North Carolina Newspapers

' ESTABLISHED IX 1815.) GREENSBORO; 3ST. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1885. I '"HI r i t I) w; In April . 1n v"trdT ? v i ft knew hut theDam-s ; f ,V I Ix.M who -hould try to mt i lVh -i inv tliat pique. and harrows. X lV(!, hwn-pnnc ri.ado sweet shadow cast T V - :.im.le bud redder to-day; i i u t fl' wer to-morrow ; u"'fh Her" blowing it ot.it way.; VJi.e -.iti hi .ttourrow. ; rl'l i ir i- should fly , Vi hune- rial ia. spring shadows sweet shadow eastr I the-e evo day tf-dr. '-'-- " ? 1 rv -ut : and the children say. ii "r"Jin t greater Men Jor.' ' . i nnr un. ' L1" - , ."l ... .wt haftw t !' Ixtwhy my thoughts all day i 1 , n ili it 1 i ,. now mnd. now nr. Are hrtUnivi "j - ' , .1 h lorio it -hewth it has broken. ;-f Vbilet!iehirdsfl.ypa.t. n-l the i-himeirinsr fart. I tf 1 -"if -I'riog haOows fwet shadow east ! A"t-r- - . - it Hants Jackson. ' i 1 1 ii rwViRk k Vug y. c. t. u. i r (.d. and Home, antf Aatle Land." ',jii.Miieiits are beiiiff male bv" thi V.in-iire ChrUtirtn Tein IP1. I'mon" f this! State muoii. toil et i the city of Greeusbonr ' Vul-tJi il f''t instruction in- subjects j n(,uai"1,1 to 'iye.'5"1! an,, il 1,5 of interest to many persons uu .i.i Liiitnl with the methods ami :itrtetsf the j orrtiiiz; it ion t see ilh'ia 5tatel. WUlIn tbe Union ' i ! : .1. l is tlip i oiusr,vvlu Ul torn ji?r.iiiNi crusuuo i ot ten yeard ' f'-aijit work is ? ii fi.i to tiMit . s bv uo means cou :. u 'J fifri'il to lliiii ue. ouNiii-iircamr I iillcHssary ! to give to ine luuivmatu j ! ; woikers'tlie largest ' lilcrty possi j . till- in oruanizatiou. For tbia ;r njiVjiose tjlflVrjent departmeDta have " ueikaMl from time to time as Ji, the n'l for such become manifest, I, Tims riMiiu 1mm been made within f the NV ! T. IT. for every Christian " ! woman to wdrk in her own uhoseu liel.l. uiiliamKrcd by the opinions r ijl" workers iu other fields, and at t jje same time greatly assisteVi by .-; co ial.drers along the aiiie line. J fV I -So one looking over the differ eut ileoirtineiits of 'the work of 1:1 the : Vom:ins Christian; Temper j '..pice. Union cau tail t uotici that : a laige per c-eut. i devotetl direct ' ly to the imprbveineut of thetiomes :'of 6ur lanil. i ! 'I The positiiai of the word 'home" in tijejnotto, ''For Gotl, and Home. 11M Native Land,"Oa siguiticaiit of ieeling. which pervades tbe en boily t)t workers. : The unity he umue. A.6 sacredness of the tillf iojuilv HfeJ has always bee u re- rtgaMeil as the foundation" stone ff our i;reat liepublic. At this time. , when much is being done and said ; to destroy the ties of both family :' anil State; when socialism and ni hilism, liqiiur audi dynamite are - ! i ltlaviutr stteh fearful oarts iu tbe social structure, when almost eye ry nation ou the glolc is iu doubt and pel jdexity as to how to govern ' the waning elemeins, and the (juestioii of native land is upper " trios'!; in "the minds of the rulers, .these women, beginning at the op Iositt itle of the scale, Imve bahtl f 'ledHieiuselves together, firs! for j -(Soil, then for home, and finally; as the natural outcome of the other two, for native land. This is uo secret society plotting against the r ". public ' weal, no baud of 'free j .thinkers'? seek.ing to overturn the j faith of man iu God, no lioly tif "r.y socialists desiring the abolishment " J j of, family lite, but the opMsite of H all tli is a union of the Christian wtunen f the laud to do all in ;j j-their power to stay these various vf j -evils. In this undertaking they ;4 re!yvnxtiiM)ii their utii strength, f L f : t but Upon, Gotl. They do not regard y 4 j the work as theirs iu contradis Unction or in any way antagonistic to the work of buud reds and thou Sauils of goMl men who have in the past worked, and are now working, for the same ends ; but they jcon sider themselves one of the wings Of the great army of reform, de siring not publicity, not renown, but simply to be found occupying Y the talents until tie comes; doing all in their power for their fellow men. ; j J . '. Uo any ask why a separate or ganization was ueeded. It may-be answered that there arevmany lines of work iu which men are! most efficient, upon which women are neither willing nor suited to eiKer." liecogniziug bis, they are anxious to do what they can in their own y.H r - 1 ' . ! ' it The home is made the great cen t tre of all work j - the proper care and training of chiltlreu is regartl ed as the essential thing. In order -to attaiu this the mothers of the land must be aroused to he uecea sity 6f preparing themselves for their work. Not going on simply in the obi beaten, paths, but seek ing uewr methods where the old ones are insufficient; iuformiug themselves in order that they may interest their childreu. The i whole organization is avast eluca ' tional systetn tor women, as well as an army tit temperance workers. The annual leaflet published by , the .Nat ronal Union' for free distri bution, contains the list and intent of the various departments with f the names of the National superin S tentjents of the same. I selet I oulypa j few from the thirty eight I given:! Work among coloreI jew- pie,! Work among. Indians, lleredi ty, iyiehe, Scientific instruction. Sunday' Sidioo.l work, temperance, Kindergarieu, jiiyeuile wrk, 8U presion of. impure literature, prison, j til, police 'and almshouse work,sHppressiou of Sabbath ties ecration, &c, &c. ! j Each department has its Nation al. supeiiiiteudeiit a woman par ticularly 'fitted by previous work to occupy the position. It is her bus neis to have general oversight . of the whole, work in her depart meilt in the different Suites. Stie corresponds with the State sujkt iuteudeiits,. gives information and correspond -witu tue superiuteu dents of tbe local unions through out their States, giving assistance when needed i J tj y x- f Aside from the regular temper ance work of the, unio is, rejnirts of coumittee; &c, it is desired that they take up certaiuliues of study, aud thoroughly inform themselves UM)n the subject with which they must , deal, for in , stance, in the department ' of, Hy g.eue, the Kjitioual superintendent, Mrs. Kellogg, issues a little sylla bus of lessous for the local unions, which they may, if they wish, fol low, taking one Jessou a month, or oftener if tlesired t8bKiveh titles of books and tiames of palilishers, so that there is no lack of iuforma tion. ' - - These lessons are much that- any woman may take them up and by following the syllabus make her' self familiar with the subject. ;i select the headings "of. a few le sons : "Th uses aud comparative values of fotMls, -Vbat to eat," ullow to eat," ,4tIIow to promote digestion," "piseased fixHls," "The. problem of thirst,". "Ileiilthlul cookery rn five lessons"; "Exercise," "llealtbful clothing,'"' Ventila tiou Uouseh4ld bygiene,,"vjfPure water," i 'B.tlling,,, "Uygiene .of infancy." Many of these a re through three or four lessous, while others not named are as full of interest to all, women as these giveu. It is impossible to estimate the benefits which would arise from the careful study of these subjects by" the mothers of our:5tare. This de partmeut also issues leaflets On health topics, such as "What wo men may Uorto ?keeo 'off cholera," Mrs. Kellogg is a woman of great cultivation aud experience. in her department. She is the wite of Dr J. II. Kellogg, who is a physiciau of "considerable note. ' ' All the" work of superintendents, whether State or National, is en tirely gratritous; ? The work iu other departments is planned with equal breadth; t'jus of hygiene has j been quoted be i cause tbe writer j is more familiar with it than any otaer,and is espe cially anxious to call the attention of women both hi aud outside the Union to it. This department was not added to the work of tbe V. C. T. U. in any way to- iu fringe upon the juris-? diction of the worthy physicians l our land, nor does it in the most remote degree, i On the coiitraryj it acts entirely as an auxiliary to that honored prolessiou,ts a aurse, to a physici.u It is the object of the workers to iuluce the mothers of the land to coincide, heed and practice, the truths taught . by. the most advauced luedical men ot the time. . i -C ' I. ' Kvideuces are uumeroiis that our uu wholesome, highly seasoned diet j has both formed the taste tor drink ; : f. in tbe growing cuiiu ana tiriven maiiv a mail, struggling -with his already depraved appetite, from his, home to the dram shopis - . i, i it is a. fact tar too little recog j tiizetl that the table is a. factor in familv life scarcely second to ther altar, dudeed, when rightly con ide. ed, the two are inseperable.j Much of tbe iliscortl iu boaies might be Avoided were the ioimI -i provided for the liousehobl pre pared with the idea that it must lie digested by the human stomach, j The great injuries arising from improper clothing are well knou, as are the tiaugers from ill veutila tiou aud detective drainage. Oyejr all these matters the women of any household have more or less con trol. In order to ' waken their in terest, " impart instruction where ueetled and arouse action on their part to overcome and prevent the evils following broken physical lives, this department was called into being aud continues to work. Each State adds only such de, partmeuts to its work as the auuu al convention deem proper.1 Hy giene was added at the last cou ventiou iu North Carolina 1 j The work is takeu ' up with ho idea of "reforming the world in; a day," but with the earnest, heart felt hope that through it-some over-burdened ? women may! -be helMd iu their daily lives, some children saved ' from - druukanl's graves, and more still, if possible, drunkards lives ; some homes made brighter aud hairpier for husbands and fathers, aftd Goal's will be done iu all. MARY iU HOBB8. Sta;e Supt. of the Departmeut of i llygienc andjleredity. i l - - TBe facility with which the average woman, wnen out . on a shopping tour, can carry a couple of dozen articles in her two dainty little hands, is one of those things which will ever excite masculine wonder if not admiration. A man would Ktuff all of his numerous pockets full iu order to have his bauds free, but a woman has small use for pockets if she be possessed of the usual number of fingers land 'hiiinhs. By their aid she has been kiioffii to carry no less' than three asteloard b ixes attachetl by tape handles, half a dozen Ismail paper wrapped parcels, an alligator skin hand-satchel, a pocket-book, a cobwebby handkerchief, a pai a.ol and a vinaigrette. This load is not an unusual one. If necessary it could be increased very uiateri ally, ami she would still lie able to hold up her skirts while going over a muddy crossing. ,. A Doubtful Compliment. M r. SmitVV-"! , fear fm failing last.71 Mrs. AJaiies "Nousense! ! only hope, I shall look Hs well when I am of your age." Mrs. Smith (ott toce) -Wheu khe' is f my agel The. hateful old thing !" ! ; : , 1 r 'Phillipsburg, Pa., iMiasts of having the youngest brass band iu the State, if n-1 the United ttates. A youth of five years plays the first tenor horn." They evidently maintain their reformatories in Pennsylvania more for ornament than for practical usefulness. Late fV. N. C. R. R. LffUlatlon. 1 ' j Rakish Register. , i j The act to secure the completion of the Western N. C. BailrtJatl to Murphy has provoked the usual fire of criticism from kt!iose localiy ties which are not interested, or rather whose exMnenf.s reganl themselves as uot interested in the dev-elopinent of Western "Ntirth Carolina. There have been bitter, attacks ujxmi the motives, in fact. upon the personal character,, of those who tavoretl the passage of the act, aud a tone of impl)iel im uia'culato; purity and personal su periority, upon the part, of those who opjiose it, which the facts do not appear to vr irraut. , , -, . 7 I No one now doubts, at least nut one now gives an expression to his doubts of, the window of the act 01 I860, providing for the sale of the Western N. 0. UailroatU Yet we sometimes fail to recall the extent of the burdeu lifted, from the shoulders of tbe tax payers by that act. The $850,000 mortgage for which tbe mad was bound, the $59,500 annual interest thereon paid from the treasury , the $70,000 paid each year for the purchase of iron, tools and material, and the $62,500 which the keeping of the convicts annually cost these charges ; were at once transferred from the State to the purchasers, thereby relieving tbe taxpayers annually of a burdeu of $192,000. After an expenditure . ot nearly two raillious of dollars by the ootu ' Uiiy, tbe act ot 1883 was passed. No one now doubts or expresses a doubt of, the wisdom of that act. By it six hundred thousaud dollars was paid into the treasury, aud tli road was built from Pigeon 1 i ver to tbe month of Nantahala river, a distance of seven miles. Under tbe terms of that act the company, styled1 in the act the as sign, es, were to keep a force of seventy five convicts ac work ou the Hue from the month of the Nittitahala river to Mnrpby, or in case of failure were to forfeit all .their right iuv the road from the mouth of the Nautahala towards IMurphy. The clause of forfeiture is a distinct part of the contract, and it is not ingenious to read a portion of the section only and to declare that the company, has fail ed to comply with; its bargain, when by the very surrender of that L portion ot the road the provisions ot the section are complied with. The financial crisis of 1883 came like a thunder clap upon the world of railroad investments. Every security has been and is yet de pressed. The loss upon capital ized investment reached tuousatids of mil ions, aud railroad building in the country almost ceased. YeH the company went on with its work until the road was completed to the month of the Nantaibala, and the $600,000 paid to the State. The road runs through a sparsely settled country which caunut for years pay any substantial return ummi i the investment. From Charleston, Swain county, to the mouth of the Nantahala, there is absolutely uo business, no popula. tiou of any consequence, aud no freight. j , . The company was in debt to the State about; $26,000 or $27,000 for labor: done 'by the convicts, of which all but a few thousand was spent on the line from the Nanta hala westward, and the remainder UM)ii that part of the road just east of the' mouth of jthe NautahaHi, and utterly valueless except as a part of the Hue to Mnrpby. This amount it was ready to pay to tbe State aud forfeit the part of the road graded towards Murphy, iu strict compliance with the 4th see tiou of the act ot 1883. But the people of Cherokee declared that they bad been promised railroad facilities for . twenty five, yes, for thirty years, ' that they had hojieil these would be given them nuder the act of 1880, that they had con sented to tbe act of 1883 hoping that udder that act the frowniug cliffs of lied Marble Gap would be sealed and tbe railroad opened, aud that th y were aliout to be disap pointed; that by their concurrence $000,000 had been paid into the Slate treasury, aud that they bad favored the act lor the relief of the Cape' Fair & Yadkiu Valley Biil road whereby its convict hire was paid iu bonds and the 'Kinds sur rendered Co the company ukii the completion of sections of tbe road. Tbev asked in the name of the pledges of both political parties und tbe legislative policy of tbe State for at least ten ; ears, that similar relief be afforded them. It is well understood that the ,Vest eni North Carolina Railroad Com panywoud greatly prefer from the standpoint ' of self interest to pan tile balance due for convict hire and surrender the railroad to Mur phy. But its owners and ;ts' offi cers, especially ;Col. Andrews, its President, earnestly desired to see the railroad completed according to its original conception, j and were willing-to undertake its completion under tetms similar to those given the Caiie Fear & Yadkin Vall?y lioad. The Uohinsori bill was the legislation asked by tbepetipleof the extreme' .est, and not by any rail road company, j It proposetl 1 that the indebtedness fur convict hire, stated at $26,000 or thereabouts, should remain a debt, and that the hire of not less than 125 nor ;n re than 150 convicts should also re main a debt until the road should tie built to Murphy, aud then the d -bt should lie practically can celled ; that is, it was to be paid in bonds audi the bonds surreu dered just as is done ou tbe Cap 1 Fear & Yadkiii Valley, except that in the as of the latter road the hire is paid for in bonds at ouce. whilin tie Vase of the Wt stern North t'ar una Kail road it remains a debt in C"A until the roatl is com pleted. Unless the road is built to Mundiv the debt remains a cash indebtedness of the Western North Carolina 'Railroad ,, and can be collectetl from it.1 ; 1, , The . assertion, that the State builds the railioad and presents it to the ctimjiany would not be made so , carelessly if .the , facts were known.., The naked labor, of. the convicts-is only one item in the cost of Gonstraction. . For every dollar exiteuded ,by the State iu convict lapor, tbe oompauy will e penu ac least. nve Uollars, in. tools, live : stock, - cross, ties: . , rail , .: aud equipment. : ilv 'M r :i i; ' . . Bat it mav be asked, whv shonld the roatf Iks built 4 Lit is toti late to ask that, question now in tue faoe of reiieatetl , kleclaratious of both u political l partiet . for j many s aw . ' years. ..besides,, tue undeveloped wealtl' of. Cherokee equals, if Jt does uot exceed. . that of any court- ty iu tue . outie.. , r or years , tuac part of the road will not bo profits able, , but iu the.' end, ,wheu the mines of irou and, other, minerals, the quarries of marble i and t other valuable stones ; are , -opened aud worked, and the rich, agricultural ltosnbilities of, the: couuty devel oed,.tbe road will be worth t f the State all it has cost, aud more be sides iV. I, Z; -.'.iJit.. . .. , . ii Another Irkausag Statesman. , The Little UockTfArk.) Qcutt'e prints iu full the speech delivered in the senate of that' state b Col. 44 Bob" Cnckett on; the bill to regu , late : railroad freights, . , Following is one of its eloquent; paragraphs : ."Sir, for whom, are v we legislat ing t Fpr iurselyes alone t Alas, sir. heaven .will never smile upon such selfish legislation. In a little wuue you, iur. , resuieiu, uuu uiy venerable friend, the father of this bill,, whose snowy .locks are even uow being tossed by the breezes of another ;. world, aud I will have passed away and quietly. Bleep be neath the sod. The . winter snow will drape ..the mounds: above us with a winding sheet, but the sting of its bitter, cold , will be, all uu heeded by us., ,The spring birds will sing their sVeetest notes hi the swinging branches r above our tr raves, though their music will not be heard by us. But Arkansas God1 bless her! like a gentle mother, trill fold (us td her loving breast and drape ouri betls with sweet flowering jt vines, sing soft lullabies o'er our, dreamless rest with the low, sweet, music of mur muring winds. After, us will come another generation, .who, if they find our state stand.ug shoulder to shoulder with her! sister states in the battle tor development and ma terial prosjierity,' through our wise legislation, will rise up and call us blessed. But, on .the j other hand, if the find her, dwarfed by unwise aud; restricted legislation, they will spit upon the graves of those whom they shoultl bouor. Let us remem tier that t Arkansas is a , growing state, and legislate, for heron the plan that my, dear old mother, ot blessed meinoryj was i want to cut my clothes . iu uiy boyhood -days. She always grew to them, and. alas ! sometimes 'got! too big , for em ami when I did but that was my mothers ousiness. . airs. let us cut Arkansas- breeches but I see I must drop the illustration or change the) sex. ot our state, which I would not do: for the world God bless her I We do not carry this selfishness into our. private life. If I were to find my old friend. Uncle Bob McCiunell, iut ting out fruit trees, j and were to say. to him, 'Uucle Bob, why trou ble yourself to put out fruit trees f they'll never benefit jyou,' the old man would straighten himself to his full height and reply, 'No, Bob, I'm old aud will probably never see these trees blossom or fruit, but I have childreu aud graudchil ireii, who. as they climb these trees aud pluck the ripe fruit long after Pin dead, will say, Grandfather. planted these trees , with his : own. hand aud they'll bless the, old man, as they eat the fruit, for bis kindness in punting the trees for their ben efiu So let it be with us. ..Let us frame laws that will build up our glorious state,. instead of dwarfing her by hostile: legislation - against railroads, the grandest of agencies of modern civilization for develop rug the. resource, of a uew statd. Let us not say to capitalists abroad, Come and Itsik upon our broad prairies, our (fertile valleys, our magnificent forests,' our mines aud quarries, . which are sleeping uu touched for want of transportation. Come, help us develop these grand esources. Aud when iu response to our urgeuts pleading they do come, let us : not turn uiou them and throttle them with destructive legislation. It j is j true, sir, . that while we do not stand, upon our borders aud , welcome t capitalists ( with bio dy hands' to hospitable graves we do st tud 11 pou those borders, aud I weloome .them with such obstructive legUlaiion to dis astrous baukruprcy. 1 stand not here to-da as the' special defender of the railroads; as railroads alone, bat I ilo uphold and would protect, foster and encourage them as the means of. building up. our beloved state. It ts for Arkansas ami her brave sons and fair daughters who shall come after j us for whom 1 plead. Sir, iu the core of my heart I believe that this bill and all others- of kindred character- are wrong in conception, and if adopted would be ruinous to tbe railroads, aiid as an inevitable . consequence the ruin of. Arkansas. I cannot support . the bill, ami earnestly hope that it wil hot pass." Mad dogs rjnseiitly. became so uumenms in some parts of Alaba ma that schools bi out couuty were obliged to suspend, as it was con sidered daimerpus to have tbe pupils abroad.' ;' '," ' . r. ' 1 -l"Erery girl, is anxhms to team the Mr y of cat ehiug a lHati." says an excbange,1tbe name of which we have forgwlten.J And it is not nn til F she has caught him that -she learns the Miss-ery ot it. , ' . " v ; ,Wh May Practice M diclae. -' We publish as a matter of in for matiou to all concerned, the follow ing provisions of a law, enacted by the recent General Assembly rela tive to the practice of mediciiie iu this State. : .1 J 4,..,.- Section 1. That section 3.122 of the Code lie amended by striking out the wonls "Provided, no per, son who shall practice iu violation of this bapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." f.v). -.f h 2.i That section 3,132 of the Code be amended by ,addiug at tbe end of .said section the followiug: Any person who shall biegiu the practice of medicine or surgery .u this State for fee or reward, after the passage of this act, without first obtaining license from said Board of Exami ners,, shall not only not lie entitled to sue for or-recover before any court -ny medicat hill, for ser, vices rendered i in the practice of medicine ..or., surgery, or any of the - branches thereof, but shall also I be guilty of .a misdemeanor, and upon, conviction thereof shall be Sued not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one huudred dollars, or imprisoned at the discretion of the . court, for each and every offeuce : Provided, that, this act shall not be construed to apply to women who pursue the avocation of a mid wife: And pro, vided further, that this act. shall not, apply to regularly, licensed physicians or surgeous resident iu a neighlx.ring State. , , 3. That this act shall be in force from Tud after its ratification.. -,, ; -In the Geueral,. Assembly, reatl three times, and ratifietl this th 23d day of Februarj, A. D. ISio. Planets f April. ;i " Prorideneo Jouraall ' '; Mercury is evening star until the 27tb, when he becomes morning star. ' He comes to the front oh the planetary records, easily winning the place of honor, for he is the only, member ot the sun's family who contributes interesting inci dents to the annals of April, the month being specially unevetitiul aud monotonous ' as j regards the movements of'fliur usually lively brothtr and sister planet. Mer cury's course is marked by three events. The most noteworthy to terrestrial view iu his greatest eastern elongation, j This event occurs on the 8th, at two o'clock iu the morning, when Mercury is 19 26' east of the: sun. It is the best op)Mrtunity the year affords for a sight of Mercury as evening star with the unaided eye. j. Tht smallest and swiftest of. the planets will be a charming object in the early evening j sky from the lieginning to the middle of v April. No other planet is like him. Not a fixed star in the sky can be com pared to him in 'brilliancy when seen under tie same light, unless it may be Sirius. which he some what resembles, shining with a brilliant white light, though we have sometimes seen him take on a golden aspect and often a rosy hue. Easily as he may be seen in this latitude, it is almost impossi ble to detect his presence in the central and i northern regions of Europe. It was a life long sorrow to Copernicus that he never had a glimpse of the swift footed planet that travels nearest tbe sun. j Audacity is the prominent char acteristic of the smallest of the planetary brotherhood. The most painstaking observer litis uot sue ceeded iu fin. ling out' the cause of the uudue acceleration of his peri lielioii point, and it is generally conceded that the science of a trouomy has at present no means capable of solving the problem. He peristeiitly hides ft.nu view any small planet or planets re vol v ing nearer the sun than himself, though astronomers have traveled many thousand miles, hoping to disetiver intra Mercurial -' ' planets duriug a total solar eclipse, and he manages to keep the secrets of his physical organization hidden with in his own d imain or in tbe dense atmosphere! that probably sur rmuds his solid crust. I We know with certainty .little more about him than when the telescope was first invented. Amateur astrono mere, with ordiuary j telescopes, have aeen bright spots on his sur face indicating an axial rotation of about twenty-four, hours; blunted cusps or liorus, interpreted as due to the shadow of mountains eleven miles high; a deviatiou trom . a spherical form; aud even a i bole through the centre. Practical as tr -neuters j with the most powerful telescopes in the world, fad to see these marvels on tbe disc of our fleet footed brother, and give little credence to them Nearly all that is known if JMercury may be sum med up iii a few words, i He has phases like the moon. At eastern elongation, he appears like. a half moon, oefore that time he is gib bous, after that time he takes on a form of a cresent. These are his phases while evening star. The same changes occur iu! reversed order while be is niorniug star. Jupiter is eveniugstar. If Mer cuy wius the first I place for the numlter of incidents be contributes to enliven tbe annals of tbe mouth Jupiter deserves high rank for the spleudor of his apjiearauce iu the nocturnal . sky. He fs first and foremost for size and. brillian cy among the starry host, an ob iect beautiful to lieboldas he makes bis wav over the Jcelestial road, followetl by his twinkling atten dant, , Begulus. Planet, and, star keen at about the 'same distance from each other duriug the mouth, for Jupiter is in stationary aspect ami varies little iu his bearings. It is well to enjoy the present beaming asrct of the prince of planets, for his course tends to tbe South, and he is approaching . the aphelion of his rbit! Six years must inter- v. ne iiefore he" seemingly completes the circle of the zodiac, and eomes round again, iu 1892, to erihelion an I greatest northern declination. Saturn is eveuiug star, and hold his court in the western sky, havi ing passed the meridian before it is dark enough for him to tie visi j ble. tnd sinking below the western horizon, before midnight,' when tbe month commences. He,- like Jupi ter, is nearly stationary during the mouth - ' - ' - . " !: ixeptnne is evening star. ue is very near the sun, and the first of the four great planets to disappear below the horizon. ' i-, ...;f. '! Uranus is-' evening star.' 'There nothing noteworthy, in his course He-is, on the '1st, 12m. east and 35' north of Eta Virginis, a third mag uitude star in Virgo, having chang ed bis position I but littl since his opposition He ' may still tie seen with the unaided eye, though the telescopic view! is more satisfacto ry. 1 1 - - i 1 I Venus is morning star, though she is nearly lost to sight.- 'She is very near the sun, and ! will soon pass beyond the great orb. " . Mars is morning star,1-receding slowly fr6m the sun, and approach' iug the earth. - At the eud of the month he rises about' half an hour before the sunt 1 -a ? 5 i ' The April moii fulls on the 29th, at fourteen minutes after 1 o'clock iu tbe morning The waning moon is iu ' close conjunction -with Mars and Venus on the t4tb, the day before her chauge. She -is at her nearest point to Mercury and Nep tune ou the 16th in conjunction with Saturn oh the 18th, with Jit piter on the 231. and with Uranus oir the 26th. ; The inoou's conjiinc tions in her April circuit are not noteworthy, Jor tlrey are either in visible or moon aud planets are far apart as tbeyjpass on the celestial road. 1 ;-:! .. - Our fair satellite, J however, gets up a eharmiiigexhibition on a more Houtbern belt of the earth's ten i tory iHftweeu toe limiting parallels of 28 north and 38 f south lati tude. She occults the planet Venus, on the 14tb,i at -3 o'clock in the afternoon.' The -close conjunction occurring in this vicinity, for moou and planet are then only 6' apart, becomes in the ' more favored belt id the earth's domain a beautiful occultation. j The slender cresc nt, only ten hours tiefore j new mou, occults the fail est of the stars, at that time nearly a rounded orb. Moon and planet are iu turn hid deu in the blaze of sunlight. Con junction and occidtaiiou are, there- tore, invisible to the naked eye, aud iii this respect we are as Mel) off as our Southern neighbors The phenomenon may be observed with the aid of a jiowerful telescope, tor': though its j light-gathering glass the brilliant planet may be follow . ed iu full daylight, nearly lumiuary. until she 't is A New Denomination. I New York Herald. ' , i j ' A number of people in this city who cannot, conscientiously pro claim the dogmas; of any of the known religious see: s have foimou a congregation under the leader: ship of Key. A. W.j Lightbourti. Many of the members of Dr. New liiaii's congregation ha e joined the uew society, and the following is the formal declaration of princi ples -of the "Evangelical Utisecta rian Sciety of New York City f, the name chosen by the members; 1. OurCreed Thv.evealed word ot Gtsl. We accept as our only authoritative teacher Jesus - The Church, we holtl, h is uo authority to originate a new doctrine nor to teach any doctrine not found iu this, revealed word. ! ; i f 2. We1 recognize j the right mf every uiufnlual Christian, under tlie guidance, of the. Holy Spirit, to interpret this revealed word of Gotl for uiiuself. We are as jop- iiosed to privilegeil classes in the church as in I the State, aud to ec clesiastical oligarchy as to political desNitism, both of which are in compatible with Bible Christianity aud America u civiliz itiou. 1 3. Our Polity The rule of Christ. We tleny the divine right of priests to govern us in religious matters. as . we tleny tue tiivine . rigutv 01 kings to govern us iu affairs of State. All men are. brethren, aud all Christian brethren are "a royal priestho4Nl. Iu conforming to the few and simple principles of the New Test a men tr and the .Golden Jtule of Jesus our isility must iiec essiirily tie free of all harshlvss and and ostentation. ' I i i i ? Our onlyj lawgivjer is ; II1111 who has said, "My yoke is easy." I j j -j 4. "Iu things proven unity; iu whatsoever can be doubted, diver ity ; iu things not trenching 011; others rights, liberty; in all things charity.".,- . ,i ..Jf .j,- L All heartily subscribing to our princiides are cordially; invited, to join us. 1 '.- - h - j.: ) I The services are to lie hehl every Sabbath; and a Thursday eveu'ng lecture will be given at No. 20 Fifty-ninth street-where the socie ty at present worships.! j .Tbe New Style llata. "The bivh silk bats are a little higher ami jtraigh ter less ! of a bell shape and with a little lighter curl in the rim. :The derbys are much the same,' only there is (a slight deviatiou in the dtrectiou of square crowns. Oue of the new thiugs is a reddish lirowu tan and a greenish gray, with a- bronze band, both made in Ltiiidon. Al j together, the new styles show less change than they have in mahyj seasons. ; Tweet I hats will.be worn to some etn , but there are many imitations. The real; tweed hats that : come here ares. of English make. These 'tweed hats are usu ally worn on rainy .days or for traveling. The high silk hat re mains the on oat dressy j article of headwear for gentlemen. The derbv", however, will ! be the" most woru. j : . ' . : ;j , j -j. j, A Chicago hog ate tour pounds of giant jiowder recently. The packer who owned it took the pre caution of anchoring; it over night iu a vat of water before slaughter lUg It. : V;j , - (!.'. :i j : j Wood Aabea at a Fertilizer. ; ; : There are few if any fertilizers in the .market tbaty- posses So many desirable qualitten as good wood ashes ; beiog rich in potabh, and having a fair proportion of phos phoric acid, they supply two im portaut materials 'that . is, deficient in most soils. " But there are other important elements that are tint only bereficial, 1 but tmortant for plant, growth. .Wood ashes con talus large quantities of lime; uot stone lime , but lime that is. finer and; more ' soluble ; ft having once beep in n condition to enter plants it again leadily comes into a condi tiou to be taken up by growing plants; much more so than the com mon stone line.' Ashes contain two other important elements, namely, magnesia and silica ; these are jotb necessary 4 for. plant, gniwth, fatul like the lime; they are in the right conditiou to be readily takeu up by-j the growing plants. In ffact Wtod ashes being the mineral ele ments ;of vegetation, they contain all of the mineral elements fori the growth of other ' vegetation, land that, too, in the best possible cou ditjoni having ouce been taken' up by 'growing vegetation, they fiave been divided into small particles and made soluble iu water, and they : readily return to the same t'ouditioti again. This is auiuiMir taiit fact that is geuerally over hsiked. A fertilizer might be well supplied with important elements uf plant fond, yet.be in such coudi tiou as to be of no possible use. to th grbwiiig plant' for several years after i is applietl . " ; r ' If the farmer, copld be 8ure';of getting goot pure WiMxl. ashes at the price usua l charged, it! would jhej for h's interest to buy them for almost "any. '.'crop';, he grows 011 his farm.' AYhile the, benefit the first, year may not be as much as some other! fertilizers, the second, aiid fot four or fire 'following years the benefit 5111 many soils is great. The doubt about the, quality has de-; terred many froih buying ashes in large, qua nt'ties. , While stnnei'ashes analyzed are worth from 35 t 40 cents a bushel, there are others that will not analyze "wortl more t ha 11- half as much. If souie way. could be devised by which the pricei could be fixed to corresjioiid with the quality, to a positi ve cerUinty, tlie fanner would feel that bo was getting his money's .worth, but as long; as he has to buy, as he now does, he will be very likely U think he is being cheated,! wheu in' )oint of fact. lie is getting more value thau he nays tor. I S. f-.. - How to Measure Fields. 1 - I :' ' - . i - I-' r ! ' During seeding time j farmers often wish to make an j accurate estimate of the .amount of land in a field. The accompauyiug table has been found useful and conve ; liieut for the purisiso and may be cutSmt aud reference-: preserved for future j 5 yards wide tains an acre. by 9G8 long con - 10 yards wide by 454 long con tains an aere. - "i J 20 yards wide by 242 long con tains an acre, 't ( 40 wide by 121 long contains an acre ' j .' - p 70 yanls wide by. 69 long con tains an acre, v n . 80 yards wide by 60j long con ains an acre. j 60 ft. i wide by 126 long coutaius an acre.- I 110 ft. wide by 397 long Contains an acre. - ' - f ; - 130 ft. wide by 363 long contaitis iUii Mere. :. . j j'..- 220 ft. wide by 193 long contains 'an acre.' x . " r-. - ''I I '-. j 240 ft. wide by 181 J long con tains au acre. I : j 440 fu. wide by 99 long Contains an acre.- 11 j ; ' ' ' Haraaparitla'a Sympathy. Detriot Free Prasa.1 .; Professor Sarsaparitia then offered the followini tiou ; Hunter resolu tt Resolved. Dat In dis straggle be ¬ tween England an' de Arabs de sympathies of dis club go out fur tie latter." ' j 1 ? j'"' You. offer dis, do you T queried the president, as he looked from the paper to Sarsaparilla and back.' ', , I ; 1- ", 'Yes, sah." . 1" ; - j "You sympathize wid de Arab, io you v "Yes, sah." "Anv pertickler reasoal" 44 A werry great reason, kah. De Arab am seeking to abolish slav- ery in England," There was a beriod of silence so deep aud painful tliat Shindig AVHtkius blisteretbis heel oil the hot store without I realizing it. Brother Gardner finally said: i j "Giveadam Jones! an Pickles Smith will take de profelsor to de aunty-room an' rub de Hack of his neck" wid a cold nricli. If dat tloan' affect a cure we'll seud him to de idiot asylum." I I The professor acted like oqe who had been knocketl dowu by a brick luiuse, and. after the rubbing pro cess above referred j to! had been completed he explained that the resolution had been drawn up by-a tin peddler,- who had promised him a new tin pan to preseut it. '. The Postmasterpeneral, it is understood, has said that appli cants for position in the railway mail service might just as .well withdraw their papers, as remova's iu this branch will I only be made for good causedIts' employes are, for the service rendered, the poor est paid of any .of the. government servauts. It has hf en said that the industry required tj bean efflcieut railway postal clerk; would make a man nroininenti in any tif the pro fessions. Postmaster General Vilas assures - this class of public ser vants at once that their places are not to be farmed out by iioli icians. and that he expects to continue the mail service just as it has been develoed by .the exjierience ot the lasteti years. I -u. ." !'""'.'! '-''' Home-MadA CandjT . 1 canuy. as wen as of other articles of neeeaaitw experienced the lack of money amonff buyers during the holidays, and in many houses Santa Clans did not even ' bring candy to . the little ones. As many mothers, ' however, would giro their children an occasional treat, hero are some recipes for -making candies' at home which are 1 very easy of ex ccutioiu V !, . - ;r .. . J r For peanut candy half as much sugar as glucose most - be ' used, ' and as' much, or more weight ; . in peanuts-; as, thesngar. In fact,; the peanuts must' be stuTed into the syrup just as thick" as po-siblo. Let the syrap come to a boil, throw in the nuts and stir con stantly until the syrup "hair" .when it ' drops from the spoon. . Then pour! it on a slab. That which is to be cut iup" in bars is marked while soft. ' Almond and filbert bars are made in the same way. f Cocoanut candy U softer. The T best cocoanut candy is that made with! some maple syrup writ. ' J ' ; f r i j A good proportion for making, cara mels is one gallon of cream, , five pounds of glucose, two pounds of sugar,' using such flavoring as desired. Three quarters of an hour is long enough to cook caramels. -When done, the syrup should be poured on a slab ana marked. . " " , (Molasses taffy is made by using three pounds of glucose to five pounds t sugar and one quart of molasses. There is no caniy more difficult for a novice to make thau molasses taffy. , it must neither be cooked too fast or too slow. too muchor too little. ' : ! 'f; Equal portions of molasses and sugar should be used. To two teacupfuls of each, for instance, put in about a tea spoon ul of butter and three table spoonfuls of vinegar. - When it is ready to remove from the . fire add , about j a half teaspoonful of baking soda, and immediately pour Into a buttered panr When cool enough to hr.Bdle, knead it, just like bread, sprinkling lemon, ex tract over it, andi then pull it well, till you grow tired on any convenient hook. ''If':-!'-' '' - j' Butter-scotch . iii good only when fresh. It is made in the proportion of threo pounds of glucose to five pounds of sugar, one pint of molasses and three quarters of a pound of butter. N. r. Mail and Lxpressj ' Tears or m Baby. a tmuK inere isf no saaaer signt on 1 1 earth than a baby's tears. To see the little round face that looks as if it were only ma e for laughing all twisted iup j in a snarl of puckers, the bright! eyes j squinted out of sight, and great; real ; -tears coursing down the pudgy cheeks, is enough to maki; a stoic weep in sym-' pathy. It is as if the an in' the moon; were cryiug. I knew an English father ' who," whenever one of hisAabies and there was a iiotitupf themcViei, would say in tones of comical distress, -"he'd rather see a tiro pun note than one of those tears any day.' and it seemed to ; those little ones to be the height of de- -votion and self-denial on his ; part.! Mrs. Paddock, aj writer of Salt f Lake ' City tells a pathetic story of a broken- hearted wife whose first "baby ! never cried aloud but wept In silence all the . time. Sleeping! or waking the tears flowed from his eyes, and in 1 few weeks it- died, -its mother said .of a! broken heart. It had shed all the tears its mother jjiad repre sed before ' its birth, and its weeping face was a sym- bol of tlie face of Utah. In, antithesis to these sad facts- is - a memory we nearly all can conjure tip of some fat, rascally baby who wpuld cry and cry and cry until some member of the fam ily was enlisted in his cause, when: he woiuu suuucnry; unourton nis eyes anu Io! not a tear would be there. It 'had been a crocodile bawl of the. driest grief. Detroit Free Press. Smokers In tbe White Monse. So the White House is to have an- other smoker," said an bid attache of that establishment, as he carefully i nnrsed a fragrant Havana and watched j the rings of smoke ascend toward the ; freseoed ceiling. "I see that Mr. Cleve land is a smoker. Well, there has been : pretty constant smoking here j since f Grant came in. There was an interreg- num. 60 to speak, jrnder Hayesi, who j did not smoke, nor did any of his boys; but with that exception the presidents since Lincoln have all been smokers. Mr. Lincoln did not smoke nor chew. -Johnson did, so did Grant, so did Gar- 1 field, so does Arthur, and so will Cleve land There were great times among th smokers when Grant came in. It seemed as though everybody; here smoked then. I remember up in the president's room at the ca- itolj when he used to go up there to sign bills on . ihe closing days of : the " session.' the smoke was so thick that you could cut : U with a knife, as the saying is. No, . Hayes did not smoke, but not ' because of tiny objection on the part of his own wife, for I think she rather enjoyed the odor of a good ci ar. .1 remember that she turned the cottage at the Sold- iera IInm nnside down one dav look ing for a cigar for me after I hud taken dinner with the family there. She had seen me smoking at my desk and set out to find ome cigars there, insisting that I should not be deprived of my after-dinner smoke, but failed, for some body had captured all of them. . A Texas Hotel. Then there is the genius who keeps a hotel--a squat. bow-leff:red, -red-head ed, bull-necked terror ot tlie Llano, who never washes bis face,', combs his' hair .', or changes bis shirt,' and has no use for a h an who does. Iet ir e describe this semi-al-fresco "hostclriej" with all its appurtenances. A large story- 1 and-a-half shanty that would 1 disgrace j Kerry" Patch, which contains the office.! v wash-room, sitting-room, " parlor and f nursery, all in one magnificent room. : fully 12x12 feet, with a ceiling! against rwhich a sjx-footer is in danger of re ceiving a cracked skull if he rises sud denly. 'JHere, in the most fraternal mann r, are congregated around a di-1. minutive stove, landlord. landladyV (equipped with baby,J snuff-bottle and snuff-stick), half a dozen Various sized ; dirty, unkempt, unlicko! cubs, .(they . run to boys principally, progeny of -the landlord and landlady, some half a dozen cowboys in leather breeches and- spurs, redolent with . the intoxicating aroma of cows, filth and West Texas whisky which latter is by f:.r the loudest and most offensive. .Several regular boarders and a forlorn travel- ing man or two complete the circle, all -anxiously awaiting the signal to cater the banqueting-hall. 'From a i Late . Abilene Utter. k I " 1 Denmark iends $55,000 annually for agricnlfufal teaching. There are dairy schools and .schools in agricult ure Improved methods-are . taken up bV every Dane, from the King down to" the humblest farmer: The consequence is that this little, cold, barren country isable to export large numbers of exv eel len feat tie, quantities of farm and dairy produce, while the! producers are thriving snd comfortable. ; ! ; ! I '1 -i hi i; -ill" i. r - .- I H r ... : i , - .'i.li,'- i I 'f ... .. .- : . .. n - : , ! - 1 '