The Old North State

              vol iv salisbury jv c april 2 186 ivo 13 tl)c did xortl state rriu.isui.ii weekly uv a__j ej w is xi a iv xi s , editor and proprietor rates ok sl ik llirrion one yi'.ak payable in advance 3.00 six months " '• 1.60 5 copies to one address i",.'iti hates of advertising one square lirst insertion 1,00 each additional insertion 50 twelve lines pf brevier — ii inchps lengtli b_mpw""tte c , lllllll ill o :, clin tellt li .•,.,. in t special notices will be charged 50 per cent higher than the above rates court orders six weeks 7 if the cash ac companies the order 10 if it doos not obituary notices over six lines charged as advertisements to persons wishing to advertise for a lon ger time ihan one mouth the most liberal terms will be given people will talk wc may pet through this world but twill be very slow if we listen to all that is said us we co : we'll he worried and fretted and kept inn slew for meddlesome tongoes musl have something to do — for people will talk you know if quiet and modest you'll have it presumed tlmt your humble position is only assumed you're wolf iu sheep's clothing or else you're a fool : but don't excited keep perfectly cool — for people will talk yuu know if generous and noble they'll vent their spleen you'll hear so.ue loud hinls that you're selfish mean if upright and honest and fair as the day they'll cull you a rogue in a sly sucakish way — for people will talk you know and then if you show the least boldness ol heart or slight inclination to take your own part they will call you an upstart conceited or vain tti l-oce atrnivht niii iloii'l stop to ovlaill f'or people will talk you know if threadbare your coat or old-fashioned your hat some one of course will take notice of that , aud hint rather strong that you can't pay your ' way : but don't get excited whatever they say — for people will talk you know if you dress in the fashion don't thii k to es cape for they'll criticise then in a different hape you're ahead of your means or the tailor's un paid but mind your own business there's naught to be said — for people will talk you know if a fellow but chance to converse with a girl how the gossips will talk and the scandal uu furl they'll canvass your wants or talk of your means and say you're engaged to a chit in her teens — for people will talk you know they'll talk line before you but then at your back of venom nnd slsyder ther's never a lack 1 how kind and polite is all that thoy say ! but bitter as gall when you're out of the way — for peoplo will talk you know the best way to do ia tn do ns you please fur your mind if you have une will then be ' at eiiie ; of course you'll meet with all soils of abuse but don't think to stop them it will bo i no use — miscellaneous written for tin groconboro 1 patriot by «'. 8 nil i ins tiik eclipse i.n august the reference in a recent number of this paper to the eclipses of the sun and moon which maybe expected to occui during the current year ind which was probably overlooked by very many be cause of its brevity bas suggested to mo the thought that a moro extended notice will be likely to greatly increase the in len-.-t wilh which many readers will view the total hilar kelipse iu august infi 1 .— ] h'o further encouraged to invite the vendors of lhis paper to a feast of science by the reflection that the rare occurrence d lhe phenomenon in question will wh in known make it attractive to many who would not otherwise bestow upon it moro tliiiu a passing thought i'or though a solar eclipse total at some point on the earth's surface happens almost yearly yel so often doer tin shadow fill upon the un inhabited regions that ninety nine men of every hundred die wilhoul ever having seen iie al london the sun hi been totally obscured but once during the last seven hundred yars while th i.-t en tire ol ii eclipse ai r.uis occurred ono hundred and i'm ly livi years ago there probably is not a person in llu h tato tt ho recollects having witnessed one ; m,l q largo number of those who shall be per | milted tu behold lhat to which 1 refer will , i i certainly never see another it is this consideration of its novelty added to its majesty that musi rendor the phenomenon interesting to tho majority of those who will witness it ; lor the multitude cannot be expeeled lo shale the anxiety of tile philosopher who bent upon increasing his knot leil};'e of the sun's nature nud 1 oonscious that his life will afford but the 1 one opportunity to do so naturally looks ' | forward to sueh all event with much iiuo i lion the people of north carolina aro as i happily located for viewing this eclipse j as tiiey could have been had th"y been i pdveii elyiee i lini i -; ','' : - £'«.«_ ... * . — y r-**0 ' ot h ■"-*, -.' _■ t _(. . .:. to lli.uk ljj.it ih llloltloir to millie which great expense has sometimes been ■■ incurred will puss us if to force a recog nition belore our very doors when two years ago in philadelphia i made my calculations i could nol hope j so confidently as i now can to be iu pro pel-place at tho proper time the axis j of the lull shallow will lull on a spot some what oast of like baikal in rkoutsk asia on saturday the 7th ol august at about half past olght in the evening and soon as the sun rises the ignorant inhabi tants of that region will have cause to wonder at a relapse of approaching day into the darkness of night if we follow the line traced by the center of tbesliatlow iis it passes over the earth's surface in a north-eastern direction to behring's straits and over that water we shall havo the point at which it will first touch north america after continuing its progress i i this direction for a time it will take a south-easterly course skirting the rocky mountains it will pass through montana dakota and south-western minnesota in iowa and traversing illinois and ken tucky in the direction ofa lino drawn from from springfield to salisbury reach the l rdi rs of north carolina let ithe un derstood that it is the centre of the shadow which will follow tho course indicated ; and that nl the points within the vicinity of this line the eclipse must be complete indeed ut places no farther removed from it than pittsburg pensylvania eleven digits will be obscured commencing at tbo north-west the shallow will cross in order watauga southern a\'ilkes,.a>'xauder iredell ro wan southern davidson montgomery moore cii-fiue^and southern sampson | and new hanover counties and will dual ly leave the earth's surface at a point in the ocean in-taut ait lit 800 miles \ - . our j coast the c-euteifvill thus be about 00 miles ilislbnttroui raleigh at its nearest ! point and i^out the same distance from greensboro ". jh tbe eclipse com | mences on the tstfc&r.cc of the 8th in si beria it is visible jy.'re ; v irange though it seem without thought if jic evening of tho 7th of august the reflection at the time of tin occurrence of the phenomenon that the shadow which bides our steeples has only two hours and a quarter before darkened the porcelain pott rs of china and that none of the inhabitants of eu rope and africa and bul few in asia and south america can share with us the spec tacle the eclipse being invisible in ail of lhe two lormer ami in parts of the last , two cannot increase our estimation ofthe . privilego we are enjoying tin late hour at which the eclipse becomes visible to us ; may render it less striking than it would ' be were our position sufficiently to the north-west lo allow us to visit it nearer the : middle of the day but we shall have the satisfaction of living the shortest day of our lives between lhe dawn with which '■ the obscuration will terminate and the twi light which must speedily follow it is ' possiblo that some may be disappointed in ' the intensity of the darkness the eclipse will occasion ; but it i piobable that the fowls will seek iheir roots and bubse ' qticutly by crowing nnnounco the sup posed approach of a new day au old ' iiiaii ol eighty-nine who happens to call while i am writing iy that his father ' w i one compelled lo rest on bis plow ' while the unexpected n : g'it passed over him such is the outline of what may i e expected to occiii in conncclion wit it th il ii isl bublime and the i irest of astromical pll ii-noii a it ini eclipse of the sun ; \ ' in which 1 hope ninny mav take consider ' j able interest inasmuch n ihe attention given to such thin i always in propor tion lo the intellectual advancement of a pi ople ' a colored idea of business — we iimi ! the following scene in the savannah li ve :: cr'h reporl of a recent iri i of auegro i'm stealing cotton : i luring lie i e ' en the trial a very , black ) im m in was placed nu the wit no land by the pro < cuti in to testify as lo co iv i 1 ,: ii id t ith the pril oner \ when asked what in was talking wiih him about th witncsb said about how each was prospering in business ?" " what was your business al that time i was iu de hog business !" | lie was in the cotton business was i in ]" l yes sir ' wl ii where are ynu living al now .'" i " i iu boot ding at de jail i whal were you put ihere for i sti allng hogs t " i low many did you btcal '" t all the man ll ui how 111 my was lh il i *'( inly on i thai iv i ■ lie hoe business ynu were | ' ii ■ i i'i in was i ? ' i tli ii it i ■ the lm im is '■ did vou ever steal anv cotton ?" i oh yi ," dill you toll it afterwards ?" i " no need to do dat tbey euugllt mo at 1 it *,, a thrilling incident tlio following incident is extracted from ii very interesting pnpet in bentley's mis colluny entitled hours iu ilindoostun tin cobra eiipellii is bald to bo one of the venomous species of serpents ill the lust his bite being attended with ulmo.it instant deutli : wo innl been playing nil the evening ut whist ( lur stakes had boon gold tuohur points unii twenty mi tliorubbor maxoy tvlin wns always lucky had won live consecutive bumpers which lent u self satisfied smile to iv countenance und innjle us los-ji ■-. '- '•;... _• but pleasant i t hen in b'.iutlrt.ly changed countenance 1 uni hesitated tu pl.iy this tho more surprised us slnco ho was one ulm acl iloiu poiiiloii il being so perfectly mnbter of the game thai ho deemfl long eousid eim'ioii superfluous play away maxey wlint aro you about ." impatiently detuauded chitrchlll one of the most impetuous youths tlmt ev er wore the uniform ofihe body-guard 1 ' hush replied maxey in atone which thrill 1 through us ut the sumo time rim ing deadly pale an you unwell ?" said another about to start up for he believed our friend hud been taken suddenly ill for the love ol god sit quiet replied the other iu a tone denoting extreme foar or pain und be laid down his curds if you value your life move not " i hat can lie mean has he taken leave of his senses .'" demanded church ill appealing to myself don't stnrt — don't move i tell you in ii sort of whisper i can never forget uttered muxey if you make any sudden motion i'm a ile.nl nun !" he exclaimed wo exchanged looks lie continued : ken iin juiol uul ull iiiii v yel be well i've ii cobra capelhi around my log our lirst impulse wns to draw buck our chairs ; but mi appalling look from the victim induced us to remain although we were aware that should the reptile trans fer but one fold and attach himself to any other of the party that individual might already bo counted u dead man bo fatal is ihe bile of that dreadful monster poor maxey wus dressed ns many obi residents still dress in india namely breeches uml silk stockings therefore he more plainly felt every movement of lie s hike his countenance assumed a livid luie ; tlio ivordo sc ined u leave h s mouth without the features altering their posi tion so rigid was the look so fearful w he least ihe slightest muscular movement should alarm the serpent und hasten hid bite wc wore in agony little icbs than his own during iin cue lie i coiling round muttered max ey 1 leel him colli cold to mv limb ; and now be thickens i'm the love of heaven cull lor some mill i dare not speak lniiil ; let it be placed mar me ; let some be placed ou lhe floor churchill cautiously g ite the order and a sei vant lipped out ol tin room don't mir northcotc you moved your head uy everything sacred i con jure you not to do so again it cannot be long ere my fate is decided i've a wife and two children in europe ; tell them i died blessing them — tlmt my last prayers were for them the snake is winding round my calf i leave them all i pus sess 1 cannot almost fancy 1 feel his breath great lot to die in such a man ner i i he milk was brought and carefully put down ; ii i'-tv drops were sprinkled on the floor ami the nfii'ightedsorvant drew back again matey spoke : no it has no effect i i dare not look ilnv ii imi urn lire he is about lo draw back and give the bite of death with more than fatal precision receive ine o lord unii paidoii me ! my last hour has come ! again ho pauses ! i die firm but this is past endurance ! ah no ! he has iindono another fold and loosens hini boh ! < an ho be going to some one else .'" we involuntarily stiirted i'or tbo love of heaven stir nol ! i'm a dead matt : bill bear with me he still loosens hn is aboul to dart move not but beware ! < lliurcliill he falls off thai nay oh this ngony is too hard lo bear anoiher pressure and 1 am dead ! no he relaxes at that moment poor maxey ventured to look down j tho snake hul unwound him if the lust coil had fallen mid the reptile was making for lhe milk , . - i am saved ! i am saved !" mid max ey bounded from his chair and fell senso icbs into lhe arms ol nue of the servants iii another instant need it bo added wo wi re nil dispersed — the snake was killed aiel nr poor fii i carried more dead than alive to his room io cure corns — a reeeipe for this pur pose very properly belongs to a word oil domestic medicine but we have been so often solicited to give a remedy for those tortures of tho flush that wo glvo tho one which in our own experience we have found most reliable the corn should first bo well softened by soaking the fool in w inn water and as much ofit j removed by u harp instrument us ean be | i lone without p.tin then apply over the j surface u vert small quantity of ptilvoriz | i,l nitrate of silver and cover it with a i i : u e of linen or lint in ordi r to keop it in its pluco after l tveiity-l'oui hours tho foot may i milked again and that por iimi of the corn it in h h is become black oiit'd nol tlisinti i iii il hy tho c in tic re moved by bcruping or with a knife lie peal the operation ill a euro is efl'octod journal of cik m is try marshal ney was he an american or a frenchman t — did he ever serve in the american army i mr c./h browning writes fn the round ' hbaftte/tt'curioub account regarding mar silfi'ney who was next to napoleon tbewreatest of tho ocnrals produced by tho french revolution and seriously i asks the question wa lieu frenchman or an american ? ii is i gnu hy as written , by bis family rcprcsci inm to havefbecn born ut tr-tu-.f i ills i ma'l lo.i'il on the rhine in lvii'.i i'he oth . story is as j follows : marshal net's proper name was michael rodolph and not michael ney lie was captain in general waynvs ar my in the war wilh lhe indians his career was marked by lhe most during deeds of valor and he was called alining thivsohlii'i's by the title napoleon givve jfhiin the bravest ofihe brave captain m rudolph was young and fiery and on one occasion feeling himself insulted by general wayne he challenged him gen eral wayne reported his insubordinate conduct to tho government and general washington struck his aame from tbo ar my list rodolph then turned his atten tion to farming on lolk nek near elk ton maryland und possessing himself of a small vessel he traded in tobacco to the west indies such a • restless nature could not be satisfied flltl so prosaic a pursuit having bee^biii xpeetedly put back from one of bis be found his wife engaged in a sus^ious affair with another man wiihniifcsaying a word to any one he left herself tnd her children in peaceable possession of his rival return ed to his vessel made sail and never af terward returned mr pinckney then our minister to france recognized him shortly afterward under iih new name in a review in the camp de mars nnd mr browning ays liis friends in maryland carry nut the tbjfory of the identity of the two men by stjapojing lhal rodolph pro ceeded to bordeaux with lis cargo and sold his ves.-el established a shop and re tailed his tobacco and wilh his daring enterprising military taste mid genius en listed in the army ofthe revolution as a common soldier from which his general supi i i n it >• and the tochnfcal knowledge acquired under general wayne soon mis ed him tho wifo of rudolph married ,_-.'... i i i •'..-. .-">" by b'l ll ,»">!. an i selt'ed in ihe obscure ton n of limns wick in georgia j and 1 is a noticeable fact thai mine years ago yonng ney — iini ney who was lor bomo years frencli charge at kin le , i micro well known t many officers if our navy — vis i ited tin uni tod stale ml scl out imme diately after his arrival n new vork f r that place aixlremaineil several weeks in the in :_■ i l,,,i hflkd a lin gliest'ol the ro dolph i innly bffo wi re independent ami respectable fanners but not people liki ly to receive a visfffrolll i'lulilt ney bred ill paris under oritiiiary circumstances al , though this is a romantic ftory ; and i ount ney will do the woj'ld a great ser vice by disclosing tie facts i'i his posses sion regarding it us mr browning ear nestly calls upou him to db a an indian j i it i ir's trick rev norman macleod in account of a juggling feat known as tlio bamboo trick he says : while tbe tom-tom was healing and the pipe playing lie juggler singing il the time in low ace ms smoothed a place on tbe grave three ,,,- bur yards before ns having thus prepared a betl for tho plant to grow iu he i,„,k a basket and put it over tb prepared place covering it with a thin blank t lie man himself did not wear n thread of clothing except a strip around ih loins tin lime seem ed to have come lor lie 1 1 teotive's eye — so just ns ho was becoming more earuosl iu his song and while iln torn toin heal and the pipe brill i innr loudly i step pel forward wiih l coining dignity and begged him t in ing iin basket and ils et er to ine the juggler cheerfully com plied i examined tie i uskot 1 1 w is tliin al st transparent and certainly there was nothing concealed in il 1 then fixed my eyes on his strip of clothing with such intentuess that it was not possible it could have been touched without discov ery and bad him go on i fell perfectly sure the trick could noi succeed sitting down ho gtretchi d his naked arm under the basket singing aud .- miling us be did so be then lifted the basket off the ground and behold a green plant about a loot high satisfied with our applause he went on wilh his incantations after having sal a lillle to ve hia plant lime to grow be again lifted the basket and tho plant ttas now two feel high lie asked us to wait a little longer that we might taste the fruit hul ii being assured by those wbo had seen the trick performed before that this result would be obtained 1 confess to myself done without the slightest motion of how 1 examined lhe ground and found it wuty'smonth and un turned apparently delighted wiih my surprise the jugghr slonsl up laughing one of his companions ji st then chucked a pebble to illlll which lie put iulo his mouth immediately tin i same compan ion walking backward drew forth a cord of silk twenty yards or svi iii length hul ihi was nol^all the di charge for the jug 7 ', tt iiii hisi hands behind his back threw l.iiili frum lini'mouth two decanter stop pel , l it o . inills a spinning tl*p a 1 inl and . viral other things lo lowed by a long j'.'l of lire ! curious wills one of our correspondents who has a taste for such matter lias collected and sent us for publication in the ledger the following curious extracts from still more curious wills the first is from the will of george applobeo rector of st bride's j london proved august 7 17sil : my body after bt ing dressed in a flannel waist-coat instead of a shirt un i old bturtout coal and breeches wiihout i linings or pockets ; an old pair of stock ingsj shoes 1 shall want none having ' done walking and i worsted w :.-,, if one can be got i desire may be decently in terred the second is from the will of stephen swaine of st olive's soutliwark proved february 0 1770 : 1 give and bequeath unto john abbott and mary his wife tho sum ol sixpence apiece to buy each ol them a halter in case the sheriff's should nol bo provided the third is from tho will of william shackell esq governor oi plymouth proved october 13 1782 i desire that my holy maybe kept as long as it may not be offensive and that one of my toes or linger may be cut off to secure a certainty of my being dead 1 also make this further request to my dear wife that as she has been troubled with one old fool she will not think of marry ing another the following is from lhe will of philip thicknosse esq of london proved jan 24 1794 : " 1 leave my right baud to be cut off after my death to my son lord audley and 1 desire it may be sent to him in hopes that such a sight may remind him of his duty to ind after having so long abandoned ihe duty be owed to a father who once affectionately loved him a romantic story the nashville tennessee press tells a romantic story of a mrs harper who was won by her first husband from a powerful pertiuacious and rancorous rival altera year of wedded bliss the husband sud denly disappeared and from that time ibog until a few weeks ago nothing bus ; been known of his whereabouts the ' widow married again but her second hus band disappeared as mysteriously as the iiis in the meantime the unsuccessful lovi r i lormer days appeared on tin scene an ! renewed acquaintance wiih the twice widowed flame of his youth very re cently he mis on the point of succcedii g ; in f.it some preliminary arrangements were already made for a wedding when a derangement occurred in the waterpipe which supplied the inure of the widow iii south nashville plumbers were bet to wink ttpoll lhe pipe lllll coilld iu ike llll improvement mi it finally the street it as ripped up to ascertain the cause ot tho water stoppage it was fonwd at the mouth of the pipe where it was at tached to the 111 llll licet supply pipe the bkelcton oi a hand was found iin lingers were elo i d up like i knot firmly jammi ■! n o the small pipe ou being taken out a jack-knife was found clutched to the fingci'b covered wilh rust of course but sufficiently sound and perfecl in shape to show lhat it had been once lhe properly ofthe man to whom tho widow was firsl married upon one of the fingers was • found also a diamond ring which her firsl husband wore when he 1 f their house thirteen years ago winn these particu lars became known tiie intended bride groom hastily left town and tin good la - dy became sick sh ha frequent spells of delirium ami fears are entertained hy her physicians that her reason has been impaired by lhe shock ofihe discovery *<_►* let us be contentt ... — ilothchild with all his won ith mn bo satisfied u ith the snuie sky that is over the h ad of lie poor man he cannot order a private sunsi i thai he m ty enjoy ii n ii h a .-, i i circle of friends nor can he add one single ray to iho clear li '.' bi am ol the queen as she sails m ig uiliciiilly through the heavens the richest banker cannot have more than his i i llu air to breathe and the pnor , i ef aii ne n h ite ihe same wealth may buy a brilliant bracelet dazzling with diamonds aud rubies hul wonlth can nol buy a graceful and well turned arm on which to display ils splendor god only can give thai ; und to many of the poor he has given it " 1 wish 1 had the health of that rosy peasant girl sighed ihe aristocratic in valid propped ii|i ttiih pillows in her costly carriage ah me !" said the gii 1 if i could only ride in such stylous lhal !" wealth cannol purchuso health nor can il give u contented mind all thai is niosl valuable can be had for nothing tin come us presents from the hand ofa kind and indufgont parent ami neither the air nor the sky nor beauty health strength nor genius can be bought nor sold what ever iu iy iho condition in life remember these things and therewith he conli nt a laundry ilcci_ne.—'h\iq following re cipe for doing up skirls will be found id , i use by many hoiibowivest take two oun ces ol line while eiim limbic pott tier — pill j i it into a pitcher and pour mi a pint or ■ i more ol water and then having covered i it lot it sl md ill night in the morning pour it ean fully from iho dreg iulo a clem bottle cork il and keep il lor use a i.i blespooiiful of gum water stirrod in n pinl of starch made iln usual inauiii r tt ill give to lawns either whili or printed a loi k of nowness tt inn nothing else eau ri . ion them alter ll.ey bave been wa_hud lynch next i work a blessing many young peoplo who have wealthy parents have no unibii ion for themselves beyond a mere butterfly existence tiny affect ignorance oi contempt of the bless ings of a life of labor they scorn a trade and slight u profession and think agriculture fit for boors s une one has well said a rr n that is too well born for a trade is very well born for the gallows i the best safeguard against tho many temp tations which assail our youth of both sexes is a well-defined systematic habit of industry according to circumstances i ■■-■■ i\,ir doit _ — , there are some pnrcntwkvho encourage their children in idleness by rearing tbem with a contempt for all useful occupation if parents aro so well off lhat tbey do not require the assistance from their chil dren cither in the house or elsewhere they can at least teach them how to use well and beneficently the wealth v h'cli has been acquired for them a gentleman of means and position of the writer's acquaintance lias two children a son and daughter grown to man and womanhood well educated and of good abilities possessed of the na tural restless activity of youth and of youth and of some mental calibre they desire to take some useful part in life's arena so they have tried to persuade the father lo permit tho son to go into merchandise ami the daughter to instruct a few pupils iu music or accept a situa tion s teacher in an academy but no ! they must slay at home and bo supported as befits their means and position ! as a consequence the young man falls into dissipation and disgrace and is only res cued by the timely efforts of the young men's | ; hrislian association vigorously made in his behalf ho at last breaks away from homo with his father's dis pleasure and without means to prove at hist work a blessing foil speed the right the daughter cut oil from that active and useful life which ber healthy nature craved sank into supineness and a morbidly low-spirited state ; thus quench ing powers of usefulness and enjoyment in the turbid waters of indolence aud use parents ! if there is one underlying principle more important than another to be taught your children as they stand up on tho threshold of life it is this : man is horn i work seek to disprove 1 1 ii and you cut off the motive power to duty ani self reliance uurl give tile baser in stincts of tin soul mad license you have in your children ineteud of the beautiful well-formed tree of many branches rich with folliagoand succulent juices and bearing much fruit naught but a leafless trunk scarred and blacken ed and blasted which men refuse even to 1 1 u rn ono deeply versed in human nature's needs says the baptism of work is a baptism of blessing believe it oh weary toiler and keep heart nui iikiii.v lives liat-c t e lim only one ll i li n i should lluil ne life , v r lip ' i iy lllll i 1 iv lillcil ll|l nil li •■■- 1 i lli 1 hour iil'ti i ii ei bringing m uotv iioil cultivator kind words — they never blister the tongue nor lips and we hate never heard of any mental trouble arising fiom this quarter though limy do noi cost much yet tlu-y accomplish much they help one's own good nature and good tt ill s ifi words sullen mir own soul angry words are fuel to the flamo of wrath and make litem blnze more fiercely kind words make other people good na tun il cold words freeze people and bol words scorch them and bitter words make tbem bitter and wrathful winds make 1 them wrathful there is such a rush of all other words iu our days that it seems desirable to give kind words a choice among litem there are vain words and idle words ind hasty word and spiteful words ind silly words and empty words nnd boisterous words ami warlike words kind words also produce tin ir own image i i hen's souls a beautiful image it jg diet sootlio and quiet and comfort the heuri r i ley sluimo him out of his sour morose unkind feelings wo have not yet i gun to 1180 kind words in such abiiml nice as liny ought to be used an hem fur bachelors — v judicious wife is always chipping oil from her hus hau's moral nature little twigs that are growing in wrong directions she keeps bim in shape by continual pruning if you say anything silly she will find means of pi venting you doing it and by far the chiel part of all the common bciisc there is in this world in longs unquestionably to woman the wisesl things a man com monly does nre those which bis wife counsels him to do a wife is the grand wiclder of iho moral pruning-knifu if johnson's wife had lived there would have been ii hoarding up of orange pitel , - no touching all the posts in walking along ihe sirei ts — no citing and drinking wilh a disgusting voracity if oliver ( iiiblsinith had been married lie would never have worn lhat memorable and rid ; iculous coat whenever you find a man whom you know liitle about oddly dl'csb ed or talking absurdly or exhibiting any eccentricity of miiiiner you may lie toler ably sure that ho is not a married man ; for tlio corners are rounded oil — tho little shoots are pruned away in married men wives generally have much moro sense thai their liu bunds — especially tt hen their husbands arc ch ver men the wife's advices are like tho ballast that keeps the ship steady tiny are wholesome though painful shear clipping off little growths of solf-coaceiu lynchburg nuns \ preservation of meat a professor gamgee has within the last two years we believe brought to public notice an invention of his own for pre serving meat withonl salt so thai i may be kept for unliroiti d period retaining all the freshness of newly-killed meat it created quile a sensation when first an nounced at once was presented the idea that animals might be slaughtered in per fect health near the green pastures where they bad luxuriated and their meat be ing dressed and preserved could be safe ly conveyed to the great cities and then be served up sound n'llatablo ind nu . iuous io the tiiiiubilauts ail ahe pain ful process of transportation of immense droves alive iu railroad trains arriving at their journey's end in bad condition and health would be avoided and iu numer ous uiys the comfort and convenience of man would be promoted especially would the benefit of this invention mani fest itself by the curing of the meat of the vast herds that roam tbe plains of north and south america whose carcas ses disrobed of their akins arc left to di cay or be devoured by wild beasts the anticipation of the great revolu ti in that such a discovery would jroluce was pleasing the question arose how ever as to the cost of the process there was the trouble its utility depended al together on its cheapness we apprehend the professor has not yet reduced it down to the practical point as no progress has been made thus far in the introduction of bis cured mast as an article of com merce we saw last summer a fillet of line veal and a fine chicken lhat had been cured for four weeks exhibited at the whito sulphur springs they were cooked ihere and a number of gentle men tasted both and testified tiiat they were as sweet und juicy ub though kilb witbin twelve hours we could readil believe thi from the appearance and the odor of the meat we bad not heard of professor gam gee's invention for somo months until a day or two since when the follow ing proceeding of the american instituv fanners club came to band : lhe new method of curing meat - a series of experiments have beeu con ducted by order of general eaton com missary of subsistence in washington to test tho value pf professor gamgee's pro cess of preserving meat l)r craig o the aiiiijr uicdicnl ttcpnrttncii . , tire yi sented a long report on the subject on the subject setting forth details and princi pies involved in the operation and the satisfactory results obtained thus far i that tbe gases used in profess gamgee's process are cniinetly preser live their action and render meats il pable of decay with less addition of a foreign ingredient than any process hit erto employed 2 that the preserved meals retain a perfect freshness without adventitious smell or taste ".'!. that the process lias bem so s'm plified as to render it extremely cl . and of ready application it this report be fair we shall probabb soon hear further of the invention richmond dispt -'- heaves in horses the direct causes of heaves or broke wind are over-exertion and indigestion treatment — i'he object is to im prove the patient's health and if we cat do this successfully an improvement iu a curable ease generally follows we musi restore digestion in order to cure ii 11 , tion und in this view wn give aroi ionics the following we have used witi considerable success : — tincture of an malic sulphuric acid written by physi cians thus : tr acid stilph aro dose 1 one drachm in a pint of water night and morning dose ono drachm in a pint of water night and morning most animal , however will drink it from a bucket lu the meantime we put the animal ni u course of the following alterative l cine powdered ginger gentian sulp salt cream of tartar charcoal liqu elecampane caraway seeds and ball i . gilead buds chopped line equal parts dose one ounce every night in tho foej changes in diet exercise and manage ment calculated to fulfil the indie alluded to above aro indispensable . : soon as considerable improvement is pe ceptible lhe aromatic tincture should omitted ; and instead of giving oneouut of the abera i.e as a dose give halt i ottneo night und morning a le winded horse should always he w from ii bucket regularly three time day ; and it he lie a foul feeder arm tv a muzzle anil remove it only ut meal ' in addition to the above remodioi occasionally allow a small qua garlic say a couple of heads evert day chopped fine and mixed in the american stock journal a columbus mississippi paper rt liites that a pompous old negro intel up to tiie home ofa citizen of thai and asked the favor of a word at t as be couldn't well leave bis steed well what is il \" quoth the man tin house miirniii sab ! 1 cum to ax you if ■ owed anything io moses dunn ce ■ pin do monitor oh de state no wishes to settle up all his fairs liud plenty folks dat be owes ! hard work to find any dat owes i the gentleman didn't owe an tl