BI II hp 1 1 A ?TNJ yffrV TTT5 TTVv " BE SURE YOTJ ARE RIGHT AND THEN GO AHEAD.'' Davy Ckockett. r yah. no. a. r'-r-ifcg. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. rhv-UMan, Siirvejii and 01teMiclan. rflVr hi .prctosiotol services to the eiiu i RutherfonltH yn l vicinity, tfnlhDfeseiiinifitttljto Ids eme will receive n attention. ' Fii ! any be found at Lis Office or Eesidence 4pnj,im,8,l'y abse"1- v ly 5nYER HICKS, M. D., RlJTIJEIlFOIiDTON, N. C. Continues tlie practice of Medicine, r...rv and Midwifery, in Ruther Lfton,imd the' 'surrounding conn, w;- . a Ci A i: nr.i..- . . .-.-if LMf ORAY KVNUM. I t 11 liU . Vow: NTON. 10,11 .. :.! -..II- W..il.:.iff...! r.-.rl5vt. lit., atf I ill . 11 i ' I I 1 1 ' . " V t i- i ' MiiclTfH -.nil Ysiia-v 3'. !i Ffte. K. 0 r.-.'.r ON Dpntis 1)H. J. A. Ji ACUE, : 3 Physician and Surf on, . H'vvn.' !:'.(f('l ;-.t I.ullicr orufon.; re- . rt'lful!v K iidf'ifi rtoi'esiniidl r vices to. ilie ;(.!ti.Mi. ! ihe V jn:.- : ! sunouiii!ii.r ii....... .. . . . v. ; - .f il'irv ::li..t rinpf.-- ti ii.i r.i j'a: i n n-i !:i.!r..'.iii;i.V ". . . , ' '.V- 'u. .. f Gnu.!,! ii c li'.'cr.ii p .tioiiiii' ! r'-to ; frre rpffi vV'l. Ik-jys. Iv proii'fil nitet-tion to i nil Ci''l:, to tuei il :i eotilimiance of ti e same. J. 1). ('.AKi'lC'TlMJ, ATTORNKY AT LAW, . S ' " T! n i! us i-om t;' , N. P ilee'iojis in mj.i,t .ii ug tl io. r. 1 1 f ; M.iTT. JTTSTK, . AirOUMV.' .T J.AV, ' ' iu- :'iKiaf kVtoy.'.X:.'-,.. V.'ill piiictfce in I'm.:- Srp r ("Xis or ilie - Sill :i!i'l '1 llli Ju ici: 1 Dl.-lrirls. in tin Su Vnie Conn ( Nuitli Carolina, anil iu the FtdtTrfl Courts, at StaU-sille ftiid Ailu vi'le. 1 .' G-lf JlOTIiU CIllMXHV HOCK IIOTKL The onflvM-snorl hnvoi'liskoh fn.ll eon rol .e Jliokorf Xni KUV Tnr.pik.. 17 ;nrtks xv-rt onJntlnirf..rH o nf 2M i.ii es at of - The oiifK' A "ijevil'e. rtspje' in ly inii.ies pV;-. viio s ek vih, ;in4 rite t.,;avellin:r,pn''l:? llvUlie 's fully pivp:ip.l toareoainiod iio tl'.fn. Ttjs m'H-ee-V ry tos t:ii. that tliia pi ce is iu th'midst, of the finest scenery in V ..'.stern 0 iro'iu , and desiriii? either X'V'1 or p'''ire.' vi!l rind no better plX-e. to whit.- "a am y th'tf ' "':aimora.iinths My 'terms shal! 1 reasoti" ''le. and .no p.ihn' ivill le spire 1 to make li'usts eo.nloiial.l'. Give ui' a ail. 'fi-i: X ' j. m. .irsriOF. CHARLOTTE HOTEL, - CilA'itl.OTi'l , -V. ( w .4 :tf - ' II V T IT O T T7rprn .III ill vI.h - m i f. .... . RUTHERFORDTON, N. C. Is open lor t he . nceoniniodatioi: of .the. truvelliitjr puhlie; and with soul line, attend live servant?, and ?ood MaWes a'.id feed tor Worses, the proprietor asks a share of UonN C. ntJHXKTT, I l ly . . Pi i l it tor. BUCK HOTEL, - AS'-' KV11.I K, N. C, R. M." DEAYER, Proprietor. DOAUD S2.0O PKR DAY 16if BUSINESS CARDS. : ASH ION A B L.E T At LO B, .St, Qfyoftile Vie fiurritU Jvuse, LuTiiKKFORrnox, N. 0. - f All work cut and made warranted to Fit. "eanin and repirin$r dne yt hort notice, latest Style Fashion Tlates always oh baud. t Orders from a distance promptly at td to. . - 44-ly. fcDES ! EIBES ! ! HIBUS ! ! ! be hijihest tr.aiket prices paid for Green anjDry Hides , . v ' ' 1 ' -8-tt ; D. MAY & CO. r STAR AND RECORD, pcblished Weekly at 82 per Teak, Clendentn & Carpenter, . . RuTHERF0r.DT0N, N. C. stern star lodge eet r9nirt r.:x No. !li;p."ii.l in iid o J?onth- Tuesday of Superior "Courts, - " HIO iM illllMI'Jflr l.lUt 00 tl'e Festivals o! the lt!. John. yA"-f 4-w.-.. ,t -''is'- " A JUSTICK, Sec. X Ail & HIvCOHf). U 5 J LI S II E O EV i; H Y S A I U IE D A Y. J. C. Clendexin, ) -r, J. B. CaIIPENTEP 21:153- RUTHERFORDTON, N, C. Tep.iis of Suesceiptio:s. 1 copy 1 year in advance, $2.00 1.00 '.05 10.00 1G.00 30.00 1 copy o months Single copy,' 6 copies 1 year,. 10 " 1 i 20 JC3T Specimen copies sent free. ''Rates- of -: Advertising.:. lv 2 .. I hi 2 in 3m Cm ! iilrh !.f () t 5f! !..() ." 4 00 5..')i) 9 1.(1 '2 iuoiirv -J Ci! 15 In; 4 (it) K0 ll.ifl ICdU n.Y.iwXtt) 4.ra "! .fo v-i.on ih.j 27.00 itic:.. x 4 (1.) fi (.0 .h.O j Jii.cO. HJ.WV 2:,i:() ' 3!,iil) 5 i-.uH-i-s r,: ) -, ...- ) J 0.05).- :C..V: iiO.CO' iT..r.O ' -15 00 1-2 c'kii)j:o 15, ho -o, o 25,:,o r.5 ho i".i.ctj tv 1G .32. 48,' f.4. I il. (.0 .i'l,"!). 40,00 jit.U;) HI) m. i iU,J0 JcO ( 0 3V0 ,c' !-o i i Actionable local notices r line, ,: ' : ;;' : )&rZF.- A-lvovKjeinents .are payable qn irterly, in advance, : f . ' Acrents .lorocnrincr advertise- : -ients, -svili be allowed a reasonable 'CST' Bpecial arrarq-ement, ."when e lec tro ijvj, s are' farnish'e d. Z$r .Objcc tionablo advertisements, such afr'xvill irijure our. readers, or tho character of the paper, as a high toned journal, will not be inserted. , fi0 Any further information will be given on application .to the pub u1, ts -:: .tl Le:n a Tr;iiic. SunP7 bv a little blind boy a pupil of the N. & Deaf & Dumb and Blind Institute, before the N. C. Press A B8'-C iation, on "Wednesday, May 13, 1871 ' '.; : ' '' I'll rinrr a littla ron -wight, . " , And every word is true, y -'X You'll find that every; Hne i3 ; meant, ; Yenr:.';' gentleman, for you ! I've ro ;iX.ut'or to. -offend, ..' Ii. v, Las: is Cur' ; or said, : The sura ar.d substance of it is, X To 'o an l lcarn a trade. Chorus iy-The "coming man, is he, v;ho lives," T'v? pee his fortune made, )X -Whoin. overybo'dy will respect, X 'E'ccatine'.he learned a trade. j yotir ea ication mny be good, L Batii:n lS 'f.11':! , ! xneai of. worhing, don t be fooled, e l -i.iui my not die ; .; And if he .should ihe chances are. The di may be mislaid, Or you cut off withoiit a cent, ' So go and learn a trade X ' Chorus, &c. Tl is cor.n -vy's full of nice young men AXio from their dut shirk, Who thiDk 'twould crush their family . prid-3 ' :'.. V - ..'..' - j' : . If they should go to work ; Take off yoni- coat, (yotir fatherlid,j A::d find s )me honest maid, " Who'll V-elp you make your fortuno Whin-' ;. ' ; ;V ' .- ' You've learned an honest trade. ' Chorus, &c. j Be temperate in all you do, , : ; Be .faittiful to your '"Doss, I -You'll find the iriore yen do for him, Will never prove a loss. You'll tind 4n fifty years from now, When fame and fortune's made, The best step that you ever took, . Was when you learned a trade. 1 " Chorus, &.c : Joiiesy' of Kcvad;i, asa gpelleiv -: In tlie days'whei) boiled J shirts" were a Sunday luxury, the owners of these articles had tneir 'names stamp ed on the bands below the plaits, and as the fashion of vests was not toler ated at that timA (this was not in the earlier years of the reign of George III), the name of a man could be easily ascertained by glancing at the wristband, which was fully exposed to view. On one occasion Ir. Jones had attired himself hastily, and in the hurry had put on a shirt stamp ed with the name of his room-mate J ; Ownes. "Hello T said a friend, "you've boiTOwcd a boiled shirt for your holiday." "Oh, no," said Jones; "this is my shirt" "Well, there's another man s name on it" pointing to the convincing proof, "J. Owens." But duick as a flash, when Jones saw his mistake, he turned it to his ad y f rrn V i jMOh:v this is the-wav: our , (roiniu," - j Welsh folks spell the family - name, J-o-w-e-n-s, Jowens or Jones, as you call it. D'ye see ? A Ita California, rr.teuts und tltu Patent Of fire BY T. A. LEHMAXN. Perhansa few words in regard to patents, and a short descrip tion of some of the most impor tant inventions pate:i ed from month to month, may interest the readers of the Republic. - People are beirinniijg to-thorotighly niw stand, the importance of patents, and each year the interest of the whole count r y is bee oming more and more centered around the Patent XDfiice: Thei-'o is nothing that we-use in Ttiechanicsr science, or art that has not at some ;time been , ei th ei r d i rectly or indi rectly, the; subject of a patent. .. To such an extent have i n veil tions been eari ed in mriny classes y that, there seems to. he little or nothing left to be invented, .as far a can now be seen, except small details of con struction which tend'toadd pome thing to the fulness ot the ar ticle, dr cheapening its manufac ture.; and yet improvements will continue to be made and patented as long as one of the articles are used. Over three thousand pa tents have been granted upon wasbjng machines alone, and the cry is, 44 still.they come upward ivf twelve- hundred: upon x'burns. an vet the dairvmenX'are not lappv ;" about twenty-five hun dred nncin stoves, while '-those Ujioh plowcultivators. and aether aricu InraUinplements are almost ' 1 1 s To stu b a penection have some macniiies been carried that it is sai d there are . nfovingXmaehines which will go into the ii 6-11, cut the grain, bind it, take it home, "and pack it in the; barn, all one motion'; burglar alarms are so near perfect that. a thief lias: on lv to .look at the house, and the alarm will instantly sound the call tor the police ; permulation locks have been made so complex that after they are once locked the in ventor himself can only open them by the aid of nitro-glyce-rinej stump extractors have been improved until a farmer is com pelled to sell his farm to buy one of the ".latest ed' ti on ;" whi le en I tivators have had so manv other devices and machines: combined with them that the owners are compelled, to take . down their fences, when they "reach the end o f a m wf in ord e r - to-1.- turn jtrouhd-"Many of the machines and processes which are juf be ginning to be widely and favora bly , known were invited many long years ago, but were never brought into use, . because there was then no demand created I for them.. :Thus it was with Elles engi ne, whiclt is effect i ng such a wonderful savinin fttel, and is being adopted by the users of steam engines all over the coun try. It '.v.is . first inventeTtxby a Frenchman, iu only a little form, n ea rly on e h u n d red yea rs ago, but nothing was eyer done with itjuti tilEUts reinvented it and brought it to the untied ot the public. The surprise of many inventors can readd v be imagined when, af ter having spent months and even years in expert menting and study ing over some invention, they finally get it "complete and file an ip pi i cat io n tor a patei it, and then learn that there are dozens, oft the sanie tfiihgXn the office. Tliere arp d number of classes in which tlfe, same devices invented at least once a month all the year round, year after rear, and each ght'ceedin? inventor is as -enthusi-astic over it as a child over a new toy. More than firty yee rs ago s:ome one conceiyed the idea that ninning peiiorated -pipes over the t(ps)f h(Kises,andeoi uecti tig these pi pes to a pump,: so that in 4 case of a, fire water could at once he forced th rough pi pes T on to the roof, either to extinguish the fire there or to prevent tlie roof from ea t ch ing 1 ro m .other bu i d i n gs. These pies have only been adop ted live xce pti on al case?, and a re almost unknown over the country. ii Inside of two months after the CI i cago fire there we ro u p ward of twenty applications for patents upon this same device, and every big fire 'over the ; country is the cause' of from one to six new ap plications. xStrange as it may appear to many, the inventors of small I things such as toys, ior instance generally realize niore money from their patents' than the in ventors of looms, -steam engines, and other large machine, which add o much to our ci nlization. It is comparatively very rare that inventive genius: and - com mercial enterprise go together. Many men take out patent after patent; many, of them valuable in-x ventions, from none .ot which do they realize even their patent fees. f Laboring under the impression that the world will come and seek thep.6nt and' pour wealth into1 their laps, they sit down and make no effort to create a demand tor -their wares, and only, waken from their fond . dreams by the ) lnps43 or years1 and theXc-xpi ration of their - putentsiXTb--findn'u fac; turers patents are ot riioi e. value tban many.can imagine. Sdme, like Stt phenson, the street-car manufacturer, of New York, pa tent e"ey ; improvement they can devise, no matter how small, un til! at last it is' almost impossible to build a street:car without in fringing some one of his one hun dred and fifty patents. So in re-" gard to buggies, and springs, upon which Saladee has t ikoa a mmy more. Man-paten rs for machines which in themselves are almost useless, and yet containing the germ idea of some fine invention, have realized their owners near ly always Rome one else than the. inventor large fortunes. lic. " : X Besidesseveral societies in the old world ilow engaged in "orien tal exploratioiithere are two pro minent ones in LTierica: The O riental Topographicalorps aiid the Pa 1 esti 1 1 e-Ex p! o rati oiixSoci ety . These two organizations areeii tirely separate, both in their struc ture and their methods of work. The Corps is friendly to the ob iects of the Society however, and willing to co-operate frith-it when practicable. ;., -'tThe Corps has its second expe dition in the east.; It is led by Prof. James Strong, and has just completetl important work in the val lev of the Nile. The Profess of is aided by an able staff ot engi neers, scientists and artists. This expedition is now following the route of the Israelites from the Red Sea. to "Sinai, and will pass from there, by waj of the wild fastnesses of Arabia Petra?a, to Southern Palestine ; thence Ty way of Gaza and the Mediteranean coast line to Mount Canned, and from there, east," to Bethsheau, and northward through 4 the J re gions 'i of the Sea of Galilee to Damascus,' returning southward through Bashan and Moab, and by the i)ead Sea and the River J ord an to "jerusalcm. Tu r'ui ng north again, it will pass through Centraf Palestine, and by wavf Tyre and Sidon to Mount Leba non. " The expedition will, then make a line; of . observations th.roU'di Asia Minor and Greece. on its Way hoine. lafe in the se:i- son. Soon this organization will send other: eimilar expeditions to the val 1 eys oi t tie E u j h rates ' and jt.be Tigi is, and to "Ararat 'lor : thorough outline surveys of these ( regions w i 1 1 1 a v i e w o f f b 1 1 o vv i ng - t ii e m , a r t fii i i shlug Pa Ies t i n e, w i t h Aore minute work as soon as the 7" way has thulbeeh prepared 'a.do; so with ceonomvv ot rtime and money These outline surveys are being rnade-r with sufficient triangula 4ion to render them mathematU cally reliable as a permanent 2rameworiv tor luiure operaiions; Sufficiently so; in tacf to construct frohi theni far more i rriiiiute hians bf; most" "of tliWe-regiohftbaiV .ay now in existence. "A nucleus forr a museum of the stones, shells 1 and birds, plants and flowers, of Bible lands was secured by the pioneer expedition of the Orien tal Topographical Corp3 which weut'but in 1873 under George May Powell. The pioneer expe dition also made important obser vations relative to ties location of Mount Calvary, and to the ques tion of the " earlv and latter rain.'' It - brought back valuable " squeezes " from written stones 1 atefy found far away i n Upper Egypt, and secured and organized a corps -of correspondents, com posed of scientific men who re side in Egypt, Syria and North ern Africa. . Through these cor respondents work : ijsnfiw being accomplished hyan insignificant expenditnrefrhioney, 'which 'would . cost many- -thousands of doll a r s i f do n e otherwise. C u 1 -ture and Progress ;?' Scribmf s lor June. - '' "X ' , B Sic Sen Gi viiBS Cack Evidence ' of Crime. X A wealthy -manufacturer of matches, bv name Bernoni llo y- ard, was Found guilty on the 22nd; of procuring the engraving- of a counterfeit revenue plate. The history of thecjse is peculiar and its moral se! f-evident. A few vearsago Howard ranked as' the largest and richest match manu facturer in the United States, em ploy i n g a sm a 1 1 r eg i m e n t o f Wo r k p e ( p 1 e i n his facto ry at P hi I a d e 1 -phia, and living in substantial style. ly religiXus profession lie was a Quaker, and of New En gland .parentage. . In 1868 'heJ planned and carried put a scheme for defrautjiiig the revenue by printing countorfeit -stamps. A copper platifi' was prepared . by a skilled engraver under his direcs tiojisrand aprinting and periora Ting ina c tun p X:jp" l 1 wholer costing several th o u san d o f dollar.; Thet-e wrere moved to the residence of his accomplice iri B r o o k 1 v n , a n d 1 1 1 e s t a m j s p r 1 n t e d were used by Howard in Ins man ufactory. Subsequently the ma chinery was remo ved to Staten Island, where eventually Howard beca m e a 1 a r m ed , an d disco n t e n ted using fraudulent stamps, his ae conipfiethrovving the plate into the bay. xSeyraf months elapsed, when one morning a fishennan wh i I e d r e d gi n g- foro vst era fi s h e d u p the plate, and, tookxit home,, thinking to mend his ,stove; with itj but on removing, te verdigris he saw the name ot Howard upon, it, and began to slipw' it among his neighbors as - a 1 curiosity. Howard heard the news, and took. an ea rly oppo rt n nity of send i ng a friend to the the fisherman to buy the plate as '4a curiosity for $25 but before the friend could make the ofi r, the reveniie' ofiicers, who had an eye upm-Howard's d(ings,arrested tlvehsherman and obtained from him the plate!: and the story of its ' coniing .jnto his possession. Tin's 1 ed to a discove- ry of the fraud and finally to a full confession by Howard's con federate, and his own downfall and ruin. As the penalty for cbniiterfeiting is heavy, the delin quent, who is now gettinginto years, will probably end his life in p rio n. '. - " . Slow TTis i iabies ;ire I?J ado. ; Themahuiacture of thimbles is very simple, but si ngul a rl y i n teT-' esting. Coin silver is mostly used, and i obtained by purchas ing coin dollars. Hence it hap pens that the profits of the busi ness are affected instantaneously by all the variations in the nation's greenback promises to pay. The first operation st rikesj a novice as almost wicked, for Jt is nothing, ejse th-m puttinga lot of bright silver dollars, fresh from the mint," into dirty crucible :md meltihg them up jnto solid ingots. These are roll ed.ou tj t to; th e req n i red thickness; and cut by a stamp in to circular pieces ot any required sizeU vA" solid riietal bar of the I s!e; bf-tJieinsideoi. tlie : ' intended thiinble, moved by powerful liia chiuery up and down in a bottorh- i less mould of the outside of the same thimble, bends the circular disks into tlie thimble shapo as fast as they can be placed under il the descending bar,- Once in. , shape, the work of brightening, polishing, and decoration is doue upon a lathe. First the bhank form is fitted with a rapidly revol Ving rod. A single touch of a sharp chisle takes a thin shaving, from the ! end, another does the : same on the side, and a. third roii nds , ofF the rim. A roupd steej rod,: dipped in oil and press ed u pon the stirface, .gives i t-a lustrous polish. Then. :a little revolving steel wheel, whose edge is a raised ornament, held against the revolvingiblank, prints that f ornameiU just! outside the rim. n Ay '"' second wheel prints a different j 5 ornament around thel;enter,; '! while a third wheel with sharp ; points makes the. indentation on the lower half and end' of the. thinible.The inside isvbright- 2 ened and "polished in a similar wa', thethirable being held in ajX revolving mould. All that re- main 3 to be done is to boil the completed thimbles in soap-suds to remove the oil, brush them up, -and pack them for trade. Jr. Using- IVai Is. Every farmer, who has occas-. ion to drive a nail into seasoned oak posts, knows its liabilities to j bend and break. If the point bo moistened in the month it will usually drive more kindly. Oil is much better,5 but then it is in convenient to dip each nail sepa rately into it. Another point; is; X that boards become loose eventuX; ally from the rusting of the nails, f which, communicating- to the ( wood, causes not only an enlarge-1 ment of the nail bote, but the l wearing, away of the nail itself,; rendering mo rence or ouuuiug; shaky and insecure. This, may be prevented by heating r any rougn grease until it smoKes, ana then pouring it over the nails to be used. The grease will pene-X trate the pores of the iron, and , cause the nails to last without" j. rusting, fofr an indefinite period. Besides this,: no difficulty will':' then be experienced in - driving them into the hardest wood. The . j; reason is, that, the cpating ofthe; grease ' prevents contact by air, and co n seq uen tly oxidati on. : Ox ygen is the inducing cause. Any- ' thing which! kept from i coutact: with the air is preserved iudefi-,, nitely, and if M is kept dry, thb t effect is measurably the same. Paint upon buildings prevents":7 the contact of air and moisture.' Ifthe whole fence cannot be ' painted, the heads at least of the , nai Is shouht be touched therein, L He." Highlanders i have ; th o 1 "habi t; when talking their English, sucn, as it is, of interjecting the person al pronuon ' he ' where not: re- 'V quired :suclv as "The lEirig -ho , has come," instead of The King, has come." Often in conse- f. ouence. a sentence or an expres-" sion is rendered kufliciently Indi- M-M crous, as the , sequel will snow. A gentleman saTs he has had the pleasure of listening to !a clever man, the Rev. Mr. (let; his locality be, a. secret,) and he be ga n h is d d isco u rsc tl i u s : My . I friends you will find thQ .subject o ofdiscotirse th is afternoon, in thp;f first Kpistle general of the Apos , tie Peter, chapter ' 5th and verse 8th, in the; words;: 'The Devil he '' goeth about like a; roaring Hon, ' peeking whom lie may ! devour.' Now, my f riendsi with your leave, we will divide the subject -to-day i n to I fb u r heads.: - Firstlyi we sh al I end ea vor to ascertain K yho the . Devil , be was f Secondly, we i shall iniqure into his geographical positionnamely, ' Where the Devil he was,' and ' Where the Pevir he (was going.' Thirdly,1 r and this is pf a r personal cbaracx ter. - V Who ; the r Devil j her vjas ' 4-, seeki ng.' And fourthly and last--t , Jy,-we shall Endeavor to solve the j ouestidn-which has jiever been Jj solved yet 4 What the Devil he was roaring about.' " r ..-a -X: . U t 't X