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"MURDEB B1UI)GE
'Above the sluggish creek that veers
,iru-field and thro' meadow 1
iff lit. th hiirhwav traveler henrs,
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one,
A floating corpse, one autumn day,
Here rocked within iU watery grave,
Till children, on tie planks at play,
Were startled by the crimson wave.
And lifting tip their timjd eyes,
The whole ghannt spectre they espied
ml sunbeams snatch the prize
From midnight Crime, she sought to hide 1
A brainless mass of clotted hair,
And fixtures marred to hideous shapes,
Tlie head was slowly nodding there,
To mock their swift retreating steps.
And as they ran, with sidelong glance,
They saw cold swaying arms reach out,
Aed cold feet in the eddies prance
Heard cold lips echoing their sliout.
At last in breathless haste they reach
Their elders and to them narrate
A freezing tale, with stammering speech
Thf mystery! of a dead mau's fate.
Anon, while broods a muttering storm,
Throng laborers o'er the meadow's dank,
And lay the friendless stranger' form
Oureedy couch,Jhat clothes the bank.
What time in-solemn phalanx stand
A dozen stcnnino low -voiced men
Around, each lifting high his right hand
'olleaveo, ledlightning fills the glen.
' And deep'toned thunder shakes the hills;
The distant . watch -dog's howl is heard,
With chilling uotesof whippwirwills,
And-hoottugs dire of night's lone bird..
The robin flaunts his bloody crest
' In maples that o'crhang the crowd; "
The wild wind sweeps from willowsydrest
' In garments don, a sere-leaved shroud.
A serpent coils lieueath the sack J
Of stones they move from round his'wnist;
The coat they strip from off his back
.-' A great toad chooses for.his nest.-
Ths rain descends in copious streams,
And wash the pale corpse as it-lies
In (loud-laud (cars; the lone one seems
I Wailed bye veil these sad skies.
Tht fire-fly trims her evening lamp,
To light the darkling .shadow's gloom
That gathers in the vapors damp
.Around tho murdered wanderer's tomb.
Alwve a sluggish creek that veers
Hound corn-field and thro' meadows lone,
By night the highway trav'ler hears,
Ou "Murder Bridge," the dead num's moan.
E. 1 H.
Sept. 1873.
New Fifth Reader, that ia interesting to
all, old and young, We hare here selec
tions almost entirely from Southern au
thors, antLinost elegant are these extracts.
In poetry we come to the household names
of Simms, and Wilde, and Timrod, and
Hayue and Meek. In prose, the great
names of Calhoun, and Legare, and Pres
ton, and Thorn well, and Grimke, and
many more who wrote and spoke with the
greatest force, purity and eloquence
Apart from the "books we here incident
ally notice, the subject ia an important
ty. The substitute, the specification fur
ther states, will keep louger without de
composition than fowl' eggs, and contains
in equal amount more of the essential
qualities for which eggs are valuable than
eggs themselves."
' This is most remarkable j and it must
be true, or else Mr. Griffin would not hare
spent his money on it in patent fees. Still
we must confess we have our doubts of
the availability of the substitute for all
egg uses, say for political purposes or for
personal expostulation, wku an offensive
.. . .;...! .n,.nl- Ifr ia not rlfiir luW It
one. Jt ls no insignificant matter tnat P"" . r " "
Southern men and women nr Winninir could ever be made as fragrant and ex-
realiza that thev lulfl edneate South: plosive as Mr. Steinpel'a eggs, for instance
ern bovs and rfrls. That wasavervwise (MrOmar A. Stempel is the genUeman
" - . i . i . ....
and observant tnan who wudlet me make who patentee: uie pinnoie;, ur
the songs of a people, and I care not who handy a missile to throw. Still you can
make their laws." There is even greater net expect everything from an invention
x xv. ii !i i! lsJ. i . Ar a. matter of nurelv scientific interest
ns the making of Uie sehool books for the will add that llrriflW. egg eomnCbout ver prolction? another
j : -t ' u nn.nwl wiiir.li i m much better and chean- day's labor ought to be restricted to eight
vniinrr nun n si rri vts ti t i i i k wiiiiv im i imir i - -
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leirislators. What man or woman has er tnan real eggs, is compeu ui
ever forgotten in his blue backed spelling tartar, tortarie acid, alum, soda bicarbon
look the boy up the apple tree and the ate, sugar, curcuma, gum arabic, sulphur,
old man trrinirto brius him down with and starch, in proportions specihed. See
tufts of grass ! It was this feeling of the ing that real eggs contain only albumen,
younc mind that built up thatgreat party mucus, water, and a little saline matter,
in the country that finally led to the great-
Lest war iu modem times. One picture in
a spelling book with the lazy master in a
broad-brimmed hat, sitting on his horse
iu the shade aud the drawn whip in hand
scourging tho slave in the. cotton field,
aud iu the distance a runaway in irons
escaping to freedom, poisoned more youth
ful miuds and made more ranting aboli
tionists shan all tiie preaching, of Parker
and Heecher and Sumner aud Wendell
Phillips put together. It is iu this, view
that we approve of educating oar chil
dren through the means of our own books,
aud if need be our own pictures. And it
is for this reason that we hail with pleas-
the superiority of the substitute will be
readily appreciated. Scientific American
WHAT IS WANTED BADLY.
Not a day passes but the press or tele
graph brings us some frightful case of
wife-beating to excite our horror and iu
dignation. Never was there a time when
this brutal practice was so prevalent and
the number of cases appear to increace
daily. Yesterday's record for New lork
city alone was a fearful one. No less than
a half-dozen cases were brought to public
attention by the arrest of wife-licaters,
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m tho A.ir 'f a new l:.v in t.h U field "na tf OUe CSUl S"lliaie " """'J
of intellectual and moral culture. We do riiuw "ere perpetrated for which there
WISE MEN DIFFER.
The ccrormiltee raised to ascertain the
- .i . .. .
cause of the distress in toe country, of
which Mr. Hewitt is chairman, is still in
session, examining persons of various pur
suits i life.,.. The result so far, reveals
no information which could not have been
obtained by any man by mixing and con
versing with the multitudes found every
where. It is evident from the conflicting
opinions elicited, that no conclusion can
be drawn and put into statutes,' that could
afford any. relief. One person thinks the
UuitedStates Senate ought to be abolish
ed. Another thinks the government ought
to issue $5,000 to every person in want j
one, that all out of employment ought to
be put on public lands at public expense;
one was of the opinion tbat improved ma
chinery had caused the distress, by bring
'SOUTHERN SCHOOL ROOKS.
I From the Columbia Register.
Mr. W. J. Puflie has laid upon our ta
ble a series of school books, prepared, by
able Southern authors, -which seem to Ik?
most admirably adapted to our wants at
the South. These books are the result of
home enterprise throughout. They are
preferred at the South; their authors are
of the South; they are printed at the
South; they are bound at the South; and
they arc published at the South; we be
lieve that the paper is manufactured at
the South. Now all this would amount
to naught if they were of an inferior
quality, but they are really as good as
any, and in many respects much better
than any.
1. We take up the history of the United
States prepared by the Hon. Alexander ll
Stephens. To give the name of the au
thor would be enough to introduce this
book anywhere, but at the South it woul
not need even an introduction. It is
volume of five hundred pages aud illus
t rated throughout- It was prepared ex
press! y for schools and colleges. To ap
preciate the-value of this work let the
reader compare it with the history pre
pared, for the same 'purpose-, by T. W
Higgnifton, of New England, Mr. Higgin
son's work being rather better than 4he
most of them.
2. Yt e next have the History of South
Carolina by James Wood Davidson. In
running over this little volume we are !
impressed with its value as a school book
for begiuuers. It is admirably arrauged
in 228 lessons, and the story of the State
is told in simple but elegant language
from its early history up to 1870. We
cannot recommend this little work too
highly. .
3. We lastly come to a series of works
for young children and more advanced
scholars, by the late Professor J. L. Rey
nolds, 1), D., who was for many years a
1 Prfwor of languages in the South Caro
lina College. The author commences from
the egg juid goes upward.
1. He gives us the admirable little ele
mentary spelling book Illustrated, than
which we have never seen anything better
for the purpose intended.
2. He gives in the order of the progress
of the young mind the Pictorial Header
1, which, begius aud euds with words
f one syllable. 1
3. We then come, as the pupil advances,
to the Pictorial Header No. 2, iu which
throughout there cannot be found a word
of more than two syllables.
Tlieo we are introduced to the Pic
torial Header No. 3, in which are fouud
pleasant little stories plainly told, to in
terest and improve the young.
5- We then come to the Pictorial Read
er No. 4, whjch takes the scholar a stage
further iq giving the mind a little stronger
food to be digested.
6 An lastly in this series' we have the
rMIX Yaple volume-palled Reynolds.'
celleiit Superintendent of Education may
have authority iu this matter, but we are
sure that without any promptings from
us, the line of thought wo. have suggest-
d has not scai Hd his mind, both us an
ducated gentleman and an experienced
teacher.
SOME EGGSTliAORDlNAY INVEN
TIONS.
In view oNhc broad streak of foolishness
that runs through humanity as a whole, it
is not at all surprising that out of hun
dreds of applications for patents received
ly the Patent Office every week there
There is but one adequate punishment
for sucl(outrnges, and that is by the re
establishnient of the whipping post : Yes
terday furnished a sample case in that of
a worthless dog who would not work when
work was given him, prefering to live up
on the hard x'aruiugs of a delicate wile,
who has been again and again the victim
of his blow s. Day before yesterday he
went home iu a half drunken condition,
and demanded money from his wife, who
was sick in bed. She did not respond
promptly and he dragged her to the floor by
the hair, kicked and beat and bruised her,
aud when neighbors gathered, attracted
by her cries, he drew a knife aud would
have murdered her had not a prompt po-
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snoum oe a sprinkling oi u.om, uFu tu Uceinau kuocked t,e WCapon from his
hand as it descended toward his prostrate
criticism on the score of practical useless-
ness. Norisit strange that among the
applications granted a few should strike
the uuiuterested observer as funny, to
say the least. The wonder is, rather,
that they are so few. Possibly they seem
all the more ridiculous by contrast with
the high average worth and gravity of the
general work of the Patent Office.
He that as it may, it never fails to strike
one as consumcdly funny to le advised,
under official seal and signature, that the
United States have granted letters patent
to A. 11., or C. for well, say a piuhole in
the big eud of a pickled egg !
. Seriously, that is just the point of the
specification upon which pateut No. 205,
313 was granted. The patentee calls it
"a new aud useful improvement in pro
cesses of treating eggs," the object of the
improvement being to provide a means for
preventing the bursting of pickled eggs
when boiled; said means consisting in tlie
pierciug of a small hole in the egg shell
over tho air blister. The hole is too
small to be observable, yet "sufficient to
allow of the expansion that ensues when
the egg is immersed in boiling water, and
the liability of such eggs to burst their
shells iu boiling is obviated." By this
iugeuius process old ggs, the patentee
avers, are made as good as new-laid eggs,
and they are much cheaier. What he
wauts to do with his old eggs after they
are boiled, he does not say. Possibly that,
like the suitable instrument for piercing
the sheets, may constitute "the subject
matter of another application now before
the Patent Office." If so, we trust tho ap
plication will be promptly grauted ; it
would be such a bles!ed relief to travelers
to have some one man monopolize the
use of stale eggs, and so keep them from
the breakfast tables of hotel aud board
ing houses.
No fear that the normal or abnormal
fowl supply would be seriouly diminish
ed by this diversion of pickled eggs to
other than breakfast table use. The ubi
quitous iu venter has provided against
that in pateut No. 170,670 ; Mr. Joseph A.
Griffin is his name. His invention relates
victim. He was arrasted after stout re
sisrance and the womau cared for. Yes
terday as they were being taken to court
the brute watched his opportunity, broke
from the officer and before any one could
interfer struck the poor, patient sufferer
a blow in the face that felled her to the
sidewalk.
A wretch like this should have the life
lashed out of him. Yet he will be sent to
jail, the judge will indignantly reprimand
him and he will be comfortably fed and
lodged for sixty or ninety days as a re
ward for his villainy. At the expiration
of that time he will bo released, heartier
and stroner, to maim and torture her fur
ther. if not to kill her. Is not this offer
ing a premium to brutality T
Oh ! but we will be told, the whipping
post is a relic of barbarism. What is wifo
beating T A stimulus to civilization T A
social accomplishment t A modern im
provement! Which is likely to be the most
demoralizing an adequate private pun
ishment of a deserving scoundrel, or the
public mangling of iuuocent women by
furious and drunken debancheesf Which
is the grossest relicof barbarism the hon
est administration of justice, or the pub
lie encouragement of savagery ?
It is time brutes were met with such
punishment as tliey can appreciate aud
comprehend. They are always cowaids,
who would not dare to resent a blow from
one of their fellows, but who vent all their
cruel and bloodthirsty instincts upon the
helpless, hapless creatures within their
power. If that man Johuson, whose case
we above describe, were trice up aud giv
eu a sound lashing he would make a quiet
citizen hereafter. As it is he will swagger
into jail, be fed aud supported iu laziness
and idleness at the expense of honest men,
and then be turned loose a fiercer and
abler brute thau ever. Is not this a mock
ery of justice,' a parody on civilization,
an insult to intelligence and humanity I
Baltimore AYws.
be enough as over-production would be
checked; another thought if all were requir
ed to labor the whole day, that would stop
idleness which enables them to spend in
dissipatiau the earnings of the day. Oth
ers thought all a man made over a com
fortable support should be divided out to
the needy. No two gave exactly the same
views. No good cau be derived from
these conflicting opinions, and it is time
aud money wasted, as no bill cau Iks in
troduced to remedy the evils of life in ac
cordance with such opposing views. All
this information could have been picked
up by an intelligent man without the aid
of a committee, which has cost the gov
eminent thousands of dollars, yet throw
iuguo light on tliatim porta utquestiou.
Committees of investigation accomplish
nothing satisfactory, as there will be con
rlicting opinions. What is remarkable
most of the persons examined attribute
their distress to the government, while it
s at their own doors. Ecouomy, indus
try and frugality are the only remedies.
md tliev are iu the reach of all. The
great object iu the organization of a gov-
rniuciit, is to protect persons iu life, lib
erty aud property ; and then if jteopleare
u-oteeted in these, cau live if they wil
do right ; if not, then a government can
do nothing except to pass penal laws
igainst vice aud idleness. If aid is given
o tramps or idlers, it will increase the
evil. Idlcuess cannot be cured by charity.
The idle must le forced to work aud make
a living for themselves. The reply of the
ate 11. W. Connor, of Charleston, S. C,
to a gentleman who was raising money to
relieve the wants of the Irishman who car
ried the Palmetto flag of the company
safely through the Mexican war, illustrates
the true policy : ,4Give him employment.
It is all wrong to irive him money, as it
will soon be spent and he will expect
more.'' The tramps are becoming numcr-
ous. me question must uc mei wiin se
vere penal or compulsory laws, or our gov
ernment will fail in the object of its or
ganization to protect life, liberty and
property. South. Home.
DEPARTMENT OF AQniCULTnilP.
CIRCULARS.
Circular No. 41.
Depaktmext of Agriculture,
Ba lkigh, September 4, 1878.
Dear Sir: At the approaching State
Fair thousands will visit our Mnseum, and
throughout the Fall and Winter large num
bers of persons, desiring to locate in our
State, are expected to come here to exam
ine the various products of the State. Our
Legislature being in session will also at
tract many visitors, andlt is important
that every county should be well and
handsomely represented. The case for
yonrcounty needs the following to com
pleteits display: Wheat, corn, cotton,
tobacco, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, flax,
millet, broom corn, sorghum cane, grass
es, clover, chufas, peanuts,, peas, beans
(ail these on a atalk inUondlea of four
inches in diameter and in seed of quarts
and half gallons,) wool, honey, syrup,
wines, oils, models of inventions, samples
of manufactured goods, tobacco, etc., veg
etables, fruits, and all your varieties of
woods, iu blocks eight or ten inches long,
with two sides dressed. These articles,
when handed to your nearest Express
agent will be promptly forwarded, we
paying all charges. Mark the name of
each contributor on each article and put
as ma n 3' together in one bundle or box
as can be conveniently packed. Mark the
package "Department of Agriculture,
Raleigh, N. C."
Permit me to suggest that you ask the
attention of the township correspondents
for your county to this important matter,
and solicit their aid in making the col
lection. Allow me to beg that you will
give this your earliest convenient atten-
TERRIBLE DISASTER.
CoWton of Steamer in the Thames, near
jMmuonntgni J I una rat KxcMrtionitt
hngvlfed im the Stream Ocer SL$ Hum
dred Live Lost,
Loxnox, Sept. 4.
Tlie excursion steamer Princess Alice.
which was run into and sunk with such
frightful results last evening, was one of
the largest saloon steamers of the London
Steamboat Company. She left London at
11 o clock, yesterday morning, for Grave
send and Sherness, many excursionists
being induced by the fine weather to go
for a holiday trip. Tlie vessel left Grave-
send on her return journey soon after 6
o'clock in the evening, arriving within
sight of the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich,
about 8 o'clock. The By well Castle was
then approaching on tho opposite course.
CONGRESSIONAICASDIDATES
Six otat of eight of our preaent jdelpg&
turn in the House of Representat ives, have, xa
been nominated for re-election and Stpj.'l
now canvassing tlieir respect i ret dhdrietsvt
to-wit: . ' i -? ,4q
1st Dist. Jesse J. Yeatrltp
of Hertford. : i " ? e J
3d Dist. Alfred M. Waddell -u -t
of New Hanover; i i V) ?? Bt
4th Dist. Joseph J. Davis,. &r: f
5th Dist. AlfrcdUSgdfiS,
of Guilford; ,
Oth Dist.-Waltcr L. Steele
ofRockinpmiLif'Mr1
Sth DUt.-Robert B. YanUf
or Buncombe. "inw n i
The 2d Dist., now wprtsented by lfon.
C
and
. H. Brogden, is strongly- rcubTI?an
tid will probabl v elect a beirrtf :Z efecili
l . - 1 1 . . w i .
The two steamers were near the middle lln : gentleman's 0acMniara:JM,,,in
of tudouT 7tf District IfcMTArmfieWJ&ikeS
the plact of Hon. Vm. M. 6bmns."dey
feated by the Wilkesboro CoVvehtfdhf' T-c
tion, that we may demonstrate by this
exhibition the splendid , resources and
capabilities of our State. The utility of
advertising has been recognized aud de
monstrated by those States which have
so far outstripped us in progress, popu
lation, development and wealth. Let
us resolve to come to the front. Let us
show, as we certainly cau do, that our
good old State possesses advantage and
attractions nowhere to be excelled. Please
send in your specimens by the firt day of
pctober.
Yours, most respectfully,
L. L. Polk.
Whilst eur fair South is being so fear-
to "that class of compounds used to facil- I fully scourged, and so much of suffering
Wonderful leaping The Best . Standing
Jumps on Record.
Sometime since George W. Hamilton,
of Freedonia, N. Y., issued a challenge for
a standing broad and high jump for $200
a side. J. Emerick, of Ypsilauti, Michi
gan, accepted the defiance and the match
came off in Buffalo, on Thursday, August
8th. Moses McAllister, and D. A. Slaight
were the judges, George Bellanton referee,
and George B. Col bath stake holder. The
Buffalo base-ball grounds were selected
for the contest. The Buffalo Star says :
J. Emerick is a medium sized man, and
one of the last to pick out for an athleto
George Hamilton is about 5 feet 5 inches
in height, weighs about 120 poundx and
is a wirv little fellow. The first jump
was made'by Emerick, who cleared thir
teen feet. Hamilton, then with great case
jumped 13 feet 2 inches. Emerick now-
strained himself for a final effort, and with
a bound he left 13 feet 10i inches behind
him beatiug the best time on record by 3f
inches. Hamilton did not look worried or
frightened a bit, and picking up his 181b
weights he merely raised them above his
head, irave a tremendous sprinir in tho
0 - -
air,- and cleared fourteen feet i inch.
This beats the records all hollow, the
best previous being that of Jos. Graves
Woodpark Grounds, Bardsley, England
September 18, 1875, who, using Hi poniu
weights, cleared 13 feet 7 inches the best
orevious American record having been
that of A. S. Thompson, San Francisco
Cal., who, ou November 25, 1875, cleared
13 feet 5f inches, using 14 pound dum
bells. Turf Field and Farm.
If our recollection is not at fault, there
used to be a horse trainer who either liv
itate and improve the process carried on
iu the preparation of food, and also to im
prove the quality of cakes, pies, puddings,
bread, biscuit, and other articles of food,"
iu which his compound, "a substitute for
eggs," is used as an ingredient. This
com pou ud, the patentee declares, is a per
fect substitute for eggs iu all culinary and
other uses t which eggs have been com
monly applied, is cheaper, and will pro- these it is believed six hundred and fifty
duce better results thau eggs themselves, xtere drowned. Think of this large uum
We have dijigeutly iuquired in the mar- ber of immortals being hurried into eter
kets for chickens hatched from this supe- iiity almost in a moment Imagine the
rior egg compound, but failiug to fiud scene f you can. It is one well calcula
any we cannot furnish auy particulars, ted to harrow the most callous soul.
with regard to their appearance or qualjrl Bi. 5ir.'' '
flfnd so many deaths are almost at our
door, our hearts go out in profouud sym
paty at the mention of tlie great calamity
and disaster that occurred near London,
ou the river Thames, on Tuesday even
ing. Two steamers collided. One of them,
the Princess Alice, weut to the bottom.
It was a very large steamer and had on
board eight hundred excursionists. Of
Circular No 42.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 5, 1878.
To the Board of County Commissioners :
Gentlemen: At a meeting of the
Board of Agriculture held in this city on
the 17th day of July 1877, the following
resolution was adopted ;
J2esolved, That Boards of Commission
ers of the several counties be requested to
send to the Commissioner of Agrculture
i map or a plat of their respective coun
ties, to be hung up iu the department of
each county, with its products in the Agri
cultural Museum."
I had the honor to send a copy of the
alove resolution to each County loard in
the State, on the 18th of July of last year
and maps only from the following coun
ties have been received, viz : Alexander,
Bertie Cleveland, Leuior, Rutherford,
Randolph, Pasquotank, Transylvania,
Wake and Warren.
In this Museum it is our design to make
such a display of all the products of our
State as ' will illustrate its capabilities.
Each county has its separate space, in
which we waut not only specimens of all
its products, but design, (as soon as the
material can be procured,) to place there
a statistical compendium of all its products
industries and prominent physical charac
teristics. In short we desire to have this
Museum a permanent object-shool in
which mav be learned the resources .and
r
capabilities of our State. To make it com
plete it is iudispensable that we should
Imve a good map of your county. Will
vim An infi the kindness to intorm me
whether we may expect one from your
county T
Your early attention will greatly oblige,
Yours most respectfully,
L. L. Polk, Commissioner.
of the stream, just off the City
gas works, at Beck ton, and at almost the,
precise spot where the fatal collisiou oc
curred between the Metis and Wcntworth
ten years ag.
What happeued it is impossible accu
rately to detail. All that is known, amid
the maddening excitement, is that the
screw steamer struck the Princess Alice
on her port side, near the tore sponsor,
when a scene which has had no parallel
on this river ensued. A few, very few.
persons clambered on the. other vessel,
but nearly all rushed to the after part of
the Princess Alice, and as her bow- sub
sided gradually under water the shrieks
were fearful, and. nothing could be done
to save life. There were a dozen or more
life buoys on board, and some boats were
swinging in the davits, but, even if they
could have been got at, they would have
been of little service under the circum
stances. Within five minutes the Princess Alice
keeled completely over and went down in
deep water. Some small boats -hastened
to the scene, and the Duke of Teck, an
other steamer belonging to the same Com
pany, which was also on her passage up
the river with a party of excursionists,
went to the rescue, but tlie river tor a
hundred yards was full of drowning peo
ple screaming iu anguish and praying for
help, and as it was growing dark then not
much could be done.
It is believed tuat not more tnan one
hundred and fifty persons escaped out of
eight hundred aboard the vessel.
The Princess Alice was a Ions: and low
river steamer, built for excursions dowu
the Thames, of which the middle and
poorer classes of Londoners were very
fond. She had saloons on the forward
and after decks, and her passenger carry
ing capacity was unusually large. A largo
proportion of her passeugers last evening
were on tho upper or saloon deck, and
must have seen beforehand their impend
ing doom, but those in the stern of the
of the steamer had no warning until they
heard the crash and found the passengers
from the forward part of the vessel run
ning to the after part.
Beyond the fact that the tide was about
two hours ebb, which would enable the
Princess Alice to ease and. stop sooner
than the screw steamer, which- would bo
borne on the tide, it is impossible to dis
cover any of the circumstances jmmediate-
lv succeeding the collision.
Before the boats came in collision there
were cries from one to the other to keep
out of the way, but as usual in such cases
the accident wa probably due to a mis
understanding, the misinterpreting the
intention of the oilier. All the rules of
sailiug were cast to the wind in the mo
ment of peril, each taking the wrong
course to avoid each other's blunder.
A Successful Invention.
Some time ago, Messrs Liddell &
Co.
The election takes 'pTa"ceTuesdav.
Nov. 5th. ' ' nfT
. l0m "'.ji" ' jst
Pre-eminence of the Amerirtik Htftfttp
The London Times of August 4u anj
editorial comment on a two cWtjnhde
script ion of the mechanical display ori'o
United States at Paris, which it prints
remarks that "the pre-eminence pf the
mechanical genius of the citizens o .liji
United States may be admittednd is tl-j
lust rated, not for the first ime in 'tljc
Exhibition at Paris." ,
The Times, without pretending Xq ex ? .
haust the whole secret of tUppl)eooiueuo ,
of inventive genius ou lUigside the Atr
lan tic, finds reason therefor in the great
er efficiency of labor here, and the, Uf
creased cost and dinicnlty of hiring it.
The conditions of the Union as au eco
liomic society, it holds, driveurinhab-
tauts toward invention, aud here, asetsc
where, necessity . may be sao bchc
mother of it.
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Votes for Judges, and ktoliutirys. a
For Chief Justice, W. N. HJSriivthife-i
ceived 128,300; for Associate JasUot;i
Thos. S. Ashe received 128,040, Jbn; HJ
Dillard 127,745. For Judges of; Stperiot
Court, Jesse F. Graves 122,674,1 A i ite
Avery, 122,952, J. C. L. Gudger, J0G,233,
W. M. Cooke 3J,5i2.JSo4fcftorof 1st Dis
trict, James P. Whedlee 8,197, Cyras W.
Grandy 9,488, Solicitor of 2nd District,
F. II. Busbee -11,7$!, James H. Oollin
17,545. "h-d District, Swift Galloway
17,549. '
This i ofiicjal.
A Danbury pi an who went to adrug
store to hii ye a prescription prepared,
seeing nobody but a clerk present said :
Young man, are you keeping company
with a girl." - -'j ta 6
'Ye8? sir," answered the clerk'" With
blush, ' ,V "
Do yon think the world of heft
"I dri, said the clerk firmly, aKhxnigh
blushing considerably.. "- '
"Is she in town V ;
'?Xo, sir, she is away on avisit t"
That will do," said the man, dcisiveV
ly. "You can't fool around; any prescrfpT
tion for uie." And Ije wpnt away."" ''
of this city invented an eight-horse pow
er steam engine, for w hich they have ob
tained a patent. The firet one made,
was used in ginning cottou and when in
operation ginned 10 bales per day. A
month ago, they sold ou trial, to Mr J P
Hunter, of this county, one of their en
gines, with the guarantee that it would
Baw out 2,500 feet of lumber daily, and
that if he was not pleased with it he could
return at auy time. After giving it a
fair trial, Mr Hunter declares that it will
accomplish more than it was guaranteed
ediuor visited North Carolina (Oxford j to do, and he came to town ou luesday
aud other places) who made 42 feet at
three jumps. He would make easily 14
feet with eight pound weights. We thiuk
his name was Miller aud lie was splendid
ly proportioned and some Rix feet high.
to close the tiade. These engiues are the
cheapest known costing only $575, and cau
be used in grinding grain, ginning cot
ton, sawing lumber, and for a number of
othpr nuTDOses. All who have seen these
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Utility anu ni uie nijjeiiuuj . i" v..
L-ill of their iuveutor, aud thiuk they
Wilmington, (X. C.) Sta.
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Ti. fMn,..n.,ti lircalfast Table siimifi- combine more advantages ior u.c.
cantly remarks: It takes a keener percep- and power than any known invention,
tion of wise expedients, and a more adroit We hope Mr. Liddell may real. ze hand
tact to collect rive dollars in present times some results fronuhe sales of h.s engines,
without wearing out seven dollars' worth for he is a hard-working man, attentive
f hn lather than it formerly required to a laudible bqsmess and deserves a large
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I to run the government.
Hard Work.
"What is your secret ?" asked a lady of
Turner, the distinguished painter. He
replied, "I have no secret, madame, bnt
hard work." Says Dr. Arnold: "The
di Here nee between one man and another
is not so much in talent as in energy."
Nothing," says Reynolds, "is denied
well directed labor, nothing is to be at
tained without it."- "Excellence in any
department," says Johnson, "can now be I
attained by the labor of a lifetime, but it
is not to bo purchased at less price."
"There is but one method," said Sidney
Smith, "and that is hard lalwr ; and a
man who will not pay that price lor dis
tinction had lietter at once dedicate him
self to the pursuit of a fox."
"Step by step," reads the French pro
verbe, "one goes very far." "Nothing,"
says Mirebeau, "is impossible to a man
who cau and will. This is the only law of
success." Have you ever entered a cot
tage or traveled in a cojuh, ever talked
to a peasant in the field, or loitered with
a mechanic at the loom," asked Sir. Ed-
Bulward Litton, "and found thatJ
each of these men had a talent you have
nnt knew soinethini? vou did not!" The
most useles creature that yawned at a
club, or idled in rage under the suns of
Calabria has no excuse for want of intel
lect. What men want is not talent, but
purpose; in other words, not the power to
achieve, but the will to IalHr.
Alamance Gleaner : There is a woman
.Mr Clovpr Orchard, in this -county, who
has been married twenty years and has,
' had nineteeu children, only two of whom
' are now liviug. She gave birth to eight
' een of these children during the first-nine
patronage and m-Suthcrn Home, years ot tier married mil.
Carted to the Limits and Told
Quite an obstinate rase vasJ u'' tfoVq
the Mayor last weekrA tramp wstakn
up for lying around the railroad,' and when
before the Mayor nothing could befeijrn--
ed of his name, whereabouts C-V "Imt
when the Town Sergeant was ' qrlred f
show him the way out of town he became
insolent a nd showed fight. IlfirltusMf
to walk and a cart was employe whlcti11
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soon convey eu linn 10 me iohu iiiuii?,
where he
Press.
was told to go. Sort Jl Stdtv
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A Practical Jokk, A practlcaT'Joketi
a prudent man withal, had gone to a 'fcafitj
and ordered a three-masted, schooner of
beer, when a friend appiars at the door,
aud beckons to him to go out for a 'minr
ute. The intending drinker is afraid thai
in his absence some one may get away
with the liquid, when a happy" though
strikes him, and he w raps around 'the
handle of the mug a scrap of paper !n
scriled :
"I have spit in this !" '''' 4
With a light .heart he hasten 'tol the
door, communicates with his Tneud an4
returns to find written in unot her hand
beneath thjs warning :
"So ljaye. !"
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Just hs quick as fanner Jgufs , paint eel
his barlK-d wire fence Wuef plain. .blue,
farmer Smith's wife iwure, sle wasut go,
ing tq be miUlone, an the ,fefc around
the Smith farm soou blpssopied out red,
picked with white. Mrs. Jones : wainf
going to have any (if the Smith family put
on airs over her, and tljcjr blup feneeAvas
trimmed with gold leaf stride. iiitf
triumphed over them by 'patting a gtlp
ball on every barb, and Jones, when last
heard froru was paintjug vines, giUJu ses,
peacocks and lightning-rod tip a41veTln
fence, and swearing )e.'d beat tine Smith
family if he ha4 to put a cupola nndabiy
window at every iNst and hang achrolno
eyery two feet along the iine. - .
Qm) be thanked for books. They are flic,
voices of the distaut at the dead, and
niake us heirs of the spiriual life of at
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