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THE PATRIOT [SHED WEEKLY ■,;■ UKEENSBORO, N. C. *\~ ESTABLISHED IN 1*21 '.£} -i. ,11.1 ban Newa-r ..■ Proprietor The Greensboro Patriot. Established in 1821 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 187 .. J In ..'Iwni'--: BBODthS $1.05. i .li*erT<>*>r» will ' ■ >New Series No. 495. . IDVERTIBINO. ■ m< ota pa) able in ad-llll •Jm :lm dill 1} t* $1-' i; \t Ir . in 18 U in \-i SO 3D - ir. i- •jr. :tt; 1-: l- ■-'" :tn 60 30 50 MO -ii 140 il l..c: ll lilty i«' $7 . Ma/n*lrat*;i»* aistraton1 »"- m H-lvertiB*-- Proicssional Cards. : ! i sl.uw ILL. : I A « ILDWELl. V ('. ,.; Cnlirl of David- Mecklen- I : ! Of ill'' . ■ i. eeneboro v. ..ml in conrti • ans lit' inoney IV. GLENN, . !■: V AT LAW . :■. c. < lonrts of !('■• gj . <•:. to ..i i-Kor) PECTFULLY HIS IoriAL SERVICES • Greensboro. HE M'li: ts THOSE ii Practicing tai ' i/^/. Mil IKKINttEB, .i A 1 I.AW, ■ ' >n hi* bauds will in1 Iml •■■■. : . i.-- Photograph . ,■ .. I liouae. II. GkROORT. S GREGORY, NEYS AT LAW Bank, IKO, N. C. u ■ ., I : bf al- |:.it.-J'», '7f>-ly. D. A. fc R. F. ROBERTSON, H DENTISTS, .*. . t\ ■ ! ' hem can _\> be found iit tin comer ' !l Miff J u r k f I u tory r*f- . VHM, if denirwl. 213 tf vSY>oro Boo* ^ <-CHAS. D. YATES.' . I I KM, A Narrow Escape. An Editor Pititi a •' Cave," and (rVfx Some Experience in Mining. Tin- Virginia (Nev.) Territorial Enterprite cays : Below t,,e crop plugs ol the Gould and Curry mine is lo lie seen a large cavity, or sink, which murks the spot ondi r which ■ great cave occurred during the superiutendency ofObarlej i; ner. •JS Happening to pasa over th< ground, we were strongly reminded of a rather perilous trip which are made into the underground regions ol this mine at the lime the cave oc-curred. Luckily ample warning had been given by tin- settling of the ground within the mine and the snapping and splintering of timber, therefore no lives were lost in the cave.— News ol the grand crash in the mine spread rapidly through the i town, and all who beard of the ac Icidentgave a sigh of relief when told that all the miners escaped mi injured. The lull extent of the cave anil the damage dine thereby in the interior ol the mine was not known lor some time, hut from the cavity formed on the surface was judged to be very great. Being desirous of obtaining, if possible, ! lull particulars m regard to the condition of the underground sec-tions ol the mine, we called upon Mr. Bonner and made known our wishes. " I have not been in the mine for I three or lour hours, and therefore am unable to give you an exact ac-count of the present condition of the caved portions. However, if you will venture with me," said Mr. lionner, " we will go in as far as possible ai.d see how things look." Having agreed to Mr. Bonnet's proposition, two lauterns were pro-cured, and we soon fouud ourselves on the level where the greatest damage had been done. The min-ers had all left (hat part of the mine. Nowhere was to be seen the friendly twinkle of either lamp or candle: all was dark as the eaves of the Cimmerii, save where the light of oni lanterns fell upon the walls of the tunnel along which we were advancing, or where the rays streamed far ahead and reflected back by points of polished pyritl or bright quart/, crystals. At first, too, all was sil it aa the tomb, but as we moved forward the sharp suap ol a falling timber or the dull boom of a heavy tall ot earth reached our ears. These sounds constantly grew more dis-tinct. Soon was heard a sort ol runuing fire of Bbarp little snaps from the bent and splintering tiui bers, with ever and soou a startling musket-like report, as some large limber broke iu twaiu or was rent asunder. We were now fast Hearing the sci ne of the cave. As yet the ground about us was sound ami all the timbeia stood intact in tbeil places. Our advance was BlowIj and cautiously made. At times some unusual commotion caused us to halt and listen hall a mitiuir-, »ith bodies inclined forward and eyes strained to penetrate beyond the light thrown out by our lanterns. Pew words passed between us.— - Wait a bit," or " Now let us move mi."' Irom Mr. Bonner, was about all that was said. Presently we came to a drift lead iug Irom the tunnel we had been traversing. The snapping and grinding sounds were now more BENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS, distinctly heard. SRI IRO, N. C. g Companies: \ I : llbnrg, jlu,0( 10,000 ■ ,( 17,000 It is in this direction,"' said Bouuer, leading the way into the • drift. i \... . I{ i liuioud. Vs., We had not proceeded far before we came to where the timbers of the drift were badly bent and dis-placed. We wen- in a spot where [] the ground was settling. A kind -_! of ticking noise came from the lag ging overhead and along the sides of the drift, and dirt sifted down ■->-"".>■'■" on our hats. 201,000 IMO.UOO V ii, 1!, WILSON, Soon wo reached a place where the posts on the sides ol the dull were bent like bows. The backs of these bows projected into the drift, and were full of splinters, | , |SUSANCE AGENT, some of which were lormed-snap ped out—before our eyes. Shortly we came upon two posts bent out .1 from opposite sides of the drift till ru, N. s .. LHS Companies of over MILLIONS DOLLARS, at . in . : 'A ■ A 8h0- HILL, -• Ire Policies. ■ITES, - OKOCKEIES and Iron. Uai Il'i.S. AC. iboro IS -A.G-0 their backs wero not more than a foot apart. " This looks bad," said Homier. " Very. Let us go back," said we. " It caunot be far to the edge of the cave. We want to see that. Suppose we venture 1 Timbers arc still strong when they snap." •Then move on," said we, bul our legs wanted to go the other way. Iu passiug between the two benI posts it wad necessary to turn oui bodies edgewise. All about us thi timbers were working and groan ing, but sti'l stood some distance apart. At the end of the drilt we came into a large open space—what seemed a long and broad chamber —and turning westward across this we v. ere soon as near the edge ol the cave as it was thought sale to venture. Holding our lanterns above our heads, we saw before us a black and yawning pit or chasm. The light of the lanterns tailed to show US either the top or bottom of the \\ ,\ CO., I • ilers in III II ANDISE, ., <•. \\"l. H. BOO IKT," I a, Qooit, - Notions, .111.1 Gents "lit, nor could we see across to the G oils. further side. It seemed to have neither top nor bottom—seenied but a shapeless, boundless region ot " >'-•'" aarkneel itoeau ""o this frightful pit there fell ENTIRELY NEWatoek ever> half minute, Irom somewhere ">» '" '1'P darkness, high above, great ■ goods evari «v,-k [„ - ■ will In railed. tfu y, u M. Ii. BOOABT. IUrdu ure and Specialties, -, ^- rewi •- bar Into, ling HUUHW ' wiih (J, (;. yaTES. masses of earth and rocks. At times, judging iium the thunderous sounds, buudreds of tons at or.ee tumbled from the roof and the Bides ot the chasm. Smaller masses were almost constantly dropping in some direction, while the splintering, snapping and groaning of timbers in all directions was something! A Boy's frightful. Suddenly, as we stood quaking iu the midst of the tremendous commotion, a great mass of rock and earth fell from some place high up on the wall of our side of the shoreless sea ot darkness, almost grazing the brink of the chasm before us. With the fall of the mass came a rush of wind that nearly extinguished the candles in our lauterns. Elevating his light and gazing upward, Mr. Bonner cried : " Fall back '. fall back ! the roof is giving way !" Almost as he spoke a mass of several tons fell from the roof ot our chamber not ten feet in front of us, and iu falling took a large bile out of the edge of our floor. "Quick, quick! This way! We must get out of this !" cried Bon-ner. We ran back to the drift by which we had entered. The two posts between which we had squeez-ed had closed together. •• Back, back P cried Bonner.— '• This way ? I know a drift.— Quick, we may reach it !" Back along the drilt we darted amid sounds never to he forgotten and such as have seldom stuuned mortal ears. All 'about us was in motion—all rapidly siukiug. Bonner led the way across the chamber we had left a few moments before. In a corner on the east side, the light of his lantern showed the mouth of a drift, toward which he was hastening. Hardly was there time to observe this before he held up his lantern, crying: " Back, back !" and with a rumbling crash the mouth of the drilt closed and the ground before and about it be-gan to disappear. " Quick !" cried Bonner, grasp-ing our arm and hurrying us along. " To the drift again, it is our only . b ince!" Into the drift we once more dart-ed. Squeezing our way between the cracking posts, we reached the plai a where we had before beeu Btopped. Though crushed together in the niddle, there was still a small open space between the posts at the bottom. Throwing himself flat on the lloor ol the drift, Bonner pushed his lantern through the opening, then by mighty effort struggled through alter it. Be seemed an hour in passing, though he proba-bly wriggled through iu less than ten seconds. Our fear that he would stick fast was agonizing. "Quick! Give me your hands! Leave your lantern !" shouted Bon-ner th? moment he was through. Instantly we were down and had both hands through the opening.— In about two seconds we were hauled through as a hunter pulls a squirrel ont ol its skin. A short dash look us to the main tunnel, and as we gained it Bouuer fervent-ly exclaimed : " Sale at last, thank God !" We were about to make similar utterance, when Bonner thrust his lantern into the mouth ol the drift, crying: "Look, look! There she go) s !" and as he spoke, down went the .shattered portion of the drift, breaking away to within fifteen feet of where we weie standing. '■ Let us go," said we; the whole moil!!!,sin is falling ! ' •• All is sound lieie," said Bonnet; "yet I il lii'l cue co lemain longer. Had ! known what we were getting mto I should never have passed through this crumbling drilt. How-ever. " All is well that ends well,'' and you have seen and heard what you will probably neither see nor hear again, should you remain in the miucs all your life." It was rather a lively bit of un-derground experience. Composition bies. History of Alcohol. Alcohol was invented 060 years ago by the son of a Strange woman, llagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it with a powder to paint themselves that they might appear more beau-tiful, and this powder was called alcohol. During the reign of Wil-liam and Mary, an act was passed encouraging the manufacture of spiiiis. Soon alter intemperance and profligacy prevailed to such an extent that the retailers in intoxica-ting drinks put up signs in public places informing the people that they might get drunk for a penny, and have some straw io get sober on. In the sixteenth century dis tided spirits spread over the conti-nent ol Europe. About this time it was in'roduced into the colonies, as the United States were then call-ed. The liisl notice we have oi its us- in ! iblio life, was among tne laborers of the iluogariau mines ol ibe fifteenth century. In 1751, it waa used by the English solders as a cordial. The. alcohol in Europe v i made of grapes, and sold in l; and Spain as a medicine.— Genoese afterwards made it m grr<n, and sold it as medicine, iu bottles, under the name ol water of Id... LTutil the sixteenth century it had only been kept by the A pothecaries as medicine. During the reign of Henry VII. brandy was unknown in Ireland, and soou its alarming effect induced the gov-ernment to pass a law prohibiting its manufacture. About 130 years ago it was used as a beverage, es-pecially among a great number of the soldiers in the English colonies in North America, under the pre-posterous notion that it prevented sickness, aud made men fearless on the field of battle. It was looked upon as a sovereign specific. Such is a brief sketch ol the introduction of alcohol into society as a bever-age. The history of it is written in the wretchedness, the tears, the groans, poverty and murder of thousands. It has marched the laud with the tread ot agiaut, leav-ing the impress of its footsteps iu the bones, sinews, and life's blood of the people.—PkiUuhljikia Gazette. There are four or five diflerent kinds of babies. There is the big baby, the white baby and the poo die dog, and there is the baby ele-phant. Most of these babies were born in a boarding house, 'cept the baby elephant; I think he was born on a railroad train, 'cause he allus carries ins trunk with him. A white baby is a pootier nor a elephant baby, but he can't eat so much hay. All the babies what I have ever seen were born very young,|'special ly the gal babies, and they- can't none of them talk the United States language. My father had—I mean ray moth er had a baby once. It was not an elephant baby, it coined one day when there was nobody at home ; it was a funny looking fellow, just like a lobster. I asked my father was it a boy or a girl, aud he say he don't know whether he was a father or mother. This little baby has got two legs, just like a monkey. His name is Marian. He don't look like my father nor my mother, but he looks just like my Uncle Tom 'cause the little ba-by aiu't got no hair ou his iiead. One day I asked my Uncle Tom what was the reason he ain't got no hair ami the little baby aiu't got no hair. He says he don't know, 'cept that the little baby was born so, and he was a married man. One day I pulled a feather out of the old rooster's tail and I stuck it up the baby's nose and it tickled him so he almost died. It was on-ly a little bit of a feather, and I dou't see what he wanted to make such a fuss aboui it for. My moth-er said I ought'er be ashamed of myself aud I didn't git no bread on my butter for mor'n a week. I think I'd rather be a girl not a boy, 'cause when a girl gets a whip-ping she gits it ou her lingers, but when a boy gets a licking he gets it all over. I don't like babies very much anyhow, 'cause they make so ranch noise. I never knew but one quiet baby and ho died. Some Burlington Poetry. CANTO pantos. This stauza is expressive of the author's Intense Amazement: Blcaa me, how the years are diitinc— \ Thirty-three! Land alive, how old I'm gitting— Thirty-three! Fleeting years! What they hnu taught me, Far ootw-eighta what they have brought me, And at last they've come and caught ma Thirty-three. CiSTO SKCUNDU3. This stanza indicates a Coutented Spirit, a serene, placid Christian resignation and acceptance of what he cau't help: Good enough ; I'd rather far he Thirty-three, Than stay in my twenties arhi- Trarilee ; It, in weakness, I'd bo longing For the days whoso jojo come thronging In my dreams, I should be wronging Thirty-three. CANTON TKRTICS. In which he grows just a little bit sentimental aud reminiscent: Oh, the bright years of my golden Summer time; Tender love dreams t of the olden Loving time, Dreaming cau not make them clearer, Wishing ran not bring them nearer, Words can never make ibuiu dearer ; Nary time. CANTO o,UARTC8. Ut is brought back to the present by a man who,with imploring looks, hands him a bill, eight months old, and in affecting pantomime inti-mates that his wife and children must starve if those clothes are not paid for : Here's a fellow with a dirty Bill I see: And I feel like ten times thirty Tl.ii-tbil-threi',! Pleaanre is a lieeting babble, A:..l 1 carry two ineu'a trouble And no wonder—I'm a double, Double a ! How Noah Got His Name. After the aik had been out about two weeks the wife of the captaiu began to get tired and restless and anxious to be ouce more ou dry land Hence she fell into a habit ot eveiy now and then calling out to her husband and inquiring if there were siuy signs of clearing up, etc., and as he always answered ••No," she would iu despair add "Ah !" aud so il went from hour to hour aud day io day. One night the wind came out from the northeast and made things very lively on board. The jib clew lines were all parted; the topsail binnacle was carried away and the main sheet blowu into pieces no larger than live cent haukerc'jiefs. Of course the "old inau" was kept busy aud was not iu the best of humor, lie had just hailed the lookout and asked it he has seen auythiog of "Ay rat," and received in answer "Nay rat, sir!"—had just ordered Sliem, who was steering, lo "keep her off two points,'' when Ham came ou board and reported that the largest elephant had brok-en loose, and iusisted on takiug his trunk iuto the camel's depaitmeut, who iu turn had got their backs up about the interview. The various beasts had taken sides in the quar-rel, and there was a grand row gen ensily. Just as the captain had persuaded the elephant to go back to his own room, aud had checked his trunk in order to pacily him, there came a voice, "Any signs of its clearing up, dear?" It was raining theu literally in sheets. To the inquiry was given the usual reply, and to the reply was add the usual "Ah," ouly iu a sadder tone teau usual. It was a little more than the old mau could staud, and he yellowed out " 'No,' 'Ah,' 'No.' 'Ah!' it is nothing but 'No,' 'Ah !' all day long. You had better call me 'Noah,' aud be doue with it!" and he went be-low to splice the main brace, which had parted. And so it was that the captain of that first great ship came to be called "Noah." The study of the origin ot names is one great interest, and it. is rath-er remarkable that so little atten-tion has beeu paid to it. Almost any name cau be traced to its prob-able origin. Thus "Smashpiper," the smasher of piper, or '■Tugmut-ton," he w ho was celebrated as a tugger ol mutton. Why not ap-poiut a committee to ascertain the origin of all names I it would be as useful as many other researches. —Max Adeler. CANTO IIVKTfS. He runs out of Latin. Ami also out of •' poetry :" Well, old Time has been inosl graci - Unto me, Aud he's blessed my contumacious Thirty-three, With Ibe brightest fortune, maybe, Ever came to the lord or lady : NVith a million dollar baby, Ho, ho, b- !j It is very well to laugh tit a wo-man's tantrums when a mouse makes its appearance near her skirts, but a little merriment should be reserved for the man who plays circus while a June bug is walking up the inside of his clothing with the slow steps of a day laborer. " My son," said a mother to a little boy four years old. " whom above others will you wish to see when you pass inlo the spirit world I" " Goliab P shouted the child, with joyous anticipation, "un-less,"' he quickly added, " there's a bigger lellow there." Even if a boy is always whistling | '• I want to be an angel," it is just j as well to keep the preserved pears on the top shelf of the pantry. An old gentleman who is getting " thin at the top" says, " Always pick out a bald-headed barber to shave you because he cau't consist-ently ask you to buy any hair re-storative." "This has no reference i. the fire-twen-ties. Ho was never iu them, and if he ever got in them, all the Federal bayonet.- in America couldn't, lisli him o:it of them i bey were ». II gone (This is pure fiction. Ho wants to lei on he had ox sweetheart! toehooae from, when the fscr is that he waa an object of pity, mid bin wife, who was a very eon- Beientioua young girl, was lor a long tiun undecided whether to „■ i aa a missionsrj to fgobogobogo, Centra! Africa, or Dairy bin),and she tiually closed the latter aa the creator act of self-denial and charity. I Ho does not stun,-, habitually, bnl had io adopt the habit Iu this, inab noe, in order to till out the shori y " He, he, he!'' There is a double mean-ing iu this line. The expression ., is intended to represent Hysterical Laugh-ter. It is also ihat kind of a baby. (Iu conclusion the author desires to express his warmest thanks to ihe appreciative and flattering lriends who presented him last night with a $150 gold watch and chain, and a purse of £.500. He re-grets exceedingly that their ex-treme modesty, and their oveikiud aversion to calling him from his bed prompted them to hang such valuable gills on the front gate, as some tramps, who were up and stir-ring before the author was awake this morning, carried them away. | But the author thanks the kind donors just as heartily, and will ever prize their magnificent gift as a meineuto of the happiest occa-sions of bis life.)—Haickeye. Instinct of Wild Geese. The St. Louis Republican says: " Dr. Laukford, who returui d a day or two since from the South eastern part of the State, mentions the :ol lowing curious fact in natural his-tory, lie gives the statement on the authority of Mr. VV. It. Smith, a leading tanner and miller living near Morley, in Scott county, Mo. About a year ago Mr. Smith cap tureil two young wild geese and raised them with the balance of his domestic goslings. The wild \ ones became quite tame and took kindly to the changes ol civilized i life. They adopted their habits to i the ordinary delights of the barn-yard and swam in the pond with j the tame geese, without showing a i disposition to go ou a wild goose chase. At length, about the 4th ol Not ember, the weather began to change, and after being domes ticated some eight months the wild fellows, prompted by an instinct to seek a more sunny clime on the up proach oi winter, spiead lln.ii wings Is) ihe breeze and started on a migratory tour, Hyiug Southward. Their departure was natural and to be expected. After an absence ot two months, early in January, great was Mr. Smith's surprise to tied on getting up one morning that the iwo wild geese hid returned to their old haunts on his farm.— They not ouly returned, but eleven more wild geese with them as ri»ii ors, which they piloted safely irom some Southern bayou. The new comers made themselves at home, and were led and fondled by the children. They come up to the mill at feeding time to get their rations and gabble all together and put on all the airs of civilized geese who have had a good moril training. Mosquitos. ■Jometking About the Animal in A'e-rada that Renders it Unpleaaant Out There. They were telling hunting stories in a C street saloon a night or two since, and after several persous had given in their experience an old chap who appeared to be a strang- I er in towu took the floor. Said he: ••Thar is a power o game down to Hnmboldt Sink—ducks, geese, and sick—but in some resjiects it is on-pleasaut down thar I got about the wnst fooled I ever was in uiy lile the fust time I camped down thar. I was on a huut, end had a little round tent that I stuck up in the shadder of a bunch of willers.— At night I curled up in this tent-just room enough for me—calkerla tin' to git up bright and airly next morning to try my luck on the ducks aud geese. Thar seemed to be cousiderably many muskeeters about, so when I got into my tent I pinned up the slit that made the door in sicfa away so as to keep 'em out. Next morniu' I woke up, aud finding it still dark took another nap. I slept a good while, and when 1 woke up it was still dark. Took another nap and woke up. Still dark. 1 thought daylight would never come. I tried to sleep but only dozed off a little at times. 1' seemed Ihe longest night I ever saw. Finally, I concluded to see what time it was, anyhow. So I struck a match and looked at my watch. It was 10 minutes of 1: o'clock. This beat me. I concltid-s'cl I'd take a lock outside an' see if thar was enny sign of daylight couiiu'. I unpinned my teut and on pullin' open the door a black mass of something that seemed alive fell ou the ground, a bfaze of light at the same time strikin' my eyes and nearly hi imlin' me. Rein' kinder frightened, I rushed out aud thar 1 saw all over my tent, and kiverin'of it to tho depth of 'bout four inches, a reg'lar mass of mus keeters. I looked at the sun add saw that my watch was right. It was - o'clock in the afternoon. Gentlemen, I never was so fooled afore ii: all my life regaulin' the o'daj—all along o' them air nius-keeters, and it wasn't the reg'lai muskeeter time neither.''—Virginia '.Vi rada Enterprise. Commerce of The World. Distinguished Women in Gov-ernment Employ. Among the distinguished women of fallen fortunes now holding sit nations in the departmentsatWasa-iugton are Mrs Mary Wilcox, th" grand daughter of President Jack-i. and the only person living who WP« born in the White House ; Mrs. Charlotte L. Livingston, whose $1)00 position was obtained by her relative, Senator I'addock, after all argument against her endeavoring to support herself had failed ; Mrs. C. E Morris, of Ibis city, giand slaughter of Robert Morris; Miss France exjiortf wines, brandies, silks,fancy articles, furniture, jew-elry, clocks, watches, paper, perfu-mery aud faucy goods generally. Italy exports corn, oil, flax, flour, wines, essences, dyesrufts, drugs, fine marble, »oap,pa"itiugs, engrav-ings, molasses aud salt. Prussia exports linen, woolens, iinc, articles of iron, copper aud brass, indigo, wax, name, musical instruments, tobacco, wines aud porcelain. Germany exports wool, woolen goods, liueus, rags, corn, timber, iron, lead, tin, rlax, hemp, wines, wax, tallow, cattle. Austria exports minerals, raw and mauufactured silk, thread, glass, wax, tar, nntgall, wiue, houey and mathematical instruments. England exports cottons, woolens glass, hardware, earthenware, cut-lery, iron, metallic wares, salt, coal, watches, tiu, silks and linens. Russia exports tallow, llax, hemp, flour, iron, bristles, fur and potash. Spain exports wines, brandies, iron, fresh and dried fruits, quick silver, sulphur, salt, cork, saffron, g^I*- anchovies, silks and woolens. China exports tea, rhubarb, musk, giuger, borax, ziuc, silks, cassia, fllligree work, ivory ware, lacquered ware and porcelain. Turkey exports opium, silks, drugs, gum, dried fruits, tobacco, wines, camel's hair, carpots, shawls, camlets aud morocco. Hiudostau exports gold aud sil-ver, cochineal, indigo, sarsaparilla, vanilla, jalap, fustic, Campeachy FARMER'S COLUMN. Age of Vegetables. The species of vegetables we now cultivate have been raised and eaten for centuries. Even before the Christian era many of them were iu use. Lettuce has been used on the ta-ble for thousands of years: Hero-dotus tells us that it was served at tho royal table conturies before the Christian era, aud one of the noble families at Rome derived its name from this plant. Spinach, asparagus and celery have beeu cultivated and eaten aaioug the eastern nations thou-sands of years. Jesus took the mustard seed as the exponent of a parable. Radishes were known and grown by the Greeks, aud were offered at Apollo's shrine wrought in pre-cious metals. Parsnips were raised and brought from the Rhine to add to the luxu-ries of Tiberius' table. Beets were most esteemed, cen-turies ago, and carrots were in such repute in Queen Elizabeth's reign, that the ladies of her court adorned their huge structioos of false hair with feathery plumes. Peas, at Elizabeth's court, were very rare, and were imported from Holland at a great delicacy. Fruits, also, were in great repute among the ancients, The currant was cultivated cen-turies ago in European gardens, and was called the Corinthian Evelyn in his charming diary, i speaks of his berries as Coriutue ; I hence the name of currants. Tin. damson plum was extensive- | ly cultivated at Damascus, whence the name. The cherry came from Cosus, a city of Poutus, ami the delicious peach, king of truits, was liret known in Persia. Tin' quince was a holy fruit, ded-icated to the goddess of love, aud wood, pitueuto drugs and dye stuffs, was called Cydonian apple. Brazil exports coffee, indigo, su gar, rice, hides, dried] meat, tallow, gold, diamonds and other stones, gnms, mahogany and india-rubber. The West Indies export, sugar, molasses, rum, tobacco, cigars, ma-hogany, dyewood, coffee, pimento, fresh fruits aud preserves, wax ginger and other spices. The East Indies export cloves, nutmegs, mace, pepper, rice, indigo gold dust, camphor, benzine, sul-phur, ivory, rattans, sandal, wool, zinc, and nuts. The United States exports prin-cipally agricutural produce, tobac- Pears were as ancient as apples, ami are mentioned among the Par-aslisal fruits. Grapes wero known at a very re-mote period, and are ol ten mention-eil in the Bible. Good Stock vs. Scrubs. Do our stockmen aud farmers appreciate the difference between a good steer or cow and a poor one f Do they know how much more a good large draft horse biings than a little, inferioi animal, bred from -—- i a small worthless trotter, so called ; co, cotton, flour provisions of all : or . „, „.,.,, ,,.,,,, nor or 8lu,e ■ Bda lint ,,,. <n ,,„.,., .,,., ,. I I " . . .. n kiusls, lumber, turpentine, agricul tural implements, sewing machines, cotton goods, cutlery, boilders' hardware, funiture, locomotives, munitions ot war, gold, silver, quicksilver, etc, HOUSEHOLD RECEIPS. Itrailed Tomatoes.—Take smooth, flat tomatoes: wipe and sot them on a gridirou, with the stem side down, over live coals. When this is brown, turn them aud let cook until quite hot through ; place them ou a hot slish. To be dressed, when eaten, with bntter, pepper and salt. Green Corn Pudding.—Grate the corn from six ears, mix with half a more than a "prairie" rooter or a Mexican mongrel f It they do not just let them make inquiries of those who raise and sell the im-proved breeds. We know the good stock brings 100 per sent, more than the scrub, ami at their en-hanced value it is more profitable to feed or to graze than the poorer kinds. It is a wast., of capital for a farmer to breed anything but go d Btcck, whatever argument may be advanced in lavor ol the Texan cow upon the plains. It is aa easy to raise a 1,600 pound at lour years old, it good bulls and cows are Oaed to breed from, as to i niue hundred pound Texan, aud the pries obtained lor the full breed one is nearly twis!it as much Sophie Walker, who was Secretary | pint of sweet milk, one-third cup of i as the scrub letches. As to horse of the Treasury doling the presi-1 sugar, one tablespoonfnl of flour, j it is almost impossible to sell deiiey of James K. Polk from 1845 to 1816; Miss Dade, whose mother was a cousin of Gen. Scott; Miss Markoo, slaughter of Francis sfarkoo, who for thirty years was attached to the diplomatic corps of the State Department ; Miss Helen McLean Kimball, widow of Col. Ivonball, who signally distinguish-ed himseif iu the Mexican war: Miss Saiiie Upton, of Brooklyn, N. V.. danghter of the late Francis Upton, a distinguished lawyer, anil the author of several staudard works ou admiralty and mariue jurisprudence; Mrs. Cuiplin, widow ol United States District Judge Chaplin ; Mis. Tiffy, a cousin of the pn sent Secretary ol the State, anil Mrs. Grauger, the widow of the late Gen. Gordon Grauger, the circum-stances of whoso massacre by the Indians with Gen. Caster are too recent to require the story here. A Remarkable Invention. Another invention pertaining to electricity, quite as woderlul as the telephone, though, perhaps, less calculated to attract popular notice, has recently been secuted by patent ■"it the United States to a Swedish inventor. The apparatus is an auto-matic raihvav signal, which enables the station officials to know the uecise position oi any train at any time ; i; gives sound signals to the eiigit.es r. ami at the station before the trains enters, thus enabling ihes to be cleared and arranged in lime 10 prevent accident. If two trains approach each other, whether running in tho same or opposite directions, the engineers • II both tiuins receive signals in time to prevent collision, and the Station people are at the same time autot: itically informed ol the posi-tion ■ bo'i: trains. Any train may, by stopping at certaiu points of the road where "coninets," are arranged, open telegraphic commu-nication with the stations at both ends ol the route, and two tr.-.ins ;: i\ in the same manner telegraph • i each other. A complete record is automatically kept at each sta- Sion of the speed ol each train aud if tin-, xaut time it enters or leaves the s.atiou. Stop signals may be sent at any time from the statious two eggs beaton, one tablespoonful ot butter, anil a little salt. Baku till it rises up in an ovel in the mid-dle. Scolloped Tomatoes.—Put alter nate layers of sliced tomatoes aud bread crumbs iuto a bread pan Season with sliced onion, butter, pepper and salt; and bake for one hour. Bcch'iiinl.—Gat half a pound ol veal ami a slice of lean ham into dice, and stew them in bulter with a few green onious and some sprigs of pu'slcv ; then add one pint of sweet milk; one tablespoonful of Hour, m :sls' smooth in a little cohi milk; let the sauce simmer gently for an hour. Strain belore it is sent to the table, or poured over meat. Another Wan.—Mix colsl, and well together, in a tin eauca-pan two ounces of butter and a table sposinful of Hour ; then adsl a pint of sweet milk and set on the fire : Stir constantly, and when getting rather thick remove from the fire: beat the yelk of an egg in a cup with a ti-aspoonful of water: turn it into the sauce and mix well to-gether: season with salt and white pepper to taste, and it is ready for | use. Munich Cream Pudding.—Stir in ; one i|uart of rich milk when boil- | ing, four ounces of corn starch dis- 1 solved iu a little cold milk ; when a lit-tle, trilling horse except for a cow pony, but. the large draft horse al-ways sells at good figures. A Berkshire or Poland China hog will make nearly double the pounds gfTneat from a given amount of foosl thai, the poor, ill bred hog will and tin- meal is better. A Merino ewe will produce front eight to ten pounds ol good uieri'hantable wool ; the Mexican and specimens brought from Missouri and Arkansas to the State will not show over three pounds ol hair ami wool that sell only for carpet wools. Why our farmers will waste their in.,,i.-,, feed aud graze on such kinds sit stock is a mystery, when 'hey i:an do so much better; but we are young and have time to im-prove, and judging from tho num-ber oi enterprising stock infill who are purchasing good bulls and rams, tho day is not far distant whin Colorado will do far better than she is doing now. We hope to sec belore another year the stock of hogs in our State quadrupled, anil before five years enough pork mailc in our State to supply the home slemand.—Colorado El Watering Stock- We want to help tho agricultural papers in iiiiprisslng upou farmers the humanity, if not the necessity, of furnishing fresh aud clear water tor their cattle ami horses. Any-done, stir in five well beaten eggs thing which is water is considered with seven ounces of sugar, a little salt, flavoring to snit the taste. In this weather some theatrical manager should be shrewd enough to engage a popular star.—Philad-elphia Press An exchange speaks of the " genesis ol Mai k Twain." Thought he was booked as a levity cuss. In the education of children bodily health should have primary attention. Tho tree of knowledge should be grafted with the tree ot life. to apparatus may !»■ arranged to send atop or danger signals to trains ap-proaching swinging bridges which are not properly locked and fasten ed. When this invention shall have been generally introduced, railroad accislents wjl! be almost impossible.— Chicago Journal of Commerce, It is Bupposed that Kosciuske fell on Freedom, or else why did Free-dom shriek when Eosciusko fell! The Boston policeman is allowed neither club nor belt. He over-comes the offender by sheer intel-lectuality. Cream Crackers.—One pint ol cream, six eggs, a little salt, llour euough to form a stiff dough.— Bear the eggs very light, mix all the ingredients together, anil pound the slough halt an hour. Itoll out thin, cut into fancy shape, and bake in a moderate oven. Jicst Apple Pi--.—Take a dish, the size ol a soup plate, till it heap ing with peeler tart apples, cored anil ijuartered: pour over it ono teacup of molasses, an three great spoonfuls of sugar, dredge over this a considerable quantity of llour, s'liongh to thicken the s_\ i up a good deal, ('over it with a crust made of cream, if you have it: if not. any train while moving. The common dough; with butter work esl in, or plain pie crust, lapping the eslge over the dish, and pinch ing it down tight, to keep the syrup from runuing out. Bake an hour and a half. Make several at once as they keep well. sufficient by some, aud because the creatures, when so tbisty they can-not resist, will drink, they are giv-en credit for liking aud being satis-fled with it, am! when they sle cline it, are supposed not to uo thirsty Bul give them access to a clear running brook and mark the difference in the frequency and which they drink. In traveling through a legion of clear mountain streams we have often seen or hors-es take dri kaftei drink, aa though iu very appreciation of its purity, ami whi na watering trough or or-diuarv pool would not have recived their notice. But a more satisfied inducement is the establish tact that stock flourishes better and keeps in better condition with the privilege ol pun- water than with that indifferent. We consider it, too, ;i crueltj to keep sheep so long from water as is otteu done, just because thej can manage to without it B tduranoe Is not com-lort. Il our animal natures must b" pampered with drinks of diverse kinds, oi favored flavor, tempera-ture and strength, accordiug to our feelings, let us no! begrudge to our animals, who know but one kind and mu^t take that as they fiud it, the qua east of purity aud freshness We know that crystal " Mama," said a little five-year-old, " what is a widow and what is a widower ?" The mother explain-ed to her little fellow, " If you should grow up and get married anil your wife should die, whv then you springs do not rise on every farm, would be a widower/ "Oh no, I but Mr. Bergh ought to lustruct wouldn't9 said the little fellow: some people who think that cattle "I'd court another girl."— and horses are not appreciative Fact. It occurred in New Bedford, judges of the quality of water. 1
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Title | The Greensboro patriot [September 26, 1877] |
Date | 1877-09-26 |
Editor(s) | Duffy, P.F. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The September 26, 1877, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by P.F. Duffy. |
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THE PATRIOT
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A Narrow Escape.
An Editor Pititi a •' Cave," and
(rVfx Some Experience in Mining.
Tin- Virginia (Nev.) Territorial
Enterprite cays : Below t,,e crop
plugs ol the Gould and Curry mine
is lo lie seen a large cavity, or sink,
which murks the spot ondi r which
■ great cave occurred during the
superiutendency ofObarlej i; ner.
•JS Happening to pasa over th< ground,
we were strongly reminded of a
rather perilous trip which are made
into the underground regions ol
this mine at the lime the cave oc-curred.
Luckily ample warning had been
given by tin- settling of the ground
within the mine and the snapping
and splintering of timber, therefore
no lives were lost in the cave.—
News ol the grand crash in the
mine spread rapidly through the
i town, and all who beard of the ac
Icidentgave a sigh of relief when
told that all the miners escaped mi
injured. The lull extent of the
cave anil the damage dine thereby
in the interior ol the mine was not
known lor some time, hut from the
cavity formed on the surface was
judged to be very great. Being
desirous of obtaining, if possible,
! lull particulars m regard to the
condition of the underground sec-tions
ol the mine, we called upon
Mr. Bonner and made known our
wishes.
" I have not been in the mine for
I three or lour hours, and therefore
am unable to give you an exact ac-count
of the present condition of
the caved portions. However, if
you will venture with me," said
Mr. lionner, " we will go in as far
as possible ai.d see how things
look."
Having agreed to Mr. Bonnet's
proposition, two lauterns were pro-cured,
and we soon fouud ourselves
on the level where the greatest
damage had been done. The min-ers
had all left (hat part of the
mine. Nowhere was to be seen the
friendly twinkle of either lamp or
candle: all was dark as the eaves
of the Cimmerii, save where the
light of oni lanterns fell upon the
walls of the tunnel along which we
were advancing, or where the rays
streamed far ahead and reflected
back by points of polished pyritl
or bright quart/, crystals.
At first, too, all was sil it aa the
tomb, but as we moved forward the
sharp suap ol a falling timber or
the dull boom of a heavy tall ot
earth reached our ears. These
sounds constantly grew more dis-tinct.
Soon was heard a sort ol
runuing fire of Bbarp little snaps
from the bent and splintering tiui
bers, with ever and soou a startling
musket-like report, as some large
limber broke iu twaiu or was rent
asunder.
We were now fast Hearing the
sci ne of the cave. As yet the
ground about us was sound ami
all the timbeia stood intact in tbeil
places. Our advance was BlowIj
and cautiously made. At times
some unusual commotion caused us
to halt and listen hall a mitiuir-,
»ith bodies inclined forward and
eyes strained to penetrate beyond
the light thrown out by our lanterns.
Pew words passed between us.—
- Wait a bit," or " Now let us move
mi."' Irom Mr. Bonner, was about
all that was said.
Presently we came to a drift lead
iug Irom the tunnel we had been
traversing. The snapping and
grinding sounds were now more
BENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS, distinctly heard.
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It is in this direction,"' said
Bouuer, leading the way into the •
drift.
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We had not proceeded far before
we came to where the timbers of
the drift were badly bent and dis-placed.
We wen- in a spot where
[] the ground was settling. A kind
-_! of ticking noise came from the lag
ging overhead and along the sides
of the drift, and dirt sifted down
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Soon wo reached a place where
the posts on the sides ol the dull
were bent like bows. The backs
of these bows projected into the
drift, and were full of splinters,
| , |SUSANCE AGENT, some of which were lormed-snap
ped out—before our eyes. Shortly
we came upon two posts bent out
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their backs wero not more than a
foot apart.
" This looks bad," said Homier.
" Very. Let us go back," said
we.
" It caunot be far to the edge
of the cave. We want to see that.
Suppose we venture 1 Timbers arc
still strong when they snap."
•Then move on," said we, bul
our legs wanted to go the other
way.
Iu passiug between the two benI
posts it wad necessary to turn oui
bodies edgewise. All about us thi
timbers were working and groan
ing, but sti'l stood some distance
apart. At the end of the drilt we
came into a large open space—what
seemed a long and broad chamber
—and turning westward across this
we v. ere soon as near the edge ol
the cave as it was thought sale to
venture.
Holding our lanterns above our
heads, we saw before us a black
and yawning pit or chasm. The
light of the lanterns tailed to show
US either the top or bottom of the
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neither top nor bottom—seenied but
a shapeless, boundless region ot
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masses of earth and rocks. At
times, judging iium the thunderous
sounds, buudreds of tons at or.ee
tumbled from the roof and the Bides
ot the chasm. Smaller masses were
almost constantly dropping in some
direction, while the splintering,
snapping and groaning of timbers
in all directions was something! A Boy's
frightful.
Suddenly, as we stood quaking
iu the midst of the tremendous
commotion, a great mass of rock
and earth fell from some place high
up on the wall of our side of the
shoreless sea ot darkness, almost
grazing the brink of the chasm
before us. With the fall of the
mass came a rush of wind that
nearly extinguished the candles in
our lauterns. Elevating his light
and gazing upward, Mr. Bonner
cried : " Fall back '. fall back ! the
roof is giving way !"
Almost as he spoke a mass of
several tons fell from the roof ot
our chamber not ten feet in front
of us, and iu falling took a large
bile out of the edge of our floor.
"Quick, quick! This way! We
must get out of this !" cried Bon-ner.
We ran back to the drift by
which we had entered. The two
posts between which we had squeez-ed
had closed together.
•• Back, back P cried Bonner.—
'• This way ? I know a drift.—
Quick, we may reach it !"
Back along the drilt we darted
amid sounds never to he forgotten
and such as have seldom stuuned
mortal ears. All 'about us was in
motion—all rapidly siukiug.
Bonner led the way across the
chamber we had left a few moments
before. In a corner on the east
side, the light of his lantern showed
the mouth of a drift, toward which
he was hastening. Hardly was
there time to observe this before he
held up his lantern, crying: " Back,
back !" and with a rumbling crash
the mouth of the drilt closed and
the ground before and about it be-gan
to disappear.
" Quick !" cried Bonner, grasp-ing
our arm and hurrying us along.
" To the drift again, it is our only
. b ince!"
Into the drift we once more dart-ed.
Squeezing our way between
the cracking posts, we reached the
plai a where we had before beeu
Btopped. Though crushed together
in the niddle, there was still a
small open space between the posts
at the bottom.
Throwing himself flat on the lloor
ol the drift, Bonner pushed his
lantern through the opening, then
by mighty effort struggled
through alter it. Be seemed an
hour in passing, though he proba-bly
wriggled through iu less than
ten seconds. Our fear that he
would stick fast was agonizing.
"Quick! Give me your hands!
Leave your lantern !" shouted Bon-ner
th? moment he was through.
Instantly we were down and had
both hands through the opening.—
In about two seconds we were
hauled through as a hunter pulls a
squirrel ont ol its skin. A short
dash look us to the main tunnel,
and as we gained it Bouuer fervent-ly
exclaimed : " Sale at last, thank
God !"
We were about to make similar
utterance, when Bonner thrust his
lantern into the mouth ol the drift,
crying: "Look, look! There she
go) s !" and as he spoke, down went
the .shattered portion of the drift,
breaking away to within fifteen feet
of where we weie standing.
'■ Let us go," said we; the whole
moil!!!,sin is falling ! '
•• All is sound lieie," said Bonnet;
"yet I il lii'l cue co lemain longer.
Had ! known what we were getting
mto I should never have passed
through this crumbling drilt. How-ever.
" All is well that ends well,''
and you have seen and heard what
you will probably neither see nor
hear again, should you remain in
the miucs all your life."
It was rather a lively bit of un-derground
experience.
Composition
bies.
History of Alcohol.
Alcohol was invented 060 years
ago by the son of a Strange woman,
llagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it
with a powder to paint themselves
that they might appear more beau-tiful,
and this powder was called
alcohol. During the reign of Wil-liam
and Mary, an act was passed
encouraging the manufacture of
spiiiis. Soon alter intemperance
and profligacy prevailed to such an
extent that the retailers in intoxica-ting
drinks put up signs in public
places informing the people that
they might get drunk for a penny,
and have some straw io get sober
on. In the sixteenth century dis
tided spirits spread over the conti-nent
ol Europe. About this time
it was in'roduced into the colonies,
as the United States were then call-ed.
The liisl notice we have oi its
us- in ! iblio life, was among tne
laborers of the iluogariau mines
ol ibe fifteenth century. In 1751,
it waa used by the English solders
as a cordial. The. alcohol in Europe
v i made of grapes, and sold in
l; and Spain as a medicine.—
Genoese afterwards made it m
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