The Greensboro patriot [April 25, 1872]

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U. I'. MlMiKNIIALL. Jons N. STAPLIS.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
AS&QWKm AT kAW8
<. ICEENSBOKO, N. c,
Will practice in the Courts of Ouilfunl, Itockiag-hani,
Davidson, Foravthe, Stokes, Kandulph and
Aim : • also. U. S" Circuit and District Courte.
. tttectioti given to eolluctioaa in all parts
.'.■. and to rases in Bankruptcy.
itfice line door North of the Court House.
Jan. 27 ! ly.
V, . s. lull.. T1IOH. B. KKOC.ll,
U. 8. Commissioner. Register iu Bankruptcy
1IAI.I.& KKOGH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
<o:I.KNsnollo, *■ C.<
Ijl.'Af.Tlt'K in the Courts of Uuilford, Rock-i
Ltovidnoa and Randolph. Alaa in the
i , in and District Courts of the United States
\ lb ( arolimv
Particular attention given to
IMIHML IIKVKM E CAl'SBS
l-. S. Courta and before the DEI-ABTMIOIT
-. 'M.I. IN.
i. special attantion to the proaeouUon
i in against Ihe goveruaieat sW property
Ibe 17. 8. Army, and will practice be
lure the Commission appointed by late act of
** in take ihe testimony.
V aliMi :it*.'ii«l promptly to applicationa nn-
.j. i i. . ofCongress restoring to the pcn-i
\ iv..i* ..fill.' war of l-'l-J.
i.'lv
RALPH GORRELL,
..floniev anil I'outvellor at Law,
Greensboro, N. C,
U- 11.1. prai lice in the courta of Alaroaiice, De-i,
(Siiilford
and Randolph, mid llank-l
llli.e. No. 5 Law Row on Weal
ll.l .
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' ('.' IT! Ifl'lls.'.
on given to collecting, and all
. -- ■ niniitted to hi* ca.-e.
Apn^T^^ly
Business Cards.
W. B. FARRAE.
-,\ MI :i >i in It, .ii-.n KI.KKA
OPTICIAN-OreenslH.
ro, K. C,
lilt* < oiislantfy on Iniml a
■1 KsMirtmenl of
Hinablt .Icictlry,
. - ili did HofCMi
AM) CLOCKS,
117,/./. icillheKold
K A !• tor CASH!
I i.' VValvhe«,Cloi k^.J^w.-lrVpSewnig Machinea,
I -: 1 rrtiaired cheap uml on chnrt notice.
; |, leite Ihe Old Albright Hotel, East
i Mint. lo-ly
An assorted stock of Gnus, Pistols, Car-
&c, alwajt on hand.
(l li II Wll.-ii\. ClIAS. K. SlIOHKR.
HIIAOJI & S1IOBEB,
15 A \KEKS,
URKENSBOUO, N.C^
l.Ait Siicet, oppoaite Expraaa Office.)
I: .i ii'i.l -,!l Cold and Silver, Bank Notes,
. . i ...vriiinicut HiniiU, Bail Koud Stocks
- etc., Ac.
ive Moneyon deposit subject In SIGHT
I lll'.i K: and allow iiiH-rcvl in kind
upon liinedepoMUof CUKRBNCV or SPECIE.
1 liMoiunt Bnaabiaaai I*Bi»er!
Collections Made at all Accessible Points.
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Mrs. C. F. Loo,
Having received » new
■ ■- : i\o l'i.iuo, i*> prep»re«l U> g(v# natiafac-
Itin LkftituNjt) IK MUMC ht n-4u»jvti rati*.
OLD INSTITUTE,
1«. t:tf Orr*'nnb<-ro, April Mb.
BUILDING PLAHSr"
DUll'TS OF PLANS for New TJoueea
IT ili.- Improreaaeajt el old ones. Plain de-
,u for other jaailieaaa drawn to order.
LYNDON SWAIN
Chas. G. Yatet,
MANUFACTURER OP
TJ*IN. Sli.'-l Iron nml Copper Wire, and dealer
I 1>.v <; !-. Mar-. Bnou and Sboe*. Wood
irer I.,-; j-. Croekerjr, and <ilara Ware, tiro-
Stvvea, and awi-oripd GofHl*. penerallr.—
-.1 StHilli Kliu Slri-t-t,Ure»*mtboro^».C Good*
■ i cash, urbarter. jau VJ:\y
Ladies, Call and See
TIIK NKW
Family Singer Sewing Machine r
111 A\ K made imnnaMntfl 1<> keep for
the above llnvhinea—will also keep
Machine TwWt, I.inen and Ctilten
Maeliiuee sold at factory prieaa,—
- I ictted.
A... :■« *a, UBS. A. r. FOWLKR,
P. O. Dos 82.
QreeDaboro, K- C,
raofOGRAPHI
IX all ila utancbM executed with neatness
mill despatch.
The
F.embrandt Pictures
are in w being nude at the gallery of
111 GilES A ANDREWS,
Opposite Court House,
Greensboro, N. C.
apnl ll:ly
{New Series No. 217.
Greensboro UtrertlseHratB.
B. A. EOBEETSON,
SUKGJEON DENTIST,
OF UIl. LHBOKO, If. C.
Having fitted up
an offloe on Lind-aay'a
corner up
stairs, entranceEast
Market Street, he
offers his services to
tliecitiMB.ofGreeiis
P boro. and the eur-rounding
country.
He will be there
on Tuesday, April 2nd, and can always be
found at bin ollico the first Tuesday of every
month, and will remain as lung u necessary.
He respectfully requests all persona desir-ing
hie professional services to call immedi-ately
after Ilia arrival, and make engage-ments,
aw be will remain only a few days un-less
he baa engagements to detain him.
He refers to the foUowing gentlemen, viz.:
Rev. J. II. Smith, Rev. N. H. D. Wilson, and
J. A. Gray, Esq., of Greensboro ; and Qov. W.
A. Graham, Cot Than. RutGn, P. C. Cameron,
Esq., of HillaWoro, In which placo he has
been practicing for the last fifteen yeara.213:
"CHnly Be-.f. -
Jh Ten Bids. Early Ross
Potatoes this dav received, and for .aleby
JAS. SLOANS 80K8".
Feb. 88,1871.
S Ilhda. new crop,
acid. The old Pay-puba
Molasses.
Pare, sweet and free from
vtteville atripe.
Received and for sale by
JAS. SLOAN'S SONS'.
Feb. 28,1872.
Saddles, Harness, Ac,
KEPT ON HAND AMD MADE TO ORDER.
WM. M. GII.LIAM, ao long and favorably
known as the leading Hornet, and rWf-dle
manufacturer in Danville, Va., has opened an
eetabliahment in Greensboro, in ALItltKillTH
BLOCK on East Market Street, where lie will
sell, at
Wholesale and Retail,
and make to order to suit customer.. He guar-antees
prices to suit and entire satisfaction.
feb 21>:3m-pd
New Goods !
Dry Goods and Groceries
KEIT constantly on hand. Boots, Shoes,
Hata,Ladies' Furs. Ready Made Cloth-iug
iu great variety ; a laige stock received.
Goods well assorted. Sole Leather, Upper
Leather, Harness Leather, Cooking 8toves.
Casting. Iron, Crockery, Hardware—in lact,
everything nsaally kept in a first class vari-ety
store. I have just returned from the
North, and have received and opened my new
supply which will be sold on as good terms
for CASH or BAIITIK as at any other store.
Being thankful to HIT patrons for past fa-vors,
1 confidently solicit a continuance of
the same.
N. B.—I wonld be pleased to have all who
are indebted to nieby account or note to come
forward and pay up. I will receive any kindnf
barter for any debts due the store at highest
cash value. Please call and settle your old
accounts. Wo need money.
Br Wando Fertilizer constantly kept on
hand at reduced price*.
oct lU:3m SEYMOUR 8TEELE.
Hevr Casals I New Crowds I!
W. S. KANKIN'S,
DRY Goods, Boot! and Shoes, Hals, Notions,
CTotTdng. Piece Goods, Ladies' and Men'.
Kid Gloves, Berlin Gloves, Men's Buck Gloves,
Ladies', Misses', Men's, Boys' and Children's
Hose, Ladies' Merino Vests, Men's Merino Shirts
and Men's White Shirts. Groceries, Smoking
and Chewing Tobacco: Snuff, Scotch and Caro-liua
B.II*.
« lol IIIIIK ! « lolllllic ! !
All right; prices right; styles right—and did
yon know that RanHM'S is the place to buy rea-dy
made clolhiug T Come and look.
Hall! IIIIIN ! Hats!
Best styles aud right prices.
Boots and Sboes!
Just received a large stock for Ladies, Misses,
Men, Bovs and Children, so you had just as well
come to Raiikiu'a aud buy a new pair.
Shirts ! Shirts ! Shirts !
Made iu good style aud out of the best materi-al.
They look nicer and fit better, any way.
jan 19:ly
INSURE YOUR LIFE!
INSURE
YOUIl
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PKOPEETY!
Insure Your Time ! I!
TTAVING opened au
Insurance Office
iu ihe Bt-nbow Building, aud npreseuting a-good
Companies an tber* are in Ihe world, w
are prepared to oflvr to the public
SEO\JRITIIS
AaTB
GOOD INVESTMENTS
in Life, Firs and Accideutal Insurance.
M. UUI.I1>.!!. IBM, M. OWES.
Grettcr Sc Owen.
jan 25:3m
J. A. Pritchett,
Cabinet-Maker
Furniture Dealer,
AND
UIDElTUEil
ANNOUNCES to the citizen, of Greensboro
and Guilford County that he is better pre-pared
now than ever to provide them with
UNDERTAKING.
He is prepared to furnish, at TWO HOUR'S
NOTICE. Coffins of any style, and has a fin.
HEARSE built expressly for the use of the pub-lic.
All orders for FURNITURE, COFFINS, Ac,
promptly stteaded to at moderate charges. Any
mark stable produce taken in exchange for work:
feb i£Uy
SQUANDERED LIVES.
BT BATAKD TAYLOR.
The fisherman wadea in the aorgea ;
The tailor sails over the aeaa ;
The soldier steps btavely to battle;
The woodman lays axe to the trees.
They are each of the breed of the heroes
The manhood attempted in strife ;
Strong hands, that go lightly to labor,
True hearts that take comfort in life.
In each Is the seed to replenish
The world with the vigor it needs—
The centre of honest affections.
The impulse to generous deeds.
Bnt the shark drinks the blood of the fishes
The sailor is dropped in the sea ;
The soldier lies cold by bis cannon ;
The woodman is crushed by his tree.
Each prodigal life that is wasted
ID many achievements unseen,
But lengthens the days of the coward,
And strengthens the crafty aud mean.
The blood of the noblest is lavished
That the selfish a profit may find ;
God sees the lives that are squandered,
And wo to bis wisdom are blind.
A Pithy Speech.
At the immense popular demonstra-tion
at Cooper Institute, New York, on
tuel3iu iust. Horace Greely was call
ed upon for a speech and delivered the
following:
"The Surveyor of the port of Hew
York has given us notice through his
organ, this morning, inviting us to at-tend
a convention to be held at 101 mini
on the 15th of May. I now give him
notice that we do not propose to attend
that Convention.
At the two last-stated Conventions
some of our delegates were bought
and some driven out. Those two Con-ventions
were simple insults to the Re-pablicans
of New York who had built
up and sustained the Kepublicauiiarty
in this State.
We are going onr own way, and I
give him notice now that he can send
out as soon as he pleases his neighbors
his itifcpectors, and warehousemen to
the country districts of this State, to
hunt up delegates that will misrepre-sent
the people of those districts. lie
can elect his men without a conflict.—
We are going another way than his—
to be represented at Cincinnati, and
afterwards in such conventions as
those in true sympathy with honest
government shall see fit to call. [Ap-plause.]
I did not attend either of the two
last State Conventions, because 1 did
not care about being kicketl out of
them by Koscoe C( nkling or Tom Mur-phy,
but to satisfy my friends, not be-cause
my own judgment sent me there,
I attended the organization of the
present Legislature of our State, aud
saw the majority wou over by the in-ducements
and threats of the Custom
House to elect a man S|>eaker whom
they did not believe best fitted lor the
place. I saw enough of that rule and
its consequences.
I am outside now, and go forward
with the uoii-otliccholding Itcpublieans
to the Cincinnati Convention.
All who are in favor of adjournment
say aye.
Mr. Grant will evidently conclude
from this that Horace is "going lor
him," but not exactly after the style he
would wish.
Eloquence of Motion.—Everyone has
read of the"actiou,""actioH," •'ACTION"
of Demosthenes, and of what a variety
of emotions and passions Kosi-ius
could express by mere gestures ; let it
not be supposed that such perfections
of art belonged to the ancients only.—
Tlie following anecdote oi Mm. C.
Preston is illustrative of Ollt remarks :
"Some years ago. among a thousand
others, we were listening to one of his
splendid harraugnes from the stump.
Beside us was one as deaf as a
post; in breathless atteution catching,
apparently, every wortl that fell from
the orator's lips. Now the i ears of de-light
would roll down his cheek, and
now in an ungovernable eestacy, he
would shout out applause which might
have been mistaken for the noise of a
small thunderstorm.
At length Preston launched ont one
ot those passages of massive declama-tion,
which those who have heard him
well knew him to lie capable of utter-ing.
In magnificcut splendor it was
what Byron has described the motin-taing
storms of Jura. Its effects upon
the multitude was like a whirlwind.—
Our deaf friend could contain, himself
no longer, but bawling into our ear, as
if he wonld Mow open with a tempest,
he cried :
"Who's that a speaking V
"Wm. 0. Preston,' replied we, as
loud as our Inngs would let us.
"Whor inquired he, still louder now
than before.
"Wm. C.Preston,of South Carolina!"
replied we, almost splitting our throat
in the efforts.
" 'Well, well P returned he ; I'can't
hear one word he or you are saying ;
but, but great Jeremiah, don't he tlo the
motiont xplendid.
Remedyfor Cattarrh.—Take half a
teacup of blood warm water, and dis-solve
sufficient salt in it so that it can
be tested. Then pour in the palm of
the hand and stittfl into the nostrils.
Two applications a day will soon pro-duce
good results.
Mr. T. K. Waring is the local editor
of the Charlotte Dinpatch.
From Waikhtgun "Pntrtot"
Worthless Condition of the
Nawy.
Hondreds of millions of dollars were
expeoded during the late war to pat
the navy on the Mist footing among
nations,ami to provide the very best
improvements and facilities for the na-vy
yards. Yet, in spite of these enor-mous
expenditures,and the most libet-al
appropriations b> Congress since the
war, we are actually iu s worse condi-tion
to-day than in 1864. Ships and
machinery that cost tens of millions
are rotting or stored,and utterly worth-less
for any practical purpose. Three
hundred auJ fifty vessels,besides stores
gnus, am monition, clothing, etc., have
been sold since 1S65, and the proceeds
used by the department.in addition to
the regular appropriations which are
annually made. There is not only
nothing substantial to show lor ail
these vast sums,but, worse than that,
the service is demoralized beyond all
former experience.
Some curious facts have been brought
out before the committee which is now
investigating certain charges made
agaiust the Secretary of the Navy.—
They cannot fail to make an imprea
sum on the public mind, and are not
very likely to attract favor for the na-vy
as now conductcd,or for the admin-istration
of its affairs. It appears that
the frigate Tennessee, which never
made but a single cruise toSanDomin-go
and back last year, was supplied
with engines built by contract, which
cost $700,000. The experience of that
trip demonstrated that these engines
were useless. After her return, the
Secretary of the Navy entered into a
contract with John ltocbe,by which he
was to build another set of engines for
this vessel at a cost of §300,000,aud to
receive the old machinery (tor which
nearly three-quarters of a million had
been paitl) as a part of the bargain.
Chief Engineer Schock appeared as
a witness a few days ago aud testified
on some interesting points. In regard
to this particular contract, he said:
October :id was the date on which it was
made. It was made by direction of the 8ecre-l:
ny of the Navy. The order was given be-fore
Ihe date mentioned. The terma were
fixed in accordance with a propoailion made
by Mr. Roach to the Secretary of the Navy,
lie was directed to make a contract in con-formity
with the letter.
It is thus established that this poli-cy
ot building engines and machinery
in private yards, by which it may be
sale to say,tens of millions were squau
dered during the war in reckless expe-riments,
of which this very Tenuessee
is au example, was coutiuued by the
Secretary on his own responsibility.—
He did not consult the scientific bu-reaux,
or seek to ascertain the resour-ces
of the navy yards to perform the
same service, but ordered the contract
to be made with Uoche on the basis of
his proposition.
Now, let ns see what the Chief En-gineer
says in regard to the capacity
and workmanship of the navy yards.—
He says:
Is acquainted wilh tin. engine-building ca-pacities
of the navy yards of tho country;
ihcy are mprrior iu many resiwrts to the
private yards. Engine* can be bniltascheap
iu navy yards as in private shops. The work
done in ihe navy yards is generally better
than that douu uulside.
Again :
Q. How do our navy yards compare with
Roach's yard in point of capabilities fcr
producing engines f
A. Ours are tuperior to hit, of course.
I.,I Do you not think that tho government
. raid as easily have built as good engines as
Mr. '..'' • In- can I
A. I certainly thiuk that we can build as
good engines as Mr. Uoche can.
Q. Arc not our navy yards now in a great
leasnro idle and the machinery in them
illef
A. Yes ; I am sony to say.
Q Ami an ample number of officers for the
purpose of conducting thoso yards to their
utmost capacity T
A. Yes. sir. ■ * • \ '
Q. Si it seems that you keep all the toola.
men, and everything on band in tbe navy
yard to do all 'the work of the navy, aud then
get the woik dono outside *
A. That is my idea.
By the Secretary ol the Navy—
Q. Do you think politics comes in IbereT
A. I did not intend to refer to that, hot
there is where the great difficulty ocoure; we
aTci'btujtd to employ asm ssVf are recommended to
ut by members of Uonyreii and otkers.
This is the testimony of an expert
aud thcchiel engineer of the navy. He
tells ns that "the capacities of the na-vy
yards are superior iu many resjiects
to the private yards; that their capa-bilities
for producing engines are su-perior
to that of Boche ;" that the navy
yards and the machiuery in them are
""comparatively idle j aud that the ot-licers,
nien,tooIs, and everything of the
Ixst.to do all the work of the uavy.ex-ist.
and yet the work is done outside I
But one impression can be produced
on the public mind by such a state of
facts. There is no use for navy yards,
anuNhe millions which are voted every
year to keep up those costly establish
iiii-nts. are so much money thrown
away. No wonder that prejudice is ex-cited
against the navy,when the yards
are thronged with admirals, cointno-dores,
and other high officers, drawing
large pay, and the workshops are idle,
or merely run as organized machines
to carry elect ions, as was barefacedly
doue in California.where the employee*
were inarched to the polls and forced
to vote a marked ticket.
Instead of impioving the opportuni-ties
of peace in ship building and ma-chinery,
and preparing the navy yards
for tho'sc emergencies to which every
great nation is exposed.this precious
time is criminally wastcd,and favorites
like Koche are called in for great con-tracts,
when th« work could be better
done in our own yards. These abuses
have assumed large proportions since
General Grant ejune into office, and
they can only be corrected by cutting
at tbe root of ihe evil., Stop tbe sup-plies
is tbe true remedy.
The Secretary of the Uavy did not
seem to be aware.iu questioning tbe
Chief Engineer as to the influence of
politics in the navy yards,that the ad-mission
of to* fact was a positive re-flection
on his own administration of
the Department. Why does he permit
and encourage this pernicious influeuc T
It there waa the least desire on his
part to check what has become a noto-rious
aud shameful wrong.it could not
exist an hour. But the plain truth is,
he has prostituted the Department to
partisan purposes, and every man con-nected
with it feels that his promotion,
lecogmtiou, and even rights, depend
upon his submission to demands,which
diacredit,as they have demoralized,the
navy.
A Story of an Aotor.
Mackay, tbe actor, was once a gnn-maker
iu Hartford. One day while
working at the bench vigorously shov-ing
a twelve-inch bastard file, with no
one present bnt a single fellow-work-man,
ho suddenly dropped his file,
sprang back a few feet, struck the at-titude
that Macbeth is supposed to
have assumed in tbe dagger scene and
repeated the blood-curdling words iu
the text, in a voice hollow, solemn, and
impressive,with features whereon were
p.vntcd all the agony of a tortured
mind, and accompanied with gestures
Sj strikingly true to nature that his
fellow-workman was astonished.
He was more than that. Ho was
thoroughly frightened. He nad never
been to a theatre in his life and conse-quently
was but little prepared for this
sudden clap of theatrical thunder. He
supposed that bin companion bad been
stricken with insanity, and to his mind
it was not ft- pleasnnt thought to be
ooo|>ed up in a room with a crazy man.
But bow should be escape t That wax
the question. The object of his dread
was between him and the door, and bo
dare not pass him.
They were on the second floor, aud
escape by the way of a window was
too dangerous to attempt. All this
passed through bis mind so quickly
that the tragedian had only got to tbe
words, "Come, let me clutch thee,"
when the frightened mechanic hastily
retreated to a far off corner of the room
where there was a stack of gnu barrels,
and clutching oue, placed himself in a
defensive posture, with a look so de-termined
aud yet so horror stricken it
seemed to say, "If you do 'clutch' me,
or attempt to do so, I will knock your
brains out with this gun-barrel."
He kept bis eyes fastened on the
speaker and bresthleasly watched every
motion, and maintained the same
striking attitude until the close.—
Mackay bad been so wrapped tip in
the recitation that he had not taken in
the scene here described, bnt ns he
conclndedjie embraced the situation
of affairs at a glance and said: "Why,
Jack, what's the matter with you l"
'•The matter with me; nothing!"
exclaimed Jack, indignantly; but I
would like to know what in thunder is
the matter with you."
A mutual explanation took place
and a hearty laugh followed.
Apple* for Hunan Food.—With us
the value of the apple as an article of
food is far underrated. Besides con-taining
a large amount of sugar, mnci-lage,
and other nntntive matter.apples
contain vegetable acids, aromatic qual-ities,
etc, which act powerfully in the
capacity of refrigerauts, tonics and an-tiseptics,
and when freely used at the
season of mellow ripeness they prevent
debility, indigestion, aud avert, with-out
doubt, many of tbe "ills which
flesh is heir to." The operators of
Cornwall, England, consider ripe ap-ples
nearly-as nourishing ae bread.aud
tar more so than "potatoes. In the
year 1801— which was a year of much
scarcity—apples, instead of being con-verted
into cider,were sold to the poor,
and tbe laborers asserted that they
eould "stand their work" on baked
apples without meat; whereas a pota>
to diet required either meat or some
other substautial nutriment. The
French and Germans use apples ex-tensively
; so do the inhabitants of all
European nations. Tho laborers de-pend
upon them as an article of food
and frequently make a dinner of sliced
apples and bread.—There is uo fruit
cooked in as many different ways in
our country as apples, nor is there any
fruit whose value, as an article of nu-triment
is as great and so little appre-ciated^—
TFater Cure Journal.
An Ice Lens.—It is interesting to ob
serve that radiant heat from tho sun
mav be collected into a focus by means
of an ice lens, and yet produce all the
effects of an ordinary burning glass.—
Such a lens, for experiment, may easi-lv
be made by placing a flat cake of ice
upon a warm concave surface of metal
or porcelain dish, such as an evapora-ting
dish used by chemists; assoou as
one side has assumed the proper from,
the ice must bo turned to make both
sides alike. Any sunny, crisp, frosty
morning will be suitable for this ex-perl
men t; from which we learn that in
Northern regions it wonld be quite
possible to raise a fire without matches
—afact not altogether nnworthy of be-ing
known.
Mazzini'a Body to be Petrified.
Mazzini's body, after a simulated in
terment, has been turned over to Prof.
Gortei, who undertakes to petrify it
i perfectly in eight months. To preserve
j bodies eternally, with all the appear-ance
of life has long been a study
among Italian savans, and they have
achieved great results intbatspeciality.
"Prof. Gorini, (says the Paria Liberle)
: whom we have personally known, ami
| whose science equals his modesty, en-joys
a reputation in this department.—
H«> iwesesses a museum of bodies
which we have often visited and exam-ined
with wonder aud delight. Cer-
! tain mummyfying preparations give to
I the body the strange property of as
I earning all the apiieswatioes of sleep,
; after being in water for some hours.—
I Others give to the body a hardness of
I stone, and enable them to resist hutuid-
1 ity and changes or weather. We recal
• the head of a caue of Dr. Corini, com-posed
of a human eye, perfectly pre-served,
and of a harauess resembling
crystal or coraline—also many heads
petrified, which, after thirty years,
Uooked as natural as life. The body
of Mazzini, ia the hands of this skillful
operator, will cseatie dissolution, and
preserve the sublime expression ot the
last moment."
Ifeverybody could be thus preserved,
the earth would soon be cumbered
with the dead, and there wonld be no
room for the living, Dust to dust is i
wise dispensation of nature, and it is
lucky that it can be disregared by only
a few vaiu glorious aud couceited
mortals.
The romance of the health-giving
qualities that lie perdu iu the State of
Florida^did not die out with Ponce de
Leon. That poetic adventnrerrlWan©-
ing his mind between fortune aud hy-giene,
worked his devious way
through swamp and morass and
across balmy forests or moaning pines
in quest of gold and the fabled foun-tain
of youth. He did not discover
either, to be sure, although, perhaps,
in seeking for the magic waters that
should rejuvenate the gray-beards
amoug his followers he found a climate
that brought back to their swarthy
cheeks the bloom of good health —
Since his day, the merits of Florida as
a"health-recruiting station,"have been
gradually forcing themselves upon
those who, enfeebled by lingering or
chronic diseases, have often longed for
some climate where Nature, kinder to
man than she shows herself in more
rugged lands, restores the weakened
traine to strength. At the present
time winter emigration to Florida—es-pecially
from the North—has assumed
important proportions. It is estimated
that 20,000 persons from that part of
the country spent the past winter in
that 8tate. These visitors yield a
source of no inconsiderable revenue to
the bank accounts of the Floridiaus,
ravaged in pocket as they are by the
swarms of rapacious "f^rr»t-baggers"
who have settled upon ihem. Thus is
it that, by a sort of poetic recompense,
the North—whence come these birds-of
prey—lines with crisp greenbacks
the depleted purses of the temporary
Florida hosts, who havesuffired from
the predatory habits of the human
kites whom she had let fly from her
capacious penitential ies and State pris-ons.
Tricking the Trickstcrt.—The Kansas
City Times gives au account of how a
couple of sharpers wero takeu iu and
done for on board a Pullmau car.
Their intended victim was a merchant
from Central New York, "childlike
and simple," apparently, but only ap
parcntly. Oue of the confidence men,
according to the usual plau had no
cash to pay his fare, but had a draft
purporting to be drawn on his order on
the "Commercial National Bank" of
Buffalo amounting to $157.40.
It was a delicate thing to ask a
s; ranger, but would the simple looking
old gentleman oblige tho despairing
youth to purchase the draft I The old
gentleman would of course, but he had
only two hundred dollars. Finally
the strangers made up a purse of #203.-
40 includiug the draft for 9157-40 for
which the geutleman gave them his
two one hundred dollar bills, and 93 in
change, the would-be swindlers gener-ously
throwing in the 40 cents. Morn-ing
came and revealed the fact that
the two rogues had found it convenient
to step off at some casual station dur-ing
tho night, though the elderly geu-tleman
was found in hi J berth all right.
The conducter, from indications that
his passenger had been swindled, ap-proached
him and said, "I am afraid
that tho draft you got last night is a
fraud." "Well,"was the bland response.
"I presume it is, but if it's any bigger
fraud than the two 9100 notes were,
why then I ain't 953 in good money
ahead—which I think I am," Tbe el-derly
gentleman then said that he was
uot iu the habit of passing counterfeit
money, but he happened to have them
with bim, and having taken a some-what
exact measure of the two chaps
who had attempted to swindle him be
had quietly determined to beat them
at their own game.
A Ketc and Shorter Route to Mexico.
—More and more the metropolis short-ens
the lines by which all roads lead to
New York. A new route will shortly
be opened, by which the time from
New York to Vcra Cruz and Mexico
will be shortened about three days.—
The Missouri, Kan s and Texas
Kailwuy is nearly completed to the
Red River, where it will connect with
the Texas Central Railway, building
north froct Galveston. Tho two lines
will come together eaily in tbe summer
and thus form an unbroken railway
ronte, with Pullman's hotel and sleep-ing
cars, from New York to Galveston
by way of ChicagoandSt.Louis. From
Galveston, the Galveston and Vcra
Cruz line of steamers will make weekly
or semi-weekly trips each way, over
the smoothest portion of the Gulf of
Mexico. The journey will be three
days less than that via Havana, and
will avoid the storms of the Atlantic.—
Negotiations are nowin progress forcar
iving the great mail to and from Mex
ico over the new route.—Keu York
Tribune.
State Rights. -The present famo of
onr government depends upon the pre-valence
of certain political ideas among
the people ; it will lie changed if ever,
not by revolntien, but by the decay of
these ideas and their substitu-tion
by others. The danger, there
fore, of national interference in State
affairs, consists iu larailiarzing the peo-plo
with a disregard and contempt for
local government, and not in the suc-cess
of the particular measures which
the administration may be pursuing.—
We aie not among those v. ho are tor-mented
with phantoms of American
Csnearism : but if the unwarrantable
encroachments of the national govern-ment
are persisted in. and are taniely
submitted to by the States, there is
tear that the American Constitution
may suffer a disastrous change ; for It
should never lie forgotten that the
cause of our liberty iu pence and pow-er
in war, the secret of that machinery
which sits so lightly ou the nation,and
yet iu the slraiu ol gnat emergencies,
brings every muscle into work, is—tho
nation supreme iu national concerns ;
the State supreme in State concerns.—
N. ¥. Ereniug 1'ost.
An Editor Declines an Appointment.
—Gov. Geary, of Pcnn.«ylvania, tender-ed
the office of auditor general, made
vacant by the death of David Stantoti,
to C. 1). Brigbam, of the l'itbsburg
Commercial. After deliberation that
gentleman declines the appointment iu
a letter, in which he says: "At the
end of an independent Republican
journal, my position quite satisfies my
ambition aud affords employment for
all my time; and I feel that I ought to
accept no position or (rust which might
under any circumstances interfere with
tho free discharge of my duties as a
journalist." The Legislature has pass-ed
a bill continuing the present audi-tor
general;Hartranft) in office till tho
next October election.
Lighting a Jtark Room.—A corres-pondent
recommends a plau for light-ing
a dark room in which darkness is
caused by its being situated on a nar-row
street or lane. He says if the
glass of a window in such a room is
placed several inches within the outer
face of the wall, as is the general cus-tom
in building houses, it will admit
very little light—that which it gets is
only the reflection from tho walls of
the Opposite house. Il however, for
tbe window be substituted another in
which all the panes of glass are rough-ly
ground on the. outside, and flush
with the outer wall, the light from tho
whole of the visible sky ami from the
mostremote parts ol the opposite wall
will be in trod tired into the apartment,
reflected from the innumerable faces or
facts which the rough grinding of the
glass has produced. The whole win-dow
will appear as if the sky is beyond
it, and from every point of this lumi-nous
surface light will radiate to all
parts of the room.
GoSdsboro isabont to erect a Bank
buildingr-*-
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An Erratic Star.—The Perry (Ga.)
Home Journal tias the following apparo
ently serious account of a remarkabl-phenomenon
: A very singular sight
has been seen by some of our citizens.
It appears to be a moving star, and is
seen in the southwest, about there de-grees
above the horizon. It moves in
every direction, aud sometimes goes a
distance of apparently several degrees
in the sky. It has been seen by a num-ber
of persons at different times and
from several different localities. Sev-eral
have changed their position while
looking at it so as to bring a tree bc-tweeu
them aud the star, and soon the
star will move from behind the tree
and be visible again. Its motions are
eccentric, and appear to be guided by
no law ; but it appears constantly to
get back to tho place from which it
stalled. It was seen by Mr. Macauly,
who lives abont three miles northwest
of Perry: it was afterwards seen by
General Warren, Colonel Grice, Rev.
W. J. Collins, and others, whose char
acters make any deception in the mut-ter
impossible.
To do up Shirt Bosoms.—Here is a
receipt, said to be worthy of preserva-tion
in every family :
Take two ounces of lino white gnm
arabic powder—put it into a pitcher,
and pour on a pint or more of water—
and then having covered it, let stand
all night. In the morning pour it care-fully
from the dregs into a clean bot-tle,
cork it and keep it for use. A ta-blespoonful
of gum water stirred in
a pint of March made in the usual
manner, will give a lawn, either whito
or printed, a look ol newness, when
nothing else can restore them, after
they have been washed.
A niinister.in catechising a German,
asked him who made him T Gott, was
the gutteral response. He next asked
him who redeemed him, and was met
with the same reply—Gott. Oh, uo,
my friend, said the miuister, it was
the Son of God. ".S-o-o-o," responded
the Teuton, "it was von of de poys
den; 1 been tort it was der old man,
himself."
27bir to maktTcofler.—Take any kind
of coffee pot or urn, and suspend a
bag made of felt or heavy flannel, so
long that it reaches the bottom, bound
on a wire fitting on top ; put iu tho
fresh ground coffee and i>our on freely
boiled water. The fluid filters through
the bag, and may be used at once,
needs no settling and retains all its ar-oma.
Do not boil it.
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