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MANI K VCTI ir*:i> ITV
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DANBUIIY, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 1888.
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TO TGLIiTIIE 4tiK OF 4
HORSE.
T: 101 l the »s e of any horse,
Inspect tlm lower Jaw, of course;
The sixth fruiiL tuoth the tale will tell,
Ami every doubt ami tear cxpsl.
Two mlildle '•nippers" you behold
Before the colt ia two weeks old.
Before eisht weeks two more will conve,"
Eight months the "coiners" cut the gtiiu-
The outside, grooves will disappear
From middle two iti juit ouo year,
In two years from t!io second pair;
In three the corners, too, are bare.
At two'the mlildle "nippers"' drop;
At three the second pair can't slop.
When four years old the third pair go&,
At live a full new set he shows.
The deep black spots which pass from
view
At six years from the mlildle two.
The second pair at sewn yeans;
Al eight the spot each "corner" clears.
From middle "nippers" ii] per Jaw
At nine the black spots will withdraw.
The second pair at ton are white ;
Eleven finds the "corners" light.
As times goes on, the heraeman Knows,
The oval teeth three sided grow;
They longer get, project before
Till twenty, when we know no more.
PATRICK HENRY'S DEATH.
In an age when it was fashionable to
avow sceptifal sentiments, Patrick
was always ready to defend the Chris
tian faith. A member of the Episcopal
Cnroh, according to his biographer,
Prof. Tyler, lie not infrequcully re
ceived the communion. Ou such oc
casions his habit wan to fast uutil ho
had been at the Lord's Tsblo, aud the#
to spend tho day in retirement.
One hour, at tho close of tho day,
he sponi m private prayer and medita
tion, and during it no ono suffered to
intrude upon his privacy.
While be was Governor of Virginia,
he was so alariucd al tho spread of infi
del sentiments among tho young men of
the S'aie that he printed at lit* own
expense, an edition of Soinue J enyus's
"View of Internal Evidence of the
Christian Religion," and an edition of
Butler's "Analogy." When he met a
young man of sceptical tendcuoics, he
would give huu ono of theso books.
Doubtless the fact that the book was
presented by tho Governor of his state
secured it an attention ftoui the young
Virginian which lie have paid
had it brcn distributed by a more hum
ble oolportcur.
Patrick Ilctiry wrote out an elaborate
answer to l'aiuo's "Age of Reason,"
but, being impressed by tho replies to
Paino then appearing in England, lie
directed his wife shortly before his
death, to destroy the manuscript, which
she did.
In his last will, written by his own
hand, he conclnded thus : "This is
all the inhertitauco 1 can give to my dear
family. I'ho religion of Christ cau
give them uno which will make them
rich indeed."
On the Gth of June 1790, bis kindred
being sent for, found him sitting in a
large old fashioned nrmohair. Ho was
dying from an incurable internal dis
ease.
Iliii physician, Pr. Cabell, was about
to administer a preparation of mercury.
Taking the vial in hi* hand, (bo dying
uian said, "I suppose, dootor, this is
jour last resort."
■•I am sorry to say, governor, that it
is." replied the doctor, -''Acuta infla
tnatiim of :lie intestinos lias already
taken place; and unless it is removed,
mortification will ensue, if it has not
already commenced, which 1 fear."
"What will be the effect of this med
icine, doctor t '
"It will giv« you immediate relief,
or"— the dootor could not finish the
sentence.
"You moan, doctor," ;aid tho sick
man, "That it will givo relief, or nil'
prove fatal immediately."
1 You can "tily live a short time
without it, and it may relieve you."
"Escuso me, dootor, tor a fow
moments " said Patrick Henry, drawing
over his eyea the silk cap he wore.
Holding ihe vial, ho prayed aloud for
hn family, bis country and for his own
«oul. "Amen said bo, and swallow
| ed the medicine-
Pr. Cabell, who greatly loved the old
. patriot, had gono out upon the lawn,
j where throwing himself under a tree
be wept bitterly. Mastering liiniFclf,
bo returned to the house, and found his
patient calmly watching thu blood con
gealing under bid fingernails. The old
orator fixed his c es on Dr. C'aboll, with
whom lie had held many discushious
about the Christian religion.
"Doctor," said he, with great trn
dorne9*,'l wish you toobslrvo h»w real
and beneficial tlio religion of Christ is to
man about to die."
FTo then breathed o gently for a few
minutes tliat those nrmud him knew
net-when he breathed out his sjiint.—
J'O«/4'K Cunwaniun.^
WHEN SHE MEANS BUSINESS.
"Clara has returned iny engagement
ring," sighed Charley, "and all is over
between us."
"What kind of a ring is it !" nsked
experienced Georgo- -"diamond ?"
"No; a cheap -ifl'air; only cost a coup
le of dolkrs."
"Well, don't you give up the ship,
old mau; she'll be all right, in a day or
two. It is only when a girl lets go of
a diamand ring that the really means
business."—Harper's Baznar.
TESTING EGOS.
The following is a sfiuple French
test for telling whether eggs arc fresh
or not : Dissolve two ounces of kitchen
s.ilt in a pint of water. When a fie.-h
kid egg is placed in this solution it will
docend to the bottom of the vessel, wlulo
one which lias been laid the day pre
viously will uot quite reach the bottom.
If the egg be '.liree days old it will float
in the liquid; and if more tbau three
days old, it will float on the surface,
projecting above the latter more and
more as it happens to bo lighter with
increased age.—Ex.
WHERE THE HEATIiEM CAN
TEACH US.
Dr. Corbett, a returned missionary
from China, says tint "the heathen
never go their temples to worship with
out carrying an offering ol sonic kind
as a proof of their sincerity. Whoti
they boeoino Christians this conviction :
is not rooted out, but rather it is height- j
encd in proportion as Christianity is i
regarded as superior to heathenism. 1
have seen thorn give to such an extent
that I felt it a duty to remonstrate, and
remind thciu that tbey owed duties to
their homes which must not be forgot
ten."
WAYS OF BREATHING.
Thare are lazr ways of breathing and
one-sided ways of breathing, and tho
particularly bad habit of breathing
through the mouth. Now, the nose was
meant to breath through and it is inar
yelously arranged for filtering the impu
rities out of tho air and for chauging i
to a suitable temparative for entering
the lungs. The mouth has no such ap
paratus, and when the air is swallowed
through lh« mouth instead of breathed
through the nose it has an injurious ef
fect upon tho lungs.—Chicago Herald.
SIIK TAUGHT HIM SOME I
ETIQUETTE.
"Madame." ho began, as the door
opened. "1 am selling a new book on
etiquette and deportment."
"Oh, you aro !" she responded "Ga j
down thoio on the grass and clean the j
mud off your feet."
"Yes, 'em. As 1 was saying, ma'am,
I ain sel—"
"Take oiF your hat ! Never address
a strange lady at ber door without re
moving your hat."
"Yes'm. Now, then, as I was say
ing—"
"Tako your hands out of your pock
ets. No gentlemen ever carries his
hands there."
"Yea'ui. Now. ma'am, this work on
oti—"
"Throw out your cud. If a gentle
men usos tobacco be must not disgust
others by tho habit."
"Yes'm. Now, ma'am, in railing
your attention to this valuable.—"
••Wait! Put that dirty handkerchief
out of sight and use less grease on your
hair. Now you look half-way decent.
You have a book on otiquette and do
portmeut. Vory well. I don't want
it. lam only th« hired girl. You can
como in, however, and talk rjtli tho la
dy of the houso. :-bc called mo a liar
| this morn ng and 1 think the needs
something of tho kind.
A THRILLING ADVENTURE.
" ■ ii:V was the closest pluse vou were
ever in, in your frontier experience?' 1
was tho conundrum lired by a ( /ironi
eti' reporter at Captain Jack Crawford,
"Thn l'oct Scout." Tho scout ran Ins
lingers through his long, black hair, ro
fl-Hitud a few moments and replied :
"Well, I'll tell you, but vou mustn't
give it away in print. It occurred about
a year ago,when Gcroniuio was on the
wir path with his murderous Apncnes.
I was out deer hooting near a rango of
mouutains west of uiy heme, and about
noon iinsudtiled my horse on a rticsa, or
piece of high table land, and altrr pick
eting the animal out in the grass sat
down to cat some cold lunch from uiy
saddle pocket. After finishiug the lunch
I concluded to let the horse grazo for
awhile aud lcisursty strolled out to a
long ann,of the mesa, the sides oi which
were very precipitous—a sort of perpen
dicular wall extending for fully 500 feat
to the plain below.
"1 stood there gazing from tho giddy
heights for roveral minutes, uud then
looked up. Imagino the uneasy feeling
which crept along my spino when 1 saw
a row of at least thirty painted savages
between mo and my horse. There 1 was,
utterly unable to defend myself, my ri
fle and pistols back with my saddle, a
great precipice on three sides of me, and
that baud of Indians in front. To jump
over the cliff would be certain death,
to rush upon the Indians unarmed and
single banded as certain in reiult. mid if
I remained where I stood it would bo
ouly a matter of a lew moments before
they would advance and kil: me.
"1 never was worse scaled in my life.
My blood seomed to freeze in uij wins,
uud my long linw stood up like a ii .p's
masts. To me it seemed there was ab
solutely no escape from sure and terrible
death. 1 observed that the Indians
weru holding z disoussiun among them
selves, and soon saw il.ci'i drawing lots,
lat ouce divined their purpose. They
had discovered that I was entirely un
it! tucd, and were drawing lots to see
which one should advance and despatch
me with a kutfe. The lot foil to a stal
wart warrior with a hideously painted
and with a long knife ID his hand he ad
vance I toward mo.
{ "if ever a uiau made good time in
! reeling off a prayer I did it just then. 1
| think 1 must have beaten the record b,
| several points. I thought I knew that 1
| must die, but just when 1 was about tn
{ give up in dispair a cold calmness came
j over me, and 1 resolved that the ficud
j should not murder me without a struggle
! When ho got near me 1 sprang upon
i him with the ferocity of a tiger, and we
i were .soon engaged iu a desperate hand
to-hand struggle. 'llia savage baud
! stood quietly enjoying the sport, for they
knew I had no weapon. During the
struggle I observed to my horror that
we were nearing the edge of tho cliff,
and almost before I could realize it the
savage grasped uie by my long hair,
bent me backward and over we went,
down, down to certain death on the
I rooks below "
! ' Acd you fell on tip of the Indian,
and jscuped 1"
1 "No; tho lnnian fell on top of me,
with fingers still locked id my hair, and
over and ov r we rolled, clear across
the room."
"The room V'
"Yes, the bedroom. You sec, it was
an ugly dream, and my desperation I
grabbed my wife, and she retaliated by
ontwincd her lingers in uiy luir. In Our
' desperate struggle we rolled out of bed,
1 and attar we awoke my wife bold on
1 with her deathlike grip until I had ex
: plained. Then we both laughed until
the t-shoes stirred up the whole Rio
: Grande valley, forgave each other, and
| weut hack to bed. That was the most
desperate fight in which 1 ever took a
hand,.but I have been in far more dan
gerous ones."—St. Louts Chromclt.
HOW HOVS CAN MAKE MONEY.
I
Kussell Sage's advice: By (1) gct
' ting a position: (2) keeping his month
shut;; 3) observing; (4) boing faithful:
' (5) making his emplovor think that ho
would bo lost in a fog without litm: ((5)
:to bo polito. This is a good way for a
\ man to begin after begets thare. If lie
' lives up to these rules ho will not want
' a triend at court for any length of time
—in fact, not at all."
I Jay Gould's policy: "Keep out of
■ bad compauy and go to work with a will'
i The boy who does that is bound to get
| on in tho world."
Cyrus W. Fiold's scheme: "Punct
uality, honesty and brevity," Mr. Field
1 says, "are the watchwords of life."—
1 Interviews in Washington Post.
» HAT IT LOST.
A quaint and pleasant talker of tlio
old Heboid is Miij .r S.nitli ("Kill Arp";
of Atlanta, Ga., who is now del'veriaga
lecture. The Major wa« a slaveholder
in his younger days, having received
three families of negroes, fonie twelve
persona in nil, as Mia wodditig portion
of his wife. In talking about the slave
question lie said. "This talk that the
South 1081 §400,000,000 ht the Kman-
I cipation all nonsense. 1
am prepared to show that the South did
I not lose a dollar. In all my experience
as a slave owucr, if I ever wade a dollsr
|by their labor, Ido not know i . We
1 got their labor in exchange lor their
f*iod and their clotting, the rearing ol
i the young and the oaring lor the old. vVe
£'.'t their labor for thj sjme price now
wiihou'. having tho burden of responsi
bi'ity of the young aud the aged snd
sick. " e used to pay their doctors'
bills; now they fay their own The dif
ference is already seen from thj fact
that many men arc accumulating wealth
through the employment of ntgroes who
never got ahead a dollar in the slave
days,although they weie owners of
many .laves.
TENDER FEET
It tho fe. t arc tender or painful great
relief can be had by bathing them in
salt and water. A handful of salt to a
gallon of water it the right propor'it'U.
Have tho water as hot as can comforta
bly be borne. Immerse the feet and
throw tho water over the legs as far as
the kneea with the hands. When the
water becomes too cool, ru'o briskly with
a fresh towel. This method, if used
night and morning, will cure ucuralgia of
tho foot.
All reports from Washington are to
the tame effect as to the reduction ques
tion- that it will be a compromise be
tween the Randall kickers, who hold the
tort, aud the Democrats. A Washing
ton special to the World of "sth iust,
says Mr. Randall, after his visit to the
President said this:
"A tariff bill will be introduced in
the House that will not affect the indus
trial interests or disturb the business ol'
the country, it will pass the House,
and if it fails to become a law tlio re
sponsibility will bo with the Republican
Senate. It will provide for tho repeal
ol the tobacco and fruit brandy tax. A
bill, too, very much like the Henderson
bill of the Forty-ninth Congress will
pass the House. There is a misappre
hension as to the President's position on
the internal revenue question, and he
limy deem it nercssarp to send a supple
mental message to Congress on the sub
ject. He duos not oppose tho repeal of
the tobacco and brandy tax, and, fur
thermore, lie believes that the internal
revmiuo laws aro oppressive as enforced
under existing legislation "
The President ought to write plaiuer
if ho favors uny such repeal for there is
nothing of it in his very able menage—
Wilmington Siar.
CAUSE OF DIPHTHERIA.
According to l>r. Hunt, Secretary of
the New Jergoy State lSoard of Health,
diphtheria is largely dne to damp cellars
which are suddenly heated in the fall,
and Ins theory is rerified by various ro
port wbero the disease bus raged. It is
claimed that during the summer in many
cellar* a good deal of vegotablc mntter
is allowed to decay, and when tires are
started in the full this decayed matter
is stirred up and mingled with a. pecu
liar dampness which must be in the col
lar, and it pervades the entire house.
If a non-partisan contest could be
fought between protection and free trade,
protection would carry every Northern
Stntn :ind several Southern States. It
may do that even in a partisan contest.
—Dctroi', Tribune. > e never heard
that IMIV such eon'est was proposed.
| There is no free trade party iu the Utii
| ted States. Hut a contest between a
i party proposing to pilo up surplus reve
, nues by war taxation ar.d ono that pro
poses to out the 'axes down to tho ade
\ quale revenue standard - how will that
light oonio out I—Washington Pott.
The Constitution differs with Presi
dent Cleveland on Ins message. Tho
message was unwiso, in our opinion, and
i involves a wrong political and business
i pt.liey —Atlanta Constitution.
NO. 25
Til K TOBACCO TAX.
rii ore is evidently a growing scnti
inent in the country in fuvor of the re
peal of tiic tobacco tax Those who
have been investigating the views of
Congressmen in Washiugton, and tilso
th« views of tobacco growers aud manu
facturers throughout the tobacco pro
ducing are*, are that Cungrjss
will certainly abolish it It is widely
believed that president I levclaud will
send to Congress a supplementary JUUK
■ fage in a tew duys, recommending it.
We fully agree with those who think if
the tax 4 to be rafcioveil, tlufsonuor -Tie
better. I'litre is no valid reason, it oc
curs to us, why the matter should be de
layed until the Ways and Meant, com
tnittee makes its report, thereby deter
ring the matter at least until Spring.
The tobacco trade will bo seriously in
jured by the delay. Purchasers of man
ufactured goods i,re already, we learn,
buying lightly. They do not want to
have largo stocks iri store when tiie tax
is rej enlcd. Although thero would
doubtless he a rebate, yet it would in
volve trouble and t*ke time for its col
lection. •
Ti;e work of tax reduction would not
be impeded by the instant repeal of the
tax either. J'bo abolition of the tax
would make a reduction of a given num
ber of millions, and starting from this
p.nnr, the commit tea could carry on its
work of tariff reduation until the needed
aggregate is reached.— Ch-irlotte Chron
icle.
A LITTLE THING MAY DECIDE
A Cunnrder put out from England
lot New \oik. It was well equipped,
but, in putting up a stove m the pilot
box, a nail was driven toe near the com
pass. Von know how 'hat nail would
afTejt tho compass. Thu ship's officers,
deceived by that distracted ccmpnss,
put the ship two. hundred miles off licr
course, and suddenly the man on the
lookout cried. "Land, ho!" and the
I ship was halted within a few yards of
demolition on Nantucket shoals. A
sixpenny nail came near wrecking a
great Outiarder. Small ropes hold
mighty destinies.
A minister, seated in 80-ton at his
table, lacking a word, puts his hand*
behind Ins he ld, and tilts back his chair
to think, the ceiling falls and crushes
the tjble at.d would liavo crushed him.
A minister in Jamaica, at night, by tho
light"of an insect candle fly, is kept fr.im
! stepping over a precipice of a hundred
feet. K. \\ . llobcrson, the celebrated
Englishman, said that ho entered tho
ministry Iroui u train of cireumstauces
started by tho barking of n dog. Had
the wind blown one way on a certain day,
ihe Spanish Inquisition would have bccu
established in England; but it blew the
| other way, and dropped tho accursed in
| stttution, with seventy-fivo thousand
j tons of shipping, to tbe Uoltoiu of the
j sea, or fluug the broktn or splintered
! logs or the rooks.—Selected.
RETAINING FFUTILITY BY
ROTATION.
The glass soil, when llio hay bngina
to fail, still contains a great amount of
feitility. The clover and other root#
have brought much up from the depths,
and if crops have bcon ut tunes some
what encouraged by "hand fertilizers,"
though the original heavy dressing of
manure may hare been all used up, the
soil would have improved both io tex
ture and fertility. Toe grass may, in
deed, be kept up by top dressings, and
on rich bottom land «c find, not unlre
quently, "peruiaueut meadow.*," which
jield paying crops your after year with
out manuring, und others which do so
with occasional top dressing of bone,
lime, ashes or similar munur is. Wheth
er these shall rem»in or shall be plowed
up is n question of profit, and is often
tho very worst policy to break up fairly
profitable meadows. Wlies again laid
down to grabs they may come full of
weedi, that will give a bad flavor to but
ter, or the catch may be irregular, and
i it-may be years before a good, even sod
■ can bo had and tio same is csptc'ally
' true of old pasiuics. Many different
rotations have been recommended, but
| tho principle is the same in all, and
! what rotation* shouid tie Allowed, and
| hint they should b(i broken in upon with
commercial crops, and whether or not
I to repeat our crop several year* in sue—
cession, etc., are mat tors of policy for
' individual* to determine. Aqericqti
I Agriculturalist.