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theTpatriot PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT GREENSBqRO, N. C, BY DtFFY & ALBRIGHT. TEKy5C-b invriblj in dTnce: ' 0ui. Jear fi, montL. 1J23. r;rA,T fron ndingw sabwribcn will Itaies of Advertising. JrfrrHuBMt payalU advance; -.1 ,rr' r'" " " J ' lw Imo Umos 3mos 6mos lyr ((-f incli, Tbn ;; f 1 " . ii $2 $4 $5 $7 10 4 6. 8 12 18 3 4 5 7 10 15 6 m t 6 10 15 20 8 10 1 14 20 30 12 14 16 18 25 40 16 20 25 30 40 75 25 30 50 75 125 VCuri ordf ni : wka, 7 ; Mgilrate' , four wwk, $5: Adminirtratora' no- ? !X wwk, 3.50 i advance. '' ' iZ'ubI- rattor double column advertis- S'!l"w! iitic50 percent, additional. UVklv changt 33 per ceoU additional. V. ni!'! l'lal'Kv 25 per cent, additional. y '.r' j '. vt-1 tiM-menU cbanged qaarterl j when 'y-Ol.iruariuK, over -ten lines, charged as ..Jrw-tiimeii'--payable in advance. professional Cards. ' t Mknp'Hau- John N. Staplks. MENDENHALL & STAPLES, ( ATTORNEYS AT LAW, (jKCO SUOHO, N.C., W'ifl pntciict- in tbe Courts of Guilford, Kock :tfuiuu Uavi.icoii, Forxythe, Stoke, Kan j.'.iiih and Alamance: a loo. U. S. Circuit and I,i.irkl i'.iurta. ?ecial attention given to 'jfttiotif n parU ot tbe State, and to in lUukruptcy. j r- 1 itj-ce oue door North of CourtHouae. Jau. 'JWy W. S. HALL, TIIOS. B. KEOGH, BALL & KEOGII, ATTORNEYS AT. LAW, "(Up stairs, new Lindsay Building,) GRKEXSBORO,. N. C. Jan 12: ly ; A. M. SCALES. J. I. SCALES. SCALES & SCALES, Attorneys at Law, Greensboro, N. C, PRACTICEin tbe State andFederalCourts. A. M. Scales w.ill attend the Probate Cimrt of Kockuiubam County at Wentworth tiu the 1st Monday of every month. jaul5:(5rrip 1 i RALrn GORRELL, i lUomey and Counsellor at Law, ' 1 . AXI I SOLICITOR IN BAXKUUPT0Y7! Greensboro', N- C, j "1 1 T ILL practice in the court of Alamance. ' IT Davidtmn, Guilford and Randolph, and '. lurlie Supreme Court of North Carolina. Sud alwo in the District and Circuit courts f the United State, in tlie Western District j uf X. C., and peia41y in caneu in Bankrupt- ' cy and Internal Kt-veuuf. v . Prompt attention given to collections, and, all other business committed to his ca.re. BnKiness in the above named courts solicit ed. Office, on North Elm street, opposite the Cour lloinw. ap 30-lj Jno. If. Dillard. Jno. A. Gilmer. Gilmer Dlllard,& ATTORNEYS AT LAW ' and SOLICITORS IX BANKRUPTCY, 0;Cce over Bank of Grent.boro, opposite ,Beubow House. PRACTICE in State and Federal Courts. Special attention given to matters in bankruptcy, and causes arising under Inter nal Revenue, in District Court of Western Iiistrict of North Carolina. Collections in State and Federal Courts solicited. June 20, lf-7-2. 205:ly. V D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON, Surgeon Dentists. Having associa ted themsel.ves in the practice of DENTISTRY, j respectfully offer ' their itrnfesxion- Li ? al ser ices to the citizens of Greeusboro, and the stirrouu- ding country. One or the other of them fan always be fonnd at their olJicc on Li'iilav's corner ii stairs,- entrance East Murket' 8treet. Satisfactory reference given, if desired, frui our respective "patrons during the past twelve or fifteen years. 'J13:tf PILASTER'S HOTEL. TUIs House If pleagantlj locat-, ed on East Street near the Court , lioase.and is ready for the receptron o Boarders and Travelers. ! Tilt! TABLE 1 Is always supplied with the best the mar- list affords. THE STABLES ; Are in charge of cat eful and attentive host lers and no pains are spared in any res pect to render guests comfortable. Attached to tiie Planters is always sup plied with the best Wines, Liquors and LIVERY Have lately been attached to this Hotel, and parties wishing conveyances, can be accomodated' with iool Tennis. tiI'rices as low, if not lower than any "ther botel in town. JOHN T. REESE, :ly Proprietor. AKT STXJJDIO ! PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE MILLION C'OlIi; and st-e in Garrett building . oer Dr. Fouikes' Store. L. W. ANDREWS, Greeirsboro, N. C. M't- IT, l-T3-ly C.W. OGBURH. ; ".VSBORO. E STOP AT THE VARBOROUGH HOUSE ! J ltaleigb, N. C. G. W. Blacknell, Proprietor. JOB WORK Of EVER V Description, Executed in the VERY BEST STFLE, Atd at New York prices, at the Patriot Job Office mmmm " i.L J 11 1. .1 mm , . -. , , . . - ... - . .... . .,... 1 - : , .. EstabUslied in 1824i Business Cards. Watch-Maker, Jeweler & Optician, Greensboro, N. CM Has eonstantlj on hand a splendid assortment ot fashionable Jewelry, and some splendid Watche and Clarle Which will be sold Cheap for Cahl EST Watches. Clocks. Jewelrr. riewini? Mi- cbine,nd Pistols repaired cheap and on short notice. Call opposite the Express Office, South Eltn Street. 10-lr IJf An assorted stock of Gnns. Pistols. Cartridges, &c, always on hand. WM: COXjXjT2sTS Cabinet Maker, Undertaker, and .Wheel-Wright, Corner of Davie and Sycamore 8titats, UreensuorOy js. C. LWAYSkeepsa fall line of Metalic and Cast Burial Cases, IValuut and Rosewood Coffins, which can be famished and delivered within two hours' notice. A good Hearse always in readinees. A good line of BED-ROOML FURNITURE on hand or made at short notice. Picture Frames Made on short notice, from either Gilt, Walnnt or Mahogany Moulding. Repairing of Baggies, Carriages, dec, a specialty. CP" Country produce good as cash. feb l:ly iiayid scinr Jeweller and Watchmaker, North Elm St.East side.of tbe Court nonse Will Work for Half-Price In repairing Watches, Clocks aud Jewelry. april 25: ly N. H. D. WILSON, LIFi." & F1RK INSl'HAXCi AUEXi, Greensboro, N. C, R EPKESENTS tirst-clas Conip:inie with an aggregate capital of over THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS, and can carry a full line at t.nr rate. iy Office, up stair over Wilson & Sho ber's Bank, under the efficient snjtervision of IV. II. II I LI,, who will at all times be glad to wait on all who desire either Life or Fire Policies. mar 14: ly Gftas. 6. Yates, MANUFACTURER OK Tin, Sheet Iroii & Copper Ware AND dealer in Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes. Wood Ware, Lamps, Crockery, nd Glass Ware, Groceries, ' Stoves, and as sorted Goods, generally. No. VI South Elm Street, Greensboro, N. C. Goods sold low for cash, or barter. jan 19: ly N. II. D. WlLSOX. CIIA8. E. SlIOBER. WILSOX Si. SUOBER, BANKERS, GREENSBORO, A". C, (South Elm Street, opposite Express Office. BUY and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes, State and Government Bonds, Rail Road Stocks and Bonds, &c ty Receive Money on deposit subject to SIGHT CHECK; aud allow interest in kind upon time deposits of CURRENCY or SPECIE. Discount I3txsineis Paper! 0 1 let t ions made at all accessible points. Sept. lr.th, ly W. HORNEY, WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND OZPTIOILAJLSr, No.ll South Elm Street, Greensboro, N.C. HAS a beaotifnl stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Plated Ware, Pis tols, Cartridges,.Nt)tions, &c. All repair inr warranted. A lare and finentock of CSoid Pens. dec25:ly JrA. PRITCHETT, CABINET -MAKER. Furniture Denier ami Undertaker, ANNOUNCES to the citizens ot Greei:sb..ro :i:id Gui'ford County that lie is better prepared now than ever tojproviJe theili with nRvirnuj in great vaiiety selected i;h view to economy atit to suit tlie limes. I am prepared to furnish, at Two heurs notice, COFFINS of any style and finish, andjhavelajfine hearse for the use of the public. AK orders for Furniture, Coffin or Metalic cases promptly attended to, at moderate charges. Anv marketable produce taken in exchange for work, if delivered at my shop on Fayette ville street. Work carefully packed and delivered at the depot Free of Charge. Jan.7,-ly. I return my thanks to the public for the very liberal patronage bestowed for the past 23 years, and pledge a continued effort to give satisfaction. IIlLDSIimiUEIt. Tjrw-f f.illw in forma liin friends and the ft public generally that he has opened at the Vlclver Brick building a FLOUR, - GRAIN, - BACON, and a General Commission Business. Liberal advancements made on Consignments, and prompt attention paid to fame. Greensboro, Jan. 1st, 187 A. Jan. 7, lj. ' ' -7' .' - ' The South. BT FATUXB MY AH. Yes, give me tbe land Where the ruins are spread, And the living tread light On the heart of the dead ;' Tea, give me the land That is blest by the dust, And bright with the deeds Of the down-trodden just. Yesrgive me the land Where the battle's red blast Has flashed on the future The form of the past, Yes, give me the land That hath legends and lays, That tell of the memories Of long vanished days. Yes, give me the land That hath story and song, To tell of the strife Of the right with tbe wrong ; Yes, give me the land With a grave in each spot, And names in the graves That shall not be forgot. Yes, give me the land Of the wreck and the tomb ; There's grandeur in graves There's glory in gloom : For out of the gloom Future brightness is born ; As, after the night, Looms the sunrise of mom. And the graves of the dead, With the grass overgrown, May yet form the footstool Of Liberty's throne ; And each simple wreck In the way-path of might. Shall yet be a rock In the temple of Right. Regular Eating. Half of all the ordinary dis&Ses, says Dr. flail, in bis Journal of Health, would be banished Irom civ ilized life, aud dyspepsia become almost unknown, if everybody wo'd eat but thrice a day at regular times, and not .id atom between meals, the intervals being not less than five hours, that being the time 'to digest a full meal and pass it out of the stomach. If a person eats between meals, the process of digestion of the food already in the stomach is arrested, until the last which has been eaten is brought into the condition of the former meal ; just as, if water is boiling and ice is put iu, the whole ceases to boil until the ice has been melted and brought to the boiling point, and then the whole boils to gether. But it is a law of nature that all food begins to decay after exposure to heat and moisture for a certain time. If a meal is eaten, and in two hours another, the whole re mains undigested for seven hours, before which time' the rottening process commences, and the man has his stomach full of carrion the very idea of which is horribly dis gusting. As, then, all the food in the stom ach is in a state of fermentive de cay, it becomes unfit for the purpos es of nutrition and for making good pure blood. Small wonder it is that dyspeptics have such a variety ot symptoms and aches, and com plaints in every part of the system, for there is not one drop of pure blood in the whole body ; hence the nerves, which feed on this impure and imperfect blood, are not prop erly nourished, and, as a conse quencef become diseased. They 'complain' they are hungry and like a hungry man are peevish, fretful, restless. We call it nerv ousuess, and no one ever knew a dyspeptic who was not restless, fidgety, and essentially disagreea ble, fitful, fretful and uncertain. The stomach is made np of a number of muscles, all of which are 1 brought into requisition in the pro cess ot digestion. But no muscle can work always. The busy heart is in a state of perfect repose one third of its time. The eye cau work twice in a second, but this could uot be continued five miuutes. The hands and feet must have rest, and so with the muscles of the stomach. They can only rest when there is no work for them to do no food in the stomach to digest. Even at five hours' interval, aud eating thrice a day they are kept constantly at work, from breakfast until the last meal is disposed of, usually 10 o'clock at night. But multitudes eat heartily within an hour of bed time ; thus while other portions of the body are at rest, the stomach is kept laboring until about daylight, and made to begin again at break fast time No wonder is it that the stomach is wfcn out has lost its power of action. Many girls be come dyspeptic before they are out of their teens, in consequence of be ing about the house, and nibbling at everything they lay their eyes -on that is good to eat. Horseflesh is still consumed in larere Quantities iu Paris. During the first six months of 1873, 5,1SG horses were soia lor eating xne heart, liver, brains, aud ton cue are eaten like those of the ox. The horse purchased for the market bring 25 to $30 in gold. This new trade increases the value of used-up horses not diseased, by more than $20 each. So that the wealth of France is increase by about SO mil lions by the use of horseflesh as food. . Some one suggests, with most excellent good seDse, that the im mense doorplates worn by ladies on their belts might be utilized by en graving thereon the wearer's name, age, residence; fortune, or expecta tions, and stating whether her heart is free or engaged. WEDNESDAY, JANTTARY 28; 1874 J Wooden Railroads ti As wooden railroads are begin ning to attract attention we insert the following which we find in the INewbera Times, as a matter of in terest:; M Dear Sir : A short description of the wooden railroads, as now in use in Canada, and I think also in Ohio, may be interesting to many of your readers as it js especially suited to a thinly settled and well wooded country, such as ours, either as aNrnain line, or as a feeder to an iron line already laid. All attempts at wooden railroads in onr State, are simply the old Rtrap-iron road, minus the iron bars, and as the car wheel and rail have not been adapted to each other, the abrasion of the latter has rapidly rendered them unfit for use. The construc tion such as have come under my observation, has beeu to lay 3 by 4 or at best 4 by G scantling on cross ties from 3 to 4 feet apcrt, securing the rails by tree nails. The cars used are provided with the ordinary iron wheel, which splinters and wears the surface of the rails to such an extent, as to render them unsafe ! for nse in a few months, while the originally light construc tion unfits tbe road for any moter except animal power. ' The new style of road resembles this iu nothing but the use ofovooden rails. The road bed is first graded as thoroughly as the expected traffic will warrant. On this crossties are laid every 8 or 10 feet. The rails are logs as large and long as can be conveniently handled. These are roughly squared, aud each crosstie is notched into the rail and secured by a wooden wedge. The upper surface of ihe rail is dre-ssed to pre sent an S inch faco and the inner edge sufficiently to give a firm bear ig for the flange of the wheel. After the rail is in a position the earth is firmly tamped underwits whole length. The joints are made by halving the rails together and securing them by bolts and treenails. The wheels of the oars are four feet in diameter, aud are made of wood, either built solid to the center, or -ith spokes tlie former being gen erally preferred. They are made of four thicknesses of two inch board two of which are laid so as to pre sent the end of the fibre to'the rail, and the other two do this as much as possible, but for the sake ot strength are laid at right augles to the first. The flange and centre are oi cast iron, auu are uoited to the wheel. Tlie axal is ot iron, and the beariug the same as those used on the ordinary railroad except that they are usually inside the wheels. The engine is made as light as con sistent with the work to be' done, and itsT weight rests entirely on the dri vers which have an eight inch tread, and 'are furnished with vulcanized rubber tires. The friction of rubber on wood being much greater than that of iron, tjives extraordinary traction with a weight too small to crnsh the rails. It may seem incred ible to those who have uot made an investigation, yet it is trne that on just such a road as this a speed of 30 miles an hour has beeu made. The only trouble reported of these roads, is that on a very sharp curve the iron flange is apt to wear the outer rail, but in our low country, where there would be but few curves, tins could ie euectuany remedied, by having an irou rail on the outside of each curve, without adding materially to the cost of the road. The gauge ador ted is so far as I have heard, 4 feet 8 inches, and I can see no reason why any other should be used ; with the inside bearing any narrower one would, to say the least, be inconvenient. Having thus roughly sketched an outline of the road and rolling stock will close by comparing the cost of an iron road with that of one ot this sort, whieh Is capable of doing as much work, each to be 20 miles long : Iron Koad. 20 miles at $18,0000 $200,000 engine, 12,000 passenger car, 4,500 14 freight cars, 14,000 $390,500 WOODEN ROAD. i 20 miles at $4,500 $90,000 1 engine, 5,000 2 passenger cars 1,500 20 freight cars, 7,000 $103,500 ANNUAL EXPENSES. Interest at 10 per cent. $39,050 New rails, repairs (20 men at $1S0 per annnmji 3,000 Fuel, 1,200 ) $59,850 Interest at 10 per cent, $10,350 New rails, CG0 Repairs (10 men at $1S0 per annum) 1,800 Fuel, 800 $13,010 If we put interest at C per cent., instead of 10 percent, we have $44, 230 as the expenses of the iron road, aud only $9,470 for the wooden road. Of course such ex penses as Engineers, Conductors, etc., would be the same for both roads. My estimates are founded not on theory or supposition, but on the figures of men who have actuaHy constructed, and " operated such roads. Is some cases, I have added to their figures, where I thought them too small for our country. The estimates favor the iron, rather than the wooden road, for Traat wine gives the average cost i per mile of all the roads in the South ern States, as 30.000 instead of $18,000, while a writer in. ; En gineering" puts the cost . of the wuouea roau at a mncn lower Dgnre thanIhavedoiie.pT "I ;F'-t l 'Perhaps the greatest satisfaction in building one of these roads U the ease with which it can be changed toan iron, road, as Its traffiq .in creases: the ; iron tails ; taking the place' of the wooden ones by, simply laying them so that j, their laces are flush. The wooden wheeled 'cars cau be used until completely worn out. ' F. Di. Clark. C. E. ' xicw xciue, ja. viau. o. xoj. ' ' ' '" 1 1 - ' P - ' : Woman inl India, v j . Dr. Daft, of Calcutta, in an article on ' f ndian ' Womanhood, ' , most graphically and tbrillingly portrays her pitiable condition. Oar limits allow ns to refer to only ; a few of his statements. : She is compelled at the age of ten years, or earlier, to marry the husband her father selects,' and her marriage is a signal for immediate seclusion. Of course the poor cannot shut np their wo men,' but as soon as one grows rich or respectable he begins to hide! his female relations from public view. A high wall and j an inner apart ment, exclnsivelyj 'for tbe use of women, proclaim his rising fortunes. Away from the , street, all respect able females mast : live in dingy, prison like apartments, with (the smallest possible number of doors, which through their narrow bars admit no sight seeing but such as is afforded by the j firmament, or a stagnant tank, or an ill cultivated garden. . It is thought improper for a hus band to have any social intercourse with his wife daring the day, and she is never suffered to eat with him. ! Thus deprived of personal liberty, seldom conversing with strangers of her own sex, and never with men, no furniture to care for, no clothes to make or mend, no fancy work to interest them, no music to practice1 ! no letter to. an 8wer no books to ; read, they are doomed to an extremely dull, mo notonous and uninteresting life. Much of their time is spen t in drows ing and sleeping in smoking and chewing tire betel nut, in playing cartls and other- games, and in quarrelling and abusing each other. If a stranger, meeting a respect able Hindu, should inquire for the wife and family of his new acquaint ance it would be considered as an insult, never perhaps be forgotten, and inot easily forgiven. Hence, under this system there are millions of mothers, but not a single wife, iu the noble, Christian sense of that term. j And yet tbe very goal and acme of misery is reserved for widow hood. i?or this sta,te there is no pity no compassion no sympathy. It is believed to bfe a curse, inflicted for some pre eminent guilt, con tracted in some! former birth Widows are regarded and treated as accursed by the gods, . and he who helps to make f;hem suffer sup poses be is furthering tbe purposes of heaven. As soon as tbe husband dies, tbe widow, though she may be only a child of sevein years, or un der, is divested of ber ornaments, and she is not allowed to retain them, even as precious memorials of the past. She must wear only coarse garments, jand feed on .the coarsest and scantiest fare, never eating more than one meal per day. Sbe must not even lie upon a bed. Two days in a month sbe must main tain a strict fast, and not even moisten her mouth by swallowing her salvia. One j ceases to wonder at the thousands who annually pre ferred, in days" gone by, the short lived agonies of the funeral pile to the lifelong agonies of dishonored widowhood. L It is estimated that the number of railroad ties in present use iu tbaHlnited States is 150,000,000. A cut of 200 ties to' the acre is above rather than under the aver age, and it therefore has required the product of 750,000acres of well timbered land to famish the sup ply. Railroad ties last about five years, consequently 30,000,000 ties are used annually for repairs, taking the timber from 150,000 acres. The manufacture of rolling stock disposes of the entire yield of 350, 000 acres, and a full supply of 500, 000 acres more every year. It ap pears, then, that ! our railroads are stripping the country at the rate of 1,000,000 acres per annum, and their demands are rapidly increas ing. ' . Paste which will keep unchanged in warm or damp weather may be made in the following manner. Put a teaspoonful of powdered alum in two quarts of water, and let it boil. Mix a pint of flour smoothly into a pint of cold water, and stir it into the boiling alum water, continuing tho boiling and stirring until the flour is cooked and the whole is clear like starch.' Add to this about half a teaspoonful of essential oil of cloves j ! cinnamon, strain through a wire gauze or perforated tin' strainer, and bottle in wide mouthed jars, which should be cork ed to keep out drist In Texas, when the stage is crowded, members of ; tbe Legisla ture are thrown out to make room for tbe honest yeomanry. T f The national debt of Italy has reached the respectable amount of $807,472,920, and they all feel cor respondingly blessed. ; j ! A lady wished a seat. A portly, handsome gentleman i brought one and seated the lady.! wO, you're a jewel, said she. MOh," no,n he replied, "lam a Jeweler, f have Mx. Calhoun as a MnW " s " 1 The rCtofency.5:'' Oh the 224 of March, 1833,' fol lowing up his ideas, lie said : "1 now undertake to affirm posi tively, and without the least fear that I, can be answered, what here tofore I have but suggested, that a paper issued by Government with the simple promise to receive it in all its dues, leaving its creditors to take it or gold and silver, at their option, would to the extent that it would circulate form a perfect pa per circulation, which could not be abused by the J Government; that it would be as steady and uniform in value as the metals themselves, and that if by possibility it should depreciate, the loss would ! fall not on the people, but on the Govern ment itself; for the only effect of depreciation would be virtually to reduce the taxes, to prevent which the interest of the Government would be a sufficient guarantee. I shall hot go into the discussion now, bat on a suitable occasion I shall be able to make good every word T have uttered. I would be able to do more ; to prove that it is within the constitutional power of Congress to use such a paper in the management of its finances, accord ing to the most rigid rule of con struing the Constitution." I Thus we see that the great South Carolina statesman foreshadowed the present national currency, which has proved to be one of the greatest of national blessings. But for that currency this country upon coming out of the late civil war would have been reduced to a degree ; of help less rain the bare idea of which- is painfal. Mr. Calhoun did not then dream of so large a national debt as we now have. He, however, suggested the Government credit as; the best basis for a paper currency. He seemed not clearly to see how enough of that currency for the wants Gf commerce was to 1e afloat. His idea was that it could be paid out by tbe Government to its credit ors, and was to be received again by the Government in duties and other payments from the people. Circumstances he never anticipated afforded the way and the basis for supplying the country with a na tional paper currency all his pre dictions with regard to the credit and convenience of which have been completely fulfilled. Mr. Calhoun was one of the great est statesmen this country has ever produced, aud time only proves the wisdom and forecast -of his giant mind. Richmond Dispatch. - The Salary 3ill. The Senate substitute for the House bill repealing the act of last March increasing salaries was a dopted by the House on Tuesday, as reported iu our telegraphic hews. The vote in the House, 22C for re peal to 25 against, fairly indicates the influence of public opiuion on the present Cougress in this mat ter. An approximate statement of the amount saved ov the passage of this bill is as follows : Vice Presi dent, $2,000; Speaker of House, $2,000 ; seventy-four Senators at $2,500 each, $185,000 ; 293 Repre sentatives at $2,500 each, $742.500 ; teir Territorial Delegates, at $2,500 each, $25,000 ; Secretary of Senate aud clerks aud employees in his of fice, $12,350; Clerk of House of Representatives aud employees in his office, $11,3IS : mail carriers and force in document room, $2, 520 : amount saved annually in sal aries, $982,092. From this, how- i . i . . . ever, must oe ueuucteu ine amount to be paid for mileage to Senators and members, the old mileage rates having beeu restored. The fifteen per cent, increase allowed to the entire host of committee clerks and other employees in the Capitol, a- mounting to over $100,000 yearly, is also repealed by the act as now passeduy both houses. The salaries untouched are those of the President and the Justices of the Suprememe Court. Wil. Star. Paris is now enjoying a carious street exhibition of tame pigeons. The owner has a portable pigeon house, which he plants at a street . ,m m A. 11 A. A. corner, tne nocu oeing aciioeny to remain in or out. Having taken up his position, the exhibitor blows a trumpet, and orl ny the whole hock a quarter of a mile or so, settling eventually on housetops and win dow sills. Another peculiar blast, aud back they come. As they ap- nroach. the Frenchman holds np a small red flag. That red flag is for one particular bird, which knows his color, and settles upon the staff as the showman holds it horizon tally. In like manner are blue, white and parti colored heidup,eacn one of which seems the exclusive property or signal of a particular bird, and on which .that especial bird,which meantime has-been wait- ing on" some window legde or House top, settles. Who says the Chinese are not civilized? Wooden nutmegs can not beat the following, which is well authenticated: Adulteration of tea has become so common in China that out of 183,000,000 pounds which passed through the British custom-house in 1872,during the month of July alone, "a sanitary commission found 10,000,000 pounds utterlv unfit for human consump tion. Iu a single chest a magnet brought out forty -three per cent, of the whole in bits oL iron colored green." ) f . The Ohio State penitentiary last year cost $152,103. while from con vict labor and other sources its re ceipts amounted to $174,450, leav ing a balance of $22,223. : ; ;..irew;Scrxes. No307, ;? 1 The lifflcultieorwrWt;ir : " Can the watermelon be success fully cultivated on sandy soil, iu a rural town of 4,000 inhabitants, and a Theological Institute located near oy containing 120 boys studying for uiiuisbTjr i .j xnis question, ex cited considerable k comment and loud discussion: among the agricul turists present at the meetintr r,f rihe Hayseeds", in Cleveland, and nearly an hour aud a half was spent in discussing the same. An , old green grocer who had raised early and late vegetables for the market for twenty years of his earlier life, said he could raise melons on top of a barn, or ) on a billiard table even, let him pick the locality and his neighbors, fit was not so much the soil nor season that j the melon depended upon; for its perfection, as it; was the peculiarities; of the In habitants 1 of the country round a bout. Where there was an excess of colored citizens, it was almost as impossible to raise a paying crop of melons as it jwas to keep spring chickens unless! they roosted atrnight in a Herring's j safe. Then again, colleges have had a bad effect upon the melon crop, and even a minis ter's family of seven boys has been known to blight a large patch in a single night, ; In sections of country where these drawbacks! exist, the speaker had' learned that the only method to insure a full crop of melons was to station a man by each melon from the time it was the size of a hen's iegg iintil it ripened. This was expensive! but the result was always j gratifying. As the trait grew in size and approached ripeness, j the speaker had some times found i( necessary to station two guards over each large melon, and even then,! in committees where a too great fondness for these lus cious products: existed, he had known of the insides of a large wa termelon j being ; stolen and de voured when twcT men with clubs were seated on a shell or rind, en gaged in friendly converse. Dan bury News, hh i-. t Cur: Princely Printing. The editor of the Port Royal Com mercial, a Republican paper,but one apparently as sincerely opposed to the frauds and extravagances of the State government as the Conserva tive sheets are,has written to a num ber of treasurers of wealthy North ern States, to ascertain the expendi tures for public printing last year, with a view of comparing them with ours. He has received replies from the States of ; Iowa, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, j Ohio and Maryland. The sum total of the cost oi public printing; in the five States was $335,135.95. i The total amount ap propriated by $450,000.CG, or than the five btned. Iu Iowa the oouth (Carolina . was nearly $79,000 more wealthy States corn- printing cost $121,- 0G8, including the publication of tbe laws in all the j papers of the State, which expense, the Treasurer says, will low be avoided by abolishing the custom. , In Massachusetts tbe sum paid was $89,766.30, including some ex traordinary working amounting to about $20,000. Iu Pennsylvania the amount paid was $73,377.74. In Ohio $62,923.83. In Maryland J the only Democratic State heard from, the cost was only $38,000. 1 The aggregate population of these five States is between nine and ten millions, or more than twelve times greater than that of South Carolina, and the aggregate assessed value of their property more than thirty times that of this State. These are facts and figures which should make 0ur corrupt rulers pause, and impel our tax-payers to take speedy steps for the rescue ot the State fere we be entirely undone. News and Courier. The late John Stuart Mill was a precocious boy.! He began Greek when three years of age, read a good deal of Plato at seven, and began to write what he called "Con stitutional History of Rome by the time he was nine years old. He began logic I at twelve, and went through a complete course of polity ical economy at thirteen, and he was a constant writer for the Westminster Review at 18. , An enthusiastic- angler writes that some of the hot springs of the Yellowstone region are situated so near to tbe margin oft-the xellow- stone lake that a person might stand on the rim of the spring, extend his fishing rod into the ; lake, catch trout weighing from one to two pounds, and cook them in Che boil ing springs without removing the fish from the hook. -f A worthy Quaker thus wrote : "I expect to pass j through this world but once. If thereforejthere oe any kindness I can i show, I or any good thing I can do to my fellow human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I will not pass this way again." i ; ,-- A young man at Austin Nevada, the other day jmade a'senous mis take. He bought a nice dress pat tern for his sweetheart and a pair of red flannel drawers for himselff He delivered the wrong bundle to the vonnir ladv. I Result: a broken heart and a ruined frying-pan. ; "Ah, Jemmy," said a sympa thizing friend !to one who was just too late fori tne trains " you didn't run fast enoueh." "Yes, I ; did," said Jemmy j j " I ran fast enough, but I didn't start soon enough." issuin? free Dasses. Con i.ressr4en"nd , others , heretofora . Ii aiding these passes haver received irculars from the different Pennsyl vania road notuyin.gr thenr of the fact. Many of the principal railroads of theWest have agreed among thca selves to issue so more free tic-xto, ; and have eoj notified Congresssies. members of state Legislatures, and , others concerned. As well remark ed by; a prominent Pennsylvania, most of those who" have been acctU- tomed to free riding, brer j the rail-Ti roads have less claims oh the sCOik-j porations and are better . able . to .. pay than those who are not so favor- ed.r There are parties incapable of f writing twenty lines,-claiming the "Ii passes on assumed journaiistioccn f nection, ..whose railroad,; express,:., sleeping car and other passes would, , fill a good sized trunk. But perhaps the smallest exhibiton of deadhead ism ixtant is r to . see members of.-. Congress daily traveling free in the -f uve cent norse cars .or, Washington,. : . - .-I ,,. : V")i It t i 'Clean Teeth , ' ' Ifyou will only keeD vour teeth..,' clean they won't decay. The won-' derful dentifrices which are sold at 1 fabulous prices are greatly inferior to a : simple mixture of soap and I ' prepared chalk, .with a little some thing like orris root: but the essen- V tial articles are' soap and chalkr The druggist will prepare' 6U Vs enough for a quarter , of a dollar td i last a long time. When you gQr to wj bed, with a broad, soft tooth-brush j go through the. mouth thoroughly. : If disposed, to a bad mouth,' yon may repeat the dose in the morning. But the principal artide for, keep--, ing the teeth clean is a toothpick, a ; soft goose quill, which' yon must use " J after eating, no matter though ! it lif a piece of apple, and it convenient, ' " after the.' pick use a mouthful of .h water to rinse from between the j teeth what the toothpick may have left. Dio Lewis in To-Day " ' ' ' ' " ' ' t''jM I The Satatff Gfttft'? Qwerttoh lSet ' tied at Last.- It will be seen 'by onr . Congressonal reports front; Washington that the Senate substi , f tute for the House bill in relation' ; to salaries has been passed by the ' latter body by a vote of 220 yeas to 2j nays. The bill has now ' only to receive the signature of the presi dent to become the law bt the land. So the question of the salary grab, so tar as uongrssionai action is con-. cerned, is settled at last. The act -(provides that Vail moneys appropri-. ated as compensation to the mem.! bers of the forty-second Congress in : excess of tbe mileage and allowances fixed by law at the commencement of said Congress, , and which shall not have been drawn by the. mem bers of said Congress respectively, or which, having been drawn, have been returned to the Treasury, are k hereby covered into the Treasury of the United States and are declar ed to be the moneys of the United States absolutely, the same as if they had never beeir appropriated as aforesaid." However1, those who have-tnrhed over their extra -pay may congratulate themselves that tbe act is fully legalized, and those who have held on to it may ease their telling popular verdict against the republican party. In the event of this verdict what will be the party policy of General Grantf : He will be free to follow the will of the people on their "new departure, and from present indication he is. getting tired of the dictatorial and caprieious radical leaders of the republican party. N. Y. Herald 1 i ; ! ! 4 raf - The Washington Chronicle does not relish an article" recently pub lished in the Virginian, in which Hughes is called the Simon Girty ot our State. It says : "A few) years since, while acting with the Democratic party of his State, he (Hughes) was, in their, opinion, a very good man." i - . In discussing Arnolds,s treason,! some years since, an old soldier waa reminded by a companion, that the : traitor had at one time fought brave-,? ly, and was badly wounded in the ; cause of Indejiendence. Yes, said tbe old soldier, I remember his early services, and to prove my gratitude would cut off his wounded limb and bury it with the honors of war, but1 would haug the remainder of Arn old's body on a gibbit. The Chron 1 tcZe cav make the political applica . tion, aud we ask that paper to re member that we are not half so harsh in our denunciations of Hughes the radical,! as was the Chronicle and other Radical papers, on Hughes the Democrat--- Nor-, folk Virginian. The Next Cotton Crop A can. vass having been made of the pre- vailing estimates of tbe coming cot ton crop among members of the ' Cotton Exchange. 124 estimates are' found to give an average oi 4,iuv,-s 000 bales, the estimates ranging- from 3,700,000 to 4,600 000. A cot-5 ton merchant of New Orleans, familiar with the subject, says that the estimates published last, week, of the number of bales which will 1e received at the port of KewJ Or leans will reach before June 1st, 1,200,000 bales; before-July 1st, 1,550,000, and over 1,300,000 bales by September isL3T. Y, Journals 1 of Commerce. Buss, to kiss: rebuss, to kiss again: Pluribuss to kiss irrespective of. sex. Silly-buss to kiss the hand in place of the lips: - - Blunder-buss to kiss the wrong " person: i Omni-buss to kiss all promiscu ously: - , . Erebuss to kiss in the dark. r- '" A man in North Adams, had Hr among other properly a fine pig, valued at about $30. This .:man owed a small sum to another party ; ' in town, who conceived the idea of j collecting the debt in this wise : lie ..U got a third man to present the , . debtor with a small pig, ' valued at 1r about $3; and as the law alio wa j " a man but one pig under circnmi, stances, the creditor, attached .the best pig and got hia pay. ; f f. ! i t 1 i 4 14- it; mi 'l :,' 1 H - it i Hr -. It:' ! V: A 4 r-, ii ,4 In Hi 11 3 i hit 4
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 28, 1874, edition 1
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