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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1S75.
Inevitable AV. T. lortch
Dead and IJuried. Alas! poor
Yorirk !
I't it le rememlcred that W. T.
Dnrti h got Governor Ellis to com
minion hltn as a Lieutenant Colo-
. .in-! in Colonel Charles Fisher's
t;th infantry, in 1SCI, and that
1 Kirtcli held his commission just
lng enough to get him a Confeder
al- uniform made, liut as soon as
Col. Fisher's regiment was ordered
t. march out of the State in order
t.i roach Manassas by tho time of
the big fight, Dorlch promptly and
gallantly resigned before ho got in
-ight or hearing or a gun, tnus
manfully carrying out his declara
tions and pledges to the people,
that he would sacrilice his life in
ili-fence of Southern right.. His
nol.le martyrdom in the cause he
1.1 gallantly esjKusod, has inspired
him with the following sublime
-rntiments :
What '11 you J5et ?
j in Billy Portcli of sixty one,
Yii all remember well tho num.
Wlin ;i.lM atotl Mtrong the plan,
Mi.it brought :il.otit secession.
1 u' t vur -ons t volunteer,
Vcur huHbamls, brothers, sweethearts
dear,
Whi. h from your eye v?un; many
a tear
A n l wrought yon oro oppression.
U . in that attempt altho'
W I'.Miht oil how I fought all know
Tin out ajrain to ask you to o
With molohav. a convention.
1 .r s.irt- ti n-atl my hitler lwks
W!h m out among the Rails I jukes
It almost liurt mv heart ad.ooks
mi.kfn.-To see
these wallawajjs,
. ir-t liaejsaiul niggers now setting
u.i" till pla-es ! iHt'iipted by high
..iM .l southern gentlemen, it would al
iii t timpt tin-to apsai-ontieato them
I in P.iMy horteh, a lawyer too,
K'.xw tea-h you all well what to do,
I'm IhuhIi proof Billy a coaxing you
To go it for a convention.
I want a In-rth not for myself
ii r party's hungry for tho poll,
We'll lay all scallawags ashelf
If we can get a -onventiou.
r ..ild w- hut et the nigger vote
i'heu ! How they stink !) they'd
help Us totO
our iiu-.isiires thro' of this take note,
it iliiMii to go lor a convention.
I In- homestead need not them surprise,
I luis di aw their wool down o'er their
eyes,
N'..r l-t tlicni know we'll disfranchise
Them v lien wo go, a convention.
And siiM-e we're in for eating dirt
W- n--l not whimier,gag and blurt,
e'ry man go right stralgbt for't
In ratio and dimension.
And il we don't i;ct nigger aid
W. II makea monster Kn Klnx raid,
T ut'swlien weget Klux judges matle
A'or w got a convention.
tio ( we'll make the nigger squeal
!ly whipping post, by rope and steel,
h i us.ih-in ! we'll eh ar the field
A - soon as we get a convention.
Y-u mod not give j-ourselves much
lash
A Unit tho sneaking mean white trash,
You'll get them for a brandy smash
To vote for the convention.
U'e ruled them foro and tliro the war
More pliant than tho nigger far;
iivothom tho grog, you'll get them
when
You want them for a convention.
No now loys mind your corks look
out,
Try ;;et the niggers to turn about ;
Urdu-, Uneaten that you'll turn them
out
If they don't vote "convention."
Y u neetl not mind thoso statutes
ntado
ly t"oii-;rc-is to make you afraid,
e how they on the shelf aro laid
Io a'd joh my for couvention.
Hon. John Kcilly.
This gentleman, although in very
"vhlc health, went from Beaufort
where he had been enjoying a eoa
-on of rest, to ids home in Fayete:
villoto enter into tho campaign.
The nult in Cumberland is to a
onsitkrablo extent attributable to
his exertions; and his efforts at a
time when his physical condition
required a respite from labor proves
his devotion to the people's rights.
The State of North Carolina never
had a more faithful officer, a citi
zen more highly appreciated by all
who know him, or a more uriflirich
'g llepublican. . ' ' '
W sincerely trust he may soon
1 completely restored to' perfect
.health, and that his valuable ,scr
v lei's as an officer may be. retained
for many ye:trs.
Ch
hiu-lotte market Is Hooded with
leaches. .
A Political Lull.
It is reasonable to suppose that
the late campaign has, ton great
cxtent, surfeited our people with
politics, at least for awhile, and a
season of rest will therefore be en-
joyed. It would be best, however,
for our citizens to carefully study
the situation of political : affairs
throughout the nation and prepare
themselves for tho manv issues
which will be presented for the
consideration of the American peo-
pic the coming year. It is essen-
tial in a free Republic like ours to
have a frequent recurrence to the
elective principles, and every voter
should acquaint himself as far as he
is able with the political questions
likely to be brought before him for
OTnsidir4tIoii.
The year 1S7G will be one of the
most exciting, in a political point
of view, since the foundation of tho
government. The Democratic par-
ty having received some slight en-
couragement daring the last eigh-
teen months, owing mainly to local
differences among Republicans in
some of the States, will put forth
herculean efforts to carry the Presi-
dential election. The campaign on
the part of the Republicans there-
fore should be commenced early. In
North Carolina, we earnestly hope
that it will at once, be inaugurated
in every township. The late con
test was sprunrr upon us. and we
were found in many places totally
unprepared. We throw out these
these hints for the digestion of our
friends, and trust that the Republi-
can press will urge upon the party
in everv neighborhood the nccessi-
ty of adopting them. Let us not
- i
be found at the commencement of
the crreat battle unprepared for the
fray.
Organize at once.
Tho jXewis' report of the disturb
ance of Thursday night last is in
some respects exaggerated and in
correct. Tho crowd was by, no
means a "niob,u neither was there
any "riot." It was composed of a
number of half grown boys who
can only behave themselves when
a olicrnian is standing over them
If the iYetc had been as liberal as
Gen. ltausom was when he said the
niirht before that the negroes were
a peaceable people, it would not
have done thern such gross Injus
ticc. The colored -people depreca
ted the action of the loys, and were
ready tho next day to lend their' aid
toward bringing to justice theguilty
parties if they had not been easily
found. The record kept at the
Mavor's court will show that the
three boys who did the damage,
which the News attempts to distort
ami torture into a general destruc
tion of life and property Ijv a
"mob," are under age, atid were,
wo are glad to say, punished for it.
POETRY.
All About Love.
It always was the mystery
Of mysteries to me,
Why lovers should bo so absurd ;
Can anybody see ?
And si nee tho thing which puzzled me,
Has puzzled scores, as well,
If there is anybody knows,
Will an 3' hotly tell ?
Homebody loves me. I am sure,
I think I love hr too :
If foolish actions aro a proof,
Our evidence will do !
I thought we both had common sense,
Yet manage as wo ma3,
We never say the thing wo mean,
Nor mean the thing wcay.
I wonder if the wedding-ring
Would bind or break tho charm ?
I can't see how, in such a case.
It could do an3' harm.
And then I know that married folks,
Though how I caunot sa3'.
Do manage ith their love so well,
It's never in tho wa3' !
The very thought afflicts my mind
With such despondent fits.
That if I part with her, I fear
I'll part with half my wits ;
And if the priest should make us one,
In name and spirit, too,
I'd be beside myself .
So what am I to do ?
MISCELLANEOUS.'
Tho Mountain Meadow Massa
' cro by Mormons in 1857. '
The trial of the men concerned in
the infamous and' cruel Mpun tain
Meadow massacre has j ust , .com
menced.' .We extract from the New
York ITerahi j tho 'following 'brief
and com prcieiwlye. JUstory. uf this
terrible tragedy? .whoso details are
about being 1 brouglit to flight after
tho'expiration of seven teen years. .
1 In the year' 1857 a' v large emigrant
train was on its way across the
plains to California. An army of-
lieer who saw it in June dscrib-
I4" t as probably the finest
train that had ever crossed the
plains. It was believed to con lain
not less than forty heads of families,
some young unmarried men
women and many children, and it
appears to have had an uncommon-
ly perfect outfit, nmoiifrnthpr thine
three carriages very unusual ap-
o f"
purlenances to an emigrant train.
Onoof theso carriages, which was
peculiarly marked, is said to have
been for some years after the mas-
sacre in possession of the Mormons.
The Mormon leaders were at that
time furious about some threatened
or contemplated interference of the
United States Government ; and it
ia related that Brigham Young,
I preaching in the tabernacle,said that
a3 Governor and Indian agent he
had hitherto "protected emigrants
passing the territory, but now he
would turn the Indians loose on
them." It probably increased his
anger that when the train left Salt
Lake City several disaffected Mor-
mons joined it. The emigrants
were journeying to Los Angelos, in
California, and were last seen by an
Indian Agent near the upper end of
Mountain Meadows. This spot lies
about three hundred miles from
Salt Lake, and the leaders of the
train had been . told that a large
spring near the south end of the
meadow would be a favorable spot
to rest and recruit their stock before
entering the great desert, and this
they did.
The Indian Agent was the last
man who saw the train and reported
it. Thereafter, and for some years,
nothing was heard of its fate. It
i
was reported "lost." i;ut tne
bloody tale of its massacre.gradually
leaked out, and the details which
ye give below have now been
Known and lorgotten for many
years. Tne Mountain Meadows
were then surrounded by several
Mormon settlements. The bishops
of these one day gathered their peo
ple together and declared that they
had received a command trom the
Mormon capital to "follow and at
tack the accursed Gentiles, and let
the arrows of the Almighty drink
their blood." A force of sixty
white men and a party of Indians
surrounded the ill-fated emigrants
one morning before daylight, the
Mormon whites having painted and
disguised themselves as Indians in
order to give the movement the
appearance of an Indian attack.
Iiut. the emigrants rapidly. drew
their wagons into a circle, made an
energetic" defense, and, as , quickly
as they could; throw up. earth
works,, behind which 'they shelter-
cd themselves, their women and
stock. They were surrounded and
kept. under fire for a long week, the
Mormons hoping they could weary
them out. The wife of an Indian
trader afterward testified that while
the firing continued and was plainly
heard at her house, the Mormon
leaders were going backward and
forward between the place of mur
der and her house, and at the latter
place "pitching quoits and amusing
themselves in various ways."
At the end of the week, however,
the Mormons appeared to have got
tired of the slow attack; they
washed oil" their paint, resumed
their clothing and appeared before
the overjoyed emigrants as a res
cuing nana oi wnues wno naa
driven off the Indians. They were
received as deliverers ; the emi
grants accepted the Mormons as an
escort, and on a march these, at an
agreed signal, suddenly opened fire
upon the party, whom they had by
a trick persuaded to lay aside their
suns. Indians stationed in ambush
rushed in to help in the work of as-
sassination and in a very brief time
a hundred and twenty men, women
and children were slain in cold
blood. Three men only escaped,
but only to perish later by starva-
tion or the Indians. Seventeen
children were saved alive, being
supposed too young to remember
the assassination. All of them were
afterward claimed by their friends
in the East, and two of them later
travc evidence concerning the mur-
der. The property of the emigrants
was divided : by;; the :' Mormons and
Indians, And it is saiI that as late
as 18G2, jewelry taken at Mountain
Meadows was openly worn - at Salt
Lake City and its origin not denied.
ii ,The dispatch which relates to the
trial now going on in Utah for this
foul murder speaks of one Lee,
whose confession ' the government
refuses to acct-pt. This is John D.
.Lee," then Mormon Bishop of Har
mony, and one of the three chiefs I
who planned this cruel assassina
tion. He appears to have been a
peculiarly atrocious scoundrel; for
it is related in tho accounts of the
massacre which wo have seen that
while the Mormons were killing the
men this Lee singled out a beauti
ful young girl and dragged her
out of tho melee for his own vile
purpose; and ho himself is said to
have related afterwards that "she
struck. at him with a large knife,
whereupon he shot her through the
head." So late as 1870 this scoun
drel still lived ' at Harmony, in
Utah ; and now in the hands of
justice it is to be hoped he will not
escape hanging.
A Whistling Compositor.
He came into the office about
three months ago, says an interior
California paper, with his mouth
puckered, and the "Arkansas Trav
eler" iasuing threfrom. It was not
a loud shrill whistle ; it was not
that lively, cheerful whistle, that
betokens : the heart easy and the
mind free from care. On the con
trary, he sawed up and down
through the staves like a buzz saw
ripping up and down through a
pine log, and verse followed verse
without the least variation. He
looked around the office compla
cently, never losing a note and fin
ally s iding up to the foreman he
stopped whistling for an instant to
inquire: "How's work?" But
before the reply could be given he
had picked up that Whistle, right
where he had left olT, and was roll
ing it out
Tilly turn, tally, tally, turn, tilly, oli !
with his mouth puckered, but ears,
wide open. Well, that fellow was
put to work, and he whistled over
his case, whistled around for a stick
and rule, whistled up to the copy
hook, whistled over his case again,
and, picked up an em quad, drew a
fresh breath and whistled all
through the "take" till he whistled
over the galley to empty it. But
it was the same old whistle the
"Arkansas Traveler" over and over
again, until it would, seem that the
traveler had worn his shoes out and
was hunting for a place to rest.
The thing at first was a novelty,
and amused "the boys;" but finally
it became monotonous, and as the
water constantly dripping on a rock
will wear its surface, so did the re
frain of the "Arkansas Traveler"
grate and lacerate the sensitiveness
of his brother compositors. Lpw
angry murmurs betoken the rising
storm, and broad hints uncompli
mentary to his musical abilities
were thrown out. But he paid no
attention to them, and just kept
right along whistling and setting
type.
Finally human nature could en
dure no more. Loud cries of:
"Give us a rest !"
"Oh, let up !" '
"Hire a hall !"
"Go East !"
"Cheese it, Cully!"
"Cork up !"
"Take a spin around the block !"
"You're engaged !" $
"Won't you tumble!"
"Shoot him !"
mingled with groans, catcalls and
hisses filled the office, and made the
composing room resemble a large
and thriving lunatic asylum.
But it was no use. The fellow
never let up, out just went ngnt
ahead with his little old whistle,
and never missed a note excepts
when he came to a hard word in his
copy, wnen ne wouiu uvven on ine
last note until he found out what it
was, and then go ahead again.
He look the storm of old shoes,
slipiers and boots that was shmy-
ered at him with the utmost sang
froid and we believe the. cuss ac-
tually thought it was intended for
applause
At last the hands in the office hit
upon a plan to stop this everlasting
whistler. One nieht when he was
asleep,, they went up to his room
and clapped a tremendous strong
sticking ...piaster. rights over his
mouthr and then retired, thanking
God the unendurable nuisance was
forever abated. ,;Tlie next inpxning
that misguided young , man ;went
over to a. carpenter shop,' borrowed
a gimlet, bored a hole i tljroiigh the
plaster, and waltzeiLihtdilijo ofliee
where he, horrified, the. establish.
mont by the same oUl tune in a new
dress.
So he still does' nothing but suck
soup through that-hojo and blow
the "Arkaasas. Traveler" out of it.
Three or tne compositors nave al
ready gone to Stockton, and unless
some one murders the whistler, this
office, will .soon be jYjjistleduPutflf
existence. ,r a
Gointr Ueliindband.
"They tell me farmer H. is going
behindhand" ''
"I guess there's no doubt of it. V
"But I don't see ;how it can be.
lie has one of the best farms in the
country, and he nsed to be consid
ered a good farmer." .
"True but his farm is certainly
running him in debt." . i
'l don't see how that can be." :
' So, conversed two neighboring
fanners, arid wiiUethecenvfirsed
farmer H. was. looking for his. hoe.-
"Dan," he, cried , to, one of his
boys, " where is the hoe? I've been
looking for ' it , this half-hour. I
might have had my. work done by
this time. Where is it ?"
"I dono, dad. It's sum'r, I
s'pose."
"Somewhere, you young rascal.
Didn't you have it last night?"
"No."
"Didn't I tell you to hoe the cu
cumbers?"
"Yes; but I couldn't find the
hoe."
The two joined in the search.
"Look.hele, Dan," said the fa
ther, after a fruitless time, "you
must have left that hoe somewhere.
Why don't you put things in their
place when you are done with
them?"
"Well, dad, where is the place
for the hoe ? Where -do you al'rs
put it !"
Tho parent was posed. ' His toll
house had been used for a wood
shed, and Jhough Jie had often talk
ed of building another, he had not
yet done sd.
By-and-by, before tho hoe was
found, a neighbor dropped in, and
after1 chatting awhile he said, with
a smack of his lips, and an expect
ant rubbing of his hands :
"By the way H., have you got a
drop in your jug 77
"I guess so. "Would you like a
bit?" ' " ' '
'Wftl, yes if it's handy."
"Of course it's haudy."
Ah! he had no difficulty input
ting his hand upon his jug at once ;
and had the two wontjering neigh
bors ' been;iiioro to hear and see,
they would! have wondered no more
why farmer H. was running be
hindhand. Exchange. :
'"'Drtoll of Lightning.
Professor ' 'Trowbridge says that
death by lightning is painless, be
cause electricity travels so much
faster than ' sensation that the per
son struck is dead before his brain
knows that; ho is hit. We fear,
however, f hat ' this announcement
of the learned professor will not les
sen "the general dread of thunder
storms. With many persons it is
due to a nervousness that they can
not control, and which may, possi
bly, arise'from the large amount of
electricity .in the atmosphere. The
best preventive against this fear is
faith in Him who maketh "a way
for the lightning and the thunder."
That, as in' every trouble, bringeth
peace. ' Mrs. Mary Sohierville, the
famous, mathematician, gives in her
autobiography 'on amusing account
of the fear of a thunder storm which
prevailed in her girlhood's home.
Her mother always trembled when
a storm was approaching. She
prepared for . it by . taking out the
steel pins which fastened her cap.
Seating: herself on a sofa, at a safe
distance from the fireplace, she read
aloud passages i from the Bible, se
lecting often the sublime descrip
tions of storms in the Psalms. . Little
Mary, who dreaded the thunder,
was frightened the more by the
strong language of the Bible. To
crown the whole, a beautiful point
er dog, named Hero, that lived out
dOwS, used to rush into the house
at the first clap of Uj under, and hide
his head between Mary's knees.
The father would, laugh at them
all, but generally j closed i the win
dow shutters to please his wife, and
she sat in the,dark: vith..the Bible
iu her lap as a protector.
ElXDIXG
Fault.
Find t fault
"when you must, find .'fault
,vate, if possible, and , after
find . fault, in pri-
the. pfr
fence" rat K'Cf ,(han at the time . The
bla me ' are" less . i ncl i ned to resist
wnen iney are oiamei wiinout wit
nesses.' Both pafffes are calmerj
and the ' accused person may be
struck Hvith the 'forbearance j pf the
accuser Who has . sn
and watched for a pnvate ahd prop
er lime for ' iifeniio'ningyU "Never
be hard or unjust1 with ' y6ur child
ren or servants. . Firmnesswith
gehth i;ess,j of demeanor and; regard
Jor the feelings, constitutes that au
ihority which .always .respected
and valued. Amerj con $ijpn.h ,
The Story of aKussiau Ncwspa-
; The oldest newspaper in Russia
ceased to appear a few days asro. It
is not dead, but sleeping. It is soon
r to he-revived. Thccause of thesus
pension is peculiar. There was no
lack of money ; the Bussian Treas
ury supplied every want. There
was no lack of readers. The one
thing needful was an editor, and lo,
Ilussia could not supply one. The
.article, so abundant iu tho United
States, is scarce in the domains of
the Czar. And vet we would not
advise a mighty host of impecuni
ous Bohemians to migrate beyond
seas. Before the vanguard could
reach St. Petersburg the, demand
will probably be suppliod, and the
St. Petersburg Gazette will again ap
pear. This paper wa tin leading liberal
journal of Ilussia a few months ago.
It had a bright future before it and
an honorable career behind it.
Peter the Great founded it ; and
Paul the Little published in it his
amusing proposition lo "mitigate
the evils of war" by reviving the
medajval tournament, and having
the respective sovereigns, attended
by their ministers of foreign affairs,
fight out any quarrel without put
ting armies into the field. lad this
been adopted, Napoleon and the Due
de Grammont would have had small
chance in a hand-to-hand fight with
William and Bismarck. The staff
of contributors and correspondents
was able ; the readers were many ;
and the Gazette made-money and
public opinion. Unfortunately for
its editor, Mr. Borsch, the opinion
he inspired was strongly liberal.
The Government took a hint from
the course of the Central Pacific
Railroad towards the Sacramento
Union, and "invited" the owner of
the Gazette to sell out. He did so,
under protest. Then the whole staff
of the paper took a hint from Mr.
Albert Arnold's course in resigning
the editorship of the London Echo
os soon as the notorious "Baron"
Grant bought that paper,and unani
mously resigned. Some Government
protege tried to run the Gazette
alone, but it is easier for one swal
low to make a summer than for one
man to make a newspaper. He gave
up the task in despair. Nobody can
be found who is willing to take this
place. Sd we have the anomaly of
a paper with unlimited capital and
plenty of readers which has to sus
pend for lack of editors. Its old
proprietor must laugh in his sleeve
at the discomfiture of his powerful
adversary.- He got a round price
for his paper, has been feasted and
flattered for his independence,
and has become one of the best
known and most prominent men in
Russia. " ,
A "Sham" Wedding.
The Washington correspondent of
the Rochester Express writes :
Speaking of shoddy in matrimoni
al goods reminds me of a wedding
which occurred here the other day.
The morning papers stated that the
evening before the accomplished
Miss Dash, youngest daughter of
our distinguished townsman Gener
al Gash, who is here in tho interest
of one of the largest manufacturing
companies in the world, was united
in the bond3 of matrimony to the
Hon. Blank, a highly respected and
well-known government official.
The happy couple will make an
extended tour to our principal sum
mer resorts, terminating with a
trip across the water. The display
of presents and the numerous gath
ering of friends were quite noticea
ble. This was all very well, and in
the main truth, but not the- unvar
nished truth by. any means, as the
sequal ;Wiil 4jmow. I happened to
know thCemale party to the con
tract, .so I began to strip off the tin
sel in the: interest of a few old maids
of my acquaintance, and this is the
result :l Miss ;Dash is the daughter
of a sewing machine agent, who is
as poor, as a church mouse, if he is
the representative of one of the larg
est nianufacturing companies in tho
worlcL, Sir Charles Henry is a post
master in Prince. George county f
Md. . They , visited our principal
summer resQrl&r-Harvey's Frond's
and several other ice cream saloons;
and tp.jma.ke a j'short-cut," and at
the same time save expense, he row
ed his Dulcinea across the Anacosta
river, which, coastituted his Atlan
tic trip.j , The. only present I heard
pf was the bill of the solitary hack
man wJiq conveyed them to church;
and as for the gathering of friends
there was quite a number of gamins
collected, when the old man and tho
hackman had a little tilt about the
i fa vt "
A Democratic Empcroi4,
The recent story of a' well-known
Duchess who waited half an hour
for a porter rather than open aifoor
herself, is happily not a just repre
sentation of all courtly people's
habits: 1 !
"During the journey of Kmtfefor
Joseph II toltaly, one of the wheels
of his-coach broke down on the
road, so that It was with diniiuUy
ho reached a small village at a short
distance. On his arrival then His
Majesty got out at the door of the
only blacksmith's shop tho town
afforded, and desired him to r epair
tho wheel without delay. . .
'That I would do willingly re- '
plied the smith, 'but it being holi
day, all my men are at church!; the
very boy who blows tho bellows is
not at home.'
An excellent method then pre
sents of warming oneself,' replied
tho Emperor, preserving his in
cognito ; and ho immediate! fttt
about blowing tho bellows, whilo
tho blacksmith forged tho Iron.
Tho wheel being repaired, -si:: sols
were demanded for the job, but tho
Em peror gave six ducats.
Tho blacksmith returned thim to
tho traveler, saying, 'Sir, you have
made a mistake, and instead' of six
sols you have given mo, six pieces'
of gold, which no one in thev
llage
can change.' . "
Change them when, 'you
can,'
said the Emperor, stepping into the
carriage; 'an Emperor shoulil pay
for such a pleasure as that of
low
ing the bellows."
Charcoal and tflowcn
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A horticulturist in England, says ,
an exchange, purchased a rosebush
full of promlsrng buds, but yhich
blossomed into llowcrs of a jfadetl
hue. He covered tho earth in the
pot about half an inch thick with
pulverized charcoal, and was sur
prised, some days afterward, to find
the blooms of a fine, lively rose
color. He repeated the experiment
another season with the samo result.
He then tried tho powdered Jchar
coal upon petunias, and found that
both tho while and violet colored
flowers were equally sunsi live to
its action. It always gave (great
vigor to the red or violet colbrs of
the ilowers, and white petunias bc-
i- . '
came veined with red or violet
tints ; the violets become covered , .
with irregular spots of a bluish or ,
or black tint. Many jersons who
admircc them thought they
were
choicp new varieties from thq
seed-
Yellow ilowers appear to bemsen- ,'
sible to the influences of charcoal.
We have repeatedly tried Iciuir-
coal in, pots and on ilowers in the
open grounds, andean testify o tho
mlluence it exerts. Ave found that. ,
it not only uecpeuea tnciiuc pi Uio
ilowers, but stimulated weak .rose
bushes into full bearing, ami kept
them vigorous, if tho applications
were repeated occasionally.
A Fighting liditor.
A thoushless younc: man from
Massachusetts went out into Potta
wattamie county not long jigo tq
start a'papcr, and in order tollicklo
the fancy of the inhabitants, of
whose temper ho was ignoraint, he .
published the following in lijs first
issue: "The fighting editor is at
home at all hours of the day and
night, ready, willing and anxious.,
to receive all grievances. IIP car
ries two revolvers, a slung-shot, a
pair of brass knuckles, a jbowio
knife as long as a cross cut aw, a
razor in each boot, an ell-skln, a,
bludgeon, and a lottIo of poison V1
Every man in Iottawatitamie
thought it was a challenge, and all
day long they dropped in, inj pairs,
in threes, and in squads and pla
toons. Every soul of them wliipped
the editor, and the last mah who .
came in about 7 p. m., had to sweep
him up in .the middle of tho lloor,
and paste him together with putty, 1
in order to get a kick at himJ The
paper only issued tho initai num
ber. Burlington Hawkey e.
In reference to Marshal Saxc of
the "Irish Brigade," originated one
of the blunders of poor' Pai, that
hasj been so often repeated j Tho
Marshal was wounded in sonic en
gagement, and moreover,' it was re
ported, in the 6acJi2QnQJt the
brigade woujd beliQvoit.. t
"When did he ever show, his back
to 'em ?" was the general, cxclama-.
tion. "ash'U t his they knew -,
the most of, and wasn't ly their:
backs that he knew bost?" ' ' '
At last a solution of the mystrry
was mi upon. . . ;
"He was pursuing 'cm, you see;
and just to mako tho villlns think
that on tho contrary ho wswtctrat-;! J
irig, he buttoned his coat behind fim I
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