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1 , , ' 1 T '. Poetry. ' MUSIC IN CAMP. , i Two armies covered hill and plain, Where Rappahannock's waters Ran, deeply crimsoned with the stain ' Of battle a recent slaughters The summer clouds lay pitched like tents In meads of heavenly azure; -And each dread pun of the elements Slept In its hidden embrazure. . ' - ' I , ! The breeze so softly blew it made . No forest leaf to quiver, j And the smoke of tIo random cannonade Rolled slowly from the river. j And now, when circling hills looked down, Wth cannon grimly planted, O'er listless camp and silent town . ( "j '. The golden sunset slanted. When on the fervid air there came A strain, now rich, now tender; ' i The music seemed itself aflame " . With day's departing splendor.- ..-.... ( , . A Federal band, which eve and mora Played measures brave and nimble, - Had struck up with flute and horn A lively clash of cymbaL -, Down flocked the soldiers tcl the banks, Till, margined by its pebbles. v One wooded shore was blue with Yanks, And one was gray with Rebels." . I ' Then all was still, and then the band, With movements light and tricksy, -Made stream and forest, hill and strand, Reverberate with "Dixie,"? The conscious stream, with burnished glow, Went proudly o'er its pebbles. But thrilled throughout Its-deepest flow With yelling of the Rebels. ; ' Again a pause, and then again, The trumpets pealed sonorous, And Yankee Doodle was the strain To which the shore gave chorus. The laughing ripple shoreward flew T. kla. ti ahininff TWKhlAf! Loud shrieked the swarming Boys in Blue Defiance to ine xveoeis. i. And ye once more the bugles sang Above the stormy riot; j No shout upon the evening1 rang There reigned a holy quiet. . The sad, low stream its noiseless tread Poured ,o"er the glistening pebbles; And silent now the Yankee stood, And silent stood the Rebels. No unresponsive soul had heard So deeply, Home, Sweet Home, hud stirred The hidden lounu 01 ieeim- " - ! . " ; dr Blue or Gray, the soldier sees, t As by the wand of fairy, The cottage 'neath the live-oak trees. The cabin by the prairie. Or cold or warm, his .native skies. - Bend in their beauty o'er him ; Seen through the tear-mist in his eyes, t His loved ones stand before hioi. . f ' i As fades the iris after rami . in April's tearful weather, . Tlie vision vanished as the strain ; And daylight died toge jher, But memory, waked by inusic's art, Expressed in simplest numbers. Subdued the sternest Yankee's heart, ' Made light the Rebel's slumbers. . - " ' I :' And fair he form of Miisjie shines, That bright, celestial creature, Who still, 'mid war's embattled lines, - Gave this-one touch of Nature. Jon R. Thompson. Miscellaneous Items. The less wit a man has, the less he is conscious of his deficiency. j Some of the most successful , stock raisers in Kentucky are women. ' Ilenry Ward Beecher is the latest can: idate announced for the presidency.) At Dartmouth College, this year, they begin recitations at 6 o'clock in the morning. '. : The whole coast of the State of Rhode Island is "literally" mackerel. swarming with A single issue of the London Times recently announced ;the anniversary meetings of more than eighty different societies. . j Ladies who wear point-lace shawls 'should know, to appreciate them, that it takes two hundred women two years at steady work to finish one. - ,4 A petition containing 160,000 signa tures has been sent to the English Par 'liament, praying that Sunday labor be oKnifuhorl in TTtr Af n !stv's drminh"ms. auvnanwi . . V J , . ... 'Vn fHneinnnti rFimfSK hsis a OOmDOSltotT. William MeDiramid bv name wno is 90 years of age, and used to set up Walter Scott's poems from the original manu script. r - . '-; : TheNewyork yacht Club has conf structed another magnificent ocean yacht, called the Columbia, of which great things are expected She cost $60,000. . ' The little city of Bristol, situated partly in Tennessee, and partly in Vir ginia, has one Representative from the Legislature at Nashville and another in Richmond.- f Brutus J. Clay. Jr.! son of the Hon, Cassius M. Clay, has been unanimously nominated by the Republicans of Mad ison County, Ky., as their candidate far the Legislature. ' -" At New York a short time ago, a per son applied to the proper court to be divorced from his I, wife because she would persist in putting her cold feet against film when in; bed. A French savant likens, the quickness of volition in an animal to fhe telegraph. "When a whale is harpooned, he says, the nerve telegraphs to. the creature's brain: "Harpoon in tail;" upon which i the brain telegraphs back: 4 4 Jerk tail and 'npset boat." j , . 1 hnrnpd toad irom the swamps of I V Ida came through the mail a dis ' je of 3,000 miles to a merchant of f Wilmington, Vt,, last week, having rid den the whole distance encased in a sardine-box, from which he was taken out -. in the best of health and spirits. . - A lady in commencing a lecture the r other day in Iowa said that women - were responsible for certain social vi ces, because if there were no women these vices could not exist. True evey word of it. It may also be said that if there was. nothing to steal there would be no thieves. 4 i" - It is a good rule not absolutely to ch spise the opinion of blockheads.- An ox, says a writer, is a stupid sort of an animal, but! an irritated ox is danger ous, especially if one can't get tout of " his way. The quadruped ox and the biped ass have a strong resemblance in this particular. ; ; , 1 " I think,'? says Dr. John Brown, of Edinburgh, 44 that every family should have a dog., It is like a perpetual ba by ; and then it betrays no secrets never sulks, asks no troublesome questions,-never gets into debt, never cornea down late to breakfast, and it is always ready for a bit of fun," AN ACT TO SUBMIT THt w4 " Convention," or No Convention," to the.Peo- pie. and to Provide for the Election . -- gates. Whereas, The present Constitution is, in many respects, ourut-njii" oppressive to the people of jthe State, and is, in many of its provisions ill adapted to their wants and condition ; and whereas, the taxes required by said Constitution to be levied upon the citi- zensof the state Dy iniswuni f sembly, are, in the judgment oi uus General AssemDiy, wo Knuus w borne, and cannot be collected without atfecting the ruin of our people ; and whereas, the uenerai asuiuij, reason to believe that a majority of the voters of the State are anxious to amend the said Constitution in many particu lars, consider it their duty to adopt measures for ascertaining the w of their constituents, and to provide -the means for carrying that wilt into effect when ascertained; therefore, : Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That the sher iffs of the several counties of the State shall open polls at the various precincts in their respective counties.as now es tablished by law on the first Thursday in August, A. D., 1871, when; and where all persons qualified ' to vote for mem bers of the General Assembly ma vote for or against a State Convention, un rifr th restrictions hereinafter pre scribed, those who wish Convention vo-j tinu- with a nrinted or written w Convention" and those who wish such Convention, voting coma u-nv. ' No Convention :" do not in the also to open separate polls at the said time and places, for the election of delegates to the Convention to be assembled in the city of Raleigh at such time as is here inafter prescribed, said polls toie su perintended by the Registrar of the precinct, and by two judges or inspec tors at each of said places j of holding the election, to be appointed by the commissioners of said counties respec- Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the said registrars and said judges or in spectors, immediately after the close of the polls, to count the ballots in the, presence of such electors as j may desire to oe present, anu nmiwc uui awiLat statement under their hands, or the. polls at their respective places of hold-i up and returned to the commissioners of their resDective counties, by 12 o'clock on Saturday, after said day of election ; JProvided, The counties of Carteret, Dare and Hyde shall be allow-i eU UUlll -lUtTSUiiy nun iin ruiui uj; make their returns : and said com mis-; sirmprs . (or nnv two of them in the presence of five or more of jthceitizens; of said county.) shall compare s:id rcH turns at the court house, or other place: of holding court in their, respective counties, and make duplicate state-j ments of said returns, sworn to beforq some persons authorized toj administer! oaths, which shall be "deposited in the! office of the Register of Deeds of the! count v; and if, for any cause, the res turn for any precinct be not in by 3 o'clock, p. m., then and in that case the! commissioners shall adjourn without comparing the imjIIs, to meet again on- the following Tuesday, at 12 O'CIOCKJ m . when the polls of the var arious pre- cincts of that county shall be compared and in the meantime they shall direct the sheriff, or one of his deputies, to! fvminpl tlift attendance of tlie delin- nuent returning officer with the vote of nis precinct. iien ine uuiiiiiiismuii-, ers have thus completeil the compari-j son of the polls they shall make proc lamation at the court house door, of thej vote oast for and against the Convene tioh, and the names -of tlie person or persons duly elected as delegates. , Sec. 3. The Register ;of Deeds forj each county shall transmit by mail, ort or before the 10th day of ! August, A D. 1811. to the office of the Attorney General, under his hand, ; one of the; certified statements provided for in the! foregoing section, and shall, on or be- fore the same day give to the person ori persons dulv elected delegate or dele-j gates a certificate of his or their elec-; tion :'and if for any cause there be mi: Register of Deeds in any county, the commissioners of such county when they declare the result shall appoint onej for this purpose. I l Sec 4. The Attorney General shall; endore upon the returns thus made to his office the time when thie same were: received, and shall file them away until the 4th Thursday of August, A. D. 1S71. whpn thpv shall -be opened and counted by the Attorney General, thef President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of State, or any two of them i and the result shall be by them an-; nounced in such manner as they may. deem best. If a majority of the votes be against a Convention they shall so declare in a proclamation, and in that case the delegates shall not assemble! But if a majority be for a! Convention they shall so declare, and in that event the delegates elected at said election in the various counties snail assemble in the city of Raleigh on the third Thurs- day or September, A. D. 1871, for the purpose herein declared. ; ' ' Sec. 5. The election shall be held in all respects in strict conformity to the existing laws of the State regulating elections for members of the General Assembly, and according jto the pro visions of this act. . ! Sec. 6. That the inspectors of elecf tion mentioned in section 1st of this act. shall be appointed bv the com missioners of each county respectively at a meeting to be held on the 1st Monday in J:une, 1871, or as soontherc after as practicable, ana saia commisK ers shall at the same time appoint a registrarjpf voters for each I voting pre cinct or township, whose duty it shall be to revise the existing! registration books of his precinct or township, in such manner that said books-shall shoy an accurate list of all electors previous ly registered in such precinct or town ship, and still residing therein, with out requiring such electors to be regis tered anew; and such registrar shall also at all times, after his appointment, up to, and on the day of election afore said, keep open'said books, and shall be at the polls on said day, .with said books for the registration of any elec tors residing in such precinct on town ship, and entitled to registration, whose names have never i before been registered in such precinct or; town ship, or do not appear in the revised : list ; no certificates of registration shall be given, and no elector, shall be en titled to register or to vote in any otlr er precinct or township than the one in which he is an actual and bona fide resident on the day of election. Any person offering to .vote, although his name may be on the registration books, may be cnallenged as to his right to vote on the day of election and the question shall be decided by the in spectors of the box and the registrar of the precinct or township; before tlie ballot is received. ! ' Sec. 7, That if a vacancy shall occur by death or otherwise, of any person elected delegate as aforesaid, the presid ing officer of the Convention shall, issue his-writ to the sheriff of the county1, in which such vacancy may have occurred, after such notice as the Convention may order, to open polls t6 fill such vacancy under the same rules and regulations as hereinbefore prescribed for the election of delegates. . j , U I Sec. 8. That said Convention) shall consist of one hundred and twenty-one delegates, and each county shall fe entitled to -the . same number of dele gates as members of the House pf Re presentatives, under the present appor tionment, and the county of Dare shall be entitled to one ueiegaie. Sec. 9. That said Convention shall have power to fix, the pay of fill its officers and members, and shall provide for other expenses to be paid our 6f the Treasury as it may direct. . fSeq. 10. The said Convention havei power to elect its officers! shill and shall be the judge of the qualifications and election of its members, whh! shall pie electors of the State of North Carpli na. -' See. 11. The said Convention shall have power to consider and projiose. iill necessary amendments and alterations t the Constitution, not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, except as is hereinafter prqvidejtl, to-wit: The said Convention shall have no power or authority whatever ; Uflst. ;To offeror propose aspy, amend ment to, or alteration of, or in anywise interferes with, repeal or. modify the homestead and' personal property 6x emntions, as provided for in article: 10 of the Constitution of the State ; I f I . "2d. To modify, rejeal, or do any othr act to restrict, impair, or in any way interfere with the rights, privileges or immunities of any irson in th( State on account of race, color or piievipiis condition, which are now guaranteed to him by the 13th, Htli and 15th amend ments to the Constitution of the United States; or to propose any amenameru to the Constitution of theJState iji any wise impairing or restricting said Jrights, privileges or immunities ; t i 3d.! To modify or repeal that clause in the present Constitution which pfloviUes for a;mechanics and laborers' lien lav; i '4th. To pass any ordinance or lordiii ances legislative in their charactxr, ex cept f ueh as are necessary for the pur pose of submitting the Constitution is amended to the people for their ratifi cation or rejection, and except j ordin ances in relation to the public dtjbt and in rtiation to the Convention itself. M Sec. 12. That said Convention niajy revise" the Constitution of the j Statb, emlMxlying in it such alteratiis anl amendments as maybe agreetluin, not inconsistent with the provisions bf this act; but no such revised Constitu tion' shall have any force orj vjilidicy fnitii thosiiii-ie shall have-been ratified by a majority "of the qualified voters f tne, state, to wnom tne same; swan pe sulnnitteil accordinjr t the mode to be prescribed bv ordinance of said Cj)ien tion;- f ; ' .;.( f Sec. 13. That no delegate to said Coh vent ion shall bepermittwl to take Ins seatJih said Convention until h& shall have taken and subscribed the following oath or affirmation before any Judge pf the Supreme or Superior Courts, br ai)y y usiice oi' me i eace oi wane oumy, to-wit: "I, A. do solemnly swear ;(or affirm, as the case may be,) That , I will .faithfully maintain and slipport tthe Constitution of tlie United states, -and will not either directly or inilirett ly evade .or disregard the duties enjoin Vd, or the limits fixed, to this Ojm'vcji tion by the people of North Carpi inn, asset forth in the act of the ' General rAsseinbly passcnl in 1S71, entitled 'iin :act to submit the question of ; Cronveti ftion or No Convention to the people, f and to provide for the election ofj.delp : gates, which act was ratified liy the people:' So help me God." J Sec. 14. That anv registrar, or liudLre. or judges o4 election, appointed I undr the provisions of this act, or anyi coun ty Commissioners, of Register of Deeds. or Sheriff, failing or neglecting tq make the returns and perform the duties rt quired of him by this act, shall be ueemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 1 ' A -1 .11 1 1 i L . on conviciioii snau oe nntni npi less than five hundred nor more than oiie thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than six nor less than two months, at the discretion of the court. 1 jj ( See. lo . Anv nerson who" shall knowingly and fraudulently register pr vote or induce another to do so contra ry to the provisions of this act shall be kleemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall le imprisoned not less than six nor more than twelve months, or fined not less than one huh dred nor more than five hundred dol lars; shall and any registrar of voters! who make or cause or . suffer I to be made, any entry with intent to com- mit a fraud shall be subject to indict inent and liable to the same penalty J i . Sec. 16. That the Joint Committee on Printing shall immediately j have printed ten copies of this act fort each Senator and member of the House of Representatives, and shall have printed and transmitted by mail one hundred copies to the Board of Commissioners for each county, whose duty it shall, be to, furnish one copy to each registrar in tneir respective counties, and one! copy to the inspectors of election ateac cinct before the day of election. ! See. 17. This act shall be in from and after its ratification, ipr0 force arid shall operate as an entire sustension of the act ratified the Sth day of Fejbru- ry,1871, entitled "An act concerning a Convention of the people," I 1 Ratified this 3d day of April, 1S71. j STATE OP XORTH CAROLINA, Office Secretary of State, Raleigh, April 4th,l 1871. V I, Henry J. Menninger, Secretary pf State, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original act on h in this office. i II. J. MENNINGER, T w Secretary of State. inji t From an English paper, we learn that one George Emerson, residing in Exe ter having lived a bachelor until h( was nearly fifty, conceived the idea of mar rying a Cliinese woman, and according ly set sail from Liverpool for Canton. There he 'selected a girl of eighteen ; gave her father 20 for her; was ived ded on the spot, and -re-embarking for home.' He quarrelled violently with his wife before reaching land; anclj was With difficulty prevented fromj throw ing her overboard. He now oft'eirsto dispose of his Chinese connubial invest ment at less than half price, j A fool and his money is more easily parted, than a fool and his wile. 1 I ! I fear," said a country minister tt his fliock, "when I explained to you, iri my last charity sermon, that philanthropy was the love of our species you must have misunderstood me to say specie, which may accounnt for the smallness of the collection. You will proved I hppei, by your present contribution, thatiyou are no longer laboring under the same mistake." Useful and Amusing. It is good in a fever, and much better in anger, to have the tongue kept clean and smooth. " ' Everyone who bears the name of a gentleman is accountable for it to his family. Gil Bias. . : j All the biographies of the great and the good show that not one of them had a fashionable mother. .; An angel incapable of feeling anger must envy the man who can feel aud yet conquer t.--Jean Iyaul. 11 Money makes the man." Perhaps it does ; but Punch thinks it particular ly necessary that man should make money first. .v ' A new rendering of the windoV; and her cnuse of oil. ? i - While a mother was brooding over her poverty, her little son said : " Mam ma, I think-God hears when we scrape the bottom of the barrel." j ' The late Deacon Andrew Lrficli, of Searsport, Maine, was the champion at tendant at church, having been in his TKw 2,o98 put of 2,((K) consecutive Sun days! Absence; from town was -Ms go(nl excuse for missing on the two Sab baths his seat was vacant in fifty years. ' He who has not learned a lesson of clf.lioln TTlilde little iirri- sis? a student, and grown httlo to ward real manhood. Half the wjrld refuses to do its own thinking, to toil thronsrh the solution of its own knotty l.rohlems: hence half the world that will not do this must be subject to the other half that will. j About one-third of an ounce of iron exists in the human body, pr.just enough, if extracted from the remains, to make a mourning ring, as is said to have been done by some ingenious Frenchman. The; chief function of this metal in the system seems to be to jear rv oxygen, for which it has a powerful affinity, from the lungs, in the arterial blood, throughout the entire body. The deficiency is indicated by a pecu liar pale ; or greenish hue in the com plexion. ' ! A correspondent sends to the Journal of Chemistry tlie lollpwing account, or a remarkable spring in Texas : About sixty miles north of-Galena, near the town of Liberty, there is a spring, the water of which is quite acid, simulating lemonade, and those vho taste it like it so much that they drink it almost .immoderately. When you feel hot, it is quite delicious; and un der any circumstances, whether you are hot or cold, the drinking of it produces perspiration, with 'no unpleasant effects afterward. The spring has no appa rent "outlet or inlet. It is probably sixty ft across it, and it is covered with a'white froth pr foam, which upon close examination appears like eream pf tartar on a wine-case. It kills in sects, worms and othersmall animals that come near and u:so it. No fish or evidence -of life is seen within its waters. A Derivation of " Gentleman." In' the age of Valentinian, the concerts to Christianity in the .Western Empire consisted chiefly of the middle classes in the towns. Tle agricultural popu lation still adhered to the traditions and superstitions of their ancestors vith such tenac ity, that the word " Pagains," which literally signifies the inhabitants of the rural districts, became a generic name for all classes of idolaters. -In the higher ranks, fhe Christians were chie fly found amengthe officers! of state and the ministers of the imperial court who were for the most part unconnec ted with the patrician body, and owed their elevation either to their military services or imperial . favor. Thej old patrician families, whoafleetexl to trace their elescent to the great aristocratic hemses ef the ancient repub.lic-f-the " Gentiles," as they loved to call them selves adhereel to polytheism, which now alone att'oreleel any external! eyi elenee erf their hereelitary rank ; ariel hence " ge'ntilemen," or "gentleman," came to be used inelifferently for a nan of exalted birth or polished manners, and for one who rejected the truths of cnrisiiamty. Practical. Jokes. The ancjerits used to indulge in practical jokesj to a considerable extent:, for instance the Thracians, at their drinking parties, sometimes olaved the game of hang ing. They fixed a round noose to the bough of, a tree, and placed underneath it a stone of such a shape that it would easily turn around when any one stood on it. Then they drew lots, and he who drew the lot took a sickle in his hand, stood on the stone, and put his neck into the halter. Then the stone was kicked away ; if he conld cut him self down with his sickle, well j and good ; but if he was not quick enough he was hanged outright ; and th rest laughed, thinking it good sport Nero's jests were likewise very prac tical. 4 4 What a fat fellow that Senator is!" he observed the other day jto a courtier; "see me cut him in two!" and he did it in the most facetious manner. . A French; auditor of accounts in the seventeenth century was a great prac tical joker all his life, and even played a trick after he had lost the power of enjoying t, for he left four candles to be carried at his funeral', which had not bexn burning fifteen minutes before they went oft" as fire-works. - j When a laely condescends to practical joke it is generally a very neat erne. M Boncort, the rich financier, was (very stingy to his wife in the matter of pin money. One day a laely, closely ve?ileel, and very anxious not to be recoghizeel called upon him anel borroweel a large sum, leaving her diamonds as a pledge. It was his wife. The French thieves sometimes useel to steal so funnily that even their vic tims were half inclined to pardon them. The Duke of Fronsac, nephew of Marshall ltichelieu, was coming Out of the opera one night m a splendid dress, embroielereel with pearls, when tvo thieves managed to cut off his coat-tails. He turneel into his Club, where every bexly laugheel at him, anel so he found out what had happened, and jwent home. Early the next morning a well el ressoel man called at the 'Duke's jhotel and demanded to see him at oncej on a ii x" .x : i. .. i 1 i iiuiiier oi must viuu uiiuuruiutr. iionsieur ue r rontac was awaKeneeij " Monsieur," said the visitor, "I am officer of police. Monsieur, - the lieu-; tenant of police has learned the acci4 dent which happened to you yesterelay on leaving the opera, and I have; been sent by him to request you to order the coat to ue piaceu in my nanus Miat wtj may convict the offender by comparing it with the mutilated tails." I i The dress was given up and the Duke was in raptures with the vigi lance of the police; but it' was anew trick of the rogue who had stolen the tails, by which he possessed himself of the entire garment. Chamber's Jourl Field and Fireside. Thft mole is a frienel to the larmer. and not an enemy, as he is popularly considered, it having been proved bjr experiments upon tneanimai in captiv ity, that while he really eats insects, oTiihs sinel the like, he will sooner die of starvation than eat roots or any oth er vegetable substance. Ownership op Land in Great Britain. Less than thirty-one thou sand persons Own all the real estate in England, including all the owners of citv houses anil building lots, and one half the land is owned by one hundred and fifty persons! England is said to have fifty-one thousand seiuare miles ; taking one half of that anel converting it into acres, it will average Over one hunelred thousand to each person. In Scotlanel nineteen and a half millions of acres are owned by twelve persons. This is as if all the land in Massachu setts were owned by three persons, each having about five millions of acres. Cucumber Toast. Select your cu enmbers fresh, crisp, medium size lust such as yem would prefer if seryeel up in the usual manner. 1'are ana snce up lengthwise in cuts a quarter of an me thiek. Rinse in, -mid water, dip eae slice singly in nour, and hurry thern into the dripping-pan, using for mate rial, to fry them in, the gravy in whiefh either beefsteak, veal cutlets or mutton chops were cooked ; or butter i may be used ; but be sure to fry briskly until the slices are a light brown on both sides. Have yemr bread toasted, but tered, or elmped, as you prefer, and rhse at haiul. Slip the slices of cucum ber hot from the pan between -slices of toast, and serve at once. The etrtrs of a moseiu'itto are laiel in a bowl-shaped mass upen the. surface of stagnant water, try tne motner uy. Al ter hatching out, they finally become the " wiggletails," or wiggling worms that may be seen in the summer in any barrel of water that is exposed to the atmosphere for any length of time. Finally, the wiggletails come to the surface, anel the full fledged mosquito bursts out (f them, at first with very short limp jwingss, which in a short time grow both in length and in stiff ness. The sexes then couple, and the above process is repeated again and again, probably, soveral times in the course ef ene season. It is a eurious fae t that the male' mosquito, which may be known i by its feathered horn, is physically irie apable ef sucking bleMxl. The me)sejuitto is. not an unmitigated Inst. A 1 the High in the wingeel state the female sue-ks our blooel and elisturbsour rcst,in the larva state -the insect is de cidedly honelic.d by purifying stagnant Svater,that woulel otherwise breed mala- rial elisi'ases. How to :maki: 'Farmer Life At ! Tu.VTTiVE. 1. 15y less hard work. " Farmers eften uiielertake m6re than they can do well, anel consequently work toe) early and too late. , - 2. By more system.' The farmers shemld" have a time te legin anel to step labor. They shejuld put more mind and machinery into their work. They should theorize as well as practice, and let both go together. Farmingis moral, healthy, and respectable, anel, in the long run, made prefitable. The farmer should1 -keep goeld stock, and out of debt. j 3: By taking e-are of health. Farm ers have a healthy variety of exercise, but too often neglect cleanliness, eat ir regularly anel hurrieelly,? sle'ep in ill ' yentilateel ; iipartments, ' anel expose themselves iH'eellessly to the e'olel. By adorning tlie home. Books, pa rs. pictures, music, anel reaeling should all lie brought to bear upon the in-elexr family entertainments; anel neatness anel comfort, oreler, shrubbery, flowers and fruits shoulel harmonize all without. There woulel be fewer eleser tions of olel homesteaels if pains were taken to make them agreeable. Ease, order, health anel beauty are compati ble with farm life, anel were ordained to go with,it. Throughout the largest part of the line of the two Pacific Railroads, the banks of the roads are lineel with un ending rows of sunflowers ; likewise the old stage routes, now unused, are cov ered over with millions of the stalks of this . curious wild weed. Where they have come from none can tell. One sage philosopher goes so far as to sav that this portion of our Western Conti nent was once inhabited by a savage race, who kept immense flocks of chick ens, and the sunflower seed formed their universal food, i Be it true or only a theory, the tact still remains that th sunflower? though neglected by all cul tivators of the soil, is still one of the most useful of all plants. Its leaves soon grow to a very large size Wrge enough to be used as a covering for young cabbage and tomato plantsAvhen tender. The steins afford a very good hop br bean pole ; and when dead in the fall, if cut up and kept in-doors7, answer very well for kindling wood. Its seeds make a very fine oil, and superior chicken food. A southerncorrespon dent says the leaves can beplucked off through the summer without injury to the plant, and dried for fodder or feed to milch cows or horses He also re commenels it as an absorbent form alaria, and as a preventive yof fevers near dwellings that oe3Cupylow places. Dr. Oliver C. Wiggin, of Providence, Rhode Island, bears the follewing tes timony to the yalue of milk: The nutritive value of milk, as com pared with other kinds of animal food, is not generally appreciated. There is less difference betvTeen the economical value of milk and beefsteak (or eggs or fish) than is commonly supposed. The quantity of water in a gooel quality of miiK is b per cent., in round steak 7o per cent., iri fatter beef 30 per cent., in eggs about 68 per cent. From several analyses made last winter, I estimated sirloin steak, (reckoning loss from bone,) at 3o cepts a pound, as dear as milk at 24 cents a quart; round steak, at 20 cents pound, as dear as milk at 14 cents p. quart ; eggs, at 30 cents a dozen, as dear as milk at 20 cents a quart. Many laborers who pay 17 cents for corned beef would consider themselves hardly able to pay 10 cents for milk,- when, in fact, they could as well afford to pay 15 cents. Milk is a most whole some and economical food for either 3 the rich or poor. It ought to be more largely" used. If the money expended for veal and pork were expended for milk, I doubt not it would be an ad vantage both to the stomach and pock et, especially during the warm season. Relatively speaking, then, milk at 40 cents, or j even 12 cents, a quart is the cheapest animal food that can be used. "Wh ether farmers can afford to prexluce it cheaper is a matter for them to de cide. It is very probable that were they to ask 12 cents a very large num ber of poor people would refrain from its use from mistaken notions of econo my, notwithstanding they are excessive meat-eaters. Prospectuses. THE DAILY TEIiEGRAjM, RALEIGH, N. C. Believing that the wante of our people demanded the establishment, at the Capital of the State of a journal Which in ifcrt-ourse would be dignified, , fearless And independent, untranieled by party ties, and actuated alone by a desire to pronlote the best interests of the State, regardless of par ty expediency, or the promotion of individ ual schemes, and at the same timej contain the latest news of the day, uncolored and unadulterated by malice or partisanship, the undersigned, a short time sinele, com menced the publication of the Daily Tele gram. The experiment has proved a suc cess, and the encouragement extended has been such as to induce us to enlarge and otherwise improve it. 1 . ! It is the only paper, west of the Wilming ton A AVeldon R. It., that publishes the TeleeraDhic Dispatches or the .Press asso- r-irttion. No lalor and exnense will bo spared to make the 'Telegram a liv practif- cal ana progressing newspaper. Send for sample copy. Terms, in aelvance, Dailv. - 1 vear. S7.00 3 months. 52.00 $ months, '"I twentv- 3.S01 1 month, 1.00. ! iThe paper for the people ! j Weeklv Telecfram, will contain fnnr mlnmns of i ntcr estincr reading matter. consisting of the General News oft the -day, State Matters, Choice Agricultural ariel 1 Lit erary Articles from the lest sourt-as, relia- Vlo Af-ii-tot Ttpru-irf-ja i arul othpr liiattei-.S of interest and importance to the genjeral read er. We intenel to make the Weekly Tele-f gram a welcome visiior 10 k vex iiiith4c hi iue otai;. ? - . j Terms only $1 a year, j "Address, 1 ! ISICIIOLS A GORMAN, Raleigh, Ni C Juno 8. PROSPECTUS OF THE WEEKLY National Republican, Published at Washington, D. C. The Weekljl. National Republican supports the principles and policy of .the.great Republican party,, and sustains the administration of President Grant. , !' '' ' It is' published on a large sheet, 27 x 42 inches, and contains few advertisements. It gives as large an amount of reading mat ter as any other weekly paper of 'its price. It gives especial attention to neivs emana ting from the-Executive, -'Legislative and Judicial Departments of the government, and, during the sessions of Congress has full reports of its proceedings. v Washington is the political centre of the country, and every i measure atlfecting the general interests of tlie people hai its origiu in the .Legislative and Executive Coiincils of the nation. The journal liubliilKKl at the Capital in support of the Administration has the advantage of gaining a luil knowl edge Of every movement that may be con templated. The Republieran hits uniisual facilities for obtaining the earlies and most reliable news, loth of a general knd politi cal character, and is recrugnized (as the best exponent .of, affairs at the Capital! The miscellaneous department will re ceive special attention, and in all respects efforts will be made to establish the charac ter of the paper as a first-class family iournal. Terms as follows (invariably in advance:) One copy six, mouths, I Three copies six. months, Five copies six months, j Ten copies six months, ; One copy one year, j Three ttopies one ye;ar, I Five copies one year, I Ten copies one vear; I It is not necessary that the sulscribei?s to a club should receive their lwipers at the saine post otlice. Where a club f subscri bers has been forwarded, additions; nay be made to it at the same rates. Papers "will be addressed .singly to each club. ! 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I It lias achieved a fir&t-place in American journalism, and is peculiarly tin 5 represen tative New England' newspaper. . : Its circulation is eater than :hat of any other provincial paper in America ; only two papers in liosibon exeeed it ; anel in the town of its publication it has more subse-ri-bers, in proportion to the population, than any other joiirxial in the worldj in the city of its issue for, it averages one to every family in Springfield. f I The Republican is printed on" a large quarto sheet of eight pages and 48 columns, and issuesDaily, Semi-Weekly "and Week ly editions. The price" of the iaily three cents forsingle copies and 8 a year is less than tht of either Boston or New York journals of the same class ; while its news is no less prompt and full, and its general The Semi- scope as a iamily paper; wider. 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It encourages men to demand for women, and woinen for themselves; a larger share in all the pressing work of 'life-i-n equality of duties and of rights, of responsibilities and of privilege, because it believes that in the largest individiial freedom and the iair est devision of labor lie the most sure and satisfactory advancement of society and the widest personal happiness. 1 i ' To all questions embraced in the phrase Social Science, it gives a welcome hearing and aniearnest word, for these iue the. real topics ef the present and the future ; it is with these that government rami society have now most to concern themselves.- All subscriptions must be paid in advance. Specimen copies of The liepubVu at will be sent on application. j All bjusiniss letters should be aeldressed, i SAM UKL BOWLES A CO.. J UllCi J5. t ii- . . . ' Sphigiield, Mass. fCE AND ATIONVL TNTEMPERAN JL lutegritv. -I I: PROHIBITION i Bv Aauon M. Powell. . 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