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r ! ! t 1- 7 S Or . rrnLisncxj i gTraTHriisDar. J..S. ii Proprietor. !1 1 JOB PRINTING 3i(i Ueml. Ijr?Ar UaiU, i - .... ( f MiJih StttlytnemU, PotUn, 1 Programme, C ttxunri titnhie Varxtt, fstbtt, tta, Cc, printed with neatness and dispatch, and at lottom pricey s f SaJ-SEND At,'sa Yopn Orpers. . GENERA ti DIRECTORY. rost iticex WissToN Office honrS from 6:30 A. M. to 7.-30 o'clock , P. M.. Office open from to 8 o'clock. A. M . Sundays. Rail Tofld Mail clos?s every day, Sandry excrpted. at 4:15 P. M., arrive nt 12:30 A. M. Mount Airy Mail closes every day, Senday exc-r.ted, at 7 v o'elock, A. M. Due every day, at 6, P. M. Madison Mail ieloee every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 7 o'clock, A, II. Dn every Tuemlay Thursday and j Saturday, at C, P. M. Tho Mail for Richmond JJil1, FnUon and HantsviUe leave from Hal era office J aa follows: Hnutsville Mail, via Clem-1 nionsvil'e.LewisvilU and Pantlier Creek, ' closes Monday, Wednesday ami Friday f at ':30. A- M . Due Tuesday, Thursday j and Saturday at3, P. Ml ; Fulton Mail, via Friei1lcrg, Miller's J SHU and Elbaville. closes every Friday nt 0:30. A. M.,'dne every Saturday hw P. M. Ricbmnnd Hill Mail, via Mount Tabor, Yic-nna, Ilrd Pluir.s and East Bend ; : closes every Friday and;Monday, nt 6 j A. M., due everv Saturday mid Tnetdav I by 8. P. M. Muil for Su'era closest tvery day, as indicate d by arrival of : M t. Airy an 1 Madison mails. V. A. WaI.ker P. M. if ETH'D1ST E. (!HI SCU, :VlNSTOX, RftV. 1 1. J. Carraway, postoi. Services twice n , w ek. Pifaciiing Suu hiy niorninsr nt : 10J o'clock, A.M. Also, at GJ oMx-k, j 1. M . Prayer meeting every Wednes- j dav i-ipht. Tli Sunday? School meet6 , vcrv Sabl'ftth st 2 o'clock. P. M. : MeTHobisT IV C'nt--n-n, Wi.-sr x. ' Ilev. 11. H. Wills, pastor. Pr-nc!iinu : verv Smidav nt ll, A. Mi. and 7, P. M. ! tjauduy Sirhool at 1, 1'. M. 1 l'Ri-i:vrtuiAN Cm ecu, "Winston. Rev. F. H. Jnht ssn. pnutor. Bervict-s evrry JSablmtlt mori.iug and evening, by the j pastor. Mibb-.ith hcliopl meets at 8' ii'rloi'k, A. M. Pi-.iur metiM every V ilu lay evening. lUrnsr'CHi-i:cH. intix. Rev. II. ; A. l.rown. itior. Sorvijex every fcjabl'utii nl lotk. A M. , and V,d at 2 t C:30P 1'raMr ju-jHiug on Sabbath School iutdtv uii,'h. Volek, P. M. nPKDi'ii.tvN'. v'initoj. X i Church . but services held iu 'he Ml Aea.lemyb Rev. Mr. Rvauni, the last Sabbath in encli 'mouth. Pr-aeliin," beginning at 10 o clock. A. M.. i-d at 4. P. M. Moi:.yias t in lieu, Saul Rev. Ed. , Rontlwdor pator. Services every i Sabb.tth. Bell ruigs at D:i5, A. M , and ! nervices commenee promjitly at 10, A. M. : Evening, bell ling at G:43, P. M and j services comuieuce at 7, P. M. Sunday I W..lw..t1 nio.tu ut 1 f.,lfwk - lk 111 ' Al ob ATI an Cucncn (c.ii.:), Salem. Rt. fU v. E. A. DeSchweinetb preaches the j ecoiit: and loiirui saooKius oi eacn : m .t .1 I I a. . m 1 wiocth. Rev. Iewia Ilege, col reached every Sunday utght. fBTTf.r.f,T r.nta innri. Wikkton. i Rev. L. B. Gibson, pastor. rreachiug j very Sunday at 11 o'clock, A M.. at 4. j nft puntiay .xijtoi ; ' -societies. ! Winston L'haiteb No-. 24 of Royal i Arch Masons meets in the Msisonio Hall i st Winston each dirst and Uurd i nday uight of everv month. H. T! iUHNsojr. High Triest. C. S. ll Ar sEU. See. Salem Loixic No. 289. A. F.& A. JJ., necls in the IUU over Siddall's Storo Brt Thursday nijht iu eyeiy month, at i 1 o'clock. C. F00LE, Y. M. j. E. Bittneh. Sec y. S iiiFM Lopoe. No. 36 L O. O. F., meets every Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, .11 the Hall over Siddall's Store. J. II. Shcltz, N. G. W. A. TVai.kkr, Secretary. Wikstos Lopor No. ;lt7, A. F. k K. M., meets second Saturday night f sach mouth, aud on Tuesday night .n Superior Court and on the Aniversa ries of the Holy St. J0h.1L S. ' D. FrAnkmn, W. M S II. Smith, Secretary. Su em Encampment. No. 20 1.O. O. F., meets second and fourth Fiidaysof each nonth, at b o'cleck. In Ihe Hall over Siddall's, Store v- DrS" TlOMrso:' C I C. A. 1 hole, faenbe. - ; ,k rnr. Saufm Iipok, No. 18 KNionrs or OAl JA .-.v.. w ............ ... ( Pythias, meets Yedr.es4ay nights, at 7 Store. V. W. Work a. V7, J. M. Sepcrx, Secretary, C. 1 OPriCIAI. BO ABX WINSTON. A. B. Gorrell, . . i i Msyor. C. Hamlin, ....Treasurer. Town CoMMTssjoxajM i. A. Bitting, W. P. Heuley, T. J. Browu. a Byer ly, P. W. Daltou. P. Ai "Wilson, C Hamlin. I School Comniitee-JJ C. Miller, Jesse Rigcs, and L- I. lline. Street Committee I. f A. Bitting, V A. Wilson, W. Pj Henley. Chief of Police V. TPfohb coMXPBKiirj'.s reEsnfl coott. A.E. Conrad. s Chairman; Thos. J. Wilson aud T. J Valentin. The Board meets the first Monday ia every month, at tho Court House. ... A E.llx)Iton. TADIIHCf ILLE. N. C WILL PRACTICE IN THE Courts of gurry, JYadkini Davie, . and Alt business enrrostedl-to mm win r prouiptTy attenJid to. j . attic, Wrs from 7 oV-hn k not po.--ible to add these necessary i ftn' oU'r t, i? ol,,-t,ra, .Xlrnt possess magic lowers. In Brandenburg, bearing Fractional Bonds iu the p jr A M ?cuUt everj wk cimiiinonts to tho soil in sufficient j Tnti'Vi fSn. V,e. ld Lc,ieri in Xtc iderful clme f tUer 1J ontD'li"S of i .lav; on Snutfnya. .pen io.- -n no.ir qnnnuiy uy UiO oruinary metllOU OI ! that must come out those who aro to ; '"l " ":". , Vi.J .o il irk i ' ' """ 01 l"r lrom 7 to 8 o'cLnk A. J o mlmit manuring, ihev had to be added ! rllace the failure of the past Keer- SeraoS TOmiUiu?Ca nUoul tho .liLt'e I State- of tbe cU5fcCS RnJ at Trices as the rf-ry of the ma 1 urrivms HixUxr jn thw pure ihJated gtate R3 gaits j tiou inouK the prof. Mional au-t bnsi- therefore the ii.divi.lual thus addressed ! provided for in the first aection of tLis day Light. . Ilenco there soon appeared a groat 1 .i x,t , .m vra?, nJ will most ungraciously rclurt : act, are purchased: ProtideJ kotceter, 11. . HHoiiE, i . m. m i t ground d in tlianmlitandiug that the . : , . 1 . . .... .... i number Of LiCtones TVhoso sole Ob n,.i lovni Pua,i o l onor fini nd "Bear thy pains alne, that the provisions of this act shall not v clock, in tLb Mail over nia.iaii snrore piiMiea oy sneer naru worx r lirjni 10 is. ueeausu 1. pruueo coturooiuion . i oy iiionsann in iwonry ioiiar A bill ti incorporate the Bank of t0, the Episcopalians Sail, 000. T Vt. P. Obmsjit, C. C. man, high or low, a sound natural 1 cheaply. The tintioo is lenelittel ; It n, . 0ne Han Ired Thoimn 1 ia ; Ashevillc passed its second reading, average clerical salary is TOu......,. . . r,p,city, ao.l in., be not ..pir.. with- V' ' ." "1 T" . iVCJ Finjr lJulhr Booii . ua. pa luouon o, ur. ionca, a .r- Tl. mrmoiy ol lUr. ;. C. rrjo, .a 7 Vloek orr i homnson a Llrue xer7 grandest prizes which the heads of , of nopulaUon there, yet the whole popu- the Treaaarer of the St ite to have said ; u jn tu eonntdos tf Rowan. Davie L... f . ..i:.rni.. i., VOL. 8. SKEDS AND SEED CONTROL. Prof. Geo. Warneeke, in Farmer and Mechanic, Between the years 1830 and 1840, Liebig instituted experiments on tlio nutrition of plants, and npon the results obtained be founded a new tbeorj and practice of manur ing. In 1840 lie embodied this theory in his ''Inorganic Chem istry," and its application to agri culture and phyio!ogy. One of the first sentences in this now celebrated work reads : The ! chief sources of the iood of plinls j narnre provides in inorganic tonta. . continuous hard work seems to be lost ' unbewitched. Many of theso preven Tljonsnnds of experiments have J among a large class of onr people. The j Uvea sre closely conneced with Church been iBstilnt to test this state-; cdneation and the example of the past holidays and other religions concerns, inent all of whtcl., when rationally twenty years have been nrfriendiy to j Xbo in the on Qood vi.wuieu, i.uiiitiuivi 1 13 uuui. n . -lr.t, ; : n r..n 1 i ,T,r;",H I . VTrl . t . Z ; X 1 -Nothing is 'denied to hard work"- flV t fl vnl ,:U,t,,"S;everjthtngeome.atlaStto him who j WiC highest value on a soil ncli Hi can rait""lenrn to lalor and to wait" organfc conpoancht. as heretofore, -Jre three aphori,, ' th"!n7oTmvo ! we find tlie tanner, from this limo lxcme obsolete and forgotteu, yet tloy on, ut. . , ..,. .1. , may contain in suihcient tjnantity ho inorganic constituents uccessa ly for plant.'. lut since on most farms it was jec t was to Klipply phosphoric acid, ' potash and ammonia to the farmer,' in tho lK5.it form and r.t the lowest rate.-, since thexo s.-.bstances are i . . . , : , quickly cxaaustcd by croppiu,; and j inost exX?usiVO t. replace. A ; a h-'llv now branch of chemical ' iftilnsirv u-Mu.lncpl.mml f,w , i. i: i i-. . , i " "v i imuuii uiui, " mo icujuc ,ii littu. But uiifwitunattly, tht-re arose oat j of this in a comparative! v short ' lime, atievi! whic'i operated only too seriously against agricultural ' i:ien s!s. ! 1 Lire were foNted oa ihe market article: churning t--grea'ly increase effort," by which i. meant that when ; t' producing pOw.er of land, and nnythiug has to be done Nature takes! ihev fold for a high price, which ; tl)S CiMet way of doing it. A stone; I a t, in many cas, an a:tual worth fau8; it ,ioe not spend itself in vain, standing in no Jjonest relation to.iawi.wa nntar n,.,nni. i.t the price demanded. Besides some thoroughly hoiscst men, many knaves engaged in this new indns irv, and an tlie innocent suffer with the guilty, all fertilizers as well ns tliiif manufacturer.- camo to he : loAcd tipon with suspicion To reuveilv this evil e 1 " t H'o- I : nnd ilMBiminl Wi ?;.!S?!i ! UUU licit; 1 In I lit tl UJt 11 UnilCU 111 Cr- dcr to find our. bv aecuratelv ron-! .liwtfwl ;r;,;c ! .u , , . . , - - aw AM 14 I M 44 V N. W I 1 V J 4-A . l' "'"o" u iiiinjgeu, jjiius- , nhnriP i,l .n.i. i ' S 4-1 V p'iUCll " tC WIJ- I tainea in tie severe nrrvlnets nnrl so to determine their worth to the j farmer. ju this wav experiment station(, jiaj tj,eir L,jrt, Qne jnsti.! tution after another was founded, I especially in Germany, in a marvel- lauslv sliort time : and we have tho ! gratifying assurance that in that country, at least, absolute security is yriven to tho farmer for the worth ff fl... .0.f - ...l.I.l. 1 . . . . - . ' v uis juaufc-iuwi h iiicu iiu wilts 111 mo grouuu, except wnere li:s eaiolessncfs prevents. to be continted. .1 . a own DRUDGERY. ErerylKvly dislikes tho coatianons labor which is styled "drudgery." Drudgery, as the word is usually uu can be seeomplished without this same steady woi k. Drudgery, stea ly perse verance tarongh thick and thin, carnc. the day ad takes tho prizes right away fromgoiiiu, talent, wit aud skill, that :eai.not ..rill not drudge for them. "Is . .... " , , , jhere an jibing in the world,' aska ; ' J f Thackeray, "lhat cannot be accom- the Houses of Life have to cn:er ? r 1 . . , . ... ... M.y he not say to his will : 'lou are my steed, I mean to sad lie aad bridle yon. I shall spare neither whip nor spnr, and you must carry me' to the great goal. Be t your namellsreor Tor- I must wm the race. toise, you and Believe me that nothing is unavailing towards the great ead. so long as it is work. The making of sundials and toy windmills helped Isaac Newton towards iwarda the Principta. Baaoa was sot wasting ; his time when he wrota about laying oat !. ardeus. Brougham took something by his motion when he est down to furnish nearly aa entire number of the Edin burgh Review. Burke found his account in writing summaries for the Annual Register, aad Canning in making jokes for the AeU-Joeobisw All these things tfell p. Tfrey are columned aad fig ured snd entered to our credit ; aad, soine day the; balance ' U declared, fend w draw the splendid capital., - The worst feat nre of our times is the iadi.poaiton a : the part of voun- and! derstood, meaus working whetber yon j the mot sigr.ul illustration of this law. Fractional Bonds to bo issued by the ; any courts of ' the State, passinl its ? tenijranoe is making way rapidly m san.i mi, vt UJ suo.ua mere oe lit it or noi working .....lil, ' Cheapness is tho easy and simple t.-st ' -rnr .i.ti i j., .1 i'iin... ! second and third reading. England. He says that at one time he many col .rs and saadi ? Ihere s V y ! ,,f efficiency of la!or. and the compel i- ! ,"L ri , " At the evening session of tho Honse w" tbe OIIr on:Ule . UeacU I un , , i . V , .M . LF . until it is don.. We say ,t nniver- , tiou ui tho Jprodncta Qf the stim driven j of 0u"' T,'- 1 ul,r 1 v. ren- on thc IT ill iu" If. the. bill to prcverlt ! M a tl,tal -r but "fQteJ th-1 ll.ufJ tvec heiirJ of- Bni I kaI!v dislikod. and ret no rrmt thins f tn- l, .-.,, 1. n...... r..,.,.. ..i Tn-entv and Viftv Dullnr lion ds. m ! : " : " " 1 no. ' that was the aUeusia i. . o n i - .v. , w.uunti.n i - vn. . j - . - , r ram oh irom tieurooaiinir noon ine i f u mm DEVOTED TO POLTnCAL, AGRICULTURAL, MISCELLANEOUS AND RELIGIOUS READING. WINSTON, N. 0; TH UltSDAY, old, male and female, to that ateody toil that ia tho price of a l solid ac cess. The terriblo failures, the great breakdowns of character, the defalca tions, the peculations, the swindle, great and littlo ; yes, and the robber ies and barglarie occurring all aro md us, are the fraits, natural and legiti mate, of the refuaal to drudge on in the path of honest, patient, useful work. Our prisons and alms houses and mad-honkes are full of the wrecks of raou and women who wculd not drudce. The power of steady, patient and ' .j . - , , vrmnee an.l mtience are not the lat. : enooiT uio aonna wruJom Hint Ita crown up out of all past ag. Shut .ug I lie eyes to tliem will not blot out ; t iucu ii u i ii, iliuiiu it lua&ca it useless : to ua. It is among the farmers more than happiness li-s far across the apparently weary waste of "drndpery." But, like tho "t5rct American Desert," it is not nV-,:ul M ) Be Moderate conMe... sations attend the patient traveler ou Wi,v. nre re8tfu statious. re- freshing oprinss. s.nie graws and many fl 'wtrs nlou the path. Aud whmthc summit of tlie "divide is reaclieil, mere is a ciorious ouiioot uini can im i (rainetl in no other way Jinrol Xetr J ist ker. MIGRATION OF CENTRES OF INDUSTRIAL ENERGY, Fortuightly Review. Now, there is a law of nature w'..it-h niat'i.euiaticians call "tho law-of least , .... e ..... . ' ' - . , " . j straight to the earth to which it is at- traeted. Water desceuds a hill by an 1 apparently devious channel, but at each : turn the course takon is that which was i :i.a t iki Tl.rtM iu tho I "Y . ' : ."' j "r K' l" " P'rtnts on tne ovganiration of animals, !,ni1 Mr- Diirwin bfts altriluted much of .,. i ""VU1: Rnu Ul H'pearanea r Pec w comparative economi- ... cal advantages and disadvantages. Jian loiiows, or raiiier tries to loilow, Man follows, or rather tries to follow, . . , . . . . . i ," - - ..".-v.vU w. v u WB!lts a,l(J wllCQ movements are iree ns within the limits of the same lolitical society, the conformity of bis actu,n to thw P,,ucml maT lw c,oseJJ tr;,ced. It is iu this way, by a process 01 selection of which the individuals cngageii in it are tucmselves uncon scious, lhat industries shift to those mmiui n iiuc iucj niu uo lursuea unucr .n.I . I . . . a n.TiM.llii.M 1 1. a . t , . I , uiu.,.i,ui, me (jitaiipi i c ' turn for the least expenditure of labor. ! The course of manufactures runs,, and 1 cannot help running, along the lines of least resistance. This is a primary law of the inteniul movement of a free ao - eicty eoneeired as an economic machine, . 1 .1 J - A 1 - , . ai.u ine aiscoyvry ox nip. i.m eigiuy or ninety vears. tnat we conl I harness the iwer of steam and mke it onr sluve. has Wen the means of affordintr . ... - of the market. This is true not merely ! 01 maK,4n '"PS"; ua.1 01 carrying lucm. let at . m . nioro cS.iH.t drirea ii.o l . n. j cient m de of accomplishing what we ! dtfhire. This is a process wo may con-1 ! ti i template witli alaioit unmixed satikfoe- lion. JI au lUUUatry Sill ftS . Itom OUC; ,,k. to another, it is becan it can In, ; - - j mora effectively pursnd in th latter ; nou is sure to incrt..ae, ; because the means of supplying the 1 urvAimi i uiriiui vi piipiri t inic i ttB,ltj4 of the -o. i . ier j ,, j GERMAN SUPERSTITIONS, Tlie directions prescribed at proven fives sgaint all sorts of witchcraft vary ! ia different parts of Germany, and are generally lia?ited to certaiu provinces. Thus, in Silesia, people carefully avoid swallowing a cat's hair or a fragment! of thread, as this imprudence would certainly eaese consent ption. ! the Tyrol, eating a rparrotr is believed to bnsg about St. Titos dance ; and in Hesse, spitting into the fire wit, make the culprit's mouth sore, a belief which is probably a remnant of the time when the fire was considered sacred Ia Sax ray, nobody venture to wipe their fin gers 09 the tab! ecfoth, lest their hands become covered wi'Ji warts. ' Tbroult out Germany, hroous phy a large part in the tragi -comrdy of popn'ar melicioo, since thcr' are "the witches' favorite means of ronverance lo il.oir nlrhilv feast at Ihe B'ocksl-erg. In Vrtid.s?i - , Hluve. has ieen tne means of affordinr rcc. inai mc inieresi-nearing -i,.,.,,,! ; i,;.u rA .w'c in .;vii ,..t ... : iu uiuup a laricr Mimcuw , , ... y AAA AAT A the lnmber-rocsa of anpcritilion and : Saxony, the un fortunate mortal who happen to haro beeik beaten with a broomstick, 'firmly believe themselvos doomed to die of consamptioa ; and small children who liavA boeu chastised by means of a hazel "or uillow rod, are supposed either to Lo Crippled or stun ted in their growth , Another strange notion prevailing thronghout Germany U that no one should' boa&t of good health, at least noV without spreading out the fere and auddla fingers ct both hands, and saying th word " UnWrtH fen " or Unlescliricben, which means " '"J " " uFlv w . w M A the Silesiaus well and healthy the holc yCar. and in Saxon v, the common rre- . i 7.ff""t fl8'le lo eat n.n. dif. rereut i,ml'' of C 11 ogetabUs mixed ou viauunty-ji uur'uaj, iu many parts of tho German Empire it is a CUstom to , colJ Ulth ou Cbrijst. mas night, for during the following Twelfth nifeLt the water is believed to j Or bewail them to a ktone. Three crosses paiuted OTer the house- door keep lUseuBed and all other do- mesters off the homes of true believer-; ! for which tho initials K. (Kixpar), M. (Melcliior), and B. (Balthasar), or even ; tho " K'iitalpha (comm.tily calletl i w iz.iro-foo1 ). may be Mibstitutcd. This' ',pentalpha coni-its of two triangle, ; umu-u in a niriunr to f.rm a live- pointed st ir. It is btraiio to observe f ; how. in the above-mentioned customs, ' i Christian mul lieathenish elements aro, eorunv tilled. C tamhers' Ju'trnnl. THE .STATE DERT. The following i ha lest of t:ie bill for the payment of the S-ite debt:-- A B!LI. TO EK KNTITLCD VN ACT Til THO- vji-u ion Tin: payment t-r the n ulic IEHT F THK Sr.VTE AXU Foil OTIICU piri"'.h. The tirnri-tt Astt mil tf XttrCi C'irolifi e-HJct: Section 1. That as jotj as holders of 1 he lotvls tf the State of North Caro lina shall signify a willingness to sell bonds to the amount of ten thousand 1 ,11 : I... !.-. i I u" . . . T ' - . ",v" ,,Jf v t me ruunc ireasnrer oi iue bum ! North Carolina to issue interest-bearing ; Fractional Bonds to the amount of one .... .... . ... .. . , m.taon ot dollars, ana wilt, sau issue to purchase outstanding bouds of the . State of North Carolina to tho full amount of the said in?cret-bearin' 3cd, and pav ths . ' . J. ' . , r racuocai nanus so issue j holders of sue!i bonds t the following rates : For the principal only at the J rat3 of forty cents on the dollar for ull j bonds issued before the war, and called old Bonds-' (inler class I) by the Treasurer of the State in his Report. and for all Bonds in Ia.-s 2 of the Re port of tho Treasurer of the State, . isgllftl SinCC llie war. llU kT llCtl ).iS534 .,.,, . . J' 1 1 I . oeiore me w ar, iw eniy-nve crut ou vue ' dollar, of the principal only ; and for j iinn.lf5 .....v.. n !in,i . ,.f ih ' . A . J Treasurer a Report, fifteen ecu Is on the ' dollar, of the principal oa'y ; and for ' all bonds under classes 5 of the I Treasurers Re port, tea cent o:i the , , ..... , i d.ir, for the principal only. Sec. 2. lhat the interest -bearm quantities as follows, to-wit : Tweuty Thousand iu One Dol u Bond ; Forty ti ...1 :.. t . T i-iu.. ia . v..-- I ur uc ail iiietu io a Krone. i A 9.. 1.1, ,l. A . Jf AV.1 ...,. , A V. .ft... , . if I . ...... v .k.-u.Mi. iifAri n ff 1 nlLMftfa, Thousand iu Three Dol-ir lVmd; Sixty Thonsand In Four Dollar Bonds ; Two t uanjrej Tlionsnnd iu Pivo io!Iar , . , . j "r,c" nrea ' o..sanu in I , - , Ten Dollar 11 nd , interost lH-arinir Fnctional Bonds - nn n ink m.:t,, , o " a anitabio deeiga. Sold bonds shall beariotercat at the rale of one-fourth 1 i ! of one per cent per ancnm, aad may be receivable for one-third of all public i d"1- Sdd lKnds to W signed by the Tresfnrev and conntersigued by the Secretary of the State. Scc That any pcrsoa or persons who shall counterfeit or attempt t j conn terfeii any of the above named interest bearing Fractional Bonds shall lie guilty of a misdemeanor., and upon cauviction thereof shall be subject to sll the paint and peualtirs that is imposed by the United States Government for th crime" of eouatcrfjitingl ' : j ; Snc. 5. That it shall be .uoUwfal for isny 'perren at penons ti Ietre3iaie or attempt to deprreiale by iKiyin j br sefh or atteraptios to tny tr s!!,' for money or in any other , way, lor any ikm than tbe f ce value, aiiy of said interest -bear-lag Fractional Bonds,' and any pron vlolotia j this sM:oa s'lall be guilty of a FEBRUARY 27, misaemeonor, and . upon conviction thereof shall be fined or Imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the Court. . , Sec. C, That upon application to the Treasurer of tho State by any person or persons having in hand the aforesaid interest-bearing Fractional Bonds to the amount of ten thonaand dollars, who maybe deirous to fund the same in Conpon Bonds of the State, it shall bo the doty of the Treasurer of tho State to have prepared Coajxm Bonds of the State, bearing interest at tho rate of four per eeui. per annum, to be 'paid semi annually ia said interest-bearing Frac tioual Bonds, and in the denominations of One Hundred, Five Hundred and One Thousand Dollars; and snch per son or persons desiring to fund raid iutercst-bcariug Fractional Bond may do so by exchanging with the Treasurer of the Sttto an amount of interest- bearing Fractional Bonds equal to the ! Coupon Bonds so takcu out. Aud it shall bo the dnty of the Treasurer, as fusl 9 Rni.1 inlroBt.Vrinr VriL.nnl I rnj, sluia ialo LU ,unila lrom being funded into Coupou Bonds as ; aforesaid, to again pay out said interest- j apply to any bonds of the Stito de- t ominated in the Tre:isarer's Koport as Special Tax BnJj. Sec. 7. That this act shall bo in force from and after its ratification. NORTH CAROLINA STATE LEG IS ! L.VTUUE Oauig to piefsiire on our space in j v a hospitable eatertaiument, is recip our last i-snc, w e. were obliged to leave i rocated by a tiniilur iuvestigaliou on out whatever was of least value to onr j tbo part of ihe 'lady and her parents rvadeta. Our opinion m iy havo been i vrhen the father of the lover declares wrong, but v.e really thought tho pro- j ti,0 endowment that he will make to his eerditigs of the St.-te Legislature were ! 'h:t would be cf least 1 i.. Ve, this week. ! up to the 15th, mi the outsiJe, so as to ' lj the ot'.irr parly. But uow is the ! be prep.ired. w iNi space enough next ! critical moment ; the irreprefsibis in ! wctk to contain a!l tke ns'fiil legislation ' stinet of trafSi has bven fermeatiag in that "mr.v" be accomplished. The fol- ' Ixjth their tuiuds. A slight difference lowing nre the i'vpitaat items, up to the loth inst Iu Ihe Senate, ou the I lth inst.. Sen- ator Scales, by consenf, submitted n ! report from the joint select committee ua luu-iiuiuii-iu uuir.oiu;. iuon.-;,, pint gives it a. the opinion of the com- ! mittte that the Constitution does not ! : contemplate t lie support l.y tha State ! of the inwme outside ot the Asylum, j ! anil riiimmpnih I'ia rTOOil of lin- I - ".?:;r t, I' ' Vf ,:rt'u" i ,., t, i,., n i " ft , v r ! j ecommy in thj management of the ! "- - a. w - - - . Insane Asylum, and that the Deaf and 'tah A-ylnm has been well managd, shut can now b run for Sl.OJO net year, rtenaior px?aics on recommenda- ' tion of the committee preseuted i bill ' to abolish the Insane Asylnu of North ! Carolina and to iucoriKrate the North Carolina Insane Asylum. The Senate ! ..,..i .xi rt , nd ,11 be mintel - 1 uut lull ie piure.i. ' i A bill to amend the charter of tho N. V. C. 15. , providing for tlie ex-! j ten-ion of the rond up tl. Yadkin Val-i I .. . ;n..i. n..4 r . . . .. torv m t atilwell onnlv, anil RlIowlu'r j 2 convicts ! second time. for the work, passed a! bill to amend tbe election law ir tyming lor me election oi U!er.or; Court ( lei ks on tho luesday after the tlrst Monday iu November, passed its j seoond reading. ! , t,'; n."? ; on n,,ft 12t,,f ,n:t- 1,10 : I I Mil t 'lf-4' 4,44 4.- 4A IV! 1 V IUlV'111' J " trantiia from (lenrol.lincr nnon j people of the State or from cruising around generally, aud giving them 6 i nionms in 1 us in 1 111, uu au aiuenuoieni ai ; n on payment of costs, passed ; its re-idin". ! In the Senate on the loth iust., c4il I Ia ni.1 the f.-iistrneli n of Ilia Witixton. , nonU Railroad passed its see'nd rea bug, and was referreL 1 and Cabarrus passed its second reading ,ud took its place ou the calendar, with -:.. ! an order to print. ; In the House, on the loth iast.. thi i,;:i trt oontinne in force the Normal j Sclmol Systeci and to extend its privi leges to females, passed its several read-. ings and was ordereti to tie ou rolled. THE PEASANTS OF NORTH GER MANY. 1 The wealth of the baner lie ia the produce of Lis lands, his live stock, aad his linen ; of tee latte the treasure is fabulous, and descends, like the crown jewel, froia generation to generation. The yonnge t sou is the heir. There are exceptions to this ia wine districts, where- the . English order of succession obtains ; but usually, both, among the "besera aud.. the aristocracy, the youoge.it. eon "getvihe property, . the others receiving only a vam ill eudov; racnt cf money and, io the former care, cattle and chstMs. Eat now. eomes a curious point of diuvrence from . re ceived i-laaf ; if the yonnsesj c!iild of a 1iaaer happens to be a daughter. TXS 4 J 1879. NO. 9- she may be made heiress of the "hoi" (estate). In such case, this girl at once becomes !he magnet of a largo circle. Every son of a "bauer" ' who bis the ill-fortnne to occupy a place in the domestic, calendar that bars him from the inheritance, sinks into comparatively subordinate position, unless he can wed a girl who has inherited a "hof Now, if yon imagine that where such a one has come to a conclusion, in his own mind, as to a suitable object for the reparation of bis fortune?, he can go to her and urge UU suit, iai --Xcso-lute and downright manner, you are widely mistaken ; far other are the usages that constrain this "bauer" life, ft is not from the lover, but from tho lady herself in this case that the over ture mast come. The heiress of a hofeojoys royal privileges ; and truly royal is tho manner ia which the nego tiation is conducted. When the young "baueriim" fiscs her regard ujou a sweetheart, two, lutermedianes are. re- OtU.-lltf to COUVeV tll9 UOUCarB lUtelll- gence .eo to iu object. If the gentleman 1 . . . . uld chauee to be preoccapieil n the sho matter of his affections, ho simply ig nores tue compiimsni, ami tue ex tremely indirect way in wh'.ch tuo invi tation has been extended saves maiden pride. Bat if otherwise, ua is usual wheu thuprize of a "hof" is iu the scale, then a visit of shite is made iu company with LU parents, when a rigid tour of inspection is instituted cf the horjEp and premises of the lady, and an inventory taken of every item of her pofl3e8ious, from fie linen closets to the corn Holds, during which her pareuts vie wi h each otiicrjin exhibiting to the ntmot advautacre the resources of the estate. This visit, sunnlemeuteil 8on, how much money, w hat treasure in linen, household coous. and stock and n;iscs between the "ae!teru," upon the Fcore of au extra calf or sheep, de- manded on the one band, denied upon the other. I: is enough : dispute only vlvti f igeiics and burdens resolution; . ...... .i o . lue negonawuu ai an e.,. ou x.e- qncntly uoci sucu lerminauon cioo i hose gentle overtnrea that the peasanU uav;. turned their witi upon it and male proverb thereat, to wit : -ll Lo gives his bridj for a wooden spoon. Pcnn .Tfji.Vy . - Scissarul Simiilhtions. Tlx proportion of water absorbs I by wood of different kind varies from 0.37 to 174. 8G per cent. TLe Ensrlish revisers of tho Bihle V ;?afo an 1 Tld W bejrin tusir work ia lotu an l iieiu oo i mettiogs for consultuUou. T , , , --, The baptists of Loudon gained l.&oo memuers in wu, nav nig now oo.mu. They havo 400,000 children iu their c;i.,r t-U.,l - Tho English compsnv of New Testa- rcent revisers has completed its work, ind onlv awaits susrirottious from the American committee. Five African students iu Fanrah Bay CoIi Soutu Afric iiave successfully pitMCii tbe eXiiniiaution for the Durham University license in theology and for the degree of B. A. -! A W A al " he Methxhst Protestant Church, i recently reuuiUAi, nas annual con fereuce., 1,2'JO itiueraot miuitrs, and 13J,000 members. The value of the Cuurch property of the denomination is 3.000.000. The clerjrymcn of the Side of New York receivi $5,310,000 for salary year ly. Of this amount the Methodists pay 8l,140,OJ0, the I'resbytenans fUo,- hu tli j theological dexartmcnt of the Univer- t of 1 lie South, nt Hewniioo Tonn . ; . ... , 11 IB IIUIIl'IIUCOII tnat iu I'ujimu.i infirmities of R gbt Iter. Dr. W hitting ham, the venerable Bishop of Maryland, have become so serious as to confine him to his bed. N'one. nnUi.1,1 of !,. familv, have for several weeks been able to see him. Tope Leo XIII. has issued an order PCohibiti.12 the sale of relics. Tne order keys the trade iu relics has pro duced great scandal, . and must be put down. The faithful are not erumted even to redeem rdics that are known to be genuine. At the recent session ot the Mississip pi Conference of the Northern Hlotn odist Church, the Bishop presiding and ex-United States Senator lievels (color ed) Were invited to ' fill pulpits vf the Southern Churchy The Cout erenee. has 26G01 nwmbcii aad 2.49 probeiioBers. The ba&iar opened by Mr. SpurgcobV friends iu London to raise money for a memorial .to the Pastor of - the faber--nacle, .. bos been very ,aeceasfuL The receipt for"four days reached 813,500, and at tlie clo. of the bazaar the gross receipts were f iand to ataoail to 32,- udo. '. - - j v'v,vr,V' ti:k.mi Oiie cogy, one year,. ..f ........f L&9 ' sixrnonthj,. . . - .8Q three moEths,. ".W Subsrription 3 u variably in advance? ItATllS OP ADVEItTtSlS'TfV 1 square, ouo iascri ion, T... S 1X9 eolu mn.'Bix tuofi tha, ..... . 1 8. 0o ao-- iwoto . idodul... . . Jiw ii column, six months.'.'. . . . V. ; i S3. 00 do - twelve months,.. 9 ', I5.C0 1 column, fix mouths, . ...,..... -52.00 do ; twelve mouths....... 80,01 Court advertisexacttts six weeks, . . 8X0 Special notices and advertisements in local column 10 cents a lino. . ; Tier. N. D. Stratlon, of Greensboro, Ga. says the Colored Baptists ia that neighborhood are very assiduous wor shippers. They have meetings every night in the week, except Saturday night, and seldom' dismiss until raid night. No amount of expostulation will persuade them to keep better hours. - The tenth aouual meeting of -the Cherokee Baptist Association has .been held at Going, make, Indian Teiritory; Eleven churches were represented by , their tiartors and delegates Tbe mla- isterud force consist of 2 missionaries and 12 native and 3 colored Ordained preachers. - There are alsolQ native atd 3 colored licentiates. Tbe accessions to the American Rap- tints mission amongst he Teloogoos of India number, thus far, 9,000, all of whom have been baptized since last June. Some 3,000 more have applied for baptism. The converts are scattered amoDg 400 villages, and several of the missionaries, worn out by their arduous labors, nre about to return to this conn try for rest. ' The peculiar diseo in which tha j patient imagines .that everything . around him is steadily and irresistibly i pprosching to crush him , tence is well known to physi ; entirely opposite piiaie of l out of cxkv sicians. An ely opposite phase of nervous af fection w hich manifests itself iu a dread" of open spaces agoraphobia has late ly attracted the attention of Dr. Lo gi and der Sank. There has been a heriosis strife be tween the Greeks and Bulgarians-over a church, which bothclaim, in one of the suburbs of Adnanople. The Bnlga- aaW runs Having eouirwniea toaara its erection iu consideration of the privilege of saying mans iu it on great feast days, -content the right of the Greeks to shut ! them out of it. Gen. Moloskoff, after making a preliminary inquiry, shut tho i i I'll il . . . i i isw ; Ul,rt'1tl 1 ' casa couia ue ueciaeu. i ni iiic jjuigunant uru&e mio ll a.u.1 tod service in it. Tbo church is now cecnred uuder Rassian s m1s and guard. Wine tested ly tae' taste and by i chemical analysis gives very different ' results. Drs. E. Much and l'atele have j found that varieties which often are j prouonuced light are in reality rich iu j alcohol, and tliat others which seem ! mi !il to the nal ite nre t-trontrlv nrid. In J accounting for these apparent con - t radio! ions, theso chemists say. that ! wine is a most comp'itel liquid, and . that the substances of which it is com- posed nre by no means all kuowu. Even ; among the most prominent and best re cognized ingredieut, it is not so runc'i the q iaiiity of one or of the others their relative proportion which deter-" ' miues the fl Ivor. " An ftljttract of a paper by M. E. Y.bn on the iufl'ienee of the different colors d the spectrum on tha development of " nuiiiiala has lately been puldishcd. For three ve.irs lie conducted a series of : observations ou tlie eggs of the frog, of j tUo tront, Arc. He pLtc.xl the iu i vessels ilnnged irresiectively into vi!er, ' blue, green, yelloar, rel, and whit 1 solutions. One of the vessels was kept i:i a dirk c'cs2t. Yi let light, ho-ray, ' accelerates the development iu a re ; m irkable mnnuer, and is followed in i tbis respect by the blue, the yellow, and . the white light. Rod and (. reen appear to be injurious, as M. Yung did not ! succeel in developing ova in these j colors. Darknes did not preveut tle j velopmcnt, though it did retard the process. Tndpihs deprived of fol ' s . v it died sooner in the violet and blue ravs , ..... ..... ! ant ""atfr lue ouwrs; u iu goner-l mortality appearetl to be lowest under the wllile nut. The c.dors are arraaff- ,.,1 ; tho fonowincr sones of Jiminifftun i nctivitv in promoting development: ! wv SaSS. ii i . w. . red. and croon. litH!i lard's arrjiKomnr i based on a study of the effect of colored ; light on larva, was violet, blue, red,' j yellow, white, and greea A deputation of 10 Protestant Pastors i in Naples recently, had au r.udiaea j with King Humbert. Each of the 1 ) ' represented a different denomination, 1 w hich so astonished the King thit be exclaimed frequently : "I can't under- so was The Earl of Sha'ftesbiry. as President of 'tbe Church Pastoral Society, ia e speech recently, said, referring to the number of persous who by ltitualutio teaching had become rrvert to Rome, that he did not care su much for then fas for those who remained behind. He ! believed that neither the present tor I any future House of Commons would ! pas any measure to enforce ccclesiosU j cal autiior.ty. There was, howover, s I great moveuiaut iu the country, even among the Conservatives, to get rid -Of ! the Kabiiibuiei4 altogeiLer end silaer I tue different parties iu the ChiircUt I settle their lauds among themselves. t bj-ichiu disscutiuated from the . vyuuteu ui liUguuil imiuua was iar I lrom Protestant. Pocxticbs. The common practice in making liouttices mixiccr tne lin i seed meal with hot water, and .Spclyinz tUem d'recUy to, the skin js quite wroaS oecause, 11 we dor not wisu lo J "m, JTS? ,an?L ua.U1 1vr.A" the proier mefhoit is to'take'a fionBol bcig (the size of the poultice reqnired) ; to liii this with the . linseed oaiuce, as iiot as it can ossibIr be made, and to put Jtetweea tuis aad the skin's secoud piece of llauael.jio that there S isll be at least two thicknesses of flannel be) tween the skin end - ihe ioultice itrelfC Above the poultice shoukL be place! more flannel, or a juece of cotton wool, to prevent it f rota : getting cold. By this inetho.1 we are wole to apply the linseed meal boiling hot, without buru iii the patieat, aat the het, gradually din'tudag through the ftiuoel,: a!Trds grateful sense of relief, which cannot be obtaiued '. by. tlor lueaua. 1 here ire few ways iu which Mich turked relief is given toab1oinin pain a by, tlie tp plication otm pul ie it tiii roannsr Dr. T. Lau ter JJ.-h ,t -, , '-DraU.' . .- b- i 1 i 1 r