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BEE-HIVE.
iarson wishing to purchase
. . . l ..r tli most perfect mven-
i e following Oountit, will call on the
felf&b'rnis Wanly, Davie, Catnw4,
RnW,.V MrwweiL Lincoln Cleave-
14 -."lii.-ed the price on farm rights from
IV-" . .
fd'0" i.irmml tonffer County and
T have " i i ;
l"'. . :i.t. t o vorv reduced price.
HENliY CAUBLE, I
Salisbury. N. C
aTHE OLD and RELIABLE
; SALISBURY
Marble Yard.
j Main Street,
ff-extdor to the COURTHOUSE
fPIlB tlteapt and best place in North C'ar
1 oVnil t huj lirst class Monuments, Touibs,
afld Stones, JLc , &e, None but the best inn
ril awd, and all work dofte in the best-style
j the art. A call will satisfy you uf the truth
f th alwve. , Orders solicited and promptly
fiVil Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge
O N and O F F
Slick as Grease !
WSL A EAGLE
; respectfully Announces
hi.i continuance at nis old
ntsnjlm Ins old line, on Main street, opposite
Ennis' Drng Store. He is always ready and
inxion to accommodate customer in thelioot
indShoe business in the best manner possible.
It is orebared to do first class work and can
fompete with any northern shop on hand made
Im. , His machine, lasts &c, are of the latest
ad best paterns. He keeps on band ready
Jtade work, anV stock equal to any special or
er. Fix'tinc Hoots' in '.best style, 7. New
-Biot4,best .quality, $11. Repai rin neatly and
jmwptiy uiie at reasonaiie prices, oawsiac
titm jfusrantced or no charge
Cash orders by mail promptly fillet!.
j Wii. a. eagle:
i Jaa:4?Q. i annuo ;
liong aao tlie world was convinced ttat Pew-
pe caalw done by tnachinerv the only qnes-
liiinjir.tr is, - whaLuiachjne combines in itself
, ithe pmitest number of important advantages.
Jasi Here the
! FLORENCE
cnujei in with its self-regnlatine tension, sev.
f mf, irjm musiin io u-ainer wwnoni cnanpe oi
rarfafl or needle, then from rilit to left and left
lo.njjht whic,one style of the machine sews
totpom the operator, as mai' be desired and
vith ffiteh alike on both sides. Iii elegance of
finish ami smoothness of eperation, variety of
m K ana reasomil)Ieness.tn price, the rlorcnce
Wfli the highest distinction, k . tr. tartland
jbrecriJtofo. '3t. C. is the Agent. He is also
igeut for ! '
j Bickford Knitting Machine
opn whjdi ".M) ptirs 'of socks have been knit
i ... J . .. .
per a.iy; without seam, and with pertect nee
ind toe.. Um.ds. Shawls, Scarfs, Gloves. Ac.
way be knit.npon this Woman's Friend, which
cost but .:).
: Corresnondence in relation to either Knitter
'frsuwing Machine is invited, and samples o
frk sentpon annlication. All orders by mail
receive uromot attention. Machines ship
Htaariyart of the State, and satisfaction
uaranteed, TJijcnts tennted in every County.
- Address all communications to T
J. E.CARTLAND, Salisbury.
Or, IF. G. C A RTL A N D, Gen'l A pt.
! ' Greensboro, y. 0
la the absence of Salisbur3' agent, call on
Mr. ScnLos. at the National Hotel. (23: 1 y"
IITKD WAKE.
on want Ilardwarc at low
nrest call on the undersigned at No. 2
wawiteltow.
' D. A. AT WELL.
'ifWyLN.tJ... June 8 tL
i 11 a day at horns. Age nts wanted. Out
Tuui and.
and
terms fiee.
TRUE & CO. Au
i ta, Maine.
March 9, 76: 1 yr
Chattel MorUrnjrcs,
and varios rther blanks for sale here
Of
B?y size desired, cut out of the best
,; ft?Jt notice. Also, window and door sills.
"u ir in t n a miv via nnrainari am
FOestaJs f for j rhonnm en ts, &c. Address
f
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Mill
Stones
Phillips, $alisbury.
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NOT AS I WILL.
57 MART 8. CARROLL.
"Whither, O River f
"To seek the sea ;
I heard it dulling ;
ItcalletUJme." r -.
"Turn, turn; bright River, '
Where green fields be
The sea is calling, .
But not thee.
Through waste and desert
The way 'I see; -' '
2T flower shall flourish
Or blooni for thee."
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Tet, worn, with travel
O'er arid sands. !
And .vainly; longing
For stream-fed lands.
Some one may bless me
For flowing there ; .
May find tifiresh ins
And strength to bear
The heat and burden
Which lie before.
This be my "mission.1
What woultl'st thou more i
So flow Tonward
To seek: the sea, f
Though lost in seeking. '
I cannot flee J
Todays self-chosen,
Fair though they be: -
The sea is calling
It calleth me'
PRETTY IS THAT PRETTY DOES.
BY ALICE CAEY.
The spider wears a plain brown dress,
And she is a steady spinner;
To see her, quiet & a mouse,
Goin? about her silver Uwne,
You would never, never pueas r- r
The way she geta her dinner.
She looks as if no thought of ill
In all her life had stirred her,
But while.she moves .with careful tread
And while she spins her silken thread,
She is planning, planning, planning still
The way lo do some aiurder.
My child, who reads this simple lay
With eyes downcast and tender,
Remember the old proverb says
That pretty is which pretty does,
And that worth does not go nor slay
For poverty nor splendor.
'Tis not the house, and not the dress,
That makes the saint or sinner.
To see the spider, sit 'and spin,
Shut with her web ofstrver in;
You Would never, neter guess -
The way she gets her dinner. 4
CONTENT. .
My heart and I but lately were at strife,
She fell a-longing lor a certain thing,
The which 1 could not give her. and my life
Grew sick and wearv with her clamoring.
God knows I would ihave given my youth's
wide scope, t
To buy mv heart hut one brief, blessed day
Of the blind bliss she'coYeted; but hope,
When I appealed to it, turned dumb away.
Until hope failed, I did not chide my heart,
But was full tenderto her misery,
I knew how hard and bitter was her part;
But when I saw that good was not lor me,
I felt that time and tears were vainly spent,
'Heart, said I, "hope is silent; be content.
Poor heart! She listened earnest, humble-wise,
Vhile my good angel gave her counsel strong,
Then from the dust and ashes did arise,
Arid through her trembling lips brake forth
a sons, 'f
A soothing song thatgrew into " straid
Of praise for bliss denied as well as given.
She sang it then to charm a lingering pain.
She siiis it now for gladness, morn and
even','
She sings it, seeing on life's garden wall
Love s deep red roses in the sunshine stir.
And singing, passes, envying not at all,
Content-to feel that love is not for her,
The ro-e are another's bloom and scent,
Mv heart and I have heart ease and content.
All The Year Round..
WANTED A FARM.
A Detroit real estate agent was waited tm
yesterday by a tallHnan with a weed on bis
hat. who said he had the cash to pav for a
farm, provided he Could 1 get one to suit.
The agent smiled him to a seat, andbrought
out his register of descriptions. He had
several farms registered on his bookst and
had no doubt that he could suit the would
be purchaser. The stranger remarked :
"What I want is a farm of about three
hundred acres." ;
Tve got it," replied the dealer.
"I'd like about six big hills on it."-'
"Here she is here's a farm with exactly
six hills on it." : $
And I'd like a lake near the center."
Here you are", -Here's' a farm with a
lake exactlv in the center;"
And I want a, big natural cavern in one
of the hiUs." .;; ; '
"Here you are.' There's a cave in this farm
that can't be beat."
The stranger drew a long breath, and
then went on :
"I want a farm of three hundred acres
but one hundred acre? must be marsh land."
"Here she is,T! was the teady reply. "Just
three hundred acifes in thefaftn, and just
one hundred in marsh land.1
"I must have a waterfall twenty-six feet
nn tha farrh !" pontiniiPfl tliA atrnnorr
""-'(. " f
"Here you are. ; This iarm nas a natural
waterfall of twenty-five feet and eleven
.nches. I don't suppose an inch, more or
essj on a waterfall amounts to much.'
"Well no, but I want a windmill on one
of the hills." M
"That was nut tip last year." was
the
calm reply. i
Itwas some I time before the stranger
thought of anything else, but finally said :
"There must be a Baptist church right
across the road from the house."
"One built last summer sir."
"It must be a brick church."
"So it is," ; '
"Has it an organ ?'"?
"It ha-."
"Then I can't buy the farm of you.'said
the1 stranger, rising to go. "If , there is any
thing I hate, it is s church organ, and jou
can see for yourself that I would be in a
state of continual misery. The farm snits
first rate, but I can't go that organ." ,
Just what estimates those two men, placed
upon each other's; veracity asythey separat
ed will never
be -known. Detroit, iFrfr,
TV-
41
FAST OR SLOW.
A little golden butterfly flitted .merrily
along the margin of a pond graced with
fragrant water-tillies rejoicing in the nweet
summer air and sunlight, and dancing
minuets on the dark, glossy leaves that
lay on the water. When weary, with
plav she perched herself on a spear of.
grass to lay her little plans for the: future
how little a buttei fly's plans roust be!
While there she heard an old mud turtle
giving her son directions for a journey.
"The gay soldiers will be there ; and the
flag will be flying; but after you have
seen all that and eaten as many worms as
you can hold, hurry hoin, and dnii't stop
to play with bid little turtles (by the
way. -') ' ' v j
Then the little yellow butterfly said :
'1 II ed too. Martini can neicli on a
soldier's plume; and flit round among the
stars on the flag'; for some way I can
never manage to get up to the other kind
of stars." 1
So she brushed op her tired little wings,
so as 1o keep pace with liii big black
fellow that was to hurry s. fast, j
So off ihey set, he crawling! sjnwly
through the' mud and mire, and she flout-
iug over him like a topaz tu a j saphtrc
sea..
She found it rather slow traveling after
her slow guide. So sU" would stop now
and then to dane on a flower, oc to rest
on the down of an early thistle. Soon
she met a party of gay friends, and join
ed tiem in a dance and a frolic, j saying :
"There's no danger I can easily overtake-that
slow fellow, lie onlyj crawls."
But alas, she lingered too long this time !
When she flew back to the place where
she had left him tie was gone, and she had
no guide but the ugly tracks he had left
behind.
As she went o i she met another fiiend,
and they had a wahz on a spire pi golden
rod, till she was weary. She - sat down
on a bright green leaf to rest her wings.
and when she rose up what should blic
see but the turtle on his way back !
"Why, did you go ?" she asked.
"I have been ami seen the so diers and
flag, and have eaten all the worms and
tadpoles I can bold, and am hurrying
back, as my mother bade me. i Follow
my tracks, and you will see the show yet,
if yon hurry ;" and the turtle was crawl
ing on.
"Do you call that gait 'hurrying ?"
and the butterfly 1-iughed as loudly as
ever a butteifly did "I'll show! you what
hurrying is !"and off .die flew. ;
Alas ! the sun was down ami so was
the flag, when the liny idler leached the
place. The night was falling, and the
dew chilled her golden wiugsj and she
turned homeward without fluting among
the stars or eveu lighting on a soidicr's
plume.
When near home, faint- and chilled, she
met the turtle crawling along. She would
gladly have pascd him unnoticed ; hut li)
was victor now, and he ventured to re
buke the lutle boaster. Without stop
ping for a moment, ho rolled j round his
ugly eye and Said : " ' It is ipy mother
has always told me; the diligent and
faithful outdo the idle ; ajid lh dull and
slow if persevering and obedient, will al
ways excel the brilliant and trilling, who
boast of their beauty and their power. I
am black and sliw ; you are yellow nnn
swift : but who saw tho fl 12 and soldier's
to-day ?" j
SOILING STOCK.
There is a su'ject that will; engage the
especial attention of farmers and breeders
for some years to come. I do not say
that the system, will be generally adopt
ed ; but 1 believe that as it becomes bet
ter known, it will meet with more favor,
and be found to exactly suit the circum
stances and wants of a l uge class f th
farmers and breeders of tbisj country."
LJy green soiling, or soiling, 1 mean
the praclKje of keeping animals in pens or
barns, feeding them on green jfond, grown
and cut for )he purpose, instead of allow
ing them torun in the pastures. The
advantages of this plan are being freely
discussed among the most pntcrpi ising,
practical farmers and breeders', as well as
bvleadinr agricultural writers. I have
before me a valuable little work by Josiah
Quincy, Jr., of Massachusetts, who, with
his father, may be considered the pioneer"
of thialpractice in New England. I will
make a few extracts from it. Mr. Quincy
says xj
"My farm being compact, the annoy
anceof having fifteen or twenty head of
catjrle driven night and morning to and
from the pasture ; the loss of lime in often
turning the team and plough, owing to
the number of interior fences and the los
of surface of good land capable of being
plowed ; owing to them and the many
head lauds, ajl drew my attention to the
subject of 'soiling' and its I effects. All
the European writers maintained that six
distinct advantages were
to
be obtained
l ... . It I .C
oy ine practice oi awning uci maw ..i
pasturing cattle in the summet seasou :
"lt. It saved land. i
"2d.
"3d.
It saved fences.
It economized food. !
4th. It kept cattle in bet. recondition
and greater comfort.
"5ih. It produced more milk.
Ctb. It increased the quality and quan
tity of mauure. j
'Satisfied in my own mind of the bene
ficial effects of the practice, I adopted it,
keeping some fifteen or twenty head of
milch cows, with some othe slock, and
with entirely satisfactory success. Since
then I have kept from thiriy-five to fifty
cows in this way, so that, in my mind,
my experience is conclusive! on the sub
ject." I
, lie says that one acre 'feoiled" from
will produce at least as much as four acres
pastured in the usual way and that "there
la no proposition jin Mature
that Auy.goodjarmet niay
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inore truethau
jGlamain upon
thirty acres of good, arable land twenty
head of cattle the year round, in better
condition and greater comfort to the ani
mal, with more profit, less' trouble, and
less cash advanced for himself than he,
at the present mode, expends upon a
hundred ncres." f He further aaya : "My
own experience has always been less tjian
this, never having exceeded seveuteen
acres from twenty head." ' !
Most farmers could, by this process of
feeding, soon make their; far ins rich by
the application of the manure accumulated
from their stock; and there would be no
necessity of purchasing artificial fertilizers.
That, and the amount saved in the
way of fencing,; would i more than pay
twice the amount of any farmer's taxes.
Some will ask Whether foiling" is con
sistent with the health' of the animal?
"Xo confinement prejndical to the animal's
health is necessary. ,; Wei have ani
mals that have, been "soi'ed'' from six to
thirteen years. ! One cow, spow pixteen
years old, li.n ihu been fed for thirteen
summers, audi has 'always been heal.
thy. We have raised colts in this way,
and thought them more thrifty and
quite us healthy as those raised on
pasture. We regard it as promotive of
health, as the j animal has more equal
diet not subjected to such fluctuations of
abundance and scarcity, as in pasture. It
requires less food, because the animal
gets all it wants without foraging sixteen
hours a day oyer short pastures."
1 feel confident, if more of our Virgin
ia farmers wmdd adopt this mode of "soil
ing' (if only foy a short lime), they would
never go back! lo 1 pasturing their lands
again. s
Owing to the scarcity of timber in
many portions of Virginia, we will ulti
mately have to rest or to some mode of
enclosures other than the old fence sys
tem. And the sooner we make this
change the sooner piosperity and thrift
will reign triumphant. F. IF. Chiles, in
Southern PlakU-r aid Farmer.
Louisa County, Yu.
DECLINE-OF POPERY IN EUROPE.
Dr. Herbert Vaughan, the Romish
Hi.-hop of Salford, has lately returned
from a visit to the "prisoner of Vatican,"
and '.bough he brings cheerful news as to
the health of the Holy Father, he Jias
been telling the "faithful" in Lancashire,
that things or) the Continent, and espe
cially, in Italy, look very gloomy indeed,
lluasiureis tin-in that a Liberal conspiracy
has been entered into throughout the Con
tinent, the effects of which are painful to
eo m tern pi ale, and still more painful to
feel lie suggests that in Italy the new
ruling power! is going at such a terrible
pice that wejmay expect soon to see it
abolishing llje Decalogue. From these
doleful words of Dr. Vaughan, it is safe
to conclude that the wholseome current of
progress, detested by such men as he,
must have set in very strongly ; and this
inference is 1 certainly sustained by the
polisical incidents in Italy, France, and
Spain, which are reported simultaneously
with the lugubrious speech of the ex-tdi-t.ir
of the J'ablet.
In. the first named of the countries,
Italy, the political unity of which cannot
be said to - be fully consolidated so long
as its institutions repose on the basis of
tin; present -restricted suffrage, a Royal
Commission has been appointed t draw
up a schem'fe for the extension of the
lianchise, ahd all who know the antece
dents of the leading members of the now
Italian Cabinet are expecting to see a
decided step in advance taken, though of
couise, the great mass of people thanks
to the protected rule of die priests in the
past aie by far too ignorant to permit of
their being uddeuly added to the elec
torate. In France, where the efforts that aj
being nude by the Republican majority to
effect the divorce of the Church from the
Stale provoked the holding of a great
Ultramontane Conference, the most of
whose proceedings were conducted in se
cret session, we see the Government issu
ing an order with respect to the circulation
of newspapers, which has almost a frank
English feeling ab uit ir, and which is one
of many heralds proclaiming that for our
neighbors on the other side of "the silver
streak" belter days are at hand.
At Madrid the discussion in the Cortes
during the past week have been mainly
on the religious question, and the tone of
ll-e debati's has beeit exceedingly hope,
ful. It is true that Senor Ortiz did
not succed in carrying au amendment
which sought to reintroduce the more
liberal article on ihe religunis tolerance
contained in the constitution of 1869,
though even for that sturdy band of
thirty-three senators voted in the division;
but on the other hand, the Ultramontane
factious wen: powerless against the over
whe'ming majority which declared in fa
vor of continuing to the Protestants the
measure of tolerance which they at pres
ent enjoy. Peuhaps the most significant
incident in the debate was that which
occurred at the close of the great speech
of Senor Ortiz,: when he demanded to
know of the Ultramontane members
whether their party would close all the
Protestants places of worship at present
existing.in Spain, and expel all Protes
tants from the country. To this question
Senor Ferdinand Alvarez replied, with
brutal frankness, that thev would : but
we percieve one token of the great change
which has come oyer the spirit of tl
land of Uhe Inquisition when we note tl
words that are Madded by the Parliaraen
tarv retiorter. t The answer of the leader
of the Driest nartyj we are told, "caused
a great sensation. " It evidently shocked
the majority hi the assembly, pretty much
in the Same way as it would have shocked
an English audience, for an amendment
proposing that dissenters should be restrict
ed to private worship, only - twelve could
be mustered ' the tnaiority. which thrust
oat thebateful thing numbering 163.
Tbu
we find that, in Madrid as at Versailles
and In Home, things are moving in a
healthy flow, and we cannot wonder that
English reactionaries like Dr. Vaughan,
of Salford, are in a somewhat despondent
mood when tbey survey the position of
affairs on the Continent. The great heart
of England, however, rejoices in the fresh ! l-
to If en s that lands long cursed with super
8tUon are coming, slowly it may be, yet
surely, into the clear daylight of.civil and
religious liberty. Belfast Witness.
SPURGEOX on PERFECTIONISTS.
He who boasts of being perfect is per
fect in folly. I have been a good deal up
and down the world, and I neither did
see eilhera perfect horse or a perfect man,
and I nevet shall until two Sundays come
together. You cannot get white flour out
oj a coal sack, nor petfection out of a hu
man nature ; he who looks for it had bet
ter look for-sugar in the sea. The old
saying is, "Lifeless, faultless." Of dead
men we should say nothing but good, but
as for the living, they are all tarred, more
or lees, with the black brush, and half an
eye can see it. Every head has a soft
place in it, and every heart has its black
drop. Every rose has its prickles, and
every day its night. Even the sun shows
spotsand the skies are darkened with
clouds. Nobody is so wise but he has
folly enough to stock a stall at Vanity
Fair. Where I could not see the fool's
cap I have, nevertheless, heard the bells
jingle.
As there is no sunshine withont some
shadow, so id all human good mixed up
with more or less evil ; even Poor Law
guardians have their little failings, and
parish beadles are not wholly of heavenly
nature. The best wine Iras its lees. All
;
i li"ads, and ii's quite
j not, or hats would
men s tanlr. are not written on their tore-
as well they are
need wide brims ;
yet, as sure as eggs are eggs, faults of
some sort nestle in every man's bosom.;
There's no telling when a man's sins may
sh w themselves, for hares pop out of a
ditch just when you arc not looking foi
them. A horse that is weak in the legs
m ay not stumble for a mile or t wo but it's
in him, and the rider had better hold him
up well. The t.-.bby cat is not lapping
milk just now, but leave the dairy door
open, and we will see if she is not as bad;
a thief as the kitten. There's fire in the!
flint, eo'd as it looks ; wait till the steel
jrets a knock at, it, "and you will see.
Everybodycanreadthat riddle, but it is
not everybody that will remember to keep
his gunpowder out of the way of the can
die. '
UNOWNED MILLIONS.
An Effort to Secure ihe Immense Chad-
icick Estate A Long Chancery Suit.
hi the reign of Queen Anne of Eng
land, Andrew Chadwick was taken out of
the ranks of common soldiers and made a
knight, because he had saved her Majeg
ty's lile. Her horses had run away with
her. and he had stopped them, suffenug
severe injury by the exploit. Soon after
his social elevation he married Margaret
Humphreys, a kent county lady, an4
throughout the rest of his life accumulated
O ;
property rapidly. He died in 1768, at
tiie age ot ninety-eight years and was
bunicd in Marylebone church yard. He
owned about a ibmisand houses in Lon
don, and had investments in various pro
jects. He appointed Alexander Scott
and two others executors, out they neg-
lecled io sign the will, and the document
was declared void. Scott attempted, not
withstanding, to get control of the prop
er! v, and the record of the Court of Chan
cery shows that a lawsuit upon that point
was decided against him iu 1769.. The
Chancellor decided, " The court is still
open tor the heir at law to piosecute ihe
claim to the oroncrty !" L-idy Chadwick
died in 17S-L and the estate was left in
such confusion that, in 17S1, two men of trustworthy special agents, whose du
concVivstfd the project of forging a will to ty it will be to keep the National Repub
get possesion of it. They were hanged lican Committee .informed tn regard to
at rsewgate.
I'he property has never been
seiiled. although there is au undecided
chancery suit 104 year:
000 in Government bonds, with the
ciii. tl interest, and a chest of plate,
ac-
are
still iu r fie Hank of England awaiting an
owner who can make good his claim.
J
CURIOUS
PROVISION FOR A FUNERAL.
Th funeral of Dudley Harwell took
nlace at Little Falls last Friday. Mr
Bnrwell was a very eccentric man, and
h.id written letters, lobe opened after his
death, describing minutely how he desired
to be buried. lie wished that no sexton,
no undertaker, and no hearse should be em
idoved at his funeral. A man named
Erastus Siniih'was to make his cofii.i of
butternut or black walnut, and for this
purpose he had the material in his bouije
seasoning for two or three yeais
nn
- ...
;.. ... nin.r I. mi iiied with stiect lean aim
in 'i "
sealed up. On the hillside above his res
idence he had prepaied for himself a sop
ulchre cut in the solid rock, with a stone
A tlm (iMfMiine that was to be
sealed up with cement. His funeral sitr
vices were to consist of only a prayer at
ihe. boost,. His own horeea .were to con
vey him to his tomb, and he had picked
out eight men, some ot the most prominent
of the villiage, for his pall-bearers. I be
r,,.,..l maa in tak ft i. lace immediatly after
I tMII. I '! " -J - ' -" "
ir . i .ii .i...Jn ....n.n l.ii uiilic
ureaauisu m mo v .. v
ivi.ro i-nmnliKd W in as I.ir a uossiuio.j
Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal.
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Dom Pedro, at Mount Vernon, pluck
ed some flowers, and he stood in front of
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toe graiea aoor oi hmuu ..-;...
u w . i.:;.u
..h an .r.cn. o. ra.n -...
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mall nee near the tomb. , -
per pla.e properly insc.ibcd as to be put 1 d f(U. e;irry(jl$; great weight up rail
on the coffin. Thecfiin was to be deposited incinP8. One of them, wughiug ten
. 4 Calamitous Fire.
i vThe s II ilUboro Recbrder say : We
regret to Jearn that the dwelling house
and allihe outbuilding f Mr. C. H. Green,
editor of ihe Tobacco Plant at Durham
were totally destroyed fby fire on TJiurs
uay morning last. Tfte fire broke out
in the cook room, and Ipeedily enveloped
me wnoic premises la ill a roes. The fur
niture was mostly saved, The total loss
is about $3000, and jegret to learn
that a "policy of insurance had just ex
pired. Mr. Green has our sincere sym
pathies. He had accumulated Ins little
fortune by bard editor id labors and edi
tors know what that means.
Congressman WaddeVs Honors.
Ihe Petersburg (Ma ) Index-Appeal
impertinently says: "The North CarollnaJ
University has made A. M. Waddell an
A. M.; and now with' a 'am crrbctl: sides
of him, Waddell ough to fee!
U should make a map proud to know
that he am what he arn, and hereafter we
shall expect this Congressman. to change
his unpretending Vafldell to a nimble
arable'
ASfdliinore DarkeuJMivals Blind Tom
A rival of Blind Tom ha been found
at Blount Springs, Ala , in the person
of
James Harden, a coloi-ed boy from Balti
more. He plays the guitar, and sings the
most dim cult music exceptionally well.
and is also something of a composer. He
has received no instructions, but is most
emphatically a natural born musician
A BUSINESS RULE.
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A personal friend of the late A. T
Stewart says that he jnce remarked to that
gentleman : "Mr. Sjtewart, I have often
..it
woiidereu what will become ot your great
mercantile interests if hen yr.u pass away
for no one who has tie means to ..carry on
such a business wokild invest it iu dry
goods in these days.j
"Oh," said he, 4mjy business does no
depend on any one u&an; it depends upon
a principle to buy jajs cheap as I can, and
to sell as cheap as I can. I he rest takes
care of itself."
A correspondent df the Ohio Farmer
states that be kept ai plum tree from cur-
cnl'ios by sprinkling the ground under
the tree with corn . meal. This induced
the chickens to scratvli and search. The
meal was strewrHeyry morning from the
time the trees blossomed until the frni
was large enough to De out ot danger.
The consequence was that the fowls pick
ed up theurculioV Villi the meal, and the
tree being saved hop the presence oi the
insects was wonderfully fruitful.
1 he Massachusetts
delegation
to St.
Louis is unanimous
or
Tilden. The
delegates held a meeting
in Boston, of
which the Post sayet : "There was shown
a hearty ami unanimous senumeni in
favor of the nomination of Tilden, and an
equally strong purppse of acting strictly
for the best interests of the party and the
nation in the performance of their duties
at the Convention (The resolution which
was adopted states the case very plainly,
declaring that the defeat of the present
Administration and jits party is of per-
amount importance, jand to tins enrl Mas
sachusetts will voteias a unit for the best
representative of Democratic principles,
ard the one whose inominatio:i will give
the best assurance eff success."
More Radical Spies.
"Bv order of the! President," says a
telegram from Washington lo the New
York Sun. "the Postmaster-General will
very shortly send to the Soutu a numiier
campaign news. i nis wouiu pouou in
credible if we did npt know that the same
thing has heeu donb more than once be
fore." The South was flooded with spe
cial agents, in 1S. paid for no other
service than maligning our people paid,
too, horn the taxesiof our people.
A novel contrivance ofvsome ingenious
Frenchman is eXcipog the interest ot me
chanics. It is a lutl-climbiug machine.
A valuable exchange thus speaks of it :
This engine as described, has no wheels,
and consequently does not roll, but in
place of them it;ia furnished with what are
termed legs, upon (which it accomplishes
the purpose in view. It is like an ordinary
engine in most res
pects, but it is supplied
with straight rods
, terminating in broad,
'here aie three legs io
diind. The cylinders,
wheels, raise the feet.
circular ekates.
front and three b
instead of moving
OlSiertu " -"o j '
(l4imffi to be eaDCCiallv
.ii nr. i im"i iv j - - i
tons, is represented as running mur or uve
miles an hour, hntjl can accomplish twelve
and one half milei it desired."
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Here is a question in the law of niarri-j
i i- .. ..tl.'. .. I, iu. oru ijIIH nnoni
ag ana uivoick wuo.
to answer : i i
. i . i
, . n hJ him. &nd. passing as his
"Is a woman who; Has been living won a ma...
thonh nevVr'egally married, bonnd byj
I, , ' w-,ih 'him ns his wife? Or can she
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I i t.:, ami 3tpkllv ' marry a man oi net
irn.c ,
i cuwm
If the woman jns passed as the man'
wife with the cMn's knowledge and con.
sent, she is legally married to bi.q accorj
ding to the law"f this State, as much as
.Kh the marriage ceremony had leen
c . - ,
I firmed in tha usual manner,
ni.y.p,.- - , , .
r - - , . mar ,lhfrw,-,h
out WcominW IUW. u p..l.hm.t for
bigamy. oun.
j SUBJECTS FOR THOUGHT.
Troublesj like babies, get bigger by nurs- ?
SHence speaks much, words mcreJ actien
most i
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The error of a moment mav beeo ih
sorrow of a life. ' "
Manyof our: bitterest inrrefa are founded
upon mistaking imaginations.
Dress plainly the thinnest loan hnnhloa
wear the grantleat colcrs.- - '-
Ntt every mzn that dives into the
raatrinsccy brings up a peart.
The main business and earnestness of tt,
"crld 3s monydominion and power.
never yet found wide in a nohla nolnn
-sr humanity in an unworthy one.
If you wish to keep' your credit un nav a
you go.
A man may be ereat by chance but
wise nor good without taking pains for it.
The reason.1 whv some neonl nni . -:-,
is because they have nothing else to nut on
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A. woman in Macon Ala.: bad tvina r5
and then triples; and after the last lot her
husband ran away, and has not returned.
To be worthy of an office nowadars
must be a man entirely unworthy of any
thing else, j
Resolve to see this world on its sunny side
and you have almost won Ihe battle of life
at the outset.
In. coming to Christ we need no other
quialificatioij but our sin and misery.
Sociefy is Stho atmosphere of souls, and
we necessarily inhale from it what is either
healthful or infections.
The lightjof true friendship is like the
light of prophorus seen plainest when all
around is dirk.
Wisdom often comes to ua too late iu Hfo
tni be much fservice to na. There ia no usa
of mustard after meat.
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LtV judge in sentencing a man to cleath,
observed, "Prisoner at the bar, you wilt
siion have to appear before another and
perhaps a better judgo."
"While on hymn book is good enough for
lovers it takes two to supply them with mu
sic alter they are married. New York Her
ald.. ;
Nothing.can
be lova to God which
does not shape itself into obsiieu&o.F.
W. Ribcrtson. " , ' '
There mast be sonsething wrong abont '
a condition which involves one in -fresh
trouble every day.
; There is enfrgy of a; oral suasion Io a
good man's life pa3sing the highest ef
forts of the orator's genius. -Chalmers.
Men preserve the fire by blowing it;
so, by diligence, wo must kindle the gift
of God bestowed upon o.s.'Cawdray.
There msy not be goloV but there's no
uesriion about the quantity of lead in the
Black Hills. Every Indian has a crun full'
of it, and isn't stingy. St, Louii JJepuUi-
am. ; i -
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The Wotban'n Journal asks, 'fIow shall
we utilize the superfluous woman V . It
seems as if she might be Utahlized by for
warding her toSalt Lake Ciry Norwich
ttdletin. ;
Nothing is more common when on tho
point of committing an imprudent action
than to b) on the lookout for a possible
escape.
Aind now comes a Boston woman who,
to out do her fashionable sisters with' their
tweoty button gloves, has invented and
wears forty button stockings. "
Jn conversion the subject is man the .
instrument is the Word, the agent is the
Spirit, and the result i ia blessed anion
of holiness and happiness.
i"Py Schiminy, how dot poy studies de
lan guages !" is what a delighted elderly
German said when his four-year-old son
called him a blear-eyed son of a saw-horse.
Bozton, Globe.
Dr. Mary Walker thinks the scheme f
milking gentlemen's trousers so voluminous
in the nether limbs this year is to force her
into abandoning them ; but she says aha in
tends to liang on to then) as Lang aa sba
don't have to slip 'em n oyer her head.-
Morristovn Herald,
; Th chief result of-iaving the street
lamps lighted these summer evenings is that
most of our young men who hang over oth
er people's front gates nights are getting
cross-eyed, as they aropbllged Jto keep one
eye on "the light to see-who passes, and at
tend to business with the otber.-Xorvieh
Bulletin. l .
' They are returning from a, moonlight ex
eursion to Rockaway. The jsea was uite
rough, and the little steamer rose and Jterl,
with every pulsation of the deep, iifee the
bustle of a stormy woman. After st4ying
the sky and ocean for about an hour ia sil
ence, he turned to her and-aid: Dear
Georgina, will yon beminei You will give
me your hand nd. heart ?" "Oh Alfred,"
ihe "answered, turning deadly pale, "I'd
rather give you my stomach. Brooklyn
Argw.
There are some persons whose ye
are so weak that the light seemj to be in
jurious to them, especially the red' raya
of ihe sun ; and a glass has been invented, '
which rrjects the rays that are injurious,
and. allows- only those to f ass which ara
softened and modified to the weakness off
the ye. irseems as if the Lord Jeso i
?were some such glass as this. . The graew
ftf God, shinning ihrough the man Christ
Jpns becomes a mellow, soft liiihti' so
i t hat mortal eye can hear it .-Sjpurgco.
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