VOVlII. THIED SERIES
SALISBURY. It C, SEPTEMBER, 27, 1877.
NO .49
CHANGE OF FORTUNE, au(1 unnecessary expenditures.of money, those grand old times, when stalwart men,
j we were dispossessed of a home and re- safelyclad in armor of steel and housed
iohhe'siiobody but a printer !" exclaim-ducctl to abJect poverty ; and then ray ; in strong castles built of stone, sallied
1 Miss Ellen Dupree to one of her husband took to jlrink, and now I am a -forth at their own pleasnres, hacking and
f'cls who was speaking iu terms of leSSar antl tuose children depending on hewing and plundering the weak and de
Jlllelud commendation of Mr. Barton u,.v cea for a living and I leseech you fenceless. Whatever romancers may have
wniiimi a voun" and verv intelligent iu hehalf of my poor little children, to be- to say about those times, they did not ex-
inter,
"Ellen, you speak as though a printer ,
ras not entitled to resiectabilitv I hope
rou will explain-yourself," replied Miss
jlary Crossman.
"Well, hope you will excuse me ; I do
not think it becoming for a young man
I, to laW for a living to trv to
move in the society of those M ho are his
1 - V I
superiors, and moreover, .he' might" win
the affections of a young girl superior to
him in rank, and then do you think her
T.nrf nts would be pleased f I 'know I
k - . .
Then you think they are beneath
joaV '
'iYes, of course." -
: ''Both iu worth and intelligence, too, I
suppose, do you net ?"
'; Yes, every thing !"
I "Are you superior to a Franklin, to a
JBlackstone, to a. Campbell, and many oth-
ir1 eminent men who. were printers? Or
do vou believe your' intellectual powers ;
Boar above many other distinguished prin
ters of the present day f .
; "Oh, now and then you come across one
that is respectable, but they are few and
j''jfajr between. And as to Mr, Williams, I
? do not consideT him a Franklin, ov a
B ackstone, or anyone else much."
"Nor do I consider him beneath my no
jbe. Now Miss Dupree I think you ought
,tc reflect seriously upon what you are
siiying'and have some regard for my feel
ings. You know not what you may come
t( before you die."
j "Vell, I don't think I shall ever come
to be the wife of a printer, or anybody
who lias to labor, nor do I intend to coun
teuance such either."
Miss Grossman remained silent for some
ttjnie, while her face reddenetTwith indig
nation. Mr. AYilliams was her lover and
a vcrjr good looking man he was. He was
Vnf ordinary size, fair complexion, dark
liair, a high and prominent foreliead-live-iy
and "intelligent in conversation, and
TtJueut and affable iu his address.
I A gentle rap was heard at tfie door ami
the servant immediately announced Mr.
"Villiims. He entered the parlor-, and
Tifissi Crossman rose and introduced him.
: 1 Miss Dupree affected to be polite, re
sumed a slight bow and coolly said
"Good evening, sir." -
Mr. Williams and Miss Crossman con
versed freely mostly upon literary sub-
yticti, upoa which b,U were well posted,
and, t)f course the conversation was inter
esting to both, and Miss Jupree sat as
ihough she had been seized by dUpair
DQy nd then giving a lazy nod of dissent
or assent to any and everything said to
her. Mr. Williams was irone and Miss
pupree turned to Miss Crossman. and :
said:.
V'Mary, I am really astonished at yoar
Yoif are certianly' in love with that fellow.
Well, you may do as you pjease, but I as
sure you I'll never consent to keep tomr
pany with a printer."
Miss Dupree took her leave, and Miss
fJrossman was left to think of "love arid
matrimony," and her future blissful nuss.
-.'-'
Ten years were passed. A man and his
wife were seated before a blazing tire.
The evening was extremely cold, and the
?viud blew fierce and keen. The editor
was housed with his wife, in their stately
mansion, furnished in most superb style
and lighted brilliantly with chandeliers,
and they were the happy parents of four
intelligent and interesting children. It was
an hour after sundown and the bell had
just rung for tea. A rap wias heard at
the street door and upou opening it there
tood a woman pale and dejected, and ap
parently not far from the grave. She. had
with her 'three ragged children, shivering
with cold.. Tho gentleman and lady kind
ly asked them iu to the fire,
i ."Sir, will you be pleased to give me
ftttlli money to buy, some bread for ray
hungry .children.. My Jiusband has been
.drinking for the last three weeks, and
left me without a morsel to giye these
poor innocents, or any fuel to keep them
warm," and then she wept bitterly
?'Where do you live, ma'am ?"
; 'fin tho.garret of the old Phamix Hotel,
Mr."
"How long has your husband been ad
dicted to drinking?" asked the gentle
man's wife in a kind tone.
"About three years."
"Madam," rejoined the generous editor,
"I am truly sorry for you and of course
shall bestow upon you ts my .means will
illow Will you relate your misfortunes?
I always feel a deep ''sympathy Tor the un
fortunate." , -
"Mine is a sad story- I was raised in
affluence; my father was a wealthy mer
chant. My husband also was rich when we
Tverc married. We took a tour to Europe,
and returned home and we lived happily
and properously. Mr. Brooks was a fash
ioanble young man. He spent money freely
and we lived extravagantly. Three years
more and he was considered on thedeclin-
fng ground, and nnally, by high Bring
would rather live an old maul allmy days , tho h not b an luean8 gQ reraarkable
than marry a pvinter-a man that 1ms to j member when or where ; and after a long r .Q guch goodprescrva.
toil all day and night and then, oh, to j she murmured- j '
fcinkpf being ranked among the poor," -I tbink I have known y ou m
........ v-v - rrnne lw- l.iir. I cjinni t remm iwr vonr . '
a-iiineuout .Miss uunree. :
miuv ujMin uie sucu enaiuy as you ieei
deposed to giant."
Her story was told and met a kind re-
Pnse from a generous heartThe lady
ibf the house recognized the poor woman ;
but she did-not feel disposed to make her
to the
seltknowji, bat ushered them in
U1U1"S om anu 8ai uow w
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warm supper -
"Madam," said the lady, "what was
j our maiden name ?" "
"Ellen Dupree." .
She thought lier's a familiar, voice ; 6he
name, my good lady !"
"Mary Crossman was my name when I
knew you." -
"Mary who ?"
"Mary Crossman."-
"My God ! who is your husband ?"
"Oh he's nobody ; only a 'pri titer "
Tho'poor woman remembered being in
troduced before her marriage, to Mr. Wil-
liams and she remembered, too, how
cold and indifferent she was on that occa
sion. Yes, "nobody but a printer" went
like a dagger to her heart.
That printer
now was her benefactor.
From the Southwestern Presbyterian.
BACK-COUNTRY ELDER AT
THE COUNCIL.
THE
Mr. Editor : Rank is a thing of much
i mojo consequence and more distinctly
j defined Ul the British Empire, and espe- "
cially in Scotland, than it is with us in
America, It i therefore noteworthy that,
of the order of the nobility in Scotland,
several are elders in the Presbyterian
Church, and one at least is a minister.
As the Council drew toward its close, we
had each a card ofinvitation from one of
the members an elder to spend a day
with him at hisj-esidenee, thirty ov forty
miles southeast from Edinburgh, on his
estate. The note of invitation' was in tho
customary phrase of polite society : "Lord
and Lady Polwarth request the pleasure
of the company," etc. -
In lieu of the customary note of accep
tance or regrets, those who would come
were to signify it by their autography in
hfs .Lordship's book, opened for the pur
pose in the reading-room of.the Council.
BEAUTIFUL CUSTOM.
By the way, "autographs" were in great
request., Several obtained the signatures paced up and down the room, e;uh hand
of all, or nearly all,, the delegates in one grasping firmly the collar of his coat, his
book. One beautiful method prevailed . wuob?- frame quivering with impatience
among the ladies so generally as to seem ' ntil his turn came. After that he seem
like a custom there. That was a small ed to feel relieved.
album, with a section of a page on one The religious exercises following the
side dated like a-diary, and opposite each
a "Verse of Scripture for that day. You
were asked to write your signature under
the day (not the year) of your birth itbe- ; country round about there seated on bench
ing understood that on every return of es and otherwise over the lawn. Later in
that day thervner of the book would, in the day there was tea, and after that a
secret prayer to God, mention flic names cordial leave-taking, with appropriate
ot tno.se wnose uirmuay ie-ii on uiac anni-
versary.
But to return to Lord Pol warth's invi
tation: Anxious as most of the delegates
were by this time to start on their Wiverai
tours to the Continent and elsewhere, in
order to make the most of their short
leaves of absence from home such was
the very general regard tor Lord Polwarth
as an eloquent, earnest and useful man in
the Church that probably as many as
two hundred perso'u-, including many
ladies, availed themselves of the iuvita-
tion : and I may safely say that none that
! day found anything wanting that could
contribute to their enjoyment.
ou) huxii:ei"
AT MEI.nijSEBBKY,
A special train of elegant cars stood
ready in the Edinburgh station, at 9 o'clock ;
in the morning, to carry us all free of ship received us in every-day dress, as
charge, and bring us back at night. The , though he had just come in from riding
day was fine overhead perhaps the first over his plantation n a hurry to see us,
right pleasant day we Had enjoyed in the ' that gave him no time to change Jjjs cloth
eity. The"gentlemanly conductors" were or even brush his hair.. His manner
in brand new uniforms, and everybody ! was loving aud cordial, as if he was hearti
was smiling. Once under wav. we found lj glad to see us, and felt our coming to
j oufselves-journeying swiftly toward the
frontiers of England, past hills and streams,
and ruins of ancient places renowned in
Scottish history arid song and story. Af
ter a ride of perhaps an hour every mile
of which was a luxury, after the hard work
aud strained attentiouof the Council
the engine gave one of those unearthly
yells, which reverberating among the
hills, our train came to a halt at "Melrose
Abbey." One hour tQ visit the ruins was
well spent iu, looking and wondering, and
in listening to the explanatipns of a com-
petent antiquary, Wo closed pur visit
thereby singing "Old Hundred," with
hats off, in the ruined choir wljcrerest the
dust of King David I., who founded this
abbey, as welt as that pf Holy rood, about
te year UK There buried aU. t,S
heart of Iviujr Robert Bruce, which
such an adventurous and heroic career not
onlv while he lived, but after he was dful
and gone. There also the grave of
, - .. .
j Michael Scott-less authentic, perhaps,
hut celebrated in the Border njinstrelsy of
uiuu a smie ui Buciet)' k oe aumireu oy
us.
DRYBURGII ABBEY.
Our excursiou train made a final halt at
a railway station called "St. Boswell's."
rom tma point a pleasant walk, crossing
the river l weed on a skittish suspension
bridge of iron so shaky that only ten
persons at one time were allowed to pass
we soon came to the ruins of "Dryburgh
Abbey" a sweet spot, embowered among
' the trees in a cozy bend of the ri ver and
and across the two, at tho head or the
i foot- la fltn mitro gf T .ruil-lio vf daii-
in-law.
MERTOUX nOUSE.
The estate and residence of Lord Pol
warth, whose invited guests we all were
that day day lie in the next bend of the
river Tweed, and lower down. Mertoun
House is the name of the place. A slight-
iy location, extensive park and cultivated
grounds. Many grand old trees and gar-
,ieI,s nf flowers. It is a fine tiling to be a
lord, if they all are as nicely fixed as this
one.
The duty of personal introduction to
my Lord and Lady over indeed while
that shaking of many hands was going
on an excellent lunch was provided ; and
the same had to be without stint, for by
this time we excursionists came in with
roaring appetites. No doubt the servants'
hall of that hospitable mansion will hand
down to future generations of servants a
marvelous tradition of the quantities con
sumed that day. Happily, while we were
eating in the dining-room, tho neighbor
ing tenantry had their lunch provided out
of doors, in the park ; and it is to be hop
ed his Lordship's steward will never know
certainly that we delegates got more than
our share of the enormous stock of pro
visions that must have disappeared v in
; that festive hour.
j I could extend this article beyond a
, reasonable limit, telling the many good
things said and done that day. We were
all in fine spirits, like youngsters broke
loose from school, bent on recreation and
enjoyment. I saw no disturbed counten
ance there, except an American gentleman
who had previous notice he was to come
in for his sjieech of five minutes ; the same
being in him bottled up and corked down
In momentary danger of effervescence, he
lunch were in the open air; the speakers
standing on the stone steps of the house ;
; the large audience collected from the
. relmious exercises.
OLD PLANTATION -LIFE.
J have described it sufficiently to show
that the whole entertainment was a suc
cess. It was happily conceived, and so
arranged as to make it a memorable day
to persons from abroad, and to Americans
especially, who have a very natural de-
sire to see all they can of the interior life
among a wealthy class whose position in
society is assured by hereditary descent.
! And every Southern man present must
have noted with many, many regrets
how very nearly the things we saw that
day resembled the habits and style of a
firstrrate plantation in any old spttled
Stete before the dreadful war.
The manners and personal department
we found to be much the same. His Lord-
be more an honor to him than to us the
very reverse of patrouage,
A PRESBYTERIAN LADV.
Her Ladvship, with an infant but two
1 7
weeks old, received in a gentle manner
all she had strength to see ; talked moth
erlv of her children, who appeared with-
; out boldness in their Highland costume.
j The mother of Lady Polwarth, who in the
Countess of Aberdeen, filled her daugh-
, ter's position as mistress of the house with
that quiet, thoughtful air of dignity, with,
' out patronage or condescension, that .char
... vpr ftn hn f. . Mnp tn
' guest. I could name many an American
lady, rich or poor, who would receive the
. . v v .
nil uisters ana eiaers at a meeting 01 rres-
rpKo
fact is, to be ladylike and to be a gentle-
man is to be oue and the same thing any-
vThere' fro11 Ui-e backV 00ls of America to
the environs of a foreign court. It is to
i u modpstf sincere, unselfish.
Back-Country Eldeb,
DRY-NTJRSIXG EEPUTATIONJ j
New York World j
Reputation, ej-en of a moderate sort;, is
so desirable to have that it is entirely
natural for men to make great and con
tinuous efforts to secure it. It is their
misfortune often that thy confound rep
utation and notoriety, and labor for what
they conceive to be fame by unbecoming
and unremunerative means. In a denioc
racy like ours honors'are so much easier
and plentier than in aristocracy that there
is always a struggle for them by persons
unfit to wear them. i
Notoriety, however dheap, passes with
the multitude for reputation, and the man
who has gained it calls it by the better
name "What he has contrived to get is
reputation pure and simple ; what many
of his fellows have is mere notoriety. "This
is the true difference between the terms.
Whether it be reputation or notoriety,
few persons with an itching for it are dis
posed to let it take its own course. Afraid
that it won't grow fast enough, they are
ever ready, with all kinds of fertilizers
and personal attention, to bring it for
ward. They force it in every way, and
by their ceaseless forcing doit more harm
than good, not uufrequently destroying it
altogether. The number of men who act
as dry nurses to their own reputation in
politics, literature, law, medicine, theolo
gy, and even in society, is much greater
than the uninitiated suspect. Drj -nursing
of this eccentric variety is so widely,
dilligently, regularly, and skillfully prac
ticed that it well-nigh deserves to be
ranked as a profession. The profession
is not avowed, however ; it could not lie
without interfering with his own success.
The popular notion is that any sort of
reputation is got without the least agency
or co-operation of the getter. This man
or that woman does something, and the
doing is so remarkable and weighty that
it attracts public attention, and is duly
chronicled by the press. Yery often,
generally perhaps, the notion is correct :
but there are many cases in which it is
wholly false. Members of the dry-nurse
class have not sufficient faith in public or
even in private appreciation. Even be
fore they have delivered themselves of
some mighty effort they are industrious
in telling the proper persons how mighty
the effect is to be, and of discovering the
most efficient means of self-advertising.
After they have delivered themselves
they move heaven and earth to insure am
ple notice of their performance ; and
though they fail partially they seldom
fail entirely. Exertion, whether in a no
ble or ignoble cause, is always fruitful.
Politicians are renowned for helping
their fame by personal management and
endeavor. If their fame cannot stand,
they lift it up and hold it firm ; if it can
not advance, they put themselves behind
it, push it forward, and walk with it, us
ing their legs instead of the stuffed trous
ers with spent breath and perspiring face
cry Out in feigned amazement at their
ceJebriety. Politicians are the dryest of
dry. nurses to their reputation. If their
constituents could see how they coddled,
handled, uud fed the bantling, they would
be skeptical of appearances and preten
sions for evermore. More than half the
time of many of our "statemeu" is occu
pied in pushing their names into the face
of the community. They scan tlc news
papers, large and small, and seldom miss
an occasion to express an opinion or take a
position which they imagine will assist
their popularity. Like Felix Walker in
the Sixteenth Congress, they are resolved
to make a speech, or do something for
Buncombe, the county, whatever called,
which most of them specially represent.
Yery ordinary arguments of many a
lawyer have been put forward as match
less forensic efforts through persistent
manipulation of his own. Judges' decis-
j ions that were weak, partial, and nnsus-
tained by precedent have been lauded
and their lofty integrity commended, be-
j cause they had been permitted to judge
Easy operations or accidental recoveries
are made to appear as extraordinary evi
dences of surgical or medical skill, for no
other reason than that the physician . has
a chance to tell his own story, and tells
it o much more skilfully than heinakeshis
diagnosis, He proves himself i not only
a learned gentleman, who amuses the pa
tient while Nature performs the cure ; he
demonstrates his talent at hiding facts
and presenting fiction jn their light.
Clergymen have been known to dissemi
nate self-complimentary paragraphs of
their own composition among reporters,
gud yet entertain aud reiterate the belief
that genuine ability must make its way,
i i . r . c .
independent of encouragement of appre
ciation, There are dry-nurses to repu
tation in all callings; but the reputations
which need dry-nurses never last". A
reputation that is worth apythjug, that
has any sound foundation, must he nour
ished at the fount of nature,
Jndians Arrived. Supt. Mills brought
to the asylum Monday last six Indian Or-
! phans from the counties of Swam and
Jjicksoutwo girls and four boys,
j They are of the Cherokee Tribo and
IiaU from &0 CreeK S4 Bir,l Town-
' Some time since there were were two otn-
' er little Indian inmates at the asylum who
have found homes. This new accession
js a fresh indicatiou of the true cosmopol -
... , i . i...
itan and charitable character of the insti-
' tution. Oxford Fret Lance.
A FREE TRADE PARTY.
At Saratoga on September 7, a confer
ence of Free Traders met and adopted
the following resolutions, drawn np by
David Dudley Field, Parke Godwin,
Horace White and Francis A. Walker :
Eesohed, That the present depression
of industrial, commercial and financial
interests in this country is largely due to
our inability under present laws to dis
pose of the surplus products of our indus
try which other countries want, and which
but for restrictive and injudicious legisla
tion the United States would to a great
extent produce and sell better and cheap
er than any other nation
2. Resolved, That this general depres
sion has been caused maiuly by the erron
eous financial and commercial policy pur
sued by the Federal government since the
war, in forgetfulness of the economic
axiom that it is utterly impossible for us
to dispose of the surplus product of our
industry to other nations unless we are to
accept in return the surplus products of
tneir industry.
3. Resolved, That byr imposing taxes for
purposes other than revenue, and by pre
venting us from cheaply and advantage
ously buying ships, our shiping which had
become the second in the world, and was
fast becoming the first, has been almost
swept from the seas.
4. Hesolved, That in view of the fact
that large and important iuterests have
grown up under the erroneous fiscal poli
cy which the United States have main-
taineu uuring a jienou ot sixteen years,
due regard must be paid to the security
and weltare ot these goods ; but seeing
them prostrate and suffering iu. common
with others, we are persuaded that if pro
tection has ever done anything for them,
it has done all it can, and that thev, no
less than others, need for their revival
and healthy growth a thorough revision
of the existing tariffs.
5. Hesolved, That as one means towards
the revival of commerce and general pros
perity, we ask concurrently with inform
ed legislation a thorough revision of our
commercial treaties with foreign nations,
many ot which are unsuited to the pres
ent industrial and productive condition
of this country ; and we ask also the ne
gotiation of treaties of commerce with
countries such as France and Spain, with
which we have no such agreement.
The resolutions were passed.
On motion of R. R. Bowker it was re
solved that the Hon. David A. Wells be
designated as chairman and AbrahamL.
Earle as the secretary of the council pro
vided for, with power to nominate to the
conference the remaining members of the
'committee,- subject to modiiicatiou aud
ratification by the conference. The com
mittee appointed under the above resolu
tion recommended these additional names,
which we adopted : Nathan Appleton,
William Downie, Boston ; C. H. Marshall,
A. R Stokes, F. O. French, W. R.Sporry,
New York ; A. S. Riddle, Philadelphia j
A. B. Mason, Chicago; W. L. Trenholm,
Charleston; G. W. Nichols, Cincinnati,
and Charles Nordhoff, New Jersey.
The conference then adjourned.
A TREMENDOUS GIRL.
Warren County '(Ky.) Letter in the Franklin Pa
triot. This child, a girl, was four years of age
on the 20th day of last March. She weighs
100 pounds, measures eighteeen inches
across the chest, and is four feet eight and
one-half inches high. There is a thick
growth of hair covering her entire body
while her face is covered with whiskers,
including a mustache. Up to about eigh
teen mouths ago she was a healthy girl.
At about that time her body became very
hot and Was covered with perspiration,
lasting several days. The odor occasion
ed by the perspiration was very offensive,
and within fifteen minutes after being
cleanly dressed her body and clothes
would become saturated as if by some
black colored liquid. When the perspi
ration ceased the hair began growing,
only leaving the soles of her feet aud the
palms of her hands bare. Her voice at
tained a remarkable depth, sounding as
though it came from the inside of a bar
rel. Her strength is astonishing. She
can carry her ten-year old sister under
her arm with apparent ease, aud her
mother states that the child actually does
not know her own strength. The state
ments herein made are strictly true, and,
if necessary, the testimony of the child's
parents and many people living in the
neighborhood can be produced for corrob
oration. A Family of Children Gone. A few
weeks ago we published the sad death of
three of Mr. John Andrew's children, w ho
died in three days. lie had only four,
the youngest was spared, for only a few
weeks, however, as that died last Friday.
Thus an eutire family of children has
fallen' in the pathway of diphtheria.
Alamance Gleaner.
George B. Keenan, of San Francisco,
was heir to an estate worth $30,000. H
was dissolute and destitute, and, rather
than wait a few mouths for possession of
the property, sold his right to a lawyer
for &6.000. Now he has begun a suit to
annul the bargain.
Indications of a prehistoric people,
which are plentiful in southwestern Colo
rado, have lately been discovered in wes
tern Nevada. Antique pottery andunde-
ri nhern hie writing on the rocks are the
i
most common tokens. At ope place,
engraved upon a rock, is the nudo figure
ot a man,
I BnruDf ti,e outlines of which show consi
j eraie artistic skill,
d
Singular. The diptheria has been
yery prevalent in the Knapp of Reeds sec-
'. tion in Granville county, ana on kiltie
River in Orange. A singular ieaiure
1 about it is that the diptheria attacks the
i s a nA miMaa in stead nf
VULm.u - - -
in the throat. Hah Kew$.
IS LIFE A MODE OF MOTION T
It can be demonstrated that -motion is
all-pervading; that absolute rest is incon
ceivable and that, in whatever form motion-may
appear, whether as motion or as
light, beat, chemical affinity, magnetism
or electricity, all are but phases of but
one and the same great force. Science
however does not stop with the enuncia
tion of this truth, but following the same
pathway onward is now brought face to
face with the greatest problem within
the ken of human conception, the ques
tion of the nature of life itself. There is
something startling and overwhelming in
the recoguitioirof the fact that perhaps
the greatest scientific miuds on earth are
keenly pressing forward toward the reso
lution ofthe mystery, not as speculators
or dogmatists, nut as metaphysical ad
vancers of abstract hypotheses ; by pro
gressing step by 6tep, proving and re
proving, leaving no by-path unexplored,
no thread loose or weak in the wonderful
fabric of facts which are slowly being in
terwoven. If Bastian and the believers
iu spontaneous generation are right, then
life is the legitimate consequence of chemi
cal affinity, for they claim to have sub
stantiated by the clearest experimental
proof that organisms in certain solutions
previously free from life are due wholly
to the proper chemical composition of
such solutions. If this be true, then life
must stand in the same category as heat
and light and other sequences of chemical
affinity it is a mode of motion into which
other modes of motion are convertible,
and reciprocally it would follow that life
itself is transformable info other phases
of the all-pervading force. Scientific
American.
COLORED WOMAN IN A TRANCE.
f Wilmington Star.
A rather remarkable inc-ideut occurred
in Cflpe Fear township, about three miles
from this city, on Friday morning last.
It appears that on Thursday afternoon,
about 3 o'clock, a colored woman whose
name we did not ascertain, who had been
complaining of being unwell, beiug trou
bled witli sore throat, etc., to all appear
ances died. The news of the supposed
calamity soon spread throughout the
neighborhood and quite a number of the
colored people gathered at the house, when
the body was laid out in the usual man
lier and preparations were commenced for
the funeral. That night, in accordance
with the usual custom among the colored
people, a crowd was present to sit up with
the supposed corpse, and singing and oth-
er ceremonies incident to such solejnn oc
casions were indulged in. It was among
the small hours approaching the ' dawn,
aud the devout worshipers had become
warmed up to about the. -highest pitch of
animal excitement, when all of a sudden
the supposed corpse jerked herself up in
to a sitting posture and demanded to know
what "all dat fuss was about !" There was
a sudden cessation in the vocal perform
ance a break in the devotions of the
sympathizing crowd dire consternation
took the place of grief and condolence in
the hearts of the mourners, and in less time
than we have taken to tell it the" resur
rected woman (who it seems had only
been in a trance) had been left in solitude
Land wonderment to unravel the mystery
of her condition and surroundings.
The Probabilities of a Democratic Senate.
Republican managers are manifestly
much concerned lest the organization of
the Senate shall fall to the Democrats. It
13" pretty nearly certain that Louisiana
will have two Democratic Senators and
South Carolina one askiug for seats when
Congress meets. The Democrats are
strong enough to prevent reference of their
claims to committees, which will insure
them their places. Mortou will not most
likely be able to occupy his seat, and Pat
terson, of South Carolina, is just in the
condition that he will either be absent en
tirely, or be prepared to favor the Democ
racy to save himself from prosecution for
crimes committed in South Carolina,
Spencer is not to be relied on by Republi
cans, and Connor is distrusted. All these-4
things considered, it is not improbable
that the United States Senate may be or
ganized on a Democratic basis when
Congress meets on .the 15th of October.
Char. Observer.
A Conservatory ox the Roof ok a Ho
tel. That excellent plan which we have
so often advocated, of turning the tops of
houses iu cities into gardens, has been car
ried out by the Palmer House in Chicago;
and a portion of the roof of that hotel is
now covered with a magnificent conserva
tory. The structure is entirely of glass
and iron ; and as it is built on an exten
sion, its location is such that it opens di
rectly out of the fifth floor corridor of the
main edifice, which rises some two stories
above. A line collection of tropical and
rare plants has been provided, and the
regular heating apparatus of the house
supplies ample warmth. The conserva
tory is open to guests of the hotel, and
furnishes a delightful resort. Scientific
American.
The cotton seed oil trade has increased
greatly of late years. This article is
largely shipped to Europe, whence it is
iwtltimwwl to thi country- in the -niA of
1 l - J
"pure olive oil."
Black Walnut Stain. Asphaltum thin
ned with turpentine will stain a beautiful
black walnut color. It must be varnislied
over. -.
It is claimed, though the fact does not
rest on sufficient authority, that the organ
is the invention of Archimedes, alout200
years B. C. The invention is also attribu
ted to a barlier bf Alexandria, named
Ctesibus about 150 vear B. C.
Very little is known of the first intro
ductionif toothed wheels,, aud toothed
gearingi Two centuries before the Christiau
era, Hero, of Alexandria spoke of tooth
ed wheels in a manner that would indicate
that he was conversant with this mode, of
transmitting motiou.
Put a tablespoon fu I of snlpher in the
nest as soon as hens or turkeyaare 8eL
The heat juf the fowls causes the fumes of
the snlpher to penetrate every part of
their bodies, every louse is killed,-and, as
all nits are hatched within ten days, when
mother leaves the nest with her brood,
she is-perfeetly free from nits or lice.
Mortgaging Crops Xot Yet Planted. It
is a surprising fact that on yesterday there
were recorded iu the office of the register
of deeds, four mortgages upon crops of 1 878, '
which will not be put in the ground until
next spriuff. Char. Observer. .
The young lady bad coquetted until tho
victim was completely exhausted. He
rose to go away. She whispered, as she
accompanied him to the door, "I shall 6e
at home next Sunday evening." "So shall
I," he replied.
Levi Coffin, well known in ante-bellum
days as President of the Under-ground
Railroad, always a prominent anti-slavery.
man, died at his residence iu Avondale,
near Cincinnati, Snndav afternoon." His
age was about seventy-five years.
The officers of the United States army
stationed at Atlanta, G a., have bought the
plot of ground upon whiclrGen. Mcpher
son was killed during the late war. The
spot has been marked with a Parrott gun
firmly set in the ground, and the lot has
been enclosed with a substantial iron
Nearly a dozen of the strikers who bore
a conspicuous part iu the late railroad ri
ots, arc now in prison in Warreu county,
N. J., awaiting trial. One and all, they
profess the siheerest penitence and regret
the folly which made them the dupes of
mischievous men, who have abandoned
them to their fate. They are thoroughly
cared ot striding.
"The South was defeated," remarks the
obsequious Key , "and, as men aud soldiers
they were hound to submit .with good
grace, and admit that the result was right."
From which it would appear that in the
gospel accordiug to Key success is the on
ly measure of principle. .V. Y. Sun, 11th.
"What do you mean by humbugging,
madam ?" asked a homely barrister of a
ladv whom he. was cross-examining. "I
don't know as 1 can exactly say, sir ; but
if a lady was to say to you that you're a
handsome man, that would be what I'd
call huinbugjing." .
The keeper of a candy aud ice cream
store in San Francisco discharged a wait
er for funding the keeperVeat in business
hours, and paid hiui at the rate of $30 a
month, instead of $40, as previously
agreed. The waiter carried his case into
a Justice's court, pleading that he was not
particularly found of cats, but that he
consoled the one in question because
the employer had just chopped off the
heads' of two of her progeny. He recover
ed his rightful wages, but the Justice de
ciiled that he was lawfully dischargut.
Bone Meal for Grapes. The editor
of the London Horticulturist asserts that
among all the fertilizers proposed for the
grape, none embody more ofthe necessa-t
ry ingredients than bone meal. It .should
1h applied as early in the season as possi
ble. About a ton to the acre makes a
dressing that will prove valuable for two
or three years.
Cement fur Leather Jlclting. Take com
mon glue and American isiuglass, equal
parts ; place them in a boiler and adit wa
ter sufficient to just cover the whole. Let
it soak ten hours, then bring the whole
to a boiling heataniLadd pure tanin un
til the whole becomes ropery! or appears
like the white of eggs. Apply it warm.
Buff the grain off the leather where it fo
be cemented ; rulrthc joint surfaces sol"
ly togethcriet it dry for arfew hours, ....
it is ready for practical use; and if prop
erly put together, it will not need rivet-
Tlie Fortnica Pcitnsijlrnnira. There
.. v.ifv I ill IivinJi ity a- . V'Uti
tries are infested with ants tiiatare capa
ble of doing serious damage. This, it ap
pears, is a mistake-. There -is- a black
"carpenter ant," whose )i$me,Formica
Peuns;lrauicaT indicates its residence,
that is capable of effecting inupli destruc
tion in woodwork. The Rev. Dr. iJcC$;pk
has seen a rafter which these ants psner
trated to an extent of five pr six feet of its
length, completely houeycoming it. Tho
raftir wns in the roof of a norch. The.
attention of the Philadelphia Academy of
Sciences was called to the matter, as it is
evident that such penetration of wooden
structures, aud especially bridges, might
. . nnoTnootAfl fall Vrwf)an
bridges need at least as frequent and as
thorough inspection as iron structures.