Carolina Watchman

              t—vn _, he carolina watchman i viil third series salisbury n c october 26 1876 nd2 y 1 j bkunbr eti ami propr 1 ,. ,,. brunei associate bd ., bst itirtio-t kates : rp_.val)lein««vance f '"' •••-■•-* aiivi:kii-i.n rates h e publication f w ■,,.' , isorayear , form ofthe democratic par plan north carolina adopted ty l'-p democratic state con at raleigh on 14th juue i876 as the republican party ol ,-...,._ states for the last sixteen | the complete control of i;1,.;t,it in all its departments ii.reg.ud of constitutional limi ;,. mn qnal an 1 oppressive byitsext.avaga.il and waste ares by ha unwise and mis u-financial policy by its uncxura .' ,;;,;,,! corruption pervading all , clministr ition — has a upon our governmeni i illeled distress upon our people ■ j that in tb*s centem pxi-tence we invite all pall ljnoreall 1*'»"1 i-""*"1'5 '" disregard the ; ij-jicrt engendered by the pas ev is u u„ite with "•*• i !'" ' ;! '*' "■' lestore oll„iiuti«tial honest economical and i lhe gov ninieiit - ■ ■ •'■ iv u ■«"<■ ! y _ , - ■ ■'■'''! ib msll s75 tin ■ - ... nu ei ■ • -" '•' >' u .,,: a 1,1 . -■ ibi - . .. thorough . in nl |, iblic schools i ii - i ; the state '. :; i'liali g our *. in | rish tin n nth i ir ! , ,... j.-*_-t su long labored i i by more i,sniat;.is fisher win ii thomas p in il :: ';. us f 13 au : vvihuii.glo.i » ; i lli ;;■• al w es ; ,,„ foi iln c ■ i * : * ' * i ti of the westt 1 1 i . 1 i 1 1 i ilailro id to i'.iint ii ck ti lucklown and ot our unfinished rail mil wr pi ilge tbe continued use ul the wivirt l.ih ir id ihe state i : of such l.ii jmlii-iiiu lej slal :•■ e aid as u ill s - tin in ciuiqiletion ■ t lh •* gi eat sa e trakuhl lie earliest p acticable period / 1 that the people of n il ill hum have ii in iheir power i ; an tl.-tei initiatetl and unit d i ffort , ieve mil pei pie trom the evils ot ie u.i-i ni i \ i ravag nice and cor inpiimi antl ies tore the prosperity of oui : * i •*'). that h e denounce i fficial n in it \ i*i found and « e hold li-wiy in in the lii.l and highest qnali i ffice grant's i'roclamation tliere i no evideuce before the coun try tu sustain tin pretext upon which innt issues hi proclamation to the peo | ul soutli carolina 1 1 * s . i v -- ibat insurrection exists there ; ut bi itoclauiation contains the first ; wiutit the term insurrection is n ne of vague import bat a definite mean i-f involving re vol i . hellion or violent j jl u«jg-tiize upii-ing against authority ; wlcli state of tilings exists in soutli lfr»litia there li is beeu no attack rtp '" iiie stale government no lesislauce federal law nu defiance of lhe judicial f.uolliiiigihal can bo regarded as in j •*-')' revolutionary f»in grant says there are certain ntnbiiiutioiid iu the state that cannot be ' bwxolled or sup essed l.y lhe ordinary wweofju-li-e ' there is no evidence | te to support this had there kke could have pointed lo the times ''"■ i plica when and where the course of 2«ce las been interfered with or thwart lie could iny mentioned the coun ,'* : jwdiltes and given some indica 10,1 f die nature and extent ol the resis ■"■ proclamation is destitute of nwtifiable basin whatever ini-iidaci-.urf assertions with which '"' p-*cu__atien opens wen made merely j w ol reg«,-d for that part of the on which warrants tl.e use of tforcebythe executive . ul c u the insurrectionary i to submit themselves to tli ■ j constiiuted authorities that id h r°,",i,u'e '" li li'i we l»av«»o1 i uljt that tlu-y will conform lo the t°ffte proclamation is beyond ques i "" ibe su called rifle clubs , rtmiided wade hampton and ' uiot "< l,'c "! l,,,8lliou ;" ' - n quested lhe mem t*l disband . *%« additional force ol federal 2_*w«jready bee ordered into lhe j *• war department we pre lw_i*__l j ulli moel wnh llli '" ja p*of resiauuee from the citizens though attempts to stir dll • doubl,eba be made by-dema 1 m llllil vv interest and for elec *"";; purposes.—jvceo york san a ,„., n mastoid that three yards of 1 ijc''ng wet would brink one quar 1 well then heinquired if '' et a quarter of a yard would left r ''•">' yi-iir old woke up early one i seeing t full moon from the i'1 innocently remarked i should iio to tal e bayonet electioneering gram's soutli carolina proclamation is the first step in the preconcerted effort to carry the state for the repiiblica*iis next month chamberlain has slandered l lie state of which he is the shameless governor by representing it as in a con dition of domestic violence but kepubli can judges join wirfr gen hampton and the democrats in declaring that it h peaceful and amply able to protect all iis ciiizens in their person property and right of suffrage without federal help nevertheless we urge on the wronged people of south carolina to so promptly bey the demands of this electioneering proclamation that their enemies shall have no excuse for following it up with the threatened bayonet law they bave borne grievous wrongs long and patiently they have seen their revenues squander ed by scoundrels in their offices and thej groan under ihe weight of a taxation which stifles enterprise and clogs indus try they have beeu persistently mis represented by iheir own governor plot ting to retain power ; and the altninistnt lion run only in the interests of the re pub.ican party and solely with a view to ihe carrying ol the coining election by that party is ready to do its utmost lo in foi its candidate lhe electoral voles ol ibe state spin of the wish s and opin ions ol ; he honest a i iz ns um though all th s is h ml to bear let the outraged j . ! ■- m ike ti itiovei except i box they i . , ■ .- \ m pa in jo-iit y ol '• i ■ li •* ■ cei veil i i imi ii j h»*i i ii lot federal aid i c him theii ( io . i nor aud tii ar ui iheir d • nee is at band the attempt to t . we i he vole of south carolina by s soldiei s u iii leact again*>t i pai iy hi \\ hose bi half it is made i-s _ rejoicing in mississippi white and colored democratic voters marching to the music ofthe union ( ixford miss oct 13 the lome i ; l.i ma i \\ a s fail 1 v ; 1 1 1 ! .*. z • lasl night in celt i ration nf the democratic victoties in l dial a and west virginia every house *.*.■■•* brilliantly illuminated thousands of white and black voters marching shouldei in shoulder i ained in a torch light procession which w as led by the band 1 the i - 1 i r «. i i states companies stationed at holly spiiugs while the stars and snipes w.ts borne aloft by one ; mined ex miifederate soldiers v verv appropriate address was made by col walter a distinguished lawyer i l*i-r which lunar made om ol bis grand iff i its — a speech chuiaeteiiz.d by re maikable force and eloquence a d per fectly ti io ni par i in passion or e.i de.tce ol sectional prejudice his very sou seem 1 to in alive with love lor the1 union nul as 1 listened lo bis glowing ; w.i.l 1 could not but wish that every man iii the north could like myself ha e listened lo him without resort to vituperation or abuse be arraigned the1 id publican party for iis maladministra tion showing by au array of incontesta ble facts that in its mad zeal for party success ii had in the ftce of the most solemn oi ligations unscrupulously coin i milted acts subversive nf our form of government and that in order to perpet uate its power it had recklessly sought to suborn lo such in farious cuds et ery thing essential to the health and i fe of the uaii n he said the news irom indiana brought encouragement and revival of hop anl expressed the belief that the result of the ; election on the 7th of november will dis sipate iln despondency which like a pall has rested upon the south foi years antl will give to the whole country through the wise administration of president i ilden those long-absent blessings inci | deal in perfectly amicable fraternal rela i lions tbe restoration of confidence aud the revival of enterprise and trade 1 1 was certainly one of the ablest speeches i ever listened to and was re ceived by all with demonstrations of most heai iy appioval negro sue crag p dr lledfield in cincinnati commercial b hold what great power negro suffrage has given to the south ! it has increased their representation so largely that with the aid ot new york connecticut and california for instant tbey can control legislation elect lhe president and ad minister lhe government machine as tbey may see fit the rest of lhe united suits can whistle the solid south aud the three states named will be ihe gov srnmcut in all that ihe term implies the far-seeing men i-i the south oi thogt v.i are esteemed is far-s • nothing can prevent the bouth from hav ing a controlling voice in the government inn disfranchiseinenl ofthe blacks aud they argue that tiiis will be the next greal question which will agitate the country norih contending for black disfiauchise ment in order to keep lhe south lnun i mining the government it is plain very plain that the blacks will be made subservient to the whiles in every southern slate and that so far from enabling the north to bold the government is having precisely the opposite effect giving the south so large a number of congressmen ami electo ral votes that this section will virtually hereafter be ihe ruling power in washington the old man looks down and thinks of the past the young man looks up ami thinks ofthe future the child looks everywhere and thinks of nothing and there an a great many childien in the world intmidators in trouble we stated in sutiday morning's issue the arrest ofa negro man who was active in the intimidation of j w poe a color ed man who renounced his allegiance to the republican party a lew days ago in a card through the columns of the obser ver the name of the accused was jeorge alexander and liis trial took place before his honor mayor jolintson on yesterday morning while the liiai was progressing a negro named jerry henderson led to the room by curiosity was identified and proven to be accom plice in the riot it appeared to the sat isfaction of the court that not only had both parties violated the town ordinance enacted against prof ine swearing and di tudly conduct hut also the stale statute formed for preventing the intimidation of voters the court not having final jur isdiction over the lust named offense the two parties were bound over in a justified bond to appear at the next term of the superior court and to keep the peace in the mean lime in default of bail tbey were committed to tiie county jail to ponder over the lolly of intolerance and to learn obedience to the laws of the land charlotte observer posting the books the results of lb • resent elections en abl ■ u • • • li '. -. ■ ial coul i i ilie aib . , : in whole j be chosen is jo . . the e >\ lm gi ts as niaiiy as 185 of tin *.. ill h elected here is the record as it stands si c ■ ! ue.d iy : states certain to vote por tildex . ih uu i 10 missouri i ."> arkai sas i xew jersey jl ' connecticut li new york 31 i maware •'! xorth carolina iii georgia 1 1 '>,.._- ,.. :; indiana 15 tennessee 12 kentucky 12 texas 8 . l uisiaiia 8 virginia i i m nylaiitl 8 west virginia i mississipppi 8 — total 105 or 10 more than are necessary to elect states likely to vote por tiloex california i new ii impshire .") 1**1 ni la 4 south carolina 7 - total 22 certain states ij'5 probable states 22 grand total for till.-n j i 7 states certain to vote for haves iowa 1 i x-v*„la 3 ' kansas 5 lii si maine 7 rhode maud i minnesota 5 vei :■ i > n t 5 nebraska .*{ — total g5 ! states likely to vote fo it hayes colorado -, michigan ii illinois 21 wisconsin 10 massachusetts 13 — total 53 certain state • '"> probable tat*-s 58 granrl total for hayes 123 or i fewer than are necessary to elect doubtfcl pennsylvania 211 j sttmmary grand total for tildeu m7 g rami total for iiayes 123 : tilden's majority i'l ' less possible vote of pennsylvania j29 tilden's sure majority ti5 this is just the way the case stands since tbe result of tuesday's elections has become known it leaves tilden's suc cess about as certain as frank pierce's was after the elections ol october isj we have no longer uiy doubt ol the com plete triumph oi the reform party bnt it will not be achieved wii bout au earnest | struggle the party of corruption will i die hard this possession of power will i only be surrendered after desperate fight ing in the state of new york especially tbe combat will be most intense and in cessant from this day forth until theelee tion of tuesday nov 7 every trick and device will be restored to by the men in office to save themselves from the dire necessity of seeking a new occupation but no nick and no device however cun • n ing or however audacious can overcome tbe a ill of i he people to have u change and lo turn out the grants itobesons handlers blaine babcocks pishes shepherds and all the banditti who for the lust seven years have disgraced or plundered ihu country — v y suit ington sued for 50,000 damages i m a l.nie so well known in the southern states as the soldiers friend is in this jot for the purpose oj employ ing counsel to bring suit pgainst the city of wilmington for damages in not being allowed by the radical mayor to enter the city ou account of quarantine regula tions il is said that she alleges that she did not come under the regulations ; and that she was insulted by having negro policemen sent to arrest her and send her away this was prevented by the iu terftrence of white policemen the a mount of the damages sued for is 50,000 she is confident of the success of her suit — charlotte observer a main will not listen to truth told bim by au enemy and he rarely gets it from a friend tbe money spent for whiskey every year in the united states would build a marble church in every city in the whole laud the n y llcruhl in commenting upon the arbitrary arrests now being made in south carolina wishes to know wheth er it is south carolina or mexico ? it says : arbitrary illegal arrests by federal soldiers under tbe orders of federal dep uty marshals have begun in south caro lina governor chamberlain candidate tor re-election opposed not only by the democrats bur by a considerable and increasing faction in bis own party fears that be will be beaten accordingly he appeals to the federal administration for the loan of soldiers to help him to intim idate the recalcitrant voters 1 iv.ng ar i ranged a board of state canvassers of election and a returning board the ma jority of whoso members are candidates ou the same ticket with him and are thus by a monstrous perversion of j.istice en i tilled to decide the vote i.i their own fa vor having further managed that of the • ninety six commissioners of election in i the comities seventy should be his de clared partisans and forty office holders i who hold their placet by bis appoint ment ; having ihus prearranged the count i.i his own favor mr chambeiluin now summons federal hoops and federal mar rhals to aii e.-t citizens known to be o j posed to bim in politic aud all ibis i.i ti unil«*d states and uuder the aus pices of a pirty which once called itselt the pre-eminent friends nf liberty and - ne ol whose leading members held the i •■ s '.*. ■ hi x to be nncoustituti nal bf :., . . lite len '! with the rights i i j state mt charles francis adams in a re cent published letter warned the people against ihe revolutionary tendencies ol the republican leaders was be far wrong a multitude of respectable cit izens among them all ll.e republ in rubers of the supreme bench ol the '* ale assert publicly that there i.s no trouble no political violence or lawless ness in south carolina tbe citizens whob.ivel.ee arrested have bubmitled quietly tbe governoi himself has made im pretence eveu of an effort lo subdue lawlessness ; he h is done nothing but issue a violent ami incendiary poclama tioii and sent for federal troops like his prototype perrin in alabama who shot a who through his own hat ami then called for the soldiers dies the repub licau party ol the xorth consent to such revolutionary acts as this i is this a sample of what it proposes to do if it is continued in power another four vears .' if so then the safest lhe only safe course for northern voteis i lo turn it mi — rii.-n can be no doubt on thai subject this is no mexico ; bul these acts of ( iii.i nor < bniil i i i'n this inisiie ol ■ federal troops a el federal powers would if continued t..ui years longer set us a i long way toward mexico ifit is ran ted that the political puty which hap j pens to possess the federal government mav rnuich its soldiers into lb states foi political purposes then we have paved ihe way broadly fur general civil disorder if these proceedings in south arolina aie not promptly disowned bv tin repub lican candidate every northern citizen who has a stake in the country ought lo vote against him j ■]'„■,. .\ ■*,/;*. men fight one is killed tin other escapes lite yesterday afternoon a difficulty occurred between two negroes george watis and jim holt in tin outskirts of the city near the residence of itev mr i l-.rown-.on iu which the alter i j iu holt was killed by the former the circum stances were about as follows dim holt who it is said was thinking got in to a coiitroveisey with the daughter of george walls and used insulting lan guage to her the lather was informed ol it came immediat ly to the spot where holt was standing with a pistol in bit hand wrenched the weapon from bun antl struck bim two blows with it the tirst near ibe mouth and tiie other in lhe temple ue held the barrel in his hand hence the heavy end ol ihe pi toi came in contact wiih lhe other party's load and the hammer pierced tht skull knocking him down and producing it is supposed instant dealh watts then went off gave up the pis tol u a gentleman informed bim ihat be bad knocked holt down aad that he didn't know whether he was dead or nol he then bft and has uot ben heard of since officers were immediately sent for and searched for him till iate last night at lust accounts lhe body was siiii lying where it fell awaiting the coroner's ", iquest and guarded by soon ol lhe dead in ni's friends — char observer the ball opens in barnwell foii colored democrats arrested under the enforcement arr expected arrests ofthe detnocratic can didate jur sheriff — a dollar and a half jur every false oath — willing perjurers pouripg into toa-n — a cu izen arrested just because ills name is un the list special dispatch to lhe news aud courier aiken s c oct 13 no other prisoners have as ye been brought in but the deputy marshals are out wiih their warrants milkdge t holly the dem ocratic candidate for sheriff has probably been arrested by this time as depot birdeen left here this morning for bis house afier being incarcerated a day and a half four ot the five prisoners who were left in jail last night were leleased on bail this afternoon the fifth j o boyd a mo3t quiet and inoffensive man was held until to-night the commis sioner not being able to find a warrant for him has iust released him ou bond without the warrant appearing and says no doubt there is one as boyd is ou liis lh-t the prisoner says that none was shown him ; but the mistake can easily be rectified by a warrant being prepared and ante dated as plenty of negroes are on bond willing to swear to anything united states marshal wallace has been in lee & clyde's offi e all the morn ing paying out money to negro witnesses about fifty came np to-day most of them from rouse's bridge and for every cross affixed to the affidavits yesterday the philanthropic marshal is paying one dol l.u and a half this immediate payment of witnesses certainly looks to all who know negroes like a bid by the govern ment for perjured tistimony the wit nesses are coming into town from the silvertou section leaving their campaign meetings and eager to earn their easy wages by falsely swearing democratic gentlemen into jail the filling in of names and affixing the crosses of these negro volunteers lo the printed affidavits is going steadily on and marshal wal lace blandly informed uie that he would lemain bete some days as he has a piie f w rk ahead of him p three color 7 democrats arrested in barnwell the white democrats ready to bail th m no whites arrested yet blackville s c , oct 13 united slates l puty marshal hanfin arrived from lhe city yesterday he went to ba uwell ihis morning and arrested three colored democrats — o c gantt dick saddler and henry winter the al leged offence is the intimidation of voter the preliminary examination before r uited stales commissioner eaton will i held lo-morrow gen hagnod with some of the best citizens of barnwell are here to give bond for the colored demo crats no whites have b"ou arrested yet tbe people aie resolved to submit quiet ly t d k prom the raleigh sentinel thk negro and his radical friends the radical leaders are making all soils ol incendiary appeals to the negroes to rally to what they call the preserva tion of tlnir liberties and the perpetuation of iheir manhood boffrage the negro has been the victim of ralli ed delusion ever since the accidents or fortunes of war liberated him from slave ry and now thai his treed un with full ci izenship is assured him he was never in greater danger than he stands in to-day irom those who boasl themselves bis pe culiar friends he has only to cease to be useful as a political machine to the republicans al lhe ninth and a i\-w ad venturers and suffrage cultivators at the south ii kv governor chamberlain of south carolina th is settle and will iam a smith of tiiis state to realize the tacl that bis importance is gone aud with il the love and regard ot his professed tiiends already have the radical philanthropists at the north — the ever speculating yan kees — cast wistful eyes to the rich and inviting fields of the south the fairest portion of the continent and the future seat ot the world's most magnificent em pire only the presence ot the negro race they are beginning to say binders the progress und development of the south such as they with yaukee energy aud intelligence would give it and al leady the northern lu'nd is revolving the problem how to get the negro out of the soul hern states and get rid of him colonization is fixing itself in the minds and calculations of lhe northern people as surely and steadfastly as abolitionism bad entrenched itself there twenty five years ago j'he public sentiment that grew to lhe power ol disrupting the union and liberating the slaves at the south lor which last we offer most devout l banks feels that it can in less than half ibe time march lhe lasi one ot the black race out of the country and colonize them iu some cheap and convenient place where the negro will cease from troubling and leave the weary and philanthropic radical lo rest the driving out and colonization of the negroes is as surely the work of the next fifteen years as that the northern people are able to accomplish theii designs over tin southern people that the southern prople will oppose all such schemes as look to the taking away of the negro from among the peo ple with whom he his been reared and his race civilized s as certain as ibis peo pie resisted the breaking up of the old and kii.dly relations that existed between ihe white guirdian and the black ward before the war the irrepressible conflict is still go ing on as it has gone lor years and the last struggle bet ween the north and the soul i ver the negro is approaching we have got to have another contest over you sambo and il may be that god aud humanity may give us the victory and help us to save you from your pe culiar friends a traveler called for mint-sauce at a hotel the other day and the waiter said they had none adding our cook makes all the mince into pies not sauce why call him tiie groom as eight oui oi ten people do a groom's business is to look after horses a bridegroom's business is to look after his wife's mother europe perplexed over a tirrfay russia the controlling power loxnox oct 16 the times in a grave article on ihe situation concludes that ths tuikish rulers have we fear \ determined uot to yield much more russia may soon be at the mercy of the storm she lias raised it is not too late ; to keep russia back if any conn try can thus save lhe world from a tremen dous war it is germany the standard's vienna dispatch says turkish statesmen desire p?ace but not with dishonor the majority agree if the foreign pressure becomes intolerable they might prefer seperate terms with rus ia the times to-day publishes a full ;. >;* ofthe note in which turkey offered a six month's armistice all tbe details of which have already been telegraphed to the uni ted states a paris correspondent of tint • . commenting on them says : the note is concilitorv submissive and almost hum ble the times in a leadingeditori.il article says : turkey could not possibly have | been more conciliatory the note judi ciously abstains from denouncing the for eign volunteers as russians there is nothing in it which russia or anv other power could reasonable take offence at the times further says : tiie fact ol russia's having reverted to the demands - originally made by england wonld be encouraging if wc could regard with con fidence the animus which prompted tiiis co uis ft the honest _ ikar this story — good to read in these days of business ivarice — is told of nantucket a generation ago : — it was a very severe winter and the harbor had been frozen over four weeks the coal in store had been exhausted : and there was much suffering from lack of fuel even the fences bad been torn down and burnt to eke out the scanty * supply of wood to the great delight of the towns people the ice broke up one fine morning and a schooner laden with \ coal was seen approaching there was much excitement and before the craft moored a coal dealer boarded her and eagerly addressed the honest quaker skipper captain gifford wai cap'en said he you've about ■ hit it this cruise i guess i'll bev to take ■ y'ur hul cargo s'pose you'll want ' more n the usual seven dollars a ton i wai i like to do the squar thing by a friend and 1*11 give you twelve dollars a ! ton for it friend said captain gifford thee can have one ton ol my coal it thee likes | for eight dollars but only one ton ; all must have a chance just then one of the richest men in the place joiued them saying i want leu ions of your coal ar your own price name it i have buffered long enough for once he received the same answer and so did all — one ton for each family and eight dollars wms the price of each ton no love ot gain no solicitation uo regard for individuals could move honest capt gifford sel irish wales — the irish peasantry have an inborn taste for funerals and in the amount of ho or done to the departed they lose sight of the actual loss they have buffered och shore thin it was a fine berry ing ; there was a sight of people and a power of cars is as great a eulogium as can he accorded any man and will quite console lhe s irv ivors and the re verse "< ch thin be didn't leave enough as would berry bim dacent ;" in fact they think far more of how they are to be burried than of keeping life itself the poorest and most improvident lays by something for his or her own wake and i have myself known cases of paupers iu the hospital wards wbo were accumulating under their pillows a little store to save the disgrace of a parish coffin that being the greatest and last misfortune that could befall ihem douglas jerrold was much struck by this phase of the irish character and it is he i think who tells an affecting btory of a young girl whom he iound in a cabin busy at her needle i see you take in plain sewing this is some bridal grandeur he said taking up what looked an elaborate night-dress " lis no wedding grandeur replied the girl proudly shore tis my shroud ; let life bring what it may plaze iod i'll have a d icent wake in parts of the north of ireland there was at one lime some forty or fifty years ago a rather romantic custom that when a verv young unmarried woman died her eof_in should be carried by oung girls only to tin graveyard as this was sit uated p.i haps fifteen or twenty miles from where she lived it followed that the bear ers should be changed every second mile and on these occasions there was generally an escort of running volunteers who in this way often did their thirty miles in a day this custom was called shilling the coffin and a good many marriages were the result of these excursion ; but the idea was nevertheless pretty and pas torial — dublin university ma trine lord make us truly thankful of what we are about to receive tin hi - ain't fitten for a dog to car is the way a c rl lin monroe la man asked a blessing a little american lad who had just com meuced reading the newspapers asked his father if tin word hon.*1 prefixed to the named of a memher of co ... honest fall plowing v eon wheat and rye have been sown j and the corn husked it is too frequently supposed thai nothing more remains to 1 be done io the lield but there is no sea son in which more useful work can be done in the field than the fall tbe plow should be kept going until frost puis a stop to the work theie are many reasons why fall-plowing is bene ficial the effect of the weathering of clay soil is such that no implements can produce it the repeated frosts and thaws so break up and mellow the soil that there is in the spring a finer seed bed thau eonld be obtained with all the plowing and harrowing thu could be given to ir the work done in the fail is net only better done but so much is pnt out of the way in preparation for spring crops the plowing for which is oiien delayed by unfavorable weather so munch as to endanger the success of the crop the corn stubbles s!i onld by all means be | i wed u iw so that oats can bo sown as early as the mellowed soil ia dried by the first warm suns in the spring this early sowing is sometimes the safety of the crop and the yield upon falu plowed sod is always better than upon the sj riag-pl n ed there are also many iusects buried om f sight which would otln rw ise harbor in the stubble this is especially the case will the clinch-bug wliich finds a hiding-place in the corn stalks ami other rubbish of the stubbles in plowing potato fields now we turu up tie destructive colorado beetle to the light from his chosen winter quarters ami expose him to the birds and small animals which feed upon him at this sanson when chilled with the cold the beetle is inactive and easily falls a prey to its enemies in a newly-plowed field we have recently seen myriads of these insects brought to the surface where tbey will stay ar.d be destroyed for every one we get 1 id of now wc prevent j ossibly the hatching ofa thousand eggs iii the spring cut-worms and white grubs may also be exposed to enemies which are eagerly on the lookout for them although the prevalent idea that these insects are injured by frosts is not a cor rect one yet this ehonld be no reason why they should not be turned up by the plow they are inactive now and once brought to the surface do not again ee cape io their hiding-places beneath but are evposed to those animals which sub sist xi[i^n them thus if we gain noth ing but to be fore-handed with our work and ihe destruction of insects these ad vautages are so serious tbat we should bv no means neglect them — vt tc york times a wonderful dwarf we recently saw in new york one of the most remarkable examples of arrested growth which has ever beeu on exhibi tion the subject is a native mexican a female and is said to be twelve years of age she seems to be symmetrically and proportionately developed in all re spects though a little less intelligent i than one would expect a giil of her re puted age to be she speaks spanish and a few words of english she is apparently healthy and has acquired a i number of the second teeth she ap peared very chreeful ran about and shook bands with the visitors talking a little and gleefully exhibiting the small coins given her by inquisitive visitors wbo \ were inclined to purchase lhe opportunity j for a closer inspection ihis diminutive specimen of humanity so like otlier children of her age in most respects is in si*-:e inferior to runny in fants a birth her height is twenty 1 one inches ; circumference of head thir teen inches her leg i little larger than | a man's thumb while her tiny band is smaller ihan an infant's her weight is said to i only five pounds she wears : shoes three inches long aud one and one . ighth inches w ide altogether ibis dark-eyed curiosity i impresses one much as an animated doll ! might be supposed capable of doing — she is accompanied by her parents who are both well-developed persons and have other children who are fully devel oped for their age tiny btate that this ; child has always appeared to be healthy hut ceased to grow wbeubuta few months olj having been very small at birth — tbe name of this remarkable parson is lucia urate sin has received consid erable attention wbiie iu his country firm distinguished member of the medi cal profession a barnum giraft ilampaging boston herald they attempted to take one of barnum's new giraffes across rhode island last week but just aa it was on the massa elms !-* line it reached over and ate about ball o a hay-stack in a farm-yard in connecticut and when the farmer came with a club and attacked lhe connecticut end the massachusetts end got mad and kicked a man in boston and nearly killed him it created a good deal of excitement attiie lime i.i llode island and mostof the people stepped cut of the state till it ww over yi,a1 ; the difference between a belle and a burglar the belle carries false locks • i the bui .'. -■'■ '' '*'■ keys ••!--. ihis the adam : llouso asked a stranger ofa bostonian yes was there ply it's adam - hon till yon get to thp roof ih n i - eaves th wondered al the short cohec-iotw in a missouri church and investigated to find thal „..,. fthe collectors had tar in tl*e top of hi