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IT WON'T PAY!
11J«* * * V- f •!»,. 4 j. , . S » „ ,
Yon know it won't pay to mnSe yonr pur
chases from old stock, already picked over.
Our Mr. Oant has jnst returned from the
North, where lie personally selected and pur
chased a large stock of
•»»r .G«OdN. nrtrfrl... n«-\Vnre. |
la.llon-trair. WilUw-Wnrr,
llurdwarr,
oiirether with a well assorted stock of
HR'IDV.nADK S'I.OTIIINCi,
and tlic most complete line of
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qr-iTs/Jl to the people of tills county. !
HOOTS ARID SHOES
of every variety, including the best hand |
wade. We make a specialty of Boots and i
Shoes, and wo ask an examination of our j
stock. Look and judge for yourself. We
defy competition iuprie.es or quality. We
will sell you the best calicoes, for 10 cents.
Wo can "ScU you a good suit clothes for $lO
Wo wish, especially, to c-'ll your attention
to the great decline iu prices iu the Northern
markets. We bought at these reduced prices
Our customers sball have all the advantage
of the good bargains we made. Highest |
prices paid for all kinds of produce. Come to
see us ! „
J. Q OANT, fe CO.
Company Shops, Nov. 2nd, 1875,
nov.2-tf
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DANL. WORTH
Company Shops, "N". C.,
Thanks his friends and the p ibllc for the
very liberal patronage he has heretofore en
joyed; and begs to introduce to their inspect
ion the
liARCBMT and JIO*T COJIPI.ETK
" - AND VABIKO
■***"" STOC K OF GOODS
brought to Alamanee County. He has 1
. st returned from tho Northern cities where
lie purchased and has received a».d and is re ->
ceivug his
RPKINU AND HBMJIEK «000*.
His stock consists of DRY-GOODS. fi 'in
common to the finest ever otiered in this
pi rket, ~,,,, . , , ,
READY-MADE CLOTHE 9,
of every description,
■■ATI, BOOT* A*» *n#l
of all varieties to the bost hand-made,
stock of
9111.1.1NE8V GOODS, IIAUD
VARF fIITI.KBV, tireKlW.
WAMS, TBI'SHIi and
waiik. tin.
WKENM MAT*.
largest assortment at the lowest prices,
a full stock
FAMILY GROCERIES. UPPEII
AMD SOLE LEATHER,
Fertilizers,
~ln a word, be has everything of ary quality
that you fill want to buy, and he will buy at
the highest prices all, and anything you have
to sell. Alt he ask.* Is for you lo oall and e
for yourself. If you don't see what yoa want
you just ask for it, and then see if it isn't
fonnd.
*B*Cook Stoves of every variety, In price
from #17,50. up.
HWIWKi r jt v,' - .-i «»...•
Dental Notice.
D R. W« P. BASON,
(30 odd ytait)
: ■ « ,
Who *lsh the best condition of their
.3 ■ •
~ W" OHII.BHBN I TEETH
ARTIFfCIAL TEETH
D * , "* hor * notic-:. FEES, very njo^arat
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HOW A PAPKRIft HADE.
"Pray, li6w~fa a newspaper made?" ••
The question is easy to auk,
But to unnwiir it fully, my dear,
Were rattier n ditHcnlt task;
And yet in a bantering way,
As the whipporwill in the glade,
I'll Venture a hit of a lay
To tell how a paper is made.
An editor sits at his desk
And ponders the things that appear
To be claiming the thoughts of the World—
Things solemn, and comic, and queer—
And when he has hit on a theme
He judges it well to parade.
He writes, and lie writes, and he writes.
And that's how a paper is made.
An editor sits at his desk.
And puzzles his brain to make out
"Telegraphic" so squabbled and mixed,
It is hard to tell what it's about.
Exchanges arc lying around—
While waiting despatcUe.. delayed,
He clips, and he clips, and he clips,
And that's how a paper is made, t
An editor out in the town,
Iu search oi the things that are now—
The things that the people have done,
The things they're are intending to do—
(iocs peering and prying; about,
For items of many a grade;
He tramps, and he tramps, and he tramps,
And that's how a paper is made.
And all that these work«>rs prepare,
Of every conceivable stripe,
la sent to t:.c printer, and be
Procucdeth to stick it in type.
His lines, a|l respecting his w ill.
In slow-moving columns parade
lie sticks, and he sticks, and he sticks,
And that's how a paper is inadc.
Iu short, when the type is all set,
And errors eleured up, more or less,
'Tis "locked in a form;" as we say,
And hurried away t« the press.
The pressman arranges his sheets,
His ink gives the requisite shade,
Then he prints, and he prints, and lie printe
And that's how a paper is made.
ir.tSHIKCTOV SOCIKTV.
Chilling Effect ml the Imprtaclimr ul of
Wccrclary lirlkuup.
Special cor es.iondence of the World
Washington March. 3.—1 returned
from a brief visit to the South on
Thursday night. Though I ban beard
of the misfortune which lmd belalleu
our friend Belknap, and expected that
it would not bo without its elle'cts tip
on capitoliau society, I own frankly
that I was not prepared to find it con.
verted so speedliv into what inav be
called a Cave of Glot m. Such, alas!
was the case. Taking a back at the
depot, alm-vst the first person I met
was Cluppins. Cljippins has a .$1,'.00
clerkship; lie has a team and a neat
turnout; a diamond like a locomotive
headlight; bis taihily occupies a house
that rents for $1,250 a year, and lie
maintains as well another but smaller
family. Cluppins wasn't driving
then; he was ou foot; his diamond
was absent; his clothes would bavs
excited no interest in Chatham street
He caught ray eye, and smiled sadly
and passed ou.
I wus todino w itli a friend ard en
route 1 stopped at the Hole in the Sky.
The liquor at the Hole in I lie Sky is
;rreproac!:able and the cheapest cigars
are three for a dollar. There is a
nice back room lor cards. 1 ordered
a modest crooked-whiskey-Babcock.
tail and was swallowing it when the
negro waiter entered with a salver
and said: "Three lagers and one of
them seven-for-ii-quarter pure Mayan
is for Mr. Hangup." Hangup? Why.
Hangup had $1,400 a year and used to |
think nothing of having in a louudj
dozen of Pommery Sec or Monopole !
when ihree or four ot them had a sit-j
ting, and as for cigars lie imported ;
his own and they never cost him less !
than $375 a thousand. What horrid
mystery was here? I stole quietly to]
the door ot the card loom and look in. 
Feurolthein were playing draw-po
ker, and I heard Hilly Cortguurd say: i
'•1 straddle your blind; takes you 8j
I cents to come in." Eight cents, and j
j I remember the night I>i 11 v cleaned!
cut the whole Kentucky delegation! j
I The bar-keeper must have'not iced my j
j speechless surprise, for ho said. "The |
| boys arc going it rather mild tb:»1
j evening, but you ought to have been j
{here last nigh;. Senator JMowhardl
j and Charley Goodbye, the reprcsenta-!
j live from Calumet, and a whole heap
of'em was playing draw penny ante |
3 cents limit, each m u with a dollar''
| worth of beans and reeze out. I nev-;
er see Charley. draw so, especially
j when it was t.is deal. Cleaned 'em all
j ont before S.o'olock next morning, and
Senator Blowhard was strapped so
completely that he had to hang up 3d
cents' worth of drinks till he could
draw hi* nay, ami borrow 5 cent* to
go home in the street cars." ! pinches!
myself to be sure it was not all a bor*
lid dream, and went to Pumice's,
where I was to dine. ,
Pumice is one ot the chief dterks in
the Bureau of Eternal Revenue. His
salary is $1,980 net; it is €2,200, but
you most deduct 10 per'cent for po
litic J assessments. With this lie
manages to get along ificcly, as -his
rent is qui}' #2,000, and h s wife is an
admirable manager, and though. a s
she says herself, she ujikes to liold her
head as high as tW r*st of them," she
tarcly imports s dress that costs more,
than 41,200 or $1,500, and frequently
foyr of do for the season
GRAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1876.
Pumice i* a giver of good dinners;
Sam ward himself savs that in seven
y iars'acquaintance he has only de
tected one iui|>erfecti>n in his manage
ment, ho uses too much champagne in
preparing jambon dirin —Ham-of the
(jJods. r rang the bell and it whs
answered by Pumice, but, ah! not th e
Pumice of vore. lie wrung inv hand
} i monrnfu'j silence ami' ushered tue
into the parlor. I». was uncarpeted; a
bed in one corner and a washstand in
another; a smoky kerosene lamp dim
ly illumined the room.
"Pnmioe," said 1, "what in the
name of Mr. Holman does this mean?
"Why," said lie, with a sad smile,
"don't you know?" and lie fastened
his shirt with a pin. He used to have
ruby studs that were worth aguager's
ransom!
"No,"' I replied, "Pvc been out of
town this week or so."
"Alii" lie said, "that.acconntsfor it.
Just read this," and he handed me the
following circular:
Confidential ! ! !
Rooms Natl. Ex. Committkk. )
W ashinoton, March 2,187ti. $
Siu:—Jircornstances over which we
have lie control, and which I need not
here particularize, render it desirable
that we should in this centennial yeai
return in so far as we may to tho econ
omy and integrity of our forefathers.
This is demanded by tho circum
stances oft he nation, (SeclJe publi
can plat from). In tufure IK iiestyttiid
efficiency will be the sole passports to
official employment, lb. It is to be
regretted that the evil of an irredeem
able currency lor which Ihe Democrat
ic party is strictly responsible (lb)
should have brought an era of speuc
lution and extravagance which the
return of the Democracy to power
would convert into a pandemonium cl
corrupti mi. (Ib. and editorial in die
New York 'tribune). The National
Exemtivo Committee therefore urges
upon you the" absolute necessity o 1
rctm ning at oucc to the economy and
integrity ot your forefathers. A fail
uurc to do so Irotunow till the election
will be regarded as sufficient cause tor
impeachment. So say we. "all of us."
Yours economically,
J. M. EDMONDS, (which is P. M.)
Secretary.
p. S. —l have shown the above to
the President, who repeats his former
injuuetiou. "Let r,o guilty man es
cape."
• Well?" said I.
"Well?" echoed Pumice, "this is
what the l—d fool Belknap has
brought on us. Here we are living
in two rooms, tbechildren sleep in a
trundle bed under ours, Mrs. Pumice
does herown housework and cooking;
trying to.rent the rest of the house.
No. The light is not as good as gas.
but look at the saving: besides, this
jibing at non-explosive kerosene is
all foolishness. But here comes din
ner."
The dinner, alas 1 was not all tTiat'
my fancy has painted it. Mrs. Puu>»>
ice explained that porter-hon*c steak
now was 18 cents and round only
14, and many a little made a micle.
It was so .hard, too, to get pntatoes
at this time of year, and she had given
up her grocer because he asked 13
cents lor Muscovado sugar tnat she
could get for 11 next door.
"I tell you this is fearlul," said
Pumice, and how to make both ends
ineot I don't know. I wish I was
like Bob Schenck, and had a father to
'ettve me a coal mine iu Wiscon
sin."
"How very sad about poor Mr.
Flasher," said his wife.
"Yes,"growled lior husband; "poor
Billy Flasher. He bad a #1,(K)0 sala
ry, and when Edmnnds sent out bis
circular he retrenched. He sold bis
horses, gave up his rooms at the Ar
Itngtou. shook that widow that used
to be so insatiable, and tried to be eco
nomical; but he hail picked up codfish
for breakfast yesterday and to-day,
and Robeson sucked him. Robeson
said that living bevoud his means
i wonld attract attention to bin. Said
he: 'You may be as innocent as I am,
| but still people will talk; and while
11 am Secretary of the Navy this
| department lias got to lie like Cssar's
| wife—below suspicion.' .lust all
because, that fool, Belkuap," said
l'uinice, bitterly, "couldn't keep his
j his business to himself till next No
vember."
•'How's Babcoek?" I asked,
desiruiis of changing the conversa
tion,
"On, jnst so-so," Sl id Pumice,;
"They have been psssiug tlie hat for
him fo-day, lo pay his iawyers. We
raised $4,621 I" °ur bureau—prett)
good wasn't It?"
"It was indeed for lliia C'euienn al
year," 1 answered.- "But i thought
Bob was pretty well fixed?"
"Well, yes," Pumice replied, 4 he
hae invested about 1180,000 iu lots
/uce 1870, and I supjiose thi. build
ings on thenrwouli bring their value
up to $200,000 but then, you know.
Ids salarv as Major of Engineers is
above $3,000, and Ihen they bave only
kept one girl, and she did most oi tbe
washing.
| This intf>ing I had accasion to tali
upou tho Secretary ot tho ftors*
Marine I readied the
department A few minutes before
ten, and having the entree entered
*iie See rtary's private room almost
iiSsooHas I knocked at the door.
Could I credit my even? There stood
I be Secretary, iu uis shirt sleeves, with
his back Io mo; be had on a flannel
shirt, concealed in front by a di.key;
a*p por collar; a pair ot black panis
wi'b a conspicuous brown patch on
bis weatli'ir-coiinter; he was in his
stocking feet, and was assiduously
polisning one of bis boots 1 My en
trance disturbed him and he turned
•'Havn'tianything lor you to-dav,'
ho mutt'ered; "charity begins at
home. If you are dyinir of hunger go
over the hills to the poor b«»use."
"Mr. Secretary," I said.
"Hless my soul,"'remarked that
official, as he spat on the boot and
rubbed it vigorously, "1 never thought
it Sit down. The fact is
my boots get confoundedly dirty
walking down to the degnrtment. 1
have thought it well to retrench my
landulet, and Mr. Holinan quite agrees
with nie—anil I clean them myself-
Saves a dime, you see. In this Cen
tennial year, you know, we should
endeavor to return to Republican
Simplicity and Hie ecotionn of our
forefathers. Besides there is nothing
disgraceful in it. It you will say
anything about it in the valuable
columns of the World—and you
newspaper people are terrible tnen
for picking up personal gossip even
iu despite of the wishes of these of
whom you write—you might say that
Louis Fbilltppe blackened his own
boots and Aleck Hamilton, when
lie was Secretary of tho Treasury,
once had to borrow $lO instead oi
going into gold just before he annouu.
ced his purchases for the month. If
we are ever lo r turn to a specie basis
it will only be th'-ough the efforts of
individuals You couldn't oblige
ine with a drop of spittle, could
yon?"
i ' Why, Mr Secretary," I said in
surprise, "just wet your brusU under
ihe water lap iu tho basin ovei*
there."
"Sir," said tho Secretary with dig
nity, "that water is paid for by the
United States, and 1 should deserve
impeachment if I diverted it to the
private purpose of cleaning my
boots." 1
■IB HAH A I'ASK.
A matt with a bad looking nose and
and a melancholy appearance general*
ly entered Justice Pottor's office the
other day. and slamming a paper
down on the desk he exclaimed„•
"I submit Ihe docs and demand a
divorce!"
The court looked a* him in a puzzled
way, and the stranger continued:
"Hump the papers together mighty
quick, for slit's out atti r a dray to
inove the furniture!"
"I can't give you a divorce," an
gwered bis Honor
"Here's fhe cosh down, mister!"
said the stranger, pulling old a small,
tin box full ot shinplasters, "and
here's charges that will mako youi
blood ran c Id!"
He was instructed as to what step"
he must take,, and iu his excitement
and confusion be went away leaving
the "docs" on the desk. The charge*
read as follows:
1. Pulling hair, jawing and kicked
me.
2. More pulling hair.
3 Kicked nic Cbislin.is day, and I
can prove it.
4. I red to pizni me, and then jaw
ed around.
5. Sluing down celler anil reading
dime novels, and then striking roe
when I talked to her like a father.
6. Teasing me to take her to a cir
cus. and then gett : ng mad and ruining
a mighty good dish .pan.
7. Jawing, kicking, fighting, cusirg
thren etiiug, making up faces and de
manding money to buy ice cream and
candy for her darned old relustiuns.
And so forth, lo wit, and a good many
oilier tilings which I can prove
straighler'n a string. Mrnllemen,
grant me this divorce and I will vote
tor you if you ever run for alderman.
' —Del) oit Free Pre^s.
■ BVIHMIIKMH WOTTI.AXD-
A return relating lu drmikei net)'
in Scotland. obtained on the motion
of Dr. Cameron, show* tliat I lie tola)
iiuintier of perrons arrested in Scot*
land for drunkenness during (lie
year ended June 30, 1K75, was 61,173
of wiioin 38,213 weie as "drunk and
incapable." and 22,960 M drunk and
disorderly." Of tlie f 'rnier clas»
1,109 were arrested between eijc* l '
o'clock A. M. on Sunday and eight j
o'clock A. M.on Monday, and of the
at'er olan* 1,273. The return also
shows that during the year 22,612
persona were taken into onsfcxty to
Glasgow for being "drnok and inoa.
liable,"of whom 446 were arrested
between eight o'elock A. M on San
day and eight o'clock A- M. on Mon
day the column bendt-d "drnnk au'l
disorderly" is Ictt blank as regards
Glasgow.
y * • i i v
BKI,KN«PI RARI.T UPC.
[From the Gate Cl(y, KeoV k lowa]
A little ovw twenty years ago W. »V
Relkitapcnme to Keokuk as as a young
attorney. He was aDeinorcrat in poli
tics. lie became somewhat active as a
local jwlitician, and in 1850 was elected
by the Democracy to the Lower house
of the Slate Legislarure-. About the
time he came Keokuk was iu a lei-men,
of speculation. It was a season of
great.expectutions; gilt-edged property
was selling at fabulous prices. Mr*
Ilt4kntp caught the speculative spirit'
und operated to a considerable extent
in real estate. Then came the crash
ol 1857-8, and Belknap found himsel,
in great financial difficulty. * Now fol
lowed irasac.ions which put him
under unfavorable opinion for a time.
Letters from Eastern correspondents
and client came to his partner that
money which bis Arm had long before
acknowledged the receipt of bad not
been applied as directed. Inquiry
disclosed that Belknap had received
the money, acknowledged the receipt
of it for tne Arm, and in his financial
extremity had.
l's;:d it himself.
His partner was a poor man, but he
raised the money and paid off the
debt. The sum so paid General Bel
knap paid back with principal and ins
tcresi as soon as he could raise the
money, and to liis use he applied the
salary of bis military service.
When the war broke out, Me. Bel
knap went iu with the local company
to which he belonged, and came back
at the end of the war a Major General,
and with a record as a soldier hoinr-
I able to himself, tho State aui the
country. He had scarcely deteriniued
wliut to do as to his business fbturei
when Androw Johnson began his raid
u|M>u Republicans, and Dr. J. C.
Walker, ltevenuo Collector for this
district, was logo out by decapitation.
At the instance ot both Democratic
and Republican friends, General Bel
knap, who was a war Democrat and
then Independent, politically dividing
his vote between both parties, applied
for the place and got it. The agencies
that compassed this result were both
Republican and Democratic, tVlieli
Mr. McCray succeeded to Congress,
Gooeral Belknap, as lud pendent,
reappointment was generally satis
factory to all parlies. Throughout
his ministration ot tho Collectorship,
RUMORS WERE ItIKK
in some quarters efa whisky ring and
a tobacco ring, and tlxwe ruiuors con
tinue. As to the foundation ot them
weiknow nothing, and have beard uo
specific nstauces of alleged corruption
at any time given while he was filling
tlio office.
Gen. Belknap was su.Viouly, to the
surprise of himself and everybody,
made Secretary of War. The choice
was made by Ihe President from the
standpoint of that peculiar policy
Ivhich has controlled him in many oj
his appointments. Had ho asked any
part cf lowa Republicans or lowa
Democrats who he shoohi choose as a
Republican Cabinet Miuistensfrom
lowa,| none of either part would have
thought ol suggesting Gen. Helkuap.
No political questions were asked oi
answered a« the condition of hisgoing
in'o the Cabinet.
THK KOIICtTIAtAVTSI »UK»
■ DKNTS, I
The Syracuse University IleraUl
his made up the following tublo of (
Presidents and their places of educ*
tion, which is of interest:
Washington—Good English ednca
-1 ion. but never studied the ancient
languages.
Adams—Harvard.
Jefferson— William and Mary.
Madison—Princeton.
Monro©— William and Mary.
Adams, J. H. —Harvard.
Jackson —Limitted education.
Van Biircn—Academic education.
Harrison—Hampden Sidney Col tgi^
Tyler—William and Mary.
Polk- University ot North Caro
lina.
Taylor—Slightest rudiments.
Kiluior*—Not liberally educated.
Pierce— Bowdoin.
Buchanan—Dickinson.
0
Lincoln—Education very liinifd.
Johnson—Self educated.
Grant— West point.
Monroe and Jlarrisou did not grad
uate. Moniyc left college to the
({evolutionary ariny. Financial re
verses deprived Harrison of a full
course. Polk was the oldest when
graduating, being 23; Tyler the
youngest, 17. The majority gradu
ated at 20, this being tha average )ge,
Jefiersoii probably had tlie most lib
eral education snd broadest culture
It is said Uiat his rauge of know lege
would ooinpare favorably with thai
of Burke. Tbe drill at West Point
may be considered equal to any Ameri
can college. Counting Gen. Gram,
two-thirds oi our presidents have
been college men. To be sure tlie
two Those names have Uecomc
household words. Washington, the
Father and Lincoln, tbe Martyr, were
not die-ally educated; but theirs
were special missions. They Uve in
ihe affections of the nation rather
than lis tbe intellect, as embodied in
the Constitution and laws. Theirs
Wis to execute, not to mould.
A German baby, aays a writer in
Frazier's Magazine, is a piteous ob
ject; it i* pinioned and bound up.
like a intrmmy in yards of bmidaoeK
which arc unfolded once (at the oui.
side) twice a «lay; iris "never bathed'-
but I suppose it M sometiinui waslu d
after some occult manner, Its head
is never touched with soap and water
unlit it is eight or ten t montlifl old,
when the thick skull-eapof iiiernßte  '
dirt that has by tlrnt une obtained i.-
lenioved by Hieapplicaiion of vai ions
unguents. Many German ladies have
assured ine that the tine heads oHiaii
oue sees iu Gennay are entirely
owiug to tbis unsavory skull cap.
When, baring souie juvenile relru i
tives staying with nie. I insisted on
their being "tubbed," all iny female
tt iends Were siiocked at my ignorance
and wilfulness, and assured me that i!
was entirely owing (• our barbariou?
bath system that the King of Hanover
had lost bis sight. "My friends we
are not a'l blind," I said; and the*
they were silenced, it not convinced
To this terrible system ol' bandaging
and carrying the child iu a peculiar
fashion, wrapped in a mantle, that i P
partly idling around the hips of the
bearer, something after the fashion
prevailing among Indian squaws, may
be attributed in a great degree tli ( .
number of curved spines, crooked
shoulders, and abnormal devclope.
ments we meet with in Germany.
Yet, strange to say, "rickets," a dis.
ease only known with us among the
poor.who cannot afford the time them
selves, or pay others to nurse their
children propct'h , goes by tlio nnms
of the Enylixche Krankheit.
• The baby being born and swathed
up, now gets a huge peasant girl in
loco parentis. A mummy is not a
tiling to fondle, nor is a little stifl
bundle of humanity (which you might
stand up ou cud in the corner of the
roein without detriment to its sumpt
uary object on which
to lavish caresges, Thus the young
mother is scarcely a mother at all, the
material functions being delegated to
auotlier. The baby dues not lie on
the floor or crawl to the hearth ru ;
crowing and kicking and curling its
pink toes, trampling with its chubby
legs, and fighting with its mottled
arms, "as ono that lieateth the air."
It does not swarm up and about ils
mother's neck and bosom finding its
life and all of its tiny pleasures, iu her
arms; it does not fall at length into a
slumber of rosy repletion,and withits
mouth o|ien. suooaingly satisfied, re-*
|oices its mother's eves for tjie beau lis
fill little animal that ft is. No, it is out
walking, tied to a feather bed, and
accompanied by a tall soldier, (he
father of its poor little foster brother
or sister, which is to grow upasii can-
It comes in presently ami is taken to
its inumina to kiss; but ils real moth,
er, the mother that fosters and feeds
it, soon carries it awav again, and
assumes alt the privileges of true mil
ierniiy for tho rest of Ihe day. Tue
lady might as well be ils aunt. "Only
lliat and nothing inorc.'
AW OI.SIT.ftKNT,
Th Southern Cultivator considers
, the informal!:, n coutaiued in the fyl-..
lowing, though not new, " worth ten
dollars lo any farmer." It was fur
nished that journal by ono cf its pat. ,
rens ?
Take oue part (by weight) rosin,
one pari beeswax, ami four part*
good fresh or sound lard. Mix and
melt together over a slow tire, so us
to be sure not to burn the mixture. Ii
makes an ointment that is superior tr>
anything I have ever seen tried for the
flesh of either horse or cattle, f. r cither
fresh orold sore*, is especially good
to :omove old, dry scab". It softens
t he scab, and it comes off, leaving the
skin soft and tough. I was imiug a
horse a cold, mud ly w inter day, and
Ihe next morning I found him with
legs swollen and rough, and so rough
and so st iff ilia* it seemed to be very
difficult for Into to move. I brushed
off tlio dirt and applied the oiutinei t
as soon as I could after / fund it out.
/ made tiie application moruing and
evening for two days, and tM bird
day only oue application, and the
horse was cured. / was compelled to
use the horsr a little Ihe first day, and
after two hour* light work he worked
as wnll and free as ever, and I kept oi. j
using liim ovry day. The mixture is
the best thing / ever used for boots
or slk>cm for out door wear, as It make g
sjtongy leather waterproof and hard
leaf Iter soft.
"It is not our fault," says a Mi 1 -
waukeveditor, " that wo are red licad
, ed'aod sniaii, and the next time tha.
one of tliotte overgrown rural rooners
in a ball room reaches down for onr
> qead and suggests tluvt some fellow
» lias lost a rose-bud out of liis button
! hole, there will be trouble.'"
. "Ain't it pretty ?" miid Mrs. H'
• holding up her new bonnet. " There's
' some charming ideas about that, 1 can
i tell you." 'it's just as well to hav
' ideas somewhere about your lieaJ.'
| /ni l>e paused to csteh a hair brush
oa the tijr.
NO. 7.
TUB VK TOHV OF THE tOVTH,
The truth is the entire South in
growing rapidly in population. There
has been no great mult of immigration
There has been no great ntsh of im
migration, but a constant trickling
into various healthy and fertile sec
tions of our fair soothland, of North
ern and Western families' who seek
refuge from the inclemency of thei.-
colder climate. Jn South Carolina*
Florida, and Arkansas and North.
Lousiaua, this influx of population
lias been very marked, while in Texas
there has be n t n absolute tide of new
people from all quartern o?*tlio world.
Here in Alabama we liavp Vitnessed
a current of immigration of noin&r •
nif'cant kind. Along the Tennewe)
throughout the valleys of sorth Ala
bama, we find everywhere strange
names and faces. A dozen villages
have sprung up around iron furnaces
which are Owned by men lately from
the North.
Ttiere it no question that the South
is asserting her birthright. The gen
tle light of the Southern cross is at
tracting the gaze of millions and when
the census of JBBO is taken, it will be
found that the confederate strnggle
which farced the emancipation of the
slaves has resulted, under the myste.
rious. workings of Providence, in
'llscribing ultimate victory upon th«
banner of the South.
Mobile Register.
COURTSHIP. —The courage of the
ive Yimkeee who pereinted im looking
into the crater of Vesuvius when ii
had given intimations of a sjieedy
eruption is not to be compared with
the heroism of the man who volunta
rily goes and i>opß the question,
vVliat is the physical psin or danger
compared with the shame that comca
over a man with that terrible " No !'
Think of tho sleepless nights, the
walking dreams, the always-goiug-to
do it' and coming away without daring
to attempt it; tho expense of hair
curling and kid gloves, and after all
that, think of that terrible " No**
coming fiom those beautiful lips.
Why should young people use such a
roundabout way to arrive at the end
for which most of us are l>orn? Why
riot speak plainly and nay, "My tie*:*
I feel such a curious sensation 1 e.-e
(with your hand on your heart) re
garding you that I suppose I must be
■in love with you; Suppose -we mar
ay ?" And she should say, " Well, t
is very remarkable, but I have '.! •
same sensation; let us marry."
Some very interesting statistics of
the nativity of members of the Forty
fourth Congrt&i have bein compiled
by the Washington ChronicU. Of
tho two hundred and ninety-three
members of tho House of Reprewn.
'tttivcu only fifty-two were born ii
tlie district* they represent. All thft
Senators and Representatives from
the States of lows, /j'unsas, Califor
nia, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ark-n-f s
ll nd Oregon are " carpet-baggers. *
Wi'consiu has but one native repre
sentative, and the large .S'tute of Illi
nois. with nineteen district*, has b' t
t*o. New Jersey, Tennessee, Penn
sylvania, North Carolina and Georgia
send uone but natives. The South
hus eight of her Democratic sons rep
r donating districts in Nortlie n
ißta en, while the Nortli sends Un
Republicans and six Deuioct-ats froiu
South. New York Iwn fifty-four
natives in Congress, and supplies tho
->UU- - cf Nibraska with h»-r whole del
egation.
Wlicu a limn detects a missing but
ton after g> tt n{£ on a elean sh'r,
no one in the house is aware of tl e
fact. He takes off the shirt and
puts on another, quit tly smiling all
,the while. He never, ne*erß[«eaks of
it to a soul. f _
' At n collection iimd«; at a charily
fiiir ■ lady olieifxl tbe plate to a rich
man well known far hix stiiiginrhH.
" t have nothing," was the curt reply.
u Then take something, air," Haiti the
lady, ''yon know I ain begging for
the poor."
Berber—''Thin out your bit, sir;"*
Lii'kti'ii—'■'No, never mind, My wife
a tends to liiut. aii.-> i;i! It '.vftl!,"hwW*
ever."
1 A wiluesa in a Philadelphia court
j swore: "I vhns m> drunk riat 1
| couldn't tell wh. tlier I was sober or
iwt."
Bcechcr onUs Bowcn a dismel
rwaiup. lie probably IK would 'dry
n|i."
An English revivalfa'. >lid down t%m
bannisters of bis pulpet to show Immy
people w«uton WkMuUng.