The Greensboro patriot [December 18, 1872]

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THE PATRIOT
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT GREENSBORO, N. C,
BY DUFFY Ic MOREHEAD.
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Business Cards.
I.A. Prttchett.
Cabinet-Maker
Furniture Dealei
Undertaker,
Professional Cards.
II.Dillard. Jno. A. Gilmer.
Hum; V. Smith.
Dillard, Gilmer A Smith,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
MM
SOLICITORS IK BANKRUPTCY,
Office over Hank of Orewiehoru, opposite
Benbot) House.
PRACTICE iii Stale and Federal Courta.
;.l attention given to matter, in
lankrupfcy, and cause, aiiaing under Iutrr-
Keveuue, in Diatriet Court of Wcleni
JI.I, ■ of North Carolina. Collection, in
I Federal Court* iwlicited.
June*, 187*. tt&ily.
c P. MK.NIIK.SU tit.. JOHN N.ST»1"I.K».
MENDENHALL & STAPLES.
ATTOBSEY8 AT LAW,
OBEEItllBO, R.Cei
Will practice in Ik* Courlaof Ouillbrd,Kock-
I1..1 >. n, l'.revilie. Stoke*, San-dolidi
and Alamance: alee. U.S.Circuit ami
lh.iriit Courts Spei ;'! attention gives t"
parta ..I the State, and to
Bankruptcy.
I e r N'orlh of Court_Houae.
Jan K7:ly
RALPH GOKBBLL,
Uloruij and Counsellor at Law.
Greensboro, N. C,
* I I.I. Iirai lite in llie courta of Alamance,
Hat
bauknipt curta i itli.-e. N
West Mile ol Court House.
Prompt allentiou given to collecting, and
: mi a ci.iuiiiilted to Ilia care.
April *7,187l:ly
Ic
W
ANNOUNCES to the citizena ol Greens-boro
and Guilford County that lie ia bet-ter
prepared now than ever to provide them
with
UNDERTAKING.
He ia prepared to furnieh, at TWO HOURS'
.NOTICE, Coffins of any etyle, ami haa a
line IIKAKSK built expressly for the uae ol
the public.
Alloorder, for FURNITURE, C0FFIX8,
cVc,promptly attended to at moderate chargea
Auy narketable produce taken in exchange
for work. feb «:ly
J. E. O'Sullivan,
Tin Plate & Sheet IronWorker,
Irr.AI.KR IN
Planl.beS, Japanned eY Stamped
TIN WAKE. STOVES,
PUMPS, Lightning Rode, Ac; Stencil Plate*,
BRASS CHECKS,
for Hots-ls, Salouna, Ac.
I;-~ Kitting, Koofiug, Guttering,Ac,promptly
executed.
Mei-chaiits are invited to examin* mv stock
1-efure purcliMing elsewhere, jan tf6:lj
A. J. BROCKMANK,
Manufacturer of Cigars,
SOUTH ELM STKKET,
KEEPS conatantly on hand a large stock
ol llie riuest cigare, of Havana and do.
mealit- leaf ; alao lineal hranda ot Smoking
Tolmcco, .Snuff, Pipea, Cigar-Holder,., and a
eelecled slock of musical inalrumenta.
He keepa conatantly mauufacturiiig cigar*,
mid can promptly till order* on ahorteal no-tice,
jau 26:ly-pd
u, liuilford aud Randolph,
I. ,.' Row on
W u-k. J.M. Mullen
ark & Multen,
Attorneys A.t ILstVW,
HALIFAX, >'. C,
)i;.M I UK in all the Court.
"w. B. :F_A_:R,:R,.A_:R,
Watch-Maker,
Jeweler It Optician,
Greeo.boro, ft. C,
Haa conatantly on hand
a apleudid aaaortinent o'
Faahionable Jewelry,
and aome apleudid
Halcl.rM and Cli*lc->,
will be aold < 'lieni. tor Caili!
X M.u ' :., Ni.iiliinnploii and Edstcoml
- In the Supreme Court of North
IA ami in the Federal Courta.
I r~ Collection! made in all pane ol North
mar 14:ly
«. >. inn. Titos, n. now,
BALL & KEOGH,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
(Up •tain, new Linda*; Building,)
liKKK.N.smiliO, N. C.
tVWalchea, Clocke, Jewelry, Sewing Ma-j
chinea,and Piatola repaired cheap and on abort
notice. Call opiH».it, the Old Albright Hotel,
Halifax, Ea„ y^a §lrw,_ 10-lj
rp" An asaorted stock of Gun., Pistols,
Cartridges, otc, always on hand.
Jan 11 l.v
D. A. k. R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
i Ac
'Sf-
Hnvin^ attriocia
t«-tl tbemiwlvea
in thepracticfofl
DENTISTRY,
_.^ ■"'■-*> n-sprctfully offer
°^lsSBm■ "«-\ their pmfennitin-
'^& at iwrviceato the
,i. -' ? v^fS citi/ciirt of
J -^^'u;-*f OreeBsboro,
and the Hitrroun-
*1 iIIJ» ('niiDtry Onr or tin* other of thuui
. ;.n alwavH lie found at their office on
1,HHUU\'H eorner up ntairh, entrance East
Uarkei Btraet.
BftliafftCtofJ reference civeti, if desired,
from our reapr>ctiv* patiouH during thf
pMi IWOITS or fifteen yean*. SlKtf
STOP AT THE
YAIlBOttOlIGH HOUSE!
Baleigb, N. 0.
(i. W. Blackncll, Proprietor.
DAVID SCOTT,
Jeweller and Watchmaker.
North Elm St., East side of the Court House
Will Work for Half-Price
In repairing Watches, Clocka anil Jewelry,
april '25:1?
Smith's New Hotel.
BE1D8VILLE, >'. c.
Hoard 1.611 Per Day.
I).ili.ui I^I- ,,l ..it: i'rieiida and tho Pith-
In- Solicited.
led with the Hotel
J. W. SMITH ,v CO.,
Propri .tor.
1I.iv. ri Slables
mai 7:lf
I'l.iMLK'.S IIUTi:!..
ri^his IIUIIN«- is i»l( a-anll>UKUI
ed on K:ist Sire.-t nesr the Court
IIou?w,a.Hl wremdy l"«»r the rooeption o
Uoardvn and Trsvoli i %,
THE TABLE
[u „!-\..\> siri|i!u.i \\ i:h th<-ht'.^t thomar-lorda.
THE STABLES
Axetncharge ofesaefo] end »tt«'iitive hoat-l.
if. ami ii.i pauiH are spared in any rea-pool
to rendei nooata «,»uufortahle.
TKE BAB
At'aclieil to th«- 1'1-irit.-i .- m alwayn Mip-plied
with the besl \Vii.es, Liqtiorif and
LIVERY STABLES
Have latrl) been attached to this Hotel,
aud parties wishing eonvenBees, can be
aceonioilstsd with (.ood Trains.
( c* l'i lees ;»■' low, it" not lower than anv
: note, in town. JOHN T. KKKSK,
Proprietor.
N. H. D. WILSON,
LIFE & FIRE lNSURANCi AGENT,
Greennboro, N. C,
REPRESENTS first-claiw Companion
with an aggregate capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
and enn carry s fall line at fair rates.
tyOfticw, np HtairH over Wil»on St She-lter's
Bank, uuder the efficient supervision
of
W. II. IIII. I..
who will at all timen be glad to wait on
all who desire either
Life or Fire Policies.
mar 14: ly
GROCERIES AND PRODUCE !
J. W. Scott & Co.,
Baal Market St, GREENSBORO, N. C.
KEEP constantly on hand a full
selected stuck of groceries and
produce. Also hard ware,
ware and tin ware.
Prices «s low as any reliable house,
jan 25:ir
nd well
country
wood and willow
HOYDEN HOUSE,
Mam .Street. Salisbury, N. C.
A FIRST CLASS HOTEL.
EVERY DELICACY IN SEASON
1) ngetl and IJaggage Conveyed Free
ol Charge.
1' S. Itk'W'i IN, Proprietor.
GRNTML HUUSfiT
BO, 1408 MAIX STREET,
Richmond, Virginia,
TKANSir.NT Hoard, with Lodging, fl
pel da;,. Hoard per week, J.*,.
Bar supplied with the Placet Liqnnra
and Cigars. Meals at all hours Ojaier*
in every atvle. D. J. McCORMICK,
Pro| rielor.
Chas. G. Yates.
HANUFACTt'RKR ')K
Tin, Mict'l Iron f*Copper Ware
AND dealer in Dry GtHxlf. Hats, Bsetennd
Shoes, Wood v\ mv, Lttui|-.s, Cixtckery,
ind Glafi* Ware, Grocei.es, Stoves, and ae-
"<»rt«rd (ioo.l*-, geuenilly. No. 'Jl lS>uih Elm
Street, Grtencbolo, N.C. Goods sold low UT
•kt-li, or barter. juu 19: ly
N. H. D. WILSON. CHAS. E. BHOBUE.
Wll.so\ &, 8HOBER.
BANKERS,
QREENSB0R0. X. C,
(South Elm Street, opposite Express Office.
BUY and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes,
State and Govtrnnient Bonds, Kail Road
Sn.cks and Bonds, Sec.
!*•** Receive 31ouey on deposit subject to
SIGHT CHECK; and allow iulerosl
ill kind upon time deposits ofCV'KRENCY
or SPECIE.
Discount HiminfKH F*ni>er!
Collections made at all accessible points.
Sept. lGth, ly
j. n. U A B B I s,
Saddle & Harness Maker,
GREENSBORO, H. C.
KEEPS on hand, and makes to order, first
class
Saddles, lit-idles. ..unless.
aud everything pertaining to his business.
Order* receive prompt attention. Repair-ing
done at moderate ra.es. HOT K1.3m
B. 3ST. SMITH,
(Formerly ..! Gailfoed.)
CirocerACommissionMerchant
Charlotte, N. C.
DEALER ia all kind of country produce.
.,. grain, flour, meal, bacon, lard,
-*r, -ua'a. poultry, fruila, liquora, tobacco,
1 lour a ipeflUflj. nor 13.3mpd
V
^oroBooic^
rtrl.UUIJU-UI.
\SsTBOKO, -■•6"
Clirisliiias I'riMnU,
Alarg
aud elect stock of Books. Ch na and L -
va Warp, Mechanical Toys, Ac, suitable
for Christtuaat Preeenta, j a re.eiTed.
Call and examine.
Mr*. C. F. Leo,
Having received a new 7-oclavo
I'lauo, ia prepared to give satisfactory
LCSSONB Ik Mi MI at reduced rates.
OLD INSTITUTE,
lt"l:tf Greensboro, April 5th.
PLOWS.—The Watt Plows—all size.
Extra Points and Slide, for sale by
Aug. IS-*. JAMES SLOANS SONS'.
A Wonderful Clock. Last Letters of Greeley.
A German of Ciucinnati ha* in KEW YORK, Sept. 8, 1872.
vented a most wouderfnl clock.—". My OIU Friend—I liave yours of
We coll the follwing description ! the Cth instant. Yoa seem »o me
from a Cincinnati paper. It says: disposed to think too ill of snch
"When it marks the first Quarter, men as . Nevsr mind them. | followiog census sutisti'cs'a carrest
the door of the leit piece off the If they beat as, let US remember interest:
second story opens, «e see a SWM how Henry Clay was beaten in
issue from the background, coiflr 1**4, aud say, " having endured
forward to a little bell, give it oue . that, nothing less can ever annoy
us." We will do our duty and
iin-v tlie All-wis* Disposer for the
IV.Mllf, .
Yours, HORACE GBEELEY.
To Geu. I.enho Oombs,Lezington,
Ky.
A Census of the Horses. I Wit and Humor in the Bible.
The general prevalence of disease The Rev. G. B- Wilcox, writing
among horses, and the special inter- in the Independent, begins a disser-est
In them which grows oat of tation on ins " Wit a'nd Humor of
thwr present condition, gives the the Bible," thus:
lrr**t ■ Shocking!" many a V?d old
blow aud then disap|iear. At the
second quarter a yonth appears,
strikes the bell twice and then dis-appears;
at the third there comes a
man iu his prime ; at the fourth we
have a tottering old man, leaning
on a staff, who strikes the bell four
(imes. Each time the door closes
of itself. When the hours are full,
the door of the right piece of the
second story o|ieus, and death, as a
skeleton, scythe in hand, appears,
iitnl niHiks ii,,-l.uur by striking a
bell. But it is at tho twelfth that
we have the grand sjiectacle iu the
representation of the day of judg-ment.
Then, wnen death has struck
three blows on the little 1*11, the
cock on the top of the tower sud
dun ly flaps his wings, and crows in
a shrill torn-; and, after Death has
marked the twelfth hour wilh his
liauiuicr, he crows again twice.—
Immediately three angels, who
stand as guardians in a central posi-tion,
raise their trnmpeta with tbeir
right hands (in the left they hold
swords,) and blow a blast towards
each of the four quarters of the
earth. At the last blast the door of
the tower opens, anil the resurrect-ed
children of earlh appear, while
the destroying angel sinks out of
sight.
The multitude stand lor a mo-ment
lull of awe anil wonder, when,
suddenly, Christ, iu all his majesty,
descends, surrouuded by angels.—
On the left there is an nugel who
holds the scales of justice, on his
right another carries the book of
life, w lnrli opens to show the alpha
and omega—the beginning and the
end. Christ waves his hand, and
instantly the good among the res-urrected
are separated from the
wicked, the former going to the
right, the latter to ihe left. The
archangel Michael SHIIIICS the good,
while-, on lhe other siile, stands the
devil, radiant w nil fiendish delight
—he can hardly wait for the final
sentence of those who fall to him.
but, in obedience lo llie command
of the central figure, he withdraws.
The figure of Christ raises fat* hand
again, wilh a threatening niieii.aiul
Ihe accursed sink down to the
realms of his satanic majesty.—
Then Christ blesses the chosen few.
who draw near to him. Finally, we
hear a cheerful chime of l*lls, dur-ing
which Christ rises, surrounded
by his angels, until be diaappsara-aiitl
the portal closes.''
No Brains
Judge Bay, the temperance lec-turer,
in one of his efforts got off the
following hard hit at " moderate
drinkers."
" All those wl(o in youth acquire
a habit of drinking whiskey, at for
»y years of age will lie total abstain-ers
or ill link.triN. No person can
use whiskey, tor years with moder
tion. If there is a person in the
audience before me whose experi-ence
disputes this, let him malic it
known. 1 will account for it or ac-knowledge
that 1 am mistaken."
A tail large man arose, anil fold
iug his arms across his breast said :
" I offer myself as one whose ex-perience
contradicts your state-ments."
" Are you a moderate drinker V
" 1 am."'
" How long have 3'ou drank in
moderation f"
'• Forty years."
'• And never were intoxicated V
" Never."
"Well," remarked the Judge,
scanning the subject from head to
foot, "yours is a singular case yet 1
i liink it is easily accounted for. 1
nm reminded by it of a little story.
A colored man, with a loaf of bread
and a bottle of whiskey, sat down
to dine, on the bank of a clear
stream. In breaking the bread lie
dropped some crumbs into the wa-ter.
These were eagerly seized
and eaten by tho fish. The circum-stance
suggested to the darkey the
idea of dipping the bread into the
whisky and feeding it to them.—
It worked well. Some of the fish
ate it and became drunk aud float-ed
helplessly upon the surface. Ill
this way he easily caught a large
number. But in the si ream was a
large fish, very unlike the rest. It
partook freely of the bread ami
whisky with no perceptible effect.
It was shy of every effort of tin-darkey
to take it. He resolved to
take it at all he might learn its
name and nature. He procured a
tiet, and alter much effort, caught
the tish.carried it to a colored neigh-bor,
and asked his opinion in the
matter- The other surveyed the
wonder a moment aud theu said :—
'• Sambo, I understand dis case; dis
fish is a mullet head, it aint got
any brains." "Iu other words," ad-ded
tue judge, "alcohol affects only
the brain and, of course, those hav-ing
none, may driuk without in-jury."
The storm of laughter
which followed, drove tho "moder-ate
drinker'' from the house.
The wheat crop in Stokes, For-syth
and Granville, says the Senti-nel,
is looking remarkably well.—
The crop sowed in Forsyth is heav-y,
but the people in that section
are almost crazy on the subject ot
tobacco raising—a now .crop with
them.
NEW Y'ihx. Oct.28, 1872.
Dear Friend—Mf wife still lin-gers
with ns, bnt is very feeble.—
She may drop off any day. I wish
she were well and I lay' where she
does. " .»
Yours, HORACE GREELEY.
To Geu. Leslie Combe, Lexington,
Ky
NEW Y'ORK, NOV. 10,1872.
Ml Dear Old Friend—My sky is
black. I may never write to you
again. I thank you for your letter
of the 4th, and pray that the even-ing
of your days may be bright and
sunny, aud that you may be blest in
your trieuds and your family.
Yours, LIORACE GEELKY.
To Gen. Leslie Combs, Le.-.-'ugton,
Ky.
The Penitentitay Report-
From the " Report of the Board
of Directors, &c, of the Penitentia-ry
of North Carolina" we gleau
these facts: Number of persons con-fined
Nov. 1, 1872' 366, classified
as follows—white males, 59; white
lemales 1; colored males, 291;
colored females, 15. Of the 493
confined during the year, 318 were
sentenced for larceny, 32 for burg-lary,
17 for liorsesteaiing, 16 for
manslaughter, 14 for murder, 14 foi
arson, 12 for robbery, 14 for rape
and attempt to commit same.—
These figures show that men's un-hallowed
greed of gain leads them
in commit more crimes than any
other cause.
As to counties the convicts are
distributed : 32 from Wake, 21 from
Graven, 18 from New Hanover, 10
from Beaufort, etc., showing a pre-ponderance
ot crime in the great
negro counties-
There are uuder 20 years of age
112 persons confined, which shows
t he necessity of a better moral regi-men
for our youth.
From the report of the assistant
architect, we learn that the total
amount of cash expended in Ihe
building department during the
year ending November 1, 1872, was
e"l.">4,10."i,37i(; convict labor amount-ed
to $48,115.60.
From the 1'bysiciau's report we
learn that the mortuary ratio for
the year was as 56 to 4, partly at-tributable
to the numerical excess
ot the colored element, and partly
to the imprudence and recklessness
of the negroes.— U"ii»iini/r«>i Star.
The whole number of horses in
the United 8tates is 8,619,219. Of
those 7,132,849 are on farms, and
1,547,370 in cities and towns and
otherwise, not on farm*. The num-ber
in each State is as follows:
Alabama, 92,807
Arizona, 4,432
Arkansas, 102,240
California, 241,146
Colorado, 13,317
Connecticut, 54,139
Dakota. 3^43
DelafBe, M,«B
Florida, 14,451
Georgia, 110,237
Idaho, 2,775
Illinois, 1,017,646
ludiana,
loja,
653,203
482,786
Kansas, 152,000
Kentacky, 351,200
Lou-isiana, 62,584
Maine, 79,782
Maryland, 102,210
Massachusetts, 86,266
Michigan, 253,670
Minnesota, 102,678
Mississippi, 104,600
Missouri, 545,822
Montana, 6,733
Nebraska, . 33,901
Nevada, *14,400
New Hampshire, 43,335
New Jersey, 103.66&
New Mexico, 26,500
New York. 850.241
North Carolina, 114,406
Ohio, 704,664
Oregon, 64,625
Pennsylvania, 611,488
Rhode Island, 11,113
South Carolina, 54,052
Tennessee, 273.200
Texas, 574,641
Utah, 14,281
Vermont, 69,765
Virginia, 68,938
Washington. 13,923
West Virginia, 99.362
Wisconsin, 270.083
Wyoming, 3,753
The Iiiclust Afan in the World.—
The Khedive of Egypt is proba-ble
the richest man in the world.—
His yearly income is *50,000,000,
ami be has twenty five richly furu-ished
palaces within the walls of
Cairo. He is vastly more progres-sive
than the Sultan, his Turkish
master ; is rapidly extending his
dominions, building railroads and
making commercial improvements,
and will ultimately become inde-pendent,
of Turkish domination,
He is at present making arrange-ments
for the connection of a rail-road
up the Nile to Dongola, and
thence across the desert to Boudan,
which country he will make one of
his own provinces. It has been
remarked of him that "the Viceroy,
upon any throne iu Euro|ie, would
In- the greatest monarch ofthe age."
He is not only a prince but a capi-talist,
a statesman and a cultiva-tor.
He sleeps ouly four hours out
of twenty four, and nthis desk cen
ter his railroads, steamship Hues,
telegraphs, postal service, private
estates sugar mills, cotton culture,
army, navy aud civil service.
Civil Right* Decision.—WASHING-TON,
December, 7.—In the Crimi-nal
Court yesterday Jndge MacAr-i
Inn delivered a decision in the case
of Sebastian Aman, restaurant pro-prietor
of this city. The case was
an appeal from the Police Court,
where Amuu was fined $100 and
costs for refusing to wait on a col-ored
man named Foote aud some of
his friends. Amau appealed from
that decision, aud gave the necessa-ry
security.
Judge MacArthur having review-ed
all the circumstances in the case
and the law bearing thereon, said
the proprietor of a hotel or restau-rant
was the proper jndge of who
should have either refreshments or
lodgings in his honse, and no one
could dispute his authority in that
matter. In conclusion, be gave
judgment iu favor of Aman ; which
dismisses the case from the court.
Iu a similar case of Frederick
Freund a nolleprosequi was eutered.
Federal Juriei.—Tbe Raleigh
.Vein is gratified to hear from Wash-ington
that the Administration has
under consideration a proposition
to prevent marshals from "picking"
juries, and require tbem to conform
Private Life of an Emperor.
Under the heading of •' The Pri-vate
Life of the Emperor Francis
Joseph," the Consfifarionnrt pub-lishes
the following particulars:
"The activity of no sovereign in
Europe can be compared to that of
Emperor of Austria, as he imposes
upon himself about the hardest life
one can imagine. In winter as in
summer he rises at 5 in the morn-ing,
walks until 7, almost always
alone, then takes his coffee aud
transacts business for two hours
with the Councillor of State,Brann,
aud other secretaries of bis private
chancery. He then gets into bis
carriage and drives from Schou-brnnn
or Lazemburg to Vienna to
accord audience to the Miuisters or
deputations which have giveu the
proper notice of their wish to ob-tain
an interview. Afterward he
goes out to pay visits iu the city.
At 11 he takes a very frugal break-fast,
and dines between 4 and 5.—
His Majesty eats little, aud drinks
still less. He prefers the national
dishes to all others, and his dinner
rarely lasts more tbau half an hour.
In the evening, after having beeu
to the theater, or to a soiree, he
works for some time with his Min-isters,
never going to bed later than
ten. Kafirs breaks out ho is al-ways
first ou the spot. During the
sporting season he takes the train
at nine at; night for Reichenau or
Murzzschlag, dressed in the cos
tnme of a mountaineer, aud passes
the night on the highest rocks, '.o
hunt the chamois, or in the thick
woods, to shoot blackcock. In spite
ot these incessant fatigues of mind
and body his health is perfect He
is. at the same time, like his ances
tor. a man of the cabinet, and fond
ol strong exercise in the open air."
Why is a proclamation like eight
drachms t Because it is an-ounce-is.
Cut Thin Out.—The ^following
facts anil figures are given for the
benefit of Bible students: The Bi-ble
contains 3,586,489 letters, 773,-
092 words, 31,173 verses, 1,189 chap-ters
aud 60 books. The word "and"
occurs 46,277 times, the word
"Lord" occurs 1,855 times; the word
"reverend" but once, which is in
the 9th verse of the 111th Psalm.
The 21st verse of the 7th chapter of
Ezra contains all the alphabet ex-cept
the letter "g." The finest
chapter to read is the 26th chapter
of the Acts of Apostles. The 19th
chapter of the 2d Kings and the
37lh chapter of Isaiah are alike.—
The longest verse is the 9th verse
of the 8th chapter of Esther; the
shortest verse is the 35tli verse of
the 11th chapter of St. John. The
8th, 15th, 21st aud 31st verses of
107tb Psalm are alike. Each verse
ot the 136th Psalm ends alike.—
There are no words or names of
more than six syllables.
Wheu Monroe was elected Presi-dent
the second time, his opponent,
John Qniucy Adams, got bnt one
electoral vote. Let John Quincy
Adams, Jr., who was a candidate
for Vice President on the C'Conor
ticket, take conrage. He came
withiu one of getting as many votes
as his grand-farther.
ThePalatka Herald says of the
.Great Okeechobee Lake: " It is
their action to the law of Congress, Urge enough to float all the navies
which requires jurors "to be desig-1 in the world. You can there see
; ated by lot, or otherwise, in each animals nowhere mentioned in
State respectively, according to the books on animated nature. This
mode of selecting juries therein : lake is sixty miles long and from
practiced." ! ten to twenty miles wide; it is far
All the KuKlux convictions were beyond the habitation of cm»sed
made bv packed juries—packed by man; its shores are seldom troubled
the marshal to convict—Richmond by hunters, and even the Indians
Whig. keep far south of its borders.
Froni the Country Q.uileiii.n.
Fattening Turkeys.
It is well to commence with light
feed, such ss oata and bockweat,
given in equal quantities at morn-ing
and night, scattering all that
saiut will say, at the "very"thought S?w c*n P°s«bly eat. In a week
of it. " The Bible a jest book 1— 1**ve out lue oats and substitute
What godless follv shall we have ] °°r" 5 ",(1» third week drop the
up nextf No,the Bible is not a jest S*95-** *ud feed oa °°m alone,
book. But there is wit in it of the D°n«n once a day, made boiled
first quality; and a good reason why pom meal, is commended by some
it should be breeders; but turkeys need no other
specimens:
Job, in his thirtieth
there. Take a few
chapter, is
mills than those they possess with
hJch to grind tbeir food. Tbeir
telling how he scorned the lowlived I gizzards work with tremendous
power, and the machinery ia of such
a character that its workings are
essential to the health of their bod
"oT^Ii^rSrjl
dry, smooth turf, it can always lie
within their reach, aud as they will
never clog themselves fcy overeat-ing,
it is better to keep s large sup-ply
always at band, aud let them
pick up the kernels at tbeir own
pleasure.
It will make a great difference in
the value of the food given to turk-eys
when there is abundance of purs
water always at band. If they are
stinted in the supply the corn will
not digest as readily; and when the
weather is windy aud chilly they will
dozen rods to
procure as mncb as is needful for
fattening purposes ; so the farmer
will And it to his ail vantage to sup-ply
it in large quantities. Although
turkeys are very hardy fowls, yet
tbey should always have some shel-ter
provided at this season, such
as a sunny shed on ths south side
of a board feuce. for they will rather
fellows who pretend to look down
on him in bis adversities. They
are fool*. They belong to the long
eared f
asw wtt,
oalt them asses. But Job puts It
more deftly, ( xxx., 7:) " Among
the busbes tbey brayed; under the
nettle* tbey were gathered toge-ther."
If that is not wit, there is n o
such thing as wit. And yet the
commentators don't see it, or won't
see it. They are perfectly wooden
wheu they come to any such gleam
of humor.
Take another instance—Elijahs
ridicule of the Prophets of Baal.—
They are clamoring to their God to
help tbem out of a verv awkward ,
predicament. And, while tbey are n ' half a
at it, the Prophet shows tbem up
iu a way that must have made the
people roar with laughter. The
stiff, antiquated style of our English
Bible tames down his sallies.—
Take them in modern phrase.—
These quack prophets have worked
themselves iuto a perfect despera-tion,
and are capering about on the
altirasif they had the St. Vitas'; ?11 for» d»J" on the sunny side of a
dance:. The scene (1 Kings, xviii., '■ barn than walk two rods wheu the
26,28) wakes up all Elijah's sense North wind is blowing hard.
of the ridiculous. " Shout louder
He is God, you know. Make him
hear! Perhaps he is chatting with
somebody, or be is-off on a hnnt, or
gone traveling. Or may be be is tak-ing
a nap. Shout awayt Wake him
up!" Imagine the priests going
throngh their antics ou Hie altar,
while Elijah bombards them in this
style; at his leisure. If Mr. Beech-er
ever said any thiug that con-vulsed
bis audience more thorough-
It is important to beguile them
into roosting under some shelter at
this season. It may be done by
commencing to feed them under it
the first night that food is thrown
to them, and always having corn
thrown down for them at that place
at night. It requires a certain
amount of food to produce the need-ed
amount of beat; so the less they
are exposed to the cold, frosty air at
night, aud the more comfortable
ly than the Prophet must have .{?ey are, housed, the more rapidly
done the Jews around him, I should ' *bev ' fatten-like
to hear it.
Paul shows a dry humor more
than once, as in 11 Cor xii, 13: Why
haven't you fared as well as the
other churchest Ah! there is one
grievance, that you haven't had me
to support. Pray do not lay it up
against me!
These instances might be mnlti-
Quantities of food, plenty of pure
water and comfortable, warm quar-ters
will fatten turkeys expeditious
ly, without resorting to any shut-ting
up or cramming process.
Irish Morality.
Maker; that it has its uses, and that
we are not to be ashamed of it, or
to roll up our eyes iu holy horror
of it.
Mr. Froude, in one of his recent
plied from the Old and New Testa-; Iscturea, paid this compliment to
ment both. What do tbey show 11 tue Irish priesthood aud people.—
That the Bible is, on the whole, a •.. i ,i0 not question the enormous
humorous book 1 Far from it.— ! power for good which has been ex
That religion is a humorous sub- j erted iu Inland by the modem
ject; that we are to throw atl the (jatholic priest. Ireland is one ot
wit we can into thetreatment of itT . t|ie poorest countries in Europe.yet
No.But they show that sense of the tuere j„ |eg8 theft, less cheating,
ludicrous is put into a man by his | )e88 house-breaking, less robbery of
all kinds than in auy other country
ot the same size in the civilized
world. In the wild district where
I lived we slept with unlocked
doors and open windows wilh as
much security as if we had been I
will not say in London or New York,
for I should have been extremely
sorry to have tried tho expenmeut
iu either place. [ Laughter.] I say
we might as well have beeu with
the saints in Paradise, for auy dan-ger
to which we were there expos-ed.
[ Applause.) In the last hun-dred
years impurity has been almost
unknown iu Ireland. This absence
of vulgar crime, and this exception-al
delicacy and modesty of charac
ter is due, to tbeir everlasting
honor, the influence Ol the Catholic
clergy." ^^__^^^___
Golden Words
Youth holds no society
a saint
with-its
with
grief.—Euripides.
The worst of madmen is
run mad.—Pope.
The world is all title-page
out conteuts —Young.
Nature meant to mako us
masterpiece. — Leasing.
A word fitly spoken is like ap-ples
of gold iu pictures of silver-Bi-ble.
To feel, to love, to suffer, to de-vote
herself will always I* the uext
of the life of moment.—Balzac.
Words become luminous wheu
the finger of the poet touches
them with his phosphorus.—Jou-bert.
Zeal without humility is like a
ship without a rudder, liable to be
stranded at any moment.—Feltham
The saddest failures in life are
those that come from the not put
ting forth of power and will to suc-ceed
—Wbipple.
The act of divine worship is the
inestimable privilege of man, the
only created beiug who bows in
humility and adoration.—Moses
Ballon.
There is this difference between
happiness and wisdom; ho that
thinks himself the happiest man is
really so; but he that thinks him
self the wisest is generally the
greatest fool.—Bacon.
We did not make the world, but
we may mend it, and must live iu
it. We shall find that it abouuds
with fools who are too dull to be
A Good One.
At a political meeting, not long
since, the audience and speaker
were very much disturbed by a
man who constantly callod for Mr
Henry. Whenever a new speaker
came on, this man bawled out,
" Mr. Henry! Henry! I call for
Mr. Henry!" After several inter-ruptions
of this kind at each speech,
a youug man ascended the plat-form,
aud was airing his eloquence
in a magniloquent style, striking
out powerfully in his gestures,
when again the outory was heard
for Mr. Henry, putting his baud to
bis mouth like a speaking trumpet;
this man was bawling out at the
top of his voice :" Mr. Henry I Heu
ry! Henry ! I call for Mr. Henry
to make a speech !"
The chairman now rose, and re
marked that it would oblige the au-dience
if the gentleman would re
train from any further calliug for
employed, sod knaves who are too i M n , u t geutleilU4n wag
sharp. The compound character is
most common, and is that
with which we shall have the most
to do.—Cotton.
Patience is the key of content.—
Mahomet.
The May of life blooms only
once.—Schiller
Vulgar nature alone suffers vain-ly.—
Meredith.
There is a foolish corner even in
the brain of a sage.
A word spoken in season is the
mother of ages.—Garlyle.
No man can be wise on an emp-ty
stomach.—George Eliot.
Study the past if you would di-vine
the future.—Coufucius.
To know how to wait is the se-cret
of success.—De Maistre.
The Eagle says that Hickory is
improving rapidly. Many new
buildings are in course of erection.
The Baptists are building a new
church.
Why is a flower out of season like
an old coat ? Because it is seedy
now speaking.
" Is that Mr nenry T" said the
disturber of the meeting. "Thuo-der!
that can't be Mr. Henry ! Why,
that's the little cuss that told me to
holler."
Biography—John
John is a good boy.
I say this from a personal knowl-edge
of his character—having
studied it at various points ia lbs
D lilted States. He is a good fellow,
take bim where yoa like.'
It was a capital thing In John, to
go oat after Powhataa the way he
did, aud expose his valuable life to
the stroke of the Indian war-clab
Pve seen his picture in the histo-ries,
wilh the beautiful Pocahontas
clinging to him and appealing to
her father to save his life. 1 am
bliud and deaf to the acknowledged
fact that no such thing aver hap-pened-
I am not going back on
John, at this Urns of day, if I kaow
it.
John, from the earliest ages even
until now, has been a friend of
mine. He is always on hand.—
Perhaps he msy sometimes bo op-posed
to me in politics; but that
don't couut, for likely three or four
ofbim will be" pulling straight"
somewhere else.
John is ubiquitous. He la found
in all quarters of the globs, rich
and poor, ia office aud out, lawyer,
farmer, mechanic, 'to-• No, I
guess not. John U a good fellow,
sad I won't kK ess the/.
. I nm in iiHaiiliM* J«hsn
and at the same time, I wish it
had been some other man who
knocked me down, the«rt1tber .ay,
because I have a respsot for the
name.
I like John, individually and col-lectively—
I like him everywhere,
He has wronged me, sometimes,
but it won't do, to quarrel with
bim, because one man can't lick a
million.
A mau advertised a fortune due
to a mau named John Smith, In
Chicago. John came.
He blocked up the road for ova
days, aud filled the hotels. Some
ofbim of was left all along the liues
of railroads, and the papers were
full of anathemas directed against
the railroad managers for some
weeks. These oommuuioations were
signed "J. 8."
You can bet on John- When you
want bim he's always there—a good
many of him. Farewell, John.
The Josh Billings Papers.
TWO LETTERS.
Bramble: It is very easy tew
write about the innercent joys ov
our school-boy days. More than
700 oompotishuns hav bin compos-ed
describing this memorable occa-sion.
Yure glowing account of "theze
golden hours that laffing fled on
silver tiptoes," is very slick indeed,
aud goes to show that yu might
have had a good thing once,
But let me ask you, Bill Bram-ble,
'- Did yu really kno it at the
timer Didn't yu aktoally think
iu tbem daze, with even the big
chance yu had, that being an iaao-cent
school boi/ waz about the mean-est
bizzness that enny buddy kould
follerf
If enny noddy would give yon
50 dollars, would you go back, aud
start the iuuocent school-boy trade
over agin, ou the same old kapi-tal
| .« • • a • ji0t enor
schoolboy innocence for me, Mr Wil-liam
Bramble, it yu please—bare-footed—
a thistle in eacu big toe,
and a stun bruse on each heel, and
a rye straw bat without enny hand-le
to it—fried pork for breakfast,
aud cold chuuks of biled injuumeal
and milk for supper—bard work
from sun-up till sun-down, aud
three times a week, for variety, an
apple tree sprout licking in the korn
crib,—three months escb winter, of
Daboli's arithmetic for edukashuu,
and working odd spells, for sum
skinflint of a nabor at eighteen
cents a day, tew get spending mon-ey
for ths next 4th ov July.'
This iz the kiud ov joy many a
schoolboy remembers and looks
back upon, over biz shoulder, with
the mingled \ lezzuie and remorse
that a prisoner feels who haz reach-ed
the heights aud sees the innocent
old jail iu the valley. It requires
a good deal ov native genius tew
work this kiud ovl young innocence
up into decent poetry.
Another Ocean Cable.
Another link between the Old
and New World is projected. The
government of Portugal, having
mastered the secret of maintaining
peace at home' has taken a decided
step in the interests of commercial
prosperity snd power. Prom slate
dispatch we learn that It has signed
a couceesioo to the Falmouth and
Malta Telegraph Construction Com-panies,
empowering them to lay a
submarine cable between Portugal
and Brazil, and the carrying out of
the project will be only a matter of
time. The distance between Lis-bon
and the nearest point on the
Brazilian coast is three thousand
six hundred miles, and the cable,in
jiassing this distance, would cross
the deepest part of the Atlantic.—
The task will be more difficult and
attended with greater risks than
was the laying of either of the al-ready
working Atlantic cables. Still,
there is no doubt as to the practi-cability,
and, as the companies are
backed by au immeuse capital, aud
are evidently determined to lose no
time in making the trial, there need
be little fear of discouragement un-til
a thorough experiment has been
made.
Advice to Wives.
Exert yourselves to merit and
win yonr husband's confidence,
which you will infallibly do if you
lead an exemplary life, and main-tain
unshaken sweetness and pa-tience
amidst what may be most
wounding to you. A man may
have great defects, even great vices;
he may have his irritable momenta,
when be will nse words as harsh as
they are unjust towards her who is
the helpmate of bis life. That ia of
little matter. If a woman is all
■he should be, be will respect her
in spite of himself, and place fnll
ti-nst in her; and, not-withstanding
the angry taunts, in the truth of
which a passionate man professes
to believe at the moment of utter-ance,
his heart will be likewise
drawn to admire aud practice vir-tue.
Once an Actor.—Years sgo it is
ssid, Gen. A. P. Banks made bis
debut on the stage of the National
Theatre, in Boston, as Clande Mel-notte,
in the " Lady of Lyons." Af-ter
the play he asked a veteran ac-tor
what he thought as to whether
be should stick to the stage or leave
it. The actor advised the young
man to stop sod go into politics.
The good advice in this case was
followed, but General Banks keeps,
to this day, a little of the stage thun-der
in his voice.
An essay on mam—A woman at-tempts
to marry bim.
The Happy Medium—Gentleman
between two ladies.
Noah was the only man who ever
reigdedin torrents.