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.3 .M *3-, t'f VOL. 1. Happiness and Health. The following maxims are from Dr. Hall's new hook, “How to Live Long :” 1. One of the happiest and most inde pendent of all human occupations is that of an intelligent farmer, whose land is paid for, and who keeps out of debt. 2. The fascination of salaried positions is but too often the fascination of a ser pent which beguiles but to destroy. 5. Be your own master, and master of your calling, and you will soon become the master of others. 4. Next to religion there is no element so essential to success in life, as vigorous robust health, C. A sound mind in a sound body is a fitting founJatioi. for all that is high and noble in human achievement. 6. Tlie safest and best remedies in the world are warmth, rest and abstinence; the brutes employ these. Masonic Qualities. GOOD KEPORT. Masons above all others should know and feel the import of this expression as earrying with it consequences of great moment to those interested. Too fre- quentlv we are inclined to give heed to the biting words of the slanderer, and without making inquiry as to the truth or falsity of complaints, receive and respect them, aye, enlarge them, to the great in jury of the business and social reputation of a brother. In the very first step of the Craft as Entered Apprentices, we are taught the imperative duty of of keeping a tongue of good report. This has a twofold refer ence. That we may not do violence to the name or fame of a brother Mason, we .-should all be very careful to declare or repeat nothing that can revert to his injury, directly or indirectly, acting upon the current principle that if we can say no good of a brother we will say noth ing. How often is it that business prospects and character are forever blasted by the innuendoes of the slanderer and the rep etition of the news monger. And we are satisfied that a large per cent, of the Lodge troubles are the result of a wdllful violation of this golden rule. Brethren, let us keep a tongue of good report. WORTHY- AND WELL QUALIFIED. A maiTmay be a good citizen and not worthy to be made a Mason. As our an cient brethren were educated builders that they might give form and proportion to their work, so a candidate who petitions for the mysteries of Masonry should be sufficiently educated to understand the laws and jurisprudence of Masonry. His sympathies should be well developed so as to stimulate him to help and assist all worthy Masons,their widows and orphans. He should be industrious, and not only provide for himself and family, but be ever ready to render assistance to a broth er Mason—not a drone in the hive, but an active woxEer in the Lodge and out, GREENSBOllO, C., FRIDAY, JUNE 1(5, 1876 NO 40. whose work is to be done on coinmitiees or otherwise. He should be temperate in ail things, possessing these qualifica tions, sound in body and intellect, a good and true man. His morals must be good in every respect, honest in all his busi ness transactions, A candidate possess ing the above qualifications is worthy to be made a Mason. When so made he will post himself up in the symbolism of Masonry, its literature and philosophy. A well educated Mason takes a pride in attending his Lodge and its work, and is ever ready to assist a worthy brother Mason. He is a good citizen and an or nament to the society in which he moves. You will find Masons of these qualifica tions in the sacred desk, and filling im portant offices within the gift of the peo ple The time is at hand when good men and true, lione.st and capable, will be in great demand, not only to perpetuate our time honored Order, but to steer our re public clear of the breakers that now threaten her.—6'o mote it he.~Masonic Review. Alcohol, BY JAS. P. DUFFY. Florida Orange Groves. If oranges are not golden apples, and the groves of Florida a new Hesperides, there are indications that the culture of this fruit is coming to be very profitable. Dummet's grove which only cost $1,000 yielded last year 600,000 oringes for which the proprietor received $1] ,000, and with proper care it would give $50, OuO to $75,000 yearly. II. L. Hart’s grove at Palatka yields him an income of $15,000 to-$20,000 per annum. Arthur Gin’s grove at Mellonville, of 1,100 trees, pays him $12,000 to $15,000 yearly, and is worth $100,000. Mr. DeBarry of New York, has a grove near Enterprise of 20,000 trees. It will be strange it the handsome profits of business do not stim ulate the culture of a fruit which is al ways sure for a near and ready market. One acre of budded orange trees in five years will yield a clear income of from one to three thousand dollars per annum. An orange budded tree will bear in two years from the bud, and will reach perfection in seven ;■ so with the lemon. The banana will bear in fourteen mouths from setting out; the pineap ples in less time. Vegetation hardly ever dies in Sumpter county. Tomato vines will bear two years ; so will beans. The planter never digs sweet potatoes only as he w'ants them ; the vines do not die. Cane comes for years from the rat- toon.—Pilatka{Fla.) Hsiald. This well-known liquid is the product of the vinous fermentation of’grape sugar. It is sold in commerce as spirits of wine, and to its presence in brandy, gin, rum, whiskey, wines and beer, their peculiar effects of intoxication are due. Alcohol is readily produced by adding yeast to a solution of sugar in water, at a tempera- perature varying from seventy to eighty degrees Fahrenheit Carbonic acid is largely disengaged, and when fermenta tion is oon>plete, and the liquid has be come clear, it must be distilled in a retort, the first portions only being retained. The product is alcohol largely diluted with water. By repeated distillation with subcarbonate of potass or dry lime, the water is separated, untd the pure alcohol is obtained. In its pure state alcohol boils at a temperature of 173 deg. Fahrenheit, and is converted into a va por which is readily condensed and which, like the liquid itself, is highly inllamable, “Proof spirit,” such as is referred to in the excise laws, contain half pure alcohol, the remainder being water. The uses of alcohol are very numerous in arts and manufactures. From its solvent piowers it is used to make varnish es, etc , but the most important use is that of beverage. The fermentation of saccharine matter leads to the prodiAtion of alcohol in all oases, but the commercial products differ according to the source of the sugar. Thus, whiskey is obtained bv the fermen tation of the sugar of malt, as in beer. Rum is produced when coarse cane sugar i-s employed. Brandy and wine generally are the produce of the grape. The dif ference of these liquids, then, are owing to the admixture of the alcohol they contain, with other substances dis solved and held in solution by it. In corn spirit, or that obtained from potatoes a coarse offensive oil is found, which gives the peculiar smoky flavor of whiskey. In wines the peculiar and distinguishing taste is due to the presence of an ether, which at the same time differ in each wine and gives it its characteristic flavor, and so on. Perfumes are manufactured by dissolv ing various essential oils in aloo’nol of various strengths, and are then subjected to distillation in order to insure complete mixture. A Gem.—Nothing on earth can smile but a human being. Gems may flash re fleeted light, but what is a diamond’s flash compared with an eye flash arid a mirth flash? A face that can not smile is like a bud that cannot blossom, and dries upon the stalk. Laughter is day, and so briety is night, and a.smile is the twilight that hovers gently between them both, and more bewitching than either. A London journal remarks: “’When fruit does harm, it is because it is eaten in improper quantities, or before it is ri pened and fit for the human stomach. A distinguished physician has said that if his patients would make a practice of eating a couple of good oranges before breakfast, from February till June, his practice would be gone. The principal evil is that we do not eat enough of fruit ■ that we injure its finer qualities with su gar ; that we drown them with cream. "We need the medical action of the pure fruit acids in our system, and theil cool ing corrective influence.” PEN AND SCISSOKS. .... Those w'li-a- do not toll all they know will have tlie most for seed. Tlie great object of life is to live it properly. .... lie who fears deatlids not a believer in God. .... Four entire blocks of buildings in Nid - land Mich., were destroyed by lire. Loss, $1.10,000. .... “lie lias ino.st enjoyment in the world who expects least from the world.” . ... duhustowii. Pa., sondsa calf to the Centennial with five legs; which is three more than most of them have. .... Two tliousand men changed the entire, lengtli of the Delaware and .Laekawana rail road to a narrow gnage in one Sunday, Make home bright and beautiful witli all that wit, taste, and good nature can accoin- plish. .... The daily expenses of the Centennial exposition arc from ten to twelve thousand dollars. .... A rich man sometimes makes a poor husband, but mo.-t any girl is willing to take the risk. .... Men are born witii two e.yes, but one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. .... Fruit and eggs are now being shipped, says the Ledger, from klempliis to cities North in large quantilies. Spelling bees are past-. This .summer we are going to have bumble bees. Can you bumble? .... 'File Dur’aam Lawn herd of shorthorn.s were sold at Chicago. Si.xty-five cattle real ized over $70,000 ; the average price for cows being $1,130 and for bulls $814. San. Queentin, is greatly excited over the discovery of rich gold prospects by labor ers while excavating for a new workshop in the penitentiary at that place. ....The State prison at Concord, N. II., has more than paid exi>ensesfor the last year. The earnings were $30,399 and the expenses s815,821. A dispatch to the London Times an nounces that the Servian militia, numbering 110,000 men, with three hundred pieces of artillery, are ready for action. .... Dubnffe’s renowned painting of “The Prodigal Son,” while on exhibition in Cinciu- natti, was destroyed by tiro. Loss, $100,000; insured $.33,000 A Miss Stewart of Haralinton, Ontario, has recovered $700 damages from a lover wlio lorsook her after an engagement of twenty-six years.' During the passage of the Serapis home to England from Itulia, one of the Prince of Wale's tige-s bit oft’ a midshipman’s hand. A fund of $100,000 has been subribed in New Hampsnire. The interest is, to be. used in prosecuting violators of tlie liquor law. .... An Irishman being asked Why he loft his country for America, rep'ied; “It wasn’t tor want; I liad plenty of that at home ” Twenty-two young men, sons of wcal- tliy Cincinatians; wlio went to the Black Hills for a frolic and sight seeing, were attacked by Indians in tlie neighborhood of Custer City and eleven of them killed. .... Cucumbers will grow to a trellis as readily as grapevines. Let those who have small gardens bear this in mind. A few vines can be grown ocenpying very little space. Hang ah old stub of a broom in the tool shed now to clean the plows and cultivatoi-s. And saw the handle short from a light one and keep it close by the place foa hoes and shovels. 1 ! ,- li wjril Sii. rial
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