Smiles. om— # young man flillng up on rd liquor, ISecame a most obilinate kigquor, He made so muen dla The cops run him in, "Which obliged him to pawn his gold tiquor. There is no law in this country to oblige the owner of a clipped horse to pass the winter without flannels or overcoats, but there ought to be, The inventor of the patent-toed shoes which have been so pepular has re- tired on a fortune, and yet he had no patent or them. He is a corn doctor. Talmage is on the ragged elge for fear the penal erde may be adopted in Brooklyn and compel his adopting a jess acrobaiic system of gestures. The need of the age 1s not only a stronger nail, but also a nail that can be driven by a woman. Ore with a head about the size of a trade dollar. An Egyptian traveler confidently asserts that Arabi Bey’s wife is a Phil- adelphian., He probably saw her on her knees im front of the palace scrub bing the pavement. A boy in town insists that he is a girl and wears frocks. If his parents compel him to wash dishes and tend the baby he'll soon get'over his hallu- ination, Liquor dealers propose to keep a stock of umbrellas on hand, so that a customer can hold one over his head while taking a drink, and thus avoid wiolating the screen law, An ex. says that “to wear patched clothes is no disgrace,” but it looks like sin struck with a club, and we wouldn’t do it if—if we were engaged in other business. Bob Ingersoll cleared $4000 in Chi- cago in three lectures, and now we understand why the great Chicago fire took place. We always blamed Mrs. O'Leary’s cow before. It 1s all very well to talk of Green land being far away, but it’s a million miles this side of the look on the man’s face who has just sat down on = slip- pery spot in front of our office win- dow. 1t took three men to knock down a | car conductor, in New York. Why, | one good car conductor, with practice, ought to be able to knock down a car load—and some of them do it. it Is now optional in Awnapolis whether you get drunk or nof. But —sott—what in heaven’s name will the Legislature do next session ? Getting drunk used to be the only thing that made Anamapolis endura- ble. This is a terrible state of al- faire, Young ladies are organizing socle ties where each member agrees not to kiss a young man who persists In smoking cigarettes. If young men persist in this habit, we fear the socie ties will break up. It was & cold day for that judge who threatened to fine a party $10 for | coughing in court, when the disturb- ing element informed his honor that he would be willing to pay twice that sum to have it stopped. Sald a miserable little Cincinnati boy who had just received a scolding from his father: “Ma, I wish I had never been born.” “Why, Charlie?” “Why, I think I'd been a better boy.” “Does your Helen remind you of Helen of Troy?” she asked sweetly, ‘as the sofa springs flattened under a pressure of 160 pounds. *‘No, not pre- gisely ; you remind me more of Helen, of Avoirdupois,” was his scaly reply. A gentleman was talking to the owner of a ferocious bull-dog, and asked himn the question: ‘Do you! think your dog could become fond of a stranger ? “Yes,” replied the dog fancier, “if he was raw, but he wouldn't if the stranger was cooked,” Mons, Pateau has discovered that while a horse can pull only six-sev- snthe of its weight, a bee can pull twen'y times its weight, When some one discovers how to grow bees as large ss horses, the latter animal will have to take a back seat, But it wouid be fatal to fool around the heels of such a bee. With its javell it could pin a man against the side the siable., Perhaps it would be ter 1¢4 to raise bees spy larger tha. the yresent crop. A ss—— Full Precautions Taken, The Count, upon returning from ihe seaside, finds his previously trust. ed valet in a state of intoxication that «defies concealment or apology. “Confound you,” says the Count, after a severe lecture, **have yon no sense of shame—no self-respect ? Bup- pose now that you were to be plcked up in the street in that condition—"" « “0, thash sll ri’ 'f I am,” replied the servant; ‘don’t you fresh your elf ‘bout me, I always canny your © soard-case in my pocket,” * All sunshine makes the desert — «drab Proverb. ; “Almost 8 bad disaster,” is a head. “ing in an exchange. We are now en- gaged in a wild search for a good Qls- . * Sentiment, — A Love Bong. An! swan of slenderness, dove of tenderness, Jewel of joys arise! The little red lark, like a rosy spark Of song, to his sun-burst files; But till you are risen, earth 1s & prison, Full of my captive sighs, Then wake, and diseover to your fond lover The morn of your matchless eyes, The dawn is dark 10 me; hark, oh! hark to me, Palse of my heart, [ pray And gently gliding out of thy hiding, Pazsle me with thy day And oh! I'll fiy to thee, singing, and sigh to thee, Passion so sweet and gay, The lark shall listen, and dewdrops glisten, Laughing on every spray. A Serenade. Scintiliating siars, Asteroldal lights, Venus ! Saturn! Mars! Rings and Satellites! Flash through my lady's slumber bars With beams like gleaming scimelers i Thou, bright argent Moon Moor'd mid nebulm! Rouse from Somnus’ swoon Bweel my love 10 see Within thy dise a horoscope To bid faini-hearted lovers hope. Restive-froted brecxs, Rioter st play, Leave the rustling trees Revel'd with all day! To stir my lady's drapery And whisper—— Wake !—he wallelh thee ! Glimpse of Paradise! Lo! Heaven's gates unfold! Amethystine eyes! Gleaming gliots of gold | Star betore whom all stars grow faint Be thou my Phosphor star, sweet saint ! Witching Queen of Night, Dian, in eclipse Bereens her lesser light: Swath’d through space she slips Convinesd that thou must reign supreme, More radiant than cold Cynthia's beam ! Chanticleer's halloo fHeraldeth the dawn! Love, one last adie Heaven is all withdrawn, O breeze enfreighted with that kiss, Quaf! not a lover's draught of bilss! Love Bong. Ere the lovely dream is broken, ere the glamour fades AWAY, Ere the tender mista of moraing melt be neath the perfect da While yet around the shrine we kneel at, fingers the sweet rosy glow, And the music keeps Lrue measure, darling, let me go! Though my foot shrinks back in terrer from the path that [ must tread, Where dim ghosts each step are haunting, and the cloud frowns overhead ; Though my hand clings wildly tol!, the fond clasp whose strengih 1 know, Though my heart half breaks to say it; dar. ling, let me go! Aye, the true ayes look undaunted down the future's devious way, And the soul of faith is trilling in each earn. est word you say ; But the sad eye of experiences soos beneath youth's radiant glow, Slow and sure Time works his mission ; dare ling, let me gO. BL ——————————— Worse than all, aye, worse than parting, tho’ the word knells ilke despalr, To watch the flower closely, fondly, and find the sign of canker there ; To read the first faint touch of langour; tbe first impatient cosfs to Know | Ere you sel the chain you cherish ; darling, let me go! Dearest, truest, loved so fondly, loved with passion never told, Better death itself than fesling touch grow care ess, tone ring eold, While the light is fullest, freest of the bliss 1 treasure 0, While my idol is mine only; darling, let me go! Let me go, 5 ei not forget me, all 100 weak 0 loss it quite, It, the glory and the gladness, Sooding every sense of light ; fove ref, in youth's sweel polence, scares could firmer faith beslow, Yet, just because | love ro dearly; darling, jet me go! np ———— AIO MP AAAI The Woods of North Carolina. BY PROF, W. C. KERR. It will be seen from the United States Census tables for 1870, that of its 50,000 square miles of territory, 40,000 are still covered with fords, The range and variety of prevalent and characteristic species of growth, being of course proportioned to those of the climate and soil, are very great, There are in fact three well marized aud broadly distinguished forest re gions, corresponding to and dependent upgn the three geographical sub di- visions, Eastern, Middle and West- ern. And while the first section Is characterized by a growth common in its prominent festures to that in the Gulf Btates, as the long leaf pine, cypress, eto., the western or moun tain section contains many species familiar in the White Mountains and in New York. Among the most distinctive, abundant and valuable species are the Pines, Oaks, Hickories, Cypress and Juniper. Pines are the predominant growth of the esstern section. There are eight species in the Blate, the most . ant being the Longlea/ (Pinus sustra- 11s), the Yellow (Pinu mitis), and the White (Pinus strobus.) The longleaf pine is found only In the eastern or senconst region: the yellow pine abounds throughout the Btate; the white pine 1s limited to the higher mountain regions. The Longleaf Pine is the predomi. nant growth of the esstern section of Atlantic ports. It is also used for bullding purposes, and for staves and teienraph poles, water vessels, &o, Juniper, or White Cedar (Cup r asus thyoides), is found iu the same region, though not so abundant, and is used for the same purpose as the cypress, especially for shingles and cooper work, for which itis even preferred to thelatter, Besides these nie the Maple (6 epee. cies), (Birch 8 species), Beech, Ash (4 species), Poplar (8 species), Eim (3 species), Mulberry, Bassafras, Gum (4 species), Dogwoed, Persimmon, Holly, Locust (2 species), Sycamore, Linn (Linden or Lime, 8 species), Buckeye (5 species), Wild Cnerry, Red Cedar, White Cedsr, Magnolia (7 species), Willow (4 species), and others, of various uses in domestic econonry, many of them valued as shade and ornamental trees, 8 num the State, and occupies almost exclu- sively a broad belt quite across the Biste, and extending frem near the coast more than & hundred miles into the interior, covering a territory of nearly 156,000 square miles, This la one of the most valuable of all trees, on account of the number and import- ance of the uses 1t subserves. It is shipped in the form of lumber for civil and naval architecture to all parts of the world, and Is unequalled for these purpeses, on account of its strength and durability, It furnishes the naval stores of commerce, known ¢ in all parts of the world ; the forests of this Siate furnishing twice as much as all the other States together, From the rosin of this tree is made the rosin oil of commerce, and this substance also supplies the Southern towns with gus. The Yellow Pine furnishes an im- portant building timber in all parts of the Btate. The White Pine is confined to the spurs and plateaus of the Mountain and Piedmont regions, being found in great abundance in some counties, and of great sizs, three feet and more in di. ameter, and one hundred to one hun- dred and fifty feet high. The other species are less widely distributed and less valuable, except the Pinus twedsa, which, In the Eastern section, sometimes attains a great size, and furnishes an excellent building and ship timber. The Oaks rank with the pines in value, and excel them in variety, of uses, number of gpecies and extent of distribution, While the pine (a zin- gle species) gives character to about one-third of the forest area of the State, the oaks dominate not less than two-thirds, There are twenty species in the United States, all of them found in North Carolina, with possi- bly one insignificant exception. Among these the most important are : The White Oaks, of which there are several species (the most yaluable, Quercus alba, Q. obtusiloba (Post Oak, and Q. prinus), forming extensive forests in all sections ef the State, On | account of its strength and durability | Dessing some astonishing feats achiev. and great abundance, its uses are im. { ed by this man a short tine ago at portant and msuifold, both for domes | the hospitable residence of the Datt tie purposes and for export 1n the form family, of Wellington squsre. We of staves and ship timber, The ship | shall mention only one out of several yards of Liverpool are already seek- | feats performed by Burah Khan and ing their material in the forests of | his company, who consist of three fe middle North Carolinas, | males, | was tied most securely. tioned the Black Walnut, already de- seribed, the Red COedar, sometimes nearly equalling the Mshogany beauty of color and grain, free from insects and arematic ; the Black Birch or Mountain Mahogany snd Wild taking a high polish ; snd so also the Holly, a beautiful, close-grained, white wood, taking a brilliant polish. It will readily be imagined what vari- ety, richness and beauty these numer- ous epecies, belonging to so many and widely differing families of plants, must impart to the forests of this Htate, and what a vast mine of wealth they must become in the near future, Of the twenty kinds of timber used in the ship-yarde of New York, nearly Biste,~— From Physiographical De- seription of N. C - po Indian Jugglery. A man is now in Calcutta, hailing Khar, who has attained a simply won- derful excellence in the magical art, Beyeral other species of oak are also Her hands, of wide and varied use, chiefly the Red Oak (Q. rubra), Black O&k (Q. | tinctoris), and Willow Oak (GQ. phel- | was, in fact deprived entirely of the los), which are abundant throughout | power to turn her limbs to any use. the middle and western district, and | often grow lo a very great size, Live | shaped covar, People gat close ‘ound Oak (Q. virens) is found only in the the skirts of the cloth whieh had been seaboard region, whose value in ship- thrown over the cover. No means of building is well known. escape was left to the young woman, : t yo » Hickory. Of this tree there sre nine | But yet, after the lapse of five or. tan species in North America, and seven of them are found in this Slate, and | three species in all parts of it, and in abundance, and often of great size, Bat little use has hitherto been made of this tree, except as fael and for wagons and handles; but being one of the most dense, rigid, heavy and iron-like of our woods, it has recently come into great demand, and many large handle and spoke factories have been erected within a few years, whose products are shipped by mil- Hons to Europe, California, Australis and all mining countries especially. The forests of North Carolina will sap. ply this world-wide demand for many Years. Walnut exists in two species, one the common Black Walnut (Juglans nigra) throughout the B'ate, but most abundantly in the middle district. It is a most valuable wood, beirg very compact, durable, [ree from attacks of insects, of a very fine dark brown color,and eapable of a high polish, It {s the most popular and universally psed cabinet wrod In the United States, but is sb common in the mid- dle and western sections of this Biate that large farms are fenced with IL The Chestnut (Casteanes vesca) Is one of our largest forest trees, some times ten feet in diameter and eighty to ninety feet high, found mostly snd sbundantly in the Pledmont and mountain regions of the State, where it is much esteemed and used for fencing on account of its great dura bility and facility of working. It is also valued for its sbundant crep o fruit, which, with the acorns of the oaks, Is the principal dependence of hog raisers of the mountain counties. Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifers) is one of the Jargest and handsomest of our forest trees, and ocours in all parts of the State, attaining ite greatest size in the mountains, It is much used for building and other domestic pur poses as a substitute for pine, com. bining lightness and facility of work. ing with rigidity and durability. Cypress (Taxodium distichum) abounds in the swamps and lowlands of the east, forming the almost exclu. sive growth of several thousand square miles of territory. It grows to a great size, the wood is very light, durable and much used for the manufacture of shingles, which sra exported in Immense numbers to all the Northern woman was found to have disappeared aitogether. ever, was called out by Burah Khan, dence of our friends, the Dutts, and the veranda is in the lofiy second story, forming a part of the female apartments, She was there found re- sponding to the call of Burah Khan, to the surprise of everybody j resent. The woman did not and could not know the topograpby of the house. But how she extricated herself and made her way high above to the ve randa from within the cover surprises us to such a degree that we cannot ac count for the fest on any natnral grounds, Even if she was furnished with wings, it is inexplicable how she got out of the cover, unseen and un- perceived, except on the supposition that some supernsatarsl agency had been employed. But she herself as. serted that she worked the feat by flum. We are sure that if Buran Khan gives a few performances at the Town Hall in Caleutta, he will draw bum: Calcutta public, especially the Earo- pean communi’'y. But these people do not,unfortunstely, know how to make mouey, still less how to make them. selves acoeptable to the European com- munity of the city. Burah Khan holds very valuable certificates from the Prince of Wales, Earl de Grey, the editor of The Pionecr, and many European noblemen and gentlemen have witnused his feats in different parta of India, “How many times have you been married?” was saked of a colored legislator, ’ “Wall, boss, [ ain't much on figgers an’ you'll sorter hafter hep me. I was msrried ebery time I changed mes- ters.” “How often did you, change mas- ters?" “Dat’s what I don't know, boss, and dst’s whar 1 wants yer ter to doa little figgerin’. Now, ef yer can tell me by dition an’ ’straction how many times can get at de correck number ob wives which I has been in possession bb.'’— Arkansaw Traveler. BrEAKPASTY WarrLEes, — After breakfagtetir into the hominy that is left one teaspoonful of butter and a little salt, Met it aside, The nextmorn. ing thin it with milk and add two egus, beaten well, Stir in flour enough to make the right consistency, and bake in weffls irons. EREAKVAST MUFFINS. —For & small family use one pint of milk, three gills of wheat flour, three eggs and a pinch of salt. Beat the eggs very light, add the milk, and, lastly, stir in the flour. Bake in rings or small paws sud in quick oven, They are very light, To Raise THE PILE oF VELVET — Put on a table two pieces of wood; place between them, bottom side up, three very hot flat-jrons ; over them iny a wet cloth ; hold the velvet over | the cloth with the wrong side down; when thoroughly steamed, brush the pile with a light whisp, and the vel. vet will look as good as new. VELVET CREAM.—Two tablespoon fule of gelatine dissolved In a half | tumbler of water; one pint of rich cream; four tablespoonfuls of sugsr flavor with vanilla extract or rose | water. Putin molds and «et on the { ice, This Is a delicious dessert and | can be made in a few minutes, It | may be served with or without cream. | ResovaTiNG Fur —Take a large | tin pan ; put a pint of wheat flour in { it; put the cloak in it; rub it thor. | looks dark; then if the far is not | white enough, rub it again with more | clean flour; then rub it with pulver- | ized chalk. This gives it a pearly white look. It is also good to clean knit nublas, ECALLOPED PorAToEs make a nice | dish for tea. Prepare in this propor. ition: Two cups of mashed potatoes, two tab espoonfuls of cream or milk | and one of melted butter; salt and | pepper to taste. Btir the potatoes, | butter and cream together, adding one | raw egg. If the palatoes seem (00 moist, beat in a few fine bread crumbs, | Bake in a het oven for ten minutes, { brown. Coro Roasr Beer Broinep —Cat | from i of Trew the undone part of the mest ; salt and pepper over it, and | place #t over the gridiron and heat it very quickly; turn it over four times lin as many minutes, and serve it u lon & hot dish in melted butter; it must be put to broil when the dinne: | bell rings, sud served the moment it is very pice. will befere being sent to a general wash, in ence of death, all clothing and un. fmpe riant ariicles should be burnt, the body should be immediately dis infected and put into the coffi u, which should be kept permanently closed, There should be no public funeral. He refers disinfection by chlorine gas, which ig set free in the room. Ventilation for a number of hours should then be insisted upon. Pre cautions falling short of these Dr. Staples considers (0 be useless In pre- venting the spread of the infection. — Report on Diptheria to the Minnesota Board of Health, 1851, AD —— Thought Etchings, The grief that swells the Christian’s heart is the bud of a new beauty burst- ing into lower. —Grit. Heaven's joys are the compensation earth’s sorrows, The finished temple there is the justification of the fonndations laid here in darkness and in a mortar mixed with tears. — Frit A tree grows out of the air as much as out of the ground. A character grows out of the impalpable alr of faiths as much as out of the material neces sities of iife., The noble character is born of faith and worship, aud a faith- ful discharge of the duties that grow out of the material side of being, For character man needs the teachings of religion as well as the teachiugs of science — Grit. of little or no But put in s bouquet, it gives beauty to and catches beauty from the flowers. So it js that many a li e, homely and unattractive in isolation, becomes besutiful in society, and lights up secial intercourse with a charm. The hand of society often exchanges gifts, and imparts an equalizing wealth. — Grit. otf crass The Retert Courteous. A blade of grass has One of the most unique specimens of the eourting crisis on record oecurred at a London dinner party. He had the table he learned from a friend sit- day. What was tobe done? He was while the Tear. Write your answer, ves or no, it to me.” Of course, along much faster, and the stockings NEw WAY oF BERVING OATMEAL, —Take a dessert tesspoonful of oat meal, place it, in the morning, ins tumbler, and fill up with new milk ; fet it stand all day, and take it for supper or for a night-cap. The grains will have been softened by their long soaking in the milk, and it can be eaten with a spoon. This is sald by its advocates to be a specific against neuralgia, and is also soundly recom- mended for sedentary folks, Diphtheria, Dr. Franklin Stables, of Winona, ence with pl ydoans in most of the counties of his State has published a report on diphtheria, in which he classes the disease ms contagious and infections, and demonstrates that it is on the increase, a fact due in his opin- jon io failure on the part of physi clans in recognizing its self propaga tng properties; to want of systematic nursing of patients suffering from the disease ; to incomplete disinfection of premises attacked; and last but not least, to the frequent intercourse of convalescents with healthy persons. He maintains that strict regulations, rigidly enforced, are the only means adequate to cut short its career, and since individual power is unable to cope with it, urges that every city and town should devise efficient sanitary lows, and let them be enforoed by intelligent medical officers, who shall also make it a duty to instruct the le In sanitary rules. Po guard against contamination, he believes that filth, whether from dirty rooms, soiled clothing, defective drains and ocesspools, ill-ventilated rooms, poisonous, inodorous gases, eto, should be regarded as conditions which in. vite the disease; that the apartment set apart for the patient should be di- vested of all curtains snd fabrics of any kind not absolutely and bowels should be ble, Tals servant but the sender Be very careful.” bosom and answered to the waiter, yes,” with as i i $ i were scoepting an joviwstion to =a ——— James Payn and an American Editor, James Payn's stories are as widely read and appreciated in Amcerica as at home, and are translated into haifa dozen languages. We remamber, in. deed, but one set of stories which were rot ap) reciated in America; and yet they were good-—too good, perhaps. For years Mr. Payn maintained a pri- vate and pleasant correspondence with an American editor, to whose mags z'ne he was a regular contributor. To this correspondent he retailed all the best stories ¢f his club; and club sto- ries, we know, are gentlemen's stories. When we say ""gentlemen’s’” we mean all the word implies, and could mean no less in speaking of Mr. Payn. 8Ull, gentlemen's stories are not ladies’ stories, Ploture, then, our author's horror when the information was one day delicately conveyed to him through the proprietors of the maga. zine that “their editor was a woman I" The long-suffering lady could stand it no more, and made hier shy appeal to the authorities. —— A ——— The latest mode of popping the question was introduced by an Evane. ville young man. The present cold snap nerved him fo sek bis adored: “Miranda, do you wish to warm your feet against my back this winter?" And Miranda blushed and softly mur mured: “itagolng to be a terrible cold winter, John.” ——— I —————— 80 many candidates refuse to stand on the pariy plstform, that we sug gest a comfortable rocking chair be
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