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J.W.vra"M«r EHl«*r A Fubllahrr.
JSHU A. BHIVIIM, eropno.r,.
VOLUME I
SOUTHERN NEWS.
The paid capital of Charlotte, N. C.,
bank' is 6825,000.
The contract -for building jetties at
Fernandina, Fla., has beep rvawarded.
In M.xitesvxlly, J>. vlO-cascj
of measles, 'tWrMias he« 4» one dMtli
An attempt is to be made in North
Carolina to create the office of Railroad
Commissioners.
Eight thousand logs broke in the
Lower Pearl river and floated «wtt into
the Gulf of Me xico.
Subscriptions to start a glam factory
at Mom Point, on the Mississippi coast,
amount to 313,600.
One thousand immigrants are expected
to arrive shortH in Sohtbenst Missouri
and North Ark-fflsA’.
Four large rattlesnakes, killed recently
in Greenne county, Ala., had fifteen,
fourteen, twelve and ten rattles.
Ijmt year was the moat bountiful
known in Texas since the war. The cot
ton alone amounted to 1,200,000 bales
A person writing to 4 Mississippi paper
ftw
tilizing purposes than cotton scedetncal.
A company is to be chartered to devel
op thcgranite quarries near Petersburg.
Va
An alleged petrified baby, said to have
been unearthed near Eiio '.a Nprinrs 1
been sold at Russel I ; Ark., for
34,600. ~
It is suggested in West Virginia roat
the State shall appropriate 110,000 to
send an agent to the North of r 'rope to
induce the immigration of of
Swedes and Danes.
The estimates of the expense'of the
State government of Texas for the year
He. is the only
v r> ~-—-■
Iv been celefflwed
The loss trithe Louisiana sugar inter-1
eats by the cold and wtd weather is now I
carefully eat mV' tod it U(l<U hur-liadq
or about ten per cent, of the expected
crop. . I
The Swiss colony in North Carolina is
said to have discovered that the mulber
ry tree grows with as much luxuriance as
tlje. cherry, and that the soil and climate!
cotton mills is five bales of cotton |er
day, there being 3,800 spindles. The
machinery is all on one f|oor. The walls
are very tbfe tioof'r trijA',
thus neutralizing the r.f the jar
ring of the heavy machinery.
The Birmingham Iron Age report- a
contract with parties from Chicago f< r
15,000 tons of coal tube delivered on Hie
line of tlm Netv Qrlemig Jackson
road.'* • ' A AA •
New Orleans States: Mr. Duncan I .
Kenner is the first planter to take the
wise precaution to lay tramways from
his cane-fields to his sugar-house. Hi
example shouUtbefAlloWod v , r
The noil an.rcfTbfaV of !*«uth*Fl iridiH"
•re said to be very favorable to the cut-1
tivation of sugar cane. The yield i
sometimes as much as 4,000 ]>ouuds t" j
the acre.
Mr. Cage told the A<
social ion at New Orleans'that' in li'|
opinion nothing could equal a negro as a ;
laborer on a sugar plantation win n he is
properly paid and handled.
Over 300 pupils are now in attendarc
at the Agricultural and Mechasi'al I I
lege of Mk»i*«tppS. Thiri- the limit of
its capacity at present, and Gen lx‘e ,
has accordingly announced that no more ,
punila will be received.
Wages for good field hands in Abbe ,
ville, 8, C., range |5Q
few receiving as much as SI 00. But fw 1
contracts have been made, a majority i
__„r_ • - .. .. » I
prefering interest in the crop or rental. .
The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser r
ports the departure of a considerable,
number of carpenters for Pensacola. Fla ,
where they expect to find work in the re
building of the burnt district.,
Thefailureof Welsh A Bacon, at Al
bany, Go., is said to be jicrhaps the larg
est single failure that section has ever
known. The grots amount of assets is
reported by Col. Nelson Tift, the a-
It is Mid that what is called the Pi-d .
naont region of Virginia, the eastern
slope of the Bine Ridge Mountain-, pro
Otiimlria lUrerfiser.
■town sheep gives the fattest and beet
flavored mutton. It is also said that all
Virginia, except the alluvial region, i
pre-eminently a sheep-raising country.
I'be oldest living student of the Uni
versity of North Carolina is the Hon.
Mark Alexander, of Mecklenburg
county, Va..' who matriculated in 1808,
Mldlr I|;W it hi- eighty 'jj ar of
life. He is the only survivor, except
one, of the Congress of 1819, and the
only survivor but one of the celebrated
Virginia convention of 1829-30, of which
President Monroe and
Uliftf .fu'tlA? Marshal vere members. I
The colporter of the Maury county
Tenn., Bible Society distributed to fam.
ilies in that county destitute of the
Word of God six hundred Bibles and
Testaments (during the past year, is
pn lmbfy the time). The Maury county
Bible Hoch ty is the Oldest in the State,
having been organized in 1818.
The second annual report of the At
lanta Board of Health states that the
total number of deaths was 679, an an
nual death rate of seventeen and eight
tenths for each thousand inhabitants. Os
the Whole .number, 288 were- white and
'391 'colored. The death rate for the
ivhftcAis Ut'irfceu to io IsJhousind,aud
for the colored jicnple twenty-three and
eight-tenths.
The following excellent suggestion is
made of Gov. Jarvis, of North Carolina,
“Nocourt requiringa jury or witnesses
cither civil, criminal, inferior or sup rior,
should, be held in the month of June.
(•iU' eminently an agricultural
people, and to take a large number of
lalsrrers out of the fields for a week, as
is now done in many of the counties in
the busy month of June, is a serious in
jury to the farmers of that countv."
Rev. J. H. Campbell, of Columbus
Ga,, oue of the most active-philanthn
ta tlu> u>l>mulh‘s
Tl4*, that
nonce ■ er les had ’
’ never ask charity for
Ithenwn,. wfir 1 1 the recent cold
t<>un/ ivbtn whit* and>oh>i‘e<r people of
all dc|omri>:itiotu.“'V«i‘^t'ihuufiniig for
wood* ne Ijiflfliilly ilotes the St Ml Illg of
the Jews, to whom he nays the facts are
highly creditable.
Tiie New Orlcnn* Picayune r< prints
the following advertisements from the
L niisianii Gazette, printed in New Or
Igsns.iaiid gbitevi Febi/taiy • ljj
Yot-d idi<i«4lle-*Aj Jfc
ganf sleigh and four will leave Basin
Caronddet thia day nt 3 o’clock for
Madisonville, by way.of the t'amil and
1 ako Pontehsr/iaiii. H provided
withlinflkle robM and iflier susomim da
tions for eight passengers. Apply to the
driver, on board, or nt l.ibriskin’s stable.
I’as-iage live dollars." . . . "rikilte—A few
pairs of Holland-made skates, for sale
at If! t'ust..in hou.-e street, icady
strapped. . . >• •
■■era- * ■ it*
Picture Frames.
Very serviceable nml pretty picture
frames can lx- nuuV out of paateboanl.
1 For cabinet photographs, cut ftmr strips,
I two six anuheS and inches
-doup. Lap them iicro* the corners, in
the some way as the rustic frames arc.
joined, and punch a hole through the I
two pieces so that you can fasten them
with u button. You can four of a
kind handsome enough in the button- 1
box tin the shelf. Cut sti-el are the lest,
but any kind ’■4l <k>} Strips of pap. r
on tlievock will hol'Fthe picture in its
' place. I
These frames are pretty, made <4,
I black card-board or covered with black
silk. Little gilt stars, or strips of gilt I
paper down the center, have u pleasant
effect on the block. You can cut little
piece* '4 pajMU- to represent gilt batons .
if vou do nut happen t«> Juvvi any in tbo)
house. li you can, embroider a narrow ;
vine on strips, with a cln«terof leaves or |
J flowers at the corners. Almost any com- i
lunation of materials and styles is effect
ive for three frames, and they are an
agree able change from the perforated
1 card ao lortg used. XMow olid handker-1
I chief Ixixes, and, in fact, boxea of any [
t kmd, oil lie in this line of manufacture, j
What a Coroner’s Jury Is Composed of.
Confislerate Barker arose to a qtvw
i tion of privilege ifi the club. He was
working in the eastern part of tho city
with a num who was fatally iniunsl. He
saw the whole transaction and knew all
the jwirticulars. and yet when the Cone
ner a jury was made up he was ignored
Ic-canae of his color. Ib- felt slighted
and indignant, and he hopsl the club
would not overlook the insult.
t- “Bnidder Barker, y- u didn’t lose
| nothin’, rudf d U- lit' suisr-h .“fti
1 er.mfmrft' iM W> wrniA llgwr*' l *"
ignore you. De average Coroner s jury
am composrsl of two h iu i ', three old
bums and a fide, and ■ y would have
inaist'sl dat* yon war de fide. You
haven't got any case, sab, an de in*« -
in’ will now be declared split up. —A* «•
York Mercury.
Devoted to'the Interests of Columbia County and the State of fleorgia.
HARLEM. GEORGIA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY I. 1881.
THM AWI» M9W.
■Y 01TTK» WIN DILL n«L«M
Dqtr ancient anhnol boys' Mature taught to
The aimpi'* < 1 the star au4 fiowea,
Sbo*ed ttircn Btranit* fitMl, bof oa a atefifl atom
A-imino th* Marvel* Oath* l*ower’—
Ttiu apple* grew, one avret, the other aour
How frum the hili-top where our eyee behoM
In er (Mi ialM the plained aed bannered mat a a
lUnae its ooluruo*. In the dart <4 old
The Hwe wokauio ahot Ita angry Maae.—
Dead ainre the abadova U Nuib'a water ▼ days.
How, when th* lightning apltt th* mighty rock,
1 be spreading fury of the shaft was spent;
How the vdon joined the alien aiock,
Aud when aul whete the hotncleaa sparrows went
To paw ch* winter of th. Ir discontent.
Scat! wfn< the gleamlnga Id thoae year* nf dearth ;
NatXirler y« bad ci >thed the tnaaxl honea
That aiUDvbtrvd, wai'in<for their tecnixl birth;
So T.yrll read the legend of the stone*,
SUeace suit panted iu her euipty lLn>r*Ua.
I»tvamin< of *rba tn eyes of earth unknowg.
Her* u*4 lack'd heavenward in th* atuiligh*. fade;
iz»t In thna« awful depths he trot th'O®.
L<i4«<'e nuu before the lifted veil;
W h Je home-bred Hom bolt tri fumed hia toy-ahlp’a
Mil.
No mortal lent thaw* loftier heighta had gained
Wh*m* th* wide realms of nature we dsa-rr ;
In sain their rye* oar longing fathers strained
To scan with wondrriug g-’te the aumuoita high
That far beoeaih Uwlr ehddran’s footsteps Ua
Stall*at their Art email venture* aa we mav,
Tht acliM*'-<A>y « u py shape* ’ha arbolar s hand,
rtwirgrat*ful mcauMr filh oar hearts to-day;
Bravo, hopelul, w'we, thia bower of peace they
phoned.
White war's drrad plowshare scarred the fatten aj
Land.
CM!! cf our > dUrwi t children yet unborn
U lieu on this )elV.w page you turn yuur ayes,
d ».<•- tue l rwf i <■! Hus May-<lay uh rn
» In pluse antlo.ie and lad d letters lira,
How vuguc, b”W pale our tilling ghosts will rise!
Yet In nur veins the blond ran warm and red,
For ns the fields were gram the skins were blue.
Ttrnug 1 fnnu nur dust tb* spirit long has fted,
We Itvml, we lovid, wo tolled, wc dresults! like
you,
Sfuth d ut our tires and thought bow much we
knew.
Oh might our spirits for one hour return.
When the nrxt rentury rounds Its huudreth ring,
AU the Mraugv • < rets it shall teach to learn,
To Dear the Urge truths its roars shall bring
Ite wiser sago* talk, it* •» urr mlnairals sing!
Dr. Jex’s Predicament.
It waa the funniest thing that I ever
aaw in my life, ('niikahank wonhl have
gloried in it. I wish I hud hnu hero to
ilhistrato that scene with the spirited
vigor that only his dancing (rencil gives.
> It waa in Kentucky that it happened
that pleasant land of blue-gr.-uui, and to
; banco, and fine stock, vith white teethed
•ylr. Mabel, tay-sistrf, had morra <1
i ak Uunkiaatone, and "they had begnn
. g«i*» «*<•. • ■♦ww»q and n liUto
three-rootued house scarcely big enough
to hnlfl the bridal preaenta. tint they
«ero happy. Iwnrty, healthy. They had
two eqwa, ioe-crettm every day, a chiinn
iiil' baby, ami Uncle Brimmer. Who
shall say that their cup wna not full? In
deed, they thought it full Ixdoro Uncle
Brimmer added; himself thereto—a very
I*>udr>ms rose leaf. Hu whs one of our
old Jnniily servants, who fondly lielieved
that Mi*s Maliel and her young husband
would never lie able to get on w ithout
him He walked all the way from Mis
sissippi to Kentucky, with his things
Ued up in u meal sack, and prcseuh\'
himself Ix-fore MalxJ, announcing affably
tiiut he had some to-"stay on."
“But I haven't, any place for yon,
Uncle Bnrpfnge," said Mabel, divided
lietween .wpifelity and emlrnrrnssnient.
‘ L»»r' llonev, yon kin jes’ tuek mo
ar.*hu’ «w(jfg>Aor. I don’t take up Do
roon*T ’ - ’ ..
M»bel looked tiinughtfully upon the
big brown gmy-Nhiakured old negro,
win'■«? projxirtions w. rvth. s» of a Horcu
h*. and shook Im rk.-ad ’ "Yon are not a
TOl . 'Ubfimb, UiJeJ.' Brimtu. r."
“No, mahm," said he, submissix. ly,
"but I'vi&ot his rplrlf Couldn’t I
sleep in <l«Xit<Jienx honey' i ’*hc went on,
with >asiniiating HWeetncs.-..*
No, indmd, ’ cried our young hous.*
!te» ]x>r; "J pwk* my foot down on any-
Ixsiy slecpiag in the kitchen.”
Annt I’ataey, the ertbk, stood by, bal-
- —» ~y > -
ancHixr i p*wi <4 flour on her h*l. one
fat hand on her hip. I suspected her of
a p rM>iud interest in the matter, and in
deed idle afterward acknowledged that
■ she thought T’ucle Brimmer's coming
w-ould prove a “bbiwin’ to her feet'
I Thom- sis t of hers bad Isien saved many
! steps through the service of her ten-year
<Jd daughter Nancy Palmira Kate—
called Nauky Pul, for abort. But of late
■ Hanky’s services hud Ihtii calico into
I requisition gs a nurse, and Aunt Patsoy,
wlw vm, Ut and want o’ breath, thought
sin hid tod much to do; anil so aim
viewed with evident delight the stalwart
I jwoporUiais of our good-natured giant
I from th« aouth.
"liar’s do lof, Miss Mabel," she sug
i g.-shsj.
“It is too small, and is cluttered up
with things already.”
“Oh. sho, chile, dar ain’t notion' iri
I dat lof' 'cep' de tatters, an' dr ]>epj>crß,
• an' de dried apples, an' some strings o'
tcrl-uckerjs an de broken plow, an'
1 Botnc oddsan’ ends o'do chilion's, an'
i Ln'-v Crittenden’s pupa. Ix>r', dar ain’t
. nothin’ ter apeak of in do lof."
“Ho can’t get in at the window," said
Midiel, shifting her ground.
“Letnmo try," said Unde Brimmer.
The kitchuu w>s a small log-cabin
so: •• distance from ll<® house—“Mi good
hollerin' reach,” to quote Aunt Fateev.
Al-'W it was n low room, or loft,
crowded with the miaoullanoous articles
enumerat-d. Hie <tdy way of getting
into it was from the outside. A ladder
1 n.-mimt the side of the cabin admitted
one, through a little window, no longer,
< I am sure, than that of h railway couch,
’ i .l'j tins storehouse of treasures, Nanky
Pal, who was as slim as a stake, was
nvu.dly •elected to fetch and carry
the small ajierturc. But Uncle
Biimmr r'
“I'm putty aho I kin do ft,” he raid,
wpniditw up one wye, as he took off his
coat and prepared to trv.
We stood is the doorwny aa he esn
tioualy went up the ladder, and after au
excitiiq moment h« pushed himsalf
through the window, ami turning, smiled
tnumpi«nHv.
This settled the matter. A cot lied
was pnScnrvd for Uncle Brimmer, and
he soon )>ecamo the mainstay of the
family. t'he<rfi>Uv avoiding all the
work J- • <iL>le; iiidilTereutly as an ostrich
eating all he ronld find in cupboards or
highwayw; grimly playing hobgoblin for
baby: gayly twanging his banjo on
moonlight nights—memory recalls tie
with a smile. Uncle Hammer! I esin
close my eyes now anti recall hftn. big,
shaplcj-x indistinct in the mwai-dfarkneaa'
as he eat under the mull>errv-troe, sing
sing.’
Wish I w*« In Tonnrssfw,
A-w’ltlh’ tn my cheer,
Jugc/ wnfsky by my side.
An* srm» aroun* my dear" 1
This was his favorite. Who shall
doubt t>at it expressed to him all the
poetry, romance, jtasaion. of life'’
After * time Uncle Brimmer fell ill,
and we Sent for a doctor.
Dr. 'Prattles Jex was the medical man
of our county. Hci ived ui Middlcbuni,
seven miles awny, and he camo trotting
over on ft great tisy horse, with a pair of
saddle bugs hanging like Gilpin's bot
tle's. one on either side. He looked as
diminutive as a monkey jx>rehed on the
tall horde's back, anil indeed ho was “a
wee bit pawky body," ns wan said of
Tommy Moore. Hut, bless mo! ho was
as ponqa>UH and sclf-imjxirtant aa though
he had round tlio place to stand on, anil
could move the world with his little
lever. A red handkerchief carefully
pinm-d across his chest showed that he
nail lung* and a mother. His boots
were jtuludied to the last degree. His (
pink ami beardlera face betrayed hia
youth; and his voice—ah! hia voice!
What a .treasure it would have been
could hqjhavolet it out to inav|nernder»!
Whetl t it was just changing from that
of youth to that of man, or whether, like
reading ami writing, it “camo 'by na
ture," 1 sau't tell. Ono instant it waa
deep nnkbiui... the next, squeakuig and
sopranejLNo even tenor alamt that
voice!
He i: Mont hia hand, with, “Good
momiti *,.Jtfrs. Huckleatono. 1 hope the
baby 1< .tfvot bad an attack?*'
I P“l'Pjd iutg Ac dinuic-nxim to gig
gle, bin little flpikbr' I Mabie did not
even si'iiia. fi.
"<> -»UnOto Brun-
nur.
I I ' offißfct* se« him at mice.
d-“ *•< -V> t-HWIFV Un ro
this moment I warrant it l>a«l not 4fficK
her as anything out of the way that she
must invite Dr Jex to climb a ladder
and crawl through n window to get at
his patient. But as she looked at him,
spc<*k!esH, apotleaa, gloved, scented,
vnrlcJ, then at the ladder leaning against
the wall in a disreputable, rickety sort
of way, a scene of incongruity seemed
lion «in on her soul. To add to her
dist 1 <>• s ami my hilarity, wo saw tliut
Um j Brimmer hail hung out of the
win oiy some mysterious under-rigging
Hull he wore. Long, red, and ragged,
it llllteil in the breeze" as liiettir
s- lv as tlio American flagons Fourth
of July.
•’I am afraid, doctor, it will lx- a little
aw:.ward," faltered Mabel; "Undeßriui
mei js up there;" and she waved her lily
hiiii'l
" Vn’ you'll have to dime de ladder."
put m N.mkv Pal, with a disrespectful
chu -kle.
f thought the little doctor gasped; hut
he recovered himself gallantly, and
said:
' \s n Ixiy I have climlmd Irws, and
thin < I can ascend a ladder as a man;"
ami ho snide I heroically.
We wnt died him Ho was encnm
bend by the siddl'v-lmga, but ho man
aged very well, and hud nearly reached [
the top, when suddenly Uncle Brim
mer's head ami shoulders protruded,
gm >g him the look of a snail half out
of its shell.
“Here's my pulse, doctor,” ho cried,
blandly, extending his barixl arm.
“ Tlin’t no place for von up here 'An
here's my tongue." Then out went his
tongue for Dr. Jex's inspection.
T ie doctor settled himself on a rung of
tho 'adder, quite willing to Im mot half
win. Professional inquiries liegan,
when
"A deep sonml «triick like a rising knell."
“fhxxl gracious!" exclaimed Maliel;
‘•what is that?"
hanky Pai sprang up, with distended '
I eyes, almost letting the baby full.
Again,
‘‘Nearer, clearer, deadlier than lutfore.”
"Sakes alive! Miss Malsd,” cried |
Nanky, "ole Mr. Simmon's bull's done >
broke loose!"
Sim was right. A moment more, a,J i
in rushed the splendid angry Ixiaat, Im 1
lowing, pawing the ground, shaking his I
evil lowered head as if the dnvil were I
contradicting him.
Dr. Jex turned n sacred face My
lord Bull caught Right of the fluttering
1 red rags, and charged the aide of the
I honor. And J give you my word, the
mit instant the ladder was knocked
from under Um doctor’s feat, and ho was
dinging frantically round the neck of ,
Uncle Brimmer.
Fearful moment.
‘‘Pull him in, Uncle Brimmer—pul)
him in,” shrieked Mabel, dancing about
‘‘l can’t, honey—l can't," gasjwxl the
choking giant; "I'm stuck."
"Hold me up," cried the doctor.
"Send for help."
Uncle Brimmer seised him by the arm
-1 pita. The sail die-bags went clattering
d rwn, and als.nt the head of Master
Bull a"cloud of quinine, calomel. Dover's
ami divers other powders and pills, broke
in Idinding confusion.
"Aiuit Palaey, go for Mr H uck Ire tone
, s' once, < iil<d .Maliel.
Aunt Pataey locked cautiously out
from the kituUui doer "Yar dew't keteh
me in 4“ yard wid ole Sunmoue' bull,"
she said with charming indepemicDO*.
“Then I shall send Nauky Pal ”
“If Nanky Pal goes outeu oat house
I'll bri'ak every bone in her body."
Thon Maliel began to beg: "Aunt Pat
sey. let her go, please. I'll give you ■
whole liagful of quilt pieces, and <ny
ruby rep jxilonaiso that you begged tne
for yesterday.”
Aunt Patsey's bead came out a little
further. "An’what else?"
“Aud a ruffled pillow-shani,” said Ma
is'), almost in tears, “and some white
sugar, and 11l mako you a hr* and
that's all. A’oic.'"
"1 reckon dat's abont aa mnoh aa the
chile is wuth," said the philosophic
mother. “Let her uu."
"Fly! fly!" cried Maliel.
“I ain't skeored," said Nanky. “I
ain't dat sort Mammy ain't nuther.
She waa jes' waitfei' ter see how n*Mh
you'd give."
Nanky's bare scudded quidßy
across tlm yard. The bnll took m > notice
of her Ho waa still stamping aud liollow
ing under that window Uncle Brimmer
aud the doctor clung together, aud only
a kick now and then testified to the little
man'a agony.
"Hutqioae Uncle Brimmer should let
go ?" I suggested in a hollow whisper.
"Oh, hush,” cried Maliel. "The doc
tor’s blood would be on our heads."
"Or the bull's horns.”
It waa not far to the tobacco field, eml
in au incredibly short time brother John
came riding in followixl by half a dozen
stout uogroea. With some delightful
play that gave one quite au idea of u
Hpi’inish bull tight, bis lordship waa oap
tured, and our little doctor was assisted
to the house.
Gone wa« the glory of Dr. Trattloa
Jex. Hia cont waa torn, hia knees grimy,
hia hands scratched, and he looked—yes
—a.-< if he had been crying.
"Can you ever forgive us?" said Maliel,
piteously. She hovered about him like a
little mother. Bhn made him drink two
giaaaca of wine; she mended hia coat; she
naked him if he would not like to kiaatho
baby. And finally n won smile shone in
the countenance of Dr. Jex. For me. I
felt my face pnrpling, and leaving him
to Maliel, Tiled with brother John to the
smoke-house, where wo—roared.
Uncle Brimmer got well ami went in
to see the doctor. He returned with a
new cravat, a cane, ami several smart ar-j
ticlea of attire, from whidb we inferra*
that in those tri mg luoy-nts when La
anff|'<lM^<*fH*M l !sr‘.Mn’lflln'that lit-.!
tie gentleman had ofleiecl many induce
menta for him to hold tuit When ques
tioned ho reajxmd : J chiefly with n env
ei iious ami mysterious smile, only Buy
ing:
"Master Dr. Jex is a gentleman;
stiirdl in or starch out, he's do gentlo
m ui straight.”
Ami brotluT John, who is somewhat
acquainted with slang, said, with arrest
laugh, “Well, old man, yon had u bully
chtilici to judge, so yon must lie right. '*
—77'li/xt'« fi'c/:/.7i/.
Paper Boxes Substituted for Tin.
A few years agon prix-ess of paper-box
manuluetiiriug was invented, which has
since placed piqier, tho rival of so many
materials' in the position of a strong
rival of tin in packages for certain arti
cles of commerce, Previous to tins in
vention the great objection to using
round paper boxes for small puck ages,
when tin was commonly used, was that
the covers,dicing in two pieces (a disk
and a rim), were not durable or safe
enough to fill the requirements of fro
unoiit luiudling. Under the new process
the heads or Covers of the Imix arc
“drawn “ from a single piece of straw
Isuird, so that not only is there no sepa
rating of a disk from the rim by Use, but
there is no seam through which the con
tents of the box can find its way. The
laxly of the ls>x is cut from paper tubes,
made of several thicknesses of a light
weight of straw Issu'd or heavy straw
ixqier. Almost any desired diameter or
length of Isix can be made. The heads
uro made of heavy straw board, from
whut is known as No. fill to No. 50, or
heavier if desired, ami are “drawn"
under a peculiar process, with great
rapidity. One of these heads is fastened
to the bottom of the box, another of the
amne kind is adjusted to the top, not
fastened, and the box is complete. For
these u straw imard lined with fancy
colored jaipcr can l>e used ; oftentimes a
tin-foil pu|s-r is selected, in which case,
with the Ixxiy of tho lx>x covered by a
lalxil, the package resembles a hand
some, solid tin box. The Ixixes have
Ixwn mtrixluced into a great variety of
uses, where, on account of cheapness,
they have already superseded tin.
Large quantities are need with and
without water, air and gruaae-nr<x>f
prc)»rationx, in packing such articles ax
chloride <4 lime, pans green, putty, tar,
seeds, etc. Tho same principle is ap
plied to the manufacture of small pill
boxes and toy paper-cap Ixixcs, the lat
ter Ix-ing known now by “ Young Ameri
ca,” almost to an entirety, as his chief
Fourth <>f July delight. Thia class of
Ixixes is made with astonishing rapidity,
ax can Imj imagined from the fact that
they are sold, by tho thousand gross, as
low’ H* 7 and H emits a gross. _
Many of the Hindis* still think that
the leader of Hie Hepoy relwJlion, Nana
Halnb, is yet living, and that he is in
America, a region as vogue to them as
the dominions of Prester John were to
the medußvaluita. Although his death
was announced twenty years ago, the
truth or falsity of it was not then, nor
has it since been, ascertained. He
aught bn alive, so far as his age goes,
for de would not now be more than 60
' years old.
TIIHS-•» e* »sr
in aivisci
NUMBER 7.
BITS OF INFORMATION.
Ai * 4
The fiddle is spoken of m early ae
1200 A. D., in the legendary life of 8k
Ouristophsr.
Chamois skins arc not derived frosn
the chamois, as many people suppose,
but are the flesh side of aheepekina.
The skins are soaked in lime-water, aad
in a solution of sulphuric acid; fish oil
is (toured over them, and they are care
fully washed in a solution of potash.
Im 1789, when the Fi-deral Govern
ment was organised, hea<to of depart
ments received 33,600 per annum salary.
The principal Secretaries who formed
Washington'a first Cabinet were : Os
State, Thomas Jefferson ; of the Treas
ury, Alexander Hamilton ; of War, Gen.
Knox : Attorney General, Edmoud Ran
dolph.
Tm? heaviest loss inflicted nnon the
Auiericwi arms in any battle of the Rev
olutionary war wax at the battle of
Ixmg Island —2,000 in killed, wounded
and prisoners. But 10,000 Americans
Were engaged, an.l the lima was only 20
tier cent. At the Battle of Hubbardton,
VU, 700 (tatriota engaged 1,200 British
tnxqw, and 324 were killed or wounded
—nearly 50 per cent At Guilford Court
Hous.', Gen. Greene ksit 1,200 out of
4,400—a 1<»« of 30 ]x>r cent.
Tkllow baniuiaa come from Jamaica
an.l Asjunwall, and the red bananaafrom
Cuba. The yellow bananas sell the lieat
lieoauae they grow more to the bunch.
A bunch of yellow liiuianaa averagm
alamt ton dozen, and sometimes they
average os high as twelve dozen, while
the red bananas seldom run over five
doaen. The bunchea are sold at alxiut'
the siuufl price, ho the retailers can afford
to sell the yellow ones for less and utill
make n better profit than they can on
the nsl oiuw. The flavor of the banana
depends greatly on the soil in which it
is raised.
The English guinea was so called be
cause the gold of which it waa first made
was brought from Guinea by on African
trialing iximpany. Originally it was in
tended that the guinea should lie worth
2<> shillings, but, owing to a numlicr of
errors in calculating the proportion of
the value of gold and silver, it never
Ctreulated at that value. Nir Isaac Now
ton fixed the true value of the guinea,
in relation to silver, at 20 shillings 8
penne, and, by his advice, the crown
(xnclaiimxl that in future it should bo
.oumMMfil shillings.
Th> hanging aacrieus of Babyic* eon
jU«tM of ah »: tihuial quauitam 400 feet
fl oail
wLwm overtopped tt»*F
itfflfa of the city, 'rhe torrrtr*w >
selves were, formed of a au.'XMMfon <7
piers, the tops of which were covered by
tint Htoma sixteen feet long and four
feet wide. Ujxin th.wo were spread
I axis of matting, then a thick layer of
bitumen covered with thick sheets of
lead. U|xm this solid pavement earth
waa h<Mi]M'd, aorne of the piera Is-ing hol
low, so ns to ulford dentil for the roots
of the tail cut trees. Water was drawn
from the river to irrigate these gardens,
which thus preaentod to the eye the ap
pearance of » nrouiiUuu covered in verd
ure.
The day Ujxin which any historical
event referring to the Christian era hup
jh-iksl may be determined by the follow
ing rule : 1. Hubtract 1 from the dato
and divide the remainder by 400. 2.
Point off the centuries from the reault
itig remainder and divide the <xld yean,
by 4. 3. Multiply the rwmltmg quo
tient by 6 and to the product add the re
mainder, 4. Fram the stun subtract twioo
the numlM'r of centuries pointed off and
divide the remainder by 7. 5. Add the
resulting reniniiuler to the day of the
year upon which the event happened
and divide the Htun by 7. 6. To the last
resulting remainder add 1. Then will
the sum lx> the numlicr of the day of the
week required. When the first quotient
is miro, or when it ia 1 and the centuri.e
(xiinL d off 3, nnleaa there be a remain
der, to avoid negative remits, arid 27 to
the date instead of sulitnu'tuig 1 from it.
( leanllm-sH and Health.
The alarming spread of diphtheria
and kindred diseases ia a warning to the
jssiplo of the United States, of which
they cannot long neglect to take bond.
In many cities and towns diphtheria
now exists almost to the extent of be
coming epidemic, while there are few
sections of the country entirely exempt
from its ravages.
It is lieliwed that the first cause of
tho disease is the preparation of the sys
t- m by the presence of impure air for
the germs of the disease to take effect,
while tlu-sc germa are believed to be
multiplied by this impure air. The
Is-et houses of the cities, where there is
a tide flow, are liable to tho disease, be
cause the sewer connections are in the
bouse, anil cannot easily bo so secure
but that tho gas is forced by tho bellows
of the tide Iwk into them. This is also
tho casi with dwellings in cities where
high water fills the sewers, or into
which from other causes the sewer gas
es ■»!«*.
U|«>ii the farm and in villages tlm dis
t>» e is propagat- d by the impure air
from cchk|>ools and other sources. The
germs of tho disease are not destroyed
by the frost as with those of yellow
fever, and tho only safety is in a com
plete removal of all impurities from the
vicinity of the dwellings, and not only
this but the filth must lie entirely de
odorized au<l rendered innocuous.
In the Cities th.' sewer may lie made a
Complete ourrlego way to a place of safe
tv. In the villages and upon the farm
the remedy can tie mad.- the means of
adding largely to th» fertilizing element
of the country us well as securing health.
The faruu-r and the village imj-reve
ment societies should take this work in
their eepecial charge.