The Old North State

              mi , i c il§fj$ie salisbury n c june 24 1870 vol v no 25 beyond doubt the connecticul mutual is the stb&ngest snsnraucc comp'n ratio of expense | inl86d only i - - 9 , tt it 3 ratio of .'-. i to li ibilities i me isured by the new york legalstand i k..",,r,n per li.n . audil ■_■"!'.. i its all desirable t'*.nns t.l'insiir auce upon uitable terms and at the cheaper l attainabli of cost s 1 wait gen agent aprl ly office raleigh x ('. jno a bradsha ii agent salt bury mrbees hotel7 high point n c jpposite railroad depot - ti " /"'• • ; from where the cars stop best nt porter h ice it til ti ains mail i ■ for - house daily pa ■ i any poinl al short nol ice by pi i > ate . t i nt ■: . ! fin the i e past we hope hy -' i-ants of our g uesl - t>i m rita of i ];•■ san . v 31 li b vrbee jan 7 . proprietor daints eoij farmers and l bill • ip lint co.,are now mam t and mosl du rable im cell pui on mixed - iure 1 ; eed oil will lasl ten or lifteen yeara brown or beaul iiiil cho olate color and can i anged to i ad stone drab olive or cream to wit the taste i the consumer — it is valuable for honses ba i can iage and etir makers j , agrii tltural implements canal boats vessels end ships bottoms canvas metal and sl it being fire and water pro oilcloths lufacturerhav ing used 5,0(10 bbls nd as i paint for any pur niy durability elastic il y a ..--.. per bbl ol 300 lbs which will - a farmer for years t come warranted in : ve sendfor i circular which rivi - 1 pa -. xone gen uine unless branded in a trad . . ralton min ii nl painl . pei ons can t inl and t - the monev on recci i ' ■ i .' ro jan 7 1-7 6i t 254 pearl st x y " 1,000 reward ~" debing's via fiifa cures all liver ki.lti.-y n..l uladder 1 i . ■ . ■ . organic w<cakn<-ss pemale aflllc-ti.iiis general 1 >■;;;._, .,, ..:.,:, .... '..".,. ."-'.-• ' '.- :.- i-i e gatis in male and female sl.lltit will also be paid fur any case of blind l.'.'.-iliii . ii itching piles thai de liinir's pil i;.-!i..-*lv fails t euro dering's magic liniment cures rheumatism i'ains ilruises and swelled j.iiiits tn man and bt ti ■/. sold everywhere s.-i..i fur i'ainplilet laboratory 112 franklin st balti more md apr22-ly william valentine the barber i btukn"s his thanks to his old j feiexds mil liberal pat roiin he im a informs ihem thai a n iw and eomuiodiou - shop in dr henderson's 3rick bnilding sloom fo 2 \, hi re i would be plea ed to see i hem he guaranl t-i to give i every case — ll has in his emplo of : besl hair dressers in western xorth ( iroliua he requests a call all v.c !',-■. 17 1809 50 tf v hi 1 miac1 gj^^^^qisv — i in iiiiii six cold medals ll.i-;'.s been october and november i8g9 awarded to chas m stieff for tbe best piann le ovei baltimore phil . atid n'cw v i k pianos mil ice \ nu v \ kerooms xi 0 north liberty street near balti s r baltimore mn rtieff's i'l an tbe latest improve ments including the agroff i'reble ivory b'ronts and i '.:■• •■- ti n fullj \* 1 1 anted for rive v,-.i r n t i i ;.•...',- \ ■!... m ivitliin t unit m '.".'-:: nol .'.•*.• in to pur ha ndpiai nd parlor organs always on ' : gen ii e 11 cen !». ii hill h u ' . c i.-ti 1 .' ■ \ c . < ov ..!,!.; ■ . ; .. va m.-s it hi ,' . - • • tte.n c i'.'nf d x c misses ■- ... n . c . tern i \ . , licitcd re agents for the 1 le ol -■-«. jllll 1 is lv yarborocgu hol'ss rateiteyille sthfet r a 1 e j g i . n c . lt:ivi!':r no eo y other 1!.*;.-1 iu ra lhe yauboaough boitss w h l it 11 v.s bi : n the only 1 i ii tel in t 1 j ts blair ii in h is tf pioppietor mansion horsi charlotte x c thi well known ii use havii ; been >' ; vi.v fcknished and refitten iti every depart is now ")■'. ti for tit :•■ 1 mm dation of — the — travelling public omnibii ■■'' , -'. in arrival oftrains."*i©a 11 ' i:t ci.i:s /' ut new ! largest ! ; best ! cheapest ! ! i;pjter3pb.iss ilfl'bitstb.'s j i j tact liberality ami the best talent have for over twenty years been freely used opon moore's rural kew-yosker , ! nn.i is ti result it in now pre-eminently tlie lar i i i.i i ( in .., ti-i ; i -. tiu.-ii !. imi l.ii rary ; and family weekly in the world tens ol thous i mi is of wide awake people all over the continent take and admhe the rural for its superior ability ; value illustrations style c the press and people praise it ! for example an exchange says the rural is tin in si elegantly printed ably edited widely circulated and heartily welcomed paper as a whole which now finds itsway among the people 1 ' f-vol xxii begins july 2 tryit only f 1 50 ti-r volume il'2."i nombcrs ur st per year — i ess to clubs subscribe now ! address i i t minilll 11 i'allk il.lu nl'.u v.lhk bf t t <~ will pay for the new york is £ iq weekly dollar sun from j l lkjanow to january 1 1871 one doll r will pay for the semi v eekly do , do 50 cents a month pays for the dai ly sun address i w england publishers new york canvassers wanted for punchinello the greal original illustrated comic weekly paper the first 111 numbers sent on receipt of 10c single numbers 10c liberal terms to agents splendid 1 ln tun premiums to subscribers address punch inello publishing co 83 nassau st x y post oflice box 2.783 patents t naa ai&r tatv^t invent ns who wish to takeout letters patent are advised to counsel wiih munn a co editors of the rcienl ifie american who have prosecuted claims before the patent office for over 21 years their american and european r atent agency is the must extensive in the world ( hargeslesstl an any oth er reliable agency a pamphlet containing full in structions to inventor is nt gratis minx v co 37 park row new yurie newspaper advertising a booh of 125 closely printed pages lately is sued contains a list of the best american adverti sing mediums giving the names circulations and full particulars concerning the leading t'aily and vveekiy political and family newspapers together with all those having large circulations published in the interest of religion agriculture literature c ■ e every advi rtiser and every person who con j templates becoming such will lind 1 1 1 1 — book of i grcai euln mailed free to any address on receint ; '■' '•' l 1 ' ':' - <■'!.'.'. " l.'ll i ,(; i p u i | ushers no 4.1 park itow new vork the pittsl rg pa leader in its issue of may 29 1870 says the firm i geo p howell v co which issm - thi ; it tercsting and valuable book is the lanresl at besl advertising agency in the uni ted : tiites.and we can cheerfully recommend it to the attention of those who desire to advertise their business scienl lically and systematically in such a v.av tl al is so asto secure the largest amount of publicity for the least expenditure ol money ve : fi is true ! that the best mowers the best droppers the bestself-kakers to be found in the world are the original and reliable double-motion etna ma i ;* s maili l.y the k n.i mannfactoring company of salem ohio send for pamphlet containing par ticulars mue-lltj ma n m eiunk~^~neiv l..„k free l.ir sttulp jl t.eiusr & l mew york salesmen ivante-l in a paving business s kenne m-bv.-ll flu-si uut st philadelphia prompt honorable reliable agents wanted in every town and village for the largest and most successful dollar house in the coun try i nly i ii e et dorsed by the leading paporsof the united states uur goods give universal satisfac tion our preniiu to agents cannot be excelled and our checks are free uavingtwo houses bos ton and chi ago our facilities are unequalled and our business exct eds in amount all other concerns in this tiade combined . :_.; ■- send for circulars and free clnh to s c thompson a co 13g federal street poston or 158 state street chicago avoid quacks a victim of early indiscretion causing nervous debility premature decay ac havingtriedinvain every advertised remedy has discovered a simple means of self-cure which be will send free to lus fellow-sufferers address 1 a reeves 7s nassau st x y miiiiel ii l.ir t"'c.-,l t p'ow in six reeks recipe i'llmlm uc-ej sent for 50 cnts ad rers ii rich a 111 1103 s9sti new y„rk post office jun it — lm rflil l1lips & iskotiaioks two dooes above the court house on iv a in street i etfr x the ! .' t 1 1 a x k s t 0 the *!> public for^thc very liberal patronage en joyed by them during the past year and hope by fair dealing aud strict attention to business to merit a continuance if not an increase ofthe same we will ia ni i i mi to keep on hand a good sup ply of ra^iiii-h - gk.oc3e3p.iss in eluding fresh iul salt wish — of every variety — wyjiisjccgs brandies bum clin c e also moi's shoes domestics piece goods yankee notions i fact almost everything usually l-:e;.t in a va riety store all of whicli we will sell low for cash or country produce at the high . i market price phillirs & beotners feb 1 1870 7 tf m a tig is considered t l,o tlio greatest and best remedy xo\v in use for all pains il is becoming more and m re popular every day the demand for it is great i'.i'itn d and • r side at dr poulsost's brag store jan21 3:ly salisbury x c e is s i a » i h r o p i v society davidson college sj c r p:ii annual commencement mcet i ing ofthe society will be held in the phi hall on the evening of the28th inst all hon orary and alumni membersare earnestly and ;. :■-'. iti ti to alii nd i : order ofsocicty vt a milner , jni • 13th l 70 ■'• v | t r il ; l)c©t&noril state publishrd weekly by l e w i s ii a n e s editor and proprietor kates of subcription one year payable m advance 3.00 six months " " •• -- 1-50 5 copies to one address 12,50 10 copies to oue address 20,00 hates of adverttstnff one square first insertion 1,00 for each additional insertion 50 special notices will be charged 50 per cent higher than the above rates court and justice's orders will be publish ed at the same rates with other advertise ments obituary notices over six lines charged as advertisements contract rates ' o h h 5m 6 3 t 5 * 5 space § a s g s r j <— ' „ . •— j «.- i 1 square 2 50 1 3 75 j 500'$850i$1300 2 squares ' 4 50 6 25 8 50 13 00 22,00 3 squares ! 0 00 9 00 12 00 20 00 30,00 4 squares 8 001100 15002500 37,50 \ column 1100 10 00 20 00:50 00 45,00 \ column 18 00 21 00 31 ) 00 45 1)0 75.00 1 column 26 00 40 00 50 00 80 00 130,00 the heart and its diseases by an eminent physician it is an interesting and important fact that the more grave diseases of tbe heart are not painful or but slightly so not unfrequently the first disturbance of its action which attracts attention indicates an advanced and incurable stage of a di sease that has been in progress months and perhaps years the converse of this proposition is em inently true — namely rervous and func tional disorders of the heart are painful or otherwise distressing often to an apparent ly alarming extent how many suffer from palpitation and believe they arc af flicted with a fatal disease of the heart how many have pain about the heart and cannot be convinced that theie is no disease of that organ ? how many have irrcg uzaritaco of tho palse i.url smiijin **.-,*. the heart must be in the last stages of disor ganization it will interest this class of nal sufferers to learn some of the causes of their distress and to what their suffer ings may be attributed palpitation and irregular action of tbe heart are often experienced in persons be tween the age of sixteen and twenty years they are or have generally been grow ing rapidly are of delicate appearance and frequently are addicted to some vi cious habits in such persons the blood is thin and poor and the heart and nerves fail to perform their proper function for want of support derangement cf the \ stomach often gives rise to these symp i toms and they may persist for a long pe i riod from this cause a lady who for years suffered from violent paroxysms of palpitation which many physicians at tributed to organic disease of the heart happened on one occasion to take some medicine which induced vomiting and this act was followed by immediate re covery subsequently whenever she had the symptoms of an approaching at tack of palpitation she resorted to an emetic which not only gave relief to the paroxysm but finally relieved her alto gether in another case a patient enter ed a hospital suffering severely from vio lent action of the heart ; he was bled,and blistered and purged without benefit ; having taken a large dose of medicine vomiting ensued with immediate and per manent relief tea and especially green tea is very liable to disturb the heart's action when used by susceptible persons and there is no doubt that an immense number of persons in every community suffer from minor forms of heart derangement due to the use of tea a physician once called upon a brother physician in great alarm saying : i have called upon you to re quest you would let me die in your bouse his pulse was scarcely discernible and extremely irregular he stated that he had drank a great deal of strong green tea during the preceding night on giv ing him bim a stimulant he fell asleep and on awakening his distressing symp toms had disappeared hearth and home . <<*^ > decoration of confederate graves — solemnly silently and quiet ly without blast of trumpet or flaunt of flags the southern people of covington collected yesterday to the number of two hundred at linden grave cemetery and paid their annual tribute to heir soldier dead many ofthe graves were those be longing to families now resident of the city and hence were much scattered ; yet each was beautiful[y decorated with wreaths and scattered flowers the confederate square where lie the bodies of the stranger dead was most | conspicuously decorated a large cross ! emblematical of the southern cross cov j ered with evergreen and hung with floral : wreaths maiked the centre grave while each head-stone had its wreath and each grave its floral carpet peace to their ashes ! if their cause was j wrong they have atoned for it with their • lives ; if right the blood of the martyrs is the seed ol die church — cincinnati en \ quirer \ an episode in the history ok the iiapsburgs - by lad a alice it at in tin vault of the : -^ al chapel at vienna there rests onefemajl imple coffin more than a century b is e»h ; ed since the day when it wasdf : d that gloomy mansion of the dead ; - r h ] haps very few persons are acquai ju^-|*yfc bric * i,.i'c t ' ni t " whose ashes it com f^^w the archduchess maria bosepha was the fail est the gentlest and the most be loved of the six beautim daughters of maria thuresa and francis of lorraine the emperor idolized her and the impe rious empress-queen who lad little t;me or inclination to lavish caessej on her children was known to re ard her with peculiar indulgence contemporary wri ters all agree in praising tin beauty the peculiar sweetness of disp>is'tion and the winning grace which mud the young archduchess so lovely aud so lovable whilst her passionate attacliment for her family and especially fof her father,made her their idol the suddai death of the emperor erancis in 17g was the first shadow cast on tbe brjgat existence of joscpha ; and it is said eat from thence forth a deep melancholy oppressed the young archduchess time passed away ; fie princess was now in her sixteenth yeai and rumors of her approaching marriie had already been fur some months in circulation.when it was officially announced that the hand of maria jesepha of h-apsburg-lorraine had been plighted to thejyoung king fer dinand ii of naples pe alliance was in every way brilliant aid advantageous ; it secured an influential ail important ally to the austrian empire it increased the dignity of the imperial fa ily ; and it en abled maria theresa to encircle the brow other beautiful daughter with a crown matrimonial the miriiage-treaty was signed the preparation completed and the betrothal took place ci the sth of au gust 17g7 the emprss was radiant with smiles the court pv aside the mour ning and gloom which hud hung over it since the emperor's ieith and became once more the scene offgayety and splen dor fetes balls entertainments ot eve ry kind followed in rapi succession and only one person scent v 1 shrink from tlie bridal festivities : t./.j y rsou was the imperial bride oeisef • 7 from the moment when the fact of her betrothal to ferdinand ofxaples had been announced to her josepba's deep melan choly had steadily increased day by day she bee-tune more glo my and depress ed she showed no interest in the pre parations for her journey she appeared indeed at the court festivities but it was evident that her thoughts were far other wise occupied more than once she was heard to declare that hermarriage would never take place and that the journey to naples would never be undertaken by her but no one heeded the princess prediction the day forher marriage by proxy was fixed aud dso that for her quitting vienna the evening before lhe wedding-day lhe empress sent for he daughter and commanded her to repairflzonc to the ira perial vault ; and there / kneeling by her fithcr's coffin to pray for the repose ol his soul the archduchess shrank from this ghastly ordeal she entreated her mother to spare her so painful and terri fying a task ; but prayers and entreaties were in vain maria theresa was little used to opposition especially from her own children ; she refused to listen to ber daughter's pleading and she peremptori ly insisted on her orders being obeyed josepha descended alone into the vault where a short lime before ind been buried the remains of the empress josephine of saxony wife of jaseph i-,who had died of maligeant small-pox 1 go to my tomb were the mournful words of the archduchess and her pre sentiment was fatally verified the fol lowing day she was take ill ; small-pox soon declared itself and sifter a very short stiugtile for life josepha died on the day that had been fixed for l»r leaving vien na for naples the conin of the archduchess was plac ed by that of her failie-7 and if maria theresa felt any remorse for her cruel despotism she speedily forgot her bereave ment in negotiations for securing the ne apolitan alliance to her next daughter,the archduchess caroline shebecame queen of naples and her career of political and personal infamy is too well known to need any recapitulation the eagerly desired alliance brought only shame and disaster to those concern ed in it and who will not say that the more fortunate of the royal sisters was lhe early dead dying in the springtide of her youth unsullied by the world ignorant alike of its pleasures and it.s sorrows / truly of josepoa of austria may it be said lhat she was taken away from the evil to come bclyracki needle gtjx — the prussian needlegun has been improved by altering the mechanism so as to simplify the loading and increase the force and range of the ball these improvementa have been sanctioned by the kin of prussia and between two and three millions of rifles in possession of the governmi q arc t0 li0 eled the elevate 1 . railway ir tf ew york is in successful operation with a limited patron age death from drinking ite water mi john harrison a well-known and highly-esteemed - itizi n ol this city died ai his residence on the island saturday night irom ,!-,,. , .-■ ,.,.,,.-,],;.; . in r ii - - iti r /'- ; - ' hdo athens as it is a description by eev ne vtox hall the independent publishes alettcrfrom athens by dr newman hall in which we find a few running comments on the classic capital of greece as it btrikea a tout ist of to-day : we landed in tba harbor of piraeus on monday the llth of may the scene was dreadfully like what we see at any o.i-'.'l rat t-^irn-nej-m o a-atkeri«an port — 1 here was nothing .". ha?c . or v^'d .._. wus of its ancient fame after a prosaic fuss i over baggage and a dreary waiting at the railway depot lhe train started for athena about four miles distant in a few min utes all disappointment ceased close on our right where we stopped was the temple of theseus in all its exquisite proportions tinted with the pencil of more than twenty centuries its noble peristyle complete not one of the columns whicli at first surrounded it missing and many of sculptured metopes still in their places this u one of the most ancient and most perfect specimen of the doric temple ex isting ; and though it is small yet its proportions are so perfect that the only impression is one of quiet majesty there are six columns in the portico at each end and thirteen along the side reckoning the corner column twice but we could only glance at this temple for just above rose the acropolis in majestic beauty crowned with the ruins ofthe parthenon a few minutes suflicc-d at the hotel for personal arrangements and then we lias toned lo inspect this rock of wonderful memories and wonderful relics our route was past the palace — a large ugly bar rack-like building — beyond wliich we sud denly came upon the remains of the ma jectic temple of olympian jove sixteen of its corinthian columns stand together in an imposing cluster they are of the purest white marble though now eloquent ly stained by age they are six feet in diameter and fifty-seven feet high 0..e has recently fallen i measured the cap ital which is eight feet square at the top yet as they stand each is so light and elegant that you might suppose only one man instead of twelve could stand on the top just below it was a narrow stream running under a very moderate bridge — lt was the lllyssus beyond it rose a lofty mountain range apparently about six miles distant lt was hymettus — nuw „ vj tm ned t*,w.ivcl tl>o au.-orvolt on the side of the rock we saw the thea tre of dionysus its seats cut in the rock we went on to the vast ruins of the thea tre of herod also partially cut in the side of the acropolis wc mounted at the back of it and by a wooden gate kept by a soldier who guards the spot from inju ry we entered the sacred precincts i was overwhelmed with the glory of the propylaee its lofty and broad flight of marble steps its grand pillars and the re mains of its beautiful sculpture on our right was the elegant little temple of vic tory vast blocks of marble lay about in wild confusion obstructing yet making most picturesque this sublime entrance to the most sublime shrine of the heathen world some of the blocks of marble in the architrave of the entrance arc twenty feet in length on passing the portal the parthenon appears a little to the right so that it shows not only its mighty front but its side in glorious perspective of col umn 1 need not detail its features — the eight columns of its portico so grand in their doric simplicity ; the noble frag ments of sculpture and skill remaining in its frieze ; the perfection of combined beauty and simplicity which all the rava ges of war and all the cannon balls lying about among the ruins have failed to oblit erate in the centre of the rocky plat form and at the side of the temple rose the gigantic bronze image of minerva whose glittering helmet soared above ever 7 ' oth er object and was seen from piraeus and salamis and far off at sea on our left were the remains of an ionic temple the ercctlie-uni with its oarytides supporting one of its porticos wc looked down over the garapet upon modern athens — a clean pleasant town of about forty thous and inhabitants every moment of our time has been well occupied in gazing up on and sketching these and other objects of interest we have been in the cavern prison of socrates we have stood on tbe rock betna or rostrum where demosthenes used to address the great assembly of the citizens wc have been fascinated while contemplating the remnants of the great wall wliich surrounded the place of meet ing built in cyclopean style of blocks of stone eight and ten feet square we have sat and meditated ou mars hill where paul preached to the men of athens looking up direct on the acropolis from whicli it is distant only about two hun dred yards it is a rock about sixty feet high its surface in its natural state with ancient steps cut in it i can only add that my anticipations of athens are far surpassed m.m » an american traveller in i tally has dumb-founded the government by seri ously proposing to lease mount vesuvius he says he will make roads and lay out pleasure grounds upon its rocky sides build hotels and set up soda fountains on its summit and help visitors up and down by machinery to pay him for all this outlay and amass a fortune besides he will charge a small admission fee from ail who wish to step up and see the show they arc rejoicing in main over a heavy fill of rain which has broken the long-continued it tight iu thai - < tion from the landmark masonic blotting hut and cvld the spread of freemasonry considering the opposition it has met with in times past from various then strong but now contemptible sour ces proves it to be possessed of inherent qualities which instead of conflicting with divine or human authorities directly sym pathize with and promote tlieir efforts — i civil and religious power have no more j faithful adherents than conscientious ma trons : rnomlily tin trnth.no more sincere worshippers by*con.^;„lttoas ? t t we mean those who religiously keep the vows they made who unerringly perform promises made without mental reservation or evasion of any kind and who are anx ious and willing to promote benevolence and answer tbe calls of charity within their public or private spheres the prin ciples of the society are no puzzle to them its operations present no complica tions while its reputation and dignity ex cite tlieir justifiable pride und command their continued ceaseless regard and ad miration worthy brethren such as these fully understand and appreciate the ob jects and designs of my mystic organiza tion and to them the mighty temple is a sacred place at whose shrine none should kneel who are not consistent and true dis ciples lint alas ! how many are there wbo are false to their obligations and false to craft teachings ; who behave unseemly and work ill to their neighbors and yet seek sanctuary in our fraternal asylum to cloak their iniquity and misconduct ! no matter how zealous and sanctimonious the may appear around the altar they cannot deceive the skilled eye of honest masonry which has its suspicions first excited by conduct in the profane world where it claims the right to follow and watch the deportment of those who have sworn fealty to its laws and regulations oh ! it is humiliating to sec what a difference obtains sometimes between a mason in bis lodge and outside of it at communications lie walks talks and acts as if none were so zealous so emulous or so faithful as be but meet him without j its precincts he is altogether a different ' individual his fraternal impulses are tranrferred from the craft of his profane associates and he walks talks and acts just as a renegade or deserter is supposed ! to act towards those they have ignobly left behind 1 lure are some who can mask litem 1 selves so well as to deceive and wear the j reputation of being bright and loyal and j are pointed out by credulous brethren as : shining lights of the institution but to their shame be it spoken they are only whited sepulchres filled with dead men's bones it has been our fortune or misfortune to come in contact with some ofthe latter | class lately and if they are believers in the divine promise that jod will render to every man according to his deeds ihey ought to feel a little uneasy over their sins of omission judge not lest ! ye be judged warns us from pursuing i the train of thought which lies invitingly before us and we forbear ; but we cannot ! close without remarking that in our oj.in j ion a mason who is ever heard to utter j the remark that lie don't attend loc'gc any more ; that he has lost all interest i in masonry ;" that he has not been to j his lodge for years ;" that he has never looked into a masonic publication of any kind nor don't mean to ;" that his time is too valuable to waste in attending con ; vocations is unfit to be classed with the fraternity and the sooner be dissolves all connection with the association the better it will be for its dignity and repu tation <►«*-> a good story is told of john w crock ett and jim gibson both of them able lawyers and in full practice in the early days if jackson's purchase they bolh resided at fulton in hickman county | ky on one occasion ihey were both employed on opposite sides in an eject ment case before a magistrate crockett was reading the law to the court and when he got through gibson asked for his book baying that the statute just read was new to him crockett refused to give , it to him on the ground tbat it was his own private property and that gibson had j no right to see it except with crockett's consent gibson was puzzled but being a man of resources he fell upon a plan which completely upset crock it's calcu lations he stepped back and found un der a desk an old copy of noah webster's spelling book and in addressing the court he read from the speller : be it enacted by the general assembly ofthe common wealth of kentucky that all laws hereto fore passed here fitting crockett's law be and the same are hereby repealed — crockett sprang to his feel with let me see that book no you don't said gibson this book sir is private proper ty and i'm not in the habit of packing law books round for the be_nefit of oth ers ft is needless to say crockett lost his case gibson having the last say on him hawthorne wrote of newspaper repor ters that ihey may be known at all cel ebrations and on any public occasions by the enormous ejuantity of luncheon ihey eat the new york standard thinks the reason there are so many mutton-heads in existence is because such a number of children are perfect little lambs england and wales hay now o-ctr a million mpers remarkable rains there are sometimes real showers of very unreal rain it is stated by on old writer that in lapland and tin-mark about a century ago mice of a peculiar kind were to known to fall from the sky ; and that such an event was sure to be followed by a good year for foxes a shov er of frogs fell near toulouse in 1504 a prodigiou number of black in sects about ten inches in length descended in a snow storm at pakroff russia in i 1c2s on one occasion in norway the i peasants were astonished at finding a show ; >-'*. ' - i'&.i peklll . 5:i\v'.l up '* "• *■- idit showers of fishes havo been nmnerou at stanstead in kent in sc6,a past ure field waa found one morning covered plentifully with fish although there is neither sea nor river lake nor fish pond near at allahabad in 1?39 an eng lish officer saw a good smart down-pour of fish and soon alter thousands of small dead fish were found on the ground — scotland has had many of these showers of fish as in rosshire in is"20 when quantities of herring covered the ground ; at lslay in 1s30 when a number of her rings were found strewn over a field after a heavy gust of rain ; at wick much more recently when herrings were fouud in large quantities in a field a mile away from the beach in all these and nu merous other cases when a liberal allow ance has been made for exaggeration the remainder can be explained by well un derstood causes strap winds blowing from the sea or river ; a woterspout licking up the fish out of the water a whirlwind sending them hither and thither — all these are in telligible the rat shower in norway was an extraordinary one ; thousands of rats wer taking their annual excursiun from a hilly region to the lowlands when a whirlwind overlook them whisked them up and deposited them in a field at somo distance doubtless much to the astonish ment of such rats as came down alive — the so-called showers of blood have had their days of terror and marvel antl have disappeared ; not that any one ever saw such a shower actually fall but red spots have occasionally been seen on walls aud stones much to the popular dismay — swammerdam the naturalist told the peo ple of hague two centuries ago that those red spots were connected with some phe nomena of insect life but they would not believe him and insisted that the spots were real blood and were portents ol evil times to come other naturalists have since confirmed the scientific opinion what a fool a plebias crown rich can maui ok himself the n y world thus describes the turn out ofa rich groundling in that city : james fisk jr is about to create a new sensation in a few days lie will turn out wiih a new six in-hand and this six-in-hand is expected to be the most costly ofthe sort that ever put in an ap pearance on the drives in and about this city for nearly a month waldron — wbo has made heraldry a life-long study — hns been engaged in designing and manufac turing the mountings for the harness which the animals belonging to the six-in hand are to wear the bit-basses which are to be fastened to the sides of the bits are of heavily plated eold each bearinc the monogram j p jr the bits are of nickel plate the martingales which are gold plate arc very heavy and each ot them carries a centre shield on which the monogram again appears the gag drops are gold ; so are the brow-bands and lhe coupling rings below each of the rings a shield will dangle and on this shield the fisk monogram will again ap pear the hooks tents hames and buck les are all gold as are also the drops face-pieces and pads the lames will cost s3,00p the mountings 1,000 while the whole eijuippage including horses and carriage will cost in'llj,000 over one bundled and forty mona^rams will appear on thi harness the mountings for this splendid turn out are the finest ever made iu this country mr fisk it is expected will take his six in-hand to jerome park next week where among the brilliant turn outs it will doubtless attract a great deal of attention a beautiful sektimest — in au gustiu daly's great play ruder the gaslight laura coin land utters these beautiful scntimenl - : let the woman you look upon be *« ise or vain beautiful or homely rich or poor she has but one thing she can give or refuse — her heart her beauty her wi ber accomplishments sin may sell to you — but ber love is the treasure without money and witbonl price she only a.-ks in turn lhat when you look upon ber your eyes shall speak a mute devotion ; that when you address her your voice shall be gentle loving and kind that you shall not despise her be cause she cannot understand all at once your vigorous thoughts and ambitious plane ; for when misfortune and evil have defeated your greatest purpose — her love remains to console you vou look upon the trees for strength and grandeur ; do not despise the flowers because their fra grance is all they have to l r ive remem ber love is all a woman cm pvc — but it is ih only earthly thing which god per mits us to carry beyond the grave a mathematician being asked by a stout fellow : if two pigs weigh twenty pounds bow much will a lig bog weigh 1 replied jump into these scales and 1 will tell vou immediately