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At Hie l4at.o .
Three little words within my brain
Beat back and forth their one refrain
Three little words, whose dull distress
Means everything, and nothingness :
Unbidden move my lips instead
Of other utterance : :She is dead !
Hfere, lingering, we talked of late
Beside the hedge grown garden gate;
Till, smiling, ere the twilight fell
ow wtvn A laiiL farewell.
Those were the final words she said,'
But yesterday and she is dead!
The color I had praised before ;
The swaying length, where she would
pass,
Mside a lierht rustle on the grass :
1 There in-the porch she. tinned her
head
! For one last smile and she is dead I
Could I have known what was to
come.
Those Lours had not been blind and
dumb! -I
would have followed close with
Death,
Have striven for every glance and
breath !
But now the final word is said,.
The last look taken she is dead !
We were hot lovere such as they '
j Who pledge a faith to last for aye ;
Yet seems tiie universe to me
A riddle now without a key j
What means the sunshine overhead.
The bloom below now she is dead f
j So new my grief, its sudden haze
Bewilders my accustomed ways ;
And yet so old, it seems4 my heart
Was never from its pain apart :
WTiat was and is and shall be, wed
With that one sentence She is dead!
Loafing.
v"e quofe the following from
an exchange, and we recommend
it to all our readers :
- Young man, pay attention.
Don't be a loafer ; don't keep a
loafer's company; don't hang
about" loafing places. Better
work than to sit around day after
day. or stand about corners with
your hands in your pockets bet-
ter 'for your own health and pros
pects. Bustle about, if you have
anything to bustle about for.
Many a poor physician hn ob
tained a real patient.by riding af
ter an imaginary one. A quire
of blank paper tied with a red
tape, carried unuer a lawyers,
arm, may procure hi ni his first
case and make his fortune.
Such is the word to him that
ljath shall be given. Quitdream
'ing and complaining;; keep busy
and mind your chances.,
Take the above advice and then
all will go: well. Idleness is the
mother of mischief.
t-A Il fnarkiible JCsivapc.
s Some years ago I resided for a
short tiru6- inf the island of St:
Domingo; in the West Indies.
The weather vas go hot while I
was1 there that bathiiyg was 'a great
luxnrji bijt as sharks made it
dangerous to bath iri the sea, I in
quired ot the landlord of the ho
tel if there were : iiot 'a river near
the town.
4k There is a very tine river,"
said he,I"ju8t orer tlmt rane-e of
Uofty hills; but it is a good dis
tance by the road, and you would
find the walk very hot and dus-
i413ut what hinders my eoinz
over the hills and making a short
" Why; they are so steep on the
side facing the river that you
could not get down without break
ing your neck, ...sir," he replied,
rather brut.tly.
" O, nonsense !", T said; UI
should like to see the hill, I
could rcrlldown. at any rate."
And away I hounded, and soon
reachedlhe top of the nearest hill,
from' which I spied the beautiful
river, hroad and deep, dancing
and glittering in the beams ot the
rising .sum The sight, of the cool
stream created in me such a thirst
to be swimming in it, that I be
gan to defend without being at all
particular to pick my st'ps. J
had not gone down more than
twenty yards from the brow "of
the hill, and that with much diffi-
cuity, wiien 1 lound it lmpopsiiiic !
I . -V". , . . . 1 .
to proceed another step, for the
precipice below me was almost as
Hatand steep as Jtie side of a
house, and some two or three
liundred feet in depth. I had
gone so heedlessly into danger
that the narrow ledge upon .-which
1 rested wae not broad enough to
admit of my two feet abreast, and
lean my body against the side of
tint, this pvrr x. ' -
Uacu u impossible tor me to lift
one leg to endeavor to gain a
footing above me, for I felt if I at
tempted to do so. tle other foot
would slip off the ledge, and 1
must inevitably 'fall to the bot
tom. The road at the foot of the
hill, which ran along the river,
was thronged with negroes going
to 'market, with fruit and wood
from the mountains,' and so soon
as they observed riiv danger, they
crathered together in great num
bers and began to shout to me.
I could not understand what they
said, but the sight of a host ot
black people all shouting in great
excitement had suclh m ( effect
upon me, as I gazed upon them
from my ledge, that my knees
bean to tremble, my eyes became
coutused, and I felt that it would
be a relief to plunge off into the
midst of them. 1 cannot describe
this irresistable impulse, and as
it grew stronger and more urgent
upon me, I cast my, eyes upward
aud felt sonie relief.
And here it may be well to re
mark, in passing, that in all po
sitions of danger from being ou a
"giddy height," the danger is
gieatly increased while the eyes
are turned downward on the ob-
jects beneath us, and relict is
gained by looking up to the sky.
In thus looking xrp,- I saw, at
about three feet kbove my head,
the stump of an old tree, or pro
bably a large shrub; it va stick
imr out about two leet from the
bank, and was jagged at its ex
trp.Tiiitv. as if it had been broken
oft. In my desperation,.! resolv-
f-ed
to make a spring at it; if I
caiiirnt
i .
it with my right hand, i
and it was not too rotten to bear
uiy weight, 1 knew I could draw
my body up to it -and get my i
knee upon it ; for if a sailor can
get a "hat-d hold" he troubles
himself little about his body ; it
may swing over an abyss miles in
depth,and it gives him no concern,
because with1 his hands secure,
he does as he pleases with the
whole of his peison. Then I
reasoned, 'if I missed ltT could
but fall, and every moment con
vinced me that I cold not remain
where I was much longer; conse
quently, gathering myself np, I
1
An Office Seeker.
President Madison was fond of
telling the stpryof a visit made
to him by one of his supporters.
After due introductory discussion
bt the weather and the state of
parties, the voter explained to the
President that he had called upon
mm to ask tor the office of Chief
Justice of the United States.
Mr. Madison was a little sur
prised, but with that ready tact
which he had brought from his
diplomatic experience, he conceal
ed his ! astonishment. He took
down the volume which contain
ed the Constitution of the United
States, and explained to the man,
Mr. Swearin gin if that were his
name that the judgejs held office
on the tenure of good behavior,
and that Judge Marshall, then
the ornament of the bench, could .
not be removed to make place for
him.: 1
; Mi. Swearingin received the
announcement quietly ; and after
a moment, said he thought he
should like
to be Secretary of
'State !
The -President ail
that
was
undoubtedly a place where a man
could do good service to the coun
tnadej a spring, and caught it, and
as I drew my body up and lodg
ed mj' knee upon it, a cheer arose
from the multitude below "like
the noise of many wafers." In a
few minutes more 1 gained the
brow-of the hill, aiid turning I
waved my hat, and returned the
;eheerjof the eable crowd. Peo
pics JouiimK
try; but; that Mmiroe, like Mr. acrobatic performances, walking
Swearingin and himself was a first on their hind legs and after
Viiginian, and he did not like to wards on their fore less, the hin-
remove him. "j
"j neu, said Mr. bwearmgin,
' I will be Secretary of .the Treas-
Unfortunatelv the President
s.,rj to conc.lmte IJ'''v.naTHftAf
and he could not remove him. ? ed, and oughtOertainlv to write a
' Then," said Mr. Swearingin, I
i " l think I wi orr n hroad. I
should like to ro to f ranee.
. "'Do you seak French," asked J
the President, kindly.
t4 No, no ; I speak nothing but j
Old Dominion English. good
enough for me, Mr. Presidents
44 Yes, yes ; and for me. But
I don't think it will do to send
you to tlie Monsieurs unless you
can sjieak. their language."
44 Then Y go to.England.
"Ah, .Alr. Swearingin !.. that
ill never do; Kini Geonre
mignt rememuer now oiteu your
father snapped his rifle at Lord
Cornvvallis." :
So Europe was exhausted. 'And
Mr. Sweariuicin fell back on one
and another collectorship, naval
office, dikriet-attorncysliir tut,
for each application, the astute j its suppression. 1 he protessor
President had his reply. j says,-arter watching the effects of
44 1 think then, Mr President, j its use in the hospital of Mobile
I will be postmaster at our yfficejand New Orleans: Not only do
at homo. the facts and examples adduced
Mr. Madison had forgotten in pnfof fail to establish. the efli
where that was; but, learning 1 cacy of carbolic acid as a prophy
that it was at Slate Creek, Four lactic against yellow fever, but
Corners, IBotetourt County, Vir-1 without any violence, ai d without
eiuia, he sent for the register. any sophistical iutcrretation,
Alas ! it pioved that theoflice -hey go very tar toward the estah
was in the hands of one of Mor- j hshment of the suspicion that its
gau's veterans. Impossible to re- influence, has been the very re-
move him ! verse ot pnpnyiacuc ; inai; u ii
"Truly, Mr. Madison," sailjhasnot cmfributed. to increase
Mr. Swearingin,- " I am obliged the extension of the disease, it has
to you for your Attention to my j at least added to its malignity and
T " .1. .1-1 !! i.1 !-... na.iuit flirt 1 1 1 trt:t 1 i t V tr il !!ira
i surround you. , Now, seeing you
case, l see ine uimcumes uiai"iv-itui"'u ui" ...w....v -
cannot give me the chief-justice's
nair
Mr. Madison thought he could
and did. better ; gave him an
order ou his tailor lor the breech
es; and Mr. Swearingin went on
his wav. Old, and New.
Chicago has had another ex
tensive fire, loss estimated at
200,000J
Two huudred cotton factory
operatives have struck for higher
watres.
.ww ntinrn'o ti.-kr t .0 11 la I1UC IO MIC I'ttUfC UI llUi.il iliiUi
Trp:inrv. nor an v of these others. Siiniuiry science, auu mt- iutyi
don't you think you could givejof the public health hereafter,
niea iTair ofold leather breeches?" j that no false and misleahng e-
A Curious a'atnrnlist.
The New Haven Press holds
itself responsible for the truth of
the following 1 .
" Mr. Mendel!, .of St. Louis,
Md., who has been for the last
;few days stayi ng with somt friends
in this city, has a most "singular
love for insect-life and an inti
mate knowledge of the character
anc temper of several members
ot the insect family, which he
carries about with him for the
purpose of diversion and study.
In One of his pockets Mr. Men
dell has domesticated a colony of
small brown ants, trained m their
intelligence to do some surpris
ing jthiiigs. Lie will place a piece
of sugar upon a table and retire
a few paces from it, when by
some manipulation which his in-j
dustrious pets understand the
meaning of, he persuades them to
come out and march in Indian
file down the leg of his pantaloons,
across the floor, up the leg of the
table,-until they reach the sugar.
The; ants will, alter each one has
supplied itself with a tiny grain
of the sweet commodity, take up
the line of march on a return trip
to Mr. MendlPs pockef, into
whii-h they will enter; each ne
with its load of sweets. The
same gentleman has also in his
collection of insect pets a; dozen
ot more of green bugs!, with black
6tripes running around their
bodies, and which, he says, are
peculiar inhabitants of a species
of acacia tree. These bugs will,
at a motion of their master's fin-
cer, go through some, remarkable
der part of their bodies being ele-
vated, their only word of-com
mand, so to speak, being givei
srive.n
by the motion of their trainer's
finger. Mr. Mendel 1 has for some
years Ibund great . pleasure in de-
book.
Carbonic Acid not a Disiufec
.taut.
The Southern cities th.it have
suffered from yellow fever, or
been threatened with jt, this lfall,
have,rof course,re$ojr ted to a pro
iuse use of disinfectants. Prin
cipal among those iised has been
carbolic acid, which, according
to popular consent, is the most
effective ot all the remedies
againts infection. Now, however,
- i vw,i"i,, 1,1 fliau"
! Medical College, writes a long
f letter to the Mobile RegUtei; in
! Yll-ch the elhcacy otcarOolio acid
is quesnoneu nay, more, con-
demned as being conduciye to
the spread of disease rather than
lul ratio. r
I he experiment lra3
j been made, s
and it has failed ; and
timatel of vhat it has accomplish
ed -should be allowed to fasten it
self on the public mind.
Paddv, my, boy," said a gen-
telmati o an Irishman, whom he
observed fishing away at a deep
pool, " that must be a favorite
streamt for trout." "Faith and
sure it must be that same, fur I
have been standing liere these
three hours, and not one of them
has come out of it."
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Eye is t w cpt
nitct'
For us to be able to see objects
clearly and distinctly, it is neces
sary that the eye should he kept
clean. Fonthis purpose itis fhr
nished with a little gland, from
which flows a watery fluid (tears,)
which is. spread over the eye by "
the lid, and it is afterward swept
off by it, and runs through a holo .
in the " under surface of tho
nose, while w arm air passing over
it while breathing, evaporates it.
It s remarkable that no Fiich
gland can be found in the eyes of
fish, as the element in which they
live answers the same purpose.
If the eye had not been lurnish
ed with a liquid to wash it and a
lid to sweep it off,. things w ould
as they do when you look through
a dusty glass. Along the edges
of the eye-lids there are a great
number of little tubes or glands,
from which flows an oily sub
stance which spreads over the
surface of the skin, and thus pre- -vents
the edges from being sere
or irritated, "and it also helps to
keep tears within the lid. , There -are
also six little muscles attachr
cd to the eye which enable us to
move it in every direction ; and
when we consider the motions
they are capable of giving to the
eye, wtTcannot butf admire the
goodness of Him who formed
them, and has thus saved us the '
trouble of turning our head eve
ry time we wish to view. -an- ob
ject, i
Poisonous Inocnlnllmi with
Dead Blond.
The Lais, in a recent number,
quotes Mr. Davaine's experiments
on this subject. It is Well-known.
that medical men arc often seri-
ously injured by accidentally' euf
ting themselves with instruments
thar have been recently used- for
i - t -.v
dissecting purposes. The wound-
In order to determine the noLsDn-
ous properties of this putrid blood,
M. Davaihe, communicates the re
sult of several experiments upon
rabbits. The liqud used was the
blood of an ox that had been ten
days slaughtered. This, by sub
cutaueous injection, he adminis
tered to his subject in varying
quantities, obtaining by succes
sive dilutions with water the most
infiuitesmal attenuations. Kil-'
ling one auimal, he would take
its infected blood and force the,
same into theveins of another,
and so on until he reached what
he -term 8 the twenty-fifth genera
tion. Ou this la8tiexperiment he,
says : 'Four rabbits received re
spectively one trillionth, one ten
trillionth, one hundred-trillionth
and one quadrilhouth of a drop
ot blood from a rabbit belonging
to the preceding gen2ration,that
had died from the effects of a one
trillionth dose. Of the four, but
one animal died that which re
ceived the one teu-trillionth.. It
appears, then, that the limit of
traiismissibility of the poispii in
the rabbit reaches the ohe-tril-lionth,
parth of a drop of decayed
blood." PcopL's Joanvil.
When bent 011 nlatrimon), look
more that skin deep for beauty ;
dive further than llie pocket tor
worth, and search for temper be
yond the good humor for the mo
ment, remembering that it is not
always the "most agreeable part
ner at a ball who forms the most
amiable partner for life. Virtue,
like some flowers, blooms often
fairest in the shade.
AVhere oue man has beeu saved
by a true estimation of another's
weakness, thousands have been de
stroyed by a false appreciation of !
their own strength.
A Teacher, catechising his
scholars, put the questiou, " What
was made to give light to the
world V1 latchcs !" cried one
of the youngsters, after a short
pause.
HOW IllC;