North Carolina Newspapers

r VOL DkTHERD SERIES rSMJSBURYiUtfL APHIL, ;25 1878. NO 27 1i - Mt. Vernon, N4p.., Ajftll 10, J 878. t)EAR Watciih as s If there is an j one ia imrn ntceriv ucbiiiuk i .i;q nnd cares not a fig for the joys of st lie a creature of Btrangeand monstrous mould; and I haye not seen him. True wo read of monks fcormita in all lands: and particularly Romanism prevails. But fanatical insanity has made them jvo rorA nnt thus created and brouffut forth, .unless, perchance, deformed intel lects well as mis-shapen limbs may sometimes be produced. And it is very easily to be seen how a longing for society is a spontaneous passion;, for the beasts ' of the-forest and lield show it by instinct; and whatever there is of happiness in hu i,fo iierhds maiulv upon the oppor- A the antitude -towards. -its exercise.' Jjnrinonaciwa ' this resrject."" who -cannot lay claim to. a single soul whom they could promptly "enter on their list of friends," is quite large much larger m- mi flit at first suppose. - let us look a little into the origin of this amicable penury, more ioniuume i ,i;efroccinfT. in some - instances, than SlUU Uiriui fy, - . the indulgence that, directly deprives men nf their corporeal diet ana vesune.. . Very frequently the destitution arises r.n imTwrrfentinn or failing in the J 1 Will iV t'- - w . rtmrftrter and act on 8 of the lnenuiess m dividual. Others may not be able to rihtlv comnrehend and appreciate his motives. His talent-' and. acquirements may bo absolutely imperfect, attracting neither attention or regaru; mwugu uje nfhia tiosition and instructors. His nature may be sullen, morose and rcti pnt. He maV'be of a cast of disposition - v - -.,. r . so completely to me opposite oi iuat .ui 11 lii nesnriatfa as to he an object of n-i-pruinn "to them, without having -the power to alter his genuine self in the least, or sufficiently to agree with them. The bnsiHCss he follows may be of a sort ii.nt iiohars him from intercourse with those for whom he has a natural affinity of snirit. Ho may differ widely and con scientiously both in religion and polities from those who might be his friends but tor the fact that he is shut out by his doc trines from all access to them, and com piled to be entirely within a limited cir- of his own faith, who. however, see nothing in him to admire or esteem. liui, the fault mav and does too often lie at our own doors. We have too many antipathies too little sympathy for oth ers. We magnify trifling faults. We cannot lear, but are in, tne habit of in dulging.ii prejudice against education and accomi) isJiments not ot the same sort as our own. We dridike them, perhaps, be ...... . ..... ...... . 1 ..i.s-h .wt.tt W ncc rvrstt. e mav even uttise tnem carbon from carbonic acid, of their hydro gen and oxygen from water and of their nrcrogen irom amoma ana nunc bcju. The inorganic constituents of crops thougU much less in quantity are quite as essen tial to maturity m crops. If science is able to show us tiro eie mentary parts of our crops, and the source from whence they derive these elements, is it not within, her domain to tell us what and how much of these ingredients we must supply to keep up, the fertility of our soils t What I wished to say about analysis has been much better said by Frof. Laws who is the highest living au thority on these . subjects, and I eUall quote hini. Although potash, Phosphoric acid, and nitrogeffare. the chief manure ingredients in farm yard dung, the man ure from artificial food and in artificial manures, still. the ximerence . in tne orm in which these substances are oet will greatly affect, their value. The present method of analyzing manures does not properly recognize these distinctions, ana the valuations founded trpon these analy zes are altogether false and erroneous." This opinion is not only from a chemist bat from one who has conducted an ex perimental farni for more than 35 years. My only obiect in my iormer article was to call attention to the fact that there was a difference of opinion about the yalue of analysis, and to guard farmers against the error they mignt iau into oi uuymg largely of new brands of untried fertili zers and to give my opinion on .. the pro- prietv of using them : at all. I conceive the pnucipal object or "Another arm ers" article was to tell that he had used 19 kinds of fertilizers, and I. may add, has ei ven- most extravagant certificates of ... " .... -. many ot tnem. ut one Kina one year, oi another the following vear. Prudence is a virtue, and consistency is a jewel. Reck less charges and extravagant assertions are not worth much with me or the pub lie.- The only experiment. I ever made where I weighed everything was last year with Piedmont and Navassa Guanos. The latter cave me less returns under the same conditions. I am willing to say this much to any one, and tell how.it was conducted, but I " can't certify that any fertilizer ever gave me-hundreds, .and up to a thousand per cent on investment. If one would habitually do this for mo I could, never forsake him. As to home manipulations I think farmers might or ganize and employ a man who understood acid and alkaline affinites to lecture to them so that by jnixing properly they would lose no valuable plant food. I think the process simple, and every far mer might add ranch valuable manure every year to bis" farm by a little knowl edge and industry. FARMER. From tne Raie!a Obsenrer. ' r .- - 1 ii . .. . ' lor the ola woman s reason : "I do not like yon, Doctor Tell; The reason why i cannot tell; Only I do not like you, Doctor Tell." Notwithstanding these selfish and sense less motives, we may have good and just cause for dislike, and lor repelling and excluding others from our society. A wicked man. we should shun as we would the plague. 4f we perceive that there is a natural antagonism between them and ourselves, it is no use to urge and intrnde our company upon them oil and water will not mix the lion and the lamb can not lie down together in this pre-niilleu- nial period. Moreover, different races of men, some superior and some inferior, can never dwell-on the terms of equality and familiarity true friendship demands Then there may be some very small things which may not force us indeed to at all dislike the individuals; but may be quite large enough to preclude- the possibility of ever calling them by the sterling nud sacred epithet of friend. An extraordi nary share of self-conceit, morbid appe tites and feelings, eccentricity, splenetic and gloomy reserve, want of polished manners ami true refinement, contentious ness, jealousr, satrical and severe style of conversation, foolish levity on religions subjects, garrulousness and and the'lackrof ability to keep a still tongue on the gravest subjects of secresy any one or all of these faults, though minor affairs compared with some other things, may interiiose an insurmountable liarfier between, us anil the friendship of many a lellow-ereature. Slander and detraction may deprive us or social caste, patrons aud employers; anu it is common ' to say in these cases that the person untruthfully nibbed of his good name is without, friends.? Hat let ns have a care how we blame our ene- miesibr nil this. Our own duplicity, ar- Correspondence of the Ralcigii Observer. LETTER FROM GREENSBORO. rogauce, rough aud repulsive manners. notionate and capricious ways of dealing and -management, false pride, indolence - ana irregularity in business, ami, worse titan all, pheer iugratitude and ncjnect of those who did once befriend us, may be among the lamentable causes Tf our iso lation from human sympathy a'nd re gard. Let every one study out the causes of his destitution of friends, if he be in that plight. It will do him more good than the study of the classics, E. P. II. Jiiriyc Strange on Wife-Seating Some Good Advice to Correspondents, but the Best Omitted (that fs to Say, Male Let ters Short) Except by Example. Greexsboko, April 12, 1878. Messrs. Editors: The remarks of your lady correspondentpis embodied in your editorial of the 10tli, reminds me of a de cision by a Judge of the Superior Court, in a 'neighboring county many years ago. The gentleman who reported the case in my hearing, said that he never heard a Judge- swear upon the bench but once. How far his profanity was justifiable is left to the decision of the reader. Judge S., who was gathered to his fath- ersin your Cape Fear country, a gener ation ago, was distinguished for his im pulsive feelings, ami for his chivalric ad miration of "the sex." A man was indict ed in his court for brutal treatment of his wife. Among other thinjrs it was proven that he compelled her one night to ride bareback and astride, on a poor horse, a distance of two or three miles. The tes timony of the witnesses bad evidently excited his honor as well as the spectators in attendance. When the jury returned tneir veruict ot cuiity, tne J mice was walking to and fro on the bench, and commenced pronouncing sentence pil ingit on" in the way of fine, imprisonment, cost, &c, to the utmost extent of the law, all delivered in language which he thought THE TELEPHONE IN BALEIGH On Sunday last 14th inst., the telegraph. wire between Ualeiffh and Wilmington,' N j C.,,was loaned to ; Manage 4Starke,o this city, by Mr. J. W. Kates, of Ricli- ffldnd. Va,, the well known .obliging Sd- j peri n ten aent or me ist soutnern uistrici ofjthe Western Union Telegraph Co., for the purpose of experimenting . with the Telephone. By a previous understand ing between Manager Starke and -Manage Angel, of Wilmington promptly at 11 o'clock the Telephones were placed in circuit, and the first words from Wilming ton VHeTloo old man Specs" came with sdeh startling distinctness that it excited all hands with wonder and amazement. Introduction then being in order, several Raleighiteawere introduced to their Wil mington neighbors. Occasionally friends would recognize each other's voices and have a chat. After exchanging views on the Chief Justiceship, witty repartees, &c, a song was called for, and some of the most beautiful sacred and sentimental pieces were rendered from each end of the wire. The experiment lasted until 12:30 P. M., when the long metre doxology was sang by the Raleigh Choir, and the "Good-I3ye" given from Wilmington. An adjourn ment was then had until 2:30 P. M. At that hour a large crowd assembled at the Telegraph Office in this City. The con nection was made by placing two of the call bells, and four of the Telephones placed in circuit, thereby enabling four persons to converse and sing at tho same time. A large crowd was also present at Wilmington, and both audiences enjoyed the treat very much. Some very sweet music was rendered from either end, and prolonged conversations carried on by participants. The Telephone is a decided success and accomplishes its work in a satisfactory manner. Tho singers at Wilmington, N. C, were Messrs. Welsh and Tilley, of the Southern Express Company's office, Mr. Oscar Parsley, Mr. Riddick, of the Wes tern Union Telegraph office, and Mr. I). P. Beckham, of the C. C. Railroad Com pany. They sang well and were vocifer ously cheered by the Raleigh participants. Those who composed the Raleigh choir were Messrs. Lee Overman, V. Royster, Dr. Knox, Col. I. J. Young, Mr. Sherwood Ilaywood and Mr. E. A. Jones. Of their merits as vocalists it is useless for us to speak, as the names are familiar to the musical people of Raleigh, but will leave it for our auditors of the city by the sea to say in what manner their music was rendered. Mr. Starke, not forgetful of the ladies TWEED AND HIS CAREER. THE HOLY LAND. r Prom the interesting correspondence of Mr. John Russell Young to the New York Herald, the following information relative to General Grant's visit to the Holy land is obtained: THE GARDES OT OETIISEMAXE. ' "When we finished the Via Dolorosa we kept on outside the gates and over the valley of Jehosaphat The brook below is the brook of Kedron. of which it i written that Jesus, on the night ' before eration, if not the applause, of eminent hip betrayal, 'went forth with his dtscip representatives of -all the great interests lesover the brook Kedron, where there of New York J He packed the Bench with was a garden, to the which he entered his creatures and the Bar! made no audi- and his disciples.' This is written in the ble protest? he bought legislators as open- eighteenth chapter of John, and wo cross lyj a Im tellers buy cattle, and the people the very brook hallowed by His holy and refelected thejn j he HiX-S? e sorrowful footsteps. 3Ye , ascended the tixecuuve pra liiuwnscnueu me laws on i "in Biiun instance ana came to a walled For such Vcareerand all that it repre- sents, says tbVKew York Tiroes, society itself is mainly responsible Such - pro duct could not have been reared except on -favorable t soiui The indolence, the apathy, and the self-seeding f bis fellow- citizens gave hifarthe opportunity he cov eted j the callousness of public conscience oiid base worship of 'wealth, no matter how acquired, procured for him the asso ciation of respectable" men and the tol- the statue book, and those who cried "Shame J" were like a voice crying in the wilderness- Evangelical churches were ready to profit by the generosity with which he gave away-what did not belong garden. A monk opens the gate and wo descend. The garden blooms with flow ers. .The paths are neatlvRwent. A round the waU are pictures by which the Cath olics represent the way to tho cross. to him, and evangelical clergymen helped J Over the flower beds droop a cluster of olive trees, ancient and gnarled and bend ing. It is not difficult to believe, know ing what we do know about trees in Cal ifornia, that these are twenty centuries oh'. The General sava he doR not rinnht r - it, even from the random evidences of his own eyes. Under this tree Jesus Christ knelt and prayed and made holy forever the Garden of Gethsenaane.. We looked at the tree called "The Tree of Agony." We pressed its knotted bark with rever ence and love, and, though we are an idle, worldly group, fresh out of a busy worldl world, there were few words spoken, and all thoughts turned to the sacred and sor rowfal scenes which Christian men be lieve here took place. And if one could know the hearts of those who were about the tree, who stood around in silence, I have no doubt that he would know of many a silent prayer breathed to heaven that, in the hour of extremity the grace there implored for sinning souls might be our portion as it has been the portion of millions and millions who have gone be fore. to swell the po3n over that most symme trical form of government under which ho and his coadjutors stole at the rate of twenty millions a year. Millionaires were found willing to aid in propping up the failing fabric of his power, and thousands of laboring men voted for him as State Senator after he stood declared as the greatest thief of modrrri times. There are thousands of all ranks and conditions to-day who will refer to him as a man who was punished Ix-yond his deserts, and there are still more who are ready to sustain the political system of which he was the legitimate outcome, as if it were the highest ideal of free institntions aud the fittest instrument of popular govern mcnt. Tweedism will long survive Tweed, and the blindness, the ignorance, and the cowardice that gave him his lease of pow er are even now contributing to the ele vation of men as ignoble in character and base in their methods as was the man who died yesterday. NORTH CAROLINA MINERALS. Col. Joseph Wilcox of Philadelphia, an emmenrGcologist; who has traveled and prospected extensively examining miner al deposits in a number of States, includ ing Western North' Carolina, called upon us last week, and from whom we learn thattbis State has a larger number of val neties of the Mineral kindgom than any Mate in the Union. Col. Wilcox selected! a number of specimens from the larire coUection of Mr. Adlie Stephenson, of this place, which he will forward to the Paris Exposition. By the way, Mr. Stephenson possesses the best collection in that line. so we learn, in the State and very attrac tive to behold. In 1876, Col. Wilcox read a paper be fore .the meeting of the Dele ware County, fa institute of Science, of great length, upon the Geology and Natural Wonders of Western North Carolina, which was published in the Media, Pa,, jiwiricai, embracing much valuable information on that portion of our State. This we hope too see reproduced in some of our State papers Statesville American. Congress will doubtless restore the in come tax on all incomes over $2,000. Every poor laboring man who bays five cents worth of tobacco to cheer his w-eary working hours, or a quart of whiskey to revive his drooping spirits, pays a reve nue tax. Then there appears no good reason why the owner of a million dollars of United btates bonds bought, many of them, when greenbacks were worth only forty, fifty and sixty cents on the dollar, and drawing six and seven per cent, interest in gold, shall pay no tax on his immense and easy income, while the poor man is required to pay tax on such things as, it seems to him, he must have for his phy sical comforts, to nerve him for his task and make the hard lot of his life tolerable The sweat of a poor man should - concern Congress as much as the sweat of the dol lars of the millionaire. Raleigh Hexes. rhc "gum" used ou postage stamps is a potato starch. A RARE PIECE OF VILLAINY. Tho last sensational villainly has just been developed at Wilin-higton, N. C, the unconscious medium being Dr.Thom- BETIIAXY AND MOUXT OLIVET. "The good monk gathered gome flowers for Mrs. Grant, and for the others twiirs as W. Planner, an honorable and well to-- and leaves from the Tree of Agony. We do citizen of that place. Not a great while ago a telegram was received from Spring field, III., by a friend of Dr. Planner's asking if he was a responsible man. The friend, of course, replied that he was in all respects; that his reputation was above of Moab, the Valley of the Jordan and au people, and the influence of their example Mr. Eihtok : For two reasons I deem it important that I should extend the in quiry, "Shall we use Guano?" a little further. First : 1 do not wish to appear to others as profoundly ignorant of the relative meaning of the term agricultural -and commercial value as my critic does to me. And sDcondly : I do not wish to bo understood in that article as charging ignorance, fraud or incompetency upon the only institution ever created' puroly in the interest of agriculture in this coun try. More, I desire to express my high appreciation. of the action of our Legisla ture in giving us a Bureau of Agricslture in our State; they have done good else w here, and can be made valuable here. C .1 f .. . cuj n rtuouin r uiiuer, i rjiv tills: a fertilizer whose commercial value is from $30 to $45, aud the manufacturer sells it to farmers for 640, 50 and may not nave more titan 1U worth ot chemicals in it." I don't say and such thing, myself; it 1 uul 1 would at once pronounce the analyst a fool or a fraud who would give a table of such values. I lelreve he can tell what amount of the different ingredi ents every fertilizer contains, but here is the point at issue : can he tell when these ingredients will be available as plant food? Chemistry has developed the fact that all of our crops are composed of from 83 to 99 per cent of organic matter. That this organic part consists of carbon, hy drogen, oxygen, and nitrogen only. That plants derive the greater part of their suitable to the occasion. It was little short of an anathema. The culprit him self became excited, and exclaimed, "Judgo, you'd better hang me at once!" The Judse stopped and confronted him His eyes blazed. His long fore-finger came down with a ierk to a point blank aim, like the muzzle of a rifle, and with it came the explosion : "Damn you, sir; I wish I had it in ray power to hang you P An irrepressible cheer went up from the crowd. This shows thatrthero is human nature in J udges as well as other folks. Whether this fact js to have any bearing upon th present squabble about candidates for the Supreme Court bench, upon tho chicken tight at Charlotte, the Eastern question tho purity of game or the price of cotton, I can't say. But it is to be wished that your correspondents would hold up a lit tle on the judiciary. Your policy of throwing open the columns ofjthe Obser ver to free discussion illustrates the true functions of the newspaper. Nevertheless I think your correspondents ought to un derstand that their criminative remarks can hardly result in public good. In case any of the candidates so hotly discussed be nominated, these writers are furnish ing readv-made cudgels to our political opponents to worry us with. Each of the gentlemen named has shown capabilities for judicial office, and most of them have already a public record sufficient to entitle them to the confidence and honors of the people of the State. And there are num bers of others not yet named, of whom tne same may -oe-saiu. iet us all save our ammunition until after the Conven tions of the respective parties. S of Raleigh, and believing that they de serve more favors than the sterner sex, is now making preparations for a special arrangement for them to have a few hours' enjoyment for them with their friends in the City by the Sea. As soon as arrange ments are perfectly due notice will be given of time and place, and it is hoped that our ladies will avail themselves of the opportunity. Mr. Starke desires us to say that the reason this first experi ment was postponed until Sunday was because the wires were so busy during the week with commercial business of the Telegraph Company that it was impossi ble to secure one ( of their wires during any other day. The following are some of the songs Bungs at Wilmington : "Little Brown Church in the Vale," "Little Footsteps," "Jesus Lover of my Soul." "Nearer my God to Thee," and others. "Nearer my God to Thee," "Jesus, Saviour of my Soul," "Vacant Chair," "Take this Letter to my Motherland others. To securo one of these interesting little wonders orders should be addressed to . W. Starke, Agent W. U. Telegraph office Raleigh, N. C. reproach, and ho was known to be in good circumstances. This dispatch was ollowed by others to different firms, all of which elicited the same replies. Final- y, a dispatcli was received asking if Dr. launer was at home, anu as ho was nown to be in Wilmington, an answer was returned accordingly, and then the mystery leaked out. Some confidence chap had been impersonating Dr. Planner n Springfield, had borrowed iuouey, got into society, and married one of the belles of the city, under the Doctor's name and by securing the endorsements of Dr. Flan- ner's friends, Just before the imposture leaked out the fellow fled for parts nnkhbwnleaving his young wife in great distress at the villainy that had been practiced on her. Dr. Flanncr has no idea who his double is, but says he has been annoyed by the fellow for years, and has often been dun ned by letter for borrowed money and un- naid bills in other cities in which he had M. never been. Er. THE WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD. From the Ashevllle Citizen. The track is laid to Round Knob. There is a tunnel to complete which will require about two months time, a cut to clean out which will require quite as long, and what is known as Mud Cut wherein about 6ix acres of territory has sunk in which may with the sleuce canal in good operation require irom to ou days. I his cana is a grand achievement. During the hour we watched it, more dirt was washed out with the aid of thirty hands than a hun dred could have moved in a day : and it was estimated, as a low calculation, that at the rate the water was then working. it would remove more dirt in one day than 300 men could move in a month They are now preparing to use hose and pipes which will then accomplish quite as much in a day as now isdone in a week considering that then only some five men will be required. By June Maj. Wilson thinks he will have from 150 to 200 con victs at work on this side the Mountain, grading this way, and soon thereafter will he transferring passengers at Swannanoa tunnel, to a train ou this side, and by fall will be running the train on through some miles this side of Swannanoa Gap. "And" added President Wilson, "I will have the cars at, or very near Asheville, by next January," which opinion was unhesitat ingly seconded by Col. Clavton. So mote it be! climbed the Mount of Olives to the sum mit. We entered the chapel said to be the 6ite of the ascension now a Mosolem mosque. We went to tho top of the min arets and looked far beyond to the laud Catawb County. Catawba county is all in all, the best county in North Carolina. Whether we look at the finan cial condition of the county out of debt with money in tho treasury, the produc tion of wheat or democratic voters, the r use of improved agricultural implements, or the general education of the people, Catawba stands first and carries the ban ner. They are an industrious, thrifty ARE ADVERTISEMENTS READ! Hon. John Forsyth, the "veteran editor of the Mobile Register, used to tell a good story to illustrate the value of newspaper advertising, as a means of getting before the public whenever yon wished then! to know of your wants or wares.' V . Mr. Forsyth was acddenUf drawn into a discussion of this subject witti a mer cantile friend, who ' expressed emphatic doubts that an advertisement benefitted a man's business at all, and closed his side of the debate with the common remark : "It s all iuouey given to the aid of the newspapers. Nobody rends mjujadver tisemcnt, or thiuks of it, or looks after it, except your foreman and collector." Forsyth replied ; ,Lct us test the truth of J.0? assertion, fcSH down , andwrito . uufc uu iuiverusemenc suctions I dictate, am we will put it in the smallest tvne the cases contain, and insert it in the- retnot est corner of the Register that you can select." . . -- The next morning there appeared in agate, without a bit of display, and ia the most out-of-the-way place in the pa per, the following : Wanted. To buy a dog. Apply at No. Blank Street. The contract was that in case the "ad' was a "success" the merchant was to pay Forsyth o aud treat to wine and oys-i ters. If it failed to meet the eyes of par-, ties with merchantable canines, the editor was to pay the merchant $5 and set up a supper for the two. During the da5' of the first appearance of his experiment, the merchant called at the Register office several times. He look ed as though he was in troubleappeared nervous, looked over his shoulder like one who is pursued by a terrible bore or persistent dun. Finally, late in the even ing ho met his editorial friend, and be fore the latter had time to open his mouth, the nierchant6aid, hurridly aud excited ly, "For Heaven's sake leave that adver tisement out of your evoning editiou. There's $5 for it, and $5 more to pay yon for saying No. Blank Street bus trot a g. I jet's go aud get-tho oysters; I'm nearly worried to death." Ex. edge of the Dead Sea. HOW VICTOR EMANUEL MISSED THE THRONE OF ENGLAND. A contemporary savs : It is a curious fact, and one that is not generally known. that Kinsr Victor Emanuel was, by the rightful direct law of succession, the King of England. He was descended in a direct lino from Charles I. The young est daughter of that unhappy monarch, the Princess Heurietta Maria, married Has ton d'Orleans. the brother of Louis XIV. She died, leaving two daughters Tho eldest became Queen of Spain, and died childless. The younger married the hpir to th House of Savoy and was the ancestress of the late King of Italy. Af ter the Revolution of 1638, when the right to succession to the British throne was settled by act of Parliament, the House of Savov was excluded on account of the Catholic religion professed by its mem bers. The House of Hanover, of which Queen Victoria is the representative, was several removes farther from the direct succession, deriving as it did, its claims from James I., through Queen Elizabeth of Bohemaj and her daughter the Elec tress Sophia. A striking commentary on thA rnnfunnence of human actions is af- x forded by this story of a royal inheritance, When Charles the I., espoused a Catholic princess he could scarcely have imagined that by this act he was excluding his di rect descendants from the throne of their fathers ; and still less could his Qneeu have foreseen that she and the descen ded of her favorite child so carefully tra;nH i.v iierin the teuets of Iter own ki-Aiioion. should ever overthrow the tern 0 7 " ' , , , norftl nnvrer of the l'ope. ana De nimseii installed upon the throne. A novelty of the Paris Exposition will 1 Mi pnornions balloon capable of con- I veying 70 persons. In the farthest distance, just touched by the sunlight, was a mountain, we were tola it was l'isgah, from which Moses viewed the Prom ised Laud. We went on to the chap el which marks the spot where our Sav iour taught the Lord's Prayer. We went into tho magnihcent chapel which a French princes had erected for her tomb, and around the walls of which is the Lord's Prayer in 32 different tongues. We kept on over the hill, over a fearful road to the village of Bethany. It was here that Jesus lived when he preached in Jerusa lem. Here was Lazarns, his friend, whom he called from the tomb. Here lived Martha and Mary, whom Jesus loved Martha who served Him at supper, and Mary who chose the better part. We ride under the overhanging ruius of the dwell ing in which Jesus found home, shelter, friendship, love: where He came for peace after the hard day's work in Jerusa We walk around Bethany which is only a collection of ruins and hovels passing over the graveyard where Laza rus was buried. We continue along the road that leads to Jerusalem again, not over tho mountains, but the one sloping near its base. It was over this road that Jesus rode when he entered Jerusalem on an ass. Wo are told also that here it was that David passed in sorrow when pur sued by the ungrateful Absalom. But our thoughts are not with David, and we pause at the head of the hill, where Jeru salem comes in view. It was here that Jesus wept over Jerusalem and prophe sied its destruction, and we can well iin aine the beauty of the fair city as it nest led on the hillside the temple dazzling all eyes with its glory, the battlements nnd walls nienacinsr all men with their power. Then we kept on down the Val ley of Jehosaphat and over tho brook and around the city to another entrance called Damascu i Gate. It was nly from thence a short walk to our hotel. The walk had been a weary one, but no one felt weari ness, for every memory it awakened was a memory of tho noblest moments in onr Vtwa mid ovorv sten we had taken had 1 V"J - ft. been over hallowed ground." extends deep into Icard township of our county, where we see the people are more alive than in most parts of Burke. It may not be generally knowB, but it is a fact, that the Icard folks work harder, read mere and are improving more thau perhaps any part of Burke county. We honor Icard for what it has been as well as for what it is. Burke Blade. HOW WHISKY PAYS. One of the great lawyers of North Car olina a contemporary and classmate of Gov. Graham has told us recently of an incident that occurred in the Senate, as it was related to him by Daniel Webster, on the occasion of his visit to Wilming ton in 1840. Mr. S.eward had prepared an oration on slavery. It was not a prac tical question at that time. . Mr. Seward had certain views on slavery generally, whieh he wished to ventilate. He had stuffed for the occasion. He came with his cut and dried speech, full of learning and fairly bristling with facts. He deter mined the world should hear it, although there was nothing before Congress reqnir ingany such manifestation of prejudice, ability aud learning. He introduced a resolution that he might speak. Mr. Rad ger was walking about whilst Seward was speaking. Every now and then he would step to his desk, make a note and send a messenger to the library. By the time Seward had ended his essay, the desk of Mr. Badger was covered with books that stood in piles.' He at once took the floor in repjf, and said Mr. Webster, "he made the greatest speech I ever heard delivered in the Senate. Star. Some years ago wo had in our employ a man, who several times in the day, ran out of the office to buy a drink of whisky. Every time he went out, th cashier was was instructed to drop a ten cents into" the drawer to our credits At the end of seventeen months,. the man who had gone ont so often had drnnlcjiimself out of a good situation; and the drawer when open ed was found to contain four hundred and nine dollars, which we loaned to a young mechanic at seven percent interest. He used it to purchase a set of tinner's tools, On the 15th day of February, 1876, he rc turned it to us with interest, saying in hi letter that he has now a wife, two chil dren, aud property worth five thousand doHars. The other fellow is a bummer, hunting for food. Pomeroy's 'JJenwerat. We beseech farmers to consult their, own interest more, and raise better tolwic co and less of it not less to the acre, but less area plant no more than yon can fertilize and cultivate properly. One acre of line tobacco is worth four or fivo of the common sort. To thorough tillage must be added an abundance of fertilizers of the fight sort. Two elements particflr larly enter largely in to the composition, of the tobacco plant, namely potash and lime, and manures that contain these in an available form must bo used. Such manures are hard wood ashes, Carolina phosphates, marl and lime. Nitrogenized composts, such as the farmer can niake from dead animals and animal matter about the farm, iu which the elements f nitre (salt petre) and carbonate of lime exist, are very good. Rural Messenger, An Arab of Aimers, claiming to be a French subject, was lately imprisoned without sufficient cause in Tangier, Mo rocco. The Fiench consul, after procur ing his release, demanded that the pasha in command of the distress should call at his house, with his whole suite and a troop of soldiers, and apologize for the man's treatment. The pash a refused to submit to the humiliation. The consul informed him that unless he did so two French men-of-war in the Straits of Gib- raHnr trftnUl onen on the town. lhe pasha sent for instructions to the emper or, who ordered him to make the apology in the required form and avoid trouble. STONEWALL JACKSON'S MAGNANIMITY. btoncwall Jackson, at one time had a disagreement with a friend in regard to a Sabbath-school. The dispute became so warm that he spoke hastily and harsh ly, which was retaliated by the other Both felt that they had done wrong. Tho latter concluded to write a note of apolo gy, bnt before he had time to send it Gen. Jackson came in and apologized for the manner in which he had speken, saying that he could not rest over the Sabbath without doing so. If this spirit was car ried out to a greater cxteut particularly in our churches, we might expect happiness, prosperity and the blessing of God. Let us for a moment examine this act. Did he lower his dignity by making this hum ble confession, having only on one occa sion given offence ? By no meaus. We are compelled to look upou it as nddiug The final end and rnin"of the unprinci-r pled man and wrong-doer is exemplified in the case of ExGov. Moses of South Carolina. He was Governor of South Carolina and handled millions of dollars, t l i-S-, - ,1-1 ! - 1 anu ai one nine roueu m luxury anu-ni- posed wealth7but it was all acquired by fraud, deceit and theft. Moses was re cently committed to a common Jail in New York on the charge of forgery, and is now without friends, and, worst of all, icithout money. Eyeii the men who shar ed his stealings will not help him.. Poor fellow, he is to be pitied, but his punish ment is just, and the. result of wilful sin and transgressiour both of the laws of God and man. Who will take warning Jjy experience and observation T Young men should cer-s tainly do so. Cliar. Democrat. The new principality of Bulgaria ac cording to the Treaty of San Stefano will comprise more thau one-half of European Turkey. The territory detached from the Ottoman Empircvas nearly as can lc calculated, will measure about "J,50(i square leagues, a surface double that of Belgium and Holland pnttogether. Tito new lustre to his character asagentleman, 'new principality, however, will not be a hero and a Christian. This probably,' had much to do with his success. Being of an humble mind, he doubtless felt his own inefficiency, and trusted hi (lod in the hour of dinger. It is said that he never lost a battle. Comnmnimtion in' Southwestern Presbyterian. ,, .I.!.. 71 .1 . nil its ...Mltinrn! it will scarcely number 5,000,000, of" in habitants, that is to say, about as many as Belgium. And yet the old proviuc of Bulgara, and Roumelia were-tho mt populous, "fertile and industrtbire tht Turkey jHisSessed.