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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.