-4- J- aoi 'ija iMTt hut f.i! ' ADVERTISING BATES. t tiS!,,iT r, Jj m!fjft irfr Advertisements will be inserted for One Dollar per square (one inch) for the first and Fifty Cent a for each subsequent publication. Contracts lor advertising for any space or time mav be mad at the office of the RALEIGH REGISTER, j ...... ... ! . .. Second Flooj- of Fisher Building, Fajettevtlle . Street, next to Market House. Fayettevule St., Second Floor Fisher BuHding.lj vl rU .wu.titry'Rrt.r iW TO i?HtUft.l ..nMiiUii J-'l1 !! -'-,ti j-rf ,,1. .... ) ' .n...lrJ . - k t.k '.rr nne eonv Gv jt, mailed post-paid tfj. J; .tSt 09 One coiy six sabatasvmauod posvald;U lWf rNo name entered without) payment and i TTuri! Mi i'.!, 1 RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AI'RIL 29, 1885. NO. 61. no paper tent after expiration ot Urn paid, f pr,I ? it Jii.U ' f i'i if 'i ik H - r 11 1! I Vt 7S& II rp-T V A III '11 II A 1 .Bkl 1, V--- . f f I I 11 f: 'fii jj A .if 1 All the W Round. bn;,:,, Surely he took tbe bard first prize . ' ' ' . In AY no Jay lor eij;ui-uu-viin,j Jc,rBj . , By Bethesda' froaderfui pool; '. '.. , Who watched for eiRlOrend-thlrtf years Of desperate struggle and prayer. Till strife to dull quiescence sank,' , J' And hope died to despair. -. So often the rush of the miracle,' ' ' 1 1 Proved Faith's best dreaming true ; ' So often the merclfnl angel's wings" '!i'f' '" Cleft down the Syrian blne,;i" '."ViT And swept the placid waters, ff. f Till they ruffled an4 flashed: fn M!') . ,'o And of aU Che hilt and rJaguetruck 'perfo T .. .. nTiu mffvKt )mva Its ntticrh t tj(l 1... in? . . . 1 . - " i ' " ' erer a strong htmj iuu m iieip, As he dragged him close to the brim ; The crippled fonn had beeiij And always, Just as he reached It, Had some one stepped between' , .i , . t f t v nd there was never a kindly ftrasp 1 o raise or siK-ijr uiui j in What throes of mortal anrulhh; ' ' ' 1 ' naa kdowo nui ciiun iui i ( ' T, Kre conquered pain win patience " And quleUy he sa: ,Y,.(..;, "Hti'( ' Sir, there is none'to'help. pie'l , . ' t e To the Lrd pf oif.anddewl.l, 5; So many lie in tmpoiienct '". 'Neath sorrow heavy rod '; ' ' So many wait, and watch, and pray For tbe descendiugT35d. One day wnen'nApe'mJs s&fed K faftn, And the, aplfi gwnfid,ttajjV;t Tbe words " Kise up and walk " will come, As erst beside tbe pool.. . ; . -. -a -. Jl,""M u ,4amaj hum w ar-. consent judement was en sawion, pi (Certain Un4 was. t isve,. unLess pQlore a specified da j refereea appointed ia th judgropDaVn.W agcerUia tbe amouu o( purchasq; raopcj ,due, an ftllofe, tq the aejenaaat tju? land, .purchased hjm, the rerccs fail Ip tct, tb repaedy, U by a motion to raodiy th judgment by extend ing ma , time m whjeb. tbe? may act. aaa ao .'?J.1:nVWi Mtnside the judgment, j 1 i . niOTHKR AND BABE. ; Rome Sentiment and. Same Sense. .id SVPBBJHH CtJBT. ! ' 'v Decision aTtloct Fenrnnrr Term. lYmm Adranre Sheets of Carldson'a ReporU.J BBASTVY V, OBOAli. . - ,,H An appeal not prosecuted for two tertns; of the Sdpreme.;, Court , will be dismissed when reached in regular order, unless good cause be shown for a continuance. Rifle 2, par. 4. CXM-UN8 V. FABISAULT. ;.-,:!. 1. An appeal must be brought to the term of the Supreme C5ot that 'comes next after it waatakea. i '' i 2. If an appeal is not browght to the proper terra of the Supreme, Court, on good cause, shown, a orfrVwUL bei granted. :' ?; I .. us -.1. Where a deed f ss a declaratrtm' rnlra that flnnlv to Other declarations- 'one .if the most important W which Mi tnat :n 11 :i declaration w offered in evidence pnrtv, the opposite party !fca the riiit : .li that wraaaaid at the time lhe' sHiiK' cuuiii'Ction. . !: 7 ; ietf, ; 1 -tin l. 1 y-- ' ; t ii w t i Where a party excepts to the report of a referee; becttuso ha fails to find on a par t.iulaJr maUer aa a fact, aad the report is recommitted to, th referee. t uasa on tbe matter, he ;canDot bo.i allowed to! except to the aeoobd report, bucause it i ai nvixed question of Jaw nadinctji-xn n; iu'i . . vJ. Plaintiff. -beooghi! -ad .actkm.ior the price of,j cottoat-press, andi.he defence was ft breach of the warranty that it should be capable of pressing a 500 pound bale of cotton with, proper jnaaBgemest. I The referee : found i .that; it iwaa. oft, sufficient power, to press oOO pound bale of cotton, but that careful and., Intelligent -manage meat rwere easential to ita proper iworkine; HtMi that the capacity nf the press to pack, a sup pound bole is purely a question of, faci.and,vthii,M proper: management " and "careful and. intelligent manage ment j( nean eaame.thina- ,, A , ;1 , Where there (is "a direct conflict be tween the testimony o( a. witness,, and of toe dejendant, who oners jiimsell , as. a witness and evidence- is introduced, to show the gocff eharactee of the. witness, it is legitimate ,ouna 01 commeBt by a. soluorthat no. witness, waf offered to show the good character of the defcadant.. ,3. Wluere a .defendant , offers himself as a. witness, he occumes the same oosi tiou as any other .witness, , He js entitled to the same protection! and; privileges, .and" is equally . liable to;,be impeached ,,and dis credited. , , . ' . j,. ; ' .'. 8. .The offence of slandenag an inno cent woman, (.The , Code, section, 1,113), consists in the attempt to destroy the rep- utatios pf an innocent woman by a ciiarge of incoqtinency.. . j . . . , . , 4. iy an " innocent woman " is meant one who never hadactual illicit intercourse with a man. '.S.('2i(qre Whether the slander of a wo-, man, .who, iad .once, lapsed from yirtue, but who had, reformed and led an exem plary, life,' - would , be a crime under this StatUta, ; . .... ' l . ; -. -.. (Stain y. Jfcbatiiel, 84 iff. a, 04; Stat t JSier, 595, cited and approred). d is put in' evidence fhnply n, it fs snbjeet to the sarhe jtif tc STRATTOR9 V. BTOATFOBD. ' 1. Where, pendin? an' aotion "for : di vorce, the defendant becomes' insane, the cause will be continued as long as there Is a hope of the defendant s regaining rea son. I. 1 ..: ' ' ' ' 2. In case of hopeless insaBity, it is In timated that tbe plaintiff will be allowed to proceed with the trial. - r -3. Where an order greats a continuance not merely for the term, and for some in cidental reason, but is - an adjudication which arrests tbe action for length of time, it affects a substantial right, and can be 'appealed from. LEE V, EtTKE. 1. The court wilt not grfcnt an order to make parties unless it appear -probable that the proposed parties-are in some way necessary to a proper and complete deter-; mi nation of the action. -'- ' ' - ' , : 2. Where the Superior Court ordered a nol. pro, as to certain defendants, who ap pealed from the order, and moved in the Supreme Court to make other persons par ties, whose presence in the action was only: necessary if the nol. pro, had been ernrne ously entered; Held, that the motion to make parties will not be considered until the not. pro, is disposed of. , ,., ,,, ,i- - SMITH SMITH. Where a party is ordered to pay money into court, or be attached for contempt in failing to do so, and s wears that . after every effort it is out of Ahia power to pay it, the rule for contempt, will be .aia? charged ; but where on a return to the rule, he does not swear that he. cannot, boirow the money, and does, show that he has some persoaal property,-although "exesapt from seizure under final, procese forne payment of debts as personal property exf emptions, the rule will not be discharged (Kane v, HavicwxL 66 'N C, 80 N. C., 322, cited; and a- u.,. .,-..1. i .-.-. r.f i.Tbe summon oosamanded; defendant fa appear on,12th ;&optBber,1 1884. The sheriff returped it with thi endorsement: VjRecoived -r r-488-iV' Served Septem-bei-5th, 4884, on defendant, , D. W. Bla leck.r? &c On the 12th of September de lead apt entered special appearance and moved to dismifaaotion because : , TilTbat the sheriff, failed to endorse on the summons-the day f its receipt by him. ; & That defendant had not! beer served with same more than tea days before re turnt day thereof. r. i 3 That the endorsement of the sheriff on the summons was insufficient, in that it did not state the manner -of service as re quired by law. ! , .. Clerk, .granted tnotioa- Mad dismissed the proceeding. - Plaintiff appealed to iudere at Chambers., , Held: 1, That clerk bad no jurisdiction of motion to d ismiss. 2. That failure of sheriff to note on summons the day it was received was ir regular but did not render the. summons void. 3. That if it was served less than ten days before return da; the action ought not to be dismissed, but further time ougntto have been allowed defendant to answer. 4. That whetf the sheriff returns that he has served' the summons this is prima facli? sirfffcient and" implies that he ha served' it !as the statute directs, Until the contrary is made to appear in some proper waif. - H ": - : ' . ""' 5. That 5J the service, was insufficient the plaintiff was entitled to an a?iM, and it was error to dismiss the action. 1 ' 6. 6That if was erroi to remand the case to the4 clerk pith directions: The court ought to" have reversed the order of the rterfc. and the'eierk ha vine 1 entered the judgment ought to have proceeded accord ing to law. , Brittava v. Mull, 91 If. C, 4; vwon vMdritC 69 N. C, 242; WeiOerV. Late md; St C , 03,, cited and, Approved). v. Pain, proved). HUSTEB T, KELLT. : ., , 1. In references by consent, it is oiy when there is no evidence reasonably .suf ficient to warrant the referee's findings of fact, that a matter of law is presented, re viewable on appeal. : : -. 1. ' i 2. An unregistered deed is color of title, and may be read in evidence without reg istration, upon dua proof of its execution. 3. Where a . will, ; proved ; in- .another State, bears the certificate' of the; elerk of the court wherein the probate was had to the oath of the attesting witnesses, but naa no other authentication; missible in evidence. ' ..,r .. . - 1 Hardin v. Barrett 0 Jones, 15fl;, CUed and approved). ," j, , STATE V. GEE. E.UEIN8TEIS V. BUBT. 1. Where the application lor a receiver oasca upon the al leered iraudaleac cnar- -tT of a convevance. tbe-auestion" of whether or not the deed is fraudulent be longs t0 the final hearing of the cattse and me uiieged fraud, will only lie considered n such motion for a receiver, as showing grounds for the protection of the fund "mil the final hearing.- i ' i "-- l it- 2. Id such case a receiver will not be ap pointed unless it is manifest that the fund is mismanaged and. in danger jf- being lost, or where the insolvency of a unfit trustee is present or imminent.? n'l 1 lAftenxt v. Elton, 88 H.ABZi' aad Thompson v. IfcNmr, Phil. Ed, 131 1 iqfted iat U tint km e MOORE V OR AST 1. A judsrme&L bv consant.i caaaot set aside bv one of the consentimr narties. when an execution issued thereon has been satisfied. " ' ' ,; '; "J ' -"' V' .'V, Alter a motion to recall aa elocution and set aside a judgment 4hat has been nce heard and refused upon full evidence, becomes- rt ajjvdiratn. r"bn a'trial oan jndiciment'the acti and declarations of another party tending to show that he (Committed the offence are inaamjsswis . u - .1 uA'- ' -.J! ! 3. When, the , cmei8 . shewu. ,tq , have been Tpommitff d' by , a , sfngje; person; and uie question p-uv, vl sf;tful'''r ir would, beJ competent to prqve that another Ibaa the' accused did the act; but this must De aone oy-prpoi direct w iut, and not' by "admissions ori conduct seenv ingly in rcuguiiiuu yt 3. It is incompetent to prove by a wit ness who does'not know the, general repu: tation of tbe accused, who, was, ohce a stave, what his former master said 01 nun. 4. Tbepourt having charged the jury that every pjaterjljcircumstance. must, be proved'.beyon4,a reasopble, jdoubt, and that they musTall point to the guilt of the prisoneK; and. 'ckclude t every ,, reasonable theory of his.Inno9enceand produce moral certainty of his guilt, it fs not error to re fuse to tell the jurythat the circumstances must satisfy! i ShanU fott?as if direct proof of the act had been produced. fr.'WhcffkMHriess'wnWt Worn,1 and the fact was not discovered until after the Jury had retifed, it Wis held not to entitle the accused to a new trial, as a matter of law. The correction of ( such omission is left to tbe discretion 5 of '' he-judge to'se aside the verdict and grant a new trial.-' Exception to evidence, except to such as i made incompetent by statute on grounds of public policyif not made in apt time, is adeemed!! to be waived, and cannot be afterwards assigned as error. 1 ni iSUtU yn JfoA-4Pv4; 328 Siats v. Dvn eaw 6 Ired-, 23d;!Snrd i. Joe, 80 N. C, 415 ,8taU tvj Btis ilbid,( 461 State vu White, 68 N. C. 158; State v. Perhita, 66 Nva, i26 ;( Lfdheri Sieen, 8 Jones, 356; Stat yjSpeigJU,, 69 K. Q,,,,? Stats t JSwipk 2 Onaud, B.fi9; fraUytfranhti Jpnes, ,384;, faU v. iRahXZ Jred,!382,; BtaU v JTarAtr, 66 N,C., lQ6;;5te iTf Bowman, 80 N. C, 482; State, v.i ariw. Phil., 478; atate v. Warily a MawKS, v State ;'madr 7fl , C., 627i te9 nd ;t a tt'ti :p. H nnt 'Caventnj - ; ' il h vx-AV -v.f:ri -: -t l'1' i'i- r Astaevflle Citiaeu. J ; . , , . : ..The Annual Conventiou.of, , the, Diocese or jforth Caroiina jri X Md.o Trjnity itjirch.SBi thiirUj, begnainK qn, he,Wth 'day frjpV&3$vl vvtitm? uf H ' V ' HaTer'8 Bazar.J , ' The prettiest sight in' the world is the voune mother with her babe in her arms. I Xrtists are Bever wearj'of painting it, nor poets 01 singing its meltable cnarm, (ina equally the picture and the-song awaken a responsive chord in human nature, so that the busiest worker and the most eager j seeker of pleasure alike pause to look and In the famous galleries of Europe, in Munich, brcsden, Florence; the Louvre, Bople of aljl .ages and conditions linger fore, the, continually recurring pictures of the Madonna with the Holy Child pil lowed upon her bosom, her pure eyes ovcr bfOpding U with unspeakable love, Or up; lirted1 to heaven in a passion of adoration and prayer. : The sentiment' In the homely familiar scene depicted by the pencil of genius on the canvas s riot one of reverence only. In the' appeal it - makes to the common feeling, of; love for childhood it touches every rank 'and Ignores every difference of training.; Mother and babe, in the Rings palace and, the peasant s hot, are the cen tres of interest in Iheit immediate worlds, atd the Infant 'whether born with the golden or the leaden spoon, is for the first few months of bis life an absolute sover eign ruling by the divine right of help lessne8s.' ' All poetry aside, however, the pretty, cooing, dimpling darling in the crib makes large demands on the person wno is nis nearest attendant and most devoted slave, his mother. " That she ought not to be his stave far from it; rather his intelligent supervisor, with an eye to the future even during the first months of his existence in many cases never occurs to her at aiL She patiently walks the floo with him for hours by night and by day ; she trots him till her knees ache and her brain whirls ; she feeds him when he is not hungry, and doses him when he is riot ill; and she too often emerges from the desperate struggle of getting him through his first year of life so old, so faded, so wan, so washed out and . worn, that 'her unmarried girl friends regard her with wondering com passion. 4 'Did I ever dream that the care of a baby could be so exhausting?" said a mother who, after hours of nursing, sing ing, talking, tramping, and rocking, had at last laid her infant down only to have it awaken in ten minutes with the same j querulous cry and the same apparent de- j termination to be held' and carried at any j cost. ' Poor baby, the victim of a.mista- j ken system and an unwise fondness! ' Another mother, now middle-aged, witn grown children about her, has a recollec tion of her tugs and wrestles with her first born, mernory vividly treasuring one dread ful Saturday when she made and baked the Sunday pumpkin "pies, between 9 p. m.' and midnight, having vainly attempt ed to achieve them a dozen times earlier in the" day,, with baby's protest effectually preventing her success. I intend my daughter to be a self-reliant womatt," said a certain wise little mother, as she established' her tiny girl among the pillows and left her, wide atrakei to go to sleep by herself, grand mother and nurse both vehemently oppos ing her proceeding. The mother had her way, and the years have justified her, for the young lady has arrived at maturity, sweet,' capable, and self-helpful,- having bad a good start at the beginning of the race. A great deal depends upon judicious management in the first month of a baby's life. We would especially advise the mother who can do so to obtain for her own and her baby's care and comfort dur ing: this period a trained nurse with , the diploma and recommendation of one of j the excellent training schools which are now found in connection with several of the principal hospitals in our large cities. The horrors of Betsey Prig and Sairey Gamp need no longer be dreaded, when, instead of one of these wretched harridans, there enters the household a lady, light of fqot quiet of manner, sweet and gentle of accent, sure of herself, obedient to tbe physician, tbe product of discipline as re ally as a soldier of the regular army is tbe fruit of a thoughtf nl and imperative sys tem. She will manage the babe according to the dicta of the most advanced medical science, and he will thrive and be happy under her rule. It is of the utmost importance that the little one form no bad -habits during the first few weeks, while 'naturally the nurse, rather than the mother, has the re sponsibility of his management. A babe should, from the very first, be accustomed to go to aleep without rocking. Gently lay the little one' in the crib, and do not hush and hold and soothe it. It doe not want to be a tyrant, though it often de which is small, dainty, and fragile as a bit of porcelftin .-!. t, -t t at' . It w a fortunate thing for the babe when but mother can nurse him herself at her breast, and a thrice fortunate-thing for the mother, since bottle-fed babies are always harder to care for, and the question of their health, growth, and life is more or less a perplexing problem. ; np, poor let low, was brought up by hand, none too tenderly, and all little folk thus " raised " arc to be commiserated. . The nursing mother must be careful of her diet, not indulging in doubtful delica cies, or eating dainties which may impair her digestion. B 8hc is the warden of an other life, and any indiscretions of hers will act unfavorably upon her charge. Nor must she? yield to irritability or gi ve way to temper; for her sin la this regard will at once return upon ber head in the suffering of the innocent little one. If the. babe must be fed on the bottle, let the attending physician decide of , what the food shall be made. - Preparations of barley, oatmeal, wheat, and other cereals are considered by many doctors better sub stitutes for breast-milk than the milk of a cow." Above all, see that the bottles used are kept scrupulously; clean. Very few servants can; be .trusted to attend to this. The mother should personally see that the bottles, of which there should be several, are always thoroughly cleansed every time they. are used. ' i i: Sleep is an important factor in the baby's Well-being. The little human animal re- quires' a great deal of sleep. In fact, to sleep is its main business in the beginning of its days, and a healthy child, for the first month, should, and often does, spend twenty hours out of tbe twenty-four in this occupation. it is not welt to carry the little one about the house, or to admit into his sov ereign presence too many admiring friends. The baby's world should be a hushed and quiet world. The nest, with the pro tecting love that hallows the little inclos ure, is the best and most fitting type of baby's nursery. Doors should not be slammed, loud talking should be forbid den, and all sudden violent noises should be excluded from the sacred precincts. Still, be not too quiet. Baby may easily be accustomed to, the ordinary sounds of a household, to low-toned conversation, to the movement of the people -to and fro. You need not slip about like a ghost nor steal around like a burglar in order to his majesty's repose. Commotion, disturb ance, uproar, such as should never be per mitted in a well-regulated family, may an noy the infant sleeper, and frighten him into wakefulness; but the usual flow of family life will only be an accompaniment to his dreams. A iriTSTKBY EXPLAINED. The Lata CsaMerat 1 aa Cram. A FEARFUL TBAVKDY, A Mnmple of Nortber "Plantation Manners." Barclay Johnson, Valedictorian of the Yale Class of 1883. shot himself, his sis ter, and his mother, at Greenwich, Conn., last week. All three are dead. The three went out for a walk over the country roads one afternoon and had wandered to the water's edge to enjoy tbe sea air. Mrs. Johnson and her two children were seated on' a rock viewing the sea, when the young man suddenly drew a revolver and committed his triple crime. They had been in affectionate conversation, And per sons in the vicinity who had met them on their rambles were attracted by the lively spirits which all the members of the fam ily party were displaying. There were eyewitnesses to the dreadful crime, and the story they tell is to this ef fect: Johnson sat upon the rock at the edge of the sea, just behind his mother and sister. The ladies were waving their handkerchiefs seaward, and it seemed that he joined m their signaling. Suddenly he rose to his feet, produced his pistol, took deliberate aim, and fired at his mother. The shot did not take effect and he im mediately fired again, this time hitting her in the head. His sister shrieked and then Johnson coolly pointed the weapon at her and fired once more. She fell dead, tbe ball having gone through her brain. The young man looked about him as if in a quandary what to do, but in less than half a minute he had agaia raised his pistol, with the muzzle against his own forehead. The trigger fell, and his body lay on the ground lifeless. He had killed himself 1BBIUHWJ. 4VaUWHlUIKr, AUJjUniH Johnson, was formerly Consui-General at Beyrout, and is one of the counsel of the Farmers Loan and Trust Company, while his mother is a sister of William Walter Phelps. - JUSTICE TO TBE TAILOR. 'Tllne Tailors, Not Tailors. velops into one throngh the folly of its Bi,hit4Tf.,yfTT 'etlloVSts' Pleasant wav of falling asleep independently, if it is never, taught anything else. ' Perfect cleanliness, simple loose cloth ing warmth, especially at the extremities, soft fine wools and dainty linen, conduce to the little stranger ease and health Keep pins with unprotected points away from him, and be ture that tie w warm. As a babe has only one way of signify . . . 1 . , . ing his wants or complaining aooui nis woes, an inarticulate cry, which scales the gamut of distress, from a low wan to shrill scream, H is certainly one of the first maternal duties io know what the cry means. Nine persons out of ten assume that it means hunger, and a little being, with its tiny stomach already distended wrth food, is offel-cd more nourishment, and stfll more, till it must be well-nigh frantic. The act of nursing js so delightful to a babe .that, it usually affords it a, passing pleasure, and its pitiful crying is soothed at its mother's breast,' only perhaps to be followed by more violent and distracting cries soon after; ' The discomfort of being overfed Is as great to a babe as to an adult, and it is fortunate that in the case Of the former, since ignorant grown people will persist in gorging it, that nature has pro vided iVan easy relief in the throwing off its food,1 whieb, with some poor children, induces a chronic state of sour bibs and chilly slips. "' Grandmothers and good old aunties to the contrary, dear young mother, bring your precious baby up by the clock. Feed him at first at regular intervals of two hours each You will find ' it hot Only possible:' but easy. to: accustom the child to this periodicity, and you will be much freer oJea,ve, Jiviw.sTP ? trusted,, hand 1 and go out for the Change and exercise you need yourself. . : . ' -. . .. A . the babe : grows older and stronger ..the intervals between meals may bo length ened, your own observation and the advice of your family physician guiding you la . decidine the matter, . An arbitrary: rahs cannot be made to apply to all esses, for a .big bouncing baby, muscular; strong, and well-developed,, may require iood oftener and 'in larger quantities than f another New York 8ua.l To the Editor or The SriN Sir : In to-day's article on ''The Dress Suit" yon say: "'Nine tailors make a man' is a say ing which has come down to us from very early days, and still the Schneider, or tai lor, is the butt in many a German comedy.4 I think you are a little astray. The word is " toilers," and its use in the sentence you quote arose from this custom in days gone by : When a person died the church bell tolled once for every year the deceased one had lived. Bnt nobody could tell by this the sex of the dear departed, so the sex ton, to help public curiosity, after ringing in the usual way the number of years, came to give eight quick strokes if the deceased was a woman and nine if it was a man. ' These strokes, being rung at the end of the strokes for the years, were called "tftilers," and the saying "Nine tailers make a man " came into use. Fair Plat. Baltimore, -Md., April 19. j; -; BlsvnnaJ Training for Boys. New York 8un.J The report of the Superintendent of Public Schools in Boston discusses the ex periment of manual training for -boys. Two hundred boys, from ten different grammar schools, have been under instruc tion in carpentry two hours a week since September. They were selected by the masters from among those fourteen years of age or older who had the permission of their parents to take the instruction. ' The experiment has already gone far enough to prove that work of this kind can beu joined to the ordinary grammar school work with jrood effect," says the Superintendent. . and he advocates the making of provisions for industrial train ing for girls as well aa for boys. - Charleston News and Courier. J The unsolved enigma of this decade haa been the motive of inducing the demand in England for certain Confederate bonds. Corijectnre8 have been numerous, but none pointed to a logical reason for the fact that worthless Confederate obligations, which had for fifteen years filled dusty chests and trunks in Europe and in the South, : suddenly commanded from close mouthed speculators a price equalling sev eral per centum of their par value. Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State of tbe Confederacy from 1862 until its col lapse, was the originator of the plan by which a demand was created for the bonds, and to his shrewdness is attributable, the complete success of the project. To begin at the beginning : Several de partments of the Confederate Government such as the ordnance, quartermaster's and medical purveyor's had special funds deposited with European bankers for the purchase of supplies, which could only be .obtained in Europe. This was well known, and tbe members of these departments and their agents were also known, so that when the United States Government succeeded to the assets of the Confederacy the rem nants of these funds- were surrendered to it by those who held them. There was one fund, however, which escaped surrender because of tbe mystery enveloping it, and this was the secret service fund of the Con federate department of State. The mem bers of the secret service were not known to the public. I have been shown a list of the principal ones, but am not permit ted to print it. Several were very promi nent men laentined with Confederate dip lomacy, and bore high characters. Others 1 baa never heard of before. London and Paris were the chief points of secret ser vice activity. There was an agent at Brownsville, Texas, on the Mexican bor der. The principal deposits of secret ser vice money were in London and Paris banks. The funds were placed to the credit of citizens of Great Britain and France, who were friendly to the South. The understanding with them was that they would assume no responsibility, but would honoi drafts to the extent of the money in bank. At the close of the war there were large unexpended balances of secret service money to the credit of these parties. There was one account of nine hundred thousand dollars, which seems to have been overdrawn, as against it was charged two hundred and forty-two thou-' sand pounds sterling. The balances of different deposits at the the close of the war were as follows: One of less than three hundred 'pounds, one of three hun dred and nine thousand pounds, one of fifty thousand pounds, and one of five hundred pounds.- Then there was one of two thousand dollars, one of a hundred thousand dollars, one of four hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollars, and a huge one of three million, seven hundred and nineteen thousand dollars. The total bal ance due the Confederate Government at the time of its fall was about five million and eighty thousand dollars. The men who had this money deposited in their name were honest. They did not make way with the assets of the dead Con federacy, but they were puzzled to know what to do with them. Mr. Benjamin, as Secretary of State of the Confederacy, knew these agents, and during his resi dence in England consulted with them as to the disposition of the money. It was agreed that it should not bo surrendered to the United States. The question was, then, how to disburse tbe money so as best to benefit those entitled to it. It was concluded that the people who had given their means to the Confederacy for its bonds were entitled to these (the Confede racy's) assets. The aggregate of the funds was ascer tained, and a calculation was made as to how far it would go in paying the inter est on the bonds, because, of course, it was impracticable to declare a dividend on tbe principal. Publicity was to be avoided. Secrecy was indispensable. It was decided to pay off the unhonored coupons, beginning with those last due by the Confederacy during its existence. These were the coupons falling due Janu ary 1st, 1865. Then the balance was to be applied to the payment of the next coupons falling due. The bonds were ad vertised for. To cover tbe real object of tbe movement it was hinted that the bonds were to be held by speculators, and that suit was to be instituted against the United States for their payment. This amusing idea gained great prevalence. The bonds were readily obtained, and all of the Jan nary, 1865, coupons were paid, simply by the purchase of the bonds for the amount of these coo pons and their subsequent de struction. The remainder of the fund was absorbed by the-partial payment' of the coupons next due, in. the order pf their presentation.' ' Very few of the men who dealt in the bonds knew what was the ob ject of the purchase. The circle manag- ? . . . n mil lue bcucum: was uuiic suibil. iiir. Benjamin's master mind conceived it and secured its fulfilment. He handled none of the money and none was paid to bis or der. Nobody in the secret made money out of it. The purpose was simply to re turn to the creditors of the dead Confede racy a part of their money. The whole transaction is now closed, as all the Confederate assets have -been dis burscd. Confederate bonds are no longer in demand. The public can understand new whv bonds lacking certain coupons were worthless aad unsalable. N. G. Gokzalks. close business discipline as the men. Some of the: ladies employed in the treasury are very nervous. If they were men they would be discharged on account of the bother they give. There is in the I reas ury at present a lady who was the daugh ter of a very prominent former public offi cial. She was educated and brought up with the most luxurious surroundings. Her father failed a few years before he died and she was left penniless. Her f riends secured her a place in the Treasury. She is so nervous and delicate, however, that she cannot be relied upon for any reg ular work. The other day she nearly went into a fit of hysterics because she was obliged to sit in a room next to a clerk who was in his shirt sleeves. She went to one of the assistant secretaries and made such a wild complaint upon the sub ject that it was with the greatest difficulty that he conld calm her down. At one time it looked as if she was going to faint away in the midst of ber excited protest. The majority of the women in Govern ment employ are very quiet, matter-of-fact, and are thorough experts in the lines of business, where they . are , employed. They make good' typewriters, shorthand writers , and copyists. The most expert counters of money in the treasury are wo men. A.s detectors of counterfeit money some of the ladies in the National Re demption Division of the Treasury have no equals. Tbe presence of fifteen or twenty hystericky women in the depart ment is enough to give the chiefs a preju dice against women clerks as a class. There is no doubt but what the present commission investigating the department is of the opinion that a greater proportion of women is employed than should be. 9IITCHELL,ALD'WELL, WATAUGA. Wbat Their People are Abont. THE ORIGIN OF Iff AN. As It Is Understood In California. I From a San Fraoeisco Paper. One of the delightful days of last week, a young lady, well known in the exclusive first circles of San Francisco society for unrivaled personal charms and elegance of accomplishments, was driven around to 1 make a congratulatory call upon a married lady friend who was happily convalescing from that occasional sacred event in the lives of wedded ladies, which, far from being a sickness,-is the perfect ' culmina tion of their health. She was shown into the parlor, and for the few minutes re quired to arrange for the reception in that room where mother and child were doing as well as could be expected, was left with no other to entertain her than the only son and heir of the house, Master Charles, then in his fourth year. But Charlie was fully equal, to the situation, and promises to grow up into an orna ment of society that will never be abashed by beauty, however brilliant, into the painful negative of "no. conversation." After some unessential preliminary re marks. Master Charles approached nearer the visitor and, lowering his tone into the confidential, asked : Miss , 00 dot a baby? " The young lady gave one swift glance around to assure herself there was no other bearer of this pertinent question and re plied : " No, Charlie, dear, I have not." "And did 00 never have a baby?'' In spite of the youth of her eager in terlocutor her handsome eyes drooped be fore his ingenuous gaze, and her pretty face flushed as she replied : "No, Charlie, I never did. Is not this a beautiful day?" "And ain't 00 never doin to have no bady?" persisted Charlie, declining to en ter on the tempting conversational side track of the weather. "My boy, I can't tell. Tell me all the names of whom those are the photographs. " " And don't 00 want a baby? " " Why, Charlie, what a close questioner you are. If you are not careful you will grow into one of those newspaper inter viewers, and then what will your poor mamma think of your' "Because," continued Charlie, utterry re fusing to be switched off, " I know where 00 tan det one. The doctor bought my mamma one, and he keepth them in hith offtth. You juth do down Ellith threet to Martct threet and den 00 do down Martet threet tq Tarney threet, an den 00 do down Tarney threet ever tho far, and den 00 do up a lot of thairth and thath where he keepth 'em, And they're awful cheap, too. My papa hathn't paid for my mam ma's baby yet, but heth doin' to." " Well, Charlie, Tm sure I'm much ob liged to you for your full directions, and I'll know just where to go." " Oh, Mith , 00 needn't do. I'll tell my papa just ath thoon ath ever he turns home that 00. want a baby and he'll det one for 00, and " That young lady seized that little boy by his two shoulders,5 and; leaning over so as to look full into his eyes, she said, with ah impressiveness lent by sudden terror; "See here, Charlie, listen to me. I don't want any baby yet, and if you ever say anything about it to your papa I'll never like you any more at all, at all, never, never, never. Now, will you promise?" " Well, if 00 don't want a baby I won't; but 1 1 ot everybody liked to have batntb, I do." The interview was here terminated by the entrance of a servaBt to usher the visi tor into the presence of the convalescent lady. KNEW ABOUT FARMING Baltimore Manufacturer's Record. No county in this State can show such a marked change as Mitchell county a change' from a 'rural population of small farmers to a vast mining camp; full one half of the population are engaged in or interested in mica mining. This is the very centre of the mica mines cropping out all over the lower part of the county. Thousands have been taken out of the Charrissa. Sink Hole and Ray Mine annu ally. Many new discoveries are being made. The mines above named and some others were worked by the pre-historic race; traces of their primitive tools are found. New discoveries are being made every week. , There is a ready cash sale for all mica mined here this county sup plying over one-half of the mica used in the United States. Blocks of mica weigh ing one or two hundred pounds are taken from the mines squaring from S by 4 inches up to 16 by 18 inches, the latter worth six and eight dollars per pound, ac cording to quality. Some very important new discoveries of mines used by ancients have been made : one of these on Wolf Branch, another on Big Crabtree. This county is remarkably healthy, and a resort for summer travelers. In this village (Bakersville) of 650 inhabitants, only six deaths have occurred in four years; only one child died in four years, and only one death the past twenty months; over fifty children born in the same period of time. This is a compara tively new county, and is destined to be one of the best for manufactures in the State. Parties are now looking at the timber and splendid water powers. On some point on the newly-projected railroad, an inland city will spring up like Ashc ville. The celebrated Cranberry Iron Works are in the upper part of this county, employing some 100 men. What was a dense forest a few years ago is now a thriving mining town. Kkoxville. Tenn. With the aid of other gentlemen of this place, I have de veloped a silver mine that is now ready for machinery in the county of Watauga, N. C, ten miles from Cranberry, N. C., iron mines, the now terminus of the East Tennessee fc North Carolina Railroad Tbe ore is a Chlontic slate, containing a handsome per cent, of lead, silver and gold. There is a large vein with one hun dred and fifty acres of land and timber of the best quality and in great quantity, and a fine water power for all milling and mining purposes, while labor is cheap and the climate is not to be excelled. Near this mine we have as fine, if not the same magnetic iron ore as the Cranberry, though not developed. In the county of Cald well, N. C, fifteen miles from Cranberry, I also developed and have now ready for machinery a very large vein of brown slate ore of the easiest muling quality that as says from $16 to $17 per ton free of gold. This ore can all be quarried ; the mine is free from water; the quantity of ore is im mense; the tract of land contains three hundred and fifty acres ; timber fine, and water power as good as the best, and of easv access by fair roads. The altitude is about four thousand feet on the south side, and three miles from the top of " Grand father," one of the highest mountains of the Blue Ridge. freater. It cannot lie that she undermines er husband's mental and physical health by talking philosophy, for, as a rule, phil osophy is a vice confined exclusively to single women. The only possible expla nation of the frightful excess of widows in Massachusetts is that the Massachusetts wife Tnsistsfupon cooking for her husband and providing him with pies and dough nuts whichf his chivalry 'compels him to eat. i VICTUALS AND DRINK. What Is tho Cost of the Nation's food t s Sew York Sun.J An interesting computation made by Mr. Edward Atkinson is presented in sum mary by BrndntreeVt. Mr. Atkinson has been endeavoring to determine, not how much it actually costs the people of the United States for food, but what would be the aggregate expenditure on the basis of a fair average for individual nourishment, and how the expenditure would be dis tributed among the various items of sub sistence. 1 The conclusions of this intelligent and careful economist were reached by the fol lowing method : He took the actual cost of feeding seventeen adult men, most of whom were hard-working mechanics, and eight womeri, three being servants, for six months, in a Massachusetts town. He also took the actual cost of the food eaten by seventv-twol adult femslo factory opera tives and efght servants in a maryiana town. He assumed that the average of these two tables would be no more than a fair daily raiion for all adults throughout the country Here are the individual av erages and.tie totals, the latter being reck oned on the; basis of a population of fifty muuons: ! Ceitt per dew. Meat, poultry, had fish... 9.7o Dairy ana eggs.. Flour and meal - Vegetables 4-. Sugar and tyrop Tea ana conee. Fruit, areen and dry Bait, ppice, ice, 4c S.SO 2.50 1.08 1.94 1.02 0.0 0.4S ...... v.iv Catt prr Total for tl,766,nOO,0 i,eiv,jou.u 456,000,000 sso,3un,(Kin 3&.U00,0l" 18A0U,U0O m,uuo,ooi 8u,onu,ouo year. S3S.31 0.38 9.10 7.21 7-t 3.71 t.-m 1.78 SH&S1 $4,340,000,000 DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN. The Parties that will Last. WOIHEN OFFICE-HOLDERS New York Sun. There is always a new align ment of parties. E cry new idea and new departure produces a new aligriinent; and it is quite probable that the silver question may play an important part in the changes and complications of the next year or two. In the same w ay the tariff question came to tbe front in the organization of the Forty eighth Congress, threatening to produce a new alignment of parties; but the menace was not fulfilled, though very likely it is still in existence. Thus we may see the dispute between the free traders and pro tectionists once more making its appear ance in the organization of the Forty-ninth Congress, ana iu the legislation of this year and the next. But, however parties may be aligned, and whatever changes take place in the relative positions of those who discuss these important subjects and who vote upon them, in Congress or at the polls, whatever happens, the Democracy remains, and the Republican party also will remain. The reason of this is that each of these parties is founded upon distinct qualities 01 tne mma ana aistinci tenaeucies 01 Hu man nature. The Democracy is inspired and animated by a tendency toward self government, and toward the constant les sening of the power and action of govern ing authorities ; while the Republicans, on the other hand, are inspired by the desire to increase and strengthen and extend that power and action. The conflict between these two tendencies is as old as civilized society ; and, while the tariff question, and the silver question, and whatever other questions, however great their importance, are only temporary, these original tenden cies and forces remain alive and potent, and the conflict between them will have to be fought out in discussions and voted upon at the polU a century hence just as much as to-day. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. THE MASSACHUSETTS HEN Total i. 21.85 Of course; it is easy to say that these re sults would jhave more weight if the aver ages were based on a wider investigation of the costf of living, and a more exten sive collectipn of data. But it is exceed ingly difficult to get at the exact kitchen figures in ady case, or to find an establish ment wher the margin of waste is not sufficiently (large to destroy for this pur pose the value of the facts. Mr. Atkin son probably selected the Massachusetts and the Maryland households as representative-establishments in preference to all others within his knowledge, on account of the prudence there displayed in buying and the economy in the preparation of the food. I,n the case of the Maryland women, lessjmeat and fish was consumed and more vegetables than with the Massa chusetts family, largely of men. The cost of living in! Maryland was less than three- . fourths, of that in Massachusetts-lHf cents a day in Maryland and 28 cents in Massa chusetts, f " 1 What will strike everybody in the table given above is. first, the large relative cost of sugar and syrup as compared with that of flout and meal i and seconaiy, me fact that so (great a part of the total ex penditure is for dairy products and eggs. The milk, butter, cheese, and eggs con sumed costs; more than the flour, tbe meal, all the vegetables, andi the tea and coffee together, j 1 ' Roughly speaking, then, the average in dividual ought to live pretty fairly, so far , as food is concerned, on a quarter of a dol lar a day, or a dollar and three-quarters a week, or ninety dollars a year. Mr. At kinson thinks thatf-hy judicious purchas ing and economical serving the thing could be dctae for twenty cents a day in the East, and probably for less in the West. As for the beer and whisky bill, Mr. David A. Wells recently computed that the na tion spends;$474,823,000 a year for drink; and likes ltjtoo. Jnst as ITlneh as an Editor Does. ' A White IKan Reknked. ; . (Texas 8lftUgsJ . ' A stranger in Anatia met Uncle Hose and asked him: & ?J f.-. Where doea Col. ; Yerger reside f 'i , " Hs libs out dar on Austin: avenue somewhars." si ,--;-;W;n.!wi .t I What is the number of the house f In the Washington Departments. New York World. The other day Judge Durham, the First Comptroller, came to the Secretary and said to him that there were two lady clerks in his office that he, did not want. They" were employed there making letter press copies of letters. He did not care to have this usage kept up and so he sug gested that the services of these two ladies should be dispensed with. Mr. Fairchild, to whom tbe case was referred, asked for the names of the ladies. He found that one of them was Mrs. Chisholm. He shook his head very earnestly , when he heard her name. He asked if she was the widow of the unfortunate Chisholm who was killed by Matthews ii Mississippi. The answer was in the affirmative. Mr. Falrcnild instantly said ; ' It will never do to disturb her." To please- the First Comptroller, however, the two ladies were transferred to another office. They resist ed this order and are. working very hard at present for - reinstatement, ; although they nave the same pay -and no barter work where they are assigned. . 1 In many cases the employment yt wo men in the departments amounts to the giving of a pension direct. The majority 1 jB v on gnfnswaws was sw naasnjva J Huh! tYou finds -de number on de of the women, However, do tneir wotl dore. , Don't yer know bow ter read yit r I well. Bnt they cannot be subjected to as Burlington Free Press. A city-bred young man, just out of col ege, hired out to a Vermont farmer, to "brace up his constitution a little." Part of his daily duty was to feed the cattle. One day his employer noticed that he was reading an agricultural paper very intently, but thought nothing more of it until he saw the embryo farmer making for the stalls where the calves were kept with a large bucket of garden loam. "Hello, what's that for! " asked the ' farmer. ' Why," said the young man, " I read in the paper yesterday that calves ought to have a little ground feed daily, and I thought I'd try it, and see how it worked." ' How a Woman Shot the Eagle. Hartford Times. .' Mrs. Edward Rawson, of Washington street. Middletown, has been annoyed this spring by an eagle which stole her pigeons and chickens. He was an impudent bird. After lunching on a choice spring chicken or a delicate snow-white pigeon, he would perch on a fence, pick his teeth and stare saucilv at Mrs. Rawson. This made her mad last Tuesday. She ran for a double: barrelled shotgun, pointed It in the direc turn of the bird, shut both her eves tiffht. and fired. The eagle was hit, and is to be stuffed as a trophy of Mrs. Rawson's marks manship. It measured 5T feet from tip to tip..-' - " " - Not Lacking in Chivalry after all. New York Times, To Col. T. W. Higginson is due the credit of refuting the slander that New England men will not marry New England women. It has been published broadcast that there are 60,000 more women than men in Massachusetts, and the conclusion has been drawn by short-sighted and ma licious persons that this excess of women shows that Massacnusett8 men ao noi uae Massachusetts girls. It is pleasant to know that this conclusion is entirely unautnor-ized. It is true that there are in Massachusetts 64,483 more womqn than men. Of these women, as Col. Higginson assures us, 52,903 are widows, 8,978 are spinsters, 1,785 are married, and 817 are aivorcea. The excess of women in Massachusetts is thus seen to consist mainly of widows. It is not true that Massachusetts men do not marry Massachusetts' women. The real truth is that the men do marry, but that a verv lartre proportion of them die after marriage. The fact that there is this enormous ex cess 01 widows in laassacnusens snows that it is very dangerous to marry a Mas sachusetts woman. Fifty-two thousand nine hundred and three men have tried it and have paid the penalty with their lives.' What It is that renders the Massachusetts bride so deadly it is difficult to imagine. She is certainly as attractive and at least 1 as intelligent as the average girl, but her chances of becoming a widow are vastly Theyjwere so Bwsjr To-day! Detroit Free Press. A boy about twelve years of age entered a store on Michigan avenue the other day and asked for tbe proprietor, and when confronted by that individual the lad hes itatingly inquired : " I I wanted to ask you for some in formation about El Mahdi. Man up the street said you were posted and that you'd be glad to help a boy along." " Ye-e-s,t said the proprietor, as he scratched his ear, "jess so. El Mahdi y-e-s. 8ay bub, Tm awfully busy this morning. Ask the cashier, and here' ft quarter foif you. I like to help a boy along, but I'm rushed this morning." The boy went down to the cashier's desk and said: i " 'Nothet boy and me are seeing who can find oat the most about El Mahdi. Please tell me all you know." " El Mahdi y-e-s," replied tne casnier. Hang it! Pve read of him a dozen times over and the name is very familiar. Y-e-s jess so. I Say, bub, our floor-walker knows everybody and everything. Here's fifteen cents for you if you won't bother me to-day. t The boy passed along to the gentleman mentioned and said : " My teaeher wants me to find out all I can about El Mahdi. Where was he born How old is he ? What docs he do for ft living ? Please give me all the facts you. can." I The floor-walker looked the innocent boy in th( eye for a long half-minute. Then he polled a quarter from his vest, pocket, passed it over and kindly,, whis-. pered: ! , "Not to-day, my son, but some other day. They'll probably tell you next door, ' as they aren't rushed ! " Vlcares Cannot Lie, i . - ' . . Charleston News and Courier. J , It is not well to have too many statisti cians in one town. Chicago has two, and is now satisfied that it has at least one too many. Thb Rev. Dr. Kittridge, of that city, declaiied last Sunday " that there are -about 400,000 unconverted men and wo men in Chicago that is, men and women who are net professors of Christianity." The Chicago jfcraW statistical editor re ferred to the last census and found that there are only about 400,000 men and wo men in Chicago. , ., , ;"-! - Hlo Q,nlvr too Fall. William 'Green, now in Auburn Prison for bigamy, in conversation with a re porter 4hepther day, gave the following as an excuse for leaving his Oswego count j wife: "Children were the cause said he. "When I married her I believed her to be alone m this world. We moved to Water town, and while there, she visited Hanni- sh$ returned tome she brought mx youngsters, all 01 wnom dad.';, It was more than I bal. When with her called me could stand." r 7 It