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i , . . . iBMMaiMWWWWWBMBitMiBIMMIIMHMW i-inrt- mar-, nr s ni 1 1 iin -- - .- - , ".. '"Itl ' ' ' ' ' Z" "J Vi; iixi . ' . ." : - ; . I . -' ri . . n ' $1.50 per Yesirin AHVace. Vol. XXIIL WINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, IMARCHyypl 0. uxju. j.u.t xu.ji.ixin.D, rropneior. . ....... ebvj.w ,Ax9AirxiXUXJjtUMX. EiJitnrs. Terms a CASH IN ADVANCE! Ono copy, one year, " " six months, " " three months, . : . ' : . $1.50 .50 2ZI. GZ30. IV. GRAHABI, Raleigh, N. C. PRACTICE LIMITED EYE, EAR AND THROAT. May 31, 1877. Dr. Preston Roan, OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES To the citizens of Winston and surround In r country. Office at iiis residence. Any mes sage left at eitlier Druy Store will receive prempt attention. UUGENOUR & BOYLES, " le wis vir.tr, s. c, Manufactuuers of axi dealf.ks in- ALL KINDS OF LUMBER All Bills and orders promptly attenced to ! TOBACCO BOXES A SPECIALTY ! Daeember 5th, 1878. J. J. WAGGONER & CO., MAKE SPECIALTY OF Tobacconists' Supplies ARE AGENTS FOR Pars Spanish and Domestic Mass Licorices. .eep Powdered Licorice Is one, runs Senaine, Salad and Olive Oils, and Syrups of all grades, Touca Beans, Oiucoe, c. No. 1321 Con. op 'akv axd VineixiA Sn., KICHMOKK, VA. 6 6m Br. Richard H. Lewis, (Lute Professor of Diseases of tho 'Eye and Ear iu the Savannah Medical College,) PRACTICE LI II it jd to the EYE AND JjIjTI, Raleigh, N. C. Refers to the State Medical Society and of the Georgia Medical Society. Nov 2a lv- Practical Marble Worker, AND DEALKIt IN Moments ani G-raye-Stones, Winston, N. C. 6- Write for Price lAst and Designs May Otli, 1S7S. SALE AND LIVERY STABLE! bsck &. moons, Successors to Barrow & Beck, "Wins-ton, KT. O., KKF.P constantly ON HAND, Cakh.ia.gks, PH.tTos, Bi;;uiks auU Houses for hire. We also buv and sell Horses and l?uj;srics. Cauls paid forfeeil, e tf Jan. 3, l&U W. T. VOGLEB, PRACTICAL JEWELER "Winston, N. C, Main Street, opposite Jfcrchfint's HiJtt, KEEPS CONSTANTLY OX HAND m select assortment of , . Fiuc aud IMaled Jewelry, 1 "ot eveiy bind. ! '.. ..,, . Repairing done and Work warranted. Janoary 23, 1S79. - f-s-t , Robert D. Johnston, Fashion abi.k MER CHANT TAIL OR, WINSTON, N. C. Y-EEPS CONSTANTLY ON HANO A LINE of fine Imported Softs, iassiasres, Vesting1 ani Mings, A lonjt practical experience in the art of CUT TING, in New York and ii tlvfrj State, jiiHtifieshet sserti:n that I can givei a perfect-tit. aud 1 guar antee that all goods made up in my establishment give satisfaction. A II work done on reasonable terms. My establishment is next door to It F, Cbos tAjiU'S, CP staiss. - 17 tf JAS. A. GRAYj FIRE 1NSURAECE, First GIa! Cnmnii,. Companies ,UlllC'l. . , I ? All Classes ' of Buildings and StocJcs Insured. LOW BATES GIVEN ON DWELLINGS FOK TERMS OF 3 AND 5 YKAUS. ff CARRYING AN OPEN POLICT in the best Fire Company in the . cciTineate.-t ot inauraAica isaucu my ttiii an cost ior one Omxov more on investments in produce, Toliaceo, &c. Thc.iV. c; Slain MAfe Iiiu rauc Company Iepre;iited Every man should have a Iife Policy and this Company is deserving of the pa tronage of our people. Pays all losses promptly and is liberal in its rates and privileges.! , T XX i Ji ? Tf Winston Ntt.J'Oct. 22, i87. U GEO.M.2IATI1ES. T.VAULIXGTOX,$ From the Plant Bed to Market OX THE CULTIVATION AND CUEING OF TINfi YELLOW TOBACCO, BV JIAJ. ROBERT T,. RAGLAND. OF RYCO, HALIFAX CO., VA. The first work in preparing for a crop of tobacco is to burn and sow in od time a sufficiency of plant i i : ' i .? i . land in good warm situations lor earl j plants. Plats in the forest, sloping south or southeast, are, best. In the latitude of Virginia .seed should be sown from the 1st of January to the lOthof March the sooner the better. Commercial mannres, as they contain no grass seeds, are better for plants than manures produced on the farm. Make the plant bed thoroughly fine by repeated chnpoinsrs and rakings, and then mix the tobacco seed, using two tablespoonfuls in from twenty-five to thirty pounds of fertilizor to every one hundred square yards in .the bed, and sow the mixture on the surface, then whip the surface with brush, or rake over lightly. Tobacco ced. the smallest of all farm seeds, re quire but light covering ; if cover ed too deep they never germinate. Then cover the bed with fine brush or straw, to protect the young plants from frost, and keep the bud moist. , In hot bed, or cold frame, tobacco plants maj be grown large enough to plant out in lrom forty to fifty days. Sometimes it is necessary to force the plants in growth, so thai they imiy be Inrge enough to transplant at the proper time. A quick reliable fertilizer is best for ' that purpose, and as it is import ant that the planter make no mis take in liis selection, I recommend the Anchor Brand Tobacco Ferti lizer as a top dressing, with caution to the planter not to apply it when the plants are 'et with rain or dew. To prevent depredations by the fly or flea bug, use ground plaster, in which rags that have been sat urated with kerosene oil have lain for some hours, and cover the plants with the piaster thus prepared, and repeat after ever' rain. The varieties known as "Yel low Ok'jjjuko" and "Silky Pkyok" are the kinds best adapted to pro ducing the finest grades of tobacco. These varieties have been under improvement for more than forty years by continuous selection, eav ing fceed from the crown shoots only of plants having the finest fibre and texture, and that ripened yellow on the hiill. Orraj', friable soils, fresh from the forest, or long out of cultivation, with dry, porous subsoil, are best adapted to the growth and maturi ty of yellow tobacco. Lands capable of producing yel low tobacco need just such help as is furnished by a good fertilizer, in hastening the growth, and giving size, substance, and early maturity to the plant. From one to three hundred pounds per acre of the fer tiliser may be profitably used. Applv in the drill, except on new ground, where this mode is inapplicable, and broadcasting is best. Plant in hills, instead of beds, as early after the 10th of May as plants and sea sons will admit. Commence culti vation aa soon a3 the plants begin to spread over the hills, whether grassy or not, and continue to stir the land with ploughs and hoes till the tobacco begins to come in top, using short singletrees, as the plants increase in size, to pi-event break ing and bruising. When the plants are too large to admit the plough, nscoiily hoes to keep down The grass aud .weeds. "Wait till a considerable number of plants begin to button for seed betoro yon commence to top, then these will ripen about the same time. Topping must be doi.e ac cording" to the appearance and promise of each" plant, ..strength"; of 6oil, and time' the wrk is done. First topping for medium tobacco should be from ten to twelve leaves. rarely more, priming ; off ? lower neither too liioh nor too leaves, low, but just high enough, soihat when the plant ripens, the lower leaves may be well oft the ground. Continue toppinsr as th nlanta urn I " CTJ I . 1 i;tro;e .enoutrh. rnhsrii;n.. a& -ni?,. season advances; to' top lower,- so nsJ.? bfiug i tle lato- plaiiU be fore frosf. . t, . The plough' should not be used later than tho first day of Angnst, as ploughing late keeps Jbo tobacco greep.toQ long, and -may cansejt;to rrpen-of arecn- eolor. Tho hoc should be relied on after that time to clean the crop, Alter' the tobacco begins to gram that is, to ripen neither plough renheit, say for about frtvo- honrjnet. Take carethat the. tobacco nor hoe should be used, as it has then rnn.np from iiinety-i-fTVu--: de ! e Dot pfeFsed so to 'stick to been found best to sacrifice pounds grces to one hundred" " degrPt ej'Rtheror -be brtiised. and let each to color. " 'keeping the heat " between" those J'ez'ct lje Hetl with tobacoJ urn- 1 lie plants, alter being topped, should be kept clear of worms, or, better still, kill the tobacco fly with cobalt in the flowers of tlie "James ; town weed" and the suckers should i . .. . . . be pulled oft before thev grow too Jong. .; Mind, do not be in, a. hurry cut- your tobacco before fully ripe, and nngli fully aud uni formly ripe to fill a barn. Have your barns close (log ones are best), well daubed and dry. Cut the to bacco of uniform size, color and quality, putting abont seven medi um plants to an ordinary four-and-a-half feet 6tick. Let tliGipIant go from the cutter's hands over the stick in the hands of holder, who will serve two cutters. When the stick is filled, it should go directly, without. touching the ground, on a wagon, to be carried, when loaded (nt tco heavily), to tho barn.- It will take from seven hundred to eight hundred sticks of tobacco to fill a barn twenty feet square, with five rooms, and four firing tiers be low joists, placing the sticks about ten iuches apart, the proper distance tor medium tobacco. There are two modes for curing yellow tobacco, ore with charcoal, and the other with fines. The first is the primitive mode, and is grad ually giving place to the latter, which is cheaper and more efficient, ano is being adopted by most "of our planters. Tho chief agent in eitlier mode is heat a dry, curing heat to expel the sap from the j leaves of the plants, and to catch the color, yellow, next to .Nature's color, green, and tofo it indelibly. This is the science of curipg yellow tobacco. There are seven prismat ic colors that of tobacco occupy ing the middle of the prism. By the process of nature, leaves in dry ing descend in color from green, first to yellow, then orange, then red, and finally lose all color as they go to decay. Now a quick dry heat, so regulated as to dry out ! the leaf and catch the yeilor color, and fix it, is best adapted to t lie modus operandi of curing fancy tobacco. Charcoal produces an open dry heat, well suited 'for the purpose, but its preparation is costly, its use tedious and laborious, and it de posits a black dust on the leaf that is objectionable. With flues, whbh may be constructed of stone or brick, and covered with sheet iron, or patent ones with furnace and pipes, the wood is burned as cut from the forest, and the whole pro cess of curing is less costly and less laborious, and tobacco cured there with free from dust, and possesses a sweeter flavor. Flues are equally well adapted for curing mahogany Wrappers, and for facilitating and finishing sun-cured fillers. Tlie flue process possesses 60 many ad vantages over all other modes of ciirinjr tobacco, is so safe and free from smoke, that when its merits become better known it will come into general use, and supersede all other modes. - The first step in curing is called the STEAMING Or YELLOWING pro cess. Medium tobacco will require from thirty to thirty-six hours steaming, at about ninety degrees Fahrenheit, to yellow sufficiently, but tobacco, with more or less sap, larger or smaller, may require longer or shorter time to yellow. Here the judgment ot tiie enrer must be his guide. Inexperienced planters would do well to procure the services of an experienced carer if they have tobacco suitable for coal-curing. The plar.ter saves iu the enhanced, value 'of his crop many times the money paid to the enrer, and besides, by close obser vation, he may learn in onu eeasoo to cln re well himself. Theory aloiie, however good, and dirtetioiia, how ever minute; will VTbt" doliere,' but it is practice thnt tnust qualify one to cure well. " " The next ttep in curing 3-ellow tobacco is called fixing- the colok Whcn 'tho tobacc is sufficiently yellowed, at ninety degrees Fah renheit, tho best leaves of a ttniform ye'.low, and tiio greener ones of a ligIitpeV-greefi color, it is time to DiFsolve one ounce of the cobalt of the shops iu a pint and a hall of water, aud mix it with uiolass. es or ether Kjrztqtkbttle it an) drop' It through a qill fato the hrurt of the ;blossom,-,Tt,shonlf' be done about snnuowu, and the poisoned flowers pulled off next day. otherwise the plan will ba de stroyed it has been found that this weed so treat ViaaMt& aruutiiia wise vl ttta tobuee tot, and e kmX there tnroagh the patch, m ill present t a ar eat eeht the1 ra-fae of the tobacco worm. "A II tneplauteikhowwer,linne, neighborhood must act together ,au4 this caa w arrauved t Urouijh the local agricultural club. advance the heaV'' gradual lj- : but cautiously. Keep the heat' "' from ! ninety to ninetj-nvodegrces Fah- ; figures lor about two Afiiw-,.pbscrv1Jt,ul:n-JF0, and quality.-! ing not to sweat th tobacco hicUj 11 Jour I0oacco is hue, sound, may be easily done at tiHsetaiie, '1.81' nicely handled, you'll have Should the tobacco at this, toWnt r Ctln'01 Kettin at least any future sta2e, get into- a 8weAiftfl!-r?Trol.,nKl nic? :for il aU .!.:. l. ; . j: ' 4 t. ... : . . ' tbOnCU POOT and UOUtlesnrint Rlnolr wuii-.ii is uiuieaiiu uy iit leal uc a-in TCTXtm A t tktfcv'a n.Hl v K LfiJav m.Jja m....,., ' 1: .. ? door, and let it remain open until the leaf dries. t The thermometer may fall even ten degrees here without injury tn the color. It is advisable, however, that the tobacco be kept free from sweating it pussible. Next advance the heat, running from one hun dred to one hundred and five for about two hours. When at ore j hundred and five degrees yon have ' arrived at the most Critical. point in the difficult process of curin" bright tobacco. The condition and ap pearance of the tobacco must be the enrer's guide. No one successfully cure tobacco till he can distinguish tlie efi'icts ot too much or too little heat at this important stage. I will trv to explain what is very plain to every experienced enrer, but unknown to the begin ner : ;Too little heat in fixing color operates to stain tlie face sioe of the leaf ot a dull Spanish brown color, and is called sponging, and mav be known to the novice by its effects being visible only on the -face. mJp Too much heat reddens the leaf, first in spots, visible on the edge of the leaf, redder than the former, and visible on both sides of the leaf. Now to prevent sponging on the one hand, and spotting on the other, is the aim of the experienced curer. Therefore no definite time can be laid down to run from one hundred' and five to one hundred and . ten degrees. Sometime one hour Js sufficient, sometimes three is fast rr i . .... cuougii. iro same may ie saiU 111 running from one hundred and ten degrees to one hundred and twenty degrees. While it is usual to ad vance in this stage about five de grees every two hours lor medium tobacco, the condition of tlie toWac co often indicates to the - practiced eye the necessity for Blower or fast er movements. Remember not to advance over cue hundred and ten degrees till the tails begin to curl up slightly at the ends. Arrived at one hundred and twenty degrees, this is tlie curing process. The heat should reiuaiu at or near one hundred aud twenty degrees till the leaf is cm ed, which takes from four to eight hours, ac cording to ciicumstnuces. When the leaf appears cored, advance five degrees every hour, up to one hundred and seventy degrees, and hero remain until stalk aud stem are cured. To run above oue hun dred and eighty debtees is to en danger scorching the tobacco, and perhaps burning both bain aud tobacco. To recapitulate : : ' 1st Steaming or yellowing procss, M0 dein-ees f rom 30 to hours. 2d. Fixing the color, 00 to 05 for 1 to2 bourn " " 05 to loo " 2 ' " " lontolos " ' " " 105 to 111) 1 to 3 ' " " 110 to IIS o " " 113 to 12 ' ' . J -,, 3d. fnring of leaf, 12 " 4 to' 8 " 4thv " atalk & stem 12 1 to 170 $ deg. per hour and continue ul one hundred aud seventy degrees till stalk aud btem are thoroughly cured. After curing, as soon as the to bacco is sufficiently soft to move, it should be run up in the roof o the bam, and crowded close. ' ll warm; niiny or damp se isous oc cur soon after, dry out the iol acco with fires, as- when curing, and gradually raise them till the to bacco it well dried. It is impor tant to attend strictly to this, for if your tobacco is coied veilow it wilt not -remain so, if soon' after cuiing it is anffared to g.t iu too "high ordvr," that is, absorb too much moisture. When feadv to Ktrip it should , be asao'ted welb the, several grades put together, making about time guides ot leaf aud two of lugs.,5 Tie iu neat bun dies five or sis. leaves of "leaf "nod eight, to teurol "Jugs'." P.aco rwenty-tive bundles ou the' stick, aud tiike down a soon as strip ped, unless iu too high order. Bu it is not . safe to poi mit , tobacco thus struck down in winter "order, to reuaain down longer t than, the first of June. ri ' Wtch it closely to piesei re it from injury.' It is bet , ter to market iu winter order, than to hang op in the baiii to dry but and be 'reordercd," for tobacco once bulked down, nud then hnng up in lho barn againMoses -that sweeti mi 11 6 W flavor so desirable, and oejrpr regains it jvhen pvidi&: Puck neatly iu tierces (huh hogs- ; heads making the best: and '-most economical, V-tO "wejirh from fonr r&drd" to ftv- hundred ncrnds iriny'be' selling" for less' than the I - Fcosi of pmdoorl0n. -lh - world is w.fulL of low eradris of tobon We . must plant less surface, ma nure heavier, and - cultivate aud manage l bert6r if we would get better prices. ' ' Acts or the Assembly-. The following are captions of the Acts of most general importance, and of local interest in this section, passed by The late General Assembly of North Carolina : ... . An act to amend section 12, chap ter 15C, laws of 1370-77 relating to the privilege tax on merchants. &c. ' t- " u.cuuuais. j .n act, coucenug uie election coucenu" me eieciiou 111 1878 for certain officers. Ratifies and confirms; the election taVViS'ovem ler last for Representatives in Con- f.res.s Also, the election held for of Deeds in the various couuties. - . An act to. provide for the ho'ding of the Superior Courts successively ijy the Judges of said Courts. , , An act to empower the foremen of Grand Juries to administer oaths. .. An act to amend chapter laws ofl87G-'77, Extends the time ., for the collection of arrearage of taxes bv Sheriffs and Tax Collectors. An act for the punishment of crime of Incest. Makes the crime a felony. Also, makes it a misdemeanor for uuuc ai.u uiwb auu iiepuew aiiu auni to intermarry. Ail act declaratory of the meaning of an tct entitled "An act in relation to the probate f deeds, and convey- ances, and the privy examination oH married women," ratified 3d day of ! March, 1877.", chapter lGi; Laws of 187G-77. Validates certain acts of' Judges ot Probate, .n.11 aci, to auovv L.eaKsviile townslup, Rockingliam county, to subscribe to the capital stock, of a railroad. An act for the relief of prisoners confined in the common jails of the State. Requires the County Com missioners to heat jails by stoves, heaters or. otherwise during -cold weather. , Ar. act. for the relief of Sheriffs and Tax Collectors. Authorizes the col lection of arrears of taxes for the 3'ears 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878, &c An act to amend the charter of the Mt. Airy Railroad, and provide for the buildingof a Railroad from Gieens boio to Ore Knob. . , An act to amend sections 8 and 10, chap. 30, Rattle's Revisal, relating to the duties of County Treasurers. Specifically defines certain duties. An net to amend chap. 161, of the Laws of 1876-77, tMititlcd "An act in relation to the probate of deeds and conveyances, and tha privy examina tion of niariied women. Provides that no attestation of .Seal of the Court shall be necessary or authorized to any instrument proved in the couu ty iii which it is to be registered. An act to establish a public road in Stokes county. An act to abolish the tax fees of attorneys charged in bills of costs in civ 1 suits. An act to amend the charter of the N. W. N. C. Railroad, for the con struction of a second division from the towns .if Winston and Salem, in Forsyth county, up the Yadkin Valley by Wilkeshoro to Patterson's Factory, in CiddwelJ county. . . An act to prohibit the removal of cases from one county to another, ex cept when the ends of justice ' abso lutely require it, &c. An act to require the prosecutor to pay the costs in criminal proceedings iu certain cases. An act to repeal sees. 14 and 10, chap. 2, Battle's Revisal,- and to pro vide for the rc-organiaatioH fof the Geological Bureau. Provides for the appointment of a State Oeologist by the Governor, by. consent of the Sen-s ate, to hold oniee for two yi-ais, saljry t be fixetr.y the Agricultural Bureau, ! ana bis compensation defruvrvt rrr.m the funds provided for the-support of the DcpartmVyt of Agrietilt lire, &c An act concerning draining and damming low lands. Re-enacts chap. 164, Lawsof 1868-'()J.J s An aet to icpeal sec. 29, chap. 6, Battle's Revisal, iu reference to pay ment of expenses incurred in convey ing insane persons to - the' Insane Asylum. ,!An act concerning streams, and to mvpefmachinery. Uefiuoa the rights and privileges of persona owning ma chinery propelled by water on ruuning streams.' :: " ' - icA ct to . continue in? forue an act to cstablUli.NorinaUSoUooi3;I4iQ-r Benefits extended so as to jrmlude females ; a Preparatory Dep'artmef,2 provided for in counection with the fioloMK. 'Normal .l. , , ! priatious annually directed to be paid as made for the years 1877 and I878, An act to change thVti sue of hold ing the Superior Courts in the Fifth Judicial District. . ' . :; i- An net for the; benefit of the. Win ston, Salem and Mooresvillp Railroad Company. Provides, for the employ ment ot" convicts 'riot exceeding wne hundred and fifty. " -- " Ail act defining the jurisdiction of Judges ot the Superior.. Courts, to the granting, of : injunctions and . re straining orders,' and the appointment of receivers. ' "''"' " An act to prohibit lire stock from running At hirgc in Iredell county.. - -An act to change tlie name aud au thorize the consolidation of the Wes tern ltailroad Company, with the Mt. Airy Railroad Company, and to com plete the said roads. An act in relation to judgments ou appeal from Justices of the Peace. An ct to provide for the better proof of deeds executed beyond the State An act to regulate, in certain re spects, the computation of the degree of kinship within which persons in this State may not lawfully marry. An act to punish the abduction of j euiKiren unuer tue ne of lcurteen years.. An act to amend sec. 40, chapter 105, Battle's Revisal, 'regarding the fees of Jailors. . An act providing for the exemption of certain personal property from sale under execution. An act to regulate the lioldinsr of , gift which love .bestows upon the Courts iu the Seventh Judicial Dis-j memory of tho absent, and they tn a., oi , 1 r ..'."I. - I will avail to keep the heart from An act to define the criminal juris- suffocation, diction of Justices of the Peace, ex- 11 . 1 officio rangers in the township fn I "7 1 ',e, Pont rtnfl 've .,ffer which thev resnectivelv vo i H?torc he gave voice to that sad An act to authorize a history of North Carolina for the use of the Common Schools of the State. An act to require Clerks and Jus tices of the Peace to keep an itemized J l - J .uu.x.. statement ol all lines received by them, and to properly account for the same, and also to auieud chapter 11 C, j Laws of 1873-74, bearing ou the same subject. An act to prevent the desecration of the Sabbath day. ; An act to compromise, commute and setlle the State debt. An act respecting the collection of railroad taxes in Foisyth county. An actconcerninsi mortnatzes issued by incorporated companies. ' An act to allow the B:u.k of Greens boro lime to wind up its business. Au ar t to punish defaulting Treas nrers of religions and beuevolent in stitutions. ' An act to amend sec. 2, chap. 103, Laws of 1874-T5. Relating to the destruction of certain birds bet wecu April and October of each year. An act concerning official bonds to be given by Sheriffs. Au act to amend chap. 88, Private Laws of 1874- 75, cntillod "An act to incorporate the Fayetteville ami Gohishoro Railroad Ctinpany." An net to aid in the construction of the Winston, Salem and Moorcsville Railroad. An to authorize the Board of Com missioners of Madison, Clay and Sur ry counties to pay certain claims for teaching public schools. " An act to make the canying ot con cealed weapons a misdemeanor. An set to secure the better drain-j rn.. 1 1 i- . . . age of the lowlands of Fourth creek. in the counties of Rowan and Iredell, between Baker's Milk in Rowan counl ty, and tissue Davis' Mili, in Iredell countj. An act for the benefit of the Win ston, Salem and Moorcsville Railroad Company. An act to prevent stock from run ning at large within Rowan, Davie, Cabarrus smoother counties. An act suplemental to an act au thorizing the working of convicts on the Ore Jl ill and Mt. Airy Narrow Gauge Railroad, and the Chester and Lenoir, and the Caldwell and Watau ga Narrow Gauge Railroad, and the Winston and Salem Railroad, and the Statesv ille Air-Line Railroad, &c. An act to regulate the practice of dentistry, and to protect the people, from quackery, &c. - An act to amend chap. 154, Laws of 1876-77 entitled 'An act to es tablish courts inferior to the Superior Courts, to be called Inferior Courts." Au act U provide for the purchas the Board ot County Com ingot land sold under execution bv missionera. An act to Prescribe tho nuuln r.r selling tar. . An act to amend chap. 202. Laws of 1868-60. Relating to the cou,-' struction of the Dan River Coalfields Railroad . . An act :o amend tbo leftion law. An act io make lly? alandor of wo men indictablpi. "An act tin amend 'php. 28,' LaAvii of 187a-'T7- Relating to' the division of the State into judicial districts. ; A ct abolishing the Insane Asy lum of North Carolina, and incorpo. rating the North Carolina Iqane Asylain. ' - ; ' ? An act ta amend pTiar). ;40, Laws 0 l87Wl?4,jeoiitled tpact to. nref vent disQrjmmfttjQri a, flight, farifi by Railroad Companies operating in this Stale. .Home- but - has ; some Darlingr Tbercv , Lonrfellow never 'wrote rnn'm : truthtnl or . toKhjii poefry tlian i that insprred poeM-entitled uResi- nation :'T . . " . v . There1 no ttock noVever watelted . and tended. i ;.u i.. ! But one dead Iambi iLero There l.a lib fireside, howso't 1 -sletlv i-U a. '' o; . defen- But Ijitspncratiaiit chair, .. ... ;a.w be ""r, l liUofajvtwUs to , . dy- t And uronrntn? 6i! lfH fe Jf e 5 io The heart of Rachel for her cWJdren err- i"S . Will not be 'comforted. ' ' "t , What tamilyjs there., that does not find its complement in one, or more who dwell u the .hither side of the river amid the glory inafh hie ? What family' is there that holds not a broken harp, the string of which was once swept' by little lingers, now make music in the heavenly choir ? Wo know that "it is well with tho child." But that doo not fill the void. We know tlwt tho Fath er doeth all things well, but there is a river that s'parates tho pet and idol and joy of the household from us, and we know that it will never be crossed from the hither ' side. The silver cord has been snapped and it will never be reunited on thin tide. . Put away. Bacredly tho little . remembrances: thev -will j never be called for. Tears are the refrain t ' 'I ennnot make him dead! Ills fair sunshiny head Is cVrr boinidin; round my study chair; Yet when my eyes now dim, With tears I'tuni to him. The vision vunishes he Is not there! 1 walk tny parlor floor,- ' ' Ami, tlii-ou;h the open door, . I heard a foot fall 011 the chamber stair; And I niK stepping toward the hall, And I :ive tlie boy a call ; -v And .then bethink me that he is not there!' ' Well, well ! It is for some good 1. . . 1 . 1 , i pui pose mat me utile Human n ! gels of the household come and ta. , . a . r uca knows all about it ; we do not, lrcscfiptips Tor Fits. For a Fit of Passion. Walk out in the open air. You may speak your mind to the winds without hurting any one, or proclaim yourself to be a simpleton. "Be not hasty in this spir it to be angry, for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.' " For a Fit of Idleness. Count the tickings of a clock. Do tMs for one hour, and you will be glad to pull off your coat the next and work like 4 man. "Slothftilness castcth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suf fcr hunger." For a Fit of Extravagance and Folly- Go to the work-house, or speak with the ragged and wretched inmates of a jail ami you will be convinced. 'Who makes hi bread of briar and thorn Must be content to tie forlorn." . , "Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your la bor for that which satisfieth not ?" tor a Fit of Ambition. Go to tho churchyard and read the cravestonep. ...... .. They will tell you the en I of a man at his best estate. "For what is your life? It is even a vtqior that uppearctu for a little time ami then vanished away." Pride goelh before destruc tion and a haughty spirit before a fall." For a Fit of Repining. Look about for tlie halt and the blind, and visit the bedridden, the afflicted, and lho deranged ; and tbey will make Toil ashamed of complaining of j our light affliction. "Wherefore doth a living man complain ?" For a Fit of Enr3'. G6 and seo how mjny who keep their carriages are afflicted with rheumatism, gout and dropsy; how many walk abroad on crutches r stay at home wrapped up in a flannel ; and how many are subject to epilepsy and apoplexy "A sound heart is the life of the flesh. Envy is the rottonncss of the boues.". Pebbles. i Siur whiskers Mules tails in fly tune. . - -.- " , A boarding hpjio, toU'csSa like, the rest of us, ua,a Uep weak a,na Strong point-, lho weak points being her j yot-ff-'e and h,erst'oig pohHs lL,e better. tj.AKof the sad, lest, and; most cx atious trials that come to a girl, when she inarrioa is that she has to dis charge her mother aud depend upon ! hired girl. A l,VJ1f 11 Turlington atartetl to school the opening dnj rjf the term, and before he was five block from home be lamed a dog, lost tits geo'gra-' phy, soared a hoise," and had tireipf lights. Times aift looking up, , Aij i r.jndjciotis sister aakf tqa,.t,rea year old ; J,ohnnyl if you're yor pannot go to' heaven, pou't qj yr.5 10 go to heaven? 'N.b.' Whjf, you pou't, want lo go to, t.he bad; pla xl you?! "No.' "What do you U.? "I want to live. That's what."- ' 1