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I In fooklni over some old papers the other dr, .
i Mme acrofts the accompanyin: sorur. written in th
tt f' r puch productions were quite faahiona
ibie in that day. but are not nnar an common at thm
i'Pjsent time, If you think proper, you will do me
wo ivor to puoii&n mis, my laot sonc of tne kina I
jcyer wrote or expect to write, loan truly, i
j ' i , t Acld Laso Stxk
s A war down npon de old Nun Riber. . ;i
.f V h&r de fishes come swimmin from.de sea
Jjar oie mans built a pine log; cabin. -i
And trib it to Dina, little Kam and me ;
ill nr ebrr nisrht wa make tin bumr n
jl While dancing merrily to dat Klorious aleej
;De breese plays on de Dmes to de ribers flow. 1
; For de 'speshel musen ent of we nicirers three I
it 4 vn, tis a sweet sweet deligbt, t .
f M Oh a bright moonlight niffat, i
i! To dance round one's cabin doo' and sing,
i tlod bless maws, de ole "ort State and ebry ting.
: Let oddor niggas boast ob all he has,
I And crack up ole Ferginy to de skies,
;. But de sun from bebia Bftn nebergase , '.
! On such a srwt an round our cabin lies ;
Dnr ebry bird dat flies tio come and sing ;
'! I n neber-fiitlirnr bow
..Where fragrant tinea, and long gray mosses swing.
i doiuuiii eoer ruunu us uar sweet Pennine. .
h ,i Oh. 'tis a'Bweet-weet delicht, f
Ob a bright moonlight night. i
To dance 'round one's cabin doo' and sing, 1
yod bless massa, de ole Nort State and ebry ting.
Pu pleaded, de laughin' hoars from as run, !
:i While de bright stars are twin klin o'er our heads,
?be iin down dar sweet smiles, bright as de sub,
' i To i'gbt us all. when weary, to our beds. j
And when dar wc-gets, we sleep so bery sound,
V bar de breexe tans so softly on ebry cheek I
We foel so blessed we mos forgot to bound, I
U When de old oonk-ho.-n to us his mueie speak.
;f j- Oh, 'tis a sweet sweet delight, - i
:' . ! To rise by raornin light,' .
While all nature round ns teems to sing, i
God bless massa, de ole Nort State and ebry ting I
1 " " ;
Dut to de soul-inspiring song we raue,
" And eat our breakfus by de blush ob morn ;
A nd befo' de sun has streaked tie east,
( We'S out hoen de cot ten an-' de corn.
An' drfnkin' in all nature's baliny sweets.
: SVid ebry fleeting breff ob life we take,
Till de' soul-stirrinK hour at twilight greets
i tlr wait'.n' ears, an' den for hon,e we break.
: - U I Koutin' 'tis a sweet sweet delight. '
1 Ob a bright moonl'ght night.
To lano roun' our cabin doo' and sing
tiod bless massa, de ole Kort State and ebry ting I
Ve way down npon ae old Xum Riber, . '
: Where de fishes come swimmin' from de sea,,
)'d lib forever, in a pine log cabin, ;
i Alone wid Dina. little Sam and me; ;
And den firs' on deheai tan. den on de toe. '
t Uontentea, uance uie away 10 ae glows giee.
gl
breezes plar on de pine, to de silent place.
( Nor wiih on de earih to be more liee.
rin on ae earn f do more in
Oh. 'tis sweet sweet deliirht.
it. . h 1 Ob a bright moonlight night.
To dance 'round our cabin door and sing
(jod blOK.4 ma.o8a, de ole Nort State and ebry ting!
"f " Dickens in 18f. j
From a Lecture by George ii. Towle.j
From behiml the plain, broad
vriting table a brisknctive figure
came forward to meet me with! a
bright twinkle in the eye, a" sunny
smile and a hearty -grasp '-of the
hand. A remarkably youthful
figuras it first appeared to me,
and tnost jauntily arrayed. . The
Hpparel was conspicuous and even
foppish. There seemed to be a per
yadiiig effect of gold and jewelry
rather too lavishly displayed.
Coat) , vest, and trousers, were exit
in - the top of the day's fashion;
The! cravat was j brilliant in coldr
and obtrusive in size. The general
impression was that .of a dainty
Jandj airily dressed man, to whom a
j good looking-glass was a very nec
j e,ssary article of domestic furniture.
But I was goon drawn from this
; rapid contemplation of attire to
observe the features and manner of
i - i "vt r ii i.L
iue man nimseji, ievcr, tuougui,
had the art of photography -more
Completely failed to catch the true
Jintfaments-ami ""expression of its
subject tbarHn this instance' Here
before me was a face aglow with ja
bright, healthy, piuk-and white
bloom; a face-whichj while furrow
ed f:ith heavy lines when i.u repose,
was yet youthful in its expressive
and changeful vivacity; a large
mouth, about whosecorners ihere
Qeeiued always pla3mg a quizzical
ijiuule, and liair and beard slightly
tinned, indeed, with streaks of
gra'yjyetrfine aud tawny and curly
and u trail ged witlt studious care
about the bread white forehead,
thej retreating chin and the deli
cately tinted cheeks. J ,
X Uut of jail the striking features
ihereat beauty -of the eyes first
attracted aud held the visitor. Eyes
Of the bluest bluej eyes which
danced and sparkled with sunniest
merriment and yet which quickly
oftenedtiuto serious sympathy:
eyes X which were brilliant , and
searching and seemed always to bo
kindly, though keenly', reading the
person to whom he was talking,
yet which never hardened into
sternness: eyes in which, especially,
you could discern all the -huraani
ty'and humor, the noble intellectu
al possibilities aud the' manly ten
derness of .their possessor.
. I --. Hailroad Huilding lu the South.
.y. jL Aianufacturers Record. :
:f Vrtt vi t lit;inilito' t Ik nnwiA nnil
unjust railroad legislation in many
of-the Soptheru States during the
last -tew years, and the consequent
fear that other States might enact
similar ajrbitfary laws, the outlook
for railroad building in the South
is oi the '-whole very . good. Iii
some of the States railroad build
Jug will remain almost stationary
(intil capitalists who invest in such
enterprises are permit ted. to man
ige their, own' property; but! in
others, where railroads sre more
highly appreciated, there will be a
large iamount of building done durj
iug the present year. Already
work 1 hasbeen commenced on a
iiiuniber of important lines, as well
as. on many short branch roaus, the
1 completion of, which will require
the expenditure ot many millions of
dollars; while many others have
been incorporated,-some of whichj
of codrse, will - probably never be
built,! but a large majority will
doubtless be pushed along as the
advance of the South demands en
lirged " transportation facilities.
Yhether railroad building has been
overdone in other parts of the coun
try or: not,, it certainly has not in
the South, aud there 'is still room
in that sectiou for a great increase
i in railroads. Many parts of the
- Bouth, enormously rich in mineral
and timber. wealth, are now so de-
void of transportation facilities as
! to make it impossible for them t
be developed, but with the present
rush ot capital to the Southern
Suites there will soon come greater
activity in railroad building, ami
i new life will be infused into .re
gions that are now practicaliy cut
off from shariugfin the general ad!
ranee, ot the material interests of
the South. The growth ot popula
tion, of manufactures and of agn
Culture will
soon demand largely
i increased railroad building at thd
JSouth.
1825.
Aspects of the Planet for March.
Uranus is morning star nntil the
lGth, when his name is registered
ort the roll of evening stars. He
wins thedace of honor for the
month, on account of his opposi
tior. with the, sun, t the greatest
event in bis . course. . This , epoch
occurs on the 16th at 2 o'clock in
the morning. lie then comes into
lino with the earth and the sun, the
earth being in the middle, is at his
nearest approach to the earth, and,
like the other planets , under the
same conditions, . is. opiosite the
sun, and in - his most interesting
asiHJct.for, observation. The . five
outer planets after this event are
evening stars.. They are all trav
eling from . opposition , to conjunc-'
iion, navinirt reacuca toe uoai in
the following order: Neptune. Sa
turn. Jupiter, Mars, and Uranus.1
We'shall have iio more oppositions
to chronicle until December, when
JNeptune again takes the uiad. .
uranus. near opposition, is visi
ble to Ihe naked cyor' appesiring as
a star of the sixth magnitude,. the
smallest that the eye can perceive.
The position of the planet must be
carefully studied before any, effort
is made to find him. uranus is in
the constellation Virgo, between
Beta and Eta, two third-magnitude
stars of the constellation. In the
first part of the month, he is in
good position for observation about
9 o'clock, being then half way be-
ween-the horizon and the zenith.
and must be looked for southeast
of the Sickle in Leo and northwest
of Spica, the leading; brilliant iu
Virgo. lie is an interesting object
in a telescope, where the tiny point
visible to the umiided eye is trans
formed into 'a small sphere, of a
delicate-greenish hue, -resembling
that of sea foam. I i
Uranus has been a known - mem
ber of this system only since 5 1781,
a little more than a century, though
no one knows how many million
years he has been describing his
vast circuit round the snn. He
was discovered by accident, Her
schel, the "discoverer, thinking he
had picked up a comet instead of a
world. Astronomers went diligent-1
lyto work trjing to! compute the j
orbit of the supposed comet, but
all in vain; the figures were of no
avail. Finally, the theorv was
started that the astronomical prize
picked up in the sky was another
planet, revolving outside of the six
planets that had been known from
time immemorial. Computations
now worked like a charm, aud soon
the new comer was mathematically
imprisoned in an orbit whose devi
ations were to be the means of
showing the preseuee of still an
other planet, traveling, as far as
can be seen, on the system's remot
est bouuds.
There was great rejoicing in the
scientific world overjthe advent of
Uranus. Strangely enough,' it was
found that observers! had detected
his presence and marked his post
tion on star catalogues no less than
nineteen times, supposing him to
be a fixed star and without a sus
picion that he was a planet ! Flam
stead had seen him fire times, not
ing him on his catalogue as a star
of the sixth magnitude; the first
observation being iu 1690, nearly a
century before the j discover' by
Herschcl. Lemonniercame nearer,
for he had observed the planet
twelve times, making several ob
servatious within the space of a
few weeks. If he had taken the
trouble to reduce and compare his
observations, he might have won
the prize twelve years previous to
Herschel. ; Bnt he had uo system
iu his arrangements, and his papers
are said Hot have been a very pic
ture of chaos an intricate obser
vation of this very star being re
corded on a paper bag that had
contained perfumed hair powder !
The discovery of Uranus made
Herschel famous. For six years he
looked in vain for Uranian moons.
His largest telescopes, wouderful
eyesight, and long practice failed
to dect a single moon, Astrouomy
present no more oetic picture than
that of this great scholar and his
sister and nutiring helpmate, Miss
Caroline Herschel, as through the
silent hours of starlit nights they
studied the mysteries of the heav
ens. For thousands of nights
the' sat side by side, watched, cal
culated, and recorded, J the one
sweeping the heavens with the tel
escope, the other noting the results.
This they did for nearly forty years,"
growing old and illustrious togeth
er, forgetting to sleep, j almost to
eat, iu their enthusiasm for their
favorite-Nseience. . j j - - . .
Iu 1787, llerschel's quest was re
warded, lie discovered two ruoons,
and atterwards foui" more, as" he
supposed, but they proved to , be
myths Mr. Lassell has simte dis
covered two, aud the Uranian plan
et rejoices in four satellites that
travel backward or iu an jjpjosite
direction from the moons of the
other planets except Neptune '
Observers should try to find
Uranus utoppositioii, for he is the
most distant planet visible to the
naked eye.; He is a beautiful ob
ject.in the telescope, and maker
observers wish they were nearer in
order t be more intimately ac
quainted with him. 1 It is easy to
keep track of his oppositions, for
they occur about four and-a half
days later each year. Thus the
opposition this year takes place on
the 16th of March, next year it will
be on the 21st of March, and so on.
Money In Queer Places
Dr. Kimball, of Brockton, Mass.,
who died recently, was a rather ec
centric iudividnal. In looking over
his effects immediately after his
death a bag containing 111,000 in
bills was found strapped to his body,
aud he had about $1,000 in his
pockets.! 'A large stuffed owl in
the doctor's office was found to be
filled with half dollars, and a large
hornets' nest that he bad owned
for years was also full of valuables, 4
His entire wealth was estimated at
$75,000.!
Telephone Far tones.
Electrical World.
Wecaii all remember the time
when . Bell telephone stock went
begging, 'and when 'some of the
largest holders of to day , were al-!
most reduced to the same occupa
tion. If we begin with Prof. Bell,'
we find him down for a snug for.
tuue of $5,000,000. Mr. Blake bids
poverty defiance from behind au
intrenchment of $4,000,000. Mr.
W. H. "Forbes! is credited with
about as much as both of these'
gentlemeu have put together, and
Mr. G. O. Hubbard enjoys as the
reward of his . early foresight ami
courage upward of $3,000,000. Mr,'
Theodore N. Vail, who was at one
time an operator, but was from the
first marked out, for positions of
commanding influence, devotes the
little time he -spares from the gen
era! management of the American
Bell Telephone! Company to the
care of a private fortune' estimated
at not less than $4,000,000. It U
also said that among the telephone
millionaires must be placed Alex
auder Cochran and C. P, Bo wd itch
with about: $3,000,000. each, and
Thomas Sanders. with not less than
$2Joo,ooo.,i
These geutlemen have all . done
Very well on the new Tom Tiddler's
crouud. . But there are many oth
ers who have found an El Dorado
in telephone stock' or telephone
territory. .Take tne famous Lo well
Sy ndicate, and not one of its mem
bcrscan complain ot any fickleness
on the part of Dame Fortune. Mr.
Loren N. Downs, is said to have
three-quarters of a million, and we
are mclineu to think that is
not the ' full 'extent , of his capital.
Mr. W. A. Ingham, and Mr. J. C.
Glidden are 'rated at a cool million
each, while j Messrs. A. A. L'oburn
and W. H. Bent would not sell out
Under half a million each. ' Mr. O.
E. Madden, 'the ; assistant general
manager of the parent company, is
reputed to be worth from $3,000,000
to $5,000,000. This list could.be
greatly lengthened by additions
rom all parts of 'the conutry, but
it includes most of the names of
those who were early; identified
with the iutroduction of the tele
phone iuto public; use. r It is. not to
be forgotten that many large man
ufacturing concerns have done an
immense aud profitable business in
connection with the telephone, and
that the estern Union Telegraph
Compauy draws annually now
about $400,000 as royalty, from the
American Bell Company, and is so
greedy as to want more. . , j ; I
The various sums we have men
tioned foot up to nearly forty mil ,
lion dollars. If they were only ten
millions, they would still be a mag
uificent yield from the patent in so
short a space of time as eight years.
We are not surprised i hat the pa
tent is supposed to be worth, capi
talized, about twenty-five million
dollars; that the money now invest-;
ed in operating the telephone is
over one, hundred milliou dollars,
or that the rapid acquisition of
such immense wealth has stimulat
ed invention and aroused cupidity.
Wheu the full history of the early
days of the telephone iu America
is written, it will be among the
most thrilling of the romances of
scientific invention and its com
mercial development. Ben Butler
might, perhaps, after his dark
hints, employ his present leisure in
writing that history.
. The Electoral Vote.
Attention is directed to the close
ness of the match between the
"solid north" and the "solid south."
Each of these political solids con
sists of sixteen States, casting an
almost equal number of electoral
votes. A table makes this appar
ent at a glance: l ;
Solid Dcm. South. ioul Kep. North
Alabama,
Arkansas,
Delaware,
Florida,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maryland,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
10 Colorado, ,13
7 Connecticut, i." C
3 Illinois, , . 22
4 Iowa, , ,13
12 Kansas, . V... 0
13 Maine,- C
8 Massachu'ts, 14
8 Michigan, 13
9. Minnesota, 7
16
Nebraska, 5
N. Hampshire 4
Oregon, ; ; 3
Pennsylv'a, 30
llhode Island, 4
Vermont, . 4
Wisconsin, 11
North Carolina, 11
South Carolina, 9
Tennessee, v
Texas,
Virginia, ,
West'Virgiuia,
12
13
12
6
Total, 153 154
IThe Democrats do not hope to
Lreak the "solid north" any more,
than the Republicans really ex
pect to rupture the "solid south.'
One is just about as "solid" as the
other. Florida and North Caro
lina are aik, offset j to Connecticut
and Oregon, but none of the four
are really "doubtful" iu a presiden
tfal election.' --rj!;;"' 'jfiO'
S (The contest is therefore confined
to six States, namely, California,
with 8 votes; ; Indiana, with 15j
Nevada, with 3; New Jersey, 9;
New York, with 36, and Ohio,vith
23 votes a total of 94 electoral
votts. The candidate that can get
48 votes out of this lot of .States
will become the next President.
Soeletj- In Manitoba. I
It must be a pretty difficult per
son who can t be pleased at the en
tertainment offered at a Manitoba
sociable. A meeting of Sunday
school teachers , was held a few
evenings ago at an up-town book
store, and a very enjoyable evening
was spent- The meeting opened
with prayers and singing, after
which the guests partook ot coffee
aud cake. N Dancing followed, ' and
then the paTty settled down , to a
quiet giime ofJ euchre and whist.
After the night was far speut aud
the dawn was at band Mr. Bichard
son proposed that they all unite in
singing ja hymn "Son of My Soul,
Thou Saviour Dear." This j was
done and the guests departed,! well
pleased with the night's cutertain-
meut.
k very body's taste was con
sidered,; which is the only sure way
of having a real good time of it.
GREENSBORO, y. Q.I THURSDAY, MARCH
, , . Death of Minister Hant.
William H. Huntii United States
Minister; to Russia, died,- at; St. Pe
tersburrr Wednesdar ot drobsv in
duced by chronie nfiaamation, of
ine liver.r lliDister,Hai;t was. bprn
in Charlestonnin 1824 and Vyasj thq
youngest of five sops.' The; family
left South Carolina in , consequence,
of .t he Calhoun j Nullification troaA
"'fS und.took np residence in New
Orleans,;; Mr, Hunt entered r Yale
i'W, wherehevufliwiit .fhree
years, mbut .in t con sequence , of a
cusuge joX fortune" hef was, not ; per4
mitteu to graduate. He returned
to ew Orleans and began to study
law with an elder brother. ; He was
admitted to.the bar m 4.844. .when
twenty.years old. BefortvUe war
no was jan U)d Liue. V lug and dur
mg .tlie contestiiho (Was a strong
supporter, of t he , Union. ', He'.rose
to a .(iisunguisneti - pi aca. among
me ; ouuierri; attorneys ana was
counsel lor, Gov.! Kelloes iu his
wa in i87(t h.n h. 3
was iu loio. wben he was appoints
ea Attorney Uenerai; of Louisiana
to fill af Vacancy. , In the same year
ne was uomiuatetl for that omce on
the ticket with'4GoV Packard.' ' He
ran a,0O0 votes ahead of Hayes,
w no was a candidate xori'resideut.
and althougU Hunt was defeated,
Hayes was made President by thd
vote ofLomsiana-In 1878
appomteil him , one of the Judges
of the Centre of Claims- life of.
fice.HU H ayes sri bsequently 'offered
to appoint Mr. Hunt to -the Circuit
Judgeship made vacaut by the. pro
motion or Jtulgu Wood to the Su
preme Bench but th? office was de
clinetu , . Whea Garfield became
President he api6inted Judge Hunt
Secretary j of the Navy. . ,At this
tune Mr. Hunt had ason in the
navy who bad been on a three
years' cruise i on. the Alaska und
Asiatic waters. Thc ship reached
oau '.Jb ranciscoi . home ward-bound
about the time Mr. ; Hunt became
Secretary, and the son at once tel.
egraphed his father for permission
to come to W asbmgton by rail di
rect instead of going with his shin
to Panama, where the officers were
to be changed. Young Hunt was
surprisetl i when his 'father tele
graphed him briefly to stick by his
ship and go where it was ordered
until relieved. --4 t! j: '
When President "Arthur reorgan
ized his cabinet Mr. Huut was sent
to Itussia as United States Minis
ter with a salary.' of $17,500. Mr.
Hunt was married four times.' T His
first two wives dietl. His third
wife was a widow named Mrs. Har
rison After living together three
years they agreed to separate, and
she went to- Europe. 1 While ihe
was absent Mr.' Hunt obtained a
divorce hnd married another widow,
a daughter of, Mr. Adams,' of New
Orleanst Mr. Hunt ' leaves five
children, four : sons and one daugh
ter. " N hf-- f' " -i V
Secretary Chandler . ordered the
Navy Department at, Washington
to be draped in mourning as a mark
of respect to thdex-Secreta'ry. The
department will be closed on the,
day of the f uueral. i The Cza r , has
seut a telecram to President 'Ar
thur announcing the sincere regret
which the death ' of Mr. Hunt
caused J i.
Delinquent Tax-Payer. '
Cbatban lUeord.
Every citizen who pays his taxes
is interested in making c all other
citizens pay their taxes. If ouly a
portion of the citizens of a comity
pay their taxes, and others do not,
then a great injustice is done. In
ever county there is everj' year a
large number j of irersons who do
not pay any taxes and are denomi
nated insolvents.77 All tax payers
are interested iu reducing that num
ber ,as much as possible, aild the
last legislature enacted a stringent
law,, to, euforcer the collection of
taxes,-to which, we wij refer, j Iu
order thatVren body in, the county
may know, jrho these iusol vents"
are, the law, directs the sheriff to
make publication at the court house
door ot a complete list, of all jthe
"insolvents'!. in his county with the
amount of tax due fnm each: . and
also to publish in each ! township a
list of the delinquents of said town
ship. And to give greater publici
ty, the couuty. commissioners are
authorized to publish the same list
iu some newspaper printed in their
countjvr- And the law i goes on to
say that any, person returned as an
"insolvent," who shall fail to-pay
his taxes within six . months after
the return of the insolvent list to
the couuty, cotum'ssioucrs, shall be
ileeiued guilty1 of a. misdemeanor
and shall be fined double the Value,
of. his taxes U he,' and "may be com
iiHited ! prison for failure to iiay
the tine.: it .is made '.the duty of
the chairman jof the lioard of cpuu-
i i-unuiiis.sit)iier to act- as prosecu
tors iu these cases,' and the; com
niissiiuers inay put'to' work on the
1 u bl ip roads any ' man w ho ' i com
mitted to jail for failure to pay his
fine. If this law is enforced against
all the delinquent tax payers in
every! couuty in North Carolina our
public roads will be greatly improv
ed. ' We do notf know ;what other
counties, may do, but we are assur
ed that this law will be rigidly en
forced in Chatham ' this year, aud
mention it so as to Warn our read
ers not to be numbered iii the list
of insolvents.' 4 : 4 - ; : :!
Marc It.
. It is said that those who first see
the light in March are born wise.
They need . to btj for it is the most
difficult month, in this latitude to
manage, and a source of unalloyed
joy ; to up one except ' the patent
mediciue man. Few peoply select
the nonth to be born in, and no
body dies in it willingly. It is put
in spring 'in ; derision, and would
belonsr to winter if everybody had
not bv that time hadenousrh of
winter. We try to turn away its
w rath Jby soft words,; but we never
forsret that a i crreat orator warned
ns to ."'beware the ides ; of March."
, The New. Editor ou'EmUtt.
two, o'clock H. 1 3L, the fivst
visitor showed up at the door of
omce, and Dykef cordially in
V'lforl him inoM. .mi ' m
. j '"omw. xne ianner en
tered hesitatingly, and remarked
that he had expected, to meet the
lirujmeior, wun wnom he . had an
apiwintment to discuss ensila e.' -
UI am in charge of the Journal
said Dvke. ; -
A K)h, you are ! Well, seem t
have a pretty cleau office, here."
"ies," replied Dyke, j "But about
this ensilage. Ensilage in a pretty
a ,3 1 ' j m 9 m m m t
gwu ureeu, isn't isi F' - -- . ?
"Breed V said the farmer. "Why
"I mean it's a sure crop; some
thing that you can rejy w '
-i;rop t Why, It isn't a crop,v at
. ."Yes, yes, I know-it isn't a crop,"
said Dyke, porspiring until his col
lar began to melt away , down the
Ha stir 15 a i
?,uarP eBS'S oa nbby sronn.i;
than-
"You take it for, a sulky plow,
don't youT . , -f .
"Ko. nO WRJlitl HrL .'ilVftn'ilnii'f
W V J WW , A W M WAI V
seem to understand me. ow, if a
farmer builds au ensiiaire onow
ground . ; , :
to hve St thZJ'totori
i fcJfo fth lDmUp
; l4 , m. fc " I ;3 "
IIRmlilt on anoilnital .V u
Pshaw, uo," continued u Dvke.
"I must make myself plainer.' You
see this ensilage, properly mixed
wuu one pan; guano and i thiee
parts,: hypophosphate .' antimouy,
wuu me auuition ot a ntt!e bran
aud taubark, and' the whole flavor
ed with chloride of lime, makes a
top dressing -for strawberry beds.
irnicu
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"Why, ensilagt isn't a manure !"
The farmer Aery slowly arose,
and with some evidence of rheu ma
tic twinges in his legsC
"Young man," he said solemnly.
f'you are a long ways from home.
ain't you x1i
"Yes,7? replied ! Dykei dropping
bis eyes beneath the stern glauces
di the larmer. "in my ancestral
halls in England, sad 'eyed retain
era wearily wait and watch for my
return." '-- - " ' " - ! - :'.'' ' s
"Go. home, young man, go home
to your feudal castle, and while on
your way across the rolling deep,
muse on the fact that ensilage is
simply canned food for live stock
iaud put up expressly; for family
use
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How They Pay the Piper in New York.
The New xork corresiioudeut of
the tiartford Vot says concerning
the numerous great balls that have
taken place this winter in Tsevr
York : The item of f ball tickets
alone reaches a large amount, and
some ball tickets are. interesting
merely as works of art The Ariou
and Liderkraz tickets are priuted
in several colors, and' will proba
bly cost each of the societies $800.
There are -several' kinds of ball
tickets ; Tor instance, there is the
help tickets for the servants, also
the maskers ticket for - those who
come in professionally. ; To these
are added the ushert j ticket, the
police ticket, press ticket, an. the
complimentary ticket. The distri
bution of the complimentary tickets
is rio small task, since the pressure
to obtain them is immense. No
one can form ain'ideaof the throng
of dead beats on-such air occasion
until he has - been engaged in such
a distribution. ' The "orders for
dancing" are becoming more artis
tic and expensive-every year, since
they are generally preserved for
souvenirs, una 9ouu nave ueen ex-
pendetl on this item alone. The
total cost of priuting aud litho
graphy for one ball has sometimes
reached f 2,000. The relit of the
Academy of Music tor a ball, in
cluding the adjacent ' Allison hall
and Irving hall, is $1,500, aud to
this is added the' cost; of flooring.
The number of assistants required
on such an occasion is very large,
including 25 policemen and more
thau 50 ushers aud five; times as
many figurantes and suierii.uner
aries. The caterer generally has
175 servants aud the hat check de
partment alone often requires a
dozen men. 31usic costs . lor
each performer and the aggregate
expense fur this item ' was ou 6ifo
occasion figured at $2.50 per min
ute. The duty or correspondence
is of commeus'urate importance as
from 30 to 40 letters will be re
ceived par day in reference to any
noted ball. The proms oi iue cos
tamer ou such occasions are very
large and hence this class of deal-
ers pay a iiantisoaio premium
their patronage, but the most pro
fitable place is tne supper utuio aim
$1,500 premium was paid iy a ca
terer for one on such occasion. He
probably sold 2,000 bottles of chain
pague at profit of $1.50 a bottle
ami other thinffs in'. proioitioii.
These items show what elegant dis
sipation cost, y ,:
About Infanta, f ; ! -
Speaking of newly iMjru infants,
Prof. Geuzmer says that the seuse
of touch is' developetl ; troni ine
earliest periotl, and reflex actions
are readily excited by the sijgntesi,
stimulation, especially ot the face,
and then of the hands! and the
soles. The teeling of. brain is only
clearly exhibited alter four or nve
weeks, before wnien run? iniiiuts
do not shed tears. Hunger ami
thirst are manifested In increased
geueral ; irritabilit, with reflex
movements, wnicu cease ;iie iuc
first week. Smell ami taste are
not distinguishable io luiaius.
Hearing is ntt ierceptible in the
first or Second '.day. of life. Tiey
are very sensitive iq "gut, hu
after a iew days learn to follow the
motion ot objects by moving lueir
heads. Between the fourth and
fifth week the convergence of the
pupils aud power of co-ordination
in vision are percepiioie. a uis
tiuct ierceptiou of color does not
exist under 4 or 5 months.
13, 18S4.
1 1; f '";; War on the Chapetk.-;.n? j
i The restless oysterrnen are again
banging away at e.ich rther on the
Chesapeake.' Saturday a 'fleet of
oyster pirates put into the bay and
began dredging on , the! tongmen's
beds, almost within pjstol-shot of
Poplar Island, driving off the pro.
prietors of the beds. These quick
ly raised the alarm and j the entire
population of the island flocked to
the rescue of the beds, j The flyiug
artjllery, consisting of 4 dilapidate
ed piece of cannon on two wagon
wheels, was limbered ' and rushed
down to the shore, loaded and aim
ea at the pirates, who were rgazing
r
... auuD nuuuuiuj;: uuub .
going on. j They soon lound out.
The impromptu gunners hurriedly
"urn. uro-ui twigs on wnien tuey
heated a poker red-hot, ami with it
touched off the gun. The aim was
good, and although 'the old blun
derbuss recoiled ted teet, the ball
knocked the bowsprit and jibboom
off of oue schooner, bringing down
ner sans and stays. The astonish-
1. . - r !
-a1 "'wueu a veiy uretwun
iuca iu ruiuiu, i uut me cuective
work of the old gUn distracted their
attention. They made a hasty re
treat after having another vessel
hulled and her main boom knocked
overboard,. while a third lost her
toretopmast., No one on fh ore was
hurt and the pirates have , not been
Seen SlllCe. I ' , f
Yestertlay-pirate. aVpearetlj Off
Tilghman's Island ' and the tong f
men got their battery and went for
ii ii ii' h. i hi rv:ir
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Lizzie Nutt to the President.
President Arthur seems to be in
a dilemma as to whom he shall a'p-'
point postmaster at ! Union town,'
Pa., the scene of the1 Nut t Dukes
tragedy,' aud judging from the foj
lowing) paragraph in, the Capital
uis irouoies nave increased :
5 "This week ' the Tresidehtire
ceived a touching letter -from Liz
zie Nutt, of Unioncown, Pa., whose
father lost his life in defending her
reputation and whoso brother was
recently acquitted t of , the murder
of her slanderer. , She asked to be
appointed iMstmaster of that town.
rllere letter is written wiihthe most
delicate taste, and: she describes
her situation with modesty .and
dignityj v, The: penmanship would
pass muster before the Civil Service
Kefonn Commissioners, ; and. the
form in j which the letter a pilars is
quite business-like. She says that
being aware that there is a vacan
cy in the (tostuffice she has been
ad vised, by friends to apply for-the?
appointment, believing her to be
possessed of the necessary; qualifi
cations. The terrible, troubles
which her ; family, have recently
passed through have.. left them not
ouly fatherless but impoverished,
and there; are -five little children
deH.ndent upon her brother and
herself, j She makes; no further al
lusion to the recent tragedies but
asks that, if the President! fiuds
upon investigation that she is qua!
itied to perform the duties of iost'
master, he will-give her the ap
pointment, and signs her letter,
Very respectfully j'onrs, Lizzie
Nutt.'" v-' . ' '
(r Uazzlinf Navy.
The officers ot the navy were
trotted out last week for the third
time in their new toggery. ,Onde
before they, were paraded at Nthe
White llouso to meet the Diplo
matic Corps iu it laces, gilt aud
glitter, and place it in total eclipse.
The next time the navy on foot was
iuvited to meet Congress, probably
to let the members of. this body see
what a large and promising body
of Officers' there, were' in need Of
ships to float them - in? The same
champion show body of the Repub
lic is agaiu on exhibition, at the
White House, this time to pass in
general review befo're the Cabinet,
the Judges of the Supreme Court
the Diplomatic Corps an the Sen
ators and Ilepresentatiycs. .
'Blue Uniforms. Une special tull-
dress coat, one full dress and social
dress coat,: two frock coat, one
servicedress coat, one overcoat,;
one special full dress pants, ohe
full-dress (plain) pants,, two addi-
ioual pairs for service use, one luii-
dressi vest one undress vests. With
the above must be i included oi)e
pair of epaulets, one cbapeau.- one
full dress sword-belt, one undress
sword belt, one sword, one sword-
knot and the necessary shonmer
straps or knots, .gold lace, &c, two
caps,!one helmet, one pair leggiugs,
one tiair white gloves.
White ITniform. Four or
NIX
white liuen duck service dress
coats! which "in warm weather"
shall be worn entirely buttoned
eightito twelve pair of white trous
ers ai least, six white vests. , , j
In hddition to the above outfit,!
each officer must have a large sup-:
ply. of shirts, collars, cravats and
general underwear, as, it is uo un
common thing to be from fort.v to
sixtyidays out of the ; reach of ja
laumiry. As officers-! only wear
their uniforms when on duty, or on
some j social occasion, they j are
obliged to have ia .addition to uni
forms about the saine outfit of eiti
zeus' clothing that citizens them
selves have, and wheu at sea must
have a full supply of table, bed and
toilet linen for their own use. Kvey
naval officer, no matter how low
his rank or limited his pay;.' must
have about such an outfit as) has
been mentioned above. Of corrae
the higher the rank, the more e.Xr
pensive the uniform is. .To appear
"with credit to the service," it is
often necessary to first establish, a
"credit" with some good tailor.
The process of working off a "dead
i.mW is nrettv well nndefstootl by
most officers who depend on their
pa. xne cost, ot uimuimf
at least $600. Without doubt most
of those who appeared in such
maguificent plumage who deeud
on Their pay for supiort were won
deriug throughout the ceremony
h.iir l?inr it would take them to
mmmm . a'.alt ' a tn t f"aa 12
get even with the world again after
this enteriainmeiii. ; ,
" "Taking Ahn Two Eyea or One t,
; Quite a lively discussion is said
to be taking place in Edgland as
to whether a marksman generally
takes aim With both eyes or one in
rifle shooting. ..Those who consider
that one eye alone is used-endeavor
prove their case thus :? Hold, they
say, a ruler before the sight eye in
such a position that rhen the left
eye is closed ic covers'i the object;
now shut the right! ieye, and see in
which direction ? the ruler nninta
it will be tound to. be. njany inches,,
or ieer, or yarus away to the right.
auiuuig iw tue uisianpe ot the OO
ject. It is therefore obvious, so
tue ar xi me runs, that a man
fixes the object,' bird or tanret. as
voe case may oe, with his right eye,
and neglects , the-1 image formed on
his left retina altogether.-., The dif
ference ot opinion upon; the subject
depeuds, according tq the Lancet,
ou the different practice of aiming
adopted J bj- "different j sportsmen.
If a man - shoots I slow! v, accommo-
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datfa 111 a AVA tn thn airrht .!.!..
, I J v Ub,U VI DIUUlil
I on me oarreiof bis gun, and then
relaxes bis accommodation
ation for the
distant object, and still more if he
alternately exerts and relaxes his
accommodation, for which there is
ample time in! tanret. or anv.other
deliberate shooting, then .uudoubt- J
edly he nses bneeye, anil, of course,
I usually the right eye, alone. But
the act of 9(nmmul!itihn Am o iA
process, it , requires nearly, if not
qtlite, a second, 'aiidn ordinary
bird foWlitif? rJi Kinrtmnii 1ip
i no to rita i.,
he is the less he. attends to his bar
rel and his sights. Hel firs. fixes
the object with both eys, and then
points the barrel nt theiprecise ele
vation and; iu the. direction which
long experience has . taught him
will be effective when the gun is
discharged
for the distant object,1 and tho rest
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is mechanicals Corroborative evi
dence, that this view ii, correct is
uuoroeu uy.iue race tuu the bowl
er at cricket never ' cloSes one eye
or troubles himself about an v line.
He simply fixes tho wicket or the
precise spot iu front of the wicket
ou wliich bej desires tq pitch the
ball, and leaves thevrest to. the co-
ordiiuTiug nervous centers. The
billiard player, agahi, iiu the vast
majority ot cases uses? both eyes
and fixes alternately the near and
the distant ball with 1oth eves
Therefore if a man useS his sights
and . attends to his barrel as well as
to the object, he employs one eve
oniy, neglecting the impressions
derived from ; the other If, how
ever, as is customary with experi
enced sportsmen, he takes .no
thought of his gun and fixes the
distant object, ' then, undoubtedly.
unless he has some defec of yisiou,
he uses both his eyes, the visual
blips of'-, which at thirty) yards are
almost parallel to each other.
' ..The Qjieen at Hone.
I f , Philadelphia CaU.
"Mamma." .said Beatrice.
run
uing into her mother's room, in her
girlish,: over-thirty-vears old waj'
"there's a man down stairs who
wants to see you."
What's' 'is bloomin
asked the Queen. - .
"ije'didif t ay.T- ,
' Are ; his pan taloous
liame'f"
rringeil at
the bottom I" .
"Yes, mamma,' repliet
Beatricey
"and ' he has a roll of manuscript
under bis arm.77
."Hauother John Browji poem, or
mv name isn't Victory Wettin. Tell
'm I am not at 'ome, and if he won't
take! uo for au answer,
ave your
brother Albert fccd.'itn tb the Brit
ish lion!".
On lee. 1
"lUve
you any champagne
ou
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The question was asked by a
well rtressed, sad-eyetli njan, as he
strolled leisurely into the pharma
'ceutkial 'establishment presided
over by Dan Hill.
We have,"vansw'red jpauieF, in
his most dignibed. manner. ,
"Muinurs dry f '' :
f'Yes, sir."
."On ice P
'Yes, sir."
V Well.' please cive me
a small
piec' of the ice."
Theu Daniel commenctfil locking
around for the lemon " sqeezer and
the tnistomer took a tooth pick and
walked thoughtfully away. s
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: . . An Ambitious Scheme.
; ,f ; . tCharfeeton IS. C.) Xew. , ,
Air. H., L, Kimlmll, has a
scheme on hand ,for -buildjiu'g
burbam city near Atlanta.
large
a 8U-
II is
idea is to get a million pf capital
aud siendrhair of it iu payiug for
.400 acres of. land and .cejrtaiu im
provements , thereon, $50000 . forli
parkj $150,000 for a mile of street
paved and graded, $50000 for a
central stand pipe for water works,
electric light and heater, 15 houses
for $10,000 cash each, or $150,000,
to. start with,, making iiu- initial
outlay of $400,000. Men 4f capital
are willing to invest inlthe scheme.
He reters to a similar scheme 'near
Chicago that cleared the investors
and corporators $2,000,000 iii three
years.. ;; i; tv,, i
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Keuiucky'a Version f pnoch Arden,t
Nine years ; ago. j a man named
Stephens marrieil. a . beautiful Chi
cago igirl, and they began! farm life
near Milton, KyV lira fewyears
Stejihens went East - to-buy land,'
but tfas not beard from again. .Last
summer the wfe.jnatrietl.; agaui.,
On Monday Stephens returned, ne
did not intend to be kuowfi, but the
wife-recognized .him,Hhrew. her
arm about him and .kissed him.
The hew husband stabbed, theife
in the ueefc. killing her
Insta ntiy.
istenhens drcw li revolverfand shot
ti, niurderer, who turnetl and cut
him across the neck.
Both men
art fatally injured.
Mr. Matthew; Arnold
goes
li-L- to England next week.
mueu
benefitted in his pecuniary condi
tion, which was a1 weak! one.' A
book of his expressions is of course
expeeted of him on his return. ,
SERIES, NO, 898
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It . is Tnow evident. thr.t thn
stock -law-will in a- few years be :
adopted by the whole county; ; i ;
e imainear Dalton,' this conn
ty, has "been married four years
and has six childrcn.. He has been
presented with twins. three times. n
; . The Damyille RegUter, says the
oldest man in the United States, if !
not iu the world, lives in the north-) i
ern part of Stokes county. ' : j -f f
There lis said to be a walnut It
tree on Hah Bivef, near Hairston's '
ford;; whidi measures 21 feet, in :
circumference several - feet above
the ground; Wennderstandablock
or it will be sent to the State Ex
position. sstCi if? s ' f''?;:-;i -1
News ' reached , us yesterday; I
evening of the death of Mr. Robert I
Peatross at Patrick Court House, j.
Y-i oprlast Tuesday, His remains A
were brought to the family bury-'
nff ground in this county for intern
ment. ..j . :, ':;; j
-A terrapin was found near! I
Preston ville a few days ago with ! I
thU inscription On the shell "WJ 5
O. Martin, North ' Carolina,' 1777." t
The way to send your name down I i
to , prosperity en rave it nn thn.
back, of a Stokes coun ty terrapin. ; j ?
4n the matter of babies. Stokes' !'
couuty probably leads the world.
Our people? adhere 'strictly to tho
scriptural injunction- to ' multiply
ond replenish the earth," , as the
following item willt show . i .Mr. J.
B. Kerns, of this county, 'has been
married to one wife '28 years ' and
mey uive living children J r - .4
i Chatham Xotea. ? A')". 1 i
I Work on the town well was be-1
gun last. Monday.. ( a j j
We, regret to hear that "the i
dwelliug of Mr George S. Cole, at
Jonesboro, was burned last! Mon
day.' The fire was caused by the I
pipe ot the- cooking stove. 7 ' j f h j
At their last meeting the1 conn
ty commissiouer8 cancelled orders ,
in the hands , of the sheriff to the
amount of $2,855.74 on the school I
fund, and$430.92 on the county
fuud. -.. . . . - , '-p-T- r .,-j. :
J We hear, that ten citizens i
around Lockville have unitetl to- i
gether in preparing a large seine i
to be used in Deep river for catch-1
ihg shad and other fish. They ex
pect to catch not only-enough for
themselvt s, but will be able to sup
ply the market hero with plenty of
fresh fish. So mote it be. I f rri 1
Our huntsmen, both bier and i
little, "have had splendid port
shooting robins and cedar birds.
Tt;
Ai'
which have recently , been about
here in great quantities. Frequent' I
W from 15 to 20 birds were killed H
at one shot, and one of our towns' I
men killed JJ0 111 one day. Nearly U
every table in town has been boun- !l
tirnllt- ciu,lm,i t .
inougn small were very fat and
palatable. ! 1 ' '
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Mr. J. C. Blake, of Williams
township, a noted, bird hunter, was if i i:
painfully but not seriously wound- ?
ed a few days ago, i while attempt- if
ing 10 extricatH u primer from a it J
loaded shell with his knife, which
caused an explosion that blew the
kuitelrom his hand uifiictinir art
ugly cut, at the same time a frag
ment of the shell took him right be
tween the eyes. : - . ; v;:--HA. !;
Some time last, week a geuteel
ookitrg negro, giving - his name as
Robert Whitaker aud bailinir from
Jlillsboro. camehere for the pur
pose, as he said, of teaching
school ' He was : entertained by
one of our colored citizens, whoso
kindness and hospitality, however,
was inispiaceu, lor one morninc
the stranger was missing and with
til
him were, missing ! several articles
of clothiug. : s "I-"'' j? X'N'V':
That is a most nstonnding
state of affairs brought to light in
One ot the pnbliq schools in Pbi'a
adel ph ia. .A feinale teacher : had
occasion to reprlhiahd a male infant
severelyat which ho pulled out a
revolver and threatened to vindi
cate his honor.by blowing the ton
of her head off. . Whether, if he
tad ca'rriettout his threat, the fe
male infants in the other depart
of the: school would 7 have stolen
monej- enough to .bny boq nets! for
him is nn, open question. But when
an investigation and examination i'
was ordered thn trnktttv ifitnril ' !
no less tuan seven revolvers among ,
these babies, who . were not yet ten v
years oll. ' Sooner or later -a ilaw
will havclo be passed irrohibitinir
children under twelve from carry-
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uig ure-aruis nnucr penally pi a
severe spanking. The pistol must
give way tolbe less deadly I but
more wholesome slipfier. - Mi
Bel ford, the Congressional
nondescript " from Colorado, ! has
met his match in one .Cobb, of In
diana, who is chairman of the com
mitter 011 public lauds, 1 of which
Dei lord is a member. Cobb de
manded that "the man from Colo-
rado shut his mouth,, or he would
shut it for him." Mr. Belford an
swered that lie "would not allow
any man to bulldoze him, and es
pecially a man who would spell
iihodo. Island with a little (r' and
leave out the h.'" He added "that
he is prepared for Cobb hiow, ; an,d
if he ever attempts to shut his jaw
for him, the committee 0:1 public
lauds will require a iiew chxirmau:''
LNow, all that will do for t!e West
ern members at' home but theii
when they Mwme to ' Washinirton
these original hooziers ought to
behave better.; However.) there is
110 plantation man tiers? in vol ved;
for these worthies' are-"of V'tho
North,' northy." ' ": 1
, Fresh-water; fish are rearell in
every JapHUese farm where theYe
is a pool or brook with as tnnch care i
as poultry in the French cottage
yards. Girls go in' the evening
with long wands to drive the fish
into roofed tanks, where they are
locked Jin for the night, to keep
them from birds ot prey, i ;
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