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the carolina watchman hl vii third series salisbury n c february 10 1876 no 18 published wkk.ki.y : j j bruner proprietor a ti.i eilitoi thos k bit liner associate kilitor bute of sthlltll'lion weekly watchman e \.* vr paytbletn advanot 2.f0 mouths " " 1.25 lpiesto any address 10.0 dvi:rti$i\g rates : i sqcare 1 inch one insertion 100 iwo " 1.50 m for a greater number of insertions ie special notices jo per cent more dvertiseraents reading notice line fur each and every insertion firm i store xew goods julian & eeilig ; i the grocery business on if main ami fishcr'streets cepinga full line of first \--> groceries comprising sugars i bacon lard domestics yarn .; .. t.i butter eggs chickens meal v.l goods of all kituls foreign tic pepper spices flavorings vise pork and beef of excellent qual - solicited for any goods in their . which will receive careful attention t lowest cn.sli priooa sriliijhest cash prices paid for heel ami intry produce d ii julian 15:lmo j h heilig new advertisements ore beautiful than ever i.s the new jewerly it received at bell a bro's consisting of ld and silver watches old and plated chains bracelets ladies sets gents buttons pins and studs sl engagement rings c we have made in the handsomest tuner 1 chains 11 air jewelry aniond and wedding r,ing,s vial attention giving to the repairing i timing of fine vvatchea and regulator lu watchea repaired by us are warranted month mfice 1 doom iliove national hotel see i of large watch and pen lalubury dec 1 187o tf ihird ware ben \ nu want hurd ware nt low res call on the undersigned nt no 2 mite row d a.atwell wry x c.,may 13-tf the lynchburg ibice anil banting coupaiv phal sad assets over s<"-00.000 d*p,i*m 15,000 operty insured against loss by fire beutcest current rates ■** policy iu the lynchburg and sleep *""«•«•• agent for the north carolina h f insurance company yp 1 - hav the good of your country at lrt k 7t yonr money in " the smith and p bu l'l up hum institutions », j d mcneely agent 1^^-4.1 westbrook nurseries wilson x c c '^. westbrook propr : "." trees vines and plant yet on p ; y nonseries ofthe very best varieties * to iitliern culture at priee to ,, e ' s p t;i i 1 ''-* planting may be done with binary nnd march 1 am prepared ~ promptly and satisfnctcrilj hav re of nn experience of sdyearit u ,. m ,|; ( . ltf i * extta early i'each anil strawlmrrv plants for market plant m speciality send for eaulojjno and ; ad drew i .,, c w west crook i '"■wilson k c ■the colored men on amnesty the baltimore sun remarks : one of the most striking facts of the late excited discussions that mr blaine inangera*ed in the house was that the colored mem hers from the south were very anxious to vote for universal amnesty and that those of ihem who did not were only and with difficulty prevented from doing co by the personal appeals of mr blaine if these colored men had all voted according lo their own inclinations and as they would have done but for ihe earnest appeals of mr blaine mr randall's bill would have passed the house the correspondent of the new york tribune says that all but one or two of the colored members were pers a ad ed to vote no the tribune says there was no busier man in the house before and dur ing the decisive roll-call than mr blaine i there was probably not a single colored j representative whom he did not appeal | to and at times he had ihem gathered around him while he stood in lhe midst arguing the question in a very earnest ma tier the philadelphia times de scription of the scene is still more graphic '*'! he colored members were particlarly troublesome writes its correspondent and at times they would be surrounded by a half dozen of blaine's active assist ants usually with blaine loo at the head and subjected to threats caji'h ry entreaty and every species of argument the springfield mass republican letnark lhat to those who know how the ex speaker is looked up to on the republi can side and who hare felt the really i tremendous personal magnetism of the j man it wiil not be a matter of surprise ' that so many of the colored men yielded j their convictions and instincts the sur j prising thing is that even one of ihem ; was found capable of resisting him one i was haralson of alabama an old negro j pure blood who has known in his lime i what sensation is of standing at the auc i tinn-bl ck and hearing one's self knocked i down to the highest bidder surely if j any man in the house had lhe right to i be bitter vindictive implacable haralson was the man yet he voted for universal j amnesty and voted for it in spite of the i most strenuous efforts of mr blaine | white educated wealthy aspiring to the : highest honors in the gift of a christian people — to make him vote the other way there is something in lhis contrast be tween the temper and action of the two men which may well set the public think ing — which may well set mr james g blaine thinking also i supreme court court met at 10 o'clock this morning pursuant to adjourn m nt all the justices present causes from the 8ih district were called and d'sposed of as follows : t p johnston and wife vs thomas w haynes from rowan order to be filed jones & jones for plaintiffs and mccorklc & bailey and d g fowle for ! defendant geo 0 douglas vs r a caldwell from rowan issued tn be tried mc coikle & bailey and wilson & son for for plaintiff and moore & galling and fowle for defendant j m love et al vs elisha collins from surry continued no counsel for plaintiffs or defendant james harrison vs jesse styers from davidson argued by dillard k gilmer and t.j wilson for plaintiff and ship p &. bailey for defendant p n heilig et al administrators vs john i shaver from rowan argued by bailie battle ic moidecai for plaintiffs and vv u bailey for defendant high heels and thin soles illy clad feet are not infrequently tbe cause of very serious disease a tight shoe prevents the proper circulation of the blood in the foot causing it to be come cold it the shoe or boot is thin the foot is still further chilled and lhe blood which circulates with difficulty through it u sent back to the internal or gans with a temperature much below lhat required for health exposure to cold causes the blood-vessels to contract so that less blood can circulate through them thus one evil creates anoiher thin soles being insufficient protection against wet allow the moisture of damp walks to reach the feet making them wet as well as cold when the extremities are chill ed the internal organs and lhe brain be come congested too great a quantity of blood being crowded into them this is the chief origin of the headaches from which school girls suffer so much but which are usually attributed to study high heels are very unnatural and in jurious they make an easy natural gait impossible the heel should be on a level with the ball of the foot high narrow heels do not afford sufficient sup port for the foot and it is easily mined to one side often resulting iu serious i spia'n tbe chief weight being thrown j fa-ward upon the fore part of the foot il | becomes weary in walking much sooner j than it otherwise would the narrow soles which usually accompany high and narrow heels are likewise productive of injury from not allowing the whole fl it ot lhe foot to sustain the weight of the j body as it should corns bunions and , various distortions of the feet are caused i hv roaring improperly fitting shoes oi nc',a — lira!th reformer it now turns ont that grant has not withdiawn from the race for a third term he has not notified conkling in a con fidential r any other way that he is not a candidate for re-nomination neither has ex-senator morgan received a letter from grant refusing to allow his name to go before the national convention ! grant is still in the field he leads tie list of republican candidates woild useful recipes for the shop the house hold and farm a great many directions have beer published for mending iml'a rubber boots and shoes most of which wore worthless the following can bn relied on : procure a small lin box of prepared rubber in a spmiliquid condition which can be pur chas ed for a few cents nt almost any store where itidia rubber goods are kept for sale the boot must be washed clean and dried then the surface around the rent is to be roughened a litlle with the point of a knile after which the senui liqnid rubber is spread on with a spoon as thickly as it could he wiihout flowing away then a neat patch is prepared and covered with one or two could of rub ber when ihe prepared rubber is al most dry the patch is applied and held , on firmly fur a few minutes a 8 t says : to stick leather paper or wood lo metal to a gill of glue dissolved in water add a tablespoonf'ul of glycerin rprom thr ooldsboro messenger a woman a north carolina soldier wilnow gueex greene co n c january 25ih 1876 dear bouitz -. — a few days since i wns looking over the new york world and read a surgeon's story lhe sub ject of which was a remarkable hero ine who figured conspicuously in the late war and was connected with the sixth new york regiment and who afterwards proved to be the wife of the colonel of that regiment now as to the authenticity of the sur geon's story i am unable to vouch yet il called to my mind a tine romance which happened in the confederate army and can be vouched for by many good and brave men now living in the state of north carolina the romance was as follows : the 26ih regiment n c troops had for its colonel a man ol great capacity and lhat quality of mind which enables men lo encounter danger and d.ffieulties with firmness and without f-ar the colonel was known by the popular name of zi-b b vance during lhe spring of 1s62 the 26 h regiment lay for a while four miles below kinslou n c c«'l zli had previously received a com mission from the confederate govern ment lo raise a legion to he known as vance legion in ihe 26 h reg't ar.d in co a was a private hy the name of blalock 1 think iho not sure as to name who received n furlough for 30 days upon condition that he bring buck wi;h him a new recr i for the legion at the ezpira'ion n the 30 days private of co a returned to camp with a recruit according lo stipulation who was imme diately mustered into service consistent with the army regulations i had previ ous to this time received an appointment from col vance lo drill recruits conse quently this new soldier was placed in my squad for military instruction the rr-crnit had the appearace of a boy about 18 years ot age iiis voice was soft and effi-minate and though it did not seem to be that ofa man we could not doubt that it was a boy i drilled lhe new soldier in squid wilh many others lor about six weeks and dining the time i would fre quently march the squad down to t lie creek and all that wished would go in bathing the young recruit never par ticipated in the sports confined to the water but no one thought anylhi-g about it as some of the mountaineers had a vi-ry great horror of the poisoned waiers of i east'-rn north caralina and the recruit i was from ashe or wilkes county soon after the return of the private of co a with his recruit he was laken down with a very troublesome affection known to surgeons as arthritis or white swelling and after suffering the most tormenting and severe pain for more than a month lie was honorably discharged from military service by dr boy kin who was surgeon of ihe 26 h reg't at that lime the same day and hut a few hours af er pri vate blalock had received his papers from the doctor the recruit walked into col vance's tent and said col vance my husband has been discharged from military service on account of di.-ahiltv and is going home now i want you to discharge me also col vance said vour husband the h — 1 you must be crazy boy ; you are in for tho war my young man i can't let you off re cruit continued to say lhat though a sol dier she was a female in male disguise and the wife of blalock col vance i sent foi dr boykin to come and take the ' case in hand as it had proved too much for him dr boykin being a very able and learned surgeon soon returned and reported that the recruit was a woman sure enough and the wife of the man who brought her tb camp | eh h darwin says the male grasshoppers ' fiddle with their hind-legs on the edge of tlieir wings and the best mu sician always gets first choice among the females ; the finest quality of indigo has the least ' specific gravity and floats upon water lt may also be tested by its not readily leaving a mark on drawing it across a piece of paper and also by the clear blue which it impaits to water when dissolv ed to prevent the skin discoloring nfter a bruise take a little dry starch or arrow roof merely moisten it witb~co_d water and place it on the injured part this is best done immediately so as to prevent the action of tho sir upon the skin in valuable for black eyes agricultural tfor the southern planter and farmer winter care of stock the usual indifference in this latitude in housing and sheltering stock in winter is a grevious fault and in these days of should be penny savings farmers cannot make a wiser improvement on the past than looking to the improvement in the care and quality of their slock whatever breed of stock may be adopted let it be good and well bred and of a fixed type and suited to the section and purposes it is intended for for some purposes shorthorns and their grades are best milch cowa should be allowed a space of five feet wide and ten to eleven feet deep or if in double stalls of nine feet and two in each haltered to the corners and their halters to allow them to feed in the trough wiih a midway and the trough of roomy size to hold a good supply of food wilh several bars across the top to avoid waste of food by each cow the doubled stall of nine feet is better than single stalls of five feet as there is more room for milking and feeding light old worn trace chains two and a half feet long to the fork with a t at one end and rings at the olher with a link be tween each of several rings to suit the size of the necks 1 losely should be used as halters these temporary stalls may be made in various ways and the shelters may be of straw or frame work rather than not at all the building of the farm may sug gest olher plans for feeding and milking under shelter the stalls should be lit tered and the droppings thrown out each morning and if not too cold and stormy let the slock onl each day for exercise and to graze old sods if to be had near by forage cut up is of advantage to the stock and economy in its use and i meal and bran sprinkled on it after damp ening the cut food renders the food more acceptable to stock and beneficial to m'lk producing calves should be cared for and fed with bran or meal twice a day on thin cut food and not allowed to get poor the same is important in their yearling form as they must be sustained at that early age and it costs but little to keep their little frames th»s also applies to wean ing colts ; neither should they be crowd ed together and of different ages oid slock should be housed or shelter ed as lar as practicable especially in stormy weather and so fed that each p-ets its shire stock ca tie may be sheltered from storms and falling weather by var ious cheap modes and there is no better work done on a farm than uniform cue for i stock iu winter and it is astonishing how a little meal or bran wiil show a marked elf.*ct on young animals in the better and earlier start they take in lhe spring even a gill of meal or bran to each calf on its forage cut up of chaff or sheaf oai will show in a short lime in the oily texture of their coats of hair to older sto'-.k bhort corn nubbins slips fee , judiciously fed is next to meal wiih them in value and the waste of corn passing through thero is not lost but will be valuable to shoals or hogs that may he allowed to range with them if the hogs are disposed to root where tbey should not the rings now to be had gen erally is a preventive and cheaply pro cured and put in their noses the advantages nf shelter is particular ly valuable for cows and calves that the milking may be done in rooms of warmth produced by animal heat and then each animal may be better cared for this too applies to cowa that are to calve in a few monihs ; care of them are highly valuable to start them into their fresh milking periods in good flesh the va rious turnip aud sugar beet crops are of great value to be fed as a mixture with the dry food of winter which ad is to the milk shelter and separate apartments for woik oxen is most important and snug stalls pens or something to protect them from the sudden change from heat al work to cold cheerless nights — the young and timid being whipped away from al ready a poor allowance of inferior food when too the weaker oxen are more tired and thus the more easily robbed of their share of food — whilst on-lhe other hand if each one is to himself he will eat his share at will and rest to suit his wants this subject is one of great farm value and is worthy of the thought and practice of all who own few or many animals of the kinds named — albcr marie co , va s vv ficki.in sheep husbandry some cautions are necessary to those who think of turning their attention to sheep husbandry there is no use of attempting it wilh inferior sheep unless pure bred bucks is alonce used to improve them lt i useless to attempt this iu baudry unless the flock is sufficiently large to deserve attention the planter must give his personal attention to the business unless he has absolute confidence in his shepherds the flock must be the object of as constant attention as the corn or cotton field the cotton and grain crops on the plantations need not be reduced — in fact ihey will be greatly increased and be made on less surface of land by the heavy manuring trom the sheep it is estimated lhat a flock of 1,000 sheep folded on the one acre of land will thoroughly manured it in two nights ; or in round m-mbcrs 180 acres of land will be so thoroughly manured in one year as to easily produce one bale of cotton to the acre the manure of the sheep alone will more thau pay for their keeping there is another view to take of sheep husbandry that is not often mentioned as soon as we have an abundance of fio ' wool on each farm woolen factories will spring into existence and a large propor tion ef our wool and coiton will be man ufactured at home for consumption we willre'rfin at home vast sums of money that are now sent abroad for the woolen and coiton gu.vis tbe charlottsville and fredericks urg mills are row manufactur ing superior woden goods and we have no dcubt there are other factories in the state that are doing the same thing if these factories could be assured ofa regu lar and constant supply of fine wools they wonld greatly increase their manu facturing capacity and make not only a home market for onr wool and cotton but by a thousand oth'*r things ibat can be profitably raised on a farm to make sheep husbandry successful at the south the sheep ongl t never j be without a shepherd one shepherd ! can easily attend to five or six hundred sheep 3 nd no extra labor will be requir ed except at the time of shearing tfrom tbe southern farmer and planter injury to tobacco plant j beds by flies a remedy the ravages ofthe fly on the tobacco j plant beds ot eastern virginia have so j much increosed of late years as to call j lor a more certain preventative or remedy than any heretofore suggested a first and sometimes a second series of plants j is devoured by the insects and before a i third can attain a growth sufficient for j transplantation the early seasons have i passed the losses occasioned by the j delay alone in planting must have been j immense ; and during the present year j many growers of tobacco wholly failed i in occupying a part of their hills made j for that purpose during a recent visit to the county of i amherst i met with mr james w phillips an intelligent citizen and planter of that county with whom i conversed at large on the best modes of rearing and i managing tobacco from him i learned \ that he was in possession of a remedy against the fly which he had tried with : unvarying success for thirteen years past ; wiih the excepiion if one year when no ; llir-3 appeared lie had not divulged it 1 before but is willing that it should be made public now ; and as it is both sim pie and cheap i send for publication in ) the planter a copy of what was written j down from his dictation as soon as the cal tie are taken in ! from grazing and put up for winter feed i ing as we may be certain that their ma • nure will be free frr-m grass seeds a j quantity of this is collected and stored in j several barrels old flour or lime baraels i will answer the purpose over each lav j er of eight or ten inches thickness pour j water until moistened through and then ! sprinkle a handful or two of slacked lime ! about four or five haudfuls generally j suffice for a barrel these are either to * be kept under shelter or covered during i wet weather these are either as the j fly makes its appearance — which is gen i erally from the last week in march to the i middle of april — sprinkle the mixture i which will he now thoroughly pulverized j over the beds so as nearly to cover the j plants the flies will cease to trouble } them and the manure will simulate their i growth as well or better than any other he has ever tried v'mi r covers his beds with brush as is the general custom and rather thicker than usual ; but never removes it entirely until shortly before the plants are drawn he thinks it belter to have two layeis of brush one across the other as in case the plants are loo much shaded the sec ond may be removed without disturbing the first and thus injuring the plants tho remedy here proposed may nol be as new to all your readers as it was to myself but i doubt if it be generally known and mr phillips assures me that a thus compounded it is original with iii ui . i have iii-aid of liquid iniiiure or a weak solution of guano or the brine of fish h'ing p.iiiifii over lhe beds of lime or plaster ot pari either i.iglv nr s ic cr-sively sprinkled over tin pl.n.ts — but not w:;li uniform results it has heen said that if brush fires be kindled at night to the leeward of the beds the flies ill be attracted l.y tin dam's recent b servors of the habis of these insect also tell n that tlu-y rarely or never rise in ire than three feet from the ground and ihat beds enclosed by a tight plank fence of that height will keep them out of the efficacy of either of these modes 1 know nothing but the firs i suppose would be but temporary and the other w th troublesome and expensive mr p's continued success was attested hy seve j ral of his neighbor and preparation may he considered worthy of trial by many others during the coming season should it prove equally efficacious under a vari ety of circumstances he will have enti tled himself to lhe thanks of our planters generally and perhaps to some more solid testimonials of their obligations n f cabell profitable grange work — an alabama grange has appointed a com mittee to visit the farm of each member of that grange and to report in writing the state of the growing crops ; tho condition of farm and fences ; quality and condition of stock ; methods of cultivation ; rotation of crops ; kinds of crops raised and the varieties of each ; varieties of fruits raised and the general condition of farm build ings these reports are not for publica tion unless the ow.ier desires but are to form the subjects of discussion at future meetings such grange work cannot but be profitable lo the community in which it is sitnated and conld he imitated by other granges with much benefit tennessee's example to vir ginia the state of tennessee has given to the world the introduction to the resor ces cf tennessee a volume of 1200 pages accompany by geological crop and transportation maps and giving descrip tion of what every county in the state has to exhibit iu the way of lauds timber mines — indeed everything that an immi grant would lik*j to know it is the work of its bureau of agriculture statistics and mines of which dr j b kilh-brew is chief the woik is an honor to the state and has gone foith to foreign lands to show them what it has to offer to men of energy and me ns who wish to find a field ample enough to give their talents ihe fullest scope dr killebrew heaiir.g that our state contemplated the arrangement of a singular bureau addressed a letter to mr oit the secretary of the southern ; fertiliser company on the subject mr ott has furnished ns with the following extracts which we are satified will prove interesting to every reader of ihe planter the time has come when lhe south can no longer be dependent upon the j north without complete prostration the habit of selling the very fatness of our soil in the shape of raw materials year by year and buying almost everything we use from the hat on our heads to the shoes on our feet — everything from a cradle to a coffin cannot be longer contin ued without making us slaves to the north almost as absolutely as the negroes were to us we are indeed giving the labor of three men to one when we change the raw product for the finished article our • prosperity must in the future depend upon a diversification of our industries we need more industrial talent that cm bri dle the faj-ming rivulet and make it obe dient to the will nf man ; that can direct j the operations of lhe forge the furnace and the rolling mill ; that can subordinate all lhe forces of nature to man's use we are vainly striving to make muscle com pete with machinery directed by intelli gince the per capita productive in capac ity of each man woman aud child in masachussetts is 3*400 excluding the gains of commerce ; while in t-nnes ' see it is s96 and in virginia 4 in \ oilier words each person in massachu setts may spend as much as i ii person j in tennessee makes and have 304 left or as much as a ci.iz n of virginia and have s3 2 6 to deposit in a savings bank it the people ol virginia had tiie same training and lhe natural forces at work wiih ail the diversity ot minnf.ic turers as the people massachusetts ihey could have an annaal income greater bv nearly s400,0m,000 ! a sum i suppose nearly double nie value of your taxable property there can be but one remedy we must have more skilled labor and must cease to sell a hide lor a penny and buy back the tail for a shilling we cannot be prosperous in the south as long as we pin sue the present ruinous policy of giving all the benefits of the bigh pro tective tariff to the north virginia rennessse and kentucky pay at least 30,000,000 of lhe internal revenue ofthe country — fully one-tenth while they represent only one-twentieth of the wealth of the united states i am rejoiced that you in virginia are about to take one of the most important steps towards relieving yourselves of this stale of vassalage gather up the i acts pertaining to your resources ; publish ihem to the world ; show your advantages in climate in variety of productions iu the cheapness of your land in the value extent aud variety of our mineral wealth and timber in lhe excellence of your great harbor ice , sec and you cannot fail to have an accession to your popula tion which will turn all ihese now mere possibiliies into tangible wealth and make old virginia my fatherland whose very name i venerate bright as of yore with intellectual aud material splendir a wonderful clock one of our foreign exchanges g-ves an ac count of * 4 a marvellous piece of mechanism which just been exhibited in paris it is an eight day clock which chimes the quarters plays three tunes every twelve hours or at any internals required the hands go round as follows : one once a minute ; one once an hour ; ono once a week ; one once a month ; one once a year it shows the moon's age the rising and setting of the sun the lime of high and low water halt ebb and half flood ; and there is a curious contrivance to rep resent the water which rises and falls lifting some ships at high water tide as if they were in motion and as it recedes leaving them dry on the sands the clock shows tbe hour of the day the day of the week the day of tbe month the month uf the year and iu the day of lhe provision is made for the short months it shows the signs of the zodiac ; il stiikes or not and chimes or not as may he desired ; and it has au equation table showing the difference between the cluck nd the sun for every day in the year tbe baltimore gazelle sayis : the proposition of mr jenks in the house to reduce the salaries of all govenrmeut of ficials above fifteen hundred doll irs twen ty per cent is a good one but why ex cept army a id navy officers ? educated at the public expense we do not know any class of persons who would more ; properly come within a reduction such as . is proposed it is idle to attempt to dis j guise the fact that the army is not popular ] and the general feeling ofthe whole coun i try among democrats as well as republi cans is that it is a privileged class aris : tocraticin its tendencies and dangerous lo j the liberties of the people will some body tell us why we deed a stane'ing army of twenty-five thousand men i 55!?gg i ; > f___^j , !_-' > '' l '|**''* > f ax ohio hog grower says that the foi lowing treatment will make the biggest hog out r.fa pig in twelve months : tako i two pans of b n ey two of corn and one of | oats grind them together ; ihen cook j and feed cold he says it is the cheapest food and ihat any pig of good improved breed can be made to gain a pouud a day until a year old is drainage needed what nro the effects of drainage i thorough drainage deepens the soil | of what use is it to plough deep and | manure heavily while the soil is full i of water the roots of plants will | not go down into stagnant water the , elements of plant food are not all on i the surface many of them have been washed down by the rains some of them are found in the decomposing rucks themselves take away the water and the roots will find them drainage lengthens the seasons in our climate this is an important point i to be gained if by drainage one or i two weeks could be gained it would be quite a relief in our backward springs when there is so much to be done in a short space of time drain age increase tlic effect of the appli cation of manure the soil being drver i is more easily worked fine the ma i mire is also more evenly distributed | the water also passing through the ; soil carries fertilizing matter down to the roots of plants when there is stagnant water manure must deeom ; pose slowly if at all but let the water i pass off the air is admitted and de composition takes place \\ hat observing man a there who does not know that his crops are im proved in quality by drainage sweet j english grass and clover take the i place of sedge and rushes — mass ploughman swine — pork is high and hogs scarce this has been the case for two years for want of care thou sands of hogs have been lost in the western states by various fatal dis eases where they are well cared for there is no cholera or other die i eases in general disease is simply j the result ofthe most inexcusable neg '■lect or bad treatment when well . cared for no stock pays better or in '■■crea-es faster than swine and no other : pays better for care in breeding and well selecting breeding animales at : present prices pork pays gleanings trouble not trouble till trouble troubles j you women di not talk more than men they are listened to more — that's all when levers quarrel what presents made on either side are not returned ? tha j kisses j babies are coupons attached to the i bonds of matrimony the interest isdue at random earn your money before yon spend if and then you will know what it is worth ai.d spend it mure wisely the difference between october and november is that while with october leaves fall with november the fall leaves wear your learning like a watch in a pi ivate pocket and don't endeavor to show il unless you are asked what o'clock it is poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored the most striking difference between a fool atid a looking glass is that tho fool i speaks without n fleeting and the looking glass leflects without speaking to tell your own secrets is generally folly but that folly is without guilt to | communicate th se with which yon are i intrusted is always treachery and treach j ery for the most part combined with folly a stump speaker exclaimed : i know i no nonh no south no east no west fe i low citizens !" then exclaimed an old f inner in the crowd it's time you went • to school and larnt jography taylor the water poet who lived in the . time of churles i gives the following j line as reading backward and forwards the same — lewd did i live & evil i did dwel kitchen girls sre now termed yonng ; ladi s of the lower parlor people who go about grinding knives scissors and ! razors are termed gentlemen of the rev olution folks who dig clams are termed profound investigators our tobacco market — tha tobac co warehouse have been filled to over flowing with tobacco during the present week the offerings is mostly of low gride occasionally a small quantity of fine is put in the market and then onr wide awake and liberal minded buyers make tbe whip crack the prices for all kinds are fully up to those ot any other market in the sta's o run f it danville daily express
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1876-02-10 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1876 |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 18 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was |
Creator | Thom. K. Bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-12-29 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The February 10, 1876 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601565454 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1876-02-10 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 10 |
Year | 1876 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 5346641 Bytes |
FileName | sacw12_018_18760210-img00001.jp2 |
Date Digital | 12/29/2008 10:25:34 AM |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
FullText | the carolina watchman hl vii third series salisbury n c february 10 1876 no 18 published wkk.ki.y : j j bruner proprietor a ti.i eilitoi thos k bit liner associate kilitor bute of sthlltll'lion weekly watchman e \.* vr paytbletn advanot 2.f0 mouths " " 1.25 lpiesto any address 10.0 dvi:rti$i\g rates : i sqcare 1 inch one insertion 100 iwo " 1.50 m for a greater number of insertions ie special notices jo per cent more dvertiseraents reading notice line fur each and every insertion firm i store xew goods julian & eeilig ; i the grocery business on if main ami fishcr'streets cepinga full line of first \--> groceries comprising sugars i bacon lard domestics yarn .; .. t.i butter eggs chickens meal v.l goods of all kituls foreign tic pepper spices flavorings vise pork and beef of excellent qual - solicited for any goods in their . which will receive careful attention t lowest cn.sli priooa sriliijhest cash prices paid for heel ami intry produce d ii julian 15:lmo j h heilig new advertisements ore beautiful than ever i.s the new jewerly it received at bell a bro's consisting of ld and silver watches old and plated chains bracelets ladies sets gents buttons pins and studs sl engagement rings c we have made in the handsomest tuner 1 chains 11 air jewelry aniond and wedding r,ing,s vial attention giving to the repairing i timing of fine vvatchea and regulator lu watchea repaired by us are warranted month mfice 1 doom iliove national hotel see i of large watch and pen lalubury dec 1 187o tf ihird ware ben \ nu want hurd ware nt low res call on the undersigned nt no 2 mite row d a.atwell wry x c.,may 13-tf the lynchburg ibice anil banting coupaiv phal sad assets over s<"-00.000 d*p,i*m 15,000 operty insured against loss by fire beutcest current rates ■** policy iu the lynchburg and sleep *""«•«•• agent for the north carolina h f insurance company yp 1 - hav the good of your country at lrt k 7t yonr money in " the smith and p bu l'l up hum institutions », j d mcneely agent 1^^-4.1 westbrook nurseries wilson x c c '^. westbrook propr : "." trees vines and plant yet on p ; y nonseries ofthe very best varieties * to iitliern culture at priee to ,, e ' s p t;i i 1 ''-* planting may be done with binary nnd march 1 am prepared ~ promptly and satisfnctcrilj hav re of nn experience of sdyearit u ,. m ,|; ( . ltf i * extta early i'each anil strawlmrrv plants for market plant m speciality send for eaulojjno and ; ad drew i .,, c w west crook i '"■wilson k c ■the colored men on amnesty the baltimore sun remarks : one of the most striking facts of the late excited discussions that mr blaine inangera*ed in the house was that the colored mem hers from the south were very anxious to vote for universal amnesty and that those of ihem who did not were only and with difficulty prevented from doing co by the personal appeals of mr blaine if these colored men had all voted according lo their own inclinations and as they would have done but for ihe earnest appeals of mr blaine mr randall's bill would have passed the house the correspondent of the new york tribune says that all but one or two of the colored members were pers a ad ed to vote no the tribune says there was no busier man in the house before and dur ing the decisive roll-call than mr blaine i there was probably not a single colored j representative whom he did not appeal | to and at times he had ihem gathered around him while he stood in lhe midst arguing the question in a very earnest ma tier the philadelphia times de scription of the scene is still more graphic '*'! he colored members were particlarly troublesome writes its correspondent and at times they would be surrounded by a half dozen of blaine's active assist ants usually with blaine loo at the head and subjected to threats caji'h ry entreaty and every species of argument the springfield mass republican letnark lhat to those who know how the ex speaker is looked up to on the republi can side and who hare felt the really i tremendous personal magnetism of the j man it wiil not be a matter of surprise ' that so many of the colored men yielded j their convictions and instincts the sur j prising thing is that even one of ihem ; was found capable of resisting him one i was haralson of alabama an old negro j pure blood who has known in his lime i what sensation is of standing at the auc i tinn-bl ck and hearing one's self knocked i down to the highest bidder surely if j any man in the house had lhe right to i be bitter vindictive implacable haralson was the man yet he voted for universal j amnesty and voted for it in spite of the i most strenuous efforts of mr blaine | white educated wealthy aspiring to the : highest honors in the gift of a christian people — to make him vote the other way there is something in lhis contrast be tween the temper and action of the two men which may well set the public think ing — which may well set mr james g blaine thinking also i supreme court court met at 10 o'clock this morning pursuant to adjourn m nt all the justices present causes from the 8ih district were called and d'sposed of as follows : t p johnston and wife vs thomas w haynes from rowan order to be filed jones & jones for plaintiffs and mccorklc & bailey and d g fowle for ! defendant geo 0 douglas vs r a caldwell from rowan issued tn be tried mc coikle & bailey and wilson & son for for plaintiff and moore & galling and fowle for defendant j m love et al vs elisha collins from surry continued no counsel for plaintiffs or defendant james harrison vs jesse styers from davidson argued by dillard k gilmer and t.j wilson for plaintiff and ship p &. bailey for defendant p n heilig et al administrators vs john i shaver from rowan argued by bailie battle ic moidecai for plaintiffs and vv u bailey for defendant high heels and thin soles illy clad feet are not infrequently tbe cause of very serious disease a tight shoe prevents the proper circulation of the blood in the foot causing it to be come cold it the shoe or boot is thin the foot is still further chilled and lhe blood which circulates with difficulty through it u sent back to the internal or gans with a temperature much below lhat required for health exposure to cold causes the blood-vessels to contract so that less blood can circulate through them thus one evil creates anoiher thin soles being insufficient protection against wet allow the moisture of damp walks to reach the feet making them wet as well as cold when the extremities are chill ed the internal organs and lhe brain be come congested too great a quantity of blood being crowded into them this is the chief origin of the headaches from which school girls suffer so much but which are usually attributed to study high heels are very unnatural and in jurious they make an easy natural gait impossible the heel should be on a level with the ball of the foot high narrow heels do not afford sufficient sup port for the foot and it is easily mined to one side often resulting iu serious i spia'n tbe chief weight being thrown j fa-ward upon the fore part of the foot il | becomes weary in walking much sooner j than it otherwise would the narrow soles which usually accompany high and narrow heels are likewise productive of injury from not allowing the whole fl it ot lhe foot to sustain the weight of the j body as it should corns bunions and , various distortions of the feet are caused i hv roaring improperly fitting shoes oi nc',a — lira!th reformer it now turns ont that grant has not withdiawn from the race for a third term he has not notified conkling in a con fidential r any other way that he is not a candidate for re-nomination neither has ex-senator morgan received a letter from grant refusing to allow his name to go before the national convention ! grant is still in the field he leads tie list of republican candidates woild useful recipes for the shop the house hold and farm a great many directions have beer published for mending iml'a rubber boots and shoes most of which wore worthless the following can bn relied on : procure a small lin box of prepared rubber in a spmiliquid condition which can be pur chas ed for a few cents nt almost any store where itidia rubber goods are kept for sale the boot must be washed clean and dried then the surface around the rent is to be roughened a litlle with the point of a knile after which the senui liqnid rubber is spread on with a spoon as thickly as it could he wiihout flowing away then a neat patch is prepared and covered with one or two could of rub ber when ihe prepared rubber is al most dry the patch is applied and held , on firmly fur a few minutes a 8 t says : to stick leather paper or wood lo metal to a gill of glue dissolved in water add a tablespoonf'ul of glycerin rprom thr ooldsboro messenger a woman a north carolina soldier wilnow gueex greene co n c january 25ih 1876 dear bouitz -. — a few days since i wns looking over the new york world and read a surgeon's story lhe sub ject of which was a remarkable hero ine who figured conspicuously in the late war and was connected with the sixth new york regiment and who afterwards proved to be the wife of the colonel of that regiment now as to the authenticity of the sur geon's story i am unable to vouch yet il called to my mind a tine romance which happened in the confederate army and can be vouched for by many good and brave men now living in the state of north carolina the romance was as follows : the 26ih regiment n c troops had for its colonel a man ol great capacity and lhat quality of mind which enables men lo encounter danger and d.ffieulties with firmness and without f-ar the colonel was known by the popular name of zi-b b vance during lhe spring of 1s62 the 26 h regiment lay for a while four miles below kinslou n c c«'l zli had previously received a com mission from the confederate govern ment lo raise a legion to he known as vance legion in ihe 26 h reg't ar.d in co a was a private hy the name of blalock 1 think iho not sure as to name who received n furlough for 30 days upon condition that he bring buck wi;h him a new recr i for the legion at the ezpira'ion n the 30 days private of co a returned to camp with a recruit according lo stipulation who was imme diately mustered into service consistent with the army regulations i had previ ous to this time received an appointment from col vance lo drill recruits conse quently this new soldier was placed in my squad for military instruction the rr-crnit had the appearace of a boy about 18 years ot age iiis voice was soft and effi-minate and though it did not seem to be that ofa man we could not doubt that it was a boy i drilled lhe new soldier in squid wilh many others lor about six weeks and dining the time i would fre quently march the squad down to t lie creek and all that wished would go in bathing the young recruit never par ticipated in the sports confined to the water but no one thought anylhi-g about it as some of the mountaineers had a vi-ry great horror of the poisoned waiers of i east'-rn north caralina and the recruit i was from ashe or wilkes county soon after the return of the private of co a with his recruit he was laken down with a very troublesome affection known to surgeons as arthritis or white swelling and after suffering the most tormenting and severe pain for more than a month lie was honorably discharged from military service by dr boy kin who was surgeon of ihe 26 h reg't at that lime the same day and hut a few hours af er pri vate blalock had received his papers from the doctor the recruit walked into col vance's tent and said col vance my husband has been discharged from military service on account of di.-ahiltv and is going home now i want you to discharge me also col vance said vour husband the h — 1 you must be crazy boy ; you are in for tho war my young man i can't let you off re cruit continued to say lhat though a sol dier she was a female in male disguise and the wife of blalock col vance i sent foi dr boykin to come and take the ' case in hand as it had proved too much for him dr boykin being a very able and learned surgeon soon returned and reported that the recruit was a woman sure enough and the wife of the man who brought her tb camp | eh h darwin says the male grasshoppers ' fiddle with their hind-legs on the edge of tlieir wings and the best mu sician always gets first choice among the females ; the finest quality of indigo has the least ' specific gravity and floats upon water lt may also be tested by its not readily leaving a mark on drawing it across a piece of paper and also by the clear blue which it impaits to water when dissolv ed to prevent the skin discoloring nfter a bruise take a little dry starch or arrow roof merely moisten it witb~co_d water and place it on the injured part this is best done immediately so as to prevent the action of tho sir upon the skin in valuable for black eyes agricultural tfor the southern planter and farmer winter care of stock the usual indifference in this latitude in housing and sheltering stock in winter is a grevious fault and in these days of should be penny savings farmers cannot make a wiser improvement on the past than looking to the improvement in the care and quality of their slock whatever breed of stock may be adopted let it be good and well bred and of a fixed type and suited to the section and purposes it is intended for for some purposes shorthorns and their grades are best milch cowa should be allowed a space of five feet wide and ten to eleven feet deep or if in double stalls of nine feet and two in each haltered to the corners and their halters to allow them to feed in the trough wiih a midway and the trough of roomy size to hold a good supply of food wilh several bars across the top to avoid waste of food by each cow the doubled stall of nine feet is better than single stalls of five feet as there is more room for milking and feeding light old worn trace chains two and a half feet long to the fork with a t at one end and rings at the olher with a link be tween each of several rings to suit the size of the necks 1 losely should be used as halters these temporary stalls may be made in various ways and the shelters may be of straw or frame work rather than not at all the building of the farm may sug gest olher plans for feeding and milking under shelter the stalls should be lit tered and the droppings thrown out each morning and if not too cold and stormy let the slock onl each day for exercise and to graze old sods if to be had near by forage cut up is of advantage to the stock and economy in its use and i meal and bran sprinkled on it after damp ening the cut food renders the food more acceptable to stock and beneficial to m'lk producing calves should be cared for and fed with bran or meal twice a day on thin cut food and not allowed to get poor the same is important in their yearling form as they must be sustained at that early age and it costs but little to keep their little frames th»s also applies to wean ing colts ; neither should they be crowd ed together and of different ages oid slock should be housed or shelter ed as lar as practicable especially in stormy weather and so fed that each p-ets its shire stock ca tie may be sheltered from storms and falling weather by var ious cheap modes and there is no better work done on a farm than uniform cue for i stock iu winter and it is astonishing how a little meal or bran wiil show a marked elf.*ct on young animals in the better and earlier start they take in lhe spring even a gill of meal or bran to each calf on its forage cut up of chaff or sheaf oai will show in a short lime in the oily texture of their coats of hair to older sto'-.k bhort corn nubbins slips fee , judiciously fed is next to meal wiih them in value and the waste of corn passing through thero is not lost but will be valuable to shoals or hogs that may he allowed to range with them if the hogs are disposed to root where tbey should not the rings now to be had gen erally is a preventive and cheaply pro cured and put in their noses the advantages nf shelter is particular ly valuable for cows and calves that the milking may be done in rooms of warmth produced by animal heat and then each animal may be better cared for this too applies to cowa that are to calve in a few monihs ; care of them are highly valuable to start them into their fresh milking periods in good flesh the va rious turnip aud sugar beet crops are of great value to be fed as a mixture with the dry food of winter which ad is to the milk shelter and separate apartments for woik oxen is most important and snug stalls pens or something to protect them from the sudden change from heat al work to cold cheerless nights — the young and timid being whipped away from al ready a poor allowance of inferior food when too the weaker oxen are more tired and thus the more easily robbed of their share of food — whilst on-lhe other hand if each one is to himself he will eat his share at will and rest to suit his wants this subject is one of great farm value and is worthy of the thought and practice of all who own few or many animals of the kinds named — albcr marie co , va s vv ficki.in sheep husbandry some cautions are necessary to those who think of turning their attention to sheep husbandry there is no use of attempting it wilh inferior sheep unless pure bred bucks is alonce used to improve them lt i useless to attempt this iu baudry unless the flock is sufficiently large to deserve attention the planter must give his personal attention to the business unless he has absolute confidence in his shepherds the flock must be the object of as constant attention as the corn or cotton field the cotton and grain crops on the plantations need not be reduced — in fact ihey will be greatly increased and be made on less surface of land by the heavy manuring trom the sheep it is estimated lhat a flock of 1,000 sheep folded on the one acre of land will thoroughly manured it in two nights ; or in round m-mbcrs 180 acres of land will be so thoroughly manured in one year as to easily produce one bale of cotton to the acre the manure of the sheep alone will more thau pay for their keeping there is another view to take of sheep husbandry that is not often mentioned as soon as we have an abundance of fio ' wool on each farm woolen factories will spring into existence and a large propor tion ef our wool and coiton will be man ufactured at home for consumption we willre'rfin at home vast sums of money that are now sent abroad for the woolen and coiton gu.vis tbe charlottsville and fredericks urg mills are row manufactur ing superior woden goods and we have no dcubt there are other factories in the state that are doing the same thing if these factories could be assured ofa regu lar and constant supply of fine wools they wonld greatly increase their manu facturing capacity and make not only a home market for onr wool and cotton but by a thousand oth'*r things ibat can be profitably raised on a farm to make sheep husbandry successful at the south the sheep ongl t never j be without a shepherd one shepherd ! can easily attend to five or six hundred sheep 3 nd no extra labor will be requir ed except at the time of shearing tfrom tbe southern farmer and planter injury to tobacco plant j beds by flies a remedy the ravages ofthe fly on the tobacco j plant beds ot eastern virginia have so j much increosed of late years as to call j lor a more certain preventative or remedy than any heretofore suggested a first and sometimes a second series of plants j is devoured by the insects and before a i third can attain a growth sufficient for j transplantation the early seasons have i passed the losses occasioned by the j delay alone in planting must have been j immense ; and during the present year j many growers of tobacco wholly failed i in occupying a part of their hills made j for that purpose during a recent visit to the county of i amherst i met with mr james w phillips an intelligent citizen and planter of that county with whom i conversed at large on the best modes of rearing and i managing tobacco from him i learned \ that he was in possession of a remedy against the fly which he had tried with : unvarying success for thirteen years past ; wiih the excepiion if one year when no ; llir-3 appeared lie had not divulged it 1 before but is willing that it should be made public now ; and as it is both sim pie and cheap i send for publication in ) the planter a copy of what was written j down from his dictation as soon as the cal tie are taken in ! from grazing and put up for winter feed i ing as we may be certain that their ma • nure will be free frr-m grass seeds a j quantity of this is collected and stored in j several barrels old flour or lime baraels i will answer the purpose over each lav j er of eight or ten inches thickness pour j water until moistened through and then ! sprinkle a handful or two of slacked lime ! about four or five haudfuls generally j suffice for a barrel these are either to * be kept under shelter or covered during i wet weather these are either as the j fly makes its appearance — which is gen i erally from the last week in march to the i middle of april — sprinkle the mixture i which will he now thoroughly pulverized j over the beds so as nearly to cover the j plants the flies will cease to trouble } them and the manure will simulate their i growth as well or better than any other he has ever tried v'mi r covers his beds with brush as is the general custom and rather thicker than usual ; but never removes it entirely until shortly before the plants are drawn he thinks it belter to have two layeis of brush one across the other as in case the plants are loo much shaded the sec ond may be removed without disturbing the first and thus injuring the plants tho remedy here proposed may nol be as new to all your readers as it was to myself but i doubt if it be generally known and mr phillips assures me that a thus compounded it is original with iii ui . i have iii-aid of liquid iniiiure or a weak solution of guano or the brine of fish h'ing p.iiiifii over lhe beds of lime or plaster ot pari either i.iglv nr s ic cr-sively sprinkled over tin pl.n.ts — but not w:;li uniform results it has heen said that if brush fires be kindled at night to the leeward of the beds the flies ill be attracted l.y tin dam's recent b servors of the habis of these insect also tell n that tlu-y rarely or never rise in ire than three feet from the ground and ihat beds enclosed by a tight plank fence of that height will keep them out of the efficacy of either of these modes 1 know nothing but the firs i suppose would be but temporary and the other w th troublesome and expensive mr p's continued success was attested hy seve j ral of his neighbor and preparation may he considered worthy of trial by many others during the coming season should it prove equally efficacious under a vari ety of circumstances he will have enti tled himself to lhe thanks of our planters generally and perhaps to some more solid testimonials of their obligations n f cabell profitable grange work — an alabama grange has appointed a com mittee to visit the farm of each member of that grange and to report in writing the state of the growing crops ; tho condition of farm and fences ; quality and condition of stock ; methods of cultivation ; rotation of crops ; kinds of crops raised and the varieties of each ; varieties of fruits raised and the general condition of farm build ings these reports are not for publica tion unless the ow.ier desires but are to form the subjects of discussion at future meetings such grange work cannot but be profitable lo the community in which it is sitnated and conld he imitated by other granges with much benefit tennessee's example to vir ginia the state of tennessee has given to the world the introduction to the resor ces cf tennessee a volume of 1200 pages accompany by geological crop and transportation maps and giving descrip tion of what every county in the state has to exhibit iu the way of lauds timber mines — indeed everything that an immi grant would lik*j to know it is the work of its bureau of agriculture statistics and mines of which dr j b kilh-brew is chief the woik is an honor to the state and has gone foith to foreign lands to show them what it has to offer to men of energy and me ns who wish to find a field ample enough to give their talents ihe fullest scope dr killebrew heaiir.g that our state contemplated the arrangement of a singular bureau addressed a letter to mr oit the secretary of the southern ; fertiliser company on the subject mr ott has furnished ns with the following extracts which we are satified will prove interesting to every reader of ihe planter the time has come when lhe south can no longer be dependent upon the j north without complete prostration the habit of selling the very fatness of our soil in the shape of raw materials year by year and buying almost everything we use from the hat on our heads to the shoes on our feet — everything from a cradle to a coffin cannot be longer contin ued without making us slaves to the north almost as absolutely as the negroes were to us we are indeed giving the labor of three men to one when we change the raw product for the finished article our • prosperity must in the future depend upon a diversification of our industries we need more industrial talent that cm bri dle the faj-ming rivulet and make it obe dient to the will nf man ; that can direct j the operations of lhe forge the furnace and the rolling mill ; that can subordinate all lhe forces of nature to man's use we are vainly striving to make muscle com pete with machinery directed by intelli gince the per capita productive in capac ity of each man woman aud child in masachussetts is 3*400 excluding the gains of commerce ; while in t-nnes ' see it is s96 and in virginia 4 in \ oilier words each person in massachu setts may spend as much as i ii person j in tennessee makes and have 304 left or as much as a ci.iz n of virginia and have s3 2 6 to deposit in a savings bank it the people ol virginia had tiie same training and lhe natural forces at work wiih ail the diversity ot minnf.ic turers as the people massachusetts ihey could have an annaal income greater bv nearly s400,0m,000 ! a sum i suppose nearly double nie value of your taxable property there can be but one remedy we must have more skilled labor and must cease to sell a hide lor a penny and buy back the tail for a shilling we cannot be prosperous in the south as long as we pin sue the present ruinous policy of giving all the benefits of the bigh pro tective tariff to the north virginia rennessse and kentucky pay at least 30,000,000 of lhe internal revenue ofthe country — fully one-tenth while they represent only one-twentieth of the wealth of the united states i am rejoiced that you in virginia are about to take one of the most important steps towards relieving yourselves of this stale of vassalage gather up the i acts pertaining to your resources ; publish ihem to the world ; show your advantages in climate in variety of productions iu the cheapness of your land in the value extent aud variety of our mineral wealth and timber in lhe excellence of your great harbor ice , sec and you cannot fail to have an accession to your popula tion which will turn all ihese now mere possibiliies into tangible wealth and make old virginia my fatherland whose very name i venerate bright as of yore with intellectual aud material splendir a wonderful clock one of our foreign exchanges g-ves an ac count of * 4 a marvellous piece of mechanism which just been exhibited in paris it is an eight day clock which chimes the quarters plays three tunes every twelve hours or at any internals required the hands go round as follows : one once a minute ; one once an hour ; ono once a week ; one once a month ; one once a year it shows the moon's age the rising and setting of the sun the lime of high and low water halt ebb and half flood ; and there is a curious contrivance to rep resent the water which rises and falls lifting some ships at high water tide as if they were in motion and as it recedes leaving them dry on the sands the clock shows tbe hour of the day the day of the week the day of tbe month the month uf the year and iu the day of lhe provision is made for the short months it shows the signs of the zodiac ; il stiikes or not and chimes or not as may he desired ; and it has au equation table showing the difference between the cluck nd the sun for every day in the year tbe baltimore gazelle sayis : the proposition of mr jenks in the house to reduce the salaries of all govenrmeut of ficials above fifteen hundred doll irs twen ty per cent is a good one but why ex cept army a id navy officers ? educated at the public expense we do not know any class of persons who would more ; properly come within a reduction such as . is proposed it is idle to attempt to dis j guise the fact that the army is not popular ] and the general feeling ofthe whole coun i try among democrats as well as republi cans is that it is a privileged class aris : tocraticin its tendencies and dangerous lo j the liberties of the people will some body tell us why we deed a stane'ing army of twenty-five thousand men i 55!?gg i ; > f___^j , !_-' > '' l '|**''* > f ax ohio hog grower says that the foi lowing treatment will make the biggest hog out r.fa pig in twelve months : tako i two pans of b n ey two of corn and one of | oats grind them together ; ihen cook j and feed cold he says it is the cheapest food and ihat any pig of good improved breed can be made to gain a pouud a day until a year old is drainage needed what nro the effects of drainage i thorough drainage deepens the soil | of what use is it to plough deep and | manure heavily while the soil is full i of water the roots of plants will | not go down into stagnant water the , elements of plant food are not all on i the surface many of them have been washed down by the rains some of them are found in the decomposing rucks themselves take away the water and the roots will find them drainage lengthens the seasons in our climate this is an important point i to be gained if by drainage one or i two weeks could be gained it would be quite a relief in our backward springs when there is so much to be done in a short space of time drain age increase tlic effect of the appli cation of manure the soil being drver i is more easily worked fine the ma i mire is also more evenly distributed | the water also passing through the ; soil carries fertilizing matter down to the roots of plants when there is stagnant water manure must deeom ; pose slowly if at all but let the water i pass off the air is admitted and de composition takes place \\ hat observing man a there who does not know that his crops are im proved in quality by drainage sweet j english grass and clover take the i place of sedge and rushes — mass ploughman swine — pork is high and hogs scarce this has been the case for two years for want of care thou sands of hogs have been lost in the western states by various fatal dis eases where they are well cared for there is no cholera or other die i eases in general disease is simply j the result ofthe most inexcusable neg '■lect or bad treatment when well . cared for no stock pays better or in '■■crea-es faster than swine and no other : pays better for care in breeding and well selecting breeding animales at : present prices pork pays gleanings trouble not trouble till trouble troubles j you women di not talk more than men they are listened to more — that's all when levers quarrel what presents made on either side are not returned ? tha j kisses j babies are coupons attached to the i bonds of matrimony the interest isdue at random earn your money before yon spend if and then you will know what it is worth ai.d spend it mure wisely the difference between october and november is that while with october leaves fall with november the fall leaves wear your learning like a watch in a pi ivate pocket and don't endeavor to show il unless you are asked what o'clock it is poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored the most striking difference between a fool atid a looking glass is that tho fool i speaks without n fleeting and the looking glass leflects without speaking to tell your own secrets is generally folly but that folly is without guilt to | communicate th se with which yon are i intrusted is always treachery and treach j ery for the most part combined with folly a stump speaker exclaimed : i know i no nonh no south no east no west fe i low citizens !" then exclaimed an old f inner in the crowd it's time you went • to school and larnt jography taylor the water poet who lived in the . time of churles i gives the following j line as reading backward and forwards the same — lewd did i live & evil i did dwel kitchen girls sre now termed yonng ; ladi s of the lower parlor people who go about grinding knives scissors and ! razors are termed gentlemen of the rev olution folks who dig clams are termed profound investigators our tobacco market — tha tobac co warehouse have been filled to over flowing with tobacco during the present week the offerings is mostly of low gride occasionally a small quantity of fine is put in the market and then onr wide awake and liberal minded buyers make tbe whip crack the prices for all kinds are fully up to those ot any other market in the sta's o run f it danville daily express |