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Mine Tamily.
IS I-
Mb
I 3 .y.m1t!i mit eves off Dine.
ffiifca id ras moid mit dew,
Jlfyie teeth shut peekiu' droo
ml.
Mhedond full off glee,
Cora p!"'.ii n,uU At der knee-
i?:3
been plajin' horse, you aee-.
Dot leeaie una. .
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tvheder uj " - .p
SttfaU me swn I yas avraul
f;VT; ! Dot's mine jGretcken.
LOoted hed, und pooty btondt
rd ie dot viu bend adt
off bis bier und saner kraut-
, . TVxs run IiimalF
3
lit
vmall vounz baby, full off fun.
VonJeeiUe prilit-eyed roguish son,
' Voilniu to greet vhen vork vas done
h r Dot's mine vamilyv. J
5ew England Affairs.
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Sew York Observer. -
ttic ofour correspondents was tak-
jtllask last vear for sending us an
jjtSini! osbme 'of ntlie "side-shows"
rJ0j '"goings on" at one of the State
Fjjs in New England. This yer
Ve'ccpy sor"e not'ces -from the iVeu?
Iftgland Farmer.
1 'rin(mi.-rrThe correspondent, in his
: tcciwnii of the j Vermont State Agri
: afiiral Society's Fair, at Montpelier,
. wntes:
t Tbe present exhihitmn, whether on
ittn( of its proximity to the Capi
Htolor from bther causes, has left im
: pressions upon our mind somewhat
less pleasing tlian in previous years.
;A IWer beer shanty, ami a beer gar
dext with flaming signs to draw the at--Ration!,,
cider carts in abundance,
gifting and lottery scheinea in nuni
bprfess variety and form, .with a dz-
eh, more or less, ot noisy auctioneers,
au venders ofpeauuts and small
'. waies keeping up a tleafening jargn
r of Coarse, silly nonsense, gave a com-
ion to the exhibition, onlv of a
i f i
ljgliter shade, such as New England
I'M .' 1 . I I ll.
iiions ana niany- oiners neiu in
tlvemore popular sections of the ebon
.tryj; especially near large cities, have
been curstd with in years past, to a
greater or less extent.' We allude to
such blemishes only fromthe convic
tioo that the newspajer press has a
to perform in such matters."
Hampshire. The editor af the
wme ; paper writes in regard to the
- Fair of the New Hampshire State
ijricultoral Society : ' -
Cjmntry people are wont to be
lieve that the city is the place to find
iniquity and corruption, but neither
streets of Boston for. New York
4 been our lot to Witness features
oofe revolting to the good sense of the
W classes in ocictyhau were ex
l)iti at this Agricultural fair, and
-f e Know
not upon wjvora the respon-
1 Oi fi.
ity rests, except upon f lie mana-
S g1 themselves, whoever they mav
h'lTtf ) are glad to meet our friends
jizl co-laborers j at these gatherings
ifthey are ofjsucli a character that
; Tecan take our friends and children
don& but if our, agricultural fair
; lr?!ndsare to vie with the most de-
sections, of jour large cities in
if'lfndcorruptioii. then we sav the
feHtReir days are -numbered the
fOt will he for our people." "
fofe Island, The same paper
V fi n&rd ia the late Rhode
f dptate Fair : ;
all the prettv fakirs, tramns.
Nutebauks ah1 nurlm ',iAa...:i,A
ft Hnntrjr aje allowed, not only
JngTeipiteiafaud in our agricul
pra exhibition bnt to make
eaelves the most conspicuous fea
M barricading the very fore
ffw with all I the : superannuated
f'lPherQalia ordefunet circuside-
Ck and monbpolizing the ears of
i with their .liscordant croak
iWan inscrutable! mvalArv Cor
frafn
ffjw thar their fpresence is ade-
Mbli
LV. rn,my a libel on the
nfTi:. I ' si
Inj f Patrons of such fairs
f 4 glaring bfawback on the gener-
ppearance and usefulness of thece
if-
ions;
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P ?!
v!n tthe work on f he W.N. C.
. ftdnnti s pusuea iorwaru wuu
J is r 'gOr. and tli:t muM nrnirr.
w , ' j , ht i uvl
Nat ' -T,iere ate now three re
I tlin0rk 4n Swannanoa tunnel, and
; "irbeinff rani?lir loqrol a.,
C(SPger f118 wl ext op
vfiSSSX Httle "Wtlian 12 miles
ot manl and Ma-Jr Wilson says
ftaJl j.l?' jMwps snau pass before w
?ann"r tL.e norting of the engine a
e
at
-ua Dridge Asheville Citizen.
- 'Two Senators.9
Under this heading the NewiYork
Journal of , Commerce very ! happily
draws a parallel betweeti the partisan
speech of Senator Conkling, Brook
lyn, on Wednesday evening last, and
the speech the next day delivered by
Senator Gordon,; in Savannah, upon
the occasion of the Jasper centennial.
As the Journal says : "The Northern
Senator in his: speech, was nothing if
not sectional and the representative
a party. The! Southeru Senator repu-.
diated sectionalism with grea't vehe
nieuce and eloquence, and said not one
word to identify .himself, with! kny, po
litical organi2ation.-,Mr. Conkling,"
says the Journal, "sank far beneath
the level ta which a man of his pre
tentions should have risen in discus
sing campaign issues. The Georgia
Senator, on the other hand, took and
easily kept the high table-land of pa
triotic thought which so many Amer
ican statesman Senator Conkling
cheif among them long ago desert
ed." Our New York contemporary
adds : I : . "
: "Senator Gordon calls the '. iFtderal
constitution the omnipotent j arbiter
from which tliere is no appeal.' He
prays lor a broad patriotism, f broad as
the republic itself.' He says : God
speed the dayl when the maxim, This
is my country, all my country every
section, every; State, every acre of soil
over which the flag of the republic
floats -shall j be embraced in every
American freemin.' It is said that
the part of hw address containing these
passionate words words of devotion to
the Union 'elicited the most ! vocifer
ours and prolonged appjause.'- How is
this? Senator Conkling in a speech,
totally devoid of patriotic enthusiasm,
told his hearers in effect that the
Union was hated at the South, that
State rights was as rampant there
as ever in the days before secession,
that the ex-rebels having failed to de
stroy the republic by war are now
seeking to capture aud contro
a view of upsetting all that
had settled, as we had fondly
it with
the war
suppbs-
ed. He declares that the national fi
nances, prosperity, economy,' safety,
right and justice are all imperiled
by these bold, unscrupulous Southern
ers. And, for answer to all this sound
and fury, the men of Georgia, 15,000
or "20,000 strong, stood out in the
burning sun on Thursday and frantic
ally applauded every allusion of their
distinguished! Senator to the flag and
the perpetuity of the Union."
Running a. Locomotive! With-
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out Fire, Water, or Steam. An
Amusing Incident in the Career
o Mr. A. L? Holly. While-work
ing-as an engineer on one of the rail
ways he made a wager with ; some of
his fellows that he could run a loco
motive a mile without fire, water, or
steam, the locomotive to be taken emp
ty and cold from the shop-, and towed
by another engine to a point at some
distance on the road, where
a level
stretch of track favored the
experi-
ment. Young Holley jode in solita
ry state on his cold locomotive to the
scene of trial, and, unsuspected by his
escorts, so arrauged matters that du-
ring the trip the motion of the. drivers
and pistons stored the boilers with
compressed ar. This gave him, by
the time the destined point was reach
ed, an accumulation of power by means
of which he ran his mile and! won his
wager.
Yellow Fever in Animals.
Two dogs, two cats, one monkey, two
rabbits, three guineapigs, two geese
antTthree chickens were penned up
two dayT in the infested ship John
Welsh. The animals all escaped .the
infection except one dog. This animal
the next day jiad a sharp attack of fe
ver, the temperature ran away up to
107 and th re was active delirium,
followed by coma. The dog recover
ed, and now the doctors are in doubt
whether this attack was really yellow
fever. If the dog had died ljj perhaps
tfiere would 'have been no doubt.
Memphis - Letter.
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Correspondent -"Will the editorplease
Inform me where ray family can go on
Sundays and
be cool and comfortable
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without
danger
of being crowded V1
Answer Go to chnrch. ltochester Demo-
Had TTater In Baltimore.
A short time since Professor Wm.
P. Tonry reported to the Health Com
missioner of Baltimore the result ob
tained py the analysis of; seventy -one
specimens of pump and spring water
collected within the city limits. Of
these simples 35 were from that pari
of the pity lying to the east of the
stream jknown as Jones Falls, and 36
were from the west side. 6t the fori
iner, 10 samples were filthyj $ bail, 15
suspicious, aud 5 good. Of tW latter
23 were filthy, 5 bad, 7 suspicious
aud but one that could be reirareded
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The 23 worst samples from j West
Baltimore, and the 10 worst from
East Baltimore, show such very iarge
amounts ot ammonia as to I point un
raistakably to direct and cloie cbutact
with privy refuse, and it is more than
probable that these wells or springs
have been drawing part at least of
tjieir supply of water lron some ot
the-privy wells which have been sunk
to water. Of these 33 filty samples
11 from West Baltimore and 4 from
East Baltimore contaiued more free
ammonia than a mixture of disiilled
water and uriue, one-tenth i of which
l i '
was urine. Some individual speci
mens contained twice and three times
this amount enough, iudenl, to in
dicate the presence of one-fourth urjue
in the samples. As to the bad and
suspicious samples the source of con
tamination will be found in exre
meutary matter which has had to ass
through the earth for a greater or Ijess
distance before oozing iuto the weljl.
The conclusions arrived at by Pro
fessor Tunry, by the study of these
samples, are well worthy of consider
ation by the inhabitants of all towns
drawing their water irdra numerous
small and relative shallow wells. Pro
fessor Toury says that there is hard I j
any other conclusion to be arrived at
than that privy wells cannot be sunk
to water in the neighborhood 'of pumps
without affording to the patrons of the
pumps a liberal dilute solution, of pri
vy refuse for drinking wate, nor can
the surface of the ground in the neigh
borhood of the pumps be honeycomb
ed by nucemented privy vaults with
out supplying the patrons of the ad
joining pumps with a less liberal and
partially filtered solution from ithe
surrounding sinks.
Around New York there are doubt-
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less mauy communities, small and
large, whose ill repute for malaria"
is due in large part, if not entirely, to
the circumstance that their Water sup
ply is largely drawn from cOntamina
ted wells and cisterns.
TRUTHS.
Man A
bubble on life's
rolling
wave.
Wealth A source of trouble and
consuming care:
Pleasure A gleam of sunshine
passing soon away. 1
Love A morning dream, whose
memory gilds the day.
; Faith An anchor dropped beyond
the vale of death.
Hope A lone star, beaming o'er
the barren heath.
Charity A stream meandering from,
the fount of love.. .
Bible A guide to the realms of end
less joy above.
Religion A key by which the ties
of earth are riven. x
Earth A desert through which
pilgrims wend their wayv '
Grave A house of rest, where ends
life's weary day.
Resurrection A sudden wakening
from a quiet dream.
Heaven A laud of joy, of light
and love supreme.
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California Quicksilver. Five
counties in California contain quick
silver mines.' During the past three
years jthe aggregate production has
been, in flasks: Napa county, Red
ington mine, 25,494; Lake county,
Sulphur Banks, 30,849; Great West
ern mine, 14,266; Souona county,
Oakland, 4,687; Fresno county, New
Ida, 17,846; Santa Clara county,
Gaudaloupe, 18,952; New Alroada,
56,483. ; A flask of quicksilver con
tains 76 J lbs. ' I
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! The iron ship-builders and boilertmakers
association of Stockton-on-Tees, England,
have resolved upon a 6trike unless the-mas-ters
modify their relations in regard to the
reduction ot wages. -:
T"SrA,
III covered bu
Major lmiiu-Whai
tfM I ,tilt jiff . .
Y Tom tne cnariott obseirer.
i An article! in tbe Astmille JWmaZ of the
Sth, in regard ta the lite compromise of the
Florida suiti, might deceive one who was
not properly informed. The Ohserter did
not prevert the truth when it stated that the
$25,000 recovered by Jl.j. Wilson was the
first of that fund ever to enter into the treaa-
ory of the company. MftPtton, their worthy
treasurer, will bear me; out in this. Minor
Kollins says'he was offered $50,000 to com-
! promise the uit; and Maj. Wilson received
i only $25,000; if this be true,will Mai. Rollins
inmrm ine puonc tnatithis offer was made lM3 "aue ior $S,UUU; the usual price
before the United States Court had decided is $12,000. This includes all the furnish
bis suit against him? Judge Bradley's opm- inz The cheater Arin
ions have no doubt before this weakened t , P Z"?10 TOOm Car
the expectation of. many a man. Major fPQr wheels, are made for $1,000. The
Rollins 8ays besides, h.at he has received ordinary mail car coats from $2,000 to
$297 000 from Florida; This is certainly $3,000 j distributing cars more. ' Cars
PfilnlfKwnte J
madeof it. j I iim informed that the late f m to $3'- The last ordina-
(Jen. Martin, Mr. W. D. Rankin and Col. PJ passenger cars built cost $4,200: th
! Fhad' Co,.eEPan yere 8cted 88 arbitrators
debt to be about $13,000. 8ince then the
President has i received $297,000, and the
debt, instead of. being paid off, has actually
increased toj about $6ot000. I have seen an
ictuicui uciit wn ivouins ana one J.
B. Stewartf a pSew York lawyer of very
doubtful reputation, in which the power is
Conferred upon! this Stewart to divide out
any money that might be obtained from
Florida, at his own discretion. Under this
agreement some funds were obtained and
actually paid to L. P. Bayne and some others
this Bayne beinsr notorious in this 8tate
in connection with frauds on this road and
for his attempt to steal the Fayetteville
road. Wasf no Maj. Rollins or his treasurer
or some members of his board of directors
pompetent to settle this and pay contractors
Without leaving it to his stranger? Some
members off this board are known to the
writer, and EI cannot believe that they were
properly informed. Willingly I would in
jure no one and do ndt now charge wrong
upon Maj. Rollins; but as a tax-payer I do
call upon him (to makean exhibit, it is due
to himself; it is due fo worthy men with
whom he is associated, and it is due to the
State of Nortli! Carolina.
I am a friend to the Western road, and
have always been sojbut protest against
one dollar of this $25,000 leaving its present
status until; Maj. Rollins makes a satisfac
tory settlement, aud then not until every
claimant gives a quit-claim to the State of
North Carolina for all interest in the late
Western Division. jj Tax-Pater.
Murder Triai in Monroe How the
Accused was Captured. In the Superior
Court of Union county, now in session in
Monroe, Judge1 Buxton presiding, will be
commence Monday, the trial of Robert
Parker, forfthd murder tf Leander Stack,
about six 4onhs agoil A report of the kill
ing was malde jjn this paper at the time of
its occurrence .The two men, who had been
friends, wej-e ruling along together from
Monroe, and became engaged in a quarrel.
One of the men cut the other in the face
with a riding switch and they fought, Par
ker drawing a pistol and shooting his an
tagonist dad on the spot, Parker will be
defended ly Messrs. h Bennett, Covington.
Vann and paySe, with Solicitor Montgom
ery conducting the prosecution,
A somewhat; unusual circumstance occur
red in connection with the capture of Par
ker. A reward of $100 was offered by the
Governor lor his arrest and delivery to the
county jailer. Hearing of this Parker sur
rendered himself to a friend with the under
standing that I the $100 which the friend
would get jwould be devoted to defraying
the cost ofl his' defence. The solicitor be
coming otnizant of these facts stated them
to Gov. Jarvis, and wife understand that he
has refused to pay the; reward.
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The Chtjfa Plated Out. Spanish chufa
is a failur. At least it is so pronounced by
many who have given it what they consider
a fair test. Some of the Pender county far
mers who tried it thoroughly for two sea
sons past tell us that they have planted the
last of it. j They say that it not only does
not make good meat but that it draws from
the ground where it is planted every parti
cle of life Snd sustenance, leaving an almost
barren waste where was once fruitful fields.
It is true the hogs take to it kindly bat the
fat of the meat raised on it is so soft that
the pork, is such, ia almost unsaleable and
the meat, after being cored, will continue
to drip as pong as there is any grease left in
it. One instance is related of a farmer who
fed with it very extensively last year and
who has never yet been able to get the lard
into anything but a liquid state. II rails
it very properly, hog oil. There will be
very littlejof the Spanish chufa planted in
this section neit year.t- Wilmington Eetiew.
People have a right to strike for higher,
wages, bui somehow striking does not al
ways pay. In England the distress was in
creased by thousands of people refusing to
work at the prices payed or offered. They
seemed to think that no bread was better
than a half-loaf. There has been a recent
illustration of ithe folly of strikes, as ordi
narily conducted, at Fall River. Massachu
setts. The weavers struck. They ceased
work, gavb up their places, and after weeks
,of distress! thejl proposed to accept the old
terms, but- it was too late. Other workmen
had been employed, and there was no room
in the factories for them. It often happens
that a stefl taken without proper reflection
and caution leads to trouble. It is better
to bear ills we have than to fly to those we
know notf. Something like this said Shake
speare, who knew life and the human heart.
s if j-.
The Poisonous Cup ix Illinois. Leba
non, Ills.j October 13. Mrs. Alice Dan
braugh has been arrested, charged with pois
oning her husband and his brother George;
They livetj together and a year ago George,
who was 4 miser, died suddenly. Six mon
ths later, the husband also died abruptly.
Recently Mrs. Danbraugh has quarreled with
her brother and a man named Lisbon, and
through whom the story of poisoning comes
out. Mrsi Danbrangh, her brother and Lis
bon are nw locked up in the same jail to
await examination." I'
We have had several killing frosts in
this section. Some loss of Tobacco sus
tained, though uot serious. The tobacco
is curing hp finely and good prices are.
expected.
; Th. Co.t ctUittn.j Cm.
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mittee on Railway Affairs, a leadin?
Anaii
largei
member of one of oar largest car baildinir
companies Mr ftiltwi- .: a u xi
VraPamw filbert, testified that the
J ?f pnce of box ars f"m $400 to
450 lIn t872 they were as high as tl -
200. A milk car costs about $100 mora
than an ordinary W fSll ' .u
L w ,V i J u . ght ' thafc h
, - e 001 18 Ranged. A baggage car
truck and Passenger car truck are about
the same. T11H nri f u
varies from &2 omtnWw ni
lu TJT w T 5 T
8tyIe of Waner drawing room , cars
last built for the Hudson River road cost
1 a faxtures- Sma cars for carrying ore
c06t 200- Mr. Gilbert had never made
coal cars or tank cars for oil. Scientific
i American
: The Russian 32-Ixch Objective. A
contract, it it said, has been made by Alvan
Clark & Ron a nf PamlinJi..nAU vr-.-
! with the Russian Government, relative to
, , rDOf .u t .
th gFea' Ve r the ImPe"l 0bser-
Ttory t Pulkowa, for a great telescope ob-
' jective. The proposed glass is to be the
largest in the world. The contract provides
that the definition of the glass shall not be
inferior to that of the telescope in the Na
val Observatory in Washington, and that
the amount of light shall be greater in pro
portion to the increased area of the objec
tive, allowance being made for the absorp
tion of light by the glass.
The objective at Washington is 26 inches
in diameter; the proposed glass is to be from
31$ to 32 inches in diameter; with a clear
aperture of thirty inches. Three years and
a half are allowed for its completion two
years to procure the rough disks, and eigh
teen months for grinding, polishing, correct
ing, etc., with an extension of time provid
ed good and sufficient reasons are given
for the failure to finish within the specified
period. When finished the glass will be
mounted in Hamburg. The cost of the glass
alone will be $32,000. The material for the
glasses will probably be furnished by French
manufacturers, the Clarks finding their disks
to be most trustworthy
The cost of the objective is to be $32,000,
with $1,000 additional for rough mounting.
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Impure Water Toads and Squirrels
in Wells. The quantity and variety of
filthy matter which is found deposited at
the bottom of wells, in some localities, are
astonishing. We recently had occasion to
examine the debrti taken from a well which
had been cleaned the year previous, and
among, the accumulations were decaying
toads and squirrels. These creatures had
been probably attracted by the water, to
reach which they had clamered down the
wall till they reached the solid rock into
which, for several feet, the well had been
excavated, when they were precipitated to
the bottom, jjnd could not retrace their
steps. To obviate a repetition of the same
annoyance the stone wall has been removed
down to the solid rock, relaid in hydraulic
cement, and carried some three feet above
the surface of the ground and finished for
some distance around the top with cement
underlaid with stones. On this solid toun
dation a curb has been so closely fitted as
to exclude even crickets and grasshoppers,
which are so apt to find their way into well?.
To those who detest impure water and
would avoid perhaps the sickness of an en
tire family, the abote plan, or the adoption
of some better precaution against the con
tamination of wells, is recommended. This
is the season when springs and wells are us
ually low of water, and therefore it is the
best time for cleaning the bottom of the 1st
ter and repairing the walls if found defec
tivi '
Export Paper Trade. A cotemporary
notes, as an important feature of the paper
industry, the steady increase in the exports
of American paper, especially of the finer
kinds. The total exports last year amount
ed in value to $1,108,318. having grown
from the comparatively insignificant amount
of $3,777 in 1869. The imports on the other
handj have dwindled down from the maxi
mum I of $1,326,460, in 1873, to the total
amount of $135,487 for papers of all kinds
last year. These latter were largely made
up of wall papers of the more expensive
designs, only a trifling quantity being fine
writing papers. The superiority of the
home-made paper is now fully conceded at
at home as well as abroad, and large orders
have lately been received from new custo
mers in Holland and other countries. Re
cently there were representative buyers here
from Japan and China, who have hitherto
been ! accustomed to have their wants sup
plied in the British markets. The qualities
for which the fine domestic papers are no
ted aj-e their purity, tenacity, treedom from,
blemish, and beauty of finish. The machin
ery used is brought to the greatest degree
of perfection, and new improvements are
constantly being made.
The molasses iudnstry in this county
is assuming large pioportions. We are
glad to see our farmers taking hold in
this direction. L?t the merchauts keep
home-made molasses for sale iu their
stores aud encourage the farmer.
Ah Incident or the Tnns. From everr
par of our country prosperity seems - to
abound ia almost every department of trade,
44 the demand for all kinds of machinery
ana; implements, and the steam appliances
for; driving and making them, seems to be
greater than for a long time past. The an
swer of one of our regular advertising pa-
irons to our inquiry if his goods were in de
mand nowadays, is bo doubt jrhat most
ther manufacturers who advertise their
goods experience. ,
jAll last year, says the gentleman, parties
wo,nld write to know howlow machine could
be furnished, and then, before orderingthey
w!!ud writfl several times to get better
terms. Now, says the manufacturer, things
are different. Orders flow in faster than they
can be filled, and the inquiry is no longer
hW lo the goods can be furnished, but
hpir quickly.
li'AMnne and Disease. Reviewing the
reports on the Madras famine submitted by
Dr. Cornish, Sanitary Commissioner of that
Presidency, the Commission . has arrived at
the following conclusions: First, that the
same atmospheric conditions which produce
scaricty of food produce also epidemic dis
ease; secondly, that a large proportion of
the mortality of a famine season is due more
to epidemic diseases than absolutely to
want of food, although the destructiveness
of an epidemic is increased by the fact that
people half starving or ill fed are less able
toj Withstand disease; thirdly, that a point
in! the process of chronic starvation, when
nutriment no longer sustains life, is often
reached. before people can or will seek relief
at a distance from their homes.
Successful Year. The year 1879 will
pass into American history as a year of won
derful agricultural prosperity. The cotton
crop is larger by half a million bales than
ever before, the tobacco crop 12,000,000
pounds greater; and the sugar crop exceeds
by some 200,000 hogsheads all previous
yields. These are crops which belong al
most exclusively to the southern half of the
republic. In behalf of the Northern States
the excess of products this year over the
crops of any previous year is, according to
the Chicago Journal of Commerce 20,000,-
000 bushels of wheat and from 80,000,000
to 100,000,000 bushels of corn. The hog
crop also is larger this year than for a num
ber of years past if it be not the largest
ever raised.
It is believed in New York that theDem
ocrats will make another effort next winter
to overhaul the present tariff. A reduction
in many articles is very desirable, and an
attempt upon customs reforms will lie made
no doubt. The New York importers are
very anxious for a reduction, it is said, and
will heartily second all efforts in that direc
tion. This ought to be a combination strong
enough to bring about decided reforms. The
country ought to unite in demanding a tariff
ior revenue only, ine domestic industries
of the country ought to be able to take care
of themselves, and doubtless will do so.
The West and South can surely unite with
the Democrats and importers of New York
in demanding a repeal of the tariff, and the
substitution of one that will raise revenue
and not offer protection.
: Medicated Ice. Dr. Edwyn Andrew, of
Shrewsbury, England, has pointed out the
advantages in certain surgical and medical
cases of employing medicated ice. He
thought the cold was rendered more effec
tive by being combined with the active
principles of drugs, and by freezing various
medical solutions. In that manner ice might
be rendered highly anti-septic, caustic, or
styptic. In medical cases, especially of the
throat, stomach, and hemorrhages from in
ternal organs, ice might be thus pleasantly
used to relieve symptoms and at the same
time convey medicine as food to the stomach
when the latter would resist them in any
other way.
;The Reunion at Salisburt. The
Soldiers' reunion at Salisbury, October
23rd, promises to be a successful affair.
We understand that this section will be
wll represented. The Western North
Carolina railroad will carry passengers at
a reduced rate: From Stations West of
Statesville the fair is only one dollar for
the round trip, and maimed soldiers will
be passed free. We publish elsewhere
the programme for the occasion. Grand
preparations have been and are being
made. We hope the veterans will have
a good time. Lenoir Topic.
Flt Stort. We are informed on the
most reliable authority of the following re
mark able incident: Last week a little
white girl, living with Mrs. Joe Neville,
of Walhalla, felt a disagreeable buzzing
in! her ear when Mrs. Neville undertook
tqi relieve it by pouring in a fewdrops-of
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sweei on. it lieu mis nu uuuc vuuiiuuu
house-fly made its appearance from
the orifice of the ear, and it was followed
br others until sixty-four came out by
actual count. Being covered with oil,
the flies were assisted out with a feather,
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OUi now came iney mere is uie quesuou.
Ander$on (8. U.) Journal.
Old Tom Purdie, Sir Walter Scott's
favorite attendent, once said, "Them
ate fine novels of yours, Sir Walter; they
ate just invaluable to me." "I am glad
to hear it, Tom," returned the novelist.
Yes, sir," said Tom ; "for when I have
been ont all day hard at work, and come
home tired, and take up one of your uot
els, I'm asleep directly.
ii We learn that during the session of
Conrtat Marion,. Judge bchenck issued
bench warrnts for the immediate arrest of
the magistrates charged with failing to
comply with the road laws. We hope
that the magistrates c llpwan will take
warning.
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Sales of cotten In Concord last mV sqs
bales. J' ',, is.-; s-.,:'v"....;i.4....
Receipts of cotton in Raleigh lait' Mk,
2,91 bales. I. , ' '
It is claimed that according to fift.'Aih.
ville has more law offices and beef markets
inaa any place ia; the State
Campbell Landing, a near, sighted
man, walked into the river near Kins- -
ton last week, jand was drowned :
Gen. Scott once had as rousing a re
ception as Gen. Grant is getting. , Bat
It did not make him President, i ; i
Another case of revolution. Grant's
name was hissed in a Republican meet
ing in New Jersey the other dayi
The colored military have' beea or
dered to Raleigh to attend the colored
people's Industrial Fair, to be held
November 17th. , , ; .. ,
A story printed in Watertownr N.
Y., describes tow a Mr. Smithy' cast
away in a junk-boat, was eaten by his
starving companions. Neither of the
gentlemen who ate Mr. Smith-was
from the South. CourierournaL-
Mr. W. R. McLean, of South Point, Gaston :
county, a well-known citizen, drove Into a
Jellow jackets' i nest, the other day. . His
one ran away; and threw him and his wife
out His arm was broken and Mrs. McLean
was painfully injured. ; H
The Edenton. Clarion, speakine of the
congressional prospects in the first district,
says the popular idea seems to be that tat
contest will chiefly be between Major Lath
am and Judge Eure. with prospects in M .
jor Latham's favor. - i 1
A Milwaukee girl, sufiferihg from 1
lockjaw, was led alone with a mouse
by a shrewd physician, and she con
trivedlo open her mouth enough to
give a yell that made the crockery in
the china-closet rattle. Boston Post.
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David Humphreys, of Wentworth, died ia
the county poor house last Saturday nieht
He was a very old man, nearly eiehtv. we
should think; yet it hasn't been many years
since he moved in wealthy style, had the
largest carriage factory at Wentworth in ail
this country, rode in a splendid turnout,
and spent his money lavishly among. Ms
friends. JleidniUe Timet. '
All the damage done to the Atlantic A
North Carolina Railroad by the recent storm
at Morehead City and Beaufort has been re
paired. The president informs the Raleigh -Obtcrter
that he has got the road at More
head City in as good condition as it was be
fore the storm, and that everything is work
ing well and smoothly.
Mr. Jno. Hoyle's childTabout two years
of age, wandered off from the camp-ground
at Bess's chapel, last Saturday, and was lost
from its mother. Hundreds -of people, we
are informed, left the camp-ground to search
for the little fellow, and after prosecuting a
dilligent search he was found in the woods,
three-quarters of a mile off, with two rocks
in his hands, ready for battle. Lincolnion
Progreu. .
A Lawyer once asked the late Judge
Pickens, of Alabama, to charge the jury j
"It is better that ninety and nine guilty
men should escape than that 4ne inno
cent man should be punished." "Yes,"
said the witty Judge, "I will give that
charge, but in the opinion of the Conrt
the ninety and nine guilty men have . al
ready escaped in this county."
Rewards. The Governor has offered
a reward of $200 for Richard Osborne
Williams, who murdered his stepmother -
in Cleaveland county, and also $200 for
Spencer Herrill, fugitive murderer from
Mitchell county. These rewards are of-.
fered under the certificates of the Sheriffs'
that they cannot be taken by the ordiua -
ry process of law. Raleigh Observer.
Wilkesborp Index : C0L7R. F. Arm-
field gave our people a practical and
sensible talk on the issuesof the day
and explained the action of the laU
session of Congress, at the court house
in this place last Monday.
Wrhen, President Tilden assumes
the duties of Chief Magistrate the old
joke about the President's first son
marrying the Princess Beatrice will
have to be laid aside for four years.---Boston
Not necessarily. Sam
uel J. will have a son plenty old enough
to marry by that time. Lowell Cbu-
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The Piedmont Press states that
Swannanoa Gap, on the Western N.
C. Railroad, as a station for the sale
of tickets has been discontinued and
two new stations created. Black j
Mountain is: the name of one of the
stations and Swannanoa the other.
The former is 129. miles from Salis
bury and the latter 132. ;
j Wilmington Reveiw : Hon. George
Davis, of this city, -has concluded to-,
accept the appointment tendered him
by Gov. Jarvis, as one of the commi
sioners under the act providing for
the adjustment of that portion of the
State debt which is a lien upon her - j
stock in the! North Carolina Railroad.
Mr. Davis will probably be chairman
of the commission, as his name ap
pears first on the list.
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