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One bj one, the bells are tolling,
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Kven they who've felt his rod ;
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Kven Vry who've felt his rod,
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Hushed are all the voices now ;
Prayer like incense seems ascouding.
All before Jehovah now,
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Kven they who ve felt his rod,
Oh! how few can truly worship?
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A SOUTHERN EDITOR.
G. D. Prentice How he Itlakca His
Jokea Some Peraataiaml Beaceanters.
Mr. Prentice's forte, as an editor,
consists in his wit and sarcasm. At his
tablo, with his spare notes an I a rapid
amanuensis before him, he pulls forth
strings of witty sayings front his brain
s a magician pulls forth coils of silken
ribbons from a hat. Whenever a
point suggests itself he will jot it down,
no matter where be is or what accomo
dations for jotting down are at hand.
He generally has a pencil an J a slip of
paper, sometimes only the debris of an
old envelope about him, but fur a 3ek
he will with equal readiness make use
of his hat or a dead wall or a lamp
post. The note, consisting probably
of only a word, is then consigned to
apparent oblivion in tbe depths of a
pocket or the inside of bis hat, to be
brought out only by chance among a
number of boon companions in tbe
same place. When he feels inclined
to wit he takes from receptacles where
he has placed his more fortunate notes,
thick slips of tiny manuscripts, with
bare suggestions of a joke.
On these he commences a process of
incubation that is quite as rapid as ".hat
of the famous hen persuader. lie uh
la tea in a slow and serious manner,
with his eyes fixed alternately on his
own little slip of paper and on tbe ceil
ing, punctuating as he goes, never halt
ing to supply a word or to embelliih a
figure, but straight on as fluently aa
Wendell Phillips or Susan B. Anthony
answers a retort. His conversational.
powers, strangely enough, are very de
ficient. He becomes painfully dull
and awkward when brought into brill
iant company. Introduce him to a no
ted wit, and although he may laugh at
the jokes of his new acquaintance, the
laugh is partially forced, and his replies
if be attempts any, are irrelevant and
pointless. He ia shy of making any
attempt at wit and humor, and seems
strongly inclined to discountenance
such an attempt on the part of another.
His wit is apparent only in the colujruns
of a newspaper, for it requires to be
pruned and finished before it is pre,
sentable. Ho does not say things that
are bright, but he thinks and writes a
great many.
PERSONAL RENCOUNTERS.
: It may well be assumed that Mr,
Prentice, although comfortably exempt
from all vexations lawsuits, was fre
quently involved in dangerous person
al rencounters. Ho does not know
how often he has been shot or how of
ten his life has been despaired of. In
all his numerous rencountors he has
seldom, if ever, come out second best.
Many of them were sought by hirasel!
in retaliation for abuse heaped upon
him by rival editors, for, free as he is
lie is peculiarly sensitive to abuse
heaped upon himself. i
Reuben Durrrtt was editor of the
Louisville Cowif, the principal local
opponent of the Journal, in 1858, and
kept a sly paragraph in its columns for
several days, intimating that Mr. Pren
tice, while " under a cloud," had fallen
from a gang-plank of a steamboat into
the water. Mr. Prentice was intense
ly aggravated by this little paragraph.
He did not deny its truth. It might
have been truo, but it was certain lyt no
less objectionable on that account. Pro
bably he felt that even his great com
mand ot language would not permit to
do justice to tho subject. He simply
announced that if the paragraph ap
peared again he would hold the editor
personally responsible. Of course- the
paragraph appeared next morning. Mr.
Prentice) iiu mediately waited upon Mr.
Durrett, ned twice at him, receivtd
4
two shots in return, the police interfer
ed, honor was satisfied, the paragraph
was " canceled," and each editor had a
ball extracted from under his side.
Win. E. Hughes, tftiother rival edi
tor, sent his belligerent card up to Mr.
Prentice during a popular! excitement,
and received tbe following teply :
"Tell Mr. Hughes that I will be
down as soon as I load my pistol."
Hughes, however, unwilling to give
his enemy every advantage of ground
and preparation, withdrew in haste.
The popular excitement at the time was
in consequence of a Know Nothing elec
tion, which, in Louisville, was a con
test of muscle more than anything else,
and every prominent politician felt
bound by the obligations of party to
shoot or disable some prominent man
of the opposition. Tbe day of election
was a day of blood, and is yet knoWu
as M Bloody Monday " in the annals of
the city. Mr. Prentice undoubtedly
assisted in allaying the popular tumult,
aud probably saved a rival office and a
very fine Catholic cathedral from de
etruction. On several occasions, how
ever, he has himself been compelled to
flee before the wrath of the people.
During the Ward riots, when Matt.
Ward, who murdered the school teach
er Butler, was the object of vengenance,
Mr. Prentice, who defended Ward in
his columns for reasons never definite
ly known, took horse at midnight and
galloped to a place of safety. Lippin
coWs Magazine.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
Its Advantages and the In
ducements it offers to Immi
grants, in Climate, Soil, Pro
ductions and Healthful
ness. By II. P. Gatchxll, M. 2., Prof, of
Physiology and principle of Medicine
and Editor of the Department of Cli
tautology and Hygiene in the United
States Medical and Surgical Jovr
nal.
POPULATION.
While Western N"rth Carolina has
an area nearly as large as the State of
Massachusetts, with a large proportion
of fertile soil, its population is about
one third of that of Boston. The ratio
of the freed men being about one to ten
of the entire population.
The people are chiefly engaged in
agriculture. Tbey have been, for the
most part, accustomed to till their own
soil. They are a frank, hospitable,
whole-seuled people as are to be found
anywhere.
1 have a copy of a circular signed by
influential citizens of Asheville without
distinction of party, tendering a cor
dial welcome to all worthy immigrants.
Political animosities exist, but no more
than in many portions vt the Northern
States. No one need fear molestation.
The people are about equally divided
between the two political parties,
though the Asheville district is worthily
represented in Congress by a staunch
Republican, tbe Hon. A. H. Jones.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
But now comes the question : What
advantages does this require, in many
respects so attractive, often to the im
migrant who has his living to earn 1
No charms of scenery or salubrity
of climate can compensate for the ab
sence of the means of obtaining a live
lihood. Western North Carolina presents
few inducements to tbe members of the
several professions. The present sup
ply of lawyers, physicians and clergy
men is quit equal to the demand.
Nor could any considerable increase in
tho number of mechanics, and much
less of its merchants be sustained.
But what it doesueed and what it is
adapted to is an influx of thrifty, well-to-do
farmers. For them there is am
pie room. Western North Carlina has
upon an area of a little less than 7,000
square miles, only about 80,000 people
a little less than twelve persons to the
square mile ; while it la capable o' sus
taining a population of at least half a
million. Let 50,000 intelligent and
capable farmers enter, and other classes
will follow in their train. Merchants,
minery, mechanics, physicians, itc.,
will then find a place. But the agri
culturist must proceed. He consti
tutes tbe foundation of society.
And now a second question suggests
itself: What branches of culture can
be pursued with greatest auccessV
While the valleys of Western North
Carolina are capable of furnishing suf
ficient grain for tbe wants of their pop
ulation, and while all esculent roots
can be raised in abundance, the supe
riority of this region depends on its
capacity for grass and fruit, especially
the former.
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THE DAIRY.
" But a small proportion of our im
mense area is adapted to the products
of the dairy. But little of the region
south of the 42nd parallel is noted for
a luxuriant growth of grass, and even
north of that parallel, there is much
land that ia but poorly adapted to its
production, none of it rivaling Great
Britain or Ireland.
Western North Carolina has long
been noted not only for tbe abundance
but for tbe nutritiveness and sweetness
of its grasses, of the exotic as welt as
native species, litis superiority in
quality is of great importance to the
products of the dairy ; since it is well
kaown that the excellence of flavor of
cheese and butter depends much on the
quality of the vegetation on which tbe
cows are fed. But to successful man
agement of the dairy, cool water and
exemption from great heat are almost
as important as nutritious grasses.
Texas and California are both profit
able regions for stock-raising, but thty
can never be successful in the makuig
of cheese and butter.
Their intense' summer heat, and lack
of cool water render thorn unfit for the
dairy. Similar objections exist to the
most of the great grazing region west
of the Mississippi. In Western North
Carolina on the other hand, while thr
temperature of the summer and the
quantity of rain are sufficient to insure
abundant and nutritiousnesa of g'ass,
the numerous springs of cool soft wa
ter, the absence of extreme heat (les
intense than that of the dairv regions
of New York and Vermont,) combine
to make it the choicest dairy regions.
in the world.
At the present time, the dairy farm
er usually more thriving than the grain
grower. And with the comparitively
small area peculiarly adapted to the
dairy, the time is not remote when
with our rapidly increasing population,
dairy land will rate much higher, rela
tively to corn land, than at the present
time.
The dairymen of Western North
Carolina, will never need to look for a
market beyond the neighboring plant
ing region. The growing of rice, cot
ton and sugar will always be tho chief
forms of industry of the low country
of the South. The high temperature
of summer and the want of cool springs
will always prevent this region from
being successful with the dairy, even if
it were not especially adapted to the
culture of cotton. Here then is al
ways to be found a market for the dairy
products of the mountain region at
highly remunerative prices,
Perishable articles like these do not
bear long transportation through a hot
climate, and the mountain farmer,
standing at it were at the door of the
planter, will have a great advantage
over his northern competitor. He will
secure to.bimself the difference in the
cost of carriage and insurance. To the
dairyman, it is the most and desirable
region in the United States. At the
presen t,land is aheap and cows cost less
than ia the North.
811 HEP RAI8IKO.
It is generally admitted that moun
tain countries are most favorable to
wool-growing. The sheep is more
healthy and especially less subject to
foot rot on dry hill sides than ou the
damper flat lands.
Experience has proven that Wes
tern North Carolina is adapted to the
production of a superior quality of
wool and mutton. I .
Mr. Woodfin, a large and successful
farmer near Asheville, states I hat good
mutton is furnished, even in winter, by.
sheep that have subsisted on grass alone.
The expense of wintering sheep in this
country is much less than in Vermont,
Minnesota and Michigan.
The planting region '.docs no; raise
its own mutton any more than it makes
its own cheese and butter, and tho ad
vantage of proximity will attend the
raisers of mutton as well as the ma
king of cheese and butter. Wool is
one ot the fine agricultural products
that will bear well distant transportation.
Note. Except near tbe sea. coast of Cal
iforuia, the cummers ass very Lot.
V av
e7 ag;
Shantd am 17 aw
fats Lanrnage.
aT BROTHER JOHN D. CHASB, Of WB8T
CONCORD, VT.
1st. Because profanity brings shame
and dishonor upon tbe Craft.
2nd. Because it blights the Chris
tian heart and kills the peace and joy
of the human soul.
3rd. Because outsiders will say,
that profane swearing is a mark and
sign of a Mason.
4th. Because U is very wiokod in
the sight of God for man to swear, and
if weighed in the balance he is found
wanting,
5th. Because taking the name of
our Master who is in heaven, is vain, is
hiding our light, so that others do not
see our good works, so that neither we
nor they glorify our Father who is in
heaven
Gth. Because profane words stifle
that spark of Christian light and love,
which is planted in every human soul
by the great 1 Am.
7th. Because profane language used
by a brother Mason, shows at once,
that he doet not govern his passions,
nor impr' vu himself in Christian vir
tue. 8th. Because profaue words sound
as improperly on the tongue of a Ma
son, as that of the hammer would have
sounded in the temple.
9th. Because it makes man appear
that he was not filled for that noble,
and that glorious purpose of serving
God, in the house not made with hands
eternal and in the heavens.
18th. Because it dishoners him who
created man, in his own image, and
shows that Masons do not trust in His
Word.
11th. Because profanity is no mark
of a gentleman, is a disgrace to a Ma
son, is a great sin in our land, and
should be chopped off.
12th. Because it is not Masonic, it
is a strange and vile practice and all
true Masons should reject it, and heave
it over among the rubbish;
13th. Recause Christ says : "But I
say unto you swear not at all. Neither
by heaven -for it is Gods throne. Nor
by the earth for it is Ilia' footstool.
Neither by Jerusalem, for it is the City
of tbe Great King. Neither shalt thou
swear by thy 4head, because thou canst
not make one hair black or white. But
let your communication be yea, yea,
and nay, nay, for whatsoever is more
than these coraeth of evil.'4
The G cattle -y lb art brew to be a
Oen tleinan.
"You see I am a gentleman !" said
Will Thompson. "I will not take an
insult." And the little fellow strutted
up and down in a rage. He bad been
throwing stones at Peter Jones, and he
thought that his anger proved him to
be a gentleman.
"If you wont to be a gentleman, I
should think you would be a little boy
tisBt," said his teaeber. "Gentlemen
do not throw stones as their neighbors.
Peter Jones did not throw stones at
you, aud 1 think he is much the more
likely to prove a gentleman."
liBut he's got patches on bis knees,"
said Will.
"Bad pantaloons don't keep a boy
from being a gentleman," said tbe
teacher, "but bad temper does. Now,
William, if you want to be a gentle
man you must be a gentle boy."
A little farther on the .teacher met
little Peter Junes. Some stones had
bit him, and be was hurt by them.
"Well, Peter, what's tbe matter be
tween you and Will this morning V
asked his teacher.
"1 was throwing a ball at one of tbe
boys in play, air, and it missed him
and hit Will Thompson's dog."
"Why did you not throw it baek t"
"Because, sir, my mother says to be
a gentleman, I must be a gentle boy,
and 1 thought it best to keep out of
his way till he cooled off a little."
The teacher walked on, after prais
ing Peter's conduct, but kept the boys
in his mind, aad he lived to see Will
Thompson a rowdy, and Peter Jones a
gentleman, loved and respected by all.
Remember a gentle boy makes a gentleman.
A lawsuit iu Mobile was brought to
gain tbe first prize in a target shooting
match.
A Severe WtaSsr Presided.
The coming winter, says the Peters
burg Index, it is predicted will be a
very hard one Old hunters and wood.
meu on this continent and scientific cal
culators both here and in Europe havu
adduced signs and tokens of an early
and sever season. Founded upon the
observation, experience and study of
years, which cannot be rejected. Ani
mal that house themselves away in
the cold season have advanced their
preparations for tbe frost, while lb
fearful tempests that recently raged
upon sea and land, are regarded as no
equivocal warning.
It will doubtless be remembered by
all what a remarkably mild winter the
Iat was. Much of the time the tern
perature was that of early spring, aiiJ
save at intervals but little increase of
clothing was needed in this climate ;
and tho suffering among the poorer
classes was comparatively trifling.
In point of mildness the winters of
1797, 1822, 1828 and 1834, are the
only ones within the last three-quarters
of century that approached it.
A distinguished savant, writing to
the Bulletin of the Scientific Society of
Europe, tells the world that since the
atmospheric pertubations of 1859 '60,
the years have been warmer, clearer
and tirycr, and the barometer prossure
lighter than before. Tbe anomal.es,
he thinks, cannot fail to find their com
pensation ere long, the winter before
last closely corresponding with that of
1828, and everything betokening that
about 1870 we shall have a great win
ter l;.ke that of 1828, '30.
The savants arc not invariably right,
but there is accumulated evidence iu
their favor to show th it on general in
dications, and careful comparisons kept
up for years past, tbey can make some
fair predictions concerning the year to
come.
These predictions may not fall un
pleasantly upon the ears of those
whose business it is to sell winter wear
and winter material especially when
comfort and plenty fill their homes
but to tbe poor they are alarming. We
; ust for their sake the season may not
be exceptionally severe. But at any
rate, whether the predictions are ful
filled or not, it would be both wise and
politic to be prepaied as far as possible
for what may come. At least no harm
cau result from such, precautions.
Tito Papacy. j
A Paris paper, La Liber te, gives a
curious sketch of :he individuals who
have filled the Holy See since its in
auguration by St. 1 eter. No throne in
Europe furnishes so many violent and
bloody deaths.
From St. Peter to Pius IX, there
have been 293 Popes. Of these 31 are
considered anti-Popes, or usurpers, in
the same sense as the Bourbons regard
Napoleon as an intruder. Of the 202
legitimate Popes, 29 met violent deaths
under circumstances that entitled them
to the repute of martyrs ; the othr 35
also met violent deaths : 18 poisoned,
4 assassinated and 13 by various
means. Stephen was strangled; Leo
III, and John XIV, were mutilated, and
the latter starved to death, aa also
Gregory XVL ; Luke was stoned ;
Gregory VII, was confined in an iron
cage ; Cc lest in V, was ended by a nail
driven into his temple ; Boniface VIII,
committed suicide; Clement V. was
burnt on bis sick bed ; Urban VI, w as
killed by a fall from his horse ; Pius
V I, died from erotic excess.
Sixty -four Popes then died by ex
traordinary means, wrtbout counting
20 others, whs died suddenly, from
chagrir., caused by reverses.
Tweuty-six Popes havo been deposed
or exiled, besides tbe Popes at Avic
non. Thirty-five Popes were heretics.
The first 13 did not believe in tho Di
vinity of Christ; 19 rejected the wor
ship of images and 3 anticipated Lu
ther in his doctrines. Many have been
accused of murder. Leo V. was a
woman. Twenty eight Popes invoked
foreign aid to keep them on tboir throne.
To sum up, 153 Popes of the 293
were adjudged unworthy of their posi
tion. " What Dynasty (ask the Lib
ertc) has such a history ! And yet
the actual Pope has called a council,
whrefa is going to declare him infalli
ble !"
An exchange Bays: "Married, at
Sunbcrry, by Rev. Cranberry, Nehe
miah Blackberry to Catherine Elder
heiy daughter of Jack Elderberry of
Dun berry.
A Minnesota paper thinks the doc
trine of " total depravity," a very good
one if Uen would only stand up to it.
An exchange thinks that Bjron, who
wrote about the "dark blue ocaan,"
would not now think much of "The Atlantic,"
There aa been for some time a
misunderstanding baiweea a i
D., and a knight of the goose, and las
Tuesday challenge was seat by the fcC
D., and immediately accepted.
onds were chosen and w eapms
ed, which were an old swashes aad H
gar-case (intended to represent a piste!)
The gentlemen, with their friends, re
paired to a secluded spot near the
heights, and tbe principals drew for Use
choice weapons, and the M. D. drw
the musket. The ground mm ssapprd
off, the combatants placed in poeiliev
and the word gtvan to fir. A tresaea
duous explosion of the old mask! feU
lowed, andtho tailor rolled over 6
the ground, gave a few frantic kiek
and all was over with him.
The Doctors 'second eong ratulated
him on having killed his man, and they
left the field, and coming to town, re
paired lo a gentleman's store to talk
the matter over, and while the M. D.
was telling to several gentlemen sow
he bad laid his antagonist out aad left
him on the: field dead, la walked
Bullock alive and without a scratch,
ft was then that tbo Doctor realised
that be bad been made the victim of a
practical joke, and found that be bad
fired a blank cartridge at a man who
was armed with a cigar-cai.' -Peters
burg Index.
Com pu tine; site raw t.
Wc give a new rule for eempatlng
interest, and it is so simple that every
banker, broker, merchant, or clerk,
should post it up for reference, s There
being no such a thing as a fraction in
it, there ia scarcely any liability te
error or mistake. By no other arith
metical process can the desired infor
mation be obtained by so few fsgjuree .
Six Per Cent. Multiply auy given
number of dollars by tbe number of
dollars by the number of days of in
terest desired, ond divide by sixty, tba
re-ult is the true interest on sueb sum
for such number of days at six pet
cent.
Eight Per Cent. Mul tiply any given,
amount by the number of days upon
which it is desired to ascertain the In-,
terest, and divide by forty-five, aad
th result will be tbe interest of such
for the time required at eight per sent.
Ten Per Cent. Multiply the same
ai above, and divide by thir six, and
tbe result will show the rate of inter
est at ten per cent.
9;
"Sua '
Advice to
Preserve tbe privacies of your house,
your martiag state, and your beartv
from father, mother, brother, sister,
and all the world.
Between you two let no third person
come, to share the secret joy or grief
that belong to yon two alone.
Do you two, with God's help, buDd
your own quiet world, not allowing vee '
dearest earthly friend to be tbe confi
dent of aught that concerns your do-,
mestic peace. -
Let moments of alienation, from
each other, if they occur, be healed and
forgotten in after moments, and years
of faithful, devoted love.
Never let the wall of another's con
fidence be build up between yen aed
your wife's or husband's hearts,
Promise this to yourselves and to
each other.
Renew tbe vow at every temptation a
you will find yeur account in it year
souls. will grow as it were together, andV
st las t become as one. . I
Ah ! if many a young pair ''had oo
their wedding-day known this all -important
secret, now many marriage
would have been happier then, alas
tbey are. Ex.
A Georgia editor bearing of General
Sherman as "the coming man," eaprea
ses a fervent hope that he is not com
ing that wsy again.
A Western editor writing a sketch
of bis life, says be early ran away from
bis father, because he discovered be
wsy only his uncle.
"I says, ma," says Master Miaehie
vous, ''one of tbe kittens is sitting In
the old cat's lap." His mother has
tened to witness tbe strange fact, and
foend that one of the kittens has tum
bled into tbe saucer of mirk.
" Daughter," said a ptoui parent to
his little one, " didn't I ten you to eat
no more green apples f " Yes, pupa,
she replied, " but this is a yellow otte.w
M George, do you know Mr. Jor.ee
has found a beautiful baby on his door
step, and is going to adopt him t"
" Yea, papa ; he will be Mr. Jeoev
dtp-son, won't he V