'.I 1 ilifWliii . i-a m CARPENTER i -GRATSCKEDrioKS. : .. , ; , . ,,B 5iii! cii : '1'v ' f ; .t-' 'W' . ; U Al lL' CLEjg)EXEST & CARPESTERj PuBLisnERS. VOL. I; ElEpOIipTOPMy ;.C.; Mitt : ; ;;f s r NO. l(g.: n inn uuuuuiiiu : :uiiuuuu. , f,. . . .. -.i KUTHERFOIlMOi N. 6: ' T2BM3 ' or ' StfifscMiid7 . ; : .1 1 1 Copy 1 Year in Advance, - -V: $2.00 . nv person stndinp'us a Club of five wtiK ibe i 6is. at above rates for ofae Year; win t euiiucu ly-o.. v. j. Rates of Advertisixg. SPACE 1 w. lmo. 3mo. bmn. .00 2 60 .00 ?.00 2.C0 5:'00 12.00 18.00 12mo. 16.00 ,30.00 45.00 4 li ; 4.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 8.00 20J00 35.00 45.00 8 ?0.00 1 column 15 00 4tt00 G0.00 80.00 125 00 rgi .epecial notices fliarjred 50 per cent kigberj - Local uotices 25 euua iine.-rip-- ,Agenls procuring adveriiserneuts yviil leaJlow d a conmiiioa of 25 per ceut. PROFESSIONAL CAllDS. D. J. -U -KUCKER, ; V PHYSICIAN v AND SURGEON, r r -- -j fori rt4iveti, hopes, hy .prompt attenlion 10 all call.- to mtiit h ebuiinuanee ot, tl.e sumei ii 'W..-tic AS. ." - i ' ' 'J. M. JUSTICE ; LbGAX & JUSTICE, i ; - ; ATTORXKYtv aT LAW, . . ; . .UfiTUEHrbiiTo.v, N. C. ill piVe pfomp'l mttent on to all business entrusted totnt ii carti Partivwhtr aitt'iitioijt "given to collections in r Loth Superior andJutices'. Courts. ; 1 tf . J. B. CARPENTEK, ATTOIiXKY AT. LAW, Colled ions promptly attended to. ;-ltf HOTELS,! VILLAGE HOTEL , R UTilEll FORI) T0X, K (7., A. a.SCOCiIN, Proprietor. This ohjl and lavor$bly known house is now open for tjhe reception ol visitors. ". The table will be supplied with all the dM- cacR-R of the market P ilite trnl tu tti!e servants will be em ployed, ail id all pains: taken to make guests 1: tf. comfortable. THE BURNETT HOUSE, . Is open for the accommodation of the travelling public, aiifi with to d f;ij-e. -atten'r-tive servant, and ropd stables and -feeds for horse?, the proprietor aiks a share of pjitron- age. . j j BURNKTT," ' ; c ll-ly ! ' v Proprietor; ALiLEy HOUSE.- ' HEXDERSONVILLE, . C. - T. A. ALLKN, Proprietor.: j Good Tables, attentive Servants, well venW tillatod Rooms and comfortable "Stables. BUSINESS CAIWS. WANTED ! WANTED ! ! 200 CORDS GOOD, TAR i BABKv I). MAY & 0., ; Rutuekfohutok, N. C. 13:tf.; W. II. JAY, ' HOUSE AND SIGN Crflininp, MarblelingL and Kalsomtng exe cuted in the U-st styli. ' Orders Irom neighboring 'tovrns promptly attended to. J ! ?; ' 6 : 3m BLAGIvSMITHING: - . B'artlt'y. Dill I on would arinrMiceto bi4 old irien'ds pnd ' customers that hi..SIiop is 'ftiti in ffj blast on MainjSireet, Soutl ot the JaiLVhere he nvivt found aUsallTtime pncOfc . . . , ... - y v . BkACIvSAlITII shop; The undersigned would vrespeetfullinform old . ciisionera fiu'd tlievPubjiy tbatj his 5ilop re still frofiisr' onj'aVd.lbat he : i? piepart-d to: dd' all kinds -of f6r"fc' in' bis lmo at short Dotkre., . c ; f-?-:; -.4 :.. i '..terms for .yrork, is "pay down." .- Alt kinai of produce taeu at market prices lb" Work . - . --. j - 4 - 1 ' ' ' -U persons rndibted to me- foV wdrk.yip save trouble bvcalUiie'juuIrSeyliQ. , . ESTEIlJy $1AJI LOL&h . -,: '....-'-' ftWO!,! A. 'IWI. ;;'- Meet.fegrilarly ou"lbe- lsrilmwlR?4.Tjitit 'a ed mofjiK Tuesday vf SHperior Cwirtd, audoti the Festivals' at the St. John. V! , ' ' - J.: Ii.' RUCKKU, W. U.: W. IrfXJAS, Sect jv; iXST-GARGLLINAl RECORJX,4 WWEfinSrlT ji$2i porfappeanin 7tJtEE; &jCi Louis and Chicago have; long - BuTHEroRPTON; CV'l : -; i : : f T TT7- V lie 11 a. Dream Conies? True.. I hold "your in mine, dariin j. i:. ridok within yonr'eyes ; a'.-4 ? ask yonjfifueappn only, caring A ,iWy.x - o - -tvonder , . ; - ; - A, moonlit rabk bf cloud . '' Flits o'er my silent heaven of jbyj ; f, jwhile under . , f v ( ; . . Its 'stars iriy soul is bowed. , J . .. I think how oft the future will re ': quire it ' . ' ' ; Ah, how then did it seem ?M To-morrow and to morrow will de t . sire it. . ' ' , -' 1 -;:! --Vainly as any dream; . . . -N. 4 What is it more 1 7 In dreams the f . . eves are holden : .They know not near from far ; I wake with outspread ; arms, a eha-" ' dow folding-- - ; And such life's visions are. ; ' - 7 , 4 1 . ; i -"" "- It is but touch and sight a little Y plainer,. -. . A voice that tellincr, hides : I d6ubt? " Q heart,, art .thou so much. a gainer i . For somethingf still divides." O fije of -God, O living, winged crea '' ture ' ' ' ' '" That in this clay doth rise, ' How canst thou warm to thy diviner - nature , ; . ' , These lips and hands and eyes ? , Too eager quest, that hastest to their meeting, desire to fill, Thou standest half abashed, in ten ' derest greetings ;1 Yet finding welcome chili. . i i "With stinted bread the life long hun- .-. ger staying With fasting visions blessed, , , . With longing that makes life perpet ual, praying, ! A stranger her e confessed If yet, O dearest heart, the world grows dearer, Because 'tis sweet to stand ' 'Yhile that which never has enough .; - jcries, Nearer) . One moment hand to hand, "... What will it be when every barrier ' breaking , IjeVs heart to heart come through? Will heaven leave one corner or an - aching ' When the long dreamcomes true? .:'':. . Hdrperyts 3Iagazine.' . For the WTest-Carolina Record. ': Itoasning No. 4. St.Xouis tlie beautiful ' Qticen City " of the ' Mississippi1 Yalley; lies before us in all ' its crahdeui It lias , A population . 31 1 ,000 cording to tle census of "70:-.. St. Louis iieson the west-bank of the MissiSsi ppi ri vei 20 miles below the. entraiiceot the lissouvi, 1 1,(4 niilea above.. the mouth of the Ohio.- As-aTailroad centre St; Xouis i s th c ' terminus' of el even Railioad3.,: The 'dty 'extends in ail' nearly seven' riiiles. by . tlieerye.of ;the iyernd-about? three, rnes back. The site fises from the '-fiver -by 'f wd plateaus '6f" Kmestohe for rha-1 i tibivthersttvehtv alid the otlf 2r sixty t feet above . 'hurh Svater... The soentTto:thC5 tirt js smer; wh at .abrupt -1 whi le t the s second rises Shore gradually !aikb spreads j UUl HUH till VAlUIJ5l U UlUlIl-.itl"" fording fine' views of the citv lmd' fiver. Thccitv is well laid pui,,j ill e .. streets being for the imost J.)art GO feet wide, and with 1 but' few exceptions ihtefsectiug ea(?b! other at right angles. ' And whij rv-e "were passing, .tli rough t beci t we noticed a,gmit maiiyXbeauti ful niid costly, buildings. It has esstseemeu .io ue nveiy irom ine been: rivals in population and alter :tthereat5fiitjs of Chicago! in tell qt it was Tspeei BtLbUis'wbuM'rioAf exceed her rivaK i But notwitlistahclingthe pf osperi ty- df sL Touis: it ns . tverj probable ?that; itba close i of; the. present .year will fiiid Chicago' numbering.niore juhabitants .than' StivljgUis.f; IvA : :;''--'- iKJ St; Louia has , . eight natioiial baiiks besides a number of private banks; - it has-also one thousand manufacturing' firms -nrith a capU U of-i'iear3i 50,000,000; There is a railroad bridge, in construe tion across the Mississippi at this place. connecting ?vith the 4' Rock Island Rail Road." On theA Missouri; Pacific Rail ?0a( " ; vvestwai bound?. What a beautiful country ! With itS;imagnificer4t viljus'; thriving towns and verdant fields of wheat. That -portion of the country, not under cultivation .is interspersed witlif bodies of timbered j jahd 6iirhcient.for .the wants of the far mer. ; We are travelling along t te south side of the . Missouri river (the Word, -Missouri ineans! muddy) rolling witlr its mud ta j in the. waters of the Mississippi. i'he Missouri and Mississippi have been called " the lonriver " aiwl' taken as one river lias -been called by Geographers " the longest river in the world but late.dis coveries have proven be3'ond a doubt-, that the Iile.in Egypt is tlie longest river in the world. Here is Washington on the Mis souri, river 3300 inhabitants; with a good steam ferry; .and from the. bustle and hurry along the streets it. is surely in a pros perous condition. Indeed Mis- sourians are'ian enerfretic, 0- ahead people ; , industry and and the, farmer by thorough cultivp,- tion realizes immense profits from his farm; he also raises u great deal of liyc stock for the market each year ; agriculture is perform ed nearly entirely by machinery, in some parts. , Junius. Woman as Dentistt , We could never understand why the biiHuess of dentistry should ha niohi-polizcd ' by"; t he masculine persuasion. Teeth'' repairing seems to:us one of those, tine arts for. which the; nimble, fingers of Woma.y .aye,. pecuLiaiy adapted. W if hi if a fewy cars several ladie.s have prepiired' themselves iorA tlie' piaciicu ui mis specialty or xne healin": art, unid '.have s'ucoeeded cpiitei:a3 .well .asiitfie , Average .Ofji Hheir -brothen dentists.,. -W nor tice, tlierefbre, wrt-h regret, not uhmmgied with indignation,. that theetTadi"es,whd; had fegularff uuirticu latex! and pa-id thefeeskfef mauded, hayej recently : been :eix-i peUedxfronthe I'ennsy 1 vapia De-fr-tal f0ollege"'and"'we are -crlad rto rlearn that the parties aggrieved havei01 determined ' vto!i prosecute X h ei r '.cause--inr t h e co u its, , wit h t he' view,4pf vbtsiinihg legal -redress, il Ii is. stated lir.the .Philadelphia liapefs. that .these ladies were ex-f. pelled at'the request ota niaioiri- ty urine uiiiie biuiieins. oiiane on themi -They desefve to hue ail the tceth:'iiic their 'misefalde 'heads. pulled ,out. ,by j a Aigilaat-je committee of feuiiuine , dentists.J ut vvliU'1KHtifulU Ul9 essois iv Cxcfude Ihenf becaUseu iiiafon- ty of the male students desired theiri expulsiow?-If the iwhote Hhare sidoi of the; College.' had re qu ested e, Pro lessors, .to ; .violate tliPIP fi nitlu'ti fin 'imu'lll thliirr and disgrace Tthenise'lv;es-1 .the .re quest woUldruTe :hiWstificatroii: The atiiriiuti is appaj-ehtPenoUghU The, 3XpldJ)e.pi;leutUtd ' ttVfahd heiice is ,abnornial;rand . ds,- uiiiv.ihiuii . i vm , joip;-. , T Jjaapvt , ltici iia virv J f W,.vY'P,-,-r4 Ml iu-iv, ci o n lilt ncil 'J-V. ; wel L'-i 4V.v1 1 L.I.' ' . T t t i , i - -. - J ? AM.. . . i . . . . I 1 I t tiiuu.-, ciiuLi uiuuauiy iinte-UUfli- intpisiuuA; oi mo i-au.-i.cj luuiiw- i inwiaius, uv; ciiiiujLuiu.. s f L rl4 spe r"4hiauvi .ww fitwx)JueAmi-TitiiBrthl actijii : a dahfrerous State eniI!trnstalUrtMtweenlir9rct)o i . ? i.i rir 'L..ii.j-' . i. . i i . . i . ...i. . ii i morally certain that, were t here as many .women a$ men v dentists in : the Iatid;"s6mB J hhnUfeds of yotng men 'would j'h'a've tos seek some other occupation or starve; Apj3-i$W? not sdre that the. fair 44 mechanical ' and .surgical i den tist wouTd limit their operaC tioris: "on the teethl to their Own sex. . Ve can easily irhagvne cases (riclirnndforlorn jold bachelor, middle-aged ; . widowers, i ar.d as J,.1;jnn Yonn menj for example) in which' the victims of Qdmtm (i'clorosa and ' 0 etfcleniuto, would prefer the gentler! manipulations of the. dental sisterhood. And 1 111 n' i - i . wno snan sr?y ot wliat- sex their dentists shall be:?,LWeidvise the youi)g,nien fojeshid to. dp . their oesc m competing -with tlie den tist3 oi'the other, sex in all honor able ways ; but nbt attempt the iiiipossible teat of jputtihg women do'wh b fdrce. They had better "go AVest VStikfict of Health. abSt atid Disease. Water, the natural beverage, comprising at I ealst two-fifths ot the.huniaiVi.body,! is, in proper quantity and qnaiijy,-necessary to life and to healthfhll vital action. Is it not 1 reasona bile to su npose. that?the thousands! of irnhure and poTsonous concoctions and adul terations of it that are daily be ing forced into human stomachs, would neessitate Unhealthy vital action ? yX Ii that druc:, tobacco, which millions use and yhich4 produces such powerful effects on the or ganism, is conducive to health, what shall become . those who do not use it? Per -contra',' if those who do not use it maintain the host conditions, what mnet bo the case of those' who do use it? Surely, if in . both these cases health 13 maintained, there must, in one of them at least, be a seri ous tax on the vital powers through the principle of : accomo dations. Ami not; less so with j alcohol and all other compounded beverages, as wellasall excitunts, nervine?, or other special agerfts. of gratification. If the - simple food and drink of the Hindoo, Chinaman, IrishScotch, German, and -Russian peasantry induce one class otphysica!. conditions, the diffefehts diet of Americans must .show different: results. ? Then, too, if good clothing is hcalthtul-;-thHt fs,-all that is nec essary in this 'direct ion to insure health, surely .bad. clothing must induce in some degree U&. oppo si tev If wo r k i s a h o ccsa ry h ea 1 1 h 4o;necv, what is to become of , tl i ose. wha ' h e yer , wor k ? per conicd, if idleness is recuperative,- how, nil 1 th e workers m ain tai if heal th ? Sleep atthe-proper tnrie' tenrls to normal; life, -shallr. not mid- nischt students, reveries... and de- Oaucnenes proauce auuormai or diseased life?- In fact, h'fouglf out the whole range of naturewe will firid-that opposite yauses pro d ucej opposif e r esn Its. We w i 11 'tiud-'too',' tlfat'hattire's laws are eremptor3', and tliat we?!ctinndt .violate Jh.em v jthont bringing feToperatio flie,.'6elf-pfes,crvative iitiVctiliait intotriial'; atid thefope-paiid'ul UiduneiV 5 :i ' : But disease! In its essential na- mctui'H, has a oeejjer significan.ee; than simply abnormal vital ac-.J tioiV."' It' is really ar reinedial ef- iOTi,' not-' necessarily1 successi in, but an- attern pt'to , change condi tpvns. j AudJprthis ; reason,! nnir nroner relation of. the living, or aifisni to exteranl agents neces-: sa ll 'til t;ifivi i ija v -iti 4 : ihiit oK being, se 1 f-p ieser vat i ve iiijmetii :ately sets . u p . . de fen siy e action , ;ipd begins as sopisosi lje to 1; epai t.'iix e damages 1 la t jia. ve ac cf uet; TB is defensive trr renani- ti ve-a et ;o n po f co u r ae, coVrespood s to the coiiditiotjg Je be rernidied, ergetic and even hazardous state ; desperate cohdtions, desperate ac tion.' But ? n all cases the action is vital, and art atteiiipt at restora tion; and- theleuergy displayed j 1 1 1. .cAficiL ly . ts)rrvspouu. -xo- tne in terests involved .und.tjie vitality that is, available. Science of Health- - v;. ' -TT o ii 1 1 1 Vc r n ai S e r i o ii s C li a r ges Preferred Against Hie As socfatioit and llieXSesreiif. The viceregeut3 of the . Mount Ve r n o ii Associatim ass e m b I ed a t Mount "Vernon Wednesday t to meet the Board of Visitors ap pointed by Gov. Walker. Mrs. li. Underwood, surviving execu trix, and in behalf of the heirs of the late Rem brant Peule, pre sented to the association the his torical painting of "Washington before ;Yorktown," which was" re ceived by the regent. , ,; At a meeting of the advisory board Wednesday night," iu Washington, the following seri ous charges were made against tflQ - association, and , tlie regent, Miss Pamelia Cunningham : I charge the " Ladies' Mount Vernon Association with Unlaw fully receiving fiftysix- ami a quarter cents-tfbniljt hose visiting Mount Vernoh, when, they 'should only receive twenty-five cents, and of not id'owjiiany heat-but the steamer Arrow to land pas sengers at Moilut Vernon at any price. I '-charge the- vice-resvnts with allowing the regent "Miss Pa m e 1 i a C ; u n i i i n jh a rn ? t o v ece i ve moneys from the publicr without giving a proper 'account .of- the same. I charge the' regent, ;Miss habitual drunkard, and of being intoxicated for days togcther,and incapable of attending to the business pf Mount Vernon, and, while intoxicated, of being' seen improperly dre.!sed. charge the vice regents "with allowing the t r ege n t M i C u n n i ngh a m n t h u s to be a public scnndle and disgrace to the Mount Vernon Asoeiati :n, without a publico disproval of conduct or an ffort to depose her ro appoint lyiotheiv regent in her nlace. . . . .. . - - . . Congressional Gamblers. The "'.Washington 'gambling houses have never been-supported to anv considerable extent -Uv the resident - population. Members ot Congress, particularly from the the SouthV.Sduth-west, and West, were the largest contributors; to the incomes' of the s po rtiii g nfei k C()n.tiactors; ;and. Iudiiuiii traders were, generally bold and soniC', tinies .desVarte players. Mem liers5 6t' the House -' frequent ry staketl1 tlwiir milage a'ntl per 'd rem at the faro-table, an d-t he T played all sorts of; round sanies, "sliorti cards, as- tuey were calico, iirtne club rooms. 'Probably the amount risked would irot constitute what is termed 4ihigh , play' !iin these das;.diut rther lossesrof these! men ol limited lneaiis vvereijoften suf ficient to keep themr impoverish ed and emuarrasea aurnii' tneir entire Congressional . srvcc. Some;-rrreh Tjlayed' tiir exciteinent' jchief iynot Kiaifti'g indch -whet hei they;-jyon,jgr i$U ':0;halut:'i'-Sti3-: vens was one uf .tfiis; description, j r ue was hkc rox, yuouescriuca winning at nazaru as lite i;rcaist rdeirsure in hfel?and loosiii'g at the ' .amegaino as ine-iiext' frcaitr;r. Stfce-CJstr- and-,-von f rvvith' tne 'apt a rent iudi fie rence44i IJej pJay ed witli consummate coolness, uee5r lo.-x Jns,temper? and never incieased the amount of his bet either - tetrive h w hisses Of more ra pi 1 1 ly to. i i i cf case hi S x n n i hgs; tlis ?ariistic 7renmrkes j upon the discomposure oif insu leimw-piay ers 'who somttiuus -exchtimed apathy and the eager, fierce ex-- yun rage aim proianuy ai incir II I . . ' . . - ' i A ,1 I . ' . tl -I citcment of others sitting' at the sArrte'table and euoraiTcd ili the same pursuit was amazihsf. I' have rarelly. seen' a .morc pitiable hjkI paiiHtii exlnbitiou than Ayas often prese'tited by the uiigovern- ed passions of a gamester after a tun of ill luck. To Mr. Stevensi such displays of weakness seerri' ed tuailbrd amusement rattier .than -to excite sympathy of compos sure. . lie was a .'hard, eynicae man incapable of acts of benevol knee under strong emotion, but gentleness was not his a Ordinary, mood. He threw oft" more srood things in conversation without ' i- eftbrtthaii any man I ever saw, and his sayings were pointed with a degree Of : epigrammatic . force that I never witnessed in t any other man. Harpers Maga zine . ' MOnf i Cluctrotyplu? and S'.ercolyp - ins. At the Torth, the leading daily newspapers are printed, not from ' . type, but from stereotype 'casts ; otherwise it would be simply im possible to strike off their huge editions with sufficient rapidity. Tne principal magazines, and ' other periodicals, and most'book?. j. are also prited from stereotype Or electrotype plates. T 1 1 e p rocess of steroty pi'n g con- sists in making a inatfix"of-tive - or six sheets of paper pasted to gether with a peculiar paste,-. and V wetted : thoroughly to vt pulpy 1 state. In twenty-four hours this is ready fof use. It is th-en beat into the ,"lorm' of type by a hard brush, until the impression' is thoroughly made, after which it is well dried in a hot press. This is .the-papcr mold. Any . number of casts many' be taken : with .expedition, ami the type is subject, to no appreciable wear. This method answers admirably for newspapers, but the process -has delects, especially when ap plied to find book Work, oi the , reproduction of engravings, S and , for these purposes it iias, of lata years, been, almost euetirely snperceeded by the more costly, but far more satisfactory process , of electrotyping. . Thisprocess'may be briefly de ,, scribed as follows: an impi-cssioii . of the page is taken in wax,' form ing a perfect mold. Tlie face or this mold is covered with plhm bago to give it a metalic surface. The mold is . then subjected to : galvanic action in a tank til led with a strong solution of sulphate of coper.- A thin film- of copper 13 instantly deposited on the sur face of the mold.,- increasing in Fthickhess until.the coatiig forms alshell about as tuick as t stout paper. This thin shell is stren ghteucd by being "backed up" J with type metal the plates are then plained to a uniform thickness j of about one-seventh of an -inch, and secured upon- a block of wood. " - 7 " . . The-electrotype is a perfect facsimile, of the original page or : engraving, the mi mites lines aa points neing reproouceu wmi au solute piecisioii. Besides' giving ; i clearer inipression it is more durable than the stereotype, and -ajtogethr-ieuperior in artistic eil'ecr. , Most of the great news- ) paper and look concerns do their hvnf lwqrk of this kind, but there is ah iinmense amount required . by- the community geiiemlly, and in al ljifge cities t here are humer- -ous establishments making a sue- , . 'clalty bfthis line or . business. Trope for Trope Al Clergyman preaching at - ., ..i' ' ; i ii.'.i aI. Ilrr1,v observing that the mostipartott his audience were in the sei-taniig way very natur-ally ' einbellislred hisTdUcourse uvitti several luiUticab triipes and fig- , ufe "Airuiiig other things, he ,1 advisee! them to' "be ever on tne i wctcb. so that, on whatsoever tack ,the evil one should bear down upon fil them, he might be cnnle, in the j; f action. Aye, master, muttered a jolly son of JNeptane; "but let me tell too, that wiH. ; depend - pn your f: hivinor the .weather gauge of him.n j A just though whimsical remarL. j i '