North Carolina Newspapers

7 19 . E. E. EILLIARD, Editor and Proprietor. WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. VOIA'MK IV. SCOTLAND NECK. X. (. THURSDAY. MARCH i. 1 m miu:i; n. ITeme Is Home. Tho nowflakes press up : P--"' Where one: was rn-ar-l th" p-.tt-rin;: raln' .Wl nil the twigs r.-rl .f h" 1 in white, I.Ike t-d"3 r,f Natuif for the mht. T'.ut Ml,.-.' 'mw If'r winter storms, An 1 fr.--y .-.Id in counties forms? 1 f !.-.(;,. h h'.rii", no matter wh-re, If j..v.- a:i.i !).;. an' center"! th'-re. :'!:.- .-hid; tt'i.. r- f. Id,-- . I m: n ! N.' ! i..- -.v n. ;;!;.;" w inds of winter ofo'-v a:, Id aisy us-1 t" sirs. , fu-h of s-.uj-.--t dies, i,i h.-r c-rtv- riJ 1 "'. n 1 . r 1 1 r : : ; i V M - . ! dari ol In !. ., -.,-., th I ; -a in . nr... Hl"W nai.es, mil, v, .-,,er fill: n i-n-il- will sin;;, i m-oing, spring. ( .1 1 1 .ur-.-kfx-ping. SISTER. I '. ) K r ; I -ST fiRAVES. "T i .-i't know ho-.v it is,'' groaned X .'. il i:i-.'tM, "but in our family .'i.: :. - always happen cross-grained." Whit's the lint t or iuhv'' said 1 "rjia, th-; eldest sister, who, with a u ,i rin of checked domestic ging ...ii t i - - 1 around her waist, and her 'ixii: i.it-.t fl ix-ui lriir confined in a red :i !i . 1 t ti ii a. pocket-handkerc-hi-'f, was nuking tomat es for ketchup. " Why, hero have t lie Morefiolds come to spml tli." day, ami mamma lias i i-t taken to her sofa with an attack of neuralgia, and there's nobody on eaith "o go to the trai-i to m ct the city board er. You couldn't go, George, I sup .(W( "--- with a faint gleam of hope. Georgia glanced up at the clock, and -hoi k her head. "Couldn't p is-dl.iy," si.id sh 4 'There isn't time to get rem ly. Why don't you .end Vi-U-ri ' "IVfer, indeed! lie's cleaning the cistern out. Su'-h a figure :is ho is!" " l h n I'm sure," obet ved Georgia, 4 Id.. n't see- what you are going to do.'' ''Couldn't I go, Kate?' pleaded a small, sweet voie And the second Mi-s B'essiugton be came conscious of some one pulling .:ent!v at her sleeve. She turned -han-b aroiKu A tall, rosv eirl stood tin re a girl ju-t arrived at the age wh.-re "brook and river meet," hah' chill, halfwom.m, but inli.dtely pretty in both her personalities. Sunburned, daik eyed, clad in tin outgrown calico frock, and with hr hair braided into one long. goM-oleanimg queue behind, she stoo 1 there, with an imp oring face. "A od idea'.'' sai I Georgia, tasting of the bubbling irlet mass in the ket tle, and ;.dli::g a trill.- more red pepper. "L-t Chrissy go!" "But Chrissy can't drive." "Oh. yes, I ran!" urged Christine, the youngest and lea-t present able of all the U'e'.singtons. "I drove old Jenks up Ii'.'iii th" farm yesterday with a load of pumpkins. I've o!ten driven him when you .iidu'i know it, G-rge." ";!. you horrid tom-boy!" said G-orgia. half -1 lUghing. But Kate gave litttle Chrissy a sound box on the ear. Her black eyes flashed w rath fully. "Chri-tiuc, " paid she, "I'm ashamed of you! Y uf r? a disgrace to the family. Ior,'t l.r.wi now!" (as Chrissy rubbing her empurple- i ear, broke into an indig nant w.iil). "The More-fields will hear you. Go quickget on your hat; and miu 1 you don't show yourself at the tea table. Your new frock isn't finished, and your old one isn't half decent; a id besides, you'll be needed in the kitchen to wash dishes. "' The tears dried on Chrissy's eyelashes at the prospect of driving old Jenks to the depot all by herself. She made haste to pull a white worsted polo cap over her rebellious hair, and to scramble into the rather dilapidated buggy that was waiting at the dour. "G.t up. Jenks!" she cried, brandish ing th whip with gleeful countenance. "Pete, I'm going to drive to the depot !" "All rigbt, miss," said Peter, who, fresh from the depths of the newly emptied cistern, wa- holding old Jenks, if there was any danger of that ! and ; t steed running away. "Drive kecrful past Bowery Line he id'ays wants to turn in th-re and mind vou Keep a meet a tight grip o' th: reins, if you load o bii r. ls or one o' them jangli:.' ti.n-pe ldl r's wagons." A. way clattered the venerable buggy, eld Jeaks laiiing into a stiff trot like an ' it nuat .a horse, and Chrissy fairly radiant with delight. "But Kate oughtn't to have boxed my ears," she. po-.der, 1. )H the first ela tion subsided. "Tl, re. ws nothing wrong in driving the ,,f home. I c ime by the bar- road, and nobody saw in. I do;,'; i,,v,. K-it" nor Georgia neither. They're aiwavs laughing at me and making fun (lf m,. just because I grow s0 fast. They won't let me come into the room when they've got company, because I'm only a child; and they scold me for running races with the dog-, because I'm a woman. I cord r if they call that consistency? Xever mind, I'll pay 'em off yet, see if I dor.'t." Ry dint of extraordinary effort-, on the rait f Old Jenks, aod a liberal applica tor, of the whip on that of his mistress, 'i'tj contrived to renh en side f the dpot building just as the train steamed j awny from tiie othf-r. j Cnri-tine lo ;ke 1 up and down the ; platform. Mo-t o.' the acsencr3 had already .tarfi.-d forth in dilf-.-rent di rec ti on but o:ie man stood t'uere, jlanc in up and down the road, wiili a valise in his hat.d, a foiled newspaper protrud ing from his coat -pocket. Chris-y l.e-itated what to do; then she rose to the emergency. "Ilt'.lo!" die cri'-d, in a sweet, hidi iitchcd .soprano voice. "Are you the oent'e-u ui from the city the new boarder ' He advanced, with a rather puzzled countenance. "Yes," sai 1 he. ; 'I " "I've come to drive you to the cot tage," said Christine lilesdnton. "Jump in, please ! Where' 3 your trunk? There's room for it behind.'' "My trunk is to be sent by express. But" "On, very w li!" said Christy. "Be quick, please- th; horse won't statu! '" The t ranker cast an amu-ed el. nice towar 1 old Jenks, who certainly looked as little like a runaway steed as could be i;n iirined as he stood there, meekly lia! in. e l o:i three els, with hi3 head haiifjinej down. "And who are you?" said he, pleas antly. "One of th - family f "Oh, I'm Chri.s-y the youngest girl, you know!" explained she. ''The youngest, eh? Are there many of you?" Chrissy eyed him "with a sidelong "He's curious about in," thought she. "Well, that's natural.'' And she an swered, complacently : "Well, there's Georgia she's twenty two. And she's engaged to an officer in the army, although she thinks I don't know it. And Kate is twenty, and she's going to set her cap for the ne-w princi pal of the school. At least she says so. She's tired of making over old gowns, and dyeing old ribbon, and keeping genteel boarders. I don't envy the prin cipal of the school," Chrissy added, giv ing old Jenks an admonitory touch with the whip, as he showed an undue in clination to sidle toward the entrance of Bowery Lane. "Kate has got an awful temper. S'i ; il w into a passion and boxed by ars just before I started." "Boxed your cars!" repeated the stranger, repressing a strong inclination to laugh. "Why, how old are youT' "I'm sixteen an 1 a half," said Chrissy, almost wishing that she had not told the incident, as the crimson flush rose up to the very roots of her luir. "And she oughtn't to treat m; like a child! I wish she would get married and go away. I shoul I be a deal happier with out her. Oil, oh! there comes a loa I of barrels! Old Jenks is awfu'ly afraid of a load of barrels. He always shies when he sees one." "Let me take the reins," suggested her issciiger. And presently, under his charge, old Jenks, who, to d him justice, had evinced no particular emotion of any sort, was engineered safely past the feai fill objec t. And then Chris-y pointed out the villous localities to him. toll him about the ghost that was said to wilk in old Squire Hart's deserted hoibp, showed him the place wh -re a fox was shot in the spring, and confided to him where to go if ho wanted to find the finest nutting copses of the vicinity. And wdiile she' was enlarging on these subjects, old Jenks stopped sleepily at the front gate of the pretty Blessingtoa cottage. All the Morel! id heads were at the window Mrs. Mnn-lield, Jeannettu Moiviield, S is inn i Moreti -Id, and the n.anied Mis M ;;!'; -;d, whose present name was Mrs. J --ia!i Sttibbs "Bless me!' said Mrs. Stubbs, in a stage whi-per, "what a very genteel youn g man." "It's the city boarler," explained Mrs. Blcssingt n, between the twinges of her neuralgia. "Icto:- Bailer recommended him hero for pure con ,trv air. He's just ui from miliaria, fever. atHl needs change, and I) ictor Bulf-r- clear, good man knew how we were sit uited,and that we had a nice trout room to spare." "Humph!' commented Mrs. More fi. Id. "lie doesn't lo k much like a sick man. '' While Kate ran out to open the door, all smiles and freshly-tied pink rib bons. "Is it Mr. Dorrance?" she said. "I am Miss B c-si- gton" with her most engaging air of wecime. "Please walk in. I hone you have i't been very much tired by the journey?' ' It's Kate," whispered Chrissy, sud" denly overcome by pangs of compunc tion. "Don't let her know I told you about her temper." "I am afraid there is some mistake," said the gentleman, pausing in the very act of taking his valise out of the wagon. "My name is not Dorrance. And I was going to Mr. Fa knc r's place, where I have engaged board for the winter. I am John Wilder, the principal of the Graded School." Christy dropped the reins, jumped out of the wagon and ran to hide her self in the hay mows of th barn. The Morcfitdds stared harder than ever. Kate Blessington looked in finitely puzzle I. "Dear me " said she; "it's one ol Chri-.tine's blunders. We werj v-ry foolish to have trusted her. D con.e in, Mr. Wilier" with a sti'l ir,ur" w'ri some smile "and re-t your-elf, a i 1 h ive some tea. We are ad anxi. ty to become acquainted with our new prin cipal. Pete! Pete! don't u-ih iruv tie horse! Go right back to the d. pot. Mr. Doirance muit be waiting there vet!" But Mr. Wilder, -with a curious tx pression of the mouth and eyes, decim d Mi-s Iilessingtou' s invitation. He would go i.-iuii' di it el v to Mr. FalKner's, he sai I, if they would be good enough to tell him in what direc tion it was. And so he bowed hinwdf awav. An hour or so after wan depot wagon from Smiley bridge, the next ti tion above, brought Mr. Durance, a withered little oil man, who wore a wig and walke 1 with a g o.d-iiea led cane. "There wasn't anyone at the lower depot to meet me," said he. "And I was told I could get a hack at Smihy biilge, two miles further on; and I'm no walker, sol jint steppe I b i.-k into the train; so here 1 am! And I d like my tea at six o'clock, if you please, and rye bread and bake I apple with it. For I haven't got 1 ack my digestion yet, and the doctor is very particular about my diet." Chrissy liiessington was very silent and dispirited when she made her appearance in the Graduating Class of im. uiuui-u oiimui uu ii:e opening oi nit; fall term, and she scarcely ventured to look at Mr. Wilder, as he entered her name at the head of the list. At recess she lingere I a little, as if there was something on her mind. "Well?" said the principal, kindly. "I'm so sorry that I said those foolish things!" burst out Chrissy, with tears sparkling in her eyes. "That day, yen know, that I took you for the city boarder, and drove vou to our house please, please forget them! Kate and , George are always telling me that I ; shall get into mischief with my tongue and now 1 know that thev are i . . ... r-r-rigiit I An i poor Chrissy broke into a sob, in spite of all her self-control. "My child, do not fret yourself," said Mr. Wilder. "I will remember nothing that vou would have me for get 1" At the end of the year, when the snows lay white on the hilltops, Mr. Dorrance was still boarding at the Bies sington cottage, and tormetiting every body on the subject of his "diet." Georgia was getting ready for her marriage to the army officer, Kate was lamenting her solitary blessedness, and Chrissy -little Chrissy, who was not yet seventeen -was actually engaged to Mr. Wilder, the new principal of the Graded School. "Though, of course," said Mrs. Bles sington, 'Sdie can't be married lor a year yet. "Why, she is nothing but a child!" "But I don't mind waiting a little while," said Chrissy, to her fiancee. "For the family all treat me with respect now. Kate don't care to box my ears any more. " "I should think not," said Mr. Wil der. Saturday Night. Illnslraling a Turkish Proverb. There is a Turkish proverb w.iich says that "th" gift of a p-asant comes high" and this is the il lust rati n. A celebrated hodja a kind of American alderman secure 1 a present trom a peaant of a hare, which was dulv served for supper. A week later a man sought the hodja. "Who are you?" was asked. "I am the man who gave you the hare." He was warmly nceived. A little later a number of m n dropped in about lunch time. "Who are you?'' was asked. "We are the neighbors ol the man who brought vou a hare." Still another crowd cam-, and were asked as to their identity. "We are the neighbors of the nei -boors of the mm who sent you the hare.'' The hodja then set before them sojn 1 Heir wtti-r, and then tiny asked. "What is this?" "It is the sauce of the sauce of the cooked hare," replied the hodja. Rat-Catching Ferrets. Ferrets, the lithe, sharji-toothed little animals which are trained tohuut rats in New York houses, get their fir-t ies-ons in vermin killing at the age of three months. It is their nature to hunt and kill. Trainers consider a ferret's first encounter with a rat of the utmost im portance as touching his future useful ness, so they provide a half-grown rat for the first fight, or uil the teeth of an ohl rat in order to give the ferret a sure victory. If defeated, the ferret is timid ever afterward. New York Tribune. A Regnlar Financier. A. I am in a tight place. B. What is the matter, now? "I have got to raise $99 by 3 o'clock tomorrow." ' Why do you require precisely $99?" "I have to ray a hundred-dollar note in bank and I ve got the other dollar." Texas Si tangs. MAIL ODDITIES. Queer Things Tnat Are Seen at the New York Postoffice. A Museum Filled With Articles Confiscated By Uncle Sam. On the third l -r and west fide of the j. .-toilic bui.din::, overlooking th t urt, and shut ut from the iv.is of the tret, s.-ivs a writ- r in the X. Y Comm- ! ( la! Advert i-er, is a lare room, which in cliar act- r pa t ikes about equtllyof junk-shop, storehouse and ii.u-t-um. Over the do r is n sign bear i n -r i a .i.''i;i bla.-k i Iters, "inquiry Of !!'." Mr. Perry Jones is the pre.-Ming spirit. Oa entering the t ffi.-e through a pri vate door one h confronted with the w rkshop arid mus'-um proper. A talk with Mr. J nes biings out some inter esting inlormation. It becom-s appar ent at once that the inquiry office is no place for a person with weik nerves. A package without an addres is received. It is opened. A Cotton ball is exposed to vi-w, which is fol le 1 layer on layer i i the most careful way. In the centre, bitwccn two layers saturated with alco hol, is found a hi Icous scorpion from from the West Indies. Live horned toad-, have been received Ic-re, as also have snakes in heavy g!as j irs, filled with alcohol. Live Unties complet- thj list of nerve-hatt ring things which the employes have to dispose of. Dynamite, carefully packed in cot ton, powder in ll iks, gin implements of all kinds, and fishing out tits are re ceived daily. Peaci'iul things are, of course, plentiful. Sunpies of every known fabric to delight the eyes of the professional shop per--cosine tics, bust les, velvets, silks and Woolens, worsted flowers, oil paintings, plans of houses, specimens of ore and electric apparatus Sadly crushed, but pretty for all that, a bit of edelweis-, direct from its native Alp, awaits an owner ; crushed, tooj but no longer b -autiul, a lady's bonnet, lor which no doubt the owner fum-d ami fretted, but it was the bonnet thtt never came. After the Oregon's mail was recovered the supply of diamioek and green rib bon in the inquiry office would have sup p.ied every son of ll.in in America with emblems of th - E ueraid Isle. Fruits are often received but thrown away at the slightest appear.i-ic of d tc ty. Skins of animals forth.- taxi lermist and bird's wings for the milliners aNo find their way into the office, together with jew elry, ofttimes of great value, and notes and coin. Sdoes, clothing and hard ware are not wanting. A specimen card of insects, containing all sp eies native to a certain part of Africa and aebl ressj. j to a scientist of promi rc nee, has iust now li.cn forwarded to th owner. A rize jmmjikin and complete set of dentai instruments were reposing side I y side among a heap of papers when the reporter called, and on a shelf directly back of the table, al phabetically arranged, were newspapers from all parts of the world. In the book department, books, prin cipally foreign, in elegant bindings, with dust for company, and manuscripts and even corrected proofs ready for the printer form an inter-sting pirt of the collection. Novels in paper cover are everywhere. Mr. J-ncs says that the system used in disposing of the accumulated mutter was copied by every large city in the union and inquiries regarding th work of the department are frequent. Since its establishment, s.-ven years a o, it has grown to tea n cess-rv pait of the gi gantic postal system in operation in this city. To this cilice all parcels not ad dressed, or from u !.i h part f the ad" dress had been oddites. at ed, are sent. To this office are sent also all improperly packed parcels, and those which the postal lHcers ha v.' re.-iso.-i to believe con tain contraband aitiel . The business of the ( mployes in the office is to put the :.ddrcssc.s where they la-long, repack the par cels when ner-es-ary, confiscate the tilings which have no place in the mail-, and. otherwise remedy the mis take causeii 1 v the careless.: ss or igno rance of the sender. When a parcel is improperly packed or. something is wro g with the ad In--1, if tlm person for whom it is pro: ably intended c n be lb un I, a circular '- --'i.t to him with th. u st for tie uc- and ieserintioi; oi t ne a rt le e. If th- an.swi r is satis- fact ry the pa-cad is forwarded. In some en, s tiie pi is -n addressed does not know the contents of the pack aire. In that p.se the nnno- of the sender is pro; ure 1 fr'-m the person ad 1 ressed, and the parcel niches its ue-tiriRtion. Two m -n are o;-.sj:ij.t . mj.l ved assorting the mutilated adl:--se- ami one kept busy recording article which are await ing claimants. Besides the-e there are sever; 1 c.erks who eio nothing but fill out the notification blanks and repack arti cles for shipment. Articles of an indestructible charac ter are kept three months and are then sent to Washington. Fruits, vegetables or skins are disposed of at shrt notice. An Ared Sea Anrmone. F'-r m nr r-. .ir an :! ct . f curi -ttT in the Ii has L e -a . : :: une of anica'. I r it-:: a L !:nb srgh h a-. ;:i whi.h on .'- b'i" r..ciiv- i tho nh n " t ::i:ir,v." 11. Is ven r lb'.'.' citnen of t h: turi-eis 1 1 fires which 1-elon-' to the v , of crr-- :-o: :-.-r- ian-l that ve-r..tau!-- rates th- a-.i:na! fr i t!c- t . at World L:t- j one 1 aw age of about dxtv. It v . '. .a .1 ii the w.'l- 1 by Sir John I s.i.'C,n antiquary, anion; very far from the prum t. Abbs lb. a 1. u;...n th w ick, and wi.s ib seri :ii- rocks not l ry fen own .tn co tst c 1. r 1 i i one of those two -umptuous quart . d .. -d by him to "Rare and Ii -nnrka le Animal : Sot! i:i 1." ft was th- ! -f Mr .1 hn m lat th .t this specimen of the ncti.nez a ; r i nia ri a o, e . i-s .l into tiie possession of Prof. Fl m.aing, an 1 hence found a permanent io-me in the beautiful gar b-ns i a which it lrs ju-t entb'd its honored care r. "Granny" can hardly b" reproached with gluttony since its food was simply half a mu-svl dn'ppnd regularly once a fortnight into the m :nr u am-ons (iM.j.'u which eloes duty for a Whether it possessed i t i' : m er a. any- thing ,hich u'd lie said to ap- p roach to the nature of Ire. .thing ap paratus is, we belie ve, a point on which the learned are not quite d.-ci e 1; but it is c rtain that "Granny" appeared to thrive on lier fortnightly half-mussel with its accompanying draught of fn-sh water. "Granny-V aiouu, in which visitors have long been aceu-tonied to enter their nam-s, is stated to bo en riched with more than I,Uo) autograph of distinguished travellers and scientific persons. It appeared to be in e xcellent health up to a few weeks ago, when it was attacked with the parasite disease which finally proved fatal. Christian at Work. On Consumption. Dr. Brown-Sequard, of Pari-, in treat ing before the Academy of Sciences the causes of phthisis, takes many of his ex amples from Kngland. lie shows that wherever population is dense, and sleeping-rooms are ill-aired or over-crowded, consumption prevails. Dr. Bailey re ported that in Milbarik prison there wi re out of 100 deaths, 45 from this disease. According to the illustrious doctor, a room in wli'ch a consumptive person sleeps is reeking with contagious germs, if the air he exhales is not carried oil. But how to get riel of it iu ill-built houses or very cold weather, when it is as dangerous to open windows as to keep them shut? To meet this difficulty Dr. Brown-S quard showed the aeaeleiny an apparatus of his invention. A reversed funnel, the shape of a lamp shade, is placed at the cad of a tube, s,, arranged in its curves and angles that wdien it is placed beside a bed the reversed funnel will be above the sleeper, and draw up the air he breathes. The other end runs into tho chimney of the room. If there is none, it is taken through a heating apparatus to an air-hole. ' Precious Iloxes. I'erhaps the chief tiling during the Civi. war which alfonled equal p leisure to the soldier and his friend- at home was the sending mid the reception of boxes of good things. Wh-m these home-boxes arrived at camp, th m-u receiving- them were like school b ys, elat ed over their good fortune and ready to share their deli aci s with the less fa- j vored who had not been r.-me-mbered. ; The author of "Hard Tack and Cof- fee," in d -sr riiiing the contents of such j 1 oxes, gives a list of articles ordered by him at some peri d in the service; "Bonn 1-he ele I nails (for boot heels), hatehi t, p adding, turkey, pickle, on to:: ?, pe p. r, p i j H r, envelopes, stoc kings, potatoes, chocolate, con lensi d milk, sugar, broma, bu'.ter sauee, boot preser vative." Of course, this catalogue was supple mented by the loving friends at home, byadoz n ro c --saries and delicacies. I Youth's. Con. .anion. A ( ity Beneath the Tide. A city at the bottom of the sea was seen toward the end of October near Treptow, in P:us-ii, when a powerful south wind blew the waters of the Bal tic away from th- hor, uncovering a portion of gmund usually hidden from sight by the waves. It was the ruins of the c ity of I"gamuende, once a f! mri-h-ing commercial staMoo, which was swallowed by t!i" se.a om - five centur ies ago. Th'- UnUs-.a! speitaele was not enjove 1 but for a w hour-. When the storm slackened and th.- waves returned to cover up the pla. e which had once- been th-- resid-r-ce ;-n 1 field of labor of busy men. North German Ga zette. Why Corn Pops. The pecu'.iatity of pop-corn is that it contains ne re oil than oth- r varieties of maize. When gradually exposed to heat over a brisk fir-, the oil in the grain becomes converted into gas, which expanding tears open the starch cells of the corn. The heat at the same time cooks the str.rch and en largts its parti cles, so that the popped grain it snow white and many times larger than oefqr it was heated. -flu ter-Ocaan, "C d..c M k- n ::! .-. be n s -. - : i :u : ; in ' Am S '.'-' ! Pr. :. s-, r- Tr evi . f 1! ir ir i (. . ti I.s.v, ai.d l: ; .. iii rove th-- m ; i v . . . a y art ut t h- sir . An - in i: i ::,.! c . ' l I'd-- 'li i -:. v. a" -r fr e.t t .is.- : ; .: h s a. five t . r i i i. a i i ' ; i e.c ' th f... m-. .- - th -- v., r.ied d .w- w ,r 1 !.. - b r pi cvri.inel it u f n 1 '. if ' t- r- d '- h i 1 l.:.-d .:, . h- re t had w. rrve 1 up .s ar i. The r- rky il.-iv.d of K 1 i. ofT the Wes-iTU Coast C-f S. ot..,-' i. o re. tli l.ir n.f i:is of c en i -li i! i ; w i h t !. main! m l. C--rr- -p .:; 1-n. .- i ntt i h" to a i n b ly-ri . . 1 p'n- an 1 f : ' t tie- fortune of the u In 1 i d w i-. -.-s. A rec-ntl v-foiiu 1 b ttle d inf r- raatl'Ml of ia. ;..! il ng fnli.l n hi h v a -threatened 1 v ten-..:; of un -..! ? j c ct.-d i;u r.-am- in i h- p' pu' ; t n:. Ants not on! v recogniz- o-i- another nftcr M-p:. ration for m re th i i a y .r. but there are . vi b-n s i f dn'M.- affection b.-twren th i i. Artc k'-'pin one i.cd of net h r - . v n i . : S: ; J.-hn I. il k ha i s, , -a and this pa; r :i na I - ilie 1 w lib: . we of .ach ot in r a! : r dvii' l" fv-r two vi ars longer. Th shook p: " bi ',,-l by if,., licj -if li.ir f. on o i -i !. vi U I. 'he fi'llv , , . , , i , apparent calls.' of the death of the :ad member of this remarkable eoloay. , ,. , . . , An Lngli-h educational witter tatc that the exi-tence of wh ,t he t.rm- "sound blindness" ve: siirgc'ed to bin. bv the diffieu ti -s son, p- r- .- , sp.-n- dice in learning to sp ! I and t pro- nounce foreign h'l-r'l i T!e- j hen .hi- cnon is evidently mabi'ofy to d:s tinguish parfi ular -ha-b s ,,f s.e.;; 1, and is analogous to color-blindness. Anion; illustrations given is that of a boy who, though not deaf, c u'd hear no differ ence b-twecn "veiy," "perry," and "polly." A Mexican paper gives an (irrfuint of a new species of silk", tie- cultivation of which has b-en un I'-rtak- r m the -fate of Yucatan. It is th piod i-.- of th wild silk-worm, which is lociy n!'.i-d to the do n-stic -i' k -worm. Tin.- fi'.k ! on the cocoons is elasiic :.nd eff i xc-ile : t qua'ity, though rather unieit.-dn in c-ob-r, varvi-i-r fi.-.m white to pec hrown, 1 ut o!ic difficult - i, that it b covered with a gum which it is v-ry d.lli lit to .Ii'-.r.ltr,. Tl,r ,o.V: r'l-ae. t of the stlltf , . , . . . ., of Yucitan is making exper.m"it with ( ' ' j : a Vie W of ut l! l.I '1 g t Ms WI I -l. it. , , The rapid increase in th- u--e of cIt- t ric it v as a motive po-vf-r giv s pe- cia! interest to tlr: di .- .y. -y tha' Ted I ' j ladium, a m'dal of tli- p'aii'oim k'i'mp, : lmt of far lower d-n ity thin the latter, i may be substitute! fr -teei in the mar.- ufacture of w ttch--. I' d adi am is ab- sol utc'iy i. on iob,i i. i ' il e, jri 1 it is unaf- fectedtoanv not ic-abi" evt-nt bv the presence of a in igi' tic (ic: I. I'.-d h tin- it lms t lie ? ridcnt .! a d v r t a--e o ! being- rut-oroof. Th di'eov.-rv i- d i" to Mr. C. A. Palilfird of G n-va. Switz l- land, en 1 w-ati ii -s ar-- .,w being cri- structed w ith tois m- t .1. I ii I The Parisian "simps. Business peop e i.n Pati- h iV- long inc; forui'-d a cob,:- ' , ,y v, if h certain t rales are c-a i.y r- ig- i -!. First of all, the color -li'-.p. ar- di-'in- guish'-d bv b-iri-.' i ni- a '.u'i le i-; scjuates and trip s - f the -i i;a- ' '.b.r-. Vie..r.-; ie.'h.r, I : . ' :.d t I e- siioics have t.. gun to ',- the Austrian cad- r-, vello-v ;; f ' I.;'-.; th'-fl the Sptni-h wine she;,. -.-. -, v an-i r- d ; th-: I n i .n -re, n. -.:.:.. ..r 1 :. th" bu-ine- - pa s v.do r In "-mova! are kept a-'- pn We a a ? ti : wag g-s - w h ; profiri' Tor- k n o .v. i for ' . w, as ..en the i.' -M ar" -.;:. wh ite . ed of the I : , f : i r . w n and gold, so t..at on'- - . ... ' pa-try it-elf. Mi.k -li');- are ' i.- br th in-ide an i on'. Ti. .... r w o-ro--. now begin to p ib. ' t'e- i f th- ir irov ing 'h-a "-. right b . , v. hid. cart ! that take th- lin- n t . tie- v. h-hn-i-f- in ' th" cou-trv a bri ht gr-"r.. Wir.e houses are n.l pair.T- t i r .-.vr., cr a du.. red, which is .-xg'.y the o!'.r of th" : vin ord.ngi" t; v ! Wirv. , r-g. n-rrv i-iiee and lrood. ?:: -i -irk-r i, the e,orof the , bar- o ,. -h -. v.i.leh the d-:-t ...on r- i r- cm - .-'"lv f-lark. IBtk-rs ::r- W. I .,.!. .rovn and whit-, v. If. mvb g-1 bng ar.d large ; mirr ,rs. --':- d :-n ,i. An Astonished Vonng ,-I in. A von: as if he rnigh' c:i. . .-tr. fro., L-.t St. Louis, stood :n . r .-: t . a : r - nop on r, , , , D--arborii str.-t ve-re:-! r.' nn .rn.ng and 8 Owiv -ti-liid o-;t .og 1- of a ?ign ' "B .'V-V b- '' ' ' ' ' ' Go.h!"h.- ex" :-"l, "vhafs the use of hlackia' ooc'ts -n the i.nsiie!"--Chiaiife Tris-ua. V l t.-a,:f '. ... . . ti- An .. . Si- ' ' : ! .,' V- io , a . . . N - . i - . In ; .- -.. M v : ' J V !. . - -v -4 ! . r - . ' - ' t ' . t . t ..;,.( f Ihiflfl !f t i :' n-i! UC ' I , : . : -..!.' 1 U ! !. o ! ! : . kri ;. - - r , Ti- k"- til. f N . c o-- i i k:. ! .- 1'. VVith s.ii.iiu..- lit: u fi.eti U oti n To in! v ,:!. a ,rf r i S.e;,l f.. , : f ; Yl i s . - aa I th: a b. b- rrr. Ut Mount's. Current lit. r if u-- r-. - spU f- - pu I- di g-. M .ey an 1 1 bo . v hi. to !.. b .and UV. r t k e . lb- p:cc-. Tlie-mn !. . euiii. for I . .ut v t k f his w l e it h-r f to Villa N-. w i I ivea N : A ( ork' s ef.-.V U-llliv l:ci,e !1 fell. 1 .' lo.d:i .I iilf, ! : -p r! a , i i-. nr.- hk,- v.,on! lots i Tlt. y iii.,t o -iaiiirovai to be pr I.tihlo. i 1 Piof. ssio : a' w !, -,' 1 i aN - f w hi -1 U j br their p iT bit th-y g.nemlT ft J it. i It mist b a very I bra-s band ! that . an pi y idl the ir a din.n major 1 put on. j In.in ,n ,y !.,,.). 1 to capita! pun gh : erit r.n i - t 1 favor of bi.ncing up his r i r. Tiie man wh . s,.;, out to tndy wuiiii'i's !i-p 'It: n i i-i ." o-r.i I v ir am a or.- it d. a' i-nf th- io.c ..( I wit I ci 1. ( ,,, j.j ,, The ma . who p-i a her' it. r -o v-r Irenlsthc wi: ! r. -i l. le- rafh -r A'-l- ! i ones it for le- i then r j, , i . .-. ! t . ( o:- a a! the ialgs i'l til- 1. ' hi to!H Women !, tv mu. h m .r a lap' ability than men. Tin- :'ir i w r h ' !.- ' in . t roa laid mo tr-o.i f eir to -ii : s ix-in h clotle--: I ;s b t w ei p. lor jaws n, washd iv. i The mini t'r wa -li- ia' wi'h tho famiiv, an i h a.d to B .. :,. -.Mill an -' , ' mnii-i I -ml..-: "1 ni afraid I'.-c -by. tnat I . . ., .... you h.lVi-n t tiie p 1 1 -i i e o! .) h. .o, . ,, . , .. . i, .., sir. II sierra -a iioo.. .. i grv "h it .! di w a a t al-. ay- l.-I p. la-t. ; Tho 'lartarx ani I heir Morten, Th- '1'nrt.u- hav a w ,y of nin:r with tli'-ir n-iucils whuh istinlv k .ru-fung th-v t abi to th'--,, m. I v.-h.-itio-y , i h to ' ' -;r i -e tin i:i, V wM-tb f ,, fl.ern !i - i . to v re Oifd -. I ' ' '"' ,t, t,f,i tiav- i w l1, lb y a-1 !-'s to t!. in ,,, r-pn. :. : n- I wh- n p''.ni ff ut i- re --d i th- ir par'. ' - s.y "Come, my -lov- - v. ik-o-. v-u n'it go up th- r ; c ,ui t ' , my p t ; 'r.U'r, ,r, ,u th. d.,'h-i.!y U uc- co.-npi-ie !, 'h y .".too,-.:, .'ton th- ir ,x ;i;. j ,r ii- i . .re 1 ?!. m. t Jr,g th m t i re t a:. I br .th p i'ti"z th'-rn b- t w--:i th- ..- ,-.;, n oi - tn-ir t.o-i s .! r-i-. ;n ! t h b t.r o , to ir .'ore. h- id - ! v.- . -. t :. ir n- ;- ! --d c in' th-m in v ry ay. a- i tn-.jng th'-m lik- nr. ' ' 1 lie W.iriiKt -'ill's, . b.v.v th if it i- '.r:".'v to p-n- o ool ';,:.'. c i V-.ic S- t he G!ob -D-:.:'i '' ri', ' '. , . t ail t:." - am", that '.' f ' m f et Kept warm-.-r in eol-1 ' t:.' r i y w. gi ag -ho-- with a Ii 'h; oi t ti w i a th k o:.'. W.fn ti." iir.ut wh- I- ' a 'hiri'.eio work. 'lo r. i.y k)-i'i ' up a i-' ula'i in. 1 nns aj.p of . rr. -. vt'olr; vafb'. Wi..--, ,t j. w.-t '1 rub-.-r- : ' ''-irv, it 1- 1 "-t to w-r a i n'l - ' ! d :,-" i n -; d -. In the u-.m' r th- tl,i' ' - - -i'-u! 1 u"-d, f- r i: k- j.'-. t o' th" pav-m nt from -tr;-;l.,g h-o i 'm' Mexican Humor, A t a r - r., ;e-'g I" wer- --peaking of i ": 1" ,. h , ha 1 1 b-d - th- r.;e nge &f y-ar-. A n.ong t h- j.-t -on, p"-r.t w, one who- mtellt v.-, ;at:.- r .imite i. "in.: i v. t;.;..g," ;.-: -a. !, with a self-Silisfie i air; "if my ;-ra i father had lived, i.e u. 1 s.: 1-: 11", y--r ol i." . Nin- l.nciiiirii. , . "Oh b' u'eDi.-; a young lady ee , . , . . . . fct.-t-ca.lv K u. ln t it b.ovei v to paint xhr''' fi',w,r" "Va fi,r " re.Tiond'! another. : u "..I ' ;v,., "thev look c ' noua without hla riainted -(Pi?tbirg Iipteh.