The Greensboro patriot [March 21, 1872]

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Professional Cards.
.'>•■- II. Din.mi>, Titos. Kurrui, jn.,
kMokam,lf.C. Late of Alamance,S.C
JN". A. GlUMCB, (Ircmikoro, X.C.
Dillurd, Itufltn Sc Oiliner,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Greensboro, N.C.
1)1; \( TICK in the Court. ol'Guilford.Alamance
iilph, Davidson, Slokea, Yadkiu, Surrv,
igbain and Cuawell Cuuutiea.
the firm will always attend the regular
- of Uockiiigham, Alamauce and
i i counties.
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Greensboro Patriot.
Established in 1824. THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1872.
I New Series No. 212.
The Labor Platform.
Resolutions of The Recent Labor
Convention.
The following comprises, in full, the
resolutions of the recent Labor Con-vention
at Columbus, Ohio, which
nominated Judge Davis aud Joel
Parker:
1. We hold that all political power is
inherent in the people,and free govern-ment
founded on their authority and
established for their benefit; that all
citizens are equal in political rights,en-titled
to the largest religious and po-litical
liberty compatible with the good
order of society .as also the use and en-joyment
of the fruits of their labor and
talents; and no man, or set of men, is
entitled to exclusive separate emolu-ments
and privileges from the Govern-ment,
but in consideration of public
services; and any laws destructive of
these fundamental principles are with-out
moral binding force, and should be
repealed ; aud believing that all evils
resulting from unjust legislation now
affecting the industrial classes, can be
removed by the adoption of the princi-ples
contained in the following declura-
14. Resolved, That we are in favor of
granting general amnesty and restoring
the Union at once on the basis of
equality of rights and privileges to all;
the impartial administration of justice
being the only true boud of uuiou to
bind the States together and rcstoro
people of the Government.
Mysterious Skeleton Clock.
A watchmaker in an Illinois town
has constructed a peculiar time-piece,
as
tion; therefore,
I*. MI.MU:\II\U . JOHN N. Sr.iri.K3.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
A3 I o EHEY8 AH JkAWt
(;in:i:>seoi{o,x. v.,
• in the Courts ofGnilfbrd, Roekhur-li..
wdi..HI, Poraytbe, Stoke*. Kandolph and
Alattiniire: alao. U. S. Circuit and District Court*.
ran to collection!* in all part.
, anil to CS*M in Bankruptcy.
1 '1/ I 1:!:. . mi. door North of the Court Ilollae.
Jan. 27: ly.
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li.u i.. THUS. n. KEOOH,
mmissioner. RsgisUrin Uankruptcy
11AI.I, A UKOUII,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
• .l[l:K.\Slini{o, N. C,
ilKACTK'K in the Court. ofOoihW, Kock-ingbam,
l>avidson and Kandolph. AI*o in tbe
I liatrict Courts ol Ihs Hailed Slate.
i ti mioti given lo
IM'l;lt\.lL HKVKNI'E <AI_SF.S
•. t uiins and before the DBPABTHESTT
..i \V ism* I.:,,N.
ve ppecial attention to the pro.ecution
tile government for property
taken by the 1'. S. Army, and will practice be
i ooiniission appointed by late act of
-. i" lake the testimony.
attend pioinptly to appiicittioiia un-
. : Congress Nstoring to the pe:
. ivurs ol the war of 1312.
. i i v
i; M.I'll GORRELL,
tlloriKj and Counsellor at Law,
Greensboro, N. C,
\\' II-'- prsetice in the courts of AlamaiKe, Da-
T ? i HI- ii, liuilfurd and Kandolph, and Hank-i
uli.-e, Xu. 5 Law How on West
C irt II
ilteiilion given lo collecting,
u Ited to hi. cure.
April 27, 1WI:
id all
Apr
Business Cards.
W. B. FARRAR
WATCH MAKER, JBWKLER*
on let IN.
Greensboro, X. C,
"ii hand a
; assortment of
Fii.-li ionable Jewelry,
■ .plen.lid Hatchet
AMI CLOCKS,
Which will be sold
R VI* tor CASH !
I 1 'cU.Jewelry.Sev. in,. Machines,
red cheap and on sborl notice.
Is the Uld Albright Hotel, East
reel. 10-ly
Aii assorted atock of Gun*, Pistol*, Car-
.V . :il\\ ai « DU liand.
N 11 I' WlLSOS. CIIAS. K. Snouts.
>> II.MIV & MIOIIi:it,
HA N K E R S,
<;i;i:i:.\si;ono. x.c,
'I: Kim Street, npooshe Exuffsa* OtBce.)
,i.l -.11 Gold and Silver, llauk Nolee,
lie i.inl Government IJonds, Rail Road Stock.
A . A .-.
-v..i, deposit subject to SIGHT
CK; and allow mti rr>i in kind
is i nUUUEKUY orBPEClE.
I >i-i uuiii BUHIBUSOUI l*ui>nr!
i Win lioih Made al all Accessible Points.
l.-lii. ly
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Having received a now
i, ia prepared lo give aatisfito-
IN Ml'SlC III reduced rales.
Ol.li IXSTITfTK,
Grei'iisunro. April fith.
OF
upper Ware, and dealer
Rtsolreil, That it is the duty of the
Government to establish a just stand-ard
of distribution of capital and labor
by providing a purely national circula-ting
medium based on the faith aud re
sources of the nation,issued directly to
the people without the iuterventiou of
any system of banking corporations,
which mouey shall be a legal teuder in
the payment of all debts, public and
private,and interchangeable, at the op-tion
of the holder, for Government
bonds bearing a rate of interest not to
exceed 3.74 IKT cent., subject to future
legislation bv Congress.
a. Renolccd, That the Xatioual Debt
should be paid in good faith accordiug
to tho original contract at the earliest
option of the Government, without
mortgaging the property of the people
and the future earning of labor to en-rich
a few capitalists at home aud
abroad.
4. Reiolrul, That justice demands
that the burdens of government should
be so adjusted as to bear eqnally on all
classes and interests ; and that the ex-emption
from taxation of Government
bonds bearing extortionate rates of in
terest is a violation of all just revenue
laws.
5. Retolred, That the public lands of
tbe United States belong to the people,
and shonld not bo sold to individuals
nor granted to corporations,but should
be held as a sacred trust for the benefit
of tho people, and should be granted
free of cost to landless settlers only, in
amounts not exceeding 1G0 acres of
land.
C. Resolved, That Congress shonld
modify the tariff to as to admit, free,
such articles of common use as we can
neither produce nor glow, and lay du-ties
for revenue mainly upon articles of
luxury, and such articles of manufact-ure
as, we having the raw material in
abundance,will assist in further devel-oping
the resources of the country.
7. Rexolced, That the presence in our
country of Chinese laborers imported
by capitalists in large numbers for ser-vile
use, is an evil entailing want and
its consequent train of misery and
crime upou all classes of the American
people, and should be prohibited by
legislation.
8. Resolved, That we ask for the en
ac'.ment of a law by which all mechan-ics
and day laborers employed by or on
behalf of the Government, whether di-rectly
or indirectly, through persons,
firms, or corporations contracting with
the State,shall conform to the reduced
standard of eight horns a day recently
adopted by Congress for the National
employees, and also for an amendment
to the act of incorporation for cities and
towns, by which all laborers and me-chanics
employed at their expense
shall conform to the same number of
hours.
9. Resolved, That the enlightened
spirit of the age demands the abolition
of the system of contract labor in onr
prisons and other reformatory institu-tions.
10. Resolved, That the protection of
life, liberty and property are the three
cardinal principles of government, and
the first two more sacied than the lat-ter
; therelonynmiey necessary for pros-ecuting
wars, should, as it is required,
be assessed ami collected from the
wealth of the country,and not entailed
as it burden on posterity.
11. Resolved, That it is the duty of
the government to so exercise its power
over railroads aud telegraph corpora-tions
that they shall not in any case be
privileged to exact such rales of freight
transportation or charges by whatso-ever
name, as may bear unduly or in-equitable
upon either producer or con-sumer.
H'. Resolved, That there should be
such reform in the Civil Service of the
and the local jourual describes it
follows :
It is simply a dial-plate with two
bands,an hour hand and a minute hand.
The dial is twenty-four inches in diam-eter,
with a large opening in the centre.
Tbe minute band is twelve inches iu
leugth,aud the hour band nine aud a
half inches iu length, fastened in the
centre of the dial upon a small pivot.—
That is all that can be seen by looking
at it. By looking closely on the large
ends of the hands, or ends towards the
centre of the dial, and on the reverse
side, you will see what appear to be
weight.s.intendi'd to balance the hands,
but which in reality contain the secret
of the moveinentsof the hands. Within
these small "weights" are miniature
works *)ike those of a small watch,
strong euough to control the large
hands. A person may whirl the hands
until they spin around like a top, but
each will invariably return to its prop-er
place, and indicate the time of day
correctly. The hands may be taken off
and laid away for an hour, two honrs,
or ten, or for any length of time, and
upon being replaced upon the pivot,
they will instantly point the precise
hour and minute. There is no electrici-ty
nor anything of the sort. The dial
hangs by a tiny hook from a nail. It
may bo suspcuded by a string, or held
in the hand.and the movements of the
hands are all the same. Tho hands do
not move with tho regularity and pre-cision
of those of a regulator, but the
c.irrect time of day is always indicated,
and when the hands of the regulator,
or any properly regulated clock, are
upon the figures or minute marks,thoso
of this strange time piece will agree
exactly. It is really a remarkable piece
of workmanship,and excites much com-ment.
Nothing is seen by lookiug at it
or examining it,save the rim of the
dial aud the bauds. That is all ; and
when they move so correctly and mark
the time of day, it seems as though
some unseen spirit must represent and
impel their movements.—St. Louis Re-publican.
Tame Codfish.
Mr. Buckland,ia a recent number of
Lnnd and water, gives an interesting
account of a, visit paid by him to a
pond containing tame codfish, at
Port Logan, Wigtonsbire. The prop,
erty in question belongs to a gentleman
by the name of MeDoughall, aud con
sists of an amphitheatre about one
hundred feet in diameter, hollowed oat
of the soil rock by the sea All egress
from this is prevented by a barrier of
loose stones, through which water pas-ses
freely. On approaching edge of the
pound, uiauy codfish of great size
were seen : and when a servant wo-man
who had charge of the fish ap-proached
with some muscles, the sur-face
of tho water was perfectly alive
with tho struggling fisD. xuej —,_.
close to the edge, and after a lit-tle
while permitted Mr. Auckland to
scratch them on the back, aud play
with them in various ways. Among
other experiments tried by him was
that of boldiug a muscle iu bis hand,
aud allowing the fish to swallow his
baud iu the efforts to obtain the mus-sel.
These fish furnish to the propri-etor
an ample supply of excellent food,
the flavor being considered much su-perior
to that of the cod taken
in the open sea. Whenever needed
for the table.a selection can readily be-made
from the most promising of those
at baud, and tbe fish secured without
any difficulty.
To be an Editor.
Carlton, in bis editorial poem, tells
inf.??u &™sr who made bis way into the sanctum with a rant of a boy,
of an
»tl
who being good for nothing else, tfie
farmer thought would do for an editor.
rw. !*** -^M8 «S Mory as follow. :
a set of questions as perhaps were ever
asked country youth.)
iJb'M5!<?.it0r
1
8at in *¥■ sanctum and
looked the old man in tbe eye. Then
glanced at the grinning young hope-iu
, and mournfully made this reply :
.• ,K2axaon a 8mal1 unbound edi-tion
of Moses and Solomon both t Can
he compass bis spirit with meekness,
and strangle a natural oath » Can be
eave all his wrongs to the future, and
c«rrvhiflii.^jaIiA«hevUtJ Olnoe CwT "" *? coautry'« <*«»"»
do auHIoufVworTin a ■&nl4*Uo> jKrVrilie^E2K5 to^ thi» much »
hve on a sixpence a week! Can he OfrKX^^rrJ^o^
In a recent speech delivered by Mr.
Ilnlc, of Maine, iu the House of Rep-resentatives,
tho statement was made
that of the six hundred anil fifty ves-sels
belonging to the Navy during the
war, only one hundred and seventy-nine
of all classes remain ; while of the
missing vessels a large nuu.be>: have
vanished without leaving a trace.—
Tins declaration is probably without
a parallel in history. Two-thirds ol
tho navy of a nation gone, and ves-sels
by scores aud by fifties, to use
Mr. Halo's words, cannot be accounted
for in any manner; cannot even be
traced I If the affairs of our navy
should be as thoroughly investigated
as were the doings ol Tammany in this
city, an amount of corruption would
bo exposed to view which would
startle the civilized world. And yet
this only one department of a Govern-ment
which under Gram's administra-tion
seems to have been conducted
with a sole view to the personal inter-ests
of a greedy horde ol office-holders.
—X. Y. iS'ii;i.
President Grant was so indignant
with the wicked merchants of New
York for attempting to corrupt bis in-nocent
Custom House officials iu this
city, that he did not wait for the Com-mittee
of Investigation to make a for-mal
report before ordering tbe District
Attorney to institute proceedings, in
direct violation of the law, against all
persons who had testified' before tbe
committee that they bad been obliged
to bribe officers iu order to get their
business transacted. At the same
time the committee who have been in-vestigating
New Orleaus affairs have
discovered that Collector Casey, tho
brother-in-law of the President, was
one of ten individuals who raised
$o>0,000 to bribe corrupt members of
the Louisiana Legislature and carry a
bill through that body. In spite of
this fact, and others eqnally disgrace-ful
to Casey, that individual continues
to hold the chief Federal office iu New
Orleans, and will probably continue
to do so. Grant is opposed to all cor-ruption
which docs not benefit his
own family or his special crouies.—
A'. Y. Sun.
courteously talk to au equal, and
browbeat un impudent dunce t Can
he keep things in apple-pie ordor, and
do half a-dozen at ouce! Can be press
•11 the springs of knowledge with quick
and reliable touch T And be sure that
he knows how to not know too much t
Does he know how to stir up his virtue
sud put a check rein ou his pride t
Can ho carry a gentleman's manners
within a rhinoceros' bidet Can he
know all, and do all, and be all, with
oheerfulness, courage and vim t If so,
we perhaps can make an editor oaten
o' him."
The farmer stood carionsly listening,
while wonder his visage o'erspread;
aud he said : "Jim, I guess we'll be
goiu'; he's probably out of his head."
Dawld Davis.
Judge David Davia, of Illinois, the
possiblo reform candidate for president,
is fiftyseven years old, weighs about
■MMLMFI! "l? te5 P°ands>i8 »orth fj.ooo.ooo, has broad shoulders, a mas-sue
form, a large nose, clossly-cut
brown hair plentifully sprinkled with
gray, mild blue eyes, and a beardless
and magnificent face. He is kindly,
genial, frank and full of good hnraor
and withal one of tbe profoundest
thinkers aud most learned of jurists
that ever adorned the supreme court
bench of the United States. If he
were president the laws and constitu-tion
would be enforced as thev are, and
there would be no law that was not au
emanation from the couutrv's organic
D 52StLBadieal**V?of Oroa«._fflhe
UMical-Gront party is rapidly disinte
grating. It has ceased to be tbe party of
Iiberty.oflaw, and of rational progress :
and has become the creature of a tyr-ant
his minions, who have attempted
the overthrow of the Constitution,
trampled on the reserved rights of the
States, and on the liberty of the
citizen, in order that they may revel
in.tffu' bribes, and peculations
with impunity. A party tekiek pro.
senbet and subordinate intelligence,
property and character,and enfranchise*
ignorancefor politicalpower, is not re-publican.
Its leaders have become
tryants by virtue of demagogism: they
are rioting in tho possession of ill-got-ten
power; and like tryants in all
ages, they are slow to read the hand-writing
on the wall, which proclaims
their speedy overthrow.-iif. U.Helper.
of the workingmen of the United States.
The mechanics are honored in tho per-son
and worth of their chosen leader.—
Memphis Appeal.
Hit 'em Again.—The New York
Tribune thus speaks :
"About the coolest thing I hat has
occurred this winter is a resolve of a
State Convention of the faction domi-nant
iu South Carolina in these words:
" ' KESOLVED, By the Union re-publican
party of the State of South
Carolina, iu convention assembled,
that we endorse the administration of
President V. S. Grant in its wise and
successful financial policy, which has
reduced the national debt, while les-sening
the public taxes, and at the
same time, preserved full faith with
the public creditors.'
"Considering how these rascals have
sold themselves to measureless infamy
over and above by stealing their poor
State poorer than she ever was before,
quadrupling her expen-es, doubling
her debt, and trebling her taxes, this
resolve strikes us as the Chiniborazo
of imposture and villainy."
Important Experiments—An cxiieri
menting Detroit chemist took a piece
of thread-bare cotton-cloth, smeared it
with boiled linseed oil,aud placed it in
the centre of a chest filled with pniier
and rags. Although the room was not
tight aud the weather was cold, there
was a smell of fire about the room iu
eight days. Unpacking, the experi-menter
found the rag,halfcharred. In
April he made a similar experiment
with a pair of printer's overalls, which
he rolled up with fine shavings aud
crowded in next to the loof-boards of
t lie loft. Iu a week the smell of smoke
alarmed a workman in the next room
and the overalls were found to be ou
fire. And dnring the hottest weather
a handful ofold cotton rags,uot smear-ed
with oil, became hot enough whou
hung up in a tin box in the sun to
light matches which he had placed
among them. These facts show the
necessity of caution iu putting away
rags, especially those that may be sat-urated
with oil, bonzitio, or other in-flammable
substance.
A Beautiful Extract—" Generation
after generation," says a fine writer,
"hare felt as we feel now and their
lives were as active as our own. They
passed away like a vapor while Nature
wore tho same aspects of beauty as
when her Creator commanded her to
be. The Heavens shall be as bright
over our graves as they are now around
onr paths.
The world will have the the same at-tractions
for our offspring yet unborn
that she once had for ourselves, and
that she has now for our children. Yet
a little while and all will have happen-ed.
The throbbing heart will lie stilled
and we shall be at rest. Our funeral
will wend its way, and the prayeis will
be saideSnd our friends will all return,
and we shall be left behind in silenc*
aud darkness for the worm. And it
may be for a short time wo shall be
spoken of, but tbe things of life will
creep iu and our names bo forgotten.
Days will continue to move on, and
laughter aud song will be beard in the
room in which we bled ; and tho eye
that mourned for us will be dried and
glisten with joy ; and even our children
will cense to think of us, and will not
remember to lisp our names. Then shall
we have become, in tbe touchiug lan-guage
ol the psalmist, 'forgottcu aud
gone out of mind.'"
—Asi the Old Woman.—Agentleman
traveling "out West" relates the lol-lowing
amusing incident :
ltiding horseback just at night
through tbe woods in Signaw county.
Michigan, I came iu to a clearing, iu
the middle of which stood a log house,
its owner sitting in tho open door
smoking his pipe. Stopping my horse
before bun, tho following conversation
ensued.
"Good evening, sir," said I.
"Good evening.1}
know. Asked the
Chas, G. Yat<?8,
MANUFACTURER
T ' - ■ U'opper Ware.......
B... it. and Shoes, W.....I! beyond all partisan inline licc,uud place
'..!-- Ware. Oru- it in the charge and under the direct-
■ Vt'-.tJood. "'" "''•"•d'igeut and competent busi-
National Government as will remove it
I, .-r Iu jau 19 ly
I) „ BUILDING PLANS.
'• •'■'■■*«■■' PLANS for NeW II--.,
I »ld one.. PH. ,,e-
— disxu n. ord,.,.
LYKDOM SWAIN
■I AS. W ALBRIGHT,
VIC T»InOjS«I Bl ER,
Commercial Brok er,
D aler in Fresh Fish,
' I •right's Block,)
EAST MAKKET STREET,
MM men.
i:i. Resolved, That as both history
and experience teach u's that power ev-er
seeks to pei pet uate itself by any ami
all means at its command, and that its
prolonged possession in the hands of
one person is always dangerous to the
liberty of a tree people, aud believing,
too, that the spirit of our organic laws
and the stability and safety of our free
institutions are best obeyed ou tbe one
hand aud secured on the other, by a
regular constitutional change in the
chief of the CDuntry at each quadren
nial election, therefore, we are in favor
of limiting the occupancy of the Presi-dential
chair to one term.
Corruption in North Carolina.—The
Fraud Commission, appointed by the
NorthCaiolina Legislature, have re-cently
pnblishe 1 their report It is a
most interesting document. It reveals
to the public something of the exact
modus operandi by which the financial
ruin of the good old North State was
brought about. It shows that W. W.
Uolden, while Governor of the State
received a bribe of 925,000 iu Xortli
Carolina Bonds; that the Treasurer
of the State shared in dishonest gain.-;
and that a number of mrpet baggers
plundered The State to the extent of
their several abilities. Thus the evil
deeds that were done iu darkness, and
in fancied security have been brought
to light, anil the names of the guilty
ones registered on the roll of infamy
along with the names of lien. Batter,
Boss Tweed, K. K. Scottf Harrison
Bullock of Georgia, and a host of other
dishonest
The following recipe, the discovery
of a French chemist.is selling about the
country as a secret, at various prices,
from one to live dollars. It is a handy
and valuable composition, as it does
not gelatinize nor undergo putrefaction
and fermentation,and become offensive,
and can be used told for all necessary
purposes ofwine in making or mending
furniture or broken vessels that are not
exposed to water. In a wide-mouthed
bottle dissolve eight ounces of best
glue in a hall pint of water, by setting
it in a vessel of water and heating it
till dissolved. Then add slowly, con-stantly
stirring, two and a half ounces
of strong aquafortis (nitric acid.)
Keep it corked, aud it will be ready
for use. This is the "Celebrated Pre-pared
Gluc,'of which we hear so much.
—U.S. Journal.
A Remarkable Walloon Ascension.
A balloon ascent unprecetleutedlysatis-faetory
is reported from Viuceuues,
France. During the seigc of Paris one
XL Dupuy de Lome received from the
Government, of National Defence an
offer of 30,000 for a balloon, which he
undertook to fniiiish. but it was not
finished prior to the capitulation of
Paris. About three weeks ago,when all
waseomplete,hemade an ascent with
thirteen men, and the result seems to
Lave proved to demonstration the pre-ference
of his method of guiding. The
balloon is said to have obeyed the helm
with the utmost alacrity, and to have
progressed readily in the teeth ot the
wind. If this goes on, railway and
steampacket stockholder must pre-pare
for a fall. London and Paris will
become a three days' jouruey from
New York when the wind favors.
A Good wordfor Local Papers.—The
New York Times says you might near-ly
as well forget your churches.as your
local paper. It speaks to ten times
the audience that your local minister
does, and if it has any ability at all, it
is read eagerly each week from begin-ning
to end. It reaches you all, and
if it has a lower spirit and less wisdom
than a sermon, it has a thousand times
better chance at you. Laying, as it
does, on every table, in almost every
house, you owe it to yourself to rally
liberally to its support, and exact from
it as able.hightoned a character as you
do from an*- educator in your midst.—
It is in nonsense beneath notice and
care—unless yourself are beneath no-tice
and care—for it is your representa-tive.
Indeed in its character it is tbe
summation of the importance, interest
^ ■ and welfare of yon all. It is the ag-
OBiciaJs, who have growu prominent leading Kansas citizens-J „errate of vonr own conseouence and
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A Heavy Ulast-Four Hundred Thous
and Cubic J-bet of Granite Hurled into
the Air.—The heavies, blast known to
experts iu quarrying, occurred on Sat-urday
last at tho Conshohoken Stone
Company, on the south side of the
Schuylkill.below Swedesburg. Tho face
of the cliff was one hundred and thirty
nine feet long, aud back from its edge
at a distance of twenty-seven feet, the
rock was drilled along its entire length.
Small blasts were made till the rock
was opened to a depth of ninety feet,
and after a trial blast on Friday.which
failed.on Saturday this mammoth cliff
of nearly 400,000 cubic feet was hurled
from its base,forty-seven kegs of pow-der
being employed iu the operation.—
The appearance of the cliff subseqneut
to the blast,bailies description. Huge
boulders,each iu itself a cliff, lay piled
iu awful contusion, and giving a good
idea of the terrific effects produced by
an earthquake. As much stone has
been thrown out by this blast as will
keep the full force of the hands in em-ployment
until next August.
Irish Potatoes will Cure Rheumatism.
—A cotcinporary prescribes the follow-ing
cure: "Boil a small pot full of po-tatoes,
and bathe the part affected with
the water in which the potatoes were
boiled, as hot as can be applied, imme-diately
before going to bed. The pains
will be removed, or at least alleviated
by the next morning. Some cf the
most obstiuate rheumatic pains have
lately been cored by one application of
this novel and simple remedy." This
we can vouch for ourselves; that a raw
Irish potatoe,carried in the pocket,will
care rheumatism. We can point to over
twenty individual cases; some iu this
city langb,as any one may.—Ex.
. "(;au,.1 8eta g'aw of milk of you to
drink V '
"Well! I don't
old inomaii."
By this time the wife was standing
at his side.
"Oh, yes," said she, "of course yon
can.". *
White drinking it I asked :
"Think we are going to get a
storm 1"
Well! I really don't know. Ask the
old moinati—she can tell.*"
"I guess we shall get one right
away," said the wife.
Again I asked.
"How much land have you got
cleared here 1"
"Well 1 I don't reallv know. Ask
the old women—she knows."
"About nineteen acres," said she,
again answering
"Just then a troop of children came
running and shouting around the cor-ner
of the shanty.
"All these your children !" said L •
"Don't know. Ask the old woman,
she knows best.
I didn't wait to hear replv, but drew
rein, auuWeft immediately."
Mr.Oreeley and the Philidelphia
ConvenUon.-lho Tribune pnbllshes
the following, which explains Mr.Gree-ley's
relations to the convention to
meet in Philadelphia :
Mr. A. B. Cornel having applied to
Governor Clntiin for a copy of Mr.
Grecley's hasty note declining >o have
his name affixed to the esl! f«- the
Philadelphia convention, t*at not© m.
iuruishwl wish pleasure. It it as fol-lows
:
Caiiventioii. 1 stayed away from your
meeting ou purpose to keep a position
of independence. If we have trust-worthy
assurances of reform from the
\\ hite House, all right: but I am not
inclined |to help our Letts and Stocbk-ings
to another half million of pluuder.
tours.
Horace Qrecley.
New York, Jan. 16,1879.
Hon. Win. E. Chandler, Washington
City, 1). C.
A Missouri Father who Thought he
Deserved Well of the State Mr. Sam-uel
Kline, of Greenville, Wayne coun-ty,
Missouri, recently having had three
daughters bom unto him, straightway
r wrote to Gov. B. Grati Brown, and
promptly received the following reply:
"I have received your letter of Jan.
5, informing me of the largo addition
to your family, and inquiring if there
is any State provision for such cases.
I regret to say that there is none, but
I shall refer the matter at once to the
representative of your county, with
the request that he present case be
for the Legislature. But allow me, sir,
to tender my individual congratula-tions,
with the assurance that you
have deserved well of the country."
If he lived iu New Eagkad they'd
hang him.
Thomas Alexander Scott, who da
now called tbe railroad king of Ameri-ca,
is a native of Franklin county,Pa„
and was born December 28,18L'4. He
began his career as a boy iu a country
store at a very small salarv.after learn-ing
all he could in the village school.
In 1850 he first entered the service of
Pennsylvania Central railroad com-pany.
After the war, ho entered np
on his remarkable career of railroad
centralization and co-operntion. As
President of the Pennsylvania Central
road, through the many other lines
and branches it has leased, under his
plans, ho controls four thousand miles
of railroad.
Here is another sharp little letter
from Horace Gieeley, who may suc-ceed
iu making himself understood
after awhile:
Neie York, February L'!>, 1872.
"Dear Sir.—I am not for Grant if
there is any help for it, as I trust there
may be.
"Send all you can to Cincinati Con-vention,
and come yourself, New York
will bo largely represented there.
"Yours, HoraecUreelcy.
| "J. N. Doyd, Esq., Chillicotho Mo.
LIBERAL BHtfUHUOAire n» TEXXES
SEE.—A number of leading liberal re-publicans
iu Tennessee have issued an
address urging the selection of a purely
republican delegation from Tennessee
to the Cincinnati Liberal Republican
National Convention. The proposition
is advocated by tho Nashville Repub-lican
Banner and other republican
papers, and will probably be approv-ingly
responded to.—.V. Y. Herald.
Lynchburg and Danville Railroad.—
vfe learn that tho force on this road
has been largely increased the present
week, and the work is being rapidly
pushed to completion. We confident-ly
anticipate a ride over tho road to
Danville in the cars by tbe middle of
September, or the 1st of October at
the latest.—Lyivhburg Vinjiiitan.
To Remove stains from Linen.—To
remove wine, fruit or iron siaius, wet
tho spot with a solution of hyposul
phate of sotla, and spriuklo some pul-verized
tartarieacid upon it,then wash
out as usual. Strong vinegar cau bo
used instead of the tartaric acid.
W. W. Uolden was formerly Gov-ernor
of Nprth Carolina. He was im-peached
of high crimes and misde-meniiors,
tried, convicted, turned out
ot oilier, aud forever disqualified to
hold office under the Government of
that State. But the crimes proved
against hiin do not disqualify him to
hold oilico under President Grant
who has just tendered him the appoint-ment
of .Minister to Peru.—A'. Y. Sun-
Japanese auctions are conducted on
a novel plan, but one which gives rise
to none of tho noise and confusion
which attend such sales in America.
Each bidder writes his name and bid
upon a slip of paper, which he places
iu a box. When the bidding is over
the box is o]>ened by tho auctioneer,
and the goods declared the property of
the highest bidder.
Anti-Crantism in Kansas.—Ex-Sen-ator
Boss, Marcus Parrott, and othre
The Italian public has jnst discov-ered
that, stored in the vast garrets of
the Palozo Vecchio at Florence, is a
collection of 0,000 pictnrcs,which have
been imprisoned there for more than
three centuries. Many of them date
from the time of the Medicis.
The Worlds Railro't'ls.—Xs strange
as it may seem, the United States
posses.es i„„rt. than 50,000 miles of
railroad out. of tin- L.4,000iu the world.
Great Britain follows the IT. R. with
10,000 miles; Germany has 12,<H)i»
France 10.000 5,000, Austria 4,000
Spain .!,700.ltaly 3,400, Belgium L',000,
Holland 1,000.
Scott's gang of plunders in South
Carolina have passed resolutions in
favor ol Grant's re-nomination. Jew-ry's
gang in North Carolina have not
yet taken formal action on the subject.
.V. 1". Htm.
A young man in the southern |iorlion
of this county one day last week killed
2.58 robins.—Raleigh Sentinel.
How to Repair Ragncd Shinplasters.
Moisten one of the torn edges and
lap the edges. Lay them between two
sheets of writing paper and nib the
lapped edges with the thumb nail un-til
warm by friction. The bill will be
stronger in the fracture than elsewhere
The cable brings us the statement
that the counsel for tho plantiff iu the
celebrated Tichborue case withdrew
his claim from the court yesterday,and
that an order has been issued for bet
arrest of the claimant for perjury, the
amount of his bail to be £50,000. He
has been lodged iu jail at Newgate.
Cor. Fames.—This distinguished
gontleman will deliver tbe address
before the Literary Socities of Wake
Forest College at the annual com-mencement
on the 20tb. of June next.
The democrats and conservatives of
Rowan county will hold a meeting in
.Salisbury,on the 15th prox.Jo appoint
delegates to the Greensboro Conven-tion.
Revenge is sweet. A widow won
190,000 from a German gambler at Ba-den-
Baden, and it French General
whose hatred of Germany is undying,
niairied the avenger of his country
and the t00,000.
• Louis Napoleon, the dethroned Em-peror,
recently cleared 8500,000 by a
little ' speck ia real estate in New
York.
It is thought in Washington that
Gen. Ransom will be permitted to
take his seat in the Senate.
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