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The Curctllio-IEoyv to E1terruiuatc
Thcm-Imp0rtantD Discovery to Fruit

The Curculio-How to E1ter1uinatc
Thcm.Imp0rtant Discovery to Fruit
G1o,EcrB.
We Learn from IN extra Of the st. Joseph
(AEch.) Herald, Of the 10th inst, That Hon.
John Nhitt1esey, Mr. hanson, and other 1ead-
ing fruit-growers Of that fruit region, have just
discovered way by which curculio may be de-
stroved in almost unlimited numbers- The
Herald states Tint on the morning Of the 18th
inst. 1lr. Whituesey called at that office, and
stated that On the 18th inst he killed 2, us cur
culio about the roots OF 200 trees, and on the
18th, in four hours, on the Same trees, he
Killed l,566. MI. Whitt1esey also stated that
Mr.. Ransom, Mr. Bonelle and Mnself, in aTe
hours, had killed upward of 5000, in portion
of thlee smn11 orchards. The manner Of doing.
tic vosk in Rs follows: Put the orchard in the.
best order; level down the sol about the root
OF every peach tree, aud smooth :. circle for d
diameter Of two-and-arhan feet from the tree
as centre. Have the ground very clean
sround the base Of the tree. Do not leave 3
single hole close to the tree. Leave no plAce
where the curculo can hide, except under the
shelter you provide for them. Then put close
to the tree, and close to the ground-about
four pieces to the ttee-either q chip, piece
Of bark, OF board, or latb, or rag, or corn cob,
or old leather, or nythiug else. for covert
The curculio will conceal themselves under
this shelter, and may be destroyed by thou-
sands. Go around every day, tun over each
clip, and Ill every curculio- They viii gen.
orally adhere to the chips but may often be
found on the ground under the chip.
Mr.. William B. Ransom has made the cur-
culio and its habits study for many yeara.
r for fta 1ittfo f11rtrz
he discovered that they all dropped within two
or three feet Of the trunk Of the poach-trec,
and sheltered themselves On tha trunk, in the
holes near the base, and the underaide Of the
principal 1mbe.
Some idea of the quantity Of curculio which
viii gather on single tree may be understood
from the following facts: Mr.. Ransom says
that on the 14th he took Is, On the 18th. c5,
and On the 18th, GO. or this number II we're
taken in cluster under a chip, two by three
inches. He gives the following facts inregard
to the habits OF the curculio: In the fall they
GEEK wa1n and safe shelter to hibernate.
This is either the ground, OF 1eaTes, stumps,
logs, old fences, woods and other congenial
placea Of concealment. Tbs first warm day in
spring that starts vegetable life calls the cir
culio forth, and It proceeds to ita feeding and
breeding ground They walk very fast, and
they fly and feed generally at night, eating the
young and fender leaves. They crawl on cold
days and nights, and hide under the shelter Of
the trunk OF the tree. waiting to feed when the
nights become sufficiently warm- Tho curculio
uses the green peach only to hold its egg It
sometimes eats the ripe peacf, also blackbet-
RES, ounces and other huits- ,
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IN the mture The Austrian Ambszssdor
at AAens, Herr Won Hatmerte. has sp-
Piled for reAve Of Absence, but Count Beusr has
refused his application, on the ground that bis
Presence as Athens Is indispensable a. this CRISIS
70 enable Austria to t2ke her dne share IN any DC
Eonations which the powers might enter Into
Wito the Greek GbretnmentT
me Handtre1, of Vienna states that the
ts useek legation IN tha. city has received des-
expresses profound :nsigu alton At the crime
lnst committed on the English tourists. He
nsows me responsibility On the l.te Ministry.
At the same time promising 70 maxo the most
energetic Efforts to extirpate bris;andago.
, 1870-05-19
The New French Ministers

TIE DUkH OF aRAAoNT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAlRa-
Anthony ny-Ageum-A1fred, Duke Of Gramons
and of Guiche, and Prince Of Bidache, bora at
Paris August II, 1919, is the head Of that an
cient aud distinguished family Of the Gz7-
monts, the most widely known Of its members
IN past times WIS thst brilliant nobleuan the
Count of G1amont, the ornament Of two
OF Charles II. Of England biography,
written by bis brother -in-law, Count Anthony
Hamilton. is the only work composed in
the French language by an Eng@ishmaa which
has passed into the empy1ean Of French clas-
eic literature The Duke was originally edu-
December, 1851, he passed into the diplomstic
service OF the empire He served as Minister
Resident At Casse1 and at Stuttgaz11; was sent,
in 1858, as Envoy E1tranrdinary to Turin,
where he did much to bring about the alliance
Of Sardinia with The Western powers against
dor at Rome He distinguished himself IN
the Eternal City, not only BY his splendid and
courtly hospitalities, but by his skil-
I'll fencing with the Pspal authoIl-
ties. In 1851 he was removed to
Vienna, where he remained until recently.
He rendered great services IN 1866 towards the
paadca6un Of Germany. and in 1867 orouf:ht-
Ebout that pe1soua1 visit OF the Emperor No
poleon to the Emperor Of Anst11a. st Saizbu1g,
which effected serious and important changes
IN the f1Ie1En polNy Qk EInuI7- 4Ae oAAV "
Gramout hss never been esteemed man OF
great parts, but he has wen-deserved ropu-
tat5on for spizit, good sense, and t,rt. In 1873
he married > Scotctslady, Miss lIackinnon, the
daughter Of W A Maekiunon. Esq, H. P, by
whom he h1s four children
NJ P1lcuo1, MINISTER or PuBl1c wpRKs"
The Marquis Of Talhouet is succeeded IN the
Ministry OF Public Works by ~ Charles 1g-
mace Plichon, politician Of no great en-
inerce, but we'll known IN Paris Is = lawyer
OF ability, experience snd character. u.
PIehon was born at Riom in 1914, and entered
public life in 1857 as Deputy elected to the
Legislative Body, In the interest OF the '1re-
1igious and conservative" +" Opposition
Y: NIECE, MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
The place so long f1led by n Victor Dnruy,
under the Rouher Government, has now been
given BY II, Olivier to n, Jseques Philippe
the Puy de Dome Il Mege, who WIS bonn IN
1917, is, Ike " Pichon, ! lawyer BY training
and experience. He came into public Lie IN
1863 as government candidate, and hs nas
ever eiuce been known "a moderate but hsm
Of the existing order OF things.
, 1870-05-19

We yesterday published some figures
showing the approximate annual compensa-
ton of the States Attorney for this circuit.
Mr.. Reed calls attention to the fact that the
actunl sum received from the county, dur
ing 1869, Was only Ss7o, and that he re-
ceiyed from Lake County only $50. BE
also states that, for the year 1869, his re-
ceipts from the State were only ,0o0-
The statement that he received 91,187
from the State WIS taken from the Auditors
report, as having been paid to Mr.. Reed
between December l, 1865, aud November
80, 1869. In regard to the payment by the
city, the Comptroller reports, in his LIST of
expenditures for the year ending April !,
1870: "Paid c. H Reed, $l1, ,o55."
Mr.. Reed gives the following detailed
statement of the payments made to him
between March 81, 1860, and April l., 1870,
the period covered by the Comptroleris re-
port:
Received Nov so GO for bill Of jan 'ts.-s 6soeo
Refetreil Nor So 60 for bill Of Mich. o. l.4SQQ1
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Total received for previous nscal year..s loso.oo
Received NoE. 81, 1863, for ApIIl, ls69...- $500
Received Nov. 50, 1869, for MaJ. 1se9.... ela.o0
Received Nor. 30, 1sG9, for June, 1884,. tG10o
Received NOV 80, 1869, for July, 1s6s..-- ios10o
Received jan 81, 1870, for Sept 1S69---- 10000
Received Feb. Is, 1910, for Oct, 16S9.-.. 1890
Rectived Feb Is, 1s7D, for Jun, 1s10.... 325.o0
Actual receipts for services during years 6,2i600
Received Apfil 80, 1870, for Dec, 1S62.... 6Sa00
Receiyed AprIl 80 1870, for Feb, 1s70... 1,12a10
mi yetnaid Nov. 1S69---.-..-.......-. $1,000
MT yet nsId' March 1S1o... ............ s70.00
Total hrila for the wear paid and unpaId$ 49100
Add saIarT from State, 100000
Az Tereives1 fTnm county $1,000
~ rece,ve1i fnom Lake Couuty,... 5000
qo,., 1ees of state,s Attorney ,7ssoo
, 1870-05-19

| MORRILL, ON Dn10ur AND coBDEv.
"Both were cotton manufacturers the lattel
has been to promote the prosperity Of British man
| ufactureg, on which hangs the immense com-
merce OF Great Britain, compared with which that
Of ancient Venice; Tyre and Carthage al conabinet
/ WIS but us retail trade. As statesmen these hon
| orcd names have never been fo1nd In hostility Z
The pro1lts Of the trade to rhIch they were bred
From the same Interested point Of view the con
yerslon Of Sir Robert Peel to free trade may bs
more easily explained Golden signal,zed his
| career rs peace man, as does MI. Bright, doubt.
On but a,o IN ssse harmony w
every var In which their country embarked, and
denounced most Of the wars OF the past Wars
trade. do not aaJ these cnInent men advised
their conntrymen wrongly; but is It not evident
that their advice never Beams TO hare been at Wal
with their private lutcrests7"
Then, ITO may ask, how unselfiah are these
American manufacturers, who do not ask the
United States parliament to open our ports to
the competition Of the industry Of the world,
but to shut them close by lay, that they may
e1act taxation from their fellow-citizens7 X
Golden and Bright aro to be arraigned as self
iah when they advocated peace amongst men
and free markets for Christianity, how shan
We denominate G1iswold, Danne1l Mo1rall
Captain Ward, and their stoo1-pigeons in Con-
gress, Who literally
-. seek to wade through slaughter to a
throne,
And shut the gates OF mercy on mankind"
II won't wash, 11r. Juztin Morrill, You CAL
not get the votes Of ta1-paying people by up
braidiD9 the achoo1men Of New England!
You have only succeeded in showing the boJs
Of Harvard and Yale, Dartmouth hnd BoWdoin,
Brown and Williams, that you and your set
read, at the world with which you neTer min
gled, at the freedom in whose cause you hare
participated chiefly as sectionalist and pol
1ticiAn! Go on, and, as the Suffrage Couvanhon
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F.P. Bullard is to be nominated for o
Judgeship in the Court Of Appeals.
Parepa.Rosa will import from England
a new opera troupe for next years cam
paign.
Attorney General Hoar is making his AZ
rangements to remain in Washington until
the close of Gen. Grants administration.
The late Marquis de Lousada, British Con.
sui at Boston. is reported to have been na-
tural son of George ".
Generals Lee and Joseph Johnston have
been elected honorary members ofa fire COM
pany in Savannah. &
Mr.. Gordon of Holly Springs, Miss. 70
years old, is the only survivor OF 81 brothers,
all born of the same father and mother.
While DR.. Mary Walker was lecturing
lately, youth cried out, "Are you the Mary
that had a little lamb 2" "No!" was the
reply; 'but You had little increase"
The Hon. John A. Cobb, eldest son of
the late Howell Cobb, owns and manages
$4,000 acres of rich land, in one body near
Americus, Ga.
Mrs. John Wood has become 80 worn
down with her double duty as manager
and actress in London that her physicians
have compelled her to temporary retire.
ment. %
The Duchess of Parma, niece of the Count
de Chambord, is the recipient of the holy
| golden rose which the Pope blesses annually
and presents during Lent to one of tht
ante-diluvian princesses of the Bourbon
! tribe.
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POETRY.
witches in the Cream.


Through all the long, long winters day,
And half the drcary night.
We churned, and yet no butter came;
The cream looked thin and white.
Next morning, with our hopes renewed,
Tho task began again;
We churned and churned till back and arms,
And head did ache with pain.
The cream rose up, then sulking fell,
Grew thick and then grew thin;
1t splashed and spattered in our eyes,
On clothes and nose and chin.
We churned it fast and churned II slow,
And stirred ii round and round ! -5 .s eti
Yet all the livelong weary day
Was heard the dasher's sound.
The sun sank in the gloomy west,
The moon rose ghastly pale; <
And still we churned with courage low,
And hopes about to fail -Si'
When in walked Granny Dean, who heard
With wonder and amaze, v
Our troubles. As she crossed herself,
And in the fire did gaze,
"Lord help US all" she quickly said,
And covered up her face;
"Lord help us ALL" for, as you live,
There's witches in the place.
"There's witches here within this churn,
That have possessed the cream.
Go bring the horseshoe that saw
Hang on the cellar beam.n
The shoe was brought, when round and round
She twirled it o'er her head;
"Go drive the witches from that cream"
1n.solemn voice she said.
Then tossed it in the fire, till red
With heat it soon did turn,
And dropped it 'mong the witches dread
That hid within the churn.
Once more the dasher's sound was heard
Have patience with my rhyme
For, sure enough, the butter came
In twenty minutes time.
Some say the temperature was changed
With horseshoe glowing red;
But when we ask old Granny Dean,
She only shakes her head.
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bore, whose eyes beheld the world seven
months later, from the hour of its birth was
devoted in her thought to the throne to
which she believed him entitled. She was
confident that she saw . providence in this
continuance of the Bourbon stock. Adozcn
years later f6llowed her most romantic,
positively heroic sttempts with the revolu
tion, proving SAD failures that seemed to
deserve . better Termination. 4 81
Asolitsry woman, delicate but brave,
crossing France ct her peril from east to
west, making her appearance in Ia Vendee,
rousing that hsrd3 people to reaction in ia
vor Of legitimacy beset with multiplying
obstacles concealed With three faithful male
followers In the angie Of chimney ~ Nam
tes while her csptols were quartered IN the
houseto make search for het, her capture
and imprisonment, and after her release BY
the courts. her oanisllment beyond the from
tiers--sne msnAnee such material ior stir-
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Some excitement prevails in Charleston,
s. c., among the city officials and holders Of
city securities, by movement of certain
owners of overdue city stock to levy upon
the city property to satisfy their judgments.
The Judgment creditors have attached the
personal assets and cash in bank belonging
to the city; but the other creditors bave
obtained an injunction restraining further
proceedings until next Wednesday. There
is some talk Of placing the city assets in the
hands of a receiver. Iaei faf
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OBEsrTY.-Obesity in some cases is q dis
ease, and causes great inconvenience. 9th
ers are extremely anxious to gain flesh and
become "fat and fair 1t isa fact that those
persons who have the strongest muscles, and
are the firmest built, can endure the most,
and, generally, last the longest, who are not
obese. So there are substantial reasons why
sensible people should prefer not to be tat !;
nevertheless, there is degree of cheerful
ness, and merriment, even, about some obese
persons, that renders them very cheerful
companions, and the most agreeable COM
pany. r'si' r .
It has been said all the flesh and all the
fat we ever gain is accomplished during
sleep. There is, no doubt, some truth In
this remark. The infant is usually fat, and
he sleeps the greater part of the time. The
fat person, also, sleeps very much. Old per.
sons sleep but little, and when this season
comes, as it does with by far the larger pari
they begin to lose the rotundity Of body
which characterized them at middle life
and, as the common expression is, sdry up
This is not the case where such persons
sleep as well as they did when they wer'
younger. ~ -
The conclusion, then, to be drawn from
these facts, is, if any desire to lose fat, ant
become thin, they must sleep but little. Thi
will reduce obesity faster than any othe
means can. ns4ses7 'Hai} 9t siis
A young minister was once candidating
and q very fat man of the parish, and . con
stant attendant was asked how he liked tn
young clergyman's sermona :" have bu
one fault to find with them, !" said he; "the.
are too short" The fact was the fat old maj
went to sleep when the sermon commenced
and walked up only when it closed. =
The best remedy for obesity is, keep COO
by day and night, sleep little, moderate in
dulgence in eating and drinking, and plent
of exercise. Whoever will observe thes
rules will not be likely to become too fa
Some kinds of food produce more fat tina
others nothing is more fattening than Ii
dian meal. The old way of fattening
goose, so tasty to epicures, was to tie its leg
pat it in the chimney corner, and cram
with Indian meal. The same process wi
fatten human goose-keep still, keep war
sleep most of the time, and live on has
pudding-W NJ Cornell, N. D., Ii. D.
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Bill to Enforce the Fifteenth Amend
ment.

In the Selate, yesterday, Mr.. Stewart,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported a
substitute for the various bills ''to enforce
the XVIII amendment to the Constitution
of the United States" providing that all
citizens of any State, Territory, district,
county, township, school district, munich
pality, or other territorial division, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections, without
distinction of color, race, or previous condi-
ton of servitudp, any law, custom, or usage
to the contrary Notwithstanding. Also,
that if the laws OF any State or Territory
shall require any act to be done as pre-
requisite to voting, it shall be the duty Of
the officers of the law in said State or Terri
tory to give equal opportunity to all to per.
form such prerequisite, and any such official
failing so to do shall forfeit and pay the
sum Of five hundred dollars to the person
aggrieved thereby,to be recovered by an ac
ton in the case, and in case of conviction
shall be fined in the.above amount and bt
imprisoned not less than one year. The OF
fer of any citizen, for whom such prereqqis
lite is required, shall be deemed q perform
anee in law OF such act, If such act ialied II
be carried into execution by reason of thi
wrongful act or omission on the part OF th'
person charged with the duty of receiving
or permitting such performance of Offer
Any person who shall hinder, delay, preven
or obstruct or attempt to prevent any citl
zen from performing such prerequisite shal
be subject to the above mentioned penal
ties. If any person shall be deprived OF an
office, except that of a member of Congres
or member of State Legislature, by reaso
of the provisions of this act, he shall be ent
tied to recover possession of such office by
writ of mandamus or other appropriate prt
ceedings in the Circuit and District Courl
of the United States, which shall have cor
cnrrent Jurisdiction In such cases. In
District Courts shall have jurisdiction OF Q
crimes or offenses committed against tn
provisions of this act, exclusive of the Stal
courts. eli p isiu 7t' o.
1t further provides that all the. district a
torneys, marshals, and deputy marshals
the United States shall have the power
institute and enforce proceedings again!
all violators of the provisions of this act,
penalty oil 81, 900 to the use of the perst
J deprived of the benefits conferred by tn
act. The President is authorized to emplt
the land or naval forces of the Unite
States, or of the militia. to prevent the vi
lation and enforce the due execution of Il
provisions of this act. uo
The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-05-04

Three brothers, bearing a remarkable re-
semblance to each other, recently went into
the same barber shop, and on the same day,
to be shaved, one going in the morning, the
other at noon, and the third at night.
When the last one appeared, the barber,
who was German, dropped his razor in
astonishment, and exclaimed "Vell, dat
man has de fastest beard as never was; |
shaves him dis morning, shaves him at din
ner times, and he comes back now init MS
beard so long as never wash"
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A MoTHEK's INFLUENcE.-How touching
is this tribute of Hon. T. H. Benton, to his
mothers influence My mother asked me
never to use tobacco 1 have never touched
it from that time to the present dhy. She
asked me not to gamble, and lave never
gamqled; I cannot tell who IS losing in
games that are being played. Sh, admon-
ished me, too, against hard drinking, and
whatever capacity for endurancef have at
present, and whatever usefulness I have at
tanned through life. / have attributed tc
having complied with her pious and correct
wishes. When 1 was seven yeats of age
she asked me not to drink /; and then | mad,
resolution of total abstinence and that
have adhe.ed to it through all time, I ow
! my mother.
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isi .The New Lien Law.


h We publish below for the benefit Of labor
ing men, copy Of the new lien law, which
{ was passed at the last session of the General
Assembly 1t is pronounced by those who
are capable of Judging to be one of the
very best laws ever passed in this State for
the protection of the laborer and the en-
ccuragement OF labor: issstk
An Act for the Protection of Mechanics
( and other Laborers, Materials, &c.
The General Assembly Of North Carolina do enact:
SEcTIoN1. That every building built, re-
built, repaired or improved, together with
the necessary lots on which said building
may be situated, and every lot, farm or yes
eel, or any kind of property not herein eru-1
rnerated, shall be subject to lien for pay
ment of all debts contracted for work done
orthe same ormaterial furnished.
HEC. 8 The lien for work on craps or
iajps { q materials given by The sstl shsll
/ biSsce. wI]Ick aitached npon the prorer4y
subsequent to the time at which the work
wa commenced or the materials ~ere tur-
ishBd. ~ ,,,,.s 4, 4i,s
a PEG. Q. ANY mccunnic " ~ ki11n Who sunsi
make, alter or repair any article Of personal
property ct the request Of the ownefor legal
possessor Of such property shall have lien
on such property SO, made, altered or
| repaired. for his lust and reasonable charge
| tar h;a work dome and material furn-
ished, and may hold and retain possession
of the same until such just and reasonable
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