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vr I : PM I ., ESTABLISHED IN 1825. GREENSBOHO, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1883. NEV SKiUES, KD wi:i:kiA: i:irrii f ! t till r-i;t. A! IB mil. ltTli. I I'.iltc- irk i.-rtt frtwrt -. atrwi frj 'ruJ ralr la rJr la l w4l ti ark nlm. .i-lr- i jonx b. nrssET. EUitor and Proprietor. Hovjtlo von like the Ohio malaria ! . Dcsnitc tbe fool the Ohio I Know-racy win. j lam is talking North Caro lina in Louisville this week. i - The I fleet nt lat Winstonfe tumbling - Ohi rr-it and r.HI. invisible in the Ohio ! surprised the Demo- li-tgustcd the Ilepubli LThe i2ifst familiar name a North r.ii'i'inl in hears in Boston .1 uvis. J Then i a crfcct deluge of ami puid in the Massachn -IN campaign. S.hi J . Francisco, Califurniaj h.iil three caitlopiake shocks oil -advice from Virginia p.ii.t iwinii-takably to Mahone'sl f::i.! i':l complete overthrow. i - - - The; I.cpublicau majority iu i. la-t jr.ir was r.),i00. The i, Mt.H r.it. c majority this year is I.tnren l-jmo and l.V. That's a!-. ut tL- of Tuesday's victory.' A Vicksburg dispatch an-1 n.. a : lliat a Iomlon capitalist h.i ju-t iuht a large tract of laud iu the Y a . delta and in tend tiM-t.i'lih English colonists tMt- j ... ! llt-S;ate Hoard of Agricul ture ot lYnusvlvania, is untitled th.it ph tiro pnctimouia has appcar "rd amongj the rattle in I-ehigh nanit, aiul an imestigatiou lias In-n rdcr-d. Th committee on w dio- ri-M' nf the I!piM.oul convention, n. in .4 .in in Philadelphia, h. riH-iaiincnled the creation of a new !ieee in this State, and the n j-.rt wa adopted by the conven tion. A young mail named Frede rick Matthew, who committed Miirale in New York a few weeks a-u mail a K-nuest o 20,(00 to F ' - i -hUdear friend, F.lleii (Jn-enwottl Fields" to whom he was engaged to U married. The white tlag used to de-! note an ajpeal for cacc, but, it is j saM, the atiti Mahonitcs in eastern j Virginia lhut this enigu from their j house tops to indicate "nu mixed M.hoolW for them. The 4,boss" mnst go. . The late Judge JereS. Black in his will left to his grandson ?., to Ih paid him with its ;aiU ori reaching his majority, pro idttp. he drops the name of .1 rvn.i.ihiStillivaii Black and takes that of llrnry Van tress Black. liirty mouth Ben Butter- worth ha Int'ii appointetl commis sioner of patents. lie distinguish id himself in Congress by making the nastiest siKtfb ever beard in that UhK. The ieech was to lirt for piihlieatioii. The Brpuolirau party must go. If ' - Claims Mnt in against France l tilje'ts of f treat Brit ain for lcs caiiMil by the French iNUiihardmmts in Madagascar ag gregate to millioii dollars. The Americau lowers are pnparing lists ot their j claims ag;iint France. The French goernmeiit have of- fervtl thj Kev. Missionary Shaw -?..iwi in full settlement tf his claims. Woman was at the lulling place- in Ohio TiicmI ay, and al though .le did not vote be made her M iitiuients known on tbe que tioa of the pndiitiitioii amendment. She gae the voters eitlTee and cakes, and -die MsttI notices ucb as Betty and the Bab vs. Booble an Beer,"' and Vote for Sally and the Babio. What all the result oi Ler work ill le n-main to be seen. The iiftb annual fair of the Dixie Agricultural Association to lw held at Wadesboro on Novem Wrllth to loth, will sun-- it is aid', any former fair of th it associ ation. There willlwa convention of Northern Um citizens of this State Thursdav of fair week to take step- towards inducing north ern capital and enterprise to come to the Sute. This work will be under the control of V.V. Vollmer, K-jof An-iiville, N. Cn formerly a citizen tf IVnnsvlvania. All northern lrn citizens of this State are requested to -cnd him their ad dre-s. Uttering a wail over the Ohio election that is truly pitiful, tbe Washington yational Republican says . "In fcbort, tbe Republican party is in such manifest need of allies that tbe firing from withiu its lines npon those vtho are marching against enemies will have to cease." lint it will not cease. The bosses mnst co. Ilntler will wheel Massachu setts iuto the Ohio Hue. All tbe indications ioiut to bis re election by a rousing majority. The hottest campaign ever known is now be ing waged in that State. Tcwks bury figures prominently, bogus Republican tickets printed on tann ed human skin, being circulated by the million throughout the State. The shoes made out of tbe skin of a woman has been photographed, an.l decorates the ticket. Itis now quite certain that the Democratic majority iu Ohio will exceed 11000, and, what is better, that tbe Legislature will bo Democratic on joint ballot. Of course this result is surprising to txjth parties. It was a bot contest in which local issues predominated. There were serious Democratic dis sensions which ouly failed to de stroj tbe party by reason of tbe defection of the German Ilepubli can Tote. From n certain Repub lican State, Ohio now becomes de batable ground, and tbe chances of the two parties in the Presidential election are about equal. That makes Hoadly's nomination for the Presidency more than a possibility. JT.TlnO. OF Till: 3MOH3IOX. Tbe. Mormon conference is in Kession at Salt Lake City. Aiostle Cannon presented tbe statistics of tbe Church, which showed a membership in Utah of 127,.M; number ot families, 23,000; births in'tbc past six mouths, 1.1J00 males and 1,100 females; number of children nndcr eight year, 37, 000; number of marriages iu tbe past mx months, 339; new members, 23,030, and death, 781. The Church organization embraces 12 apostles, oVS patriarchs, J,SS. Seventies, 3, 153 high priests, 11,000 elders, 1, V0 bishops and 4,400 deacons. Ar izona reports a membership of 2, 274. Idaho is not reported, but has doubled that of Arizona. Kighty-one missionaries have been appointed to go on missions to F.urope and tbe United States. F.;gbteen of this number were set njKirt for missions iu the Southern States, where the Church is meet ing with considerable success in increasing its membership. The Southern converts are being colon- zed mainlv in Colorado. Till: MXROAM) III! RIGHTS. In Albany, N. Y., on the 9th, Theresa W. C. King, a colored girl, wan refused admission to pub lic school No. .", of Brooklyn, and directed to attend colored school No. 1. She applied for a manda mus to compel Principal Galla gher to admit her to No. 5. Chief Justice Nelson, of the City Circuit court of Brooklyn, after a full ar- gnment refused the writ The gen eral term of the city court affirmed the decision. Tuesday morning the Court of Appeals afiirmed the lower court. Two (mints were prin cipally argued: One that the ex clusion was in violation of tbe four teenth amendment to tbe constitu tion of tbe United States; the other that it was opposed to the civil rights act of New York passed in 1S73. Defendant con tended that it violated neither, and that equal facilities for the educa tion of the child were afforded in the colored schools, and conse quently theio was no discrimina tion against her in assigning her to such colored school. So, up north, it is held that a separation of the races iu the schools is not a discrimination on account of race or color. thi: oiii .m:MMr.T. I . i.nr i.)i.tinii rt-tiiriiM rfVr to the amendment voted on in Ohio, we give the two over which the light was made, that our readers may understand the telegraphic re orts : "First Projtositiou 4Tbe addi tional section in which section IS of the schedule shall be regaled, and there shall be substituted for it tbe following : Tho General As ttftnbly shall regulate the traQlc in intoxicating liquors o astoprivide against evils resulting therefrom; und its power to levy taxes or as Bessments thereon is not limited by iiuy provision of this Constitutiou.w I Second Proposition Tbe addi tional section in aud with section IS of the schedule shall be repeal ed, and there shall bo substituted for it tbe following : Tbe manufac ture of aud the traffic in intoxicat ing liquors to be used as a bever age are forever prohibited, and the General "Assembly shall provide by law for the enforcement of this revision. The third relates to tbe judiciary. HOW Till; GEORGIA FARSIBR9 nonRovr moncy. t ; The Southern land Loan associ ation, composed of foreign capital ists, chartered by tbe last session o! "the Georgia Legislature for the purpose of loaning money on real estate, receives an average of four applications for money daily. The company does not lend in sums less than 1,000, and if only one fourth of the applications arc acted on favorably, this will bring $3C5, 000 into the Stato aunnally. The interest charged on these loans is 10 per cent, or 3C00. It is esti mated the farmers who give liens on the growing crops pay certain ly not less than 50 per cent, in amount of "advances" they get from the merchants. For the same amount of money borrowed on liens the farmer would pay $1S2,500. So that the annual saving by bor rowing on real estate already amounts to $140,000, and this is the first year the company has op erated in Georgia. But it is claimed that the greatest advantage de rived by the people ot Georgia from this association is that it brings foreign capital into the State for Jhe development ot its resources and industries, and that if the com pany now operating at Atlanta is successful in its investments oth ers will be indaced to follow their example, and the Stato will soon have all the capital needed. Tbe Ohh lUectloa It will be interesting to note how tbo Ohio election is regarded in that State, and by the press in other States: Senator Sherman says : The election will have no other effect in Ohio than to make the strnrcle next year on national is sues more determined on the part of the Republicans. While Ohio will bo classed as a doubtful State it will not be really so iu a Presi dential election. Murat Ualstcad, leading Repub lican editor iu Ohio, says : You can see that all the wool counties have hurt tbe Republicans. They must have confidence that the Democracy are protectionists on wool. The wine districts on the lake also show up against the Re publicans The prohibitory cru sade is the real cause of the Re publican trouble. They became exalted with excitement, claimed to have divine assistance and to be certain of success, and some of them voted their own third ticket, and others traded their State vote for amendment votes. With a Democratic Legislature to wrestle with the liquor law, added to a ,T r 11 . UCmocrailC House oi jweprescui. tives, and Judge Iloadly the fore most candidate for the Presidency, and a man of just those sparkling qualities that are unsafe, the Re- nublicans will nave a booming prospect in Ohio in the Presiden tial year. Washington McLean, the lead ing Democratic editor iu Ohio, says : The Democratic victory has been achieved after a warm fight against a determined and well equipped party, under the leadership of the best politicians among the Repub licans of the State. It is regarded by politicians of both parties as significant far be3ond State and local questions. It is noticed that Ohio will take an important part in tbe presidential contest. It is the initial performance of the work of throwing tbo Republican party out of power in the United States and turning over of the books to the Democracy for examination. It means a general chauge. The New York says : The people have simply register ed their decree that the Republi can party must go. That is the meaniugof a Democratic Governor and a Democratic Legislaturp in Ohio. The New York "World says : The glorious victory won by the Democracy in Ohio cannot fail to have an "important effect on the November contests this year and on tbe presidential election next year. The Democrats had no right to expect to carry Ohio. The ieopIc of that State had with rare excep tions clung with fidelity and af fection to the Republican party ever since it gave Fremont 17,000 ma jority over the Democratic can didate in 1S5C. Some of the most powerful Democratic leaders sulked in their tents. Some of the most influential Democratic jour nals assumed a tone of indifference. Local quarrels marred the harmo ny of the party. As tbe climax of misfortune, Judge Iloadly's health gave way. He was stricken down by sickness and prevented from taking any active part in tbe cam paign. . On tbe other hand, the Republi cans made a vigorous canvass. They appealed to the stroug Re publican sentiment of tbe State to save them, not this year alone but next year as well. They had at their command all the State and Federal patronage and all the money they could use. Yet they were defeated in their old strong hold. Why! Because the old issues of the creat Republican nartr. which used to roll up its majorities by tens of thousands in Ohio, are ueau ana gone. Because long power has made them intolerant, avaricious, corrupt. Tbe verdict of Ohio speaks the doom of this party of dead issues and perverted principles. POIXTKD FEXCILIXGX. ' CorrwpoodeM Daily Patriot - 4 WAsnioTON,D. C, Oct. 10. Who is the alleged tcorrespondentw engaged in the nefarious occupa tion of writing up all manner of imaginary deeds of wickedness, and locating tbe scenes and principals in North Carolina f The motive can readily be accounted for by the recognition of the importance of "the mighty dollar" , but that does not subtract one iota from the hein ousness of the offense, and the par ty engaged in such a disgraceful pursuit -disgraceful to himself, his State and tbe journalistic profes sion should meet with that expos ure which his deeds so richly merit. It is, by no means, an uncommon thing to read such mythical ac counts in northern and western journals. The dispatchn is always dated from some actual town in the State where living jeople dwell, but the scene of the crime always involving murder or rapine, and not infrequently both is located in some purely imaginary place whose actuality is established by the statement "about miles from this place." The principals in the affair are created and named for the occasion and the readers of the Iiumtotcn Bladder take it all in as seriously as though it were freshly preached gospel. The account w copied in other papers and the man who went to the Boston exposition, examined the North Carolina ex hibit and begins to think of locat ing iu the '01d North State," reads the paragraph and at once decides that North Carolina is a good place to stay away from ! Iu the pursuit of his occupation, one of these unhung villains in a community can knock a Boston Fair exhibit out-of time in one round, and not half try. No less than nine of these published lies have come under my immediate notice within the last six weeks, and I do think it is time the State press was making some effort to identify the libellous scoundrel and compel htm to make a liveli hood is some other way than tra ducing the good people of North Carolina. Of all tbo questions of moment to be brought before the next Con gress, one of the most important issues that will demand its atten tion at the coming session "is that of the pcrmanancy of the rational banks. A new bond, bearing a low rate interest, to be exchanged for bonds deposited in tbo United States treasury to secure circulation, must be provided, or else the deposit of Stato bouds or other good securi ties, must be permitted. As the latter is improbable the question of providing a national security, or permitting the banks to withdraw all of their circulation, will have to be met, or the still greater one as to whether the national banking system shall be abolished alto gether. The old story of Tilden's candi dacy is again revived and the mat ter has been considerably discussed here this week. Uncle Sammy seems to give some people a great deal of trouble. Ther report now comes that Gov. IJendricks recent ly paid a surreptitious visit to the siige of Grammarcy Park, settled all differences with "the old man" aud induced the latter to stand for a renomination provided it is the old ticket. It is also- stilted that the battle-scarred veterans of 77C have prevailed on Boss Kelly, of New York City, to champion their cause aud that Mr. Kelly is just now as strong a Tilden man as he, a short time ago, was the opposite. Uow much truth there is in all this, I am sure I do not know, but no serious consequences are expected to follow if the reader takes it cum grano talis. A gentlemen just from that sec tion yesterday told the Pateiot correspondent that in some of the southwestern counties of Virginia the Democrats have resorted to a novel, as it is ingenious, device for niaking Mahoneism unpopular. A small white flag is nailexl on the house of every true blue Democrat and these ensigns have come to be displayed upon the dwellings of nearly all the respectable, well-to-do people of that section, as a con sequence. This ''object lesson," it is said, disturbs Mahone and his Hetiteuant8 very much, showing as it does by the furnishing of ocular proof that his party is opposed to the better classes. Ground has just been broken for the erection of the Garfield memor ial hospital in this city. The loca tion is at the head of 10th street, where the grounds arc extensive and handsomely laid out. The hospital instead of consisting of one large bnilding, will include a num ber of small houses, open on all sides to the air and light and isola ted from al. other buildiugs. Last Tuesday, the day on which elections were held in Ohio and Iowa, and where prohibition is an issue iu each State, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, of thjs cit', held a meeting in Masonic Ilall, where prayers in behalf of the movement were offered every half hour from 9 a, m. to 4 p. m. One of the saddest of sights was witnessed at- a cemetery in this city Sunday. Mr. J. T. Thorpe lives on Capitol Hill and his family consisted of himself, wife and three little children. Last week the lit tle ones were in turn attacked with a form of diphtheria. Thursday night the eldest one died and iu less, than twenty-four hours both of tbe other children were corpses. All three were buried in one grave. The Washington theatre-going public had au opportunity recently of appreciating the convenience of street cars, or rather the t'acouve nienceof their absence. Last Mon day night when the theatres closed all were surprised to note the ab sence of thp "merry tinkle" of the bells, and to find, upon inquiry, that the street car drivers and con ductors of the ; different lines had "struck." The herdics were soon full and reaped a harvest. Many persons at a distance had to buy" a hack to take tktm to their homes. ; St. John's cadets, of Alexandria, Va., will act as an escort to the North Carolina ex-Confederates when the removal of the remains takes place next Monday. It has just been decided to hold the seventh annual meeting of the association . for the prevention of cruelty to animals, in this city on December 5th. h Congressman -Wharton J. Green ha taken a suite of rooms at the Ebbitt for the winter. Both of his daughters will spend the season in Washington, i President ' Arthur returned to Washington Monday' night, look ing as hale and hearty as a buck. ' Gov. Butler is in the city and states that he is confident of re election, f The German Bicentennial cele bration was an immense affair. . I G. Got. Datler on Taxation and Edacatlon. Gov. Butler delivered au address atj the Attleborp', Mass., Agricul tural fair! last week. He said he should not utter a word that could be construed as political, and then considered the question of taxation. He said : ; j f Men have no right to escape taxation in any way or in any form. The government is formed to pro tect all. j The more a man has the more the government protects him, the more able, he is to pay taxes, and.the taxes should be upon him as well as upon others. Our legis lation in this respect is years be hind that of other States. There is another, thing about this matter of taxation, and that is the laws of exemption are not equal. They bear more hardly against the farm er than anybody else, aud they shpuld be attended to. i Our young men and our young maidens are sufficiently decoyed away from ns now by the glowing picture of what thfy can do in the new country of tlnWest, if they will only give up Massachusetts and go there. I don't want that! to be done for two reasons; iirst, that though you make more money by going West it is speculative ; but if yon work as hard aud tare as bad here as you would there in making that money, you can make more here than there! Applause. But the difficulty is you want your comfort here and j'our money too, aud there is parable against that.- You cannot eat!your cake and have it too Laughter. Go out into the wilds of the West, you yonug man; take a young woman whom you lov0 as your eyes ; put her in a log hut for ten;years, with the rams of heaven coining in when j they will, and, a good chance that it will be blown away by a cyclone in the hot season ; live there for ten years, and, you may get a fortune, but you come at last to live where ! You come back to Massachusetts to live, with an agued frame, a peevish, discontented mind, having worn out jail there is to life. Besides, it is not a good place to raise men and women. What are you placed on this earth fort To people it, to redeem it from savage nature, and for that you want children properly brought up, properly edu cated not made effeminate b.v that education, but taught by the, com mon school equally all the elements of ttsefnl education, and those who show a certain fitness taught in the higher branches. But the great mass, 92 per cent out of every 100, cannot be taught Let me repeat that, and let the pens of the repor ters; take it down. Ninety two out of every 100 of the population of this our State,' as the statistics show, do not go to school after they, are 15 years old, and there fore I before that hour arrives we should educate them in everything that! is necessary to go through life, and leave everything else to 7 r i i comq." Gqv. Butler closed by vinn to the workiucmen brief ad to avoid any merely speculative investment for their savings, but to put what money they could spare (into the house and farm, where they would be sure of the best return from it. Tbe GIowograpn One of the most interesting ex hibits at the Vienna Electrical Ex hibit on is Gentilli's glossograph, a little instrument! by which speech is automatically reproduced as soon as it -is uttered. A small apparatus is placed in the mouth of the speaker iu contact with; the roof of his mouth, his, tongue and lips and on being connected -.vith an electro magnetic registering appar atus the sounds are committed to paper. It is constructed in such a manner as not to cause auyi incon venience to the speaker; neither is it necessary that the voice should be raised, as it reproduces a whis per as exactly as a shout ; the only condition is a correct and distinct articulation. According to the in ventor's calculation, it will be pos sible to write four or five times as fast by means of the glossograph as has hitherto been possible even by the quickest writer. At first sight it appears as if this invention were Ibut an improvement upon Edison's phonograph; it s, how ever, of a much older date. It rests,! unlike the former, on an acoustic principle, and does not re produce the sounds in a microscopi cal form. The chief obstacle to the introduction of the glossograph, says the Pall Mall 'Gazttte,?n be the difficulty in deciphering the characters, but it; is not impossible that with the help of a second au tomatic apparatus the characters produced by the glossograph may be translated, into our common typewriting. The onnogia J ..i . V , t c t rr n era. would but in .i...ktiacg onnp,ir st ran ire. these days of phonetic speli- Inn rr tiA llinr ing th s migUb IWV drance. (The First Frost. . I - The first frost is usually so light, so soon fleeting, that tone jbut the earliest riser sees its traces upon the grass. It only slightly freaks the leaves j of those maples most susceptible of change; yet new sa lubrity is in the air. This gelid fire, secretly spreading by night, is kindled tcj chasten and purify the luxurious 'season; this tingling an tidote, dropped in the enchanter's cup, quickly counteracts the fatal languor that but now was stealing over-us. Iu timely frost there should he nothing? to provoke melancholy reflections 1 As : welcome j as sun shine and plentiful mild rain in spring, ox as the abundant dews of June, is this white, granulated dew of th later year, and for this na ture seems to have been waiting with no less anticipation than for sun and showers in their season. I do not see how one bred in the North, and afterward living in tropic latitudes, could be otherwise than homesick for the flavor of frost. , II .i The Time of Beauty. Says a recent writer : "Woman joins in an insurrection against the universe when she acts as though her life wejre all involved in those few years covered by her personal beauty. Physical beauty s only one of the, I gifts of Heaven to the daughters m earth. That form of worm may xaue away mto hueauty of mind and heart, but it should be as dawn passes up into morning, and not as- evening passes down into night; .Woman is fully au thorized by nature to make her fiftieth year as noble as her six teenth, her learning, her conversa tion, her teste, her matchless pu rity, her infinite friendship,! which has not enough worlds to conquer, being more jthan able to atpne for tbe tints that may hare faded from the cheek, jl When physical beauty is made the aim ot being, life is limited to;l about twenty! years Thus are fifty years left without an adequate reason of being jcxcept that a part! I of the period Jvj-as the approach th beauty, the other part retreat, iuujoi uumuiauoii. Buru the Grape Leaves. i9 Omntry Gentleman. It will perhaps be out of the line of your work to call the attention of 3'ou readers who have vineyards the time fori destroying the I grape milkew is not un until every leaf has been burned. There is a sec ond kind oospore (or seed) formed in autumn within the substance of the foliage, jand is designed to re main in a dormant condition until spring, wheii, liberated from the leaves by decay, they germinate and introduce the mildew i for an other seasoijf of destructive Jwork. These wiutejr spores, as they may well be called, have thick Cover ings provided for them, and will not be destroyed if the grape leaves are used forjlitter or placed in the compost heap. Any disposition like this would only aid the spores in their escape from the inner snb stance of the grape leaves,1 and help to distribute them far and wide. n . ! ' The only tbiug is to gather the leaves after j they have fallen' from the vines, and burn them, j This is a small amount of work and only needs to be done once in a season. lLui Millions Iu Sorghum. According! p a Kansas paper the growth of sorghum in that jState for the year lis exceptionally prom ising. The Kansas Sugar , Works at Sterling are operated by a joint stock company composed of Illinois and'Massach'usetts capitalists.! The cost of the plant, bnilding and ma chinery is $43,000, including steam boilers of 350-horse power, 'with crusher and Other machinery with a capacity ofj handling 250 tons of cane per day and a vacuum pan equal to turniug out 90,000 pounds of sugar daaly. The nuinbef of lmnfls ftmnloved is CO, with aweek- ly pay-roll of dred acres of S500. Fifteen bun- cane are under con- tract, employ ng 75 men in cutting and haudliug, I The price paid for cane is two dollars per ton deliver ed. The yield of the present crop is estimated at 500 to COO pounds of sugar to thje. acre, or a total y ield of 050.000 pounds of sugar worth 00,000, and more than 75,000 gal lons of svrnp worth 830,000, or a total product 890,000, equal to $GO per acre. The land producing this result was resently partof jthe ffnvnrnmcnt flOmaiii. and ivansas has millions of it adapted to growth of the! bane. the Loeubta anil Fever lu Mexico. Surgeon Main, of the marine hos pital service, at Brownsville, Tex., reports to Surgeou General Hamil ton that yellow fever is still raging in Mexico and it is said to be trav elling northward up the California gulf, and that President Gonzales in a recent message to congress jre- ferrine to the Unhealthy condition of the capital said that a loan ot f ilnllars with whicli to improve the sanitary condition of Mexico had, been recommended. The last advices received by bur geon Main from Mazatlau were Snntember 1G. At that time there were 2,000 people sick some of whom were dying of yellow ife ver and othersifor want of atten tion, or on account of a prevailing famine. The idvices referred Lto stated that theN were but two in experienced doctors in the. city, and they were vorn out from over work. " f At Manzanillo the report says : "Cart loads ofj dead bodies- have been buried in bne common recep tacle " . i 1 I Surgeon Main also reiKs that "locusts continue to do much mis chief in the state of Vera Cruz. "The municipalities of the district called Huasteca," he says, "have ovorr STirm to destrov ne in iiricu -f . - v ieek of locusts daily under pena ty of a fine of one peck of corn." Wonderful Crape Crop. . j A NewbUrgh, N. Y., dispatch says the frnit trade fiom the Hud son river fruit district at jthe pres ept time is simply imm?nse, and surpasses all previous years. A careful estimate of the amount of grapes alone that is uow being ship ped from the Hudson river valley, taking both sides of the river; is between five and six hunired tons each day. There are uuroerous va rieties, but the Concord is'tho prin cipal grape produced. This varie ty has had a vigorous grwtlP this year. It is full, and ripens well. The season will continue for two weeks yet, and the daily shipments during that time will hot vary much from the above. -Large quantities of late peaches are also being ship pfcd now. ri An AualYfii of Wheat. Professor Clifford Rich ird son, of the Department of ! Agriculture, bjis just completed! a two years' task in the analysis of nearly 2,o6o specimens of wheat ! froti i various parts of the country anil compdr idg them with each other and with Enropeau wheat. lie nays that the main failing of our wheat ii a dfficiency jn albuminoids, which ar,e regarded as the inosi valuable portions of the grain!. . Ajnoug our wheats the highest per (jentagejof albuminoids was 17.15, while a Rus sian wheat from Minnesota cOu: tained 24.5G per cent.1, twenty-four different specimens averaging 19U8 pr cent. In the east ouii wheat is the poorest, falling below the gen. eral average in albuminoids and ash and in the size! of the grain. Ajregular gradation j otnimprovo ment from east to west uiitilthe Pacific coast is is loitml reached, where there is a most remarkable falling off in everything but jthe size of the gram : It ism tr' between the j Mississippi and the mountains that the btfst grain is produced.' The middle west, represented "byi Michigan; Ken tucky and Tennessee holfts an in termediate position between this diitrict and that on the Atlantic coast. The latter shows plainly that its soils have been more! or less worn out, the 'middle 'jrest that it s losing its fertility and the far west me iact marii contains iuoso stores of plant food aud nitrogen especially, which make a rich grain. The Orljrlii of llotibon The origin of the manufacture of bonbons dates from the time when sugar was first used ib Eijgland that is to say about the- commence melit of the 13th century. The first experiments with! thcjjjuic of the sugar cane brought frOm tie East after the Crusades were atj Sicily, by Hebrew traders, about the year 1230. The following curious ex trat relating to the iiroditctionjof sugar is from abetter written Jin Latin of fhe period by Frederick TT IKmneror of (Iprniiinv and King of fc icily and Jerusalem, to Jiicardo Fihingieri, Governor of Ifalerino (1230) "WeMnvitc you tp take steps to find two nieii who know wel how to make sugar, and send them to Palermo to manufacture it. j You will also see that they teaqh the process to others, in o!r derkbat the art may not be- lost in Palermo." The manufacture of bonbons, which was rather pule jn thebommenceinent, improved grad ually aud acquired a certian per fection in the 13th and 14 h cen turies. Francis I. was accustomed to give bonbons to the artists whose work he looked on at the TrfinWfi nml at Fontainebleau. and he had dishes of assorted sweet daily. meats serveu at nis ihui neury I v . carried all sorts ( boil hon 4 in his Dockets: he at? Jherif all dav. and presented them io the ladies of his court. Jle fill id the v.iscs nn the. tables and c nsoic ofGjbfiellc d'Estress with is wee t meats and preserved fruits. A New Use for Platinum. Xew York World. Mr. Clinton Roosevelt, a neta Innrifet. who has "devoted a is of Ktudf to metals and their re ticing i new agents, has lately devised use for aluminium,,- which owing to me great i;ui ui up duction, has remained a srt o! chemical curiosity. In an inter . i a . . a. . - ifti view with a World reporter mt Itoosevelt said : 4I ha f beeh con cilrriiir fur A loii? time how jcoun o.--i t, . . P 4 ii rfeiting. whiftli nasntssnmeii sun alarniins proportions at present j rnti (tin sue tessfully stopped hnd I I liavi. discovered 4t in. the metal! aluminium. I refer especial ly to postage stamps ami fractional currency. "31.V plan is essenuv this,"and he took from his pOcket a string of punched discs ot'lvaii ous sizes, which he laid upoii the tableJ -'These are aluiiTiniunj," he couth tied, "and represent the-in-triusic value of the silver and cop- 5 A I .... .ll.l lliltlfANltll'l. nurcninl OT Ilie anuus iiciiuuiiiiu f a. tions how in use. See how jiight thev are." and he held them xtu for lor inspection. Tlie whole lot had c.inuli' i iMTcemlble WO Iffllt OUU VVJ " I' A I ciiimterfeit thqni in any wav that could not be detected at oncb'by a blind man, and more, they-can be converted into. any form klesired. Itolled out into sheets! it can be stamped into shape4uitable for postage sta rips, and in! this way affixed to a Mter wouldlbe taken off by the ijstal authorities instead of cancelling, as is now! done with the paper ones, and used over aud over again. As tl.ev are exactly what The v repre sent, ub one could counterfeit them. The same for fractional currency, which in its present state m too heavy for transportation by the mails, hnd people who have Occa sion tq receive small amounts from long distances have heretofore befn obliged ta content themselves with stamps. My plan does ijway with this and provides a goot cir culating medium. I wish .toi lay the matter before Congress and the nniiiioJjrlio are the real interested parties.77 a j sea of the Potato. $-$ In France the farina is larcl useu lorj. euliuary purposes. 'Hie famous gr ivies, sauces arid jsoijpjsf of Franeej are largely indfebied4or their excellence to that source, gjifV the bread and pastry equally , while a tajrge quantity ot. the .so? called cognac imported into Egi. land and (America from Francois distilled from the potato Through? out Genua ny the same uses Wq common Iu Poland the maunf6;. ture of spirits from the potato Is xtensive t trade. i"Stetsifi a most tfxtensive brandy,' well known iu cominet;ej is largel; I imported into EngWiid and isscn,t from theuce to nianjrof the British possessions as the rO duce of fhjo grape, and is placetfjny may a table of EnglamrSii - su' while the I fair ladies of America perfume! themselves with the s1rt its of. thf-potato 'under the desig nation 6fj can de cologne, i Int there ari other uses to which L" is applied.! After extracting! theTa riua then tup is manufactured into ornamental articles, such 'asict ure frames, snnu boxes and several descriptions of toys, and the walcr- wnicn-r of maim iins from it m thei process jfaeture is a most Valuaple scourerJ How Jos lllllluira Ilerame a ilumoilt. bfiw York Morninn Journal. j & j Someljjears ago Josh kept a ftv. eryistalile in Pougkkeepsiej i T4n- sec portions was tuo popular; conjuc. publicaMJon of the day. Johp Pine nix and fdrs. Partington wre i pe popjula humorists. Artemus Wajd was1 just beginning to be heard f.. Afiljictcjdj with the cacoetlies sfri benili, ilOsh used to devote his ljs- ure jtimeiwhile sitting in his ofce waiting or.Qrflers or for sotno teain to oc n i 1 - ' tjurued to writiug "essayX'' short assays which . he, considee&d lksfof wisdom and philosophy. lilo published these lucnbatiousin a local paper, but, much to his c$a-, grin, tey attracted no attentfdu whatevjejr. Ono day while reading -he camp across a piece of misspelt literature which was cousidered?hy every iic to bo very fuiuiy, t4it Josh could not for, the life; of hjm discover the humor. J.le wrote it the piepo in good English, but evjju then coji !d not see anything ; funjy in it, ae I concluding that be allejjr-. cd huiiloi' consisted in the ; misspell f ing, heklctermiued to rewrite his. essay in the same vein, euphonic- ly misjiMIiiig any word. -The same essays hich had fallen fiatassuh became celebrated when rewritfi spelled, and soon the author' -famous, and gave up liveiV and mi' became statue Keeping, anu ievoiei a tin ( a .a a i T sel f to lerature, soon being called to the lecture platform. Josh win descem ed man to4ns grave a disappoint liowever, mat ne nas ikd . m i 1 u J . a- achieved fame as an essayist ratl, er than humorist. . Dill Nye, i:-I'oNtniaster Denver Tribune ' v In the course of an interview ni Larauiih the other ''day Rill mi4 was asked : 1 f "Km are you! ire still postmaster hcftvJj- not ! ' .! I Yes. words t tion h; tlfe iig .-will soon be up, ofcj tin at effect. - My rebignati one into" Washington.! It creatiM: 1 a great deal of excife-1 ment the eabouts Perhaps Von'rei ' noticed that ali the dispirtfches Mcht out fro the national capital thH ys have, a diearyi iHtJ last few less, fuiiepraT-at 2 o'clock air hbopt them, ilsjh though there was iioiiitvi thing w resigna" I tell looking niiigat -Iieadqnarters.f .l,'" ion has brought this'nboijto km candidly, things n-S lMty bltie-aip there; jiuW now. U I (.reash, the posinastei1 on know, telegniplied me as he received my littlei s says : - 4K consider you i ,i ".IT.I geiieiiili as soon note. resignaoiQU. i oeg oi yon, innr; .!. i i Ii 'II':. K: don't 5or7 . I answered the jtefc-St gram, Hiring him it was a ground hog cafM-I had to go. Then Frank -lj-anli ilatton Frank he wiredt nie: Ir fhe saki'rof the ohl jove,; don't Kiiake . us now. , The mail. service! bn't rank any higher than ?4 otfr nav' you leave it. Cancpi at once.' I re- 4 your Wislgnaiion t A i) bed t hit C il ! a t i .i . 1 ... ! !... i .oaten in leuisc, couldn't lielp myself; like the pig-r - tail persimmons l in list go. aneit Chet Inl tek'graiihetl me. Ills men is long as ins nip ieio Wytnniiig to the park. He said he felt as thotiirh three feet : or Toll r cgs in had bio ie wheels of governiheiit ii. aud that unless I coi) .1 1 A ,:l seined ! come nacK into ine ioii lie feai eif the -blamed old machine wouldn't -ii n iiiiicIi longer Ii tell you lion y I was so affected! by fe that 1 shed a jfexv fi; reeps Me ore I mustered up spirit to aiisw was sort dr r it. i told Dim mate i but must insist on! my resignalp u being accepted. I told him, hH ever, mat ii lie ream needetl hi assistance I in ight take r at Ktnr the postion of postmaster ork citH reply. I WhcJ' and here I paused Ifirii iave pattsed ever .siiici H illsucccetl you here r "Yeli:, that's ii hard que stioli Jp answer. As .near a,s I can leafii about eVerv man in town, except the position.! one, hast applied for The one Ilia ii that e one iyan ! chargi'd w I refer to is n iail chained with the ahdtictioh of i vouthtu 1 and innocent lowever, that nn application. mule; i I 1 believe, J he iilsof'.'i: but that jl,?; wrote oit t li jaihjx busy just suppressed it. ljiin verv i'.i now Willi my pew immk. I've concL'uded to try one - iore tioso of my unj'dieiMe on the dear people. It's pretH tough on the people-flint I don't seem to niii)tl .a,: I'll admft it muclMj hearted I believe a man gets -hard s uo grows older, MjTt n jou I" Con 15 t say about that, call Mr. Nye; bu next pn what will you uction V - r: "JJale 1 Hay.77 (ireat Seott! Haled YXkx V " i u. n Did you isntjit! wrote a i fi ii. ;foihl name, Y ii see Wall Whitman book which he calls 'Leaves of iniss.' That's where the idea comes from; f can't sViv that I like V hitman's book, tliough.
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 18, 1883, edition 1
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