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THE
COUNTRY, GOD Al||> TRUTH.
VOL. Ill 1^0. 46.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA,
INESDAY, NOV. 27, 1872.
WHOLE NO. 150.
POttJSVSD CVKET'VX^
—AT—
LUMBERTON, N
IDAT,
RArsa OF SVBSCRlPTIOy:
TVmw—Catk tn Adatnct.
I Mpjr IS BMthf
• f ••
I •• 8 "
$3.00
2.00
1.00
RATES OF AD VERTISIXO ;
AlltrABtient »dTer)iienient« must piid
for la ADTAKca at the rate of_$1.60 per
iaeh for Srat iaoortion, and 76 oonto for
aack iubootjuent iasertion, or by contract
aa foUowa, payabla quarterly in adrance :
rijjht place.” But he was a white man
and a democrat. Tne negroea put an
arrogant, ignorant negro in the field,
and they all supported him, ercn the
Justice—that is, all who were of that
i.arty—white and black.
This is the way we fair in Missis
sippi. Wherever the negroes are pret
ty strong the ofl5ces arc filled to a great
extent by them, from the lowest
offi es up. We have negro Justices, Su'
pervisors. Representatives, and even a
negro Secretary of State; and many ot
them can neither read nor write.
Then the people are taxed enormously
to keep up institutions they detest.—
Taxes in this county are tremendously
high—^just two per cent on pMperty—
but poM taxes orrty one dollar—light Cm
the negro, who has no property above
what is exempt from taxes—but made
up on the -white man who is denied jfart
or lot in the administration of the gov
ernment.
Supposing the property in the State
to be worth 8150,000,000, and this
county an average one in county tax,
he people of the State must pay
83,000,000 on property alone 1 think
'biii estimate I'ar too small. Can an im-
povci'i.shed peopl'i pay such eiiuruious
\ sums to be ti:ched away by greedy vul
tures? If I am no' mistaken the State
tax i.n property is Si millo on the dol
lar. Them according t.) our cstini.-itc
ol the property, the Suite tax on the prop
ertv. must be Sl.OOO.OiiO—expensive
St.ite. 1 tliink thr.;e niiils on ; lie d oia;'is
K-vied f'"i the public scimoi foul, and
vet, aliliouah there can bj no school
oranted with less th,in twenty li e-chol-
ars 1 knowol n . seho. Is kept lornine
ihaii tl'.ree months in the year. iX..-op.
I vci V lew .n id' coin c-Jtf.ty. *l seen..-
dial with sueh burden-fine tax.- tot-
Ilf ine ai 1 tile t-tate .nasi In dinveli
1 Inek 8.75 6.0UI 7.60* f8.60,
2 Inches 7.50il2.00!l5.00! 27-00
8 inches 10.00|l6.00j20.00' 86.00!
4 inches 12.50|20'.00tt5.00; 45.00
1 column 18.00I26.00|86.00| 55.00
1 column 26.00 46.00te6.00: 9().00
I column '82.00,76.00)95.00 150.00
22.50
40.00
55.00
66.00
82.50
135.00
•iOO.OO
FrwH
onr KUmlMippI
pondent.
Corres-
Mosticello, Nov. 11. 1872.
Editor Robesonia.n:—Since the
election is over and the nhihuophical
farmer is defeated, I would like to be
favored with some of sour valuable
apace to communicate a few abrupt de
tails. Some ol your many readers may
wish to know something of affairs in
Mississippi.
Owin,' partly to the inclemeticy nl
the we.ither and pr'ibably in .real part
to the aversion dent' crats had to supori
Mr. Greeley, this county (Lawrence)
gave a majority for Gran' it seeuis
reasonable to beJi^'C that this is nwing
in prt, to the aversion for Mr. Greeley
for last year in the State election i..iw-
rence county gave u democratic maj.iri
ty ranging near 120. Ttiis same coun
ty has now given tJrant about 140 ina
jority—a deumcrati'' loss ot ab-'Ut 2tj0.
Now it would be unreasoiiable to sup
poee that a litfic ruin would keep trou
the polls so many > nthu-iastic Grceiey
itea. Another evidence is, that there
was no canvassing done infavor ot Grce-
ley.^ There was but one anti Gram
in the county, so fur as my
enilt^ «„il thi^r. was made bv
a candidate for Congress, and ihert wa.-)
not a Greeley club in the county I.
think. Lincoln county, more favored
with canvassers, has retrograded also.
The Grantites were very active.—
They orga nixed clubs, made speeches
mud distribute*! campaign documents in
profusion. In this town there was u
club at a hituse which the n eg roe.-use
as a church The negroes became very
religious, and lor months before the
eletfioD the white people living near
this house were sometimes disturbed
ivo or three times a week, so that they
could mot sleep, sometimes, for hours at
a time, the negroes were so enthusias
tic aud clamorous in their religious de
vutions at night meetings. Now the cit
ixens tried to recoocile themselves with
the oousoling hope that the negroes were
certaiolj growing more virtuous, and
that thus their little loss of sleep and
repose would be amply repaid by the
improwemeut in society. In our town
th^ was almost onkown, even among
the D^oes, before this grent religious
excitemeut; and to the credit of the
negroesit is yet very rare; but alter this
thing got under good way, some of our
eitUsw discovered that their money
drawers had been visited recently and
that some of the greenbacks had accom-
paaisd the visitor away, and being
doabtfol about the speedy return of the
fugitive bills, one mao made some ioqui-
rj uoKNig the darkies, and ezamioing
sooiu bittibs fouud, he was ltd to believe
that thsj, were bn; so bj dint of smeil-
ingthea, be was oonvinced bey(|od a
dodiC that they were his The ofiender
own^ his guilt—was soundly thrashed,
betUg a small boy, and the people coo-
eluded that he bad been in bad compa
ny, hut eeitaiuly not at church.
AH this religious enth-usiasm was
pcevsn to be sinoere by this i-ircum-
stuMgr Being questioned about ih e
■Uttar the negroes affirmed that politics
was uBswed ao place when they met for
dsvutjg^ Things aenl on thus—the
••ihusipSM iascessiag gradually until
tbs ifspHoa. Since then I have not
hsuiisvtMia bjnia sung ia that piaue.
Tsd^^ofMes has no eonaeetiou with
tbai^Vinhi^ Ib have no
JTuaito aatliUua iguonat negro. The
a ty of voters, and in
«afc liabluipq; uatitied to two Jnstisa of
tWlfagfcjCTg iBsdiDg white men
Mgrdbu to * vote
I piB ffii that iaesok offiee.
to bs is iivor of
‘ sad this B^o Juafiee
■a pH bis iomsaas ffir s
is kaowa as thsM idl~^aa
itiMia thatpoiitiQasad
iMbtht light MB ia the
arrow from an outside foe.
Your sneer turns life to bane and
blackness, while your smile alone brings
sunshine to her soul. One selfish
meanness in you robs you of your crown
of honor, and leaves her to bewail her
loss.
The wife must reverence her bus-
band; but your love must beget that
reverence. We reverence the Heaven
ly Father, ‘we love him because he first
loved us.’ ‘So let husbands love their
wives, even as Christ luwed the church
and gave himself for iti,’ aod that love
shall plant in her glad^eart such seeds
of blessings and of reverence as shall
cause flowers radiant as those of para
dise, and full of heavenly fragrance, to
bless and Brighten all your journey in
this wilderness of sin and pain.
THE FRUGAL CLERK.
A §ketcli of Actual Events.
rcs(.
t u. 11.
> IM U'e
Love Vour tvivt-s
BY DEXTER SMITQ.
‘‘Come, Gu.s, d** go, that’s a good
fellow. There will be lots of fun. You
can sail on tlie pon!, or swim, or ram
hie through the wov,ds, to your heart’s
content. There will be ever so many of
youf a quaintance there, and you know
you need some recreation, as you seU
doui go away Iroui your business for an
hour Emilie .Mansfield is going, too,”
pleadingly continued Charles Rains-
• ifth, a.s ho endeavored to persuade his
tViend, .-Vugustu.i .Maine, to attend a
pie nic which was to tako^jMyce the
next day. ■, /
At the mentiiin of the name of Emilie
M oi.-ti'hi. tiie ieatores of Augustus
were soffused with a hiU.sh, but it soon
p:i>se'l awHY. as iie repheil.
*N,i, Ciiaries. I caiiti t g ■. 1 seld'iui
!e..v-. iiiv bii.-ii'C'S \'jT the enj yment of
|)h‘a-U'e ji.lftie.-, and Wefe 1 disposed to
jo II yoii uiy lilea'lS Wouid ll ’t allow of
sueh a luxury.”
"Why. Gus .Maine, .you are getting
a g'lod s.ilary, and yo/ cannot spend it
all upon yo'ur ch'tliCs au(T4)oard. Be
sides—” \ /
It is not known how much furtlier
fiharles would have continued his re
BUI
g
and whose he.irt is one
Where such love ends, wiJowho'id bo
gins. The woman who ha.s a husband
who is not wholly hers, mourns the loss
ofa companion, :mJ endures the pres-
onee of a mummy. Hut where conju
gal fidelity and affection exists, poverty,
privation and toil, are welcomed gladly
lur the jov of love. But this love must
be more than mere words; it must be in
heart, and in lite, indeed an din truth. It
must endure as well as demand. It
must be self-denying us well us self-
desiring. Love beareth all things and
never taileth. .
When in  er weaKness, wearimss,
and s irrow, a woman can feel that she
does receive trom her husband such a
self-denying love as this, when his
strength bears with her weakness, his
patience with her petulence, and when
his calm courage so.'thes her frights and
tears, when gratitude swells up within
her heart.
Homan seeks in a husband truth,
nobleness, and uprightness. She loves
manliness and spotless purity. Aud if a
man will show his daily life, he will find
a blessiug in his heart and in his home,
such us longue eaiiiiot describe.
H’ives need love. Their hearts yearn
fur It as much as in the days of girihuod
when life itself was love They often
puss their womatihood in uxious cares
and wearing labors. In the anguish of
ututeruity th* y enter into spheres of ex
istence, whose ■ only life is love.—
kt heiher worn in’s cour.se is to be sad
ness or joy, sunsuiiie or gloom,
depends upou five. All her cate.- are
borne with patience if love sweetens her
bitter cup. A 1’Ug, hard ueary day
of toil is amply paid for with a singie
s'nile. and one tender, loving c asp makes
her forgetwhole hiiiuie oi care and
c-iiifliet, and bless the day she found a
husband with a heart so true and a
hand So strong. An unexpcciod lavor
n'i>banJ.'*. love your wives. Nothing
loi'rhtens a true woman's life like love.
She will do anything, bear anything,
•suffer anything for the sake of a hus-
■^irnu'vnV*f tfiufy I'ewJih'.y-ib-e-e* - iitid-itoj,. khfc-HiYfi of
yvi-j, iiers. i warned him that he was intruding upon
personal matters, and he concluded by
saying.-
‘•Well, Gus, if you don't wish to go.
I will not urge you any more, as it
wouM be entirely useless,” and bidding
.51f. Maine good morning, ho left the
store
The next morning quite a largo par
ty assembled in tlio depot, and awaited
the departure of the train whieh to con
voy them to the grove. Charles Rains-
forth Wits standing with a group of young
ladies and gentlemen, who were com
menting, upon Augustus Maine’s relus-
al to join *heir party.
“He's a regular miser,” said one.
‘•I’m glad I’m not so parsimonious,”
said a young lady.
‘ I think Mr. Maine should be allowed
to do as he pleases, and I think if he
chooses to remain at home we have no
right to criticise his personal character.
His motives are deubtles satisfactory to
himself,” remarked Henry Lee.
A grateful look fro^ Emilie Mans
field was a sufficient reward for his de
feuse of his absent friend, besides an
approving oonscience, that m'ude He iry
Lee happier.
“But,” returned Charles Rainsforth.
‘•I wonder how hv spends his money.
He only dresses passably. b*jards at a
cheap boarding house, and—”
“Charles Rainsforth!” rotorWcl Hen
ry Lee, “pray soy nothing unless yotToaii
say sometliiiig which would prove u/
gustus .Maine unworthy of our esteem
and friendship, and do let his personal
affairs h1 me He is a gvod^ industiious
tellow and is highly esteemed by his
cmpl yers He will s.ion become a
meuibur *4 the firtji, I am t"lJ.”
“W’henl” ejaculated Gharles. “L
wonder liow that came about. H^^s
quite young, and I’m sure he , tanuot
kuuw much about the businestg''’
“Well, ” said Henry^Xl, suppose the
members of the firm of Silvergood k
a little self denial to afford her pleasure
or spare her pain, all these are as sun
beams of gladnew to the heart oi the
true and toiling wife.
Her hatband ^apd her children are
her treasuitter'^he lives if they stand
fast. Shs is proad of their honor snd
joyous in their prosperity. And every
token of their eare and love for her, in
sieVness or in health, is Irid np ss a
eherisheJ memory, a kindneM which,
she cannot forget, and whieh she is only
too bsppy to repny.
Ha^nds, love yoa wives. A Isrsh
word ftoR joa iil woesa thste apoiscined
touches her to the soul. A gift iu se- competent to decide his
oret, an appreciating word a pitying,
soothing glance, a kindly, sunny smile, .,xhat may be,” answered Charles,
fitted him, and said nothing, for!]
knew that he was indebted to Ai
Maine to the amount of twenty
which he had promised to pay
being dunned by Augustus, bni
no equivalent had found its wi
the piookets ot his friend. But
others did not know that the
Lee contained a reminder for an;
party, they changed the subject
versatiuD, and the “miser,” A
Maine, was not aViided to agaja
the day. The usual amount of
hsrd work, tiresome walking,
cidents, (but no serious ones) bel
pio-nie party, and they arrived
ton tired and sunburned, all di
that they had had a
tEVyoungerTnale portior
the word ‘‘bully” tor“sple ilid.”
The following week, as C. Rrles Rains
forth was walking down town, he was
overtaken by a friend, Winslow Qarri-
man, who was studying law in the office
ofa prominent Attorney of the Suffolk
bar, and who was a native of the same
town that Augutus Maine came from.
After conversing upon various topics of
the day, Winslow asked Charles if he
had enjoyed himself at the pic-nic whieh
look place the previous week.
“Y’es, wo hud a glorious time,” replied
Charles
“Did Gus Maine go?” inquired Wins
low, using a popular nicname for short,
but which we eannot approve.
"You might have known the miserly
follow wouldn't hise a day, or spood a
cent of hi.-i money for pleasure,” re
turned Charles.
"What do you moan by ‘miserly’
pruy? I can t understand how the term
applies to such a person as Augustus
Muiiiel” siuil irinsl iw, with surprise.
" H'hy he never goe.-* anywhere with
his frieods. never speiid.s any money for
enjoyment, and is always talking poor,
say^Jie can't aff inl this and that, when
l-^^tow very well that he receives more
salary than I do. Tiiere must bo some
secret about him lud liis fiiianeiil af
fairs.
“There is a secret, aud >inc« you
have taken occasion to rebuk • Augustus
for his “meanness’ and ‘miserly habits,
/ -ifin' g-.'j'tfiui’AUWlij^ffhich
will enable you to see his true motive lor
being ce momiciil. and denying himself
many pleasures which he would be pleas
ed to enjoy, did circumstances of duty al
low. 1 happened to discover his secret,
and reveal it to you alone, trusting that
you will not betray thecotifideiioe whioli
I shall place in you. Many years ago
.\uguslus Maine’s father died, leaving
a widow and two small cliildreo. The
tarm, a small one, which ho had held
possession of was heavily mortgaged,
and the family was in quite straihteneJ
circumstances, but by hard labor and the
leniency of the credifors tho old home
stead has been retained in the hands of
the family,(until the present time Au
gustus being the eldest son, came to
seek employment, and being a good, in
dustrious fellow, soon entered the ser
vice ofa large firm, engaged in the man
ufacture of jewelry. The salary of the
young man has been saved, except a
limited sum tor board, and other neces
sary expenses, and used for the purptose
of paying off the mortgage upou ‘ ITil
low Farm,’ a scheme which Augustus
has resolutely determined to acoompltsb
If what I have imparted, has given you
a clue to Mr Maine’s motive for being
economical I trust you will exonerate
him fium all charges of meanness,” said
Winslow.
“I thank you for the story; but I
assure you 1 did not imagine that he
was saving his earnings fur such a pur
pose,” said Charles, ‘‘and I hope I have
learned a valuable lesson from your
story of Augustus Maine’s money.”
'fhero was one who knew that Au
gustus Maine was not “miserly,” as she
had already received an offer ot his band
and heart, aDdy'TrT fact all he possessed
was laid at hef'fo^tfor acceptance. Al
though she did no^Mmoiy for some time,
the trne situation of hia!uonetary affairs,
yet she had read the tru'e-xiharacterof the
young man, and it is needless to add
that Miss Emilie Mansfield did not re
gret bectiming the wile of the “Frugal
Clerk.”
“but I cannot see wby he should deny
himself an occasional pleasure, and re-
fu^e^to gratify those who wouid be
pleaaeo^ have his company,” and he
glanced at Min Mansfield, but if she
heard the reaurk she did not betray
her tbooghta by any mnaifeetation of
looks, or by words. Obnrles oonthiaed,
“I, for one, don't see wby he should be
BO ihort for money.”
*‘Perhap61 oonld give one reason, if
I ohooee. I tbiak he leads some to hk
frionds, bat 1 mb aot po^tlvi,” retaruad
be.
aeee
of unfeeling wood or a lump of
unsympathetic cast-iron. Always
kindly of your wife’s relatives.—
mention her father without call-
that blasted old fool,” nor her
ithont emphasixing your ad-
the statement that she “is
maran and in^fferablo
n you go out^ with your
to her unless you can’t
■peak as if she was a
home every little
hairs on your
A,nd don’t forget
'yoor ndmira-
aoMD yoa
“
niARRIAOE uR DEATH.
What Happened to |n
groom.
O Ide*
AGRICULTURAL.
The Glory of the Farmer.
The Yoniig Rone Who Hiist
Choose Between Them.
In a certain highly respectable neigh
borhood of this city Ithorehas occurred
an a'*’ within the past week which
she make every father’s blood boil
wi' dignation. It is for tho purpose
0 ■ ning other parents of unsuspect
ing .aidens as well as to throw public
scorn and reproach upon the perpetrators
of the outrage that any reference is
made to the affair.
There live in immediate proximity
two families, the members of which are
on most intimate terms, In each of
these families is a daughter just enter
ing upon the years of maidenhood, one
(ifthem fifteen, the other sixteen years
of age These girls have for some time
been bosom companions. They attend
ed school together, joined with the same
circle ot acquaintance in picnics, fairs
and harmless gatherings. But in the
course of these social pleasures, harin-
le.s8 as they were, the girls formed the
acquaintance of two young men, the
scionsofweaUliy families. Thegirls we.e
young and wholly inexperienced. The
yiiung men had money and leisure, and
the vices wnjeh these too otten bring,
The acquaintance ripened rapidly into
u double amour, and tho two maidens
lost all claim to such designation.
Finally the repeated and prolonged
absence of one ol the girte excited the
apprehension of her friend.s, ai'.’ -i.,,
was questioned. The evas ve answers
gave rise to suspicion, and the girl
was watched. It was only a short j
time until it was discovered that slie :
paid regular visits to a vile assignation ,
house on G 'een street and there met |
the heartless roue who had first ruined j
her. The girl coiifes.sud her shame to j
her iiiotber. and the inlamy of her be- j
trayul was fastened upon a son ofa prom- j
inent merchant. Only consideration
for his family prevents the publication
of his name, branding him as the se
ducer of an unfortunate romantic school
girl.
The father of the girl, an eminently
respectable man, was well-nigh crazed
by the discovery. His first thought
was to swear out a warrant against the
young man for seduction, and he act
ually visited the Court of'Criminal Cor
rection with this intention, while a po
lice officer went to the store where the
young man is employed to arrest him.
Fortunately for the latter, he was out
at the time and a second thought in
duced the father to try another course
He went to his daughter’s betrayer and
gave him his choice between marrying
the girl or awaiting the trial on charge
of seduction. It is only three or
four days since the discovery was made,
and the matter rests now at this point.
The young man delays his decision, in
hopes ofbeing able to make some oth
er compromise. The outraged father
has engaged his lawyer, and shows not
the slightest sign of yielding. On the
contrary, the intensity of his feelings
increases every day. His manner is
distracted, and more than once ho has
declared his inteutiun to shoot the de
stroyer ot his daughter’s honor, unless
he shall marry her—N’t- Louis Times.
[From the Philadelphia Frees, Nov. 18.]
A few nights ago the family of a
prominent Chesnut street merchant
made a narrow escape from death in a
terrible form. A month or so ago his
daughter was married, and with her
husband i^turted on a wedding tour. Up
on their return a line reception was
given them, and the assembled friends
did not depart until n lute hour.
The family and servants b«iaf
ried with the experiences
soon retired after
About four
face. As sb^oAarWfegained bis setises
he found that there was seemingly a
heavy weight upon his breast and that
he had great difficulty in breathing.
He had every di-position to go to
sleep again. He felt languid and in a
dull stupor, but still had will enough
left to feel that there was some bidden
danger, and that he must arou.se By
great effort he arose to a sitting pos
ture and spoke to Ills wife, but she stir
red not. He touched her and found
that site was in violent spasms. Sum
moning all his strength he stumbled to
his brother-in-law's room and awoke
that gentleman with groat difficulty.
He also found his wile’s mother in
spasms
Ho hastily opened a window and in
haled the fresh hair, and then perceived
that the house was full of coal gus, from
which all were suffering. Fortunately
one servant who slept in a separate
room had a door closed and a window
sliglitly lowered, and this one was at
once sent fur a physician. The wiles
father attempted to arise from bed, but
was so weak tliut he fell on the floor.
The physician soon arrived, and re
storatives wore admini-itered with com
plete success, except in the case of tlte
daughter, who was in spasms for several
hours, and it was ten liours be.'ore she
recovered all her lacinties. The physi
cian stated that had it not been for the
timely awtikcning of the son-in-law,
another half hour would have put all
beyond tne reach of human aid, An
'xa’mrnatidn’ discTbsed'TlTe la^rtlTtmhe
draught in the kitchen range had been
turned off so far that al; the gas emitted
by the coal was ilirown into the hou e,
and as all the interior doors r.ad been 1
leit open, it at once ascended to the bed
chambers.
The benefits conferred upon mankind
by the farmer and the pleasure which
attaches to his vocations are charmingly
portrayed by Ralph Waldo Emerson,
in one of his essays, as follows:
“The glory of the farmer is that, in
the division of labor, it is bis part to
create. AU the trade rests in bis prim-
Hire aotiKiriijr. He eunds elwer to
ju^||r% teabtaiDt ftaa tha earth tbe
«Mt. food wiMdi was
fomer
aobU*
tillage, and the feeling that this is the
original culling of his race, that he him
self is only excused from it by some
circumstances which made him de egate
it for a lime to other hand.', II be had
not some skill which recommends him
to the farmer some product for which
the farmer will give him corn
he must himself return into his due
place among the planters. And the
profession has in all eyes its ancient
charm as standing nearest God, the first
cause. Then the beauty of nature, the
tranquility and innocence ot the coun
try, his independence and his pleasing
arts; the care of bees, poultry, sheep, cows,
the dairy; the care of hav, of fruits, of
orchards, of forests, and the reaction of
thc.se on tho workman in giving him
strength and plain dignity, like the face
and manners of nature—all men acknowl
edge., All men keep the farm in re
serve Is an asylum, where, in case of
miscl(ance, to hide their p^iverty or as a
solitude if they do not succeed in soci
ety. And who knows how many glances
of remorse are turned this way from
tlie bankrupts of trade, from nlortified
pleaders in courts and senates, of'-.^rom
the victims of idleness and pleasure!^
Pols ned by the town life and town
vices, the sufferer resolves: 'Well, my
children, whom I have injured, shall go
back to the land, to be recruited and
cured by that which should have been-
my nursery, and now shall be their
hospital.’ ”
ITEMS
Captain Burton is about to publish
an account of his recent explorations in
the interior of Iceland.
The Virginia papers concede tin
State to Grant by a few thousand uiu-
jority. The Petersburg Appeal says:
‘•At whoso door the respoiiibility for
this great calamity lies, for such we
regard it in its bearing on all future
elections, we have neither the time iior
the disposition to inquire We have
no reenminatiou to indulge, no jere
miads to sing.”
To Measure Corn in the Crib.—
Add tbe width of tlie bottom Cf the
Ciib in inches across the corn in t^-e
upper part, also in inches, divide the
sum by two and multiply by the height
and length of the cen in the crib, also
in iiicnes, and divide the product by
2.750. The result will give the heaped
bushels if ears. 2 of which will, make a
bushel of shelled corn, if of the flint
variety, and one iind one iialf if of the
Wes'cin .ent coin. By multiplying
the average width, height and length in
inches t*igftber, the cubic contents in
inches IS lound, and 2,750 cubic i nches
uiuke a heaped bushel.
'Ine Savannah News says that the ne
gro emigration movement is gathering
as it goes. Two hundred heads of fam
ilies are enrolled for Bibb county, and
four hundred for H.iusion.
“The first b;rd shot in Ameriky,”
said an Irish sports.nan, “was a forku-
pine-porkupine. I treed him under a
hay-stick, and shot him with a barn
shovel 'fhe first time 1 hit him I
missed him, and the second limo I hii
him, I hit him in the same place where
I missed him the first time
Chtrlfli Etinsfonb felt dut the ooat i wiill anka a
Hlnu for
Hasbands who wish to make home
partiealarly happy, ahoold insist on hav
ing a pretty servant girl, and should
make her nice presents often. They
shonld invite their friends to dinner on
wash day, and then renmrk that a lazy
wife is a blessing to any nmn that hasn’t
got her. If you get dronlc insiM on let
ting the whole nei^t
feet by noging end
yoarwife to poll off
wet, for the geqtle
know the
[ing. Gomp^
boote when
ofa loving
thia a
B'hen Goldsmith had written that
beautiful stansa of the “ Hermit”—
No flocks that range the valley free,
To slaughter 1 condemn;
Taught by the Power that pities me,
I learn to pity them—
be submitted it to (the future) Mrs.
Goldsmith, who is said to have suggest
ed the following improvement:
No flocks that range the valley free
To slaughter I condemn;
Tbe butchers kill the sheep for me,
I buy the meat of them.
The Titusville Freu says that Stan
ley, when he lectures in this country
this winter, will be dressed in his suit
of elothee msde by a Ujgi tailor, oon
■iating of a twine string wound aronnd
hie big iae,’and a straw hat, out low in
diibonBgn.
On the night of "the 2d inst..
Dr. Robt. S. C. Foster, returning
from Mucon, Ca., to his home near
Crawfordsville, on horseback, took from
his pocket a bottle of carbolic acid,
mistaking it for a flask of Whisky,
which he had with him, and hastily
drank enough of the eontents to cause
his death in a short time.
Chicago’s last wonder of smartness is
a boy who began business some time ago
by selling a square of paper and a pack
of envelopes, and now owns a stationer?
store, a paper route and a printing office
and proposes to edit a weekly paper.
A thousand American girls, for whom
the schools on this side ot the water
are not good enough, are receiving their
education iu France and Italy.
Four hundred miles narrow-gauge
railways are to be built in California,
and a company with seven millinons of
capital has been organized to do it
There was a steam wagon for com
moD roads exhibited at Augusta (Gs.)
Fair. Tvo large wagons and three
carte loaded with bricks were first at
tached to the steamer. This load she
pulled around the grounds with-com
parative ease, travdiog as fast as when
uninoumbered. As a still further test
two wagons filled with men and boys
were added to the already long train,
and, ts before, the steemer moved off
sad went aroaud the grounds spparent-
) ly witbeat diffioaky..
Everlasting Fence Posts.
There is peculiar satisfaction in list
ening to the conversation, or in reading
the writings ot positive men, of those who
deal only with tacts, and with such facts
as have but one side and no exceptions.
Such a man tells us, in the Western
Rural, how to preserve posts for fences
Ac. He says:
‘T discovered many years ago that
wood could be made to last longer than
iron in the ground, but thought the pro
cess so simple and inexpensive that it was
not worth while making any stir about
it. I would as soon have poplar,Jbass-
wood or quaking ash as any other kinds
of timber for lence post. I havcjtaken
out basswood posts after haviilg' been
set seven years, that were as sound
when taken up as when they were first
put in tho ground.
Time and weather seemed to have no
effect on them. The posts can be pre
pared for less than two cents a piece.
For the benefit of others I will giveihe
leceipt: Take boiled liiseed oil and
stir in pulverised (foarooal to the con
sistency of paint. Put a coat of this
over the timber, and there is not a man
that will live to see it rotten.
Stubborn Horses.—The brain ofa
horse seems to entertaiu but one
thought at a time; for this reason con
tinued whipping is out of the question,
and only confirms his stubborn resolve.
But if you can by any means qhsnge
the direction of his mind, give him s
new subject to think of, nine times out
of ten he will start without snyforther
trouble. As simple a trick as a little
pepper, aloes, or the like thrown beek
tun his tongue will often snooeed ia
turning his attention to the taste in bia
mbuth.
Germany declim to make any
chargee agaii^ the United States oat
aooouBt of the trouble expenae^ of
tbe San Juan arbim ioo. KaiMr
Wilbem is as anezeeptioaaUa laa
oldgentlemaa as evar was aagigsdla
I he emperor bosiaMS.