.ME/ OKPilANlS’ FlilENl).
JMsae ?>S«, iS'JG.
HUPIBIK-JS.
In tliese modern days tlie road
to wealth has become so jdain,
with all the ‘stumps and runners’
cleared out, and mile posts and
sign boards ui)-at every fork and
crossing, that it is really surpris
ing that there should be any poor
in the land. Take up any. nows-
j)aper you will and you will find
the mo”st flattering proposals for
‘flight and genteel*’ employment,
with the very- highest remunera
tion gurrantied, and all without
captital on y-our part except, per
haps, a few postage stamps, a ten
cent or twenty-five cent shinplas-
ter, or, at most, a few dollars, to
be forwarded in advance for the
necessary blanks and instructions.
From two to ten dollars a day, or
seventy-five to two hundred dol
lars a month, is a mere bagatelle.
It can be realised with scarcely
any- exertion at all, and if one
should be industriously inclined
and push the business in a busi-
nes.s way, there is no telling how
nmcli may be realized.
These delightful openings for
making a fortnne in double quick
time, witho-nt labor- or risk of cap
ital, are excellent baits for gudg
eons, and many- a one is enticed
and caught by them. So fair is
the bait and so numerous aird va
ried the specious hooks its covers,
that the only difficulty- with the
fortune seeker would seem to be,
to know which to bite at. We
warn our readers not to bite- at
any- of them,
Ilut the agency Iitmubug i'» not
the only one the- advertising col
umns of the newspapers offer as
an easy road to ease and’ a®u-
enco on the labor s-avfng; dodge.
Farmei-s and mechanics are offer
ed daily- the, most wonder-wor-k-
ing inventions for doing their
work for them. Ca.tSElogiies of
:\-aluablo money-making discove
ries and inventions are as plenti
ful, as blackberi-ies, or,, to ex
press it more classically-, ‘Thick
,^s leayps upon iho brooks of Val-
w,inBrosa.’” One proposes to fell
iipw to make butter at four ceirts
a pound. Another scheme pro-
poses^ for a six dollar investment,
to teaeli one to make frottxSi 1,000
, to $3t„0'0'0 a day ! 1 That’s better
■ than a California gold mine. And
what is this mighty secret? Why-
nothing more than to-make ‘split-
scull’ and ‘forty--rod’ whiskey hy
fhe skillful combination of a few
poisonous-ikugs. One ‘scientific’
discoverer proposes,, for a consid
eration, to reveal the secret for
the destruction of pestiferous in-
aeets, anotheu wants to sell, at a
Iifgli figure, seeds, of ‘Japanese
jreas’ that w-ill suffieieutly grease
themselves in. Booking, without
bacon or lard, and leave a ‘right
smai-t skimming’- for soa.p grease.
Wo advocate .agricultural, and
niechaniciil' hnpi-DVoments and in
ventions. JIany very valna-blo
ones have been offered to- the
jjublic. But we advise- the- rcader
to be cautious in taking- hold of,
and spending his money- for,, eve
ry- liiglily puffed article ho m.ay-
sec advertised and certified to, in
. the flaming advertiseinonts in the
])apei-s, or so beautifully- delinea
ted in colored pictures in the
thousands of p.implilets and ‘al
manacs’ with which the country
hi flooded.
Among the modorn humbugs,
none are more sj)0(-ious iuid plaus
ible Ibaa those,-of ‘cheap sewing
machines,’' v.-onderfnl fertilizers,
imiaoved seeds,, iuul the thousand
and one shapes-in uifiich the |)at-
e.it nisi! pp,-.si-’nt tl-cir
pills and bitters, salves, lotions
and potions. Tliore may be good
in .all these things, but wo never
tako the long list of friendly- cer
tificates ofl'ered in their behalf as
much eviilence of it. Don’t lay
out your money for every highly
pulf'ed humbug that conies along,
but save it to purchase really- use
ful .and meritorious articles. Ke-
member that legitimate schemes,
those which offer a fair iirospect
of profit, don’t have to go bog
ging all over the country- by
means of circulars' and ‘liifalutiu’
advertisements ; there are plenty
of persons ready to invest in any
enterprise if common sense says
there is profit in it.
-a-iiia UKSvstiJSt-r'V.
THE SKWSMH M,V€SUSE.
patents for inventions, improve
ments, modifications and new ar-
raiigoments of the parts of sewing
machines, reached, according to
the Fatent Office lieports, nearly
one thousand, and nearly as many-
^ -you will not go ajiplications have been rejected,
without meeting or q’ffirty-se-ven patent.s wore issued
seventy-two in 1858 and
The Board of Trustees of the
State University will meet in
Raleigh on the ICth inst., for the
election of professors and to at
tend to other inattors requisite to
commencing operations at Chapel
Hill next September.
At the last meeting of the
Board a resolution was adopted
appointing a committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Kemp B. Battle, B.
F. Moore, W. A. Craliam, Paul
C. Cameron and John Manning,
“to adopt such measures .as they
may deem advisable for raising
contributions for the use of the'
University, on such conditions
and limitations as may- be agreed
on with the donors.”
The following article from the
News of the 4th inst., informs us
lof the fiattering success the coin-
iiiittee has met with in its labors
up to that date, and also contains
: a request from the chainnan of
i the committee to which attention
' is directed:
i “We learn from Mr. Kemp P.
; Battle, chairman of the conimit-
jtee for raising contributions for
tlie revival of the University, that
iho finds the most gratifyinginter-
, est taken in the subject, not only-
among the sons of the Uiiiversi-
it-v, bat all the friends of higher
educatiou. He is sending sub
scription papers out rapidly-, .and
hopes soon to chronicle large ro-
tiu-iis,. In a visit to Udgccombc
last week, in a few hours he se
cured oyer , S2,000, and Capt.
Fred. Phillips, who is acting as
lis agent, expects by- the 10th
inst, to-raise the quota of Edge-
comhe to 83,500 or 84,000. Thus
far have been handed in, most of
them volimtarily, two subscrip
tions of 81,000 "each, jiftoen of
8500 eacli, one of 8300, four of
8250 each, one of 8200, seven of
8100 eacli; aggregating' about
812,000. All of those subscrip
tions are pay-able in equal annual
installments except one of 81,000,
which is ill an eight per cent first
mortgage—a first class security-.
No publication will be made ot
the subscriptions until after the
10th of Juno, Avhon the reports
will all be in.
Mr. Battle requests tli.at those
who are willing to help the Uni
versity-, to whom he may not
send subscription papers will
communicate with him at once..
lie further requests that news
papers desiring to aid the revival
of the University will please copy
this notice.”
This looks like putting- the
University-' on its legs again, and
we hope to see it enjoying, at an
.early' day-, a degree of prosperity
- beyond anything in the past.
The First Uow.—The first
-cow that ever grazed upon the
t-erritory- now embraced within
the limits of the United States,
was bronglit fi'Oi-ii England to
.Jamestown in Virginia, about the
year KiO!). So says the Ilussa
cti.'.sjtte rhicjlisiiui.
Travel where you will in this
fair.jand of,, qnrs—along the san
dy plains or pu the nioimtaiu top
—oil county- road or iieiglibor-
liood mill path-
'many mile;
overtaking a neatly- paiiited and
splendidly- labeled sewing ma-
cliino wagon. They go every
where and the agents are so per
severing in their efforts'to sujijily
tlieir wares that, according to the
newspapers,; they-, with insurance
agents , and ' liglitning-rod 'nieii,
have almost. beCoine . proverbial
bores. There is one thing to be
said in their favor, however, and
tliat is, they have pushed their
business'■ ivitil such success that'
few families, able to purchase, are
now to bo found without a sew
ing niacliiiie, and we don’t think
any family is any- worse oil for
bnyiing one.
Blit this has not been the case
many- y-ears. There are now liv
ing; m.any nnmarried females who
deny the soft impeachment of be
ing old maids, wlio can re
member the time when there was
not a sowing machine in all the
country-—when the watch-dog
never barked at a sewing machine
agent from January- to December.
The various inventions and im-
proveiiientsin this indispensable
adjunct.of -homss-keeping have
lieen the work of a few years
past. “Tlie introduction of the
serving' machine, by which the
slow and tedious process of hand
sewing is so largely done away-
witli, is due entirely- to American
ingenuity- and enterprise.”
It is true that some stejis in this
direction were taken in England
as early- as 11*55, wliiii a patiiit
was granted -jjo Gharles E. Weis-
senthal for a, machine for “an im
proved method of embroidering.”
This was simply- .a needle pointed
at both ends with the ey-e in the
middle, by- which it could be
pushed through tlio faliric -with
out being tuniCd, In 1770 a pa.t-
ent v.'as granted to Hobort Alsop
of England for the use of shuttles
ill embroidery- for the p.urpose of
securing the stitches. At various
times,.from 1770 to 1851, patents
were granted for improvements
*011 the above, buf none of them
contained the princi])lo of tlie m.a-
chines -now in use ill this country,
for joining so.ams- by a regular
stitch.
The - first American patent on
sewing machines was granted,
February 21, 1842, to James
Greenougli, of Washington. This
machine made what is called ‘the
shoemakers’ stitch,’ and h.ad the
eye in thq centre. In 1843 pat
ents were granted to G. R. Cor
liss and B. W. Bean. But these
macliines''‘merely basted. The
first practioahle' machine ever
patented ;was that of Elias Howe,
,Jr., September 10, 1846, though
it had lieen invon-ted and worked
some years before, lie afterward
considerably imiiroved his lirst in
vention, but from some cause tail
ed to excite sufficient attention to
it, either in America or Europe, to
eiuihle him to raise the ca.pital
necessary to its general introduc
tion. But he afterward received
large amounts in way of roy-alty-
011 Ills invention from other pat
entees, most of which, was ex
hausted in law suits in maiiitain-
iiig his right, so that he is. said to
have died in comparatively- mdi-
geat circumstances.
Howe’s invention w-as the ho-
giiming of an era of iiiventioiis
and improvements in sewing ma
chines, and. the muiibor has iii-
'croased* with each sncceoding
' vear, so tliat between the year
" 1871 tUi' nmiiber of
in 1857,
the same number in 1859. The
number averaged .about fifty each
year until 1869, in which y-ear
tlioy reacliod eighty'-elght.
Many- of these patents have
never been successfully brought
before the public, .but a siitfieieiit
number have for .all practical pur
poses, , If the inventors, however,
will only go on until they-, shall
have perfected a machine with a
hopper to it, in which the goods
may be placed and the works ad
justed to the particular size, &c.,
of the garment to be constructed,
-with clock-work .attachment to
run it, so that it will turn out a
dress, sacque or wrapper while
the “glide wife” goes to milk the
cows, or fry the jiaii-cakes for
dinner, they will, doubtless, reap
a rich remuneration and have the
thanks of all female Christendom
Perfection in this lino has not yet
been readied.
Wliat a sad spectacle it is to
see so many- of the boy-s of our
country, growing up without
-learning any- trade, or preparing
for anv occupation bv whicii they-
ma-v- make an honest .and inde
pendent living when they come
to bo men. Gur people depend
too mncii upon chance, and for
tuitous ciraiimstances for the
means of livelihood, ignoring the
fact that a man will generally
sncceed best in that calling for
which ho has jirepared himself by
a course of study and training;
For this st.ate of things parents
are much to blame, and they- of
ten entail .an untold amount of
suffering np-on their offspring by-
tlie foolish notions iustilied; -into
their minds oven from early- sii-
fanev, and the indulgence shown
liiciii in allowing them to follow
thoii- own inoHnaffioiis in what
they- will or will not do. A- boy-
baby is born and straightway- the
-fond parents lnb him George
IVashiiigton or Benjamin Frank
lin, and their whole Course of his
after treatment shows that it is
only a matter of time for him to
become the father of his country
or to set about bottling lightning
for medical and scientific purpo
ses. Put him to plowing ! 0 no!
that would cramp his genius. He
is too muoli a jirodigy to learn to
join planks or lay- bricks, and so,
not knowing exactly what big
thing lie is to do, he does noth
ing in particular, but grows up in
habits of indolence, amk, finding
no country particularly in need
of a father, and the supply of
electricity on hand sufficient for
all telegraphic purpose's, he con-
tinuos to feed on “dad” .and waits
for “something to turn up.” Fi
nally, conscious shame at Ills
own” woi'thlessiiess drives him to
look lomid forsometliing like em-
jdojment, and ffirding something
o.asy and shady, he' pitches ir
witlioiit the first previous (pialili-
cation for the bu.siness and usual
ly-'SHCcrciis in making afaibirc.
Is the picture overdrawn Wo
would fain hope-so, but can not
believe it. Wo see too inaiiy
y'ouths, whose parents are not
sufficiently wealthy to insure ■
their sons and da.ugliters .against
the necessity of-labor, growing
up without acquirirg habits ofiir-
diistry- and without any settled
})urpOBB'iiT life, to allow the idea
that we- have drawn tho- jiicluroi!
in colors loo high.
work: Ghod*!e some useful ofccu-'
p.ation—sonie trade—and then sel
about qualifying J’ourself for it;
If afterward you find y-oii have a
genius aiid talent for something
higher, the ivorld will find it out
and open the door for you to eii-
ter'upon it. It is a shame and »
disgrace for a man or a woman to
get a living from the world and
do iiotliing for the world to Jiay
for it. And don’t depend npoii.
making a living by- your wits
alone, lest you fail , for want of
capital.
COJIl'Ili-SOKY JHimCATTOIV.'-.
“I can’t read.” We hear this
expression frequently- from full
grown free white men, iv.ho fiiiyo'
been raised, perhaps, in.. the
iieigliborhood of school-houses^
and in a country where tivo
spelling book,s can be bought for
tlie price of one plug of tobaecd^
Wo don’t believe tliat more than
one ill ten of those niiable to
read, are devoidi of .that uecessar
ry accomplisliiueiit. .because they-
could not, but because they wovld
'Hot learn at tlie proper'ago, and
nobody compelled them to do it.-
Hence we are in favor of compul
sory- education. Perhaps a largo
majority- of children would keep
from school and never look into
a book, at least to study- it, unless’
they- were forced to do it, either
by the loving persuasion or more
potent arguiuents of their parents.
But -wlleu parents, from igiisr-
.aiice, carelessness or parsimony,
fail to exert the' necessary influ
ence over their cliildren to induce
them to learn, there ought to bo
some pow'er exercised over tlite
jiarenfs to force thein to do what
is so necessary- for the good not
only- of the child, but of'tl'fe; c»i»--
muuity.alsp. And when there is
no parent, then the State ought
to become the giuirdian of tlio
.child and attend to its-, welfare iiv
this respect as it does.in taking
care ®f its pi'Djierty, if it.has any
©cHcon M—-S Ifsaiycrs’ 'i.''-
A yowig lady was t.afe&g a jile'a'.s'-
ure walk, one sunmief day-, ill a
deeply-shsded woodland, and be
ing weary-, *!rt down to rest on at
secluded Biessy- bank; near tko'
summit ot a hill. Presently- she
heard a voice, as of one engaged
ill earnest conversation, and on
advancing a step or two, she saw
good Deacon M—coming leisure
ly- up the hill, the reins hanging
loosely over his horse’s neck.
‘What can ho be talking abouit
so earnestly to liimself?’ she
1846 and
thought; hilt directly she heard
the voice of jirayer, and the word.s
which God’s providence caused
to be especially impressed upon
her mind, were these ;
‘G Lord, have mercy upoii the
dear y'onth of this place.’ ,.
The good old! nian rode, .on ;
but the- voice of pray-er was hoard
after he had. disappeared if em. her
-view- iii the depPai of the-forest;.
The young la.d\- v-.-^as strucii;-
with the thought,‘ ‘Is this the
way GhristianS' go about rlio
towns and mingle Vv-itli tlie ii'orld?
Do they- pray- thus-for onr souls ?■
I have hardly ever pivay-ed for my
own.’
From that day' and*hour she*
began to pray-, and became her
self the first fruits of a- glorious*
revival. The good deacon’s pray--
or was answered even while it
was- being offered.
Don’t de.spise or treat unkindly
a little boy- or girl just because,
they- d'o'uot wear fine, clotnes, Tor’
many a-warm;, brave- heart; has*
Gur advice lo'l been found v,-riipp;3d up in ragged'
cerv'.g'irl "iid fcoy is, kairn to-, cl-jtlies-.