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VOLUME XII. LENOIR, N. C.t WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1 1886. NUMBER 3. STATESVILLE. NEW YORK. WALLACE BROS, Genei al Merchandise -AND- PEODXJCE DEALERS, AND Headquarters for Med icinal Crude, Roots, t. Herbserrlos ? ;:- : ' " i Barks, Seeds, Flowers, Guns & Mosses, ' . - !' " - , M - : STATESVILLE, N. C. -tot- i'-.i i on? ; WALLACE BROS., General Produce Dealers -AJH Commission Merchants, 304 Greenwich St., '" 4.--. J ijf i, ! lt! j! A GIFT; l4 ! Mate P as w will bmO jom rr iiml, valoaMe, aaae ! Wix of food tkat will pat yos la ta way ? aeakiaf .a or, moo? at aca, tkaa mjtkimm else la ssMrice. Bets mxm all ages ca lit Mmm ill wart la apere Usse, U tbe Ubm. Capital sat requires. We will ati else la ssMrice. seneexeear start r. S7 ewe ror Utoaa wao Marl at ooce. naaaa Oa Mvtlesd. Maiaa. Printing ! Send your orders for all kinds of Job Work to the Topic Job Department, Lxxoxb, N. 0.. Letter Heads, Bill Heads, &c. , beautifully printed and pnt up in packets 'at New York prices. Iff iaff. rr Lojjal Briofo and Pamphlets a specialty. Address Topic Job Dep't, Lenoir, K. 0. the SUte. DEfoOCRBTIC DOCTRINE. Address of the Democratic Stats Execu tive Committee. Democratic State Ex. Committee, Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 26, 1886. Another campaign is upon us, and it again becomes the duty of this Committee to address a few words of counsel to those who are to cany the banners and -fight tho battles of democracy in this State. We have now so long been accus tomed to the blessings of good gov ernment, under Democratic rule, in North Carolina, that we may be in danger of forgetting the horrors from which we emerged when our party, by a grand uprising of our best people, obtained control of the legislative branch of the State gov ernment fifteen years ago. To those who are old enough to remember the reckless extravagance, the nnblush ing corruption, the defiant lawless ness of the negro and earpet bug sway, which all but ended in war and bloodshed, it seems like a hide ous dream ; and in the enjoyment of the peaceful present and iu the anticipation of a still brighter fu ture, they might prefer to put away thememoryof.it all forever. But as history is every repeating itself, it is well to be reminded of the; past and that the people who did these things once will, if opportunity is" offered, do the 1 like again. Un doubtedly the Democratic party is still the party of Tirtue and intelli gence in this State, and so long as the ignorant blacks continue to stand together in a solid phalanx on one side, the intelligent white men of North Carolina are compelled by every consideration of prudence, and in sheer self-defence, to stand together on the other. jThey must see to it that they who pay the taxes shall have the controlling voice in directing how these taxes are expen ded. No fair minded man anywhere can find fault with them for this. We do not contend that we have made no mistakes in the decade and a half during which we have had control of legislation in the State, but we do insist that our mistakes have been "few and comparatively unimportant, and that results on the w hole have been such as to command the approval of all fair minded men. Our State, in spite of the poverty from which she has not yet recover ed, has become respected abroad, while at home peace, contentment and comparative prosperity and hap piness nearly everywhere prevail. We found the public Treasury empty and our credit bankrupt. -We found that the irresponsible strangers and our late slaves, who with a few cor rupt or ambitious native whites, had assumed, control of our finances, had in three years run up. in the name of the State, an immense fraudulent debt to pay the interest on which they levied enormous tax es from an impoverished people, while they were utterly regardless of the accumulating interest of our honest debt. We at once declared the f rau d nlent d eb t, $ 1 6,000, 000 of bond s issued without consideration to those whose property was to be made to pay them, as binding neither inlaw nor in conscience, and wiped out the whole of it. Then, in view of the fact that the honest debt had grown too large for the people to pay it all, we proceeded to make terms with the State's creditoVaand effect a settlement which wagmutu ally satisfacf ory. By the act of 1879 our unsecured debt of $12,627,045, bearing 6 per cent, interest, will have been reduced to $3,589,511, bearing 4 per cent.; and the debt of $2,795,000, for which the State's stock in the North Carolina Railroad Company was liable to be sold by decree m the Federal Court, has nearly all been extended for forty years, and the State's control of our most raluable railroad property, se- w cured to her indefinitely. The div idends annually paid on her shares of stock are more than sufficient to meet the interest on this extended debt. And so fair has the credit of North Carolina grown u nder the care of her loyal Democratic sons that her 4 per cent, bonds are worth par in the markets - of the world, and her 6 per cents are bringing a premium of more than 25 cents on the dollar. What other Southern State can boast as much ? ; Y We found that during tne tnree Years Ui iKUUunuau uiv bandied ana wasted upwards of a million of dollars belonging to the educational fund, and had paid less than forty thousand for teaching the children of Nthe State. We have now, fully established, a system of Eublie schools nearly equal to tho est,-in full operation, school houses in every hamlet open for several months in each year, and tho school sessions yearly increasing in length, with -graded - schools ; and normal schools in which our teachers are better prepared for their duties, at our principal centres of population every dollar of oyer half a million raised for school' purposes legiti , mately applied, -.r. t i .' . I We found our unfinished railroads, notwithstanding the millions of fcondg issued" prof essedly ftprbuila them, making no progress, their ties rotting and their iron rusting. These roads are now, some of them, finished and the others rapidly ap proaching completion wnile new lines and branches have been begun and finished since the new era dawn ed in1871. Our mileage of roads has been nearly doubled and the public jdebt not increased. We have built two new asylums for , the in sane, of large dimensions ; and the penitentiary, of sufficient size and strength to safely keep all the con victs likely to be sentenced to it. h nearing completion, And all tim without an increase of our tuxes, and "to pay as we go" has been our motto. No new bonds have been issued, nor any - deficit made for these great works. Sii they will all be off hand, and onr Sra'e taxes may be still further reduced, or, if the people prefer it. tho excess may be applied in the ttill better educa tion of our children. It has been and contiums to be the policy of the Democratic party to use the labor of the convicts to the penitentiary in work on railroad and draining the swamp hind be longing to the S'ate for the pnrp t.se of bringing them into marker, an. I to avoid employing it in competition with the honest labor of the coun try. Theie seems to be a growing', disposition to have convict labor employed in part on the public high ways, so far as it can be. done eon sistently with the requirements f the constitution that our ptual i i -stitutions must be made as nearly self-supporting as possible. The administration of the Execu tive Department of the . State gov ernment since the inauguration of a Democratic Governor in 1877, has beeu all that could reasonably be ex pected. Vance, Jarvis, Scales, able, wise and progressive so far as pro gress is consistent with true conser vatism have done or omitted - little for party friends to criticize or po litical enemies to complain of. They have executed the laws faithfully and fairly, and with justice to all classes and colors. As much may be said of the ad ministration of justice and expoun ding the laws by our Democratic Judges. Their delicate duties hare been faithfully executed and their great and increasing labors cousci entiously performed. We have heard of no suggestion of unfaithfulness and of no suspicion of corruption with respect to any of them. We therefore confidently commend the Judicial ticket presented by our late convention Smith, Ashe and Mer rhnon for the Supreme Court ; and Connor, ( lark, Boykin, Montgom ery, Graves, Avery and James 11. Merrimoh (the last the only one who has not heretofore served as Judge and his high character and ability are universally conceded) to the sup port of the law-loving voters of the State ; and all such are urged to go to the polls and give them deserved endorsement. It is submitted with all confidence that President Cleveland has re deemed his promise made on -his nomination and at his inauguration, to conduct the government of the United States on business principles. He has never forgotten that "public office is a public trust," to use his own max. m, and that one who is entrusted with the conduct of a great government, should employ at least that measure of watchfulness in the discharge of his duties that is expected of one who has the di rection and-control of the affairg of an ordinary person or corporation. Whether it suited political friend or foe he has executed the laws as he found them in the statute book, in a manner to command the applause of the law-abiding of all parties. His courage, industry, faithfulness and capacity for labor have been beyond all praise. Millions of mo ney have already been taved by re forms instituted under his adminis tration and the departments ; at Washington have been and are being purified of much rottenness and cor ruption which had accumulated un der Republican administrations. By his recognition of the South as an fntegral part of the country, with equal rights, by selecting members of his cabinet and appointing for eign ministers from Southern States he has put an end to sectionalism, we hope, forever. The bloody-shirt can never be raised as' a' rallying banner again. Some, conceding that the present Congress, of which only the lower House is Democratic, has under Democratic influence done much for the benefit of the country for ex ample, passing laws whereby over 50,000,000 acres of land granted to railroad companies on condition and unearned by them, were declared forfeited and thereby saved for ac tual settlers ; certain bills for the. protection of labor, etc., yet com plain that the Democrats have not abolished the internal revenue sys tem and reduced the tariff to a rev enue basis, with only incidental pro tection to our industries. To them we reply, that the only hope to do these things is in the : Democratic party and not in that party which is responsible for the system and in augurated these high protective tar iffs; and that onr Congressmen from this State, at least, have done their duty in trying to abolish the. one and ameliorate the other, and it be comes us to see that good Democrats are again sent to Congress, with re newed instructions to exert all their influence toward the attainment of these desired ends. f V In our address two years ; ago we assured the public that the so-called liberal party existed but in name. (Even the name is now a thing of the past. The device to divid and Weaken our party having failed, our adversaries are trying another plan to distract and ruin us. . Not daring to oppose us in many "sections with Republican candidates or those once called Liberals, they , find in our ranks professed Democrats, ambi tious, selfish men who. for some reason, could not secure nomination from Democratic eonven: i mis. and these they persuade to rn W inde pendent Democrats. Well -they know that if such men are successful,'1 tfvey must of necessity cease to be-l-'iig lo the party whose; niles they have ignored and-Vhose organiza tion they have at tempted to destroy, ami wyiild ultimately join thi-s i, 'whom i Itey owe their election. An open fiietny is much to le preferred to a faithless friend: and -true Dem ocrats will see that such independ ents are repudiated and ignomini onslv routed. I In 1884 we earned our State ticl et by about 20.000 majority, and f'a legislature over two-thirds Dooio eratic was returned, while we sent 'Democratic Congressmen from eight o.:it of our. i. ire districts. This was done by organization and hard work. Ld ii now poo to it. that -our. organ ization is pre-orved and let us again g( to work. If is now less thaii six weeks to the d.ty of election,, and to make signal victory, at all points, certain, much remains to bo done. Every good citizen owes it to patri otism to vote, and to vote intelli' gently and right. He should infoim himself and his neighbors on the public issues beforehand, and when the day of election comes he should give ir. or at least a part of it. o his country If he fails in this and bgd men are elected or bad laws made, he has no right to complain. He has neglected to do his duty. ;' So, with organized work, we will again succeed. Let the township committees see that ever Democrat and every one who can be persuaded to vote the Democratic ticket, is properly registered and has the op portunity to go to the polls and vote. Let these committees report frequently and regularly to the coun ty committees, and let the county committees report to this commit tee. Then, on election day, let ev ery democrat do his duty, and the State will be safe in Democratic hands for two years longer, and we will be assued of good, conservative government for that period, at least. R. H. Battle, Chairman. , B. C. Beckwith, Secretary. Russian Peasant's Dress. Rati U tter Days Abroad. ""' i Take! an old, tattered, blue dress ing gown,' which you have worn for ten years, and use it twice as a mop to clean a stable floor ; rub wheel grease into the lower half, and let it dry black and hard in the sun ; next sprinkle the upper half with hot lard and caudle drippings not for getting to give the sleeves a double quantity ; then wipe off a street crossing with it thoroughly, choos ing a particularly muddy day for the trial ; next wet it with ill-smell-ing cabbage soup (the favorite food of the peasants) and tear several, holes in it ; finally, let your dog sleep in it for two years ; then select for its wearer a man whose beard looks like a bramble-bush and whose hair has been gashed off behind with a knife and fork ; tie it tightlv about his waist with an old cloth belt, and on no account let the bear er wear a collar : put on the man's head a cap which resembles a wool len cuspidor ; and finally, encase his feet in dirty rags tied about with strings. Thus only can you have an idea of the appearance of a Russian peasant of the lower class, as I have seen them by the hundreds and I may say thousands. A Rumor from Shilon. Century. . -...; "Endurin of the war" it was not safe in Kentucky for Southern sym pathizers to rejoice oyer Southern successes. A certain old "secesh" from the hills of Tate's Creek in Mad ison cou nty had been frequent ly admonished by Judge Turner of Richmond, Kentucky, that if he was not more cautious . he would land in camp Chase or some other Northern prison. One day the Judge observed his old': friend glancing anxiously into his offiice as he pass ed and repassed the door. Calling him in, the Judge asked him what was the matter. "Well," said the old man, "Jedge, if you'll lock yer door 111 tell you. After assuring himself that there were no listeners he proceeded: "Jedge, I hearn as the ' Rebils an' the Yankees has had a master fights As I hearn it, the Rebils and the Yankees they met away down on the Mass-is-sippi River, an they fit three days in and three days out an' the een uv the third day cum John C. Brackenridge, Kentucky's 4 noble son, an axed fur the ? priver- ngo uv tug uci iui uxiiceu uuum, an' Jedge they if say he slew er Ihurndred thousand nr'mS': . : Many forget that the : hair and scalp need cleansing. Extensive use of Ayers hair vigor has proYen that it is the best cleansing agent for the hair that it prevents and . removes dandruff, cools and soothes the scalp, and stimulates the hair to renewed growth. WISHIJIGTOII LETTER. Washington, Sept. 25. . To the Editor of Tlie Lenoir Topic: During the past week more than five hundred persons haTe been dis charge! from Government service in Washington. Of these discharged, three hundred and forty must be credited to the Government Priut ing Office and two hundred to the Washington Navy Yard. I say credited; for forty thousand dollars per month will be saved in the Gov ernment $ay rolls and the work in -the Government Printing Office will ' go on as weli us before. At the Navy Yard nothing will be lost for the discharges there were made with the intention of co lverting a useless naval station into a heavy ordnance foundry. L It is the determination of the present administration, with the help of Congress, to improve the naval strength of the United States. Notwithstanding the fact that near ly one hundred millions of dollars were expended during the four pre vious Republican administrations ostensibly for the Navy, the NavuJ force of this country is inferior to that of sixteen European, two Asi atic, and three South American countries: iu other words we are the weakest naval power. When the vessels already authorized, contrac ted for or commenced are comple ted, say four years hence the United States will, in naval power, outrank Brazil, Chili, Argentine, hina, Ja pan, Greece, Norway, Portugal and Sweden; be on a par with Turkey, Spain, Holland and Denmark, and be surpassed by England France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Russia alone. Secretary Manning has returned to the city and will resume .the Treasury portfolio. He will how ever, be careful to avoid that close application to the details of his of fice and the harrassing interviews with callers which brought him so near death's door a few months ago. The able Assistant Secretaries Fair child and Thompson will relieve him of much labor and care. It is reported that Assistant Secretary Thompson bas matured a plan for the reorganization of the 'lroasur, Department. The policy adopted by Secretary Manning has been per sued by Secretary Fairchild, name ly; of putting the redemption of Government Iwnds to , the double use of reducing the national debt and also regulating the money mar ket. Within the last few weeks., the rate for short loans has changed from two to three per cent to three times those numbers. Every lend er knows that the Federal Deposi tones stand open for the redemption of bonds whenever and by whomso ever they may be presented, bo by that means millions of dollars may be released and circulate through the various channels of trade.' In anticipation of the building of the National Library tentative plans have been prepared to aid a deter mination of its position within' the site fixed by Congress, care being taken to keep important lines of view open, to preseut both the Li brary and Capitol to advantage, se cure convenient approaches and connections by walks and wheel ways, and while enclosing the Capitol grounds to include the Libraay, to preserve, as far as practicable.all the advantages presented. The soldiers seem to thrive under Cleveland's administration. The Civil Service Commission, a major ity of whom are Democrats, have modified their rules so as to give precedence to Union veterans in the matter of appointments. This action was taken the very day that John Sherman, in a partisan fttunftp speech, was denouncing the Admin istration for turning its back on the old soldiers. The' colored people's exhibition was formally opened yesterday at four o'clock. Today the various committees in charge were busily engaged receiving exhibits, which are coming in very rapidly. There was a fair attendance at the hall, a large proportion of the visitors be ing white people.who were surprised and interested in the exhibits of the skill and genius of the colored peo ple. A large attendance is expected tonight and preparations hare been made to accommodate the visitors. Although the fair is a creditable suc cess, it must not be understood that this is by any means the first of its kind, nor the greatest, as some pa pers have represented. In North Carolina there is annually held a col ored people's fair, which is wonder ful in the variety and excellence- of its exhibits and also in the success that attends it. ''People should re member," said Mr. Lamar," that" one of the best and most successful departments of the New Orleans Ex position was that devoted to the col ored people. Itwaspreaided overbyex Senator Brace, ana was a revelation to those who were fortunate enough to see it. There were exhibits from every State and Territory, and they would have done honor to th& white people of those States and Territo ries. : It was a great disillusion to people who think that the colored people are not progressive.' A peculiar virtue in AVer's Sana parilla is, that while it cleanses and pnrges the blood from all ; corrup tions, and thereby roots out disease it invigorates the whole system, and makes one yonng again. Til iiUorizii Ufi if abulia UiibIiJ ; , .. . - - ! . .. i Oeatury. -..j: 1 ; .'V.v U ; The editor of the Century ' thus announce ' in the October number the import nit enterprise upon which that periodical is about to enter ; namelv, the publication of he long expected authorized life of Lincoln,1 bv Uh private secretaries : "To thi day i lie life of Abraham, Lincoln .hurt' ii. er been J,old. Many -biogra phies of the. President, of - vary.-nv' value and interest, have been wi it ten ; one of the best, considering the promptness with which it .was prepared, being by Dr. J. G. Hol land, our former editor-in chief Dr. Holland's work is to be classed am tig those prepared by aoeom piished authors who ' enjoy ml ik personal acquaintance with the sub ject. nor any unusual means of ac cess to authorities ; several, interest -; ing book 8 have also appeared bearing '' the names of, men personally ac- qu&inted with Mr. Lincoln', anu giving details of more or less an thenticitv. particularly as to bin early career. But only his private secretaries, John George Nieolay and John Hay, have hal the oppor t unity ami the authority to tell th" ' complete story of Lincoln's life, and ; particularly that part of it whieii pertaius.to the Presidency. bet: L'ncoln 4ied these two returned to the White House, where, they wero still living, though already appoin ted to Paris : they gathered together the President's papers, and handed them- to Robert Lincoln and David Davis, who sacredly guarded them till the return of the ' secretaries from Europe. They were then de livered to the latter, for the purpo ses of this history, and have never been in any other hands. They have served as an important part -by no means the whole of the data preserved by the biographers for the purpose of presenting to the world the record of their illustrious chief, in all its truth and fullness. This history includes not merely the per sonal career of Lincoln, but a gra phic account of the events which led to the civil war, and a history of that war from the point of view of the White House the point of view in fact, of the commander in-chief of the armies and navies of the Uni ted States. "Friends and admires of Presi dent Lincoln have sometimes per haps wondered at the liberty we have allowed certain contributors inltheir critici8tn8of the martyred Presi dent. But it has been our belief that the freer the discussion of the motives and actions of Abraham Lincoln, the brighter would emerge the character and genius of 1 that i-xtraorditm y n.itn. And ; beside, we have b"i Un:iin? for the pre sentation . the world iu these pa- IS es of this, the only , authoritative fe of Lincoln the first install ment of which will be given in. the November number of The Century. "The appearance of this life in the pages of The Century is at a time most fortunate. The war se ries (not yet concluded in these pa ges) has brought an audience to the reading of the true life of Lincoln unprecedented in numbers, as it is also one peculiarly interested in the subject. This applies not merely to the soldicr-and-sailor audience, but to the 'general reader of Tlie Cen tury whose interest in the war has been quickened by the absorbing narratives given during the last two years by leaders and other partici pants in the great conflict. In wri ting editorially of the war series in March, 1885, we then said that our readers of a younger generation, would, after following thesd narra tives, be 'all the better prepared ;by inclination and temper for anexqn i nation of the real causes of the. struggle, concerning which the last word has by no means yet been spo ken.' This 'inclination and tem per' of the public mini is still nore evident today, and the life of Lin coln will be largely devotetl to a study of the causes of , that war, which, when considered in itself, or in its results, must be regarded as one of the momentous events where with human history has ever had to deal. .. "There are other considerations which make the appearance of a the authentic life of Lincoln most time ly. The South long since gave up its championship of slavery. That doctrine is dead. The doctrine of disunion is also dead. There is no longer any one section of the conn try that can claim an exclnsive . de votion to the sentiment of national ity. . The doctrine of disunion, we say, is dead but, naturally enough, not yet quite in the sense that the doctrine of slavery if dead. The once Secession States have long since accepted the situation ; the leaders, with a few and marked ex ceptions, have accepted it as loyally as the rank and file of rebellion. There is no danger to the Republic fromthatquartersofaras the dead doc trine of disunion is concerned. ' But it is particularly desirable at this time, with anew generation rising up and coming to the front in the South, that the sentiment of na tionality should be fostered and strengthened as it can alone be by a study of the political causes of the armed conflict which happily ended in the sal vation'of the world. From Lincoln the Southern citizens of the Republic are prepared to learn aam that lesson of nationality which uonstip Is a universal and most troublesome d!s ordeTH caueTIeaacEelCeiital De pression, impairs the Sight and Hearing, destroys the Appetite, and when long continued, causes Enlargement of the Liver, Inflammation of the Bowels, and Files. Constipation is speedily cured by Ayer's Pills. . . For . a number of months I . was ! troubled with Costivenesa, In conse quence of which I suffered from Loss of ' Appetite. Dyspepsia, and disordered liver. Mt eyes siso troubled me. I was compelled to wear a shade over them, and, at times,: was unable to bear ex insure' to the light. I was entirely, r, " CURED BY USING three boxes of Ayers Pills. I have no hesitation in pronouncing this medicine to be the best cath&rtio ever made. ' James Eocles, Poland, Ohio. I suffered from Constipation, and, con sequently, from Headache, Indigestion, and Piles, for years. Ayer's Pills, which I took at the suggestion of a friend, have riven me effectual relief. -1 commenced taking this remedy two months ago, and am now free from Constipation, the re moval of which has caused my other - troubles to disappear, and greatly im proved my general health. W. Keeler, Amherst, Mass. I suffered from Constipation, which assumed such an obstinate form that I feared a stoppage of the bowels. Two boxes of Ayer's Pills cored me, com pletely. D. Burke, Saco, Me. ft . Ayer's Pills. Fiesmd to Dr. J. G. Avar fc Co Lowell. 1 Seid bysu DmjfiaU end Dealers to Medicine. Washington alone has illustrated with equal lustre and devotion. f From Lincoln we say, for he, a Souther nor by birth and ancestry, not only quelled the Southern in surrection, but was destined by his precepts and career and by the sym pathetic nature of his personality, to be a perpetual guide any influ ence in behalf of national unity, an example, a precedent, an . en lightenment to all sections and not the least to that section which it was his life-work to oppose ' and! thwart in its most cherished social and political theories and schemes. We do not hesitate to say that the political gospel of Abraham Lincoln is the one which the new South is more in the mood to study and to accept than that of any other Amer ican statesman. It ia one of , the most moving and significant , facts in history that the pathetic affection lavished by Lincoln upon his disaff ected fellow-countrymen, to be met during his life with little else than scorn and insult, was finally, after his untimely death, returned to him' with remorse and unending regret. Before the murdered body of -Lincoln was cold, the word leaped from many a Southern tongue, 'The South has lost its best friend !' how good a friend was thus lost the new life of Lincoln will, for the ' first time, authoritatively relate 1 Such is the sure effect of consistent de votion to the unchanging principles of freedom and 'the deep heart of man.' . ' But it is not only the principle of nationality which needs fortify in at this moment, in view of the manifest destiny' of the united Re public in the future of civilization1, but also those underlying principles of human brotherhood, of i dividuf al liberty and civil rights which the career of Lincoln conspicuously il lustrates. and which have of late been confused ii many minds among us ; but principally in the minds of certain bestial refugees from the Old World whose 'compliment to the free instutions of America is their attempt to destroy them. j r "Starting as did weourselres up. on the reading of the lit'- of Lin coln and Hay with a deep interest ) in the subject and a special enthusi asm for the personality of the man we fonud the record a revelation of even a finer, more winning, more ideal, and more masterly character than we h d hitherto imagined. 'In deed as we read the manuscript of ' this work a work remarkable for its thoroughness, its historical accu racy, its literary force, its revelation of secret events, and its illustration of events hitherto only partially un derstood ; and supremely great, moreover, in the dignity of its sub ject; as we have read this great work it has seemed to us that the fame of Lincoln mighty as it already, is, could be compared to a gigantic statue set np in the open squard, but still partly veiled from the . public eye . a statue which, notwithstand ing that its form and features 1 are only vaguely visible, yet awes by the grandeur of its proportions, and tho strong lines which show beneath the folds that bang over it. The read ing of this minute and illuminating history for us, as we believe it win be for the world, the unveiling of the statue of Lincoln 1". : PuciTrti Est j f The simple little device is said to prevent the depredations of the peach borer. It has stood the test of several years' trial. ; It is simply a box of fonr pieces of plank; about " fifteen inches long, of wood that will not easily decay. It is mad 0 around the tree and sunk an inch or two into the ground. Thus the, moth, from which the borer is pro duced, is unable to pass under. The' sides of the box should not be more than two or three inches wider than, the trunk of the tree,. - As the trees. Eow, the boxes can be replaced by rger ones. ' The spider, that is al most sure to spin its web at the top1 of the box, provides ample prof ec tion where the box is' sxnalL
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