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4 1 7 RANK UKIE Co AN 1 TCP- dJDi. GEO. S. BAKER', Editor and Proprietor, TJERIS : S2.00 per Annum. 1 1 ; - . VOL. III. LOTJISBURG, N. C, FKIDAY, JULY 3. 1874. . XO. 35. School "Called." Don't yon hear the children coming. Coming Into fchool ? Don't you Lear too muter drumming, On the window with his rule ? flatter drumming, children coming Into hcIiooI. Tip-too figures reach the catch, Tiny finger e!kk the latch ; Ciulr-hea'lwl girlt. throne: in, Lily-fret from t il and ; Jireozy boya holt in together, J;riiiin;r breath of winter weather, Bringing baekc-U Indian-checked, DirincrM iin them ally wrecked, led, mittenH off, h frota the M&lakolT 15'iilt of imow and marble-white, IIakUoiih Hhinitig in the light, Marked with many a dint and dot Of the ice-cold cannon uhot ! Hear the latst aHhaalting (shout ! Hoe the guiinoru rally out Charge upon the battered door ttehool i4 called, and battle o'er ! AU.NT CIIARLOTrE'S YARN. Ruddr-hand ! 1 Ho1diern jru " Now, Ida, my dear girl, take my advice," said Aunt Charlotte to her giddy young niece, "and don't imperil your future -happiness nor be guilty of 'injustice by slighting th man to whom you have given your troth, or by fool ishly teasing him in order to test his af fections. Thero is a story in my own memory that I have never ,told you; and I could not now bring myself to do so only that I see you do not like me to lecture you, and I wish you to learn wisdom by an easier method than that of bitter experience. When I was a young girl we lived, as you know, in Canada, in one of the small lake-shore towns between Toronto and Kingston. Your grandfather was a man of note in the town, and I was a croud deal sought after. I was giddy, too. and selfish, though I did not then consider myself so. I had many ad mirers and suitors, among whom the one I liked best was Ilarry Vane. From my-very infancy Harry had been my gallant, aud though I sometimes pre tended to be, und sometimes really was, jealous of him or otherwise offend vd, and ho the same with regard to me, but keeping within the vicinity of the camp until the horn sounded for din ner. We were all, as is usual at pic nics, in a hungry mood, and we did not dine mincingly. ' After dinner we lolled about on the grass for awhile, then formed plans for the afternoon's campaign. There were near by several canoes or row-boats that were kept for hire, and a fair pro portion of our band decided in favor of an excursion pn the lake, some parties going in one direction, some in another. Three boat loads, twelve individuals in all, determined to pay a visit to the tower on the opposite shore of the lake, and about three miles farther up. As we divided ourselves into parties of four, I felt an irrepressible desire to have Harry Vane, who had declared for the tower, in our boat, so I called out: " 'Harry, are you coming with us?' meaning by us, Bowns and myself. "I shail never forget the look of mingled pain and pleasure with "which he replied : No. Charlotte : George Law is quartered in your boat.' "It was half -past three o clock when we entered near the tower and drew the boats up on the beach. This tower was an octagon building three or four stories in height, consisting of only one room to each story, with a narrow spiral staircase leading from base to summit. At the top was an observatory nor much larger than a good-sized bird-cage, which had once been furnished with a small telescope mounted on a swivel, but was now reduced to a very common place spy-glass. The basement was a "What with a sense of danger, and what with sudden consternation at being spoken to in such a tone and manner, I had no self-command, and in shutting the umbrella I somehow lost my bal ance, and the next instant I was sinking in the blinding waters. "I must have risen very quickly, for the boat was there and I laid my hand on its side, but quick as a flash Down's hand came down on mine, and though he afterward said hold of me to assist dislodged my hand. True, I should have upset the boat, and just as true he flung me off to perish. As I sank again, even through the gurgling in my ears, I heard the voice of Harry Vane, Courage, Charlotte, I'm coming.' " Again I rose and again sank. Then I ceased to struggle and the. pain of suffocation was gone. I knew that I was dying, and like electricity all my past life flashed before me. I had no terror of death, but I longed to ask Harry's pardon. Bowns I seemed to have for gotten. The tall rice was all about me, and I knew no more until a deadly sickness and great pain woke me to consciousness. Was it the gurgling water or human speech that rumbled in my ears ? I did not know, I did not care ; I only wished not to be disturb ed not to suffer. " Slowly my comprehension returned ana 1 found myself on a bed in the log cabin of the man who kept the boats on hire, and it was night, for candles were burning. Some of my companions of the picnic were there, but I was too ill THE DUXKEB.S. A Peculiar ct of People. A correspondent of the St. Louis Re publican gives some particulars about the German Baptists known as the Dunk era, who have been holding their annual national conference : 44 They teach the doctrine of general redemp tion through our Lord Jesus Christ, IC ' a I ig aQd hold that man is a free moral agsnt. that he tried to ly Th also in the doctrine of in- st me, I know that be fant Kalvfttim, hnt thir1eiT,r hi. have not decided at what time in life accountability begins. They believe that Christian regeneration will exhibit itself externally, and hence on becom ing members of the church they re nounce the pomps and vanities of the world, manifesting their belief by plain ness and uniformity of dress, both men and women : hence in all the assembly " . 07 of the sisters exhibited none oi tne sisters exmoited any flounces, furbelows or iewelrv. but in stead are attired in plain modest colors, many of them in calico, and all. both old and young, wear sun-bonnets which I lr system of piping. The Tree that Destrojs Malaria. The eucalyptus globulus, or Austra lian gum tree, is favorably known to all residents of California, where probably not less than 1,000,000 trees are plant ed. In San Francisco, in front of hand some residences, you will find it with its magnificent drooping branches making an effective and graceful shade tree. In Oakland the broad avenues are lined with them, eucalyptus forests are planted in the country surrounding Oakland, and, in fact, in every county of California where the cold winter will permit it to live, the eucalyptus will be found growing. The wonderful properties of this tree have only within the past few years been discovered and appreciated. It is justly claimed that when the tree flourishes in low, marshy, and feverish districts all miasma will cease. It de stroys tne malarial element in any at mosphere where it grows, and is a great absorbant of moisture, draining the subsoil almost as thoroughly as a regu- deep, dungeon-like hole, with a grated and weary to ask questions. door through which one entered a sub terranean passage leading out to the shore of the lake. This tower, with its lean-to kitchen or, rather, cook-house, was built on a hill at the distance of about two hundred yards from the wa ter's edge, and it was the product of a quixotic Englishman, an old bachelor's fancy. The whimsical man did not carry out his original intention of mak ing a complete miniature castle of the feudal times, but suddenly abandoned the enterprise and went as he came, nobody knew whither. This odd little tower had been surrounded on all sides, save the deep bank next the water, by a diminutive moat, which was now a dry ditch filled with weeds and wild nowers : there, too, was tne wreck of a we always made up again and were bet- toy-like drawbridge, and within the en ler irienUHtuan ever, mere was nou closure were Beverai quaint-looking garden-chairs cut into the stumps of streets with me. mv feet on the countering him. and he claimed parentage. He affable, tliougli really any engagement between us, though Ilarry had asked me to form one ; but my parents objected to long engagements, und wo were not ready to marry. Matters stood thus when, early ono spring, wo had an addition to our list of beaux in the form of a dashing young fellow, an Englishman, sent out by n wealthy Qrm ot the mother coun try for the purpose of establishing an agency in their line of business. His headquarters had been in Montreal, but he now announced his intention of making our town his home during the summer. " He had a good dal of leisure, and spent no inconsiderable part of it at our house, or in promenading the I could scarcely set sidewalks without en His name was Bowns, to be of aristocratic was ' handsome and rather supercilious, withal very distinguished in appear ance ; so no wonder the girls ot our set wished to attract his attention, and were envious of me. Of course I was proud of my conquest, and perhaps carried rayRelf a little haughtily in con sequence. For some time Ilarry pouted, then openly remonstrated, even plead ed : but as I angrily asserted my inde pendence, he finally desisted from all apparent nouoo ot tne matter ; aua whenever we met he treated me with indiiforeut courtesy, anl altogether showed n manly self-command which I did not fail to note and admire. Still I must confess that at that time I gave verv littlo thought to narry or to any of my old admirers ; it seems wonder-! fnl to me how completely I was fasci nated by the prepossessing stranger. "1 be sure he flattered my vanity not a little, and my empty head was turned by his lavish, adulatory style of compliments. He raved about my eyes of heavenly blue, the golden glory of my mermaid locks, my swan-like neck, and art endless flow of bathos that ought to have disgusted me, but did not ; and so I listened and he ranted. About the middle of August we made up among our set a picnic party to drive out to Rice Lake Plains aud spend the day in boating on the lake, gather ing huckleberries, wild flowers, etc., and generally amusing ourselves. "You must know that there is an ir regular chain of small lakes extending transversely from the Bay of Quinte, near the eastern end of Lake Ontario, to the eastern end of Lake Superior. Bioe Lake i the first of the chain count ing from Ontario, and it lies at a dis tance of from two to three hours drive from several small towns on the frontier. Wo had an earlv breakfast, and set off at eight o'clock, so that we need not be on the road during the heat oi tne day. There were several carriages ; the one in which I rode was a handsome ba roncho hired from a livery stable for the occasion, and by my side sat the all cononering Mr. Bowns. For some unexplained reason Harry Vaco did not go m any of the carnages, but was mounted on horseback, and he rode gavly by the side of first one ve hicle, then another. When we had gone a li ttle distance out of town the country air, sights and sounds were eo exhilarating that we in eur carriage began to sing. Harry, hearing us, rods np aud joined in the song, he being particularly fond of singing. Shortly we struck off into an old ditty which he and I had sung together countless times when we stood each first in the esteem of the other and no gay stranger had come betveen us. For a stanza or two Harry sang bravely, but when we came to the refrain suddenly his horse Dolt ed and he rode off, catching at his ha with one hand and seeming .to draw rein with the other. The remainder of the party thought his horse had shied and run away with him, but I saw thor oughly the whole manoeuvre, and a sud den pang shot, through my selfish heart. "On reaching the lake at the point agreed upon, we separated into little companies, and wandered about at will, trees. There was a family residing in the house, at least they made it an oc casional residence during the summer, but that day they were absent, and the garrulous old servant in charge, showed us over the premises. "We stole down by the light of a lan- I tern through the underground passage I to the opening on the lake ; we climbed the steep stairs and peeped through the old spy-glass ; sat in the grotesque chairs, and gathered bouquets from the quondam moat. All these vagaries con sumed so much time that, before we were aware, the sun was going down the westward slope in a way that, when we noticed it, sent us to our boats with speed. We were soon gli'ding over the water in jovial spirits and at a fair rate of motion toward the camping place on the shore next homo. The three boats kept near together, and as we went we sang Tom Moore's Canadian boat song. Just as our voices were ringing out " ' How, brothers, row, for the Btream runs fast, The rapids are near and the daylight is past,' 1 a sudden breeze almost took the light umbrella with which I was screening myself and companion from sun and wind (we had left our bonnets at the camp) out of my hand. The breeze subsided for a moment, then came again more vigorously than before, and held on steadily. Generally or frequently a stiff breeze rises on those lakes about or soon after sunset, but now the sun was certaiuly half an hour high. Sud den squalls, especially when thunder clouds are hovering near, accompanied by dangeruus disturbance of the water, are unpleasantly of ten the concomitants of boating on those shallow lafees. "Looking around the horizon we discovered the cause of the suddenly rising wind. A heavy pale of black clouds coming up -behind ns in the northwest were spreading themselves along the northern horizon and extend ing upward almost to the zenith ; and at the same time we began to hear the thunder mutter and see the lightning play, though not very near. The weather-wise ones of our party said the shower was spending itself north of us, but we might get a sprinkling from its skirts, and the wind was sure to be troublesome. - " Meanwhile we had crossed the lake and were making our way down to the landing adjoining, which was our camp, keeping close in shore to avoid the commotion of the water. " There is a peculiarity in that lake. The wild rice, from which it takes its name, grows over almost the entire bottom of the basin, and when at its tallest the grain lies floating on the surface of the water, and the Indians, when it is ripe, paddle round and gather it into their canoes. This, however, makes navigation to ordinary rowers rather difficult : and where the basin is " When next I opened my eyes it was daylight and my father and mother were bending over me. " Suddenly I remembered something of the drowning and cried out, 'Where is Harry? He said he was coming.' " They hushed and soothed me and I suppose administered a narcotic, for I have only- a faint recollection of lying on a bed in a covered conveyance and oi being annoyed by the lolting. "The next time I awoke my mind was clear, I recollected all, and begged to ba told how I was saved. My friends evaded this question, and my suspicions being aroused, I demanded to see Harry Vane. Finding they could no longer put me off, they told me that Harry rescued me and swam with me toward the islet, where one of the boats had just landed. Another gentleman waded out breast high to meet him. and drew me to the shore, supposing that Harry was following. But Harry did not follow, and in the excitement about me he was not missed until too late. Whether he was exhausted or whether he took a cramp no one could tell. This only 1 know and never shall for get : Harry Vane was drowned in sav ing my life. This also I know : I shall live and die Charlotte Kemp. As for Bowns, I hated then, I hate still, the sound of his name. He left our town almost immediately after the occurrence and I never saw his face after the day of the picnic." Typhoid Feyer. The British Medical Journal finds a new text for its. advocacy of good drain age in an outbreak of typhoid fever in Lord Cadogan's family, in London. The Journal says : " Much , sympathy is felt in London society at the out break of typhoid fever in Lord Cado gan's family, and the circumstances are notVithout an important public les son. The conditions under which it occurred resemble in a remarkable de gree those which gave rise to the out break of typhoid fever among the visi tors at Londesborough Lodge, of whom the Prince of Wales was one of the suf f erers. There are six children in the family, and they had been for a few weeks in occupation of Lord Elcho's town house, No. 23 St. James' place, where three of them were seized with typhoid fever within a few days of each other. Lord Chelsea, who had a severe attack, is progressing favorably, although still very weak. The other children are doing well. Tracing the cause of the outbreak, it appears that the house has the characteristic sanitary defects of so many of our tqwn and country houses. The closets, situated in the center of the house, enter on the bedroom landings : the soil-pipes are not ventilated, and, as there aresome times downward currents through the ventilating shafts of the closets, sewer air easily finds its way into the house. The wastes-pipes of the water cisterns pass directly inty the soil-pipes. The lessons of the most impressive events are speedily forgotten, and so it would appear that, in many of the most luxu rious mansions of this country, 'the teachings of the Prince's illness, which at the time were echoed by a thousand tongues, have passed unheeded." they remove while in church, each one having on her head a plain cap of Swiss muslin, made after the style of our great-grandmothers. The men wear the style of dress usually adopted by the Quakers, and in meeting a brother salute by shaking the hand and giving the kiss of brotherly love. In their moral tenets they are op posed to bearing arms, and will not re sort to the law to collect a debt. When brother is unfortunate financially. they render him assistance, and never permit any of their members to be sup ported by county or State charities ; are opposed to all secret societies and will not receive any one into member ship who belon?s to them. Do not al low members to make contracts with persons, either members or otherwise of the church, which they cannot fill. Any member found guilty of this sub jects himself to discipline of the church. Preach temperance in everything, and prohibit their members from dealing in or manufacturing ardent spirits. Coun sel their brethren not to hold office or to vote, especially in time of war, and advise not to vote or take any interest in State or political affairs, and suggest to the brethren not to read political pa pers, on the plea that it has a tendency to lead their minds astray on religions matters. Their annual conference is held alternately east and west of the Ohio river, beginning on Pentecost day, which is the seventh Sunday from Easter. The principal churches of this denomination are located in the States of Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Caro lina, Ohio, Maryland,1 Delaware, New J ersey, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Idaho, California, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Oregen, Colorado, and Missouri, with a scattering mem bership in the extreme Southern and New England States, but no church or ganizations, the largest body being in Miami Valley, Ohio. As to the number of membership, it is impossible to give anything more than an approximate estimate, they holding the doctrine that the Scripture forbids the numbering of the brethern. Their ministry is divided into three classes, the first being teachers or ex horters, and advanced when found worthy to the authority to perform the marriage rites, and eventually to the office of bishop, .by the lying on of hands. They receive no salary, but accept what the brethern voluntarily bestow, and are at liberty to select, with consent of the church, their field of labor. Members are received by vote, and only by trine immersion, and are not permitted to partake of the sacrament with any other religious de nomination. They consider marriage by an officer of the civil law as valid ; are law-abiding citizens, except where the civil law conflicts with their views of the Bible doctrine, in which case they prefer to suffer the penalties rather than sacrifice their religious belief. They observe the Lord's Supper in the ancient manner, by washing the feet and kiss of brotherly love. The churches are at liberty to observe this ordinance six times during the year, or only once, as they may elect. Industry en the part of its members is strictly required, and all lazy, indolent mem bers soon find there is no support for them if able-bodied." The eucalyptus is an evergTeen, and is fourd in its native country (Tasma nia) in boundless forests, both on the hillside and in the lowland., under ex tremes of climates, both aa to heat and cold, ranging from 130 degrees to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Whether It will endure a greater degree of cold has as yet been undetermined. It is, how ever, worthy a trial. Its remarkably rapid growth is a mat ter of much surprise, attaining, as it does, a maximum height of about 300 feet, with a circumference of from thirty to fifty feet, For timber and fuel it ia exceedingly useful, being hard and easily worked, and very serviceable for such purposes as the keels of vessels, bridges, etc., where strength and dura bility are essential. It is estimated that from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 in value of this timber is exported annu ally from Australia. The leaves of this tree are of a dark bluish color, about ten inches long, an inch wide, thin and oddly twisted. They exhale a strong camphor-like Animal Teichlnr. Long years before the American Rarey's name was heard as a " hone tamer," a secret existed, as a family I &nTm "m """, tl 1 1 1 T I I V4SUVU v a oMV 0Sullivans in the South of Ireland. This family was known as " The Whis perers," and they possessed the power of rendering as quiet as a lamb the most stubborn and unmanageable horse that ever existed. Whether they did anything more to a horse than breathe into his nostrils we know not, but by doing this, and by kind, soothing, and other ways known to themselves, they effected their purpose and retained their fame. Patting the question of drugs or - stimulants or other fasci nating means aside, and coming to the point of pure and unadulterated domes tication and teaching, perhaps there has no person in modern times achieved so much success in animal teaching as S. Bissett. This man was an humble shoemaker. He was born in Scotland in 1721, but he afterwards removed to London, where he married a woman who brought him some property. Then, turning to a broker, he accumulated money until the year 1759, when his at tention was turned to the training of animals, birds, and fishes. He was led into this new study by reading an ac count of a remarkable horse shown at a fair at St. Germains. Bissett bought a horse and dog, and succeeded beyond his expectations in teaching them to perform various fests. He next purchased two monkeys, which ho taught to dance and tumble on a rope, and one would hold a candle in one paw and turn the barrel organ with the other, while his companion danced He next taught three cats to do a great many wonderful things, to sit before music books and to squall notes pitch ea to amereni Keys. Items of IaUresU 119,000 Israelites live in France. California exempts editors from jury lie advertised a nfa ntuva " in th. TTvmrsl an1 successfully carried out his programme, the cats accurately fulfilling all their Carts. ' He pocketed some thousands y these performances. He next taught a leveret, and then several species of birds to spell the name of any person Iowa erected 1,206 school houses last year. Paris eats nearly 5,000 horses every year. There are fifty Episcopal Churches in California. The hydrophobia days are come, the maddest of the year. A tune holds good until an organ grinder gets hold of it. The estimated dsmsge by the Missis sippi floods is 23,000.000. The average receipts of one Bandntky fish house are six tons a day. . Over GOO cabin passengers sailed from New York to Europe, one week. Over 30,000,000 acres of land iiS the Southwest has been overflown. Over 200,000 pounds of wool hsve been delivered in Lebanon, N. H. A Pittsburgh newspsper calls the debt items of that city due drops." The New York State tax this year is seven and one-fourth miles on the dol lar. A tewing machine agent was shot half a dozen times, bat his cheek was bft intact. If yon want to make a bustle in the world take fire newspapers and a piece of tape. An Orange county farmer has been stabling his cow in an ice house to make her give ice cream. Why might carpenters believe there is no such thing as stone? Because ihey never saw it. A matter-of-fact old gentleman thinks it must be a very small base ball that can be caught on a fly. A monster hotel is being erected in San Francisco, to cost 81,200,000 and accommodate 1,200 persons. One hundred and fifty-five dsyi of odor, quite agreeable and pleasant, I Jq fho company, and to distinguish the enjoyed in some parts hour of the day or night. Six turkey w " 0 r which, with the large absorption of wa ter by the roots, cause the beneficial influence of the tree. It bears a small white flower, having no odor. He Would Sot. Superficial Acquirements. A writer says : The boy or girl who can give the name of every river and the height of every mountain in Asia, tne age or every reigning sovereign in Europe, tne date or. every battle m America, can hardly be as well off for all this burdensome knowledge as one who knows the elements 'of human physiology and anatomy, who is taught more ox the knowledge useful in after particularly shallow or when the waters life, and can tell how to help himself or are agitated dy storms me passage is anower in case oi acciaeni or emer perilous. "I soon perceived that Bowns and George Law were by no means masters of the situation ; and oh, how I longed for the tried and trusty arm of Harry Vane to steer our giddy little skiff. Just then Harry, who was ahead, called out to us to make for an islet, a little way out in the lake; on one side of which there was not much rice, and which had been used by the Indians as a landing-place, as it sloped gradually into the water ; he said we had better land ther and wait for the squall to pass over. " The rowers turned the boat toward the islet and pushed out vigorously, I meantime holding the umbrella low like a tent or awning over my own and Nellie Morton's heads, for now it was raining. Again Harry called to us to shut down the umbrella, lest it should VtT Yea . gency. j.ne ooy wno is to go into ac tive life and the girl who is to become head of a household, will have little occasion and less opportunity to use - I - ( 11 . Jl 1 luegTOieroiwo cramimru jea- , ol A that im ttiA AmvT sons industriously accumulated dur-. ft - A, . S A young man entered the bar-room of a village tavern and called for a drink. " No," said the landlord, " you have had too much already. You have had delirium tremens once, and I can not sell yon any more." He stepped aside to make room for a couple of young men who had just entered, and the landlord waited upon them very politely. The other had stood by sul len and silent, and when they had fin ished he walked up to the landlord and thus addressed him : Six years ago, at their age, I stood where these young men now are. I was a man of fair pros pects. Now, at the age of twenty-eight, I am a wreck, body ana. mind. I on led me to drink. In this room I formed the habit that has been my ruin. Now, sell me a few glasses more and your work will be done. I shall soon be out of the way ; there is no hope for me. But they can be saved ; they may be men again. Do not sell to them. Sell to me and let me die, and the world will be rid of me but for heaven's sake sell no more to them." The landlord listened, pale and trembling. Setting down the decanter, he exclaimed, "God ill Too Much Enterprise. An exchange has the story of a man on the cars who was offered a newspaper. He took it, looked at the heading, and then threw it outside with disgust, and then remarked : " I don't want any news from that paper." " I supposed that everybody read it in these parts," I answered. " Has it been pitching into you ?',' "Pitching into me? Great Caesar ! I should say it had.. But just let me meet the editor of that paper." " You never make anything by strik ing an editor," I said; "better grin and bear it." " Yes ; that's all right for you to say; but just let me meet him ! I'll show him how to run a paper." "What did he do?" "Da? He did a good deal. Here's how it is : I often went up to Spring field on the last train at night, did my business in the evening, and came home on the first morning train. Well, one night I met an old crony and we went to Music Hall to the theatre. When wo came out we met some friends. They took us to their rooms. Or course I couldn't get right out, so' I treated ; then Jim treated ; and the others treat ed : in fact we were having a pretty good time, when some fellows came in and began to raise a row. In les than no time the police were in and had us. The next morning I' was hauled before the court and fined $7.40. I didn't care much, because I gave a false name, and I knew my wife coulda't find it out ; but; the next morning, I'll be eternally Unnked H that very paper didn't have it all in and my own name too." " Did your wife see it?" " I should say she did." " Did she make a fuss ?" "Fus8l Godfrey, Elisha I Are you married?" "Yes." "Then you know how it is. I have to go to Springfield in the daytime now. Just let me see that editor on:e I" " But," said I, feeling I ought to take a newspaper's part, "you can hardly blame him, you know. It was only the proper enterprise. cocks were next rendered amenable to a Mm . O a country dance, and alter six months teaching he trained a turtle to fetch and carry like a dog, and having chalk ed the floor and blackened its claws, he made it trace out the name of any given person in the company. Condensed Milk Manufacture. A factory for the production of con densed milk has recently been estab lished at Cham, canton Zug, on the borders of the lake of the same name, in Switzerland. We find the following description of the process : The milk is furnished by peasants ; and as soon as each person delivers his supply, a sample is taken from the pails, num bered, and allowed to remain quiet over night. - The object of this is to judge of the quality of the milk for the rising of cream. Cares ot fraud, how ever, are rare, as the peasantry are generally honest, and the penalties im posed by law are extremely severe. The first operation is to weigh the milk, which to this end is conducted into a copper basin supported by a bal ance. Its weight being obtained, the milk is allowed to escape into huge wooden reservoirs lined with zinc, and located in the cellar. Here a careful examination is made with the lac tometer, and the fluid is drawn off into large cjlindrical copper boilers, which are placed in a vat furnished with a false bottom, under which steam en ters. The milk is thus slowly heated, but not boiled. For the latter purpose. it is ladled out into a separate boiler, whence it is carried to another tank containing a quantity of white sugar. In order to facilitate the solution of the latter, the liquid is repeatedly passed along a metal trough from one vase to another. When the operation is cord pie ted, it is drawn off into evaporating chambers. These receptacles resemble the similar apparatus used in sugar manufacture, and have double bottoms, heated by steam. They are united to a column of condensation which com municates with air pumps. Under these conditions the milk boils at 140 A boy. having heard of sailors heav ing np anchors, wanted to know if it was seasickness that made them do it. In Middletown, Conn., a magistrate has lately decided that a woman has a legal right to get drunk in her own house. A Wyoming psper delicately announ ces that its charge for marriage notiw is "just what the ecstasy of the bride groom may prompt," The number of failures in the United States for 1872 was 4,009 ; total liabili ties, S121.0M.00O. For 1873, C.183; total libiliUes8223,409,000. A Minnesota clergymtn has sued thirty-five members of his church, who refuse to psy pew rent because he al luded to them in one of his sermons as " empty heads." A San Francisco man has been sued for $20,000 by another man whose wife he allured away from him. The idea seems to be that he msy keep the woman if he will pay the money. Prepare well-manured hills for cucum bers four feet apart each way, and nae plenty of seed, and manure in the hill. There are many devices for keeping off the' "striped bug," but some simple) covering snswers. The poultry propsgstor writes to t. " our contributor to ask, hn is a hen most likely to hatch ?" We have devoted considerable attention to this brsnch of flue srts, and answer unhesi tatingly, " When she is in 'earnest." At a recent meeting where there was much religious interest, an old man gave ei pros ion to his joy bj shouting, snd continued it until it begaa to inter rupt the service. Brother H. said to Brother W., " Go stop that old man's noise." He went to see him, and ppoke & few wards, and the ahouting man at once became oulet. "Brother H." asked brother W., "what did you aay to the old man that quieted him down so promptly? Brother W. replied. " I asked turn for a dollar for foreign missions. degrees Fahrenheit. Every little while the workman taxes out a sample xrom cosity whether the condensation is suf- 4 1002 "T P"1 throogn a in her father a house, perceived a i When the latter point is reached; the liquid is led down into the cellar and i 1 l'.L !. Enterprise I enterprise be hanged ! I into a tin receptacle which is surround There's such a thing as having too much enterprise. Tostage on Newspapers. The United States House Post-office Committee have agreed to report a bill providing that on all newspapers and periodical publications mailed from a known office of publication or news agency, and add res-bed to regular sub scribers or news agents, postage shall be charged at the following rates : o Newspapers and periodical publica tions issued weekly and more frequent ly than once a week, 1 cents, and on those issued less frequently than once a week. 3 cents for each pound or frac tion thereof. On the receipt of such ed by cold water. The milk is thor oughly agitated by hand for some time until completely cool, when it is car ried to other reservoirs and thence drawn off into boxes and sealed. The daily product is about 8,000 boxes, each weighing about 13 5 ounces. The milk may De aiiuiea wiin nve umes lis weight of wster. Dtsrerons.- i.'i hall house, perceived a sug gestion of fire, a smell of something burning, sufficiently out of the common course to arrest her attention. Finding the furnace fire tnd soft coal sitting room fire with nothing unusual to ac count for the smell of tire, she con tinned to the front drawing-room. , Now the forenoon was bright, the curtains and shades withdrawn, so that the rays of the sun were streaming in at the win dows in full blaze npen the centre table, where rested a common round top glass paper weight, under which a mass of papers lay. Here was the fire. l"he papers were burning smartly, one in the grate, ana . Wants to Get Oat. A wtrn nenr HTf ' A Aw In o mhir ( rn(r. in trL. I diiposcd of them car from the shower. When she reaches Uking up the gUss found it burning her destination she pulls the bell-strsp, tot . scUng as a burning glass, it had but the car goes ahead, because some- concentrated the rays of the sun suCI body else had just pulled it. The calm ent lyo cause TOmbnUon. It ould i f.. .r .v. be told thai the paper bottom of this r...nrLan mnA Tvn' rvrl nnt.lit..-ma I 1. ; T,M . 4V. 1nw. I ffUSS VU for KQ6 reSSOQ gone either .1 it "as n : . . v. I r v" , . , . . . -M- .ffn.ini nfr. Moral: lie care- uuruci itKS uu iuc m uk mm ... her ing their school years. A fair know! edge of the rules that are at the bottom of all healthful activity, a general ac- aquaintance with anatomy and a well, grounded jaste lor natural sciences. will all grow into and become part of their daily uvea, and such things are far less likely to make pretentious men sell to word. any one." And he kept his Stop Us. A man in a western town had calf, which he was training np in wavs of an ox. pet the at the office of mailing they are to be weighed in bulk and the postage paid j thereon by a special adhesive stamp. Of newspapers, one copy to each actual subscriber residing within the county where the same are printed, in whole or in part, and published, is to go free through the mails, but the same shall not be delivered at the letter-carrier offices or distributed by carriers unless the postage is paid thereon, as by law provided. Newspapers and magazines worn off or torn off. Moral fol in the use of these dangerous trifies. very peaceably under one end of the or women than that kind of smattering yoke, while the man held np the other end. But in an unfortunate moment the man conceived the idea of putting reciprocally interchanged between pub lishers, not exceeding sixteen ounces in The calf walked around weight, to be confined to a single copy oi each publication, are to go xree memorized ' facts and dates and words, which is too often the penalty of superficial study.' Transplant the early and medium sorts of. cabbage from the seed beds and sow for late. The cold-frame and catch the wind and upset our skiff, and I very early hot-bed plants will now be the next moment, Bowns, who had not fit for the table or for market. When said one word to us girls since the wind I the early crop is harvested the land sprung up, snapped out, Yes, certain-1 should be plowed and manured for ly, down with that umbrella !' 1 other crops. his own neck in the yoke, to let the calf see how it would seem to work with a partner ; this frightened the calf, and elevating his tail and his voice, he struck a "dead run for the village, and the man went along with his head down and his plug hat in his hand, straining every nerve to keep up, and crying out at the top of his voice, "Hear we come ! Head us somebody V throcsh the mails. All mailable matter of the third class may weigh not ex ceeding four pounds for each package thereof, and postage shall be charged thereon at the rate of 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof ; but nothing herein contained shall be held to change or amend section 134 of said act. Affidavits are to be made by pub lishers or news agents to secure their adherence to these provisions, for the violation of which penalties are pre scribed. Idiot I she mutters between clenched teeth, at the same time seiz ing the strap with both hands and clinging to it as if it were her only safe ty from a watery grave. Just as the in furiated driver is bringing his horse to a halt the conductor shrieks wildly at her to let go. bhe let go. Then he tries the prentice hand, and once more the ear rolls merrily along. Five blocks from ber destination ahe tumbles out . . i.. I A in mrhtttr was in the weaving room saa- nome inrougn i peiung ; rain , encou -f or family wear. The icrs nexausoaiia CTjoyingiu. upp "i "v, .i IKa in m. mihinncd -h.ir tnd then lets How U Flint Hard Time The Cbristiansburg, Va., Mutengtr ssys : e unco ruuo ui I. ... ft 1 . C - -) house in this couniy to sprou wuo We found the farmer's wife alone in the kitchen preparing dinner. The farmer was at his tan-y ard hard at work. The two sons were in the field gathering I corn ana running we larm. uoo loose upon the domestic circle a reign of terror, which is all the more appall ing since it does not Involve the sweet nepenthe of death. bouse. snd then to the sewing. .There waa no hiring upon the farm, no man servant nor maid servant, no boy cr gixL The work of the whole farm and .family was done without paying anything to others. A novel petition was the other dsy This is the way to get out oX debt and presented to the United States Senate get along. This is the way Jo hare from a citizen of Minnesota, praying thrifty farms and yoemanry. This is for the sboliiion of the English lan. the wsy to lire and be happy. Were - . . 1 . . . . .4 ftS) - m K m 1 mm. ontmintli TTnitjvl KLata nrmn lhA I this LaS mie. instead Ot itaMMuw ground that it is Britain which this republic is in duty J bound to get ill of. W - mmmmmm a "relic "of Great I exception in this State, Virginia would soon become as rich as any xortnerxi State." Tv
The Franklin Courier (Louisburg, N.C.)
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July 3, 1874, edition 1
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