the carolina watchman dl vii third series salisbury n c april 13 1876 no 27 i i brumes ed and propr . k r.iunkit associate ed isi kiption kates : in advance 2 oo 1 25 .. i l-inci bates : ff ailed 1 00 leatlons l so :.'. lis or a year howes non-resident c that the following sum i : of attachment have been i uu : berior t'orrt rowan county ■ ■; roi ey and phillip ; trading under the j meroneva broth summons i i fendant i . . ';'-.; of m'rtii carolina rowan county uniting .. '..;; hereby commanded 1 , • of tin state to summon iowe defendant in the above at t lie next term of the : the coanty of rowan at - in salisbury on the 6th i 3d monday in march 1*70 i - i answer the complaint of \\ roney and phillip p meroney ! i & brother plaintiffs in ' , . | you are further commanded ; defendant that if he fails ; i nmplaiut within the time . the said plaintiffs will take him lor 464 50 with in • . i since 1-t september ls?4 ind charges in this suit in j .. itness 1 m horah clerk of our in salisbury this the ■ . a i 187 1 m horah ' rotean county ' ;;; n 1 of attachment superior court j meioney and phillip p mero i • rm name of meroney & ie f \ - 11 f -. !>■ ft of north carolina / ounty — greeting j ring by the affidavit to the officer , i warrant that the plaintiff i r from the defendant >. 1 since 1st sept 1*74 t tin above named amo il from this state with intent itors an.l is about re from this state : vou commanded to attach and property of the said amos tit . or so much tin reof •: t lie sufficient to j ttisfy said demand j •- and ' spenses 1 m iiokait clerk h i li cranford | ' 1 fi nil lit : ... notice thai the following • n issued against yourself gi ther i ith a pel ition to sell , ' -. to wit : rowan county tn ".■ suj . i-'mr court ' idm'r 1 bo ( ranford summons • ford scott cranford forreuef.l i m ran i'e inl and wil '- 77 carolina nf itowan county greeting ln r hy commanded to summon f ii i ranford scott ran ton i marga iford and wilburn cranford the fondants alwve named if they be found nty to appear at the office ii superior court for the rowan within twenty days after he service of this summons on them exclu lay of such service and answer lint a copv of which will be de : tin clerk of the su 1 ( ounty within ten :' this summons and let thai if they fail bo answer lint within that time the jwntiff will apply to the«court for the rc : iii the complaint ; il not ami of this summons make rn given und r mv hand and seal of said ' w.this 13th dav of march 1876 j m horah supr court of rowan countv 23:6tfll divie ioi 1y in the superior court adm'r of fan i i i'lu , | ...-'■ [ ., i ■ • . summons nd wife sarah | . wife eliz i martin cochran | in miauls j t atk of north carolina ■ ■ lin county greeting v commanded to summon wil • id wifesaraa foster joseph mc . elisabeth and martin cache ■ ts ab*>ve named if they be conntr to appear at the . ofthe superior court forthe •■ ithin twenty days after the mnns on them exclusive ol ■ . ice and answer the com - uf which will be deposited in the k ol the superior court for said '. n days from the date of this l let th mi take notice that if they complaint within that ffwill apply to the court lor ded in the complaint and of this summons make given under mt hand and the ■ t.this jjst day of february ii b howard clerk superior court of darie county appearing to ihe satisfaction tt martin cochran one of the ' s above named 16 a non-resident of tl the plane his residence is ■ '• iti ordered thai service ofthe i ic made by publication for sis rac ism the carolina watchmin a shed in the town of salisbury feb 21 1876 ii b howard o s c g p i:0\vf.ll&:co nvw pamphlet of 100 pages containing ■ ■'■ pa jeers and estimate nhow bcost of advertising march 9 76 ly from the advocate history of the sun by e l perkins like al olher created things there must have been a lime when the sun was not the malerals of which it is composed once formed a part of that chaos which draped the universe with one immense solitude athwart wliich no ray of light had ever flashed to dispense its gloom or to relieve its monotonv rut the great fiat went forth let there be light !" and at once particles of matter began to forsake their old associations to reject former nihilities and to form new compounds around that point which the creator had indicated as tlie centre of gravitation at first a small bright spot no larger than the head of a pin appeared whirling on its own axis and dashing along through space with an inconceivable velocitv it grew to the size of an apple bright sparkling hissing as it went while the elder intelligences of creation gazed with wonder on the new phenomenon in nature still spinning around still rushing on through space still flashing with increasing ■ brilliancy it grew in bulk and gathered variety ofniateral it became as large as a man's head ; then many feet in diameter ; then a mile then many miles thus it grew ; as ages roll ed on it continued to glitter and flash and roar and increase until it became a tremendous lobe i of light one million four hundred and ten thousand nine hundred and ten times as large j as the earth i having now become an object of such mag nitude in the universe we must change our de scriptive pronoun from ii to him he now be catne by his widespread influence the great anchor ofthe familv of planets tlint had form ed around him and are held to their places by the powerful cable of gravitation these planets the sun takes with him on a circuit i which baa the star alcyone as its centre and though he travels four hundred thousand miles per day he will be over eighteen millions of years in completing a single round no tele gram ha ever announced whether or not his first round has been completed or if not when it will be ; or whether he i.s in his first second third fifth or fifty-fifth round all great characters who are independen enough to shine by the lijjht of their own gen ius are subject to he malicious eflbrts of en vious individuals who plot to obscure their brightness there is a little globe thi-teen j times smaller than the earth the moon that is ! very frequently throwing itself before the face j ofthe sun to prevent his looking his fiar i laughter earth in the face but insignificant : impudence never succeeds beyond spasmodic i efforts attended by fruitless results there are however certain secret enemise not so well accounted for in the year a d 360 the sun hecante suddenly eclipsed to all the eastern provinces of the roman empire for a whole day darkness was total except the light of the stars in 536 he was obscured and continued so fourteen months in 626 hall the di-k only was visible for eight moulds in 9s4 his light was diminished for two months complete darkness came on by day for six hours a si mi liar occurence was observed again iu june 1241 june 1547 the solar disk appeared blood red for three days rut in spite of all these troubles ihe sun is still the great grand undiminished light dispenser and guide of his family on the great circular path leading through thetrackless regions of immen sity oiiip suppose lhat the sun has another class of enemies that instead of trying to obscure his brightness pelt him wilh great meteoric mis sies hence those enormous explosions thai occasionally take place on the surface of the sun disturbances that agitate many thousands of miles square in a few minutes from the nature of these great outbursts it is more than i probable that the sun is as great for noise as for light an explosion that will sweep over i forty thousand miles in a minuie cannot be a ' silent affair but must be attended by shocks compared with which our heaviest thunder claps are but as the faintest whisperings how long the sun will endure this meteoric pelting science and revelation fail to indicate it may be essential lo his brightness as our enemies often do us good by calling forth a display of onr virtues as it is customary to describe the character of lhe heroes of whom we write we may add that the sun has ever furnished us with the finest example of energy benevolence and im partiality as a creature of perseverance he never pan s in the discharge of the duties assigned iiii ut acts to day with the same undiminish ed vigor that he did six thousand years ago in dispensing ihfht and heat for the comfort of the teeming millions that inhabit the planets re volving in his domain his benevolence is charncteriftic in as much as that while the planets draw their light sup plies perpetually from him they have never been known to give back anything in return except the snngs of praise that arise from the various choirs that inhabit them the impartiality ofthe sun is also very nota ble he pours a flood of golden light upon the evil and tl.e good the ungrateful as well as those who give thanks the small and the great the humble and the proud all share alike the bounties of the great luminary we can advise no better conclusion than lo advise all intelligent beings to study an.l imitate the character of this great dispenser of light life and liberty how john bunyan got out of prison bunyan was in his day quite a controversial writer and was very severe upon lhe quakers until he learned that through the intercession of that sect lie obtained his release from prison it is a somewhat note worthy fact now well au thenticated that charles ii liberated quakers and puritans from confinement through the personal intercession of the quakers among whom was richard carver who was the mate of the fishing vessel which conveyed the king lo france after the famous battle of worcester 1751 this honest quaker sailor after twenty years had rolled away appealed to the king in person in behalf of those who were in prison when lhe fugitive king fled for his life the sailor conveyed him on shore the vessel was bound for poole coalladen with two passen gers who passed for merchants running away from their creditors the fugitive king and lord wilmot were landed at fecamp in nor mandy upon the back of a quaker and the vessel recrosscd the channel to poole when the honest sailor appeared before his majesty the ki:ig expressed astonishment that he had not previously sought some reward the sailor replied that he had merely done his duty . and god had rewarded him with peace of mind and now sir i ask nothing for myself but lhat vour majesty will do the same for my friends that i did for you : set the poor pious sufferers at liberty that you may have that peace and satisfaction that al iravs follow good action king charles there upon pardoned four hundred and seventy one quakers and many independents and baptists among them john bunyan _ ».»•» 13 p rogers the defaulting teller of the fulton bank of brooklyn who ran away with 2.5,000 was arrested to day at knuville figures the following figures are taken from a mas terly speech of hon m j durham of ken tucky tecently delivered in congress they show how the expenses of govern ment have in creased from year to year and what we have paid and are now paying for the privilege of being ruled by a radical administration : from march 4 1788 to december 31 1791 1,919,589 52 1"02 1,877,903 68 1~93 1,710,070 26 1"94 3,500,546 65 1"95 4,350,658 04 1"96 2,531,930 40 1"97 2,833,590 96 798 4,623,223 54 1799 6,480,166 72 1800 7,411,369 97 1801 4,981,669 90 1802 3,737,079 91 1803 4,012,824 24 1804 4,452,85s 91 1805 6,357,234 62 1806 6,080,209 36 1807 6,9s4,572 89 1808 6,514,338 85 1809 7,414,672 14 1810 5.311,082 28 1811 5,582,694 86 1812 17,829,498 70 1813 28,082,396 92 1814 30,127,686 38 1815 26,953,571 00 1816 23,373,432 58 ls17 14,454,699 92 1818 13,808,673 78 1819 16,300,273 44 1820 13,134,530 57 1821 10,723,479 07 1822 9,827.643 51 1823 9,784,154 59 1524 15,330,144 71 1525 11,4s9,459 94 1826 13,062,316 27 1827 12,653,095 65 1828 13,296,041 45 1s29 12,660,490 62 1830 13,229,533 33 1831 13,864,067 90 1832 16,510,388 77 1833 22,713,755 11 1834 18,425,417 25 1s35 17,514,950 28 1836 30.86s 164 04 1837 37,243,214 24 1838 33,849,718 08 1839 26.406,948 73 1s40 24,139,920 11 1841 . 26,196,840 29 1842 24,361,330 59 1843 to june 30 11,256,508 60 1843-44 20,050,108 01 ls44-'45 21,895,369 61 1s4-v46 26,418,459 59 l846-'47 53.s0 1.569 37 1s47-4s 45,227,454 77 ls4s-'49 39,933,542 61 ls49-'50 37.165.990 09 1s50-51 44,049,949 48 1851-52 40,389,95 56 1852-53 44t<)7s,156 35 1853-'54 51.142,138 42 1854-55 56,312,097 72 1 855 56 60.333.s36 45 1856-'57 65,1)32,559 76 ls">7-'58 72,291,119 70 1858-'59 66,327.405 72 l859-'60 60,010.062 58 i860-'61 02.537,221 62 1861 62 456,379,896 81 ls62-'63 694,004,575 56 1863-64 811,283,c79 14 1sc4-65 1,214,349,195 43 1s6.v06 385,954,731 43 1866-'67 206,216.571 38 1867-'68 229,307,251 47 1s6s-t-9 190,851,647 96 ls69-'70 164,c5s,273 84 1s70-'71 158.141,401 08 1871-72 153,037,356 15 1872-'73 180,229,971 32 1873-74 194,217.210 27 1s74-75 171,529,848 27 honest men in office an inspired wiitereays when the wicked rule the people mourn w w belknap late secretary of war lias it seems been guilty of malfeasance in office by selling or allowing a mem ber of his family to sell a post-tradership at one ofthe forts on the wester.i frontier for a consideration there was a third parly iu the transaction the amount paid for the monopoly of the post trader ship was 40,000 of which the belknap family received one half it is sad to believe tlia such corruption should exist in high places or with those placed iu positions of power and influence not only on account of the disgrace brought upon the nation by such conduct but also on account of the demoralizing effect which it will have upon the young men of the country the frauds and corruption recently brough to light in investigating the whis ky frauds the emma mine affair and several other astounding developments are almost enough to make honest people believe that rascality is the rule and hon esty the exception among public men there are so many rings clans cliques and secret orders extending their ramifi cations all through society aud working iu secret that a great many very unfit men find their way into places of trust and profit to the great detriment of the puhlic good and to the shame and mor tification of all good men and women who earnestly desire the welfare of their country tbe moral and religious elements of the country should use their influence to place men in office who are not connected with these combinations wliich are so dangerous to the liberties of the people and men who have the moral firmness to scorn corruption — messenger of peace the remarkable discovery of a boiling lake in the island of dominica has ex cited much scientific interest and inves tigations of the phenomenon are to be made by geologists it appeals that a company exploring the steep and forest covered mountain behind the town of rosseau came upon this boiling lake about 2,500 feet above the sea level and two miles in circumference on the wind clearing away for a moment the clouds of sulphrous steam with which the lake was covered a mound of water vas seen ten feet higher than fhe general surface caused by ebulition the margin of the lake consists of beds of sulphur and its overflowing found exit by a waterfall of great height silver resumption prom the baltimore gazette the various financial measures pro posed in congress have all either been directly rejected by vote or else have fallen hopelessly into disfavor ; and only the silver resumption scheme retains any vitality it will probably go into opera tion and will be productive of some good but it cannot be regarded as a step to ward specie resumption the reason of ibis is that specie itself has depreciated and is worth no more dollar for dollar than paper money — at least there is very slight difference and the values fluctuate gold alone is the standard silver is not recognized as money but as merchandise like zinc and copper more valuable of course but not money to redeem depreciated paper money therefore in equally depreciated metal is certainly not resumption of sp3 cie payments the causes of the depreciation of silver are chiefly tbe immense production of it by the bonanza mines and the aban donment of the silver standard in ger many one of the causes of the financial troubles in germany wastheeilver stand and of mouey the recent adoption of the gold standard in the german empire has demonetized about 250,000,000 of silver and converted il thereby into mer chandise this of coure must lie for a considerable while as a dead mass for the uses to which silver can be profitably ap plied are comparatively few it is prob able that silver will fluctuate in value remaining however considerably below its old coin value until its cheapness opens or extends its uses in the arts that may in return enhance its price the shipment of silver bullion to india and china where it is still money will also enhance its value and in time it may so nearly return to its old coin value as to be serviceable as a standard of value but there are nevertheless some rea sons why silver may be profitably used to redeem the fractional currency and if limited to that will accomplish a certain ■ good the amount of silver now on hand in the treasury is nearly sufficient to redeem the fractional notes the val ue of the silver is so near the value of lhe depreciated paper that lhe seigniorage of the coin and ihe paying of the expenses of printing the fractional currency will make the silver resumption of the frac tional currency rather a profit than a loss to the government the extent to which europe is now drugged with silver from | the causes already mentioned it is very j improbable that lhe silver coin will be ' drained out of ihis country there is however one important practical consid eration the usefulness of silver coin is in proportion to iis smallness it is more import an to call iu the ten cent and tif : teen cent notes than those of twenty-five and fifty cents it seems therefore de | sirable to call in the ten cent notes first ' aud to follow this up wilh the twenty i fives and last of all the fifties the j moral effect of this will be of more value than mere financiers and statisticians are \ apt to consider for after all hope and confidence and credit are important fac tors in money questions the politico ' economical and mathematical considera tions may be largely outweighed by the merely emotional ones of hope and fear j fear is the most i nportant element in all panics hope and confidence are main : stays of enterprise and prosperity the financiers may prove conclusively that j this silver redemption of the fractional , currency does nol help specie redemption ' but the people at large will not accept their conclusions and when they see sil . ver exchanging for paper at lhe face val ; uc of the laltet it will have a good effect on business the old traditional values of silver coin will remain and people in general will not tliink that the silver is cheap they will think that the paper is better this we repeat is worthless except in the moral and educating effects j in favor of hard money and gold redemp tion the experiment of silver resump tion is certainly not a costly oue the blunder should it turn out to be one will involve very small amounts and the thing is worthy of a trial the developments at washington con tinue to widen and swell until they threaten something like a dam-disaster it becomes a question whether for econ omy's sake it would not be better to punish tiie innocent than the guilty the latter being few compared with the for mer i indeed there are so many forms of land piracy now and so many pirates practising ihem that it brings to mind the possible utility of the plan for im proving public morals suggested by a georgia judge it was lhat there should be a man hung in each county and town and that he should be elected to be hung for being the meanest man in the county or town by the citizens having the right to vote it will be seen that mean men would at once proceed to lead such lives as would save tbum from election and that there would be a wonderful im provement in public morals the diffi culty in washington would be that the number is so great that the hanging of one would make a slight impression npon the vast society of rascals still il would do borne good even there there would bc no certainty iu the matter as to who would be elected and that might induce some to be a little more circum spect than ordinarily — richmond dis patch the man who has once learned what a very small part he plays in the world and how few people watch him as he plays it is likely to be a more genuine earnest fellow thereafter the convic tion of our own insignificance is a profita ble sensation to every meal — a fact to take with us to office street or church or lo meditate upou our pillow north carolina in congress major englebard of the wilmington journal gives the following as some of his observations upon the house of rep resentatives : messrs scales and yeates on thursday last two of onr represen tatives made iheir first speeches of tbe session in the house general scales who was a member before the war had been heard there in that chamber but major yeate9 flashed his maiden sword it was a proud day for north car olina general scales spoke from manuscript a well considered able and convincing argument npon the abuses of the gov eminent especially in its treatment ofthe indians temperate considerate well written and well spoken the speech is justly regarded as one of the best deliv ered during the session il has added greatly to his already leading position in the house major yeates took the house by storm laboring under severe indisposition and securing the floor in the latter part of the day after the members were worn down from many hours of continuous discusions he began under serious difficulties ris ing superior to them however in a few minutes he tilled the vacated chairs and secured undivided attention from the mem bers the lobbies and the crowded gal leries impetuous in manner clear and forci ble in statement and conservative in sen timent he arraigned the republican party in one of ihe most masterly speeches ever heard in the house there was a freshness iu the manner and matter which won the attention and sympathy of all and the speaker was continually interrupted with the most rapturous applause the fact that the chairman forgot to stop him at the end of his hour and that no one raised the point of order is a compliment seldom paid to a speech when so many are de sirous of being heard and a speaker's time is watched with such a jealous eye these two speeches have done much to add to the fine reputation already ac quired by onr north carolina delegation indeed in both houses no state has more reason to be proud of her represen tatives when our people learn to ap preciate her public men as they deserve we will find that their influence will be extended and the state will be the gainer a retrospect let's see how we all started after the war ended we were poor and proud to begin with the men who had been rich met up with good fellows who knew them when thry were rich and good fellows who had speculated and eaten dirt and made good piles of money now thought it an honor to offer to lend it and the quon dam rich accepted the loans as if sure enough it was an honor to the good fel lows to offer it and this made borrowing fashionable and so we started and all things began to look like old times and everybody seemed doing well nobody iiad any idea that anybody else was bor rowing money except themselves and the men that didn't borrow but toiled on in patched clothes and lived from hand to mouth were considered poor shiftless creatures aud quite beneath the level of the ordinary run of mandkind but finally pay day diwned somewhere and borrowed capital began to explode and the whole country has been going off like a crazy shotgun ever since it now be comes us in this centennial year to touch plain bottom and realize that we are very poor and must live accordingly and not borrow or go in debt and best of all not be ashamed of the work we do but blush like a thief if we are caught trying to live without it then the centennial year of sure prosperity will begin and while we may not prosper faster it will be a pros perity that is sure and steadfast because it is honest in the sight of god and hon est in the sight of all men — raleigh news the notorious major merrill summoned before the military committee washington march 30 — that emi nent soldier major merrill who found it profitable to arrest persons in south car olina on the charge that ihey were kn klux aud drew pay from government funds while receiving his pay as major of cavalry is to be examined by the mil itary committee of the house he is so innocent that he asked the chairman to day why he had been summoned if it is to get my views on any intricate sub ject i wish you would tell me now so i can study and enlighten yourcommittee gen banning blandly informed him that he would be heard at length on the situ ation of affairs in south carolina during the kti-klux riot merrill turned his back and slunk away with the phantom of a court martial and possible dismissal from the service staring him in the face — v y sun a successful diver — a gentleman accidentally dropped his umbrella over board at the wharf foot of princess street yesterday morning when it sank to the bottom a colored man volunteered to recover it for a quarter of a dollar and his offer was accepted upon coming to the surface it was found that he had not only succeeded in gelt'ng the umbrella but had also brought up a bag wliich upon being unfastened was found to contain a journal ledger and blotier at last ac counts we learned that one of the books had been left at the first national bank they were recognized as belonging to a firm in business here some years ago — wu star dress i know of thousands of parents who have received from god a child and then they turn the young immortal into a dress maker's doll as if god had not made the little creature beautiful enough they must overload it with silks and laces and then torture ite freedom into tlie thongs i and screws of arbitary fashion this overdressing of the body strikes into the heart how can a stop be put j to the crop of fops and fashionista if chil dren are to be trained into foppery and coxcombry from their cradles i how can onr children be taugh self denial aud spiritual-mindedness while under the ar i tificial wrapping of pride and extravagance theo l cuyler washington april 3 a special to the times says a renewed effort will be made by a combination of democrats and republicans to pass some kind of currency bill chittendon and williams of new york have taken the rcatter in baud the river and harbor appropriation bill have been prepared it appropriates about a million less than a year a°"o bright of tennessee inteuds if lie can be recognized to day to propose a resolu tion committing the democratic party to the pennsylvania democratic platform on the financial question the raleigh news says : they have four whale fisheries between morehead city and cape lookout a distance of fit teen miles and each crowd of fishermen stationed at the.se fisheries is armed with a gun shaped something like a carbine and so heavy that a weak man can hards ly bring it to his shoulder and they are also furnished a bomb lance which when struck into the whale goes oft like a shell and armed in such manner these fisher men go out in row boats and make war on the whales it is generally in bail stormy weather that these whales come in and lie under the bites of the capes the new york tribune comments on connecticut : the democrats will make as much fuss over it as the republicans did a few weeks ago over new hamp shire and on the whole with about as little reason the presidential contest is noi lo be decided this year by the skirmishes which occur before the parlies have set their leaders in he field the candidates are tu be the platforms and till the candidates are up the field shows little but chaos baltimore sun the supreme court decision on the en forcemeat act its effect on a mary land case in the united states circuit court judge bond and giles the april term tm wliich commenced yesterday a long ponding case under the enforcement act was decided in accordance with the opin ion ofthe united states supreme court delivered a week ago in louisiana and kentucky cases the court gave no opinion but judge bond simply ordered an acquittal entered and sustained the demurer for the reason given in the opinion of the supreme court that the law did nol specify that the offence was committed on the negroes because of their race color or previous conditions of servitude laying the piping — last thursday mr atkinson engineer in charge com menced laying the piping that is to con vey water from the top of the south mountains to the asylum the water will be brought four miles and will have an immense power when it reaches its destination the cit : zens of morganton are thinking of purchasing piping and conveying the water to the town we would then be as well prepared for a fire as the city of augusta ga and insuring would be a work of supererogation old and new washington the person who visits washington now if ofa classical turn will at once recur to the ode in which horace deplores the luxury and degeneracy of his own age in lhat he draws a beautiful picture of the splendors of the architecture the pro fusion of the flowers and stately porticos to which in a fine antithesis he contrasts the customs of he ancient romans under the austere calo the observer who compares the new washington with the old will not fail to see how happily the poet's beautiful verses describe the exis ting condition of affairs iu the capital of the republic the most prodigious and costly changes have taken place the government has expended vast sums on the public buildings and the famous ring with boss shepherd at its head has spent millions in real estate specula tions under the name of necessary im provements in looking critically at these one is reminded still further of the lament of the poet when he sang that in the better days of rome the revenue of individuals were small but those of the state were ample this suggests itself at once in washington as having once been true of this country but now it has been curiously reversed the govern ment if we may be pardoned the phrase is hard up the office holders take their portfolios or their desks poor men and suddenly blaze out ia all the splendor of secmes de la plnsche himself what goes into the pocket of these people — lhe belknaps,the b.ibc.ocks and t lie like — comes out of the revenues of the repub lic altogether tlie washington of old times in its simplicity and honesty was better than the new with its pomps and vanities and spoils and spleudors and cor ruptions — norfolk landmark laplander babies at church i want to tell you how the mamas away up in lapland keep their babies from disturbing the ministers on sun day poo babies ! i suppose it is grow ing bad style everywhere to take them to church and i suppose too the minis ters are privately as thankful as they can be but the lappy scammas don't stay at home with theirs the lapps are « very religious people they go immense distances to hear their pastors every missionary is sure of a large audience and an attenlive one he can hear a pin drop — that is should he choose to drop one himself his congregation wouldn't make so much noise as that upon any consideration all the babies are outside buried io the snow as soon as the fam ily arrives at the little wooden church and the reindeer is secured the papa lapp shovels a snug little bed in the snow and mamma lapp wraps baby snugly in skins and deposits it therein then papa piles the snow around it and the dog is left to guard it while the parents go de corously to church fiver twenty or thirty babies lie out there in the snow around the church and i never have heard of oue that suffered or froze — smoke dried little creatures i suppose they arc tough ! but how would our soft tender pretty pink and white babies like it do you think 1 — wide awake the charlotte observer calls the atten tion of its readers to the fact that deeds and mortgages are worthless until they are recorded ir the office of the register of deeds our contemporary cites a case of considerable loss arising from the neg lect of this important matter a citizen of mecklenburg county had given a mort gage to a neighbor upon certain property for a considerable amount the neigh bor laid the instrument carefully away at home where no harm could befall it and a few days ago executions were ob tained against the mortgagor for all that he is worth if not more ltpon learning of this the mortgagee remembered that the mortgage had never been registered that all of these judgments came in before it and that he was out the whole amount of money which he had advanced on the mortgage see that your deeds and niort gages are registered protect the birds birds are the natural enemies and de stroyers of bugs caterpillars and worms the ravages of which insects are very destructive nature never provides an evil without a cure and has in this par ticular ordained that the birds shall de stroy these destroyers the citizens should therefore guard them all they can hy attracting the birds about them build neat littie bird houses and put them in the trees about the city teach tho boys to protect the birds as their best friends instead of encouraging them in stealing their eggs ami young and de stroying their nests and finally killing the parent buds themselves — charlotte observer when a man detects a missing button after getting on a clean shirt no one in the house is aware ofthe fact he takes oft the shirt and puts on another quietly smiling all the while he never speaks of it to a soul — danbury news the st louis times thinks it now settled that u s grant was not raised to the presidency the presidency was lowered to u s grant dr redfield the well-informed south , ern correspondent of the cincinnati commercial says that the colored peoplu are showing signs of disgust with tho republican party and that a great change in the colored vote would not surpriso him uniforms and danger — the color of a soldier's uniform is shown to be not so much a matter of taste as of vital importance exper lenco proves that men are hit in battle accord ing to the color of their dres ited is the most fatal : the least fatal austrian pray tho proportions are red twelve rifle green seven ; brown six ; austrian bluish gray live the sugar crop in cuba exhibits an im mense falling off from that of last year the activity of the insurgents in tho central department has had its effect where the ruined sugar-houses and burnt cane-fields are all that remain to the span iards after the eight years fctruggle with the insurrection a chinaman iu san francisco was rudely pushed into the mud from a street crossing by an american he picked himself up very calmly shook of some of the hind bowed very politely and said witli a mild reproving tone to the offen der you christian me heathen good by i a pretty little ohio schoolmarm tried to whip one of her pupils a boy of fifteen the other day but when she commenced opnerati"ii ke coolly threw his arms around her neck and gave her a hearty kiss she went straight back to her desk and her face was just as red tarboro has the unenviable reputation of containing within its limits the prem ium fiend of north carolina his name is crockett to cure a child of an in tii mit y to which all children aro subject tin brute had recourse to the most sav age cruelty a specimen of which was compelling it to put ils tongue on a hot sto ve and hold it there in writhing agony - patriot