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LINCOLNTON NEWS
J. E>. COLLEY & CO.,
YOL. I.
MACHINERY DEPOT.
W. J. POLLARD,
MANUFACTURER and MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT.
MANUFACTURER of
W. J. Pollard’s Champion Cotton Gin
Feeders & Condensers^ Smith's Hand Power Cotton &lHay Press,
General agent for Grain Threshers and Separators and Agricultural Imple¬
ments, Fairbanks & Co.’s Standard Scales, etc. Talbot & Sons’ Agricultural,
Portable and Stationary and Steam Engines and Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist
Mills, etc. C. & G. Cooper & Co.’s Traction Engines, and Stationary Portable and Agricul¬
tural Engines, Watertown Agricultural, Portable St earn En
gines, Saw Mills, etc. GoodaU <fc Waters’ AVood AVorking Machinery v. AV. L.
Bradley’s Standard Fertilizers. The Dean Steam Pump. Kreible’s Vibrating
Cylinder Steam Engines. Otto’s Silent Gas Engines. Acme Pulverizing Har¬
row, Clod Crusher and Leveler.
MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS B
Belting, Packing, Brass Fittings, Iron Fittings, Iron Pipe, Rubber Hose and
everything that Tools can of be used on or about machinery. Cotton Mill Supplies a
specialty. all kinds, Hancock Inspirators, etc. Finally, I desire to
make the machine business a complete success, and will guarantee to furnish
everything wanted in that line on as reasonable terms and at as short notice
as any House in the country. My stock is the largest and most varied of any
house South. My connection with some of the largest manufactories in the
United States give3 me superior advantages for furnishing the best and most
reliable work found anywhere. Be certain to call on
W. JT. FOJL,TjJLIZ2D,
731, 734 & 736 Reynolds Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
WONDERFUL BARGAINS
IN
FURNITURE.
If we don’t Beat New York Prices we will
Give You a NICE SET.
The Largest and Finest Stock ever offered
in Augusta. Five carloads just received.
All the Latest Styles and Pricer Cheaper
than Ever. ’WE DEFY COMPETITION
Our New Catalogue will be Ready in Te.i
Days. Write for one.
J. L. BOWLES & CO.,
117 AND 839 BROAD STREET !
AUGUSTA, CA.
JAMES HINES,
SUCCESSOR TO
P. H. NOROTN,
"Washington - - Ga
—DBALB.C IN—
Groceries” aM Pladatit SapUes.
Bagging and Ties, Meat and
Lard, Flour of the Best Grade,
ron, Plows, &c., Salt, Leather,
&o., Provisions of all Sorts.
The Reputation of the House shall be
Maintained. “ The Best Goods at the Lowest
Living Rates.”
At Mrs. N. Brum Clark’s
Ladies will find New and Stylish Neck
weab. Look at the Ferne Laces. They
must be seen to be appreciated.
The Latest Styles in Hals and Bonnets re¬
ceived weekly during the season.
Onr Mourning Bonnets and Crepe Veils
are keep unsurpassed best in quality and price. We
New Ribbons—every English Crepes, new Lisse Ruching,
ity. width, color and qual
Black Silk Gloves, Mourning wear; Chit
kinds* 18 ’ BrUt8ea Nets; Nets of aU
Silk, Sewing Sills, Buttons in latest styles,
New Jewelry, Luster less Jet Bracelets, Ear¬
rings, other styles Pins, & o., Coin Silver Jewelry and
Work, Lace entirely Pillow new; Material for Fancy
New Hair. Goods—pretty Shams, Splashers, &c.
styles. and becoming
" Polo’! Caps, “Fez”Caps, “TamO’Shan
ter” Caps—in the new colors for Children.
Hand-Knitted Goods for Infants, Infants’
Caps Fancy in Lace, Velvet and Satin. Our Stock
it Goods is too varied to itemize.
We are prepared' to furnish anything in
the Mii.unery Line, and to fill orders
promptly. tended Orders from the country at¬
to as soon as received. We never
Disappoint. Our friends in adjacent coun¬
ties will find it to their interest to send to us.
We will make any purchases for them in the
city free of commission.
ws guarantee Prices and Quality.
oxS.L.'li?. Stylish Araele3 ’I®* for 1 a Lady’s *h 0 Place Toilet. to obtain
Give no a oall.
'THE AUGUSTA, ELBERTON AND CHICAGO RAILROAD.
samuel h. myers.
SUCCESSOR T
MYERS & MARCUS,
838 & 840 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
WHOLESALE JOBBER OF DRY GOODS, NO.
TIONS. SHOES. HATS AND CLOTHING.
J. M. ANDERSON,
COTTON FAGTOB
—AND—
Gommission Merchan
—AX THE—
O'.d Stand of R. A. Fleming,
903 Reynolds Street, Augusta, 6a’
.Personal attention given to all business
T. Love Fuller, so'veil known in Lincoln,
and who for many years has been with
Young & Hack, is in charge, and will be glad
to see h is many friends.
Murphey, Harmon & Go.,
NCOLNTON, 6A.,
TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS
PUT DP TO LAST.
Work Guaranteed,
Refer to their work throughout Lincoln
county.
Prices Very Low.
P. HANSBERGER,
-MANUFACTURER OF—
CIGARS,
—AND DEALER IN—
Tobacco, Pipes and
Smokers’ Articles.
706 Broad street, AUGUSTA, GA.
w. n. mercier,
COTTON FACTOR AND
No. 3 Warren Block,
Augusta, Ga.
_
Will give pergonal and undivided atten
tion to the Weighing and Selling of Cotton
Liberal Cash Advances made on Consign
ments.
LINCOLNTON, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1883.
The Otvfstion of t»»e World.
In every rise and fall of ireshening breeze
That comes with sweetest morning melodies
lo break the silent spell of clinging mist,
taut meet the sun, we bear, if we but list,
A sad underlying minor strain,
Like whbper ot wind before the rain,
That murmurs in mournful soft retrain,
Wherefore, wherefore?
Through course of circling centuries oppressed
3y baleful burden borne beneath her breast
Since time began, the solemn chanting sea
Sobs sharply in the midst of litany,
At thought of the untold mystery
Of things that are and things that aie to be,
And longs for the secret ol secresy,
Wherefore, wherefore ?
The brown earth patiently endures her long
Enforced silence; but her myriad throng
31 fair upspringing children,—lofty tree
And sturdy shrub and wreathing phantasy
Of wandering vine and brilliant bloom,
With balmiest breath of pure perfume—
Sighs out the sky in night’s wide gloom,
Wherefore, wherefore ?
Dumb creatures, with reproachful, wistful eyes,
Seem asking always, in forlorn suvprfee,
Why they must live to toil at word or blow,
Through summer heat and winter waste ol
snow,
To meet, when the weary days shall cease,
An ignorant rest, and unknown peace,
And silently wonder, at such release,
Wherefore, wherefore ?
Pathetic, yearning faces everywhere,
With hope that raises but beyond despair,
For life’s great secret search the hollow heaven
knd find it not, but some heroic leaven
Persistently stirs tho dragging day
That fotters their souls, and day by day
With passionate longing they steadfastly
pray,
Wherefore, wherefore I
These wailing monotones of the homeless
breeze
And pulsing rhythm of the restless seas,
Faint sighs oi Nature’s darlings, wistfnl-eyed
Surprise, far-reaching mirrors multiplied
By heart of humanity sorely tried,
Will like the modulating third
All life resolve into a perfect chord,
Divinely consoling the world with a word
Thcrotore, therefore!
—Adelaide Cilley Waldron.
LOSING BOTH.
Cora,” said old Miss Duchesne, ab¬
ruptly, “did you ever have j-our fortune
told?”
Cora Leslie was dreaming over her
needlework in the soft light of the
April noon. Blossoming cyclamens
were in the deep casements; a white
hyacinth hung its odorous bells in the
sunshine; a blue-ribboned work-basket
was drawn close to the window, and a
flro of logs burned, with a comfortable,
crackling sound, in the deep, tiled fire¬
place. «
Cora started at the sudden question,
and then smiled.
“I?” said she. “My fortune told.
How should I? We city girls never
stumble across gypsy camps; and I
don't believe in the wise women who
advertise from city flats.”
Old Miss Duchesne was sallow, with
very black hair, scarcely as yet sprin¬
kled with gray, although sixty years
had passed over it; sharp, black eyes,
and a nose and chin which nearly met.
She looked almost like a sphinx herself
as she sat there.
“I used to tell fortunes, when I was
a girl,” said she.
“With cards?” laughed Cora.
“No; by palmistry. Shall I tell
j’ours ?”
Cora looked at the old lady with sur¬
prise. Was she in jest or earnest? Why
lid she speak so sharply? Why did
those glittering eyes seem to burn their
way into her very brain ?
But Miss Duchesne had been the
school-friend of'T'ora's mother , years
and years ago, and Cora had always
humored her eccentricities.
“If you choose,” said she, half hesi¬
tating.
“Give me your hand,” said Miss Du¬
chesne—“the same hand which you are
one day going to bestow upon Duke
Chesterton in marriage!”
“Yes,” said Cora, calmly.
“A white, plump, velvety little
hand,” said Miss Duchesne, peering so
closely into the palm that her nose al¬
most touched the rosy skin. “Let me
see! let—me—see! The line of luck;
the line of life; the line of love! Ah,
here we are! Beware of a dark girl.
She is coming between you and the
line of love. She will work you sore
trouble yet.”
Miss Duchesne dropped the hand,
took off her spectacles, and solemnly
placed them in her pocket, Then she
leaned back in her chair and regarded
Cora intently.
The girl sat as if some new light
had suddenly dawned upon her brain.
“You mean my Cousin Ariadne?’’
said she, involuntarily.
Miss Duchesne nodded.
“I mean j r our Cousin Ariadne,” said
she. “Child, child! can it be possible
that you are so blind as not to see what
is going on under your very eyes? That
girl is winning your lover away.”
Cora smiled incredulously.
“Oh, but,” said she, “that is quite
impossible. Duke loves me! He is
engaged to me!”
• Aien are false as -Mepnistopneies,”
said Miss Duchesne, with energy.
“There never was oneyet proof against
the wiles of a siren like Ariadne Buck¬
ingham.”
“Miss Duchesne, you must not talk
so, faltered Cora, with the color vary¬
ing on her cheek, and a startled look in
her eyes. “Ariadne is my guest. Duke
is my engaged lover. I—”
Silentlj- Miss Duchesne drew aside
the ruby velvet draperies of the win¬
dow and pointed to where Miss Leslie’s
own carriage was drawn up opposite
the curbstone. Ariadne Buckingham
—a tall, brilliant brunette—in a car
riage costume of salmon satin and
plush, was just stepping out. Marina
duke Chesterton, bowing low over her
hand, pressed his lips to it as he assist¬
ed her to alight.
“Do you see that?” said Miss Du¬
chesne.
Cora burst into tears and hurried
from the room, just as Miss Bucking¬
ham entered from an opposite portal,
all smiles, followed by Mr. Chesterton.
“Where is Cora?” said the brunette,
airily. “I hope her headache is bet¬
ter. We have had such a delightful
morning at the picture gallery, Duke
and I. And we have brought home
some exquisite cut-flowers to arrange
for dinner. Where are they, Duke?
Bring them in here. I am sure Cora
will excuse us for invading her bou¬
doir.”
But Miss Duchesne did not return
the fair Ariadne’s smiles. She gath¬
ered up her knitting, made some curt
reply about desiring to be alone, and
stalked out of the room.
“Cross old thing!” pouted Ariadne
“One would almost imagine, Duke'
that j-ou were her lover, and that she
was jealous!”
She laughed a shrill, sweet tinkle of
sound. Marmaduke Chesterton laugh¬
ed, also. All that Ariadne Bucking¬
ham did or said was perfect in his
eyes.
Miss Buckingham’s father had lost
his all in unfortunate ventures, and
Ariadne had been brought up on an in¬
come of nothing per annum.
Every one pitied poor Ariadne, wlm
nevertheless, was always exquisitely
dressed, went everywhere, and lived,
metaphorically speaking, on the fat of
the land.
She had written to Cora Leslie, her
mother's cousin, that she would like
to spend a winter in Philadelphia, and
Cora, fuil of sweet, womanly compas¬
sion, had promptly sent money for her
to come.
“I never had a sister,” wrote Cora,
“and I am sure that I shall love you
dearly!”
And it was thus that Ariadne had
rewarded her. The old story over
again of the serpent who stings its
benefactor.
But, although Cora had been blind
the rest of the world, like Miss Du¬
chesne, were more dear-sighted.
Colonel Yavason, Mr. Chesterton's
uncle, took him sternly to task for his
defection from the line of equity.
“Duke,” said he, “I may, be a little
old-fashioned, but all this looks to me
like a piece of first-class villainy! Miss
Leslie has neither father nor brother
to interfere in her behalf. She is a
jewel among women, and that Buck¬
ingham girl is a heartless flirt!”
Duke laughed.
“My dear uncle,” said he, “you take
things too seriously! Cannot an en¬
gaged man so much as look at other
women ?”
But one daj-, in blossomy May, Col¬
onel Vavason’s card was brought up
to Miss Leslie.
Cora was preparing to go out with
Miss Duchesne for a drive. She was
full of bright happiness that morning,
and even Miss Duchesne breathed
more freely, for Ariadne Buckingham
had left them the night before, in re¬
sponse—so, at least, she gave them to
understand—to a telegram from her
father, who was ill. The nightmare
dream was over at last—all the world
was May!
She ran down into the drawing¬
room, where Colonel Yavason leaned
against the mantel, tall, pale and hand¬
some.
“Oh, colonel," she said, brightly, “1
am so glad to see you. Duke is com¬
ing here at two o’clock to—”
But she paused as her eyes fell on
his pale ■ features, the look of mute
horror in his eyes.
“Duke will never come here again,”
said he, in a low tone. “Be a heroine,
Cora. Bear your trouble bravely. Duke
went away before daylight. He left a
note asking me to tell you. He loves
Ariadne Buckingham, and has followed
her to her home!”
And so Cora Leslie closed the chap¬
ter of her first love—or. rather, Marm
maduke Chesterton dosed It for,her.
Of course thero were plenty of
people to pity her with ostentatious
sympathy, and plenty to siy that they
had prophesied it all along; plenty to
comment on Cora’s trusting blindness
and Duke’s smooth hypocrisy.
But Cora held her own valiantly.
She was a little paler, perhaps; a little
quieter. But the heart wound was
too deep for any surface bleeding
And the world whispered behind its
jeweled fan; “flow well she bears
it!”
At the end of a year Marmaduke
Chesterton came back. He was not
married to Miss Buckingham after all.
The beautiful brunette had accepted
his presents, smiled on him with those
melting eyes of hers, amused herself
at his expense, and finally wedded a
young lieutenant of artillery, to whom
she had been engaged for years, and
poor Duke’s eyes had been summarily
opened to the folly of his ways. lie
was pale and haggard as he stood there
in the boudoir, where he had first
asked Cora Leslie to be his wife.
But Cora was lovelier than ever. As
he looked at her her marveled that he
could ever have cared for one like
Ariadne Buckingham.
“Cora,” he said in a broken voice, as
she cordially gave him her hand, “can
you ever forgive me?”
“Oh, yes,” she answered, smiling, “I
forgave you long ago. And oh, how
you must have suffered, Duke!”
“But,” he went on eagerly, “I am
disenchanted now. My eyes are open
at last. I know now, that I never
really loved anv one but vou. Sweet
Cora, is it too late to ask vou to renew
our engagement once more ?”
“I am afraid it is,” said Cora, still
serenely self-possessed and calm.
“But why?” he urged, half mad
dened by suspense.
“One reason,” answered Cora, “is
that I have long ceased to care (except
of course as a friend) for the man
who loved Ariadne Buckingham better
than me. The other is that I am to
be married next week to Colonel Vav
ason.”
_ m y unc ; e y>
“Vpk nuts” fwTif 5
“to to jour vour uncle uncle. I lov e and honor him
as I never loved or honored man be
f ‘
So Marmaduke Chesterton lost both
blonde and brunette, and Miss Du¬
chesne was satified at last that her
darling was happily wedded. As for
Cora, she believes with the poet that.
“There is a Providence tint sba; es our ends
Rough hew them as we may!”
For did not that darksome path of
pain and suffering lead into the sweet
est sunshine at last ? — Helen Forrest
Graves.
Vew England.
There is considerable cheap talk
heard occasionally, but chiefly, as a
matter of course, outside of New Eng
land, about the last-named section ot
the country having “ seen its best
davs,” etc., as regards its great manu
factoring industries, which has beer
and is now its great dependence and
source of material wealth, and which,
also, gives its people a just pride as a
representative center of American in
dustrial enterprise. H hen the great
natural resources of the M est are taken
into account and duly considered, and
we fully realize what rapid progress
has been made in that section in the
matter of introducing all kinds of
manufacturing, we confess it is not
\erj strange that some over-sensitive,
spasmodic enthusiasts are thrown en
tirely off their base in forming an
opinion of the strength and stability
of our New England enterprises, or
that in their croaking moments and
low spirits they should picture New
England in the near future as high
and dry on the upper shelf of bank¬
ruptcy.
But those who know the metal of
our people and the character of our
institutions and business enterprises
will pass such foolishness by as idle
talk, and take no stock in such thin
dtlusions. To be sure. New England
cannot stand still or go to sleep, or
allow her puritanic style of doing bus
ness to impede her future progress,
and she don’t propose to, as is evident
on every hand in her great manufac
turing centers. Lowell, Lawrence,
Fall River, Springfield, Lynn, Haver
hill, Holyoke, Taunton, Providence,
Hartford, New Britain, Waterbary,
Manchester, Lewiston, all give the lie
to any decadence in New England
manufacturing. It does not follow be
cause one section of the country is
growing and expanding that it is ab
sorbing all others. There are more
people here now than we well know
what to do with, and the growing de
mauds of this great country make it
imperative that new machine shops,
factories, mills, etc., should be estab
where American-made goods are more
and more appreciated as they become
better known. No, New England is
not going to rot, but does and will
continue to hold her high rank as one
oi the great producing centers of the
country, croakers.—Boston notwithstanding Manufacturers' the slurs of
Qa
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8TEAHBOATIXG.
Adventure, in the First MU.H.Ippl
Steamer, Running the Gauntlet nf
Earthquakes and Rapid*.
In 1802 Oliver Evans agreed with
James McKeever, of Kentucky, and
Louis Valcourt, to build a steamboat
to ply between New Orleans and Nat¬
chez. The boat was constructed in
Kentucky and the engine—high pres¬
sure—at Philadelphia and both were
sent to New Orleans, but ere the craft
could be fitted it was destroyed by a
hurricane and the engine set to do use¬
ful though inglorious service sawing
timber. This was five years before
Fulton’s successful Clermont ascended
the Hudson.
The first western steamboat launched
at Pittsburg, March 17, 1811. The
builders were Fulton and Livingston’s
agent, Mr. X. J. Boosevelt. Of her
first trip Mr. J. H. B. I.atrobe has
published an interesting account. The
New Orleans was built on the site of
the Pittsburg & Connellsville rail¬
road depot, at a cost of $38,000. She
was 116 feet long and twenty feet beam,
with thirty-four inch cylinder; she was
a stern wheeler, and was painted of a
blueish color. Boosevelt was severely
censured for permitting his wife to ac.
j company him on the perilous trip, it
' being very justly observed that, how
j ever reckless he might be of his own
life, he had no right to peril hers,
They Were the onl - v Passengers, and
the crew consisted of the ca P tain ’ en K’
neer ’ Andrew Jack > the pilot, six
hands, two female servants, a cook, a
waiter anf I a Newfoundland dog. All
Pittsburg turned out en masse to
cheer the daring travelers, and Mr. and
Mrs. Roosevelt were so much excited
that they could not sleep, but spent the
first night on deck, watching the banks
fly past at the rate of eight and even
ten miles an hour. On the second
night out they cast anchor at Cincin
nati > levees and wharf boats being
things of the future, and received an
enthusiastic welcome, though nobodv
f d , ... h t th ould e ' er get the
•
, boat stream At midnight
up again. on
October 1, 1811, the New Orleans
reached Louisville, where the glare of
her furnace and the escaping steam in
spired the townsmen with the belief
that the comet had fallen into the riv.
er—the comet of 1811 being, it will be
remembered, a particularly formidable
celestial visitant. All were delighted
at see ' n S a steamboat, but there was
dee P regre ^ felt at the reflection that
the New Orleans would never be able
to force her way up-stream. This des
pendency was dispelled when, while a
luncheon party was on board, Mr.
Roosevelt ran the boat up the river, to
the consternation of the guests, who at
first feared that she had broken from
her moorings and was drifting to de
struction. Afterward he took the boat
up to Cincinnati, to wait for the river
to rise, so that the falls at Louisville
could be run safely.
The first shock of the great earth¬
quakes of 1811 was felt as the New
Orleans was lying below Louisville,
having made the passage of the falls,
and they accompanied her far down
the river. At one point a canoe, man
ned by Indians.eame out and chased the
New Orleans; at New Madrid, Mo.,
which had been nearly swallowed up
to the “convulsions of nature,” of that
eventful year, half the people begged
to be taken off, and the other half ran
away and hid, the spectacle of the
steamboat proving too much for nerves
already unsettled by the comet and
the earthquake. The earthquake had
so changed the channel of the river
that it was by luck rather than by
knowledge that the pilot could take
the boat down. In due course the New
Orleans arrived at Natchez, to meet
with an enthusiastic reception, and, by
way of ending the romance of the trip,
the captain was married to Mrs. Roose
velt’s maid, as soon as the boat had
been tied up. The New Orleans ran
for a long time between New Orleans
and Naehez. In 1814 she carried Gen
eral Coffee down with reinforcements
for Jackson,another steamer, the Enter
prise, taking part in the defense of the
city. The Enterprise was a vessel ol
seventy-five tons burden, and that was
the fourth steamer launched on the
Ohio and the first that ever ascended
the two streams,
---— —
It i3 estimated that the annual cat .
tie sale in the United States amount tc
about *300.000,000. The wealth has
been greatlv increase a by the large
augmen tation of thoroughbred cattle,
The -< Ameriean 1Ierd Book - has been
extende d to twenty-three volumes,
Thege volumes are occupied with the
37,000 bulls, and all of one class,
Durhams or Short-horns,
The average nightly attendance at
London’s thirty-six theaters is 51,005,
and the average price of admission is
88 cents.
PUBLISHERS.
NO. 40.
JltnOKOUS.
No intelligent lawyer will ever take
the will for the deed.
The active drummer may be re.
garded as a commercial scenter.
Little gold pigs are worn as orna¬
ments—probably because they art
styelish.
Isn’t it a little paradoxical to speak
of a man as a crank when he is so
set in his mind that you can’t turn
him?
Be respectful to everyone, no matter
what his or her position may be in the
world. Never, for instance, ask your
washerwoman where she “hangs out.”
A young bride being asked how her
husband had. turned out, replied that he
had turned out very late in the morn¬
ing, and turned in very late at night.
When a young man attempts to
court a fair damsel, and she tells him
that , she has a “ su P reme contempt foi
him, should she be arrested fear “coiv
tempt of court ?”
Canine intelligence is beautifully
illustrated by a clog who recently,while
passing a tin-shop, and seeing a lot ol
kettles in the window, turned tail and
ran 10r bis life.
Scotch minister: “John, John, I’mj
afraid you are on the broad road.<
Inebriated parishioner: “Weel minis
ter; as far as I’m concerned the
breadth is a’ required.” -
“Lovely weather, isn’t it ?” said one
man to another. “Brings everything
out of the ground blooming.” “Great
Scott,” said the other, “I hope not, for
my chief creditors are buried!”
A Canadian has invented a method
of putting glass in sash without the
employment of putty. Every family
man who has ever tried to get old
putty out of a sash in order to put in
a new pane, will rise up and call thaf
Canadian “blessed.”
At a wedding where the bride was
i ^ dllator v ia arrMn S at the chl,rch
-
a lady remarked concerning the affair:
« W »en, ell the me idea mea of ot that that woman noman beino being
Iate in getting here ’ when she has
been waitlng tw enty-six years-for.just
’ uctl a cUance as this -”
Man’s back across the track;
Engine roars; man snores;
Engine rnshed; man squashed;
Widow snorts; seeks eonrtg;
Lawyer weeps; jury sleeps;
Judge charges; heavy largess;
Jucffe hollers; five thousand dollars.
Home Influence.
"When riding in the Herilic coach,
which is now used in place of the old
fashioned omnibus, I have often noticed
a young woman and her charge of four
children. Her manners and their
actually ■
manners are charming. She
seldom speaks unless to answer their
prattling questions, but her hand comes
down with such a gentle touch upon
their little bodies, while every actioD
speaks of watchful care and love. No
wonder the children are so gentle, and
that they put their arms around each
other, while lips meet lips iu tender
affection, knowing not in their sweet
innocence that life is not all love. I
do not know who the family are, but
whenever I see them 1 find my fancy
going home with them. White sitting
in an elegant room, I see sensible,
quiet, dignified hut loving mother,
ready to clasp each little one inaten
ler embrace on its return. I have
seen this same group enjoying a car¬
riage ride on Sunday morning, while ■
the family is probably at church, show¬
ing that every opportunity is embraced
to give the children an airing and
pleasure. Better than fine houses and
costly furniture and extravagant dress,
for making an attractive appearance
before the world, is a group of happy,
well-cared for. affectionate children,
with always the same gentle nurse
In one moment you read a volume on
culture, domestic happiness and suc¬
cess in life, when circumstances favoi
you with one glimpse of such a family
group. — Corr. Boston paper.
Scientific men of all nations are in¬
vited to compete for the Volta prize—■
30,000f. or $6000—of the Academy of
Sciences, Paris, which will be awarded
in December, 1887. This prize was
founded by the decree of June 11,1882
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and is for the discovery or invention
whatever shall render electricity appli¬
cable economically to one of the follow¬
ing objects: Heat, light, chemical
action, mechanical force, the transmis
sion of messages, or the treatment of
sick persons. No attention will be
paid to what may be sent in by candi¬
dates later than June 30, 1887.
The trestlework railroad bridge now
being constructed across Lake Pontch
artrain will, when completed, be
twenty-one miles in length, and will
be the longest bridge of the kind in
the United States. More than 15,000,
000 feet of lumber, outside of the piles
will be used in its construction.