Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-11-09

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A hundred years to come
But other men
Our lands will till,
And others then
Our streets will fill,
While other birds will sing as gay,
As bright the sun shine as to-day!
A hundred years to come.
Edward A Pollard, of Richmond, the historian, is
on parole in Brooklyn, New YORK. and in Wretched
health. &:
PEnlLs OF PErRoLEuM-A frightful accident has
just taken place at Ulm from petroleum oil. Du-
rlrg representation at the theatre, "a lamps at
tached to the chandelier suspended from the roof
burst in succession with great rapidity, and the
burning oil tell like shower Of fire on the spec
tators, among whom were number of ladies'. In
moment the dresses of 90 of them were in flames,
and most serious burns were the consequence
One CT the ladies was dreadfully injured that she
died lii few hours after.
RATIONALE OF CEuRNiSG. According to Bous-
sngauit, the butter milk is in the form Of minute
globues, each g,Cbue being enclosed in very thin,
transparent pei!icle, which prevents them from ad
herring together During agitation by Cummings
these delicate particles break, and the fatty globues
Immediately unite and form granules of butter
There no absorption of oxygen during the pro-
cess, as was supposed; the operation succeeds
in vacuo, and with the churn filled with carbonic
acid or hydrogen gas.
JERusALEM.-At cost of about $3.50, 900, Rus
slams of the Greek Church, aided by liberal contr-
BUTTONS from the Emperor, have erected at Jerusa-
lem an immense building, which includes church,
All Episcopal palace, pilgrims house, hospital,
and houses for lay and clerical officials.
Tennyson's new poem, "Enoch Arden" has
met with rapid sale. The first edition of seven
Thousand copies was exhausted in two days, and
was soon followed By second, of ten thousand co
pies
In Pi,tsburg, Pa, the grave question is now be-
fore tue Courts: Can fare be collected from pas
senger who is compelled to stand the platform Of
a car?
The Holston Conference in session at Bristol,
Tenn, have decided to hold the next annual session
OF the Conference at Marion, Va.
SWEET OLD AGE-God sometimes give to man
a guiltless and holy second childhood, which the
soul becomes childke, not childish and the facul-
ties in full fruit and ripeneSs are mellow without
sign of decay. This is that sought for land of Beu
lah where they who have travelled manfully the
Christian way abide awhile, to show the world
perfect manhood. Life, with its lattles and
sorrows lies far behind them the soul has thrown
Off us aruor and SITS in an evening undress Of
calm and holy leisure. Thrice blessed the family
or neighborhood that numbers among it one of
those not ye: assembled saints!
"a PAIR of scales before him, rich man sat and
weighed.
A piecs Of gold-a widows all, and unto her he
said
"Your coin is not the proper weight so take it back
again,
Or sell 1t me for half its worth it lacks single
grain"
With fearful eyes the widow said "Ohl weigh it,
sir, once more;
pray you be not SO exact, or drive me from your
door,"
"Why see yourself it's Under weight your tears
are no avail"
The second time he tries It, it besrs down the scale
But little guessed that rich man, who held his gold
so dear,
That the weight which bore it down had been
the widows tear"
The Louisville Journal makes good suggestion ;
one, however, like many good suggestions to the
same party, little likely to be carried. Says the
Journal: elf the Administrative wants to make
any more arbitrary arrests let it arrest Lee Beau
regard & Co. just as arbitrarily as it pleases."
A boy OF eighteen, named Eads, employed in the
g! quartermaster's department at Nashville, has OBJ
tanned fifty thousand dollars by forgery and de-
camped.
One WAY TO Grow RIcH.-Nothing is more easy
than to grow rich. 1t is to trust nobody; to be-
friend none; to heap interest upon interest; cent
upon cent destroy all the finer feeling'of nature
and be rendered mean, miserable and despised fol
some twenty or thirty years, and riches will come
as sure as disease, disappointment and miserable
DEATH
COP only knows who is the greatestsinner, bu
every humble sinner will think that he is tn,
man.
A Partisan physician relates curious case
poisoning by tobacco. man had wrapped tobacct
leaves around his body on the naked skin, in orde
TO smugge the article across the frontier, but tn
perspiration caused by walking in hot weather gav
rise to the absorption OF the active principle Of tn
tobacco through the skin, which led to dangerou
symptoms. 49,.
FArgENrNG PouLrRY.-Itis asserted in the "Vrans
sctious of the Society Of Arts that there is grea
advantage in fattening- geese, turkeys, and, il
short, fowls of every description, potatoes mixet
with meal On this diet they are SAID to fatten il
less than one-haf the time ordinarily required t
bring them to the same condition of excellence
on any kind Of corn, or even meal ITSELF The pota
toes must be boiled and mashed fine while they ar
hot and the lpeai added, just before the food is t
be presented - .'-- '....' %.
EARTHQUAKE IN THE NORTH OF ENGlANp-B,
tween twelve and one o'clock on Monday morning
September 25, there was shock of earthquake i
the North Of England. AT Leeds, Skpton, Silsdor
Rochdale, Hebden Bridge, Manchester and otbe
places, the peculiar sensation resulting from tn
shock was felt In some places persons were awake,
ed by the general tremor and various descriptions
the phenomenon are given, some comparing it
thunder felt but not heard, others to shaking an
rocking
Religion is not only ruler in the soul, but also
cheerful companion through life.
Several of the London theatres have been o2ene
for religious worship on Sundays.
"Bishop Andrew has gwen notice that the ne,
Conference OF the N. g. Church, heretofore apppia
ed to be held at Mobile will be held at Tuscaloos
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