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- . - a . ... I . i - ; w - -tehe nit i. it y a mm KTEBY THtTUtAt: f J ! - . 4 J. fl. GOLEN -Editor, ana Prpprtetgr. JO B - PRINTI ' DOSE if TUT Qwri&t, tfciii AS ., ,. -.:.... Monthly &lemenUt) Potter, , Butinftt iCn,. LM, &c, printed with neatness and dip&lch, and at lttom price.- t " 9 Sxnr AioNO Yont Orottes. .J 1 J 4-t- ' - GENERAL DIRECTORY. . . .V . ; f :: .-t.l'l rosr. OFFICES. . ttlit WiU,n Office hours A. M O 7:30 o'clock, P. M. Office c pen from 9 to i o'clock.- ' A. Ml." SamWyi1"-' Rall- Tod Mail clo?a eirery day,' iSunidsy ! rlM-plea, at .; mjiiw hi 12.30 A. M- SW A. JO . Iyfci.i , -. !;f , w 1. Mount "Airy Mail doses evejy a, i iday excepted, at 7 o etocTs, A. M.- :)m every day, .t-, P M. . Madison Mail cioeca evfrrr Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at J ?lockt A. If. Due eTery Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, at 6; Pi M. j The Mail for Richmond HWf Fulton ajid Huntsville leave from Salem office Bfgllowa: HaDtsYiIla Mail, vja Clem monsville.Lewistillfc aiid Pali their Creek, rWi Monday. Wednesday and Friday at fi.30. A. M. Due Twsday, Thmsdaja and Saturday at 3, 1 v M. ? Fulton Mail, via r neUborg, iAIuIer a Will and Elbaville, closes every Friday I at C:3tUA-XI., due every Saturday by t 2 P. it. ! ! 'ltichmondllili Mail via Mount Tabor, ! Vienna, .Red Plains and Eas Bend ; i closes every Fridny and 3Iou l.tv, nt C A. M., due every Saturday and i'ueidn j ly 8, P. BI. Mail for Salem closes every; day, a indicated by arrival of Mt. Ary an.l Madisou maild. ! Vi. A. Walkeu. p. M. i flilem Office lionrafrom 6:30 o'clock. ! A- M., to 5U0, P. M., aifl one hour af- tr the li. 15. mail is opt n during tlia ! week. Aa no ma.ls arrive or dopant on ( fctuudsj, the ofSce will not be open on j that div. ' H. W. Shock, P. M. rut Lcircs. i Metfttxtift E. Church, ll7M.si.it.;Rev. P. j J. (Jurraway, pa.-tor. Services! twice u ' week. Preacliiug Sunday uioriiing at ljj o'clock, A. M. Also, at Ciio'clock, P. M. Prayer meeting every Wednes-; inj night. riie Sunday Scho A niieis every tSabbftth at 2 o'clock, P. M; Melho1il I'rotr.iud Church, 'in:nn, ! v. IX. H. Wills, pastor. Prvarhing -very Hundav at 11, A. M. , and 7, P. M. : bunday ficliool at 1, 1. M. ; j i'rrhttrrian Church, IJ7o, RiV. r. H. JobueiD, pastor: Sei vices every N.hlath morning und evening by tho' pr.Ktor. b.ibbatU Scliool meets at 8 1 oVlock, A. M. Prayer meeting everyl Wednesday evening. ! JitptUl Church, Wi'intrn, Rer. II A. Urown, p.LHtor. Htriices every Kabbnth at 10 o'clock, A II., and; t 6 -.30 P. ?-r. Praver meeting on Wed ' nesd-iy cipiit. Sabbath Scbooi ut 2 colok, P. M. ! Kiiofrnilinii, Mn'oti. No Church bat services held in the Male AendeiayUy j Vj. VI r Itvtiuni thrt Inak S.-ilibrttSi 111 ' Mrh month. Priaching begintiiug nt ; 10 o'clock. A. M., and at 4. P. M. Afot-sria Church, S,tlm, Il-;r. Eil. I'oa : thaler paator. Horvijs ev.ry riabbath. Morning bell rings nt9:4o, A. 31., an 1 I j-prvices commence pi omj)tly at 10, A. M. j Kvi niug, boll lings at 6:45, P. II., and services commence at 7, P. M. Banday j School meets at 1 o'clock, p. m. j Moraeiin Church, colored, Sileu. Kt. j Rev. E. A. DeSchweinett pre:iohe the i teond and fourth Sabbaths of each tacnth. Itev. Ivewis Heg, col., preached Aery HuuJay uight. . Mulhotlitl Church, coloret.1. Wii&x, I Ilev. L. B. Gibson, pastor. Preachiug very Sunday at 11 o'clock, A It., at 4, .?. M., and .at 7, P. M. Sunday School at 2. P. M. KOITIlS. WlKSTOK CuAPTKli No. 24 of; lto; Arch Masons meets in the Masonic I (fail at Winston each first and third I'rid iy ! night of every mouth. j 11. T. Bahssok, High Priost. C. 8. Halser. Sec. ' Halxm iiOiKJE No. 289. A. F.&'A. M., i aievta in the Hull over Siddall'a Store ' first Thnrsday night in o vey mouth, at : Ti o'clock. C. Foole, W. M. J. EEt-TNER, Sec'y. ! H,!et LshIv A'"- 36, . O. 0. F., meets every Tuesday uiht nt 8 o'clock, .a the Hall over Siddali's Store. 1 , i J. H. SurLTz, N; 8. W. A. Walk En, Secretary. j Wrasrox Ijoion No. 167, A. : F. Sc ' K. M., meets second Satnrday-night f each montk, aud on Tuesday juight . jd Snicrior Court and n the . Autyt-rsi- rios of tho Holy St. John. j 8. I. FK.1KRM5, W. M ; S. H. Smith, Secretary. j Salem Encampment, No. 20,1.0. O. F., 1 ' meets seewnd and fourth l'ridivs of each : xionth, at 8 o'clock, ki the Hull over siddali's Store. ' Dr. V. O. Thomi-soc. .C. P. ' C. A. Foole, Scribe; fiolem Lodge So. 18, Knight nf Pgthun. ! meets every Wedneeday night. at 7 o'clock, in tho Hall over Siddall'sBiore W. P. Obmsbt, C C. J.vo. H. Shultz, K. of R. ii ti. - Wind Ixxig JVo. 65, . O. (f. T., meets in Wiustoa every Thursday night, : at J o'clock, over lliompson'a JDrng i jtors- J. Q. A. Bahham, W. C. T.i OVnClAE BOAUX) WINSTOK. ? j A. B. Gorrell, Mtayor. ' C. Hamlin, .TrraSnrer, Towk Commissioners J. A. Bifting, tV. P. Henley. T. J. Brown, S. Byer Iv, P. W. Daltou, P. A. Wilson, C. Hamlin. ' Sohool Committee J. C. Miller, Jese Riggs, and L I. Hine. i Street Committee I. A. Bitting, P A. Wilson, W. P. Heuley. J Chief of Police W.!T. rrohl. j coiruixaixEns fokstth cowrfr. A.E. Conrad, Chairman; Thos. J. Wilson aud T.J VaJeiitino. j The Board meets the first Mec.ray in i veiy month, at the Court Hon-4 . . . --. 1 . i A. E. llolton, - j YADKI1VVILLE. N. C. WIi.IJrBAUTIC13 l THE Courts of Sorry, Yadkin,! Davie, J and Forsvth. . . f ' ? All businesseatmsied td bim wlir-bo promptly attended te - sit. .-i .. 4 I i. i .v..W .M 'Iff! itl 1 ,. ... , . I n I, ... . .. ..... m ' In V. ..... " i UECFlAtiii AND OARDEN. - :JtoJ Ne York Times.-' ' ' Tli' ' f reqtieii f" 8LWuie&t9 , tVDaul regarding the, Mlearbf fancy bntter,, At gLigu laicca'are dojltlea much, etag gerated.''" A few ricli and eatra?agant persona may possibly tie found wbo vriil Vpnj' $1 a pound for butter made at abme fttfuionuble diury;.but ike butter pro bably costs iBra than that price to, the luaker, geaehilbjr a ersun of wealtfi. who keeps costly eattie of high ped igree " and all that sort ol thing, 'litis happens at Boston mora frequently than elsewhere, 'in which rather ihbu toued " city there are persona who tan- uot abide tiatire-frrown cane sugar, and oousume iu their Moftli only ;iniportLl abgar.aMd frwtf beet-WMs, juatiii they! eat Icho farm or other fauey butter on tlir Vienna rolU for breakfast. The l-a-ponud butttr U net an article of ordinary trade, aud butter-makers fcltonld not despair if they cau never t each euch a price for their equally Rod prodncL " Kiiing goes by f-vor," uud so dors SI a pound for butter. FASCT SIItK. through 8 ma experience similar to tho above. Having few high-bred, costly i cots, u anely - appointed dHirx ; houne, tho newest aud beat facilitie.- for keeping milk, aud keeping aud feeding cows regardless of expanse so long aa it would biing profit, he tried hard to tlud customers wIk wuuld pay a few cents per qaart more fir the best aud purest milk, put up in sealed bottle- sud handled with tbe greatest care and cleanliness. The effort was a miserable failure. Not ue lailk-deaier iu the whole City of New Yoik coul i be found who wotild nhdert'ike the sal: of milk so put up at tht reasonable price of 10 cents ier ntiKit, delivered. Not t;l:,t l tliere weif uo persons whocouM aff rd ty give live ti.Ui-s tint pr:cj f -r it, bat that ti.ei-j Si-J diiro. to pay a fow ce :ts a j i;t'rt xra f r purity :id ex-celU-i.ce ia t' e mi:k. So t at much talked- f ia Hi, "Parisian bottlod :uilk,"iii New-York waa drivea to earth and found baseless. t. "MPOiTi. TLim the season for making com posts. Notwithstanding all the opinions of I insnrs n1xnl npreaiiing fresh manure upon th- surface, 1 stilt nd'aere to the practice of d ecu in posing ra-iuiire is much rjs po.ssiide before usiu it. It stands to r east i a Manure is gnd for little niiTTi it becomes mineralised, Holuble. :ud iu a eoudition to be taken np liy the roots of plants. If tU at is so, the riper an 1 m ire thoroughly decorapiineti to ma- nure n, the better, lucre is no more off. live method of doooniposiug it than by m k'ii composts. This addsti tbe fi"ia:ttitv, a well a iuere.ises the iiuuie oiatc edfL-it, aad the lat.er is what firmer!- strive for. We waat t.i get a r-1 iru for our work and investment at onceT If the manure is all expended iu rate first crop, S3 ruuh tha oetler, instead of being spent slowly iu four or five, aud not appearing until the socou I or third. 'Q tick returns" are the most pro stable ia these fast times. Just sqw a very profitable work is to tain over the ma- nud bringing up to the stable and the ' 1- 1 .A . . '. . I... .1 from swauj(s, leaves and brush from wood , or cleauiags of drains, ponds, and ditches. Ib.ve recently giveu a job of digging mack from a swamp at 10 cents a cubivj vard, a yur 1 being a moderate waoii load. I get tha w ork done at bulfj.be f .raier price, pud tiu 1 i ave thus is penuy-wise and pound-fool-work for an industrious man who would ish. The things to save out of are, shams otherwise be idle. a 1 and aelMti.liilarences not nece-s tries . U I II UK .11 IE I tl I . . . . I 111 li . 1-1 .. .... . . .. . . . . . ,n ...... h. 1 . .... . i 171... 1 .. . . 1 . . J . . .1. 1 I w . . ... . . ,.' J . ,,v. . IUU - ( uoiniaj , wuku aecius la.iuiy 10 conilfei A gotierous supply oi i no best nu.l coli nnleitiug cake; in wear in; t.un their bring easily recogiiized. But as ' ,t, is subject to crent and ranid chances, i of much feastiu and firinir of crackers' At the University of nne.n oi tnc miuure snou:u uj aepi lor , lBri.k n.nnwimwii and b i- : thev were risible m.lf.t .,faii. ti..-. -...i . Ibis festival lasts abont three d..va. und ! 'd. mecbauical worttsaops t . garden. No other part of the farm ; : " : ' , ... ! ' ... ' ." . , . '. , .. , - . . . - OD lha W tlkw busM a ' ' " . fitted up with machinery f pays so weil as this for this liberality. I i"g ga, re..u.ua vj .. ...v .u- , m,u;. u iu ,rar, iney were aunuoueu uy me large extent ol land surface over ! . .. ' JtT' t7,f"" structiou of instruments s iinii un i;ic "i k ..ucii 1. . .... j . . ui.-.u i. ....un. tuiuo u. .uu i it i niiicu in iciruon eiwuas ana me tin- ..... . v.n. 1 1 .. I f M n I - lr a.i. vi..if..i iO . uipinir ll.a uva.imlit w I .A utl .rf t IT .will II 1 rt ..! I ilu r... i.I. ..r ILa I'.Ja 1. i.l. ia A 1 ft.. .! o I. , ft-. . mpply a large family with vegetables und small fruits the year round, and the money valne of this cannot be less thsn B200 iu thrt year. This sourc of income is rarely considered in calcu lating; the returns from the farm, bat it really amounts to 10 per cent on the large snui of J?2,0;t, and what farmer ever thinks of visluiug his gnrdeu at that sum of mmey. Tho actual lalr spent upon the garden i very little, and hardly worth considering. It is tiiuj now to think abont getting seeds for ll.. nA-ninir uiiiftiin J lv le iler e itu logn-s are prepared, and it is always ' eood season and while the . , 1. ...11 . " jii uiu i v ....... ---- -- .1 .. I A 1' I SIOCES are iresu aim iiiii. SALT CE1.ES Al A FERTIMZEB. S.xlt is of little use as a fertilizer. " 4 I ftttan T-Q ,1.1 tf Wilt In tiiui.l IflP til IB nilT. 1 -e . . -. " -.-! iii-ia It vroul.l lart lieLuir to n&a J.OVI , w ... . . ' I I HI poundi high g radii Ktash salts, and j 100 pound of om:u juiateil superpuos-; puaie oi naie per auio taau eue sau FLASTKB. it shows so good res-ilts. It should b ; sown broadcast evenly early m ma Spring at the rate of 100 pounds pr acre, aud may be repented on grass or clover as soon as the hay is removeL WORTH KNOWING. That fish mrry.be scaled much easier ! bj first dipping iulo boiling water about a minute. That salt - fish aro quickest and best freshened by soaking in sonr milk. That salt will cnrille new milk; . - ;ri. 1 ... ui9i. ee iu i-irimi ilia uii'ift muti". b"- "s uu .iivuift. jaw. UD .nuir nntil the dish is prepared. That fresh meat beginnifig to cnr will sw rcteu if placed out of doors in the cool air over night. That clear boiling water will re move tea stains and many f rnit stains. Pour the water through the staiu and thus prevont it spreading '' over the fabric. That boiling j starobj is mnoh improved by tbe addition of sperm or alt, or both,lor'' little' 'Bom' stabic dissolved. That, peeswar and aalt 'wtJX large supplies inexhaustible.' To econo .:.v f.i.. i i ... !, jVd'i'ii -f.i..! ir jjvi .--,. v a-. -a- PETOTED TO POLITICAIi, AGRICUJiTUBAIi, MISCELLANEOUS AND RELIGIOUS BEADING. WINSTON; :K C, make jonr rusty flit-ironi aa , clean and smooth, aa glass. , Tie a lamp of was in 1 a rag and, keep it for f that - parptMe. When the irona are hot,' rob them first with . lha wax rag, then fccour with a paper' or,, cloth aprinkled with salt. That blae ointmeat and kerosene mixed in equal proportions and apphe.l to bedsteads is'an .unfailing bn- remedy, and that ' a coat of whitewash is ditto for a log honc; That kerosene wLl make your-Ira kettle as bright a new. Saturate a woolen rag and rttb it with it. It will also, remove stains from the cean varnished furniture. That cold m'n waf.1. ftni mn n will MmAia ntk. . - - , - . , c1liae Srea from washable fabrics. SMALL ECONOMIES. "iaxb cabr of Tils rEca aki the FOUSDS WILL TAKE SEtVES.' CARE OF THEM- , One of the first lesions t tnglrt n by careful parents is that "m my a mik'.e makes a muckle; sHll, it is a leasou ' which few of cs "lay tip ia our he.irU aaJ P'el lu h uutil e h'iv learnwl it from bitter experience fiie baby mnit buru its nng rs berre it will dread the fire; the older child ii oftea slow to nn lerstaad that it ciuuat eat iU cake aud keep it too. Some people, indeed, ucvsr learn it. Those who, iu the general Janaary squaring of accouuta stand aghast at the debit sidd of theirs, and are full of good resolutions for thi future, cmuot dj better tUaa adopt the principle tinght in tho hradi ig of this article aud look well to the pennies. Motof nithiuk twice before makiug auy large purchase; we hssitate to break a ten dollar bill, aud yet when the bill is LroUon it uk-I'.s away alia J-.t impercepti bly. Very few large fortunes have be -mi uiada speedily; they LaVd been gathered gradually, peuay by peuny, r.i tho saj-flak?3 cover the ground. HOW TUbi KC JXOillZS I.V TRANCE. IVeueh thrift uul econo.ny ara pro- , than ordinary attoutioii from the fact ! branches taught is frequently over verbial the world over, yet few ei sous , that the Pole Star, or sUr nearest to i looked, aud drawing, the handmaid of realize tj what an cxteut that thrift i j tho tdutioimry poiut in tho northern ' so many industries, receives little at- carr.ed. Aa Americ iu resid .ut in Pahs, in making change for some trilling pur chase in a Ma ill shop, dropped a sou, t'.io fyh of a eeut , on the fl wr. It rolled behind a barrel aud co il 1 not b fomui. X0 weeks after, iu passing th shop ('.oor, the shopkepr calletl hitu. passes sourly through the Norih Star; aud, bowir.g. held iut the coin, ''JIou- hence these two stars have received the sieur, votre sens." Faucy the American's appropriate name of " t! o Poiuters." s irprise. Yet it is this caref alu as in lit- As tlu Pole S ar is the g lide of 1 10 ui.ir t!e things, this l.o!iiuj out f r pennies, mcr on the track'ees oe.in an.l t'.m for that ha made F.auce wealthy and whk-L gives every French :vl her tl.ti th- marrLigo porttou whic'i is expacted wit'i even the lmiuMet bride. Money i valuable only f r what it will buy, aud we have uo right to endanger our lives aud our health for the lack of iiccds:iri.s which we o.iu honestly buy. It is no economy to live poorly. Nature requires a certain amo i tit oi nourish ment, and if defraud id will revenge her- j, probably in dimii , . . P0'' lf uot b he" nishad workiug .T.t' j 1 .ill t. . 17" -----o- up appearance to make as tuaa i (lis- play as their wealthier neighbors is the struggle which is weiring out the vital- ity of American women, the leak which keeps the purse empty. Very hkcly those s.iiu-3 uaighbors laugh at the flimsy - pretence, an 1 woa!d respect them more if they had the courage fraukly to o.vs themselves unable t- compete with them iu dross or display. There is act ual waste iu bay iug cheap silks at the price of a goo 1 cashmere, while a French - .... .ill. ..rove more sawsiaciory as a nan eircss and oatia--l two ol luoso 8.1 uie cucap ! bilks. Uofortunaloly, however, i-oile , l , ... ...i. r.. . n..-A .n;.. . .1 . 1 ' O , n.-t- .r. h i n i n.a w . in... i : .1. t. m-h-i-" wi-.ii 1. 1 .v. .v.. --. LiJIJ H1 11 1 b 1 1 UK-.OIBa(iC4 .Ultil I ufeighbor3 will not kuov of, tlii.ii other things which make a show, aud the lack J 1 of which tbey faacy will proclaim th. ir ! ixivei tr. But. after all. it is as nennies msu who reads this docs Lot k-ep aa nccuuu. ui wmHwiw, u.c.. . . . a . . C aM m. tva. ft . Ill .1 Mua I a .-K mm A a m . 90 small, let her at once legm to do so. She will be surprised to see how much trifles amount to iu the aggrega ;ate, while the mere faet of having to aet down every penny s,icnt will tend her more economical. to mako A mcch-sexjxected HCtt. Every housekeeper is in duty hound j to keep her accounts strictly. Withi.ut j thi- there can be no system in expeiidi- i. s-s S SWa. a. a as - . j ture. ue suouiu ue suie to teu at oji ( now cacu uoum s expenses compare j with the otherc, and also to give a satis- I factory reason for any difference; tot know what she pays for everything and how mnch ahe uses. II grocei ies are bought by whole ile, which is a. con- siderabie saving, keep the barrels where they can bo locked up. and Lave Ijoxcs to hbTJ the kilcheu Hupjlios.,, Serving oat in small quantities u a great check apon'-cervanla; I who are : apt to think i uero is fc.i ci-uuvkui iu kjiux i. .iu.m. x iriiuio, ur neicu oiars. uruuauir iroiu mni mitwviKllv llie Kn.lpm imr um nf i 11 TIIIJR3JPAY. tniza thoroughly,- thm mistress of th e bonae most eae. that ebld vegetables are not thrown away, that the bread in not wasted by eutliug one loaf before an other is used up; that cinders are sifted, or at least picked over; that the drip-' pings from meats are saved, and that the boncs'are'made into aoup; that butter is not wasted, nor son p left soaking in the water; iu short, alio mast watch all these little, possible teaks. To do this she would b dcM7CT tvt time to kouse k4g and ffmp4 most of her days in UtttchCt Thisyf .course, aha can j no dot Ijnt-alio im.iy.mch by a visit j onee"Srtvrfee n tl.iy timl by keeping her eyes open. If fhe cook " resents her preeuce, fcouelhiug is wrong. Any servant wbo does her dutv and keens I servant wiro does her ! her kitchen iu order will prefer that her employer should see that the work is r 1 .iva. w.. OUj Iff M WJ W. ; be dUpeuaed wi h. Pa ing cash for everything is a great ' check uion necvlIeH exicuees. It is so easy to say "charge," that many an iUmicireps iuto an account which would never U-tlieru if paid for as bought To le out of dauger w mu-t keep out ot tieitt to keep out of debt we must live withiu our income, and to do this we mn.t -practice small economies. . THE ST A RR Y DITPERS. THE POLE ST.tn ITS IMEFTUNESS TO xavioator. ubeat a.voliitle ee All ALWAYJ Vlsini.E. Tlieio aro three groups of stars ; included. Little children are keen ob- j purchase auythiug and they did not ask j from tUe throne. says,loncerning pub which forma fancitl resemblance to ' servers. They fairly revel iu the world . tJ take "ch-oiccs ia auy of the , jjc bcIjooIh, Uit "teacbiug given at the that utensil commonly knowu is the ; of nature, but our schools for tho most : a,cles dieplayed. expense cf tbe State must be placed dipper. One of the.e is iu the constrf- pert, deny them lesson, on objects, ani-1 JfZr" wTthafl ISSS ucy I cJ lationof the Lit.Io Bear, another iu mals, i lauts, minerals, mcn.aud coufiue articles, whUe the wal and ceilings prooaitions Coudemned by the Pore the Great Bear, a:id the third iu Sagi:- thnii to the dry, formal lessons of the were hung with tiie greatest profusion I v . .. , V farin xU f ii ; . !i ,n I !. margin of the Milky way, the Milk Dipper. The eousU llation of the Lit- tie or L-Jtrer B.r has attracted more sky.js tire i.nt iu tlio handle of this dipper. The dipper in the Great B.-ar is com pose I of seven bright stars. A line drawn thro igh the list two stirs in the ' bowl of the dipper in this ciistellutifn lrn hope or the bewildered t.v.veler on thp limif i.r.iiriA iI.mo l ir mtn aa interest wh'lch attaches to uo other ,.f . .. u . i . , ueavens. uotn the tireat ana tlie lit- tie Aiper are vnioio every clear niglit iu this latit ide, sometimes above the , . . i . I'u.a uuu ui oiuer lerioas OeiOW ll, um ..w.. w.b8M:.uw .u-iuu.mm.. The Mi.k Dipper iu S agiltariu-i, like other constellations cf the Zodiac, is visible ouly a pait of the year, being most conspicuous daring the summer mouths. The sun enters this constel lation in Dece-mlHi.-. The early naviga tors directed their course by the , - ----- i star wlien observation bad pointed it o;it as the centra about which the stars '..pw to XdtltS . lb INfli of stars iu the Great 1 - I Bear ls b(9mj nttraeteel attention is -h iwu ljr the ?i.:ues whio'i it has re- ceived at dilfiieiit times, and by differ ent liiUoas. l'.y the Romans it was called tiie S,-ptentri , seven workiug oxen; by !ie Arabians, tha Bier aud Mourners; m t.: middle agas, Caarles Waiu and the Plough; in more recent - -- i. i -i r. times, the Butcher sCieaver.and at pres , en. m oesi anow n uy tna name of tha ..... ... . . . n; B..idea its nsefal&oss and bcautlas seen by the unaided eye, the coustella- in.n in ill. I ..aa r .. v . i n I a., -w r i - v. . . . i n . t , i o.. umiui , I l.lU VI ' presents many objects of interest when viewed through- tho teiescupe. The middle star iu the handle of tho dipper, eidleil bv tho Arabian aMronrimpri. a peried of revolution about their m.m ....-. .1. am . u . . . bl.. nV ...aA . .vaiiuiuuuwuiii vi kuvui Mwy JCHiS. I This htr can Im observed to be eloubl- by a common spy gLiss. Atrntll stir. , s'U near to Mlzar with tho uaked eye, is 1 stars ' taut . phcuomeuou presoutsd by one suu. can have but a faint idea of tho appear- auces presented bv two suns, as ia tbe auces presented by two suns, as is the case with Mizar. risin? and aettimr ri..n -..;., rising aud settiug. ' . . m .. , 00m appearing in the say at tho same .11 me, or one aioue causing oay aud the other below the luirizon. Iu tlie Great Bear there are two sin- (gular nebulas or cloud-like patches 'of ! light, one of them with two bright spots (in the ccutre, the other of an oval form. with a white nneiens. Although m iu lerrsting to the inhabitants of northern Liitudos, both from its nsefuluess aad it being always visible!, yet it is never seen ' by tbosef reading south' of tho i eqnator,' and jtionh' thev rrioice ia '.7 --.-; j..., ; . . - ... . - .01 iniy.ieaiiy connected with tho , its or riu in th .. .l .iiKft.iv.r.i.1 -"'"4i"c -' ..1 n.- fTi-.t TLau. 'ik. fti.-i.: j: ..1 . , , . 1 iuiiiAsrawou 01 x resiiieui ..1.1 ... .-t.- ... . 1 . reu, ur pressruicn oor axai ... . - 1.... . ..u iuu.vi-1 cuuuiriin UlIVCilT UUrUK UIll IMTlOlll OI il 1. - Ala oi wc cunu. i.injiuar ouiy wim uie , drought by winds from the South. Victoria with a bsrrel of Mil i . I . i t ! ' JAyUAIlY; 23, iS79.-;, V.T:; '."RO. oeholdingjtha Leautii ojt, eoaste!lation ol the CroaajL- evea it. ha eootribxted leaa to the safety of navigation ,anl. the extension of commerce and civ iliza tion than". the. Great and the Ltlttla Bear, which eouatantly . adorn the northern aky... . ' - - - FAULTS OF OUR SCHOOLS. Tire scpEfiisTKXDEXT 6t runuc ZSSTBrC- T1Q3I I2i FXXXSTIiVAnA tAKFJI SOIII ajuc8inu scooFsnos ' From II is Annasl Report, , Tor nryself, I have loajf been convin ced that the matter of inatraetion in (oar elementary schools is not as profit-J j hle as it might to made. A rousidcr - able portion of the ordinary text-books i t geography might be oaiitted witbout loss. Tens of thousands of children are give a lessons in arithmetic) every day that they cau not possibly under stand, and an immense amount of time is thrown away in the attempt to teach the principles of abstract grammar in primary school. Iu general, the base i schools U not broad euough; little chil- u,t u "ro craiunieu wim aosiracuons, ; "ennitious, formulas and caiculatious 'that they cannot bo made to com pre - ; i:end, and the. hole work of teaching ; i thus rendered dull, mechanical and ' too often fruitless. And not ouly have i wo includtd iu our cour.es of study much thai might well be . w havn omitted much t!ii '.nil -1.i.k. A i.nl.!.'-lu,.l i. text - books. be a powerful agency in tbe work of preparing its pupils to succeed iu life, 'aud yet the practical applicatioa of the ! teutioti. Tbe theory of our institutions ' is that all citizens may- be made to an- dcrst and the fccieuoe and art of .coveru - . . - b . lot nt. aud, therefoie. it n w sj to iu- tnift tliem with the right of suffrage, But what are we doing iu our schools to instruct the young iu the history aud : tra litioiis of our cjii itry, its Coastitu tiou aad laws, the rights and d.itiei of 1 citizens ? Then, back of all, and more j unpoitaut than all, d the study of mm Liuiso'f; whit he is physically, intel'ec- I tuall V. m Orallv : whl.t he is iu his SeLl - us to hii faai.I v, neighbors, couutrr, ..i i ..b : ...1 ....l..m ri. I Would it uot .... ... . , ue wen to Mave ini u. lessons on a sao- jec "ie mis in excuauge ior me cetatis ! of the geography of distant countries 1 .i. :n i r : uui ia uuu ue lurgunuu or lur cer- . - i i , , , . , ; grammar aud arithmetic ? THE COLD WAVE. . soiiKOF THE CAt -xs wmcn TRODCCE IT bkcuMiso moke FBfcviCENT. Th rlimainf iri.l Kt,, , v.. ; forence in the amount of solar heat received in different parts. When larire : bodies of snow h 7,. ' th Vortb. lha win ! M-in-,r fl,,. I 1 - . . . .M is deprived of i!s newt, and a lower temperature is tho resulL WLeu wiuds from more southerly latitudes occur, the reverse t-Ve . idae Tl. TbHn.lv the reverse talte . place. The vicinity of the large oceans which margin the continent of North America ou the . . a -t - j West and East also tend to produce nd to produce a . change, water parting with its heat less i it-iaiiT ina.u luemua. iu anuiiion to . these, tbe current of warm water thrown a'oiig Uie east coast of the United SUtes bv the Gulf Stream, and in il.- . .. . . in 1 aciiiu by iLtit Sa Jm.pu, also exert :BTT a powerful influence ou the dim tie of the UuUed Stato-e. That waves of heat ! Slid ild truvel in ortiv!n 1lit-v1.ti.1na ' j and often with ii.ci easing rapidity, ii ' .,i,....ll. .,..n.l l. t aud lakes. Iu the States east of the ... . , AiiegliailleS, ClOUUS iOaileU WItU 1S1U or snow trenerallv coma from tb Ft nr I North, while in the tn-eat rVli-v of tl,n i Mis-isippi the cold wave usually has ! In Enrout4.n1 caann tries the eultir-tim I of the soil aud the removal of timber i have produce.1 i Lava ilisw.1 i,.ft,.rftnt i,.L. 1 . 1.1 T IT , changes, aud tbesani. has tieen noticed Uaum il.. I . i , the United States. Our - winters .probably, ..hare noi. so - much severe 1 weather as oecnrred iu the earl settto- ment of the coubuent, but at takesiiiad to khigiand everv Tear from tLt place nioro, suddenly and to a greater . 1.1 1 . - 1 extent., This is easily accounted for, k the .land,: when' denuded of timber, presents,; lew obstruction to the- ad vance of r. storms, and also affords a greater diversity ad exposnrs ia its a ir face to the rays pf the sun and becomes mere readily and differently hasted. As is well. known, wiad" Js .nothijigi ttuore a'. a a f V A A V II .1 TTTZY -1 -il than air rushing in "to rastore the equi libria m which. Las been disturbed by expansion caused by .heat, and ' when the. air. thus moving is loaded with moisture and ..conaee. into, contact with air of, a , different . . tetnperatare, con densatiou takes place and rain- or soosf is deposited. .,;' -. The influence of these sudden changes on, health ia a subject or the investigation of . medical men and philanthropists. That it has ;niuch to do in cauaiog physical infirmities can not . admjt of a doubC. Aehaagaof forty degrees of temperature, such aaooenrred on the 2d iusL, uosi aggravate all Uis-.i eases of the pulmonary organs, and H hence, perhais, the extent and fatal effects of consumption . in the Eastern and many of the Western States. The lengthening day and the restora tion to a. state of rest of the disturbed atmosphere will cause the present cold wave to be in a manner temporary, but so long as Luge bodies of ice. and snow are spread over the Great Lakes and I . it. T . ft IT- . i urge imjxuous oi uie Att anu t cm. ilia rAiirrtiniW. rt l n-v i 1 i f H-ettAe t O.l ( thougli not of equal intensity, may be i au -w-. taw mmm mi w mm v wvava expected to prevail. THE CHINESE. HOW THEY WORSHIP. The Chinese have a L.rra Ja, boiuu. on "ue street, San Fr.uci-co, where I nmittp.1 l-ii,04,c tteuded a religious festival, or " UJ , what should eorapare to an enlightened d oogat t3 be j mauu church air, ouly I saw uo one apparently the greatest infusion) I iaper and waving banners, luugcd around the room aud u aasoited lot ofgodi, large and small, principally large in fact giants in size. They seeoieii to be oply tonga frames cover tJ with gilt or colored paei and richly uicmu iu Biima auu OJIIUS. Aueir i 1 . . . 1 . n . 1 1. - , . rri silks tluiisiuess was so apparent that I could Tho statistical reports for the Pio but wonder at t he looks of rapt aw teataut Eoisconal Church, just compiled. . .. . . I : . 1 . . 1. . g : ; i . , . , , stooj before them. At one end of the , rooHi, on a raised platform, sat the uiusici.na. Tbey were playing on i Ckiueao tiddlea, whi -h somewhat re- sewoio tae oaujo, ouiy uey nave out three striugs aud the body is a solid b ock of wood. You c.:n readily imagiue that the sound made by these instru ments is not deafening. At intervals they closed their eyes and sang some thing that seeaied to have neither time nor tune. l No ti) o( them Jinr twdllf r Pram stupia looks iney must have beau luioxicatea wnu opiu u or overcome i With piety. Parents brought their chil- dren witu tliem and pjtieutly explained uie writing device on tiie walls, which i they listened to with respectful interest. : TL whole idaee was brilliantly ill-imi- , , ... " : ua ted with gas, but for some unknown reason tbey bad burning numberless , little ill-smelliug lamps that emitted a dense smoke, which bad the effect of i makiug the visits of Americans anything but lengthy, t The buildinz is four ' gh and each floor was almost a , countert of the first. This fair is , kept up for several days, during which ' M!ue thT7 do ,iu,e work lible. Their New Year is a treat rlinoii I iUCU il - ' o - rrr-t liu nt l.nr... allli trumpets aud bursting of bomb., in 1 auj-tiing tliat will make a noise, frighten all the evil spirits iuto ! M" A3 UeU. 1 ' " Un.' . 1 ie ! I ( . .ii'iiua f I Ul'liir 1. I 1 1 1 1 ftll UI1.1M.I Tl li. ; safe from Uii iufiaeuce of evil for au- i other ;j ear. 'j I ,lt l,jrt of, a Ohinaman's contract, j 1 . , 'f-.' "" "t,vo. Und tUjl1 ! boIie. mlutll ntMtutd iu C48e uo die ou a foreigu shore. Th.s is supposed to -Ue some effect ou his future pros-! V1 cousequeutly th custom is riRtdly j aauereu to. ah it wou.a Lhj expensive aud inconvenient to embalm aud for-1 vor-i aeuaratelv everv oue who lie:e. 1 they have burial grounds where hnu- !... - . l r... . 1.1 .... i.. r. 1. 1.. 1 ":iw--" "uui muu U,Uns i1" ran-rormed tho flesh into I ' - ' ail 1.1 rvill. i ta If. w.m 1 1 ... .1. . -w ..m m t . . Ir 1 n i uu-ftft- sum . . i ci i. 1 1 1 ' . nil. ni.nijipni.1 ( r- -- i . rvr- 1 ton n each oua, aud in t hit luauuer ' lUcta " dipped at oue time. t : ....... , ' QUELS MCTORLVS APPLES. 1 From tho Savaunab Newm. cilizcn. received 1on Saturday, from a I t K Iflllt BS.S. W . SB 1 I BBP I I WW W . II. W rmill S SS j 7 7 , .. r ' , . V.V ' , IZT' ".1 , i .1 r.JiT , .! """"i "ISincO the first publication of Behm it i f.,r ti. i,wtn..Mi -l.r-.i .1 cuius ion they I enjoy. When Hon. Aivlrew- SI 11 .1 , I uuder the ad- a. - . . . . JUallin 1 au ity Quceu ! whicJi sre cnwu onlv in Albeuiaxle ! couutJ' Virgiui. Her Majesty was o ' muiT. w"a me iruir, ua so ,-!gIJr'Srpeeulisy delicto flavor, that sho had an aet of Partis 1 meat passod -admiUiug i the Albemarle i apUs iuto Great Brit.ia forever there-1 sfier free of duty. We learn tbt since , then larg qaaktities cf tbeui are ship-1 m. S.i . 1 .ani ill.. ... .. !! vkrmmm,j v. niuunMw, .in awuirniT iri.ul.n.1 awu...t " i prisod and command ready aale,- bcm$ the only aiple shipped fremi this conn try to kUiglaud apot which dty ts not paid-i Those .0: t M.u larse - friends who have samptad Womo of ttt lot he rtMeis-Md expraj no surprise tbat! Eag-dtends..,therefofw wUt:- tjt 4sivl re laud Qucvu.ahoaid.bave been So we'll nuirrd. to -wntilov an rta. ta-.r-a-uB-itiA. tt pkasod.wUh them, aa their flavor is fcer- awry doiiciotM. . They are -or tucJhxra iua sua mt nrut-. j---t ft..-.-.;.1.. wv. a mz-. .i.-l - '; , Oaa-oopy, oo year, .......... .tLM - l?iacbtha,.,...V....... 0 ' ' r three moctlis... ........ 0 l csaoamnuon lnranaMT in aaraaee. la aqjiare,.ouq inwsnioz- ...... x-w t W colomn7-rit reoi tLa, . . . . . . 18.00 ji cotamrvi3P3'f 4. V-.i... 85.00 1 crlaxaiiflix montkai . ?,v? ; . . . . . S100 - Jo - 'Iwelva-taontha....... Con rlakHVrtia4meXtXix weeks... 8J0U Special notice and advertisements la local column lO.cen aJine. TIie Ifoochoo (cLinilathodist Con ferenee' TeportS'5 1,Sm,j member (in crease, (119), and.6G0 .probationers (decrease. .116L). -Tha -churches raised over a,w, . - The Central Ten n eseo Conference, a eoloml Methodist body,vTJports 5,100 members. ' 7a ; local preachers. j churches, nd 97 ; Sonday-sfboola, with 3,941 scholarsl'l ' Rev. Pavid Pease, a Baptist minister. 95 'year of age,' died recently at Ash- m . ft w . . . r . . , . - : . - . .m t aisj ai ass. rna was prominent adou tionist and a co-worker with Gerrit Smilhand WiQiamLlbyd .Garrison. xne iouu, 01 nnuui con.nouuons last year to foreign mit-sions is set down at S5.503.96gL . Ol this amount. 3.165 was raised by the Catholics and Si ,33d, -805 by Church tof England societies. Several Southern Methodist Confer enees..have recent: y.ssst and reported statistics. The Wet Virgiuia Confer ence has 14,187 memberi; itie Virginia, 54,446; the Illinois, 613; the Minouri, 26V304. 1 ..vi.-'- When John Wesley died, iu 1791, he left 70.0C0 followers in Enfland. Since thee, tbe smallest decennial increase has been 25,419. Tbe increase for the last decade has been 32,105, and the original number has been multiplied by five. The Paris Exposition was attended, during tbe six months front May to November, by 64,044 English, 23,524 Germans. 21.419 Belffia. 14,550 Ameri- 'cans fU. S.), 14,550 Italians. 13,284 ' owiss, iu,k Dpasiaraa, 1. abv j trians; giving a total of 170.677, visitor of nationalities other than French. j Tae King of Belgium, in his speech a recen ueosioa oi we oapreme Court t-f P. nnrytvania in a church union case, afHrms that churches holding thj same faith and order, but forming dis tinct denominations, may unite if their Assemblies so agree, aud that all tigLts of property will remain ccciikued:, -ad 1 wilt pass to tue cn-.irca lora u uv UU1VU. show that there are 48 dioceses, 13 mis sionary districts, C3 bishops, 3.33J clergymen, 2,900 larishes. and 312,71 S communicatit. The List item shows a very Urge iucrease.' During the year, 66 clergymen died and 193 wero ordain ed 93 as deacons and 100 as priest. The ImptisaQS numbered 42,034 aud tha confirmations 25,190. The total of con tributions was S5,7S8,26S. In the San day -schools there were 265,555 scholars. Dr. J. M. Anders maintains that a large proportion of I he vapor of the at- ,"F"CIC '"" k"4""u . "D vi imuuuiuu ,vuu.u. uie, wueu luere is aoout iron. i to oj ltr ceuL of woodl md iu a conotry, aud, on this ground, considers that the prac tice of forest culture should be highly commeuded aa a means of improving at- ,r ..l...r... iii,,-, j mospberic coudiuoaa. i Mi.t..ftnn. Win'. ttiU. j meilt that the nosterior molar, or wisdom tooth, is teudiug to beeomsTudimntary j tbe more ei ilized races of mankind, : n, A..ii...t;..r. ..r An. .TiinV. ri. j eul collection in the National Museum ! t Florence showed that this mohr was absent in 42.42 per cent, of the skulls ' ot the higher races, but iu only 19.80 . r ..r ..... i ". -cx tvui, ui uvi vk lug lu.ct iwck Cambridge, Eng- nave beea or the eon- nd apparatus : w ueeupiojej lafluuiMonuicJU leMarcd. a s Uuo workmen nave oeen employee! a j f60; Seral University men. who ; 'uu "?.new. !e: come members ot tli- classes now formal fur regular instruction in "tha . . . W m 1 I . I I A. AT us,i 01 eJ" auu lua.-iiiue connrucuju. Jpu is pushing ahead quietly but steadily wulu her iudn-tries, scd much 'tr than some people w id like. Tha , MiUtIpiDjaing ttcurj erecte I at Sakai several years ago are in auecessful ortcration. A visitor to ' thee esUbli-hmeuU reports that the buildings are very rnbsUtutial, aud that tbur nr; tirovidcki with, smod maettins-rv. t.. ik- . 1 C7 . " factory there were employ eU ' about 150 bauds. In consideriuir tha .... 1W i .... - ... . - . couMiuuni oi iMtccsemi loreigo trair, I it ai!J Uot do much longer for Western .... i i. M i. . 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 H I..V... .V. mj-W-WZM IWA WUA. W V WW.V ftift . 1 I. . - . 1 , . j m xui are oovug iot memseives, not ; ouly iu Japan, but ia China and In-lia. . , . , r , r- . ' ( .- 1... ... i..f . 1- ' rj , Wl KAJ Uj iKUUi 4V lliUCl kernmg Jer Enie, fifth publication, just I issue!, ia 1.439 .145.300.. distributed Lh as 2U5.219 500: -ud PolvnejaZ ! . ........ - - . 1 4,41 J,UU SOld AuiriCS, CO,lXtvXJ. Wm11r'JsUlitlc?' theeroated pop- uhttion of the earth shows an increase of 15,000.000. aud this is assigned in part trt .1,. ,,.,. .,..) , - . .MW IWWiv -v.... WUVUi. UV. will .III 1 i ...a ... ..,...1 .,i. ' """ k.. ; 'iut tt, ...t..-- .naiiM 1... Mi. dence at Crsigdde, about IS' miles fmm UWwcastfe - so - Tjne. There 1 an oattaJl 1 -...1 u n.. ii.. . InrbiDe which comma nicats motion Ut a dyuamo eiectri- msehine. A stoat oopper wire conveys tbe eiectricitv to tlie hous . ti-hi ia.a K-iaMi bara..! Of moiss. a hers it If Converted into . . . . . . secoui wire is. cmpioro.1 to KMse tao . T . . .. , J I - . i retaru current, Althoagrx he likes thw iiigtit. woil esiogh, .a although tt powF of lhs pruue iu-jvujt cvts Lua u suing. oir v UiuiuL euipta.ns 01 uia ex i-sosa oTtoo utiSd apitarataa. lie rn. - U ooaneCU-d wita th w.-tos, and rue the motiva power tba Vajahia tor d- mesne i-urTHa-tx. - - -v v-. '' -1
The Union Republican (Winston, N.C.)
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Jan. 23, 1879, edition 1
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