Camp
bell, of om town, has just purchased the
famed Foil Hiuley tree. This tri was j
planted sixty-five years ago, and is to
day the largest orange in the world. Its
complete dimensions are: Height thirty
four feet, spread of branches from tip to
tip fifty-eight feet, and girth one foot
above base of trunk nine feet and two
inches. It has lorne more than twelve
thousand oranges in one season. -It
stood the cold Friday of 1835, which
proved so destructive to vegetation, and
to-day stands the noblest and grandest of
idl orange trees, mgnarch of the citrus
familv.
Charleston" News and Coiu-ier: Lieut.
thresher, the spike striking him in the
forehead and passing on through the top
ctf the skull. He died in a few hours
afterward.
Mr. J. E. Fleming, of Rome, Ga., has
received a curiosity in the shape of a
bird, known ns the New Zealand Croaker.
Ihey are said to excel a cat or dog for
Killing rats and mice. It has a long cur
-red bill with, which it cuts the throat of
its prey.
Since Septeniljcr last there has been
expended on the levees on the east bank
of the Mississippi, letweeu Vicksburg
and Greenville, over $500,000, of which
amount the levee district furnished 225
000. The National Government furnish
ed the most of the money.
The hogs in Jackson county, Ga., are
dying in large nunilers from hydropho
bia, and bite ' everything : that comes in
their way. - Some farmers have had all
the swine un their places thus afflicted.
The hogs die in twenty-four hours after
ljeing attacked, unless killed.
New Orleans is now a deeper harbor
than New York. The white Star and
Guionline dare, not load their vessels
above twenty-six, feet, while the French
line steamships at twenty-four feet At
New Orleans vessels drawing twenty-six
probably safe enough. He himself cal
culated on the failure? of the expedition
of 1882, and gave instructions that pro
visions should be left as far North as the
relief vessel could ga This was done,
and provisions were left within 300 miles
of Lady Franklin Bay. Garlington will i
prooaoiy sail to loot lor Ureely on the
20th
On New Tear's Eve Bauon C. took
one of his visiting cards, penciled a few
words on it, and put it in an envelope,
which he carefully sealed. Then he
went to Boissier's candy shop. On his
way his thoughts ran thus: "My Nin
ish is very fond of candies. She adores
them. Therefore, besides the diamond
necklace which I have just sent her, I
will buy her some candies. Here is
Boissier's."
The Baron entered the shop, selected
a costly old Japanese vase, put his card
at the very bottom as a final surprise,
and had it filled with the best candies.
He left word where it should be sent,
and then retired quite contented with
himself.
Two hours later Mile. Ninish was con
versing in her boudoir with a young actor,
Adalbert. Her maid entered with
Japanese vase in her hands.
"More candies, madame," she said.
"Who sends that?"
"No card, madame."
"-rut it anywnere, said JNimsn, care
lessly. The young actor looked at the
vase.
"What a beautiful vase," he said.
"If you like it, take it."
"Well, if you give it to me as a sou
venir "
In an hour Adalbert was entering the
room of a singer.
"Adelaide, I have brought you a sur
prise, some candies," cried Adalbert,
opening the door.
"Well, leave them here."
In a few minutes Adalbert left.
"I will give them to Justine," said
Adelaide.
"Who is talking about ' me," cried a
silvery voice.
"Here is my Justine."
"Ah, what a fine vase 1"
"It is for you."
"Thanks, thanks. I will give it to my
professor, who has promised to arrange
my debut."
On the next day, the beautiful Justine,
after her music lesson, said to Senor Fa
dieziui: "That is for you." She handed him
the vase. "My debut shall be soon?
Yes ?"
"Yes, soon."
Senor Fadiezini went home in a happv
mood.
"That is just in time," thought he "I
have no money to buy a gift for my wife.
How glad she will be ! Times are hard,
the lessons pay badly; coal is dear."
The wife of Senor Fadieziui, professor
of singing and elocution, formerly basso
cantante of the theatres of Milan and
Turin, was indeed glad. But she was a
practical woman.
"Guiseppe." she said. "I am sure vou
did not buy these candies and the vase.
That would be madness. Don't renlv. I
know you. , Somebody gave them to
you, and you have brought them to me.
Thai is very kind of you. But we must
make a good use of them. Take them
to Mme. Bondurin. the wife of the Chief
of the Department of Arts. H mav
appoint you as a rehearser to the Acad
emy of Music."
"lou are right. You always foresee
every tning. .rut my card on it, but not
tbe one containing the price of lessons."
JUme. Bondurin sad to her husband:
"Here is a beautiful vase. Pleafto take
it to mv mother."
"But but I think it would be better
to give it to the sister of my chief, who
could promote me."
"You are right, monsieur."
The sister of the chief of M. Bondurin
asked her brother:
"Have you prepared a present for
Madame the Baroness C? You have
dined at the Baron's, and it would be
impolite not to send something to the.
madame, particularly in view of the fact
that the Baron is a Deputy and an influ
ential member of the Left Centre."
"All, had forgotten all about it. I
will go and.buy
"It is not necessary. Take this vase.
which I have just received from M. Bon-
dunn, who serves under ycu as a chief
of department."
An hour later the Baroness C. sent for
her husband. She was pale, and trem
bling with anger. The Japanese vase
stood before her empty. She had emp
tied the candies into a big basket which
was intended for an orphan asylum of
which she was a patroness. In one hand
she held a visiting card of Baron C,
whereon was written:
"Happy new year, my Ninish."
The Baroness sued for divorce. Th
Japanese vase figured as evidence in
court, and the Baroness's lawyer ' found
it necessary to relate the adventures of
the vase.
The first volume of the compendium
of the census of 1880 is out. The popu
lation of the United States is thus clas
sified: Males 25.518.820
Females 21636,963
Native 43.475,810
Foreign 6,679,943
White 43.402,970
Colored 6,580,793
Chinese 105,465
Japanese . . 148
Indians 66,307
Total 50,155, 783
Our population of 1880 was more than
double that of 1850, or 50,155,783,
against 23,191,876. The tendency of
population to centre in the cities becomes
more marked as the Union grows older.
The total number of inhabitants in the
cities has about quadrupled since 1850
11,318,547, against 2,897,586.
The total male population of voting
age in the States and Territories was 12,
830,349, made up of 8,270,518 native,
3,072,487 foreign born, and 1,487,344
colored, among whom, besides Africans,
Chinese, Japanese, and Indians are in
cluded.
The total number of people pursuing
gainful occupations was 17,392,099, be
ing 34.68 per cent, of the entire popula
tion, and 47.31 per cent, of the popula
tion of 10 years of age and upward. Of these
14,744,942 were males, and 2,647,157
were females, engaged accowling to gen
eral classification thus:
Total. Male. Female.
Agriculture 7,670,493 7,075,933 594,510
Prof ess'n'l and per
sonal services... 4,074,238 2,712,943 1,361,295
Trade and trans
portation 1,810,256 1,750,892 59,364
Manaf ct'ring, me-
ch'mcU&min'g.3,837,112 3,205,124 631,988
The total population of ten years and
over having been 36,761,607, there were,
therefore, 19,369,508 of these not engaged
in the gainful occupations, 2,991,038 be
ing males, and 15,378,470 females. Of
these 2,550,927 are males, and 5,980,200
females between the ages of 10 and 15,
the total of which figiu-es substantially
equals the number of children attending
school, who do not through any consid
erable portion of the year, pursue any
gainful occupation. Invalid children,
vagrants, and inmates of charitable and
correctional institutions must also be
ciphered out. Of males between 16 and
59 only 921,333 are unaccounted for.
Those are students, the infirm in body
and mind, and tlie criminals and paupers.
"The number of men at this period of
life, not disabled, who are not returned
as of some occupation by reason of in
herited wealth or of having retired from
business, is hardly important enough in
this country," says the report, "to be
mentioned." Of females between the
ages of 16 and 59, however, the number
not accounted for is vastly larger, for ob
vious reasons 11,093,887. In that total
are included the students, the disabled,
the criminals, and the paupers; but it is
made up in chief part of wives, mothers,
and grown daughters who are keeping
house for their families, or living at home
without any special occupation. Of
those of 60 and over without occupation,
the totals are 518,778 males and 1,304,
383 females. It is obvious why these
are unemployed. Finally, of course,
only' reputable occupations are included.
In New York City, out of a total popula
tion of 1,206,229, 513,377 were engaged
in gainful occupations, of whom 378,159
were males and 135.218 females.
Points in Fattening Cattle.
Most animals eat in proportion to their
weight, under average conditions of age.
temperature and fatness.
Give fattening cattle as much as they
will eat, and oft times a day.
Never give rapid changes of food, but
change oiten.
A good guide for a safe quantity of
grain per day to maturing cattle is one
pound to each hundred weight; thus an
animal weighing 1,000 pounds may re
ceive 10 pounds of grain. '
Every stall feeding in the fall will
make the winter's progress more certain
by 30 per cent.
Give as much water and salt at all
times as they will take.
in usmg roots it is one guide to give
just so much, in association with other
things, so that the animal may not take
any water.
In buildings, have warmth, with com
plete ventilation, without currents, but
never under 40 degrees, nor over 70 de
grees Fahrenheit. .
A cool, damp, airy temperature will
cause animals to consume more food
without corresponding result in bone,
muscle, flesh or fat, much being used to
j keep up warmth.
btall leeding is better for fat making
than box or yard management irrespec
tive of health.
The growing animal, intended for beef,
requires a little exercise daily, to pro
mote muscle and strength of constitution;
when ripe, only so much as to be able to
walk to market.
Keep the temperature of the body
about one hundred degrees; not under
ninety-five degrees nor over one hundred
and five degrees Fahrenheit.
Don t forget that .one animal s meat
may be another animal's poison.
It takes three days of good food to
make up for one of bad food.
The faster the fattening the more
profits; less food, earlier returns and
better flesh.
Get rid of every fattening cattle beast .
before it is three years old.
Every day an animal is kept after be
ing prime is loss, exclusive of manure.
The external evidences of primeness
are full rumps, flanks, twist, shoulder,
pores, vein and eye.
A good cattle man means a difference
of one-fourth. He should know the likes
and dislikes of every animal..
It pays to keep one man in constant
attendance on 30 head of fattening
cattle.
Immediately when an animal begins
to fret for food, immediately it begins to
lose flesh ; never check the fattening pro
cess.
No cattle whatever will pay for the
direct increase to its weight from the
consumption of any kind or quantity of
food the manure must be properly
valued.
Never begin fattening without definite
plan.
There is no loss in feeding cattle well
for the sake of the manure alone.
On an average it costs, on charging
every possible item, 12 cent3 for every
additional pound added to the weight
of a two or three-year-old fattening
beast.
In this country the market value of
.store cattle can be increased 36 per
cent, during six months of the fattening
iiuislu
HOW TO KEEP HOUSE
HOW A
Dear Mother!"
The Growth of Our Manufactures.
Editorial Sotes.
TV hen asked in court whether her hus
band had ever pounded her ljefore, a
wasnington lady answered: "Yes, he
his slapped me, but that is natural for
husband and wife."
jjmuuAM lutAu uk., is ot opinion
that Mormon missionaries will send 20,
uuu converts to the West this year. The
Apostles are now buying land in Colo
rado for colonization purposes.
The people of France, by a popular
subscription, have raised the money re
quired for the Bartholdi statue of 'Lib
erty Enlightening the World," and it has
been given to the people "of America to
le placed at the entrance of the New
York harbor. It is now proposed to raise
by popular subscription throughout the
of water have no tlifficulty or delay Unit States a fund to erect the pedes
itting to sea. . tal. New York has subscribed about
feet
ax experiment nas been recently made I nu,uw, and committees all over the
and the clean product forwarded to Bos- mainder.
Ion for inspection. ' Thirty or forty mil
lion pounds will le exported from Texas
this year in an unscoured condition. - An
allowance of fifty per cent for dirt and
grease is said to obtain.
. A bkktxk of silk in New Orleans, who
fcas hitherto employed some nineteen
Jbands, proposes to go into the main
When Fires O ccuk. Accordinc to tha
report of the Fire Department, of New
York city, the greatest number of fires
last year occurred between the hours of
7 o'clock and 8 o'clock in the evening;
the least between the hours of 4 o'clock
and 5 o'clock, beiner 28. Between ft
I o'clock and midnight there were 749
nres.
in Old Story of Dickens KstolU.
Beniiruscences of old Major Throck
morton, who for years kept the Gait
House, in Louisville, are always in order,
it was the Major, who said that the tur
key was a very inconvenient bird too
large for one and not large enough for
two. When Charles Dickens visited
this country in 1846, he meant to stay a
uay or two in ljotusville, and, of course,
put up at the Gait House. . He had
been settled in his room on the second
story only an hour or two when the Ma
jor, a bosom friend of Henry Clay, and
on terms oi more or less intimacy with
every notable man in the South, sent in
his name to the novelist, and followed
in, a moment after, in person. "Mr.
Dickens," he began, extending his hand,
' we are glad to welcome vou. We know
you and admire you, and will reckon it
a privilege to bo allowed to extend to
you the hospitalities of the metropolis
of Kentucky. As your especial host, I
beg that you will command me for any
service in my power to render." Mr.
Dickens received this with a frigid stare.
"When I need you, landlord." he said.
pomting to the door. "I will rino- " Tli
Major was. for an instant, nam! vrfxl
Then he rushed at his patron, caught
him by one leg and shoulder, and had
him half way out of the window bfifom
another visitor in the room could inter
fere and save the Enalishman's life. Mr.
Dickens left town the same day and the
only mention that he made i in his
American Notes" was to refr to a
casual pig that he saw rooting in the
street as he was on his wav to take the
river steamer. Hotel Mail.
Czakdink says, "I don't want my son.
Henry, to learn type settin for the
boys would call him a 'settin' Hen.' "
The industrial growth of the United
Sates as shown by the last census, is an
interesting study. The number of manu
facturing establishments in 1850 was
123,029. Ten years later they had in
creased to 140,433. In the next decade
the number advanced to 252,148, but be
tween 1870 and 1880 the increase was
hardly noticeable, the number in 1880
being 253,840.
A different rate of increase is shown in
the amount of capital employed. In
1850 it was $533,245,354, increasing to
$1,009,855,715 in 1860, and doubling
again between 1860 and 1870 to $2,118,
208,769. Between 1870 and 1880 it in
creased to $2,790,223,506.
The shops and manufactories gave em
ployment in 1850 to 958,079 toilers, who
had increased in number by the year
1860 to 1,311,246, and by 1870 to 2,053,
996. In the next ten years the increase,
as in the other cases, was slow, for in
1880 the workers numbered only 2,738,
750, an annual increase for the decade of
less than 69,000. In this arnry of work,
ers there were 181,918 children, 531,753
females over 15 years, and 2,025,278
males over 16, earning a total of $947.
919,674, or a weekly wage for each man,
woman, or child of about $6.60. In 1850
the wages paid were $236,755,464; in
1860, $378,878,906, and in 1870, $775,-
The materials consiuned in manufac
ture were valued in 1880 at $3,394,340.
029. The products increased from $1,
019,109,616 in 1850 to $5,369,067,706 ii
1880.
In the payment of wages, all the
states show an increase excepting Ne
vada, Missouri, and Mississippi, Minne
sota and Texas doubled their annual pay
ment of wages in the last census decade.
and California increased from $21,000 -
SWWk X Ann rrr rrr
WU lO 5DO uuu,uuu.
In one of the county jails in Western
Pennsylvania a poor old man died lately
who had been a prisoner there for fifty
one years,
1 In 1831, William Standf ord, an English
farm-hand near the village of Union
I town, became violently insane and com
mitted a murder. He was tried and
sentenced to imprisonment for life, and
was chained to the floor of the jail for
eighteen vears. according to fhiniinmaTi
w 7 -o
memods of that day.
binding that he was harmless, the
jailor at last took off his cJiains. but he
i YOIJNO COfTPJ.E KTAKTFlt n,
K.Ki IIO UM12 IN TEXAS. T
Some Good Advice to Tlie Jnst siu-.i
Out Id Life. ,niot
A young couple some years ar0 WPT1.
to housekeeping in Texas. Their kif.i .l
was a dry goods 'box turned on its sijl
their bed room was a tent, their dinn?
wSs cooked in a kettle hung from a thre
forked stick; years after, when thev
were living in what is termed luxury tb
wife was heard to say, "I think, l'ear
the happiest time in our life was when
we kept house in that dry goods box."
The advice which follows is not to
those who can go to the house furnish,
ing stores and select what they wish and
all they wish, and pay for it. but to
great majority who, if they begin hoiisa.
keeping at, all, must begin with little
To these we most earnestly say: Do not
run in debt for even conveniences, but
go without and save until you c;in p;ly
for what you have, and do not let what
other people can afford be any guide for
you. The happiness of a home depends
very largely upon owning it, and the
feeling of independence which that feel
ing of absolute and unmortgaged owner,
ship brings with it.
The first room, to be furnished is tha
kitchen, and the most necessary articlt
of furniture there is the stove or range
with its accompanying pots, pans and
kettles. A sink in one corner of the
kitchen, with a waste pipe from it, a
pump at one end, and a slanting shelf at
the other is indispensible. Iron sinks
may be bought at reasonable rates, and
will last indefinitely. A work-table
should be provided with a drawer in it.
A dresser in the kitcheu is as necessary
almost as a stove. Any carpenter can
put one up. It should be large enough
for two wide closets below, for cookiuor
utensils and small stores,. ancUthree above
for kitchen china, daily supplies and
such articles as are used in laundry work.
The tins may be hung in one of these
closets. Then there should be chairs
and window shades, and rugs to spread
before the sink, the table and the stove,
and a clock to regulate the movements
of the household. The floor should be
stained and oiled, or covered with wood
carpeting, which is as cheap as oilcloth
and far more durable. The furnishing
of the closets depends on the elaborate
ness of the cookery, and the length of
the purse that opens to pay the bills. It
is very convenient to have a room ad
joining the kitchen large enough to hold
a closet or safe, the refrigerator, the
clothes bars, and other articles that
woidd cumber the kii chen. In the cellar
may be kept the washer and wringer,
the tubs and bench used on washing
days, unless there should be, as there
rarely are in country houses, stationary
tubs in the kitchen. To these enumer
ated articles others may be added as
need suggests.
The necessary furniture of the dining
room is an extension-table, chairs, a
china closet or side-board, filled with the
furnishings of table use, a clock, and
after these a pretty carpet, window
shades, a lounge, easy chairs, pictures,
and whatever will add to the comfort of
those who gather there.
The young housekeeper soon finds out
what she needs to her equipment for
greater ease and convenience in manag
ing her household, and as this knowledge
comes she can select and procure such
furnishings as are hi accordance with her
taste, her means, and what she has al
ready gathered together. Any uphol
sterer or furniture dealer will tell her
what is used by the best people of the
the richest folk, but her guide must be
her own jndgment as to what she. can
afford and what will minister to the har
monies and comforts of the home ol
which she is the centre.
Satak "Who are you?" "A bank
cashier." " Defaulter T' "Yes." "How
much?" "Two million dollars." "Felix,
give him a top seat, away from the fire,
where it is nice and cool. Never mind
thanking me, Mr. Cashier ; you're wel
come. .But who is this?" No. 2 "A
bank cashier." "Defaulter?" "Yes."
"How much?" "Eight thousand dol.
lars." "Here, Eelix, take this fellow
and give him a seat right on top of the
stove." ,
The societies for the prevention of
slavery . are growincr constantlv in txwer.
but their work is very arduous. The
members keenly feel the blot on the
country's page, and are greatly annoyed
that in their country slavery should ex
ist, while the countries and the island
to the northeast are free from thA mnw
It is probable that more active measures
will be introduced soon to drive out this
evil.
has remained in the prison ever since.
and was known as " Crafty Billy," the
bugaboo of several generations of
children.
He was eighty-one at the time of his
death. During his whole life, and in all
the ravings of madness, he never was
known once to allude to his cliildhood,
or to his early days. When, however,
he lay dying on his pallet in the cell,
the old man suddenly checked his foolish
babblings, and lay still and silent for a
few moments. Then he looked up with
a grave, tender smile, and said,-. Dear
mother ! " He never spoke again.
The thought of his mother, who had
loved him, and whom he had loved. hl
lain hidden in that poor crazed, foolish
brain for eighty long years, through all
bis imbecility and ferocity and madnessi
and woke at the last. All the miserv
and cruelty he had suffered slipped away
from him, and like a little child he came.
back to the "dear mother" whom br
had lost neiirly a centxuy ago, and who
naa lovea nim riest ot all the world
it the happy mothers who. perhans.
are residing this paper to their children
gathered about their knees could onlv
understand how Ions: their memory will
last with those children; how long after
iut?jr me uust men- words and actions
will influence the lives of their sons and
daughters, how different those words
and actions would be !
There would be an end then, we think,
of irritable wrangling, of harsh
judgments and of potty deceits with tho
little ones; and every woman would hold
up her hands to God, asking Him to so
lead her that she may be tho " dear
mother" to whom her children will turn
smiling in their dying hour.
The Two Misers.
AN OLD HEBREW LEGEND.
How to Sate.
A singular expedient for saving money
is reported from Dresden. An artist of
that city, having received a check fox
several thousand dollars in payment fox
a picture, went to the Government Bank
and deposited the money. On receiving
the certificate of deposit he immediately
tore it into bits. "What have you done?"
exclaimed the horrified bank clerk. "It
will be two years before you can get an
other I" "That is the reason I have de
stroyed the paper," coolly replied the
artist "The money is now safe for that
length of time at least."
"Ooue down," said
the young man,
A miser living in Kufa had heard that
in Bassora also there dwelt a miser
more miserly than himself, to whom he
might go to school, and from whom he
might learn much. He forthwith jour
neyed thither, and presented himself to
the great master as a humble commencer
in the Art of Avarice, anxious to
learn, and under him to become a stu
dent.
" Welcome 1" said the miser of Bassora;
"we will go into the market to make
some purchases."
. They went to the baker.
Hast thou good bread ?"
"Good, indeed, my masters, and fresh
and soft as butter."
" Mark this, friend," said the miser of
Bassora to the one of Kufa, "butter i
compared with bread as beine: the better
of the two; as we can onlv consume a
small quantity of that, it will also be the
cheaper, and we shall therefore act inoro
wisely, and more savingly too, in being
satisfied with butter."
They they went to the butter mer
chant, and asked if he had good butter.
"Good, indeed, and flavory and fresh
as the finest olive oil," was the answer.
" Mark this, also," said the host to his
guest, "oil, is compared with the very
best butter, and therefore by much ought
to be preferred to the latter."
They next went to the oil vender.
" Have you good oil?"
" The very best quality, white and
transparent as water," was the reply.
" Mark that, too," said the miser of
Bassora to the one of Kufa; "by this
rule water is the very best Now, at home
I have a pailful, and most hospitably
therewith will I entertain you."
And, indeed, on their return, nothing
but water did he place before his guest,
because they had learned that water was
better than oil, oil better than butter,
butter better than bread.
" God be praised I" said thA mifipr of
Kufa, "I have not journeyed this long
distance in vain 1"
About the Bor. Mrs. Jcme xriahpA
her boy to be named John Frederick.
while' the father signified a preference
for Edward Gordon. Determined to
have her way. she clandpsfinplv pro
cured the baptism of the child under tho
name she had selected. Jones urocured
the revocation and annulment of the
christxming through, the bishop of the
diocese, and Edward Gordon was official
ly! made the name. NotwithstTndins
this, the mother persists in callinff him
John Frederick, and therebv 'eaiisM a
litrokincr his upper lip.
Chicago suit for divoroe.