North Carolina Newspapers

Tha Carolina Watchman , ksTABLISIIEIX IN THE YEAR 1832. , 1 1 L I . PRICE, SLSO IN ADVANCE. COITTBACT ADVERTISING BATES. ; ; : FEBRUARY SO, 1880, " l inche "1 month in m Urn's On tor j Tw lor Tbrefor Four for i ( vOlumnior do. I i do. do. $1.60 s.oo 4.50 6.00 T.50 1LW 18.T5 $8.60 . 4.60 '.00 .T.50 S.TS 15.75 t&ss $3. 60 6.23 T.60 .W 11.15 M.50 83.75 $5.9 T.B9 11.W 13.69 14.69 25.69 48.75 $8.99 18.89 15.99 18.99 85.99 40.99 T5.99 ' jlLECRAWrORD&CO. west coieo5icAW4V fisreb streets, : is 5 - IUve now. in Storp . . . - i . : I- .1 ' -1 ' iTe Largest and most Extensive I StQCK oi ixaraware . thiev have ever had the pleasure of 'offering . j j ii i I to tneir inenua nu tuc uulmk;. The needs of the Farmer, Housekeeper, the Tarioos Tradesmen, the Miner, Machinists, I Wagoners, Draymen, Builders-fall have . - been remembered and provided for. i i ? Call and see and hear priccsr They would atThis time invite special at- iK5 j ! ICUtlUU tllCtl 31. vv V . 33TopBmps, ' ELEGANT SPRING WAGONS and fine NcwJTork Buggies. AVERY PLOWS, l j Fanners' Frienfl Plow, Eureka Smut Machines, -H Roblser Eeltimg, &c.; Salisbury, Jan. C, 1881. . W B0STWJCK3 vrf" TMs Wonderful Impmed Saw HacMn b iramntod t mw a two-fowt loc In tbreemla. tea, tad Mill li cord wood or loss of any tin In a dy hatWw Mta en chop or w the old wf. JShwrtf JFWi sm( XrtMrst Hfeil M. CTMUTII W1HTII. IMnMnrrrf tireolr a4 ImiiriM." lUtm YAHMEH' MANCFAOTrRIMO CO. I filattr Backs, aasdrako, StllliMgU aai .taaa otber ol the best medicines Known arc com biaed to skillfully in Pabkbb's Gingik Tonic as 10 auatc u inc grcaiMi txooa rinur m uc lllltalU aad StnagU Bcitorar ortr u4. it cores Dyspepsia. Rhcamaiism. Nsanlgia, IImdUssmss. and all diseases of the Stomach. Bw(s,LiMgs, Lhror. Kid nays, Urinary Orgaaaj indall Famala Complaints. - J II yon ara wasiine away wiyn yjrusnmpiKm or aavdueaae.nse the TONIC to-dari No matter what I your tymptoms may be, it will surely help you. I Revenberl This Tonic cures drunkenness. Ms tM Boat r Mil Mooichm ever made, entirely niaerenr iron ouiers, uuRr j-reparation auau lotaet Tonics, aad combines the best curative prop- Itrtiesof all. But a 50c bottle of your drugest-l nan genome wnwm vw mkimiww vm viun t. Hrscov A Co.. Chemists. New Yortt.l t PARXEITS HAIR BALSAM ThakntaMt Bnw 15:1 y. KEURCHAIGE, L. It. CLEMEKT. CRAIGE & CLEMENT, gittarntHjs at gave, SALISBURY. N. C. 1861. ' 5 JAMES M. GRAY, 11,. ' I Attorney and Counsellor at Law, 1.; ! SALISBURY, N. C. 14 'p. r . U O.lce inhe Court House lot, next doo to Squire Hanghton. Will practice iu all the Jourts of the State. ' 9 -S3S 0. GV3mca.1T, iTTOJtXEY AT LA W, SALISBURY, 'racticea in the State and Federal Qourts. 12:Cm I AS SEEDS'BESTH if not cold in roor town, you I J ca gwt Uwm b, mail. Drop II v . XTMtol dard for Gata. -a.1 VAyiDLAlDttET11 & gONS,IniaAjPn, Blactmer anti ; Henflerson, Attorneys, Counselors . and Solicitors. SALISBURY, N. C ') 1 IJon4r22 I87Q tt. ..IP YOU .WISH ; Your Watches and Ken.!, "i . - lUKt oRwin;iMaciine8,&c, iP-i Rd!enn,-Salisbury, N. C. HARDWARE Cliflion Mowers; l 1 1? 8 POETRY. VSursum Corda. BT CIIRI8TIAK RXID. I park is the -night and rongb the way "' Seemeth to me,! nWeary I grovr and scarce can pray, ; Fathejr to Thee.! 0 lead my faltering steps aright 1 Orer the wild, U Speak thro1 the fierce and stormy: nightr Unto thy child, i ! . : : - :.. I : ' Only Thy gracious word and will I ' i - :' c . I seek to know, j v ' . . . ; While here below. Only for strength to bear the cross ' V Thon.-tooyhast borne, Only for earthly grief and loss , " ' "Never to mourn. Only to lift my eyes above;:; V" i ! - t - In every pain, j " Only to feel Thy bounteous love I Wash, out all stain, Only to bear in tniud that earth ; j Passeth away, ! Only, forgetting joy and mirth, i r i- . To watch and pray. -. -i- j I seek to kneel and bend my head i Under Thy rod;! ;, Bat Thoa mast tarn this heart of lead l To Thee, my God ! Vainly I strive to drink Thy cup-M-; Earth binds me fast : fcaviour, in mercy lift me up ' To Thee at last I 1 "It Might Have Been. j j t A Southern prisoner of war at: Camp Chaee, pining of sickness in the Hospital of that station for some time, and jconfid ing to his friend and fellow-captive, Col. W. T. Hawkins, of Teunessee, that lie was heavy of heart because his affianced bride in Nashville did not write to him, died jiidt before the ahival of a letter in which the lady curtly broke the engage ment. Col. Hawkins had been .requested by his dying comrade to open any epistle which might come to him thereafter, and upon reading the letter in question, penn ed the following answer: ! air FRIEND. Your letter, lady, came too late. I For Heaven had claimed its own;: Ah ! sudden clmnge from prison bars I Into the great white throne ! j Aud yet I think he would have stayed ! To lire for his disdain . ; Could he have read the careless words ; Which you have sent in vain. 'l - - ! So full of patience did he wait j f Through many a weary hour, . h . .. That o'er his simple soldier faith j . '! Not even death had power. And yon ! did others whisper low j ! Their homage in your ear, As though amongst their shallow throng ') His spirit had a peer t j f would that you were by me now, I ' To draw the sheet aside, Aud see how pure the look he woreL i The moment when he died. The sorrow that you gave to him ' 1 Had left its weary trace j J As 'twere the shadow of the Cross Upon his pallid face. "j t " i - ' I ! "Her love," he said, "could changer for mo - ! J The winter's ?old to spriug." Ah, trust of fickle maiden's love, 1 lion art a bitter tiling ; For when these valleys, bright in May, I Once more with blossoms wave, j The Northern violets shall grow , j Above his lonely grave j Your dole of scanty words had been Unt one more pang to bear, For him who kissed unto the last j Your tress of golden hair, I did not put it where he said, For when the anrels come I would not have them find the sigil ) Of falsehood in the tomb. I've read yonr letter and I know, j I he wiles that yon had wrou-:hi. To win that noble heart of his And gained it cruel thought! ; What lavish wealth men sometimes give i Fer what is worthless jill ; What manly bosom r beat for truth j In folly's falsest thrall. ' y You shall not pity him, for now -1 His sorrow has had an end : I Yet would that you could stand with me t Beside my fallen friend. And I forgivelyou for his sake, j . 1 As he if it be given j Xlay e'en be pleading grace for you Before the court of heaven. . .1 ' To-night the cold winds whistle by, ' As I my Virgil keep j. Within the prison dead-hoase, where pFew mourners come to weep, . i A rude paint coffin holds his form, f uut death exalts ins lace, And I would rather see him thus ,Than clasped in your embrace To-night yonr home may j shino with i . lights, i -: r j And ring with merry song, And you be smiling as your soul t Had done no deadlr wronrr. Your hand so fair that none would think It Denned these words of pain; Your skin so white--wouid God yonr 1 heart j Were half so free from stain. I'd rather be my comrade dead t Than yon in life supreme, For yonrs, the sinner's waking dread, And Ins the martyrs dream. Whom "serve we in this life, we serve f In that which is to come. He chose his way ; yon yours ; let God j Pronounce the fitting doom ! . j - j "We don't want all this, we -don't want it." said an attorney to a voluble old lady oii the witness-stand, 'it is'lrrelevsn;!' But the witness paid no heed,, and talked on, finishing with, VThcre, youVe got it wheth er you want it or not, und it isn't irrpyprcnt, eifher." . 1 ' COMMUNICATED. Rowan County Teachers Associa tion. The Association met according adjourn ment, Pres. Wilborn in the diair. All the members were present except J. F. Beatty, of Gold Hill, t - - ! Bev. H. M. Brown, of Franklin Acade my, W. A. Thomasda, of Unity, and G. A. Green, of Scotch Irish, were elected to Active membership. Messrs. O. D. Da vis, County Examiner, and T. F. Klnttz, were elected Honorary Members. The Executive Committee reported top ics for discussion, for March, 12th, as fol lows: - ' " V r : '.r r 1. The Best Mode of Teaching Spelling: Leaders, Messrs. Davis and Moser. j 2. How to secure a better attendance Of pttpils at School : Leaders, Messrs. Wil born and Brown. . Z "l ' iMr. -McNeill, Committee -in the JJemo-' riatto the LegislatnTe, repvrted :perfor mance of duty, and was discharged. r The Topics for the day, vir, -TIie; Best Method of Teaching English Grammar," and "The Characteristics of the Model Teacher," were then taken np and dis cussed by the Leaders ; and other mem bers. ' From the query Box, several queries were disenssed at length, to the mutual eutertaiument and improvement of the Association. j - I . (This is one of the most valuable fea tures of the organization, as any teacher' may introduce, iuedgnito, any query he desires to have answered, and thus ob tain the views of each member thereon. The queries may be on any subject con nected with School work.) Under the head of new business, "The North Carolina Educational journal" was adopted as the Organ of the Association. On motion, Vice President Moser iu the chair, a committee Of three, consist ing of Messrs. .Wilborw, McNeill! and Brown, were appointed to consider the expediency of holding a Teachers' Insti tute in this County during the summer to consult with the Board of County Com missioners and the County Examiner, and to correspond with the Agent of the Pea body Fund on this subject. The Secretary was ordered to furnish a synopsis of the meeting to the Watchman and the N. C. Educational Journal. Af ter some other business, the Association adjourned to meet in Salisbury, March 12th, 1831. W. A. Wilbork, Pres. Feb. 12th. , G. li. McNKiixSec. Washington Letter. " " Several Congressional Scenes But Little Legislation Some reasons Why Congress men are Sick and Unfit for Work. (From Our Regular Correspondent.) j Wasiiixgto, D.C., Feb. 12, 181. rfci8 weck'has not been eventful from a National legislative point of view, j but we have had a scene in the Senate in which Senator Coukling and Butler acted and two scenes iu the House, in one of which Messrs. Blackburn and Frye- were principals, and in the other Messrs. jCox and Reagan held the leading roles. I had almost omitted to mention the monoto nous ceremony on counting and declaring the electoral vote. But little busiuess has been transacted ; the Senate,; the House and the committees of both- are behind with their work. If the truth must be told, the National Congress is dissipa ted. There are too many wild young members from the country, and too many festive old rakes from the city in the Honse and in the Senate. If it were pos sible to get the" essence of candor from these gentlemen, they would confess that their main object here in Washington is not to transact busiuess for 50,000,000 people, but to have a good time j that they regard the work of committees and congressional sessions very much; as thoughtless boys do the confinement of the school room. This is the way alone in which so much absenteeism can be ac counted for, and the reason why mem bers and senators are listless, rick and unfit for work may be explained, nine times in ten, by the fact that they have spent the previous night iu i de bauchery, or in what is not much less hurtful, social dissipation. The experi ence of the reader will bear me out in the assertion that an average man over thir ty cannot dance all night and be fit for work the next day ; neither can he eat, drink, and carouse at saloons, brothels, gambling houses, or political symposia, and have a clear head for legislative work. If tbo average member of Congress is none too bright at best, what must he be when worn out and fuddled ! Debauch ery and social dissipation is prevalent iu official and political life to a deplorable extent in Washington. I do not say that it is worse than it has been, or that it is increasing. I do not know. Unfortunate ly we have, and can have,- no statistics. I only know that it is bad, and that have not overdrawn the' picture. ! During the next four weeks, there j will be iu this city representatives front al most every section of the country. They; will admire the b. auty of the streets, ave nnes, parks, statues, and pnblie buildings and they will go home with the impres sion that the National Capital is a city of surpassingclcanliness and loveliness. ! The police force has been doubled, and every effort will be put forth to give the rbest impression. - But all that glitters is! not gold. Surrounding the marble palaces that the government has built are numer ous drinking saloons, and in no city of the Union are the haunts of debauchery so splendid and so prosperous. C. A. S. No man whatever believes, or can bejieve, exactly what bis grandfather believed. CarlyU. ' ' " ' " " "' ' !V" ' Paris Letter,' ' (Regular Correspondence.) PABis,FBAifCE, Jan. Slat, 1881. To-morrow will inaugurate a new era in the history of French art and artists, to whom the present Government of the Re public, true to itr advanced political prin ciples, is about to confide the organization and management of the Exhibition of works of art for the year 1881. In virtue of a cir cular issued 'a few days ago by Mr. Julis Ferry, all painters, sculptors, etchers, and architects of French nationality having al ready exhibited works in: a "Salon" are re quired to assemble at the Ministry of Fine Arts, on the 1 2th instant, or the purpose of electing a committee of ninetjr from among their own members, which 'committee, in conceit with the department in question, will regulate the conditions 4 be observed Vy artists desiring to exblbit their preduc tioas at the proximate ("Salon." -French Governments during the present century, no matter of what political denomination, have One and alt evinced a laudable disposition to patronize and encourage the Fine Arts, but they have also been by no means charry of exercising those rights of control and inter ference which they assumed to themselves as a logical consequence of State patronage. To the latest of French Republics belongs the merit of having emancipated itself from official traditions in this regard, and taken the initiative in enabling the artists of France to constitute themselvesf a self-governing body. The results of this courageous demo cratic experiment will be awaited with live ly interest by the votaries of art in every civilized country. The Citoyenna" Louise Michel seems to have hit upon a very ingenious plan for rais ing money for the assistance of her amnes tied friends in the present severe season. She offers an interview at her home, and a poem written in her early youth, to these representatives of the Reactionary journals who wish to interview her at the rate of twelve dollars per head. A writer of the yesterday, took Gaulois -relates that he, Louise Michel at her word! and was well re ceived, having an interesting hours' conver sation with her. She explained that, her mother being ill, she could not spend her evenings out, and that she had devised this scheme for raisingfuhds for the" Amnesties." In reply to various questions, Louise Michel stated that she was an Anarchist, and that she approved ef Filix Pyat's regicide theo-; ries. She had, however, never hinted at the advisability of assassinating M. Gamsettain the. words attributed to her, "Quands le eoehons saaCgras on lq She was ah Atheist, because she had remarked that all tyrannies proceeded from the idea of God's eternal rewards. So Catholic, however, had she been that, in her childhood, she would gladly have become a sister of mercy : a re mark which led to an exclamation of regret from her mother that she had prevented her from taking this step. The verses supplied by the "Citeyenne" to her interlocutor, and also published in the Gaulois consist of a short poem on St. J ust, not without some merit. The letter addressed by Cardinal Guibert, Archbishep of Paris, to the members of the Chamber of Deputies, in which the Probate maintains that it would be wrong to include the "seminaristes," of young men studying for the priesthood, in the present system ef compulsory military service, is commented upon to-day by the organs of the various parties. The Raypel, in an article on the subject, argues that it would only be fair to the young men to let them see a little of the world before adopting a vocation that they cannot discard. Their training, under pres ent conditions, amounts to an "intellectual sequestration," and it is but right that they should be in a position to chose with their eyes open. If, after leaving their regiment, they still elect for the church, well and good. There is a great deal of sound sense in the RappeCs remarks, though they are probably dictated rather by hostility to the Church than by any special solisitude for the fate of the seminaristcs. C. A. S. Josh Billings remarks : "The only way to git thru this world and eskape censure and abuse iz to take the back road. You kant travel the main turnpike and do it." Every man's experience of to-day is that he was a fool yesterday, and the day before yesterday. To-morrow he will most likely be exactly of the same opinion. Mackay, "The last thing I should want to do would be to die," said a girl, to her lover. uWell my darline," he replied, "I promise that it shall be the very last thing you'll do," and she felt comforted. "Why, Franky," exclaimed a mother, who was taking dinner at a neighbour's, I nev er knew you to ask for a second piece of pic at heme !" "Cause I knew 'twant no use," mumbled Franky, as he crammed his mouth with the "second piece." It took Sir Isaac Newton less than three years to thoroughly digest tlie principle of gravitation, while an Indiana farmer has spent eleven years in trying to find out why a cow never kicks until the pail is two-thirds full. Simeon adopted the following rules for the conduct of his life : lt To hear as little as possible of whatever is : t the prejudice of others. 2. TO believe nothinsr of the kind till I "au absolutely forced to. 3. Never to drink in the spirit of one who cir culatcsan ill report. 4. Always to mod erate the unkindness which is expressed towards others. 5. Always to believe that if the other side were heard a different ac- count would be given of the matter. MISCELLANEOUS. The Art of Heading-. Reading, as an art, might almost bo tam ed nhe art ;" for while it will compare with any of its sister arts in affording entertain ment to the narrowest circle of themost cul tivated, it can most readily and constantly bring the aesthetics! pleasures of life to the million. Poescy alone rivals painting and sculpture, and in all contests for supremacy disputes the palm with these and all comers: but poetry, if well rendered by the elocu tionist, takes to itself increased charms, and thus reading exalts itself to tbe'ehief place. Imagine the vast increase of real refined en joyment thrown upon mankind if good read ers were multiplied a thousand fold.; a Dickens, a Yandenboff, a Jledain. Scott- Siddons, throw the charm. of the-ertof retiU ing around the English , elassicsadmiring thousands hang entranced upon the "words, and we bejnnto realize what reading is as an art. Unfortunately, for the most part, in our schools reading is taught as a mechani cal operation rather than an art, and hence the results are what might be j expected unsatisfactory. The smallness of the num ber of good readers has often been remark ed with surprise by those who hav espoken or written upon the subject, but the above ex planation readily accounts for; the melan choly fact. After students have learned to pronounce the words accurately of their reading books, then, instead of giving place to other subjects, the Reading Class should have chief place in the recitation room. Good reading need not be so rare an accom plishment, for with ordinary application, under proper direction, nine-tenths of stu dents might become good readers. Ret. N. Burns. . i The Cultivation of the j Voice. Generally, the cultivation of the voicej Which is an essential part of the curriculum of study, is left to the desultory efforts of the student in his own room, instead of placing the exercises necessary to improve the voice on the time-table as properly belonging to the lccture'toom. True, the noise arising from a class properly drilled might offend delicate nerves, but the beneficial results would more than compensate for any seem ing irregularities in the class-room. Be sides, scholars enjoy noise to them a play, where quietness is enforced, has no charms. Now, this tendency to boistcrousness needs but the guiding mind of the trainer to har p es4. it into real service. The use of the voice on the playground is to be encouraged, for it tends to health, but in the class-room, under the skilled t:acher, it tends to both health and good elocution. One may have a good voice naturally, but only by proper training can it be made to do its work effi ciently in reading or speaking. By all means let the voice of students be carefully trained for the practical work of life.-ife. N. Burns. Eat Slower. ; A respectable, elderly lady patient went to London to consult the very highest au thority about her dyspepsia and its accom panying ailments. She waited very pa iiently for her turn, entered the arful pres ence, told her pitiful story, put out her fur red and creased tongne. The doctor listened and said : "Urn t ah 1 ves, just sol" Then he looked profoundly, awfully wise. "Now, doctor, what shall I do ? I have tried everything, and nothing does me any good. Can you do anything to help me?" ! "Yes, madam ; you must eat slower." i She waited for her prescription, but the doctor did not write; and was evidently expecting her to go. He thought she might be hard of hearing, and spoke loud er, "Eat slower." By an involuntary, but slight movement of his right hand she saw there was noth ing to do but pay the fee. The two ginueas dropped, and she sadly left his presence. Two guineas for two words I But they are richly worth the money. "Eat slower" is very wise and very important counsel. There is a time for everything and as eat ing is one of the msst important things of our moral life, the time we take to do it rightly is of very great importance. Slake Friends. . Life is very critical. Any word may be our last. Any farewell, even amid glee and merriment, may bo forever. If this truth but burned into our consciences, and if it ruled as a deep conviction and real power in our lives, would it not give a new mean ing to our human relationship? Would it not make us far more tender than we some times are ? Would it not often put a rein on our rash and impetuous speech? Would we carry in our hearts the miserable suspicions and jealousies that now so often embitter the fountain of our lives? Would we be so impatient of the faults of others? Would we allow trivial misunder standings to build up a wall between us and those who ought to stand very close to us ? Would we keep alive petty quarrels 3 e ir after year, which a manly word any day would compose? Would we pass old friends and neighbors oa the street without recognition, because of some real or fancied slight, some wounding pride, or ' some an cient grudge ? Or would we be chary of the kind words, or commendations, our sym pathy, our comfort, when weary hearts all about us are breaking for just ! suchex- prcssions of interest or appreciation as we 1 have in our power to give. ' Hornets. There fa an old woman on Catha rine street who delights to find a case nit nic uwiun uave iauea to cure and then go to work with herbs and strong things and try to effect at least an improvement. A few days ago she got hold of a girt With a stiff neck and she offered an old negro named Uncle Tom Kel ly fifty cents to get her a hornet's nest. This ;Was to be steeped in vinegar and applied to the neck. The old man spent several dajs along the Holden road,1 and one morning h5 secured his prize and brought it home in a basket. WbeAJie Reached Centra! - market Jie had a! . few little purchases to make, and after getting some tea at a gro eery he placed his basket on a barrel near the stove and went to look for a beef bone; It was a dull day for trade. The grocer sat by the stove rubbing his bald head.- His clerk stood at the desk balancingjiccounts, and three or four men lounged around. It was a serene hour. One hundred and fifty hornets had gone to roost in that nest for the winter. The 'genial atmos phere began to limber them up. One old veteran opened his eyes, rubbed his legs and said it was the shortest winter he Ifad ever known in all his hornet days. A second shook off his lethargy and seconded the motion, and in five minutes the whole nest was alive and its owners were ready to sail out and investigate. You don't have to hit a hornet with the broadside of an ax to make him mad. He's mad all over all the time, and he doesn't care a picayune wheth he tackles a humming-bird or an elephant. The grocer was telling one of the men that he and General Grant were boys together, when he gave a sudden start-of surprise. This was followed by several other starts. Then he jump ed over a barrel of sugar, yelling like a Pawnee. Some smiled, thinking he was after a funny climax, but it was only a minute before a solemn old farmer jumped about three feet high and came down to roll over a job lot of washboards. Then the clerk duck ed his head and made a rush for the door. He didn't get there. One of the other men who had been looking up and down to see what could lie the matter, felt suddenly called upon to go home. He was going at the rate of forty miles an hour when he colli ded with the clerk and they rolled on the floor together. There was no use to tell the people in that store to move on. They couldn't tarry to save 'em. The all felt that the rent was two high, and that they must vacate the premises. A yell over the cheese-box was answered by a war-whoop from the show-case. A howl from the kerosene barrel near the back door was answered by wild gestures around the show window. The crowd went out together. Un cle Tom was just coming in with his beef bone. When a larger body meets a smaller oue the larger body knocks it into the middle of next week. The old man laid around in the slush un til everybody had stepped on him all they .wanted to, and then he set up and asked : 'Hey deygotde fiah all put out yit ? Some of the hornets sailed out of doors to fall by the wayside, and others waited around on top of bar rels and baskets and jars to be slaugh tered. It was half , an hour before the last one was disposed, of, and then Uncle Tom walked in, picked up the nest, and said : (Mebbe dis will cure de stiffness in dat gal's neck, jest desarae, but I tell you I'zc got banged an' bumped, an' sot down on till it will take a hull medical college all winter long to get me so I kin jump off a street kyar,' Detroit Free Press. A Large Ouder for Locomo tives. Recently the Baldwin Lo comotive Works received from the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company an order for 144 locomo tives, an iu crease of equipment made necessary by the southern extension of the road. This is said to be the largest order for locomotives in one block ever placed. The cost of the locomotives will be over $1,000,000. The work will be done during next summer and fallt Our Yankee neighbors aro smart. At the recent railroad disaster at Tioga, " J r ' t4M BUHS Belonging- to the American Exnre& : r "r". were uumt but as they contained paper money as troll as l - . - - " ...... JCc,ry anu valuables, the com- pauy did not then and there open the safes to see how they had stood the cf-' feet of fire, but forthw ith forwarded them to the Treasury at Washington, where, in the basement of the building they were carefully opened. A full force of ex perts from the redemption division of the Treasurer's office was set to woik pickingout and identifying their contents. In the hurt mass were found lew?-. 1n. eluding a lot of diamonds and watches, gold and silver coin, legal tender notes, national bank notes, government eou pona,, Jaud railroad bonds. The -coin. imiicu iu an manner ei ' shapes, will have to go to the . mint at bullion. The jewelry except the dia monds, is worthless, but with it the Treasury has nothing to do. The burned legal tender notes are being, skillfully separated by the aid of sharp, thin knives. Already the express company Is safe in getting back at least 7,000 'for! the legal tender notes. The notes-vrere a black mass with slight crevices on the sides, showing tho .separation of" note, front note. The scaly and brittle remains were separated with great care. The tx perts,by examination, were enabled te identify the notes, together with their respective numbers. They will-beTe-; nlaced lv ti t- nnfni rr, . i. ii. , "v.o. M. I1U VI VI Bv UU IUQ legal tenders is not yet ovcr. Th bank notes have not been touched as yei. One young lady is busy on the connon. aud has identified a number ofU per cent, couiwns icnrereutini? $500 a-M - o and 41 per ceut. coupons representing jpn.o eacii. i neso will also bo redeem ed. The railroad bomla nf nni, .M -jj vru.cw, Big not redeemable by the government, bat they will be identified. The bank notes, lien identified, will be redeemed. Such the expertness with which, annarentlv. nothing-- but black brittlA handled that It is verv liL-olv thof coupon and bond that was burned -'111 . -m . . . wi u ue separated ana identified. To American Astronomers. Learning that the imperial Academy of Scipnonl nf Vinnn. !il..r . li- - .-jv-. w . , iLuun linn u in imiwn lis offer ofa gold medal valued at $00 for the discovery of comets, arid being desirions that the search for them should not be abandoned, I hereby offer for every such discovery, subject to the conditions which touow, me sum of s00 in gold as a prize, to be known as tho Warner Safe Reined v Prize. Condition 1. Tho comet must be un expected aud telescopic, excepting only the comet of 1812, which is expected to reappear during the coining year. V Condition 2. The first discovery must be made in the United States or Canada. Conditisn 3. Immediate notification by telegraph must be made to" Prof. Lewis omit, ui ikuviicBier, i7irecior?oi tne war ner Observatory, who will cause tho same to be cabled to Europe, and will also send notification to astronomers in this country by special circulary or associa ted press dispatcher. K fVknilitiltl A Tim fsl.nNim M v wu ....... . uu ivivgiaui uiubv Kirn) the time of discovery, the position, di rection and daily rate of motion with sufficient exactness to enable at least one astronomer to find it. . Condition 5. In event of anv disnuta which may arise regarding priority of claim or non-eonformtty with the condi tions named, the decision shall be re ferred to Prof. Asaph Hall, of the Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C, and Prof. C. A. Young, of Princeton Observa tory, and their decision Rhall be final. The flbovn ofTVr -llnlpta nnvinnilir m- newed, will expire January 1st, 1882. , , . - H. II. Wauxeb. Rochester, N. Y., January 5, 1881. Women govern us. Let us render them perfect ; the more they arc enlightened, so much the more shall we be On the culti vation of the mind of women depends the wisdom of men. It is by women that nature writes on the hearts of men. Sheridan. A Great Drainage Project. It is reported from Florida that an agreement has been entered into be tween the State authorities and cer tain Northern and Western capitalists to drain Lake Okeechobee and the great swamp region southward known, as the Everglades. The lake is about thirty miles by forty, and the entire area to be reclaimed Is. nearly twice as large as the State of New Jersey. The projectors claim that the drained land will make the best sugar country in the wprld. How they propose to accomplish the work is -not stated. So long as the South has so much waste land suitable for sugar growing, without drainage, an un. dcrtaking of the sort described would seem to be rather speculative than practical. ' . 1. 4