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THE DANBURY REPORTER; VOLUME 111. THE REPORTER. .V PUBLIBHKD WEEKLY AT C. MOSES I. STEWART, Editor PEPPER fi SONS, Proprietor». •'* RATBB OP SUBSCRIPTION. One Year, payable in advance, $2 0 81x Months, - - • 100 RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square (ten lines or less) 1 time, $1 00 For each additional insertion, • 50 Contracts for longeAbui or more space can b/tnade in proportion to the above rates. Transient advertisers will be eipected to remit according to these rates at the time they •end their faTOrs. Li©c*» Notices win he charged 50 per bent, higher than above ra'es. Business Cards will be inserted at Ten Dol lars per annum. WILLIAM DKVRttS, WILLIAM R. DCVRIKS, CHRISTIAN DCVRIKS, Of 8., SOLOMON KIMMILL. WILLIAM DEVRIES & CO., Importers and Jobbers of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods aaa Notions, 312 West Baltimore Street, (between Howard and Liberty,) BALTItfOKB. M.S. ROBERTSON, WITH Watkins Coflrcll, Importers and Jobbers of HARDWARE, CUTLERY, #o., SADDLERY GOODS, BOLTING CLOTH, GUM PACKING AND BELTING, 1307 Main Street, Richmond, V» B. F. KING, WITH JOIIXSON, SI TTOV k CO., I'RY GOODS. Nss. 324 and 328 Baltimore slreel; N. E. cor ner Howard, BXLTIMORE MD. T. W JOHNSON, B. M. SUTTON, J. I. R. CRABUE, G J. JOHNSON, nol-ly. JNO W HOLLAND, WITH T. A. BRTW k CO., U 1:1 ofncturers ol FRENCH and AMERICAN CAN OIKS, in every variety, and w liolesale dealers in FRUITS, NUT.«, CANNED GOODS, CI GARS, #c. 339 and 341 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. JNV* Orders from Merchants solicited, "•3^ J. W. KAVDOLPH k ENGIJB , BUOKSRLLBRS, t-TATIONBRK, AND BLANK-BOOK MANUKACTEREiIS. 1318 Main ft rest, Richmond. A Large Slack of I,A IV BOOKS always on nel-6m hand. Kt.ili ,H Ii Z V v., Importers and Wholesale Dealers ia NOTIONS, HOSIERY; GLOVES; WHITE AND "ANCY GOODS No. 5 Hanover street; Baltimore, Md. 46-ty II 11. MARTINDALR, WITH WM. J. C. DULANY & CO. tilationers' and Booksellers' W'are llOUSf. SCHOOL BOOKS A SPECIALTY. Stationery of all kinds. Wrapping Paper, Twines, Bonnet Boards, Paper Blinds 132 W. BALTIMORKST., BALTIMORE, MD. B. J. k R. E. REST, WITH HENRV SOWBBORN & CO., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. 2# Man over Street, (between German and Lombard Streets,) BALTIMORE, MD. ■ . SONNEBON, B SI.IMI.INE 47-ly GRAVES'S WAREHOUSE, DANVILLE, VA., For the Bale of Leaf Tobaooo. OUR ACCOMMODATIONS are unsurpass ed. Business promptly and accurately transacted. Jo* Guarantee the HIQHKST market price W. P. GRAVES March 11— tf B. M. WILSON, OF N. C., WITH R. W. POWERS k CO., WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, a«4 dealer* ia Painta, Oils, Dyes, Varnishes, French Window Glas*, 4c., Ho. 1305 Hain St.. Biohmond, Va. Proprietor! Aromatic Peruvian Bittert f (W pound Syrup Tolu and Wild Cherry. W. A. TUCKER, 0. 0. SMITH 8. B. BPRAOINB. TUCKER, SMITH k CO., Manufacturers and Wholeaale Dealers ID BOOTS; SHOES; HATS AND CAPS. MO Baltimore street Baltimore, Md. •1-iy- O. t. DAT, ALBERT JONES. DAY & JONES, Manufacturers of W J SADDLERY, HARNESS, COLLARS, , TRUNKS, #o. •olfe, 334 W. Baltimore (treat, Baltimore, Md. aot-ly fI'ILSOK, BURMS k CO., / -WHOLESALE GROCERS AND COMMIS SION MERCHANTS. «0 S Howard street, corner of Loaibard; BALTIMORE. We keep eonstaolty on hand a large aad wall assorted stock of Groceries—suitable for Southern and Weatern trade. We solicit coa £ 2 sirnmerits of Coantry Produce—such as Cot* 111 ton! Feathers; Ginseng; Beeswax; Wool; Dried .-',#*ait; fare; Skins, etc. Our facilities for do '■C tag business are such as to warraot quick sales "* aad prompt returas. All orders will havsonr prampt attention. 4J-ly. j DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1879 HELP. My hands hare often been weary hands, Too tired to do their daily task ; And just to fold them for evermore Has seemed the boon that was bent to ask. My feet have often been weary feet, Too tired to walk another day ; And I've thought, "To sit and calmly wait Is better far than the onward way." My eyes with tears have been so dim Tbat I have said. "I cannot mark The work I do or the way I take, For everywhere it is dark—so dark." But oh, thank God I There never has come That hour that makes the bravest quail ; No matter how weary my feet and hands, God never has suffered my heart to fail. So Ihe folded hands take up their work. And weary feet pursue ; £ And all is clear when the good beiK. Aries "Be brave I —to-morrow's another day." That Teriffic Trombone. Judge X , as all the world knows, ia one of the most respected members of the Supreme Bench. The judge, like all oelebrated men, is the possessor of a nose wbieh at once attracts attention even though it fail to oomtnand admira tion. It is a distinctive noee, to which the judge seems to belong, rather than it to him. It Is aquiline, and sugges live of the king of birds—the glorious esgle. Some years ago, the judge was in a country towu in fulfillment of bis du ties lie was much perturbed, shortly after bis arrival, by noticing a man who appeared to follow him eonstantly in the street Fearing the stranger who dog ged bis steps might meditate assassina tion, the judge mentioned the circum stance to a policeman, who in bis turn followed the unknown spy. Having assured himself that the man was actually lollowiag Judge X,, the officer stopped him, arrested bim, and prepared to put him in jail. The man protested his innooence, and denied the existence of any bad motives in his pursuit of the Judge. He sol euinly as-uied the policeman that be had DO evil iutentiuns ; and added : "The reasi u I have followed that man for nearly a week, night and daj, is tbat I am determined not to loose sight ol luiu until 1 hear bim blow that bugle." He was rewarded the uext day, iu court, by the sound of that terrific tromboue, and bus beeu siooe deaf ever since. MISTAKEN IDENTITY —Not long ago a man was run over and killed by the i-ars at Exanston, in the neighborhood of Chicago. The body identified as that of Joaiah Hill, a resident of South Bend, Ind , who bad been at work on a farm at Wiunetka, five miles from Mid dl town. The widow and daughter were inconsolable and quite broken down after the coroner's inquest (which found that "Josiah Bill oarne accidentally to his death,") aad the burial in the grave yard at South Bend. Several days later Mrs Hill mastered up energy enough to go to Wiooetka for her late husband's •Sects. Lo and behold wben she ap proached the farm house, there waa her husband quietly at work in the barn yard. She fainted several times and could with difficulty be induced to be lieve tbat it waa only a very strange oase of mistaken identity. As for Hill himself, it was tbe first he bad beard of bia own doath. Lawlessness ia a characteristic of our times; ohildreo disobey their parents; youths are rebellioQs against paternal gnidaaee; insubordination is rife in tbe schools ; the jails are crowded with law breakera ; sod the prevalent spirit of disobedience to rightful authority has invaded even the oharoh ot God There needs to be so authoritative enuaoiation of the obligation to submit to lawful government by all publio teachers. Though the Engiiah Presbyterians have leas than 800 ooogregatioos, they raise Isrge contributions. Lsst yesr 260 churches contributed a totsl ot' 11,143,- 636, an average of $4,374 to each congregation. The St. Louis Methodist Conference, whioh has just adjour»«d, report* 13,230 membera, 1,710 probationers, 143 ehurebes, and 10,308 Baaday School scholars. It is olsimed that American coal can be sold at a good profit in Australia, aod it is proposed to seod farther eon. ' j signment* by future outgoing vessels. j The Farmer and His Money. King Frederick of I'rumia, wben he was out riding one day, saw an old farm er who was plowing his fi»id, and sing ing cheerfully over his work. You must bo woll off, old man, said the King Does this acre belong to yon on which you so industriously labor ? "No, sir," replied tbe man, who of course had no idea that he waa speaking to the King ; ' I am not so rich as tbat j I plow for wages " "How mujh do you earn eaoh day V asked the King. "Eight groeehen," returned the man. "That would bW about uioety fivfe els. of our money. '•Tbat is very little," said the King, "can you get along with it I"' ' Get along ! yes indeed ! and have something left." "How do you manage ?" "Well," said the farmer, smiling, "I will tell yon. Two grosohen are for myself and wife ; with two 1 pay my debts,aod two I give away for the Lord's sake." ''This is a mystery which I cannot solve," said the King. "Then I must solve it for you," said the farmer. "I have two old parents at home, who kept aud cared for me when I was young aud weak, and needed care Now that tbey are old aud weak, I am glad to keep and oare for them This is my debt, and it takes two groschen a day to pay it. Two more I spend on my childrens' schooling. If they are living when their mother and I are old, tbey will keep us and pay back what I lend Then with my last two groschen I support my two sick sisters who can not support themselves. Of course I am not compelled to give them the mon ey, but I do it for tbe Lord'aown sake '' "Well done, my man," cried the old King, as be finished; "now I am going to give you something to guess. Have you ever seen oie before?" "No," said the farmer. "In...lets than five minutes you shal| see me fifty timts, and carry in* your * pocket fifty of my likenesses " "This is indeed a riddle which I can- ' not solve," said the farmer ' Then I will solve it for you," said ! the King; and with tl-at lie put his baud into his pocket and pulling out fifty gold pieces, placed them iu the hand if the farmer. The coio is gen uine, said tbe King ; for it also comes ; from our Lord God, and I am his pay master. I bid you good bye " Aod he rode off, leaving the old man overwhelmed with surprise and delight at tbe singular interview To Turn Oak Black. The Revue Judiutriella states that oak may be dyed black, and make to resemble ebony, by the following means ; Immerse tbe wood for forty-eight hours in a hot saturated solution of alum, and tbeu brush it over with a log wood decoction, as follows: Boil one part of best logwood with ten parts of water, filter through linen, aod evaporate at a gentle heat until tbe volume is re duced one half. To every quart of this add from tea to fifteen drops of saturated neutral solution of indigo. After ap plyiog this dye to the wood, rub the lat ter with a saturated and filtered solutioo of verdigris in hot oonoentrated aoetio acid, and repeat the operation until a black of the desired intensity is obtained. Oak stained in this manner is said to be a elose aa well as a splendid iaiitstioo of ebony. Two herdsmen quarrelled on a Ne braska prairie, and each threatened to - kill the other. Neither was armed, but there was a gun ia their hut, a mile •way. Both started for tbe weapon, and it was a rsee for life, for tbe msn wbo got it was certaio to ahoot his companion. They had several fights on the way. and were bruised and exhausted when they neared the goal; but they ran with des peration, aod kept abreast until close to the hoase Then one tripped and fell, giving the other the lead. Tbe victor i dashed into the building, pulled the gun down from its hooks, and mercilessly murdered his fallen foe. Bucceta in any calling is the result of a man's love of. aod belief in, the work i 1 he bas undertaken. Earnest and con ' seientious labor often accomplishes more, j , I in tbe end, than brilliant genius. Tie Republican View. tfllAT TIIK NKW YORK TIMKB TIIINXS IT lIIAS FOUND OUT ABOUT TUB PRKSiDKNCY. jWe have information from every State intbe Union gathered by more than 170 correspondents, stationed at from one to nineteen points in each State. Each correspondent covered a large field, in cluding many important ceutres of politi cal thought and discussion. It is safe to say that the thirty-two j columns of reportß which the Tiuie* gives this morning r fled the popular j seotiinant at nearly 1 000 d fl' rent hcalt- I ti**! ev«nlj_disti ibuted over tin* j whofegeographical extent of the country. ! Tbe letters came from intelligent men ol both political parties, I'r ni lawyers edi tors, and trained newspaper reporters, from college professors, f'soui politicians. State and municipal officers, literary and business moo— from all clauses and voea. tions which give opportunity for fi ill. arity with the currents ui thought and feeling. Io localities whero the Rppiihlicnii party was known to he div ided ou certain issues, either persons or otherwise, a c.n reepondent from eaoh side was so that there might be no doubt as to the perfect impartiality of the jud|>inent. Our correspondents do rot give their individual views simply, but the prefer ences expressed by the people of their section. The results point unmistakably to the nomination of Gen Grant by the Re publicans, and of Mr. Tilden by the Democrats The vast preponderance of Republican sentiment in favor of Gen Grant leaves all other candidates hope lessly in the rear. Many Republicans who are personally opposed to his nomi nation coufess that his name is almost the only one mentioned in their vicinity It will be seen by the faots and figures we present that were the Republican National Convention to be held at once, Gen Grant would receive the vote of every State except Maine. Nevada and , Orejjjyj, and jjoseibly Califurtya It is I cleanly apparent, from tbe tone of the | letters that the movement in favor of j Gen Grant originates with the masses, j and not with the politicians. Sen itor Blaine seem to have seiiously injured his standing among thi Republican masses by his advocacy of tbe anti- Chinese bill. It may be stated generally that out of 157 points from which advices have been received, Gen Grant is tue expressed ohoice of 130, Senator Blaine 10, and that Messrs. Wasliburne, Gat field, Sher man, Conk ling, Edmunds, and Chandler follow in tbe order named. The Demo erats in 98 of the 157 districts prefer Tilden, Thurman comes next with 23 districts, Bayard with 11, and Hen dricks and Hancock biing up the rear. Tilden, if the Democratic Convention were held to morrow, seeuis sure of the votes of not less than 21 of the 38 Stateß — AT. V. Timet, Radical A TRIUMPH IN CIVIL E.NGINKKRI.NO.— Owing to tbe immense weight, the irou shoes in which rest two of the spans of the long Lehigh Valley railroad bridge •t Eastoa, Fa , lately saok about an inoh. throwing the bridge out of grvde. As it was certaio tbat the depression wou d continue owiog to the fact that the iu side masonry of tbe pier is less solid than the outside, an iron casting twelve feet long, three feet three inches wide, and three inohes thick, weighing 7,000 pounds, was on Thutsday successfully placed under the spans in order to elevate them. Tbe spans weigh 180 tons each Hydraulic jacks were used Tbe spnnß were raiaed, tbe masoury redressed, the earnings placed in position, and the spans lowered, with the stoppage of ■ single train. This is the greatest engineering feat that has been attempted and suc cessfully carried thr>ugb this region Philadelphia North American Fire Record. CINCINNATI, April 14.—A special says f e planing-mill of W. H Riffen burg at Hobart, Ind , was burned the 12th Loss. SIO,OOO Slack & De Gruyier's brewery, at Charleston. W Va , was burned this morning (14 h). Loss, 110,000; in surance, |5 000. NKW ORLEANS, April 14 —P Hol den's stables, with six buggies, five IIT ses, hitrness, , were burned |.>-da>. Tbe loss is estimated at 810,000 The Old-Fashioned Mother. Thank God ! some of us have an old fashioned mother. Not a woman of the period, enameled and painted, with her great chignon, her curls and bustle, ' whose white, jeweled hands l ave never j felt the clasp of baby fingers, but a dear, ' old fashioned, sweet-voiced mother, with eyes in whose depths the love ligl t shone, ' and brown ha.r, threaded with silver, lying smooth upon her faded cheek. ■ Tbose dear hands, worn with toil, guided j our totteriog steps iu childhood, and | smoothed our pillow in sickness, even j levelling out to us iu yearning tetidtinesn I »l.eu lmr • *piru was Hi ' i the pearly spray of I be river. B.enced is ihe memory of an old | fashioned moil.ei ' li Hats to us now j iike. I lie beaut ilul perluuie of souie wood md bl ssiuis Tlie rnu.'ic of other j voices uoiy be lost, but the entrancing ; memory o her will erho m our souls ! !..r-ver, O.ber facts will fade away | Mid be forgotten, but hers will shioe on j until the light fruiu heaven's portals shall glorify our own U en in the fi -f u I pause of busy life | out leet wnnd r burk 'o the old houie | stead, and crossing the well-worn thres | iio.d, stuuii i.uce ui.re in th ) low, quuiut j roniu hullowi d, by her presence, how ihe ieeliug of childish innocence und de ; pendeuce comes over us, and we kneel ; down iu the mellow sunshine, streaming through the western window—just where long years ago we knelt by our mother's knee, lisping "Our Father." ~ How many times, when the tempter lures us on, has the memory of tbose sicred hours, that mother's words, ber faith and prayers, saved us from plunging into the abjss of sin ! Years have filled gteat rifts between her and us, but they have not hidden from our sight the bright glory of ber pure and unselfish love. A Wonderful Story. AID FROM THE KKGI ON OV SPIRITS. X A two wc received in 1 writing, from a gentleman of highest authority, the following stories (which he obtained direct from her father) for publication. It appears tbat some time ' ago a gentleman, who was a man of properly and a friend of the young lady, died. A short time ago the young lady received a message from him stating that if she would go fo a certain p'ace | in the garden and dig in a certain way, she would find a diamond ring. As a ' mere experiment the young ladv followed the direotious giyen, aod accompanied by Iriends went to the garden and told them where to dig. Her instructions were complied with, and at the very spot indicated a diamond ring of fine pattern was found. It was nnearthed t giveu to the young lady and was valued by an expert at $125 A short time after this, a second tnes j sage was received from the dead man, saying that if the young lady would follow his directions she would find s diamond ring of even grester va>ue than ■ the first. The directions were more oompUcated than before. The main point however, was to go to a large oak tree, | with a hollow in it. The young lady was instructed to put her hand within this hollow, and bold it there for some time. She did as directed, being as be fore accompanied by spectators. She put her hand io the trunk of the tree ■lid after holding it there a moment withdrew it hastily, saying, "I've got it." She fell back very much prostra ted, aud opening her hand showed a glittering diamond, being of more than double the value of the first. It is said that just before she withdrew her hand • rumbling, heavy sound was heard with in the tree, pi.inly audible to the people standing near — Atlanta Cvnsti tutio». Friends do not grow on every bush though lovers may, aud when oue finds a good, true friend, one ought to value him—nor feel ashamed of it eiiher. Tbe greatest pleasure of life is love ; the greatest treasure is contentment; tbe greatest possesion is health ; the greatest ease is sleep, and the greatest medicine ■s a true friend. Beware of prejudices ; they are like rat*, aud men's minds are like taps. Piejudioes creep iu esrily, but it is | doubtful if ihey etui get out. NUMBER 46. KOMICB. Two rival belles m»eting at a fashion* able party, mie said to the other : "How Well you look under tho candle light I" j "How very charming ynu are in the dirk !" retortel the other. A horse ran away tho railroad de p.it iu Philadelphia lutely, and knocked down seventeen persons, each one be longing to a different "Pianofore" oom pany about starting on a country tour. They tried to kill a book agent at Omaha last week. He was robbed, thrown into the rive', knocked off the cars, tossed from a high bridge into the j river again, and in two hours he was i around with an illustrated Bible, trying ■ "To get a SffßSßftptTou Irotu the head tit ! the attacking party. Coming back from a little trip to Hav re, a Parisian thus bewailed bis misfor | tune tu a railway eouipanion : ''One tiling is certain, you w.ui't catch uie on ! any more of these excursions I have ! lost my wife and my caue." Aud then | he aiided, with tears in his eyes, "And it wan a new oane, too !" A pr sooer who finely expected that 1 he vou d get his desert* and bo sent up I for life, is astonished to hear the jury Bx his terui of imprisonment at two )e>r?. ■ Tw» years only !' he exclaimed in delight ; "ah, tlien, gentlemen of the I juiy, may heiven do likewise unto you I a thousand-fold." Frank Wilson, of Yancey county, so the Bikersviile Ilepubticau says, wished i logo West, but lacked the wherewithal. So he killed a goose, bloodied himself, i told his brother he had killed a neighbor, collected 8200 from him and others to enable him to escape, and escaped. A New York jury has given a verdict in favor of a woman who sued a saloon keeper for depriving her of the support that ought to Lave been given her by ber husband, by supplying the latter with intoxicating liquor and keeping him in a state of inebriety during hours when he should have been at work. The amount of damages awarded is only fifty-four dollars—just enough to carry the cost* of the suit—but it is said that a much heavier sum would have been given but for the character of the bus baod' ■' * *. v PKNSIONFD.-- W. H Hamilton, Sergeant Company E, 4tb Regiment N. C. S. T , who lost an eye in the battle of Williams burg, in May, 1862, appeared before the Probate Judge, Sheiiff and County Com* missioners yesterday, and made applica tion for the pension granted by the recent j act of Assembly. It was allowed I Ralenjh Observer. One of the largest cotton presses ever cast in the United States is being con structed at the Scott works, at Reading. Each cylinder weighs about fifteen tjns and, when completed, the whole aparatus will weigh about three hundred tons. The 1,859,143,000 cigars made in the i United States during the last fiscal year j would eucirole the globe five times if ; placed eud to end, and it is estimated I 250,000 persons got their living from their manufacture. Napoleon the First said that agricul ture was the body and soul of the Em pire ; and, in the height of his glory, he gave the subject much atteuticn and encouragement, and established in France a Department of Agriculture. Hog packing in the West last year was unusually heavy. The total exports of hog product for the year ending No vember 1 were 1,157,199 200 pounds, ' or loity-one per ceot. more than the pre ' vious year. At St. Paul, Minn., there are two dry goods jobbing houses whose annual sale* i are as high as SIOOO 000, while several | boot and ahoe Lous s are doing a business of not less than $2,000,000 a year. The receipts of wheat at Detroit for ; the past three months were 1,956,097 bushels, which is an increase of 455,837 bushels over the corresponding period of i he year previous. ■ ■ ■ A Pennsylvania lumber company baa just purchased 20,000 aerea of fine tim ber in Florida, and will ereot a large saw mill npon the land for the manufac ture of timber. A bold heart with a sound bead will aeoompliah its aims; but fear treeiea activity at its fountains The man who can't find anything to do hunts with great kuushun.