North Carolina Newspapers

SALISBURY. IT. C, DECEMBER 12. 1878. VOL Z. THIRD SERIES HO : ' For the W&tehinaa. FACIXO THE STOltil. Vlceeniber's darkness deepens o er Slathering storm-cloud armies, eo.uc, i I while the herds are hast'n.ng home; A living-creatures shrink but in-; 1 wran luy bak around my form, Ami iill tod to uieet tUu 8t(H As t ables pride Tin dizzy steeps And whales disport in roaring deeps ; . .1. . .... 111.1111' s war-steeiis m?ig i v.. ........ - Wl to live, enwrappetl iu gloom. In storms Come wind and rain and snow and sleet, liave round ine'and upon me beat; My Father's timgbest rin.w are k nd cide the temiests wnun , Mistaken race of mortals pour -i , s loonu d head who dare to soar I ill I. is. doonu Al,.,vi-them : talsi'hooo, m.i.ui, Injustice, scorn, flower on his path Thus nniv the stjirms oi v.ni rni-ursolsofllis favor be; Andall the "wrath of man can uo UiiH-'ilin. more plainly tomy f t!i t. inn 7 TJIE Ti:ilUIBLE AFGHAN. SirGkougi: Campbeli.'-s vikws on; Jii:AC()Ni'ii:i-i' W'AJi roLftrr. While the -ray mist of dawn till liang over the bay ami the citv yesterday n.oni ing a tall figure iu a plaid ulster and a tourist cap made its way on board the White Ptar hteamer Republic, at pier No. 32 North Uiver. A Herald reporter - r. - j cognized in the stranger Sir Ceorw Camp b(Tl, member of Parliament for Kircaldy aiid ex-Governor Heneral ofllengal, whose speeches on Indian matter have excited such wide attention. Early as was the hour all was bustle on board the vessel, fur she wasto sail at eilit. o'clock sharp, and the decks wcre-throii-cd with passen gers .and leave-taking friends. The im porter made himself known to SiriJeorge, and, withdrawing to a s.. Tnewh.it e,uiet 'comer, beld a brief conversation with him concerning the -Afghan dimVuUy i'i which lireat llritain is at present involved. ' a Cf;il .iil'i.-i-f. n:iid .-dr i teorire, 4tto the oninions I have expressed mi the House ot . op.iiiioun i . .. , t Uuiiiiious' and -every where else 1 tlli'Oil"-'l. --iint 1 his whole, discussion.- I am nxrf a military man though I have wen a goo :1 deal of the present sort ot'- thing -and I don't profess lo judge front a military ""point '-of view whejuer it is r'g'it or not right to advance the fruitier; but froni a. political and iinanci il - standpoint 1 entertain very strong opinions. Sup- -posing it to be granted that from apurely jnilitary point of view it miglit be right 'to-advance the frontier, supposing Afghan istan to be a country in which the people A at aU'resemble thosw of India or of the j luti tioii of t'n Ilimalavas. which at all re- i 1- . ' isembles India. a natiox of si)L;n:iis. lYou have in Afghanistan a very moun tainous cniiBtry, whfeh, as the last Dost Moliamed used to say, produces only two things stones and men; and the diiiiculty j is not so much the military question a.s the dilema iu which we shall be put when we should have gained the country, it we do gain it. It" is a case-in which victory will be very perilous, and, indeed, worse .' than defeat, because the country can yield - us nothing. Every Afghan is hont to - light from Ids' youth upward, and you Hiustkeep a soldier to look-after each conquered subject, while the country will " yield uo revenue to "pay for -them. The policy .which is now being pursued is ab . solutely" i.tentical -with tliat which was followed just forty years ago; but then we nd sea-gulls love iuc ' - o I enjoy the ice-king s war, And watch his legions from' alar; Lib lvn When winds had rent Mount Horeb's sine, Ldeart!.pnd,etires!uul!ludin,;d, The pruphct heard a "still small y.Kt, AVhid. n,adehisinino,t .oulrc.l.K- had a linsso-phobiaii panic ou account of j manner of one who had no particular in thcliussiau advance to -Khiva ami th' terest in it. While the hawsers were being mission of the llussian officer to Afghan, ofl tlie reporter asked him what were and we fancied that the then ruler, Dost : the principal impressions oLthis e.mntiy Mohamed, father of the present man, was j jlc Aitaiued during his three niouts unfrieudly, amPwhile we did not wish to j take possession of the country, we sought j to set up a friendly, instead of an un- j ; friendly ruler. We found then a frieudly ruler, a refugee in our own territory, and with little difficulty we set him up, but having him et up we found that our diffi culties were only just begun, for the Af ghans, who were never before united on any mortal thing . whatever, beeame at once united to resist the ifian . who was - supported by foreign power. . TOO HOT TO 1'Jk I1K.I.I). "After two or three years w found the country far oo hot for us, and after a series of disasters' with .which tha world is familiar we were only too glad to jt out of it. We are now repeating exactly the part we played on that occasion. The history of the present year might be told in the same words iu which the opening of the former campaign- is described." Supposing we shall liave au equal mili tary success, which may or may not be, we should in any case find it ruinous to the business of India, because since the mutiny we have-not been the great mili tary Power that Lord- lleacbnsfield and the Jingo party seem to suppose. On the contrary, eiuce we have discovered that tve canuot trust the native troops wehavt been obi igeil, for both financial and m. liticnl reasons, to reduce our army to a I !.I,.1, i. iSftl- ,rinr tlmn suf- licient to hold the country. Weeannofr; nut a large amy iu the field; we have no reserves, awl if we had wehaveuoiuoncj " for them " j US?L tLJfviU. hold br ativ consider-' , , ..: r .t, r..i in L-wI 1 .. . tut? irj.iMiti e tiat ' "I believe," replied Sir (Jeorge with, perhaps, the exception of Lord Hesi-j conslield, these views were held through- , ii Ti.tr out Her Majesty's goTerument. -1 hey i . , i . ,1 certainly were tlie . views of the rcpresen- . .. , f tllrt ' tativcHbf the Indian department in the, House of Commons, and Jhey have been, supported always by me in upholding theseniews."" r,...., ..r .h. ..,!;..- f iVd tt.mr "'""V ""V " j "It sim me that tlutead of tlque tiou has been iorcetl uy ins iomsmp, miu ha pat himself at the head of the extreme j olence, and made a popular uprising nec Jin.'o partv, with or without the conni-! erj- The wisest men have been so vah'eeofLordlWncoii.sfield. Lord Lytton ' cialists, in theory. Plato was its advo h: nUvnvs leeii exeee4rin2lr anxious to ! "ite, aud'Thomas More (he alludes t the do what he has- done now; but he was ! statesman, not tae poet) oc.ievea no mi-hei-etofore restrained and forbidden by j iou could be happy or prosperous under 111 A IT - . a. 'I!.-. the home government, quiet . until "the Kussians threw a fly in the whape of the recent mission to C.ibul, i which Lord Lytton greedily swallowed, that Til ing just the opportunity he wanted to give him a pretext for indulging iu his aggressive policy. He made that the ground for sending a mission to Cabal, and sending that mission lie employed every device not to make it acceptable to the Ameer, but to -make it disagreeable to him in the highest degree. lie put at the head of hU commission a soldier, of very high rank, well known as having done more than any other man in the way of fighting Afghan -tribus, and sent with him a very large military escort, making a gie.it show and parade and .altogether i giving -to the mission not a peaceful char acter, but of the precise character which the" Aineer most apprehended namely, the character of la missionto dominate over him and to reduce him to the posi tion of one of the protected princes of India. That mission was sent on the re sponsibility of Loil Lytton, not on that of Her Majesty's government, as-appears ia Lord Campbell's despatch. Having sent a mission, which was legal and pro perly constituted, and having it rejected aud repulsed, Lord Lytton at last had a lie.'.d for carrying out his own Uassia'u pol- : i .. . i I l... t,.. r..,.....,! tl.,. ' - m i hi -f.vei nuient and irot us into tnss ! war.'' ' - " " - " m - trj AS !i Vl) AS- TIIUKK llil.SS'lAS. "Is the Ameer as formidable-an enemy as has-been generally reported here, Sir (Jeorge?" "Yes: Lonl Grey was perfectly right in saying that Afghanistan was equal to three Uosnias, witho it a Christian population to assist us." 4Iis subjects are said to be good and obstinate lighters. Js that true V "The Afghans are not so niacin accus tomed to European warfare aim not so united as the Turks, although they are quite as good soldiers. It is possible that we may Have a rapid military success, but it is by no means certain. Should we be successful, however, our difficulties, as I said beforerwill only then begin in good earnest. Whatever ruler we-may setup will, -on that very ground alone, be hate ful to the people of Afghanistan. If we j lV.,p,m,-t him it will ruin us, and if we do not support him it will disgrace us." SIK (iiCOUUK's IMVUKSSIOS OF AMKKICA. hile conversation was in progress the mist had lifted from theriverjuid a few stray sunbeams breaking through the clouds gave promise of a fair day for the beginning of-tho voyage.' The vessel was to leave tlui pier at 8 o'clock to the min ute, ami already, friends of passengers were notified to go ashore. Sir George seemed unaffected by the bustle aijd from his quiet corner took in the scene in the of unostentatious travel in it. ()h ! could not undertake to give tlem out of hand," he answered, with a laugh. "It's a big, big country." "Don't see any rocks alio.id of us, do von "No ; I take a very hope view, of the future of America. There are no really diwieut social questions between the blacks and the white population. That particular (juestiou conies to mind first because T have spent most of my time in the South. Indeed, it was to see aud study that sec tion that I came over. I have, however, been traveling a good deal in the North and West also. The blacks in the South cannot do without the whites, and. the whites in turn cannot dispense with the services of the blacks, su that the question will adjust itself." "Will you write a book on your return to England V asked the reporter, iuuo cently. - Sir George looked"" a little surprised; then he smiled pleasantly as he said, "I won't say that I shall." . " You think you will, however !" "Well, I usually nuke some use of my travels; I always taka uotes." The warning screech of the steam whis tle pnt an cud to the conversation. A 'minute later the immense steamer was steaming slowly down the river. ' " " ... . t Nekk DecW w t lastavemngto fet,MrWearih : - .- , i!viure wu imiwiwuii ocvuwi r duuj.o this one l,ei,,S on ConioranUm .- He de- dared himself not to be one of those who , considered the pulpit too Bacred for'tho i discussion of secular topics. He rather it 'I i. ' ....1. A 1 . 1 1 n i l- nnAli , " ' - t.r a burden on society, to .the fact that they ' so generally avoid speaking of subjects, a b J 1 . nroier treatment of which might do much I i,lti, . - ....li ,wi classes. "The -French revolution and similar doings in 1843," he said, "have given Corn m unLs in a bad reputation. It is ot Xairto judg. Communism by the crimes and violent eeds done under its IwiuWe should iuqaire into tfie remote v t, , - FrjmN.Y. Corresponaenpe or ine iurviervCr. and thin"s weie!sU)y orne" sysieui oi govenimeiii. xe ltv. Dr. then stated at length the rise and progress the dans and purposes of tiie Communists an -equal division of property, a limit to accomodation by every one, all things in common. We justly hold private property sacred. Hut let us consider in how many cases it was origi nally gained by fraud or meanness. Too many great fortunes were established by princely freebooter, a companion of William the Conqueror. Long pedigrees are counted glourious; but think of the families founded by Henry the Eight, Louis the Fourteenth, and Charles the Second. We are told that thewj things ar' past, government has been establish ed, but, notwithstanding all our advance in civilization, almshouses still ilourish in New York. The IJev. Doctor closed with tllese emphatic sentences. Say what you will for the munificence and magna nimity of wealth, as long as human na ture is selfish the weak must yield to the strong. The Socialists' theory is too beau tiful ever to be realized: it expects too much of human nature. Lofty jninciple, unselfishness, and unlimited amiability do not abound. Even lirook Farm, stock ed with the best blood and intellect in New England, failed. Life with no com petition or incentive to laborsoon becomes monotonous. When Communism attempts to average human nature on a broad, gen erous scale, it must result iu faHure. Cer tainly it is strange that men crying out against despotism should attempt to in augurate a system more despotic than any the world has yet experienced. They would have the State put a man in his place and keep hiuvthere. An equal di vision of equal earnings will result in many taking things easy while they live on the common fund. Enmity and war fare would follow. It proposes to place ail men on the same level, bnt.it does so by subjecting the wise, to the foolish, the active and industrious to the idle, the bad to the good. Of all the Socialists in our country, there arc. but few bent upon violent measures. The project was born abroad, and fostered by unwwrthy men. Let us not call in the use of arms, but ap peal to the reason. , Those who have af fluence and wealth mav vet learn that the possession of great privileges involves great duties, and a neglect of the latter Riiiy imperil the former. God grant an easy amicable solution id' this most diili cult of social problems. Having occasion to cross over to Jersey City a few nights ago to see some ladies off for home, I found at the ticket office a person busy issuing policies ot insurance against accidents ou the trip. The thing was done rapidly your name, age, occu pation, residence aud destination, the-payment of a very small sum, proportioned of couie to the amount insured. A preach er was getting his policy as I stood by. By the way, if every little act of cour tesy were rewarded as warmly as my two trips over that ferry within a fortnight, to see ladies in the cars for there night's journey, how much more frequent would we all be tempted to these, little kindnes ses. Common politeness to the sex is at a discount here, because, in part, it is of ten unrecognized and unappreciated. But few gentlemen in these parts rise to give a seat to a lady Who is standing, the rear son being that ladies generally Jail to-ae knowledge such a courtesy,- either by word, smile, bow or look. Now it was a real pleasure to me to make these trips, iu one case staudiug in the rain, and in the other getting back in the rain at 11 o'clock at night, and all liecause the cour tesy was acknowledged, both at the mo ment aud at the end of the journeys thus begun. The Metropolitan Elevated Railroad (the one at the West eud of the city,) has carried six aud a half millions of people since it went iuto operation about six months ago. It is a great convenience when one is in a hurry, and who is uot in a hurry in this fast city f It will make a revolution iu the value, of property,' de pieciatiug that in the lower and middle parts aud appreciating that iu the upper part, say from five to fifteen miles of the City Hall. It requires but tweuty min utes to go from my office to the Central larkffouriiIe,audatacostoftivecents duriugfour hours of the morning and evening, and ten cents during the other mceeu running uonre. xruuaoiy mejuisi; t i . 1 V J 1 . . I - . . ; , 1 - court iiere on jc imay. a icuj umnun gjrl of nineteen had indicted the father of her child for refusing to fulfil his promise f marriage, lie luul fought the case most stubbornly, but fear of the State prison induce him to consent to the marriage, very much to the delight of the girl. He went from the bridal sullenly, but soon thought better of it and joined his wife and her parents. Perhaps the shortest will on record is that which has just Wen admitted to pro bate at Lewis, England: JMrs. is to have all when I die." ; The subscription iu Scotland for the re lief of the stock holders iu the . Bank of Glasgow winch lately failed for fifty mil lions of dollars, have reached a million and a quarter, and it is intended to get as much more.. This is the first instance heard of a subscript ion for that class of .suffers; but very many families were ut terly ruined by the failure of the bank. The X. Y. World lias inaugurated a bu reau for servants, at which a thousand have found places with in the last six weeks. Neither servauts or employer had anything to pay, though the World rents a largo office on Broadway aud employs three clerks in it. Particular inquiry is made as to the character of every appli cant, and none are allowed to register about whose character there is any doubt It is a private institution, costing a good deal, of course, and how it pays is not seen by outsiders The U'orW has also oifercu large premiums in colli tor an swers to a series of a hundred questions on all sorts of subjects. H. i nr 1 1 Ftom the Itakii,'li Observer. MI!. MOORE'S HANDSOME BEQUESTS. The w ill of the late B. F. Moore, was admitted to probate yesterday. The dis position of a large estate to the devisees is made, and a number of legacies are left to collateral relations and to old family servants. What js of nioru general inter est to the public are the bequests to the State University ol '5,000, and $1,000 to the Oxford Orphan Aylum. Alter lie s' ribing the, w id g.es on loiwiy : 'The in terest w hich may become due ou said bonds, after my decea.se, shall be received by the said corporation as it may become payable, aud tdiall be appropriated exclu sively for the purpose of defraying the tuition at the University of my sons or of such students and for such periods of time as my children or their lineal- heirs may designate, and in case of any disagree ment between them as to the choice of the persons to le selected, or in case no selection beasalre; d. provided, the selec tion shall be determined by the Trustees of the University or the Executive Com mittee thereof. Provibed, however, that any student who may be selected in the manner piesjibed shall be subject to the same and like rules and regulations as are provided generally for the govern ment of the studeuts of the University. It is expressly provided as one of the con ditions of this donation that the fund hereby donated, shall not be subject di rectly or indirectly to any debt now due bythe University, or which may heraftcr become due by it ; and it is provided also j that if at any time the regular exercises of the University should be suspended so that the proper persons cannot be educa ted at the University, the income of the ! iuimi may oe used iiuring suen suspension ior education elsewhere of the persors i i " t : st Uctetl. .My purpose is to enuow nve scholarships witli the donation, anil I He- sue tne lumi to remain iiivesreu iu i . r. uoihu so long as n.ev may oo regarueu safe, withontvreferciice to the rate Of ill- terest, and if the fund should be otherwise invested at any time I direct that it shall j he mi the s:i!csf :iikI most reliable so- most reliable ,..;,.:.; " "I'fivn lo iho. Orand Lo.hn, of North Cardina one bond ofthe United States of Al.nuu fil., ...,,, kind sl!ms, iinn..l !, ,,w.o,l it.i, f mv will. ft,r tl, Wt of lb, Ondian Asllumat Oxford. X. C. The bond is now register- .i 5.. .-",....... .wl ,lWr mv Awmm it is to be registered in the name of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina ; the .umrterl v interest to be collected and used . e .i tii ,lf(u ....!. fR..,ul nvbim I.-.. .. i ..r' i now mev are. ii wie hici i tuu m mc i i i x i i v the State the donation shall still continue so long as the charitable institution may, exist, lint if the institution shall cease to be one of charity, I give the donation to the University of North Carolina.''' j "The last expression of opinion upon the bitter and tumultuous day that pre ceded the last decade of his life is a legncy which will be appreciated by all, us it lielongs to all. He says : "1'iior to the great calamity ofthe late civil war, I had fi.r ..wr than tliirtv vears much ill .1." .!..f. ....... ...1 ;..lMnf ..r FmWiI ut State irovern- .,...,!, . nnd .lmin.r thaL neriod. having been si veral times profoundly exercised as to the tine and lawful powers of each, not as a politician, but as a citUeu trulv ds- i t nnbln nndor mv rfiivii-l mil rtf &oTfinn duties of natriot ism, to give any excuse for or couuten- ancc to the civil war of 151, without s criticing all self rest. Myjudgment wn,structorfbiy conscience ; and can worknian wilarnle, uhU brains no man suffered greater misery than did ; and make what you want without poil I, as the scenes of battle unfolded tl. ! i. I ... ,. , " . I1 bloody carnage of war around and in the midst of our homes. "I had been taught under the deep con viction of my judgment that there could ; be no reliable liberty for my State, with- out the Union of the States; and-being uevoteil to my State, I felt that I should desert her whenever I should aid to de stroy the union. I could uot imagine a more terrible spectacle than that of be holding the sun shining ' on the brokeu and dishonered fragments of Statesdissev ered, discordant and belligerent, and ou a land rent with civil fend and drench ed in fraternal blood. With this horrible picture of anarchy and blood, looming be fore my eyes, I could not, ' as a patriot, consent to welcome its approach "to my own, my native land." And truly was I happy when I saw the sun peace rising with the glorious promise to shine once more on States eqnat, free, honored and nuited; and although the promise has long been delayed by an nnw ise policy, aud I, myself, may never see the full orbed sun of liberty shine on my country, and every part of it, as once it did ; yet 1 have strong hopes that my countrymen will yet be blessed with that glorious Light." THE SAWYEIl-MAX ELECTRIC LAMP The Scientific m American of this week contains an illustrated description in de tail of the "Sawyer-Man Elctric Lamp," which appears to remove some, if noli all, of the obstacles to the nse of electricity in place of gas far general purposes in il lumination. The lamp itself is about the size and shape of an Argan burner with its shade, but the shade of the Sawyer Man light is a bell glass. The source of light is a small pencil of carbon, which is placed under this shade aud near the top, the carbon point being made incandescent by the electrical current passing through it aud conducted there by a rather intri cate arrangement of wires, which, how ever, are fixed, aud do not require to be again changed or adjusted iu any way. A "switch" has been devised to control the amount of current passing through the carbon, ami at the same time to main tain a uniform resistance in the sub-circuits This, it is claimed, allows the di vision of the current, one of the most es sential features of the invention. The bell glass or shade in which the pencil of carbon is contained is rilled with pure ni trogen and hermetically sealed, so that the carbou pencil is not consumed nor chemically attacked, but remains a per manent fixture, to be lighted whenever the current of electricity is turned on. The intensity of the light is regulated by the switch, the carbou being made a dull red, a bright red or a glowing white light at will. The inventions of Messrs. Sawyer and Man also include a meter for record ing the number of lights and time of their burning not the amount of fcleetricitj furnished and systems "of main and branch circuits, with shunts devised to secure uniform resistance. One of the objections to the electric light on the score of cost has been the great, loss which re suits from a division of the current, but Mr. Sawyer states that the illuminating power of a carbon increases with vastly greater rapidity than the temperature, so that when the light is well on a very slight increase in the current increases the light enormously. The question of the , econolnv of the light ftlvnished by this 1;Unl) &lQ (ienionstmtel only by a pro- tracted test OH u largo goslie. Coinparei j wit,, the cogtof iu NVw York, it ises tiinateil that tllu 0it.ctlic light would cost . , . . . . j ' . . - j a lale lllilllll iWI 1'IIUID VI .1IV.UI0I.1UI1. i Public Leduer. 1 The Eritish workman, heretofore con ! idered a man to be honored, is being s;id ! l.v abased by KritWi hrventort and man- lutactures through "odorous comparisons 1 made Ixtwce.i him and his American ri vaj. Mr. (Jraham llell first complaint-. "f the difficulty he experienced in getting : u.V nnel idea put into material form uy : British workmen, and this complaint was ' f"l by a more vigorous one in the EnUUnk Mechanic, from the pen of Thomas i Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher savs that he has : had twenty years' experience in experi ! mental work, and that after having triei - . - ... . in vain to ret I'ritish workmen new forms, he has been compelled either ii.iL-i fiicm rnniseii. or trim iu mm country to have them made by American mechanics. Many of the tools used by liritish workmen he pronounces ill adapt ed for the uses to which they are pnt, but after showing their fault and suggesting improvements, he has found that the Hi it ish workman will not go out of his groove to adont new ideas, and that English tiw makers are themselves obliged to send to - this country for American mane ioois who to do their work. He clinches his ! statement by saying: "The proof of the imddiug is in the eating. I have at tl moment at least three-fourths of my too.s of American manufacture, many of which have len Iniuglit at a very fancy price. He thinks the difference Utween he workmen oi me iwo cwuuinvn u angii u. . stanceJearn what a tool is tor ana aa. pi the tind to the icipureniiHits; an Amen- ;The complaints, as above presented, form the basu of an argument iu favor of riv- "S apprentices a technical education com Wued with practical work. Public Ledger. ! A Pleasant JSUtry of Lincoln. The following-story; is as related by Green Clay Smith: "While I was iu Congress, during four years, I had frequent interviews with President Lincoln, and never, daring all mat time, did I hear hinmtter aujinkiud sentiment., I was told by Secretary Stan- ton that at the first Cabinet meeting after the surrender, the question as to what should be done with the Confederate lea- ders was under discussion. Some of the Cabinet were for hanging, some for im- prisonmeut, and so on. During the dis- discussiou the President sat at the end of the uble, with his legs twisted npr and said not a word. At last one appeal- ed to him for hU views. The President's reply was: 'Gentlemen, there has been blood enough spilled ; not another drop shall be shed, if I can help it.' Said Mr. Stanton : 'This reply was like a thunder- bolt thrown into-the Cabinet, aud not a word of opposition was offered.' -A man who could nse such language as that, ixi such a time, could truly subscribe him- self: 'With malice toward none aud char- ity for all.'" 11 igh -Handed Villain y. As the radical board of commissioners die.just before they make their last gasp, tiiey bohlly seize a certain part of their records and burn to ashes their villainous tracks-as they doubtless think. Hut not so. If there is any virtue in criminal law, every one of these official rascals will be severely punished. Late Sunday night, Nov. 30, when all honest men should have asleep, these scoundrels were prying I around in-the court house burning such apers as they thought would show their roguish deeds. Was the7 like ever before leaid off God knows that a county was never before cursea with such a black- I ie; d T I'llttlrifr lllf Tlwilf rfiii. -a .. I throw down our pen in despair tThe penitentiary is by far toogood a place for such rascals. Oxford Torchlight. Fattening flic Turkey. Tlie Christnias turkey must have good attention from this time on to the day of execution. Were we going to fatten ducks or geose, or even chickens, rapidly, we should confine them and jrive them all they would "stuff" of a varied but nutri tious food, especially would we give heav ily of corn in some form. The turkey, however, does better if al lowed liberty to do more or less roaming during the day, so that he can get his usual diet of grass aud insects. Give him trtuu llfll lff.4 of. Illfrllf mwl in flin nwiftinkif C .A.... ...e..M ... mv ...... tlm 1miU1 cnnrKH enrn tncvil lli-if Ik. -..i .... - - - - - . . ....v . . v .. eat, with a plentiful supply of milk thatl0108 b a waMJ thrce bund red and has clabbered, and pure water to drink, Thus cared for he will takeon ounces at :ui ustoiyshing rate. Hre Day of Those That Advertise. The Loudon correspondent of the such t lie properties of the last act Cincinnati Enquirer tells the follow- the Tragedy ! - Every evening at half- ing story. The moral will be obvious past six o'clock one ofthe awful holes to those who have anything to sell : is opened, the corpses brought for . In Paris, lastsumnier, I saw a friend interment are hauled with indecent of mine, who had just come over, us- roughness from their pauper shell.; ing a pen of peculiar construction, dc- the priest sprinkles them with holy signed with special reference to those water, and hurriedly gabbles the pray u u tidy persons who, like myself, ink er for the dead. Theucach in its turn their fingers when they write. Now is thrown into the box attached to the . niy friend is a man whose hands are crane; the bottom of the box give as white as lilies, with fingernails way on the pressure of a -springs, and like rosebuds in tint noticeable hands the body crashes down to join tins even remarkable, considering that he heap of corruption below. Laugh is an elderly man, and who occasion- ing boys and weeping mourners press ally helps with the liglirer work on to the pit's edgejo gaze at the ghast his farm in Nebraska. Catch him ink- ly sight; the creaking of the machine ing his fingers !" mingles with cries of despair. A . "Why, where did you get that nice crowd of lookers-on eagerly note the pen?" I asked him, a vista of blissfuL number of the dead, their sex an4 age, exemption from an uninked middle in order to choose lucky numbers for! , finger opening on my joyous, c.xpec- taut mind. "In Omaha," he answered. "It's the nicest thing. I used to ink mv m nfigers before I got it!" He did! He inked his fingers That was enough forme. I got the name of the merchant from whom he bought 'the pen, the price of it, and inclosing the money, I sent from Paris . r. .1 to Omaha for the pen. 1 . liy the last steamer it came to mc. The stationer at Omaha was out of them, but he sent to Sioux City to the man that advertises them for another . lot. And now here is where the i . : rri. ... lailn cornea in. im w"b ie an English invention, and tons of them can le bought iu Iondon if desired. At t iie stationer's next door I could have got what I had sent after to ! Sioux City. But how eould I know ? j 4lfalt w;lh lJie Inaw that ad- xert,. BISMARCK AS A CIIRISTlAX. . 3-.f On liU7ihe1!gio'us;iiet..her iiawi aside the veil by most men V jralotttlywjr guarded:-. . 'I cannot conceive hovr a man can ' live without a belief in a revelatloriV '-; in a God who 'wtlers aUihiufor.;' the best, in a.SuDreuae Judge , froik. , whom. there is no appeal, and in ; future life. If I were not, a Chris- t,au should not remain atJny post? "ra Single hour. If I did not' rely on God Almighty. I should not put mv tr..,t. ! T .7 ,. . T'T "J V . lm sufficiently .genteel and d,st,g9hed without the Chan- , Whir's office. Vli should I go on working indefatigably, incurring trou- ble and annoyance unless convinced - that God has ordained me to fulfil , t. t tncsedties If I were not persua-; tnut tn'3 Gerian nation of ours, the divinely appointed order of4-, things, is destined to be something great and t?ood, I should throw up ,i a' i - r i the d'Pomat,c profession tins very n,oment- Orders and titles to mo liavc no attraction. The firmness I , have shown in combating all manner uf nbciirilitip fnr trn Vfr nnef. is slelylerived from faith. Takeaway my faith and yon destroy my pat riot- ism. But for mv strict and literal ': behef in lhe truthg of Christianity. i . r . fl, . b"t for arccP an of the ulous grouml-work ot religion, you would not live to see the sort of Chancellor I am. Find me a succcs- sor as firm a lielievcr as mvself Lnd j. wi Tesn j tj, j i. 4- - r- "c , Pagans, x "avc no ues,re lo maKe proselytes, DM- am constrained to confess my faith. If there is among us any self-denial Aax.nr,nn L.: ..,,1 ..tM IS O u icijiuuiji. ui leugious uciiei nil- consc,0,s'y clingHig to our people from the days of their sires. For my own part, I prefer a rural life to any other. Ilob me of the faith that unites me to God, and I return to Varzin to devote myself indus triously to the production of ryeand oats. HOW TIIE POOR ARE BURIED IN NAPLES. A fitting finis to the career of the Neapolitan poor is the method of their burial in the C'ampo Santo Vecchio. In death as in' life they arc herded i 0,TgJjgjr I B A bare, pa veil space, in- . - . . . si xty-UVC stones covering as many pit, of which one. is opened each day for tj,e receplioiV of the dead: a movable . - crane with a metal- coffin susjieuded by a chain. Such is the set-scene, the lottery. TULA SILVER. The article manufactured under that name in Tula, Russia, is at present man ufactured on a large scale by Znchcr fc Co., in Ilerlin, who succeeded in lifting" tm, M:i of tilt5 Mrct f ltg ,nanufaeture. Tula silver is a composition of 9 parts of silver, 1 part of copper, 1 part of Uad, and 1 l,art of M"oth, Tiiese metals are melted togf-ther iu the given proiMirtimis, 1 and worked with as-much sulpheras they nmy 1kj nhhs to t.ke aJ Thus a comno- gition of ieeuliar blue color is obtained, which has ou that accouut, in some places, been called wae Meei. ver I r :"" n V.-1.1. nnin r.mM a.!. ed an election to be held in Martin coun ty on Thursday, the lIMi of Decuiber, to fill a vacancy iii the House of Kepresentf atives raused by theileath of i. H. Fa gaii. Oxford TonhUght. -There are twentp-five tobacco f.'C- 'rirSin FaisvthCountv 7 tones in touyth bounty.