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A Question of Discipline. .. A German was boasting, in the presence of some Russians, about the obedience and disci pline of the German army, cit ing numerous instances from th war between! France and Germany. I j J" Gentleman," replied one of tlie Russians, what you say about the discipline in the Ger man army amounts to nothing at all when compared with what occurs continually in the Russian army. But I will mere-! ly recite one instance of what occurred at the beginning of the Czar Nicholas, when the disci pline in the Russian army was comparatively lax. At that time, before the telegraph was discovered, the Russians used signal stations,; which were a i few miles apart. The soldier made a signal, which was re peated by the soldier at the next station, and thus the news was conveyed thousands of miles! " One day a soldier, at a sta tion near St. Petersburg, did not see the signal in time, and dreading the punishment that awaited him for negligence, de- 'liberately hung himself on the signal tower. The soldier j at the next station mistook this for a signal, so he deliberately but promptly hung himself also. In consequence of the discipline which prevails in the Russian army, next day it was discoy ered that all the soldiers at the signal towers from St. Peters burg to' Warsaw had hung themselves on their signal tow ers. Of course a much stricter discipline prevails at present, and Bonfires it the South. I was talkincr the other i day with a gentleman just returned from a long trip tnrougn inej South, when he told me aboutj innumerable fires in the open; air which I he saw as the train swept across Alabama t and Georgia at j night. It seemed, he said, as if there was a bon fire in front of every country mansion. i j ' " : : C H. ! Parmelee, a former Southerner, now living here, to whom I mentioned i this obser vation, said to me : " Why, he was just about right. There is a bonfire in front of nearly every country mansion in) the South to-ms-ht. It is located some distance from the house, and is built to gather the mos quitoes and insects, which ny to the liarhtJ and leave the peo ple sitting on the r porches in comfort. That is one of the old est and most common practices in the South. Animals as well as insects are attracted by fire, you know. A horse will dash headlong into a fire at night, and when stables catch fire the only way to save the animals is to blindfold them with blank ets." New York Press. ! 5 " That will do," replied the German, " I give it up." Texas Siftings. ! ! Union Losses in the Rebellion. The losses of the Union armies during the Rebellion, as offi cially stated by the Adjutant General of the United States, on July 7, 18G9, were as follows: Killed in battle 44,238 Died of wounds 33,993 Died of disease I 149,043 Of other known causes 11,845 Of unknown causes ; 55,20.7 Total ' 'I 294,416 Under date of Oct. 25, 1870, the Surgeon-General reported the following figures : Total deathsr white '270,124 colored 33,380 Total 303,504 The following is considered by Phisterer to be the nearest correct statement it will ever be practicable to make. It is ob tained by revising the above re ports and comparing them : Killed in battle j 44,238 Died of wounds 49,205 Of other known causes 526 Died of disease j 186,216 Unknown causes I 24,184 What Does the Administration Mean? What does the Administra tion mean by appointing I ne groes, and "low down" ones at that, to important post offices in the South ? There is not a city or town in the North which; would not resent the placing of a negro in charge of the post office; and the Republican party has never j appointed a negro to any post office in I the North during all its long lease of pow er. Why are negro officials forced upon the Southern, whites when Northern whites are not required to have them ? Do the Republican managers think the way to build up the Republican party in the South is to appoint Dudleys ,m such places las Americus ? Or have those man agers "got! mad" at the South ern whites because they will not vote the Republican ticket j and made up. their, minds Jo use all. ithe I powers of the . Federal liovernment to 'aggravate them ? N. Y. Evening Post. The National Dish However divided American statesmen may be about pie; in general, and however the hu morists of the great West may poke fun at the dainty, there is but one feeling)! in regard I to pumpkin pie. Pumpkin j pie' is a national dish. ' It is the king of piesor, perhaps, it would be more democratic to say the president of pies. It is some thing to rally round the flag for, to fight and bleed and die fbr, so that generations coming after may eat in peace the de licious pumpkin piei Probably no issue would make the United States a unit so quick as the question of pumpkin pie. It has all the good qualities thai; a pie ought to have and none of the objectionable features f that some pies, alas, j do have. It has not the upper j crust that makes the apple p tionable, and this upper crust makes the pumpkin a truly aemocratic pie. It is soft j and sweet and delicious and grateful and comforting. The man who lay a hand on the great American pumpkin pie except in kindness and with a view to getting outside of it shoot him on the spot. Detroit Free Press. e soobjec- absence of Total M '304,369 Of these, 26,168 are known to have died while prisoners of war. The engagements which show the greatest loss in killed, wounded and missing were : The Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864 Union killed 5,507, wounded .21,403, missing 10,677 ; total, 37,737. Spotsylvania C. H., May 8-18, 16H Union killed 4,177, wounded 19,687, missing 2,577; total, 26,461. Gettvs burg, July 1-3,, 1863 Union killed 2,834, wounded 13,709, missing 6,643 ; f total, 23,186. Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862 Union killed 1,010, wounded 9,416, missing 1,043; total, 12,469. Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 Union killed 1,735, wounded 7,882, missing 3,956 ; i total, 13,573. Campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, May 5 to Sept. 8, 1864 Union killed 5.284, wounded 26,129, missing 5,786 ; total, 37,199. - j Unseating Republicans. The immediate result of the adoption of the new rules will be the unseating ! of enough Democratic members to givo the Republicans a good working majority. After; this is accom plished, the raid on the Treasr ury surplus will begin in good earnest. The new rules have been framed for this especial purpose, and they will be work ed to this end for all they are worth. The secondary result is likely to be the unseating of a great many Republicans. Philadelphia Times. We are apt to mistake our vo cation by looking out of the way for occasions! to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road be fore us. "When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we can not, bear a provoking word; JJaimah More. 1 1 j - - And They Will be Overthrown. To say that the House is a jrepresentative or deliberative body under the power here giv en the Speaker and; Chairman, is to say that a partisan despot ism is democracy, j The door has been opened for the free play of unscrupulous men, and it must be shut. Dangerous precedents have been establish ed in the I past two or three weeks by the extraordinary ac tion of the Speaker and his par tisan supporters, but they can and should be overthrown. when the case comes before the people for settlement. Springfield Republican. ! Buttermilk. I i A Western paper - pays this tribute to buttermilk: Of all the dairy products buttermilk j is perhaps the least appreciated. It is more easily digested than sweet milk,1 as it has undergone a fermentation which is a par tial digestion, and enters the I stomach in a loose fiskv state, ; easily acted upon by the gas- trie juice, j In some ! respects it resembles j koumiss, 1 the most digestible of milk products. It is a decided laxative acts constipation. : counter- Serving Bananas. I -A. iavonte way or serving bananas in Xew Orleans is to Cut them, lengthwise in; two pieces, dust them with pow dered sugar, a little lemon juice and bits of butter, and to bake them in the j oven for twenty five minutes.1 They should be basted with; the butter once or twice while baking, and served hot in the dish in which thev are cooked i 1!. ' Thh Administration Scores the South. j Another negro has been ap pointed Postmaster of a prosper ous town of Georgia, and a ! neg ro who was; recently fined $50 for drunkenness and disorderly conduct at I that. Harrison would sooner take a serpent jby the fang than make such an ap pointment; at the North. But then the South is not a full sis ter in the Union under this Ad ministration. Louisville Times. 1 It is certain, that either wise bearing or ignorant carriage is caught, as men take disease One of another ; therefore, let them take heed of their company. Shakespeare.- i I Ml - V ;. j m i - j i He is happy whose circum stances suit his temper ; but he is more excellent who can suit his- temper . to any circum stances. Hume. Cake. i Berwick Sponge Beat three eggs two minutes, add one and one-half cups jof sugar, beat five minutes. One cup of flour with one teaspoon ful of cream of tartar, juice jof half a lemon, stir one-half tea spoonful of soda in one-half cup of water, beat all together one minute ; lastly add cup of flour, and minutes. one beat more three Graham Crackers. One quart of graham flour, one tablespoonfill of S sugar, orie half, teasnoonful of salt, one teaspoonf ul of baking powder, of two tablespoonfuls milk to make a stiff Knead five minutes. and bake ten minutes. butter, dough. Roll thin Let the sick room be large, sunny, well ventilated, but without any extra j hangings. An extra bed, to which a pa tient may be moved, is a good thing. Air the room at least three times a day, keeping the temperature about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Keep the pillows and bedclothing fresh. Above all, do not whisper in the sipk room, or talk, or rustle news papers, or click knitting-needles.' Anger is an affected madness compounded of pride and -folly, and an intention to do common ly more mischief than it can bring to pass ; and, without doubt, of all passions which naturally disturb the mind of man it is most .in our power to extinguish, at least to suppress and correct our anger. Clar endon. Blue soap, rendering the em ployment of bluing in laundry work unnecessary, is made by incorporating with j ordinary soap a solution of aniline green in strong acetic acid. By the action of the alkali of the soap the green is converted mto blue, uniformly coloring the mass. jjisooeaient cnnaren, it pre served from the gallows, are re served for the rack to be tor tured bv their own nostpritv. One complaining, that never father had so undutiful child as he had. Yes, said his son, with jless grace than truth, my granaiatner naa. i? ulier. case of a bite from a rabid dog, Dr. Billings, of New York, recommends that the wound be cauterized with strong carbolic acid. It is much less painful jand more effective than with a hot iron. The wounds will also heal in less time. of which than their There is nothing en are more liberal ood advice, be their stock of it ver so small : because it seems iw v.u.xx 7 iu nil miiiuailuu their own influence, importance r worth. ioung. .flannels ana piantets may e soated in a pail i or water containing one tablespoonf ul of tmonia and a little suds. Rub North. Carolina's Future.: The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Times says : . j; . . f- . p . " Mr.i Bookwalter, the rich citizen of Ohio who lives in New York, in a recent conversation was asked : 1 Do i you regard Pittsburgh as liable to be sup plantedj relatively in the steel manufacture V His reply was as follows : Yes, I do. For a long; period of time they had a concurrence of water transpor tation ! ; there, which brought them both ore and coal or ore and coke. But better ores; for making; i steel are now found at a remote distance ' from Pitts burgh. 1 The best ores we have for steel purposes are those of Lake Superior. 1 1 The informa tion I have is that the most eli gible center in the whole land for making of 'iron and steel is off in the far pocket of North Carolina, adjacent to South Carolina and j Tennessee! I rather think thai the steel mak ing districts of this country in cluding the manufacture of iron,1 will ultimately be found in three groups, i First,! the North Carolina and East Ten nessee ! group ; next, the North Alabama group, and third, the Northwestern group, compris ing the Lake Superior oresj and those of Wisconsin. As I have said I before, the earth is com paratively poor in the anti-phosphoric I or steelmaking ores, and they have to be hunted down, and when-; found 1 jare thrice valuable compared to former times. The consump tion of iron in the making of steel; which is a branch of iron, is something- prodigious. Think of 20,000,000 tons of shipping coming every year through! the Sault Ste. Marie ! j Such a thing would have seemed impossible to us a few years past. I was looking at the map recently and marveled at the nearness to the seacoast of those North Carolina ores, such as are found in what is called; the Cranberry Tract. 1 Large iron mills have Deeniouiit at ureensDoro, xt.w. and other railroad points, where the new fields of S coal and ! ore can be; brought in j advantage ously.' j": ; '.: I j - . ! I . Commenting on this the Mor ganton Herald well says : The article copied from the Pittsburgh Times, ; which lap- pears m this paper, is very sig nificant just now in view of the fact that such companies as the Columbia, of Philadelphia, are moving heaven and earth to get control of all the iron deposits in Western North Carolina. Mr. Bookwalter vis the head of a great firm of Ohio engine build ers, lie has mjfde a close study of the field, and what he says is entitled to great! weight. j We concuV in the opinion he ex presses that Western North Carolina will become the centre of the steel industry of. the country, but if the present own ers of our fine iron properties are to realize anything but of these! mines more than a mere song, they must adopt j some other course; than that jthey have heretofore taken. I They must sufficiently develop ; their mines to show, prospective purchasers what they have to ; offer. They cannot; expect the ; top of the market for their ! wares unless they put them in marketable shape. : We know ; of a number of men who are the owners of what they consider inexhaustible deposits of irpn, l and yet they have never exhib ited enough faith m the truth of their assertions small; pittance in the veins, ! and sufficiently de veloping the property to show j what there is in it. These men cannot expect to sell "a pig in a poke" and yet obtain l i the price of a well fattened porker. They must make up their minds either to spend aj little money on their mines or else stand; the chance of disposing of them at possibly! the one hundreth part of their market value. The men who- buy mines are gen erally! somewhat! above the average! of intelligence, as our mine ; owners may have job served, and j they are either goingj to know what they are buying, or if they have to gam- m, i.,tirr Qy-OTVi .,uV vncVoui fra?Tiiitr. ThoroTicli nd coapleto conrse of atnv pares young men and ronng ladiea for the active dutie of bnmnesa life, rnil corps of -well trained tfachers. No vacations. Students may enter at any time. Diploma on praduation. Catalogue mriied free. Address. I 1 J. T. JOUXSOX, Principal, Knoxvllle, Tenru F. N. CARRINGTON, (SrCCESSQR TO ATKINS CARRINGTON.) I WHOLESALE AND EETAIL -DEALEE IS HARD kND SOFT COAL, Hay, ' Grrain, BESJ JELLICO COAL OFFICE : NO 8 NORTHi COURT SQUARE, ASHEVILLE, N a octlO-lm ' ! . L ! ;. ; I I to spend a uncovering ls little as possible, will be white and rill not shrink. and they clean and The mind should be allowed to dwell only on thoughts that are happy, satisfying or perfect. Happy thoughts ! We have them when we expect them, and are in a state to receive them. Joubert. In using ammonia for domes xic purposes, one tablespoonful to a quart of water is about the ordinary proportion. be certain If a mine ble for it jthey will not to bet I too high is worth! anything it is worth a careful test, and the; owner can make no better investment than by having it thoroughly tested. If it is worthless, the sooner the owner is aware of it the sooner he will cease building air cas tles and go to work at some thing else.'' jil M In private ! conversation (be tween friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weak est ; for, indeed, the talking of a friend Js nothing else but thinking! aloud. Addison, in THE BONANZA, n -THEi WINE AND Fine LEADING LIQUOR STORE IK THE STATE. and Billiard Koom. Sampl NO. 43 S. MAIN ST. j. ASHEVILLE, N. C. A. MARQUAEJJT, Manager. THE "HICKORY INN HICKORY, N. C. An all ELECTRIC LIGHTS. H the Year Resort Special Cuisine OT, AND COLD WATER BATHS AND TOILETS ON EACH FLOOR. Attractions for Families. and Appointments Unsurpassed. FRANK LOUG-HRAN, Prop. J. 31. SMITH. IV. W. ROLLINS. THE WAREHOUSE ASHEVILLE, N. C. Headquarters for Bright Tobacco ! :o:- Having been selected by the Fanners' Alliance of 3Iadison county as the "Ware house at which to sell all their tobacco, we take this opportunity to thank our many friends for the patronage they gave us last season. We can with confidence say. that we are in bettef- shape to serve them this season than ever be fore. Our Warehouse is being enlarged and otherwise refitted and our accommo dations are first-class in every particular. We are glad to say to our friends and customers that the outlook for tobacco is very flattering, the grades they produce are in demand, the. manufacturers need them and are represented on our market, and they pay more for.it here than elsewhere. Offerings are large and prices good. ; ! I- i-! ; ' Askville is tie Place to Sell Tobaccos Raised io estern North Carolina and East Tenn. We have, with great expense, made the Farmers' Warehouse the-leading Ware house in the State, where you attend the sales of your own tobacco, or have it sold in a few days after shipment. We have with us this year Jolin R. Baird, Floor Manager; E. B. Davis, Auctioneer ; John A. Campbell, Book-Keeper; J. Arthur Reagan, Assistant Book-Keeper. Elsewhere we give a partial list of actual sales made recently, i i ; SMTTH & ROLLINS, Propr's. 7 4 V i
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