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blue RIDGE RAnRoAp.-The fol.
lowing extract is made from a let.
ter recently written by the Presi.
dent OF the road to tie Cincinnati
Railroad Record
After many vexatious DELAYS,
occasloned mainly by the peculiar
condition Of the finances of this
State, and the dis:rust of capital.
lists to iEvest in Southern securi.
ties, the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company in South Carolina, is
again in q condition I hope, to
press the construction along the
line moro vigorously. A new
company, composed of capitalists
in South Carolina and New York,
is now forming, who propose to
complete the road in a short time
on certain conditions. This pro.
position includes the issue of a pre-.
terred stock for $4,000, 900, bear
ing Z, s or 10 per cent. until the
road is completed, after compile
tion TO have same preference over
stock now issued. The new com-
pany to hold or retire old stock
The company in this State and
New York propose to subscribe at
once tor one.half of this preferred
stock. With the $4,000, 900 Of
preferred stock, and the $4,000
600 mortgage bonds endorsed by
the State of South Carolina, this
road can be completed in two years
from this date. What we now
propose is to appeal to the citizens
of Cincinnati, either as a corpora
tion or as individuals, to come to
our aid, and subscribe at least one
million of dollars of this preferred
stock. The State of South Carroll
ma, city of Charleston, and indi.
vidual stock holders, have already
paid in and expended on this road
nearly three millions of dollars
We propose now to retire this old
stock, and permit new parties to
come in with 100000 preferred
stock, and by the use of $4,000
mortgage bonds guaranteed by the
State of South Carolina, build the
road, and own it after it is COM
pleted.
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MIXING WTTu STRANGERS. The
effect of mixing with new people.
who have new ideas and new meth,
eds of thought, is very salutary.-
Always to see the same people, do
the same things, feel the same way,
produces stagnant condition of the
mind and heart that is very dis.
tressing to behold. There are
thousands of invalids who might
be. greatly benefited by getting
away from home, ifonly for short
time, to mix with strangers, and
be touched with the magnetism of
the great world as it courses in its
accustomed rounds. And there
are mental and moral inYarids who
need the same change, TO get their
minds and hearts enlarged, and let
in little more of the great light of
life. Outside influences are very
valuable to those who at home
have been well trained by health
full influences in early youth, so
that they can avoid the srares and
pitfalls into which those who 60
blindly often fall.
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Sunstroke.

Too much care cannot be exer
cised to p.cvent, the direct rays Of
the sun acting on the head in this
unusually hot weather. Sun.
strokes are already beginning to
warn people of the power of Old
Sol to instantly lay them PROSTATE.
There are two kinds of s,mstruke.
The first occnrs from o,er cxer.
ton, and the SYMPTOMS arc fainting,
staggering, feeble pulse, and a
moist. cool skin. In the absence
of a physician, the sufferer should
be Immediately removed to a cool,
shady spot, ice,cold water, or wa.
ter as cold as possible, applied to
the head, aud a little alcoholic
stininlant in ice water administer.
ed internally. The second is the
more fatal kind, where the patient
falls unconscious. The symrt, ms
are hot. dry skin, hurried breath
ing. and Sometimes convulsioLs.-
The only remedy is removal to a
cool place, where the party must
he stripped to the skin, an ice bag
or ice applied to the head, and al
so under the arm pits, and the
whole body rubbed with ice. This
should be steadily persevered in
until the patient RECEIVERS or death
ersues. In either stroke a doctor
should be Immediately summoned.
lii order to prevent sunstroke,
avoid the direct rays of the sun,
and the use Of stimulants during the
hot weather. A broad brimned
porous hat should be worn. Those
compelled to work in the sun
should have a shady spot to 90 to
ut intervals. Pedestrians should
carry sun umbrellas and look well
TO their head.gear. Bathing or
washing every morning is an ex
cellent prccaution. Regularity in
diet, and tho avoidance Of every
excess, and quiet living, arc among
the most essential preventives.
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NEW ORLEANS. ,Julv Is

Albert Myers was shot dead this
morning by Michael A. Rodgers.
Cause, jealousy. The murderer is
imprisoned.
Francis Menteath, clerking in
Choppin's store, St. James Parish,
was murdered OIL May 10th, his
body thrown in the river, and the
store robbed and burned by four
negroes. A jury composed Of six
white and six coloreG. to dav,
found them guilty Of arson, bnrgla,
ry and murder. Penalty, death.
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A CALIFORNIA PALAcE CAR
There is now OH exhibition at the
Hudson River Railroad depot a
palace car which was constructed
at San Francisco by the Timber
Manufacturing Company of that
city of native wood. This car con.
tains tie comforts of a home.
with all modern improvements" as
it is divided into four suites of
rooms, and each apartment has its
own dressing room. These suitcs
of rooms will each accommodate
comfortably eight persons, and are
very handsomely fitted mp. The
length Of the car is about seventy
feet, and the breadth is ten feet
four inches, allowing three omar
ters of an inch to spare in the Sing
Sing tunnel. Some of the princi.
pal woods which enter into the
construction of this car. all of
which are highly perfumed, are
white mahogany, five varieties of
laurel, five of rosewood, tomana,
mesquite, arrow, madona an d
orange. The wood on the outside
is of q light yellow color, highly
polished.
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An Indictments.

The history Of King Alcohol is
history of shame and corruption,
OF cruelty, crime, rage and ruin.
He has taken the glory of health
from off the cheek and placed
there the reddish hue Of the wine
cup. a
He has taken the lustre from the
eye and made it dim and blood.
shot.
lie has taken beauty and come
Illness from the face, and left it i'll.
shaped and bloated.
lie has taken strength from the
limbs and made them weak and
tottering.
He has taken frmness and elias.
ticity from the steps, and made
them faltering and treacherous.
lie has taken vigor from the
arm and left fabbiness and weak.
ness.
lie has taken vitality from the
blood and filed it with poison and
seeds of disease and death.
lie has transformed this BODY.
tearfnlly and wonderfully and ma
jestically made, Gods masterpiece
OF animal mechanism, into a vile,
loathsonie, sinking mass of hu-
manity.
He entered the brain-the tenn.
pie of thought-dethroned reason,
and made it red with folly.
He has taken the beam of i'm.
telligence from the eye. and ex-
changed for it the stupid stare OF
idiocy and dullness,
lie has taken the impress of ell.
nobled manhood from off the face
and left the marks of sensualty
and brutishress
lie has bribed the tongue to ut
ter madness and cursing.
He has turned the lips to songs
of ribaldry and revellins.
He has taken cunning from the
hands, and turned them from
deeds of usefulness to become in
struments of brutality and muir
der.
He has broken the ties Of friend.
snip and planted the seed of en-
nifty.
He has made kind, indulgent
father brute, tyrant, a murder.
er.
lie has transformed the loving
mother into very ficnd Of brut.
ish incarnation.
lie has made the obedient and
affectionate sons and daughters
the breakers of hearts and the dc
stuyers of homes.
Heshas taken luxuries from of
the table, and compelled men to
cry on account of famine and beg
for bread.
He has stripped backs of their
broadcloth and silk, and clothed
them in rags.
He has stolen mems palaces,
and given them wretched novels
in exchange.
lie has taken away acres and
given not even a decent burial
place in death.
lie has filled our streets and by
ways with violence and lawless
ness.
He has complicated our laws
and crowded our courts.
He has filled to overfowing our
penitentiaries and houses of cor.
rection.
lie has peopled with Lis multi
tuGe our poor houses.
lie has straitened us for room
in our insane asylum.
He has filed our world with
tears and groans, with the poor
and helpless, with wretchedncss
and want.
lie has banislled Christ from,
the heart and erected hell.
These are the Counts of our in
dictment. Let the world Judge o.
the truth.
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Affection, like spring flowers,
breaks through the most frozen
ground at last; and the heart
which seeks but for another heart
to make it happy will never seek
IN vain.
To what bird may a bride be
's9st appropriately compared 2 A
+ ne cCv,.
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A MAN SHOT WHILE PLAYING
PANTHER "A correspondent of
the Clarksburg (West Virginia)
Conservative, writing on the 18th
ult., says:
A fatal accident happened on
Leading Creek last week, which
is a sad warning to those who are
in the habit of playing jokes on
children. The iacts as my inform
ant stated them: A Captain Ford,
OF Barbour county, happened near
Mr.. Jesse Hornets home with a
panther skin, and seeing little
boy, about twelve or fourteen
years, a son of Mr.. Hornet, in a
skirt OF woods near the house, don.
ned the skin with the intention of
frightening the little fellow, but as
soon as the by saw what he sup.
posed to be a panther, he ran 10
the house and took down his faith.
er's rifle, and went in pursuit of
the panther. He did not kave to
20 far before he espied him. The
boy rested the rifle on fence and
hred. The man panther gave a
dying shrek, and with convulsive
spasm fell over mortally wounded.
The little fellow did not see his
mistake until he went mp to the
wounded man. Ford fingered two
days and then died.
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General Rules for Preserving Fruit

/. Let everything used for the
purpose be delicately clean and
dry; bottles especially 50.
Q. Never place preserving
pan fiat upon the fire, as this will
render the preserves liable to burn
to, as it is called /; that is to say,
adhere closely to the metal, and
then burn i should rest always
on a trevet, or OH the lower bar of
the kitchen range.
3. After the sugar is added to
them, stir the preserves gently at
first, and more quickly toward the
end, without quitting them until
they arc done this precauticn will
always prevent the chance OF their
being spoiled.
A. All preserves should lie per.
fectly cleared of the scum as it
rises.
5. Fruit which is to bc-prcserv.
ed sy,up must first be blanched,
or boiled gently, until it is suffi.
ciently softened to absorb the SUI.
gar and thin syrup must lie
poured on it at fist, or it will
ehrivel instead of remaining plump
and becoming clear. Thus, if il
is weight of sugar is to be allowed,
and boiled to syrup, with a pint
OF water tothe pound, only half tie
weight must be taken at first, and
this must not DC boiled with the
water more than fifteen or twenty
minutes at the commencement OF
the process I; Il part of the remain,
ing sugar must be added every
time the syrup is Ieboiled, unless
1t should be otherwise directed in
the receipt.
9. 10 preserve with true flavor
and color of fruit both in jams and
jellies, boil them rapidly until they
arc we'll reduced, Jetore the sugar
is added, and quickly atterward,
but do not allow them to become
SO thickened that the sugar will
not dissolve in them easily and
throw up its scum. In some sea
sons, the Juice is so much richer
than Others, shat this effect takes
place almost before one is aware
OF it !; but the drop which adhcres
to the skinner, when it is held mp,
will show the state it has reached.
Z. Never use tin, iron or pewter
spoons, or skinner for preserves,
as they will convert the color of
red fruit into dingy purple, and
impart, besides, avery unpleasant
flavor.
8. When cheap jams or jellies
are required, make them at once
with loaf sugar, but use that which
is we'll refined always, for preserv.
ing in general it is false econ.
omy to- purchase an inferior kind,
as there is great waste from it in
the quantity of scum which it
throws mp.
o. Pans of copper or bell metal
are the proper utensils for pr lserv.
ing fruit-when used, they must
be secured bright with sand. Tin
ned pans turn, and destroy the
color of the fruit that is put into
them. There is now sort of stew
pan made of iron coated with
earthcn-ware (porcelainD which is
very nice for preserving-MRs.
HALE, in Western Rural.
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pepoteo to 1ts,ps, poliiies, 1ntellieen
JOHN C. BAILEY, PRO'R,
srBscRiprIos Two Dollars, , per ,,i:J,, annum.

SrBscRiPrIos Two Dollars per annum.
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rates of
ono dollar per square Of twelve Minion lines
(this size typc) or less for the FIRST insertion,
fifty cent, each for the second and third inscr-
tions, AM twenty-five cents for subsequent
insertions. Yearly contracts will he made.
All advertisements must have the number
" Insertions marked on them, or they will be
inserted till ordered out, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise, tAd, ,ertiscuients
will invariably be "displayed."
Obituary notices, and all matters inuring TO
10 the benefit Of any ono. are regarded us
Advertisements,
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A school committee in a froHiiV
tier district are reported to have
summed up their opinion Of an
examination which they had at,
tended by making to the pupils
this address: "You've spelled
well, and you've chiphered good,
but you amt sot still"
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"Sam," said one little erchin to
another, does your sclIoolmaster
ever give yon any reward of mer-
it %" Is spose he does," was the
reply )" he gives me a thrashing
every day, and says / merit two"
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ANEcDoTK OF CoUNT BISMARCK

ANEcDoTx OF CoUNT BISMARCK
In the summer of 1915, when
Bismarck, being then twenty-sevcn
years old, was on dnty as caval.
ry officer, he was Standing with
other officers on a bridge over a
lake, when his groom, Hilder.
brand, the son of the forester OH
his estate, rode horse for a bath
in the lake close by the bridge
Suddenly the horse lost his footing
and Hildcrbrand disappeared in
the water. Bismarck threw off
his sword in an instant, tore off his
uniform, and dashed headlong into
the lake to save his servant. lie
seized him, bnt the drowning man
clung to him 80 fast that hc lad 10
dive before hc could free himself.
Bubbles rose over the spot, and
master and servant were given up
by the spectators as lost; but the
powerful swimmer had succeeded
in releasing himself, and he arose
to the surface, beari g mp with him
ard bringing to land his inanimate
burden. The rescued man, how
ever, shortly recovered, and for
the brave action Bismarck obtain-
ed simple medallion-the well
known Prussian safety medal
which may occasionally be seen
beside the many stars on his
breast. lie is proud of this mark
of honor, and it is said that on one
OCCASION a noble diplomatist ask
ed him the meaning of this little
modest decoration. 81. am, The
replied, :" in the habit sometimes
Of saving a mans life"
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hope this hand is not coun.
terteit," said a lover, as he was
toying with his sweelIearts fins crs.
=" The best way to find out is to
ring it," was the neat reply.
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A Glouster girl, about throwing
away a faded boquet found in it a
note with an offer of marriage
from nice but bashful young
man. The youth now labors .une
der the delusion that all his griefs
are ended.
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A LONG JAUNT.-1here arrived
at Suspension Bridge, on the even.
ing Of June 20, a gentleman of
means-an Englishnan by birth
who put mp at the Monteaele
House. He left Boston on the
14th Of June, distance, $50 miles, }
and walked to this place in twelve
days. lie takes this way of see.
ing the country. He carries
yalise and contents, which weigh
fifty pounds, strapped on his back.
He says that he came from the
Old Country purposely to see this
country, and prefers to view it on
foot, from the Atlantic to the Pa.
cific ; that when he arrives back in
England he can give o full descrip-
tion Of this country to his friends.
June 30 Ire left the Monteagle on
his journey through Canada to
Chicago, from there to Omaha and
San Francisco-his journeys end.
He will return by rail to New
York, whence he will take steamer
again to England.
Magora Journal.
--->.S
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A lady remarked on a very ig.
norant man, who was compliment
ed on his good sense, "He onght to
have great stock of good sense,
for he never spends anv."
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Clara, I love but thee alone v'
thus sighed tho tender youth
SO hear me then, my passion
own with trembling lips and earn.
est tone. Indeed l speak the
truth" lie raused---the blush
o'erspread her cheek : che let him
draw her near scarce for emotion
could che speak, yet did che ask,
in accents meek, "How much
have you yeari
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a MACON correspondent of the
New York journal Of Commerce
says: =" Passing down street in
Macon, a sign informs us that JEFF
Long keeps a grocery. jeff is a
colored man, who represented this
Congressional District at Wash.
ington during the 41st Congress.
lie made bitter speech in favor
of the Ku klrx bill, but he says
that he 'aint never seen no
ku Klux. jeff says he live d
economically in Washington, and
saved his salary as Congressman
That enabled him to .pen a store
with apparently $4,000 worth OF
stock in it, and he is doing well
The colored people mostly deal
with him, and as their trade is ali
cash, it is the safest kind of bust,
ness. He serves his customers in
court dress-a shiny hat, fanltless
white shirt, Nilsson necktie and
white Marseilles vest"
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FooD for reflection to those who
would go too fast in these parts
may be found in the brief report
already received of the United
States census tables. Of the total
population of the United States
therein set down at $3.50, ,9S7,
there are but 4,S79,323 colored.-
The number of Chinese is much
larger than we are apt to imagine,
being 63,196.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-07-26

HOLINESS of heart is the jewel
clasp that binds humanity to
heaven.
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The revenue census table show
the population Of the States and
organized territories to be: Whites,
33, ,5S1, $50; colored 4,879,323 /;
Indians, 215,723: Chinese SO, ,196 |;
Japanese. 55; total, 38, ,549,973.
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A Severe Amiction.

The Hartford Times, referring
to the sad case of Mrs. Vallandic-
ham, whose husband died while
che was attending the funeral of
her brother, says: "We lately
saw harder case than This in the
person OF q man at the Asylum
Street Railroad depot, who had
Just been para! yzed, and was car
rled in the arms of four men from
the Springfield train to train for
Ilalnvillc, on his way to his home
IN New Hartford. This unfortun.
ate man, Mr.. d. E. IIawley. was a
baggage master in the Springfield
depot. In getting out heavy
trnnk from the baggage car of
newly arrived train he was thrown
down by the concnssion of ths'back.
ward coming engine, hitting the
tralm; aud in falling with his
trnnk, the trunk hit another heavy
trunk, and this feu on his back,
Parallzlng his body and legs. On
his way here, to his home in New
Hartford, he learned of the sudden
death of his wife. The poor wo.
man dropped on hearing by tcle.
graph OF her husbands misfortune.
and died Immediately. The un.
fortunate and now donbly afflicted
man was taken 10 lns deso!a.e home.
where in asfcw days after his ar:
rival, he witnessed the death of
his child"
TIE YANKEE FAcToRY GInIs-
. In one ot the factories in Maine.
recently, the proprie,ors reduced
The wages. wlicroupon there was a
general determination TO strike !.
md, hs they were obliged to give
q months notice before quitting
work, they had meanwhile issued
circular to the world 1T large, in
which is the following interesting
paragraph: We are now work,
ing ont onr noticc-can turn orr
hands to most anytliing-don'l like
to be Idle but determined not 10
work ton nothing where folks can
afford to pay. Who wants help ?
We can make bonnets, dresses
puddings, pies, knit, roast and fry;
make butter and cheese milk
cows and feed chickens, and hoe
corn, sweep ont the kitchen, put
the pariof to rights. make beds,
split wood, kindle fires, wash and
iron, besides being remarkably
fond OF babies; in feet can do any.
thing the most accomplished house.
wife is capable of doing, not for.
getting the seedlings on MONDAYS
ana saturdays; tor specimens of
spirit will'refer you 10 onr over.
seer. Speak quicks Black ewes.
fair forehead., clustering locks
beautiful as Hebe J. can sing like .
scraph and smile most bcwitcLino.
y; any elderly gentleman i'm want
OF. a good honsekeeper, or a nice
young man in want ofa wite-will.
ing to snstain either character; in
fact, we arc in tho market. Who
bids! Going, g'inS, gnnc! Who's
the lucky man I
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ABOUT 5000 bar rooms supply
Boston with rum.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1871-12-19

Oliuer Optics Almanac. Optic
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Boston-intfoduce II into the household Tor
the coming year. The subscription price is
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