The Old North State

              h§§jf#fe j7%f/4m0 l(~m iqsp it it f it vol v salisbury n c october 14 1s70 no 41 to physicians 0 nkw yohk august 16 1808 allow ms to call yuur attention to my prepara tion uf compound extbadt buohu _%• c01_l|m_**»t p»rt.mr biluhu long j.--1 ou bebs juniper hurries mode ok i'llki'akation buchu id vacuo juniper llcrrics by distills tlon to form a line gin i'tibebs uxt.ac.tcd by tlm placement with spirits ubuilned from juniper hur ries vary little aukhr is used uml a small propor tion of apirlt lt is more palatable tiiim any auw to use buohu as prepared by druggists is of a dark col or it in a plant that emits its trngrance the no tion of a lame destroys this its active principle leavlna a dark and glutinous decoction mine is the color of ingredients the bnolm in my prepar ation predominate the smallest quantity ufthe otlier ingredients are added to prevent fermenta tion ; upon inspection lt will lie found not to lie a tincture aa made in pharm»co)i_.a nor is it a hy rup — and therefore can be used incuses where lever or inflammation exlat in this you liuve the knowl edge ofthe ingredients and the mode of preparation hoping that you will favor it with a trial and that upon inspection it will meet with your approba tion with a feeling of confidence i am very re-pectfully h t helmbold chemist and druggist of 16 years experience o from the largest manufacturing chemists in the world nuvk-t-f.k 4 1854 i am acquainted with mr ii t helmbuld lie occupied the drug store opposite my residence nnd was successful in conducting the business where others bad not been equally ho before hint i have been favorably impressed with his character aud enterprise william weigiitman klrm of powers __ weiahtmau mannfnotiiring cliemists ninth and brown street philadel phia helmbold's fluid extract buchu for weakness arising from indiscretion the ex hausted powers of nature which nre aoeompanied by so many alarming hymptoms among which will be found indisposition to vxertlnn loss nf memo ry w_l»-fttii rrtirtur tir i>i ■■• ........... i llha of evil in fact universal l.tissitntle prostration and inability to cnu-r iuto the enjoyments of society the constitution once affected with organic weakness requires the aid of medicine to strength en and invigorate the system which uklmbolds extract buchu invariably does if no trentaontia bubiuitted to consumption or insanity ensues helmbold's fluid extract of buchu in affections neruliar to females i unequalled by any other preparation ns in chlorosis or retention painfulness or suppression of customary evacua tion ulcerated or bchirrus tut if the uterus ami all omplainta incident to the bex or tho decline or change of life helmbold's fluid extract of buchu and improved rose wash will radically exterminate from the system diseases arising from the habits of dissipation t little ex pense little or no eluinire in diet no jnconvenleucc or exposure completely auperaeding those iinpleas ant and dangerous remedies copafva ami mercury lu all these diseases 0 use helmbold's fluid extract of buchu is all diseoses of those organs whether existing in male or female from whatever cause originating and no niottcr of how long standing it is pleas ant in taste and odor immediate in action and more strengthening thuu nny ofthe preparations ol bark or iron those suffering from broken-down or delicate con stitutions procure the remedy at once . the reader must he aware that however slight may be the attack of the uliove diseases it is cer tain lo alfoettlie bodily health and mental powers all the above diseases retptire ihe nhl of a diu retic helmbul.d'.s extract buchu is the great diuretic soldby druggists everywhere price 1 25 per bottle or 6 bottles for 6.60 delivered to any ad dress describe symptoms in nil cuininiiiiiciilions address lyxftelmbold drug and chemical wareh#s!!'-to!m broadway x v none are genuine unless done up in steel-engrnvoj wrapper willi fin simile ol mj in ical warehouse and signed j ud e a ly u t hei mho d phili-ips fc brothers two nouns above till court house on main street uj.t i ' 1 1 n i'll e i l t 1 1 a n k s t 0 i'll k public furjthc very liberal patronage un joyed hy thorn during tho past yuur and hope by fair ilealiin aud strict atlontlou to business to merit a contiinuiuoo if not an inoroasu of thu same we will enntlnno tn l.ceii on hand n+'uml sup 1-lv of fillviily groceries in eluding rmt nun wn fi*i — qj 1 i.vkkv vaitlkty — whiskeys brandies rum gin c*c t(-c also boots riioi.s domestics piece goods yankee notions in fact almost everything usually kept in n va ■ riety stare ull of wliieh we will sell low for cash or country produce ut the high • est market price 1 phillips _. b1.0t1i1-i.s ; l-vii if ism 7 if 81.000 reward selling's via fuga cures ull liver kidney untl bladder diseases organic weakness female alllictious jeneral de bility uml ull complaints ofthe uriuury or ; guns in malt and female 1,000 will also be paid for any case of blind bleeding or itching piles that de bing's pile kemedv fails to cure d.liing's magic liniment cures rheumatism pains bruises and swelled joints in man and beast sold everywhere send fur pamphlet laboratory — 142 kruukliu st balti more md apr22-ly williamvalentine the bakber i bturns bis thanes to his uld % fjtlenils ami tlm puhlie for tho liberul patronage heretofore extended to him he now ' informs iheiu thnt he has littcd up a new und ! oommodlous shop in dr henderson s brick building room nro 2 where he would be pleased to see them he guarantees to give satisfaction in every case — ho has in his employ of the best hair dressers in western n'or'h carolina ileret|iiests a call from all salisbury v p dee 17 lhli'.l r.o — tf north carolina ? superior court mii-.ttin.mi.in county $ sept 15 1.70 james s tamer antl wife judith t turner as adm'r of john k chambersi dee'd against edward c chambers coruic chambers lieniainm ff ctranfuers anna r cham bers nnd robert m chambers tellium tosell i uml fur assets to edward c chambers you are hereby uotibed that a summons with copy of complaint in the above entitled action wus issued uuthe 8th day of septem ber 1870 you are alsu notified that the summons in ! said cause is returnable before the olerk of the superior court of said eouuty at his of fice in troy ou ihe 28th day uf october 1870 when and where you nro hereby re quirad t uppoar and answer the complaint — in default whereof the plaintiff will apply to said court for the relief demanded in the coinplaiut witness <'■('• w.'ul clerk of uir bold court at office in troy this 15th day of sep tember a i 1870 c c wade ii s.c 37:6.1 pr fee 10 ! cxi-bxve-yior-'s stags lines ! warsaw to ftnirtlteilli | il-iavi wnrsawfor fayottaville dally ex j ii nnday through tlckotef-om golds boro'via warsaw to payetteville,|6 through ' tickn ■ frum wojduu in puyolteville 10 — through tickets from wilmington via war • 1 aw to fuyettuvillo 0 c1ia hl0ttj via v ni.sliiil.ti to ] 111 i nl w (' ,. k it it i.e.ive charlotte after trains trom raleigh i via monroe for wadesboro tuesday thurs day and saturday leave wadosboro tue - dav thursday and saturday after ulan frum wilmington chatham i r.to payette ville and western i ft leave ohathora rail rood after train from raleigh i.euve we-fern road at jonesboro after train from fayette hie daily except sundays sai.hm ami iiioii point btaok leaves oaoh plaaa daily office nt limner's hotel salein n 0 e t clemmons spet ic 1*70 if jontraotor l-is'l ull.lshi.i ihi 1 .] cushings & bailey booksellers and stationers 202 baltimore st baltimore have the largest and be8t assorted stock in the city of school medical and law nntl dental ; classical ami mikitl-'.llanl.olis books an immense supply of general hank & counting house stationery r blank ilip.ius made to tinier in any style ■ of binding and ruling the same careful attention glvou to () i i i k s . as to personal purchases inside figures always . send for catalogues ac sepi.u.'l lm i_vf_f_._-i_-.i_-.__.x ague fx__.ii7 85 cts pei ilnx tl i v uiiprei fib ult i in cost of these i'i i.i.s in ihe prompt nnd en y euro of hundred i of ca se uf interiuiitt iii ur mie niul i i ver during the pier ni luiisuu fully jiistillt thuir claim n ' khali ihility i,i ui 1 , iie imi cheap ; onlv 25 cents to bo ' bad only vi ic bill's dncci s'ronn bali liio'v i ..- i can i i.'if.lv mailed t any ill j i ' ■' , t ijc id nortl state published weekly uy i e wis li a ?\ e s editor and proprietor bates of s_;i_«'l_il"-'lon one yiiau payable in atlvaiiee 3.00 six month " '• 1.50 . r ) copies to one address 1 2.50 iii copies to one address 311,00 hates of adocrltsinu one square first insertion 1,00 for each additional insertion 511 spt'finl notices will be charged 51 per cent higher thau tbe above rates court and justice's orders will be publish ed at the sui/ie rutes with other advertise ments obituary notices over six lines charged ttsudvertisemeuts contract rates i o h h j 2 o a « br 5 a i • i s \ t * ? k $ t * 8pa0e § e g o g a 5 2 b p » 3 00 1 square , 3 50 3 75 5 00 8 so $ 13 00 3 squares | 4 50 0 35 ti 50 13 00 33,00 3 squares i i 00 9 hi 12 00 30 00 30.00 4 squares ,. 8 00 11 h 15 0ojs.fi 00 37,50 i column i i nil 16 00 30 00 30 00 45.imj i column 18 k 34 ml 90 00 45 h 75.00 1 column 38 ik 40 00 50 00 80 00 130,00 how i got invited to din ner my gettin the better of my wife's fut.i er is oue of the richest things on reccord i'll tell you heow it was you must know that he is monstrous stingy tho complaint seems to run in the family nnd everybody round our parts used to notice that ho never by any chnnco asked any body to dine with him so one day jist for a chunk of fun i said to a friend of mine jeddy dowkins — a dreadful nice fellow is jeddy — i'll bet you a penn'orth of shoe-strings ginst a row of pins that i get old hen merkins that's my wife's fa ther to ask mo to dinner vou git emit said jeddy ; why you might ns well try to coax a cat into a shower bath or git moonbeams tout of „ u „ > i well said i i'm going to try and try i did and i'll tell you how i ' went to work jist as oltl hen was siltin down to din > ner at one o'clock i rushed up to the house at a high-pressure pace red-hot in the face with my conmails in the air and my eves rolling about like billiard-balls in convulsions rat-a-tat-tat ding-a-ling aling ; i kicked up an awful rumpus and in a hash oout came old hen himself i had struck the right niinil lie hail a napkin under his chin und caiviu knife in his hand i smelt the dinner as he opened tho door '( ), mr merkins said i i'm tarnation glad lu see you i feared you inouglin't be at home — i'm almost aout of breath — i'm come to tell you i can save you a thousand dollars !' a thousand dollars roared the old man and i defy a weasel to go through a crack any quicker than his face burst into smiles one thousand dollars you don't say so ! du tell !' oh said i 1 see you are just li.tvin dinner neow i'll go an dine myself an then i'll come buck un tell you ull about it nonsense snid he don't go away come in and sit down and enjoy yourself like a good fellow and have a snack with ine i am anxious to hear what you havo to say 1 pretended to decline sayin i'd come hack ; but i'd thoroughly btirred up the old chap's curiosity an it ended by his fairly pullin me into the house an i made a rati lln dinner of pork and beans i managed for some time lo dodge the main put of his inquiry at last i fin ished eating an there was no further ex cuse fur delay ; besides old hen wus get ting fidgety come neow said ho no more preface about thai thousand dollars come now let it coot well i'll toll you what il is said i ; yon have a darter misery ann to dis pose of in marriage havo you not whiil'a that got to do with it v inter rupted lin hold your proud steeds — don't run ofl the track — a groat deal to do with it said i neow answer my question well said he i have au you intend when the marries to give her 10,000 for a portion i do he said well neow hero's the pint i'm coming to lot me have her an i'll take her with 9,000 and 89,000 trom 10,000 according to simple addition just leaves one an lhat will bu cleun profit saved us slick as a whistle !' tho next tiling i knew there was a rapid interview goin on between old bun's foot an my coat-tails — an i am inclined to think the latter got the worst of it the poorest mpn aro those who have nothing to do and the most unhappy are those who make happiness their chief aim ill life the most ignorant are those who know besl of llieinselves anil lhe niosl noble are those who are must honost — the greatest are tllobo who fee llieinsel ves to lie the least anil ihe best preacher is ho whilst life musl nearly resembles lhe iiie and example of christ religion is not an art a matti r of dox ti i'ity aud kill but a new a ituru general trochc a sketch of his career louis jules trochu major general or cheif of staff of tho ft.neli army is now in a position as ooverncr of paris that will enable him to play a greut part in the revolution lhat will follow in the event nf the downfall of the napoleonic dysnasty one of the hrfwiri dispulehes already regard him ns the virtual dicta tor and that ho is talked ol ns a pros pective consul ofthe republic still more definite than ihis is the information that in his proclamation tu the people of paris both the emeperor and the empress were ignored for which ox-minister of the in terior pinurd wished to call him to ac count in the jhambeis and was with difficulty restrained from duing bo it is also rumored that trochu when recently urged to take tho jlinistry of war re fused to do so expect at the bidding of the corps legislatif which was rather significant from an officer ofthe person al government but is not altogether in explicable if it be true that he is an or hanist in his proclivities if he is really disaffected towards the emperor he pro bably sees plainly enough that changes arc at hand which if he takes a proper ] ndvanage of the rapidly advancing waves of revolution will bear him on to fortune as there are indications that general trocha is our of the coming men if not the coming mau in france a sketch of his career will not bo uninteresting louis jules trochu was born in 1815 and he is now in the full vigor of his fac ulties he entered the military school of st oyr in 18_i5 and like most of tho french officers at thnt time ho engaged in the war for the conquest of algeria and had attained the rank of captain in 3 853 when ho took part in tlio battle of sidi yusef in which he had his uniform piorced in four places by rifle balls he distinguiscd'himself at the battle of isly by the bravery he displayed and was on 1 that occasion selected by the successful and able commander marshal bugeaud as his nide decamp he became colonel in is ; was placed on the staff ot mar shal st.|arnaud and served during the crimean war ii is brilliant conduct at the assault on sevastopol secured him u vsi'.^'-hill.e repie.-eiiis u ni tt tut ..... ■- ter mind of the french army during tho crimean war and calls attention to fact that in all the conferences with lovd raglan trochu rather than st arnaud or canrobert wus the spokesman iu 1859 he was mado general uf division and served wilh distinction in the italian war uml in i860 after lhe success of prussia ut sadown he was charged with j the preparation of a plan lor tho reorgan j ization of tho french army and in 18g7 i he produced an essay upon organization which ran through ten editions lie was one ol lhe first tn foresee the inevitable ■ contest between france ami prussia ami in tl recent pauiphi i lie gave lhe p-mulis ill aii intt use suidy of ihe llhuiiish fron tier as ii fighting field uy many oftlie french military men general trochu is esteemed t > in the most brilliant strat egist in iheir army and it has been claim ed that he is the equal if nnt tho super ior ol the prussian veteran von mo like in personal appearance he is described as being of middle size elegant in figuro but strong anil sinewy lio lias a pleas ing countenance lull of intelligence and liis address is quick almost warm ife bus a broad thoughtful forehead slightly bald small eyes hut 30 brilliant and sparkling tlmt they constitute a remark able feature his band is nervous though small nntl while his whole aspect is that ofa soldier lliere is sneli absence of pro tension that one is not obliged to address him always as vi le general his army predilections have not hardened his heart though thev may have given him strong er views oi duty liis brother having died and left nine children unprovided for trochu took charge of them all and for their sakes he has remained a single man lie is not a man of extended pop ularity but his merits are known to the judicious few and by them set at an ex ceedingly high value — philadelphia tel egraph rkv sydnkt smite on wak if these mop ftere tn have llieir legs and arms broken und were to remain all night exposed to the weather tho whole ciiitn try would be in a state of lha most dread ful agitation look at he wholesale deaths of a field of battle ten acres cov ered with dead and half dead and dying and the shrieks and agonies of many thousand human beings 1'horo is moro of misery inflicted on mankind by one year of war ihan all the civil peculations and aggressions of a century vet it is a stnto into which the mass of mankind rush with aviditv calling official murder ers in scarlet gold and cock's feathers the greatest and must gloriuus of human creatures it is the business of every wise and good man to set himself against this passion fnr military glory which really seems the must fruitful source of human uiistery one tiling uml another as the to y goes and il it isn'l true it is good enough io bo tru i — rev dr ninton was instantly cured ol chewing tobacco by a young trifss of twelve to whom he was giving g i advice about lent she sold pshaw ! don't preach to mo whon you hav voin mouth full of nasty tobacco the revert nd gentleman turned ru ide and im moved the odious quid from his • which ever d i;l ' ' ! do how to oaee for a piano forte wo publish tlio following nt tlio re quest of a uiusiciun for tlio buneiil of our musical friends : after the selection of a piano tho next thing of importance is to luko cure of it a groat ninny really tine instruments are ruined by iguoranco or carelessness a good piano is something to be pet d and curcs.sed and not beaton and abused it bus soul and feeling if it is nothing but wood iron btecl brass felt and lend — and will nlwnys sing you its sweetest songs when gently and tenderly handled people often abuse their instruments and then blame tho manufacturers and parties from whom they purchase for selling them for whnt they are pleased to term trashy thing i was sent for recently to exam ine a piano that the owner said he had purchased in cincinnati of messrs smith & nixon and which was represented by thom as being ono of the finebt instru ments in the world i asked him what the trouble was lie suid it was all trou bio the keys nil would stick when pressed down ; and the wires and the tuning pins were covesed wilh rust and it rattled and jarred more than a horse fiddle when 1 reached his residence and examined his instrument i found it to bo one of stein way's square grands ho had placed the piano against the outsido wall of the room and had kept it closed and no fire in thc room tor tho period of ono year his daughter for whom he had purchased it being absent the jarring horse-fiddle sound he complained of was caused by a silver table spoon ou tho sounding board wab messrs slcinway & sons or smith it nixon to blamo for tho condition in which i found his instrument ? i think not — and all intelligent and fair-minded persons will agree with me had the gentlnnian kuown how to take care of his instrument — and knowiug done it — ho would doubtless have found his instru ment in as perfect order as when it left the ware-rooms of the manufacturers a piano should not be put too near the tiro too near a drtught with tho back of lliu window or outside wall ; should not be nsed fur placing music bnoks shawls etc upon ; should be closed when not in . - ••.-' i eral month or it will cause tho ivory on the keys to turn yellow keep it in tune and have it tuned only by a competent tuner uud never allow it below concert pilch unless the piano is an old one in which case it probably would not bear tin strain upon it it should be tuned at lhe very least three times in the first year after that whenevor it requires it dampness is its most dangerous enemy causing the strings and turning pins lo rust the cloth used in the construction of the keys to swell whereby the action will move sluggishly and often stick entirely the best pianos mado of the most thor oughly seasoned wood are the ones that nr mosl effected by dampness the ab sorption being greater hen the tone of the piano becomes ninly it is caused by the fell on the hammers becoming hard by constant use and may be remedied by n process called picking up but should not be attempted by any but a competent i person any hard substt nee no matter how small dropped on the sounding hoard will cause the piano to have a jar ring sound the piano should ut all times he protected by a good rubber cover — you should place a piece of camphor winpped in soft paper in one of tho inside corners to protect the felt from the depre dation nf moths — renewing tho camphor every three uiouths a second ulysses an old man of very acute physiogno my answering to the name of jacob yil mot was brought before the police court his clothes looked us if they had been bought in his youthful prime for they huil suffered more from tho rubs of the world than from the proprietor himself what business do you follow wil inut 1 business none i'm a traveler a vagabond i biippose you nre not far from right ; travelers and vagabonds uro about the same thing tlio difference is the latter travel without money and the former without brains where have you traveled all over this continent for what purpose v '( ihservation ' what have you observed v a little tn commend much to censure and vrry much to laugh at llinph what do you commend ?' a handsome woman that will stay at home an elegant preacher that will not write too much and a fool that has sense enough to hold his tongue what do you censure v a man who marries a girl for fine clo thing a youth who studies law or medi cine while he has uso of his hands peo ple who select a druiikurd or a jackass to office what do you laugh at i laugh at a mini who expects his po sition t6 command that respect which his personal qualities and abilities do not merit ho was dismissed suid a youngster in high gloo display ing his purchases to a bosom friend on tin sidewalk : two cocnanul for tun ct nu ! thai will make mo sick to mor row und i won't have tu go lu hool not 80 now many years ago when judge robert iii charlton of savannah ga was quite a young man ho in company with his father hun t u p charlton spent ev . ery sumrrcr in the delightful little village of clarksville northeast georgia ono day robert was passing along the j street iu clarksville and it happened to be election day mombers of congress were then elected by what was called the ' general ticket system and not by districts as they now are when ho wus met by a verdant democrat ol the mountains who : accosted him thus : ' mr chnrlton are you the man that is running for cuugress v i no sir ! i am no candidate — my fath er is however rut may 1 ask why this inquiry nothing only i haven't voted yit | if it is consistent with your feelings 1 would like it if you would vote for mv ; father ' , i would just as leave vote for him as anybody mr 0 thanked him and thinking per haps his friend was seeking a treat invi ted him into a neighboring bar-room what will you take v i novor drink anything bnt i see they havo some ginger cakes i would us leave take one of them with you as not 1 very well give us a cake my brother is in town with me all right take him a cake with my re spects another cake was purchased and paid for and the two friends parted green ey to find his brother and mr c to join the merry dance with his friends in the parlor hard by the golden hours ou angels wings passed rapidly aw.iy with mr charlton his friend was soon for gotten late in the afternoon when hero was a pause in the dance our ver dant friend very much to the surprise of every oue stalked into the parlor and in quired for mr c of course all eyes were directed to our friend as he ap proacched mr c drawing from his bo som a four ly bi'x inch cake ho said : — mr charlton here's your cake my brother had voted afore i sued him mr c.'s embarrassment was not great er than liis admiration of the fellow's hon why jewesses ark beauti ful chateaubrand gives a fanciful hut an agreeable reason for the fact that jewish women are so much handsomer than the , men of their nation he says jewesses have escaped the curse which alighted up on their lathers husbands and sons not a jewess was to bo seen among the crowd of priests and rabble who insulted the son of cod scourged him crowned him with thorns and subjected him to infu | my and the agony of the cross the wo men of judea believed in the savior and assisted and soothed liim under affliction a woman of bethany poured on his head precious ointment which she kept in a vase of alabaster . the sinner anuointed i his feet with perfumed oil und wiped thein j with her hail christ on his part cxtend i ed mercy to the jewesses he raised j from the dead the sou ol the widow of naiu and martha's brother lazarus he cured simon's mother-in-law mid the wo man who touched the hem ol his garment to the samaritan woman he was a spring of living water aud a conipussionulejudge to the woman in adultery the daugh ters of jerusalem wept over liim ; the holy women accompanied him to calvary : brought him balm and spices ; and weep , ing sought him in the sepulchre wo man why weepest thou ?" his first ap pearance after the resurrection was to ma ry magdalene he said to her mary at the sound of his voice mary magda lene's eyes wore opened and she answer ed : master the reflection of some beautiful ruy must have rested on the brow uf tho jewesses how to hold the fertility ofthe soil gypsum attracts it is not only a ma nure in itself but it attracts the manure from die atmosphere that comes iu contact with it which is abundant on windy days but it catches and holds the fertil ity of the ground that iu some soils es capes limo will also do this — so will clay clay dried and powdered is an excellent thing to put on a barn-yard or to cover a compost heap with or work through tho heap ; hence we uso gypsum and lime on our stables and privies cyp sum is best ; it has tho most attraction besides other properties a lillle should be kept by every farmer for use oven ut a high cost as the benefit is sometimes more important than the high price hut we waste manure wo not ouly permit its strength to escape but we are glad to get it out of the way the same reck lessness extends to tho land it is well our soil has n good proportion of clay tu hold its strength we must converse — the time is not tar distant when wu shall i be compelled to do it already there are j symptoms of lack in our soil ; we do nol | raise as heavy crops as we use to here i and there a bold here and there a farm is less productive it is not so much that we need plaster here in the west to hold the strength of the soil as to uso it to ab stract it from the atmosphere and to save the ammonia of our barn-yards and sta bles for this let us always keep a lit tle on hand let us savu and improve our manure anil thus save our farms coiman's rural world the home and grave of hen ry clay the lexington cemetery where lieb all that is mortal of the immortal sage of ashland is located about a milo in the suburbs of the city and is truly a beauti ful place ; the most lovely and pictur i esquc city of the dead that the writer , has ever visited and is said to surpass f any temctery in the south or west i as you enter the broad gate of tbe i cemetery towering heavenward and seen , from east to west from north or south i for miles distant is the monument erect ed over the grave of the immortal and il i lustrious patriot harry ofthe west — it is vory tastefully built upon an eleva . ted mound tho base is egyptian arehi , lecture with corinthian cap and column surmounted by a life size statue of olay in a similar attitude to the one on canal street in our city the monument is con structed from stone quarried from his adopted state kentucky and from base to statue is one hundred and eighty-three feet in height his remains are in a sarcophagus and on its base is inscribed those memorable words of the mighty dead : i can with unshaken confidence appeal to the divine arbiter for the truth of the declaration that i have been influenced by no impure purpose no personal motive ; have sought no personal aggrandizement bnt in all my public acts i have had a f ole and single eye and a warm devoted heart directed aud dedicated to what in my best judgement i believed to be the interests of my country in lingering beside the grave of this distinguished sage and statesman we are back iu contemplation to the halcyon days of our country's history ; when the senate floor was graced by men of gigan tic intellect and the halls of oongress echoed to tho words of patriotism and elo quence ; when fraud politicul chicanery und self-aggrandizement wero unknown ; days ulni i that we fear shall dawn upon us no more clay calhoun and webster — ameri ca's trinity statesmen and patriots — will find no rivals through ull coming time — the departed greatness and glory of our country are alike a thing ol the past proud indeed then should kentucky **-* of »*-- ----- ru j «»■* l ii.m mat i lill lllll l i-i ._.,... _.. £___*. ideut « a » soap and hog cltulera j t busty lancaster 0 writes the ohio farmer tbat he had known hogs said to have this disease dissected and ihe stomach bow els and livers found to be full of worms three and four inches long the ends of them being pointed uud sharp and of a hard rough wiry appearance in one instance the cavity oftlie gall was crow ded full of these worms his poland pigs were attacked with cholera caught the pigs placed on their backs — one boy holding legs and lhe otlier the ears — nnd gave each pig a tnblesponnful of soft soap morning and evening for three days the second day he observed in their droppings long stringy substances which he found to bo tho skins of what he sspposed to bo worms which was proof to him the soap had the desired effect he also put soft soap into the swill fed his otlier hogs which has improved their appearance very much lice on hogs — in ansiver to a recent inquiry for a remedy for lice on hogs al low me to say that i have bad an experi ence ot twelve years with breed hogs the past five years i have used the fol , lowing which wil clean off the lice in two days : — i'ut about one gill of kero sene oil into an old dish and with a paint i brush or old woolen rag rub the oil up i and down the back of tho animal and be hind tbo lure leg and on the flank bo particular about the lust two places for it is where the lice deposit their eggs which if not destroyed will hatch out in about five days if it be a black hog these eggs can be plainly seen being about the size of timothy seed and lying close to the skin lust to tho hair no oue need fear to uso the oil freely us it will not injure iho hog in the least hot water will not kill these lice for i have seen them crawl after the hog had been scalded in a barrel nfter being butchered — r woodruff in rural new yorker thirty centuiuks oxj — tho oldest relic of humanity extant is the sknleton of the earliest pharaoh incased iu its origin al burial robes and wonderfully perfect considering its age which was deposited eighteen or twenty mouths ago in british museum and is justly considered the most valuable of its arclneologieal treas ures the lid of the coffin was in cribed with tho name of iis occupant pharaoh mykcsimub who succeeded the heir of the builder of the great pyramid about ten centuries before christ only think of it — the monarch whose crumbling bones and leathery integuments are exciting the wonder of tiie numerous gazers in london reigned in egypt he fire solomon was horn and only about eleven centuries nr so after misraini the grand son of old father noah and the fn t ofthe i'h.'irahs hail been gathered to his fathers ! why the lide mark of the deluge could scarcely have been oblitera ted or the gopher wood knee timbers of the ark have rottod on mount ararat when this man of the early win id lived moved ami had his being his flesh and blond were progenitors of the great patri s ., l