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J irEli ANNUM. P T7"T I7 ' ' ' ' ' ' :- ' "J- -i I - . -. ;. j -1 ' . . ' ? OB THE PUBLIC GOOD. V CHAS. B. AYCOCK, 'Editor. i JXL. HI. - - : CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1879. I : NO. 26. ROBERTSON, I i 1 . i DEXTI8T. three r of j bin coming. 1 t IfEXTMT, iu Barbara and r c fr. v.-!!' bo opfln r.t a of each month. Vi'lvo In- ill: to tho J2d. Vvttrral iitsuraiirr Agent, T, Sines ?ef Insurance placed At ct ?n lir&t class Companies. 'Term oI:cie(cn Dwellings and Farm f , 11 sr.5cialty i'. Trope rt t o!:tt:aits you -tiii: rEorLi: teg (leave to again can tne attention cf tbe people of Orange County and all ' portion cf the country . to niy ' OEAxOX PORTRAITS, Vii.'b cic be enlarged to any desired From m; Civ.d of SmaU Pictu?cs, iuchuli' Ciird Pnotoraphs, (ieraf Oul l)?frncrreotypcfl: i: Rreast Piu or Looset Pictnres; and finished iu tbc fbi- .1 . .... 1.. .. oc-t f tjio ci urryon j f rame.l. j ! Halt Liia 8iz?, ?lo; 'Xafo Size. $20. Soul id your cin..il pictures and have EUGENE L. ILVRRIS,TArtist, ' j ' Chapel Hill N T O. STRFET'S NATIONAL HOTEL. .VLEIOn, . c. ' a r rf-k w-fc !. .-iit cc Tyou. uTTuers ana 1 rop s GASTON HOUSE,' i NV.TV.nr.r.NT'-v. n S.; EJ & So, Proprietors. The undprpigced having purchased the National Hotel property at ' Raleigh; opened I March 15th. ! 1879. that well known House to the piibhov under their management. "Ihey refer to their past management 01 tuo liaston House as a guarantee that the traveling public will find the National in their hands, tip to the standard of a first-class Hotel. The senior. I Mr. Sarauel IL Street, will re main in,charge of the Gaston House. The janior, Mr. Wm. J. Street, will conduct tLe National Hotel..,, - ' S. R. STREET & SON. NOTi I C ET. S. McK. BOWLES, PLASTERER, BRICK-MASON and WHITE - WASHER, is now ready to do work at short notice. .All of his work is guaranteed to j give satisfaction. 'Call on himj and have your work done neatly. Refers to citizens of Chanel Hill. TOIVSC art Eziroitivm -T r : THOMAS DUNSTON, . Bi FITTED VP UI3 t- BARBER SALOON, ON tKANKLIK STREET, - in the niosi improved style, and will 'be glad to see his customers any time. He guarantees good work. Shaving, . . Hair cutting, mShapooing, ... . IScenti. . . 25 ... 25 He Las a boot-black always in attend ance, j Give him a call. Sjt a A WEEK in your own town, and n p& rZ capital risked. You can givotlio bua LJ3 & a iueBS a trial without expense. Tn 3ar xsbest opportunity ever offered fr inose wCling to work. Yon aliould try none else un ju you e fdr yonrself what you can do at the bua nes ofijer. No room to explain here. You can "tvote all your time or only year epare time to the pu? f oefs.and make great pay for every hour that yotl rk. Women make as much as men. Send for sp private terma and particulars, which we mall Ir. $5 Outfit free. Dont complain of hard times hj!e you have such a chance. Address n. UALLETT & CO.. Portland, Maine. 500 TO $6000 A YEAR, or I to $20 a day in your owb locality.. No risk. Wo- Many Liake more thin th tmnnnt stated above. N An wnll as ziaen. J- . : "it 'r - i -, 1 Will visit Chapel Hill two I or ticies during the session of College, and Lf tener if ho finds it necessary, C!uiieo will always he given in this Si tne cari fail to make money fast. Any one can d 'h work. , You can make from 60 cti. to $2 an hour J J "OvotinKyonr eveninRS and spare time to the bua- . Je". It costs nothing to try the business. Noth Jt Ilka it for money making ever offered before. uiineis pleasant and strictly honorable. Reades,if , Ja wct to know all about the best paying busiaess ore the public, send us your address and we. will l itnd ytm full particulars and private terms free; impies worth $5, also free; you can then make u jonr mind for yourself . Address GEORGE 8TINS0N & CO.,Portland Maine S300i A MONTH guaranteed. $12 s I day at home made by tbe In- Idustrious. CapiUl not rMuir- mt vtlt afar Tftn. Vf .n. tt e"boT-' nd glrU make money faster at work us than st anything else. The work is light and P'.at,and euch as any one can go right at. Those "oo are wise who see this notice will send us their ? ."J" A4t OQc nd see for themselves. Costly Out wUm,fr' Now U the time. Those already wqj are laying up large sums of money. . Vua ui 00 Angusta, iai. Kaitting. KnitiiQg gaylyin the Wbile the fragrant roses b!ow. And the light wind Btirs the petalB Till thf y fall like flakes of enow; ,; Laughing gladly, glanciDg shyly, . At tho lover by her side Saucy -dhples, coy confepsions, All the maiden's love a ad prido, Weaving in with ekillful fiDgcra ' ' QirliriH fancio?, pure detiret", While the brightness of the future Flashes through the twIiikiiDg wires; And. a young heart's fond ambitions, Tender hopes and golden dreams, Deepen aa the sunlight deepeas, With its thousand darts and gleam. Knittlrjg silent in the shadows, With a drooping, weary head, . ' Gazing out into the twilight, Whence the light and life have fled; Moving nerveless, languid fingers, Striving to be bright in vain. And to still the heart's wild flutter, Throbbing in its mighty pain; Working through' the silky texture All a woman's anguished fears, Looking out on past and future Through a miet of burning tears. . Knitting patient in tho twilight, ; Quiet bearing all he? woe, While the rosea shed their petais In a fragrant summer enow. ' ; Knitting fiercely, in tho anguish Of a burning, fiery strife; . Or quietly in the sunlight Of a calm heart's happy life. Knitting heavily and slowly, In life's last fitful hours; . - Or skillfully and geyly, Among the summer flowers. Weaving in a glorious future, Or a soul8 dumb aching pain, With the memory of pleasures cr. That will never come again. Thus a woman's life is bounded By the humble daily task, Mttkly taking up her burden, Ta using not to strive or ask. ' Ah! hov many hearts beside us, . Were we not so worldly wise, Might we eee in gentle moments, j Looking out from wistful eyes; . And how often, did wo listen, i , 'Neath a gay and laughing tone, Could wo hear the bitter yearning Of a strong heart's restless moan.' A TRUE STORY. In 185C,when the English and French were at war with the governor of Canton, a number of their boats ascended a oreek to a town called Faatee, where the sail ore amused themselves by robbing i and ill-treating tho inoffensive villagers. Ten days later, a cutter from the En glish fleet, in passing the town, was eet upon by the inhabitants, whose friends had Buffered at the hands of - the first party, and the result was a massacre from which only three of the foreigners escaped. . In the excitement consequent to the times, no inquiry was made as to the cause of tho attack. At onco a strong force was dispatohed, with a demand for the nerson of the head man of the vil- Iage, whose name wasSnng-Seen. Upon learning mat nis surrender wumu eavo his people from farther reprisals, Snng Seen gave himself up, and was conveyed to 'Macao Fort, in the Canton river.. .When this news reached the old man's sons, four youths, who were studying at a Chinese college in Fat-shan, they hur- ril home, determined to rescue their, father from the hands of the English. The undertaking was foolhardy, and its - . 1 :li success seemed simpiy lmpossiuie. flnnff.Rwn was confined in the upper storv of a pagoda. The building stood in thrt nanlar rF thA fnrt. 'Alia IOrC 1IS6II n-iLQ r.flrrJRnTipd hv two hundred English cMmAn oni tnarinAii. itfl ! wftl In wer a na-1 ocauivu uuu uxjvwf z. 1 trolied day and night. Notwithstanding this, the boys found means to send a to their father and to inform him of their plans. Upon the evening nxea ior ine at tempted rescue, I was on my way from Canton. Near the village my boat was attacked by river pirates, and my men were obliged to seek refuge in this fort, where I was warmly welcomed by the lieutenant in charge, an old friend named Brown. After I was comfortably settled in has quarters, he said I have just received a warrant to exe cute Sung-Seen. As I don t Know a word of Chinese, I am puzzled how to inform him of his fate. He is to be shot to-morrow. Would you mind telling him what my orders are? I ; replied that 1 Knew the prisoner, and had been active in petitioning the corrimander-in-chief to spare his life. Under the circumstancee it would there fore be exceedingly painful for me" to comply with his request. However, upon learning that I was the only for eigner in the place that could speak Chinese., and thinking I . might .be of some service to' the doomed man, I con sented. 'The old fellow received your message very coolly, observed the lieutenant, as we seated ourselves mine Epanuieuuuo ldt WU1WW vw r I low 'You must not leave here to-niguc. man wnen ne was luiu tuo iu WVx0 The river is swarming with pirates. I'll his heroic boy. His face gave no mdi ffivo vou a bed and you can leave early oation of the terriblo grief he felt. in the morning.' . . ' , I thankfully accepted his offer, ana after ordering my men to haul up their t .Anm f fh nacma. tt was impossible for me to throw off a feeling of depression at the thought of Sang- Seen s fate, ana ior mat reaeou a tiu but little, and proved, I am afraid, very poor company for my i host. . We neara tne iouu vmuo followed by the report of a rifle. Hur rying out to learn the cause of alarm, we were informed that a body of Chinese had lauded upon the lower part of the lMttuuana wad getting fire to eTery thing that would burn. V 'They -will fire the boathonses next. "u,Vvuij icuimncu uie lieutenant, re ferring to some sheds that stood about nity yards from the fort. 'Fall in," all out me sentries, and open the gate.' a ever for a moment imagining that tne attack had anything to do" with the rescue of Sang-Seen, but believing it to be made by pirates, I shouldered a rifle ann joined my, friend. Meanwhile the extreme end of the isl and appeared to bo enveloped in flames. As we marched down to the boat sheds, we noticed a flerure bnsilv emrloverf in spreading the fire. 'I can't understand this, said the lieutenant, leveling his night-glass in the direction of the daring intruder. I only make out one of the rascals yet. By the way ho signals, he must have a number of accomplices. S3e whether seme of you cannot pick him off.' The words had scarcely passed his lips when the sailors and marines began ta fire at the incendiary; while, to our amazement, he slowly advanced, shout, ing 1 'Fanqui la! Fa?iqui la! As though bearing a charmed life, the solitary figure at which they were firing continued to approach our men, . uttering all the time his derisive cry. - On be came, and by the'lurid light of the burning reeds that covered the swampy part of the island, we presently saw that he was a mere?boy of fourteen or fifteen years. . Still, in their excitement, the riflemen blazed away. . I . Finrjui la!' repeated the incendiary, folding hie arms and bravely defying us, until-' he fell forward, wounded in a dozen places. The attack had been so eudden and the incendiary's darins; so astonishing, that the men had not realized tho cruel ty of their act. But now, as they gath ered round the prostrate form, every man expressed pity for him and wished they had not yielded to tho frenzy of the moment. 1 Bidding them form into two compa nies and search the lower part of the isl aud, and extinguish the fire, the lieuten ant said to mo The poor fellow! is speaking. Will you ascertain what ho says, while I look after my people? , Advancing to the sufferer, I raise! him in my arms, when, I discovered he was Sung-Wang, the voungest son of the unfortunate man confined in the forti Then it flashed across xnv rsuid t Iit had sacrificed his life to save hi? father's. Aided by a kind-hearted seaman, carried him into the fort, and having placed him on a lounge in our quarters, informed him who I was. Upon this, he opened his eyes and faintly said' Tell me, has my father escaped? 1 cannot die until I know.' As he spoke, my host entered the pa goda, and hurrieulv remarked that the . , . 1 ji men had peon unsuccessful m- meir search. Then he mounted to the floor above; but returned in a moment with an angry exclamation on his lips, and declaring that the prisoner hsd got away. His handcuffs and irons were there, but the man had vanished. A rope was hanffine out of one of the windows, 1 by which he must have descended, between two oi mo Beuiriee. See what vou can get out of the boy,' said the lieutenant; he surely knows something of the. affair; and then) he rushed away, leaving me with the dying lad, to whom I immediately translated what had been said. . j , It appeared to give bung-Wang mo mentary strength, for he half -rose, iind exclaimed Now I am happv am happy! Do not weeo for me, but refoiee in my hon . - A. f orable death. Fortunate is tne cnua WhVrllfR tor 1118 OarenT. lOU Ul'ittUlBT thafcinv last thoughts were of him Aftlio uttered these woros ne sanK ." 1 back into my arms and died as peaoeiui- lv as a child -sleeps. Noble boyr said tne lieutenant, wuen . -j . i i . i he learned the full extent of Bung- Wang's heroism. 'What a love his must have been to give him courage enough to face that hail of bullets! These Chi nese are a wonderful people. Well, we'll bury him with naval honors.' An hour; before sunrise 1 quittea aua- cao Fort, carrying with me all that was mortal of the fathful Uhinese lad. two months after; when the blockade was raised, I visited Faa-tee, ana learned from his brothers the particulars of their father's rescue. . They had drawn lots to decide which of them should act as decoy, while the others scaled the wall 3 of the fort. The dangerous duty fell to the youngest brother, and he had indignantly refused to yield it to either of the other brothers. . I entered a sedan-chair and was con- veved to Sung-Seen's house. In the re- ception-room j. iounu iuo ycucjtuj.o father. He was surrounded by a num ber of his friends, who were proud that their villae-e should have been the birth place of such a son as Sung-Wang. Had 1 not tnorouguiy uuubwwu mo Chinese character, I should have been ftfifnr?BViA.l fit the conduct of the China- " . i m veiV "f, bringing to mm me uouy ui and also for the visit I had made him when he was a prisoner. After this ne received the congratulations of the - as- seniblv and then retired, leaving visitors to take their departure. As soon as the crowd had lett, &ung- Seen re-entered the apartment, and in a tremulous voice requested me to follow him. : . With his sons accompanying ns. at a respectful diBtance,he ledthe way across the fields of rice, then just developing their nrst groen leaves, and conducted us to a grove of trees uoon a knoll, in the side of which was built a horse-shce shaped tomb. , , Up to that time he had restrained all emotion; but as he pointed to the grave, tears rolled down -his cheeks. My boy sleeps there, he said; and cavering his face with both hands, he sank, sobbing, upon the marble slab. According to the custom of the coun 1 . T T V ml m 1 iry, j. aeoorateu tne tomo with Doughs of the beautiful peach-blossom, which in China signifies remembrance, and thus paid my last tribute Of respect to Buijg-Wang, who died a martyr to filial cievptiou. The Onmese as a nation have most assuredly secured the fulfilment of the promise of the fifth commandment- Honor thy father and thy mother thai thy days may be long in the land." Look to Your Addresses. Upon the advice of the general super intendent of railway mail service the postmaster general has decided that mat-. tcr not addressed to any postofnee can not be forwarded in the mails, but must be returned to the sender, if known, for better directions, or else sent to the dead letter1 office. There are now nearly 42, COO postofhees, and from data in the possession of the postoffice department it is estimated that the number of -places. having local names, but not postoffices, to which matter is sometimes directed is at least three times the number of post offices. Postal employees are required to know the location of every postoffice in the States for which they 'work' or distribute mail, but it is impossible for hem to know the direction in which matter not addressed to postoffices should be sent. Heretofore! they,-have been permitted to guess at the proper desti nation of such matter, but the results have convinced the department that in a matter of so much importance, as the distribution and dispatch of mail matter nothing should bo , guessed at. It is easier tor tho puono to address tneir mail matter to a postoffice than it. is for the department to ascertain where mat ter not addressed to a pos'cffieo should be sent, and it is to the interest of the public that the new regulations should be strictly enforced, because it will be easier to trace missing letters if none are admitted to the mails not properly ad dressed, and fewer losses will occur if postal employees are forbidden from guessing at the destination of matter not addressed to postoffices. Matter return for better direction when redirected will be jforwarded without additional, charge for postage, even if the stamps have been canceled. In taking this important step toward perfecting the postal service the department hopes to receive the co-operation and support of the general public. Incidents in the Silver Country. ' Mr. Ernest Ingersoll, who has been investigating Leadville in the interest of ScribneK contributes tho result of his labors to the October number of that magazine. Among the numerous anec dotes which he records is the following, the mine referred to in the first being the Dsad Man Claim: It was winter. Ssotty had died, and the boys, wanting to give him a right smart of a burial, hired a man for twen ty dollars to dig a grave through ten feet of snow. and six feet of hard ground.; Meanwhile bcotty was stuned into a snow bank. Nothing was heard of the gravedigger for three days, and the boys, going out to see what nad nappened to him, found him in a hole whioh, begun as a grave, proved i;o be a sixty-ounce mine. The quasi sexton refused to yield, and was not hard pushed, for Scotty was forgotten and staid in the snow bank till the April sun searched him out, the boys meanwhile sinking prospect-holes in his intended cemetery. One mine had its shaft dow$ 135 feet and tho indications of success fere good. Some' capitalists proposed tcf purchase an interest in it, and a half of the mine was offered them for $10,000 if taken before five o'clock. At half -past four rich silver ore was struck, and when, at half-past nve, the tardy men ot money came leisurely consent to the pointed at the up and Bigniued their v bargain, the manager S clock,, and quietly re marked: The price of a half interest in this mine now, gentlemen, is sixty thousand dollars. ' J - . i, Nobility of Farming. j Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, adi dressing the farmers at a- fair in Oneida county, N. Y., the other day, said: I am not much of a farmer, and have lit tle right to stand before you as such; but I brought' over here for exhibition some potatoes that certainly exeeed my speech. In reference to the depression of the times, let me recall to you an an cient fable: "There was once a giant so powerful that he could not :be overcome. But he derived his strength from his mother -earth, for no matter how ex hausted he might become,' he regained his powers the moment that he came into contact with the soil. The way in which he was finally overpowered was by coming into contest with an oppo nent so strong that he could lift him from the ground and hold him suspend ed in the air until he was strangled to death. Now there is a lesson in this for us. So long as this people of ours can seek its support from mother-earth, bo long it cannot be overcome. There never yet was a President of the United States who, when he left his office, did not seek the country and retire to his farm Washington did this; so did .Adams and Jefferson. Oar greatest statesmen have sought for rest, health and pe&ce in retirement to their farms- witness Webster and Clay. i AN EXAMPLE TO BE FOLLOWED; A Western Father, who Comprehends f he , True Biui of Mnrital Biles. I . In one of the towns of. central- Iowa there resides a i wealthy banker whose eldest daughter; has but recently become engaged to be married. As . wpWd .be expec ed from the position of her family this young lady has had the benefit iof the best social ,and intellect nal ad van- A. -lL' J 1 t '' t 1 xlL ig.es at uome,Desiaes navmg Deen a stu ent at Va'ssar for some time, and travel ed considerably., from all of which she has attained quite, an unuuial degree of culture for a lady of only twenty years. To an ordinary observer it would seem that her training had been all that could be desired; but her father thought other wise. When he found that she had de cided to take upon herself the duties of wifehood; he, knowing how greatly the happineFS of families is affected by the housewifery qualities of the woman at jtho head, declared that the marriage should be delayed Until she had made herself thoroughly acquainted with the duties of a housekeeper. ' , vr To. be thorough he knew required more than mere theoretical! knowledge, so with wise thoughtfulnesd.he was care ful to provide the means jwhereby the practical worth of all instruction receiv ed could be fully tested; and to this end the mother vras requested to retire jnto the baobgrouhd for a season while the daughter should assume the responsi bilities bf housekeeper. The mother consented and j the young lady under took the duties of her novel position with a will to do her very best. Several months "have now elapsed! yet her-interest is never known to flag, although her position is no sinecuroi The family is very large, and being exceedingly hospitable, the house is seldom without the presence of guests from abroad; but inspired by the ambition to acquit her self creditably in the present, as well as Iby the sweet hope in the future, when she shall preside over a home off her yery own, her zeal and enthusiasm in creases from day to day as experience adds to her proficiency. . la ordor that her work may be system- atic,- she is allowed a certain sum of money each month with which to supply the table, and as a special indacelnent to the' exercise of ccomomy, all that can be saved, therefrom is placed to her pri vate account for individual use. ! The monthly j allowance being by no means largo, she is obliged to exercise care in its expenditure; therefore the minutest details are studied, and not a dish -makes its appearance upon the table without the cost; having been fully estimated previous to its ordering. In this man ner, she is learning many things; that may be of great value to her in tlie fu ture. . !..; Not long since she was heard to re mark that U was really astonishing to discover the many ways of economizing possible to woman : and as an instance of her flwn einerience. said, she fre quently found, for some expensivedish' desired, that j. something else, equally wiioiesjmo auu iuiiy as pmutttuie, uuuw be furnished at one-half the cost, j The father often accompanies . her to market and instructs her i in the jselec tion of vegetables, the cutting of meats, etc. , showing Buch as are suitable for different! purposes, and how to! avoid wasteful land unwholesome purchases. Does not this little, sketch contain a valuable! suggestion for the benefit of other parents? This young lady will gam m less than one year, at an expen diture of probably one-third the vital energy jrequirea in tne scnooiroom, knowledge that will contribute a thou sand fold more to the happiness of those depending upon her in the f uturd, than any amount of school training could pos sibly do; yet how few think to give daughters similar preparation for the home cares and homo duties bo sure to form a part bf every woman's life.1 Were parents more thoughtful in this respect, the burdens f young wives would be greatly lessened, while the amount of money which would be saved tq young husbands would oftentimes be sufficient to lay the foundation of great wealth. The thought; is worthy of consideration on the part of all those who may hold in ii - i -i.-ji w f . r . tneir nanas tne snapmgoi a young gin s future. ;. Energy Will Make Its Way Ileal talent makes use of whatever lies nearest at hand. Faraday mastered the secrets! of .electricity with an old bottle., 8ir Humphrey Davy threw light on the laws of chemistry by rude instruments Qf his own contrivance. 1 Ferguson cal culated the distance of the stars with a handful of glass beads I threaded on a' stiidgj Watt's first model of the steam engine was made out of an old syringe. Benjamin West took his first brushes from a cat's tail. ! Dr. Wallas toh's labo ratory! was ah old tea-tray, , which held a few watch-glasses, a blow-pipe,; a small balance, and a dozen test papers. Qiff ford worked out his early mathematical' problems on small scraps of j leather j which he beat smooth enough to be used as tablets. Dr. Black detected latent heat with a pan of water and a couple of thermometers, and ,George Stevenson mastered the rules of arithmetic with a bit of chalk on'the grimy sides 6f a coal wagon. The inferior mechanic is always finding fault with his implements. His jackplane and chisel Vhaye no edge, hid augur will not bore smooth, his hand-f saw sticks in the groove; hut the trouble is in the brain, not in the tool J f . . t ) . ; ' .(, At Bayou Chico, .La., -during an elec tion, a shooting affray took place be tween two men named Jort and Doss man. Neither of the j principals . was hurt, but two bystanders were shot, Ed ward W. Grimm being instantly kill ed j and Richard ' Nash dangerously wounded, ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. ! Oranges and lemons are grown in Chatham county, N. O. j Nashville will begin this fall to organ ize sanitary, regulations for next suni mer. . ! Of the 185,000 miles of railroad com pleted in the world in 1878' nearly ono half were in the United States. Aquilla McJnnkins, of Qaiiioy, Fla., is 102 years old, while near him lives Tabitha Williams, aged 109 years. j Within the last five years the acreage of cereals in the United States has in creased from 74,000,000 to 95,000,000 i A Chicago judge has declared as un constitutional the tow which exempts members of the State militia . from jury duty. . - ' it Eicht thousand pounds of choice Cal ifornia honey packed, expressly for the Liondon marfcet was Tecenuy enippea in . one jinvoice at five cents per pound. ' I IjOrd Beaconsfield made a' speech at ' Aylesbury, Eogland, in whioh he pro- ' dieted that Canada would beeome the victorious rival of tho"tJnitad States. The peanut dealers in Norfolk. Va., have Voted to sell hereafter by weignt, it being agreed that 120 pounds per psg shall be the standard weight; and that shippers be requested to use good. strong bags, and conform to this stand ard. ! ; I- '' . " ' Tlon. Alexander H. Stephens has re-' ceived $35,000 from 'The War Between the States. A snug little sum; but soma sutlers made a larger pile than -Mr.. Suenhens from the war between the States; and substitute brokers did still better. , , . . The visitors to the agricultural fair held at the Permanent Exhibition build ing m ! Philadelphia numbered 137,6'J4, and the receipts were 865,098.25. The Tirnfits'fo th TCxhihitioii comoanv were over S20, 000, while the Agricultural c3mpany realizes 55iu,uuu. Stringent rules aro published to bo bbservod by the Russian universities where lectures have just begun. Tho studentslare forbidden to belong to so-, cieties of any kind, hold meetings, dis: approve orally ot tuo existing regula tions, give private lessons or have their lectures printed. V The imDort of wine into Great Britain was only seyen-eighths as large the last year as reported or two years ago, whilst tho impoit into this country, lor the year ending last Jun9 was ten per cent, larger than the year before, whioh cliAnrti tliof. f1i .ilAmnriil frr -Inxiirip.fl in I. ... j . tailing on in one couniry ana rising, iu the other. , ; Commander Cameron, of tho British navy; says that the Morse system of telegraphy, as far as it depends on the length "of sounds, has ..been in . use in Africa. He has found tribes that, by stationing. drummers at intervals, carry intelligence for miles with great rapid ity, the beats of the drum being made in accordance with a previous arrange ment of signals, y . Probably chlOf ido of lime is the best disinfectant for ordinary use. It if in a convenient form, and js inoxeneive. When sprinkled about' in a dry state it slowly decomposes and sets the chlorine free,r which passes intJ the atmosphere and destroys any decaying organic mat ter, which contains the germs of disease, floating about in the air. Where there is fear "of sewer gas in houses, the free use of chloride of linio is a' great safe guard. An examination of the trunks of a Mrs. M. A. McKay, who arrived at New York on the French steamer Periere, and who signed a declaration that she. had no dutiable baggage, disclosed a large quan- . tity of female apparel all of the finest qualitv and most elegant manufacture, . value ! at over $4,000. all of which was seized. .Mrs. McKay's person, was searched", and from it were taken thir teen and orie'-'eighth yards of deep point applique lace of the most costly desorip-' tion.- : . ' ' -' One of tho Manhattan bank robbera has returned, through the ISow Yoik ITcrdld, a government bond of .one hun dred dollars, registered in the name I of Emily Tyon, colored, which was stolen ' with. other securities. Being registered it was of cjureo impossible for the : thieves to make use of it totheir advan tage. The robbers, it appears, got only twelve thousand dollars of negotiable paper out of all the wealth -they stole from the bank, which is a small return ; far the three years anda-half which they devoted to the job. . jAn exchange says, 'Producers are gradually beginning to use petroleum M a I fuel under boilers, and they find it cheaper bv far than coal. One large producer in the lower oil country, who is trying it says that one barrel oi, on a f day, with gas from the-wells, gives him sufficient fuel nnder a boiler that is pumping three wells. Before using pe trolenm ho was burning two dollars' worth of coal a day. In the Bradford region the petroleum burner is being introduced, f-uoccssfully, as well as in manufacturing establishments. ) If the Boston jVaichman is not guilty of exaggeration, morals' would seem to 1 be in a bad way inr the hub of the uni verse. It saysi 'The Boston chief of police declaresrthat there are hundreds of girls belonging to respectable Baston families who have adopted ways of which they would blush to have their relatives know." The laxity o! the di jvorce law very probably has a good deal L to do with this. Where marriage comes to be bo lightly regarded by tbe law as . is the case in Massachusetts; it is no wonder that the public morality should Buffer in every direction. :"1 1
The Chapel Hill Ledger (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
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Oct. 11, 1879, edition 1
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