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. '-'--r'-' - - - 4 - A - ' -Iff" !.-f l-;:t;i-.I.v ' - ivVi -T- ,:. . ,' - :" , - . , " , " V - , j&i-U - r I v-.- ' r - ,tf - h - r ' . ' ' ; - 'i '"' '-' ' -. ' - " . r r m I u i 1 ' 11 .-; -: .-4 m i ' Pi ?ir. m. m :, - v:" !-'5 . 'tTT rl.- m: v - - - . . r:. . fx. H n. 1 n.'JS -; , II . 3 . . Br P. If. II AEE. r.LBLISHED X V JE R T TUK8DAV, j , . AT KAIKIOH. Jf. C. . Oaice oa FaretterUle Street, over WilHm vn 'i t'phureh and opposite Market Square. BATES OF Bt'BSCRIPTIOX : On cuy one rear, mailetl jMiatpaul, . . $ 2. 00 t'ir.-e liuDtha, " ' Xa narae; witered without payment, and no paper tent after expiration of time paid for.' " Mtrrfazeofhe Saa amf Moon ! ; ' !i - ; -'i H ' i fTbe M lowing beautiful allegory, leTiline naannilarecljp-;wa written by the late J I. A!. Kllenwood, of North Caroliaa, for our ajtr m'anv year ago. and eopiedin alniost-erery jour- riial In the i'ltion.UWghwter'.JM.., ." n you know that a wedding has hap-wd on 'high, -" And who were the parties inTited ? 'TwaitheScx and the Mfo.v !in the halln of ' I the nfcy. ; ; ' . Thejr were joined, and oucrthtinenf witnewM " , the tie ; ' . . .' No continent ej-e wan in vited. ' ' :- . -P " Tiirir courtship telioiu,. fr MeMoiii they -, ; ; met j ' ' Tete-a-tete while long eentnrie KldeI r l!nt the warmth of hi lore he could hanlly or, though disUut afar, he could mrrile ondiec ave";w1e Earth the fond couple .hidwl. " lint Why orolix the courtship? and why .;- Ho long wa postponed their cnnection ? That the brHlerrHjni wa aniioax, 'twt're vnin y. ; to deny, -v . . . ' - ince the heat f hi la-iion ervaded the . nicy; Bui the bride wa renowned for reflection..; f .. -,y j 1 - ; - ; . : ( -. ' ! Bedde 'ts4 reported their frieiyls were all! . - : vexel; .. ' - ' '. Thtf uiutju win ddent'd somehow unerual, Ami, whe,n l)id to tUe wedding, each uiadcSouie - . '. i pretett ' '. . '- To decline, 'till the. lovers," worn-out and per? .' ' iplox'd, ' ::U-;. V s j ;; - Were compell'd to elope in the sequel. - - If 1 ' -.. MAES and JuviTKR neVer suchlwisinei could .:bear, !.'" ' ;-' - I' j "". - . So they hkughtily kept themselTe? from it; .llERSCHELidwIt at uch distance he could not j j be tliere ; - ' - ' . : . ' . i$.m'B2 sent, with reluctance, his King- to the ;' tetf l ' . . -it ' ' -"li . . jiy the hand-f of a tnwtworthv" 'Comet. ' ; .. . ' , f "i : . Only one dim, pale planet of planet the least . - Condesceaded the nuptials-ti honoV ; , And that at-emed like-skulking nway to the . ". li,.-' iEasti '. ' - ' ' .Some assertjit wa, Mercvky, acting as priest, ; , Some, VESrs. a-peepi'ng shame on her I KaRTH in' silence rejoiced, as, tlic bridegroom --' and bride , ' . 5 ' . - Jn their nuptial embraces would linger, - Whilst careering through regUjns of .light at ' his side, : . , Hfio di.sDlaved thebrisht Rinji. not "a world too . , wide." . , " For a conjugal pletlge on her linger. -ffenceforth shall these orbs, to all '.husbands ..Khine as patterns of duty respected; -All her 'Splendor and glory from him she de-- ! rive, ;- j- " i And SHE show to the A oRI.u, the kindness HE gives . '. ' a i Is faithfullr prized and reflcctK fuTERAUY JlOSSIP. j MRS.! MARY. BAYARD I'liAKk, : . EDITOR.. ; TAll books recefved during the week will -be 'mentioned by name in the next succeeding is jue, and, if worthy of it, receive a longer no- . .tice after eareful reading. They may be sent ; ' either by; mail, or in packages of a dozen by express, and should always be addressed to Mrs. C - . .V. . . 1 X . 1 ! MARY liYAKU ll.AKkt, em-rn, , v .j . BOOKS RECEIVED, j . ' E. P. tH'TTOX A CX., 713 BROADWAY, X. Y; Xgents for the United States for Griffith & Far- "! i J- ran's Juvenile Publications..' " . . THE CAPTAIN'S CHILPREnI By Mrs.W ' i P. SANFORD. 4to,wIth 72 illustrations. Cloth, . fullgilt, $2. ; XIMPO'S TROUBLE. A story for boys and girls.. Bv Olive Thorxe Miiier.- Illus trated W Mary Hallock and S.4 Evtinge. 312 . - pages. : t i.v :'. I ' :" TOETRY FOR CHILDREN'..' A beautiful siuarSlfimo volume.---2W pages, 00 illustra .'v tioas. Cloth; gilt, l 50. , . " LITTLE PEEP-SnOW. Stories, Pictures, and ,Rhymfe for Little Folk. : A pictnn' on even other page- Boards, .$1 2.I.- . . 1 THE HAPPY HOLIDAYS. , ' -ADVENTURES IN AUSTRALIA. ( WRECKED. NO7 LOST. f "BUNCHY," OR THE CHILDREN OF V" ':-S.CAKS-BROO.K FARM. i. WAYS AND TRICKS OF ANIMALS. . A.FRICXN PETS OR CllATS ABfHTT Oll ANIMAL FRIENDS IN NATAL, WITH SKETCH OF KAFFIR LIFF-. j . . ' 1 i GEORGE ROITI.EDGE 4 SONS. : . . ' . A- PLEA FOR THE QUEEN'S ENO LISlI. -j -By. Hexry ALFORiyD. D-, Dan of Canter bury. 1. HARPER A BROTHERS. WHAT MR. DARWIN SAW IN HIS VOY- AOEliOUND THE WORLD INTHESHIP " '""BEAGLE." ' Illustrated. ' , ' . -AFTS:RN0ONS,, WITH THE POETS. By '; CHARLES DESIILER-. I '. 1 ' : . THE PRINCESS IDLEWAVSJ A Fairy StOr ' WfmiW .1 Iltiva I lliwrrnt.! . "rdTrfoIttCrrS'OP 1 Hr. ENGLISH NATION. A . Tl.. ...... . 1 If T . . jBy EDWAKB a. i BbMA., nan nour ae '. ries, price 25 cents, y 1 L - ; . " THE" SUNKEN ROCK. By iOKORi.E Ci p-" . PLEj Waif' Hour Series,priee 15 cents. THE FUGltTVES. By Mri, Oi tirAXT, . Kranklin Square Library, price 10 cents Tlit PARSON OF DUMFORpi. By George . MaXVTLI-E Fexx, Franklin Sqtiarer Lil)rary, .price 15cents.J '4-'- . , ; v E j. Duttoii & Co. ?end a dozen of es.- quisitely gotten up children's books, suita - tie fot Christmas presents ; binding, paper, type and illustrations are all ' of the best ; the latter are profuse and spiritedand add greatly to the charm of the readin mafiter whicbi h exeellent-.The CaptainV Child- -Ten r3- Sanrl) i-s one of the Pus sey- ip'Top Series,, and id a bookthe youn .folks cannot fail to enjoy. Captain ' - Morley a sea captain out of employment, I - tps command of a steamboat that is sent .' - nut to South America to be used . on the ' coast pi israiu, ana, naving pjenty 01 rt 0 ai , n(j few passengers, carries his whole fami ly out with him. The adventures of tl e children on the way and what : they saw; after they landed at Tlio, are told ? in a . pleasant and interesting manaer. 'I ore ." interesting still is the ptory of HNimpo's " TRQtrBLEs"- which" appeared first in the " , St. ' 2?uh6lat magajdne. . Nimpo is a real little girij no a book one, wio thinks she - ia ery badly treated because she- coull - nerxf do as she; pleased and was "wt-cr let V; go anywhere unless every little thing was "'. fust,.' Iler. mother, having to leave. hotnft foa season, concludes to let Nimpo '-' 'Kava her own way. and her .experience of . g'gweets and tfie bitters of independence J i ; are well toia Dy tne autnor, wno- was cvi I denUy once" lrselfj and has not for- ' I gotten w-hat are' the feelings of the genus. ' s fitnpovBas two brothers who Bhare her I OneMr one rrr. moiled pwitlNud, . . $ 2. 00 . I . ' ' . " i ' ' ! I . ! ' llif .-I'! "1 - ! ' f i " . J CI'T . - v. ' , - i ! , -II I 4 V : 1 i :s f 1 W'A 1 il ! A I ' VOU 1. sja.n of jindept-ndtnee, the hools.'U 'also, (.n i that will interest loy.s. The last seven ,lKyks in tlirt H.-t are .-English, and ''we shall, in the1pui.se of the moiuh, give curyoting ;readj..stijfe K,lections from them - that ) they may 'what i.Vin tr,j for the fum ing hofiJatsV " - ; ' . . . " ' - ( ' ; . . . -Sot only the children but-tire 'grown '"folks, will-W interested in Learing -'Wlia't Mr.I)arwir' Saw,"' ah', elegantly, gotten up book, full' of illustrations with 'a portrait of the great naturalist. Wc arb not told who thq 'compiler is, 'but lie evidently under stands his baincfv, and lixs given the young people a taste1 of what Ls in store for those who will read the 'unabridged ac count of the moMt iiiomentous voyage found the world since Columbus. ' Charles Ko bcrt Darwin, to whose "great name" this booSTis dedicated,, wts born in 1809; his grandfiitlier .wa: Dr.- Erasmus Darwin, a dLstingui.4hel naturalist, and his mother's father was- Josiah Vedgewood, the cele brated manufacturer of the pottery which , is known 'as .Wedge wood ware, r In' 1831, when only twenty-two years old, he. sailed with Captain P'itzroy oir an expedition ! to complete the survey .of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, commenced by Captain King in 182t; and to survey the shores of ' Chili, 1'eru and some of tlie i'aeific inds. The. observations made during tlis yoyage" were therroind work -ion which ': Darwin built Ihs future fame, and froni which came hisv ''Origin of Species" and "Descent of Mi)n". ' The cotnpiicr. divides : the present workvinto four sections ,iho first -on "An- i nulls"- was written, forty years ago, and will, "it is confidently believed, be as fresh and 4rust-worthy forty -years henee as it is now." The second, called "Man"", con tains accounts of strange peoples and cus toms, particularly of savage and barbarous life. The third, called 'Geography," con sists partly of -descriptions of cities and' partly f. .descriptions of rivers moun tains, plains and .either physical features. of. the countries, visited by Mr. Darwin ; the fourth",' styled '--Xature' contains accounts of the grander f-terrestfial. phenomena and processes, such as.-tfarthuakcs, formation of cora-l,ibssil treesrain-fall. etc. Tbisto4he general reader is the most interesting por tion of the book. At the end is an index or biographical dictionary of all the per sons of-distinction who are spoken .of in" the work, while the maps interspersed with the text 'or placed at) the end of the vol ume, contain every significant geographical name that is mentioifed A better family book to interest and ftistnfct old ami young could hot be found. I ' . '-1 Phu fot the iQuecus EtuiUxh? is the title of a little volume by Dean Alford, jf Canterbury, the Contents of wliiJh. were first delivered in-the form 01 .lectures .-; be fore 'a 'Young Men's Literary Association, then published jin Gxl If 'ortfs, and finally lected in a volume winch has gone. through two editions and . , called &rta a reply entitled f The Dean's English: ' .He tells us in thebeginning that they "are but "stray notes,' but they, contain so 'much that is interesting and instructive that -we are surprL-scd to learn jrom the author that one of his critics "thinks it absurd, that a dignitary f the clrurch should meddle with" such smalt, matters." - To-this. the Dean replies that the language of a people is no trifie, as the national mind is reflected in the national language ; if the way in which men 'express their thoughts is slip- -shod and mean the thouirht is apt to par-' take, of the same nature, so if the language of a niition is bombastic and high 'flown, ' we look in1 vain for .national simplicity and truthfulness A ery true, but is it riot the sentiment that shapes the language, not the language that forms the sentiment? He points his readers to the deteripration which the Queen's .English has undergone in the hands of the American's, their reck- i less ..exaggeration and contempt for con gruity in speech causing, in some measure, their blunted sense -of -moral obligation ' and duty to man."'' Rather far fetched wq think'; much more to the purpose is the anecdote of the discovery of tne imposture of the- Rowley poems, publshe( some years ago ih Bristol, respecting which literary controversy ran high, some maintaining that J iney were genuiue. omers xuat TneT were forgeries, till ithe d'isput'e was settled ,by the use of the word "its1 as the possessive case- of the' pronoun'-it" of the neuter render, which was never done even ts late .as the reign of Elizabeth; - " His" and ."her ".being used in place of "its," in KJng James's Rible until altered by the printers. Its," in thisrsense, is feid to-occur only -thrde times in :Shaksperd'and once in " Par adise; Lost." ' "The ; Deafr, like all scholars, is bitterly opposed to phonetic' spelling, in his first edition he spoke -of it as "paving gone mto the liuibo -of abortive sjhemes," . which gave reat offence to the supporters -of the sc-?alled spelling reform, and he re- ..ceived a letter of remonstrance, enclosing a reprint of Dean Swift's burlesiue in 'which he proves, facetiously, that the Latin and Xireek tongues were derived from the Eng lish, Andromache being Andrew Jfackay,' and the like.5 Here is a rich specimen. " Alexander the!reat was very fond of eg-: s roasted in hot ashes. As soon as his corfks heard he was coming to dinner orsupptr they called aloud to their under officers ' all eggs under the grate,' which, rej eated every day at ncion and evening, made strangers, think it was that prince's real nane, anil therefore gave him no other ; and posterity has ever siuee been under the same delu- ' sion." The omission and superfluops use of the letter II also calls forth his strongest cen- ""sure as always indicative of ignor4nceand. low breeding; among other .anecdotes, he teUs one of a student in a military achdemy " iholiaving copied a drawing of a scene in . Venice, in copying the title elt the name of the city 1 'eanice. The dVawingmaster drew his pen through the superfluous let ter, remarking, Don't you know, sir, there is but one h in Venice ?" On which the youth burst put laughing, and when asked why he laughed, replied "he was thinking how uncommonly scarce eggs must he. there .N But . hardest of all does the Dean bear down on the newspapers, the writers for which, he "says,. seem, determined, by their vitiated and pretentious style, to , destroy -the., Saxon simplicity and terseness1 of the English language. Th6 newspapers never allow us to jgo anywhere, we always pro ceed. , A" .man , going home is "an in dividual proceeding to his residence." Ve never eat. we always partake even i though we happen to eat up the wfco'e of j the thing mentioned. We never hear of ija place ; it is "always a ' locality. No one Iflives in roow, but always in " apartments" Goftd lodgings would be far too meagre, so j we have ueligi hie a'partmmts" No man hc$ feeling, he always evinces it. Every- jboly evinces everything; nothing is begun, l it is always commenced ; but even that is j not -so-bad sis u take the initiative ". "Per suasion " is another word that is constantly misused; persuasion means the fact of being;-persuaded, but in the newspapers it jmeans ;a sect of way of " belief. - And. jstra'ngely enough, it is generally used of. lithal very sect and Way' of belief whose icliaracteristie is this, that they refuse to" be Hjiersuaded. AVe constantly read of the ltebrew persuasion" or the ' Jewish per su(Ntion." I expect soon to see the term widened and a man of color described as r an individual df tlie riegro persuasion!." ti The book ends with some "excellent Jadyice to all writers, particularly to- the young beginners:- "Be simple, be un affected, be honest in your speaking and Writing. 'Elegance of language' may. not be in the power of all, but simplicity and straightforwardness are. "Write much as you would speak ; speak as you think, j. If with your inferiors speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors no finer. Be wdiat you say; arid, within , the rules of prudence, say what you are. , i A Trip on the Milky Way. . Mark Twain's Experiences. J ' ' I Ii- .f We rode horseback! 511 around the) island of Hawaii (the ' crooked road making the distance two hundred miles), anil enjoyed the journey very much. We were more than a week making the trip, because our Kanaka horses would hot go by a house or a hut without stopping -whip and spur could not alter their minds about" it, and so- we finally : found that it economized time to let them have their way. Upon inquiry! the mystery was ex plained: the natives are such thorough going gossips that they never pass a house -ithout stopping to' swap news, arid conse quently their horses Jearn to regard that sort of thing as an Jcssentiahj part of the whole duty of man, and his ! salvation not to be compassed without jt. However,' at a former crisis of my life I had once taken an iaristocratic young lady out driving, be hind a horse that had just retired froni a long and honorable career as the moving impulse of a milk wagon, and so this pres ent experience awoke d reminiscent sad ness in me in place of thef exasperation Hi ore natural to the occasion.; I remem bered how helpless I was that day, arid how humiliated; how ashamed I was of haying intimated to the girl that I had M vfays owned the horse and was accustomed to grandeur; how hard I tried to appear easy, and even, vivacious, under suffering tiat was consuming my vitals ; how placid ly and 1 maliciously . the girl smiled, and. kept on smiling, while hiy hot blushes buked themselves into a permanent blood pudding in my face ; how the horse am bled from one side of the street to the other and waited complacently before every third house two minutes and a quarter whilej I belabored his back and reviled him in my heart ; how I tried to keep him from turning comers, and failed : how I moved heaven and earth ,to get hi.n out of town, jfhd did not succeed; how he traversed the entire settlement and delivered imaginary milk at a hundred anpixty-two different domiciles, and how heEnally , brought up at a dairy depot and refused to budge further, thus rounding and completing the revealment of what the plebeian service of his life had been; hw, in eloquent silence, I walked the girl home, arid how, wheri I took leave of he'rj'her parting remark scorched my soul and appeared to blistar me all over : she said that my horse was a fine, capable animal, and I must have taken great comfort in him in my time but that if j I would take along some milk-tickets next time, and appear to deliver them at the various halting places, it might expe dite his movements a little. ! There was! a coolness between us after that. '' ' t "Here's, Tour Malel" To the Editor of The World : ; ' ' Sir There are several versions among the Confeds" as to the origin of the expression, ," Here's your Mule." The miost popular, and the writer has. reason to believe the correct one, is that while the armies of Beauregard and Johnston were encamped around Centreville following the battle of Manassas (Bull Run), in the fall of 18.61, a countryman 'came in camp one, day in search of a strayed mule. , Some of the boys taking advantage of his too evi dent " freshness T directed him to the camp of another division some half-mile distant, jthere, they said, they had seen a mule Answering to the description given. The old man confidently started -to. the point, given and had proceeded but a short dis tance when his teasers shouted to him, 'I Come back", mister; here's your mule." Obeying this call, he wheeled, with the in tention of returning, when some one of the boys in another camp who knew actually nbthing of the circumstances of the case, biit co'nrolled by that fondness the soldier has for making sport of a civilian, cried, out, "Mister, they 'uns lying to you 'uns; we !iiins hevgot you 'uns mule"- a travesty on ihe vernacular of- the troops from the mountain regions of North Carolina. As he turned in the direction of this last call he was hailed from still another command, f'No,. they haven't ; here's your 'mule." And so the whole army took it up and had the poor bewildered countryman changing tils course, as the cry would come from; quarter to quarter, "Here's your mule,r '- - Third Georgia IVaifsV j The wild pats 'of youththange into the briirs of manhood. ' i I C The doer of a secret sin supposes it is him Shey are talking about. , ! . , . '. I Precocious Boy (munching the fruit bt tie date tree)" Mamma, if 1 eat dates .enough will I grow up to be an almanac ?" it A Boston lady xloBt a pocket-book con jfaining $700, and when ari honest little hoy returned it to her s"he was so grateful ithat she." gave him a great deal of good advice and didn't charge hiriir a cent for it RALEIGH N. G.; TUESDAY, DECE3IBER The Amerkans aid the Italics Guide. :.--i.frs Mark Twain's Adventure m (T-oa.T . ITh4 guides in Genoa delight ed to secure an'j American pairttebecause Americans so much ' wonder, an5 deal so much in sentiment j and motion fefore any relic 01 Uolnmbns. Our guide &here fijd geted about as if he had swallow a spring mattrass. i Ha waa full of aniniop full of impatience. ; H said "Come wis me. arenteelmen !-me ! "I show you ae letter writing by Christopher Colombo I write it lumselt!rjrfe wis ms own nana j come ' He took us ' to the municiftl1 palace. After much impressive fumblinjjjjjof keys and opening of locks, the sUinefjtjid aged document; was : spread before lis. The guide's e'yes sparkled. ; ! lie Mdanceiboat us and tapped the parchment with Bp finger : w hat i 1 tell you, genteeimf. xs it not so? See: handwriting CSlsfopher Colombo! write it himself !" 51 We looked indifferent unctjScerned. The doctor xammef the. docutant' very deliberately, during a painful pause. Anen he said, without any show of intt4st : "Ah Ferguson what wha'did you say was the name jof the party Mt6 wrote this?" j .-".- . j . i ', ; Vgi--,;;.V "Christopher Colombo! ze grat Chris topher Colombo 1") inl Another deliberate examinatic . j "Ah did he write it himsjel or or how?Y t : j - K j . -: j :''';.;V.:y; "He Vnfite it hiniself 1-rMhrilpmer Co lombo ! he's own j lrandwriting,rite by himself!';! ;. Then the doctor laid the docunitdown and said : : i ' ' ' ;.i . ; ;' ; -;: "Why, I haye?seen: boys mi America only fourteen years old -that coa write better than that.") ;' ''But tla is ze great Christo-r7' "I don t care who it is ! . It sl-fte worst writing I; ever saw. Now yoigmusnt think you.1 can impose on us bec'se . we are strangers. We. are not 1'ooli a good deal. If 'you have got any spectlriena of penmanship of real merit,' trot tOni out ! and if you haven' t, -drive on !' la?:. W e drove on. erably shaken up, The j guide waeonsid- but he made - yihe more venture. I He. had something: "Ouch -he thought, would overcome us. id " Ah, ' genteelmen, you come 5is me ! I show you beautiful, O, magnifiplrit bust Christopher; Colombo ! splendidJgrand, magnificent !" '' ' "--'-J - - Me brought us peloretne oeaupjyu oust- for it teas beautiful and spr back ana struck an attitude : i ,: n "Ah, look, genteelmen ! Bautiful, grand, -bust Christopher Colombo !- beautiful bust, beautiful pedestal l zE he doctor ' putt up his eye-gis t pro cured for Such occasions : . "Ah what did you say this geeman's naine was?"' .''., ii ' ': : -. flife1; ': '."t "Christopher Colombo "J-ze grif Chris tiwW f!o1ombo!"i l . 1? 1i "Christopher Colombo the gr?, Chris topher Colombo ! i i Well what die do?'! ' ."Discover America ! ndiscoyefcAnieri-: ca! Oh, ze devil!"- ' I; fr , "Discover- America. No tllt; state-1 ment will hardly wash. We are iBt from America ourselves! We heard frothing - about it. ( Christopher Colombo-Pleasant name is-1 is he dead?- . . "Oh, corpo di Baccho hregiiindred year I i 1 1 -" :' !ii''4 ' - ' -: "What did he die of?" ', fMz) "I do not know j I can riot iefe' ' :' "Small-jpox, ; think ? jq' '-- V ; g;4-' - "I do not know, genteeimeng I not know what he die of!" . - 'Measles, likely'?", i - m do "Mav be mav be I do not T4low I think he die of somethings." 'Parents living ?" " : -' "Tm-nosseeble!"- - - - ''ii 3 "Ah which is the bust ancl 'vjiich is' .J ,! 9" ' -! :!' - 'M .: "Santa j Maria l--zis ze UUSb f jZIS ze" pedestal !". ' "Ah. I see, I seer happy . corMrtnation verv hapov combination, indeed.; Is is this the first time this gentjeSian was ever on" a hust?' .;J .;;: :. ' !Mf -:'.' That ioke wae lost on the forSgrier- guides cannot master the subtlety of "the Americanjoke. 1 '. !. . - ' We have made! it interesting forahis Ro man sruide. Yesterday we spent thr&or four hours in the Vatican , again, that Underfill world of curiosities. We came ffty. near CAUieCKUlllI luiwoot. interest sometimes- mirationit was very bard to k it. We succeeded though. : No ' j-j'i- -iV-irr-i: . .'.'. ever uiu, in me aiieau uiueuttjj guide was! bewildered rnon-plussd walked his legs off,j nearly, huntirup ex traordinary thingjs, and xbauste all his ingenuity pn us, but it was a failure; we never showed any interest inything. He had reserved what he conside to be his greatest wonder till the -lasti royal Egyptian Tuummy, the best presf-tyed in the world, perhaps. He took there. He felt so sure, this time, ihatsic bf his pld enthusiasm cme back.to Wm&tf "See, genteelnjen! Mummy! Mjniniy !" The eye-glass pme up as calmj as de liberately as eyeri. ; j. - S ; ' " "Ah, -Ferguson-T-what did:.fiundert stand you to say tee name was r ; "iame r he got no name ; 1 pnmniy ! ijryptiau muuiuiy 1 . ; . (fFSj 1 "Yes,"yies.. Born here ?" 'jRi . "No ! Gvptian mummy f ' "Ah, just so. j Frenchman, Iprjsume?" "No ! not Frenchman, hot Rnari.! born in Egypta f'l -;- ' !'f "'Rom in Egypta ! - Never hard of Egypta before. J Foreign locijtylikely. '-- M ummy- muminy ! How calnj he Is how self-possessed. Is, ah is he oead?". "Oh, sacre: bbm, been dead tTifti thou-: san' years !" "; j . ' f : s ,- 4- : ";. The doctor turned on him savapMy i V "Here, inow, what do you mea'rOJy such conduct ai this $ Playing us jfpS'jjPhMB-? men because wi are strangers ing i trying to learn ! Tryitig to impose youile see-ond-hand carcasses ' 00 us thMjer nd lightning, I've .a notion Jto-to- you've got a nicereAj corpse, fetch hiri put ! or by Geoie we'll braia youi" g ;! . V e maxe n exceeoingiy -inin this t renchman; jiowevcr, ne ntj back, partly, without knowing it. to the hotel this -morning to ;a$; were up. and h endeavored as ;jfl m r fyen aa (fp from ydy else tie paiatts IHeeae if Ve Is he coukl to describe ,'ns. w that the landlord "would know which persons, he meant.! He finished witbj j the casual remark that we. were lunatics. The observation was o innocent and( k honest that it amounted to -a. Tery pood lnr. a f-l"c to WV.1 1 .1 News AjTD Not News: Brooklyn public debt is $2.0Ml.fKM), and its tax cbllections far in arrears. 1 s 'I The children of General Hood s re to I e taken good care of; $15.( have already been collected for them. ; j : New York! tad a $200,000 fire on Tues day last. The Eighth Avenue car tables were burned, and with them oiie hundred horses. ' 'j'.'V-. ' . f ' ! 'j'. Father Ryan's Poems, more than , one hundred in number and making a book of 160 pages; will be issued early in Decem ber by the Mobile- Register, and will com mand 'a la'is! sale. ' ,-; j 1-.-''.;;r. . According to the Richmond, Dispatch: the total-vote in Virginia at. the last; elect"..' tion was 14S,317, of - which" the Debt-pay erscast 71,261 and the Keadjusters ISA - 985, giving Ihe latter a majority on the popular vote jof 2,724. ; ; j - "During the last jthree years three thou- sand one hundred aid seventeen illicit dis4 tilleries; havf been seized. In order to provide an simple force to suppress illicitt distilling. General Raum lecommends an appropriationi'of $100,060 as a deficie.ncyf to be used during the present fiscal year. Jay Gould's ; check for $3,80d000. nuiui waa gjveu iu ouimouore viarnmu V:i ' on the purchase of the securities 01 the) Missouri I'aeific Railroad, a few days ago is said .to be ithe largest check ever drawn) by any private individual in this country. Trustworthy information received by-this New York 7Yies, via Cincinnati, from Mississippi states that the colored j exodus is at an end for the present. Almost every black man qb the west side, or the river, who staid at j home, has cotton enough to pay all his debts and have a good! sum ofi money left, jr" -''' The mother of the Empress Eugenie, who died at Madrid .last week, was thej - .. ? ; 1 ' . a a hiT 1- 1 daughter 01 fa ocotcnmanT named- iirk patriek, who nce lived in Fayetteville, C.) and was aifterwards British Consul at Malaga. The daughter married a Spanish Grandee, and the granddaughter became Empress of the J? rench. , 1 Gen. James Harding, railroad commis sioner of Missouri, is doing his work in a novel manner. He is now on a 200;mil(i walk over the railroads of. northern Mis .soHri, inspecting the condition of the road beds,, rails, ties and bridges. The work, he claims, caret be properly done in a palace car or from a. car platform. ;,' ..; j r 'The crops in the United States for 1879 are as follows i Corn, 1 ,500,1 5 1 ,570 bush els; cotton, 4,926.285' bales; barley, 40,- 184,000 bushels; buckwheat, 13,438.000 bushels; oats 365,000,000 bushels; pota toes, 181,362340 bushels; rye, 20,646,000 bushels ; tobacco, 384,059.650 pounds ;' wheat, 448,750,000 bushels. : I j i President Hayes has completed his ines sige .and senti it to the 1'ublic Printer to be put in type. "It will not recommend any financial legislation. In . view of the approaching session of Congrefjs,1 there is talk about thej fevehues, and it said that many members of CongressLfavOT a restor ration 01 tne tax on tea ana conee. ? A French statist has come to the cohelu- if sion, alter a very aaponous examination 01 the number if deaths from railway acci dents in all parts of the worid, that if a person "Were to live continually in a railway carriage and spend all his time in traveling, tne cnances in iavor 01 ni aying irom: rail way accidents -would not occur until he was' 960 years old i ; The report of the Comptroller of . the Currency shows . that there are z,ooi na- tional banks in operation, with a capital of -too,za,iix ana a surj)iu8 01 ?ih,vwi, 0D0. The' average capital of ill other braking concerns is less than half that of the national banks.; The aggregate capital ' and deposits of all banks have diminished since' 1876. iThe annual interest oh the I national debt! is npw $83,773,778, j The total banking capital . of the country is $656,485,899!; totalndeposits, $ 1 ,9.$ J26,- 471." " - S:-- .''. ' '" ' ' . '-' During theyear ended June, 30,1879, $113,449,621 of internal revenue .taxes were collected and paid into the treasury. The receipts for ' distilled spirits for the year 1879, as compared with 1878, shows an increase cjf $2,149,468 ; aa compared with. 1 878 the increased production of spirits during the fiscal year 1879 was 15,789,568 gallons. The increase Of pro-. duct ion of manufactured tobacco during the last fiscal year was 12,026,821 pounds of the number of cigars and cigarettes. 194,177,719.; This is what the Yankees like" and makes the Tribune sell : "A respectable' colored man," it says, " went to Kansas at the beginning 01 the exodus, worked xlili-. gently, saved nioney enough to buy a little plot, buut a hut, went back to Mississippi for his wife hd family; and was seized, dragged froni the house, and "both his hands were cut-off! ' He was then . told, with tearful oaths, to ' go to Kansas now and work for your family and make a for- J 1 tune! The poor , maimed man lias re- - turned with his wife, and little ones. 5 An other instance is even more heartrending. A young mani who, after working hard in i Kansas' for some months, laid by $100, went back to marry and fetch his bride. The very night after his marriage he was " dragged from! the house, both hands and arms were cut off above the elbows, and he war-left to bleed to death." ; 1 ; NqT a Spark of Romance i.v Hiv A young, lady I who had been married a lit tle over a year wrote to her matter-of-fact old father, Baying, "We hstxe the dearest little cottage in the world, ornamented with the most charming little creepers you ever saw.". The, old man read the letter and exclaimed, Twins, by thunder !" KeoTcnk Constitution, j , . - ' Tie - truest help; we can render to an aiuictea man is, not w imc 1110 uuimo him, but to call out his best strength, that he may be able to bear the burden. ! 2, 1870. ': y Hfre sad Thfrr la Nrth Carol! si f i ,TS rR? l.rrf ER l5T ' r . ;v y. THE r.MtfiR. j Ricu .Sgi ARE Fair Nutes:--i Herthrd Coi xtv, Nov. lji 1K71 The lair at Rich Square wan i complete t and decided success this year. It is aluMxtt I exclusively a Northampton txunty fair, f ; Inaccessible to any railroad, and remote ' from any navigable stream, it is dependent ' upon the restricted limits of one county. Welli and nobly did the fair ladies and thrifty farmers respond to the eamet! calls of the managers. The agricultural exhibits were not only creditable, but the best your eorrwpondent ever saw; while Floral Hall was literally ablaze with every variety of article which could be made by fair hands. The glass jars of tanned fruit were bi-isuti-ful and tempting to behold ; and by-tte-by, this branch of industry has assumed co lossal proportions in this section. Thff live stock was unusually fine, and sold readily, commanding fancy prices. , The samples of wheat,oats and corn would Ihave done credit to -Ian Ohio Air, Willis Knight exhibited his cluster cotton, which j has achieved so much deserved notice for its lint and yield. Augustus McDaniel will . achieve success in his enterprise, if the 1 specimen of tanned, hides rere fair ones of his usual skill. -His calf skins had all the suppleness and polish of French! ones. ! The fair was strictly an agricultural fai no gambling, drinking or horsc:racirag to assist. The Grange manipulates it, and H. C Edwards, the manager, Is a Uranger of the right stripe. V arnky. The Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal. Friru jtbe ElizalK'th City Ecoaoinist.J From the twenty-fiturth annual report of the condition of this canal, September, 30, 1879, we gather the following1 facts. and statistics: ;..'; ' ' ' ,' ;';; ' The principal articles ' that go through tlio canal froni North Carolina, are cotton, timber, sawel lumber and shingles. Ih the year 1865 there went through the eitnal from- North -Carolina 2,710 bales cofton, 116,070 feet lumber, 1,912,00( hingles. tn the year 1879 there passed through, 8 1,791 -bales cotton, 39.624.269 feet lum ber. '39,585,751 shingles. ' , V ' nv i,, 1 sjiri j wiv, Jisijini j y amounting to $40(,000 on the Jst of July, 1578. wor-! retired oh'., the lstj of June, 1579. by th j issue of new seven per cjent. bonds. '.The bonds were of $1,000 each and se'-ured '.by mortgage of canal land Wher prxtperty of the company.' ' I From the rp.rt of the frcasurer, B. F. Tebault, we . cy.jiy, some items of receipts and expenditure;- i Tolls from September 30th. 1878. to September 30t;h, 1879; amounted to $74,' (i7.74. Rec;ived from sheriff; of Currituck 6unty IH,314.04. There was paid out for removing shoals, dredging, Ac , $13,958.34. Currituck county tax ior 10 i,ouo. j law sees, State and county taxes, recording deeds and-fees, expenses in New York knd Wash ington (jSty $6,311.76. Salaries $8,866X5. During the year ending September 30th," ' 1879, ,there passed throggh the canal from North Carolina; 81,791 bales of cotton; 10,404 barrels of fish 25,578 barrels of naval," stores 1,852 casks of spirits tur pentine; 308 bushels of flax seexl; 304,410 pounds of iron ; 109,790 pounds of rags ; . 172.5(5.1' dozen of eggs; 102,9l0 pounds off bacon ; 54,080 last blocks ; , 2,265 .'cords of wood ; 267,410 bushels of corn ; 30,5 10 bushels of peas anil beans 127,- ;. i t b railroad ties; 02,712 busheps of pota t eg; 2,466 cords of juniper logs; 12.67S 678 bushels , wheat; 494,551 watermelons; 39,624,269 feet of lumber; 319,585,751 shingles;. 827,664 staves; 1,8(7 pasHen- g-" '. . "J ' - ' : ' : During the year, 1,405 steanicrs, ,798 schooners, v 283 slooi)s, 1 64 barges, s 274. "liihters. 198 boats, and 186 rafts have-t pasjsed through the canal from NorthjCaro lina.. "- '" - . ; ": brji A review of this report shpwa a constantly increasing trade in the Albemarle and Chcs ; apeakc Canal Chnxches In North Caro Ina. , " From the Oxford Toreiilixht. . , Win n the Baptist State Conventions was framed in 1830 the Baptists throughout the. whole State numbered but 14 asscia fions,272 churehes; and 15,36(1 members. Their statistics, as reported last year,! foot up furwhite and colored 68 associations and parts of. associations, 1,871 churches,' 968 advanced ministers, and 160,121 nicm bersor about-one communican i to every seven inhabitants of the State. The Tree Will Baptists (not included ih the above) r .ported 97 churches ' and 5,797 members and the Primitive or Atiti-missio nary Bap tists (not includel alove) - churches r ". members. The Disciples rcporl thlsilyear 96 churches and 5,970 members ; the I'r'es byterians (last year) . 217 char thes, ;i' 114 ordained, ministers, and 1 7,046 members ; the Kpiseopalians 66 ministers, 5,544 mem bers; Methodist Epi8cpal Church South (last year) North Carolina Conference,' ? 62,301 members' and local preacliicrs; Meth odist Episcopal Church South in Hulston and Virginli Conference, estimatte 10,000 members and local' preachers, i We have not been able to obtain the official returns of the Protestant Methodists, Zion Metho dists (colored) Okellyites, 'Lutherans', Ger- man lleformcd,'Ca'tholics and other religious denominations of the state. : Waifs-: .. -" -; Thl". -from Peck's Milwaukee Sim, is very cok1 advice : fA man has just died in the Portsmouth (N. II.) Poorhouse ' who is 118 years old and who had i been an inmate of the poorhouse for seventy- Mr years, i oung man, if you want to live to a good, old age quit your and go to the poorhouse." carousing; l;., . ; A rancher in the Sacramento Valley has submitted thefollowing problem ; to his brother herdsmen : Vln 1804 I own ed a' heifer which,! when three ( 1 8671, had a female calf. The yeareold same cow has also had a f male calf every year, f. t V the pasii twelve years. Each tf kt calves liegan to breed when three years ; old, all I tearing fc-uiaL' calves every year thereafter. .the sain-r rule has attached to all theJiera. None have dijd, been sold or stolen. I stopped counting some time ago. Please tejl me how many cattle 1 have NO. 0. I AKM AM) (JARPEN NOTES'. ; Tin: LAST' VoSTII F Til E EAR. Itcflre rwing the (hn-ln.M f an t ln-r yearj 3 i- well to AM luulward and re view the pa.t ThJ triuifure li'Ui of doni U 611,1 with the fruit of eiprrimrtv canfully culled and! garm-ml. and arrmmm-, laird knowlflgc1 i tle vl-iry vf human ind. : . .:( ' ) ."- ;. - During tliy. eleven nioiith jut p;sHl, . hate has had ''.full dominion over the far- ' mer. She has nhfre4 every pieturr and" j gilded every pnmpeft. Againt nuriM-roiui failures, hlui held up a ', bright picture of succt'ss' for the futim'.iand .inspired .coiifi-1 , dence in the fttee of tieuietiloui imMs. But : fhi can no longer deceive fact, vcr ctut- -born facts? rise tip 4nl will not down at the : farmer's bidding, j J ' , In too many caxe. half-filial barns and cribs, and empty smoke housed ntaK him' ) in the face. Hi tvh ahusid fields ro- 1 pniacnmiiy say: thcuu rt a lianl man. nan- 1 ing where thou hast t n.k sown (manure) i.ftylalH.randmony, lie incrrhaut elamom : . here arc the fruits but no profits. ". Tlie Kiy me what thou iwit and when the acon and com nd irtlier things nesli-.l to make the. crop, are paid fr, thousands of farmers find themselves with' empty pock ets, and all their lbw gone for nought. We hojie, however, that just in proportion as their jxHlets aire empty, their" heaU maybe filled with ihcreasit! knowledge and greater wisdom,, thai.,t icy will tu1y dit paMsionately'the causes of failure and care fully avoiJ self-di'ccjjtion. It in liard to say " I did wrong," huit very manly. lVr haps it is harder still to change fnr'n course we own the; wrong, ami still the wrong pursue. , ButVithi Is the day and tjhls tihe hour to strike for 1'miloiu and for power" now, befo'rothe illuMoim of ho touching another ytff's os rations have securely and fatally Ix-guilcd us. Tlu re, is no reason whatever, why with the sanie land and the same Management, we hould do any better in the future than in the past ltw simple lolly to supiMise that all t he bad seasons ato in the ast, and tioiie hut g(MKl are to come InircntVer. Nothing Thit .intelligent skill caji k-h.-jnge a'.r barren lield into a rich pnxlluejlivo one, and mirh i-kill comes ''.neither by i-hanee nor as a inir aeulous ''gift. It is thej pniduot of jiatienf thought and careful and discriminating aj propriation of the kiiOwliNfge and exjs'r ien( (f others. . Thi's? it our nim and constant effort to hiy j U-fore our renders, and we earnestly call upon all to contribute their mite to the common treasury X If we hive fatted; in! the oNratiAn' f .the year about Ut th 4 why the fuilure? Press the fp-iestion home, and forv the true answer, unwilling trtoijgh it come, In it due to a faulty rotation .1.... ... .1 i .1. , ...! I long pursued, or to injuuu-lous Helettioii iijijsirtionnieiit 01 from "a false farm crops? .Has it ariscrf economy, giving money k-rops too great pre pon0eranoc over t.Nnlj icrojm, or. crop re quiring a large amount of labor over those requiring little cultivation? t. Dmh' it not often happen that thej tyrti we lalnir so hard to exterminate) woiilil ' pay much larger profits, than jth croj cxiensivcly substituted ih its place? WuM not very much of the poor land now cultivated with little or no pmfit, yield handsome gains if devoted to sttK-k raising! or dairy purNi ? How much of the land; in the vicinity of towns and cities, and klong the railroads leading thereto, could bo profitably diverted to truck farming, fruit raising,. &c? -A re there any insurmountable olwtaela 5n the matter of climate, whieh' prevent Southern farmers from supplying! the'' Southern de mand for cabbages, onions, Irish potatoes ind apples? Wby'shou.ld can tie. 1 vegeta bles and fruiU be unppli.sl almost wholly by the North? IalMirand land are dearer thenvthan here. We ask these questions ir let each one answer sfbr himself in the light,, of his own circumstance" and nur-j rouudings. We have no doubt whatever that the changes thcyj suggest might be . very rofitably made on thousands; and thousands of Southern farms. The i-n-- creased accumulation ofjipopulation in town and villagea since tho war has largely en hanced the demand for eatables of every kind. Poultry, eggs, j ioneyt butter, &c, might be made article of .extensive indus tries. The brooding of fine stK-kJ for im proving common flocks lof sheep anl own, -might also be very profitably extended. The demand for these ka great and increas ing constantly, and would increase' still more, if it could be supplied with accli mated animals. M'any ' arc deterred from purchasing, from tlw llair of lof by im porting animals from the North; On this point we make the following suggestions in passing. Where aSnithern raised bull cannot lie had, buy an animal old enough' for service bring him but in October, and use him as extensively a possible at once. ' Seven or eight months of god ervii can thas be had; Does any one know w hether an animal, thus imported, can be returned northward, say in May, witllout Raftering from climatic changes ? ;' But, ahould a bull die after aeven .or eight months aervice, the loss, if divided out among the farmers of a neighborhood, would be small and they would really . lose nothing, for his service would be worth $5.00 a oow, ami each one might secure it on two pr more cows. If he should, not die, jh could, after being useJ a year or two, be oll very readily for as much as his original cost. We write from actual expcrienccon this point. Touching current farm work, little need be raidAxoept to urge the full completion of the year's operations, gathering and housing all cropSjUeaving nothing to em barrass ithe work of the next year. Be ready to welcome it with all debts an 1 ob- j ligations discharged haDd.1 and merchants paid off, the reasonable warilta of the family supplied, and, on the' night of the 31 nt, lie down with the sweet .assurance that you owe no inan anything, save love.. , " . FERTILIZER FOR 'AN OLD FIELD, j " Would Nitrate of Soda, Acid Phos phates (Stono)and German Potash" salts, containing CO to 75 per! cent, of Muriate of Potash, make a good aiid Qomplcte fer tilizer for an old field?.; If so, in what pro portions wouhl yon mix them. , I am cul tivating! an old field -sandy pebbly jiotl,, with a yellow clay subsoil has been, crop-? ped and: pastured for many years, and I want to! make it rich. Do you think above named irurredients would do? I in-.-:! ' .- Vi ' t '- AlTrrtiarmrnt mill he t- itfl t l pf piarr (one Im-hl for th Bit n. f rrfl ft H lhMMll IHlMiral'lvW, ' 1 j H ' tatrart fw a.lrrlitit 1. n .) , im mar MtatW at Ike ,.( ') 11 A l l! V K I. V 'a.TMWrll tHrrt, rr Will.tm.m, a ( p. rhafrh, twite Markrt imrr, " l,l.fi.l cwrlrf?' IlaiMinr, lUUiKh, N. V. ; ! ten. I to in tra evert r. A few Vu;4tioii t'niw vou would thaukfulby niu-iL Would tlr pAli iat rl tv uh ih.-kiiioiiii'u in I he nitrate f LV ' T Th VaUtVl " : '.jj ' 1 , 1 r Mirt.in.-e-i n.iliiiM tnV In" Hilled a i ' a4 t 1 hiv In" willoUt hm or, tletrinieiit and would inal,!1 a Vi rv .ompk-t inatiun. jl h pro portions in. t U- lnixed hxild ty itlj tho irop to hi h lo .ln-l If .usl to promote growth of js a, n-tuit Ni tratj ShU, and mix thnV of phwphai with 011 .f potash m!i. On yrry laud: U w aJvinabL' lo mate 'hat iJowly, and punt apply ! iiiu. h of hi-mital f rtd- 1 iaersj at oih Uke a uir rt-. applies tionjuay 150 l.. 2mi 1m. ts-r acre,' of above miitnrc; arl as the land (midum ttKrr atxl more filled with vivtul'l'' matter ihrnuch the jncri-ascd growth of js an; the, amount I of fertihier may Ih inereatsl. ,Vo.il r. ' (Vt I , . I ; l Tlie following iwipt are fion on of. . 1. . ll . I I . . V . I. . t' uir itm 1101m Mejer in .onn i anmr "J " latter judgt. of tlui. P .d in .-nt W"J"." . ... ;..' : ' ' . iiivhir i i r r ur - . j j, Tlirin- i-uj of (lour; one np"of Migar; oilCAUpof luolMMeo, olu-li:ilt' elip .' loll t-r ; 1 ne-half up of hiifl. rinilk ; thns" r-gkT-, one t WJmHiI'hI of ua.tlit. oi t.dli-xl. ful o' cinm-r. ' ij. I j. ' 1 "" '' MRS. H I tHH r,Krt Sit, mi of flour j I'.iir tnllelsiohluls of lard; ten egg; one rittrtof 'in.lur j. and SpliV tO suit UK- trtte. in si sr.ss .N-vs jTrw: . It is said, ''and .itwiilrfless tl ulv tlutl .IH.'O a little I -wt thiol fifty years ign.iidy , one v t..r, Itiseti nt New lorl, .lohn .J-ol Js-' Was ui.rilt more than I,imsimm. MilliJiii.iiresvro Verv plenty lhe 1An. 1 Isi n 'ass. Mod that tliere ar1 at i ri . W'flt n the ,Metni.is fully five linndred men whot.. pros rly.is i im.it.vl si H.imWI,. 0O0 nd upward. , , j ' ! ' I' '! more salt butter, -iho lml. n . ('. The Athbury I irv ('oiiiinnv J Tiim liuve d.iwd a new treatment for tins in . ..... ',.:..'"" . difjK lisulile artiele which, it in uflirtiUsIL com 1 tely presivc it .willioiit miy wiltc inn Y,' liatevW. In proof of thia iniKrtni asm-ii ion the 77mm 4 say that butter treads! " by tl hew t.r-ess was iilaeisl in a farViu t 011 the 21th of July, and on the2llh of OetolM-r it Was KW.s t iiud (Vetfl as when Iht ' it liut in. first tli It in rstimntisl that tin value of. the land and tiher pres"rty uwI for thrf rultivation of cton' alone in the Vnitisl StaU is nearly J 1 nsj hundnsl and tiim ty luillioiia of ilolilars, and thoi value of the -r.p of five niilliiiisTif bales, at eleven c uts r Isjund . of raw cotton, 'at -two huhdrisl and twenty roiUlollM or WolUrs, Uut, alr kll r(Mnrst -are piiid, there niuniim to the t red it f thi caiiiuA invested only eighteen, inillioiis of doUarli, or a-litll! over four ta- i-iiit.', I lib Jjon.i nhn dimes MJ s that r.llglaml 1 pay this year, mn a IViiit H' her will liive to rurrejit ahort harvest, eighty millions of dollar more than her usual average for, foreigpi corn, even -houId the priee rul at a ILniren hieh is Is low the preM-nt t;al. euliili hi oftlie Is-st iiiforiuisl ! statist ii iaiis. In Purine the grain crop ia tia bad aa lit England, and, w but ii more, the grajsi bar vest i' at least a fourth deficient in quality and i iniUity. I, he loss 1 Isrfh countries by tlii-se untowanl def tions is esliiMal.M as In'ing equal to hix inoiitha.of their re rw.fi re revenue; ' ' ii ! v ; i The Week's Walla. VI en the devil jmt a tak,busiiiea ayln ujiwaf li, on a chair and wm'Usl fotsonn!' one 'to hit, down, he gravely rall.sl it "a harbir ger ftf ajiring. j' "' . Se-hc, BmiMlway, just out f Wall atrrs l --"Bfll, you weren't dow n to-tlay.'I "No mother's 'dead. How's Krii? ' ''rortyj eight; three; when will nhi be bunisl?.''' "Safuiday attwo. (Jet me 200 at a fiunrt ter.". . ' - .j",". 1 j J'.- " Vi iu iiiado a fal of fun" said in. irri tated man to h'm wife, "and that's the way you g t me to marry ywu." I "My hvr, f Kwcctlr riKpond.sl the wife, "yoq do yotirj self an injustice. Call you rwc I f fol If you please, but niw'mWrjlhat yon are in 1, ruMpeelM a IH-If made tian. " :. i , j Did oti ever notMs- that theroeia wme. thing -eally iiTiiHienl in the pitiful wis j.ing -of your own baby blesn it ! and something, every thin; j fietylishly disinrj dant in the tpialling'4.f your tieighlair'il bow ling young' t.no? " I low- is it, anyhow; that it! always is that way ? 1 j Matthant in hi "Hi-trot luls aid Urii dds""augget Ihe following -sl! of aig- nals f r girls : "A ring rTtrjhc first finger t den te" piverty and willingmM to get! , innrrieil ; on the second fingrr,. money and , a disposition to listen, though nothing 14 ; promiMsl; on the third finger, 'Already ) cngag(d,'and you nc.slii t trouble your self ;' on-tlu; littK-finger, .Mils rating. J ; At I. Hiunli player meeting uot far frm litiir , a man whose tr-lit was not the lfwf, and who-was nomewhijjt notsl for li failure to meet hU obligationa, afowe U spyik. Tie subject for the evening wan, 'Vhal shall I do to bo save.!?'' Com mencirg with nvasurcd toVms he quote.! the passage,", What ah.ill I do to be saved ?'" He tiaiwil, ami again more emi hatieally asked the question, M What shall I do to . besavcl?'' Again, with im reaw.-d aohm nity ard impressivenesa of lnannor, ho ro-' , peated the momentoiia inquiry, when A voice fro.m the mcm)iTy, in clear and dis tinct ti'ne anawere.1, (Jo a ml juty John, . Williams fvi' that yoke of or en yon ttongit ofhinU ' . .'"I','' V The lateDr. It . wa imQ who could -seldom resist telling a go. id story, even t says tho Truth, when it turned Uie laugh against himself. On one occasion a man- ' servant whom he had recently engaged sa Vmirhal him by appearing to wait at break -fas', with a swollen face and a pair of ha-. niwfakibly black -yes. " Why, John," ' said hr ,"you set-in to have Incn fighting!"! "Yes, master, . I hire,' was tho rcplf. 1 And -r ho may your opponent have bcenf'r ' Why , sir, Dr4 M s man "-naming a riva Kaculupiua. "And what did :you fall oui about, pray ?f 44 Why ("sir, he said as yoii; wasn't fit to clean hin master 'a shoc.' "And what dil yoa ssy f "Well, eir, I said m you was!" . '-, i i if Sri ' . " 1h i f i- ' 1 4 ..-