The Greensboro patriot [December 3, 1879]

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in al i In- pilgrim'! fa I
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' tin golden ntrael.
- thai Ho -mill •
■ aud tbe nay
al laboreth '
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■ i L.iv.' no tofigael
« ids III::! held out
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i| doubt
■.v .HI! way '
.it limn for speech,
thai rail,
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■ death
' > i lilhfol few,
■ - ' He aalth.
Gladden
of tbe camp cot Jack's bonds aud
said :
"We don't want your blood,
though you sought ours. You are
tree to go, Jack bullet, but don't
you ever enter Joe While's I>reatn
again V
The teprieveil man moved away
without a word, nor did lie look
back as long as lie was iu view.
H tin he bail disappeared from
sight the minors returned to their
work, each one so busy with his
thoughts that but tew words were
spokeu. That day two wreke a inan
came up from -Cardboard City" ami
reported that Jack Ballet bud been
eaten up bj a grizzly. Every man
in camp lelt ;lad then that histowu
had escaped the disgrace of a hang-ing,
and in the altenioou we saw
Klder Graves shoulder a spade and
turndown into a lillle valley. It
was » beautiful spot, always lull of
the mellowest suushine aud the
pretties' flowers When the bo.\s
had knocked off work tor the day
they all descended into the place,
for what reason no one knew, but
by a sort of common consent, in
the center of the valley tbe earth
had beeu heaped up like a grave.
At its head was a board—at its foot
a wild rose. On the board Klder
Graves bad cut with bis knife :
that period having long since ex-pired
the remains would have been
removed to tbe foine commune but
lor the kindly intervention of the
pi-1sons already indicated They
are now i.iid iu the ground possess-ed
by one ol them iu the Cemetery
Cliajr),Batigm "en. Pamela's tomb
in the Montma. ,e cemetery remain-ed
lor years unknown. The daugh-ter
of a Duke of Orleans and -tbe
wite a Oeraldine had no more elab
orate inscription to her memory
than the tollowing tribute ol a
friend:
A PAMELA,
Ladye KKWAKH FITZGERALD,
Sou ami Ie plus devoue.
L. L.
Royal Funeral-
JACK BULLET,
ACJED FORTY.
him
The f'msx&t
- 'iroken Heart.
' AH.
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tmined the place
I) Mill."
they wen sin-
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Ie
rough, griz-item
wicked.
ni East, tiig
• >! i ol mad
•Vi-lilll 111
.'■ ' Piised.
•• on the
n ii-- Jack
"•en lied behind
- "i old hi,,,,.! Btain
i olflsh
r murderous glances irotn
to another, mil ,,: iaBi
I had ki ne ., .,.-
' ' t< i - ! Some
i rs nei wins, and none
ah the business on
was the hanging of
By-and by a meek
■ iking man, named
bj the boys, entered
I, standing with one
isoner's shoulder, he
■ this is a solemn
» a I ! Here is the
the limb—and we
hang yon ! You
• W bite's Dream weeks
and ill. We fed
and s hen j on were
work a lull claim
loi yon. Mow have
:k Kullet f You
from tbe men.
"•in and jealousies
! inn s and riots,
il .win were detected
i your partner
hundred dollars.
i lii.-. camp,
.ii right, hut wi-se
to piay upon
men are go-
Men may not have given
a chance,
BUT (iOD WILL!
You wouldu't think these rough
men had sentiment iu their hearts,
but they saw through the elder's
motives it: au iusfant,aud the rougb-esl
man in the lot stooped down
aud carefully rcarruuged oue of the
sods.
Three weeks more went by, and
oue evening Jack Bullet came into
Joe White's Dream, alive and wall.
He stood on the little square in tbe
center of tbe town, and be Said not
a word till tbe wonderiug men bad
gathered about him. Then he point
ed to tbe grave in the valley, his
eves filled with tears, aud ho chok-ingly
said :
••Boys, 1 sneaked back here this
illuming to kill some oue iu re
venge, but I cum across that—that
grave down—down tbar, and—
and'"—
He held out bis hands to the men
and the tears blinded him so that
be could not see a face. Klder
Graves weut down ou bis knees
again.every man with him,aud there
were more tears aud a prayer so
beautiful and tender and true that
Jack Bullet sobbed like a child.
His heart was broken, and all the
satau in bis nature was driven out
in a moment.
Joe While's Dream was a mining
camp for many months aflu that,
and Jack Bullet was one ol tbe best
men in it. The headboard grew
gray as the rain beat down and the
sun shone, and the wild rose grew
till it covered all the grave, but no
one disturbed a sod. The grave
was a sign- a beacon light, as it
Wi i ,and perhaps miners were right
win u tin ;. said ol our tow u :
"They're bad a revival up thai,
■in' tiny are tbe best chaps an1 the
hardest workers on the slope."
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ot .Vlouruera.
the Livia Palase, the seat of the
Alva family. Except her own rela-tives
she bss .eceived nobody. Her
sorrow is very deep. To-day she
received telegrams of condolence
from all the sovereigns of Europe.
Madrid is in mourning. No lady
in the capital was so popular as the
Countess Montijo ; no bouse so hos-pitable,
no heart so kiud. Through
her ballrooms had passed all tbe
beauty and magnificence «t Spain.
Her social tact was unrivalled. She
was perfectly unaffected, extremely
witty, and il there was any differ-ence
between tbe Countess Montijo
and other ladles ol her rank, it is
that she was e'en more simple iu
1 her manners.an nveu more anxious
| to please than they. Her palace,
' both in Madrid and at Oaramau-ohel,
was tbe centre of the very
highest society, and her death has
I robbed tbe royal nuptials of almost
their brightest attraction.
The Currency.
I Uy Cable to tbe N Y. Herald ]
MADRID, NOV. 25,1879.
Tbe obsequies of the Countess
Montijo, mother of the ex-Empress
Kngeiiie, were held here yesterday.
They were attended by all the dis
tinguisbed people iD Madrid, by all
the ambassadors, by the Duke of
Tetuan, Minister of State; tbe
Couut of Cosse Brissac, representa-tive
of the Empress Eugenie; by
the Duke of Ternan-Nunez and all
the leading members of the French
colony and many French travelers
passiug through the capital. The
Duke of Alva aud the Duke of
11 n.i.-eai received the distinguished
mourners iu a consei vatory attach
I ed to the Montijo Palace in the
Plaza do los Angeles, where, in a
chapclle artiente, was a superb cata-falque.
The body lay in a case of
lead within a cofliu liued with bilver
lace and covered with a cloth and
cushion ol golden tissue. The cata
Caique was bung with stuffs of yel-low
satin, embroidered iu colors and
adorned with rich work of silver.
Two halberdiers of tbe royal cham-ber
and guard watched at its bead
aud twrrat its toot. A procession
surrounded tbe cofliu, entoning a
hymn and holding the lights that
are customary in these ceremonies.
A solemn mass of the angels was
being sung when the doors were
opened to tlie mourners, many of
whom wei. weeping and allot'whom
were deeply moved.
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llii Report ol lh|,
"l llie Currency.
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i't die but
il the prisoner.
" said the eider, -I
'in. .mil I want to
> before you swing!
: " you. Yon are a
ml you are to die like
' • you have a mother
• »i yon may have a wife
God help them f*
•' ' --'nk down on his knees
- Prisoner and prayed such
is the rocks have never
Belore be had tin
»< re lean in the eyes
mi n. and Big s'ani
• 'inly Jim and whis-
1 call relignm
. up religum such
» IJ back in New
prayer bad ended a
the n i-n. i'hej
Bull, i'; (.„•,. and saw
•oltened, and as Elder
aside the president
The Romance of History.
Sew 1 i!. Times.]
An exhumation took place the
other day at the Ccmelety of Mont
iniirte. in Paris, which recall, a
rather melancholy passage ol Fran-co
Irish history, and one, too, which
is not without a shade of interest to
Americana. The remains disinter-red
were those of Pamela, daughter
or at all events tbe reputed daugh-ter,
ol l'bilhppe Egalite, aud the
notorious Mme. De Genlis. Tbe
story ot Pamela is, on the whole,
a sad one. There were euougb of
hopeful blossoms around her earlier
years, but she went down to her
grave in indigence, and only
through the kindly oflices of some
Irish residents in Paris were her
remains lately rescued Irom ititer-inent
on the /wise commune, the Pot-ters
Field ol French cemeteries.
She was educated with the Duke
ol Orleans, as an English orphan,
but she was more than ball acknowl
edged as the sister of Louis Phil-iippe,
the future King of Franca
It was iu those days that the Hot-spur
of the Geraldines, Lord Ed-ward
Fitzgerald, was in Paris,
learning the trade of revolution and
formulating those plans which led
up to the disastrous rebel .on of
1798 in Ireland. He mil Pamela,
loved her aud was loved in return.
Lord Edward was tbe filth son
of tbe Duke of Leinster, was a gal-lant
soldier, and was certainly no
ill mate fur the natural daughtei of
Phillippe of Oileans. So tbe lovers
were married at Tournay in 1790,
and the Inline King Louis Phillippe
was present at the c .cinouy. They
ate said to have lived happily until
Lord Edward met bis melancholy
and untimely end in tbe rebellion
of 1798. •'Only break it to her
gently," was his request as be lay
wounded and a prisoner iu Ibe
hands of his enemies. Time must
have assuaged her grief, foi she
was subsequently married to Mr.
Pitcairn, the American consul at
Hamburg, from whom, however.
she was altet ward separated. She
then lived in retirement in the conn
try, resuming the name ol Fitzger-ald,
but when Louis Phillippe be
came King she wetn up to Pans.
Her former friend, companion and
seboolieilow refused to receive her.
She died in 1831 in poverty The
ground in which she was buried had
been purchased for ten years only
by the heirs of Mr. Pitcairn, aud
SOTTING WATCH AND WAKD.
Tbe opening ceremonies were con-ducted
by the Coude de Tendilla,
grandee ol Spain, to whom, accord
ing to the quaint Spanish usage, the
body was delivered. The Duke ot
Alva advanced and said in a clear
voice, -1 deliver over to Your Ex-cellency,
in compliance witb the
wish ol the family ol tin deceased,
the body of Her Excellency the
Countess of Montijo. Oo you take
charge ul it *"
TheConde de Tendilla replied :—
"1 do take charge of it."
Then theConde, in turn, address-ed
the royal holy of halberdiers,.
who were present in full uujloim,!
I and said :—
"Motiteros of the royal chamber
! and guard, do you take charge ol |
i the body ol the Countess .Montijo I"
The halberdiers responded, "We
■ In take charge ol it,"
The nsnal prayers were chanted
and the eoffin raised from its bed.
jit was then canied through the
' midst ol the mourners to tbe head
ol the staircase, where it was re-ceived
ii\ the halberdiers, ucl by
them placed in a beautiful e*tufa\
(hearse) of massive mabogau}, rich- i
iv decorated witb branches and gar-lauds
of flowers, with hangings ol
white satin and tassels of gold. Tbe
gilded edges of the cofliu gleamed
in tbe sunlight.
IN SOLEMN PBOCESSIOX.
The hearse was drawn by eight
horses. On their beads were nod-ding
plumes wherein black aud gold
were strangely contrasted. Tbe
sumptuous carriage which (be
Countess had used on state occasions
followed slowly on behind the estu-la,
and her favorite hotses' heads
were decorated witb pink aud white
bathers. Then came a company of
King's halbei ilieis. The chief mourn-era
followed in two carriages. They
were the Duke of Alva, the Couut
of Cosse Brissac, the. Couut of
Goitant Gommioee and two repre-sentatives
of the family of Alva.
Behind them was a magnificent de-file
of six bundled eqiiippages. By
the law of the Spanish ritual neither
ladies nor the ueares'frelatives were
allowed to join tbe procession. The
Court was fully represented. There
were mayor domos and life guards,
lords ol ibe bedchamber and lords
of tbe household. The pageant
slowly made its way through tbe
streets, which were hushed into re-spectful
silence. At length it reach-ed
the Qampo Santo Jose aud drew
up before its gates. The coffin was
taken In -,i tin- hearse and placed
upon an wlrade which had been
prepared tor its reception. A pro
ceesion of chaplains aud churchmen,
headed by the Abbot iu bis cope,
the crucifix borne iu front.advanced
to meet tbe body. A new consign-ment
ol the body was made, aud at
its close the Abbot, deacon and
.•■ub deacon threw holy watei op the
corpse, and solemn music rose into
tin air, chanting "Sil nomen Domi-ni
beuedictum. Laudate pueri
Dominant." Then, with all its rich
adornings, witb its golden cushion
and its » reatbs of (lowers, tbe Coffin
was lowered into a provisional
vault.
ECGENIB^ GBIEF.
The Empress Eugenie, since her
arrival, has lived iu retiremeut at
REDUCTION OF INTEREST.
The reduction on tbe interest
bearing debt of the United 8tates,
from its highest point, on August
31, 1865, to November 1, 1879, is
$583,S8o."»94,of which amount $105,-
160,900 was accomplished since tbe
refunding operations were com-menced
on May 1, 1871.
At the highest point tbe annual
interest on the debt was $150,977,-
697, while it is now $83,773,778
only. There has, therefore, beeu a
total reduction iu this charge of
$67,203,919.
The total annual reduction of in-terest
under these refunding opera-tions
since March, 1877, has beeu
$14,297,177, while tbe saving on
this account, growing out of the
operations of tbe preseut ye* alone,
is nearly nine millions, ($8,803,707,)
ar.d tbe total annual saving in all
tbe refunding operations ol tbe gov-ernment
since 1871, is nearly twen-ty
millions ($19,907,607.) These
luuding transactions are believed
to be without parallel in finaucial
iiistory.
The government has still out-standing
$273,681,350 in six per
cents, and more than $500,000,000
in five per cents, all of which will
mature in 1881. Tbe refunding ol
lbe>-9 bonds into four per c-uts will
save$10,473 IKMJIU interest annually
The credit of the government is
now- such that it is not improbable
that long before its maturity tb
present debt may be reluuded iuto
three and a half per cent bonds,
which is oue half per cent more
tbau the rate of the English eon-sols,
thus saving tb tl g vcrument
a large additional amount of inter
est.
RESUMPTION.
'I here was uodemand tor pay men I
ol tlie notes ol the government, aud
tin gold coin iu the Treasury, which
amounted to oue hundred aud thir-ty-
Hive millions, on the day of re-sumption,
int:eased more tbau
thirty-six millions iu the next teu
months, the amouut held on the
lit st day »' November, 1879, exceed-ing
one hundred and seventy-out
millions.
Kestimption I as made the dollar
of the same value al home and
abroad. The refunding of the debt
has placed idle luuds in tbe hands
ol such holders as have declined to
re invest iu the four pel cents. The
good bai vests, the shipment of pro
duce, tbe large production ot gold
and silver fioni tbe mines, aud tbe
importation ol gold which still c.-u-tntues
will certainly make money
abundant, .mil have already stimu-lated
speculation loan uuhealthy
degree, and will be likely to do so
in the futuie. >'oi ioiig hence, the
s|>eeie which bassoloug beeu hoard-id,
or which has hitherto been used
only in payment to the government
of duties on imports or in the pur-that
apoo the day of resumption
the available currency would be
'■•wlistely increased by tbe addi
tioo i its volume of the coiu in the
oatutry ; but it is now evident that
tats expectation has not been real
i^d.
<The amouut ol coin and currency
in"actual circulation at the present
title is believed to be not greatly
i» excess of tbe average amount
daring the five preceding jears.
RBCOMMENDS BANKS TO HAVE HOLD
wwmrra
The Comptroller urgently reuom
mends that all the national banks
shall take advantage ol the present
influx ot gold to accumulate In
tbeir vaults an amount equal to the
total cash reserve required by law.
lie indulges the hope that the re-pofta
of another year may show
them to be |>ossessed of at least
$100,000,000 of gold coin. If this
coin, which is still flowing iuto the
Treasury, shall also be largely aoco
mul.ited by the banks, it will be
more likely to become diffused
among tbe people. This would cer^
tainly be the case if tbe smaller de-nominations
ot notes were with-drawn
from circulation,wbich might
perhaps be done without incou
venience if postal orders were issued
iu small ami.tints, and at a mini
mum cost, al every postoffice.
New Series No. 607.
rpartment.
Et Casteras of Dress and
Fashion.
(By F.lirlph .v (>.. \,w York.J
New gray gloves are blue tinted.
New n iien .s are
spider's web on tbe front porch
don't hurt anything—but ae you
love your lives, wash out your dish-cloth.
Let tbe foxtail grass grow
iu tbe gai .leu. (rbe • seed is a foot
deep auy way,) let the holes in tbe
ueeisef your husband's foot-rags go
undarnen, let the sage go uogath
Hand-paiuted lace is a late uov
elty.
Plaiu velvet cloaks will again 1M-wraps
a?e agaiu
square aud flat. | ered. let the children's shoes go two
are
imtUmttis.
very
wear are
c'lase ol foreign exchange will be
brought into gi neral use. The ef-fect
i,| the present increasing and
prospective redundancy ol the cur-rency
is manilest iu the transactions
of the stock board during the last
three months, which are said to be
the largest on record, one-lourih of
which are estimated to have been
based upon stocks which pay uo
dividends. The increase iu the
market value ot many classes of
bonds which have hetetolore beeu
considered almost worthless, has
brought upon the market also a
flood of snares of mining and ol
other corporations, mauy of them
fictitious. The necessaries of life,
us well as articles of luxury, have
sympathized in the upward move-ment,
and (heir prices, if not already
too high, aie likely suou to lise be-yond
a reasonable limit.
AMOUNT OF CUBBENCV OUT-SXaSIMHa.
The total amount ol the circulat-ing
medium cannot be hereafter
accurately given, such total being
affected by estimates of the amount
ol coin in the country. The latter
amouut is estimated by tbe Director
of the Mint to have been four bun
dted aud twenty-seven millions on
tbe first day of Novembet iu this
year, of which amount oue hundred
and tweutyone millions was iu sil-ver
coin. If this estimate is cor-n
et, the circulating medium on that
date was COUipcsi d as follows :
Treasury n,>:>•■.outstanding, j.Miiii-l.iiii
National Itji.k mile- oni
standing :t:r.l-t.i;-
(; 'il In ill-- I'r,-i-inv. :'--«
oi i-iiii.ii-i--. belli by ibe
inn k*, i.",;..1' • .I:M
Sow i lit the Treasury Du,u7S,0S0
Coin in the banks, (Ocl -.') 0,173,741
K-Miiiati-it IIIUIIIIIII i,f can
bold by the pi..!.- -j.;l,!7- ,1:
Tot:d |1,16*;553,MM
It has been generally supposed
Hearing With Their Teeth.
■experiments 1,111. ihe Audlphoue mi
a data or Dear 1 no...
(.From the New fork .Sun.l
The Audiphoiie. a new instru-ment
designed to enable the deaf to
hear, was tested on tbe lilst ol No-vember,
at 41 East Twenty second
street New York, in the presence
of Dr. Peter Cooper, the Rev. Urs.
Thomas (iallaudet and J. M Steven-sou,
tbe Rev. Robert Oollyer, Prof.
Jenkins of tbe Institution for tbe
Deaf and Dumb. Mr. Henry llergh
and many others. Prof. Jeukins
had with him a class ot mutes.
Richard G. Rhodes, of Chicago,
the inventor, said that be had been
deaf for a numlier of years, and
that he discovered the principle of
the audiphone by accidenr. Oue
nigbt, after making many fruitless
experiments, witb the view of find-ing
some way ot hearing his watch
tick, be listlessly touched the case
of fie time piece to his teeth, and
he was surprised fo tint that its
e I ticking was distinctly audible to
him. This discovery led to the in-vention
of the aiiiliplione.
Tbe instrument has the shape
and size of an ordinary stiff fan.
and i» may be used as suc'j. It is
tnaUi of a composition said to pos-sess
the property of galheriug
sounds and convey ing the sin.-., . >n
to tbe auditory nerve through the
medium ol tbe teeth, tbi external
ear having nothing todowjrh beat
ing in this uin mi The "laterial
resembles unu., p,:.-h . Small
cotds ; u in g fioni . . ; 1:1 1 edges
and .•,'.:•.. 1 _:. _: a' Ihe h indie -i-rve
to hem! the blade ol the in irument
to the pio|ier cur.'e for healing to
tbe be-i advantage under different
conditions. V\ lieu iu us;-, the edge
ot the 1I1111 curved blade is touched
to one ol tbi upper tealh.
The mutes tested tbe audiphone.
Ayoungaiau who had been deaf
from infancy heard words spokeu
in Ihe lone ol ordinary conversa-tion.
A little girl who was born
dial indicated by signs aud looks
of surprise that she heard the sound
ol voices; but, having never before
heard any sound, she did not know
the meaning ot the words. Iustiu-ments
were placed iu tbe bands of
tbe entire class, and a lady sang,
accompanied by au organ. At the
sound of the first notes the laces of
tbe mutes expressed great sarprise
aud when the voice of tbe sinter
rose and fell, and tbe harmony of
the accompaniment blended with
tbe voice, the pleasure of tbe mute
listeners was manifested. Their
faces lighted up anil their hands
were moved up and down aa the
pitch of the air rose and fell. .Some
of the mutes waved their bauds
with a peculiarly graceful movemeut
to show that they could distinguish
between the volume of tbe crescen-do
passages and that ol tbe less
loud portions.
Tbe inventor claims that totally-deaf
persons may be made to he?r
ordinary conversation by the use ol
the audiphone, and that they may
then be taught to s|ieak.
worn
Colored street
fashionable.
Undressed kid gloves retain their
popularity.
Large and small bonuets are
equally fashionable.
Chemisettes and inside kerobieis
are agaiu in votcue.
Many walking costumes are made
witb a jacket bodice.
Fichus of all sixes and in every
imaginable shape are worn.
Tiger aud leopard velvets
handsome trimmiug novelties.
Large rosettes of Breton and Doinf
aesprit laces are worn.
There is no absolute rule about
any detail of the toilet this season.
b lowers are as much used for gar
niturea of evening dresses as ever
Cream colored silk net, polka dot
ted and washable, is aold for neck
scarfs.
Both very light colored and
dark costomea for stieet
in vogue.
Stuped velvets are not so popu-lar
hi parts ot costume* as those
with set tijiuies.
Opei.i cloaks of white tniie «au
glier (bo.iis's clo'h.j bid lair to be
very fashionable.
The corsage bodquet of the pass
ing moment is one or several large
red Turc satin roses.
White felt and plush hats and
lion nets eon tin ue tube favorite op-era
mid theatre chapraiu.
As many fabrics and accessories
now enter iuto a bouuet us iuto the
mosi elaborate dresses.
Lambrequin paniers and tabllers
must be very ample and carefully
draped to look well.
The tendency of the coiffure at
the moment is towards classic sim-plicity
and old Greek ideas.
The large directoiie bow of Hir
ton or point &t*prU lace is the neat-est
Parisiau fancy in neck wear.
Medium and dark shades of kid
gloves will be mote worn for full
drrss than for many seasons past.
Singapore silk is the new name
tor a solt silk in rich cashmere col-ors
and designs, used for millinery
purposes.
Spencers of colored velvet with
lace elbow sleeves, will be worn
witb white skirts for evening dress
Sundays without blacking, let the
beus set four weeks on one wooden
citg—but do wash out your dish-cloths.
Eat without a table cloth,
wash your faces and let them dry,
do without a curtain for your win-dows
aud cake toi your tea—but,
for heaven's sake, keep your dish
cloth clean/1
Letter from an Observant
Pennsyrvanlaii.
{Farmer aud Mechauic. Nor. -J7.J
Farming In Oraavllle County.
[J. a Hunter, in Oxierd ToretdlgbL]
Mr. J. J. Meadows, of Tally Ho,
Furs and Skius.
by young ladii -.
Some ion ign i ,.l;; m j m lalssay
tl at (In ■-.•■ will bui one I rt will
inlv worn thi . uter i\
beavy •!.. , , 1 ■ -.
Talc -ii, 1 IH i in- in.-, nan:,-lor
that i- til ell ...„ .1, e, tw 1,leu, ;.e;
lustrous labric, kuowu sometimes
as satin de Lyons.
Lamb;-quindraperv witb panii IN
am. tablier i t>mI i .-. ,i ti:,: lavoriie
arrangement lot Pariaiuu toilets of
ceremony.
Two and three bands of narrow
ribbons are worn around the waves
01 baadi d hair that aie worn with
1 iiL- tii.-ek coil si preseut.
Corsages op- u.n • low iu frout, in
shawl or bean sbane, or square a
la Pompadour, are lasliionable for
women of all ages.
White moutonne, a soft lamb's
wool cloth, is used tor dressy or
evening or reception jackets for
young girls, with Oriental trim-mings.
A novelty in evening dress fab-rics
is white toile sanglier, or boar's
cloth, a heavy all-wool material,
dotted in raised Sue points.
I'ale dauphin gray and mastic
shades of chinchilla and beaver
eloth, plain and ribbed, are agaiu
used tor jackets, dolmans, visiles
and sacques.
New kid gloves show deep ear-net
or rubv shades, seal brown,
navy blue, blue gray, olive, invisi-ble
green, ami ail tbe mastic and
old gold times oi color.
The crowns ol some p'i-h bon-uets
seem to be composed entirely
of jet beads, the embroidery actu-ally
eoveriug completely the lace on
which Ibe design is wrought.
I New York Current. Nov. l.r>. 1
A leading fur bouse publishes the
following in a late circular : "There i went
was an unusually large catch ot raw
furs last season, a large portion ot
which is still iu Europe unsold. At
tin- iate Leip-ic I 01 business was
very unsatisfactory: prices for most
kinds sold were lower than at tbe
London sale in July; muskrats were
largely offered, but so slack was
ihe demand tor them that they were
nearly all withdre.wu. In this conn 1
try there is almost no demand for j
American furs other than bear, otter i
and beaver. These tacts seem to I
justify tbe prediction that tbe com
ing catch will have to be sold .:: 1
vei. moderate prices.''
A Dishcloth Dissertation-
A lady writes to the New York
Advocate: "I had some neighbors
ouce—clever, good sort of folks;
one lull lour ol them were sick at
one lime with t.vpbotd lever. Tbe
doctor ordered the vinegar barrels
whitewashed, and threw all out,
forty cents' worth ol caibclicacul
in the BWill-pail aud department. I
iuto the kitchen and made
gruel—I needed a dishcloth, and
such 'rags!' I buiued them all,
aud caiied the daughter ol tbe
bouse to get me a dishcloth. She
looked around on tbe table. 'Why,'
said she, "there was about a dozen
here this moniitig,' ami she looked
:u the wood box and 011 the mantle-piece
aud felt 111 the cupboard.
•Well,' 1 said, 'I saw some old black
rotten lags lying around and I
liKHICiSlilli.,,
Dauphin Co., Pa.
Dear Sir:—During the month of
October I made a short trip to North
Carobua for the purpose of observa-tion,
or to make a tour of prospect-ing,
with a view to make North
Carolina my future home. It is
true I was somewhat disappointed
in regard to the general contour ot
the country, and most say that
farming is somewhat backward and
poorly done, in many places. I have
seen many places which are invit-ing,
and where I could make myself
at home. Was particularly pleased
with the country around Greens-boro,
Guilford county. Between
Greensboro and Raleigh are many
fine farms, but it will be a long
while belore it will compare with
farms in Dauphin couutv. Pa, or
Pennsylvania in general." The soil
of North Carolina is good and ler
tile iu the main, so lar as my obser-vation
extended. Some very fertile
and easy of cultivation. Timber is
wanting in many places. The dim
ate is inviting and the people are
very friendly aud hospitable, but
there are ratber too mauy negroes
for most of us Northern folks.
I am not satisfied witb my visit,
but Intend to make another visit
next summer if my life and
health is spared, aud then take
more time and a more proper
season.
At Kaleigh I made the acquaint-ance
of many eminent men. Col.
Polk, the Commissioner of Agricul-ture,
is more tbau au ordinary man
in my opiuiou, just tbe man "for the
place he occupies, and I have no
doubt he will advance the farming
iuterest of tbe State materially.
There is one gnat tault with most
of the farmers, they are too laggard
sbauding Lome made manure,
or barn yard manure, whieh is ab-solutely
necessary to bring up tbeir
1 ;uis One man told me at Raleigb,
that he had I'll head ot cattle, yet
never saved a bushel of mauure
from them all. A farmer here with
such a lot of cattle will make a kin-dred
toad* of the best manure iu one
year, a thing which be needs as
much as money, in fact without his
manure heap be will make uo mon
ey. I noticed impiuvcments going
on in most places through Virginia
aud North Carolina, which is en-con
raging.
While iu Raleigh I visited the of-fice
of tbe Farmer and Mechanic
with the object to make tbe persou-al
acquaintance ol tbe mau who
writes the sketches headed "Three
Vears iu liattle.aud 1 hue in Pris-on.''
1 am sorry I failed to see him
and have a chat with him. Me gives
tbe most minute aud truthful his-tory
ol our unnatural strife, that I
have yet read, and mu»t say I lead
several so culled histories.
a a • a
Yours, respectfully,
COB, HOFFMAN.
[Cant Bhotwell'a Ki-marks.l
We regret not meeting Mr. Hoff
man. He evidently looked about
him with an observant eye, and his
suggestions are those so often urged
by intelligent men all over the
South. He, however, came iu the
Granville county, may be set down
as a "minute man.* and a snnceas
ful farmer. Result of this year's
farming including five barns of to-bacco
cured by renters: Worked
eight bands and live horses. Cured
38 barns fine yellow tobacco, crop
somewhat damaged by flea bogs.
Barns will average 600 lbs. Corn
crop aeriously damaged by drought
—140 bbls. Wheat 280 bushels,
bowed oats on com land died out
and returns poor.
Spent on present crop of tobacco
•106 for Peruvian Guano, 200 lbs
per acre when used alone, half this
quantity wben need with stable
manure. Stable manure and coal
dost, equal parts single hand fall to
the hill and 30 Ibe Peruvian to the
thousand hills will make large yel-low
tobacco. Lot laud, if Arm and
bandy soil, wi'l make finer tobacco
than new ground. Has known such
laud to produce line tobacco for fif-teen
years in succession. Never cul-tivated
new ground in tobacco tbe
second year. Prefers for tobacco
crop eoru land rested one year. New
ground should rest tbe second year.
Should not be sowed in whea.. The
third year will make the finest crop.
Favors high topping, 14 to 10
leaves, and high priming, if not,
tbe ground leaves afiord too good a
hiding place for worms.
Hanging for curing : six to saven
plants on a stick, and sticks ten
iucbes apart in barn. Much tobacco
is injured by putting too thick in
barn. Takes a young man to core
successfully.
Has bad but little experience
with commercial ferlilixers. Expects
to use on next crop Peruvian guano
and Gilliam's fertilizer mixed in
equal parts. On twelve and a ball
acres iu 1877 raised 12.000 lbs tine
tobacco and sold tor *_'-Hll.
Sows winter oats in August or
September after wheat or oats—will
die out if seeded after corn, tbe
ground being too clean—not protec
lion enough tor tbe young oats.
Never saw a plow to compare
witb tbe Dixie, lias ruu three of
them this year—bad no iioints
broken. Will substitute it for all
others in future.
Acres: 702, one third in original
growth and one-third in piney old
field. Seeds wheat every year. Has
sold coru for tbe last two years—
and raises bacon enough for borne
use.
Wages and feeding of No 1 hand
will cost 1160 per year Hires only
men, don't pay to hire boys. If
worked witb men tbe men will only
do as much work as tbe boys. Boys
require too much watching, nires
men for f 100 to 1110 per year.
Is partial to tbe Fultx wbeat.
Two ounces blue stone to oue half
gallon wafer wijl sprinkle two
bushels wheat with same result as if
soaked. To roll in wood ashes is
equally effective.
Was tbe first man to use tbe
double return flue. Wben cured,
shingles iu long rows, from right to
left. Would prefer to pen if be bad
room. When stripped, bungs on
sticks, bulks lapping witb beads
out, then weights down and lets it
it-main here until ready tor market.
In loading, lays sticks crossway
iu wagou and then polls sticks out.
Can load wagon iu an hour.
Aveiage price ol land in bis
neighborhood $111 per acre. Fifty
years ago the same land sold for
$1.50 to 12 per acre.
Scenes at Stokes Superior
Court
I KeiiNTill.' TIIIU-H Nor. ',C. J
For scenes that are rich Dan bury
the county seat ol Stokes, tops them
all ou court days. It is a healthy-little
town, aud good uatured
enough save when the mouutaiu
boys turn out, and then things get
lively. At last court a little chap
as tough as a pine knot walked tbe
Streets swinging a black Isittle iii
his band and evidently doing his
best for a chance in warm MM knuc-kles
ou soinobodv's phiz, lie greet
worst season to view tbe country, j ed every crowd be passed, especial-as
the vegetation is all gone, the
mads bid, and Hie dreariness of
coming winter already lelt. He also
saw only tbe central,—not tbe best,
—section of the State. Nine-tenths
ot North Carolina is tumbled wiih
two much, rather than too little,
timber.
If tbe Democrats take possession
ot tbe country uex' year, we shall
hope lor a glorious future for tbe old
North State. The very fact that
Democrats are iu control of Nation-al
affairs, will go far to remove all
chatiug betweeii Ihe North and the
South. A Deuict-ratic President
would appoint many Southerners to
office in the Revenue. thel'ostolBce,
and other departments, and Ibis
would tend to make tbe masses
begin to regard the Federal govern-ment
as the government of their oteu
country, instsad of being, as uow, a
foreign government, hostile to the
majority ol our fieople.
If Seymour, or Bayard, or Han-
In 1800 we imported m mufac
tines of wool ol the value of 638,
000,000 while in 1S7.-5 with an in-creased
populatlou of Hot less than
15,000,000, we imported but *^J.-
000,008 worth of woollcj goods.
The annual product of tbe wool
manufactures of tbe United States
amounts to near 9300.000,000—be
humid them, lor li.ere is death in
such dishcloths as those, ami you rtsock, or Hendrlcks, be elected next
must never use such agaiu.' 1 took I year, we shall urge the North too
li'iii I.i-gi.-l.it in e to make a strenuous
• II rt, al 'be North, and iu Kurope,
to fill the-State with thrifty small
laimers V,n .1 'here is some surety
I.I an unshpiional administration of
Ss unal .ill.oi- we utterly despail
oi doing anything in tbe way ot mi
migration.
■t noising that Ismily
« i el ' I I , n- i no—- .
I. bciol...- ■>•[. : lie i ..ii. ■ i : .ul that
haid vv^....
- I'I.I . .* ie, i - .y to evciy boo M
kee er, kui p j mi diski •: be I'll in.
Tou may oniy brush and comb youi
he.nl on Sundays, you need not
weal a
home— up
dishclotl.s. Vou may only sweet
i! i i ' III .i the sun gels light :
ly addressing himself to several of
tin- Greensboro bar who sat in trout
tlie hotel caiing chestnuts. "I'm a
rooster! I ciowed this morning
twice before day ! 1 crowed yister
day morning, and I ex|iect to crow
to morrow morning before day V
He paused for a reply, but tbe gen
tlemeu ol the bar gazed abseutly
away in another direction, and tbe
little cbap passed ou swinging his
bottle. But it was in this com lone
day while Judge Cannon was pre.
siding that the following occurred.
Jack Kmauuel was on irial for a
fight. Jack is the same race who
bad a brother transferred from the
family graveyard because be was
once known to boiler iu a tight. Tbe
lawyer on tbe other side was ad
uressing the court and be made
some misstatement in pnttiug tbe
case.
'•That isn't so,r interrupted Jack's
lawyer.
"It is so !" emphasized No. 1.
"You are liar, sir !,' cried No 2,
springing to his feet.
"Fight! Goi ding ye, light'."
shouted Jack, from behind the bar.
"You're no kiu ! tight! au' pay tbe
costs like I do !"
■Mr Blank," said Judge Cannon
very firmly, "take your seat, I tine
you loity dollars. Sheriff, continu-
Nevertheless, we trust, ed be, poiotiug to Jack" "take that
collar unless'you go Irom -M;. Hodman will come agaiu iu the j man to jail."
ait you liiu.-'" wash voui spiing and bring some of hisfiiends| -That's it," ssaaiidl Jack, "Nothing
for poor folks but tbe jail."
Tbi- Judge by bis promptness
ing 9373,000,000 iu 1»78, aod tile I tbe windows don't need washing,; Good shelters for Stock in winter luieted tbe row and tbe lawyers
returns weic incomplete. I > uu can look out ol the dooi; that' save coru and Iodder for the farmer.' joined iu and paid Jack out of jail.