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lour Colton” | Ir* ascertaining the draught of' a
Such is the advice given to the plant- I plow, or mower and reaper, by draw
ers bv most of the newspapers of the j ing faster than two and a half miles
South. Whether it be good or bad,we j per hour, the dynamometer would in-
shill not pretend to say. Perhaps it i dicale more than the correct draught;
would he belter in such cases to state and by driving slower, the draught
facts and leave the planter to decide i would appear to be less than it really
lor hitnscll. Without doing violence i is. In testing the draft of mechanics
to this subject there are some remarks a team should always move at the rate
which it ma\ not be amiss to make on ! oi two and a half utiles per hour, or
the subject. j 220 feet per minute which is the uni-
Thc question may be viewed in a ! versally accepted rale wtih reference
two fold aspect—of interest and of du- j to which dynamometers are graduated
tv. The plainer is not always at liber-1 and an easy one to which to approxi-
ty to decide ihe point whether he I mate in driving with almost any kind
should sell or not according to his fan- of team.
cy or judgment ol the chances. ! ***
As regards the interest of the plant-! Thu Wool Industry of the
er to sell, as before stated, we prefer I States was the subject of an address
to leave him to determine the question recently delivered by Mr. Erastus B.
lor himself. We may sav though, that! Bigelow, President of the National As-
as a general rule, it is safest and best | socialion of Wool Manufacturers, be-
ifl the long run to sell as soon as the j fore the exhibition of the American In
crop i* readv tor market, without in- j slitule, held ill New York city. The
curring e.\[>tuis^s of storage, insurance j annual value of goods composed whol-
and lo'S oi weight from theft and natu- ly or partially of wool, manufnetured
rai causes. Experience has proved this in the United States, is estimated by
rule to be ih<s best, though it is subject I Mr. Bigelow to reach $175,000,000.
to limitations, in cases, for instance, Nearly four-fifths of the wool used is
where it is evident that combinations grown in the United States, and the
have been Ibr.ned to keep down the remaining fifth is composed of coarse
price, ai:d even then there are risks.— | carpet wools, not grown in this country
With prompt sales, the planter pays off: at all, of worsted combing wools, and
his debt*, supplies the wants of liis fine clothing wools, grown here in lim
family am! farm without heavy cost in ited quantities. The consumption of
the wav of interest and advancements, woolen goods in the United States was
preserves Ins credit and feels at ease. I estimaiedat $240,000,000 ; thusallow-
Bul it is on the duly aspect of the ; ing 865,000,000 as the amount paid to
question that we feel at liberty to re-1 foreign manufacturers. The increase
mark with more freedom, as we can j of wool-growing during the last nine
here uilvace an opinion and give ad-1 years has been very large, expanding
vice without incurring the risk of lead- j from 60,511,343 ppundsin 1S60to 177,-
iug ihe planter into error. When men 1 000,000 in 1S6S. The present excess
owe money, and it is due and needed ; of the production of wool in goods ever
bv tfie creditor, and especially where the consumption was attributed by Mr.
the debt ha- been contracted on the: Bigelow to the rebelion, which made
faith of die crop, tbev are under a mor- J cotttun scarce, and turned cotton mills
al obligation to sell, in justice toothers, j into woollen mills.
and it is not a matter in which they _
can rightfully indulge a choice. Es- The Rothschild's Proposition.—W nsh-
cuse when a remit' ■ mgton, October, 1S69.—It is under
lie obtained in this ! stood that the Messrs. Rothschild are
J CM PI N G M ATC H B ii T W E K X A M A ZONS. I
For some days the excitement attend- !
ed upon a match to jump for $200 a
side, between Katie Murphy and Mag
gie Fisher, has been at a boiling point
in South Boston. On Wednesday af
ternoon, both ladies met at Savin Hill,
Dorchester, each attended by the “aid
ers and abetters,” and a goodly num
ber they were. Katie Murphy was
dressed in red, with a small American
flag around her waist, a white merino
skirt, and a tasselied blue velvet cap.
Her competitor wore green irunks but
toned at the knees, white stockings and
laced gaiters. She also wore a white
linen frilled bosom shirt, and a yellow
cloth cap. Belting was two to one on
Miss Murphy. By a toss of a cent,
Miss Fisher was entitled to jump first,
in which she cleared ten feet and nine
and three fourth inches ; Miss Murphy
cleared eleven feet three inches. On
the second trial, Miss Fisher leaped
eleven feet one and a half inches;
Miss Murphy eleven feet two and a
half inches, thus winning the match.
[Boston Times. Sept. 23.
nostrils, ihe night from the teet to
the top of the bead is the same as the
distance from the extremity of the fin
gers when the arms are extended.
IDOL WORSHIP.
peci illy is this the
neraimsj price can
market, as at tilt
planter ha;
The | desirous of negotiating a loan with this
in
present time. ^ ..v, * _ _
no right lo make his factor! Government at a reduced rate of
or oi her creditor suffer when he can j terest (presumed to be four per cent.)
sell his crop at a handsome profit just \ to enable it buy up its entire liabilities,
because he thinks he can gel more by M. Frignet, a representative of the
wailing. Twenty-five cents affords a ! Rothschilds, and a partner in the Ams-
lilv-ral margin after the payment of all terdam house, is at present in New
expenses, and when a planter can getj^ork, with full authority to complete
it, ne has no excuse for the indulgence , the undertakingas soon as the Secretary
of creditors. He shou'd at least sell of the Treasury shall have received
as ! proper authority from Congress,
POLITICAL PROGNOSTICATIONS.
“Leo,” the Washington correspond
ent of the Charleston Courier, says :
After the Ohio and other State elec
tions, it will become very clear that
Radicalism is doomed. The Western
and Middle States and all the South
ern States will be anti-Radical. This
will have an effect upon the legislation
of Congress at the coming session.
What the Radicals, in their despera
tion, will do, is not to be imagined,
but we need not be surprised at a re
newed attempt to keep some of the
excluded Slates out of the Union, and
to create new States with Republican
Senators.
We have already been apprised of
the intended exclusion of Andrew
Johnson from the United Stales Sen
ate, when he shall be elected by Ten
nessee, as it is now probable he wiU be.
Senator Wilson has declared that he
will not be admitted lo a seat. It will
be objected to him that a majority of
both houses of Congress pronounced
that he had been guilty of “high crimes
and misdemeanors.”
A disintegration of all parties may
be manifested in Congress. The West
is becoming restive under the arbitrary
and exclusive rule of the East.
at mast
enough to pay off’his indebtedness,
a matter of duty and good faith, and
then should he feel inclined to gamble
on the remainder of his crop, it is his
own lookout and nobody eise’s busi
ness.
These views, we think, are correct,
and address themselves directly to the
mortis-nse ot the planters. Let all
aci upon them as a rule, and we shall
hear hut little of “hard times” from a
dead-lock in the cotton market.—Sa
vannah Republican.
Plainly, a man has no right to hold
his crop at the expense of his creditors.
Hi
A simular proposition, but at a large
rate of interest, had previously emana
ted from some German capitalists,
which corning to the ears of the Messrs.
Rothschild they determined to under
bid them.
If this project is carried out, ft must
decide the question as lo what the
bonds are lo be paid in. It will large
ly decrease the national liabilities.
[Baltimore Gazetto.
Value of Lbadinh Cnopa.—Tha
following table represents the value of
per should be met at maturity, j the leading crops lor the tear 1868, the
•veil if, in order to meet it, he is com- j estimates being made upon home val-
h:lied to sell cotton at unsatisfactory ues in the respective States, and ferr-
>rice-i. To hold it is to sacrifice a nished by the Commissioner ot Agri-
•good name, which is better than rich- culture at Washington :
es,” and to speculate on his creditors j Indian corn
money and not his own. We have Wheat
never advised any man to hold his crop Rye
at such a sacrifice of character and jus- j Oats
tic*-, because in our judgment, it would j Barley
be a very suicidal as well as wicked j Buckwheat
policy. He only who is out of debt or | Potatoes
who can arrange with his creditors to Tobacco
posipoue their claims, can honestly Hay
bold his coilon for a rise.—Macon Tel.
Our sentiments to a fraction. No man
has the right morally, socially or legal
ly, to embarrass his creditors it he has
the means to pay. Pay your debts by
all means, and then hold your cotton
i I you have any left.
Cotton
Total
% 579,6 It,460
319,189,710
28,683,677
142,484,910
29,699,931
20,864,315
84.150,040
40,0S1,942
361,941,9-30
225,000,000
$1,812,669,916
W111T IS ‘ ONE-HOHSE POWER?”
The use of the term “horse-power”
is very common ; yet few, except good
mechanics and engineers, attach a def
inite meaning to it, but regard it as in-
dieating loosely about the power which
one horse could exert. It is, however,
when used in the sense under consid
eration, as definite as possible, and
means the power required to lift 33,- j
000 pounds avoirdupoise, one foot high q^.
in one minute.
A horse hitched lo the end of a rope
over a pully one inch in diameter plac
ed over a deep well, traveling at the
rate of about 2h miles per hour, or 220
feet per minute, will draw up 150
pounds, the same distance he travels.
The force thus exerted is called in me-
i
Mean Temperature off Tiffc
States.—According to the regularly
reported tables, the mean temperafbre
of August last was as follows in the
different Stales ;
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Mis
66 degree*.
67 •*
ISlSSippi
nessee
to
I Illinois
70
76
77
7*
80
83
83
80
71
75
chanics, “horse-power,” it being in ap
proximation to the average amount of
continuous power it is fair to demand of
a strong horse. If we multiply the
weight raised (150 pounds) by the num
ber of feet was moved per minute
(220) the product will be tfie number
of pounds which the same power
would raise one toot high in the same
length of time (33,000 pounds.)
The dynamometer is an instrument
made for measuring power, particular
ly that exerted in drawing. Those us
ed for testing the draft of agricultural
implements are simply very strong
spring balances or strong spring steel
yards, graduated to indicate the power
required to raise any we ght, within
reasonable limit, at the rale o! two and
a hall miles per hour. When we ap
ply the dynamometer in ascertaining
the draught of
indicates one hundred and fifty pounds
it is shown that the horse is required to
draw just as hard as he would do if
raising 150 pounds, out of a well with
a rope over a pulley one foot in diame
ter, at the rate of two and a half miles
per hour and so for other weights.
St. Louit Fair.
This has been a mammoth affair.
There was a great display of hog*.
The most valued breed among - these
Western people is the “Poland and
Chinas,” as giving great weight and
yield, and having strong limbs that can
stand much driving. One, weighing
983 pounds, at 30 months old, took a
$300 prize. A five-month pig, weigh
ing 278 pounds, attracted much atten
tion. The next good breed, in the
order of their excellence, were the
“Hospital.” “Berkshire*,” with small
bones, and easily fattened, “Chester
Whiles,” “Ilussias,” Suffolks.”
Allbe auction sale of stock, a boar,
sow and three pigs, of the “Poland-Chi-
na” breed, brought $600. A Berk
shire boar soli! for SI50.
The Effects of Alcohol on the
System.—Dr. Letheby states that (he
effects of alcohol aic much modified by
the substances with which it is associ
ated in different alcoholic liquids; beers
machines, il the index j and ale for example act on the respirato
ry funciion by reason of the saccharine
and nitrogenous matters they contain ;
wine, also, as well as cider and berry,
have a similar action ; and, in propor
tion to their saccharine and iwcid coa
stituents, brandy and gin lessen jthe res
piratory changes, and the laitaractAon
The velocity at which a team moves i the kidneys by reason of the volatile
is to be considered, as well as the
weight to lie raised, or the load to be
drawn. If the horse travels faster than
two and a half miles per hour, while
raising one hundred and fifty pounds
out of a well, he exerts more than one-
horse power. It lie walks slower than
this, he does not exert a force equa
pne horse power.
to
oil it contains ; whisky is uncertain hi
its effect upon the lungs ; while rum,
iilte beer and ale, is a true restorative,
as it sustains and increases the vital
powers ; and he says that the old-fash
ioned combination of rum and milk is
the most powerful restorative with
which he is acquainted—Med'teal Re
cord.
The Direct Land Tax at the South.—
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald writes to that paper
as follows :
There is some talk of enforcing the
collection of the direct land tax in the
Sonlh. The Southern States share of
this tax—which amounted to twenty
millions amoag all the States—was six
millions; ofthissum only about three
millions has been paid into the Treasu
ry from the Southern States' It will be
remembered that when thi3 amount
bad been collected President Johnson
sent a message to Congress setting
forth that ia view of the poverty pro-
daced in the South by the war it would
in many instances be rninons to that
lection to enforce the collection of the
tax at that lima, and recommending
tfcat it be suspended for some time, so
as lo allow the industrial interests of
the of South to recuperate. It is stat
ed that the limit of the suspension fix
ed by Congrei'S has now passed, arid
the law providing for the levying and
collection of the >ai comes into full
force again. It fu argued by those
who urge this proceeding That the indus
trious of ihe South have greatly im
proved in the interim, thet the crops
are abundant, and that there is no lon
ger any excuse for delay on the score
ofpoverty. Whether the Secretary of
the Treasury will act upon the advice
tendered him in this matter remains to
be seen.
A Brilliant Whitewash.—When tve
wish a wash of this character we wish
ftn article that will be durable, and we
are willing to be at a little more ex
pense ifwe can gel it. We have it in
the following recipe: Take clear
lumps of well burnt white lime, slaked,
add to five gallons a quarter of a
pound of whiting, or burnt alum pul
verized, half a pound of loaf sugar,
one quart and half of rice flour made
into a thin and well boiled paste, boil
ed out in water. This may be put on
cold, within doors, but hot outside.
This will be as brilliant as plaster of
Paris, and retain its brilliancy for ma
ny years.— Western Farmer.
A Chinese Idol in San Francisco—A
Gorgeous Temple and its Presiding
Deity.
The San Francisco correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, who has
obtained access to one of the Chinese
“Joss-houses ” in that city, describes
what he saw :
“At one end of the room, reaching
entirely across it, is a luxurious throne,
composed of silk, satn:, and costly fa
brics, embroidered heavily with gold
and silver, and ornamented in the rich
est manner. In tfie centre of this throne
up two steps, on what seemed to bo
low, easy, silken cushions, sat Joss.
Covering tfie throne and reaching to
the ceiling was the most gorgeous, can
opy, rich with silk, velvet, gold and
silver. This covered the throne entirely
except the portion occupied by Joss,
and the silk, and cords, and satin fes
tooned with glittering richness above
bis head. In the center of all this gran
deur sat Joss, very demurely and verv
tranquilly—I may say, very happily.
He was a singular creature to be so
powerful. I don’t know what he was
made of, but I think he was formed of
clay. His raiment was the richest I
have ever beheld, and probably fills
the Chinaman’s idea of the wicked
Railroads Forty Years Aon.—The
Washington correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Commercial copies from Sites'
Register for May 15th, 1830, the follow
ing notice, from which the render will
be able to form some idea of the early
efforts of Americans in the business of
railroading:
“The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
will be traveled in wagon*, thirteen
miles, to Ellicoit’s upper mills, in a day
or two, at the rate of at least ten miles
an hour. Tens of thousatdi will em
brace the opportunity ef teeing the
noblest work yet attempted in the
United Slates of traveling twenty-six
miles in two and one-half hoare, without
danger or fatigue, of enjoying the fresh
air, and passing through one of the most
romantic and beautiful countries we
have—every minute presenting some
thing new to be admired by strangers
on the road.
The wagons will start or different
hours in the day, aad soon, perhaps,
hourly. Each wagon, drawn by one
horse, will carry from twenty-five to
thirty persons with entire convenience.
The thirteen miles will be divided into
two stag's, f«»r a change of horaes,
w’hich may be effected io about half a
minute, from the excellency of the gear
ing. The fare will be moderate.”
Stoulfomt lUtorkr.
ot
enty,
and
imi illed g- e ~v i lle:
Tuesday, October 19, 1869.
He looked to me like a very harm
less and peaceful devil. 1 should not
be afraid to grapple with him alone.
He bad a puttv-looking face, black
eyes, black hair, and a fearful black
whisker tied under his ears and reach
ing under his chin, and cover
ing the whole of the neck and most of
the breast. His nose and cheeks gave
indications of a heavy drinker—brandy
probably ; and his stomach, round and
fat, seemed to say lager. His dress
was so heavily loaded with gold and
silver, and so mixed up with folds of
silver and velvet, that I could not tell
whether it was a coat, a dress ora
mantle. I am pretty sure the fellow
had on some kind of small clothes. A
very fine smoking cap adorned his
head, but I could not see that he had
clubbed feet, nor that his fingers were
hooked. I endeavored to see if he was
a Chinese devil an wore a queue, but
his back was so covered with embroid
ery and furbelows that I lmd lo aband
on the undertaking, for I did not like to
get too near him. In front of the throne
in the centre of the room, was an ele
gant counter or sort of table, carved
and ornamented in a very costly and
elaborate manner, and inlaid with
precious metals and rare stones.
Chloroform for Mice.—After read
ing »his you may ns well set your traps
aside. The method of taking mice is
so novel that it cannot fail to please
those who are troubled by them. A
correspondent says :
“Having on several occasions notic
ed mice in our seed barrels, I be
thought me of gome method how I
might trap the little intruders. They
have gained entrance by eating through
the chine. To kill them with a stick
was impracticable, as the little fellows
would invariably escape as the lid was
raised to any height, 1 then thought of
saturating u piece of cotton with chlo
roform and tiirowing ii in, then closing
the lid. On raising it again in a few
minutes I would fiad that life had al
most or quite departed. Having on one
occasion left the piece of cotton in the
barrel, on again returning I found three
mice with their heads in close contract
with it, and dead. In the evening 1
saturated another piece and placed it
in the barrel, and on opening it the next
morning, to my surprise 1 found nine
dead mice.”
Enterprise-—A correspondent at
Hickory Tavern, Catawba county, N.
C M informs ns that from that little vil
lage, during the month of Sept., there
was shipped of
Dried Apples 109,965 lbs.
Dried Blackberries.. 30,000 lbs.
Dried Roots and Herbs... .30,000 lbs.
These were in addition to large
shipments of honey, butter, beeswax,
eggs, flax seed, corn, rye, onions and
various other article*.
These figures show that the people
of that section are industrious, and are
reaping the reward from new sources
of wealth. Such people will build up
a country and soon re establish their
former prosperity.—-WilmingtiM Jour
nal.
TOE 1UH4N FIGURE.
The proportions of the human figure
‘ ‘ The wh ‘
are strictly mathematical. The whole
figu re rt six times the length of the foot.
Whether the form be slender or plump,
the rule holds good, and deviation
from it hi a departure from the highest
beauty in proportion. The Greeks
make all their statues aeeording to this
rule. The face, from the highest part
of the forehead, where the hair begins,
to the chin, one-tenth of the whole
statue. The hand from the writ! to
the middle finger is the same. From
the top of the cheat to the highesl point
of the forehead is a seventh. If the
length of the face from the roots of the
hair to the chin be divided into three
equal parts, the first devision determ
ines the place Mhere the eyebrows
a«e (he eecoud the place of the
Confederate Heroism.—Whatev
er elte may he written about the late
war may be true or false, the following
fiom the pen of Gen. J. A. Early, of
Virginia, will never be disputed:
“I believe that the world has never
produced a body of men superior in
courage, patriotism and endurance, to
the private soldiers of the Confederate
armies. I have repeatedly seen those
soldiers submit, with cheerfulness, to
privations and hardships which would
appear to be almost incredible; and
the wild cheers of our brave men,
(which were so different from the stud
ied hurrahs of the Yankees,) when their
thin lines sent back opposing hosts of
Federal troops, staggering, reeling,
have often thrilled every fibre in my
heart. I have seen with my own eyes,
ragged, barefooted anti hungry Confed
erate soldiers perform deeds which, if
performed in days of yore, by mailed
warriors in glittering armor, would
have inspired the harp of the minstrel,
and the pen of the poet.
LUNATIC ASYLUM
Last week we went ont to the Asyj,,^
to look around and to gather np such p 0 i n , 8
as would be of interest to the reader, p.
Tbs. F. Green as is well known, i 3 ^
general superintending Physician, an -
has held that position for the last t
five years, assisted by Drs. Powell
Lncas.
We find about 4S0 odd patients embrac.
ing all descriptions of lunacy, f rom th ^
wild maniac to the imbecile idiot. It •
good school for mental study and obsen -
tion and we were struck with the differed
casts of heads and faces. Dr. Or
thinks that there should be an entire!
different department for epileptics and i/
lots, and if the State would classify ^i
patients as is done in the Northern
The Exetatire Committee of the State Fair j Iums, great good could be accomplish^
and the Press. j but as it is now arranged by the
State,
Among the late proceedings of the Ex- j what little mind there is amonp- tl, 0
tllfltra I.m in if I nn /vf i 1. n C! i . 4 - U —7 I _ . O « p
ecutive Committee of the State Fair, we tients cannot ho nmnorl„ a i
find the following : t.ents, cannot be properly developed. He
By Mr. Nisbet— j was btrQck ’ be told w ‘th the prog resj
The policy of this Committee in extend- j (hut some of the epileptics and idiotic hal
ing invitations through our Secretary , has | made in the Northern institutions wh
been to bring to our Fair all men wh'o sin-| pains and appropriations had enatTj
cerely, sympathise m our objects and aims. L hose hav] - them j Q ch ____ . . ied
We neither, on the one haud, expect to
ar g3 to devote
A Father Forced to Let hi* San Drawn
in Order to Sav* Many hives.—A a oc
currence of an exceedingly melancholy
character is reported to have taken
place yesterday alternocn, at the Pas
saic river bridge of tfie Newark and
New York railroad. A little boy ten
years of age, the son ot Mr. Decker,
the bridge-tender, fell overboard. The
draw was open at the time, and'a train
of cars being near at hand, coming a-
long at a swift rale, tfco Qnfortnnate
man was unable to leave hia post, else
the entire passenger train would be in
danger of dashing into the river; so
that the agonized father bad to look on
and actually see his child sink, though
he could easily have saved him. When
the dtaw was closed ha went to look
for the body, and he found it with life
extinct. Redundant and expressive
though it be, the English language does
not contain words that would convey
an idea even of the fearfnl ordeal thro’
which poor Decker passed during those
few terrible moments. Who can pic
ture the feelings of that agnonized,
heart-broken parent when he picked
up the body of his child—“Dead!
dead! My God, dead!” as he franti
cally exclaimed !—Newark Journal,
A Green Old Am.—There is an
old lady in this county, (say* the Han
cock Joarnal) said to be one hundred
and three years of age, who is still able
to work in her garden and farm. A
neighbor called to see her one day the
past spring and found her “sprouting”
in the new ground which herself and
children, the oldest of whom is row
eighty-odd years of age, had recently
cleared for a cotton patch. The old la
dy is quite lively—can see very well,
and retains her mind to a remarkable
degree.
strutted to express to the Oo.^ruor the I wltl * ga8> maile on tlle P lace -
appreciation of this Committee for bis offer
to send the cars of the Western and Ats
lantie Railroad, for invited guests to
A Drove of Canary Bird*.—A
New York paper speaking about the
importation of canary bird* from Ger
many, says the following Right was
seen in Florence, Italy, in 1861, by a
lady and gentleman belonging 1 to New
York:
“In walking the principal street they
overtook a man with a long whip in
his hand, whicb he was moving from
one side to the ether in what they
thought was a strango manner. When
they came up with him they found he
was driving a flock of canary birds, as
in England they drive a flock of tar-
keys. A carriage eame along, the man
waved his whip in ajpeceliar manner,
when the little birds all went to the
sidewalk until the carriage had passed,
when they took to the street again. A
woman wanted to bay ene, when the
man sprinkled some canary seed at his
teet and half a dozen of them came to
him, when he took one np brs band
and delivered il to the woman, who
paid him one franc for it. The man
then went on again.”
A GENEROUS HUSBAND.
Perhaps fifteen or sixteen years ago,
in a very good State, I saw a woman
with a pleasant Quaker face, under a
simple Quaker bonnet—I rather liked
it—and her Quaker husband silting by
her with his broad-brimmed hat on.
Tlrey had spent many years together,
yon could see by their faces. He was
just bidding her good-bye as the train
was starting, and I heard tier ask him
for a little money. I did not at ail
wish to hear what they said, but I
heard that he had bought her lickei,
and saw that he had taken hei satchel
politely on his arm. She hated to ask
him for the money ; a good many other
women have hated to ask for it, too,
Sh» began to 9ay, “I wish I had a lit
tle”—she did not want to finish, think-
ngthat he would think of it and give it
to her; hut he did not. So out it came
•11 at once. “Maybe I’ll want a little
money while I am gone.” The good,
honest Quaker turned his face toward
her with surprise and said, “What has
thou done with the quarter I gave thee
la»t week?” [Laughter and applause.]
[Lucy Stone's Chicago Speech.
Croton-Bugs and Cocxroachs*.— j
The following remedy for these pests
is furnished by the Journal of Applied !
Chemistry : “Boil one ounce of poke-
root in one pint of water, until the
strength is extracted ; mix the decoc
tion with molasses, and spread it on
plates in the kitchen, or other apart
ments which are infested by these in
sects. All that have partaken of this
luxury during the night will be found
“organic remains” the next morning.’*
A servant girl in Altoona recently
tried whisky to kill rats. She sweet
ened it with sugar, soaked bread in it,
and then left the bread tr the cellar
where rats “most do congregate” She
had been up stairs but half an hour
when she heard laughing, singing, and
a general hullaballoo down stairs. She
accordingly went down lo see what
was the mailer. Imagine her aston
ishment to find about a dozen rats glo
riously fuddled, engaged in throwing
potato parings at each other, and haul
ing one another up to drink.
Persian Clover.—A gentleman of this
city, says the Macon Telegraph, brought
us yesterday a stalk of Persian Clover,
(seed from Bokhara) which was eight feet
high. The stem was half an inch at the
base. This clover wa& in bloom, and,
when 3 feet 5 inches high, grew at the
rato of 4 inches a day. The seed when
dry is as fragrant ns the Vanilla bean.—
The original seed was brought from the
Paris Exposition and sowed in 1867. It
is a perennial grass of the tallest kind,
c< r amly.
Some one has said that “il is sweet
to have friends you can trust,” but we
have found it ft good bit sweeter to
have friends who will trust you.
If you are looking at a picture you
try to give it the advantage of good
light. Be as courleon* to your fellow
beings fts yoo are to a picture.
both. We are writing, of course, under
the impression that the Committee mean
what they say, and say what they mean.
As far as Gov. Bullock is concerned in
the matter, we see no particular evil in his
sending the cars. He may doubtless feel
an honest interest in the success of the
Fair, and so feeling, tendered the cars.—
Let ji8 give him credit for good intentions
until w* can prove him guilty of sinister
motives. Though he does not command
the respect of the great mass of tho intelli
gent people of the State, yet he is not in>>
capable of doing good things sometimes.
The action of the Committee meets our
“Hold Tonr Cotton.”
Such is the advice we see going the
rounds of some of the papers, and com
ments for and against. YTe cordially en
dorse the advice given with an amend
ment, by saying, hold your cotton if*H
your obligations have been met, and joar
creditors not made to suffer. No man hi?
a right to speculate upon the money of oth
ers, and if onr planting friends have prom*
ised to pay off certain obligations at a spec
ified time, they are bound by every sense
honor, justice, right and fair dealing, to
sell their cotton for what they can get-
and not for what they may ask or expect
There is a moral law that came direct
from the lips of the Redeemer, that is
, . , , ,i above all other laws or selfish interest;,
approval at least. They have not only no t
, . , ... , . , , ! and shonld be the rule of our actions n-
done the handsome thing, but done it cle- Kn , hf ., anse it is
gantly.
tdT The healtL of Savannah has been
remarkably good the past summer sea ye would that men should do to you
son, and from present indications, it bids ye even to them.”
fair to continue so. It should he a source j There is not a cotton planter in t*-®
only because it is right, but because
both wise and proper, and reads as
lows: “Therefore, all things whatsoe'C*
entice distinguished men from distant ' t ^ ieir b me to their advancement.
States by what wo have to exhibit, or on j Ur. Greene thinks that if the State
the other, was it our design to be obspqui- ; would make an appropriation by Lu l v
ons. Their presence here is desired that | an ; nstitntion for the ?<bove n ,
they may see how qmet and peaceable!, ,, , , . o class,
I and how earnest and active our people are j 8 wou . a J e P enty of room for the ia-
in bnilding up their material interests — j fcaue * 08 is » he h»s not, and he is corns
And erpecially do we desire the presence j pelled to pot several in a room, those that
| of persons from the States North and West , Hk e company and prefer associations
or us, who are representative men, as j rp, . ,
gnartatees and encouragement for exhib- j ee P 9 UIte n eat and
itors to come from those sections and show j clean * an( ^ there are ample provisions at
ns improved models of agricultural imple- i hand to put out fire in any part of the
ments and machiuery, and of their thor- 1 balding. There is a tank on the fonrth
0a Rew*ved, 0 That our Fair Grounds are | ^ ° f ^ CCnter ba ” Jin S Elding 70,000
open to all men of all sections, and we S a! ‘ ons of water an <l fire plugs on the dif,
hereby give assurance to all who attend ^ eren t floors and by attaching the hose,
that a eordiai welcome awaits them. , can flood any part desired.
Resolved, That we earnestly hope the The building is heated and cooled as
press of onr State will recognize the cor- , ,
reetness of the foregoing principles, and | ! he CaS8 ma * be ’ b ? an immense faa
will give to our enterprise their support * s * urDe£ l by 6teara, and a stream of hot or
and co operation. % cold air can be sent through every room
By Mr. Yancey—^
cy air. ^ancey—• j n t }j 0 building. The building i 8 also
Resolved, That fib Secretary be ins IMltf a w!th
(in
It is astonishing how destructive the pa
tients generally are, as they take a pecan
, liar delight or fancy in breaking out the
Lynchburg, and that the offer is accepted ; | window glass. We were told that from
ana that he have similar instructions to , - rn . onn „ . ,
make like expressions to superintendents 1500 t0 2000 paDe8 are broken out cver ?
or presidents of olher roads who may J ear » bnt as c °ld weather approaches, they
make offers of their cars on liberal terms must be replaced. The panes, however,
to invited guests from any direction ; are small, being about 6 by 7 inches. The
and that the gentlemen named in the res- i - ,
olotion appointing the Committee of lie- ™ gT ° W0D ! Cn ' “ P artlcalar - are tbe
ception be authorized to make any and class of destructive patients; they are
all arrangements they may deem necessa ; twice as Lad as the men and more nugov-
ry to make these offers available. erna’ole ; they not only break out all the
We have had notbing to say-relative to glass, but kick ont the panels of the doors,
tbe propriety or expediency of inviting or ! and we saw where one of the crazy crea.
extending the offer of cars to the members | tares had actually broken out the door
of Congress invited to our State Agricul- ! frame, and not only that, but in many cas-
fural Fair until the present moment. es. had gotten up to the ceiling and hrok-
We belong to a progressive school, and j en out the laths. They are the embodi-
never care to look back for precedents or ment of destructiveness,
excuses for what we think or do. We en j There is a plan on foot to bring water to
dorse (he views and sentiments of the 1 the Institution from two fine springs, two
committee, and if it was the object of the and a quarter miles off, and we believe the
getters np of the State Agricultural Fair i last legislature appropriated 86,000 for
to give it notoriety, and to invite in stran- i that purpose. Water is carried all through
gers, distinguished and otherwise, to see j the building by means of pipe, and fed
what we are doing in Georgia, it was right j from the large tank.
and proper to extend the courtesy to mem- j We regret to see that the mastic made
bera of Congress. We should have invit- ! of sand, oil and other ingredients that was
ad the body, as a body, and if the Devil ; pat upon the building and gave it quite an
had a seat there, we should not have dis attractive appearance, is falling off. We
crimtnrted against him, but left it to his j do not think that any of the compositions
own ssrse of propriety and taste to come. . that will auswer the Northern climate will
Aa to Gen. B. F. Butler, we were willing suit ours. Onr changes are too great and
to leave to his own inclination as to frequent from cold to hot, and hot to cold,
whether he would come among a people to last long. In time, the building should
that he knew branded him as a scoundrel, i be cleaned off, and if thought advisable,
villain, and an insnlter of our mothers and tbe bricks simply painted and checked,
sisters, when clothed with a little brief au- 1 which will look qnite as neat, and far more
thority ; And if exceptions are taken by durable. Dr. Green is having a neat pick-
his friends because he has been animad- et fence put up in front of the building,
verted npon, then it is an open question i and as soon as finished, will ornament the
with them if they come. j front grounds with evergreens and flower?.
We would be glad to see the members We cannot close our article without
of Congress at our Fair, and other stran- I thanking Mrs. Green for a bottle of excel-
gers that we could be introduced to with- lent sauce, made in imitation of the YTor-
out feeling a sense of loathing and disgust cester sauce, whicb we think she has imi-
for them, and positively refusing an intro- tated so well, that it is fnlly as good, if no:
duction. Prejudices are broken down by heiter, than that upon the market. She
association and pleasant contact, and those was cutting ont when we went there the
who may come among us may go away ! clothing for the men, and had cut out a*
with clearer, truer ideas of us as a people- ! man y as seventy pair of pants in a nay.
As to sending the cars, that is only mak- i That looks working to an advantage
ing the invitation more impressive, and ani ^ ^ or an °fij ec t. She is matron of tue
saying by actions that we really desire Institution,
that yon shall come and see for yonrself,
and talk with ns face to face, and perhaps
the interview will be advantageous to us
of congratulation to the whole Sjate to ! South to day, who if he was a factor an
know and feel that our seaport city has , had made advances, and was needing
ir the
thus been blpssed, and that there is no money advanced, that would adviseotbe.-
loeal cause for disease if the least atten
tion ia paid to keeping of the lanes free
from offensive matter, whicb has been
done successfully since tbe close of the
war.
We are also pleased to know that Sa
vannah is increasing rapidly in population,
and bids fair to be the controling city on
the Atlantic coast.
Li?"' Ja». F. Cooper, of Atlanta, died in
that city on Wednesday last.
to hold their cotton at hi3 expense' rlfft
and honor. So long as our planting Iriei 3-
go in debt for corn, meat, See., upon tk®
strength of their cotton crop, they ou>
expect to be the slaves of tbeir credit* 1
and they will be compelled to sell
certain time, and cotton buyers are a* a
of the fact.
It is not so ranch a big or liltle crop
that commands the price, but the *^‘1 f
of the planter to hold just as 83
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