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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-30

MI. Wheeler---Taxes North and South
The Philadelphia Times takes Vice-Pre-
sident WHEELER to task for his inyidious
remarks about the South. How very OBJ,
,ectionable are they in view Of the compare
SON between the North and South in the
matter OF taxation! But Mr.. WHEELER is
nota profound man. He, like man OF ordi'
nary mind, who thinks not, adopted the
views OF the more needless and ignorant
politicians, who regarded the South as i
subjugated province that should not be
treated as an equal with the northern
section, but should be disfaYored and op-
| pressed. Very naturally, too, these mar
row-minded and selfish persons supposed
that the South would seek opportunity to
relieve herself from oppression and acquire
her rightful place of equality in the nation.
Knowing how she was wronged, it was,
moreover, natural for these persons to fear
that she would 60 further and seek to OBJ
tain indemnity by getting hold upon the
Treasury. That was just what these per-
sons had coveted without the proyocation
Of wrong! All this would be very natural
in them. The Iimesgiyes a very just view
OF the matter: - ' a't -t-.
Mr.. Wheeler's fear is that the South will
demand internal Improvements. His fear
is we'll grounded. During the war and
after it the harbors Of the North were forti-
fed and improved, its rivers dredged and
their bars opened, and nine -tenths OF the
public land given to northern capitalists Tor
Che benefit Of northern railroads, which de.
veloped the North and turned the tide OF
immigration straight across the northern ana
western States. Now, when the public lands
are almost ail gone, and the United States
has given fifty millions OF money TO New
York and New England capitalists,
Mr.. Wheeler thinks we have gone far
enough. and the South, having arrived late
at the banquet, must go hungry, He says
the North pays the bulk OF the Federal
taxes. It does not. Only one State in the
Union pays more internal-revenue tax than
Virginia, and though the, bulk OF the GUS
toms revenue comes from the port 81. New
York, every citizen Of the United States
paws his proportion of that tax when he
buys pound Of imported goods. The South
and the West pay more than four ffths Of
the faternal-revenue taxes, and the customs
due are an equal tax on the purchasing
power OF the country, whether It
Is found in Maine OF Texas. Be
side this, we rely upon cotton and
grain to turn the balance, Of trade this way
to; enable us to pay our debts and
reach specie basis. Without the cotton
and grain of the South we. should have no
surplus for export. Is 1t to be expected,
! then, that the South should go on paving
taxes 0n bonds without asking for q mciety
OF what has gone out OF the Treasury The
Administration, both wings OF it, is mis-
taken. The South is united in its demand
! to be treated with on equal terms. 1t may
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-30
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MARRIAGES..

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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15
Curiositlcs of Life.

Lay your finger on your pulse, and
know that every stroke some immor-
tai soul passes to its Maker some fell
low-being crosses the river of death;
and, if we think of it, we may well
wonder that it should be so long be-
fore our turn comes.
Half of all who live die before sew
enteen.
Only one person in ten thousand,
lives to be hundred years old, and
but one in a hundred reaches sixty.
The married live longer than the
single,
There is one soldier TO every eight
persons, and out of every thousand
born only ninety-fvo weddings take
place.
If YOU take a thousand persons
who have reached seventy years,
there are of clergymon, orators, and
public speakers, forty-thrcc; farmers,
forty; workmen, thirty-three; soldiers,
thirty-two; lawyers, twcnty-ninc; pro
fossors, twenty-soven; doctors, twenty
four.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15
suggestions for the Farmer.

Keep the pigs clean, give them dry
nests, wholesome food and plenty of
fresh air and pure water, and they
will be healthy. No hog cholera or
other loathsomC disease will desolatc
your pens,
Many a farmers boy goes into the
city and struggles along until mid
die life, with nothing toshow for his
labor except that he has thoroughly
learned that half-starved lawyer is
less to be enviod than a well-fed far
mer.
In the Summer it is a good plan to
let the domestic fowls roost in the
trees instead of small and badly
ventilated coop. They will be hard
Ter and healthier for it, and far less
liable to be infected with lice
Chickens, especially, as soon as left
by the hen, should be encouraged to
roost in the trees. They may be al
lowed to remain out until ice begins
to form in the cool weather of 0cto-
Der. 1t is very rare that fowls thus
raised are troubled with Group, or
snufIles, or get their comb and wat
ties frozen.
.Dryness in garden-walks can be
secured by shaping the ground so as
to be higher in the center than at
the sides, and by placing gratings
and ditch at the lowest points
But it is also desirable to use suita-
bic materials, both for the founda-
ton and the surface. Concrete walks
are always dry in Summer or Whit
err. Coal ashes if well rolled and
mixed with a little clay will also
make excellent walks,
Dairymen troubled with cows hav.
ing sore teats should use plenty Of
linseed oil before and after milking,
He will find but little if any sores or
cracks about his cows teats if this is
done, Many cows are kickers that
would delight to be MIXED if little
linsoed oil were used on their tcats,
l recommend a vial of it kept in ov-
ry dairymun's stable. Sometimes
teats appear smooth that are tender
and only need a little oil 10 make
the COW happy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
Large GraIn For Seed.


The first nutriment a young plant
gets is from the decay of the starchy
matter around the germ. This is
always small, and in shrunken, shriv-
eled grain the plant puts forth more
feebly. No subsequent manuring or
fertility in the soilcan entirely make
up the lack of this food at the start,
because it is not possible for any 9TH
er manure TO be in close contact with
the germ and root. Farmers are usu-
ally very particular in selecting seed
for corn but other grains requiring a
larger amount of seed per acre, less
care is taken. The result is that
corn thus selected rarely deteriorates
while other grains almost always do.
Our hot, dry Summers are bad en-
ough at the best for such moisture
loving grains as oats and barley, but
the tendency to shrivel the grain is
aggravated greatly by sowing imper-
feet seed as also by too thick seeding.
1t is doubtful whether thick seeding
increases the crop; but if it did it
would still be good policy to SOW a
small piece thinly with perfect seed,
free from foul stuff as seed for the
following year. Something can cas-
lily and cheaply be done for themain
crop by running the seed carefully
through a tanning mill, blowing ov-
er all the light and imperfect seed
and saving only the heaviest. In
this way barley weighing fifty to ff-
ty-two pounds per bushel can be
winnowed from any lot offair weight
and the refuse is worth nearly as
much for feed as though it were hea-
yior. have no doubt that any far
mcr doing this by all grain'crops
would secure reputation as seed
grower, which would give his crop a
ready sale to ncighboring farmers at
remunerative prices. Clean an d
perfect seed is the great need of all
farmers at present, and as increased
attention is given to improved farm
ing, the demand will keep pace with
the Importance of good seed as the
foundation of all success in grain
growing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

No one should ever place light or
lantern on barn floor, or on n shop
floor whore there are shayings. It's
a very easy thing to upset light so
placed, and the result is likely to be
the conaagrationof the building. It
is much more prudent to place hooks
here and there about the premises,
and have it understood they are sole
ly to hang the lantern upon, and all
other things must be kept off Of
them. An unprotected light should
not be allowed in q barn under any
circumstances, 1.-THE kerosene lamp
had been hung up and not placed
where u COW could kick II over, the
burning of Chicago, and the conso-
qucnt loss Of millions of dollars,
would not have happened,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15
LOO Water for InIurIes, "a.

The New York Medical Journal
reports this case: "The patient was
engaged in a machine shop, and
while his hand was upon the anvil
Of the trip hammer, the hammer
weighing seven hundred pounds
fell. 1t so happened that file was
on the anvil, and in this way the
force of the hammer was arrested
about half an inch from its bed
When the hand was examined it
was found that the whole palm was
a mass of pulp. The metal carpal
bones were comminuted extensively
and there was apparently but small
chance of saving the hand. 1t was,
however, placed in hot water, and
kept there for two or three weeks,
and then taken out and dressed. In
three months the patient was suifi-
GENTLY well to leave the hospital,
and now-nine months after the ac'
cident-he is able to move the fing-
ers, and has quite a useful hand. =
Bruises and injuries do much better
when treated with hot water than
with cold water. The temperature
should be about 1O3 deg, Fab. An
other case is reported Of compound
fracture and dislocation of the ankle
joint, in which the proximal end Of
the first mctatarsal bone protruded
from the foot. The dislocation was
reduced and the foot placed in hot
water At the end of a week it was
taken out and dressed in the ordina-
ny manner. The foot is now doing
we'll, and promises good result.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15
Remedy for Deafness.

Drop three or four drops Of glycer-
inc in theear before retiring at night
in the morning syringe the ear
with warm water, and continue this
practice faithfully for some time
The deafness and singing often re-
suit from collection of wax on the
tympanum or drum of the ear, and
the glyccrinc has the effect to loosen
it. have known this experiment
to be successfully tried on persons so
years old, when the hearing would
naturally be very imperfect.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

A gentleman travelling in Ohio,
some years ago, turned in at coun.
try tavern for dinner, The bar.room
was garnishcd with a dirty wash.ba-
sin, piece of soap the size of a loz-
engc, and a square yard of crash,
dimly visible through cpidcrmic de-
posits. Having slightly washed, the
traveller eyed the rag doubtfully, and
then asked the proprietor; Haven't
you, sir, about the premises, a this
years towel2"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

The other night at one of our city
churches, where revival is in prog
ress, the clergyman asked those who
wanted to be prayed for to stand up,
Quite Il number rose to their feet,
and after the services were closed
one lady was heard asking another
at the door
"Why didn't you stand up"
ooh, l didn't want to" was the re.
ply.
"Why you are a very foolish wo-
man, l wouldn't have missed the op.
portunity for any thing"
Opportunity for what?"
"Why, for standing up there and
showing Off your sealskin socQuc!-
There wasn't another in the whole
church"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

When Cumberland saw the School
for Scandal, he said of it: 81 am as
tonished that the town can be so COM
pletely mistaken as to think there
is either wit or humor in this come
dy. l went to see it and it made me
as grave as a Judge" Mr.. Sheridan,
when he heard the criticism, merely
said: "NIr, Cumberland is very un-
grateful, for when l went to see his
tragedy of the Carmclitc, Ibid nothing
but laugh from the beginning to the
end"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

oIMT OuS VI HSii"
THEcountenanceis paleand leaden-
l colored, with occasional fiushcs, or
circumscribed spot on one or both
checks. the eyesb ecomedull ;thepu-
pils,dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eyelid ;the nose is ir-
ritaled, swells, and sometimesbleeds;
aswellingofthe upperlip occasional
headache, with humming or throb-
biiig Of the ears an unusualsecrction
ofssaliva; Shiny or furred tongue;
breath very foul, particularly in the
nothing; appetite variable, some
times yoracioas, with a gnawing sem
saFion ofthe stomach, atothers, entire
lygone ;feeting painsin the stomach;
occasionalnausea and vomiting vio-
lent pains throughout the abdomen;
bowels irregulars mt times costivc;
stools Shiny notunfrequently tinged
with blood; belly swollen and hard;
-urineturbid respiration occasionally
difficult, and accompanied by hlc-
cough Cough sometimesdry and con-
vyilsiye; uneasy aud disturbed sleep,
with'grinding of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. C.MCLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form tits aninnocentprepara.
ton, not capable Of doing the slight
estiw"ryfO the most tender infant,
The genuine On. M?LANE's YER.
MIFUeE bears the signatures of c,
MGLANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
wrapper. -:o:-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

The force of habit is well illustrat-
ed by n little incident that recently
happened to DR.. Mary Walker. She
got up ono morning much later than
usual, and in her haste to get on her
she ondcavorcd to put on her
pants over her head
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

A romancing traveller told Garrick
that he had seen a church in Spain
a mile and a-half long. "Bloss me"
said Garrick; chow broad was it?'
"About ten yards" was the reply
"Thisis,you will observe, gentlemen"
said Garrick to the company, "not a
round lie, but differs from his other
stories, which are generally as broad
as they are long"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

The word no is one of the easiest
words in the language to spell, but
one of the most difficult
TO pronounce.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

He who speaks an uncharitable
word, no matter how wittily, will, if
he have spark of human nature in
him, regret that he did so when the
occasion is passed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

Some people never pay debt I'M
ess when they owe a grudge.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

Said Jones, sweepingly, "When
you are in Rome do as the Romans
do" and Johnson replied, "When
you are in gin do as the Injins do"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

On a masquerade night the Duke
of Norfolk, of this time, asked Foote
what character he should appear in.
Don't 80 disguised, +" said Foote, "but
assume new character-go sober.
1t is said that Radcliffe used to
threaten his brethren of the faculty,
chat he would leave the whole mys-
terry of physic behind him, written
on half sheet of note paper"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-03-15

A recently appointed Scotch bailif
took his seat for the first time, on
the magisterial bench. Looking
stornly around, he thus addressed
the assemblage: "Hitherto there have
been many complaints as to how i'm
partially affairs have been carried
out here; but l intend that the bust
ness of this court shall in future be
conducted neither partially nor i'm
partially"
An English vicar was standing on
Monday morning, at his gate, when
one of his parishioners arrived with
basket of potatoes. whats this?"
said the vicar. "Please, sir, replied
the man, "it's some of our very best
taturs-a very rare kind, sir. Ny
wife said you should have some of
them, as she heard you say, in your
sermon, the common taturs didn't
agree with YOU
A youngster being required to
write composition upon some por-
ton of the human body, selected that
which unites the head to the body,
and expounded as follows "a throat
is convenient to have, especially to
ROSTERS and ministers. The former
eats the corn and crows with it; the
latter breaches through his'n and
then ties it up. This iSpretty much
all | can think of about necks."
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