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NORTH TIMES, W. w. T. RAMHV, > Editors aud Proprietors. u. MAHTIN.i Beyond the Stars. Beyond the stars tlrero breaks a inorn That never wears to eve forlorn, That never sees its happy fire In darkness* chilling gloom empire, Nor hears the night wind's mocking scorn Ne’er droops the lily there, onco bom, Nor rose, nor golden tasselod corn, Nor is there any funeral pyre, Beyond the stars. VYhat though our feet bo bruised and torn jugged stone and rending thorn, We shall not flag, wo shall not tire, But cherish more the fond desire To bide at last when taint and worn Beyond the stars. •—JVew Orleans Timet. 7 THE STOLEN NOTE. Except that he indulged too freely in the use of the intoxicating cup, John Wallace was an honest, high minded and extraordinary man. His one great fault hung like a shadow over his many virtues. He meant well, and when he was sober he did well. He was a hatter by trade, and by in¬ dustry and thrift he had secured money enough to buy the house in which he lived. He had purchased it before, for $3,000, paying $1,000 down, and secured the balance by mortgage to the seller. The mortgage was almost due at the time circumstances made me ac¬ quainted with the affairs of the fami¬ ly. But Wallace was ready for the day; he had saved up the money; there seemed to be no possibility of an acci¬ dent I was well acquainted with Wallace, having done some little col¬ lecting and drawn up legal documents for him. One day his daughter Annie came to my office-in great distress, de¬ claring that her father was. ruined, and that they should be turned out of the house in which they lived. “Perhaps not, Miss Wallace,” said I trying to console her and give the af “My father,” she replied, “had the money to pay the mortgage on the house in which we live, but it is all gone now.” “Has he lost it ?” “I don’t know. I suppose so. Last week he drew two thousand dollars from the bank, and lent it to Mr. Bryce for ten days.” “Who is Mr. Bryce?” “He is a broker. My father got ac¬ quainted with him through George Chandler, who boards with us, and who is Mr. Bryce's clerk.” “Does Mr. Bryce refuse to pay it?” “He says he has paid it.” “Well, what is the trouble then ?” “Father says he has not paid it.” "Indeed! But the note will prove that he has not paid it Of course, you have the note?” “No, Mr. Bryce has it” “Then, of course, he has paid it?” “I suppose he has, or he could not have the note.” “What does your father say?” “He is positive that he never received the money. The mortgage, he says, must be paid to-morrow.” “Very singular. Was your father—” I hesitated to use the unpleasant word which must have grated harshly on the ear of the devoted girL “Mr. Bryce says father was not quite bad7 right when he paid him, but not very “I will see your father.” “He is coming up here in a few mo¬ ments; I thought I would see you first, and tell you the facts before he came.” “I do not see how Bryce could have obtained the note unless lie paid the money. Where did your father keep it?’ “He gave it to me, and 1 put it in the secretary.” “Who was in the room when you put it in the secretary ?” “Mr. Bryce, George Chandler, my father and myself.” The conversation was here inter¬ rupted by the entrance of Wallace. He looked pale and haggard, as much from the effects of anxiety as from the de¬ bauch from which he was recovering. “She has told you about it, I sup¬ pose?” said he in a very low tone. “She has.” I pitied him, poor fellow, for two thousand dollars was a large sum for him to accumulate in his little busi¬ ness. The loss of it would make the future look like a desert to him. It would be a misfortune which one must undergo to appreciate it “What passed between you on that day?” SPRING PLACE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1880. “Well, I merely stepped into his of* flee—it was only the day before yes¬ terday—to tell him not to forget to have the money for me by to-morrow. He took me into his back office, and as l sat there he said he would get the money ready the next day. He then left me and went into the front office, where I heard him send George out to the bank to draw a check for two thou¬ sand dollars; so 1 supposed he was go¬ ing to pay me then.” ‘‘What does the clerk say about it?’ “He says Mr. Bryce remarked when he sent him, that he was going to pay me the money.” “Had you the note with you ?” “No, now I remember; he said he supposed I had not the note with me, or he would pay it. I told him to come in the next day and I would have it ready—that was yesterday. When I came to look for the note it could not be found. Annie and I have hunted the house all over.” “You told Bryce so?” “I did. He laughed, and showed me his note, with his signature crossed over with ink, and a hole punched through it.” “It is plain, Mr. Wallace, that he paid you the money, as alleged, or has obtained fraudulent possession of the note, and he intends to cheat you out of the amount.” “He never,-jpaid me,” he,replied, promptly. “Then he has fraudulently obtained possession of the note. What sort of a person is that Chandler, who boards with you?” “A fine young man. Bless you, he would not do anything of that kind." “I am sure he would not,” repeated Annie, earnestly. “How could Bryce obtain the note but through him? What time does he come home at night?” “Always at tea time. He never goes out in the evening.” “But, father, he did not come home till ten o’clock the night before you went to Bryce’s, He had to stay in the office to post books, or something of the kind.” "How did he get in?” “He has a night key.” “I must see Chandler,” said I. "No harm in seeing him,” added Mr. Wallace; “I will go for him.” In a few moments he returned with the young man Chandler, who, in the conversation I had with him, mani¬ fested a very lively interest in the so¬ lution of the mystery, and professed himself ready to do anything to for¬ ward my views. “When did you return to the bouse on Tuesday night?” “About twelve.” “Twelve!” said Annie; it was not more than ten when I heard you.” “The clock struck twelve as I turned the corner of the street,” replied Chand¬ ler, positively. “I certainly heard some one in the front room at ten,” said Annie, looking with astonishment at those around her. “We’re getting at something,” said I. “How did you get in?” The young man smiled as he looked at Annie, and said: “On arriving at the door, I found I had lost my night key. At that mo¬ ment a watchman happened along and I told him my situation. He knew me, and taking a ladder from an unfinish¬ ed house opposite, placed it against one of the second-story windows, and I en¬ tered in that way.” “Good. Now, who was it that was heard in the parlor, unless it was Bryce or one of his accomplices ? He must have taken the key from your pocket, Chandler, and stolen the note from the secretary. At any rate I will charge him with the crime, let what may happen. Perhaps he will confess when hard pushed.” Acting upon this thought, I wrote a lawyer’s letter—“demanded against you,” etc.—-which was immediately sent to Mr. Bryce. Cautioning the parties not to speak of the affair, I dis¬ missed them. Bryce cama “Well, sir, what have you to say a gainst me?” he asked, stiffly. “A claim on the part of John Wal¬ lace for $2000,” I replied, poking over my papers, and appearing perfectly in¬ different * “Paid it,” he said, short as pie-crust. “Have you?” said I, looking him sharply in the eya The rascal quailed. I saw that he was a villain. “Nevertheless, if within an hour you do not pay me $2000 and $100 for the trouble and anxiety you havp caused my client at the end of the n.*t hour you will be lodged iu jail to answer h criminal charge.”, j “What do you mean, sir?'* j “I mean what 1 say. Pay, or tak# the consequences.’* It was a bold charge, and if he looked like an honest man, I not have dared to make it. “I have paid the money, l tell said he; “I have the note in my 3 * on - “I got it when I paid the—” “Wh&MNt feloniously entered the house of John Wallace, on Tuesday night, at ten o’clock, and took the said note from the secretary.” ‘ : “You have no proof,” said he grasp¬ ing a chair for support. “That is my lookout. I have no to waste. Will you pay, or go to jail?” He saw the evidence I had was too strong for his denial, and he drew his check on the spot for $2100, and after begging me not to mention the affair, he sneaked off. I cashed the check and hastened to Wallace’s house. The reader may judge with what satisfaction he received it, and how rejoiced was Annie and her lover. Wallace insisted that I should take $100 for my trouble, but 1 mag¬ nanimously kept only $20. Wallace signed the pledge, and was ever after a temperauce man. He died a few years ago, leaving a handsome proper¬ ty to Chandler and his wife, the mar¬ riage between him and Annie having taken place shortly after the above narrated circumstance occured. Indian Slavery in Early Mexico. The old Spaniards were not at all afraid of the savages, and enslaved as many as they wished and made them work well in the mines. Histojry tfat tells us this, and tells us besides they treated the Indians with great cruelty. Even the pious fathers made the In* dlans cultivate tho soil and lead clean lives, and, above all, caused them to give up their ways of idleness. Every evening the Indians came in from la¬ bor, and, after singing some religious songs, were locked up for the night in about the same way that the negro slaves of the Southern States were for¬ merly locked up. There was no non¬ sense about it, and near every mission there was kept a small party of Span¬ ish soldiers who disciplined the In¬ dians whenever they needed It, which was quite often. Whenever any of them made their escape to the moun¬ tains the soldiers went after them and brought them home, or rather back to the missions, and again set them to work. Some of these Indians eventu¬ ally become respectable members of society and good men, though others returned to their vagabond life after the priests had lost their hold upon them and the church property had been secularized, which occured as far back as 1883. When the church prop¬ erty was abandoned, as was virtually done in consequence of a decree of the supreme government in the City of Mexico, dated August 17, 1833, the semi-civilized Indians found them¬ selves free, as they considered it, and returned to their wild ways .—Chicago Times. A King’s Workshop. In a letter recently received from Burmah a characteristic sketch is giv¬ en in illustration of the state of the country under its present ruler, in which it is stated that at Sagine there is what is called the king’s workshop, which was erected at the instance of the last ruler at an enormous expense, his idea being to build steamers for his own and the country’s use. The ship¬ building yard is at Mandalay, aqd the place at Sagine was designed as a foundry, in which cast and wrought iron was to be treated. Two large furnaces, fifteen boilers, three furna¬ ces for cast iron, seven large engines, five rolling mills for bar iron, and a quantity of other machinery (includ¬ ing a large steam hammer, lathes, punching and shearing machines, and ore crushers) have been put down. All that is required is to start the fires and raise steam; yet this valuable prop¬ erty is meantime overgrown with the products of the soil. The large steam hammer is twined round with beauti¬ ful crimson creepers; from out of one’ of the furnaces grows a large prickly caetus; the rolling mills are shaded wjth large tree ferns. The machinery, however, is not rusted, though nearly ten years have elasped since the king died. The works were suspended at bis death, and the present king will ■ neither spend more money on the un¬ dertaking nor sell it to others,— Iron. JJJg DIVISION OF LABOR, Odd Ways bf Making A Liv¬ ing in New York* Peculiar Means of Livelihood which Civilization Develops. There are many odd ways of earn livelihood in a great city like New York, and it is surprising to see many persons there are whoread adapt themselves to new occupa ■lions. Type writing, for instance, was unknown a few years ago, and now there are thousands wno support by it. It lias supplied a pew and wide field for the employ¬ ment of women, and has come into 'id most universal tise for legal docu¬ ments. The invention of the tele¬ phone has given employment to thou¬ sands in the construction of the appara¬ tus and the attendance at telephone Wees, and the number thus employed Biready rivals the number engaged in telegraphing. The introduction of electric lighting has given employment to many per zons ( as has also the comparatively re¬ cent use of refined oil all over the world for both lighting and heating. It> is only a few years since the inven¬ tion of district messenger service and the employment of street bootblacks gave employment to an army of boys. The successful manufacture of play¬ ing cards, which were largely made abtoad until within a few years, has recently given employment to ninny American workmen, The canued gauds industry has grown up since the wat and offers an entirely new occu i). * Photo-lithography and many other quick processes of picture printing have furnished employment to many within “’a few years. There is an Im¬ mense business in ready-ipade cloth- , hig’lor w-omen and children that is of comparatively recent growth. There are at a rough calculation, about fifty men in the United States who make their living by hardening steel for various mechanical purposes. There are three or four who earn a liv¬ ing by demagnetizing watches, and perhaps about as many who adjust compasses on iron ships. There is an odd and somewhat intricate occupa¬ tion in the insurance business known as the adjustment of averages, and the number of men engaged in it in a great city may almost be counted on one’s fingers. There are many men who earn a liv¬ ing by tastiDg various articles of food, or judging of them by their appear¬ ance. There are experts in handwrit¬ ing, in chemistry, in mechanics, and all sorts of things, who turn up in the courts and make litigation costly. Civilization tends to a division of la bor, so that in every profession there are men who get a reputation for some particular branch. Thus there are ac¬ knowledged specialists in law, who have almost a monopoly of a certain class of cases. Some lawyers know all about patents, and others all about ad mirality; others all about criminal law, and so on. In the same way the doc-% tors take each 3ome portion of the hu man body as a special study, so that the old family doctor, who undertook to doctor all sorts of diseases is com paratively obsolete in crowded commu nities. This division of labor leads to the establishment in great cities of many queer stores, or depots of supply for ail sorts of odd things of which the general public knows little or nothing. There are for instance, depots for the supply of pecular food for the various nationalities that centre in the great city. The Chinaman, the Italians, the Germans, and the Scotchman all know where they can go and buy things that are specially suited only to their own taste. A craze like roller skating gives em¬ ployment to many persons. American roller skates are now known all over the world. There is an American roller skating rink even in India. The progress of mechanical inven¬ tions, while it throws many persons out of employment, also furnishes new occupations to many, and does away with the apprehension that thy ma¬ chine may supplant the man .—New York Sun. ‘There are in New Yo:k city about 78,368 buildings wholly or partly used for dwelling purposes, of which 32.- 1)96 have one family each, 10,314 more than one each, while 16,992 have one family to a floor, and 18,966 more than one to each floor. VOL V. New Series. No. 26. The Weird Bird of the Atlantic. As the craft bowls along in the South Atlantic a new world seems to open oh the voyager. The constella- j tion of the Southern Cross has scarce¬ ly become familiar to hint before he begins to see animal, or rather bird, life altogether new to him. One of the' greatest novelties of this kind that can e^er Impress the? albatross. itself on the mind of man is Some morning the lounger will reach the deck and, casting his eye in tha wake of the ship to judge her speed will see a speck just above the horizon far asterd. Growing larger and lar¬ ger as it approaches* it finally devel opes into a gigantic bird, and the old sailor, conning the helm, will gruffiy suggest the fact that it is proper for the tyro to wet his first introduction to an albatross, There is something inexpressibly weird about the bird it¬ self as well as in its manner of flight and it is matter of little wonder to those who have seen it, that a brain such as Coleridge’s should have hit up¬ on it for the text of his Lay of the An¬ cient Mariner. Without a beat of wing, without motion of the body, the bird will, by long, easy-going tacks, swoop up from astern until it gets within easy watching distance from the ship it chooses to follow. It will then “lay to” at that respectful dis¬ tance and after taking thorough stock of the stranger that has invaded its domain will, with no apparent effort swoop past the ship to port or star¬ board, as the case may be, pass it by several cable lengths and then, laying to on the hand to its advance allow the ship to psss it, and will then once more take up its post as rear guard of the procession. Nothing can be more ghost-like than the action of the albatross in thus passing, or being passed. No stroke of the wing occurs and all the motion apparent,. except that of the almost unintelligible cleav¬ ing of the air, is the half turn of the bird’s head towards the ship, made as if to see what manner of beast this was that had come to bother it. Though sailors are over prone to su¬ perstition, they seem not to be very particular as to the sacredness of the albatross and will always assist in the capture in spite of the curse Coleridge associates with its killing. Christening Eugenie’s Baby. The secret papers of the second empire give an account of the expend¬ iture on the occasion of the birth and baptism of the prince imperial. Medals in diamonds head the list, at a costof 25,000 francs. Doctors and midwives received 68,000 francs. The wardrobes cost 100,000 francs, The several societies of dramatic authors and composers, painters and sculptors, industrial inventors, and medical men of the department of the Seine received 10,000 francs each. Ninety-three thousand francs were given to the benevolent “bureaus” of the depart¬ ment of the Seine and of the commune in which lay the estates of the crown. The “agents of the interior service” of the empress receive gratifications to equal four months’ wages, amounting to 11,000 francs. Forty-four thousand francs were allowed to giving perform ances at the theaters on March 18, 1856. The parents of children born on the 16th of that month shared among them 50,000 francs. For medals to be given to authors and composers of verses and cantate addressed to their majesties, and to the pnpiles at the Lycees, 85,000 francs were allowed. The relatives of the godchildren of their majesties received 20.000 francs. The service of the stables of the baptismal cortege is down at 172,000 francs, and francs were distributed in to the hired servants of their household: The total come to sum of 898,000 francs. Medicinal Intelligence. “What is the matter?” asked Austin doctor of a thin young named Anderson Pye. “I think the climate of Austin not agree with me—have great breathing with my lungs.” - “You would have a great deal trouble breathing without your responded the doctor, whereupon derson Pye got up and adjourned, now he tells every one that doctor does not understand his ness .— Siftings. i An equivalent of $2500 has j offered lor a safe substitute for ) powder in coal mining. One Day. Vi: Ouo day—some day—I know that we lhali meet, A]l we]) j know . ximt day, tost lovo, wilt' thou seam just as sweet 7 Nay, nay, not so. Yet let us moot. That day I shall not (oar To hoar thy tone— To take life olt-kissed hand, once found so dear, Within mine own. V t ■ I shall not tear to look into thorns eyes Where Love’s light flowed, A signal star new risen in the skies To point my road. Then let us quickly meet—I have no fear— Of that old bliss— Meet as friends meet. Yet, oh, come not too noar— Lct us not kiss. I do not fear tliy eyes, tliy grace, thy tone; But woo is mo, Thy tender lips might mnke mo nil thine own Who now am free. —Philip Baarkt Martian. HUMOROUS. Boilers Kate is the most popular girl of the period. Be content with your lot, especially if it’s a lot of money. “We meet to part no moro,”.said the bald-headed man to his hair brush. Women are not inventive as a rule. They have no eagerness for new wrinkles. /■. Mrs. Fartlngton said that a gentle¬ man laughed so heartily that she feared he would have burst his joculaft vein The base-ball umpire now prepares Himself against disaster, And lays in quarts of arnica And yards of sticking plnstor. An Austrian naturalist has discov¬ ered the nervous system of sponges. It lies in the vicinity of the pocket book. “Why comes not my lover to me?” wads a poetess in a Chicago paper. Ten to one he’s at the- skating rink with another girl. There won’t be any white,elephant in the circuses this year. The price the of whitewash has advanced until business won’t pay. Some of the poet Willis’ best lines were written in his boarding house. They were tender lines probably. They are always good in a boarding house; The Boston girl never says: “Don’t you forget it.” She merely remarks ; “Fray allow not the remembrance of this circumstance to be relegated to oblivion.” A correspondent of a fashionable pa* per asks, “What shall I get for moths?” We should not get anything; but if the correspondent is fond of the moths, a very acceptable present would be a sealskin jacket. Judge—“The sentence of the Court is the prisoner be confined in State prison the remainder of his natural life.” Prisoner—“But, your Honor—” Judge—“Not another word, sir, or I’ll give you four years more.” A Madison avenue, New York, girl wears a beautiful bangle bracelet pre¬ sented to her by an admirer who went without his dinner for a month in order to buy it. But then it is no hardship for a youth in love to go without his dinner. “And so you like the yarns wo sea dogs spin?” asked the gallant young mariner. “Idote on them! ” the young lady passionately responded. “And what shall I tell you of the doings of us salts?” he tenderly asked. “O, tell me how you luff?” she innocently answered. True Courtesy. A beautiful fact on this subject is related of a distinguished clergyman. On one occasion a humble, worthy maa who had befriended the clergyman in early life called to see him, and was invited to the family table. He began to eat with his knife, as he had been accustomed, and the younger people smiled The clergyman looked round upon them, as if to say: “Stop that!” and at once himself began to eat with his knife, and did so to the end of the meal. After dinner one of the children asked him why he did so. The clergy¬ man replied: “It is well enough for us to observe the etiquette of the day; but it is far more Important to avoid in¬ sulting people. 1 wanted my old friend to enjoy his dinder, which he could not have done if he had seen you laughing at him. He is accustomed to use his knife, and it would be quite difficult for him to use the fork in¬ stead.” That was genuine politeness. Tlie world would be happier and bet* ter if there were more of it.