vol iv | salisbury jy cl april m j8 no 15 el)c ©!& nortl state pi hushed weekly hv xj 33 w i m xx a nt 323 « , editor and proprietor bate oh si in nin io one year payable lu ndvanoo . 13 no bix months » ■• i ,,, i copies i is address is no rules ,,/' advcrtiainq ono squoro first nturtloi l,n,i wi iptn'e'wfnfirji l5.,/,wlji f r .,„- m _„ ,.. 1 ai special notices will bo charged i 5u per cent lllghel than the illmi 0 rale conrl orders six w . oks *. . if 1 1 1 nr ooinpnulus il i lei lti ii it ilne ■ nut obituary nntlons over six lines charged as n.ii em •' in nl j'o persons wishing to ndverllse fur n lun ger nine tlian ue month thu most llheral terms will ho tlil ell mist ellaneous wamk1 at tiik ( 111 is.s iioads i was in a hurry to reach home n'o wonder for it was thn wildest night i had ever known in my lifo and the country over which i took my way had as coun try mads in general consequently i was walking at a groat rate with the collar of my rough coat over my oars and a comforter tied over my bofthat and under my chin to keep it on and to pro tect my cms when suddenly a man st 1 full iu my path and caughl me by the arm hallo said he you're just in time ynu are wanted at the cross roads to j night the voice was tho voice of a ruffian i luncied myself attacked by a high wayman 1 stood quite still and b trove to show him by my manner that i was able ' to protect myself what the luce am i wanted at the cross roads for said i i'ulcss i choobo it will bo a very hard matter to get me there hut instead of prnilin .,_, a pistol and demanding my money or my life the man i answered in an altered tone : hog pardon i made a mistake i thought it was my brother and i wanted j to tri,r,,,»n l ltu/1 iii.fl.1 ir " you don't know the time bir ho asked it was seven when i left the train at l ," i said thank ye sir said tbe man good eight good night said i if his object had been robbery pro bobly he had decided from rough appear ance that i was too poor a man to be wortli tho trouble but after all i thought probably he spoke tho truth a man may hare such a voice without being a highwayman no doubt so 1 went homeward and soon found myself under shelter and partaking of a warm and savory supper my my mother was tliere and my brother hen hen was a strapping fel low who could boat any other buy of his age for miles around it it came to wrest ling or boxing and as good humored a boy as ever lived a buy always good to mother and i though be had exercised his right to vote already at a presidential election when supper w<*8 nver and we went ii p siniis logcthci — wo share one room together the moment leu's head touched tho pillow he always went to bleep thai nieht 1 followed his ex ample but 1 did not slei p long without a dream a dream in which i fl it a rough grip on my anu and was aroused by a cry in my ears : wake up ' vou are wauted at the cross roads " ii w as so i'i al so palpal le lhat when 1 started broad awake 1 actually believed tllll t some ono was in tie roi in - the man who intended robbery or violence hul when 1 had arisen and lit my lump the room was empty except myself and hen who lay snoring on his pillow i went to the door ; it was locked i wont to the window ; tho rush of rain against the panes was all i heard i even wont acrobs the passage lo my moth er's room isho was awake ! ihere hud been no unsual sound she was sure only a dream born of my meeting the strange man in the mad 1 li it had awak ened me i went lo bed and fell asleep again again 1 was awaked by the sumo words ; this lime bhrieked in cars by an j unearthly " iike up j wake np ! vou arc wanted at tbo cross roads 1 was on my feet ouce more and caughl hen's band as he came over towards my bed what ails yuu t he cried nothing said i l.>id ymi heai a voice youl'b said lii'ti ; your jelling wok me up you fairly frightened uu lien said i wait till i light a lump i heard another voice ihere must ho some ono in tho iioubo or outside su 1 again lit tbo in | , but wc search ed iu vain nightmare said ben wbon i told bim my story hen said 1 what is there at the crnss ruads a house said hen he had lived iu the neighborhood a long while and i nol long one little liouse beside two onk trees ei d fence an old man lives there — a r ch man awl a bit oi __ miser they s uy \ his griinil daughter keeps liousofoi bim ' ih'ii that follow limy have meant barm to thorn 1 may bo wonted at tho cross mads hrnlhcr sai.l ileu ug 0 t „ h hep inn had u nightmare and ihu piungoil '" i'd ween tho blankets and was sour ing ngiiin > i also in ten minutes slept ns soundly ns iieiure hut awakening sunn oitmii 1 again i opened my oyns to see i pl | n 8n j i ■•■««■ ll "' fool i my i ,\ kil | „, white robes will goldon ha all about iiiiil linnlib ho ne . i . ■ .. i this nine i started nut of ocd bathed in n cold pm our ii | ireinpl d like u i i i h el uo it , ii i ii ihai i had loci it ed | supernalunl warning hen i cneil lien fo the third iiim i havo heen old th il i mi w anted at i he cross road and i am going ami i le g.ui to dross niv-ell iisspoetll ly as possible listening the while in ihu storm raging wilder than al any other period since its commencement hell rellloll-liati d willi llle ill vllill at lasi he begun in huddle on hi elo lies " i f yotl have gnne mad i inii-l gu ulniig anil take care of you he said hut i mey another man gning oui iu a storm like this to the cross roads because a nightmare caused him to do 80 and what would vuu think of llilll i i said nothing all i could have an swered would have heen : 1 am compelled t go j 1 must go 1 dare not refuse whatever may be ihniil'ht i ,. ' 6 ol me iii ten minutes we were s lashing through lhe mud and rain ihuig tho road it was perfectly dark now and ihen a ; blazed red star ill the distance tuld us that a lump was beaming through the i ruin in some cottage window but other wise we would not have been conscious of 1 our proximity to any habitation whatever at last hearing the spot where the mad from s crosses the mad to 1 , mi were indeed in as solitary a jiluco as c.in be imagined i'he bouse which abutted on the very angle of be roads culled in familiar par i lance thu c —* roads was the only one for some * ip cither direction and i certainly on . light wc woro not likely to meet mu ivelcrs all was quiet us the grave wc stood «'"*- ill , '-,"-- i-«l «..( 16 on of l i ... lost laughs well h i aid how now ? will you go home now and have another nigbt ! mure ?" i hit hardly had the words escaped his lips when i shriek broke on the air and a woman's voice plainly coining from the interior of tbe cottage criid : help help ! help hen said i we're wanted nt tbe cross mads and limn understanding each other without mure words we made , our way to a window though which a | light shone a muslin curtain draped ■ the pains but through it wc saw un awful sight | au nhl man lay on the llnni nnd over him bent n ruffiau clutching his thi-oal and holding a pistol to his ear while anoiher man gropled tho shrieking girl by the arm — a girl in u flowing night dress — with such lung geldon hair as belonged to the girl of my vision not a moment was to lie wasted hen lung his weight against the slendar lattice and crushed it in and we had grappled the ruffians be fore they knew whence th i nttuck came or how in any fees were upon them 1 do not intend to describe the strug gle ; d 1 could not lili nuld bul we were strong men and in pired by tho ci ii .- of the iii iph .-- old man lhe villiiins were soon foil ml nnd lay prostrate on the li j \ 1 in ii 1 n siai led for assistance and j lu n mni nil g hiiih w , re lodged in i lil lieu ii lied us w - h,„ik c ich olio r by ; the bund that we were wanted at the 1 tn old man wns nol a miser but he had saved a fi w thousand dollars for his old ago and living more plainly ihan in need have done gave rise to the rumor and mi broughl the burglars to the cross 1 roads iu the hn o ul booty i he girl a beautiful creature of seven ti en was his grand de.uj bier und us no lory is acceplihle to iiie lady reader ' wiihout a llavor of romance i will tell tin ui lhal she became in after \ ens not in v wile bin tlic i ile l my darling broth er bcu hero in london writes a correspond ent i am not unf'n qnenl ly astoiiishcd ut the lavish expenditure of american vi.-i tors fain in w lu -■■ position ol home i had imagined was not that of extreme ill lliience lake furnished houses ul the rale i of a hundred pounds a week rent inclu ding discount and exchange upwards i seven hundred dollars a week and live n a glnro ol i xpcudilu.es and then go off to i n is and exi d it i llai'o ay i am wrong inn i usually conclude iu these cases unless ii is some well known mil | liouiliru that the particular family had been saving up for this wnnderfui outlay for a considerable time nnd thai when il is nver they will return to a scale which i is rather sinull than not tis all good for hade 1 suppose lull il enjoyment were an item iii consideration 1 should pronounce ' i woi i busiucb a mis take it .... iv n nobody and attracts only a • mih . rn u where profit is made ut it while the worry and bother are unite detestable tlio tour of uuuj » family . has l>t*u spoiled by it ****■ — i ' i — ir«ii_jii ■ in__.li ii mi mr ubjsoheb on lying i in that niiinlier f the ledycr which is published to any henry ward besohor ! i lim nn amusing article in which he dis cusses the quesilon whotber mon can re j in nil er what lu'ver luippelieil ileslinws j iliiii such 1 stretch ol innmo*y is possible j hy one or i wii instances we extract a lllllt of lllll illlicle lhe wlmleuf which is ill mr i nhei'sh v,i ..:,,„.„,,,.,„, s.uueelelueen.o ..... "'.,„,„>. „,-,! soon uller cmiing lo uro klli i . i ,. i ,,-.-_- tflln 1 . ux of u .. n hi a w i ill i he shu v lull llllis : i lu ii slllul.iv lu i lilu ill allj'll it i ir i nx rising to thu iin , tt il holll w an . 0 pl'l'lix in can it is il il ion looking iiioiiii.l iu a eil n and pious way llo « ipi il ills loielieilil lllll llglllll saul ' 1 i i i - il hot w ailing till lm thought the w or i but nt iii be proceeded tiiobu words in \ lu i lii<ii i heard from the lips l a piuf.ino yoitllg man as i entered tin 1 n of liie chinch 1'lu n upon tlm tel'v gol's lie pl'neei ileil to glvt hu i 1 1 1 iv ing 1 court i ihe sili innl folly of pro fane swi i lug when 1 first beard it i recognised the i.u v it was n old acnuniiitniic it had in nil doing s i vice iii liiigliind 1 1 w vs lold of rev rowland tlill only iu his case the topiti wus not the weal her hul tllo t ln-:ilii , on which ihu young man's profanity was expended hut stuck sto ries like couriers like to change horses before i knew it the hinlillo was shifted tu my buck nor lave i oven beer aide to shake it nil i have denied it twice in print iniiny times by letter and a hun dred times in conversation nil in vain the saddle sticks nnd every month wc tind n now fool riding it • * denying one of these stories is like fighting ( lunula thistles if you cut them up ton more will sprout fnun each runt and if you let them alone a milium will spring fnun the seed the only way to exterminate the oannda thistle is to plant it for a crop and propose to make money out nt it then worms will gnaw it bugs will bite it birds will peck it bout will bcol'ch it rains will drown il mildew and blight will ride it all nature lxl j s weeds i and runs duwn crops we nre iilruiil to deny it it would start nft s walking like weston a new hutch of letters would coins fnuilh *"-'' i|'ou:;i:ir at ok door i rai irvrgt >. would lie ir.tetl tri it withered limbs ami like the wandering jew it would go tramping np nud down creation till the lust day no for safe ty's sake ive do not proposa to deny il unv morel it would be tho ruin of inno cent souls as this narrative which 1 now shall give will prove and the narration of the incident brings mo hack to the question whether ono can remember what never happened it will ( be scan that ho can sitting at a friend's table nue evening j i wus telling an incident that befel me — in this wise : a young man from liuitalo called tn see mo to-day lie said that he heard i young lady iu u large company rela ting the story of my beginning u sermon with the phrase it is d d hot he at onoe contradicted it she affirmed it positively he replied 1 have lately read a published denial of the story from mr iieeclii r himself she answered : why i was present at liis church and heard it with my own cars of course ! h could not ay what ho thought but re plied i nin ;- imi to new yolk nnd i will myself call m.il ask mr lieeeher tl c.se boemed so flagrant thai 1 said to him • " l viu n you g i back 1 wish yuu w iild i ii nr i-i ii befiiro witnesses to _ iv to this i nly from mo that she fins and lluil . le knows ; hat she lies and ; knows ihat i know thai she lit s " this was very improper language bul i was angry and besides hud been read ; ing the trib ■> ■ when i hud got thus fur asweet young i girl who sat nppositi me broughl up un der my eye alinusl inun the cradle and hh inciipabh of knowingly telling n false le id ua a i ■ s 1 ill would be uf committing . burglary this innooenl nud charming child . of liltccii looked over at ui uul iil : ilui yo.i did miv so lulu ymi mr lieeeher i lean vol ? ' fur a moment there was silence then canm a ca.-h i laughter from the whole company confused aud blushing sc.ir i i she baid : why i always thought that i had i heard ynu say ii i i'm e first time i then believed that a person might distinctly remember what in ver look place i lake buck the inc s i go to the i lu iv a i i ludy and humbly apol ogize for supposing th it nue could not re call a thing which never happened tlte secret of success — a plain man in the second baptist church ol jhicago a straightforward unpretending inuoiinnie without even a good common school edu cation has gathered around him every i uni s il iy tin e hundred and fifty schol i urs in ll bible class w hich he teaches wilh an interest ind effect that nre truly sur prising and he will go through the driest parts of tho scriptures and invest lln.-ui i with a meaning and draw fnun thorn prac tical lessons nt instruction tlmt astonish all who bear lu 18(36 then were one hundred and six conversions in liis class tho secret of success jj earnestness and tho skill that eariiossness gives the on ly true success iniisr come irom a thur ougbly earnest soul and without this the greatest culture the most careful kiacher l__siui-l wl he ui llo avgila i truth is sl n'dkhtllan j 1'kjh'n it will be reiiieuili'ed by many of our citizens thai at a we ing which wus sol - oinnized near bust hull guorgm some i time iu l.s'1,1 iimi tjp brio's father was , j killed in a ilillicullytoillijilni briithur of . her husband to tlrsuhquulntnd with ' tlm oil mii.tiiecs i i jsn known that u,i *>.'..' '•-**' ' •,.-•_ - v || f „ allellipted in i ii'\h wlvr e-lte<*rl'*->uu the will ,| tion — although lm ,. jt , i io • \ ' time and to him w li i eiiiiiii ' son colon d ihe army •>! the jon in urate sliiles ami i'ulloh i 1 lie banners ol hick i av lm , miigriidur und others uf the noble . he'll i ni wle emin hided iho ohliers around the i i nil after th war the young man wandered aboul through the gulf stales aud finally located in leva when his father's for uni wife lived she ii i.i resumed her j maidotl name i."id was lhe proprietress of a huge and well paying hi li i where she innl ik-cu in ill ii , j 1111 immotibo fortune — arriving al tho village the young man lopped al tllo hotel and was well provi ded for by th enterprising matron — neither knew lhe relai ion of i to tho oilur ami altljbugh iiii ro is u vasl differ ence in their agus ho but a strippllng youth and she a well preserved comely woman of ntarly forty and intimacy sprang up between them which ripened into all'eoiinii and rosulted in the proposi tion by the ynung nil i oi marriage lie was accepted and iu u low days the quiet lintel was lhe scene uf marriage tcvelry thus the solemn wedding ooromony uni ted a man in the wile uf his father — his mother hourly — and to tho would-be as sassin of his father verily truth is stranger than fiction — a man marries liis mother — athens ala j post , — .*.->• — a menagerie incident fioht between leopards the livorpool courier describes a ter rible light between two of the largest leop j nrds iu mender's menagerie it is usual i before feeding to place large moveable j slides to separate the animals while feed ' ing while prepared to do this the keep j er had itillicii frotdlkoopiilg lhe large . w_£8_&wfl ".';■ f^'i a ■■ nob in i no rni'iicr lini i ... , rc , , . , . ! the slide th in ivie.e .. i kw*ifi8 two bad commenced to fight the sight was fearful both bnmly confronted each other crouching down lushing their sides with llu ir tails and making a spring they fell heavily locked in ouch others em brace tho btl'uggl - that followed was i lung iiiiii iorco lie iyeb of the leopards flashed with lury as thoy struggled mi the floor mr mandori used every endeavor to separate the infuriated combatants but all with no avail ii , then procured a ' lung scraper and dealt each a blow which i had the effect of bep nuting them only to ! renew the fi tr 1 1 1 with router fierceness — making a secuiul sni ng ihey both fell j with a fearful crash on the floor the lar j gor one seized the niher by the bhoulder breaking the fore t it ; the oilier laid i liu'u ofthe meshy pari uf the back the struggle was siill gn , and the animals 1 rolled together over and over mr man dors had by this time the slide brought , and dealing one a blow with a large piece ! of iron and causing il to release its hold and slouch to the other side theslido was placed in its position < hie was prostra j i led un the floor and in ily hurl the blond flowing freely and the fore icl being bin ken in several places nnd bey ond cecove ry mr menders thin procured boiuo l prussic ucid ami pois d it this loop nil had received u cuupotiud fracture of the near fore leg and ifc scnpilla ; in fact all the b s inn 1 sinislied lhe largest piece i oho only two ,, l'lu , ll il lhe llesh lorn into ribbons und one ul lhe claws was lorn off no tkaus in heaven sin has male lhe worl ! ii " villo of tears and all lhe mi thods which human ! philo80pliw and jhilttuthrnpy have devised ' to change its criniktei have proved un availing tlvei t-i'.ev i.e a ■ istacy sor row has been tie lot of humanity the divine goodness bus bestowed immeasura ble com furls thai soften man's condition j but as inun is a sinner bo is by inexora ble law ii sin rei and from buffering in the present liie lie cnu in no way obtain exemption kveu christianity witb her many and various ill i rich consolations dues not so change oil icr the character or the condition of her tciplcs while ihey are in this world as i leave no occasion for weeping she pi pares them indeed for a bolter world v ro all causes for sorrow are forever al nl but never out side of that beiier ounlry " does she make their condition rii'fless that fe licit hev must in enjoy unt.l they rem i their heuvenly tne heaven is a tearl place all who i enter there shall wl i no inure bless ed worlu ! how ait live how desi rable i hear reader s that to be your home for eternity / ii then may you be patient under tho irmitiea and trials the privations and in avements of your temporary pilgrim they aie only for a little while,"vld they have ail end where sorrow na sighing shall flee awav as ymi lliinliii ihe various oc casious for tears in the re cut state ynu i appreciate the coinprelnsiveness nf tho promise god shall po away all tears | fnun their eyes l'os,hi|j of gud alt 1 without ejeeptiou : ] about burning mountains j ieiilngical tllool'lsts assert lhat the ll)0 i qualities nu the earth's surface arise from uplifting of volcanoes earthquakes etc and to tin se they ascribe iho inclination , of strata etc lllll thu mlunte scams ill tend siniin forinuiion indicate that lhe , whole is the effect of depositions and pre olpttatloils while in lhe submersions by j lhe sea i tho ttdvi nee and r.-ln at du ring perihelion periods we have lhe aijilo ui agency required fur lhe precipitation | "" '■' , ' ' , xiiiinc vol 1 '** ' ' u "", u j " l '""[ ; ' bt rho a/ores tho llparl tho twih 1 wifcftiiiie-i iifieu pin luce total dark ness fnun thirty lo fifty miles around nud throe hundred miles distant pieces ol rock me ejected wiih i ho luce of a can it ui ball i lotopiixl ouce throw a piece i llulldn 1 cubic yards i gh miles f'i.-h ejected iiuin volcanoes are ihose of neighboring waters lava is a stony substanoo like basalt . and may sometimes lie seen ut the but inm i a crater red hot like melted metal bubbling as a fountain when it nver flows the crater it is very fluid at ve suvius n red hot current of it was frum eight to ten yards deep two nr throe hun dred yards broad and nearly u mile inn in mexico ii plain was filled up by it in . t a mountain une thous uul six hundred feet high by iiii eruption in 1759 its boat wiis hh groat that it continued to sinuke for twenty years afterward and a piece of wood look lire in luvu three years and a half after it had boon ejected at five miles fnun tlm crater stones of immense size to the height of seven thousand foot und others darkening too air fell ono hun dred miles distant thirty-one great eruptions of havo occurred within tho records of his tory lu an eruption in the your lg'.l.'j tbe city oi catania was overturned in a moment and eighteen thousand peoplo perished in the ruins tbe crater of etna is a quarter of a mile high on a plain three miles ucl'obb the molltll is a mile in diameter and shelves as an in verted 00 ne lined with salt and sulphur - the central fiery gulf varies in size nnd noises arise frum it with volumes of smoke d'orville descended hy ropos near the gulf but was annoyed by flame and sul phuruiib effluvia pompeii was destroyed by showers of ashes but korculanoum l.y hot mod over win li six streams of h^ftt^wwy&ytoji'^i cafifafffahftfi and were rebuilding in tbo barracks oi pompeii were found the skeletons ot two soldiers fastened by chains ; and in tho vaults of a country house was a perfect cast of ii woman with a child in her arms ski.aii the translators of the bible have left the word sd ih which occurs so often in tho psalms as thoy found it and of course the english reader often asks his minister or learned frii ml what it means and the minister or or learned friend has often been obliged to confess ignorance because it is a matter in regard to which the most learned have by no moans been of one mind the targums and most of the jewish commentators give to the word the meaning of eternally forever kimcbi regards it as a sign to elevate the voice tho authors of the septuagint translation appear to have re garded it ns a musical or rythmical note herder regards it iib indicating u change oi tunc matheson as a musical tone equivalent perhaps to the word repeat — j according io lullier and others il means silence gcsonilib explains il to mean " let tlio instruments piny and the sing ers slop wueher regards it as equiva icnl to sursiim r ftln — np my soul ! som . mer alter examining all tho seventy-four pus-ages iii which the word occurs recog nizes in every case au actual appeal or mill s to jehovah they arc calls toi aid and prayers to bo beard i xpressed either with entire distinctness or if nol in the imperative hour jehovah i or " awake ji hovuli !" and tho like still earnest addresses to god that lie would 1 remember and hear cic god's plan of your i hi — novcr complain oi your birth your employment yonr hardships j never fancy that you could do something if you only had a dif fer 111 loi and sphere assigned you god understands his own plan and be knows what you want a great deal bettor than you do the very things ynu most de preciate as fatal limitations or obstruc ti ', are probably what you most want what ymi call hindrances obstructions discouragements nre probably god's op portunities anil it's nothing new that . the patient bhould dislike his medicines j or any proof that thoy are poisons no . a truce to all such impatience choke , thut envy wll'-.b knuws at your hivrl be | cause yuu are not ill the same hit with , others ; bring duwn ymi soul nr bring it , up to iud's will and do his wnrk in your lot ynur sphere undei ynur cloak of ob scurity against ynur temptations and then ymi shall find that yonr condition is never opposed to your good but consist • cut wiih it a western speech — my competitor has < told ynu ul liis services he roudercu his 1 country in the late war let me tell you t that i too acted an humble part in that ' memorable contest when the tocsin of t war bu.nmoned the chivalry of the west >' to rally to the defence of the national ; *• honor i fellow citizens animated by that <' patriotic spirit which glows ill every i american's bosom hired a substitute for 1 that war und tiie bones of lhat ian now t lie bleaching ou tho banks of tho liai.-m 1 t mkntai activity if the water run i netli it holdetb clear sweet and fresh ; bui stagnation turneth it into a noisome puddle if the air bo fanned by the winds it is pure and wlmlesunie ; but from heilig shut up it gl'owolb thick and putrid — j j if metals bo employed they abide smooth i and splendid | but lay ihem up and they j sunn contract runt if the earth is labor i ed wilh culture it yiehleth corn ; but ly | ing neglected it will be overgrown with i bushes und tbiiths and the better the soil ml 1 bj > • .. a .. ...■!.. , i 9 all lure is incessantly employed in action -- i m*ble to iti doslgllbq use in like manner the presei-vun i improve ment nf tin fnciillies depend nn their c instant exercise in it liud has aimer id the best and uinsl dcsirnblu reward - bucoosb iii uiir undertakings wealth hon or wisdom virtue salvation tun liiiht-llt.aiiti'ii people — there are people who habitually make the best of things nol from auy shrinking from pain on their own account or for others but simply frum a natural and uucuii qnorablo lightness of heart thoso peo ple supply tbo oxygen of the moral at mosphere and should bo maintained at the public expense tn keep it bwoot and pure liven if instead of being as they generally are uclivo and otherwise esti mable members of society thoy did noth ing but enjoy life they would still be worth cultivating for tho sake of the light and heat which tbey kindle the only difficulty is bow to regulate them thoy aro so irresistibly impelled to sing songs that in a wovld where heavy hearts are unfortunately common it is difficult al ways to keep the vinegar and tho nitre apart it is unreasonable to expect auy groat consideration for the susceptibilities of melancholy people from the constitu tionally cheerful because tho very fact oi their being so implies a certain degree of insensibility which involves a corres ponding mount of blindness to oilier people's sensibility a genuinely cboor tul person makes tbo best of your troublos because thoy really do not appear to him very distressing and it is fur you to de cide whether such a view will act on your mind as a tonic or an irritant tho churchman thus turns general i-rant's inauguration gloves to good ac sayb.t:jltk*i.poo'pfthe"4«»itoc.uv^i!iotw gloves at bis inauguration j the corres pondent of the world says ho wore cana ry-colored kid gloves ; the correspondent of tlio tribune gives no information on the point if the rules of historical criti cism wbich arc frequently applied to tho gospels and their bearing on christianity were applied here wc should be asked to believe ibat the presidont wore no gloves at all death ofa female printer — mrs ly dia r bailey died in this city on the 21st ultimo in tlio 91st your of her age she carried on the printing business in phila delphia for over fifty years her husband robert haily died in 1s0s and she con tinued the printing until 1861 previous to the introduction of steam-power press es she bad one of the largest offices in tho city mrs bailey was elected city prin ter for a number of years by tho old city councils among those who served their apprenti'ci-ship with mrs bailey were the late robert p king the surviving part ner mr alex baud and mr pagan the | stcreotyper — philadelphia ledger the row issue of greenbacks a dis patch mm washington says : tllo treasury plate printing offlco has nearly ready for printing a new omission of the fifty-dollar greenback notes to take the place of the present issues which have been largely counterfeited the hundred dollar notes will bear a likeness of mr lincoln with a vignette bombolical of re construction and the fifty-dollar notes will bear a likeness of general grant w'.th a vignette symbolical ofthe restora tion of peace the hotel car that is designed to accom pany the first through train from san francisco to tlio kast has been completed i at tin central pacific simps it is thus described by a california eichange it is divided into a largo number of compartments — one lined with zinc for meat several for groceries vegetables ac one with a wire door for live fowls large tanks for fresh wator — all arranged ' as neatly and compactly as can well be imagined at one end of tbo cur there arc several berths for ihe accommodation of tho train hands tho ear is strongly ' built and having both rubber and stool ' springs is probably ono of tho easiest ri ' ding iu tho state an old lady who was making some jam i was called upon by a neighbor sain ymi rascal yuu will bo eating mv jam i when i am away she said sam pro i tested that he'd die lirst ; but the whites i of his eyes rolled hungrily toward tbe i bubbling crimson see bore sam bald | tho old lady taking up a piece of chalk ' ( 1 11 chalk your lips and then on my re i turn i'll know if you have eaten any j j so saying slit passed her forefinger over _ the thick lip nf the darkey bidding tho t hulk in i lie palm of her hand and not i lotting it touch bim when she came , back she did not need to ask any quea i lions for sam's lips wore chalked a oust i ter of ait iuch thick <, atutlt'l'l'll'ral cultivation oir thu pea-nut iu acoordvuce with your request i give you my experience and observation as to the methods used in cultivating the i pea-nut the first consideration being the adapt ability of soils with us the light lulni uu which the nnk bickury and i'nsciiiai v pitio worn tlm original growth nro those uu which wo succeed best | thoy produce ft *,..;,,-...-,.. v ,},", tlm mil ' inijijii aud cou ihe necessary fertilizers any laud propor ly lriiiiied may in made in produce thorn yhi.ihur ornflinblo pr not ludorlonco will determine lame in some form scorn it bo requisite ; when thero is n deficiency of lime iu the land although lhe vine may flourish and make an innumerable quanti ty ol forms ihere will not probably be one iu ten lluil will iill ur tiiiiko perfect peas the preparation of soils and tho minu tlm ol cultivating aud harvesting cannot be given fully in detail without trespass ing on ynur columns suffice it to say the soil should bu well broken din ing win ter or early spring ami theu broken im mediately boforo planting like all other crops it requires a well pulverized soil — ihen check off frum twenty seven to thir ty indies encli way witii an oponer pre pared for the purpose so gauged that tho rows are equidistant plant in tbo chock two kernels in a hill and cover about two inches deep the usual timo of planting is from tbo hath of april to tho 16th of may aa soon ns tho peas arc up we plow them with a pea sweep geiiif once in a row then cross plow and lolluw with the hoe this process is continuous plowing them each way and booing every fifteen to eighteen days until the vinos meet which witii us is about the 15th of july tlio object is to keep them freo from weeds and grass and to keep tlio soil well pul verized and in a condition readily to re ceive the peas on stiff and damp lands some prefer planting in drills say three feet between the rows and eighteen inches apart in tho drills thou cultivate as cot ton only rctainiug a flat oval bod for tbe peas after tho vines meet no further work is necessary until time of harvesting or ai wo call it digging thin is done with » btov^jwmlragtamgtjhfttjittbg and so loosening the soil that with the aid of a rake they are easily raised out of tho ground then shaken and left to cure as other forage it usually requires two or three days in good weather to cure them sufficiently for stacking after re maining in the stack six to eight days they may be removed aud packed under shelter then comes tho most tedious process when done by band which hns been tho usual way picking them from the vines and preparing them for market a machine has been gotten up which per forms that work very well and is now bo ing generally used tbo high prices ob tained for pea-nuts the last throe years seem to have awakened considerable in terest throughout the country in their cul tivation bul having gone down this sea son below two dollars i think tlio gener al staple cotton will con inuc io bo raised ; tlio ardor of tho growers in this section has cooled dowu considerably since tlic decline in prico i in former years when prices wore low i i looked upon peanuts at une dollar pea bushel and cotton nt ten cents perpound as equal the excess of that ratio in either crop indicating the one most profitable - from having some experience in both crops i am induced to draw tho compari son it is true tho offal ofa peanut crop is more profitable in feeding stuck fat tening pork etc than that of cotton yet 1 doubt whether it will compensate for tho damage to the land peanuts being tho must exhausting crop save flav | 1 know of and moro than one crop in four cannot bo made without heavy manuring i mcmillan in carolina i armor elopement with a pkince — the latest paris journals announce il lope ment frum that city to cologne ol the l'rince louis of kourhnn with u havana hello miss a ii who is unless than miss amelia f sabol hamej a native of now ( irloaus but whoso family removed to havana some liltcn years ago jler father is mr john h ilamel avorywor thy man doing business as a shipbruker hero and well known to the commercial community and to all sua captains who have visited havana during the past 20 years your correspondent has known miss ilamal from childhood and can there fore say that the insinualions published in a certain journal regarding tlio olopo ment are false she having always borne a very high reputatiou while her talents have made her celebrated in the fashiona ble circles of europe and tho united states l'rince louis has written a letter from cologne to mr harael explaining liis reasons fur eloping and asking her hand in marriage which very natural re quest the old gentleman has granted with a telegraphic post script for them to como to now ioi'k and be married in the land of liberty aud greenbacks it is very probable that the young folks accompan ied by mine ilamel mere will soon ar rive in new york where the wedding is to be celebrated very privately and fifth avenue will bo spared the ago iv of wit nessing the marriage oi a l'rince nnd a pretender to tho spanish crown bo be ing thu brother of hon < urlos and a graudsuu of charles the fifth 111w _. sdiifsm _.-.-_ 5