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VOL. I. RALEIGH, N. C OCTOBER 11, 1882. NO. 23.
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Our Governments-
OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
TIIE EXECUTIVE.
Chester A. Arthur, of New York,
President of the United States.
Frederick 2. Frelinghuysen, of
New Jersey, Secretary of State.
Charles J. Folger, of New York,
Secretary of the Treasury.
H. M. Teller, of Colorado, Secret
tary of the Interior.
Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois,
Secretary of War.
Win. E. Chandler, of New Hamp
shire, Secretary of the Navy.
Timothy 0, Howe, of Wisconsin,
Postmaster Genera..
B. Harris Brewster, of Pennsyl
vania, Attorney General.
THE JUDICIARY.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Morrison IL Waite, of Ohio, Chief
Justice.
Samuel F. Miller, of Iowa,
John M. Harlan, of Kentucky,
Stephen J. Field, of California,
Win. B. Woods, of Georgia,
Joseph P. Bradley, of New Jersey,
Stanley Matthews, of Ohio,
Horace Gray, of Massachusetts,
Samuel Blatchford, of New York,
..Associate Justices.
OUR STATE GOVERNMENT.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
Thomas J. Jarvis, of Pitt, Gov-
uecnor.
James L. Robinson, of Macon,
Lieutenant Governor.
W. L. Saunders, of New Hanover,
Secretary of State
John M. JVorth, of Randolph,
Treasurer.
Donald W. Bain, of Wake, Chief
Clerk.
Hal. M. Worth, of Randolph,
Teller.
W. P. Roberts, of Gateg, Auditor.
Thomas S. Kenan, of Wilson, AK
torney Genoral.
John C. Scarborough, of Johnston,
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Johnstone Jones, of Burke, Adju
tant General.
J. McLeod Turner, Keeper of the
Capitol.
Sherwood Haywood, of Wake,
State Librarian.
JUDICIARY.
SUPREME COURT.
W. N. H. Smith, of Hertford,
Chief Justice.
Thomas Ruffin, Thomas S. Ashe,
A ssociates.
W. II. Bagley, of Wake, Clerk.
R. II. Bradley, of Wake, Marshal.
THE GOLD OF HOPE.
Bright shiues the sun, but brighter
after rain;
The clouds that darken make the sky
more clear;
So rest is sweeter when it follows pain,
And the sad parting makes our
friends more dear.
’Tis well it should be thus; our Father
knows
The things that work together for
our good;
We draw a sweetness from our bitter-
woes—
We would not have all sunshine if
we could.
The days, with all their beauty and
light,
Come from the dark, and into dark
return;
Day speaks of earth, but heaven shines
through the night,
Where in the blue a thousand star-
fires burn.
So runs the law, the law of recompense,
That binds our life on earth and
heaven in one;
Faith cannot live when all is sight and
sense,
But Faith can live and sing when
these are gone.
We grieve and murmur for we can but
see
The single thread that flies in silence
by;
When if we only saw the things to be,
Our lips would breathe a song, not
a sigh.
Wait, then, my soul, and edge the
darkening cloud
With the bright gold hope that hope
can always lend;
And if to-day thou art with sorrow
bowed,
Wait till to-morrow, and thy giief
shall end.
And when we reach the limit of our
days,
Beyond the reach of shadows and of
night;
Then shall our every look and voice be
praise
To Him who shines, oar everlasting
light.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR
Anxious for the Success of the Coa
lition Ticket in North Carolina.
We find the following open letter
in the National Republican:
C. L. Cooke, Esq.:
Sir : You have done me the honor
to send me your published “card to
the voters of the seventh Congres
sional district of North Carolina,” in
which you announce yourself as an
independent candidate for Congress.
My only object in addressing you
this public note is to correct an error
in your card. You make an appeal
to Stalwart Republicans against the
Coalition ticket and say of them:
“I honestly believe that the so-
called Liberal movement was con
ceived and organized by that class of
men who have induced a few broken-
down. disappointed office-seeking
Democrats to join them, expressly
for the purpose of preventing North
Carolina from contributing her in
fluence in furtherance of the nomi
nation of a Stalwart candidate for
the Presidency in 1884. They have
the effrontery to say to Republicans
when they have nominated a Bour
bon Democratic Ku-Klux sympa^
bhizer, ‘You must vote for the nomi*
nee; the administration is in favor
of it, and the President authorized
me to say that you would never get
an office if you didn’t.’ My country-
men, be not deceived by such misery
able clap-trap. There is no truth in
such statements.’
Of course you are right in denying
that the President has ever author
ized any one to say that he would
punish voters by non-appointment to
office. He does not use the public
offices as rewards for punishments.
But when you deny the statement
that the President is in favor of the
coalition nominees, and each of them,
you are mistaken. To guide you to
a knowledge of the truth in this
matter, and that is what I believe
you desire, I will say to you that on
Saturday, the 23d instant, President
Arthur stated to several persons, of
whom I was one, at his residence in
the city of Yew York, that he was
not only earnestly for the Liberal
movement in North Carolina, and
anxious for the election of the whole
Coalition ticket (which, of course,
includes Dr. York), but that he did
not wish his position on the subject
to be doubted or misunderstood.
This is not, of course, any reason
why any voter in North Carolina
should support the Coalition, but it
is a good reason why the weight of
President Arthur’s name should not
be thrown into the scale against it.
You would not be a willing party to
a fraud, and the information herein
conveyed will save you from the
mortification of being an unwilling
one. If any voter in North Carolina
should desire to know how President
Arthur would vote if he was a citi
zen of that State, you can safely
assure him that he would vote for
the Coalition ticket throughout.
As to whether the Republican
nominee for the Presidency in 18(84
shall be a “Stalwart” of 1880, or an
equally reliable friend of equal polit
ical rights who was not then so
designated, is not now the issue.
Whether honest majorities shall be
represented in Congress and in the
next electoral college instead of
Bourbon minorities is of much
greater consequence. The men who
stood by Grant in 1880—and I shall
[always be proud of having been one
of them—cannot better exhibit their
continued devotion to him than by
co operating heartily and generously
with all who will uphold what he
then insisted upon, viz. : “The right
of every citizen to vote just as he
pleases, and to have his vote counted
just as it was cast.” I hope I shall
not give offense by expressing the
hope that you will yet decide not to
aid in the election of the Bourbon
candidate in your district. You
cannot but agree with me that his
party in North Carolina can never
survive if once the freedom and in
tegrity of the ballot-box can be as
sured. Dr. York is committed to
Liberalism, which means fair elec
tions, free schools, home rule, and
genuine restoration to the Union.
Besides, if you help the free-trade
Democracy to abolish duties on im
ports, internal revenue taxation will
have to be perpetuated and increased.
How can you abolish interned reve
nue taxes by indirectly aiding a party
which is pledged against external
taxation? Taxes must come from
some source. ^
Pardon the freedom with which I
have replied to the circular you sent
me, and believe me to be, very re
spectfully yours.
Geo. C. Gorham.
For The Times.
Letter from W- F- Reade, Esq.
Mt. Tirzah, Person Co., N. C.,)
September 22d, 1882. )
Mr. Editor: As it is a matter of
public interest to this county (and it
may be to the State) I ask the use
of your columns to answer a reply of
the .Person County News to my
letter in The Times.
The News says that I have tried
to get it to sustain me and it refused.
I say that the News wanted to be
hired to sustain me and I refused,
and that’s where the trouble comes
in. The editors of the News have
the use of my property that I paid
$2,600 cash for. They were to pay
me $15 per month at the end of
every month, (this arrangement was
made because they were worthless in
a pecuniary sense), but when they
thought it was likely I would be an
independent candidate they stopped-
paying, and fed me on fair promises
until they were $75 in my debt for
rent, thinking no doubt that I would
let them have the use of my property
for nothing, or would make a propo
sition to them under which they
could sustain me and pay nothing.
But instead of this wished for propo
sition I served a notice on them to
vacate. And, oh, how mad they
were. I would not hire them to
sustain me, and that brought on the
trouble. I did not think that I, an
old citizen, needed the aid of such
trash. I do not know how much
they get from my opponents, but
there is no doubt in my mind that
they will do dirty work for small pay.
One of the editors of the News was
an editor of the Roxboro Herald
that slandered our people by saying
that they were so full of spirits that
there was no room for the spirit of
God. That they were so drunken
that there was no use preaching the
Gospel to them* So if he will
slander a whole people he will slander
me, as he has nothing that I can
reach in a suit. As for D. W.
Whitaker, the other editor, I sup
pose he is generally, if not favorably,
known.
Please engage board near the cap-
itol for me, as I expect to be down
to help “unload” the people.
Wonder if the News will publish
this? fours,
W. F. Reade.
For The Times.
Orange County Republican Con
vention.
The Republicans of Orange county
met in the court house in Hillsboro,
Saturday, September 30th, 1882, to
nominate a county and Legislative
ticket. James B. Mason, chairman
of the Executive Committee, called
the convention to order, and the
question arose as to whether the
convention should be organized on
the old or new plan, decided in favor
of the old. The chairman then stated
the convention in order for perma
nent organization.
On motion, B. N. Brown was
chosen chairman and L. A. Whitted
secretary. .
The chair then announced the con
vention ready for business.
James B. Mason obtained the
floor and introduced resolutions rela
tive to the Liberal party.
After brief expressions from sev
eral delegates in regard to the Libe
ral ticket, the following Coalition
ticket was nominated :
For the House, James A. Cheek.
For Treasurer, Edmond Rosemond.
For Probate Judge, Chester D.
Turner.
For Sheriff, John FI. Hughes.
For Coroner, Dr. Hogan.
On motion, Ike R Strayhorn was
unanimously recommended as a suit
able candidate to represent the coun
ties of Orange, Caswell, Person and
Durham in the Senate.
On motion, Ike R. Strayhorn, Jas,
B. Mason and Daniel Sykes were
appointed a committee to confer with
the Senatorial delegation at Prospect
Hill, Caswell county.
A. H. Haugbanaut, who had pre
viously announced himself an inde
pendent Republicanggcandidate for
the^llouse, appeared and in_a very
able and eloquent manner withdrew is as
in favor of James A. Cheek, Inde
pendent nominee of the convention,
after which the convention ad
journed.
H. N. Brown, Ch’n.
L. H. Whitted, Sec.
For The Times.
Republican County Convention in
Duplin.
Kenansville, Sept. 30, 1882.
The Republicans of Duplin county
met in convention at Kenansville.
The convention was called to order
by A. J. Stanford, chairman county
executive committee, and A. R. Mid^
dleton, secretary county executive
committee, was requested to act as
secretary.
After a short but pointed speech
by the chair, the following gentlemen
were appointed a committee on cre
dentials: H. Williams, F. Hill, D.
Williams, J. M. Powers, A. McCuE
lough, R. Branch, R. Faison, S. Con
ner, T. D. Hill, A. H. Williams, R.
Farrior, M. R. Davis, J. Davis,
Lewis Bryan, Jr. During the ab
sence of that committee, Mr. M. W.
H. Branch, of New Hanover, being
present, was called on and made a
sterling speech. Then the commits
tee came forward and reported that
they had found all the voting pre
cincts and townships duly repre
sented.
On motion of A. R. Middleton,
that there be a committee appointed
on permanent organization, the fol
lowing gentlemen were appointed: D.
A. Williams, Rufus Branch, J. M.
Powers, G. Farrior, Cato Grady;
which committee, after a short ses
sion, made the following report for
permanent organization : Chairman,
A. R. Middleton; Secretary, A. Mc
Cullough; which report was uuani
mously adopted.
Mr. A. R. Middleton was then in
troduced by Mr. A. J. Stanford. Mr.
Middleton came forward and in a
short speech returned thanks to the
convention for the honor it had con
ferred upon him, and then said that
on yesterday the Liberals of this
county had nominated a county ticket
that he hoped this convention would
endorse and stand by till sunset on
the 7th day of November. He then
told how the Democrats cheated and
defrauded Canaday and the State
ticket in 1880, by pretending to the
ignorant colored people who they
wanted to vote for. That was the
way they got Shackelford and Jarvis
through, etc.
On motion of A. McCullough, the
Liberal ticket was endorsed. The
following is the ticket:
For House of Representatives, Jas.
D. Cavanaugh,
Clerk Superior Court, Peter Cor-,
negay.
Treasurer, John W. Grissom.
Surveyor, Flayvis Maxvill.
No nominations for Register of
Deeds, Coroner and the Senate.
On motion, A. R. Middleton, Ir
vin Beaman and A. J. Stanford, were
appointed a committee to meet the
Liberal committee, on the 7th of
October, to fill the remainder of the
ticket.
The Hon. W. P. Canaday, candi
date for Congress for the 3d District,
was called for and gave us a two
hours’ speech. Then Col. George T.
Wassom was called on and made a
rousing speech.
A. R. Middleton, Ch’n.
A. McCullough, Sec’y.
Gen. Wm. T. Sherman was one of
the speakers at the reunion of the
New Hampshire veterans, held at
Weirs, in that State, Thursday. He
spoke as follows:
“I have not come prepared with a
speech. I come, rather, at the re
quest of the president of your socie
ty as a witness coming before you to
lend testimony rather than appeal to
the feelings of your hearts, as you all
know I was but one of those leaders
who fought in the war. We are all
veterans who realize that our days of
fighting are past, and that our days
of peace and rest from the gun are
here. I believe we fought a good
fight, that we won a glorious victory
and that now we may rest in peace,
certain that that for which we fought
is now assured and assured forever.
Not we alone, not the people of the
United States alone, but all mankind
is interested in the cause in which
we became victorious. We fought
for all mankind, for all the earth, for
all civilization, and now we stand
foremost among the nations of the
earth with a glorious and magnificent
future at which we may all rejoice.
My friends, I have come from Wash
ington purposely to meet you, who
have come to drink anew at the
fountain of patriotism. When you
hear it spoken of that Washington is
all corruption it is a great mistake.
It is a beautiful city, with a fine
population, and the work of the gov>
ernment is done well and economi
cally. I know our newspapers and
public speakers are apt to say that
Washington is a sink of iniquity. It
is not so ; there are a great many
good people there yet. You may go
there in peace and safety, and look
upon the Capitol and be proud of
the work of your people. The gov
ernment collects over $1,000,000
daily, every cent of which is ac
counted for. I doubt if there is a
merchant on the Merrimac who can
show as clean a set of books as are
iikept at Washington. We soldiers
fought for freedom.
Throughout the South to-day there
much freedom as there in in
New England, and you will probably
see the same form of government be
fore long. New England has not
kept pace with the rest of the coun
try. The South has gained in popu
lation greatly, and kept pace with
the great West. She gained fifty
where the Northern and Western
States gained twenty-one Anybody
can fight strangers. Any one can
shoot Indians, and it does not take
much courage to pull the trigger on
a foreigner Buts when you come to
shoot each other, as we did when we
fought our Southern friends, some
times in our own streets, that calls
for nerve, and that is what I want
the citizens to bear in mind when
they look upon a soldier. They had
nerve; they fought, conquered, and
when it was done they stopped and
went home. We have fifty million
people to day who are capable of go
ing on the field and proving them
selves as good men as Sheridan,
Sherman or Grant ever .’was.
[Cheer.] The work is not yet done.
1 do not think there is any more civil
war before us, but we must be pres
pared for what God brings up, and
be true to ourselves, turn to our
God.”
Sometimes.
It is a sweet, sweet song, warbled
to and fro amongst the topmost
boughs of the heart, and filling the
whole air with gladness as the songs
of birds do when the summer morn
ing comes out of the darkness and is
borne on the mountains. We have
all possessions in the future, which
we call “sometimes” beautiful flowers
and singing birds are there, only our
hands seldom grasp the one or our
ears the other. Oh, reader be of
good cheer, since for all the good
there is a golden “sometime;” when
the bills and valleys of time are
passed, when the wear and fever, the
disappointments and sorrows of life
are over, then there is the place and
rest appointed of God. Oh, home
stead! over whose roof falls no
shadows or even clouds, and over
whose threshold the voice of sorrow
is never heard; built upon the eter
nal hills, and standing with the spires
of celestial beauty among the palm
trees of the city on high, those who
loveGoc' shall rest under thy shadows,
where there is no sorrow or pain, nor
the soun 1 of weeping sometimes.”
Snake Stones from Far and Near.
A flock of buzzards attacked a
large rattlesnake at Brady, Texas,
and killed it.
Near St. Clair, Mo., Lester Craw
ford killed a rattlesnake that had 21
rattles.
Mrs. Enoch Reed, of Bath, Maine,
was attacked by a spotted adder
while at work in her summer kitchen.
It was killed, and found to be three
feet long.
A large copperhead snake lay
coiled in the oat field of Thomas B.
Campbel], of Perry county, Pa. He
killed it and found in its body 24
of its young.
Ex Sheriff Decker, of Sullivan
county, with a scythe cut in two a
rattlesnake that was five feet long and
had sixteen rattles. It had break
fasted on two rats.
In Winona, Minn , the haymakers
in the field of Thomas Laird, cut a
big bull snake in two with a scythe,
when 41 young snakes began run
ning around the grass.
When Mrs. Andy Sommers, living
near South Bend, Ind , went into
her kitchen, to prepare dinner, she
saw a large blue racer lying under
the stove. It took her and Mrs.
Col. Frank, her neighbor, an hour to
kill it. It was four feet long.
A New Jersey snake entered a
cabinet organ that had been carried
into the woods for use at a picnic.
At the first notes called forth from
the organ at a Sunday school on the
following Sabbath, the snake crawled
out, causing a good deal of commo
tion.
A coachwhip snake, eight feet in
length, was seen crossing a field near
Madison, La., with its head raised
and a half grown rabbit in its mouth.
The old rabit was following the rep
tile,, and jumping at its head to re
cover her young, but did not succeed.
Chester county, Pa., has been vis
ited this season by great numbers of
venomous reptiles. G. S. Mishler, of
Coventry township, decapitated seven
snakes in cutting two swathes in his
ten acre wheat field. The horses be
came so frightened that they could
not be driven up to the standing
grain, and farm hands, with cradles,
undertook the harvest after a pro
mise of double wages. Before half
an acre hadjbeen cut, the men had
killed nineteen snakes. The grain
was alive with them.
A working party of mountaineers
on a North Carolina railroad, while
clearing away the brush on a siding,
saw a five-foot rattlesnake. One of
the party cut a stick with a forked
end, and pinning the snake to the
earth at the head, seized the tail in
his right hand, ran his left down the
snake’s body, and grasping it firmly
just back of the head, held it up at
arm’s length and called on the others
to “look at the varmint’s mouth.”
After holding it a few moments for
general inspection, he suddenly
swung the snake over his head with
his right hand, letting go the hold of
the left, and dashed it against a rojk,
killing it instantly.
Lisbon.
The streets of Lisbon have not the
busy aspect one usually finds in the
thoroughfares of a capital. But if
the throng is not great, those who
frequent them make up for want of
members by noise. Venders of fish
and fruit and other eatables exercise
their powerful lungs, buys soiling lot
tery tickets bawl their loudest, while
newspaper boys and knife-grinders
add to the uproar. The Galician
water-carrier still survives in spite of
modern water works, and his.pro
longed “A-au I” is heard on all sides.
The fashionable street, the Chiado, is
s^eep and short, and presents strange
contrasts; carriages of the last fash
ionable style are mixed up with
strings of mules and unwieldy ox.,
carts. The muleteers retain some
traces of the old picturesque cos
tume—jackets with large clasps and
silver chains, and broad-brim betas-
selled hats. The Alameda is a fine
level walk planted with rows of shady
trees, whence a splendid view of the
eastern part of Lisbon may be ob
tained. The Tagus flows on the right
like a stream of gold; you see the
old cathedral, the castle of St. George
and the vast church of the Graca.
Thence the ground slopes downward,
diversified by quaintas, fields and
vineyards, gardens and orchards.
The people of Lisbon live much
upon the street, and it is here they
are to be studied to the best advan
tage. The houses of the poor open
to it, and one can have a full view of
home life from the narrow sidewalk.
In the more elegant quarters wisteria
droops in purple festoons over the
balustrades which edge the roofs,
while spots of rosy pink or vivid
scarlet tell of blossoming oleanders or
cacti, for many of the houses are
crowned with hanging gardens.
On one of the seven Kills on which
Lisbon stands, it was once proposed
to build a central market, but the
cooks and housekeepers refused to go
up hill each time provisions were
needed, so they continued to patron.-
ize the old markets, six or seven in
number, where wine, oil, fish, meat
and other provisions are sold, whole
sale and retail.
The traveler, entering one of their
markets, is at once besieged by an
army of Gallegoes carrying big ham
pers, and soliciting the honor of
taking home his market purchases.
But while their markets supply the
housekeepers of Lisbon with the bulk
of their supplies, there are other ar
ticles of domestic consumption which,
like our milk supplies, are carried
round from house to house by ped-
lers. In all southern climes oil is a
necessary of life, and equally indis-
pensible for making a salad is its op*
posite, vinegar. “A spendthrift for
oil, a miser for the vinegar, a wise
man for the salt, and a madman to
mix them all together,” is an old
Portuguese recipe for salad making.
It may interest some of our readers
who are in search of the curious, to
know that Lisbon produces beautiful
specimens of glass, many of which,
exquisite in shape and engraved with
arabesques, are admirable works of
art.—'Harper's Bazar.
Fevers.
Feverish action is no disease, but
the violent effort of nature to remove
existing evils, or impurity of the sys
tem. The action is not unlike that
of a householder, to expel a robber
from his premises, or the efforts of a
horse to draw a heavy load—too
heavy for ordinary efforts. This ac
tivity bears the same relation to the
load that fevers do the disease, or
the impure state of the blood. The
real disease, therefore, is behind the
symptoms, or the manifestations of
such disease, which we call fever.
Fevers are one— their manifestations,
many. If they are but the efforts of
nature to avert a threatened evil,
they will manifest themselves in such
a manner as will best subserve the
object intended. And, since the de
praved state of the body is the real
cause of this abnormal or accidental
action, the part most weakened by
such impurity is the one to be the
seat of the feverishness. If the brain
has been overtasked, weakened, the
impure blood attracted to it, a brain
fever may be the result. If the lungs
are specially weakened—like an in
vading army—the disease is likely to
attack a vulnerable point.
This principle is best illustrated
by a reference to eruption fevers,
such as the measles, scarlatina, &c.
These ordinarily occur in early life,
when they are the least severe, as so
many stages in the development of
the youthful faculties.
These are grand purifying pro
cesses, or, are s© intended, and would
generally be so, aside from injudi
cions treatment, or interference with
nature’s programme. After a brief
internal conflict, the assailants in the
form of general poisoning |of the
blood — an excess of waste matter—
are ousted, thrown to the surface in
the form of eruptions, attended by a
discharge of matter, partially unteen.
For this reason it is desirable that
the eruption shall be as prompt, as
full as possible, and kept active for
the longest time. When this is not
true, abscesses are by no means unu
sual, finishing up the suspended work,
or doing it more effectually. (It is
as foolish to check this discharge of
matter, the sore doing the best that
can be done under the circumstances,
as it would be to drive the eruption
of the measles back.) If heat or
fever is caused by the unusual effort
of nature to expel the foe, in the
form of an eruption, it is plain that
we can aid her by any means by
which that object is secured, as by
friction of the surface, or exm l.y
the applica ion of wet must'll I cloths,
which will frequently bring such mi
eruption to th surface in an hour or
two. Warm drinks, su far os they
promote perspiration favor the-same,
care being taken to wipe the surface
frequently, attended by thorough rub
bing with a flannel. A sin JI amount
of acids, as the “Acid Phosphate”—
will prove an advantage, promoting
perspiration. The beat is re-uitant
rather than a necessary element in
nature’s efforts of recuperation. Com
bustion and the violence of nature’s
recuperative efforts, increase ac^
tivicy as violent exercise promotes
warmth —may be regarded as the two
more prominent causes, the combus
tion being more prominent. It might
seem that nature, failing in other ef
forts to purify the body, decides that
combustion, as actual as in the stove,
is the best means. Hence this waste
matter, more Or less carbonaceous, is
actually burned. Consequently the
action of the heart, that grand engine,
the mainspring of the body, is unu
sually active. The blood Oreulates
with increased activity, the breathing
is correspondingly increased, neces
sarily producing such heat. Indeed,
these 'are the means ordinarily em
ployed to sustain thy animal heat at
about 98 degrees Fahrenheit, a neces
sary condition of life.
When, therefore, this waste is all
burned, the fuel exhausted, the heat
subsides, and the fever has “turned.’'
As we should expect—if these
principles are correct—the appetite
returns after the “turn,” that body
is purified, and the health is better
for a time, after the fevei, than for
the same time before, for this is nat
ural.— City and Country.
The Violin.—Of all the musical
instruments the violin is the most
enduring. Pianos wear out; wind
instruments get battered and old-
fashioned ; the pipes of organs be
come scattered, and the original con
struction is lost sight of. All kinds
of novelties are int roduced into flutes,
but the sturdy violin stands on its
own merits. Age and use only im
prove it, and instead of new ones
commanding the highest prices, as in
the case with other instruments, it
is the violins of the few Italian
makers of the last three centuries
that command fabulous prices. It
is impossible to handle an old violin
without a feeling of veneration, when
one reflects on the number of people
who have probably played on it, the
weary hours it has beguiled, the
source of enjoyment it has been, and
how well it has been loved.
Green.—No other color is so sig
nificant, so capable of tender, helpful,
growing expression. It is in the
subdued art shades universally be
coming; and it fraternizes with
more colors than any other except
those that do not quarrel because of
their fixed and eternal neutrality.
Who does not remember what were
called the “grass” greens and “ap
ple” greens of a few years ago. They
were the* greens of paper flags on
St. Patrick’s day ! Put these greens
by the .greens of grass and leaves,
even at their brightest, and one will
be astonished at the quiet depth, the
delicacy and subdued character of
the natural tint—the immense differ
ence between what we call nature
and what is nature.
Treatment of Diphtheria.—The
Medical Press says that Dr. De»ker,
who, during twenty-Tour years of
very extensive practice in the Chil
dren’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, has
treated upwards of 2,000 cases of
diphtheria, and tried all the remedies,
both, internal and external, employed
in this affection, has obtained the
best results from the following
method, which he has employed for
the last ten years’ As soon as the
white spots appear on the tonsils he
gives a laxity mainly composed of
senna, which produces an abundant
evacuation. When the purgative
effect has ceased,he gives cold drinks,
acidulated with hydrocholic acid, and
every two hours a gargle composed
of lime water and hot milk in equal
parts. Dr. Denker affirms that when
this treatment is commenced early it
is generally and rapidly successful.
la both church and State we fre
quently see the manifestation of in
ordinate ambition for place and
power. Men seek the uppermost
seats—they try to get above the
world. And still they are not half
so anxious to elevate the world as
they are to have the world elevate
them. They have to get on top,
where they can look down upon their
fellow-men. The true way to lift
men up is to get under them instead
of above them—to do something for
them instead of having them to do
something for us. This is the Scrip
tural, the Christian way of elevating
the world and ourselves with it. If
any man desires to be greatest, in
either church or State, let him be the
servant of all.—Mississippi Metho
dist.
Mrs. Maxwell, better known as Miss
M. E. Bradden, is just passing the
prime of life, and enjoys the most
vigorous, robust health. She lives in
a fine house near .London, and is fend
of driving a ttam _of spirited chestnut
horses.