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HP 0 1 F IBGE BLA r VOL.. III.-NO. 51. MORGANTON, N. C SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1879. WHOLE NUMBER 155. BLUE BE if.. :. J Wi PAETH). We parted one ere at (he garden gate, When the dew wm on the heather, And I promised my lore to come back to her Ere the pleasant autnm weather That we twain might wed When the leaves were red, And live and love together. She cat me a trees' from her nut-brown hair, And I kissed the lips of cherry, And gave her a ring of old-time gold, With a stone like the mountain berry As clear and bine As her eyes were true -Sweet eyes, bo bright and merry ! "The wealth of my love is all I have To give yon, she said in turning , "The gold that wears like the radiant stars Inooder blue vault burning !" And I took the trust, As a'lover must f , ..Who miM ir to jcjiniiig. - Fate kept ns apart for many years. And the blue sea roiled between us; Though I kissed each day the nut-brown tress And made fresh vows to Venus Till I sought my bride ; And fate defied That failed from love to wean us. i ' i -I found my love at the garden gate When the dew was on the heather, And we twain were wed at the little kirk In the pleasant automn weather ; And the gold that wears Now soothes my cares, And we live and love together. Elizabeth's Revenge. "Law Bakes! What's the child afeerd -of? G'long, Liz, straight away; the dark won't hurt ye." It was eleven o'clock of a summer night. The heat was intense, and the - sky as black as ink. Occasionally a -Jow growl of distant thunder was heard and among the heavy trees the fitful wind complained with unearthly moa ning. , On the piazza of the Marks farm bouse, in the dull, yellow light that fell through the open door, stood a girl possibly twelve years of age, She made a most grotesque and unpoetic picture with her bare? tanned, feet, her untidy frock, her tangled, coppery hair, and her small, brown, sullen face. "Come, Cinderella, make haste," laughed a beardless young man, who satsnioking by the' window; "whodo you think would hurt such a lazy, ugly little imp as you are ?" The darkness and the sounds of the night were appealing to the child ; and the offensive manner and speech of this indolent, idle young man roused the angerand dislikfiLShj; 1 ' ' ward Mmsptf ! '"guest of Mr. Marks, whose despised and unpaid servant she had been for a year or more. . "I don't go to the spring to-night lor you nor nobody else," she declared, her young voice shrill and ber big eyes Ma, zing defiance. . ,tt. am talk like ttat to a nun uuv j v . t.leman. and my nevew, too ye vl- it.i. heast." cried cous don,t gtart for the wa. - !"gSminute, Liz, ye'll repent it. r I ,; aoare the rod to spue ye, as sftre won t'l" , ' river a living." ..jjelae Harks is no gentleman and will be, nurther," persisted the hlld. '! 6ue8S 1 know." The poor little creature had no small reason to know the fact so recklessly asserted, as she had 'been the especial target bf his unkind pranks and ridi cule lrpm the hour she saw 'him first; and ignorant as she was, she felt that the true gentleman would never waste ;' his wit on an object so insignificant as herself. "What's that the creetur sez ?" de manded Mrs. Marks. "Never mind, aunt," returned the voung man, i wins i can manage Miss Impudence. He flung aside his cigar and striding out on the piazza, seized the luckless child roughly by the arm and thrust her headlong down the steps. I "I think you will go now," he said, with an unseemly, witless laugh as he returned to his seat. Little Elizabeth's fall was slight, and physically she was unhurt; it was her undisciplined, resentful human spirit that suffered. "I'll run away, I will," she sobbed, as she sped out Into the black night like a wounded, haunted animal. The darkness nojonger terrified her, he no longer feared ghost nor goblins, ner did she hear the growling thunder nor the groaning wind. As she ran on, panting and weeping, she rushed blindly against a gentleman who was hurrying up the path, and who instantly caught her in his arms. The child struggled and shrieked ...in. rvirht. but he held her fast. I think I can "Why, Is it really you, child?" he u v wnrnized her; "where were you going at this time of night ?' 0 Mr. Raymond 1" she cried glad i- K-Lminff- calm at once. And then, while David Raymond lis- a unrflr and patiently, she told . ii.iuh trouble, much of him an ucr .".- which he already knew, as he was spending a few summer weeks in the 8r...rn village, and was a college friend of Nelson Marks. von meant to run away, Eli hth" he observed consolingly ,rv wrong and not wise hk to Mrs ulUBl i Marks. She let me wse yim went with him obediently WC" ... i iJI enough, holding fast nw ainuiy u. UJh,eW, &.rk8 laughed loudly when : - "Where - did you find the mal ?" be inquired. "So rude an appellation insults her unnappy childhood," responded Da via, gravely. "That girl, Nelson, may yet make a good and lovely woman." Elizabeth never forgot those words. nor did she ever forget him who spoke She little dreamed just then, how. Ann 4.1 a "cr inat m a few months more she would leave Mrs. Marks forever, and begin a new and less shadowy sort ot life. But so it happened. Early In the following winter a sister oi neraeaa mother came for her and took her away. .mrs. mraoipn was a wealthy, fa shionable woman, and had up to this time ignored her orphaned niece, whose impecunious andjgnoble father she had thoroughly duspiSed. "But when she learned that the father was dead, she adopted Elizabeth, and treated her in all things as a daughter. , Ten years brought many pleasant changes to the fortunate girl, who at twenty-two was a very beautiful and elegant young lady, idolized by Mrs. Bardolph and loved by many friends. During a season at Newport, she met again for the first time since that long ago summer-night Mr. David Raymond and Nelson Marks. In the admired belle and heiress, neither recognized the little barefoot girl whom possibly both had utterly forgotten. Nelson Marks was a not unsuccessful barrister, a widower, and quite a bril liant and distinguished person. Elizabeth facinated him from the first, and he fancied that she was not averse o his devotion ; nor was he dis couraged when Mr. Raymond became his acknowledged rival. And yet she puzzled him ; for a young lady superior to coquetry, her behavior was certainly tantalizing, and caused him otten to fear that his attentions were not felicitous, however agreeable to her they might seem. "One can't always understand her," he said to Mr. Raymond one day. "If one could know just what she likes and dislikes, he could be sure of pleasing he.. One don't know whether.her most gracious sayings are ironical or bante ring. But each day he loved her more and more, . and ultimately became so bitterly talous of Mr. Raymond as. to deeply pain that gentleman. "You are wrong," said he; although I love Elizabeth Bardolphas I never thought I'd love any woman. And as I never can another 11 she pruuM finUUV 4 ' - 1 T . j IT! .1 Just tne same. -L.fi. us ue iair anu xt friendly rivals, o'd mend." "Friendly certainly, though fair we can scarcely be," demurred the other, "our positions are too unequal. I have nothing but my profession, while your wealth is quite as great as hers." ' "And you are brilliant and honored, while I am a prosy sort of fellow with out any social distinction, smiled Mr. Raymond, as he left his friend, whose mood was not enviable. Hate was already working in his heart, uprooting the friendship of a lifetime. "I think it is about an even thing between us," was his mental conclu sion ; "and if I know myself f can yet gain the advantage, 1 shall gain it too. Fair or unfair I shall venture a risk to win or lose all." He visited Elizabeth that afternoon. The young lady was unwontedly gracious, and he was gratified and flat tered when he" saw she wore the flowers he that morning had sent her. Bu(t his satisfaction was spoiled when he saw lying near her a small exquisite portrait of his rival. "The artist has flattered our friend has he not?" heobserved, while a hate ful expression disfigured his handsome face. "Foor David! I left him com fortless an hou. ago. "Indeed?" returned Elizabeth, "Iw he troubled? and why ?" "I ought not to have mentioned answered Mr. Marks, assuming thecon fidential and sympathetic; "but the truth is, David is in a quandary. He has lost his heart, and doesn't know how to find it.". , , "Why should he wish to?" asked Miss Bardolph, smiling at the words so suggestive of a not particularly elegant "O, David, as I suppose "you know. is a verv. an absurdly, proud man, ana ne has discovered that the lady, although ,0cm woamiT , I Relieve, mnw a disgracefully poor family, or some thing of that kind I really did not ouite catch the whole of the story, ne wishes to retract, but leeis mat ne nas made his attentions too pointed t do so without nnDleasant comment. I did not ask who the lady is. He uttered the fiction gracefully enough, but somehow Elizabeth's cool eyes made him uncomfortable, and he mentally wondered is she guessed now baselv he was falsifying? I think I know the lauy," asserted she slowly. "Years ago, when she was child, she lived with your Aunt Marks." "1 remember no such child," he re turned, sincerely, surprised but pleased that she seemed so readily to believe him . " Do vou know Aunt Marks. "Mrs. Bardolph does," she answered evasively. "There was such a child a little, lazy, ugly animal,' I believe thev called her Nelson Marks remembered then, but guessed nothing of the truth. "I recollect now," he laughed "Did Mr. Bavmbnd admire her in those davs ?" quizzed Elizabeth. "How could he, If he called her what . I : . - : .. you say?" answered the man. onlv thinking how he might traduce his ri val. . And then he began talkiug of more agreeable things, and finding the lady in what seemed an auspicious humor, he presently told her in passionate tones and poetic phrases of his great love for her, and begged her to be his wife. "Would you marry one whom so just and sensible a gentleman as Mr. Ray mond esteems unworthy?" she asked him when he had finished. "I do not understand you Elizabeth," he replied, iflusng. "I am the lady of whom you are speaking," she returned, coldly ; "you thought I believed your falsehoods, did you not But, I know you have belied a noble gentlemtt, on: w&sv was kind to the child you disgracefully treated when it was her misfortune to serve your Aunt Marks." He grew white with passion. "Elizabeth," he pleaded; "forgive me. The man-is kinder and more con siderate than the thoughtless and rude boy always. You have taught me to love you. Why have you done so ?" "Purposely," she answered merci lessly; "1 dislike you now as much as I did then, and 1 despise you more, tor you have wickedly falsified a gentleman whose servant you are not worthy to be. You have shamed the name of friendship, and lost the small atom of esteem I began to feel for you." He left her more humbled and humi liated than he had ever been in his life before, and much too shamed to wish to meet again his successful and more generous rival. Elizabeth was soon after happily married t David Raymond, and among the bridal gifts she found a floral heart pierced by an arrow bearing the words "Elizabeth's Revenge." Half Cotton." A woman of thirty who had been cry ing was ushered in by the door boy, and as she sat down and slowly untied a bundle her tears flowed afresh. "Any one of the family sick ?" kindly asked Bijah. ::;r "Wuss nor that, sir," she answered. "Lost your husband ?" "Ho, sir; but its something almost as bad. Here, see this table-cloth." Bijah received for inspection. It was a fair looking table-cloth, and he so ob served. "But its half cotton I" she almost screamed. wooriai STCgrpmliin nils tin nuns (I f kn 1 bought it for a linen spread, sir ! The storekeeper assured ms f In the most solemn manner that if it TwfisnlEzall lin nen he would eat It. I've washed It on ly once, and behold what it looks like! If it isn't half cottOn then I'll eat It." "So'll I," replied the janitor, as he spread out the cloth and chewed at a corner. "And what a shame, sir, when poor woman, and this is the onlv I have for company." "It's a mean trick, mada don't know as I can help has got so now that they cheat dead man by palming off fln on him for walnu next to discover that made of leather and 1 presaed saw dust, one consolation. UWkit la that, alri , ' 1,1 lid to yon will sooner The man who lr ' . or later come fBut I can'i e bad end for no bad end, sir, " she seized the spread consult a justice and id she protested, and started begin a la replied Bijah as he "I've got to go and buy a for a poor old woman on . .1 Snth street, and I've no uouui, tS'U swindle me and the goods will .urn out half cotton. If they oo, some- bocy will get hurt, and l know u : The Tower of Babel. The Mexican legend, concerning the escape of a remnant from a great deluge which once bverwneimeu iuc ..., m have had its origin In the mDiicai narrative of the Tower of Babel. The Mexicans round Cholula had a special lerend. connecting the escape of a remnant from the great aeiuge w'" the often mentioned story oi m f the people of Anahuac irom w moxtoc, or the seven ma 4-a n (ram frit A OAlin LTV- AC a r the iwrding to Pedro de los Rios, was In iiwb" cawwj , v habited by giants, borne oi lueoc perished utterly ; Others were changed into fishes; while seven brothers of them found safety by closing themselves into certain caves in a mountain called Tioiw.. When the waters were assuaged, one of the giants, Xelhua, surnameu u ASSMW j . . Architect went to Uhoiuia anu - build an artinciai mounaun," - ment and a memorial of the Tiaioc w had sheltered him and his when the angry waters swept through all the land. The bricRS were mauo iu nalco, at the foot of the Sierra de Cbcotl, and passed to Cholula from nanu w hand along a file of men whence these came Is not said stretching Deiween the two places. Then were the jealousy and the anger of the gods arousea, the huge pyramid rose siowiy threatening to reach the clouds and the great heaven itself; and the gods lynched their fire upon the builders and slew many, so that the work was stopped. But the half finished structure, wmrA (WimtAii hv cholaltees to Qui ! alooatl, still remains to show how weT Xelhua, the giant, deserved his sur ame of the Architect. -Allt. L , doy .cress Girls CaptBrios; Der. There was a danoe near Porter's Lake in Pike Co., Pa-, oq the ; 23d of Novem ber, that was attended by numbers of the best youths -and maidens of the neighbornoou. inejr began dancing eariy in ine evening anq continued it until morning. The region is sparsely j . i i n mnaouea,ana uis means -or communi cation few; therdpre, those who attend such gatherings frequently go on foot i or auies to do present at them. Three maidens Miss Qw, Miss Brink, and Miss Jennie Lani live on the northwest bank of Porter'siike, and to get to the dance rowed ovr fa a small boat. Af ter the breaking? op,' they started to re turn home in th same "manner. Miss Cox, the eldest of fne three, takln? th oars. Whe4 TieaJs;niiddIe,Ji.f ihe iaae, tney discovered an object moving In the water before them which at first they supposed rs a dog, but which upon nearlng Jhey ascertained to be big buck. It circled round and round in the water, a sure Indication that it was wounded. After ! a consultation, the boat was pulled to within a few feet of the buck, and the oars were unship ped. Miss Brink taking one and Miss Cox the other. They drifted closer, and when within striking distance, at given signal, fcoth girls brought their . .uu lV4 D UVOU! iiC sank beneath llie water for an instant, but when he came to the surface his eyes shone aid hisj hair was turned straight towap hlsj head. The girls both struck a econdime, bringing the oars down ujon hi nec He sank again but coifing uf sprang irom the water and placed hit; fore feet against the side of tse boat The girls had to use all their strenga to keep it from capsizing. They mamged, however, to strike the animal anther blow on the neck, which proved fjjfatal one. Tying their handkerchiefs gether, the girls secured the price to he boat and towed it ashore. It weied 244 pounds. There was a fresh Tftind In the right side and one bind lcfjwas broken. It has doubtless been cfven to the water by hounds. ! 1 A Time fa Hurry, .Only a clay or twaio a pair ol ner vous young people ftpped hurriedly into the oflice of Ju.e Trulock. The young man was fauf ssly dressed in a pair of brown overall a "boiled shirt," and an old straw h broadcloth coat and huge boots that; adu't seen black- ing since three day before thet'hrie- tian era, and he cari'd a wagon whip Uet soigreai. xuwrain itaa . xi : u I bore : they entered the omc rangeme woman looked out oi me 1 back at the Justice, and the wir the window again. The young slammed the door shut with a hg like a Rodman gun, felt for the ey, and not finding it backed up against the door braced his feet firmly on the floor, and said in a hoarse whisper : "All right, judge, Are away ! I got to be home before dark, and I've got 17 miles to drive an powerful bad roads : hain't a minute to spare. Shoot her off!" " , T "Well, but see here," began the Jus tice. "I don't "Hang it all, Squire!" said the young man, shuttling his feet in nervous anxie ty. "Don't go for to asking questions ; just bang away, it's all right I tell you, go ahead, Squire!" The young woman flattened her nose nwainst the window, and transferred a large clean spot to the dingy glass and o rlirtv one of corresponding size .rvtiio enrl nf her nose as she tried to ,J 1 1 1 v. - - lva- two blocks down the street and around the corner. 'Oh, Sam," she whispercd.wringing her hands, "tell him to hurry . "Gaul ding it!" whimpered the ex cited young man, lifting his feet in alternation, as though tne no r was hot. "that's what I'm "trying to do uire " he added, pleadingly, a-n. -i . - i "rnah alonff. won't yer Oliuve uei ahead, squire : talk It right off jest as short an' quick as the law'll let ye; -s 'om the. trad, souire. an' let 'em D ' & ! go, oay, squire t The amazed justice looked from one to the other of the young people in speechless wonder. "Why, certainly, he said, "if yon'll on4tic your- 8elf and tell me " "Squire!" exclaimed the young lei- . h mlevail earnestness,"! li tell I . . . i I T everything, every oiameu uuug, x I ..ill nl i 8wall-to Jude i win, as wu uiuiuiu with, if ye'll only stave anead and nn- Ishthe business rust. 1 11 ten 7 "e hull thing from the very start, can't I, Elvlry?" And the girl turned irom hoarfro8tand snow which they con- Kg thence delivered into the great hogs the window and kicked him and blush- not have been there by any hMdg which stand waiting to receive edathlm. "bhe means ne means yes, oquire. said the young man, fairly dancing with I D- " J excitemerit. Go ahead witn the pa- Squire Drive on, Squire, land O UOSnen, oquiic, wuovu" j t.hu6 f.ir Whv ' The Justice interrupted him, and made one more effort to ascertain what these excited clients wanted. "Well," he said, "let us make a start, anvhow. What The young woman stopped tying knots in her bonnet strings, (she was maklncr. at a low calculation about six- tn knots a minute,) and looked around, and the young fellow shouted : "Them's the licks, Squire ! Keep her agoln' now right at that gait, an' we'll git through like 1 o'clock. Go ahead, Jwlire!" "What." asked the Justice, at the first opportunity ,"what is your name ? Blank disappointment settled down over two faces like a Summer cloud. "Je-roo zalum. ledge!" shouted the I 1 young fellow, while the young woman Durst into a fit of hysterical weepine What d'ye want to stop an' talk gossip iur when you see I m in sech an all ured, hurry! Whr squire Jee-rooz-lum !" Ana he jumped clear in the middle of the room as a heavy tread on the stairs terminated In a tremendous kick against the door The next instant an elderly man. who never had a taste of anti-fat in his life, who was about .three feet broad at the shoulders, who was wheezing so terri- ncaily that he couldnt speak, and car rietf a walking stick .that looked like the fiend ot dea h, "walked into the room a step or two' and halted, gazing at Jus tice Trulock, the girl and the young man in turn, as if unAwided which of til A .1 . - , ... l"c turee 10 immolate nrst. while the Justice gazed upon the singular tab leaux with unutterable feelinrs. Fi nally the old man, with a terrific snort of defiance, made a step towards the young man, who eluded him by dodg ing nimbly behind the Justice's desk, then the old party captured the weep ing girl, tucked her arm inside his own and tramped wrathfully down the stairs and so out of sight. The voung man followed slowly, after peeping out of the window, with infinite caution, to see that the old man was not lying in ambush at the foot of the stairs, and as hepassedout at the door he turned a mournful glance on the Justice, and said pathetically : See whatye've did, J edge ; dad Blam the thunderin' luck, see what ve've been and done with your gol twisted prevaricashin. But I'll bet you a yoke of red steers I'll marrv that, cai vif if i ve to git up at 1 o'clock in the morn n j i - ing to do it. "Dog gone it, Jedge " But he was down the stairs and out of hearing, and it seemed to Justice Trulock that the office felt quiet and a little lonesome when they had all gone awav. Thirst in tbe Arctic Regions. The use of snow when persons are thirsty does not by any means allay the insatiable desire for water; on the con trary, it appears to be increased in pro portion to the quantity used ; and the frequency with which it is put Into the mouth. For example, a person walking along reels intensely thirsty, and he looks to his feet with coveting eyes ; but his good sense and firm resolutions are not to be overcome so easily, and he withdraws the open hand that was to grasp thu delicious morsel and auuMw. his thirst . jgjratwranB hi . Tf s quite hot and oppressed ; at length his good resolutions stagger, and he par takes of the smallest particle, which produces a most exhileratlng effect. In less than ten minutes he tastes, again and again, always Increasing the quan tity, and in half an hour he has a gum stick of condensed snow, which he mas ticates with avidity, and replaces with assiduity the moment it has melted a- way ; but his thirst is not allayed in the slightest degree; he Is as hot as ever, and still perspires; his mouth is in flames, and he 13 driven to the necessity of quenching them vitn snow, which adds fuel to the fire. The melting snow ceases to please the palate, and it feds like red-hot coals, which, like a fire-eat er, he shlfte about with his tongue, and swallows without theaddition of saliva; he is in despair, but habit has taken the place of his reasoning faculties, and he moves on with languid steps, lament- Ing the severe fate which forces him to persist in a practice which in an un- guarded moment he allowed to begin. I believe the true cause of such Intense thirst is tne extreme dryness oi me air .. .. i r .1 ! l when tbe temperature is low. In this stt it Abstracts a large amount oi mnlatnrn from the human body. The soft and extensive surface which the lungs expose twenty-five times or oft ener every minute to nearly two-hun dred cubic inches of dry sir must yield a quantity of vapor which one can hard ly spare with impunity. The human skin throughout its whole extent, even where It Is brought to the hardness of horn, as well as the soitesi ana mti delicate parts. Is continually exhaling nmr. and this exhalation creates in i daB porportion a demand lor water, iei a person but examine the inside or nis after a Walk In the open air at a low temperature, and the accumulation I . ....' 1 of conden8ed vapor wnicn ne nnus mere I . . m a. - ! a 1 will convince him oi tne active bw " the gkm x often l0Und my stockings hering to the soles ot my n.uoy s after a waik of a few hours. The other means except exhalation from the skin. paper Bottoms for Iron Ship. After getting used w paper w . ei not be surprised to numa, " learn that a new coating tor tbe bottom nf iron shiDS consists of brown paper atmrhed bv a suitable cement, n a " r . . . l the invention of Captain F. Warren, of England, and the substance ne propo- ses to use Is a preparation of papier- mache. It Is stated mat hmacles will not adhere to paper, and that the special cement by which tne paper is secured may be applied cold, hardens under water, Is unaffected by comparatively high temperature, ana possesses great tenacity. A plate thus protected on one side nas ueeu uuu. sed for six months, with tbe result that the protected side was found clean, while the unprotected metal was cov ered with nut and shellfish. lna-MaKing la the Charento. Picture, if you please, a wide stretch of open, undulating, thoroughly culti vated country. In front, the soft blue waters of the bay of Biscay, stretching away to where Napoleon Vendee and Brittany are faintly visible in the dis tance; In the rear, on the one hand the city surrounded by its grass-grown battlementa, Itself half hidden amid a wreath of foliage, but with its cathedral tower, its spire, and its masts of ship ping traceable In every line against the eastern sky; on the other, a landscape uoitea with cbateaus and farm houses and occasienally a village, with here and there a clump of trees, or a platoon of aged willows marking a watercourse ; shining down upon this peaceful scene, a genial October sun completes the picture and gives to it a richness and warmth of coloring which no paint er could hope to reproduce. Where two cart roads Intersect each other in about the centre of M.Godet's vineyard of 150 acres, the vintagers, a motley group of men. women and lads, are ka&u.g iueir noonuay rest as we ap proach. One cannot but recall the pic tures he has seen of a gypsy bivouac, so unconsciously rich in color are the co stumes of these 50 laborers, gathered together mostly at random by the pro prietor, irom the crowds who have of- iered their services. Great tubs stand full to overflowing with tempting clus ters of white grapes, and a lad, pictu resquely clad in a red shirt and flat blue cap, presses them down with club, mercilessly mangling them in a common mass of pulp and juice. Scat tered around upon the grass, stretched at lull length, some unon their faces with their heels high in air, others upon their backs and sleeping soundly, lie the men, weared with having labo red since 4 o'clock in the morning. Most of the women, too, in their white caps, short skirts and hideous wooden shoes, lie nestled away in some grassy noock with great blue umbrellas stand ing over them to protect them from the sun. A solit.iry dog keeps watch at the outposts, an ill-favored cur who at our approach beats an Ignominious re treat and dovotes himself to sundry bones and crusts with which the vin tagers' midday meal has strewn the ad- jadent sod. A pleasant scene, one would .exclaim ; and so It was. Yet these vintagers, dreaming away their noonday hours and careless of the mpr row, have, after all, no easy task.- The ffi.. mj "g, too, before turn tumrt' w working until dusk, they laugh tne eight-hour law, it will be seen, to scorn. A faithful worker will in a day pick grapes enough to make 125' gallons of wine, and that, too, for wages amounting to only GO cents and his board. This is the largest price paid. The average male vintager receives on ly 25 cents, and the women receive 2. cents per day, together with Doaru. From his vineyard of 150 acres M. Go det will realize this season 250 barrique or casks, of 500 gallons each. This is a fair average annual yield. In fact, in this region, which has not been attacked seriously by the phylloxera, the crop this year promises at least to equal that of 1877. The greatest care is required in tha nrotection and nourishment of the vines. No vine is producive until its fifth year: on the other hand, some vines bear their best grapsat the age of 50 vears. The phylloxera, in anticipa ion at Jegt iag provei a 80llrce of se- . t0 vine-growers in this rliarpnrft infericure department. A ginsle onc 0f these insects wills, in one rpr,rodce its kind to the numb- - r . er ot .iu.uw. from -'c 'j,u evening the day's vintage is carried in u-oiron.inads to the nress. There it is first passed through a pulping machine very similar in style to a large-sized Yankee clothes-wringer, wnicn com pletely destroys every vestige of its ori ginal symmetry, and delivers up a wel tering mass of steins, seeds and juice. Thi3 conglomeration, or "mash," as a distiller would term it, is piled upon tne floor of a pregg m the form of a pyramid flattened at the apex, and then, by either hand or horse power, an immense pressure is applied from above ty a flat wooden surface descend . on a gpirai. The process is very ing on a spiral gimilar t0 that n in a good old New Jpr9P. i(ler mili Under the tremen- I . . . doug preg8Ure thug applied the grape Is I 1 ( .li vested of evervdrooof iulce It ever gej. The precious fluid runs off into & basin, thence into a trough lined with co to prevent absorption, and it. The fermenting process men De- gins; in about two weeks the wine Is drawn off into other casks, leaving De hind it any impurities it may have col lected during its manufacture, and is thereafter ready to be put away into the cellars and held for any requisite time to be ready for the market., As may be inferred, the wine and brandy trade of . . .ion necessitates the use of im mence quantltjeg 0f casks and barrels Ag consequence, the cooperage bus! ness or m itocnene us di uuimiwiv ant. Nearly 2,000,000 barrel staves are Imported here annually from Aonnern til rope. Th eanaeltv of the grain fleet wintering at Milwaukee is 930,500 bushels, against 1,269,000 bushel last winter. -2Tbe value of the new buildings put nn in w York cltv. within tbe hut ten years. Is $297,000,000, an average of nearly $3U,uw,ow a year. NEWS IN BRIEF. It is proposed In Chicago to appoint an elevator inspector, whose duty It shall be to see that tbe elevators in ut throughout the city are in a safe condi tion. The New Orleans Times has offered $100 aya prize for a poem, written by a Southerner, which shall record the noble charity of the North during the yellow t ver., The catalogue of the University of Vermont shows 82 students In the academical 'department 18 seniors, 33 juniors, S 3 sophomores and 18 freshmen ; there arc 7 female students. - An Itemized report by the Treasurer of the Howard Association of Ylcksburg, Miss., shows that it received contribu tions amounting to $183,138 during the prevalence of tbe fevr. - The Moffett Registers show that In fifteen months the Richmond liquor sellers have sold 1,807.205 alcoholic and 3,003 023 malt drinks, on which the tax was $55,650 Gl The Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, accidentally shot himself in the hand with a pistol a few days ago. The wound is not danger ous. Since November 1, to Saturday last, Chicago packers have slaughtered 1,40(!,228 hogs, against 936 733 for the corresponding perlodjln 1S77, and 953,068 in 1876. The King of Greece has bestowed the Gold Cross of the Order of the Sa viour upon Mr. Blanchard Jerrold, "In token of his distinguished labors in the, cause of Christianity and freedom in the East." The annual report of the Public Printer in Washington shows that the actual cost to tbe Government of the printing, binding, engraving and litho graphing, Ac, in that office, for the last nscal year, was $1,638,700 Taking all existing appropriations into account, the Comptroller of New York State estimates that there will b a surplus of more than $1,000,000 In the . Treasury at the close of the fiscal rear' ending September 30th, 1879. A case was recentlT decided In the English Court of Chancery involving copyright in the title of a book, and it was affirmed, the second to use the title being restrained by injunction, which did not, however, extend to copies of the book already sold. Mrs. Ann Scarlett, of W est Chester. Pa., celebrated recently, at that place, the one hundreth anniversary of her birth. The exercises incident to the remarkable event took place In the form of a reception. - Among those present was Aunty" iiraham. who la 103 year of age. The will of Ansel Leo. Jrr heln bi.was admitted t-Aroba-jnd eTer Wto-'MrZLtaW but two oior , co0f u. . - , heoneathes mio ana tne The French Societe Genertrlx. trlcite having made some faeces experiments in lighting the PlairtdelhV Colonna and the Via Nazlonale, in Rome has entered into arrangements witn a mnioritv of the shopkeepers on the Corso and the Via Condottl for lighting their establishments at a consiaerauie saving of expense. The steam heating project is caus ing considerable agitation In Troy.N.l ., the latest suggestion being that the city shall receive a direct benefit from the franchise in the form of a fixed percen tage of the yearly earnings of the com pany or companies to wmcu un privi lege of heating the city by steam Is ex tended. - A curious case of restitution is mentioned in the Belgian Journals. In August last a box containing 18,000 francs' wojm oi securities was smmcu from a farm-house at Ronquieres, In the Commune of Halnault. A short tlme ago the box was found to have Deen de posited during the night In the garden belonging to the cure of Henrlpont, who at once handed It over to the police It still contained 10,000 francs. Mr. L. A. Daggett, of Farmlngton, Me., recently picked up a rare specimen of petrified fish, which he found on hi intervale, 100 rods from the river, where the water in the late freshet backed up and overflowed at this point, leaving this relic. Tbe fish is two feet In length, and is supposed to be one ol tbe salmon which made their trips up ana oown the Sandy river before the days of mill dams. The Commissioner of Patents in Washington bas Issued a circular which requires that arter January l tetters patent and certificates of registration must be perfected and reauy lor delivery upon receiving the signature 0 tbe Commissioner. It,has been the practice heretofore to sign tbe letters patent previous to the printing or the same, thereby causing a delay to the patentee In receiving his papers. During the first three Quarters of , the current year. 40,750 pounds of va nilla were sent to rrance ione irom the Island of Reunion, and a farther quantity of 17.250 pounds was received irom Mexico, an Increase in each cae of about 15 per cent,, on the figures for the first three quarters oiib. i total import from all sources was i,ww pounds, of which over one-third was re-exported. The statement of our grain crop ' shows a production this year of about 1,600,000,000 bushels, wnicn is luny bushels for each man, woman and child in the country. ' It Is estimated that the actual consumption Is "about fifteen ' bushels per bead, which woeia five us one thousand million bushels surplus. which at the low value or one aoiiar per bushel, would place our export trade on this at one thousand million dollars, or half tbe public debt of the country. Of the twelve marble figures lnten- -ded to adorn tbe base of tbe ' dome proper of the new Capitol at Hartford. Conn., a position on tbe dome tower, elevated seventy-five feet above the roof, five or six are already nearly finished. These statues are various symbolical figures, eight feet high, and when placed in position will add much to tbe effect of the dome. Tney are cut out of block of Imported marble that weigh about eight tons apiece. Next spring the work of elevating the statues, to their position will begin. j ei be saw them.
The Blue Ridge Blade (Morganton, N.C.)
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Feb. 8, 1879, edition 1
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