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NOV 15. 1873
The Mast ildlancioly Euia in Europe.
Tl'.- l-t' u c t i - r of t he ruorptsti-r v
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! I i Li i -r. over J!i- or an I inount i i n, li
the '.irli'jr kiiiga of Arr:igrn wtre
bruulit to be buria l. Not in Sp:in
nor in the whole world, had it a
riV;1 j,, Spen
tlor ami wealth. Its
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.lo u.aiU.VVtt. almost Without hOttnda,
TtstiTrrnrv was utten na lleil in Europe;
its i -w lie 1 chilicj.saii'
1 1 r 1 1 1 1-cmilil iii.t be reckonei
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in
viln. : ari'l the va-t pro luce o
iticViird-, br outrht to the
convent
j i f --i became the " El Priorato
wine, the best reputed br;iinl in
SiKiiti. Sixtv-.-ix monks formed
the sacred circle of its rulers, among
whom no novice, who failed to prove I
hi pedigree untainted by other than
Castiii an blood for eight geio-ration-', .
could tind admission. Every monk
h id hi- room?, his tabic, hi- servants,
and Ij is equipage. There were i
hospitals for the sick, sclools for !
the poor, asylums for orphans homes '
for the destitute, refuses for the ,
abandoned. All tradt.-
had their
-hops within the immense
premises.
I hn
Learn. n-r was cultivated, an
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Snain found at
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t -i wtriii Art i ixj rtiPfnrn it
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ed, aii 1 tne bi-st model n .-tatues and
b it inHIV., Xlt. ' V ll, yvi
paintings in the itoyal Gallery at
M i tri'l c tme from the cloiters of
; motiM ,terv. Medicine, and law,
ill I tilt, j i ' V
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1 1 i i ri'-re eacn us
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chari:ies the rrreat
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ivrreiirns seeking
the eu
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u ir souls
For seven
! years trie trreit convent or
w 'S the boast f Spain, its
M'iu;rr than abbots, itj
tri'l.tier th:m bis'nops. ear
r its poxv. r increased. The
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fi li-ii-ll l
r , g t o i relit"
t lva on
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ami side.-, rid through tin
the iviii i-t ry, women
ninnied with husband and
the frav. Ev-rv t h i n lT
in
:i i
I lov.-is in
j gae way brfore them. Tfie monks
ail e.-caped. But nothing else
was hpuvd Picture, and shrine,
and mnih, and fresco, :Iie sep
ulchral decorations, and viood carv
ings, and delicate trac-ries, and
sculptured saints apse, and nave,
and transept s.-:cna;y, and stall,
ami retable, and painted windows,
and all the treasures of the library '
never to De recovered were all
i l ii
destroyed. What pickitxes
and 1
lede hammers could not
one by fire: and the mob,
do wuj
tearing ;
manuscripts from their converins,
and d vesting patristric codicei of I
lit . ii i
their golden clasps, poured tnem,
heap upon
heap, i .to the flames.
1 I ere is no such melancholy ruin in
ho!
Europe. There is no mellowness
that titii" trivt'S no sottuess of
g'adual deca about
I'.ilil.o i.if .t- i v vr nor
destroyed 1
flowers
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lohen- nor myrtle, ferns nor
ir.'iti.-ks. cling to l s i i r ted walls or
grow in the hollows of its gray
stone-. The trayinerits of wi.at
five and tweny year.- ago was the
largest r Iii.iih house in the world,
ami the cond building in size in
Fur opt lie before the visitor in
ho d i- .' iubi, wingless angels,
slMinff li.w-rs, Htid brmchless
lea ve..
iv.uMsm did its worst on
tii dy .vo'se to walls, and
C lint, h ' i i tloi-ti-rr, and fountains,
rt f. t )i' s. than cou.d have been
th i k ! the mightiest earth-
t e r.i,- iuo utter.
'. i . . ii -. V i n; m iee is in
rj.t
SCI 1 1 I l. i I ; i .i ,- UU-n I of 1 ts - pi 1 It
terra in. i b.e-. C' rt at iii n Lnwn.
Mi- M.-r-hs
ma ie tiai
P. -a i I P. i, .11. ton. who
c an en x i i "n e r pu r a
Hon upon t he sta
Granville i-mintv
is a native
N. C.
of
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( 'li i n i has
squirt hi l' S
one eoul fi-'d
i n exttin ', Iik r.t'd- f
w ieh li n
if tiv horizonfiil. 3d fet
thick, for a ltng'.h of 'JUL) miled.
SATURDAY
FasMoniblft-
scene : mrs. fiti Noodle's ciiam
" Di-:r me ! therae the door-bell !
Who in the world fa coming now?
And it looEs like raining even
mi'iute. And in? back hair not
h;ilf high enough for the style!
(.lire me a coople o hairpins, Lou
if ! I'll fry and djr' it up a little
nighr. Raise tbeiblind juac a lit
tle bit of graiQ "and let me see
who it is. Oh, goodness me! If
it isn't J hat odious Jrs. Henderson,
and her wonderful paragon of a
c h i Id II eD r inder Alex
rearr&feTf a
name? It will be a miracle if the
child should live to grow up with
i such a name as that to carry ! And
most, uisagrecauie urti u
the worid : 1 hate to see him come :
His fingers are poking into every
thing ! The last time he was here
he broke the nose off little Annie s
doll, and upset the card basket into
the spittoon ! And I declare! if
she hasn't got another new bonnet !
The third since February, to my
certain knowledge ! Nice green
ties, too, and she with a complexion
like mud.
" Shockingly unbecoming ! But
then she hasn't a particle of taste.
Well, 1 must go down, I suppose,
for the Hendersons are rich, and
Fi t z Noodle is looking to a place
in the .Assembly, ana tienuerson
can control no end of votes ! How
1 A 11 1 II J
tiresome pontics are
, , . r
! Say I will
be down in a moment !"
SCENE
-MRS.
FITZ NOODLE S PAR
LOR.
Oh, my dearest Mrs. Hender
son ! so charmed to see you ! It
lias been an age since you were
here. Where have you hidden
yourself all this long time '.' And
dear little Alexander too ! How
love I V
he
is
! I otten tell Mr.
Fitz Noodle that if we had such a
bod as vours, inv cup of i"V wouhl
I bod as
be full !
-Measles : vjn, I am so
sorry ! 1 hope he is thoroughly
well over them ? You should be so
very cateful of him. ll would be
drr.niful now if he should -.in- . S
p.ouiising! I often stiy to N odo
when we see him ripping along to
.-ehuoi, ' Tnat boy will be i?re.-ident
yet !' Ye-, intleed !
l.iv. !. d i x: isn't if ? S.i
i ' i . . n ! i ' i 1 1 1 or vou to c i i i '. !l-o
i- Tl- i r M,. ! 1 einlei sou A i" 'Id '
All, that i-. s.id ! He shoU.d taki ,
im lrlpMind tea ! I am so sorrv ! i
Mr. Fitz Noo lie thinks so mii h of
Mr lie:, l.-r-on
7 am aim -t j al
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it. ll
h.-lp
s ; ! 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 e S .
So v.iii h ive "or a new bonne!
v
inn-; i x ii.--' nie f r uie n t i ni ng
u; it i- so lovi ly, how could 1
it '.' Imported, as it not ?
Al
I. I thought so! 1 hey get up
such peiToetly splendid shades in
Pin-i. And the new shades are so
charming ! And so
That subdued trreen
becoming !
just sets off
vour d.dicate color
so beautifully !
You really must pardon me, my
dear, 1 do not intend to flatter you ;
I never flatter ! I pride myself on
my truthfulness ! Oh, pray don't
speak of going so soon . Stay to
lunch ! Oh, that 13 too bad ! I
should so ljucIi enjoy your compa
ny ! Come again soon and stay all
day, and be sure and bring that
darl n" boy with you. I doat on
chihlren ! My
love to Mr. lien
i
derson, and
urjje
him to attend to
his cough ! Good by, clear. (Kis-
ses.) Come very soon, won't you :
(More kisses.) Wrap up dear little
Alexander's throat good-by !'
Baltimore an.
A Hard Winter Before Us.
Judging from present indications
n great many persons will be out of
money and employment the coming
"ititi-r tnrougnout me country.
i There will be much sunenng. en
; sitive, quiet people will endure
; many hardships and privations
j without making their wants known,
i If your mor? prosperous citizens
! will give a helping hand and a
cheerful word to the unfortunates
thev wil' lighten their burd-'ns and
I xx arm their hearts and realize one
of the rarest of pleasures that. of
making orhers comfortable. There
is an a bundance of everything
neelrul. and no one should !.' al
lowed to suff.T Tor the a tut of the
n c --s in 'S )f life.
Tne
a lively
i e Napleoo III. n.-vt r ha I
admiration for his relative,
Prince N i poleon.
A Paris corres-
pondent of tin
Manchc-ter Guar
dian avs that once the I nnce j
Imperial, then not more than ix j
years old. a-ked his father, " VVIiit
is th 'difference between an nccnlent
antl a misfortune ?" " If." rep'.'eti
tn" npMor. your cou-in fell into
tne Seine, til tw 'U u ite an icoiuein.
if any one puHed him
out, taat
:
would be a mUforiuue.
Home Mad Perfumery.
The ordinary method of obtain
ing the perfume of flowers, and one
that has been employed for ages,
is bv distilation. Shakspeare tells
us that
" fl 'xvors iJUiillod, though ibejr with
xviiiter luet,
L )- but their rIkxv ; thir substance utill
lives strtfl ;"
or, in plain prose, that by distilling
flowers we may possess their sweet
ness in winter, when their beauty
has passed away.
The odjr of flowers is due to a
minute portion of a rolatile oil,
which is continually generated and
given off by the pUnt. JVbep Jthe
flowers are distilled with wateTjttBe
essential oil rises with the steam
and is condensed with it in the re
ceiver. But the fragrant principle
may be obtained in another way,
which, a.5 it requires no apparatus,
may furnish an agreeable recrea
tion to some of our readers who
have flower gardens and plenty of
leisure. The sweetness that would be
otherwise wasted on the summer air
may thus be saved, to delight the
sense long after the blossoms that
exhaled it have perished.
Gather the flowers, with as little
of the stalk as posible, and put them
in ajar three-quarters full of olive
or almond oil. After they have
soaked in the oil for twenty four
hours, the whole must be put into
a coarse cloth bag, and the oil
squeezed out ; then fresh flowers
are to be added, and tbe pro
cess repeated for twenty days or
more, according to the strength of
the perfume desired. When the
odor of only one species is wanted,
an immense number of the flowers
are necessary to produce a scented
oil, and special cultivation, would
be required to furnish them ; but the
amateur may use almost any sweet
scented flowers that come to hand,
Htid get a mixed perfume, or mille-
Jieura ("thousand flowers,' ) as the
r rench call it. The smaller kinds
nre to be preferred for the purpose,
such as sweet pea, mignonette,
stocks, clove, pink, etc. The lar
"er blossoms are not adapted for
vi-e by the novice, as tho odor they
impart does not compensate for the
space they take up. The oil, when
thoroughly perfumed, is to be mixed
with an i qual quantity of Strung
cL "if u izcd " alcohol, and shaken
i r v day for a fortnight; after
xx men ihe spnit in ly be poured off
q ate ciear and bright, and will be
ound highly charged with the odor
Uti i'Ui principle that was collected
i a ihe oil. Flowers that are going
ui of bloom are as good for this
purpose as those in their prime; so
tlu. the garden need not be de
spoiled of its beauty for the expe
riment. To quote Shakspeare
again
" Of ihrir sweet deathi are sweetest odon
made."
We presume that most persons
would prefer to buy their perfumes
rather than-to manufacture them in
this way , but some may enjoy the
work for its own sake, and consider
that the fragrant product is worth
all the time and trouble it has cost
Journal of Chemistry.
Make a Note of This.
Whenever a gentleman wants
anything published, whether it
interests the public or only an
individual, he is willing and will
propose to pJ- Somebody must
pay for it, hereafter it will not be
the prin-er. The fact that thj
proposed publication would interest
the public has nothing to do with
the matter at issue. Newspapers
are private, not public property.
They are published to mnke money
for their owners, and if anybody
would use them they muct pay the
cost. Never did we go to a merch
ant and use his goods for any public
purpose without paying, and if we
and hundreds of others tbe public
employ a lawyer about a htreet
or other Ir'ghway, we pny the law
yer. The dodge is very tiresome it
is rery old, and we hope to hear of
it no more forever. If you want
some scheme ventilated, whether it
interest yoursel f alone or thousands
you must not expect u- to pay the
cost. The Srythe.
Chinese Temple in New Ytork.
Surely the heatheu are invading
us on everv side. We learn from
the Christian Intelligencer that
'within a stone's throw of the City
Hall," New York, " the ChineNe
have a temple when- more than fixe
hu idred assemble regularlv to wor
ship a wooden image f the Chinese .
g d Fo." According to our Amer- j
iean notions all religions are free ,
and tolerated in this country. But 1
we agree with the Intelligencer that
here is a field for evangelistic '
en .rt, ana we nope new x enters
will enter it with the gospel. '
COTTON
We Uke the folloring from the
Agricultural Department report for
October :
The average condition of yot on in
the first week of October, as mm
parfd with October reports of 1871
and 1872, stands a much higher
than that of the former year as it
fall below the records of the latter.
The standard crop being; a (rood
normal growth, the yearly losses from
worms or other casualties' almost
always reduced the record below 100,
and the greatest redaction usually
ocoues in September, a The averajre
this year has falle off from. 89 to 78$
since the first week of September; a
larger redoetfonhan usuaUx occurs.
The general average in October of
1871 was 76; it was 82 in October of
last year. The area was one-eighth
greater in 1872.and the autumn more
favorable for development and pick
in, and the result an increase of
about one milien bales. The area of
the present year was increased about
10 per cent , but a portion of this
enlargement was abandoned, and the
Oc ober status of the crop is materially
reduced. The season must be of
average length, nd comparatively
favorable for picking, to insure a
crop equal to that of last year.
1 he following figures represent the
condition of cotton, as reported in
October of the last three seasons ; I
1871.
80
75
72
73
75
76
73
70
1872.
90
86
88
75
82
T8
72
85
75
90
1873.
88
80
82
76
78
75
72
80
83
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Norih Carolina,
uth Carolina,.
Of-orgia
Fior'ula
A liibnma,
M sisi;ipi t
L' .uisiana,
Tpas,
Vikansa 82
iiinss", ........ .. 94
The month of September witnessed
several storms of rain in the South
Atlantic States, which injured the
plante, beat out and stained the fiber,
and retarded the picking. A storm
on the 19th of September proved
particularly disastrous in Florida and
in parts of adjacent States, Worms
have continued their ravages and
made advances upon new territory in
Arkansas and North Carolina.
Several counties in the latter State
report the presence of caterpillars for
the first time. There is a general
complaint that the plants are already
bare of leave, and that picking will
be completed at an early date. In
some counties of th Gulf States it is
claimed that there will be an average
crop, notwithstanding the caterpillar
and boll-worm, while in other counties
a lo8 of one.third of the crop from
worms is expected.
Anecdote of Handel.
Handel was one of the most hu
morous of mortals and at tne same
time one of the most irritable. His
best jokes were perpetrated fre
quently during the most violent
bursts of passion.
Having occasion to bring out one
of bis orotorios in a provincial town
of England, he began to look about
for such material to complete his
orchestra and chorus as the place
might afford. One and another was
recommended, as ususl, as being a
splendid singer, a great player and
so on. After a while, such as were
collectable were gathered togeth r
in a room, and after preliminaries,
Handel make his appearance, puff
ing. both arms full of manuscripts.
" Gentlemen," quorh he, ''you all
read manuscripts?" "Yes, yes,"
responded from all parts of the
room. " We play in the cburch,"
added an old man behind a violon
cello, " Very well, play di," said
Handel distributing the parts.
This done aod a few explanations
delivered, Handel retired to a dis
tant part of the room to enjoy the
effecr. The stumbling, (nmhlmg,
and blunth ring that ensutd is said
to have been indescribable. Han
del's sentifive ear and impetuous
spirit c uld not long brook the in
ulr, and clapping his hands to hi-ear-,
he ran to the old gentleman
of tne violonceTo, and shaking
his fist furiously at the terrified
man and the instrument, said,
" You blay in de church ! very
well you may blay in de church
for we read, De Lord is long suffer
ing, of great kindness, forgiving
iniquity, transgression and sin ; you
sal blay in de church, but you sal
not blay for me !" and snatching
together bis manuscripts, he rushed
out of tbe room, leaving his aston
ished performers to draw their own
conclusions. Brainard '$ Mutical
World.
A Boy who displayed a long,
dangling watch chain, was asked :
" What's the time of day, Jim?"
The lad drew out his watch very
ceremoniously, and after examining
it fr a while, referred to another
boy, and said:
" Is this the figure nine or the
figure seven ?"
He was told that it was the
figure seven.
Well, then." aai3 thfeeremn
, r f - ,
it ucks just aoout nait an lrrch 01
eight."
I Wonder.
When ayoong man is ifclerlnT
a store nnd dresses like a crince.
-smoking "fine rio- " AU-J'
4nice Fjench. Brandy," tending
theater?; balls, and the iiWi-wc
der if he does all upon the "avail
of his clerkship ?
Whett a young lady gib fa ff
parlor- with Hlly-whif fihgersy cor- '
ered with ringsv I wonder if her" 3
mother don't wash' th- disbea and1"'
do the work of thfc kitchen Hi .rJ n :.:r
When a deacoo tl of s.thei,fhurehrii:
sells strong butter, recommending
it as excellent and sw'eeC won der.-, 7
if he don't rely upon the .mints of
Christr salratron ? 1
'When a man "goes- tfif"!
per day to a tarern 'to get a 3ram'
I wonder if he will not by and bj
go four times ? ' .
When a young lady laces her
waist a third smaller than Batnre
made it, I wonder if her " pretty
figure " will not shorten her life
some dozen years or more, besides
making herself miserable while she '
does live ?
When a young man is dependant'
upon his djily toil for bis income,
and marries a lady who does not'
know how to make a loaf of bread
or mend a garment, I wonder if he
is not lacking somewhere, say to-j .
wards the top for instance ?
When a man receives a periodi
cal or newspaper weekly, and takes
great delight in reading it; but
neg.ects to pay the printer, I "won'
der if he has a soul or a gizzard. - '
What Caosea Hard Times.
Too many spend money, and too
few earn it.
Too mcch money i spent wast
fully and needlessly, and too little
saved arid madj productive and ac
cumulative.
We are too speculative, unscrup
ulous and actually dishonest 'ionour
efforts to make money.
Too many of us prefere idleness
to industry and too few of us know
how to work and derive pleasure
and profit from our labor.
We talk and read too much, and
act too little.
We roll about too much like
stones that gather no mosSj enrich
ing corporations and speculatfhg'
capitalists, and defrauding ourselves
of the profits of our own industry.
In short, we are too much '.what
we oeglu not, and not enough what .
we ougat to be.
Methodist Singing.
The Pittsburg Advocate lament,
as we all do, the decadence of
Methodist congregational singing.
It aays :
The singing of the Methodism
nsed to be grand a glory and a
power. It is not so any" more,
lebabod is written on it. Some
Delilah has had it in her lap- That
Delilah is the modern choir. - It has
done a miserable work it has well--,
nigh destroyed congregational giog.
ing. It has given us a substitute.
And what a substitute it Is ! Solos,
duets, quartettes, and a ceaseless
succession of new tunes, many of
them afer the most approved oper
atic style. The fongregattoo aits
by and silently wiinesses the.: per
forma rices. That might do .well
enough for an opera hou3e, but it
certainly ill befits God's suctaary.
What a Spider Did. -A, gen tie
man once boasted to a friend that
he cou'd introduce to him an engi
neer of more wonderful skill" than
Robert Stephenson. In fulfilment
jf the t oast, he brought niu a glass
t umhler containing little scarlet
colored spider, waose heaaty,: with
its bright yellow nest on a sprig of
lauiustiuus, had induced a . young
lady to p:uck tbe sprig from the
bush where it was growing. When
brought into tbe house ft'wJs placed. '
on the mantel piece, awf secured
by placing a glass over' it
t
very short time this wonderful little" r
engineer raised the sprjg t lauJuail-''' ; s
nu.-, a weight several hundred times. -
greater than himself, to th pper
part of tbe glass, and attached it.
there so firmly that it remained,
suspended for many years whece it
was hung by the spider. '
What Grant FAVOfts.--The
President's organ, the Washington - r
Republican says: . - . it-vj s :;
Set -it dowQ as absolutory, t t'
certain that within five yeai a yjf4 'W ' ?j
shall have : , , ' ,; 1 m :,
" 1. A postal savings, bank. ....
"2. A Government telegraph. -
transportation. '
" 4. Free banking. -'
fc The monopolists and the rings'1
may fight these measorea and : -succeed
in postponing . them for a iic
time, but they are certain 0. come," 31.
' Thtfsb!fc moasuresV, Gran, illltv
probably recommend in bis message
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