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iJAM lil'llV, i\. C., THURSDAY, SJftPTUMtiKU 15, 1881.
l'ursVv e.«ten with vinegir wi I r«
umvp the unpleasant effect* of eating
onions
Ye lti« lev. r has a»suined a serious
character in Havana Forty deaths
occurred during the week ending on
Frl lay.
A'in HI, Trias, has u lemalo deputy
klii ri!!. and when she telle a linn sho has
an attachment lor liiui he don't know
wh 'tlier in h uh ami try to look sweet
or to light nut lor tho wimds
The In"i;e-t ilrouchi 'hat ever occur
red in A ti'-rio'i wis m ihe sun ner of
17t>— N > luin fell IVi>ui He Ist nl May
10 I lie 1* .f September Mm) ol I lie
inhabitants rout in 10 igland lorhay and
grain 'i'V,j r X Hi.ullfc m ilns secii >n
lias lasted ihre • uiiutns
Tn cure bunions, u-e pulverized salt
peter and aWee t oil. OHi a 111 at a drug
gist s five or mx eonia w i*i th ol sat tj h ior ;
put into a liotile wiill Miffieni.it olive oil
to dissolve it. snake up Well, and tub
tlie infinite ! j mils lilgllt and morning,
and uiore iiejueinl) it painful
The Agrieuliuriil Department reports
a deficit to t e cr 'p of aliout i!75,'M»0.-
1100 tuisl els ol corn, or ab nit isruty
five p«r cent The cr ip last ye ir wus
lifteeii hundred millions liushe's. This
year it will he about clc"cn hunditd
million hushels
About fitly i dilors in Nebraska haic
aniiiHinced siuiiiliaiieou-ly iheir n.ltn
lion ol suspending the issue ol tlicit pa
pers fur two we- ks, • owing to tin intense
Ileal *' The heat was ll.at. of a lire wiueh
burned the lli u in Ounha, where il eir
iusides were printed.
Mrs. Mi laid Kill mure, wife of the
late i xpiesiileut Killmoie, dird in llutlalo
N. Y , a#, d seventy one yeaia Mrs
l*'uluj.ue's ule was charaoterized by
charily, boih pub ia and private, h"ino
a liberal subscriber tj uiany public
ctrir tible institutions
Spnrgeon has preached one ol his
I strjigest ai-ruinns on lhe d ietrino ol
1 eleot'oil lie w»i already drawing tile
i di-icnori-# lo a cmsn when", stiel.'hint:
| III* hand toward the y tilery, ho suld,
"Perhaps 'hero .s s"ttie . our sinner away
| up there It. lho gallery who in sayinu.
I O 1 m ih'i I knew whether I am «•»•• >■'
' Hit! fleet I can • eI. you." mid ""pur-
I genu ; "r i 'u nr.' w lling to be a Chris
j dan yii leeleted' - An I Spurgeon
Wis Whim i vcr »i 1, let litui
itouiH. • /it ftwom/ ( h
A ITU 1 „i,Y —To make the finest
; n'i ~iy ill npji e jelly, ilio apples tini-t
I no yii'id and tuiiy rl'pe the tvuiperuture
eihil never er than sniy (lejirs-*
] I'.ny preteir 1 I'lic «.if;hiest leruien
lauon id i in- j'lico apoiln tlui ja ly ; henru
j the w h-'le pruct »s uiiiht be t*o lined to
I ilnee or li"ir hcum and with tho inercu
iry at -ixu mjiess tumo hour A cop
| per evap ra i i» u.ed. it must b waali
| ed ev try d n ili.tr Ufjt.ly
A Wee' rn eaitnr d teltrt't tltat an
j acre ol u nchokes will lurtns:i f.iur nr
five tiitii Ka« many r.••.t» as pit.it. es, and
cairy ui. ro swine than ten a res The
' ur.iun.Jl-l ti rallylu.ini tlioui. and they
! ciuie tieir I tie surfteu and t{o d iwn a
l i.it. They are easily rnsed, and are
p'antid in laud »uilcd lo corn or P' >ta
: toea Plant and cultivate as potatoee
uno sea«.>o and I he *ill need no replan'.
i ing The eliitl'diffijul'y is how to get
rid of iheui
Tim FAMILV EDUCATOR. —"Nit family
of children might to Le bruug'it up
without having ready a0e«»8 t> tlui
j grand yuluuio (AVetister's Unaht idtred
Dietionary) Ui" a lunny iu itacll
It nill answer thousands ul iiue-ti niH
: to ihe wid awake child—mil. sitnpl)
concerning the spelling and ni(aniig..i
wmds. but also with reference to every
branch of study with which the fuung
mind must ortpple at every stuge iu the
j cujrsp ol seeu ing an rducatiun
The hook is an ever-presnnt and relia
ble school ui ifcter lo the whole family
Jiirs and divisions, wrangling* and
] pieiudiees eat out the growth, if not the
lit ), ol re igioo These are llt.iso waters
1 of Marah that embitter our spirits, and
quencu the Spirit of God. Unity and
I peace is said tube like the detv ol ller
uton. that deaoatided upon Sion, wlicre
the L ird promised Ins blessing Iltvis
, ions run religions into bri.«r-t and thorns,
! contentions and parties Divisions arc
to ohurches like wars in countries ; where
| war is, tho gr tund lieth waste and uu
; tilled ; none takes rare of it. It is love
; that edifieth, hut division pulleth down
Divisions are as the northeast wind to
the fruit*, which cau-eth thetu lo d wtn
dleaway to nothing : but when the storms
; are over, everything beings to grow
When men arc divided, they seldom
apeak tho truth in love; and then, no
tuarvel, they grow not up to Him iu
all thing* whioh is the riead It ia a
sad prasage of an approaching famine
(as uno well observe*) —oot of btead.
nor water but ot hearing the Word of
Ood—when the tuin ears of corn devour
the plump full ones; when our contro
| verities about doubtlul things, and things
of les* moment, oat up our teal for the
i more indisputable and practical things
in religi'JD — John /tun/fan.
Mr. unci Mrs. Spo *p »iid.yk Wrestlo
with the Saratoga Trunk.
(Brooklyn Ragle )
"My dear," s id Mi» S indyke.ng
; •■lie iirose from her knees, hot w d 'ired
with packing, and rubbing the -urill of
' tier b-ck as ehe strat|{liienei) cm l'ui till
ilnline li i>»w, 11 lid I wish you would louk
tins tiuiilc."
"Certainlyri'p itd Mr ke»
dropping his puper und slamming down
itie lid "All you've j»o( in I•si nt fit
(lie hasp ill (he loik an J turn iln' key.
.So!'
Hut tlie key didn't quite turn, and
Mr. Spoopendyke hit rhe l.u«p with iliu
*PBe i>l" H™ tf"l .fni r> li i> iijflUl
• Don"t it work V usl.il Mrs Spnop.
••ndykf, watching the j i >- et-il witli
i Considerable inteie*'.
' It'll work if you'll let it alone," r>n!tt
! Mr Hp nupendy kit severely ami Up raised
II lie lid, dropped it » liil ll , pounded the
liacsp und wienehed at tin- key with all
Ins ct r» nsi th. 'Stud bu:k and give uio
! i.» ■ in, Cin't you?" In; griwleti us ho
I pressed down on ili>* uov*ll and |f i»e the
ij'j'uk twists in a vain effort to catch
. the lock una.vatcs
j ' Why d.in'i y u ni your weight on
it iitjd let u.c iO'k it V u Hi d Mrs.
I Spoopei.dyke, fluttering ui und her bus
i hainl uti! uniidi'iing it l:e w»a thorough
y aware t! at lu- p!ti h ' hat wus luimedi
ilfiy under the iid
j "U«vny ig it l!ie t in» to k 'ep away
f oiti this th; n■» anil let ui« work it?'' de
: matidcd Mr Spoopcndyke, contemplating
j his wile with a Spirtati i xpredion ol
visag». S'puse I can do anything with
you sitting on uiy eihnw ? ll' you'll go
down cellar for a minute I'll lock th ts
trunk," and Mr Spn"| etidyHe buged
;««ay at the hasp und breathed hard.
| But his let cliorls uould only turn the
key half way.
1 ' O'l ! ain't I glad ymi uhlti'l lock
i' !" exclaimed Mm Spnopendy kc, ami
' his to stay her hit-band's gi »wiug wrath.
"I forg..t, to | ut in yo ir waking cane ''
•|lod ir-iai the can ! spot end Mr.
Spoopcndykc. "S'poj •nV gmtij to loe,'v
my t*sier with nil. rt wVkttit! cane
sticking iut in tne etui t Who i.ay« I
can't loi k it Wlnit'.H the ttuson I cao't
j lock it ?" And he st • d "IT a:id fetched
tho hasp aHi B end u- kick "Anything
j eit-1- you've firgotun 11 pnt in J" And
! tie spuing on the li l and lugged at the
j key with hi-, he id thrown hai:k and his
l teeth net 1 Got a couple i t mirrors you
; want in here 'I Any clnua around the
j house that wan's a ride in thin trunk ?
j Want ti put ill that d "I sT'ist'd ass at tho
top floor wh i t ties to p ay the fiddle ?"
And he flopped off oil to the floor and
batigi-d ut the Imp a^niti
"Let uie (-it on it," Mijgis'id Mrs.
j Spoopendyke, elm.buy r-p without wnit
| ing lor ii response. "Now ti) it."
j Mr. Spoopetidyke fumbled uinund and
work id ut the harp and key, hut fruit
j less'y.
"Can't yc sit any harder than tliut ?''
, lie je led. us the key suck and wouldn't
; turu euher way. "'Kiuid of breaking
J'.heui asly thing? i're s d n>n, ciu't
yv ?'
Mrs Spoopendykn squirmed ar> utid
and Saul : "Now d a," and ill 'n look
|ed over to sen how I ■ w,« getting on>
! but i-ti I the louk w.is ob l irito
ihe u»t isly trunk !" h .wled
Mr Spnopemiyke, firing the key out ol
' th i> window and jjivini! tho trunk a fure
! well kick. "Il you want it locked you
got a bi.uksmith and a sleam dm rick,''
a d Mr Sp.iopendyko ihiew hitn»eif into
a cliuir and preteedtd to buiy hiin.-elf
in his paper.
"I don't know how w 're ever going
jto gel it open," B»id Mrs Spoopendyke
after a lung silence.
"Get what open ?" growled her I us
i band.
"The trunk. Now I remember it's
got u spring lock, and when yoi» tm k
the key out it locked foe If I d n't
suppose we ran e»tr find iha key."
•'That's it!" yelled Mr. Spoopendyke.
''You know all about it now ! Why
didn't you lell uie it was a spring look ?
Wliat'd ye kicp it to yourself for 1"
"I forgot," whimpered .Mrs Spoopen
dyke ; "but it will be all right I cio
open it."
"Oh, you caa open it!" snorted Mr.
Spoijpendyke. "You're an opener ! All
you want is to be sharpened on botn
• idea to be an oyster knife? With a
dark lantern and • likull cap you'd make
a full »ct of burglar*' tool*Oh, yea,
y IU'II «p nit ! 1' J' 1 * bud II loose bsn
die and otto corner wicked oft you'd
net rich as a scrtn* (juvet !' and Mr
Spoopendyke tere out-of the house to
see il he could borrow«>ouieiliing to pry
open the unltidUHate trunk.
'•That uives tiie tiuie to pick the va.
list," u-uruiured Mrs Spoopendy ke,
• and as I've got anoilier key to the
ttunk we'll do pretty Well al'tei all," and
the worthy 1.1 y beg.ti to jam night
•bin* stnl hut oil ir.W* the b*k:H, t. j.-oth
»r willi »»nd« ifhes n :.d tno: l. hi »sb S
vfotideriog betnjus wbeil'er Mr .Spoop
'eniiyke'* siik hat hem so badly
siuuelied tliut it wouldn't do to go lishing
in on rainy diys, even it it tlijo'i look
well t n*u'j*T\ trtr ebtfftrt.
How to ba Charming.
Hveiy young girl cannot be b antilul
lor to every one liod has not given i>
comeiy Inca nor a gracifui fi.uie Hut
eycry • no can i-e.*ii.-
lIU lit II II
li'tiee bri
ideur skin
tllllllgll hi.
features. »•
tuony of
they nre
grncca
by the ■
▼eiy b».
vute >
tcnK
((110.
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tlii.
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bus
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toy
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Her, 'I IL - ujiecave 1 > -nn. •,
or the "captivating Mss St Maik"
She hat grown interesting, agreciblc
ai d carnival iug, and euh (j'jility in lar
ni'irc valuable to a woman tbau the pus
sifs'ou of mere beauty, without other
winning person il characteristic*.
Tlii! power to c inverse well ;s a vurj
great cb>roi lou think pnybody can
talk? !!•>» mistaken jou arc! Auy
body can chatter Anybody cm u
change iillo ss p. Anylody can re
capitulate the troubles of the kitchrnt
thu c.'St ol the last Q.->T diess, and the
probable doitit" of the neighbors.
I!jt to talk wisely, instructively,
freshly ui d d lghtlu ly is an immense
accomplish ui nt. li implies eieitiun,
observation, study of b « ks ui.d peoj If,
aud receptivity ol impressions No
young gnl cau lope to shiue in couvii
sutt"U as Iter mother d .es, Lui every
girl cau .begin to acquire lliat giacelul
a,t fthicli wilt draw toteli.guut Uicn and
women to her aide.
Is Thia Your Wife !
It is related of Franklin that lr"t» thn
window ol his office in I'hiladeiphia In
noticed a luechatiic. among a nuuibei >1
others at 'inrk on u bou.no wlncti was be
ing eiectvd clos* by, who always appear
ed to be in a merry humor, and «h • hud
a kind and cheerful sunlc lor every one
lie met. let the d-'y he ever so co.d,
g!>ouiy or sunless, the happy smile d.mu
ei like a sanbeaui on his checrlnl c>un
teuaiico. Meeting Ului one d»y F auk
11it requested to know the secret of hi*
constant happy il >w of spirits
'"lt's no secret, doctor," ll e mm re
plied "I've got one ol tbe be-n of
wiyes, and when 1 go to worn she always
gives uid a kind word o* encouragement
and a blessing with her parting kiss;
anil when I go home she is sure to meet
me with a sun e and a kiss of welo"Uie ;
and I hen tea is sure to be ready ; and an
we chat IU the eyeuinu, I tinti she has
been doing So many little things through
the day to please uie, that I oauuut (ind
it tu uiy heart to speak an unkind wmd
or give an unkind look to uuybody
"And Franklin adds:
"What an influence, then, hath woman
over the heart of man, to soften It, unj
make it (he fountain of cheerful and
pure emotions Speak go tly, then A
liappy smile and a kind word of greeting
alter tbe toil- of the day are over cost
nothing, and go lar toward making
home happy and peicelul."
Let no one ever repudiate an honest
iffort, nor ever ask to have il.c tiuth
Veiled behind ambiguous sentence# of
hoaeyid words, however hideous she
may seen to thotc who know he; uot.
The Idleness of Girls.
A great mistake ihat many of our
piils are ft.aking, and that their moth
ersaie eitlur encouraging or allowing
tliem tu nrske, in that of spending lln ii
tiuie out ofSohuul iu il eotss r in I".iv
olous ainus#uietit, doing no work to e; i nk
of, and learning nothing about tlio prae
ticia! duties and serious cares of life
It is nit only in llio wealthier families
tl.at girls are growing up indolent arid
jinpracMceJ in household worl ; ind. id
I iliing th.it mot u utteiiiiou ii> j d to
the indji'riai ol girls ill the wea i{■ r
families than in tlie foinihonof uici'liamug
ami people in m >dera'e circumstances,
where the uiothets arc c -uij tiled to work
h r i all itl.in tlie liibt
wee.i," says one ol n.y
"I have h" ir I *
vtauieii in
(hat. 1
tor order
• i>l b 'logs and must not soil lior !ian Is
jor rulllj her temper with neccsiry
no'jscwork. Tne mother is ilie drudge ;
the daughter is u Quo lady for whom
she toils. No in ther who suffers Mich
a .-tatu i f thing* us this, can preseive
the respeo ol her diu^hter —and the
respects uf her d no ui tticr CJII
utf rd to lose. 'l'.ie reull ol this is to
firm iu the wind* of uiatiy gifiod girls
u it only « .tiiiaste fur labor, but u coo
tempt for ti, and a purpose to avoid it
us they can live by s me meat)* or oth-
I ur -
Mr Kfcne, a shre.vd ai.d thtiliy farui
, tr "I Kmtueky, owned a largo fl ok ol
st.ei'p, and one autumn, when it cauie
housing time, be was greatly annoyed
upon Uii-siog a ULUiticr ol lita tioest
uiUtt"U ; among them tliieo or tour
; wethers which ho had raised and fatlcn
| eii lor his own (able lie was dure ti
wa» not ihe woik d d"ga, and the most
j he could do was to await latthir dc-cl-
I opmenta
| On the following spring, »lun his
| sheep were turned t ui to pasture, he in-
I siltnted a careful WMtcli, und e r long he
! detected Toin Siickney, a utighbirmg
farmer, in the act of pillering a she p ;
tiut ho made no noire about it at the
time Stiokinj was a man well to do
uud Ko tic did not care to expose liiui
Autumn oauio anain, and op >n count
ing op his lock Mr Ket no louoil t ight
sheep missing ile Uiude nut n bill in
due lorm to Thomas ftutkuey lur the
eight slurp and puseutcd it. Stickney
cooked aud statu oi to i, hut did not hack
down. Like a prudent uian de paid ill..
bill and pocke ed the receipt
Auother sprint time cauie, and Mr
K ene's sheep were agulo turuc i out
Another autumn eauio, and the farmer
I -gain took an account of his stuck, and
this time fHteen she p were missing.
As beioru he u*de out the bill to Torn
1 Stickney f »r the whole number missing,
but thiuiu Tout objected.
"It's to> much nl a good tiling," said
he. , •'Fifteen sheep ! Why bless jour
soul, I hadn't hall of 'cm." Mr. Iveene
was memorable
"Thcru is the bill." said he, "and I
have made it out in good faith I have
tn.tdeno luss when uiy sheep have been
missing, because I deemed your credit
good and sufficient."
"Well groaned Torn, with a by gulp,
"I suppose I must obey ; hilt," be added,
emphatically, "we'll olosc that aCCouut
11oin this due. You have given uie
toi much credit altogether—some other
rasoil ha* been stealing on'the streugth
; of it."
When a mail discovers that the world
| i* made up of disagreeable, quarrelsome
pe ipltj, it is time to look at himselfthougU
ihe l»ii? end of a spy glass to see if lie
i oau'i find i fault or two at home.
iMMJBEK 12.
A Whole Cent.
llailoa !" said Mr (Irny. »s 1.0 turn
ed corner by Lis gate and ran plump
into a lilt'# jjirl who was coming out.
l ()li, Jou't *t»p uie, please, I've g''t
ii «lu; t- cmi, hi d I'm fining to the store,"
and ilx> little figure trotted awuj', with
one hand shut mo tight tlial tlie cent
o 'u'. ln't have got out il it had been
TI i I t.
,(,,ho li.ikor, candies and piea," that
via?, he place «he «vaiiicd, mid in a min
ute sit wwi Handing on tiptoe trying to
make vr sin was big enough to look
over Sht c. muter.
Mr Biker vr (i bu-y. and no Jo (her
whole name a» Jusepbone) had a chance
to look about ''Candies and pies." I
TfiS.» iniek_ovcrj'wher's that
.. i«i r. i> ik»-t
a.lout h» b s us Jo. and n»
help Saving her Whstdoyou th Uift lit
(1 ill '( lie took tlic buudie and marked
in big letters, '-I J rh« one cent."
' Now," t-aid lie, "you owe uie forty
fur otu(n, and I'll uive you that fir a
J kiss, and then we will be equate " So
he took his kiss, mid Jo took her bundle
and vv iut home, and the lea At that the
and her dollies had listed from four
o'clock till nearl bidlituc. —A' J*.
I Weekly Tribune.
Morning E:ble Beading.
The best time lor JJiLIf reading is in
in the morning The mind and body
are fresh al'cr tin repose of the night,
tind the highest powers of thought uiny
1 be brought to btar upon tho subject
selected. Hut, wiib most people, etch
recurring brings its own pressing tasks,
liiisincs circs, 11.0 dlily toil, and tbo
duties ' i the household arc the first aod
most engrossing concerns. Soma hours
tiiti't pats with Ritiny belore they eon
find time to sit dorn to any quite read
in;. Li t the plan be honestly tried
ol I.lkinK . ouie words from God's Book
I. r the first uieditution of the morning.
Mike fir ilie next mouth a fair, stead
fast trial ol the plan of studying the
IJib'e when jour l'aenliici are at mental
high w..'er urirk. You wonder at the
familiarity ol this or thai liiend with the
INaltn-i. tin Kpisil«», Hie Gospels It
h.S been g lined i little at a tfiie, by
patient daily leading— thoughtful utid
prayerful reading, too, which was bivod
, ii) the sou, us something worth treasur
ing. We snail ull guin immeasurable
in our influence, as well as iu our com*
i lort, by giving in ,re of our unwearied
i thoug ,t to the II ily Ii iik. A lew tired
s'ei py, worn-out in unents at night, and
I IIMU on y, lire almost so insult to tho
Master wln n you projei* to herve.—
C'/t II n H A ' Ivoctt Ir.
Reports of nad crops come to us from
many sections of Iho .State, while heio
and there they say good rains have pre
vailed and a bountttul harvest will tie
gathered. A gentleman frotn Hertie
tells us ihat the crops in that region are
excellent, and generally we be'.ieve near
the coast the) will prove belter that an
uvrenge Hut iu the interior, in the cot
ton us well us the tobacco counties, the
drought has hem severe uud the lota
will be heavy to the farmers. To be suro
when, they soffcr every other depart
ment of industiy suffers us well. Willi-
I out crops there can be no trade —JVeir*
and Obsrrier.
'l'll'raise jour WBJ-CB,' said the tbief
to (he when he lifted hut
lust week's puy frou hm picket aud
i ikipj.ed out mili it.