North Carolina Newspapers

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The next session commences oo the 1st of October, 1866, and continues until 30th June, 1867. The session is divided into two Terms of Twenty weeks each ; the one commencing the 1st October, 18GS, and the other the 15th February, 187. Jfrpente per .Term of Twenty week Board, including' every expense, except washing, $105 00 Tuition in Collegiate Department 25 -00 " Primary 44 20 00 Mugic, Modern Languages, Drawing and Pninting taught by compelent and thorough Instructors at usual prices. A For circular and catalougue containing full par ticulars, address REV. R. BURWELL & SON, Principals, July 9, 18GG. Charlotte, N. C. CORIV IUILI, and SAW HILL. The undersigned has in successful operation at his Steam Mills, 4 miles South of Charlotte, a mill for griuding Corn at which be can grind 150 bushels per day. Will be pleased to see his friends. Send yonr Corn. . Orders for Lumber 'will also receive prompt at tention. P. S. WHISXANT. Sept 3, 18C6. lmpd Z. B. YAKCE.. . '. . C. DOTTD. E. I. JOHNSTON. VANCE, DO WD & JOHNSTON, . ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Charlotte, N- C , Having associated tuemselvcs together, will prac tice in the Court of Mecklenburg, Iredell, Catawba, Davidson, Itowan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Claims collected anywhere in the State. April 2, 1866 " tf MEDICAL CARD. DRS. GIBBON k McCOMBS, having associated themselves in the practice oT Medicine and Surgery, respectfully tender their professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. From a large experience in private as well as Field and Hospital practice, they feel justified in proposing to pay special attention to the practice of Surgery in all its brandies. ' Oilice in Granite Row, up stairs, opposite the Mansion House. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. Dec 11, 18G5 J. P. McCOMBS, M. D. NOTICE TO DEBTORS. fgJT" All persons against whom I have claims, (some ol them half as old as myself ) and who do not intend to take the benefit of the Stay Law, (so called,) will do me a favor and themselves a credit by calling on me at Wm. Boyd & Co's store, and re newing their paper, and paying as much as the in terest, it no more, as I am in want of the monev. JAS. II. CAJt&'OX. July 16, 1866 tf -: The Southern Express Company, For the transportation of merchandise, valuable packages, specie, bank notes, bonds, kc, for all parts of the South and Southwest, in connection with ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their agency at 59 BROADWAY, NEW YOltK, wli.re orders to call for goods to be forwarded South will receive prompt attention. Merchandise and valuables delivered to Ilarnden's, Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com panies, far the Southern Express Company, will re ceive prompt dispatch. For particulars, rates of freight, &e. Ac, apply at the oflice of the- Southern Express Company, 59 Broadway. II. B. PLANT, Dec 13, 18tJ"). President. JOHN VOGEL, PRACTICAL TAILOR, Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country, that he is prepared to manu facture gentlemen's clothing iu the latest style and at short notice. His best exertions will" be given to render satisfaction to those who patronize him. Shop opposite Kerr's Hotel, next door to Brown & Stitt's store. January 1, 1S86. - Slate of IVorth Carolina. 390 KEWAHD. . JL Proclamation ly Ills Excellency, JONATHAN Worth, Governor vfXrih Carolina. Whkkk as. it 'has been represented to me that JOHN' H. ALLEN, late of the county of Mecklen burg, in said State, stands charged with the murder of one Titus, a" freedman, late of said County of Mecklenburg, aud that the. said Allen Is a fugitive from justice and has escaped beyoml the limit of this Suite . Now, TuERtcroRE, in order that the said Allen may be arrested and brought to trial, for said al leged raurd r, I, Jonathan- WoKiuGoveruor of said State, do issue this tnv Proclamation, offering the reward of TiiilEE HUNDRED DOLLARS for his apprehcusion and delivery to the Sheriff oL Meck lenburg conn'y. . In witness whereof, IIU Excellency, S L lJoua,ll:,n Worth, Governor of said State, I " . bus hereto set his Land and caused th v ' Great Seal of the State to be affixed. Done, at the City of Raleigh, this the 25th day of ugust A. D., ISiiC. AJ JONATHAN WORTH. . By the Governor ? Wm. H. Baulky, Private Secretary. DEScntPTiox :,. John II. Allen is represented to be about 32 years chli- five foot nine inches tifch, strongly built, aud has light hair and blue tye3. Scpt3, It6t5. V Tt - jiist Keceivcd. v . 100 Sacks- Livferpool Salt, 300 bushels Corn, " ' - 1500 libs.; Hemlock Leather, . 50 Sacks Family Flour of J B Stewart's make. For sale by - . HAMMOND & McLACGHLIN. Sept 17, J86(. ; . . .. - .- ' ' LIFE SAVED BY WHIPPING. Many years , ago two men were traveling in odc of the .Northwestern States, in the depth of winter, on horse-back. . It was a long, time since they bad passed any human habitation, when one of the men became so benumbed with, cold that he told his comparion that he could not sit on his horse and could not go any farther. t They both dismounted in the midst of some Very, large pine trees. ' As soon as they . were on theirJect, the other traveler commenced apply ing his horsewhip to the numb -one. This of course warmed him up in more senses than one. lie ran after hid compaoioo, who to avoid him also ran ronnd OTestrfv4iresr pine trees about ten feet in diameter. After thus exercising for a few minutes, they were soon both able to pursue their journey. A good, whipping perhaps 6aved the man's life. Many years ago in one of the Western coun ties of North Carolina; an Irishman got lost in the woods. He bad a little dog,and after floun dering about a long time, and could not find his way out, he finally took up his little dog and whipped him severely, and hit him a few strokes alter be let hiui go. True to bis natural in stincts the dog ran in the nearest direction to wards home, and the Irishman, following him, was extricated, from his -difficulty. ' NOTICE,-; By virtue of a decree of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, obtained at July Term, last, we will, as Administrators, of C J Wilson, dee'd, sell at Public Auction, at the Court House in the city of Charlotte, on Mondav the 22d day of October next, r. valuable Tract of LAXD, lying on the waters of McDowell s Creek, adjoining the Lands of Hopewell Copper Mine, Thomas &1 Kerns, - David Allen and others, known as the McKnight place, containing about Two Hundred and Fifty Acres. Sold on a credit of twelve months, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. - ALBERT WILSON, ... J. M. -WILSON-, Sept 10, 18GG " 6t . - VALUABLE II3Afj ESTATE For aic. My farm containing 175 acres, lying two miles east from Charlotte, on the Lawyer's Road, in a good neighborhood. About one half of this tract is wood-land. The improvements consist of a double Log-Cabin, Barn, ke , a Well of excellent water, anil an orchard of selected fruit on the premises. Posession given 1st January, 1867, and permission given to sow small grtin this FalL Also, a small brick Dwelling House in Charlotte containing 5 rooms," located near the Depot and convenient to business. Also a large brick two story Store room at David son College, 110 by 30 feet, handsomely finished and centrally located, with a counting room and cellar attached, and a small frame Dwelling House and Well of water on the premises. Any or all of these properties will be sold on terms to suit the times, and must be sold. . JAS. H. CARSON. Jly 23, 1866. . tf Wagon and Team, To hire or sell. Apply to W. BOYD. Sept 3, 1866. tf J. T. BUTTLER, WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER, CilARLOTTG, H.'C, Has just received the finest Stock of GOODS ever olfercd in this market, consisting of WATCHES. Fine Gold Hunting American and English Watches of the best makers. Ladies fine Gold Hunting Ge neva Watches; tine Silver American, English and Swiss Watches. Watches of all sorts and all sizes, from Five Dollars to Three Hundred. CLOCKS, I have some of the best, which I. will sell at prices to please anv one. JEWELRY. 1 would say to the ladies, come and see for your selves, the finest Stock ever o tiered in this city, con sisting of fine Jet Sets ; fine Gold and.Euamel Sets; Cue Coral Sets; Locket Pins, Ear-rings, kc. SILVER WARE. ; Silver Tea and Table Spoons, Forks and Thimbles ; plated Tea and Table Spoons, Forks, Butter-Knives and Cups, Castors, &c. -SPECTACLES. Fine Gold, Silver, Steel, &c , to suit all ages. Guns, Pistols and Cartridges, and Musical In strtiments. - . . - The above Goods I will sell cheaper than you can buy them in New York or elsewhere. The highest price paid for - . OLD GOLQ AND SILVER. Watch Glasses only 25 cents. Please accept my sincere thanks for. your kind and liberal patronage to me since my return from the army. Sept 17, 1866. - J. T. BUTLER, Dr. J. iTl. Davidson, Offers his professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and the surrounding country. Sept 10, 1866. ' HEAD THIS TOR YOURSELF. We are receiving our FALL and WINTER GOODS, and we ask the public to call and see our Stock of .DKY'GO ODS , consisting of Detains, Fallords, Poplins, black and colored Silks, Prints, bleached and brown Domestic Drills, Cotton Flannel, Bird Eye Draper, Table Lin neus, and iu fact everything that the public need. CENTS' GOODS! Fine. Cloths, Cnssuneres, black and colored Ker seys, Jeans," Shirting's, Shirt Fronts, Collars, tc. READY-MADE CLOTHING, of the best style and- fashions well made. HAT S . Ladies' Hats, in the laies-t sjle, Tatk Huts, Scft ' Side, Sailors, and every style ol the seasorr. HARDWARE. Locks, Hinges, Screws, Chissels, Hammers, Plains and Bits, Brace and Uits, Boring Machines with , Bits, Anvils, Vises, Bellows, aud iu fact everything in the Hardware line. : GROCERIES. - Sar, .coffee, molasses, cheese, candles, Foap, Sptce, pepper, ginger, ar.dall Kinas ot Groceries of the best I'uali'v. SHOES. We ask every body U' they-want good Shoea lo t give us a call. . , ' -.4 As for prices we only ask s fsir show. It is to. : cur interest to deal fair, and our principle to do right. Call and see for yourselves. - We thank the publie for past atrouage, anddesire a continuation t of the same. " " ". '" j .,rft 1?, 1806. ' BARltlSGER, WOLF & CO. ' - MILITARY" ORDER. ;: The following General Order, which applies to North and South Carolina, has been issued by the Commandant of this Military Division, and we publish it for thy information of the' public : " ; ' . " . :I1dq es, Pep t op the couth, , ' . Charleston, S C., Sept. 1st, 1866. j I. . Organizations of whites or colored persons "t - i l l.- 1 i oeanng arms, or lnienaea to ve armea, not uc looeiog to the military -or naval 'forces of, the United States, are unauthorized, and will not be allowed to assemble,, parade, patrol, '.drill, make arrest3..pr,exercise any aot uonty lhisrD be construed., to prohibit, the lawful enrollment of the militia. : .. II. Armed bands of outlaws known as ''Reg ulators," engaged in acts of hostility against the United States forces, or in depredations and out rages upon the persons and property of well dis posed citizens, will be deemed and treated as guerrillas, by Commanding Officers, and when captured, will be summarilly punished according to the circumstances of the case, pursuant to General Order No. 90, War Department, Adju tant General's OSee, Washington, May 11th, 1865. Commanding Officers of Posts are au thorized, when these Banditti cannot be dis persed by means of the regular garrisons,-to ac cept the services of such citizens as may be willing to assist in capturing tho-offenders and their accomplices. III. Associations, or assemblages, composed of persons who served in the rebel forces,, hav ing for their object the perpetuation of any military or civil organization engaged in the rebellion, or the commemoration of any of the acts of the insurgents prior to the final surren der, will not be permitted. This prohibition will not be enforced against any society formed for a charitable purpose, which shall in good faith confine its action to the relief of the poor. IV. All flags, ' ordnance, arms, equipments and other materials of war used by the insur gents during the rebellion, excepting' only the side arms and private property of officers re served to them by the terms of surrender, to gether with all official records, books, papers and correspondence relating to the rebel forces and agents and their operations, are the pro perty of the United States, and will be turned over to the nearest Post Commander, who .will receipt for the same. . By command of Major Gen. D. E. Sickles. How to Avoid the Three Cent Tax. If our planters would only take advantage of the "protection" which the lladical Congress has unwittingly offered them, they would ask that the present internal reveuue tax on cotton be continued in its present terms for ten or fifteen years, with collection districts, just as they are now, or at least not enlarged. This tax is not to be charged unless the cotton leaves the col lection district. Now if they will manufacture the cotton within the collection district, the manufactured goods will pay no more tax for manufacturing than Butler's Lowell neighbors pay, while the three cents on the raw material may be wholly saved to the home producer and manufacturers. If the Bads had thought of it, they never would have given so much protec tion to the South. Let us make hay while the sun shines. N. O. Picayune. ' How to Do Ur Shirt Bosoms. We have often heard, Bays the Norfolk Virginian, ladies express a desire to know by what process the fine gloss observable on new" linen shirt bosoms &c.,' is produced, and in order to grati fy them we submit the following receipt for making gum Arabic starch : Take two oz. fine white gum Arabic powder; put it into a pitcher, and pour on it a pint or more of boiling water ' according to the degree of strength you de sire and then having covered it, let it set all night; in the morning pour carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it, and keep it for use. A tablespoonful of gum water stirred into a pint of starch made in the usual manner, will give to either white of. printed lawns a look of newness when nothing else can restore them after washing. Much diluted, it is also good for thin muslin and bobinet. Just Received, ' 40 Bales Gunny Bagging, ' 100 Quoils Rope, 500 Sacks Liverpool Salt. For sale by STEXHOUSE, SIACACLAY & CO. September 24, 1866. STEXHOUSE & 31 HAUL AY, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Charlotte, N. C, and 66 Pearl St , New Fork. . Prompt personal attention to the sale of cotton, cotton yarns, naval stores, &c, and the purchase of merchandise generally. T .-- ' References John Wilkes and T H Brem, EsqVs, Charlotte, NC; Jordan Wotnble, Esq, Raleigh, N C; OG Parsley & Co, Wilmington, N C; D Paul& Co, and Robt Mure k Co, Charleston, S C; "Wilcox & Hand, Augusta, Ga ; Duntop, Moncure k Co, Richmond, Va; Tannahill, Mellwaue k Co, NY; Partridge, Wells & Co, New York. . ' Aug 15, I860. - NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD Change of Time. On and after Sunday, September 23d, 1.866, Trains will run as follows : - - . 'GOING EAST.' " ": 3ail Train. Accommodation. Leave Charlotte 9 40PM - '4"30 A M Salisbury 12 01 8 40 " ' Greensboro- 2 50 A M 1 00 ;4 Raleigh .8.00, " 9 00 P M Arrive at GoMsboro 10 43 . " . . . 1 09 All ;' 'GOING WEST. " ' T -' - '-tv Mail Train. . Accommodation. Leave GoMsboro ,150 PM . 1 30 AM. Rakigh - 5 00 " , 6 20 Greensbdro V 9 '35 " 2 2? P-M " Salisbury .12 53 A. to 6 50 " r Arrive at ghartotte , 3-10 10 50 " -r- tMiI Train runs daily... Accommrdation Train Ans. not run on Sunday. Mail connects withC k S CUE for the South," and with R'tDR R nd R k 1 G Tt It for the North. Also with the W & n fttsa the AtNC R Rs. ' - ' - 1 ' . - , . - E. WILKES, Eng. & Sup't. OctiTssp .-: v i- -v - ; J . v.- .;SUPFEEIWQ IN THE SOUTH. Tbefbllowiog which we' copy from the Mont- rgorof.ry Advertiser of the 16th; - tells a story wnicnr we tear, has many parallels throughout the Knnf h -f 'About two or three weeks ago, in a house near the fair ground, a-woman "was found dead on the floor. - She had fallen from the bed and must liave died during the night. 'Around her lay lier four little daughters, the oldest one about twelve years of age. Day -break revealed, to-themtheir mother's dead body lying on the floor. - But this was not all; these little girls eg.around ber were dying, yes, dying for the .want of bread and attention. In this fix they were brought by someone, in a little cartx to Bishop Cobb's home for orphans. . They were brought there on Friday. v Their mother was buried by some one In the country. When these little girls came to , tho home, they were the picture of misery and want, and not scarce ly a rag on. to bide their nakedness; emaciated and sallow, they looked like living skeletons, and they were crying for bread. The baby, about three years, of age, died on Saturday. The poor little thing was too near gone for any human aid to do her any good. She ' begged for bread until she died. . .. , Another one named Lizzie, about seven or eight years of age, died on Wednesday." - She was a pretty, sweet little girl, but reduced to a mere skeleton. She begged those aroundjier to give her some meat and bread to the last. Mr Tichnor'read the burial service over their remains, and they were laid in a narrow little grave by the side of their mother. The other two are still at the home. . It was - thought at first that they would die too, but the oldest one is a bright, sweet little girl, is improving under the kind nursing of Mrs. Cleveland, and it is probable she will get well. Her account of the suffering they underwent is enough to melt the hardest heart to tears how they cried for bread, and could not get it; that they bad been draw ing rations, but" when they all got "down sick they sent their ticket by a negro woman, but that the ticket was torn up, and the answer was, "no more rations"; and how their poor sick mother, the evening before she died, with tears streaming down her cheeks, pressed them to her bosom; and much more, which, this little girl told me in a straight forward manner, and which had truth stamped upon. what she said. The other little girl, named Mary, about nine years of age, is still very low, and it is doubtful whether she will ever get well, though she has improved some since she has been at the home. She at first begged every one who came near her to give her some meat and bread, as she had been literally starving... 7, These are the plain facts as they are. They need no embellishment.- A .mother and two little daughters dying,, in a few days of each other; from want, and two others found in a dy ings state, and all this for the want of bread and :ance. -, The wife of a soldier who died in the Confederate army, and those little girls bis children. Her name was Mrs, Brooks, and she came from Randolph county. If any one doubts these facts, by going to the home for orphans, they can find out about them. TnE Trade or New York with the South. The New York Herald says: New lork is now in the height of the fall business with the Southern States. Several thousand merchants from the larger cities South are here, and our hotels are crowded to overflowing with them. . The sight of so many homespun suits and slouch hats on Broadway reminds the prac ticed New York eye of the prosperous ante hel ium era. The lines of steamers and sailing pack ets running South are crowded with goods.f They are generally filled up with freight within twenty-four hours afterthey commence loading. The Charleston, Mobile, Wilmington, ,New Or- leaos and Galveston lines find themselves run - down with business. - Since the resumption of peaceful intercourse with' the South, merchants from that section have found little difficulty iu procuring time on their payments. Individuals coming here last year, exhibiting a fair record for integrity, and business capacity, and offering to pay up as far as in their power . on their old liabilities, were met in the most liberal spirit by New York mer chants, and were given credit on all the goods they required. With few exceptions they have met their payments promptly. . The usual time given has been about four months. This fall, however, and within the past-ten days, circum stances have arisen which have occasioned great anxiety to large merchants, and which may have the effect of eeiiously curtailing credits. The ability of the Southern merchant to meet his notes four moDths hence depends greatly upon the condition of the coming cotton crop, about which there is now so much doubt. . - -. . This ia the way Mrs, Smith advertised her husband: ; .. "Lost, Strayed, or Stolen. An individual whom I, in an urgent moment of loneliness, was thoughtless enough to adspt as my husband. He is a good looking and feeble individual, knowing enough, however, to Come ia "when it rains, unless some good looking girl offers him the shelter of her umbrella; answers totheame of Jim; was last seen in company, with Julia Harris, walking with hh arm around her waist up the plankroad, looking more like , a fool, if possible, than ever. ' Anybody wh6 will catch the poor fellow and bring him 'carefully 'back,' so that I can chastise him for running away will be invittd to tea by xUaky a-cjihu. . . . , a . TV ' " t Massacre of ' Catholic 'Missionaries. Ac- : count3have been received in" Paris of the may- j tyrdom of cine Trench "Catholic inisiioaaries in j the Cofea at Asia". One other escaped over the f ironiieroi mat coumry, Rug nnw' wandering in the" mountains. 3 ..j , . seed xviiea:iv:; - 200-Bushels of very ije White, SEED WHEAT3, from Maryland. 100 Bushels May Wheat.all o; the very, beat quality.; For sale by . , , , - r STENnOUSE, MACAHLAY k CO. j Scjt 24, 186(J. - '- " "" " ' . I SOUTH CAROLINA BAILROADS. . Thi several EailroadCompanies in thi State, and alj persons who have complaints to make of excessive or . unequal charges,; or violation of tneir cnarters -by said, rpaday will take notice .that the following joint jesolation of the Gen eral, Assembly, wag adopted at the last session ": Resolved, That a Special Commission, con sisting of two members of the Senate, and one from each Congressional District in the House, be appointed to investigate' and v report to this General Assembly at its next regular session, the complaints made, of r excessive and unequal charges by the different Railroad Companies of this btate,and to inquire if, and in" what'man ner, they have violated their respective charters. That the said Commission have power to sum mon sueh witnesses', and to require the produc tion of such books and papers, as may be neces sary, and also to inquire and report what chatters are subject' to amendment, and in those cases -where amendments are practicable what changes should be made to protect' the interests of the public. v : ' . . The Commission appointed under the forego ing resolution, hereby call upon all persons hav ing knowledge of material facts relating to the matters embraced in said resolution, to forward statements duly authenticated to the several members of the Commission as hereinafter in dicated. - -. Complaints and charges relating to the Green ville and Columbia Railroad, the Blue Ridge Railroad, the Laurens Railroad, the Spartan burg and Union Railroad, may be forwarded to G F Townes, at Greenville C. H., or to W S Grisham,at Walhalla. '. . Charges and Complaints relating to the South Carolina Railroad may be forwarded to M C Butler, Edgefield C. H., or R S Duryea at Charleston. r . Those relating to the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, and the Kiug's Mountain Railroad, may be sent to B W Ball, at Laurens c II. . : . ; ; . Those relating to the Wilmington & Man chester Railroad, and the Cheraw and Darling ton Raikoad, may be sent to Harris Covington, at Bennettsville. Those relating to the North Eastern Railroad and Charleston and Savannah Railroad, to R S Duryea, at Charleston. ' . The Commission will meet at Columbia, on Friday, the 23d day of November next, to make up their report; at which time: any persons in terested may appear before them, and furnish such information as may be considered necessary, relative to the matters under consideration. . G. F. TOWNES, Chairman Senate Committee. , M. C. BUTLER, Chairman House Committee. , Fifty Years in an Iron Cage. There is now living at Buckland, Massachusetts, a maniac named Josiab Spaulding, who has been confined in an iron cage for over fifty years, and for more than thirty years has not stood erect, till he has become so deformed that it is impossible to straighten his limbs by. manual force. Ho re fuses to be clothed, and will not suffer anything to remain on him, and js only kept warm in winter by warming the room in which his cage is placed. , . His human nature seems to have totally de serted him ; he is only a being of senseless ex istence. His father, Rev. Jostah Spaulding, was the first minister that settled at Rockland, and this, bis only son, was the only survivor of a premature triplet birth. During his boyhood and youth he was indulged to the fullest extent, and though an extremely- dull and backward scholar, finally applied for admission to Williams College, after the continued efforts and persua sion of h is parents and leachers. Jie was unsuccessful in bis application, and commenced a district school, which the symp toms of insanitycompelled him to giye up. ".. His madness manifested itself in attempting to mur der his father and mother, and was chained for the safety of his family. .After months of rub- Eing the links of his tetters against each other, he succeeded in freeing himself, when his first aet was to attempt to murder his sister. Since then he has inhabited the cage in which he is now kept, and his insanity has been growing more and more, hopeless, until it is now utterly incurable. .. " ; . A good-for-nothing- looking wretch was brought up, charged with drunkenness. It was a clear case- ' The testimony showed that he bad been on a spree for a week. He was asked what he had to say for himself. . "Well-yer Honor' said be, "me and my old woman never did live easy together." " 'That's co excuse for getting drunk," said the court. , - - - "You're right yer Honor, and so it ain't. We used to fight like cats and dogs together' - "Drinking only made it worse," . put in the court. . ' , ' " .( A ,V ' , "Thafs true;, she discouraged the life out of me and kept me poor, until last week, when" "Well, what did she do last week?" . - "She died, yer Honor." -v "And you have been. drank ever since?" . "Yes, jer Honor: I never could bear pros penty' , .. . .; - , . -, . " A Lessox , for. Lazv Wives. One day,- sturdy peasant was at - work in the field - amid storm and rain, and went home in the evening, tired and . drenched to the skin. - His loving wife said : "My dear, itias been raining so bard that I could not fetch - water, to -1 . have not been -able to make you any dinner. As you are wet through, I shall be obliged to you to feteh me a couple cf buckets of water; 'you cannot get any wetter." " The argument Was striking: 'he, there fore, took two buckets and fetched ome water fats.. 4 A mntl'-'-wt.uL m. m i. 4. C j. AAM.'.i -In.nt.l A ' ttmce. " On feaching- his house be found bis' wife' comfortably seated by; the" fire .there'Tiftirig otie bucket after another, bo-pourd the contents over bis kind, considerate partner". Nof wrfe'aaid he;you are quite as wet as;I arn,sov you'raay as well fetch water-for Tourserf; you ' can't et ' any wetter." " : ' " V ' " " ' AJPBAIP OF THE ITCn." . . . Pete Whetstone, of Arkansas, was once trav eling on horseback through the. interior of. the State, and called one evenicg, to stay all tight, at a little log house near, the road where enter tainment and po&tofSce. were kept.-: Two, other strangers were there and the mail rider rode up . jost about dark. Supper. being over, the mail carrier and the' three? gentlemen were invited into a umall room furnished with a good fire and two beds which were to accommodate thefour tersons for the night. The mail carrier was a ittle shabby, dirtylooking wretch, .with whom none of tho -gentlemen Jiked the idea of sleep- ng., r-eie u nesxono- eyea mm. iose(j. as na , asked : ; ( -v -. t . Where do you. sleep, to-night, my ladf" - ' .'Til thleep with yott, I reckon," lisped Iho youth, "or one o' them other fellers, I doa't cart which,' - -. . -. ; -X.. ; The other two gentlemen took the hint, sod occupied one of the beds together immediately, leaving the other bed and the confab to be en joyed by Pete and the mail boy together as best they -could. . .Pete and the., boy commenced hauling off their du,ds, and Pete getting in bed first, and wishing to get rid of sleeping with the boy, remarked very earnestly r , . "My friend, I'll tell you beforehand I've, got the itch, and you'd better not get in herd with me, for the disease is catching.'. The boy, who was just getting in bed, too, drawled out very coolly , - - "Wol 1 reckon that don't make a bit o' dif ference. I've had it now these seven years," and into the bed he hitched, along with Pete, who pitched oat ia as great a harry as if he had waked up a hornet's nest in the bed. The other gentlemen reared, - and the mail boy, who had got peaceable possession of the bed to himself drawled oat - .-..' . t "Why, yoa mast be a thet darned fools; mam and dad's got the eatch a heap wurth than I is, and they thlep in that bed last night when they were here at the quiltin," The other two strangers were now jn'a worse predicament than Pete had been, and, bouncing from their nest like the old house had been on, fire, stripped, shook their olothes, pat them oa again ordered their horses, and, though it was nearly ten o'clock, they all three left and rode several miles to the next town before they slept, leaving the imperturbable mail carrier . to tho bliss of scratching and sleeping alone. . . - ..- The Law. Two Dutchmen, who bailt and used in common a small bridge .over a stream which ran through their . farms, bad a dispute concerning some repairs which it required, and one of them positively refused to boar any por tion of the expense necessary to the purchase of a plank. . Finally, the aggrieved party went to a neighboring- lawyer, and plaoing ten dollars in bis hand, said: "I'll give you all dish moneys if you'll mako Hans do justice mit de bridge." - ' - "How much will it cost to repair it?" asked the honest lawyer. v 1 - " ' ." "Not more than five dollar," replied the Dutchman., . . . "Very well," said the lawyer, . pocketing one of the notes and giving him the other; "take this and go get the bridge repaired; 'tis the best course you can take." "Yaas," said the Dutohman, slowly, "ysss, dat ish more better as to quarrel mit Hans;" but as he wont along home ho shook his head frequently, as if uoable, after all, to see quits clearly how her had gained anything by going to law. - ' - " 3" One of the greatest absorbent of gasses is charcoal. Of some kinds of gas it will absorb 90 times its volume. This was strongly illus trated some time since, by a blacksmith, who bad a pile of it lying exposed not far from his shop. . A. poor old horse, just ready to die wss feeding about in the vicinity, of it, and finally Jay down and died on the side of it. Perceiving no bad smell to . arise from, the carcass, the blacksmith did not remove it, bat let it decay where it was. But when he came to burn the coal he discovered that all the gas that arose from the decaying animal matter, had been taken up by. bU fuel and was by the fire driven oat again, rendering bis shop, insupportable.' Pet Birds. Caged birds are tha source of much pleasure, and while . they give great hap piness if . they are kept in good healthy condi tion, feem to enjoy life nearly if net quite aa well as their mates in the bash or the wild wood especially if, either from the laok of memory or from blissful ignorance, the eaged birds do not know what pleasure they lose. "Where ignorsnce h ' bliss, 'tis foil to be wise.', Ooa of the drawbacks to the happiness of birds, and to the pleasure of keeping them, is lice, and having recently learned of a ssfe and sore way of. removing them,' we give it to onr readers. The Michigan Farmer says: ' ; "Lay a piece of canton or cotton flannel over the cage at night,' several nights in , suoeessiou, taking it off at daylight. Multitudes of them will be found upon it, whieh are easily, killed. After a few days all will be removed. . A-case ia which this was very saecessful has jost beej brought to our notice, from a pair of bob-o-links; hundreds of. these parasites were removed ia this way." " , - ' v ' - c ' i I. ii - This Sidb Up- We saw Jako nailing up a box the other day containing some articles which he. intended sending by express.- iFrorfl the nature f the contents we knew it wss essential that the box should not be inverted oo-the pas sage, so we ventured the suggestion to Jake to place the much abused "This side np, etc.Voon spicuously upon tho cover. A few days after we saw Jake. ":- ,- ' " "Heard from yoor goods, Jake y did they get tier safely ?"- r - v . r . f . "Every one broke V replied Jake, sullenly j "lost the whole lot ! ' Hang the Express com pany !" - "'" ' ' - ' - - "' " -r ' "v , . "Did yoa pat on 'this side np as I told yoar V"Ys I did"; -an? far fear they shouldn't see it on the kiver I put it oa the bottom, tew weoo'foand 'era J" " " - . ; 0'