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VOLUME X. n ! LENOIR. NVC., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1885. NUMBER 38.
Wallace
STATESVILLE, N
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Wholesale Dealers
Geneial Merchandise.
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Largest Warehouse
and best facili
ties foriihan-
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Dried Fruit, Ber4
ries, etc.. iii
the State.
respectfully
Wallace
August 27th,
J. H. SPAINHOUR,
Bradoata Baltimore Dental College,
Dentist.
Uses HoImpure Material for
: f Filling Teeth, b
JMwJuSl'IM Good
Work can be "Done.
Patients from a distance may
aToid delav by informing
him at what time they
propose coming. j
F. LEE CLINE,
ATTORNEY -IT -LAW,
mczomr, n.c.
JOIJZT3,
1TT0RNET - AT-tLAW,
LEIIOIR, IT. C.
CLINTON A. CILLEY,
Attornoy-At-Lavz,
In vniudh
Bros.
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3PR5tiS3 & AU T?ie Courts.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Gen. Grant Reads his own nhrtnrv 1
jrv Cheap Trading; Strsat Opening !
l! Day The New Old Tastamsnt
i Immigrants High Houses.
New York, April 20, 1885. :
To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic:
The one topic of talk that now su
persedes every other here is General
Grant's condition. For; three or
four weeks his death was expected
every hour. The poets wrote odes
to him dying, the place where he
should be buried was discussed, flags
were got ready to be flung forth to
the breeze at half most, hundreds
and hundreds of public buildings
newspaper buildings and the like
prepared their mourning decora
tions; the great papers kept an army
of reporters in the streets in front of
his residence, and they had in type
pages and pages ; about his career,
and his obituary is now already in
type in every newspaper office in the
city. Time and : again it has been
announced in the afternoon that he
could not live till the next morning.,
Now, after all these false alarms, the
man js up, eating and ; joking and
riding out, and will go up into the
Castkill mountains to spend the
summer; and now everybody is laugh
ing at ; the doctors. The result of
the whole thing, however, will most
likely be that about the time it is
thought he mav be out of danger he
will die."'--' '.' ;r. .;-'!";
A CHEAP TRADING STREET.
There is not in this, whole city
(and there is everything in this city)
a more interesting experience possi
ble than to spend an afternoon and
evening on Grand street east of
Bowery. Every human industry
can there be seen, and every kind of
human being. I encountered signs in
seven different languages in the dis
tance of three blocks English, Ger
man, French, Swedish, Italian, .
Spanish and Hebrew. In fifteen
minutes walk you can see almost
every conceivable employment, from
a tinker's shop to work in settings
diamonds. For half a mile on either'
side of the street every window is
a storey and sometimes half a mer
chant's stock is placed in that one
window. The front of his whole
space is just wide enough for the
window and a very narrow door.
Inside there is just room 'enough for 1
a narrow counter, and space behind i
it for the clerks and before it for the
customers. Every inch of room is
used to the best possible advantage.
Most of these small stalls they are
hardly more rent for $1,200 to
$2,500 a year. Of course, therefore,
they must all by some hook or crook
manage to do a g.eat deal of trading
during the year. If during the day ;
the merchant sells out his whole
stock, he can go and buy another
stock in haliC an hour that night
less .than half a mile away. I sup
pose that it is the cheapest trading
place in the world. Of course, many
things that compose a very large
part of the trade are worthless, but
the remnants of stock from more
fashionable stores in other parts of
the city, the goods bought at auc
tion'aftcr fires, those sold byjnsur
ance agents in all these odd" ways:
millions of dollars worth of mer
chandise of every description is sold
there for really less than the original
cost of manufacture.
In my own acquaintance there is a
North Carolina merchant who comes
here puce or twice a year, and stops
at a. quiet and' reasonably cheap ,
boarding houoe. He does not fall
into the hands of the drummers of
the big wholesale houses, but he
quietly goes to work on Grand street
and the Bowery looking for bargains.;
He buvs in this - way a very large
part of his stock for a great discount
from the current prices, ne Knows
what he is doing; and he buys noth
ing that is not a good article. With
inthe last seven years that man has ;
made $40,000 or more, and he has
succeeded where three others in the
same line have during .that time fail
ed. Can you guess" who he is ?
AN "OPENING" DAY.
The great merchants have at the
beginning of every , season here a
grand "opening" day the day on
which the first novelties of the sea
son3 are first shown, r Spring open
ing days are now the thing. Yes
terday I examined the elaborate
preparation maae Dy one ue w-go
retail merchants Upon Sixth Avenue.
He had fine pictures especially ; for
the occasion to make the establish- j
ment look like a place of art. Over
the door was an archway of flowers
six feet wide, with "opening day
set in it with red roses in letters as
large as your hand. , Neckwear and
handkerchiefs and notions of every
color were arranged in the shape of
flowers, of horse-shoes, of rainbows,
and flags and banners flew ; every
where. In the .window was a pretty
wedding party of two 1 little figures
fashionably dressed, standing before
the altar, a mimic Mrs. Tom, Thumb,
wedding.? ,, A boy in I livery ftoodto
open the door, and a pretty child
ran up to everybody, who entered
and made her a present of a. Japan
ese feoxt oi picture. l iAll thesameeo
rationa must have cost several thous
anda of dollars. Yet they' ; made, a
most - striking advertisement, y For
several days in advance this spring
dar had been advertised m the pa
persjand thousands of .persons .went
to see it.
THE NEW. OLD TESTAMENT.;
The new translation o? the Old
Testameut the revised version
which corresponds-with the Revised
New Testamentswill be issued here
tomorrow. It is not expected that
it will cause as much discussion as
the Revised New Testament caused.
The latter has yet never ; got into
common use among the people.
They prefer the good old version
that was taught in their childhood.
The new Old Testament will be pub
lished in a dozen different iizes and
shapes, which will range in price
from a few cents to $50. Most Bib
lical students will wish to have it in
order to compare it with" the old
translation. A special edition will"
be published which will have the new
and the old versions in parallel col
umns. This is the most important
news of the time, from the printing
houses.
IMMIGRANTS.
Every day now large numbers of
emigrants from Europe land here.
The tide of them is just now espe
cially large and strong. They have
not yet, however, begun in any great
numbers to go South. North Caro
lina th.1'3 year, however, may confi
dently count on an unusually large -:
number of Northern visitors to
spend j the summer. The feaa of
cholera here, the diseases and ten
dencies to disease that were aggra
vated by the unusually severe winter
and the continually increasing repu
tation of Western North Carolina as
a summer resort will cause; a strong
tide to set toward you as soon as the
hot months come. I
j HIGH HOUSES. A
The fashion to build a house by
here now is to build it eleven stories
high. That is as far above the earth
as many of these Babel builders will
ever get too. For one day last week
eight high houses in one block tum
bled down. Tt was a fortunate
thing that they were not quite fin
ished and were, therefore, not occu-
Eied. Otherwise there would have
een a great loss of life. As it was,
several workmen were killed. The
contractor has been arrested and
will be tried for murder in the sec
ond degree for allowing such slen
derly supported structures to be put
up so high. Ground has become so
very costly, and elevators have be
come so rapid that it is as conven
ient to live ten stories above ground
as it is to live oh the first floor and
a good deal cheaper, of coarse. In
8ome!of these buildings which are
used I for business purposes thous
ands of men rfnd women work, packr
ed as close as sardines in fa box.
Some of them that are used for res
idences are inhabited by 'a dozen or
more families every family being
as far away from the others in all
practical ways as if they lived in
different cities. To people who are
thus huddled together a little fresh
sunshine is a great blessing, aud
they appreciate . it. .Yesterday,
which was the brightest and pleas
antest day that has come this spring
was a great day for the elevated
railroads, the liverystable men and
the horse-cars ; for everybody went
to a park or down to one of the riv
ers or up or out into the country.
Ten thousand children hailed such
a day as a blessing. Yet your good
air and weather is so abundant and
free, that you seldom think of how
poor a thing life would be where
you could not get it. Caldwell. !
The Solicitor-Generalship.
Baltimore Hun.
Solicitor-General Phillips, who has
held the office for twelve years, has
placed his resignation at the disposal
of the President, and proposes when
his successor is appointed to practice
law at the seat of government. Mr.
Phillips has filled this important
office with distinguished ability, and
he retires from it now because, as he
says, j he thinks the incumbent of
the position should be in full accord
with the administration. The sala
ry of the position is $7,000 per an
num, only $1,000 less than that of
the Attorney-General. There are
many applicants for the position, the
majority of whom aire thought to be
entirely unfit for it, but pone of
whom are worried by the absence of
qualifications. The President and
the Attorney-General have given
careful consideration to the matter,
and both are exceedingly anxious to
select a man worthy of the place if
the politicians will permit them.
Not a Mugwump.
Kew York Evening Port.
The appointment of Mr. James
M. Morgan as Consul General at
Melbourne must not be ascribed to
the influence of the Mugwumps, al
though the appointee was an active
S artisan of Mr. Blaine down to the
ay of the Presidential election.
His admiration - for Mr. Blaine's
foreign policy was so great that he
wrote and published,4 here in New
York, ' a pamphlet of considerable
bulk, advocating Blaine's election
on the ground that it would be a
guarantee of protection to Ameri
can citizens abroad. Mr. Bayard
ought to ask Mr.: Morgan for a copy
of that pamplet before making out
his commission, unless perchance
the appointment I was made upon
grounds of special fitness for consu
lar duties, overruling all party confederations.
.Our New Orleans Trip.
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To the Editor of the Lenoir Topic :
By your permission we will now
conclude our former article outlin
ing what we saw at the Exposition.
New Orleans is indeed a great city,
numbering two hundred and twenty
five thousand inhabitants. She is
great in a commercial point of view.
Besides her railroad facilities she is
situated on the Mississippi river,
comparatively near the Gulf of Mex
ico, thus possessing the finest ad
vantages for a commercial port. As
a cotton market she stands at the
head of all others and does an im
mense business in sugar, molasses,
rice, &c. ' - - - . j
Her population is composed large
ly of the French and other foreign
elements. ' More than once the wri
ter listened to conversations among
these people which were as mean
ingless to him as the babbling of so
many brooks. Judging from ap
pearances the city is greatly demor
alized. The busy throngs disregard
ing the sacredness of the Sabbath
day crowd her stores, saloons, the
atres and other places of business
and amusement to such an extent
as to remind one unaccustomed to
these things of the wickedness of
those ancient cities which by their
persistent wickedness brought about
their own destruction,
all this the chiming of
bells) calling the .pious
But amid
the church
away from
these demoralizing scenes to
their
this
sacred terapies, tola us itnat in
vast multitude there
good people. Indeed
were many
if such were
not the case an overflow of the
mighty river on whose banks she
standsmight long ago have swept
he:' into the great Gulf we will say
of Mexico.
In and around New Orleans are
many places of interest as well as
fins scenery. West End and Span
ish Fort on Lake Ponchartrain to
which we referred in our former ar
ticle, the French markets, city
parks and cemeteries are all inter
esting, but to note all these would
make our article much too lengthy,
hence we forbear.
We took a trip I by rail down to
Shell Beach on the Gulf of Mexico,
a
distance of twentv-seven miles,
wnicn was ot mucn interest to us.
Some distance of this run was along
sid: of the Mississippi, jthus giving
us a splendid view of the river.
Here we fihd places of historical in
terest. , We pass over the old battle
grounds where was fought the "Bat
tle of New Orleans" and "see the
antiquated house in which Gen.
Jacksou had his headquarters and
the old monument erected near by
to his memory. We also see the
house in which Gen. Packenham
died as well as the historical dueling
grounds of New Orleans.
We pass through rich and exten
sive sugar and rice farms some of
them higher. and some lower than
the river, the latter being protected
from overflow by the levees.
These farms are cultivated by
tenants, consequently the dwellings
are very common, but on every farm
may be seen large sugar houses.
Here We see many . of the tropical
plants, orange and ' pecan trees,
magnolia aud incient groves of live
oaks, thick with swinging,
array Spanish moss. I
long
This is the home of the alligator
which we saw in different places.
Small ones were freely offered for
sale at one dollar apiece but our
Earty, being a long distance from
onie and unable to discover the
utility or beauty of the amphibious
creature, declined such investment.
On our return we spent forty
minutes in Chalmette government
cemetery. Here we were leminded
of the fact that history repeats it
self. On the old New Orleans bat
tlegrounds is this cemetery, where
lie, sleeping beneath the green and
silent turf, nineteen thousand sol
diers who wore the blue, but lost
their lives in the recent rebellion.
We now turn our attention to the
Exposition grounds which are a part
of the city park and was one of the
oldest plantations under the old
Spanish regime, f On these grounds
are the Exposition Buildings. I
The largest one being main build
ing devoted to general exhibits and
covers an area of ; thirty-three acres.
The next largest is the Government
building, devoted to States' exhibits,
women's department and colored
people's department. Horticultural
Hall, Art Gallery, Live stock sta
bles, Factories and Mills are sepa
rate buildings.' Mexico has a sepa
rate building devoted alone to the
exhibit of her minerals; in which
she makes a rich display. '
These as well as the grounds are
all brilliantly illuminated by electric
lamps of many thousand candles
power. - l ': ''-;.
The electric searchlight being the
most wonderful of all. ; The opera
tor by some means can ' concentrate
this light, which is said to ; be one
hundred : thousand candle-power,
and throw it in an instant in any
direction and on any object almost
any where in the dim distance.
After entering the '-. grounds we
took a look at Gen. Jackson's war
horse. . Little sorrel' as the Gen
eral called him; is now thirty years
of age but seems to be in fine keep
ing and looks as if he might live a
number of years yet.1 . (
. Near the mainlbnilding we view
with much interest ''Liberty Bell"
which more than one hundred years
ago tolled out in such thunder tones
the independence of our nation that
the rent herself in twain. She is
mounted on a car and an iron guard
rail all around to protect her from
American relic hunters.
Another very interesting scene
was a panoramic representation of
the battle of Sedan. This represen
tation was so realistic in its details
of the battle that the observer was
almost made to believe that he was
actually engaged in this mortal con
test, where in less than eleven hours
fifty thousand lives were lost; .
The reader will remember that
this was the decisive battle of the
Franco-Prussian war as it was here
that Napoleon the III surrendered,
thus ending the second empire of
France. Let no one who may have
an opportunity miss seeing this
grand panorama.
An electric car playing in front of
the main building on which we took
a ride is a matter of no small inter
est. Wonderful element. Just
think. Electricity controlled by
man has converted the world into
one grand whispering gallery. Has
illuminated it with a light nearly
rivaling that of the Sun and is be
ginning to drive the wheels of the
engine. Are we not justified in be
lieving that its possibilities are far
beyond our conjecture.
But we are growing lengthy and
must hurry on.
We will now spend a few moments
in the Government building. This
building is divided into State sec
tions in which each State makes her
own exhibit. As a matter of course
the one of most interest to us was
that of our own State, and we may
truly say that it reflects great credit
upon her citizens and is such as we
may well feel proud of.
Her display of grains, cotton, to
bacco, timbers, minerals, &c, is
very fine. From Caldwell we saw
gold from Tuttle's X Roads, and
the beautiful paintings of Mrs. Dr.
J. M. Spainhour. Also in the
Smithsonian department a repre
sentation, of the pit of Nelson's
mound on the Yadkin river two
miles below Patterson showing rela
tive positions of skeletons, burial
cists and altar as found on removing
the earth under the directions of Dr.
J. M. Spainhour. We also noticed
the beautiful Hiddenite gems from
Alexander county. We will only
add that North Carolina's exhibit is
rich and diversified and so artistical
ly displayed as to place her in the
front ranks in this great exposition.
California's exhibit is splendid.
She makes a fine display of all of
her varied productions. She shows
a native squash weighing 222 lbs
and being the. leading seed produc
ing State of the union shows from
one farm 640 samples of different
grain seed.
Kansas makes a very fine showing
of her agricultural products which
are displayed in the most artistic
styles.
In Mississippi's exhibit which
isjalso very fine there are two things
that attract much attention. One
is a house, with two occupants, an
old gentleman and lady life size and
human like, all made of cotton as
white as snow. The other is "the
burial of Cock-Robbin" in which
all of the different characters appear
as represented in this familiar story.
We will now leave this department
for Main Building. Here we see
the world in miniature. The ex
hibits herein made by the different
natives of old earth are too immense
for our pen and must be seen to be
appreciated. However, we will
mention a few of the most noticeable
exhibits in this department.
. Perhaps that of Mexico which is
near the centre of the building at
tracts as much or more attention
than any other exhjbit, but you must
excuse us from a further description
of this display. In the United
States exhibit perhaps the extensive
display of plows made by B. F. Avery
& Sons, and Hall Plow Co., of Ken
tucky, and the Tobacco display
made by W. T. BlackweU & Co.,
and Morris and Sons, of Durham,
N. C.-, attract as much attention as
any other exhibits. Machinery-department
is also very interesting.
Here may be seen from the smallest
piece of machinery anything up to
the great Corlis engine or the Mor
ris Cotton Compress. : '
Clarks', Coats', and Willimantics'
exhibit of spool cotton and its man
ufacture is beautiful and attractive.
But it was not our intention at the
outset to particularize so we close
this imperfect outline of what we
saw at the World's great Industrial
and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
J. Lu N.
. i Dowrla WllkesJ
Owing to the inclemency of the
weather, I have so far done but lit
tle jirospeeting ; but from the indi
cations which I have seen, I am sat
isfied that, the mineral resources of
this old county are very great, and
perhaps second to no county in the
State., t D. M. Hall our enterprising
postmaster and merchant at this
place, is doing a profitable business
in the mercantile line and is also en
gaged in developing the mineral re
sources of this locality. T. C. L.
Ismail Pasha, ex-Khedive, has
subscribed $500 to the Gordon me
morial fund.
Intensive Farming.
North Catawba Township, Cald
well, county, N. C
To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic:
As I see an editorial in your last is
sue 01 the topic on iarmmg, m
which my name
as your ideas on
was mentioned, and
the intensive sys
tem are trup, I thought that it wouldj
not be impertinent for me to give
you a statement; .of my experience
in farming in Caldwell. I moved to
Caldwell in March 1881, bought 160
acres of land at $4.50 per acre,
planted fiv acres in cotton in 1881,.
used five bags of fertilizer, which
cost $19, sold. my cotton 'crop for
$2031 Aftr paying for fertilizer I
had $184 left. I then had a chance
to make my fertilizer for the nexc
year which caused me to increase
my crop as 'far as I could manure
and no further. I made five bales
and sold them to Geo. Harper and
Patterson Factory Co., for $227. By
making compost, using all kinds of
rich earth, placing it in the drill,
then dashir g it with about 100 lbsr
of Navassa Acid1 Phosphate to the
acre, has gradually increased my
crop and improved my land, so that
in 1883 I sold my cotton to Patter-
son Factor
Co. for $302, got the
one load. Only used
cash all at
three bags
f fertilizer which was
given me m
companies to experi-
ment with
o test their value.
In 1884
cut off part of my cot-
ton crop fc
make the sa
r wheat, expectinsr to
me but the drouth inter
fered, thoujgh I made $200 worth,
besides I made my meat and bread
every year after 1881 and sold corn,
wheat and Dacon every year.
I only m jntioneotton as I would
like to mdi ce the people in this and
Lovelady township to grow it, for
a money crop, but I have been
equally successful in producing
wheat, oats!, potatoes and all kinds
of vegetables except cabbage, which
the dry weather ruined. This year
(1885) I am making preparation for
a good crop. I have put on one acre
for cotton 8,500 lbs. of compost and
expect to run my crop through on
that scale. Put out a small crop,
manure, cultivate well and make a
good profit ia ne Pan in this day.
I do not give the above statement
as boasting,for I have not done as
well as I could have done with a
little more energy. The fact is, we
do not make farming a study as we
should ; ws ought to read agricultu
ral papers and work more and in
better time ; do not idle so much
time away when we are needed on
the farm. 'When we think that we
have nothing to do, that is our busi
est time ; we ought to be making
manure for. the next ciop. Land in
this part isjpoor but there is no rea
son why any person should not make
a living and clear some money
farming. " Others in this section can
make money raising cotton and to
bacco if they will take hold and
hang to it. j We have some good to
bacco farmers that are making big
money raising tobacco, though it is
something I do not understand. I
can always get a cure on cotton, so I
will still try it. We earnestly advise
our people j to cultivate only such
land as wilj make a fair crop and
not plant one foot farther than their
manure goes on poor land.
A. G. Corpenino. .
Norto Catawba, Caldwell county,
: .f j April 20, 1885.
To the. Editor of the Lenoir Topic:
As I see an! editorial in The Topic
about the intensive system of farm
ing, I thought that I would give a
little of my experience in raising
cotton in this section. After A. G.
Corpening raised his first; crop that
induced me to try it. It always paid
me better than any other crop I
raised, and last year I made $34 off
of If acres, besides what I left at
home for family use. I expect to
plant 5 acres this year and am mak
ing my own fertilizer. Have hauled
about 4,000 lbs. of manure to the
acre and want to use. a little com
mercial fertilizer in the drill under
my cotton;) I wish we could induce
the farmers to raise cotton and to
bacco in this section ; it will bring
more money in the country than any
thing else.
'-! It is no use for me to try to farm
with A. G.j Corpening, for he came
here and moved on a place worn out
and given jap as dead without or be
yond resurrection and has only been
here 4 years and has improved it so
as to make; a good living and clear
from' two to three hundred dollars a
year on cotton only, besides wheat,
oats, &c, thaishe makes for sale. It
seems that- crops wilt grow for him
better than any one else. Jf he
walks through a cotton patch that
guarantees! it to make cotton. ; '
, I E. E. Bradshaw;
WilkisiatUr.
Hunting Creek, April 14, 1885. '
To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic:
Farmers are busy now planting corn
and preparing land for planting,
consequently merchants are idle and
trade dull.! We are having very cool
weather for the season, the wind is
blowing snow to-day, but we hope
ere long that the breeze will be laden
with the gentle breath of, springy
anda the valleys and ' hills resume
their wonted vesture of green.
Mr. m; Anderson- and Miss
Mary E. Bell, Mr. Samuel Johnson
and Miss Hester Johnson were mar
ried on the 8th inst.; Rev. L Holler
officiating, and Mr. P. M. Parker,
and Miss Mary E. Johnson on the
9th inst., B. F. Tedder, Esq., offi
ciating. I !
Pied on the 3rd inst., Mr. Jehu
Hendren, and on the 5th, Mrs., A.
Glass, leaving
large family to
J Cato.
mourn her loss.
Skull's Hills.
April 20, 1885.
To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic :
The monster, death, is constantly on
his circuit. He j has visited the
house of Mr. Henderson Calloway
in character of . fever, and has taken
from the family circle his oldest son,
Harrison, who was a young man of
rare intelligence, i He was also a
schoolmate of mine at Globe during
the fall term of 1884,' much loved
by all of his schoolmates.' His de-
Earture in early life will be mourned
y all ; but regretted by none mora
than by me. We roomed together
and often we recited our lessons to
each other. He was apt, diligent,
and agreeable ; but alas ! no more
will that morning bell hasten him
down the road he has so often trav
eled ! In my last tribute of respect
I will ask dear little Laura to scatter
some of the earliest
his new made, grave.
flowers upon
He ia gone from among yon, the yoxmg and fair ;
Ye have lest the gleam of his thining hair 1
But I know of a land where there falls no blight, v .
I shall find him there with bis eyp.H of light,
Where Death midst the bloema of the morn may
dwell. i ' i
I tarry no longer, farewell, farewell ! i
Spring Fashions.
There seems to be I nothing very
marked in the early-announced
fashions for spring, ! Simplicity in
ways of making up, and good, sub
stantial quality jn goods, are some
of the principal features in those
already seen. ' Woollen fabrics have
taken the place of silks for home
and street wear, and we may confi
dently assert that a trained silk
dress, such as was commonly seen on
the streeta a , few years ago, would
now be an object of ridicule. Cash
mere is very popular for spring
dresses for ladies and children, and
can be worn all through the sum
mer. Almost any shade of any colorj
may be found in this; fabric. These
and other woollen goods are not, as
formerly combined with silk. They
are made in tailor-fashion, simply
stitched, or trimmed with some of
the new fancy braidsj or with velvet,
which, it is said, is to be worn all
through the summer. Velvet fig-
Hres on silk or satin grounds, are
among the most ; expensive goods,1
but the designs are ; much smaller
than they have been. These tare
used for basques, and the front
breadths or side; panels of skirts.;
For summer silks jipthing can be
prettier or moreliWeful than Surah
sjiks. They are in all plain colors
and also in changeable colors, as
black and gold, blue and brown, etc.
Small striped and checked silks may
be had at low prices, but light wools
are preferred. Nun's veiling, is
found in all shades for home, street
and evening wear; And there is a
new fabric of about the same text
ure called wool-crape) with a slight
finish like crape. Interlinked rings,
keys, half moons1, or tiny flowers
with thin leaves ara among the
designs used., , This is a very nand
some way to make up ladies'! or
children's woollen dresses. For chil-i
dren, the yoke or vest is embroidered
with belt, collar and cuffs to match.
Basques and polonaises are both ti
be worn with vests, real or simulat
ed. The old cut-away basque, slop
ing back from the top of the darts,
is revived, also small jackets tof
dressy material, resembling the old
Zouave jackets, j '
The Jersey Boom. p
The leading aim of the best breed
ers new seems' to be to breed for the
butter record. This! is so much the
case, that the great majority of Jer
sey cows that have a record below
fourteen pounds ! of butter a week,
are comparatively cheap, while those!
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nun it icwiu ui iuiuiciu jruiuius n
week, upwards to twenty-five and
thirty pounds a wieek, are compara
tively nigh. Thosej at the top of
the scale are sought; for and bring
fabulous prices, or. what would be !
called such a fewj years ago." Great
emphasis is put. upon their butter
record, and the condition of the
tests, as to rations and previous feed
of cow, continually grow more pre
cise and satisfactory. The aim is,
to show the value of a given animal
on a specified valuo of rations, as a
machine for making butter, or what
the cow will do on grass alone, in
flush feed. Thes. tests are made
under the supervision of the Ameri
can Jersey Cattle Club, or under the
direction of such witnesses as secure
impartiality and give entire confi
dence in their correctness. These
butter records of the Jerseys are
remarkable, compared with the
average yield of common cows;
They are remarkable especially, as
showing the prepotency of bulls.
.Bishop Perkin, of ! West Virginia,
has accepted an invitation to preach
the annual sermon before the xoung
Men's Christian ! Association; of .the
University oi Virginia Sunday even
ing, June 28. '
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