The Greensboro patriot [December 3, 1873]

              THE PATRIOT
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AT GREENSBORO, N. C,
I1V Dl'FFY & MOEEUEAD.
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The Greensboro Patriot.
Established in 1824. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1873. | New Series No. 300.
Business Cards.
TPATiyg.A-W.
Watch-Maker,
Jeweler & Optician,
tjreeaaboro, N. I .,
Han conataullv on hand
a .iilviidid .--".:.. I-:.' . '
1 aatiionahle JeWelrr,
il aulendid
II'JH'I
Wblrh will 1..- Hold Choi
and CiOckM
lor C'nah!
■hional.
'ilii.ual.—
ual.—
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Mouthlt i Ii ui|m -"■ i-i >•'■'- nddii
ila changed quarterly •
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Pe- i ll, •.mi—. uvei ten 1 in*-**. charged
advertii" ii4.-i.lf payable in advance.
Professional Cards.
Juo. II. Ii . al !• - .In". A. Gileaor.
M .,i,v F. Smith.
Uillard, Gilmer dt Smith,
A ITOIiNKVS AT LAW
awl
SOLICITOUS IN llANKKl'lfCY,
uvei Hank of Greenaboro, oppoeltel A
Krlibow Howe, -^hl
, l)l:M I : l 1. ..-•..l.i.ii.l Federal Court*.! mi
IV Matches, Cloak*, Jeweb-r, .-••*•
t'hinea,«ii'l i'i.loi. repaired rheap and
ill OHM
-•lalket Sin
IP t<» iiiuitt-ri*
1^' lllitltT IllttT-
. tion glTPI
kru|iti ■
I> an . - ('..in! "f Watfora
\ i ■;. na. ColIeetkiM in
, ■ , ( ,rt- solicited.
J ..-_•.., I-;.'. 205:1T.
L Ma-
: "JlOI t
Old Albright Hotel,
Eaal -daiki-i Sirrt-i. 10-ly
f^* An MMMtttd Hrewk offinn*, Pistols,
' »i I rn-l L" -• Ac, always on baud.
■W2&. COLXJIISTS
Cabinet Maker, (indYrfaker,
ami
Wheel-"Wright,
Corner of Davit* anil Sycamore Sltte.tn,
Greenxboro, X. <_'.,
I .WAYS keeps» full Hue of
etalic and Catt Burial Case*,
At The Doorstep.
file conference meeting through at laat,
We boya around the veatry waited
To see the jfir'a come tripping paai,
Like anow birds willing to bo mated.
Not braver be that leapt, tho wall,
By level mnaki*t flashes litten.
Than I, who stepped befora them all,
Who longed to see no- g*»t the mitten.
Hut no, she blushed and took my arm!
Wo Vt the old folks have the highway,
And Marted toward the Maple Farm, ^
Along a kind of lovers' byway.
1 can't reuioinher what we said,
'Twas uothiug woith a song or story :
Yet that rude path by which we speed,
.Seemed all transformed and in a glory.
The snow was cri*p lieneath our feet,
The moon was full, tho fields were
gleaming;
Hy hood and tippet sheltered awect,
Her face with youth and health was.
beaming.
The little hand outaidjs her muff—
"Call tlie juror at the door!" bel-lowed
tbe jmlge.
The '.Kiihit sent to do so returned
with the report that he had seeu
Jim Bleerly leariug town at lull
gallop, and, iu passing the court
honse, he gave a sort of military
salute—but instead of touching his
cap, he bad applied his thumb to
the tip of his nose.
Old Kuiu turned green and purple.
It was some momeuta before he
would have done Heaven only
knows, or ever can know. An ap-pop'e-.
y, which the old
At bis funeral few sighs were
heard, and few tears shed. No
words spoken iu commemoration ot
the virtues of the departed. The
officiating clergyman expressed a
faint hope, but he didn't seem very
liage | sanguine. All seemed to have
, " come to bury Rumsoner, not to
praise liini."—Em York Ledger.
[From the Louisville Courier-Journal'. An-nual
lleview ol the Trade ]
. Wearn'ing'The World'B Consumption of
for twenty years struck'hiin like I Tobacco,
lightning, aud he rolled over dead.
bibber had been honestly earning j
The Goal Trade.
The Philadelphia Ledger of Mon-day,
says:
The total of anthracite marketed
had fairly taken away his breath.
" Make out au attachment for
contempt against, the fugitive!" lie
directed the ilerk as BOOB as he
could speak, his voice quivering
with passion.
"And, Mr. Bumpkin"—-be laid
marked exprcasiou upon tbe !• this
time—'• il you fail to have, the cul-prit
here before court adjourns, I'll
make an example ot you."
I kuew tbe old sinner well enough
to kuow he would keep his word,
t'spi'i-i.iliv when he promised to do
O, sculptor, if you could but mould it I— a mean thing. So, leaving a deputy
i l\ MKM'I.MIAU.. JDIIN K.STATUa.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
«. l< E E H d B O B O, N. C .. j
Will IT... la-e iu [he I '■ irtaof QuiUbrd, Rook-
- Mil. Ill.vi.l-.".. I ■ 1 ■
I \: in .'.'■■• ■ al
I arts 8|wia
. all parts
I kruptey.
.. "u- door North of Court.House.
!! lv
Stokea, Kan-
.... I". S.Cin-iiii and
attentiiMi given t»
"I the State, and t.»
Walnut and lioseuootl ('olUii-..
which can be furnished and delivered
within two hours' m>t ie.■.
A gi«sl Hearse dnn in rcadinees. A
good lino of
BED-BOOM FUBNITUBE
00 hand or maile at abort notice.
Picture Frame*
Made on short notion, front either Gilt,
Walnut or Mahogany Moulding.
Repairing of Buggies, Carriages, Ac, a
specialty.
ry Country produce good as cash.
feb 1:1 v
» in"*. IBi.. KEOOHj
KALI. >v KEOGH,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
(l.'p stairs, new Lindsay Building,)
.II KBHl'RO, N. C.
Jan la.lv
AM,.-. I. I. BCAU8.
SCALES &. SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
1>KACTICEin il>.- Siaii«andP«iWJCoaila.
A.U.Hcalw \.ill attend Uw Fioliale
( uurl ..r Korku jii:.:n Cooniy ut Wenl»oith
• I»l Mwiirfay of«v«-7 montli. jai»I3 »»|i
UALPlj GOKBELL,
Allornrv aud (oun^llor at Law,
SOLICITOR IN ISANKKUPTCY.
Greensboro, N. C,
\\* ILL i'1-.v in.- fn ih«' euartt of Alamao-w,
>> ]i...itUuu, Uuilturd and Baodulph, and
. - ipi.:,,.- Uoi n "l North Onroliua,
i, ili.- Dktrict audCireuil oourta
i. - .'.-, u. ili* Wrnvni D -trie,
of N.C., aud-| reia Ij in taam iu Bankrupt-cy
and Internal U-*v**uu*.
•iifiiiiun ffireii i" collnrtiooa, a»J
injDliU-rd 1" lii- I ..:•'.
I; ,- iHtw in ilN*abort> namedcoiutii aolieit-ed.
< ■ ' . II N'ortL Elm Ktrtet, oppoaitc ihe
« ■ 11o4ift*-. ap :W-lj
D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon -Dentists.
H;i\ IDg aJMOOia
ii-tl ihcBiaalVaM
in the practice of
DENTISTRY,
respectfully offer
ihrii prufeuaion-
;i1 Hcrvkci iu the
citizens of
Urccnaboro,
ami ili«- Burroon*
ilier of then
I ;u their office »n
ilatra, eiitrmoce Eaal
^WyJl^
-j>
. :;• l \ l hie ih,
wax* be i«'ii
L\ - 1 lilt I ll|
Market Street.
s.iii-iiii-it.i\ n rerence (riven, ifdetlred,
friini tun if-|..-.■ 11v.- |..itIOIIH during the
pa.il twelve oi lifteen yeara. S13:tf
r|,hls lloii-t- Is plf*
1 i.i ..n Kaal Streel
IlmiHe.and i« reads i><f
PLANTER'S UOTEI*.
< .t-:t ill \y local
i hear the Court
the rerepti on o
pa and lra\. lera. '
THETABLE
In alwaya aupplied «ith the best the mar-ket
a:'.
THE STABLES
An- in* hurge ofcareful and attentive hoet-
I i - ii- npari >\ in any na*
peel Loreiidtii .i.----. coutfortabla.
AttacluMi tt> tin- I'liinii-r -> la alwaya eop*l
1*1 ie*J vitb the heel Wines, Li<juors and
"LIVERY STABLES
llavelalol.i Iweuattarhed to tins Hotel.
Ingi uiiveyancva, can be
I with t^lMMl I't'tllllS.
ricesas ..u . n not lower than any
other Luiel iii I,,!.,,. JOHN T. KKKSK.
Proprietor.
LOOK HERE III \ l'«.ilt:\.
I II gnne i.u Ihe Lead-
Ho l-e« in I'... I. i i„„| Kl.h
■ ■ ■ ■ 11 ii - high l"i your
I'AKTKIDGES, HARES, AC, '
I'. on me ai III v room on
--,..... ..ppmite Planter's
1 Mel .Saddle and liar
M. 11. DAVIS.
Oet -'.' -,M U .
J. E. O'Sullivan,
Tin Plate & Sheet IronWorker.
Ill Al.Kit IM
l'Uiil.ln .1, Japauued A sinuii>. .1
TIN WABE, STOVES,
PUMPS, UgiaaJngRoda, &e.;Muaell PlaUw,
BRAS CHECKS,
f..r Hntaja, Sahvoos, cVc.
Uan Fining, Booftng. Gvttaug,4i e.,proMpt]i
»-XrH'lll»Hl.
Meri'liauiit are hiviiv.1 to exam.ne mv rtoch
bffort- purehaaing el-iewli*-re. jan tfSjy
DAVID SCOTT,
Jrwrllpr and tValrlimaker,
NorthRla tt., JCa.t side .,: ,1 e Court House
Will Work for Half-Price
Iu nooning Watchea,CIoeln and Jewelry.
npril -'."•• ly
N.H. D. WILSON;
LIFE ft FIRE IXSl Rt.NCKICENT,
QnMBalMto, N- C,
REPBESEMTS firat-daae Dpjnpaniet
with an aJCjtragaie capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
ami tun carry a full line at lair rates.
tT|**Olrice, up stairs over Wilson A Sho-ber'a
Bank, uinlcrtheclliciciil ■■penriaion
of
y\ . II. mi.:..
who will at all times be *;!a<! to wait on
all who desire either
Life or Fire Policies,
niir 14:lj
Chast G. Yates,
MAN! VaCTI HK1C OK
Tin, *»ln «i Iroii K Copper Waif
M> dealer in Dry Goods, Hats, IU.L and
Wood Wawt Irantpif, Crocker*,
WKI Olass Ware, Qruoerlea, Stoves, and as-
■ortsd Goods, a^nerall/. No. -1 South Kim
Steset, Oisennhoro, N IT Uoodi* i*olil Un$ lVn*
ra.nli, or barter* ian IL*: 1 v
N. H. D. Waaon. Caae, E. Bno&Ki.
nii.M»\ <v MIOIEIK.
B A N K K Ii S,
GREENSBORO, X. C^
(South Elm Street, opptsiiie Expr.-ss Ortice.
BUY and sell Gold anil Silver, Hank Notes.
Stale and Government Bonds, Kail Road
block* and Koud., A .
If' Reaeive Hone* on depoail nihjeel n.
SIGHT CHECK; and allow iiin-rr*!
ill I. nul upon tlntedepoaitaofCURKKNCy
or SPECIE.
UiHroniit Bnadnonn l*nin-r!
olletlions made at all acecssibk puts.
Sept. 16th, ly
"W". J^.. HOR2STEY,
So nlightly touched my jacket cuff,
To keep it warm I had to hold it.
To have her with me thore alone—
Twaelowaiid fearand triumjih blended
At lant we rvacliod the ioot-worn Htone.
Where that delicious jouruey ended.
The old folks, too, wore almost home ;
Her dimpled hand the latches lingered.
We heard the voices nearer come.
Yet on the doorstep stilt wo liugered.
She rthook lier ringlets from her hood,
And with a " Thank you, Ned," dissem-bled,
But yet I know she understood
With what a daring wish 1 trembled.
A cloud passed kindly overhead,
The moon was slyly peeping thiough it,
Yet hid its face, a* if it said,
" Come, now or never! do it, Jo it.''
My lips til! Then had only known
The kiss of Bother and of sister;
Hut somehow full upon her own
Sweet rosy darling mouth — Ikitsedbcr!
iVth.ips 'Ivan lioii*h love, ye! still,
O, listless woman, weary lover!
To feel ouee inoie that fresh, wild thrill,
I'd give—but who can live youth over.
AND.l.
Shoe
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
OPTICIAN",
No.11 South Elm -Sireet. GneBabaco, N.C.
AS a ln-autifiil atrK-k of Watches,
JT Clocks. Jewelry, l'lated Ware. Pin-
ART STU DIO!
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE MILLION
tola, Cartridges, Notions, Ac. All repair-ing
warranted. A laiSfl and fine stock of
(fold Pens, dec astff
C1'i.MK and M'<—in Garret! building !
v .i 1M. Eonlkea* Sr..r.-.
L. W ANDREWS,
Greenaboro, N. C.
Sept 17, I-T;;IV
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kSboro Boo/t s
C.W.
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Line ami < . iiii-iii.
- Lime.
'"BK.vsn..r.o, S" Jr>
t'ol
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'J.l
I'.ir ash l.v
ii. i. HO.
Cement
■ I Plantar.
•IAS SLOANS' SONS.
SONS.
1><•»«•• S I M aiil.d.
Applv to
I IMES SLOAN'S
Building Plans.
i) i: A F T 3 OF P I. .VMS
1JWIR N jw II..I—- .., Ihe In.pri.Tement ol
—•. Plain Deaigni n>r other pur-iwn
Is order.
LYNDON SWAIM.
Beef, Perk, and all kioda of aeaaona-
Lle ed,M*. alwava found at SlltES'.
STOP AT THE
YARIJOHuTGH HOL'SK
Raleigh, X. c.
G. W. Blatknell, Pruprietor.
JOB WORK
Of EVER V Deaerlpllon,
Execnted in the
VER1 BEST STYLE,
And at New York price", at the
Patriot Job Office
Jim Bleerly's Gunpowder Plot-
Old Rnmsoner was the presidiog
judge of ibeToddieaokecircnit, and
ihv meanest old reprobate that ever
disgraced tbe bench. Be rarely
went to bed sober: got up every
morniug wrong end foremost, ami
generally bewail Ihe day by some
outrageous act of oppression. He
was the terror of tbe bar—all but
Shad. Sharkle, with whom it was
bis normal condiriott to be several
'•chips" behind at "poker," which
made him, on the whole, rather
civil to Shad.
One morning " Old Hum'" opened
comtill worst humor than usual —
A bad " run of luck,"aud too much
bad whiskey over night had told
more than commonly on hi.s temper.
The first thing in order was to im-pannel
a jury of by standers—the
tegular jury, befogged by one of Old
Rum's incomprehensible charges,
being, and having been for the last
forty eight hours, •' hung" on a ques-tion
of title to a yearling calf, sworn
to positively by six witnesses on
one side, and half dozen on Ihe
other.
"Call a jury, and be qnick abont
it. Mr, liuinpkin,"growleil the judge
I held the office ot sheriff, and my
right name was I.timpkin, but Old
Kuiu would persist in miscalling it.
The wotds were the signal lor a
general stampede To be cangbt
mi one ol Old Rum's juries was gen-erally
considered about equivalent
to going to jail. But the judge or-dered
the doors to be closed iu time
to bag a sufficient number.
" .lames Bleerly," I called out.
Jim shook his head, and lipped
me a deprecating wink, which I
refused to understand.
"Take a sent on the jury!" I
vociferated, with official emphasis.
".ledge," said Jim, stepping for-ward
aud blandly addressing the
COUti, " I'd be happy to oblege ye,
but the fact is it's impossible."
" What do you mean f" roared
his honor.
" Ye see," explained Jim, " it's
PopV washday—her name's Polly,
but I call her Pop—and she's sent
me to town ailer some blu:n\ and
unless I'm back on time—well, ye
know. Jcdge, how it is \erself."
Fierce as Old Kum was in public,
it was currently reported that he
was tame, enough at home—in fact,
that his acquaintance with the
proverb ol the " gray mare*' was
Something more than theoretical.—
At all events Jim's appeal to the
c-ouri's experience had quite the
opposite of a soothing effect.
Take your seat on the jury !"
thundered Old Kum; "and if I
heat any more such impertinence,
I'll—I'll"—"
•• All right," said Jim submis-sively,
starting toward the jury box.
" Look'e here. Sheriff," he whis-pered
in passing, "jest let nio go
and look alter my critter, and I'll
be back by Ihe time you've uabbed
t'oher 'leven."
Tother 'leven were speedily
:ured ; for Old Bum would listen
to no excuse—not even to that of
Hans Pretzelpresser, who solemnly
protested he could nicht rerslechcn
English.
" Is the jnry full. Mr. Bumpkin I"
inquired the judge, lookingnp from
his ntiwspuper.
" Y'yts, your Honor," I answered.
unhesitatingly ; " only Mr. Bleerly
haa stepped out to see his horse."
" Who gave him permission t"
I had to acknowledge that 1 did.
" Aud who gave you permission
to MIVC him permission V
lit my place, I took the writ, as
soon as the clerk had signed it, and
set out to serve it.
On reaching Jim's shanty—it
hardly rose to the dignity of a cabin
I —I detailed my assistants to act as
' pickets, aud marched boldly up aud
j knocked at the door.
" Come in !" growled a gruff voice.
As I entered Jim glared at me
• fiercely. He was a strapping six-i
footer, all brawn aud bone, and
I ready at any time to fight for the
love of it. If he had'nt come to
town for " bluein'," as he pretended
to Old Bum, he had, at any rate,
managed to get gloriously " blue," ! J*("e' u
and when in that stale he was eu- '
tirely reckless.
"Jim, old fellow," I said iu a
conciliatory tone, " 1 have got au
attachment for you, and want you
to go with me."
"Well, I ain't got none for you,"
he growled surlily; "and what's
more, I ain't goin'."
[explained that resistance would
lie useless; that I had a strong
force outside; anilth.it I should be
constrained to take him, dead or
alive. But all to no purpose. Jim,
obstinate enough at all times, in
his present condition was perfectly
mulish.
Seeing persuasion was iu vain, I
signaled my assistants At the
sight of them Jim seized a brand
from tho fire.
'• Ye sec thai kag, Mr. Lumpkin,'
he said, his eyes bloodshot aud his
voice husky ; " well, it's full of gun-powder—
and by the long toed Har-ry,
ef one of them understrappers
comes across my threshold, or ef
you stay a mittit longer'n you kin
git away, I'll tech her off, so help
me !"'
Jim, I knew, was a famous hunter,
and used to buy his amuuition by
the quantity. A keg of powder was
nothing unusual for him to have on
[ From the New York Ledger. ]
AN INTERESTING STORY.
" I can't see it," said Buffer
" Nobody reads all these little ad-vertisements.
Its preposterous to
think it."
" But," said the editor, " you
read what interests you f"
" Yes."
" And if there's anything that
yon particularly want you look for
itT
" Certainly."
" Well, among the thousands
upon thousands who help to make
up this busy world of ours every-
I thing that is printed is read.—
: Sneer as you please, I do assure
you that printer's ink is the true
open xctame to all business success."
And still Buffer couldn't see it
He didn't believe that one-half ot
j those little crowded advertisements
i were ever read.
"Sup|K>seyou try theexperiment,"
| said the editor. "Just slip in an
advertisement of the want ot one of
common things in the
I world. For the sake of the test I
j will give it two insertions free. Two
\ will be enough ; and you may have
it jammed into any out of the way
nook of my pa)>er you shall select.
Two insertions, of only two lines.—
Will you try it!"
i Buffer sakl of course he would
! try it. And he selected the place
When be would have it published
! —crowded in under the head of
"Wants." And he waited and saw
a proof of his advertisement, which
value which may result lroji the I ponding time last year, being an in-preseut
unpropiiious situation of crease of 776,847 tons. Tho bitu-general
trade will inrnish another I minous tonnage for the week is 80,-
illustration of that well known law 318 toaa< and for the year 2,537,964
of commerce, that cheap prices | ,on8> R'ving a total of all kinds for
stimulate demand and force the!tBe wee'£ of 565,364 tons, and for
commodity affected iuto more ex : tde Tear of ISr^.oTl tons, against
«• Apply '■'
bours
j appeared as follows :
WaXTBO —A food houae tlo^
.1. BUFFER, 57"> Tower at., between ihe
] ofti and 9 P.M.
Buffer went away smiling and
nodding. On the following morning
he opened his paper,and alter a deal
of hunting he found his advertise-ment.
At first it did not seem at I
all conspicuous. Certainly so insig-1
nificent a paragraph, buried in such j
a wilderness of paragraphs, could ,
not attract notice. Alter a time, j
however, it began to look more no-1
ticeablc to him. The more he look-ed
at it tin. plainer it grew. Finally
it glared at him from the closely
printed page. But that was because
he was the person particularly in-terested.
Of course it would appear
conspicuous to him. But it could
hand. And then Polly began to I not bo ao to others.
cry and take on in a way that went
to prove the thing was not a joke.
Besides, Jim was just fool enough
to do what be threatened. My two
assistants took to their heels like
white heads, aud it must be con-fessed,
I made a rapid advance in
the same direction.
At a safe distance, we rallied and
held a council of war. We con-cluded
to invest the place, and hold
it iu siege for the present.
Al the end of an hour Jim ap-peared
at the door, waving a white
rag tied to a stick.
'• Is that a sign of surrender!"—
shouted, from a safe distance.
" No," hallowed Jim, " it's a flag
of truce ;" adding, " Ye han't got
uo tnchuient for Pop, hev ye!"
1 answered promptly I hadn't.
" Well, I want to pass her out,"
said Jim. " She is getting stericky
ln here ; and case the wust comes
to the wust, I shouldn't want to
blow the old gal up."
I thought the proposition was
reasonable, and said so.
In ten minutes the dour opened
and " Pop" came out. She wore a
scoop bonnet, and kept her band-kerchief
to her eyes. Her form
seemed bowed by grief. We re-spected
her sorrow, and Buffeted
her to pass.
Hour after hour went by. I be-gan
to grow figety. It was already
3 o'clock. Court adjourned at 4:
That evening Mr. Buffer was just
sitting down to tea (Buffer was a
plain, old-fashioned man, who took
tea at six,) when his door bell was
rung. The servant announced that
a man was at the door with a dog
to sell.
"Tell him I don't want one."
Six times Buffeftwaa interrupted
while tikiug tea by men with dogs
to sell. Butter was a man who
would not lie. He had put his foot
in.and he must take il nut manfully.
The twenty-third applicant was a
small boy with a girl in company,
who had" a ragged, dirty poodle for
sale. Buffer bought the poodle of
the hoy, and immediately present-ed
it to the girl, aud then sent them
off.
To the next applicaut he was able
truthfully to answer—"Don't want
any more. I've bought one"
The stream of cal'.ers continued
until near ten o'clock, at which hour
Buffer locked up and turned off the
gas.
On the following evening, as Buf
fer approached his house, he found
I crowd assembled. He counted
thirty-nine men and boys each one
of whom had a dog in tow. There
were dogs of every grade, size and
color, and growl and howl. Buffer
addressed the motley multitnde.and
informed them that he had purchas-ed
a dog.
"Then what d'yer advertise for!"
And Buffer got his hat knocked
tensive distribution.
In 1870 (here was au annual con-sumption
of 106,000,000 pounds of
leaf tobacco in the United States,
producing 93,000,000 pounds chew-iug
and smoking tobacco, snuff, &c.
In tho fiscal year ending June 30,
1872, there were 114,000,000 pounds
chewing and smoking tobacco, snuff,
&c. reported to the Internal Reve-nue
Bureau as manufactured—an
aggregate which, according to the
previous proportion, involved the
use of 129,000,000 pounds of leaf.—
The usual estimate of the a-inual
consumption of tobacco in the Uni-ted
Si utes is 65,000 to 75,000 hogs
heads, but during the last fiscal
year the aggregate employment iu
the forms which require the pay-ment
of a tax was somewhere be-tween
K5.000 and 05,000. The i.l-crease
in three yea's is 23,000,000
pounds.
The British Board of Tirle re-turns
of August 31, snow the fol-
Iowiug quaititiea used during eight
months for ih'ee eo isecutive yen's:
1.S71—unmanufactured, 27,494.774
pounds; 1X72 —28,208,176 pO0-dtt
1873—29,401129 pounds. 1871—
Beuuia&to ed and snuff, 639,414
poundn 1872—710,401 pounds; 1873
—809.734 DO "ids. Total, 1871—
23,131.188 poui-ds: 1872—23,917,577
poi 1,-uaj 187..-.2b.2i3,S63 poinds,
siio iug an : i' se i-i iwoyes-s ol
ti|iN\ii dsof 2.000,000 pon.itls. It is
worthy of notice t'jat while the re-ceipts
and 00 isiiuiption had iu-c
eased, as Si'Own above, prices in
Live'pool and Lomlou were higher
for nej'-ly all giades of America]
tobacco last August than at the
corresponding date o;" the previous
two years.
That this did not inure to the
American producers as a net gain
was due to the fact that exchange
and ocean freights had advanced so
as to more than cancel the profit re-sulting.
The gain iu consumption
lor the whole ol last year as com-pared
with the preceding was slight-ly
over 1,000,000 pounds, a margin
which, during eight months ol the
current year, has already been ex-ceeded.
The present English stock
is under the average of tho last ten
years.
17,231,940 to same lime last year—
being au increase of 1,120,651 tons.
The tonnage of the Lehigb Coal and
Navigation shows a decrease of 22,-
69C tons, and that by the Lehigh
and Susquebauna River railroad
(leased to the Central Sew Jersey)
an increase of 264,377 tons, being a
net increase of 241,681 tons over
works owned by the Lehigh Coal
aud Navigation Company. Tbe an-thracite
coal trade for the past week
has been without special feature.
There is a fair supply of orders
for coal, and prices are unchanged.
The production of coal is well up.
The receipts of coal at Boston since
the 1st of January to the 11th in.-!..
compared with the receipts there
between the same dates last year,
show a decrease in anthracite of
18,374 tons, iu foreign coals ot 3,341
tons,aud iu Cumberland an increase
of 17,013 tons. At Port Richmond
for the week ending the 18th iust.,
the receipts ot coal were 61,000
tons, the shipments 56,000 tons,
leaving 85,000 tons on baud. Yes
se!.- ate in urgent demand. Freights
quoted as follows: Per ton to Bos-ton,
$2 75; to Providence, 82 25;
and to New York, $1 40.
A Word to Farmers' Boya.
We hope every farmer's son will
set out, at least, one ornamental
: ree on the homestead. It will be
• >ne of the first things he will look
it when he returns home at some
I titure time. We always search out
tbe apple trees that we raised from
the seed—large venerable-looking
trees, and derive a peculiar pleasure
as they help the memory to run
back to the scenes and pleasures of
boyhood. To-day we saw a beauti-ful
maple that we set out twenty-six.
rears ago. Go and get a healthy
looking sugar maple, with aa many
roots as possible. Cat the top off,
but leave the small underbranchea.
Set it ont before tho buds began to
swell, in a rich soil, and it will grow
and be an ornament to your home.
Almost every boy is anxious for
the time to come when he shall go
away from home and see the world
for himself, but after be has been
bruised about for a few years be
turns his eyes toward the home of
bis boyhood, where every object has
a iieculiar interest, and if he can
see a beautiful tree that his own
hands planted- it will add much to
his pleasure. Parents are often
advised to make home attractive to
their boys, but hoys can do much
themselves to make it pleasant by
planting trees. We hope that when
we ride by your homo, we shall see
some trees planted by your owu
hauds.
and unless I produced Jim before ] ov(,r njs )>v,.s before he reached fin
that hour, Old Bum's worn was out | ganctnary of hia home.
to make " an example of me." At
last 1 concluded to seek a parley.
" Hallo, Jim !" 1 shouted ; I want
to speak to you.
No answer.
I drew nearer and shouted louder:
still no response.
An idea struck me. Jim had
probably fallen to sleep after the
spree. If so. I might steal a march
on him. Stealthily advancing, I
raised the latch, and gently pushed
open the door. Instead of Jim,
Never mind about the trials and
tribulations of that night. Buffer
had had no idea that there were so
many dogs in existence. With Ihe
aid of three policemen he got
through alive. On the next morn-ing
he visited his friend the editor
and acknowledged the corn. The
advertisement of "wanted" was ta-ken
out, antl in the most conspicu-ous
place, and in glaring type, he
advertised that he didn't want any
more dogs. And for this advertise
drunk and asleep, Ihe object that i ment ne p.,j(j Then he went homo
and posted upon his door—"(lone
to the country." Then he hired a
special policeman to guard his prop
erty, and then he locked up and
went away with his family.
From that day Josephus Buffer
has never been heard to express
doubts concerning the efficacy of
printer's ink; neither has beasked :
"Who reads advertisements!"
confronted me was Pop, wide awake
and duly sober.
" Whi re's J1111!'' I exclaimed.
"Gone this two hours," replied
Pop. punching the fire.
" For goodness sake be careful,
madauie," I expostulated, "about
stirring up tho sparks so close to
that keg!"
" Land sake, man !" cried Pope,
" it's got nothing in it but btans.
As the enormity of the sell flashed
upon me, I beat, if anything, a
more hasty retreat than I did when
Jim threatened to blow up his
household goods aud me along with
tliem- " Where's tbe prisoner ! roared
Old Bum as I entered
house alone.
If ever there was a good excuse
for not getting a paper out on time
it is that oflered by the Panama
Star and Herald. The editor says
that the Government troops were
. . keeping up a continuous fire on the
the court door of his sitting room, and half a
i dozen shots did uot vary three feet
I tried to break it gently ; but it in striking. "To this annoyance,
was uo use. The conclusions of my i he says, we must attribute our de-toaivc
him permission t 8tatements was lost in shouts of lay in getting out this edition, for it
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Legislation Necessary.
The salary-grab bill passed bvi
the last Congress provides two dif"
lerent salaries for the President—
one ol £50.000 a year, and the oth-er
of 825.000. It is evident, of
course, that the authors of the grab
intended that llieie should be only
one appropriation—that at the in-creased
rate; but in their haste they
overreached themselves, and as the
law now stands it is contradictory.
Iu addition to this the clause pro-viding
the increased rate for the
President is inserted among the le-gislative
appropriations, where it
does uot In-long, while that provi-ding
for the President a salary of
925,000 only is inserted in the pro-per
place, among the executive ap-propriations,
in the latter part of
the bill.
Thus there is a contradiction in
tho act, and additional legislation
is necessarv to show what Congress
really intended anil what was really
enacted by the bill. The necessity
for this legislation briugs up the
question anew; and considering
how the whole bill lias been con-demned
by conventions antl news-papers
of all parties, it will be in-teresting
to see what sort of legis-lation
will now be bad. Will the
new Congress vole that they think
950,000 a proper salary for the Pre-sident,
and that they mean to have
the law interpreted in that way! or
will they vote that 825,000. tin sal-ary
for which he agreed to serve
when he wits elected, is a fair rate,
and that they will give no more!—
They must veto upon the subject
one way or the other, and the record
of the yeas and nays in the Senate
and the llo'-'s- ill form very in-structive'reading.—-
V. Y. Sun.
rildly.
whole gamut of colors.
A Maiden's "Psalm of Life."
Tell us not iu idle jingle, "marri-age
i- an empty dream," for the girl
is dead that's single, and things are
not what they seem. Life isreal.life
is earnest, single blessedness a fib ;
"Man thou art, to man returnest,"
has been spoken ol the rib. Not
enjoyment, and uot sorrow, is our
destined end or way, but to act that
each to morrow finds US nearer mar-riage
day. Life is long and youth is
fleeting.and our hearts though light
and gay, still like pleasant drums
are beating wedding marches all
Ube way. In the world's broad field
of battle, iu the bivouac of life, be
not like dumb driven cattle—be a
heroine—a wife. Trust no future,
however pleasant ; let the dead
past bury its dead ! act, act in the
living present ! heart within and
hope ahead. Lives of married folks
remind us we can live our lives as
well, and departing have behind us
such examples as shall "tell." Such
examples that another,wasting time
in idle sport, a forlorn unmarried
brother,seeing, shall take heart anp
court. Let us, then, be up and do-ing,
with a heart on triumph set,
still contriving, still pursuing, and
each one a husband geL—Excitange,
Where we Stand.
The Tribune publishes the follow-ing
statement respecting the condi-tion
to which the Treasury has been
brought under tho management
of President Grant aud Secretary
Ricbardfon:
"Tho financial condition of the
Government continues to grow-worse
day by day—a circumstance
somewhat overlooked in conse
qiience of the Cubau excitement.—
The fact need not be coucealed that
the Treasury is practically bank-rupt.
The limit of the legal-tender
circulation is 8365,000,000, but at
the close of busiuoss yesterday the
actual amount outstanding was
8362,000,000, or 80,000,000 more
than is allowed by law. The avail-able
cash owned by the Govern
ment is only 82.000,000, and this is
scattered all over the country, iu
national banks aud sub-treasuries.
Yet the five-dollar system of silver
resumption goes on uninterrupted
ly."
This shows the advantage of hav-ing
great men and great financiers
to manage our public business. It
proves also that our Wall street
bankers knew what they were about
when they sent out their famous po-litical
circular last year, glorifying
President Grant as a remarkable
financial genius, and deprecating
the election of Horace Greeley. -
And as we now seem to be ou the
verge of a war with Spain, it must
bean occasion of great satisfaction
and rejoicing not only to those bank-ers,
but to the whole people, to lie
able to reflect that this war will be
conducted by such original, solid,
and safe statesmen as Grant, Rich-ardson,
Fish, Bobeaon, and the rest.
This is a wonderful world, and, as
the Tribune says, the Treasury is
practically bankrupt.—A. Y. Sun.
St. Louis certainly has ono of the
most curious lawsuits upon record.
It seems that many years ago an
Italian with an unpronounceable
name, Domingo Cadamatari, emi-grated
from has native land of the
Sun to that city, and with his wife
and five children set up the business
of street begging. He instituted a
band, paid them by the week, laid
out work lor them in different dis
tricts, and iu all respects showed
himself versed in his craft. After
some years, having accumulated a
snug sum, he returned to Italy,
leaving his wile and children desti-tute.
His eldest daughter succeed
ed him in his lucrative and highly
honorable profession, making the
treasurer of St. Louis University
her banker, and depositing with
him about 912.000 in her mothers
name. But behold after au absence
ol twelve years that hoary mendi-cant,
her father returns from Italy
and claims the money as legal owner
of his wife and everything that is
hers. The University, not knowing
to whom to give the money in such
peeture of affairs, turus it over to
the city. Here, as will be seen at
once, is a pretty triangular fight.—
Who will wiu seems doubtful now,
although there is a probability
that the court will rule that begging
is not a legitimate business, and
therefore that a childs earnings,
therein do not belong to its father.
This story is unique and his this
moral: Do not give your money to
street beggars. If you have more
than you want throw it away or
burn it rather than use il to en
courage indleness and crime. This
may seem like stale advice, but as
long as it is neglected its reitera-tions
is iu ordea.
Tobacco Leaves.
The State Chemist of Connecticut,
iu his report, presents some inter-esting
information in reference to
the tobacco crop, with the result of
teats upon the tobacco leaves. The
general summary of the report is as
follows:
The most highly rained tobacco
in New England is the thin, tough,
elastic, leaf, which burns readily to
ashes. Those leaves containing thu-inost
carbonate of potash in their
ashes bum the most freely and suit-ably.
In some combinations pot-ash
does not favor the burning, and
some tobacco manufacturers im-prove
Ihe flavor and burniugquality
by artificially impregnating tho leaf
with acetate, citrate or tartrate of
IMitash, applying the latter in solu-tion
aud then drying. Chlorine in-jures
the tobacco, as does also
nitrate acid. Sulphuric acid, united
with potash, soda, or lime, favors
the binning of tobacco. The best
tobacco is produced on well-drained,
warm, sandy lauds. It is believed
heavy manuring increases tho
quality of the crop generally, at the
expeuso of quality as regards
texture.
Tho October uutaber of tho £tlin-bitrg
Iicriew has a long article on
Cuba, its past,present anil probable
future. One prominent fact men-tioned
is that since 1837 Cuba has
uot been allowed the privilege en-joyed
by Spain of electing represen-tatives
to a legislative assembly,but
has been governed, 01 attempted to
be governed, by tpet-iat lain, which
gave the Captain-General all the
powers of exercising martial law at
will.
Every office is held by a Spaniard.
Anthony Trollone, who visited tho
island a few years ago, says : "No
Cuban has any voice in his own
country. He can never have the
consolation of thinkingof his tyrants
as his countrymen." j'fhis calls to
mind some of our Southern States
aud their carpet-bag tyrants.]
The end and aim of Spanish gov-ernment
in Cuba is fo fatten and
enrich all its functionaries, from the
Viceroy down to the lowest police-man,
and to drain the island, as far
as practicable, for the advantage of
the mother country. Out of a pop-ulation
of about 1,500,000 there are
370,000 slaves, 700,000 of pure Eu-ropean
stock, antl tho remainder of
free people of color aud a few coolies
aud Chinese. Out ol the 1,500,000
persons, all races, living in Cuba,
rathe! more than one-half are of pure
European stock, of whom only 117,-
000 persons are Spaniards from
Europe. Cuba can never have self-government
until these 117,000 per-sons,
the actual antl absolute tyrants
of the country are sent out of it —
Iu the past five years Spain has liter-ally
done nothing iu respect to Cuba,
except send over more and more
soldiers to keep her patriots tlown.
—Richmond Whig.
There are indications on all sides
that the next session of OonglCaVJ
will be closely wutched by the peo-ple.
Many ol the most devoted of
the Republican journals are giving
notice that unless there is a genuine
spirit of reform developed there will
be trouble. Thus Ihe Cleveland
Leader, a hich has laTsti d the flavor
of a little independence in local
polities,and liked it, says: "The
time has come for a general reform
iu the manner of tloing tho public
business. There has bee.u not only
too much corrupt legislation and too
much stealing, but too general
looseness. The people are now fully
aware of this and demand that it
shall cease. The ,\is of their con-stituents
will closely watch mem-bers
of the coining Congress. Woe
unto them if they arc found want-ing!"
____^_.
American corn is now largely used
in the manufacture of alcohol in
Germany and Italy, the export to
ports connecting with Germany
during the last five months having
reached 800,000 bushels, and within
a few weeks about 100,000 bushels
have been sent direct to Naples and
40,000 bushels to Leghorn.
The Slaati Zeituny of Chicago
gives notice that it is no longer a
Republican paper, and is under no
obligation to support Bepublican
candidates or Bepublican measures.
This is an interesting symptom.—
The &7<iar* Zeitung probably repre-sents
a hundred thousand votes in
tbe Northwest.
The Mexican Congress is crowded
with railroad projects,the only road
fully completed at present being the
line" frorn Vera Cruz to the city of
Mexico. Three companies are now It is reported that the Adminis-trying-
to obtain subsides, one of tration Senators will propose terms
which is headed by Gen. Bosecranz,
who represents Tom Scott in Mexi-co.
The leading schemes contem-plate
lines from the city of Mexico
to tbe other large towns, a road to
the Pacific, and one to St. Louis.
of peace to the Liberal Bepublieau
Senators, in order to stave oil a re-action
in favor of the Democratic
organization. Sumner refuses to
have any relations with the Presi-dent.
What he