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AMERICAN INvENT1oNs.-How many OF
the most important labor-saving inyen-
tions originated in this country? The
cotton-gin, without which the machine
SIMMER and the power-loom would be
helpless is" is an American invention, as
we'll as the power-shuttle, which permits
of an unlimited enlargement of the
breadth of the web: The planing-ma
chine is American. Navigation by steam
is American so also is the mower and
reaper, the rotary printing press, and
the hot-air engine. The sewing-ma-
chine is, we believe, American, though
lately claimed as an English invention.
The whole India-rubber industry is
American. The band-saw, the sand
gauge lathe and the grain-elevator are
all believed to have originated in this
country. The artificial manufacture Of
ice was first invented by an American !;
and the essential features ana most
popular forms of telegraphic instru-
ments are American.
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Take or Your Hat.

Don't forget to take off your hat when
you enter the house. Gentlemen never
keep their hats on in the presence of
ladies, and If you always take yours off
when mamma and the girls are by, you
will not forget yourself or be mortified
when guest or stranger happens to be
i'll the parlor. Habit is stronger than
anything else, and you will always find
that the easiest way to make sure Of
doing right on all occasions is to get in
the habit of doing right. Good man
ners cannot be put on at moments
warning
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On Shares.

A good story, and all the better in
being true, is told of one of our citi-
zens, who let a piece of ground to a
man on shares. The man would hire
the lot, but the owner, doubtful of get
ting any money out of the tenant, pro-
posed to let it upon the promise of re-
ceiving half the product. Occasionally
during the summer he passed the spot,
and was pleased with the cultivation it
was receiving, and with its goodly show
of vegetables. Harvest time came and
passed, and he heard nothing from his
tenant, TIL, in response to to hint, the
latter sent to him one watermelon and
three shriveled cucumbers, Indignant
at this shabby treatment, he called
upon the man, and asked him what 1t
meant? Why, you see, squire, re-
piled the tenant, 1.-the pesky boys stole
all of your half but the melon and Gu
cumbers ~
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Pith and Point.

For brains on fre-Blow 'em out.
THEY propose to do their cremating
on FRIDAYS.
THERE is one town in Connecticut
that is not afraid of the measles. It's
Haddam.
A GIRL wrote to her lover, who had
become insane, that though he had
gone out of his own mind, he had never
gone out of hers.
A NASHVILLE man broke his leg try
ing to draw on a tight boot. And many
another loses his head trying to get
into some great mans shoes.
WHY should a bingham umbrella
never be lent Because those IN the
habit of borrowing umbrellas are not
given to bringing 'ena back again.
BoBB complains that his wife is an
inhationist. She blows him up every
day, and makes him circulate until
he actually feels he is beyond redemp-
ton.
A. ID. 1900. Scene before crema-
ton undertaker's shop: Small boy
say, sir, is dad done yet If he is,
pun ulo uSllCo Ill WILD OlO VII nv
tie"
A SWELL, wishing to make himself in
teresting, asked Maria, what do
you suppose 1 was hundred years
ago." "Just what you are now
nothing at all, was the reply.
DETROIT Free Press: If the crema-
tionists have their way, the number of
ash-cart will need to be increased.
And how it will sound to hear the ash
men ring their bells and bawl, " Bring
out your mother-in-la laws ashes y
A GENTLE Quaker had two horses, a
very good and very poor one. When
seen riding the latter, it turned out
that his better half had taken the good
one, "What p said sneering bachelor,
chow comes it that you let your wife
ride the better horse ?" The only reply
was Friend, when thee be married
thee'll know"
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CREMATTOyAHSf.

"A city barbarian sends TO the Chicago hnte
'edn the following wretched effort at crematlo
'etry j
She listened with an eager ear
To Joseph's defamation,
And heard lNm long and earnestly
Descent upon cremation.
want no sentiment, he said;
No "lying meath the daisies :"
just set my legs afire. and let
The balance go to blazes.
And when you go, it shall not be
10 molder in a socket;
III touch you OFF and let you soar
To heaven like rocket.
What burn your Susan Jane, said she
And put her in platter?
don't just like your little game
Now, Joe, that what's the matter.
Why, then, said Joe, should no
single jot or title
Your little now 10 be so much
Then you'd be much in little
You'd fructify the earth, my Low
And resting on its bosom,
d smile to think that scattered roun
Were particles Of Susan.
oh, do not scatter me- she cried
Nor subject me TO rough-knocks
But put me in your pocket, dear
Or hide Inc in your snuh-box.
II cannot be, I'll SOW you, Sue;
And then with feelings gladdish.
I'll smell you in the onion-bed,
And taste you in the radish.
And so poor Susan pines and weeps;
At last she knows her fate, o;
Joes settled that she shall become
The sweetest sweet potato.
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An ARKANsIAN.-A gentleman, who
was stranger in Littls Rock, went to the
desk of one of the hotels and asked if
he could buy a postage-stamp. The
clerk replied that he had none, where
upon bystander took out his pocket
book and graciously handed the gentle
man a number of stamps, telling him to
help himself. The stranger took two
of them, and, thanking the gentleman
for his kindness, handed back the re-
mainder of the stamps and cents to
pay for those he had taken. But the
pennies had scarcely been placed in the
hands of the other when he flung them
on the floor, and exclaimed excitedly,
" If you were not id fool, sir,
you would know that an Arkansian
does not peddle postage-stamps y No
apologies would be accepted, and the
irate man walked out of the hotel NUT
tering about his offended honor.-Lit-
tic Rock Correspondence Of the Net0
York Times.
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short Words.

Did you ever think, children, what
may be done with little words Here
is sonnet in which nearly every word
is a monosyllable.
"Think not that strength lies in the big, round
word
Or that the brief and PLAIN must needs be weak.
To whom can this be new, who once has heard
The cry tor help, the tongue that all men speak
When want or fear IL in the throat,
So that each word gasped out is like a shrek
Pressed from the heart, a strange wild note
Sung by some fay or fend? There Is strength
Which dies if stretched too far or spun too fine,
Which has more height than breadth, more depth
than length.
And he that will, may take the sleek. fat phrase
Which gows but burns not, though it beam and
shine
Light but not hest-a flash but not a blaze
The late Pref addison 4 ierdnder, Of Princeton.
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JAPANESE LADIEs.-To please her
lord. japanese wife must be accom-
plished in music, embroidery, singing
and, above all, in skillfully improvis-
ing verses for his de on. Duty, a
bundle of keys, weekly accounts, and
good housewifery, are all very well
They are expected-'he Japanese gen
tleman requires all that but he wishes
@nav. insists upon the ",arriage-yoke
being entwined with ros and padded
with the softest silk. 1t must not chafe
IL IL does, off he goes to his club, or,
what is nearly as bad, his tea-house.
The law allows him to do so, and is he
not lord of the land
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A SABBATH-soHooL teacher, DESTROYS
of waking the dormant powers of
scholar, asked the question, What
are we taught by the historic incident
of Jacob wrestling with the angel ?"
The cautious reply came, dunno,
zactly, but s'pose twas to tell us that we
mustn't rastle."
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To CORRESPONDENTS

All communications for this paper should be ac
companied by the name Of the author; not neces
sarily for publication, but as an evidence of good
faith on the part Of the writer. Write only enc
side Of the paper BE particularly careful IN CAV
ing names and dates TO have the letters and figures
plain and distinct.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-12

AMONG the high Alps, early in the
year, the traveller is told in certain
places to proceed as quietly as possible.
On the steep slopes overhead the snow
hangs so evenly balanced that the sound
of the voice, the crack of whip, the re-
port of a gun, or the detachment of a
SNOWFALL, may destroy the equilibrium
and bring down an immense avalanche
that will overwhelm everything within
its reach in ruin. Applying these illus
trations of the physical world to the
condition of society around us, are there
not many whose moral character is SO
unstable, whose principles are so I'M
fixed, who are so evenly balanced be-
tween good and evil that word, look,
may incline them to one side or the
other, and produce effects that will alter
the color and nature of their whole
future existence.
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The Singer Company swear to the
sale of 232, 444 of their machines in
1873.
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I" LIMBURGER."

On tree there sat crow,
In his bill chunk Of cheese;
On the ground a fox, below,
Said, " Some music, If you please,
You are beautiful of wing,
And bet that you can sing
Cheered by fiattery, the crow
Sang, and dropped the cheese below,
Then the cunning fox did freeze
To the fallen chunk of cheese
And he calmly lugged it of.
And he scoffed the song with scof.
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MORAL.

when they pat you on the back,
When they say that you're the one
When they say they're on the track,
"And have been obliged TO run
When their compliments denote
They are going for your vote.
You can do just as you please,
But-you'd better watch your cheese.
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non,, Throw s,ones

Don't Throw stones.
BOYS, don't throw stones ! ] have
looked at it from every side, and it is
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The motions of some of the nebule,
or star-cloudlets, toward or from the
earth, are discussed by DIR. William
Higgins, in an able paper lately pre-
sented to the Royal Society. The OBJ
servations of the distinguished author
were made with the spectroscope, and
he gives list of seven nebulR from
which he has ascertained that the earth
is moving at rates ranging from a min
imum of one mile per second in the case
of nebule 1873 in Herschels general
catalogue, to fourteen miles in the case
of number 1864.
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WALLS OF DIsEAsE.-A sorts of ami
NAL and vegetable refuse from table and
kitchen are thrown into the ash-barrel,
and the ashes thus adulterated are
afterward used for mixing the clay of
which bricks are made. The baking to
which the bricks are subjected does not
necessarily destroy the fermenting
properties of the atoms of putrid flesh
and vegetation in the refuse compo-
sition and Understanding to an
English chemist-the very outer walls
of a house may engender pestilence.
Moral-live only in brown-stone man.
sions.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-02-25

IN s,aiessIlle, n. d On Fob. 18th last
night. J. d. Elliott. nianagef ~ the ~
Charles Hotel 10 that town, shot and
killed Charles r. NeaI.a native Of Ricli-
mond, Va; aud son Oft. ID. Neal. Esq.
The difficulty grew out Of reports which
Elliott had circulated about Neal during
the absence ~ the latter. Elliott walled
~ behind his victim. while he was being
put out oftiie house by the elder Elliott,
aud without word placed q pistol at bis
side and fred the bah entering Meals
heart. and he expired almost instantly
Elliott surrendered liimself'
From later information, u seems thai
Neal had been requested by EIIintt, Sri e
settle HE bIil and go 10 the other hotel
a. they did not want him there any longer
when the bill was presented the par'ie'
seemed TO disagree ~ to the africuHt'
Nothing more was said about u unti
this morning, when Mr. Elliott proprietor
Of the ST. Charles Hotel, stepped up q
Neal while talking 10 DR.. Mott and laid
his hand on his sholder. and told him NJ
must Isavs bis I,osss. Meals reris waa
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Durham, N. q, Feb. .IsTf

Durham, N. q, Feb. 1871
M. Editor .-During the past week UdrT
ham has been somewhat agitated over 4
petition from certain parties for the n.
moval OF the town constable. The reti:
ton received cool reception at the bands
Of the fathers Of our town but. neverth4f
less as the occasion Of our Mayor. And
Constable resigning their Offices. col. y.
C. Parrish Is now our Mayor; butsy'6ur
correspondent has NOT yet learned th1tsshy
person has been appointed tofili fhsxfiice
" constable. II Is not likely VIE slssH vet
another o. good officer. ~ the onerwho re-
signed, nlan who will .fearlessly execute
the town laws irrespective ofpersons,,
The trade In Leaf and Manufactured
Tobacco continues tobe good; -althuugh It
has been ut low ebb this week. We antic-
ipate heavy shower Of leaf tobacco on
the market next week.
We learn that certain parties here and
elsewhere are discussing the subject Of e.
recting large cotton Factory atthis place,
FOR the purpose OF FURNISHING the nanu-
facturers OF Durham With sheeting Cor To-
bacco bags. Should Il te carried iiiturp-
eration, II will be Of no small Importance
to our town. II Is the manufacturing In
terest that builds ,ipa Town.
We want large number OF Immigrants
with and without capital. and our town
E =.
In the State.
We have had two weddings In town
this week, one n runaway, or "firetna
Green" match two more on docket to
come off'very soon. Now that the ball is
In motion, We hope II will not stop till at
least dozen Of our young bachelors
have tied the Gordian knot, and are bless
cd with better half. Yours Truly.
YELsir.
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Thi. srsicle has gone no higher, We are
slsd 10 say, butk Is high enough 10 make
H. consumption masierofgrest circum-
spectlon. At IS cents pound for RIO,
there win he many dry Or weak cup "
the land, and with the price. IN New YORK
ana Bsllimorr, as siiir as they are w FIRST
hands. there Il no loom 20 iook f"r nn a.
l~isuent for many mouths TO come.
hot We thiak our merchants may avail
th~n,s~Iye. Of The low pslers q tea. and
take advantages % the present prlss " cnf-
&C. 10 papuIsrIze q beverage. which " at
most univera. IN England. Russia. Aus
ifziIa and osher rari.efihs world. There
Il no duty now on tea. The supply rom
China and japan h very large, aud . lar
x<r demand h wanted. The wholesale
rrlc~~ Ia New York are 20 low, that Y
cousa cone into general use. ia tss'e io'
n could he cultivated. The essential prin'
dole Of Ten Is the samc rs that Of eo'iee'
consequently u would al all the wants io'
q ssntle stImulnnt
We quote from the Grocsr's circular o.
of F~b eth. Young Hyson, % 70 lilo psl
pound. Hyson 2s@es. Imperial 2stoi.io
uunpowder <osils. Twanky oefo. DO
long 25eiio. japan ao9ioS.
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o B IT U A r n.

COMMUNICATED yor inc fsccoHttF. =
NY own sister, Mrs Louisa Adeline.
wife af q. III. Watson Of Orange Louniy,
N. q. is dead. v
Who will not weep with me while !
weep over this sad bereavement? How
caul bear tile thonght that shall see her
no mOres She was 80 Kind and 50 losiilg.
Ms sister has tre,i the object of my TEN
deFest regard and esteem ever since her
She was horn May 2ith 1851, embraced
religion and joined the Nj. II: Church,
south, IL 1854; was married to %. III. Wat
son, Nov. 18th 1871. and after protracied
illness of twelve months, she died In Or
ange county y. e. dec 2lst 1873.
While very young and In some un-
known manner she hail. her right arm
broken. Being too young In tell us wherr
her I,ain was she had 10 suffer ON for sev-
nj DAYS, l,plore my mntbcr discovered the
true nature of the ca>e. She alsn received
several falls, which came very near caus-
ing her death, during her infancy. Hut
MORE Of those Affections at all disdgured
her. Naturally beautiful, dignificd. se-
date aud gentle; she was admired by ~
who knew her. Sberliycd aud died with
Az Inc tender age Of Thirteen, she gave
her heart 10 Christ, aud ever aftes~ari
she lived taLtl,e glory III God, Her hight
was that which showeth bright9f aud
brighter unto ne perfect day. she Y how
IN heaven. 80.
Her little hoy, whom she named I'd.
ward Jameson, ~ns bern Dec. a7th i1s122.
and proceeded her 10 the giury isansi, just
one month and twenty.cne days. Anoth.
er sister who was with her during III her
sickness, says she grew worse cpnfilisLIy
after the death of her babe. iievef saw
little Eddie, but all say lie was very
i,romlsing child. At his death he was at
that tender age when n Is 30 hard 10 LEI
them gm Attic dye Of ten mouths the
little zines are 80 precious. No dstilt the
sad bereavement OF the death Of her child
hastened her death. IL was truly hahl fui
her 10 ace her darling infant die. and theil
taken OF 90 the cold grave, when she was
already so sick herself.
Many other things might he well said
IN praise OF thy dear departed sister, and
her unrIntted character, but perhaps !
ought. 10 LET others, mot so nearly related
nor 20 severely stricken with sorrow, cay
them. "fh the midst ~ life we are ~
death; Of whom may we seek for succol
but ofthee, o lord, who fof our sins or
jusiIv dIspleased" But In The midst o.
snfrow do rejoice 20 know that. hav'
another sister In heatrrs Two had gon'
before Louisa.
nv three broshef~, four sisters, and AZ
nged widowed mother are left to mourr
over her departure. together With myself
and bercaved affsctionats husband.
JANIS ]. GARDEN.
Wellington MISSOURI, Feb ptl,. 1875.
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wILnIxarox.
Our WILMINGTON oorespdndsnds.
WILMINaroN, FEB. 2lst, 1874.

WILMINGTON, Feb. 2lst, 1874.
Dear Recortlsr- Our tlourishing little
city, like the great metropolis north Of Ii.
must have new sensation every day or
two, orwe will stagnate. We shave talked
Of stleet rail way extensions, Sound rail
ways and the rail way line to the ,noun-
tains until we are heartily sick and tired
o. them. The people begin toiook around
for new sensation, and they soon found
1t: or rather 1t was brought SO close h, the
perception OF some, that II was impossible
To avoid seeing It. inst now the frequent
and alarming robberies that have been
perpetrated IN our city OF late, are attrac-
Ing The greatest amount Of popular att
tentlon. For some time, robberies have
been perpetrated most successfully In the
most prominent business quarters, aud but
few arrests have been made. This Is char
geable to great extent. Honestly believe
TO the inefficency of our police force. We
have but eighteen privates IN all In the
force, for day and night duty, and this
Is not half enough to protect the business
sections, 70 say nothing ofthe other seq
tions Of the city.
d., l~ss Monday night the wholesale
grocery establishments 8inford, Crow
4 Co. Fronting on South Front and South
Water Streets, between Dock and Orange,
was brnksn Into and a lot Of merchandise
taken therefronL t.. was done, In the
early part OF the night, and yet, although
there were too policeman within one hum
dred yards Of the scene. the thieves suc-
ceeded 10 making on with their booty.
Two ofthe parties. both negroes were
arrested and tried before the mayor ves-
;erday. and were bound over by him for
trial at the next term ofour Superior Court
Another party. who Is iniplIcated has been
trascsI MS Gar as Raleigh, and will probably
be arrested Ia d day or two.
xl5at the .nfost daring outrage known
here this winter, took place last night.
While gentiman resident was on his way
home. aud when within stones throw OF
the guard house, he was approached oy
Three men, onc white and two c0iored.
The white man showed q pistol under his
nose. and the two negroes Went through
his pockets They found only plug Of
tobacco, and this they promptly con-
fiscated. No arrest.
We are still talking down here about
that Sound rail- road, hut Il Is mot nj all
certain that Il viii be built this summer
The committee are however hard At work
and have met with much encouragement
Our tsur weeks term Of Superior couri
has Just closed. A number Of prominent
criminal cases were trieds and AIMING the
sentences are two Tor granddaughter. ten
years each, and one for fsrycrS i've years
Deputy sheriff Morris len this morning
FOR Raleigh with q satch OF convicts for The
PeaItentiary.
4, Amer Nix days osthe most dissre~sbl.
weather Imaginable we new. have preti,
bright day. warm enough to set by th'
open windows, and whistle fora cool breeze
from the ocean.
Yours.
CAPE FEAR.
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HoLLAxDs WAREHoUsEDAYrILLE :,

HOLLANDS WIREHOCSEDAxrILLE "a
WAREHOUSES ArPESpAoEs.-we no.
decd In Hollands Warehouse the other
day, large truck Of q new style. which
Ind Just been introduced there and which
was Invented to facilitate The unloading
~ tobacco. Itlsa good thing In lis way.
II 4 large, brnad truck on twn Wheels
which will easily carry from 800 to 500
pounds OF leaf tobaeco. and from the truck
the tubacco can lie slipped la bulk, thus
saving the labor and time ~ one packing
Under the old plan. tobacco lad 10 be
handled A. u was taken from the wagon
and. after being weighed had to be handled
again ~ II was taken from the box and
hulked on the foor. The last named Ia
boz Ia saved By the use Of the truck (which
they faceiiously call "swesirtakes'l
Finding this No convenient, the prorrie-
tors are going 10 have several more made
We also observe that n new Office has
been built ntar the center Of the house,
with several new convenience, which
viii help no little to dispatch business IN
time 81 glut. Duariic Register.
since the above was Published, they
have now six and can unload Tobscco. In
one fourth the time that II takes 10 pack
on the old boxes and then pack on the
floor at.
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by mistake In heading the sdver-
tissnAent Of this frat class establishment;
the name Of DanvilIe" was inserted
instead 81 J" Planters" We would do no
lal,isliee to these excellent friends and
enterprising gentlemen By = subsiltion
which might possible work them an In
jury. We hsg to call particular attention to
Il cir advertisement which appears now
with Its proper heading.
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Whoever has visited the Warehouses 81
cDanville ON sales days, must be attracted
by the extraordinary efficiency cftlhe a,c-
tIonrru. A promIsnrss and dispatch
that i wonderful. n volubIiIty that Is a.
n.azlnr, tact that Is admirable: make a
9Aic III hsshodestote rtnnsnbcfed. IL y
ausssr 10 sIiserimlnate when all are excel-
lent. Hollands has Coleman. PAGES has
Mac Saith. Meals has John q. Neal. the
Farmer, Finch. We do hot cmembcr
the others, but NIL thesesre 80 remarkaoIt
that they merit distinguished rpiice.
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tsood FOOD and Plenty oft, produces
the same effect uron person WHO mas
he<u starved that the Peruvian syrup, ~
Iron Tonic. does upon the weak ana ae-
affiliated. Il makes them strong ana VIZ
orr<1~. changing weakness and sufsnhs
into strength and healsIss
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Ireckoh hee' at which Joseph Elliott
son Of the proprietor. drewa pistol aud
fired, witheut speaking word.
The shot took effect In his left side, neat
the heart. Neal remarked thatsit was I
cowardIy act, and died instantly.
Elliott Is IN jail This IL all that could
be learned from, the conductor on ths
Western road, who said he had It from AZ
eyewitness. .