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■8 THE MASONIC JOUKNAL Infection. The process by ■which disease is usually con- ■yeyed froui one person to another is terniecl infection, and the means by -svliich infection is caused are often very curious. In Scotland a servant girl fell ill tvith scar let fever, and died. Her ‘ ’ kist,” or trunk, con taining her clothing, tvas sent home to her relations. On the way it lay some weeks at a station on the railroad. The children of the ticket agent played about it, and "wei'e soon struck down with scarlet fever. The contents were finally dispersed as presents among the deceased girl, and wherever they were taken ill, scarlet fev er found Its victims. The only good resulting from the prevalence of the fever was that it afforded a barrier to a more virulent type coming from another quarter.— On reaching this village the latter wave was arrested, persons being very rarely attacked a second time. Infection is somclimes carried by animals.— A gentleman, who lost two children by malig nant scarlet fever, made great search for the origin of the disease. For a long time he could discover nothing. At last H appeared that a pup with ■whicli his childrenliad played had been reared in a house where there was scarlatina, and had carried the poisonous mat ter in his woolly hair. The Fence Story. A man who prided himself on his mo- irality, wiio was constantly saying, I am doing pretty well on the whole , I sometimes get mad and swear, but then I ■ am strictly honest; I work on Sunday when I am particularly busy, but I give a good deal to the poor, and I nevei was drunk in my life”—This man once hired a canny Scotchman to build a fence around his lot, and gave him very partic ular directions as to his work. In the ■evening wh«n the Scotchman came in .from his labor the man said: “Well, Jock, is the fence built and is it ■tight and strong.?” •T cannot say itis.all tight and strong,” replied Jock, “but it is a good average Shoe dealer—“ I find we have no number twelve shoes, sir ; but here is a pair of large nines.” Customer—“ Kines ! Do yon take me for Cindereller ?” “ I don’t say that the eggs you sold me the other day were bad,” said a man the other day to his grocer, “ but I think the hen that laid them must have been pretty sick.” Two hundred and sixty-three years ago Sir Henry Walton said in a letter to a friend ; An (.mbassador is an Imuestinan sent to lie abroad for tlie good of tlie commonwealth. It was a weakness of Mr. Ami .Tackson to take a drop too inucli, and ins iiabitual solilo quy when full was: “ Am I Ami, or am I not Ami? If I am not Ami, who in thunder ami?” Starved in a Dining Room. A toiicliiug’ story is that of the little wild bird that flew into the great dining-ball of the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga, and could neither And its own way out nor be lured to safety by the kindly endeavors of the servants, though the entrances and the lower parts of the windows weie nearly always open. Tlie heavy upholstery of the upper half of the windows prevented its only chance ol escape, so after fluttering bewildered among the for ests of chandeliers for six days, guests all the time feasting at the tables below, it at leiigtii died of starvation, and was picked up on the floor. Display at Funerals. An exchange in protesting against the cus tom of extravagant display that now prevails at funerals, says ; This sort of thing should be stopped, Poor jieople make geese of them selves ill rivaling each other at these cercuio- iiials, and the rich—well, the rich are simply absurd. The extravagance of funeral cere monials has increased te such a degree in this country as to become a serious burden to the living, and to lead to the formation of funeral reform societies. M e are gratified to observe, therefore, that in tilt burial of one of our best known journalists there was an absence of flisplay. rfence, anykow, II some parts are a little .■weak, others are extra strong. I don’t know but I may ha.ve left a gap here and there a .yard wide or so, but then I made up for.it'by doubling the number of rails ■ on each-side of the gap. I dare say the cattle will find it a very good fence on ■the whole, and will like it, though I can- ■najust -sa.ythat it’s perfect in every ;part,” “what!” cried the man, not seeing the poiiit. “Do you tell me that you have Ibuilt a fence around my lot with weak places in it, and gaps in it? Why you might as well have built no fence at all. If thereis one opaning, or a place where an opening can be made, the cattle will Ibe sure to find it, and will all go through. Don’t you know, man, that a fence must tbe perfect or it is worthless.^ “I used to think so,” said the Scotch man, “but I hear you talk so much about ■averaging matters with the Lord, seems ■to me that wie might try it with the cattle. If an average fence 'won’t do for them, I am afraid that an average character won’t do in the day of judgement. When I was on shipboard, and a storm was driv ing us on the rooks, the captain cried ; ‘Let go the anchor 1 But the mate shout- ■ed back ‘There is a broken link in the ca ble. ’Did the captain say, ■when he heard that: ‘No matter, it's only one link ; the rest of the chain is good. Ninety- nine of the one hundred links are strong. Its average is high. It only lacks one per cent of being perfect. Surely the anchor ought to respect so excellent a chain, and not break away from it.’ No indeed.; he shouted; Get another chain “He knew that a chain with one broken , link was no chain at all. That he might as well throw the anchor over board without .any cable a.s ■with a defect ive one. So with the anchor of our souls. If there is the least flaw in the cable it is not safe to trust it. We had better throw it away and try to get a new one that we fenow is perfect.” The Pope’s Household. The Pope’s household consists of .IST pei sons, the chief of whom are Cardinal Auto nella. the major-doino, the master of the chamber, the secretary, the steward, the gov- ernnor, Gen. Kanzler, and five cliainberlains. There are tw'enty persons employed in the secretary's office., fifteen in the administration of the palace, and eight in llio secret printing lioiise. Tlie Pope lias one groom of the cliam- ber and six body servants. Tlie apostolic chamber is composed of a president, twenty- tliree couriers, tliree servants and tliree order lies. Cardinal Antoiielii and Gen. Kanzler liave a suite of forty-eight persons, while the Swiss Guard and file Poiitiflcial gendarinene number two hundied. Advertisements. !E-KSS555il II fr- ” ■yiLMINGTON & M'EI.DON RAIL ROAD COMPANY. Office Gen’i. SiTrEKiNTENitENT, I "Wilmington, N. C., May 28, 187o. j CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. On and after June 1st, Passenger Trains on tlie M'ilmingtoii and M'eldoii Railroad will run as follows : MAIL TKAIN". Leave Union Depot daily (Sun days excepted) at . ;3o a. m, Arrive at Goldsboro ™ “ Rocky Mount 3:00p.W “ M'eldon iiioOp.m. Leave Weldon daily at O'.r.O n. m. Arrive at Rocky Mount 11:8!) a. m. “ Goldsboro l:8i p. m “ Union Depot 6;0-5 p. m. EXPRESS TRAIN AND TIIROUGH -FliElGHT TRAIN. I^eavc Uiiioii Depot daily ....at 5: p. ni- Arrive at Gold.sboro 11:4 a.m. “ Rocky Mount 3:0 a. m. “ M’eldon 6:00 a. in. Leave "tVeldon daily i :00 p. ni. Arrive at Rockv Mount 9:00 p. m. “ Goldsboro I'lnlO a. in. “ Union Depot 6:80 a. m. Mail Train makes close connoefion at Weldon for all points North via Bay line and .\cquia Creek routes. Express Train connects only with Acqnia Creek,route. 86^ Pullman's Palace Sleeping Cars on this 'I'rain. l‘'reidit Ti'ains will leave Wilmington tri weekly at 5:00 a. m.. and arrive at 1:40p. m. .lOHNF. DIVINE, 20- General Superintendent. EVERETT SMITH, Life & Fire Insurance Agent, Gkeensboeo, N. 0. SEABOARD & ROANOKE RAIL ROAD. Office of the Superintendent of Transporta tion, ol the Seaborcl & Roanoke Railroad Coin- ^ ^ PoirfSMoiiTH, Va., Jan. 1 1875 On and after this date, trains of this Road vyill leave "W’eldon daily, Sundays excepted as fol- lovys: Mail train at 4 p. m No. 1 Freight train at 4 a. m. No. 3 h'reight train at 8 a in. Tuesdays and Fridays at at 8.00 a.m. ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH. Mail train at 7,15 p. m. No. 1 Freight train at 13, Noon. No. 3 Freight train at 4 p. m. Frciglit trains have a passenger ear at tached. Steamer for Edenton, Plymoutli and landings on Black water and Cliowan Rivers leave, Franklin at 7 ,40 a, m., on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays E. G. GIIIO. Supt. of Transportaiion. The Mormon Chief. A young lady writes fron. Utah some items of interest about Brigliara Young. He was born in Vermont seventy-five years ago, and brouglit up to a carpenter’s trade. lu person lie is rather commanding, and striking in ap pearance. He stands nearly six feet higli, broad-shouldered and stocky, with the general physical aspect of a Imnian bull. His head is of a moderate size, with strong developments of the basic and posterior regions of the cra nium, and it is by no means lacking in ante rior breadth. His liair is chestnut if not col ored, abundant in gro-wth, and combed in a pedantic style into a foretop to the right side, ■witli somewhat of the lop of a sick rooster's comb. The impression received from the care bestowed on ids hair is tliat of an over-ween ing vacity and a desire to appear young. In Brigham Y’cung the lowest type of nuinanity is depicted in his gentle-like, projecting lower jaw, avarice in his pinched mouth, harshness and ungodliness in every lineiment of his re volting face ; and still I have lieard many Mormon women say : “ What a beautiful and benevolent face he has !” To my eye it is among the worst faces I have ever seen. It expresses greatness of a peculiar cast, but it is that of the grossest ignoranee which I have ever seen depicted in a person professing such a high position or so much ecclesiastical, civil and political renown. Represents the Metroi'olitan Lipe of York, ttie inauguratorof the two most popn),, and equitable plans of Lifeliisunucc, THE IlESERYE ENDOIFMEKT and THE RESERVE DIVIDEND PI,ak5. Every pledge of tb.is company is plain), written out, and the full respoi.sibilily ol tli, Company and assured defined, tlie 'PoLio of (lie Mi'iTib I'OLITAN sliould be read bifm a Policy in any other Oompuny in amplci, 01).?crve tlie following Original and Charit- teristic Provisions of lliis Company: Its nays'ot grace, from one montlitosix, 4,. termineil by tlie age of tliePolicy. ' Its cpnli'iuance from one insured periodi, aiinllier witliont increase of premium. Its Reserve Dividend Fund considered as» deposit at an interest for tlie payment of fis ture i reiniums. its Specific Guariintees of DividemlE aiii giirrender Value, Its Incontestable Clause, eperaliiig fiou Hit pavni. nr of the first premium. Tlie amount expUcitly stated to be paid in death. The amount explicitly stated to be I'AID IN LIFE. RALEIGH & GASTON RAILROAD. Sufekinteniient’s Office, ) Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 16, 1875. f On and after Monday, August IGlli, 1875, trains on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad will run daily (Sunday excepted) as follows: MAIL TRAIN. Leaves Raleigh 10:00 A. M. Arrives at M'eldon 3:80 P. M. Leaves M'eldon . 10:00 A. M. Arrives at Raleigh 8:45 P. M. ACCOMMODATION TRAIN. Leaves B:ileigh 5:00 A. M. Arrives al M’eldon 5:25 P. M. Leaves Weldon 5:15 A. M. Arrives at Raleigh.... 5:40 P M. Mail train makes dose connection at Wel don with the Seaboard and Roanoke R:iilroad and Bay I.ine Steamers via. Ballimoie, to and from ail points Nortli, West and Northwest, and with Petersburg Railroad via. Petersburgt Riclimond and Washington Cit}’, to and from all points North and Northwest. And at Raleigh with the Nortli Carolina Railroad to and from all points South and Southwest, and with the Raleigli & Augusta Air Line to Haywood and F'ayetteville. A. B. ANDREWS, Gen. Sup’t. ifALEIGH & AUGUSTA AIR-LINE. SUrEKINTENDENT’s OFFICE, ) Raloign, N.C., Aug. 16th, 1875. f On and after Monday, August IGth, 1876 trains on the K. & A. A. L. Road will run daily (Sunday' excepted) as follows: MAIL TRAIN. Train leaves Raleigh 4:00 A. M. Arrives at Cameron 7:20 P. M. Train leaves Cameron 6:30 A. M. Arrives at Raleigh 9;45 a. M. Mail 'I'rain makes close connection at Ral- iegh with the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, to and from all points North. And at Cameron with the Western Rail road, to and from Fayetteville and points on Westerji Railroad. A. B, ANDREWS, Superimtendent, Also represents several First-Class Fire Coa. panics, in whidi risks'will be writ'eii onil chisses of insurable property, aiidoii tlieiiii!i favorable terms. 5— JAS. SLOAN’S SONS, GREENSBORO, N. C., GEHEEAL MEEOHAEDISE, Lime. Cement and Plaster, Phosphates util Agricultural Implemeiit.s a Specialty. 1— EUGENE ECKEL, Druggist and Pharmacist, Greensboro, N. C. Personal aUention to compomitiing I’n- scriiitions at all hours—day or night. 2—) THE YAEBOROHGH HUUSE, RALEIGH, N. C., G. W. BLACKNALL, Prop’r. Refer to all traveling gciitleineii. 1- JOHN ARMSTRONG, Book Binder and Blank Manufacturer, 1— PALEIGH, K. MRS. S. M. SMITH’S BOARDING HOUSE. Middle Street, one door below Patterson i Grocery Store, WiHK BEBNE, N C. THE NATIONAL HOTEL, Delightfully situated, ■ BALEIGP, C' A New House. Fine Rooms, AVell nislied and Fitted up in the Best Style. Bath-Rooms and Water-Closets on t Floor. Billiard Saloon in Basement. C. B. BROWN, Proprietor, 1- Jno. M'. Keeb, Clerk. n. WILLIS. IL E- h- WILLIS & KORCOM, Commission Merchants, And Dealers in FRESH and SALT FISH, COUNTRY PRODUCE, ‘ Front Street, BEAUFORT, A? U Orders promptly attended to. returns, on Consignments. —36 P. 0. BolS*,
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