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B ALISBURY, : N, C FEBItlTAHY V1D, 1871.
I I
9
oxjssxaxoxrs' btaob ixotii
p, WARSAW
nr&jZfi. :i0 fttytUrriUe.
I I ATI Vim fur fynillr IiIt m
wtlntlM. Thn.h 341 rtum Um
Slu IW W.lrton i retu.rTlU I o.
TrMb t4ckt friHi ilmii.rtun. Tit Tk
nr fvFTill.t.
0 H A K L OTT I A W AW W (J?
j - JJK.ID Of . C K- H.TTI
"T-iiT VkiWlU Rr riiii "UtJ Rlffh
ilunr.i fc-r W.lKt. Twdr.Thui.
dir. 7a "HirtiTOky- -Utvirtritfrrtwnr.-Tnp'
dar.TbKMajr. uU iufj-. tr tnn fr. ni
Wllaanlon. , .
CH ATUAM It R TO KAYKTTKTII.l.f A5I
TTISTIRJ-S IW!
Iit'CltBirflun iM'fl tfrarh)w
tri from Fnf elt. illf . di!y fx.-il Snn(j.
8ALKM Ann HlOB POIXT8TA01 Mih
ilMdJlr v.
0-B.U.r-.ny:m.VoC.
BpM. 18, 1870 tf ' Q.uw4or
Turn nnnnfi a nam THE . U
4 n v v ----- -
Cemrt XXoaa, on Main Street,
DITCRM THEIR THANKS TO TITT
IV Bbliefor th viry lilwml putroiiap ra
Vujil Ibrm duriiifr the p-l ymr. mid liip-.
fwir A.1Ib i I arfri attt-ntioii to l)Uinm
to merit eouiuuKuce, it rt u iix r n-r
tain. . -.
w wtfl Mmtlnne to Vn on hni1 fx
plr of rAnILT OKDCfiAuiii i
"'"""Thresh and Salt Fislif
OF EVERT VARIETY
WkUkfwi, Brandies, Hum, Gin, dc , c.
ALSO,
BOOTS, SHOES. DOMESTICS,
PIECE GOODS,
YAlSKKi: NOTION
la fact, almost evarrthini auIly kept in v
rietr Rtora.all of wWh w. sell low for
Cub,' r Country Trodnce iK..
Pm PUILLIPS 4 RROTI1EKS.
Fab. 1. 1870. 7-lf '
IIITI-WE PUST PRIZE JlEDUSiWAMED,
The rcal r
iSontliorn Piano
Manufactory.
Wm. Biabe & Co.,
" HAKITAITI-Rtm Of
Orand, Square
PIANO
BALTIMOKE, Ml.
Thee Instrumeuts liavc been before iht puUir for
nearly Thlrt VMM. and npon tl.rir rMftir
aloD atUiord annapuix-haB.! rv -i iinm-Ooe, wblch
prooouace Unin unequalled. Tlieir
T O X F.
cnrnhiBM great power, ttuvibr unJ finf tinguiR
quality, an well a the groat purity of Inbiiialinn
aod 8iretnethrt.n(rliot trie entire r sir. Tlieir
T OUCH
iipliaat aai elastic, and entirely free from the tiff."
aaw roaaa in eo rnany piano.
IN WORKMANSHIP
tUj rBMaal4 aaiaf aooa lnt tl.e rery lt
aaaaoMd material, tbc larR capital employ e1 in our
barinea enable ue to keeprontlnnally an iinmenfe
atek of lumbar. Ac. on hand.
O" All of orHo.OAKi ruxoahaveour New Im
rarad Oraratrang Scale and the A-rmfle Tn-Me.
(Wawanld eallepedal attention to mn Ute
liapraaaaMiiU in Quavu Piaxok au .-qi auk
OaAxaa. Pitented AuprtU. &. win. h bring
the Plaao Bearer perfection than ha yet been t
Uloedi" t ""L
Evtrf Piano fully Warrnnhdfor Five
twi " Years ' ' ' "
We Iraraaiade arrn(remeiit for the So'eWhoie
aala Agaary tor the aioet celebrated Parlor Or.
ant and Maxonaona. wlirh wa off . wholesale
ad rUil, at l.owert Kec Priree.
, wainNABD A CO.,
- v . : v Jialtimore. Mit.
, Sept. a-3ftm. . T. V
CI)t(DlDNottjSltitc
n , nwiHP.wumir
, .J"JU9P i vfrtthe, . . iv..
t ) JO". ' I " " ' -'
. ATar pxBcni&fi
Oita taaa. aytlaia atraar 3 0u
ir MoiTMa. " . ...... I
iCiiH&'nrUtt'SX
On cjaara. firat Inarrtuia ..tl.00
Pur rurli aj.litioaal IuarVa. . . . ..... 30
r, ismraiad BMiorawiU be rhamd W r l
huhtbaWaVvra. " ' '
Court and Jatir'a Order will W ptiMLh
ih at th ta rata with other adrertie
uivuta. Obitnary aotlc, ovar ata Itaa. charg rA
aiadrrt!rinruti.
CONTRACT RATES.
T
'V, b-"i til m, ie
i, 5 a i T
. eracO'
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If
THAVoo Aoiitr .-MAIIK TWAIN'
KILLING TUM G(K)9B THAT
tAlD piS ppLDeV KOa, .
, , . 1 mm .11 at - ' '
Ua ae it a) ,fit.aaJdl af, auilJ
auneia,.4aati .kara4ia aarwat,
wlilal mi) af (be taoat wtalaetMiy awilbre
and aneirMU af UVa'!Bf M
dlaf;rreable pea, vef die rtaltaf lou
wM mbdjfb te r-tir( 'lt'tViIra' .. tat
aaitwtr eey l ' imU aid a
kyrliaamry , r "loolbalie . lat1te waa
too irenquillv ae-lf reltanl le flud J bat iu
VGKoVi iia. au4 ao jyf 'jWri"I' tre VW
frun bM to kaaaw aa aaatiacloulj ob
tniaivt. aad weeNilvitiintialtj 'iftVuWe m
thr nw aal or any eibrr mild rpidratlc.
He waa a bliudly ihilh-ji orable tarfriof
' w braiiit-ncr iai aaiario ai novim
and rnni
a rniie or vnjrHtinui ailcooia won
la
i
I iiara- 250 9:17.1
.Hi-a.'!4M. 625
.,1 the , 3 Square flDO'tflW,
.lrp- J Ciitttmn. llWHiOO
Column. 1H 00 24 00
5nin.vi:i0(i
an ijoo oo
l i 00 St) Of), Ml 1.00
1UNJ2& 00 37,40
SfllMKalOO 4MNI
30 00 4510 7.YII0
1 Colama. 28 00 40 00 5 f0 W) 00 I ao.OU
re and ITprifht
FO UTT.S
BaRBE&SHOTEL
. niGH POINT, lf.C.
OpPOSIWRAlLiloAD DErOT
-U ' r - I
Beat of porters In tt:ndonce tt'f 0 train.
Mail 8tagea Ibr Salem Jeave thif lion. flatty .
I Paawngeradiiipatchd to any point at abort notice
bf prteat eonTeeatic . ''iei
tratafal foe the liberal patmRape Of the , pat w
aopebyitrtvt attention to the want of onr gnenta
t aierit a continuance of thMnc.'
WM, 0. BitPBFK.
Jan. 1. 1870 -f Proprietor.
CAN THElQRaSYE
-4
IF IT CANVaall on the aohariri-
ber befor th itiat tmoea of it Jiaai
dimtpuvitfvd, ttud5:T" wo W
CAf ntr. JJuraMe 1 awof1 Handsom
Moqumenti, Til".?. ortft,,-t. t pri-
ea mat win afjg coiupMmon., . ....
'-AlliIada"&fttiAWfVirtffWe'.t'
0rderaolcited and promptly f 'nrleJd'".
Call aud exaniiu hi work jiud lit-ar hia
price befor buiug elHvhere. Satiafaction
guaraateed. ..." , -j .
Yard naarly opposite h MatketrlloUM.
: ..jxo. n. uci .
jan-3 3u Al l"'ry. XC
Sbulhern Land Agency,
PERSONS WlSrflfcfl to pawhaw will' KKS
- LAXHS wOl 4wU tail en ilttut A nifui d,
A fVunhant. who at jirrred to a'tCall necwrry
- Infnrmaaii a aeltrejraf '! I'atiag pelce " a lit y c
Ail iMtere addreewdjo taria, ;at thia place rtt
recelre prompt attentions -, ,
CBAWFOHt) Iirximi I-and Aentii.
aeel&ly h.list ury, Koan county. N. C.
CENTIKriU.K, Tkxar,
.Ian. 20, 1871. f
FaiEND II AXKS : Mjf -laef ditteil,
I bcltfvr, al Xrw Oilcan ; thie I mi
nt pli-i"un( villnp.. in t lie inlr'..i of iln
Stale. leaving Ni-w Oi l. mi. r n imu l
bv rail eiglny luili'B f" llr.ti -r. ilien
take etfanii r for G;ilvfM"in. T ir
bv lail i null to Ili'.iii nr, yvQ j. f I; .ll. li
I MiBHiaeii.ui Lut ion mill alf v.jiil ilu- w v,
and atigar and cotton iUutatMiia an- -' n
on every band. Your radrr r- famil
iar wild llit iocri dit.lr fTl!li.y thi-e-IhikI.
but I Mill ea I if (liil llnil ijnin- one
bull i now lying idle for w;mi ol lalior, j
atid 1 verily )rlu-ve iImi tlic coumry lon
e'rnore in inatrrml w-a!tli every ymr by
the nrgloct ol lhrnr fertile IhuH iIihii
would jihv iiitin-et on ilie jmiilic di-tj.
In fact il ri-i'iualo rnr tlnil fn v jjilior m v-
ft c.ui lie iniiili- rr niimeiatitL in lum imr-
iicular ai ftinir tin etiiv pliitilaiioo j on
Bi t' t- i, I'll Tulilt- liiii- w neti d c m I i 1 1 !
Ik ic t l it., f 1 ivi. coulil r li lit r c- m
fortuLl 1 1 t-i I. ir dii ) ;oil, ii ud i Ht li in ,
bog am' liouiiny. Now lit- livt'i in Hide
tnotie-riivfii d Iiovi If, iiioic like liop cln I-
ttra titan litimmi Imlm at utii, rti ii.'giiip- out
an nnpn.fil jtle, aitvlcfa -iali-l.c. Que-ry-ba
In gaiiud by tliu cliaugc in iiie
etatual
Of the ride acrnee the gulf I need not
epealf." Puffier lo any thnt my pxprrii nf
el ,4npa afeddownn" to lite umnM ait-d
was like ibe expcriei co of any oibt-r laud
Inbbi r ou bis first Vtiyagn. ...
Wfll, what of Trxau ?, FroM GaJvi-a-inn
to Iliutatoii ni.d beyond, tlio eountiy
pit-ecnte a niouotoiiou and ntiiii'erfitiii;
ap fatanct , lieit g rt half praiife with
aiubby, cuaiee prae, It-vi-l, we I and umd
dy with 1 1 i ii euil and little liiitbi-r, and
"fharecitililiy 1'ont Oak. The climate ir
generally mild, but cold nortlxrti winde
blow up and the change in o auildeu that
it finds a mail wholly unprepared. One
hour will be mild ami balmy a an April
mom and the next fieiaing "cold. Theae
auddeu cbangea are vi rv deeiiuitive to
the (lock on tb prairier, and large uniu
bera fret-ae or pertch! "Tifur "'"readera enn
foi ro no idea of the number or ez- .f Tex.
aivcatlle on the pniiiica. Iu tuy iXt I
will tive you a minute dceciiution of piy
vicwe of a Teina eteer. .Thnuennda of
ftit her atou
tion or feed auve mich as t lie prairie al
fords. The people are universnlly kind
and hor-pii.ible, and glad to show a eiran
gef all tire points of intereot in the coun
try. I ! hav seen :no indication of that
rough, rowdy iein for w hich we have given
the State credit. ' Here they don'l quar
rel, if a diffVierire aie it is a word aud a
b oxr," and not An nidlesa flow of abuse
H;;d villincation. . Whether, to move, to
lYxns or mil will be adviaed in due time
twSFanliouM
tice 1 can. . ? roura," "
!; TAf lixtt. :
Reed " Organ Con.panion.
A new'collectiiiD oT jKipuIar Inatnimenfal arid
Vocal Mo!4. ' .
- 2fcrthi5T:W& l'olla$, Ojieratlc
N Gtmi, Sfmgs, Jialladt,r , nr .
' Organtjwd Mt lrfrons "
Py WM H .C1ARKF.
Author of "New .Method for Reed 0gn., ,
Prioa S2.00. Bent poat-paid on receipt o're
tail prtc. 7 .,. f ' .
. OliTer Sltion etc Co.. Boston.
C n. Ditto k Co.,Nw York. ' 2t
net die conceit him any aiore than it woald
a luatf r"HiiJ-ti.eHei xaeaaor.
1'bnt Bruiiuak atarud In bf aa a pedUr
of salve, and dtecetided, by raav grada-
tiona ibmiHtb live 4ove-daoiper, window
1 . i . i .i -j i . i . i .
e ) Ti, wa.ntt'g-miio, miu fieiicu puiinn,
i thai J.vmi. f the downward career of
) bh at iiiitevmii tenders. Those nursull
: we e, it. ul tl.ee, ewjii.ently calculated 'to
brii f h liteiaiy taste to a high Stat oil
tnli'-H ' ; lui Unliappliy lie Had tutie
I. tz e.' '.. j.iiSl I) his iirorluillie.
Jl e i. i. a. ii ... lite, .led ignorance nf lit
eraiuie i h i.i xliy eupgeeltd the epleudirt
(oril.il. lew thai awaited li tu in the book
Maile ; ro wh'-n he foond the stencil bus
ine.ri.ton be w ildei n ir Ui hi intellect, he
' caluify aud con fidenlly dropped into book
' canVM.eing.
j He waa not a fiist rate judtze ol authors,
and bin literary dteciiiiiiimtioii eeldom
eiiavi d luyoi.d the pieiiirie and binding
, wiihimi lieu.g ingloiMinolt eWMitMd. A
Hjvm of ilie old valve ai.d waehing fluid
WaSnlMavs peicepilt'li Hi lue UlecUSSIon
ol book i and mii'Ii i-. Kneed o eXperi
Mice a on lai eln t , 1. .-ure in persuading
nito to di rtaiit on the uierits of Shakes-
peare's lilack Crook, or Mancbaosen'a'l
Dit'tionury, or Dickerta on IyngarilhnS,
or II. . E.nereon's "N'arterj 1 alea. He
conhl expatiate on those woika pr any
label thai I recklersly eiigjrested, jast
aa hicidly ai.d del igh; fully as he could oh
those fw which h; Wns canvassing more
so, Indit d, for he li lt more "fancy free"
where there wen- no books around.
He often declared that when Shakes
r pr. , w. ii ,..(,, i a.Hr' -yfoold rr
ii nd get tht apeney, lIiiTiib lie "1iaiT an
idea that Sliakeepeaie 'wasu'i tj'iite a
innti li for IJi hiIIi y or Smuckei ." He
ihou'ht thai cllildieu Mi if lit I'ke Kim-r-miii,
he wb e plain and stmph ; but
glow ii folk i- ;enerlly like solid I'feiatllie.
i like 'New 1 oik by (jiielighl, or 'A Ihou-
eand '1 liings Worth Knowing.'
1 suppose it was his invincible and .re
i mm cel. ee aesidnity that eiinbled him to
ebldue bis vielitn-. He had a wav bf
pouring liiuieelt our, in ceuseleea wbitt
wadi ol pi i pared pl.itttudes and canoed
tw addle capaUle, 1 vei ily believe, of wea
rying a bninse statute of William Pin
into tbilinrcha-ii- ot 'Abbnti's Napidi-on.
Ami i lie inure smuun r it haik the Letter
he liked to fijrht . ii out on thai line. I
once tried to baffle lum by pasie endur
ance, but in the sixth hour ol his oration
his enjoyment of his superhuman elo
quence had become so keen that I had to
subscribe loan i-aUtLixipy before be. would
consent lo stop. - .
That ignominious fiilure of the Fnbinn
oolicy sealed my doom. I never recov
en d an atom of confidence in any ability
to stem the iidc id Ins lneless loquacity
aud thereufter' be saw in me a rtliabU
m.nkei for subscription li-erature
overwhelmed me with volume after vnlunii
ol pictorial imbecility and pathos in gold
binding. My email capital was gradually
aliebejiLby lb ;.. uiMmiiiwiit ioi uS,
NapoiWB-nTrd-4rts--M ars4trsy-' Everybody
r.Ue and Ills Marshals, notorious Ciimi
nils. Libels on the l.'icsideiiii, Family
nuiies wiin caricattiiee, wretcnen paroaies
on "Universal History solemn borlesqoes
of the Patriarchs, and other illustrated and
absurd trumpery impoeeiT tipou mi by
that remotsi h'es agent.' "
My family was actually reduced to a
verge ol want by the vnihpyie B repeated
drafts tiputi me. r tried in rain to" raise
constable even n iiisoq to invy on them
for a giot-ei 's bill, and lelurned iho exe-
ciition uoa iushed I ecMise iuan a library
w is einpt, and. he stidif't 'watlt to get
in tin trap, rresumiup nuou my titter
. A ClaAPriB ON rOGW.! .
' Tli a fools are not all u'4 there
are auujr oflLtn waving Urge amiliee,
ikey itii fW U otaa.bf ike eeet of ike
popalatloa. Tkey rpreen all clasoea
ft the cotnmaaity and rtery ihs'se ef
puUie aod aoclal life. ,W kt snae
or pal Ira c la mrotioa , but a Um U ike
ewrieiy ef (oote vlilck ay be fuand hi
frery Hy $m4 pwoaln 1n' . .
fktj0miomiJt k,'aiBoa eieatarw.
IT to raj tdm n't BoTr. hie (bllj
nil iM4iffai toe LlaxVJviU eoaAa.
ae to brag, aad ad vert i kls fatty.' lie
look tipoa every b ki Iia U trade
a4 a twrtxvaaJ etrair eeekrag oppottunl.
lire to fiap -d-mine the (taadatioa of
hie basin. IT be yenluree to speak In
ubllc be la Jealone of every ee who caa
apeak better ibaa be, rati 4 keainge, be
ia jealooa aalf ko ran alog beUee tkaw
ke caa; Jf.ke.hie ofac, be ia Kaloaa ef
ell wko-aeek efieau Sack op4ea
eaako taWiiaearaa aeta arable yitkat taa.
TWj staltfi lkal vef, afd ldoa oat
grow their folly. 4 l'bey radke eiiaiee of
i hose who desire' to be tbi lr frind,' and
bring reproach ipoo the meflTce aod ibose
wke aympalbiae wilk Ibeta. --.-.u.',
II ke qmsmodic out. Thle cW-ef
fools, like otbefs, are lacking ia koalne,
but havofi ifirjule4v Koprwaiue."'
Those whooalpose it "go off half cock
ed." No 40 is afe in ibeir eoclety.
When yea Ihink you. are perfectly afe,
and everything ia aeren and lovely, you
are suddenly aoooktrd by aa explosion
Tkey are like the Iriahwau'a crooked j
gun, mad lo ahoot aroaud corner. Their
favor ia very bint p, but it aoes mere easi
ly than il comet. - -
Yea oanhot depend epotubem . To-day
hey are all -'honey and pie te-morrow
.1 . .i i iii i i
nas peca
JOSH BILUNOSe ir .
- ' at I..
ArabUhla fa Ekekarirtr ft bbejri ao
i. k.i ii. . ti i ' - '
Jhere is ao at-ededae lite a ( j're
I a tlver-eoalcd pill ibai Lrvlli,au4
pbUlck. ea le re. . t. t u ...
lVaaty H a aaarwlng tersaa waicJi
eaej
un
the breakfast bell jxjU aa euJ
. The ataa ke beeer aukad i
dert will nevef tfsV U 'tba'aelsrakCit fjpa
world abar lb tvV&4'.i.a eo a
r4deo.ri. - . - "
iM4irttoaUaiVW)le kXlter raof V" t
foota uoa earrytr tnaa to near anotner
koei earryer-aay,' "lie' fa 4" fhool 'and
doa't alersua4 bia btaxinea. v
k'or,aa ki likak mimir, il don't alter
men. It oaly abowt tbeav Jaet as tbey a or.
, Dandy are bybredfea arose between a
Usbiaa oUl4 aai napald uiler's bill.
Debt tea trap-hlck a aaaa set and
blanaelf, aad tbatt deliberately gels iato.
Dieeaaa aad eU, wbea tbey ' eater a
aaaa' body, are ' Lke twe lawyers when
tbey undertake tear settle bis affair.
ilv7ttmprom1eeltfe aaatter" by laying
eat ;ha padonU
One good way I xaow ot to and ba
Ls not bj boring bo!s W fit tire
fm : ... . " . V . .
A lie la like nitroglycerine. Use best of
A tAUrOMlA-OMTUAJlT.
IfodJlopopoter b) Tba bar an-
aooaeea.au adaeage tbe efry bate aa
apeaiabla floew-.Tbe eVatk ol Isoddle-
popster., sraa ksoal . naMlf M aAaeiW
ao aaaa of bis lj kM exartrd a aorav!Ur
aax, loJitraos apoa aoeiat j a tba deaaaaed.
K veriorcmoat fa evrry Mod work oat af
xXTtfB OF ilJSD IX OLD AOK.'--
- - - . b I"1.- ' .a -1 aa
Fatuity from oil aa aaaaot be) eared,.
but It ma be prevtoiod by empaaykf
the mind ouitanily Iq reading aud aeea
worvatlon In lh evsnlnr of. JUIa.f.
bare died, twaaly yeeta ago. PrekaWy 1 Johiioo"icr!b tbe fatalry of t)
Jwti'td twVfBernrtf ta a resolatiaa
made la liiybsib that be aevey woald
wear spectacle, from tha want of ejllcJk
W k tO lb aiiwtrtlsiew Ava I A laem sawai J al aaak amaa. I earaaak waawaalifaa fllyft avaavAI 1-e, 1. J I M t
KrTlT '"r bl. awwrle,,wVjdi JeaL
iir iuai paia a comaussioa to Mie swuiir.
er. - Mr- BoolrwaeW MI mfder"f
rroerosiiy. ana wcicnoo, ai tua time oi
his death, one bundred and ninety-odd j
poonos. vngwiauy oora ia aiaaaacoa-
sett, but for nineteeo years, k native of
California, and partially" bald,poseaeinr
a oofmopoliua aatore thaa-IeeodT a Tork
billing aa well, ia proportion to its value,
aba Mexican dollar, the subject of ou
aaemolr wes on whom it waa aa honor to
rknow, aod whoevTclos fHeadebfp was a
luxury that only tbe sfBoeat eduld afford
It ahail ever be lbs writer's proudest
boast that be enjoyed ft at rose ehaa half
tbe asual rates. Mr. B. was tha founder
ef tbe now famous Boddlepepeter last!-
tat, aod aosaa years preeodmg bis deatb
(fared aoverelr froea a aoft aorn, which
baa probably dona as laoeb fbr agrienl-
eisitort nr .denr
aicb means bia .
ajjly iwa alvstb-.
i
iudrea kan't tell when it-is reing to bast ' tare a any aiajilar concern in tbe foot
ana skatuer coiiliistian. hill of our Slate. Ia-1862 he was elee-
Aa-the flint knntalns tbe spark, un- ted au honorary member of tbe Society
known lew 1 1 eel f, which the ieel alone ' foi the rrereuUon of uumanity to Hon
can make Into life, so adversity ofteu re-
principlf-s, w ould bare
they lutaglno that someihlng
ai l or done wliiclj! eoiifjitl with their in
ordinate t otieVii, aid they do not heeiuta
to liei au4 ieiid potu. i Yoo-migbtaa
well lutjour tract in a afslbroock as to
COB fide ia a spasmodic foot
. Tk0ottmatefoot. Qotigt tell k story
of kn obstinate fool who opposed the tem
perance entire in the church which be
(till' tool; attended. One of the brethren
.prayed lor liiiu ; he prayed ss follows,.
It litis I rwll'-r will not cease his oppo
liou lo the letupei once causo be Imped
ibe li d would nuiove liiiu from the
church militant be lw,ju tbe chureb trb
Utuphnnt at ortrat?-. iw,on 1 kfrxattt iha :
otsliiiute man.
The unt in ul fool, in nr out of l he K m
perunce lai.kf, s i iu. to ilnnk that piaiee
lielou id upon another m i .-m., in so lunch
taken or wiiliheld liom Inuieelt, ilj.it lion-
j or given to Ins neijiiilior are Illinois pluck
ed lioiu Ins own wreaili. I he euljeet
ti'M'S uiinti our hundi-, we shall have to
refer to it again. In the nieautiiiie, if any
fuul should happea to read this, aud take
it lo himself, we Anpe It will do In in good
Il wua intended for no particular foul,
(there are particular fools,) but we are
perfectly w illing lliat any man w ho think
he Is a fool, should appropriate the sketch,
pin it on ihu back of hi coat, aod say
iIiih mean me. '1 ant not a fool, and the
writer ba found mo out'
real to a oiddrn rem which pri)Deri
ty nrgligsuc would forever lay hid.
Mo people when tbey cum lew you
tor adrlce, com tew hav their own opiu
yuns ireng'heneQ, not corked.
" Men seem tew me, nowadays, lew be
divided .feto-oiow Cbrtelian and wide
asfake sinners.
Texak EditoiiR. Ediirfrs have a
first rate lime hi Texas.' The Indies of a ihraldom. this aireiit d lilieiatelv comoell
t f
there have giVou the eilftor o? lhe paper
a iTro-redsiiirt wiiich oontains a
pictorial history )f Texas," including the
war w-lilf Mexico, snd the meeting of the
tireX legislature, and also pictines of I he
froi.s aud cereals of ihe late, alt wink
ed in red-worsn-d. T" editor never
if ore a eliii t jn his life, and he . thought ii
was a r-atmer for the ti mperauee pioci s
siou which was to come i ff 'tie next
week So he made a lillle rpeech of
tnauksjn. which. ht aafd,. !. ewmld 'fling
ifonl forever to the breeses of heaven.
... . .- i. I. ;
ea me to buy a set oi l ateni tJUice We
Kirt, and 1 bad to borrow the -money to
pay him f,i.r them. '1'he nett time he
called I cast 'myself, a haggard, care-1
worn sujtplianl, at hi feel, aud implored
him U le upon me, in merey to my ut-
lermg, Ui vg Jaunty,
In Uslitornia, wnen tlie diegms were
paying Well, o gnor Bins visited a gulck,
and before a Imge audieuee, exhibited bis
legerdemain. During l he performanee.
lliat-hey might kW-.Us-foIdsJuaiidaliJieM
until his hands paWd it ehoolil never be to the 'air, caught it again, when he took
trailed in tho dust never !" The .'todies twenty dollar pu-ee out of it, asking tbe
didn't nndersland him, and wheu he talk-i boys i they could da- lLU- Old Pete a
' id about its txailiugJ hey blusbad aud
said they were very very sorry they made
It loo long Hul a committee man look
the edwor-aaitlo and explaiord the shirt
to him fu a wi4er, aufl tlie mxt day he
apf-arrd at the. oCf with that whirl
iuoiiii ti-rl over lus coal, and he wiole oveT
four rot" iiws if elplanalion fr hijaper.
Theeh'M ts tuuih ailuiiied by the loys
Lui ilu row ii. and whenever Ilie editor
THE GREAT WATERFALL DIS
COVERED IN PES! ER All.
The great Kaietear Fall, recently dis
severed in Deiuerart, has a clear descent,
according to baromttiitnl observations,
taken siniultneously"'at the bettorq 'and
nt the top, ol 750 feft.' Above the Pota
to glides smooih y. in a ulirht deprer sion
of the fable of conglomerate sandstone,
and disappears over the edge in a body,
which is estimated at 60 yards in width,
and of drplh uncertain in the centre, bnl
shdltwfrisjiidly'n ;
AHieiiielTwiw .didcoysC Iir. jftyrti;
fsays yntare) the rocky- channel was
completely CovcreiiL nod the stream must
have had a w idik .of at least one bun
drod yards, t Uuring the summer it is
diminishing in volume, and, aa the In
dians atato that i will eontiuue to do so
till October,' only the tenfrnl .deeper', pof:
tion about one-thud of the whole, will
remain. .Tlie best time, 'therefore, for a
visit i In sDi ine. at the end of what an-
pear to bo lherlrrj;;eaoir -of thi c
sled .tract...",. I . . .., . , . .
A the fall waeerv by the exnlortfig
partyhK discoyered if, -"nothing can be
imagtnea more oeantirui. jne cenir.il
norlioit, which .i never dry, ytonai a
smalt noises noe, or teeuiiriiig angte, ana
iba water iu this oart preserve ,t(s aon.
aistericy for a . short disUnee from tbe
Tt-dge. But everywhere else, and her al
so at a few fret from . the top, alt 'eem
blance of waier disappear ; it breaks op
or blossom into foam or ' spray ,' ' which
descends in the w-f II known rocket-like
forms of the SUnbbucb and similar wa
ter lalls, but multiplied a thousand timer,
into a small aaik pool, ever a semicircu
lar curtain. . -71 ... -
Tbe cavern behind the tall is the tome
lof jhousaud af swallows, w hich issue
from in the morning, ana may tie seen re
returuine in their mnhitnde at night. The
fall ilelt ts one vast descending column
of a fine, diy-Iookmg. saow-wbite sub
stance, bearing a resemblance in color aud
consistency to the snow otaa avalanche,
Dk. JaXCOT OX Eriw lironsoo Al-
rott baa given a course ftf bis -conversa-tionM
In Cljjragi, -nd In One of tltm be
spoke of eye follows j
"A 'pair of eyes witbaanellow lustre
hbiing throngW tbrJ beware of dark,
dirt eye i the devil is shining through
but with k mellow Jiial re billing through,
there' fire there, subordinated by tbe af
fecticna. Tbey are, I take it, the practi
cal people -the comforters. Mary or
Martha, which ia it? abe wbo attended to
ihodosBoaiis baelaw - she most hare bad ;
Mttrk ryes, me orner unit nave uaa oiue
eyes. Hie couldn't keen house, hut I
theic's her place." Ulue eyes, he thought,
li i'l a celestial lusire. 1 hey might bc
salely trusted, the applications being the
nme or ladies. '"Ti aid," be added,
that the next Satau will be a woman.
She'll hnve a pair of black eyes, I take
it." Art, he , thought, corroborated thTs
idea. "Air the angel were painted fair.
"Christ," said he, "ia always paiuled fair,
though a Hebrew, except in one or two
instances, where tho painter was probably
a dark Hebrew. I don't say that blue
eyea are always saints, or black the oth
erswhom ws won't mention."
goliaiia, and but for tba lo of an eye-in
carrying out it
been one of tho haudaomcsl white that
cvtr resided among us, . There is little
doubt that he might have aspired lo any
office hi the gift of the people, so. univer
sal wa the esteem in which be Was held
by those, he voted for. In an evil mo
ment be was induced to associate himself
in business with Rev. Albert Williams,
and though he speedily withdrew from
the .firm, bo was sever able wholly to
eradicate the disgrace frnnf his eonstitn
tion, aud it finally carried bim to his
rrave. Ills last words, kk. bo was snuff
ed out, were ebameteriatie of tbe man.
lie remarked. 'Fetch ma that damn cat
nio tea.' The catnip consolation arrived
too late to be of any use; be bad gone
to the devil. Jrarewell, noble heart
nure soul bright intellect I We shall
-
meet again.
FLOWERS AT FUNERALS.
AlTlriCIAL Eyes. Artificial ryes are
not a modern device, but date back to the
days when Egypt wa a mighty power.
If our gamin grow lively audi facetious
over the "bully hoy with the glass eye,
iu the day of I he Pharaohs, the Egyp
tian rag-muffins could cry "bully boy
with Iba gold eye." ' flow artificial eyea
are made nowadays, Good Health for De
tember tells us, It say :
"An artificial eye ia made of glass or
enamel, and is a little thin light shell
formed to represent the front of tbe eye-'
ball. Their manufacture, although a sep
arate trade1, is quite simple. The part im
parting th seleexotic, or white of toe eye,
Is made of white- enamel, with a tinge of
yellow. J.he posterior lamina Qfiho ceo-
trat piece is eoioreo ana stresxea, to look
like the iris, or colored part of the eye.
On the middle of ibis lamina a circular
patch of Hack enamel ia laid, te imitate
the ptipil, and the superficial lamina is
transparent grfss. Tbreada of red euatn
el are aHad oyef )hej surface la Imitation
of blootl:viuI, sud are melted in before
the blowpipe. A great variety of colors
and shades are made, and considerable
difference W ih shana and sixef sW tfiat
from a large tjollcctiqn almoet any eye
can be imiuted, though, of .eourse, it I
much better to have the eye made to exdet
ly mateb the other sound eye, and this1 is
(the method most frequently followed."
ee lor a walk they follow in regiments;
study tug ibo kistory r.f,.1exaa, and tbw
Sue art off the back of it
'forty niiier, who had never changed hi
mining shirt since he came into the dip
giiig. immedsatelv went udoi. the tl-
form, took, off Ueshlrt;dipptlerixrlrof I weeka-ahe is a very devil. J
It into a bucket of water, hold it ao and i. the beautv of ibe formr taken bv the "Well, di
- - ' - I l" T T M I ...
MP
wrung out 930 &Q n gold dust, incliH
fhg fiiren ponHdy of subsoil. Blitx took
hi-next mue train.
r In the inioxiraiing rap deorireTit seek
for roaifort . reward ice f.,f conrare, bash.
falnesf fr confidence, sadness for joy,
aod tbey all find rain.
utr
malerialaslt UUa - Itamoows of great
splendor were observed, Sne from the
front of tbe fall in the morning; but ibis
last ieverted, forming a mred loop or
ring, into which the bale mass seemed
to hrectpitate itself, and diappearand
dirt out underneath, black and foaming,'
it tbe gorge and outlet of the fwl. - j
ttiThe Sonthera 'CrVfrrrmWn bf Decem
ber 2nd gives a briefTketch of the cele
brated JosiuU Gregory who waa remark.
able aa a preacher for his piety and wit,
of which latter qna tit y the following
lory furnishes a good illustration. Lp.
on one occasion a good man complained
to Iim of ihe peeviabaess of hia wife.
lie aaid, "She ia each a vixen I hire no
comfort of my life, only tine week in four,
and Jhen she i as good as a wife can be.
-and T have heaven on'bearth.
"Abl exclaimed Joaiab, "why, .bow
is that I
Why," said tha boebarid, "she regu
larly receives -the aacraan-nt onta-a
mouth, and then she reads her 'Compan
ion to the Alta,' and says her prayers, aad
verything ! right, but tha three other
It is scarcely possible to attend a fu
neral where the coffin is not heaped over
with flower. In (end the moet beauti
ful and fragrant, in vjentbs, and crowns.
and bouquets, ia regarded as an art of
affectiou and sympathy, or. atjeest, a a
polka attention.. 'In tbe caaoa of lufanta,
or try yong persons, 't bera seems in this
a fitness, if not pushed to to an extreme,
but in the case of ethers Its fitness is not
to obvious. A fading flower Is an apt
symbol of wis cut off from life in early
bloom, but what special significance bas
it for one of tort are year, and itilll mora
for one w ho has reached the allotted time
ot three score and ten Is it meant, by
a profusion of those sweet gifts, to hide
the ghsstliiH-s of death and make the
the spectator imagine that they are at a
bridal rather than at a funeral T Tht
cannot he done, and the attempt only
makes the reality more appalling.,. The
imagination will not be deceived, and tho
incongruity only clothes the face of death
with new horror. ; ,
Symbols we love, but we would. . not
Lave them ' misapplied. What mora ex.
pressive than orange bads, or the rote,
or lily upon the forehead of the bride,
for they, sneak or hone and ioy : but
what place nave tbey apon the coffin, or
upon its lid 1 -iTbey are not symbols of
the resurrection of tbe fraortal and iucor
niptible body, for, as they are the most
beautiful, so are tbey the) most frail and
perishable of all God's works. If woven
Llulo k wreth of crown: still they can
I . M ..... F .
symbolize only thd 'traolient nature of
earthly glory, not tbe unfading and eter
nal glory of those whn shrtlf live and
reign with, tba Is4. 70 sab k symbol
we must take silver and gold, or preeiou
tones, things that endar longer than a
Ws confess that for ourselves wa woujd.
except, lo rare cases, put fwsy4 flpwers
holly from funerals. We cannot make
death lovely, and should we strive eo to
so to do 1 This is wot the sprit of.Clrris
Uiuity. It does not -1 attempt ro adorn
tbe grave, or to make" bean til ul thk dead,,
for it know that Mdck1i't1ia.r'frlea of
sin," and looks forward to Ihe hour wbeu
the grave shall give tip Its leepej-, and
the dead shall come fourth ia celestial
beauty Let ua look death calmly in tba
face, and (ot t not, nor stUink at the pal
lid hues, and hollow cheek of hia vie
tftna, nor distress cover" them over with
flowers, to hide their frailty. Faith re
coguizes in this decaying dust the temple
of the Holy linnet, ana see under the
abedow ofShc perishable the, body of
IJai to' abaeood from
tlmirf"4t6ai pany,"1
deprived bfalsrlf of tba
ode by which new fdess sre ace aired at
old ooee treaavated. Ills sfud, tna, "
tbeea aaasea, fennlshinf 'fb
kerelae. mm A riiw.lts .ei , ,,, -f4
w - o wiMHr UIIOMI.
oiy. f. whiob staM. be sput tb eloat bf ,
bislifeUaboepital.fbanded by blmielf "
to persasfiiai:.d wiibtho same disof.
dersd which be finally died." ''J
Conatry pooplp, wUs tbey bavk ksr"
rehah for book, wbea tbey lose tbeif J
ability to work or toga abroad froaw age'
or weakaeatt r sra, vrf tpf ta ksxuais '
fatuitlouf, especially a tbey em tcof-
ten , deserted in ibek old ag by-tbe) "
younger branches of their familkea. ! ea.,. j
queuceof which, thik mii ds tietmmates'
piil from the wsut of society and coavaawtt
Satfbn. Fatuity is more rare in , kw r
tlian in eiruntry place, because society r-.
and conversation ran be bad in tbent Bp, i
ou rasy term : aud It Is less eomtaug
women thanmcn, only becaase jheir am
ploymenu are bf such a nstare a to ad
mit of ibeir being carried on by theit ,
fireides, and a sedenUry posture.
PPTTijra Orr Tlavsyoa a habit af
"putting off till a better time" little mat.
ters that 'seem irifling, but V hick yon
should really Consider ss test of charac
ter t To Suck WC SSV. firht this inelina.
lion with pCTststeot strength,' whlcV'
willtake awdeatiaL It Jo ever wish ta"
be or to'-acaosaplisk tnythlng'io this J
wsrld p for, rest assured, ft ts tba little fot
at the foot of iba vine, whicb will nibble
away till every bud and bloesonf af tba
future shall be covered wltti milde knd
blight. r ' :!.iw
t
CHARACTERISTICS OF -SOUND. -
Tbe following curious observations la
regard to the transmission of sound bavo
been carefully verified by an extended
erics of experiments: The whistle of a
locomotive is heard 3,400 yard through,
the air; the noiue of a roilroad train,
2,800 yards ; the report of a musket and
tho bark of a dog, 1,800 yardai aa or
eeatra or the roll of a drum, I,C0O ardf ;
tha human Vice leaches to a diataneanf
1,000 yarddr the 'eroakine cd frors. fiOO .
yards: the. cbb-pUiS? . et riakela.' km
yards, Instinct speakiuf . ia beard la tba
air irom ociow, up , to , diatatieo of als
hundred y ards t , from , sbovw. It only
understood to a range of hundred varda, .
downward. ' It bas been ascai-tsfn-J that
that kn echo ta well reflected Vu.' the
un face of mnotb water only wbea iba
voice comes from an elevatioa.
Other s!m?Tfr phenomena " connected.
with the frai.. uiieeioa of vound havabaea
observed, but the result disagir-e dtber.
from the inacenraey In the observations
or from the varying-tiatnre of the circum
stance effecting the numbers obtained.
Such variations occur to ah extent of ten
to twenty 'per cent . and even more: Tba
weather's being cold and dry. orrarm
and wet, are tho chief iufleuenrhig; Can- '
s. The velocity of sound varies, also, '
with temperature, travelinjr faster kr tba .
air ia rareificd by heat. At the point of A
of freesing' water, sound travels 1090
feet per seeotid, at 62 degree if travel.
i.ixj reerper wcnnir;''
AHjawrrtreev Knsasr fcw Saadajra V -ago,
while a minister wst boldins? forth
in a church, a Crowd got up a cock fight
In Iba yard. -The people- who had eon
gregated In the church went but to put a ' 1
stop ta tba fight, but waited till tba fight -was
over before objecting. Tha miutater
looked eut bf tha- window at l he crowd,
and said n" We arc all miserable ainuers
whkh licked T - ,fi' : ......
what to do
on t yoa - anow
with bet I" asked Josiah. . - ---- -
"Why, 'you foolish man," aaid be,
make-ber receive tba aaerameut every
week." j;'m--J--i.-i 7 .:'
As we bold a candle to a dame, until it
is fully lighted, so we mast bold arselws
to Christ aad bia word by mtdila'.km. "
Men's lives enould be like the day,
more beSutrfnl In the evening-parlike the
snmmer, aglow with promise aud the
autumn, rich wi.b the goldea sheaves,
where good work and doeda have ripened
ia the field. ' '
A wrtnUaaye It la doubtfal, is'lli'"'
mind,, "whether it is tot better to devote '
half of otw'a energies iu loarwlnr to live
0.1a verysraall income, than to doroto all "
of -one s energies ia struggling nud well-'
tug nuacrably for a very large income.
Wa.ktXD A brother editor wants aa
! ... .... .... . ...
almanac tRat will tell bim wkeri "next
wek." expire - Tbe cause of this "waat"
the editor says, ia because be bas a a amber
ot accQunia Uia, payment or wbick was
premised,. X81 ! Wfk," and, a thr "
promises t were made in February lest, . '
he WanU the almanke to a eertaui wbea -
he may expect the fulfillment of aaid
promise, yoa know, . We should like 1
of these almanac. - v
S) ,w. '
i Dxtcstov The Halifax Reeordsayr:
- A gentleman of Halifax, being at a la- r
di-a Uiemt rung- wrnce, and bring aoRct . . N
led 10 boy something by a fair creature tv
who kept sTne i-X ifi-; tables, suidhc want-,' u
ed to bay what lie tested as not for sale
a lock f her hair. Toliis surprise and"
dcJigbt sbe promptly cut off the coveted"
enrt; at-recelved'Ji pdc4 offeredVtaar-r,".-Tbi
'1 la"ppy B-rbr waa "ex 't
hibiting hi trophy to one af bia soil li aery
riead. wbo wery suddenly blasted iiia :
77 r,yaytns;t
: MateritiL IsFLirxHCk. iThan , oas
sees a family of children going to school
tii wi ll mended clothing, it tells a frest
deal iu favor of their mother :' or a m;cht
voo;h that thoae. ehltdren-learn some Shatlalrtarnrd yon, for, to
valuable teseoaa kt botte,"" whaUver tbey oeruin knowledge, she only paid three
jybetfht at school. - I dollars fr the wbol wig.l"