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The Editors are! not resbonaibUi or and ronldnotbe nndorstood as endorsimr : the view of contributors to tbo columns f Tni iiOMt, ana 1007 reserve tne prerogative of withholding in names of ooutribntore if it should be diemea proper. JNo commuxu crtion will be allowed a place in the; paper unless accompanied by the name of a re- nonaible party. i'No indecorous eersonau Ciam trill hi nnblishftd. OLItaarv ftftticoa tn the eitent Of eight lines will be. admitted free of charge. Ten cents will be charged for ivery line in excetw of this number. Con tributors are requested to write en only one of thfiirmannftfirintiu We do not nrom- tse toretum rejected manuscripts. Address . "THE j HOME, f ittsboro. N. OJ THE "HIDPEM CROSS, 4w 1vT How many hearts so brave and true 'i Are battling dar by day 5 To bear a cross their Whole lives thrd, ' UnmurmuriDg all the way -f ISJ W UVV 4W , As if to ask beg a share Of Its cold sympathy; WVT f i They do not wish that all should know ,The sewt of ;Jts ipower, ' --i Npr even of the hidden woe- '- ' v f " ,0ft drenched with tears the steps that lead Up to thtf throne C ttMi 4it-t; '; To One who hears them when they plead ' ,. And never hides His.fa.jXQt :','; . , JohhBS. Hetnstreet in tnter-Qcean. A TERRIBLE TEXrlllSOTES. rk if ously gurded'jwaa 1 quietly yalUng intb the van ib the midst of the officers ; the; next, and he wm fireetca'ring $pw;n thf street wilh the jpbjiceJ and the populace nt Lis lLceUJlQ.iffks eccn to dodge do,wn a bact alley. kQowa as Shut Lane, and followed by the; crowd of r several hun r! rda J V :Atthe bnd of Shut j Lane he dis'-i appeared round a coiier,;ahd; atfarig to., say,has not been seen again. There caa be no doubt that lie yi ill be: recapturpd; but his present escape and disappearance are vmosit -mysterious. ;We -imderstnd; that the fellow jjKseses singular strength: and agilityf but boci the less it wa be! a Etandins dbfrrace to our twlice author i-i lies thai; a prisoner should thus, tn jbcoad daylight, and in the -midst of a crowded thoroughfare i&ect '. his , escape from the very hands of Justice. '-A reward one hundred pounds has been offered. for; his re-apprehension. 'Watson is about fife feet niao inches An -height, ! strotf slir j built, and when Jha escaped was dressed mllVxpv red7confctcu.nes8 at ) BIG'iPEKCDERON A HORSES. lengthy I found myself, -lyuier upon s tv ble in the Blackley Station tfaitiBg-rpom, with "a sympathetic rgwjdj':around me, and best of aU,"I saw a facelbending ten derlyi ,-jbver me, he .face of the girl' ol my dream and my;discomBture.j AfUl malting two!or fhree atf empb; I managed tbTask: j where is Watson iV!t : i Verv nish-dead,!': replied ruddy- faced farmer who stood beside m& You three-quarters strangled the life out oi . Tt ,.n.niW .fAUi i-iv JJ W a gray fustian suit? with a red scarf w t' ivuyi4 wuv iui uvvu iaou t toi r j ri l x. j tt tn London early next morning on an im summons there was .but ope answer post! siblc, so, with just a regretful thought . a A T .1 '13.- ! ' I j ! - :li ipr a cam panj 1 snoma nave, co xorego by having an arrow tatooed on the buck 1 ior twd Reason, incse r rca'ar ihiervaH them were notic 11 -Tnsh.j' of herriDg is xpected nf Korwaf." nkn6wp A great .lis winteton tlc west coas centuries, jor some 7 ' 1. . cs have occiirred I The two eriteatest of icjsd in 1740 afcd 180?. r The casKicr of the Fide Bank of t'inc.injjati, whose ity. National only idea fidelity V-as that It made a nice sound wie jail J! a bank, has found has been sent n name for which jhe his sc,hoi this dot s not reflect ' on moral tiftiniog bf the men, one is keeper : or tne jail 1 mate forty-five years ago. , But mam who was ior a cara party 1 snousa nave to lore; I wired back; this reply : , j . . S4 . "Mr.J. Devon. Ander torts ITotet. London.-' y Shalt lave Bnrtown by the 12.to-night and will call on yon tmoiTovt at -A ii. . ! J -Waving atspa'clie.l my k message, finished oT, the day' -work with.; al speed, audi then returned to my loclging to make preparations for my journey These consisted principally! of cramming a soic cap ana a lew other ! necessaries into ft carpet-bag, after which followed of Ma lef t liand. i- t ; i ! .t it wiThisi was abquti thei extent of the ihfor mation contained in the Tiara rranh: and my readers wilr agree with me that j the news was sumienny excumg 10 occupy m? thoughts to the; complete exclusion of the unpleasant experience I had lust passed througu Ab I lay, back in my seat to miise upon what I; had read,- my thoughts bebralnlafter awhile .to wander and my head to j nod, according to ' their wont at 'midnight, nd before long I fell I I asleep.' :. j HowIcig I slept I cannot tU4 i I probably for a iqw minutes only Vbiit iii his uirlr bodv: he was blaclk- inhthe face irhen theyjifted you pit ipr THE EUTEBPllISB IN WHICK SESaJ y- TOR PALMES 13 ENQ AO ED. ! An Attempt to Raise New-Trpej of J Iloree-- ChavracteriStlca vof the ". Percheronei ; ?. 'T'J I ; i-United States J:Senato'r'! Palmer;! of Itichiganl has $100,003 , worth of Per- cheron norses on ' his farm hear Detroit. and has started. -his-farm. manager; on a u n sj. .' cn.j I jwruey 10 uamascra w import ior mm :tH?o yott know hat he is an e,-caped , i . ' M.A .,n M t sv:.. t reswe.know," resppuded my hon: discomforting dream." I dreamt that o the youthful as the other each mi.ive dclegat Virginia, The Congrcsimcn from the far Western States will make neat little sims of tn money ut 01 tneir mileage allowance, which h twenty cents a mile to and from wasninLon. 1 410 vrt'Konimemucra wn t 1,340 $1,000. who the capltil, gets only $3.2g.; Ii And tha Arizona Congiessman LeeJ pi ives within eight milei I The great pottpnwoodj trees swamps or l enncssee icoptam veins clear.' iparklipir water, which ; tas t r . somewhat like unsweetened soda in and which spirts forth i if under gas- beor th cous t It is sa ill shop in by a woman has recently the discussion of a hearty meal, and thfe f hand, and that my traveling companion delivery of ?an exhortation tb my landif was holding hs arm, tQ avert the threat- avj iu iocii mjr lui-ierner,! unp, ms eneel blow, bne stragglea in vaan,5ana USUal hours. 1 if j HIS lUhft TnaHlpt vfll-vPt witW ft atranWlw . ,, . -,;T- -t3J , ugnc j iDucn lupoa rr 1 a . " m - -- ine remamaer oi the evening wa spent in skimming overf t)ie jmornings paper, wherein I found little to interest me. In disgust, I flung the thing on the floor. It alighted at a srraeeful ancle: on whose -apex appeared tboj heading, as! changed l4 Infetiid 3 f ithe&ainty pink wu-p.uiuus M iwiueu type rc iuio maKe. tinsii.i naa last seen- there kwa3 .airhastly mv . arm. Witli ta start, I iiwokeand then Saw the gul of my dre&m v behiding Ttoward me with a scrap pf pap4r jin her hand. .Tj: Z ;l: But sher facei how tenbly was sit esf irWdJtThe Burtowi police tele graphed after the train If to have it searched,, because a mane lanswenng his description-had been seen un-the station before it lefl'The-noliceilhave srot him ,aafe, myladihisltimeapld. i mistake. "VYhyrt X i saw him ..handcuffed, and hfs arms pinioned behind hiai, ana he a lymg half dead the while after .the throt tling as you gave.him." - "Do my readers want to hear the rest of my story, now that .the jeatastrophe is told If so, I will-infoita them" that Watson, on breaking loosed from the po lice after rturning ther cqrnerj of- Shut j Lahewhere'it will beremerebered. he disappeared-cdntrived; s fey " aoMAlniost incredible effort, to scale a . high wall, and so gain the shelter of a railway era bankmenti Along this he crcpt"uat il he reached .th6 mid-town 1 tunnel, 1 where he had lurked all 4 day,' until, latp'in ithe evening, he crept , into rthe station, and contrived to secrete himself in 'a carriage of r the midnight mail, w th the Tesults before-mentioned.- -.f j ' , . i There is one more ihiiident .in close connection .with that joutjney to be told ; it is this, that there' 'will be a marriage early this spring: " The name of - the bridegroom? wil , be'Knightly i the name of the bride does 'not" matter. She was t never formally introduced to - her future, iora ana master, ana xneneiore u is surety unnecessary to tell the name she will soon cease to bear, to a passing acquaintance like the reader. Cutinbif' Jqutui'. SELECT SI FTINGS. ? rW t-.- S came Into use ii used for ; lighting estimated to ht A , U - WISHES. whiteness in her'- cheeks. :. and her fevea ! seemed! startiiigi' from;! "her head with terror, j lioiumjj up oue. linger,; as ir to tne passea i me tne were 2; written An Electrical! CarJ ,: : t '.jT ' Pi. ..W T One of the remarkable sitrhts in !this city? says a' New York letter to,-the Gin cHamili-Cfinmerriol Gaett is the Julien kf it; ."Shocking Wife Murder in Burtow Al rest OI tne Mnrdp.rfir 'l J s 5 -. Ii H With a mental apology to -the pu lishers of the Cironicle for' the injustice command silence. I bids done them as caterers to the: oarjer. on which f were -written the f ol-velectricsil car-rushing along in a way that public envying for honrs I picked up tpwihg -words i . I excite4egree of surprise approiching the paper and proceeded to digest th!:f -Sonie'one.is Underneath the"seanoihinn'Thi.car ,is' theij ordinary ftyle -'harrowindr delails. - - - --'-,'.-o ! ll.H-'fiji nr tn 'rVA.rll me- ? . r familiar on thV streets. ! painted reen. The gist of the news was as1 follow ' Was at th3 dream which filled me With.') witha teU that rmgs sharply,and a bi An.abandoned ruffian, Chappy Watson! v the thought, tai this was an idle- alarratnaoip in 'font. The propelling power is by name had after 4ne fashion of Ma. I canndt tell f but this nfeeh I know.tthat 1 invisible. It consists of electricity stored Class, beaten in his W'fe's iskull with! a' "in an iilfstant tlVrfe flashMr jv-rnss mVmlri car mallet, in Consequence of some domemd i with byerwhetmfnsf force the thought iof I spihs alongat aiUyely rate, if ; permitted,' . -j -t. . - ? . i . - and 1 i. licturniog my companion s silence-sig-. the oi es- water, deed. he coolly.sputon his coat! nat, ana i was proceeding to depart nal bvi a eresture of acouiescence. I wrote 1 !!. 1. . 4.. L -1 : -- - " . : i . i . - ' .7 . "uc" i"" uwguuuia ana poce, auracieq. upon the papery ; p y.- p 1 : .TZ. by the screams of Jhe unfortunate victiniJ i "It is probably only i& dog 1 : Shall I rusuea in and i secured, hnpH ; This; ws ; look nWer4he,sat?!'v t'. au, or neany air tne paragraph ?conV 116? affswer" was' short fin n m a-I . L r 11 : -,! f ..1 ' ' -- . . , muvu, cAvcut iur ine usual, miormauon points be brought up j "So ; mnctured. essure when & vein I 1- ' ' 1 . T id to b dcliciously refreshingjand hunters aFC in the habit of carrying gim lets with wjiich to pierce the veins w hen they are thirsty... : It is a boiht of hpiioi . ;! i. i . , .i r ii.-. - .1 with : them toi plug up the onhce mcirxnirst iai sausneu, so mat me comet im ay hot be disappointed. ijua. me prisoner wi.l be broiiht im gftrates.this!ihorninfft abd then ifrom my lodgings by fully two tfext f Fortunately, my bag, was j light, - Madamb Bouclcault, charged der of witn"cnusinsr his i wife." do not look, l it was a hand.?' Herie. thenJ w:as! ai Kiiffirifirit dilpmrna' the wilful murW but bv cCmparisbn! with what had massed ! 1, 1-1 before batwean rnv fellow -nasspnorftH and t. ' j. i . . " . . ( i . . t rz-!.-: i i& was now, past eievcnH-time Ior me mvself. it wasa ditemma tliat"I feltial io mae my svay racner more Jha i time, m fact. rice sex mi mv t eton was about to assume its that lmnosins? down to time, in s:ructare was distant rightful " p siti4n milei ' wfpaker, if wiouldfb'e and. I nanioin Hwf.fcwak m v rvpn.nri - and vpf ' snarea m its Dieasinsr cnaractenstio ?inr thp tpvunM siwre ir l-rr nUpl it;. : k - - O - 7 r 'I-" . .- 1 ' W J : V. A 1 . I . 1, I ta. 1 - m - ' ."-L- wiu uuuuruenea ey superfluous weignt. wholly pleasurable., ; j . JV , i ,1 . , , ; 1 tS3, sn reacmng my aestina- jjIw ur3t actioa-was to remove anv sua ine larger; or pcrnapsineuesr, Known, inon there was6nly one minute left Me 'iciott thattWa niiht.hp in Jhpind . I 1 ' , I, . I 1. a . .. - K J ! . -T- .r rT-o - fans, au uon aiarcue, is Kept wuere:n who i ...... ii to give people a more direct road market, and been decorated with the I i ( .i I - r . ,i , Cross of the -legion of llonorJ , Madame Boucilault ii as1 generous! as shlo I is wealthy.' . the has bestoweo $1,00(',6)0 .on her cmployeias a' pension fund (for the sick ana superannuateti, : besiqes librarriand reading room' funds, any 4he ci es them aU shares in the prohts oi her . . i i .-!!. .. 1 . J business, in ner native town sne has : built ai $200, 000 bridge across . the 4aone a seat. the . guards and ; porters pegan to move. pur to take mv ticket and sec-iira ! of Ihft TnvRfpriniis third nocniMnf nf 1 he latter operation, thanks to carriitrn; thrinniW -thft tiTPsnmahlv app?. lUB -wuiva oi me DOOKing-cierK ;m dental action , ot I Having touched nanaing me mv change, had tn tie tn. ladv'k drrss: aiVina- Wnt tn on anriio compmnea by running the gauntlet of JyawnL as tbo iglk I had just awakened as j tne traip.'iromisieep, 1 remarked, in a tone of cool Xo sopnerM I ascertained that she ; has distributed knpre I concerned. 'Among men, than $l,TiOO,600 to relievo ithe sufferers rfrorn th6 phylloxera plague.! n . 'i - 1 1 putn "It' "doubtful 'htvhcthe deatb in ing buildings! is as horrible as is general ly ; supposed The . - London Lhntet, should make its first stop.! 1 So it hap- ley, and there get assistance to find out , . I !J. - ,'i ,' ,j, T- . . , I pcuu mat, as a contempiatea the charms who our un Known i traveling-! companion spcaKing parricuiany pi iqeauair oi inc of my vis-a-vis f rom bch nd the evening : might be. t i i; , js ii Opera it 'I L the burning Cjpmidue in Paris, observes! that eldom occurs m these cajses until after death, or at least insensibilitv to pain, basj. been . product d. Except uncic'tj !ve -y peculiar, conditic ns, tl e vic tim is- made faint and pulseless l y the caroonic.aciu, or me carppmc-oxiae before1 the r ithe ejeperience of persons who, havfbeeu limbs were uniniured bv monious. j fashion in which oSicials had assisted me than r cliscovered that the uncere- dressing you the railway to "my seat. the only other to I permit netoi smoke, tJ. dio'n journey? ---f; 1 f-f. - ? 1 ' As I siwkel iraccomoanied mv -worda tenant" of the compartment' in whir.il T bv a Imfianincr o-lahr-p and uraa favnrpd Was ensconced was a vobnor ladvJ and I -withlthp. nnf?ii ii ; i ; -it m! ' one, moreoven of 90 small ,b?auty. Xow, I" 4 'Certainly, ifj you jwish it I cannot I am a shy man as far as the fair sex is ' prevent you ii r !; , ill 1 s self-j - i Thtereupon Ih a j'M. to the iof protector toi its independent com- niyj .4You really must excuse me;, for : ad- again, mada n, but will 'you , enliven tms te- anaisunder. periect j control. It is stopped ia less time than. horses can be enecKeo, ana starts witnn gentle iaciuty; and tns jspeed'hs 4f! motion was its natural condit 0n and thje rests were en forced. The one that I; saw on Fourth avenuo was gliding ahead,, purstred and- in pare surrounaea Dy a great 1 swarm 01 boys, 'who seemed to be jot' the impression that -they were witnesn a show of magic. The. "street ciifc horses did not like the monster, and pjf.ineedas if they proposed croinff on a strike. LThe x?lec- trical car cad a load ofj passepgers, and movea over orainary, ircjis inpa mascer. ful ; manner. ) Of cours,; if thi3 sort of thing can be carried ork at a cheap fate, there will not long be uke for i ho: ses - or cables. There is a difficulty, I am Hold, in toe cost 01 tpe ptnnt;, anaj tue ques tion that Taises the uncertainty? is as to the endurance of the Ipostly plant.; It should be -noted that the cars I describe are not run -upon specially prepared tracks.1 and are not connected Iwith wires that are streaks of lightning from dyna mos., . The running - iachinery is... of course, 1 peculiar, and lithe jelev-tricity is 6torea. Electricians fay jnat great aa vances have been made withm a lew months in the storage ojf electricitv, and if it progresses a .little further the ap plication of it will be 'something infinite. marcs.;; Senator Palmer intends to cross his Percheron stock with Arabian mares. ana is" trying a very expensive experi ment inhorsebreedingV-Hei sas he hopes b1 this to 'be' able ; to establish a new type. Said he to a Washington corre spondent of the New York' HrwW.- L 7 ' All the tiirooghbreds of England J come from three Arabian eeds. r They are; the Ilarle" Arabian,1 the 'Godolphin Arabian and another Arabian which I do not remember: ? - The establishing of a new type ' of I horses is a very; uncertain matter, and I may not be able to get any encouragement after a long trial. It may be that I; will succeed within a few years, ' and from the product of these Arabian stallions and Percheron j mares and from the Arabian1 mares and ' Percheron stallions I may by the careful inbreeding 01 ' their 1 progeny, establish- new type of -horses 1 which" Will ' be better0 than either." i -1 i f t Senator Palmer is an enthusiast on the Percheron horse. He has now sixty of these 'animals. Tanging - In 'value from $ 1,000 i to $3,000 each, and he is : the President of the Percheron Horse Society of the United States.' lie' thinks that this horse is the best breed' ia ' the world for general purposes; 'i if ik ' t lt is said he,- the horse Tor" the farmer., i He can take it from his lumber- wagon and use it 'in his carriage,- and I have been tolT of instances where Per cheron horse? we'ghing 1,700 pounds have gone a mile in three minnte. -They are, you know, a distinct type, and 'are supposed to have originated by across of the Arabian horse upon the heavy horse of Normandy. .: They came from La Perche. a province about - sixty ; miles square, in iotmandy. Here, the breed has attained its greatest perfect"on,. and it is here that the horse gets his name. How the Arabian cot into France I do not know, but I suppose it came there either through the Saracens . when ;they .were .whipped rby ( harles . Mattel . at Tours, I or it may .be that the Counti.of Nogcnt de la Hotrou brought them back from Palestine during the Crusades.1 But there is not doubt that the Arab tuooa is there, and in modern times, after excel lence and identity of type had been rec ognized, this blood was reinforced from time to time from the royal and national stables of France. l ! i ,4The-horses have been noted for years in France, as pod. draft horses, and they were, about ten years ao, in general use in Paris as omnibus horses. At that time a team would take one of those heavy .'buses, with seat) both inside and . L 1 A111 !il on me root ana mica wun passengers, ' lloiern needles' first 1643. I.-:;.U:.: ,-, Kerosene ; was first purposes ia i8J6." t ', A ton of diamonds is - AAA. . A Dt worm f.3u,uw,uwij-;,,-i';-' j The first steam cngiae on this continent was brought from tngland in 1733. r: The great Thames Tunnel in England, the work "of Sir Lt Brunei, was be jun in 1823 and finished in .18431. : i, s "t ': xjiger.,peer.;was nrai, orewea , in me United States in 1184. when a Ge'rmaa named Wagner made it in Philadeliihia, Keokuk haf a glass . eater:1 ne it a small, boy, -and on a wager ate halt a amp chimney, and .it jdida't disagree with him. :l. !!' To her litter of three kittens a Kansas cat added two young rabbits, and later three CUTS The summer day was o'ersd twilight Tweet ; Came close npoa its track with 4ew-bahed .. ..' ' : '" ' : Moved "by the mystic speQ, ily, ate, and I ) :-Bess-, -n-t.r !' Agreed among themselret ech to'confess : 1 What they would Lite to be la future rears. "Oh, I would Uke," sail Washing, Uaeyed ; TO go before the worll la some great jJay. ; To act so well the phwe ot my part. That aU the ptdsos of its giant heart Hho-ald bound and flatter with IU weight ot r -..4 1- ; .1,- ,.' H 'And 1 would like- to write,1' said .dreamy Bess,. yonng raccoons.' all of which she" is v ing devotedly! . H"'T-1T .: ; ' ' ' a mecnanie ln 'iingiana as late as me reim ot Charles 11., 'worked '.ior 1 shilling (twenty-four, cents) a day, and oftentimes waj compelled to take less. made in 1643, is one -oi the roost import ant, compacts of its kind m the tmtoiy 1 t ax 1 ' A 01 Europe, inciuaing as 11 aia me great Thirty Years War. j-'"-'''' y'. 1 A Buffalo canary has a miniature well in its cage, with a. bucket, the f chain ol which . reaches to its perch. When it wants a drink it draV! up tne bucket, much to the delurht o the children in the neighborhood. , ,j .. , I j For a time the Puritans' durlng the reign of Elizabeth reunited -themielves with the Church oi England, but as Ihej subsequent! yj refused to U3 bound by the act of suprernacy arid of, uniformlly, they be?ame Known as nonconiormiv.s. 1 A colossal stick of lumber frm Puget Sound was contributed to thq mechanic exhibition at San Francisco. It i length is .151; feet, and it is SOxW-inchet through. 4 It is believed to; be the longest piece of lumber turned put 01 any saw mill.'-" Surveyors going over the line between I Washington and ,Jreen .Counties, renfl., ' found one house so rutuatea that tne nus band eats his meal in, Washington "while the wife eats hers, in Greene, and they sleep with their. head, in one county and meir ieenn me oiner. , : .. -,v 'Some grand, sweet truth, the weary ones ta blest, .V '-i.: !' To clothe it in some softly flowing rhyme, , As fair and tender as the summer tirjM, t - ! Fortrnths, like folks, look better wbeo well ; Then, looking far away, said rtetlues Katec ' j . TdJike a true, oep-hearted ml to aate, ; j To hare ooe bold m erer dearest, Vset, And in my womanhood hij honor ret, i! . For to be fondly loved is to be bleak" . v , ' The years rolled est, abd oar ambit ioos llay 1 : Found that ber part was real In lift's great The world she moved and thr'Jlel 'aa small The oo4' she ) would hare mo red, j ocean J ... - tide; , ( ; r ' . v .. t ! j Is great above the brooklet ranging tweet, J ; ' 1 A lever came to wwo, and Beris was weft; ; j Bhe did notwrite, but Ii veltU. truth IssUad ( lived happy is an booect heart and name, . Content to be unrecognized by fame, j , j ' To Ct ber rhymes to litUe ebt'Mrou't feC , , . . -'i' And Kate; who would bare Bred for Jovt .ivv alone,-t'J ii j V; ?a . Gave all bar, woman's beart unsocrvt, no, , . know a. f . t ' : i Yet she it was' who gave 'great tratht io ram . For, baring not; tor knglng tanghtter pea j ' . ' To write of Ire brjrood Of bu uxo great, 4 To tell of Lore, that with a boonteotn band. Short-sigh ed mortals cannot nrrrUal, i : Givesevertoits diUdren; givec, indeed, . Not always what they want, but what the need, .' .t ''" ' v ; . yor give, mVialon1 any gift too late. . -.Asm R, Speartug.i LtviAon JovrnaL v I havei produced my pipe arid possession enough and to ispare; but in t obadco-poueh and proceeded slowlv to the presence of ladieathat fself-possessioh fill the former, as I thought but the plan vanishes with most uncalled for rapidity. ' of action. On reference to my i watch; I I In the presence of ladies 'yes: but here .. saw that the! trrcn! would sto.i in another there was but one, who was bound to ten minutes.! Clearly, the on'.y: thing to aeep uie jor a wnoie nour, until the train do was to wait till we -reached Black- - ence 10 wuac is going on arouna, ana pus means ft. vege its intiabitan try ,qtotics .1 Ci of his stupefaction, wi is re n ..1 ir - , rrr T "T sequent parilysis of j Reeling, ventv; escape, jii- ras. paper, wnicn 1 naa louna time to bnv on -i The longer I pondered over the Prob iuj u'guv iy ine station, a measure of tny tem, the mofe cUribuS fonts solution did courage returned,1 and m the inspiriting : I become, aid then, heedless of the warn words of Mr, Gilbert, said ! I to myself : ing I had revived, X f truck a match and X II TSKe neart and make a start; faint. Hnteffltinnallv rirhiinnd it 1 1 - , . , a 1 . ' rn.Tms r-T -7 -1 . rr, I - T wiif- aT j : . 1 ? t , ua. tvu ,cic uui aiarmea, ov ; mv unceremonious entry P' SI I remarked, ing klance underneath the opposite seat. rwiin some inwara misgivings, but much 1 nndjthen my blood ran coldr as the faint i ten discoi I gleajaa of the taper revealed the back of compactly 13 I outward assurance.' in a burning house that the heated and coniraciion iot tne pretty mouth of my arrow upoi smnkv atmosnhere RnrP!dii indiiopj companion-indicat nghcr opinion that, ' Chippy tdJl L 'LiLt. ;.T: ? stranger and unintroduced, I had.no ' paniona 1 rYrv"r"rr.if1r.r Y r1 l-ngtit to apeak to her. H HH UUH0R OF THE DAT, i The. equestrian take a. back seat. - ! .The . convict t is j naturally .' in. a good humor when he's breakiog euU, faud asks" : ' tl How "can " t ger whlti handsf" ' Make bread, Maud. llrrlingtit r- . - t - ' ' The Art of Sermbn Making. For a humber of year say rs the Rev. 4 i. ".J .Corean Voracity.: " One- ttriking! fault .of the Coreans al the table is their voracity, ,and t-j j tbii trait of their character Japanc e, French, Dutch and Chinese bear witness.' All te porU concerning them seem to agree.rIo this respect there is net the f least differ ence between tho- rtch' and' poor, noble and plebeian. . To cat "much is an honor. and the merit of 1 a feast consists not in the quality, but' in the quantity of the food served: 1' -L .). !. j - Little talkiog-iv done while eating. for each sentence might lose a mouthful. Hence, sin e a capacious stomach is a high accomplishment, it is the aim from inlancy to aeveiop a pauncn naving an possible elasticity. Often the mothers take their babies upon their " knees, and after stumng them with rice, lite a waa in a gun, will tap thenfrom time to time with the paddle ot a laaia on tne stomach, to sec that it is fully Fpread out or rammed home, and' only cease gorg ing when it is physicdly impossible for the, child to swell up more. . ; ACorcanls always ready to eat: ne attacks whatever be 1 meets, with ana rarely says oough., .Even between meals ho will help himself to any edible that is offered. ' The ordinary portion of a laborer is about a quart of r.ce, which, nrV.r. nVM (NUVl Hill aC TYH 4As to Percherons. there are millions I , t. ' u.. .i..j. i. BOWtKr.uuwmiww J".uu,r'v T.. .V lA T .tV 1,n.e tie- drU?S dUb ?i? qUaDl,ty "Wi' JorVhtaV doctor thir e a re&ffl.;; ftfl ' ought toJbleed m?hu.bandr D and drag , it .along at , the .rate of eight miles an hour over the apha't. During my trip to l aris last spring I noticed a decided deterioration m the character 01 the horses so usd, and I found that the Percherons had been replaced by others. Upon inquiry I was told that . the great demand, tor - the Perclieron horse in America had raised the price from $300 and $100 to $4,000, thus making them too expensive, for omnibus use. The horses now used in Paris omnibuses are the . Boulonais. the Belgians and other heavy horses of Normandy and Flanders, which have ,no in nitration 01 bred blood.' thorough- Stoop ng down, with a muttered mal ediction, to bick it up, ! I cast a search- bet tng The natural prpduc tsj of or animal life are any animal life are the safktfor s to propagate. hsub- , thai , pjre taken for land! in I r or answer, a quiet stare and a slight a rcan's hand with the mark of a tattoed Watson1 then was1; our? corn- doomed and desperate man l iBiv a-'miirhtvt effort I controlled, mv a. , , 1 1, . ..1 in -1 . r r . - .. 1 w au orainary male animal was ; voice suilicienuv to say? lent tor strategic attack upon the . ''Excuse my reaching This the moment fair one's, struples; for me it was ithe ! madam, buti there, mav be r. -1 'iii checkL t6 their increase, and: serious consequences jwiUj resuit. many When thev 4 adequate the pf.-2jcw South, 1 1. t - years accidentally! introdoced lT3t ?TD,cn increase: The Wak es most have for been overrun; with ' rkbbits 1 into that has no foxes to rcpressj Ine spirsey populated 1 couni their rcgioui cannot kecri them down.,1 Bounties arc many men make handscfrae' ng rabbits at two td fpnr ho 1 offered fnd livings i kill centi' rer great indus the rabbits L li .1 ' ' cw L '- k I . i. ueau. i oneep Keepintr is ry of i the farmer there'; eat ' closer than, sheep. threaten to drive or starve the latter rome thougnt:e;s, person a.xc.w years exact opposite-the moment for flight, had fliffht been nossible.1- Osiriph.i?ir I buried my face behind my newspaper- m,AA.i, ivu; uu oauu aiuinuu; nuU. la a e w moment heard, . , brougntj lerrets into me country t ; i neso ' nave run . wild, ana are mcreasmg sp as to be a new danger. - Tho ferrets destroy rauuiis,uutpccastonaiiyattac!(the Sheep, ami it is leared mat tney may take j . blofwl of th latter animal as 'their! to the favo- to my re net a corresponding, rustle froni the opposite side j of the carriage as my pretty prude and; I could not afford iq let it go out." The girl, irit4 whose white cheeks the color showed no trace of leturning, mur mured some unintelligible reply, and for ! Again I looked at mv watch. Thank Heaven, injfiveinttnutes we should be. at length followed sui t The sensle of defeat and Blackley, and the awful ride would be at uisgrace rairiv overwneimca me 1 while, and my eyes wandered over paper 1 j held in my hand, soeing uoucrstanding not. what thcy saw iuer ngnrea- upon a 1 the formulated but pontes me IsprArigiup,! trembling like a iittt iwiiti huu nvriL-iifsa, ere 1 couiu sioiiiicr: iigntea-upon a' laminar ' un, ine nana name : l 'Chippy Watson. s'and thiri-aainl'Ita iJi 1 owner recovered - his senses and almost The moment ithe words left her lips I forgot his gncf as he read the following heard asudtten Movement uhd(?r the; seat, lines: : 1 -'v Ui-v- ---,-.t ..-a "the Burtown MurderEscape of the Prisoner."'. After detailing the incidents 01 tne neanng before - the masristrates and the Remand ol therprisonef, pending tne inquest, xne paragraph went on! as follows:!- ; - j!?f?S r'Onlleaving the' court; rWTatson "was conlucted between four officers to the van. i CJust , ias ?he irai stepping in;! and 1 when the policemen were endeav oring to keep back the crowd that pressed round, the prisoner suddenly snapped his hand cuff? in some inexplicable manner; ind knocking down the constable who threw themselves upon him, broke through 'the bystanders knd fled down "the street. The whole affair took place as it seemed in ai second. ;0ne minute, andWatson, rigor- that across you, was my last ! match, A. J. F. Behrend in the Brooklyn Eagle : 44 1 continued to read half of my sermons and to' prepare the other half without use of the! pen. But j my written, and speaking styles were out of harmony. ; I found myself living a double mental life. My preaching lacked tipiformity and the individuality wh'ch grows but"1 of the use of a single method. , fco I abandoned both methods and adopted the third that of preparing a chref ul brief, mas tering its contents without special at tention to the language and then" freely J reproducing it in speech arid without the use of a note. , Th;s has been ray habit' for over fifteen years,! and I am sure that for. me it is the best: , The written preparation ordinarily amounts to 2,000 words, onc-tliird of a" fully writ- discourse. The thought, is put as as possiblei and with special regard to clearness and precision. No elaboration, either ojf argument or of imagery, is : attempted' at .the time of composition;; this. is Jeft to the subse quent review, -to which an nour and a half is given immediately pre: eding the service, and very much is left to the friction of thought which an.; attentive audience always excites, r 1 Biowing the Mayor's. IIorn.1 i 4 frAmong,sorhe of the humcrojus corpora- fnr? a in nrl JferarrnW li.ifl tK f tiS'urrht il t - " a mm I I - T ' !' ' - ' .4 . .1. 'tsfiti -wnen tne girl j pp- and ou cker ithan. thouifht a: fisrurc ap peared uj:on the floor. ; In that moment j 1 'flurg myself fupon thernmanL and clutched' his ibraat with the energy of dcparr, knlowiby that shqidd he j. once gan his f eit it was all oyer with me,'! the lighter andl weaker man. Can lever for- f get the horfor of that five minntes; ridel The wholo comparrment ' seemed v to be? falling ppon meJThcn ; na 131 feet, all; Jwere attii kingf me at pneev i but through: a)l likeptpmygriptuponthe mirdprer's thrbat, and though I streamed with Wood, ' and -almost 'lost conscious- .ai-- a s -L- . v - -1 . i a m nes, 'stiui neia ?on? wnue tne gyrs sxeams rahng; dimly '.through. 'my carsL Suddenly the 'train stopped iHhe strug gle ceased; aad I fainted across the body of my captive, - - - 4 i 4 '- , which is sounded every day. 'If should remaiuin the tit v, writes t ion . customs England, ays 'Miwelct Mi'zift'jmy J.e mentioned the.b'owinj of the BurghmotaHprn," by the. sound 01 wrucn ine memoirs, 01 me corporarion were.. 40 d:iys gone :Wy,; summoned .to This c storn probably - dates back to Anjrlo Saxon limes, having-been in some places continued until our own ULI1L3. served a visitor Mr WalbraU, during "the : evening he may ; h ar the raound mg of the. Mayor's horn. It formerly announced the setting of the watch whence jthe chief officer, of the rtown -derived the: Saxon 'style of wakeman ?bur it 13 - now or course, lapsed 4 into a formality. Three blasts. long, d ull 5 and " dire, are given Jat nine o'clock at the Mayor'sdoor by his official horn-blower; and onej afterwanl - at the market cross, while the seventh bell of the cathedral !s ringing, fit was ordained in 1453 that : it should be blown at the four corneis 6f the crdss at nine o'clock. after -which if any house 4 on the gate syd within the towne1! was robbed, the wakeman wa3 bound to compensate the loss if it was'rroved that he and his Ber vants did not their dutic at the time.1' of dollars already invested in them the United States, and there is a gen man namea uunnam wno nas maae fortune i out of them. He might be called the Percheron .Horse King. He has had as many as five hundred Pcrcher ons on his farm at oue time. Hu house on. his farm at Wayne, forty miles from Chicago, is 'equal "16 Abbottsford in its appointments. It 1 is hung with ' old tapestry, and has many stud Bonheuf . A crrcat ; friends between Bosa Bonhcur and Mr. Dunham; and he lately got an Apache pony j for her at her request, and shipped it .across the water for use in one of her paintings. Dunham imports $20, 000 worth of these Percherons at a time, and, in connection with . Studebaker? Brothers, the and carriage ; manufacture ranch in California, whe.e. he thinks he will bs able ter horse of the kind than bred before. IIe ba cs th"s supposition on the fact of the high altitude where the hordes will be raised giving them greater lung power. This will, in tira lead to a , type of J10r.es w.tn ' O'gger lungs and consequently much better stay ing powers.' , ' ;' j "Tell ma somtth-ng ot ine character istics of the Percheron horse. 4,The hor es are generally of a dapple crravJ thooeh thev may s lc - black, : and now and then are bay or chestnut, They are a i.heavy horse,' ' weighing i 1,600 active and I ppnnds(and upward.,; They have a fine ites. . I action, a fine skin, fine coats,, great strength ana exeat cnau ranee ior. wura and travel. They ara noted for their do cility nnd tractablene and may be aid born broken to the barne."-"I fcarn?ssd a team of them for the . first time, one morninji at 8. o'clock. ;- At th:y wese drawini? a plow ai well -as a 1 DroKen team, a ad were only a"-little awkward. Tbev plowedin the fie'd all' day, only being rested - now ana then. tnat. ineir shoulders miorht not net sore.' - The next day my farmer drove th-m info the city netroit. nd thoozrn tney; naa never seen a crowd of. people, . an eiectr.c car, a fstreet car or - steam car, or - the; innu merable ob sects disolivtd in s busines Eatincr matches ! are common. When an or is siaucrnrerea. 1 ana . me uci served urn. heaping .bowl of the steam ing mess docs not alarm any guest. i;og meat is a .Common -j article of food; and the canine sirloins.! served 'up, in great trenchers, are laid before the guests, each ... - , . 1. : m All Ul' or de voured without, .peeling. . Twenty or thirty peaches is cons'dcred an ordinary allowance," which fapidly disappears.- ' - Such a orodizality in ri-tualaia, how ever, not common and . for one feast there are many fastings.'. The Ooreans ,i trenchers, are iaia oeiore meguesia, vu. w ti old one having Vis own smaU table, to hii :cs of Rosa when frllit 6UCh M peaches r R ev.Rts 8mall melons.' are 1 erred, -they are 4 Free iVta. - Men who cover themselres with iilon sometimes find that they are, aft cc all. very thinly cUd.' Lotion iV ' '.It is rumored thai the interUate peo ple are going' to abolish .tht I'ockt .Mountain fatset.-r2rfrti( Yrt JVm. 1 "I saw a pretty thing ia kid glotei last evening." observed rltrpercy to hii sister. What was itf; "My beat girl'i hand. rUttburgChrvnirU. s " "I see the'dudehas got into the latest edition of Webster's dictiosary.w Hai he! Well, hurry, then, as d alam tht cover down." Chkag AVr. , . 'Ad rice, w tayt a philosopherl shoulo come to ns like a gentle fall of snow.' Very true;. but. we usualy receive it at if it were a shower bath, -Dot'oti Covii-r. ' Does marriage change a manf askf a writer. Depends ba whom he mtrrics. t'ome women would, make a znaa bald it six months. Barliagtou, Frte Ir i Early to bed and early so ri , Hikes a man healthy, wealthy and ia, - Campagne and oystert at midnight's boor -Cuts a man oS in his early flower. Merchant Travelrr. hutbaodH- you my husband r Doctor , (absent-mindedly No, madame, not l until he gets welL" Ed. . ' An exchange has aa article on Chint as It Is. yJurt how China is depends upon ; the hired ; girl- Generally it U wicked, and often so badly broken thai It has to be. swept out. Ormhm, Jlrra'J. In tbeisa cold winttr nights troe lore is bora , ' Conceive a sweeter picture if ros can; - Fair Chloe at ths fireside pops the corn And tepbea pops the qnestioa, Uke ' 'Vt - 'j - f ' Bodon Courier. 'I Ull you what it Is, Gas: AramiaU'i father can't appreciate ot. lie has no aouL" VOhl .he hasn't! eh! WelL 11 i wagon 1 r.l1 '.-M, 1 In llimr Mtinr. nor I t ! vmM ' rs, 1 has a - .1,1,;.. ; n k'0tp v-A-intr Nnthinr I v.. V... Ts w .11 m-A TT.-, rw . j telU m?, tnWft.4- All is" irrist that comei to 1 rta,r. -. - ; i ? to breed a bet- IV-,;n ifc-v. nth . . " ' I , ... m Tf,Q ov r licon " , - j , l . A strange cniia was invouueou w 1- ' ' i 'I city, they showed no fear only a kind of laudable curiosity. They would Fra:ll of a steam engine, and while 1 wai oiow..ng , , A Woaderral. BeeUe. . . - The light of . the fire-fliet of tropical America, seems to.be dependent upon the will, as when feeding or asleep is not seen, attaining its greatest brilliancy during activity, and flight. ., 'Jha coior of the light is a rch green, but the eggs emit a light of. 'a! bluish tint, according to Dnbo'uo t- Thia naturalist has male some extremely .interesting experiments wilh the Pyrojhorus. Jhe egg wnicn he dried retained; their luminosity for a week, the light , reappearing, when they were paced in, water. f He ground the luminous organs tn a mortar, aiier nav in? 'dried t them t in "vacuum and Tear-old Adelaide with in functions as to his entertainment. "With a superb dig- nity thei suggestions were checked by:', My dear, Ihare plajed with children all my life. American ifayotine. . . " 1 , ' ' " " Cleveland's Fat ore Ho me. , Mr. Cleveland Jnteodt to remain ' s citizen of New York State, snd on hii , retirement from Federal office h will , select some portion oi the State in which ; he Will make his home, sajs a Washing- j ton correspondent of. the Brooklyn EngTe. Those most fully s ware of the drift oi l his thought in this regard say that at' present the choice lies between- Albany i then 1 and Brooklyn, wilh'a probability that. mixed them inboiled wster, the Utter 1 Brooklyn will be selected, although it is 1 immediately becoming luminous.; Dr. j known that there are many ties which 1 Dubois concludes that the iigmoi ine 1 draw him, to the btate capital, ihair Pyrophorus b intended. as illumination deHdoa, however, is t matter jor the for itself alone. . To prove thu he env-1 future' .The renunciation of. Daffalo ss ered one of the .upper light with .wax J a place of residence has been formally . . 1 mnmul in a trrrvf -when I ...!. Pn.l - TV m m rt ' 1 a r tV ' 3.UVJ. hiiC IB LA.A.AAA AAAAJ . V. - " ' w . . " 1 9 At LA fc. A V I . ,MV Pres ident without a voting placs ia the, ute until he determines where, in the State he will lire, and consequently he di l. not vote in the State ia 1S6 or upstumpiwjth dynamite -this summer thevistxKl by ana- waicnea. me . piece blown up into the air without more than r?anv thA evM st the sou5d. 1 1 at tribute th's Tact la-"their remarkable in p1lir ncfiL in i he first p ace, a-d agaia to the fact that thai e horses ha l never heard a trcaj word or been struck. - ' :( -: r -1. i : 4 - . 1 1 ' . .' . t Monkev's in Eastern' countries are said to acquire such a. fondness for opium that ... t At. 1 a a.. thpv will habltualiv smoice any mat be left in the pipe when the master lavs i it down; and whendepri vtd' of it "will ; "sufferirom nervousness, azd depression. when both spots were covered the beetle toon stopped and then moved in an uncertain , manner. - carefully feeling the ground with his antcnnm. The spectrum oi tne liffht was extremely beautifuL being continuous, without dark or brilliant TZjuClriUhn-eii-WWk. . 1 j ; - '. . When sunset blushes tint the sky , -. i Andfrcm the marsh the chorus break, r When to ttfeir nests ttrs swallows fly, . ' And the wild vwag-d owl awakes, ' Tis then the sable queen of night . - ; Knoreedmg day aiwuroes her throne, And with a court of stars so bright, V . r : ... Sbinetwith a glory til her own. . - -..J . . , . . ',, ; . When pale Diana's softest smile - - . . Ldgnu up ine bosom ot ine in 1857, for he could not. When nightinralea the hours Lefrafle And bats their daylizht bannts frrra', . -t Tis then the yoth with Hzht truitar " .. Ti then his sonjs toon 1 fro:n aar ' Tis then pap unt'.tjs the dog. :C - ' ;:r - " " Jfrreiaat TravtUr. r. ' " ; Spider TTeb Paper.' r ' ' -The Hon. G eorge West, of rUUston Spa , is in - possession of a curiosity in paper sent him by a friend infllong h'ong, China. It u a sheet II by 14; inches, made-' from the -web f the v-a-rcd -White Spider1 of the Flowery Kingdom. It is as light as air B(T a'.most as transparent, but is also beauti fully printed, ana contains arjout the e.u;al of twocojamns of matter; givitg ia" Enalish the story of Uow Jlidship m'an Copplertone -was presected at the court-of Pekin. Mr. West has cade the manufacture of paper his life work nnd study, but it is safe to say that he Ticver Jan a tpider web piper factory. w ' V J L 1 -