North Carolina Newspapers

v.S".,sT.1 THE CONstffyTIOSCFOW FATHERS. I Al: A. SOUTHEEN MAJST, OP . SQTTTJrlERlSr PRHSTOrPLESe35-Ex-U. S. Senator Jefferson. Davis. TARBORO',-N.- Co, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1875. VOL. 53. NO. 36. GENERAL DIRECTORY. T All BOKO'. Mayor Freil. ITiilips. Commissionehs .Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob FeldenUeimer, Daniel W. Hurtt, Alex. McCabc, Joseph Cobb. Secretary A Treasurer Kobt. White hurst. Cuief of roLiCE John W. Cotteu. Assistant Police Win. T. Hurtt, John Madra, Jas. E. Sinionson, Altimore Macuair. COC3ITY. Superior Court Clerk and rrohate Judge H. L. Staton, Jr. Register of Deeds Alex. McCabe. Sheri ff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robl. II. Austin. Surveyor John E. Baker. Standard Keeper P. S. Hicks. .School Examiners. 11. H. Shaw, Wm. A. pxiKffan anil K. 8. Williams. peeper Poor House Wm. A. Dupsjan. Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman, Wiley Vell, B. W. Norville, Frank Pew, S. Exem. A. McCabc, Clerk. 3IAILS. FRIVL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. & W. R. R. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at - - 1" A Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - i WASHINGTON MAIL VIA (UtEENVILLE, FALKLAND AND SPAKTA. I,avc Tarboro' (daily) at - -Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - i,om;ns. The N'islits and tlic Places of Meeting. Concord K. A. Chapter No. 5, X. M. Law rence, Hili Priest, .Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in every month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lode Xo. 5S, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masoub- Hall, meets first Friday night U 7 o'clock V. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Kepiton Encampment No. 18, 1. O. O. F., 1. B. 1'alamountaiD, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edgecombe Lodge N'o. .r0, I. O. O. F., J. O. Charles, N. G., Odd Fellows' nail, meets 'very Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council Xo. LM, Friends ol Temperance, meet every Friday uigut at the Odd Fellows Hall. Advance Lodse No. 'J3, I. O. G. T., meets very Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall Zanoah Lode, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet on tirst and third Monday night of every mouth at Odd Fellows' Hall. Henry Mokui?, President. tHlKCHES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third Sunday at nieht. Fourth Sunday, morning and niirht. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. I'resbiterian Church Services every 1st, 3rd and' 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Allison, Sta ted Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night Missionary Baptist Church Services the 4th Sunday in every moi.th, morning and ui"ht. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, comer Main and Pitt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. EXPRESS. Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every morning atllj o'clock. N.M. Lawrence, Agent. PnOFFSSIOSAL CAKDS, FRANK POWELL, Attorney &. Counsellor AT LAW, TARBORO', N. G. 3- Collections a Specialty. Office in Gregory Hotel Building. July 2, 1ST5. tf JOS. BL01WT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAV, Notary Public. 8" Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. je25-tf. Dr. G, L. Shackelford, SURGEON DENTIST, .'Silfciissor to Dr. T. Fuqnn, TAEEORO', K. C. 5P" Office opposite Adams' Hotel and ever S. S. Nash &. Co's filore, Oct. 23, 1874. '4 Dr. E. D. Barnes, DE2T TIST, mllASKFUL for the liberal patronage re X eeived in the past, desires to assure his friends and the public that he is prepared with increased facilities to perform all opera tions partaining to the science of Dentistry in the best manner. 5-Ollice over IT. Morris & Bro's fctore. Tarboro, April 9, 1875. I!ni HOTELS. YARB0R0' HOUSE, RALEIGH N. C. G. SLACKUALL, Proprietor. Reference made to all travelling gen tlemen. GASTON HOUSE, South Front Street, S. R. STREET, Proprietor ATLANTIC HOTEL, iVorfolli, R. S. D0DS0N, Proprietor, l'.')Ai;i), First aud Second Floors.per day, $3.00 Third and Fourth Foors, " 2.50 . Special terms for permanent boarders yji. nowAED, 3D X. XT O Or X S3 T DSALER IN DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, &zC, SrC, &c. Nt-vt door to Mrs, Peuder'o Hotel, TAKHOIIO, N C. TARBORO' Lager Beer & Wine SALOON. Ki-.F.I'S constantly on hand all tho Fine Wines and Liquors, Tobacco and Cigars, lit'.vt door J. A. Williamson's. ERUAR1) DEMUTII, N ov. 27.tf. Proprietor. MISCELLANEOUS. PAMLICO i IVUIil COMPANY, Of Tarboro, IV. O. -:o:- Capital $200,000 00 OFTICEKS : HON. GEO. IIOWAKD, President. CAPT. JNO. S. DANCY, Vice President. JOSEPH BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., Sec retary and Treasurer. ; DIRECTORS : Hon. George Howard, Jesse II. Powell, Hon. Kemp P. Battle, Wm. S. Battle, Capt. John S. Dancy, Capt. T. II. Gatlin, Matthew Weddell, Elias Carr, J. J. Cattle, Joseph B. Coffield, Wm. M. Pippen, O. C. Farrar, John Norfleet, Fred. Philips, John L. Bridgers, J r., THIS COMPANY INSURES Dwellings, Stores, Merchan dize, Farm Property, and all classes of insurable property Against Loss or Damage by Fire ! at local board rates. All losses promptly adjusted and paid. ORREN WILLIAMS, Supereisor of Agencies. Taiboro, March 19, 1875. tf Jas. E. Simmons, IPitt Street, EAST OF MAIX, HAS IN STORE AND for sale Wardrobes, Bureaus, Washstands, Writing Desks, Cane & Wooden Seat Chairs, Extension, Centre and Leaf Tables. Towel Racks, Rockers, CMIds Basket Chairs. ALSO A LARCE LOT OF Mattresses c$3 LOung C8, All Cheap for Cash. UNDERTAKERS BUSINESS all its branches promptly attended to. JAS. E. SIMMONS Tarboro, N. C, Mar. 20, 1S75. Sm Seaboard & Roanoke Road. Rail Oflice Supt. Trans., S. A it. It. R. Co., Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 1, 1875. On and ufter this date, trains of this Road will leave Weldon daily, (Sundays excepted) as follows : Mail train at 4:00 p m No 1 Freight train at 4:00 a in Ka '2 Freitrht train at 8:00 a IU ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH : Mail train dailv at Tlapm No 1 Fre srht train at i:uu m No 2 Freight train at 4:00 p m Frek'ht trains have a uassenger car attach ed. Steamers for Edcnton, riymoutii, ana Landings on Blackwater and Chowan rivers leave Franklin at y:iU a in, Monaays, w eunes. days and Fridays. E. G. GHIO, Bupi. OI Ti ai.Bpuf Liiuuu. LORD & TAYLOR, Dealers In Fcreijfn and Domestic Dry G-oocis, Arc offering Select Lines of Bliclf and Colored Silks, Spring and Summer Dress Goods, Suit aud Housekeeping Ljnens, Foulard Finished Cambrics, Priuts, Calicoes, Ac, &c, Together with an extensive Line of Haniburgs, in all gjades, Insertions, Edgings, Trimmings, &c. Silk Hose (ail colors) Plain aud Fancy Hose for Ladies, Misses and Children. Also Gloves, Fans, Parasols, Sun Umbrellas, &c. jj-gT- Our Ladles' Shoe Pep.irtineut con tains a stock unsurpassed for elegance, dura bility and lowness of price. Directions for 6elf-measurement sent on application. Complete assortment of Gents' Furn ishing Goods, Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Ties, Hose, Gloves, fec. Goods sent to any part of the country. Shirt measurement sent on ap plication. 85" For the accommodation of Ladies and Families who are unable to visit the city, full lines of samples of all grades of Dry Goods will be sent, and orders by mail filled with the greatest possible care. Broadway & KTW May 28, 1875. Twentieth York. St tf Female Academy. SCHOOL DUTIES WILL BE RESUMED Monday, 31st of May. For particulars, address MRS. GEN. PENDER, May 3.-tf. Tarboro', N. C. NOTICE. harebv forbidden to fisb h. with Rp'mpa nnrt r.v.tR In that nart of Town Creek bounding my lands. Those vio lating this notice may expect to be prosecu ted to the full extent of the law. HENRY WINBORNE. Tarboro, Aug. J3, 1875. 4w IN NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Charlotte Institute for .-Young Ladies, ; Rev. S. TAYLOR MARTIN, Principal, CHAELOTTE, NVC. The annual sessiou, beeinning Oct. 1st and ending June COth, is divided into two termSj without intermediate vacation. Hancsome buildings and grounds, and a full corps of experienced instructors, uoara and tuition in English, $100 per term. For other infor mation send for circular. S. TAYLOR MARTIN, Charlotte, N. C. The Only Polytechnic Home , . , school. ST. CLEMENT'S HALL, Ellieott City, Md. Five vacancies owing- to enlargement. An, ply at once. ' Giadnates rank high. Receives only first-class boys. Four courses : Classic al, Liberal, Scientific, Commercial. Send sump to MASTERS for Decennial catalogue. JLEASANT AND PROFITABLE EM PLOYMENT." Beautiful !" " Charm ing !" " Ob, how lovely!" - " What aro they worth f" &c. Such are exclamations by those who Bee the large elegant New Oomos pro duced by the European and American Chro mo Publishing Co. They are all pwfeet Gems of Art. No one can resist the tempta tion to buy when sceiEg the Chromos." Can vassers, Agents, and ladies and gentlemen out of employment, will find this the best open ins ever offered to make money. For full particul.irs, send stamp for confidential cir cular. Address F. GLEASON & CO., 73$ Washingtou St., Boston, Mass. . . THE BUOAO C0TT0X filX CO. NEW LONDON, CONN . , Manufacturers of Cotton Gins, Cotton Gin Feeders, Condensers and Cotton Giu Mate rials of every description. Our Gins have been In use thirty years, and have an estab lished reputation lor simplicity, light-running, durability, and for quality and quantity of lint produced. Our feeder is easily attach ed to the Gin, and easiiy operated by any hand of ordinary intelligence. They are the simplest and cheapest Feedt r in the market and feed with more regularity than is possibly by baud, increasing the outturn aud giving a cleaner and better sample. At all Fairs where exhibited and by Plauters having them in use, they have been accorded the highest euconiums. Our Condensers are well-made, durable and simple in construction, and do what is required to drive the Feeder or Con denser, and no Giu House is complete with out them. We are prepared to warrant, to any reasonable extent, perfect satisfaction to every purchaser. Circulars, prices and full information lurnibed. Address as above, or apply to PENDER t JENKINS. Tarboro', N. C. $50 TO S10.000 Has been invested in Stock Privileges and 900 cpeenC.j profit. " How to do it," a Book on Wall St., sent free. TUMERIOGE fc CO.. Bankers & Bro kers, 2 Wall St., New orn. rFTT A The choicest in the world X IwAlO. Importers' prices Largest Company in America staple article pleases everybody Trade continually increasing Agents wanted everywhere best Induce ments dou't waste time send for circular to ROBERT WELLS, 40 Yesey St., N. Y , P. O. Box 1287. $"J" A WEEK guaranteed to Male and I I Female Aeents, In their locality. 1 Costs NOTHING to try it. Particu lars Free. P. O. VICKERY & CO.,Agusta,Me. E. T. pool. C A. POOL. W. E. POOL Pool Brothers FASHIONABLE BAB, OYSTER SALOON, Barber Shop Cigar Store, ROCKY MOUNT, H C WE HAVE ENGAGED THE WELL known caterer, JOSH MOTLEY, to take charge of our RESTAURANT, and we will guarantee for him that our old custom ers can always get a GOOD, SQUARE MEAL at the shortest notice. inrl9-tf Wlll'S BAKERY ! THIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kinds of Bread, Cakes, French a?ij Plain Candle. Nutt, Fruits, a-i".. embracing every thing usuallj kept in a First Uiass JVstaoliRlimcnt ol the kind. Thankful lor ihe liberal patronage of the past the undersigned asks a continuation, with the promise of satisfaction. Private Families can always have tucir Cakes Ha keel here at short est notice. Orders for Parties & IMU promptly filled. Call and examine our stock, nexf door to Bank of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-1 y. JACOB WEBER. IIJIIITII AflF 0 HllllXiUUIV & I Proprietors of the Model Cigar Factory, No. 1445 Main St., liicjiirioml, Va. Sold last year 1,200,000 CiCARS Of their own manufacture without a single complaint from DEALER OR SMOKER. Therefore, if you want a Good Buy no oiuer than Whitlock & Abram's and you will have the WORTH OF YOUR MONEY. SOLO BV EVERY DEALER, Jan 29, 1875. tf 4 f ft 4)A Per Day at home. Terms free. 10 III pAW Address Of. STiNsojc 4 Co., Portland Maine. MISCELLANEOUS. . THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY. Is eminently a Family Medicine ; aud bv be- iiig kept ready for immediate resort will sato lar in time anu doctors' bills. After over Forty Years' trial it is still re ceiving the most unqualified testimenials i its virtues from persons of the highest char acter and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend it as the moot EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For ty.1 disease ot the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. ' The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter or bad taste in tbe mouth; Pain iu the Back, Shies or Joints, often niistakeu for Rheumatism ; Sour Stomach ; Loss of Apa tite; Bowels alternately cOitive ftnd lax; Headache ; Loss of memory, with a painful sensation of having failed to do something which ought to have been done; Debility, Low Spirits, a thick ye llow appearance of ihe Skin and Eyes, a dry Cough ofleu misU'.Len for Consumption. Sometimes many of the?.! symt4om!ntt'tid the disease, at others very few ; but the Liver, the largest organ in the body, is generally the seat of the disease, and if not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretchedness aud Death will ensue. For Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaundice, Billons attacks, Sick Ilaadaehe, Colic, De pression of Spirits, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn. &c. &e. The Chmpi st. I'm cst and si ''ttrunf -Vi art? iii i a only e II J! I: iv . Z K 1 1. 1 N & CO.. iad'.-!phi.i. M.'K'on, tix, and t'hi Sr-ld bv all Druggb Fri:e, IJ.Oa Piedmont Air-Line Railwa,'. RICHMOND &. DANVILLL, PJClIMOls'L) & DANVILLE It. W., N. C. DIVIS ION, AND NORTH WEST ERN N. C. R. W. CONDENSED TIME TAELE- In effect on and after Sucday, May SO, 1S74. GOING NORTH. stations. Mail. Express. Leave Charlotte 0.24 r. h. 5.C.! a.m. " Air-Line Jcfn. 9.32 " 0.20 " 11 Salisbury, 11.56 a. m. 8.S4 " " Greensboro' S.OO " 10.55 " Danville. 0.20 " 1.12 r.yit Dundee, G.110 " 1.2! " . " Hurkvil!?, 1.1.05 ,: V '7 - Arrive at Richmond, 2.22 r. M. 8.'.," p m. GOING SOUTH. stations. Mail. Express. Leave Richmond, " Bnrkviilc, " Dundee, " Dauvillo, li Tieensboro' 1.38 r. 4.52 iO.n-T 10.GH ,! 2.45 a. 5.08 a . M. 8.35 " 1.14 p. M. 1.17 " o r. q 1 1 Salisbury. 5,2' " Air-Line Juct'u,7.5 Arrive at Charlotte, S.O GOING EAST. o.k; " 8.25 " GOING WEST. STATIONS. Mail. L've Greensboro'. Co. Shops' ..00 a.m. Arr. 2.15am ,t 4. :ri ; -L'vcli.ol " r.OA.ir.l 8.42p.m Ti " L've 5.30 " " Raleigh, 7. Arr.atGol.isboro,10 N0HTH WESTERS If. C. R. R. (SALEM BRANCH.) Leave Greensboro 4.30 pm Arrive at Salera G.13 " Leave Salem 8.42 am A -rive at Greensboro 10.33 " Passenger train leaving Raleigh at 5.38 P. M., connects at Greensboro' with the Northern bound train ; making the quickest time to all Northern cities. Price of Tick ets same as via other routes. Trains to and from points East of Greens boro' connect at Greensboro' with Mail Trains to or from points North or South. Two Trains daily, both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leave Richmond at 9.00 A. 3L, arrive at Burkeville 12.43 P. M., leave Burkeville 1.35 A. ?.L, arrbo at RJchraond 7.58 A. M. No change of cars between Charlotte and Richmond, 232 milea. For further information addresa S. E. ALLEN, Gen'l Ticket Agent, Greensboro, N, C. T. M. R. TALCOTT, Engineer & Gen'l Superintendent. FOR NORFOLK AND lit S MfllMlll PORTS mllE Steamers COTTON PLANT and PAMLICO connecting with the Old Dominion Steaui'" Co afford the most direct and the quickest time for shipment of produce from all points on the River. Through Bills or Lading given from all points on Tar Rivei for Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, Pro duce is covered by insurance, if desired, as soon as Bills of Lading are signed. Shipments bv this line go directly to des tination without delay at Norfolk or Vt ash in 2ton. Tbe COTTON PLANT makes close con nection with the Wilmington & Wcldou Rail Road, and gives through Bills of Lading from all landims on the River at the lowest rates. JOHN MYERS' SONS. Washington, N. C, Jan. 0, 1375. tf NEW FIRM! THE undersigned having purchased the entire interests of W. A. Bsectt, are now prepared to do any kind of TAINTING, Plain or Fancy, nsiV.l in their line. They have an agreement with Mr. W. A. Bassett by which his services may be procured on all work of psnoeiallv difficult execution. We resnnctfiillv solicit, the patronage of thepubhe. T.W-TOLER, T. C. BASSETT. Jan. Stb, lb7.. hn TERRELL & BR0., DEALERS IN '.GROCERIES AND STAPLE DRY GOODS Main Street, . Xear the Bridge, Sept. 30-ft Sept. 10, 137 Perservs your Health. BY DAVID RICE, M. D., LEVERET. "iZealth is a duty." God, who gave us our bodies, designed that wo should keep them pure. With health, comes happiness, bodily and mental vigor, fitting us for all tho duties, and the pleasures of life. Without it, we are miserable, unfitted to enjoy life, unfitted for iniiid work, and not very compan ionable for anybody. It becomes us, then for our own welfare and happiness, and for the good of e ciety, to 'keep in good health.' A very great proportion of our ailments are brought on by our own folly. Some are inherited, a very few the result of causes beyond our control, but most, I believe, are tho result of self-indulgence, and a disregard of the laws of health. Among the greatest and most com mon dangers to good health is (1) intemperance is eating. Our stom-. achs require two conditions. They relate to the time of taking food, and the quality and quantity taken. No person should partake of more than three meals a day. Anything eaten between meals deranges dU gestion. Breakfast should be a light meal ; dinner the heartiest of all, and supper the lightest. No person should take breakfast until he has been up on hour. Break fast at seven o'clock, dinner at one ( and tea at six o clock, is a good ar rangement of hours. Nothing what ever should be taken into the stom ach in the evening. Regard should especially be had to the quality of tho food we eat. All highly seas oned, Epiced food is unhealtbful. Meat pie3, and cakes, spiced with black pepper and cloves,-inflame and irritate the coats of th3 stom ach, and induce dyspepsia. Meats are healthful, if properly cooked. Salted meats aro very hard to di gest. Fresh meats cooked by broiling cr baking, and done very rare, aro tne most nutritious and healthful. Vegetables, with meat3 for dinner, are healthful, provided they are fresh. Stale, half-dried, withered vegetables, are deleterious to health. Fresh berries may be eaten in moderate quantities at tea, With farinaceous food, with safety. 1. rroper hours tor wakefulness and fcleep are requsite to health. And tho day is the time for labor, and night for sleep. We trans gress a law of being when we rei verse this order of things. No person can long enjoy health, if he doe3 not get the proper amount of sleep. During sleep there is both bodily and mental rest. Children require most sleep, tne miuuie-ogea less, the aged least. We should just as surely die without sleep as without food. Hundreds of people lose their health by keeping late hours depriving themselves of sleep. 3. Overwork, either bodily or mental, is productive of disease. Bodily labor properly regulated, is both pleasant and healthful ; but when we overtax our system rebels, and we suffer in consequence. Over taxing the mind is still worse, and leads to more serious consequences even. Let every consistant and considerate man and woman, ' then who cares for health, properly reg ulate the hours of labor, and give to both mind and body their natus ral and rational time for re3t. And when occupied either by physical or mental work, let temperance and caution be the wathword and guide. 4. Improprieties in dress are ofi ten a cause of ill health. At this season of the year laboring men, from tbe extreme heat, wear very little clothing. After a hard daj's labor they often sit down at twi liffht in a cool breeze or draft of air, in a state of perspiration, every pore open. A cold is the conse- nnpnftft and nerhnns a rheumatic ta- ver. Esveii laboring men, thougl they can endure more than any other class, should protect the body from the extremes of heat and cold in summer, just tho same as in winter. The feet should be protected, es pecially on damp days and eve-, nings. Thin soled shoes, worn when the earth is damp, cannot fail to wetting and chilling the soles of the feet. More cold3, and coughs, and other ailments, have been caus ed in this way than by any other impropriety in dress. Every lady, when the earth i3 damp, or pave ment wet, should wear thick soled shoes, or else overshoes, to protect the feet from both cold and damp ness. Be sure then, so to protect the body, with suitable apparel, as to guard against sudden extremes of heat and cold. Never wear cloth ing so tight as in the least to hin der or impede the action of tho muscles of the body. Again see that everything is clean and tidy about your dwellings. Filth and decaying substances in cellars, un der windows, in sink drains, giving rise to poisonous cfHuvia at. this season of the year, often produce typhoid fevers, dysenteries, cholera Friday, morbus and other kindred ailments. All cellars should be kept clean, and occasionally ventilated and sprinkled with fine lime No pud dleg of foul water, should for an hour remain fermenting and fester ing under windows, or anywhere near the premises. These causes can always be avoided with a little care. 1 once heard Father Taylor say; "Clean out this church before I preach in it again. Cleanliness is next to godliness." Once more I say, "J7ealth is a duty." Let us keepthe house we live in, these bodily tenements of ours, pure. An Account of Clay Pipes. Twenty thousand boxes, contain ing over a million clay pipes, are imported into this country annuals ly, the greater number being the celebrated " T. D." brand. All these pipes re made in Glasgow, Scotland, and chiefly by one firm, W. White & Sons, honest old Qua kers, who have been piping away for nearly a century and a half, and are doing tho largest business in that line in the world. The Davidsons, of Glasgow, are also extensive pipeanakers. For the last three or four months in White's manufactory no pipes have been made; consequently there is something like a corner in the goods, but as there is a great abundance on hand, besides any quantity of 'briar-woods' 'corn cobs.' 'meerschaums,' etc., etc., there will be no absolute suffering for some time. ihe pipe most in favor in En gland is the one known a3 the 'lard of Clay;' it is pre-eminently the tavern pipe, and is invariable accompaniment of the muz of beer. Though not quite a yard long, it is of respectable dimentions, and ther fore of very frail existence. The most famous of clay pipes, however, and by far the most popular is the '1. D. so called irom having these letters stamped on the bowl. These are made of good clay, and it is very rare to find ono that won't 'draw.' Next in popularity to the T. D.' is the 'Buffalo Horn,' which in shape bears resemblance to that head ornament bovine. As Ireland use3 an immense quantity of pipes, many brands are made expressly for that market, which also find their way hither. There is the " Large Erin Derby," and the 'Large Irish' big encugli for a whole family to whiff. Two brands particularly appeal to the patriotism of Erin, having the names of 'flag of Ireland' and 'Home Rule,' and are quite or namental and formidable looking dhudeens. Besides these aro tho 'Red T. D.,' 'Small Miner's,' 'Large Wood stock,' Large Red Garabaldi,' and 'Meerschaum.' This latter is made of the purest and finest clay, and costs, wholesale, $1.75 a gross, tho T. D.'s costing $2.25 a box of three gross. The peculiar kind of clay of which pipes are made is found in great abundance and of unrivalled quality in the vicinity of the great Scottish manufacturing center, and though many establishments have attempted to compete with the Whites, both in this country and elsewhere, tho Glasgow pipe stems the tide opposition and bowls all its rivals out of sight. The Earth's Swfai Remarkable Changes Tho Pacific Slope The Great Lakes New Jersey , New York and Long 1s land. (From the Scientific American.) It ha3 been proved that the whole Pacific coast, especially California with all its mountains, is perpetut ally rising, and at that a compara tively rayid rate. The land con taining in its bosom our great Ams erican lakes is slowly sinking; while southern Indiana, Kentucky and the surrounding btates are rising geological investigations prove that our great lakes, except Onta rio, had formerly a southern outlet, until by gradual northern depres- sions ana southern upheavals, northern outlet was formed, from Lako Erie into Ontario, about 40, 000 years ago. The outlet, of the Niagra river, is still wearing away its channel. The division line of the watershed south of the lakes, and the Mississippi valley has since that time been steadily traveling southward ; and when Chicago re cently turned the waters of Lake Michigan through the Chicago river into the Mississippi valley, the old state of things wa3 artificially re- establised New Jersey 13 sinking, with New York city and Long Is land, at the estimated rate of abont sixteen inches per century. The coast of Texas is ascending at a comparative lv very rapid rate some observers stating hat it is as much as thirty or forty feet in the last half century. Combining these observations with the result of the recent deep soundings of the United States steamer Tuscaro, in the Pacific o cean, we find that bed is evidently a sunken continent, abounding in volcanic mountains, some 2,000 feet high, many of them not reaching the surface of the ocean, and othi ers, which do so, forming the num. berless islands of tho Pacific. The study of the coral rock proves that this sinking has continually been taking place during several centu ries and observations of the coast will undoubtedly reveal the fact that it has not yet ceased. The most eminent German geo logist and ethnologist now maintain that the locality of man's primitive origin, the seat of the soscalled paradise, was in the Pacific ocean, south of tAsia,' whence the race slowly diffused itself - northward to Asia, westward to Africa, andjsast ward to Australia. When the great Pacific continent slowly sank so that ocean commenced filling the valleys, man retreated to the moun tains, which, by continued sinking were transformed into islands, and now form the many groups of Polys nesia. The insularity of the thus preserved races was not productive of civilization, wiich requires con flict, in which the superiors in the J gam victory over tne inienors. In those islands the inferior races were preserved for want of this conflict hence their savage condition even at the present day ; while pri mitively the greatest advance took place at the spot of the most in tense conflic, the continent of Southern Asia. Tha Mississippi. Mark Twain, in the August Ats lantic, mourns over the diminished length of the Mississippi, in this strain : Therefore : the Mississippi bes tween Cario and New Orleans was twelve hundred and fiftean miles long, one hundred and seventy-six years ago. It was eleven hundred and eight after tho cut-off of 1722. It was one thousand and forty af ter the American Bend cutsoff (some sixteen or seventeen years ago.) It has lost sixtysseven miles since. Consequently its lencrth is only nine hundred and seventy.. three miles at present. Nowif 1 want to be one of those ponderous scientific people, and 'let on' to prove what had occurred in the remote past by what has occur red in a given time in the recent past, or what will occur in the far future by what has occurred in late years, what an opportunity is here ! Geology never had such a chance, nor such exact data to ar gue from ! for 'development of species,' either! Glacial epochs are great things, but they are vague Please observe : In the space of ono hundred and seventy-six years the Lower Miss issippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty two miles. That is an average of a trifle over one mile and a third per vear. Therefore, any calm person, who is not blind or idiotic, can 6ee that in the Old Oolitic Silurian Period, just a million years ago next Ny. vember, the Lower Mississippi River was upwards of ono million three hundred thousand miles long, and struck out over the Gulf of Merico like a fishins-roe. And by the same token any person can see that seven hundred and forty -two years from now the Lower Mississippi will be only a mile and three quarters long, and Cairo and New Orleans will have joined their streets together, and be plooding comfortably along under a single mayor and a mutual board of alder men. There is something fascinas ting about science. Ono gets such wholesome returns out of such a trifling of conjecture investment of fact. A Boy's Terribb Death. Dragged Three 3Iiles on a Itouyli Road by a Yoke of Oxen. In the afternoon of August 23 Al van Blope, a farmer in the town of Urwell, Oswego county, New York. sent his eon William, aged 15, to the lot for a yoko af oxen, which he had hitohed to a stump by a log chain, telling him to go to a neighbor's, on another road., lor a pair ot trucks. Iho boy started off with the oxen. and was not 6een again until about 9 J o'clock that evening, when three men found the oxen on a by-road, draging uis iiieioss Douy with tho log-chain hooked around his neck. All of hia clothes had been stripped off, except his shoes and the wristbands of his shirt; hia neck was broken, hia skull crushed andnis body frightfully bruis ed and broken. 'Ihe trial, being fol lowed back, was seen to begin at i point not over ten rods irom the stump to which the oxen were hitched when he went for them, and it was ascertained that he had been dragged more than three miles over rough and stony roads, through fields, and over a lot where the timber had recently been cut. His hat and shreds of his coat, vest and trousers were found at various points along the road. The affair aroused the intensest excitement in- the neighborhood, and at first it was believed that the chain could not have got around young Sloper's neck i ..i ...... c . accidentally, ana that ne must have been murdered. A coroner was called and the jury, after a thorough exam. iation, returned the verdict that 'the boy come to his death by having chain hitched around his neck and being dragged by a yoke of oxen for a mile or more over a rough and stony road, by which he sustained injuries about the head and neck that caused hia death. How the chain became hitched is to tho jury unknown, but wo incline to tho belief that it was au accident.' ThreoGcod Hands at ErawFoker. It was a good old fashisned set down at draw poker. Thcro were threo of them Ulysses, Childs and Murphy. 'I tell you what, it's jolly came,' remarked the poet laureate. ' Whe: you know its played on the square. '1 could never- see any plcasur in cards were there's cheating g ing on,' added his Excellency, flip ing another chunck of ice into tl glass that stood on the table besi him. ,'t 'Faith, you can depend upon il said Murphy, 'that a man wl would cheat his own friends am" got the right sort of nature in him at all.' Finally there was a 'call' and all threw down their hands simulta. neously. Childs had threo aces, so had Murphy, so had Grant ! Nine ace3 and only one pack ! Then they all got up without saying a word, went out, and walked forth in different directions. Brooklyn Aryus. Always Beautiful. At a festival party of old and young the question was asked, which season of life is the most happy ? Afier being freely discus sed by the guest, it was refered to the host, upon whom was tho bur den of four score years. He asked if they had noticed a grove of trees before the dwelling and said : " When the spring comes, and in tho soft air the buds are breaking on tho trees, and they are covered with blossoms, I think how beauti ful is Spring ! And when the sum mer comes and covers tho tree3 with its heavy foliage, and singing birds are all among tho branches, 1 think how beautiful is summer. When autum loads them with gol den fruit, and their leaves bear the gorgeous tint of frost, I think how beautiful is autumn ! And when it is sero winter, and there is neither foilage nor fruit, then I look up and through the leafles3 branches as I never could until now, now 1 see thestars shine through. Nin3teen lapalito Things. 1. o Loud and boisterous laughing. Eeading when others aro talk ing. o. Heading aloud iu company with out being asked. 4. Talking when others are read ing. 5. Spitting about the house, smok ing and chewing. b. Cutting finger-nails m company. 7. Leaving church before worship is closed. 8. Whlsporing or laughing in tho houao of God. 9. Gazing rudely at strangers. 10. Loaving a stranger without a scat. 11. A want of respect and revorenco for seniors. 12. Correcting older persons than yourself, especially parents. 13. Receiving a present without on expression of gratitude. 1-1. Making yourself tho horo of your own 6tory. io- laughing at tho mistaks ot others. 1G. Joking others in company. 17 Commencing talking boforo an other has finished speaking. lo. Commencing to eat as soon as you got to tho table; and 19. INot listening to what any ono is saying in company. What ths Microscopa Eoveals. A learned man tolls us of an insect, seen with tho microscope, of which twenty sevon millions would only equal a mite. Insects of various kinds seen in tho cavities of a sand. may bo grain of Mould is a forest of beautiful trees, with tho branches, leavos, and fruit. Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubea. The surface of our bodies is coverod with scales like a fish; a single grain of sand would cover one hundred and fifty of those scales, and yot a scale covers five hundred poras. Through these narrow openinga tho perspera tion forces itself like water through a sieve. Each drop of stagnant water con tains a world of living creatures swim ming with as much liberty ai whales in tho sea: Each leaf has a colony of insects grazing on it liko cows oa a meadow. Yes, even the agliest plant that grows shows some remarkable proper ty when closely examined. Small farms make near bora; they make plenty neigh of good suuuuis ana cnurcnea : tnero is more money mado in proportion to the labor ; less wagss have to be paid for heip ; less time is wasted ; more i3 raised cn an acre ; besides, it is tilled hotter ; there is no watch ing of hired help ; the mind is noS kept in a worry, a stew, a fret, all the time. There's not so much money to be paid out for agricultu ral implements. Our wivc3 and children have time to read, to im prove their minds. A small horse i3 soon curried and the work on a small farm is always pushed for ward in season. Give U3 small farms for comfort, aye, and give us 1 1 1 i -i small farm.3 for profit.