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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1867.
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SjffcghJflt LBS.'WniTE LEAD, at McAden's
j HjrXfJJr Corner Drug Store.
300 Gallons Linseed Oil, at McAden's Corner
Drug Store.
3 Barrels Spirits Turnentine, at McAden's Drug
Store.
NO. 1 Coach and Copal Varnishes, cheap, at
McAden's Drug Store.
FINE Lubricating, Lard aud Sperm Oil, at Mc
Aden's Corner Drug Store
Bright Illuminatiag Kerosene Oil, cheap, at Mc
Adea's Corner Drug Store.
Tannere Strait's and Hanks' Oil, at the lowest
market price, at McAden's Corner Drug Store.
My 20, 1867.
A LARGFi S T O C K
of ... '
SPRINGGOOUS
Fine white and colored'-Marseilles Quil??, just
received at - BAURINGEK, WOLFE & CO'rf.
SOT Ladies' French Dimitrjr Skirts, India Twilled
Long Cloth, Linen Dress Goods, Extra Fine Luce
Collars and Cuffs, Valencine Lace, Cleuy Lace,
Black Silk Guper Lace. Call and examine our New
Goods. UARRIXGEU, V'OLFE k CO.
BSaf Irish Linen of an extra quality ; DIcached
Shirting-, extra quality. Call soon.
Blaek Challey for Monrning Dresses, English
Crape and English Craps Veils, at
BARRING ER, WOLFE & CO'S.
April 15, 18C7.
JUST RECEIVED AT
C. M. QUERY'S NEW STORE,
A large and well selected Stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER' GOODS.
DRV" GOODS, at extremely low prices.
WHITE GOODS, a full assortment, which will be
sold low for cash.
TRIMMINGS Our stock of TrirnmiiTgs is com
plete, and was selected with cnie.
A full assortment of YANKEE NOTIONS and
FAXCV GOODS.
HOOP SKIRTS Bradley's Paris Trail Skirts
the most popular Skirt now woru all sizes Ladies,
children and Misses.
KID GLOVES all colors and sizes, of the best
article. Ladies aud Children's Mitts, all sizes, and
of the best quality.
FAN'S AND PARASOLS A full assortment of
all kinds.
SHOES Ladies', Children's and Misses' boots,
shoes and gaiters, of the best . Philadaphiu make.
Also, Men's and Boy's shoes and hats.
MRS- QUERY would inform her fiictuls that
she has spared no pains in selecting her stock of
Millinery and Trimmings: and having had a long
experience in the business feels satisfied that she
can please all who will favor her with a call.
Bonnets and Hats made and trimmed to order, on
the most reasonable terms and shortest notice.
Dresses Cut, Fitted, Trimmed and made, on reason
able terms and at short notice.
Our terms are strictly Cash. Our motto is, small
profit, and just dealing to all.
April 1, 18G7.
A Chance to Make Money.
The subscriber, will purchase Bones at 50 cents
per hundred, delivered at Concord Factory, or at
any Railroad Depot between Charlotte and Greens
boro. Cash paid on delivery.
Those who will accumulate Bones in quantities
at any point on the Railroad lines, and inform the
subscriber, arrangements will be made for their
purchase. II. E. McDOXALD,
April 1, 1867 tf . Concord, N C.
NEW STOCK OF GOODS.
The undersigned has just returned from the
Northern cities with a good Stock of
Gr xocorois,
and various other articles, consisting principally of
Java Coti'ee, Rio Colfee of superior quality none
Letter; Black, Green and Imperial Teas; Xew Or
leans and other Molasses; Bacon Sides, Sugar Cured
Hams, Fresh MackereJJ'Pickled Sh id. Soap, Candles,
Pepper, Spice, Ginger, Soda, White Wine and Appla
Vinegar, Willow Ware, Buckets of all kinds, Tubs,
Brooms, Churns, Kegs, Half-Bushels, &e.
Lorillard Snuff best quality ; Soda, Ginger and
Egg Crackers ; a fine lot of Brogau Shoes extra
eir.es; Liverpool Salt, and best Carolina Bice.
Xi oat la. ox.
White Oak Tanned fine article; large lot of
pood and good damaged Hemlock ; French Calf
Skins; Upper and Harness Leather.
White Leaa, Powder. Shot and Percussion Caps,
all sizes; Whim Rope, Well Rope, Bed Cord, Cotton
Cards cheap, Scythe Blades, Pad Locks. Blacking,
Matches, Cotton Yarn, Durham's Smoking Tobacco,
Chewing Tobacco; Crushed, Fulverized, While and
Brown Sugars, and a fine assortment of best Xails.
I have selected this Stock with great care, and
cannot be undersold. Give me a call before pur
chasing elsewhere. Remember my Motto,
Quick Sales, Short Profits
and fair dealings with all. Wheat, Flour, Corn
Bacon and Lard taken in exchange for Goods.
Friends, recommending Freedriien to me, may be
Assured that they will be dealt with fairly, both a3
to weight and chauge no objection to all goods
being weighed that go from this establishment.
Profits are short, and terms necessarily CASH.
I also buy and sell on commission all kinds of
Produce. Orders and consignments solicited.
W. BOYD.
Charlotte, N. C, June 24, 1867.
" jUst iiecei vjed
AT
Embroidered Bareges, Striped Mozambique?, Plain ',
Mozambiques, Lavrns, Striped Poplins, and a good
assortment of Prints. j
May 6, 1857. . 1
HIS LAST WORDS.
A few moments before Stonewall Jackson's
death be called ont in Lis delirium : "Order A.
P. Hill to prepare for action. Pass the infantry
rapidly to the front. Tell Major Hawks."
Here the sentence was left unfinished. But soon
after a sweet smile overspread his face, and he
murmured quietly, with an air of relief: "Let
us cross the river and rest under the shade of
the trees." . These were his last words, and, with
out any expression of pain or sign of struggle, his
spirit passed away.
Come, let us cross the river, and rest beneath the
trees,
And list the merry leaflets at port with every breeze;
Our rest is won by fighting, and Peace awaits us
there.
Strange that a cause so blighting produces fruit so
fair I
Come, let us cross tbe river, those that have gone
before,
Crush 'd in the strife for freedom, await on yonder
shore;
So bright the sunshine sparkles, so merry hums the
breeze,
Come, let us cross the river, and rest beneath the
trees.
Come, let us cross the river, the stream that runs60
dark :
'Tis none but cowards quiver, so let us all embark
Come, men with hearts undaunted, we'll stem the
tide with ease,
We'll cross the flowing river, and rest beneath the
trees.
Come, let us cross the river, the dying hero cried,
And God, of life the giver, then bote him o er the
tide.
Life's wars for him are over, the warrior takes his
ease,
There, by the flowing river, at rest beneath the trees.
GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE "MASONIC ORPHANS' HOME,"
BOYD, WILSON & CO., Managers, ATLANTA, GA.
GREAT SCII CUE.
ONE DOLLAR FULL TICKET.
CAPITAL PRIZE $20,000 FOR ONE DOLLAR.
EXTRA CLASS 0.
Thi3 great Lottery for the benefit of the MASONIC
ORPHANS' HOME 'will be drawn in public at AT
LANTA, GA , on Wednesday the 4th day of Sep
tember next, 1807.
GREAT SCHEME.
1 Prize of $20,000 is $20,000
1 Prize of 5,000 is 5,000
1 Prize of 2,000 is 2,000
1 Prize of 1,000 is 1,000
1 Prize of 500 is 500
1 Prize of 500 is 500
4 Prizes of 250 are 1,000
100 Prizes of 100 are 10,000
200 Prizes of 50 are 10,000
Prizes amounting to $50,000
850,000 IN TRIBES FOR $1 TER TICKET.
A PACKAGE of 10 TICKETS MAY DRAW $30,000.
ALL THE ABOVE PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN.
PLAN OF THESE GREAT LOTTERIES AND
EXPLANATION OF DRA WINGS.
The numbers from 1 to 100,000, corresponding
with the numbers on the Tickets, are printed on
separate slips of paper and encircled with small
tubes, and placed in a glass wheel all the prizes
in accordence with the Scheme, are similarly printed
and encircled, and placed in another glass wheel.
The wheels are then revolved, and two boys, blind
folded, draw the Numbers and Prizes. One of the
bos draws one number from the wheeKof Nos., and
at the same time the other boy draws out one prize
from the wheel of Prizes. The number and prize
drawn out are exhibited to the audience, and what
ever prize comes out is registered and placed to the
credit of the number and this operation is repeat
ed until all the prizes are drawn.
All Prizes are Payable without discount, and
each Official Drawing sent to each Purchaser.
BOYD, WILSON & CO ,
Managers, Atlar.ta, Georgia.
LINCOLN T O N, N. C.
MISS M. W. ALEXANDER, Puincipal.
The next Session will commence 1st September,
1867. A Boarding and Pay School for young Ladies,
combining a thorough and systematic education,
with home care and training. Music and all the
higher branches are taught.
Lincolnton may be reached by Railroad in three
hours, from Charlotte. It is beautifully situated,
with a fine mountain climate, and is perfectly
healthy throughout the entire year.
For particulars apply to the Principal or to Rev.
Mr. Wetmore, Rector of the Parish.
References Judge Shipp, Lincolnton; Col. T II
Brem, Charlotte; Hon N Boyden, Salisbury; Rev. M
A Curtis, D. D., Hillsboro, N. C. ; PW Hairston,
Baltimore, Aid ; Hon. R DeTreville, Charleston, S C.
July 29, 18G7 5w
By Express,
A fine lot of Jaconets, Swiss Muslins, Irish Linens,
Mosquito Bars, French Coisetsand Iloopskirts at
July 29, 1867. B. KOOPM ANN S.
wmm mm
A general assortment, always on hand, at
Feb 5, !867 SCARR'S DRUG STORE
UoUl Bullion Want cel.
We want to purchase a large portion of the Gold
Bullion that comes into this market, and will pay
high prices for it.
RRENIZER, KELLOGG & PETERS,
August 5, 1867. Bankers at Charlotte.
I.I TIE, PLASTER,
O cmont txa.c3L TTxlx,
A large supply always on hand, and for sale on
most favorable terms, by
WORTII & DANIEL.
Wilmington, N. C.
Monthly receipts of fresh Lime from Maine.
July 15, 1867 6ra
Teeth Extracted Without Pain,
BY A NEW REMEDY.
DR. JNO. II. WAYT is prepared to administer
the ktifroiiS Oxide Gas9 in extracting
Teeth. This agent has been successfully used in
thousands of cases in the principal cities, without
the slightest danger.
Freedom lrom pain or danger guaranteed.
vuice .o. o, uratnte Row.
Charlotte, June 17, 1867.
3m
Hags! Hags!! ISngs!!!
The highest CASH PRICE paid for RAGS at
June 3, 1867. 3. KOOPMAKN'S.
TAKING A WHIPPING.
The Western Morning News, an English
journal, has the following fresh version of an
old story :
Mr Dickens, in one of his books, is very sati-
j rical on American journalists. He represent
them as turning every incident into a report
with a sensation leader, so that even when the
editor got thrashed for personalties, he at once
brought out a special edition with the flaming
announcement, "The Editor Cowbided Again."
It is notj I think, generally known that Mr
Dickens was referring to an actual ease, which
is tolerably notorious in America, and is told
with great glee by the persOQmos' deeply in
terested. That person is no other than the no
torious James Gordon Bennett, of The New
York Herald, and it is thus he tells his etory to
his friends. The Herald had for some time
violently attacked a certain actress. One day
the lady's husband, himself an actor, came to
the Herald office, walked up into Bennett's
room, and said, "Are you Mr Bennett?" "I
am," was the reply; "take a seat." "No, sir, I
will not take a seat; you have insulted my wife."
"Who is your wie?" Name mentioned. "Never
Iieard of her." "But your dramatic critic has
insulted her." "That is his affair." "But I
hold you responsible;" and thereupon the angry
husband took the proprietor of the Herald from
his chair, flung him on the floor, kicked him in
the rear, rolled him over, kicked him again,
clutched hold of his throat, and left the office.
What did the victim do? lie called upon one
of his employees, wrote out an account of tbe
affair, caused sensation placards to be struck off
"Fourth Edition Atrocious Assault upon
the Editor." "Fifth Edition Further Partic
ulars of the Atrocious and Cowardly Assault
upon the Editor;" and soon all New York was
buying the Herald. "But," said Bennett, "I j
added a little garnish which was not strictly
true." I said: "We would have pardoned this
unmannerly, cowardly assault upon an unarmed
man, but fir one circumstance. This despica
ble wretch, not content with ferocious violence,
had the unspeakable meanness to take up a
quarter dollar piece which was lying upon our
table, and to pocket it." The next day when
the actor appeared upon the stage, he was gree
ted with cries of "Who stole Bennett's quarter?"
and whenever he appeared the same cry greeted
him, until be and his wife- were driven off the
stase and ruined. "That," adds Bennett, "was
my revenge."
Disea&e Produced by Sleeping Together.
During the night, says a writer on hygienics,
there is considerable exhalation from our bodies,
and at the same time weebsorb a large quantity
of the vapors of the surrounding air. Two
healthy young children, sleeping together, will
give and receive healthy exhalations; but an
old, weak person near a child will, in exchange
for health, only return weakness. A sic k
mother, near her daughter, communicates sickly
emanations to her; if the mother has a cough of
long duration, the daughter will at some time
also cough and suffer by it ; if the mother has
pulmonary consumption, it will be ultimately
communicated to her child. It is known that
the bed of a consumptive is a powerful and sure
source of contagion, as well for men as for wo
men, and the more so for young persons.
Parents and friends ought to oppose, as much
as in their power, the sleeping together of old
and young persons, and the sick of the healthy.
The Fall Elections. The next election
outside of the unreconstructed States will be
that of Vermont, which will occur on the 3d of
September; and the day after, California, at the
other extremity of the Union, will follow. A
few days afterward, on tbe 9th of September,
Maine will be heard from. .Nearly a month
will then elapse, at the end of which time the
great States of Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio
will engage in the political struggle their day
being the 8th of October. Next will come the
elections that occur on the first Tuesday of
November the 5th. They are New York,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachu
setts, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois,
Kansas, Missouri and Nevada. Colorado will
vote on the 12th of November, which will close
the list of Fall elections.
A certain Irishman received for his labor a ono
dollar bill on one of tbe Georgia banks, on
which he was obliged to lose tea cents discount.
The next day he wae passing down St. Charles
street and saw a one dollar bill lying on the side
walk, on the same bank, and gazing on it ex
claimed? Bad luck to the likes of ye there may
ye lie; divil a finger will I put on ye, for I lost
ten cints by a brother of yours yesterday."
MRS. L. A. NORRYCE,
Would kindly solicit the patronage of tbe ci.izens
of Charlotte, and inform them that she is now pre
pared to do all kinds of
NEEDLE WORK,
Plain, Ornamental and Fancy.
Gents and Ladies Underclothing beautifully made.
A Kew System of Culling and Fining.
Three afternoons in each week devoted to teach
ing little girls Ornamental, Fancy Embroidery,
Braiding and all kinds of Needle Work.
Mrs. N. ia compelled to make her support by her
Xeedle and close industry.
Feeling truly gi ateful for the great kindness shown
by the community of Charlotte for the past year she
has been with them, she would beg a continuance
of the same. Will be found in the new house next
to Mr Allen Cruse's residence.
July 22, 18C7.
DEXTISTRY.
DR. WM. E. CARR, late of Wilmington, having
located in Charlotte, is prepared to attend promptly
to all calls relating to his profession. Having had
seventeen years experience in the practice of Den
tistry, he is satisfied that he can please all who may
give him a call.
All work done with reference to neatness, dura
bility and dispatch. Office over Barringer, Wolfe
& Co's, where he can be found at all hours of the
dav. All work warranted to give entire eatisfac
faction. Teeth filled and extracted without pain.
June 10, 1S67. 6m
Turnip Seed! Turnip Seed!!
Fresh Seed just received and for sale at
SCARR'S DRUG STORE.
July 15, 16C7.
- WISDOM IN LOVE-MAKING. ;
f.'I know that men; naturally shrink from the
attempt to obtain companions who are their su
periors; but they will find that really intelligent
women, who possess the most desirable qualities,
are uniformly modest, and bold their charms in
modest estimation. What such women most
admire in . men is, gallantry; cot the gallantry
of courts and fops, but boldness, courage, devo
tion, decision ' and refined civility. A man a
bearing wins tea superior women where his
boots and brains win ono. If a man stands be
fore awoman with respect for himself and fear
lessness of her. his suit U half won. The rest
may safely be left to the parties most interested
Therefore, never be afraid of a woman. Women
are the most harmless and agreeable creatures
in tbe world, to a man who shows that he has
got a man's soul in him. If you have not got
the spirit in you to come up to a test like this.
you htve not got that in you which most pleases
a high-souled woman, and you mill be obliged
to content yourself with the simple girl who, in
a quiet way, is endeavoring to attract and fasten
you.
"Bit don't be in a hurry about the matter.
Don't get into a feverish longing for marriage.
It isn't creditable to you. Especially don't im
agine that any disappointment in love which
takes place before you are twenty-one years old
will be of any material damage to you. The
truth is, that before a man is twenty-five years
old he does not know what he wants himself.
So doa't be in a hurry. The more of a man
you iecomc, and the more manlioess you be
come capable of exhibiting in your association
with women, the better wife you will be able to
obtain; and one year's possession of the heart
and hand of a really noble specimen of her sex
is worth nine hundred and ninety-nine years'
possession of a sweet creature with two ideas in
her head, and nothing new to say about either
of them. 'Better fifty years of Europe than a
cycle of Cathay.' So don't be in a hurry, I say
again. You don't want a wife now, and you
have not the slightest idea of the kind of wife
you will want by-and-by. Go into female so
ciety if you can find that which will improve
you, tut not otherwise. You can spend your
time better. Seek the society of good men
That is. often more accessible to you than the
other, and it is through that mostly that you
will find your way to good female society."
The Strongest Man jn the World.
A native of Australia, Mr J. E. Evans, re
cently gave an exhibition of remarkable strength
at the Sea Hotel, in Chesterfield, England, to
establish his claims as tbe strongest man in the
world.
He held a fifty-six pound weight in various
positions, and increased the number until he
raised four fifty-six pound weights above his
head, holding them at arm's length, and at tbe
same time standing upon four tumbler glasses.
He also beld the weights on the top of the glass,
and allowed a glass of water to be placed upon
the top of the weights. He laid flat upon the
floor and let a fifty-six pound weight fall a dis
tance of about a yard on his bare chest, and the
weight rebounded as though it had come in con
tact with a piece of India rubber. A piece of
stone, four inches thick, was next placed upon
his chest, and Mr flinch, blacksmith, smashed
it with two blows into fragments. 31 r Hineh
and Mr Turner then cut a piece of two-inch
iron in two across bis chest with tbe hammer
and chisel. The feats concluded by Professor
Hercules lying flat upon tLe floor, and allowing
Mr Hinch to strike him with all his strength,
with a sixteen pound sledge hammer. The blow
was met by the Professor, and the hammer re
bounded without leaving a soratch upon his
body. '
The above is a specimen of big lying
' m
Murder Avenoed. A New Orleans letter
in the Chicago llepublio shows how a murdered
man has been avenged :
It may be remembered that a few weeks ago
a very brutal and outrageous murder was com
mitted in the town of Nacbitoches, La., by three
piominent citizens of that place. The murder
ers were brothers, by the name of Jones. One
was a judge, another was m physician and tbe
third was a planter. , Their victim was Mr
Staufier, and the murder was committed partly
for political . reasons and partly to gratify per
sonal hate. The planter Jones fled tc Texas,
where be now is, but tbe other two brothers
were, with difficulty arrested, and the jail at
Nacbitocbes being insecure, were brought to
this city and imprisoned in the military jail.
Last week Dr. Jones died in prison, and on Sat
urday night Judge Jones, who had been at
tacked with cholera while in the jail, was re
moved to the house of a relative in this city,
but died before morning. The military authori
ties in Texas have been directed to keep a
bright lookout for the third assassin, and if he
is caught, the murdered man will be tolerably
well avenged.
Wife. vs. Lady It is certainly not in good
taste for a gentleman to speak of his wife as his
lady, or to register their names upon the books
of a hotel, as "John Smith and lady," or to ask
a friend, "How is your lady?" This is all fash
ionable vulgarity, and invariably betrays a lack
of cultivation. The term wife is far more beau
tiful, appropriate and refined, whatever may be
said to the contrary. Suppose a lady were to
say, instead of "my husband," "my gentleman"
or suppose we" were to speak of "Mrs Fitz Mau
rice and her "gentleman." The thiog would be
positively ludicrous, and its obverse ii none tbe
less so, if rightly considered. A man's wife is
his wife, and not bis lady, and we marvel that
this latter term is not utterly tabooed, io euch
a connection, at least by educated and intelli- j
gent people.
. i
Jones complained of a bad smell about the
postoffice, and asked Brown what it could be.
Brown didn't know, but suggested that it mighj
be caused by tbe "dead letters."
The old foggy who poked his head out from
"behind the times," got it rapped by a passing
event.
WHY A ROTATION OP CHOPS IS
NECESSARY.
A writer in the Country Gentleman gives a
very clear explanation of the reason why land re
quires a regular change of crops a matter which
is so much talked about, but little understood.
Speaking of the steadily diminishing yield of po
tatoes in this country, he says :
The reason is not difficult of discovery. It ex
ists in a law of nature, embracing animal as well
as vegetable organisms. These all have decre
tory as well secretory functions. All throw off
effete matter, and this effete is hateful to the sec
retory vessels on which vegetables depend for
their developement. If many crops in succession,
of the same vegetable, are grown, the effete mat
ter increases in proportion to the nutritive, and
finally overcomes all efforts at successful cultiva
tion. The food decreases and the poison increases,
with every crop. If manure, general or special, is
added to the soil, it increases the food, but does
not necessarily dimmish the poisonous effete mat
ter. One hundred years ago potatoes were but
little cultivated, and most grounds were lent fresh
for their production. Then and long afterwards,
400 bushels was not an extraordinary yiId.
Now the increased taste for its use, and ability
to purchase, have made it necessary that great
breadths of land should bo used for its growth.
In consequence, not only has much of tbe land
tired of growing it, but the plant itself has be
come weakened to a degree that invites destruc
tive enemies to feed on its substance to take
advantage of its weakened organization. Hence,
the rot, so called, and other ailments. Mother
earth is a good mother, but like her sex generally,
she has a taste for variety in outer adornments
She will change her dress, even the most durable
of her fabrics her forests. These are ever vary
ing in composition, and finally thrown off alto
gether for grasses. Thtse, again have their round
of varieties and in a long course of years give
place to other plants. Mother earth will have
her way, and those of us, her children who best
understand her requirements, will partake most
largely of her bounties.
DRYING FRUIT.
Drying fruits has several advantages over can
ning or bottling. It is cheaper; it may be adop
ted on an extensive scale; the fruit may be kept
with less care and being several times lighter
than when fresh, may be sent long distances, or
to foreign countries, at a moderate cost. When
fruit-growers shall learn that dried fruit fiom the
highest flavored sorts, is as much better than that
from the poor unsaleable varieties so often used
for this purpose, as the best fresh fruit of the one
sort exceeds the other, purchasers will also be
willing to py a much higher price for the Ie9t
article. When, superadded to this, the fruit is
dried rapidly so as to retain a clear, light color,
and a perfect flavor, instead of the dark, half fer
mented fruit resulting from slow drying iu bad
weather, there will be no difficulty in finding a
ready sale for all that may be offered in market
When abundant seasons occur, the surplus diould
be saved by drying, and may be kept another
year.
In some parts of the Westerrn btates, bouses
are erected for drying fruit, and are warmed by
fire heat, by means of a furnace with a flue ex
tending around the building, similar to that for
merly used for green-houses. This flue is covered
with &beet iron. An ample ventilator is placed
at the top for the free escape of the large volumes
of watery vapor which rises from the drying fruit.
Travs or hurdles, about two feet wide, six feet
long, and three inenes deep, wun smau sinps or
laths forming the bottom, are placed in three
tiers, one above the other, with a foot or more of
space between them. Long strips scantling, laid
horizontally, extending the whole length of tbe
house, and six or eight feet outside, form a sort
of railwav track on which a frame with rollers
runs in and out through a wide door, for running
in the fresh fruit and bringing out the dried. A
house ten by fourteen feet and eight feet high,
has been found sufficient for about two barrels
of fruit at a time, and about twenty hours com
plete the drying process.
Marriage" of First Cousins Tbe Com
missioners of the Kentucky Institution for the
education and training of feeble-minded chil
dren have just made a report to the Legislature
in which they call attention to a practice which
is quite common in Kentucky tbe marriage of
blood relations. They add their testimony to
tbe abundant evidence already collected by phy
sicians and philanthropists, that a large per
centage of deaf mutes and of tbe blind, a limited
percentage of lunatics, and do doubt much
larger one than either of feeble minded or idiotio
children, are the offsprings of the marriage of
first cousins. Tbe charitable institutions of the
State are all the time filled with children whose
parents are so related some as many as four
from one family and in the case of idiots, of a
still larger number in a family. It is a fearful
penalty to which persons eo related render them
selves liable by forming the matrimonial rela
tion, and which they, in nearly every instance
incur. Tbe commissioners urge that as the
State is compelled to support the issues of these
unwise anions, they should be prohibited by
law.
How to Receive Evil Reports. The author
of the rules mentioned below, must have possessed
that charity "which coverelh a multitude of sins.
We do not know who he was, but if he was al
ways able to catry them into practice, he would
be a great curiosity (as well as a worthy model)
in these days of strife and slander.
"The longer I live" says he, "the more I feel
the importance of adhering to the rules which I
have laid dow n for my&elf in relation to such maU
terft :
1. To hear as lif.leas possible to the prejudice
of others.
2. To believe nothing of tbe kind till I am ab
solutely forced to it.x
3. Never to drink in the epirit of one who cir
culates an evil report.
4. Always to moderate, as far as I can, the un
kindness which is expressed towards others.
5. Always to believe, that if the other side
were heard, a rery different account would be
given to the matter.
compost. : -
A correspondent of the Germ an town Telegraph
gives the following sensible advice :
u A majority of farmers do not attach impor
tance enough to the subject of saving and making
manure and compost. To them manure and la
bor are what capital and credit are to the mer
chant They think they can aot afford to ay
five and six dollars per cord for manure, and it
does seem a high price; but one thing they can do,
they can take better care of what they have, an!
prevent the waste of what is the most valuable
part. Many hog pens are built on sloping ground,
the manure sinking away to some drain and lost.
Now with proper care the manure of every hog
raised and fattened is worth twenty dollars to pot
in corn bills. It is better not to let hogs wallow
in the manure, as most of farmers do, with. the
view that the hogs will work fine the course trash
generally thrown into pens. Make a tight hoars!
floor to the pen to prevent the leakage of the
urine and manure, then throw in the absorbents,
such as weeds, straw, shavings, sawdust, leaves
chip dirt, briers and in fact almost fine hickory
brush, clean the sty out once a week, and throw
the manure into a square pile, exposed to all the
rain that falls, and in a dry time keep the raanara
moist by the addition of water, or cover with
damp earth to prevent the "blue blaces." By
this arrangement, with ten hogs and plenty of
material, a farmer will make near two hundred
dollars worth of manure ready for the land in
good condition, and have better hogs than if he
allowed them to wallow at pleasure in the mass.
Proverbs on Woman. When cats wash
their faces, bad weather it at hand; when w
men use washes to their complexion, it is a true
sign that the beauty of the day is gone.
Many powder their faces that their skins may
seem white; it is as a poulterer flours an old hen,
that it may pass for a tender chicken.
The stepping stone to fortune is not to be
found in a jeweler's shop.
How. many women have been ruined by dia
monds, as bird catchers entiee the lark from
heaven to earth with sparkling glass.
Like the colored bottles in a chemist's window
is rouge oo the cheeks of a maiden; it attracts
the passers by, but all know the drug they ad
vertise. Choose not your wives as you do grapes, from
the bloom on them.
He who marries a pretty face only, is like a
buyer of cheap furniture the varnish that
caught the eye will not endure the fire side
blaze.
The girdle of beauty is not a stay lace. This
is the only excuse for tight lacing; a good house-
-t il.
wne Bnouia nave no waste.
When a maiden takes to spaniels and parrots.
it means that her beauty has gone to the dogs,
and henceforth her life is a bird en to her.
The mouth of a. wise woman is like a money
box which is seldom opened, so that much
treasure comes forth from it.
Store up this truth, O woman 1 Re charitable
unto thy fallen sister. Imitate not the stags,
that chase from their herd their wounded com
panion. Tbe wise wife opposes wrath with kindness.
A sand bag will stop a cannon ball by ita yielding.
A good woman is like a Cremona fiddleage
only makes its tone tbe sweeter.
A Cheerful View of Things. "How
dismal you look!" said a bucket to his compan
ion, as they were going to tbe well.
"Abl replied the other, "I was reflecting
on the uselessness of our bing filled; for let as
go away ever so full, we always come back
empty.
"Dear me! how strange to look at It in that
way!" said the backet. "Now I enjoy the
thought that however empty we come, we al
ways go away lull. Only look at it in that hirhL
and you'll be as cheerful as I am." ' '
A French Journal tells a little storv aboat a
lady, or rather she is made to tell it herself:
"vvnen I washrst married I was on my knees
before my husband from morning till night. It
was a perpetual adoration, an incessant delirium,
and inexpressible bliss. I showered caresses
upon him; I could have eaten him."
"And now r asked a friend.
"I'm sorry I didn't." '
The Sunday Atlas, in a fit of revolutionary
entbusiam, says :
" Hurrah for the girls of 76."
"Tbanderl" cries a New Jersey Da Der that's
too darned old. No, no hurrah for tbe girls
of 16.".
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A lawyer, neither young nor handsome, when
examining a young lady witness in court, desir
ing to perplex her said "Miss, upon my word,
you are very pretty." The young lady replied
I would return the compliment, sir, were I
not under oath."
Julius, why am de 'habitants ob de recently
purchased Rooshin Possessions like de natives
ob Africa?" "Kase dey lib on de fat ob de
land." "No, no, bekase dey trabel about in dcre
bar-tkint."
A wedding ic Arkansas between a divorced
woman of thirty-nine and a youth of nineteen)
took place at the bouse of tbe bride's former
husband, who is said to have been io the high-
est spirits. Revenge is sweet.
I pressed her gentle form to me and whispered
in her ear, if when I was far away for me she'd
shed a tear ? I paused for some cheering words
my tbrobing heart to cool, and with her rosy lips
she said, "Ob, Bill, you're sich a fool !"
A newly married editor was told that ha
would find a difference between the matrimonial
and editorial experience. la one place the
Devil cries for copy, and in the other the "copy"
cries like the Devil.
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X3T Four men were swept over the Falls of
j Niagara on luesday evening last and perished.
I Names unknown.