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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-07-28
NEW WAY PRESERVING FRUIT.
Alta Californian.

A great deal of fruit is being ship>
ped East from Sacramento. The
amount is much larger than at this
time last year. Among the Ship
ment has been a car load of assorted
fruit, put up in the Dietz packing, a
recently patented process. The
Suisun Republican says that the
preservativs agent is carbonized
wheat bran, and that by it fresh
fruit is preserved from decay, so
that it can be shipped Fact by slow
freight and sold off as the demand
is made for it without being compel!-
ed to sacrifice it for fear of loss.-
The car load shipped goes to PhiIa
delphia. 1t contains grapes, plums,
peaches, apricots, &C., and goes as
fast freight, though hereafter it is
the plan to ship by slow freight, as
it will reduce the charges over one
half, or from Sl,l00 to $500 q car
load to New York. If fruit can be
packed in this inexpensive manner,
and preserved indefinitely and ship
ped any where the business will de-
velop. Fresh peaches at Christmas
and grapes at mid ~ater' are very
alluriog, aud Mr.. Dietz says that
they may be had by simply packing
them in wheat bran reduced to char
coal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-07-28
Aaritnltnral.
A BIG GRADING PLow.

The largest grading pillow ever
constructed for any railroad com"
nanv 10 this country will be deliver
ed to the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Company next week. It's
weight is $500 pounds, the Landslide
and share alone weighing 100 pounds.
The mold board is 8 feet long, 70
inches wide, and weighs $50 pounds;
landslide 6 by , inches, and 8 feet
long; share, 6 feet long, 10 inches
wide. and half an inch thick; stands
ard. 8 feet and S inches long, 10 TO-
ches deep and 10 inches thick Inc
coulter weighs 200 pounds. The
clevis is of thickly wrought iron, and
measures 5 feet in length. The pillow
is to be drawn by locomotive rum
ming on temporary track, and is
calculated to handle more dirt than
two thousand men could. 1t will be
used by the construction forces on
the extension of the Dakota and
Hastings division of the road
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-07-28
SLEEP

There is no fact more clearly es~
tabllshed in the physcolgy of man
than this, that the brain expends It's
energies and itself during the hours
of wakefulness, ard that these are
recuperated during sleep; if the re-
cuperation does not equal the ex>
peuditure the brain withers; this is
insanity. Thus it is that in early
English history persons who were
condemned to death by being pre-
vented from sleeping always died
raging maniscs thus it is also that
those who are starved to death be-
come insane the brain is not nour>
ished and they cannot sleep. The
practical references are three;
lst. Those who think most who do
most brain work, require more sleep.
I'd. That time s. aved" from nee
essary sleep is intallibly destructive
to mind, body, and estate.
Sd. Give yourself, your children,
your servants, give all who are under
you the fulIes: amount of sleep they
will take, by compelling them to &c
to bed at some regular hour, and tc
rise in the morning the moment they
awake of themselves, and within I
fortnight nature, with almost The
regularity of the rising sun. will un
loose the bonds of sleep the momen
enough repoSe has been secured TO
the wants of the system. This i
the only safe and sufficient rule, anc
as to the question how much sleeI
any one requires, leach must be rul'
for himself; great nature will never
fail to write it DOT to the observer
under the regulations just given
Halls Journal of Health.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-07-28

1t is said soon after the train
passed Walker Station, near Arling
ton, deer jumped up near the
railroad track and in its fright ran
right through the train, jumping
from one side Of the track to the
other through the baggage car, both
doors of which were wide open. ln
its flight through the car, the deer
was struck about the root Of the tail
by the sharp edge OF the door on
the opposite side from which be
sprang, leaving bis tail and hand
ful of hair behind him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-07-28

In Jackson q shotgun belonging
70 Mr. William Griffith was loaded
and hanging in a rack over the door,
and .juring heavy flash of lig htn
inc both barrels went off of their
own accord.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1881-07-28

PERRY HoUsToN COUNTY, GA, Jau,, % 80.
IN the year 1873 there were two negro priso.
ners COINED in the Jail of this county. who
were very badly afflicted with that lOathsOma
disease Sysphilis In MY official capacity as
Ordinary, employed Capt. c. w swift, then
a resident of this place, to cure them. under
contract. "no cure. 10 pay" He administered
to them his celebrated Syphilitic Specific, and
in few weeks felt bound, under my contract
to pay him out of Il = county treasury as he
had affected complete and radical cure.
In testimony l hereunto set my official
49, signature and Seal.
Seal. A. S. GILES.
49, Ordinary Houston County, Ga.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn Feb. IA, 1879.
We tax pleasure in saying that the 5, 5. 5
is giving good satisfaction. We have had ex-
cellent results from a number Of cases One
gen -man who had been confined TO his bed
six weeks with Syphilitic Rheumatism has
been cured entirely, and speaks in the highest
praise of it. IL also acts SIS well as in primary
as in secondary and tertiary cases.
CHILES g. BERRY
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Pro
prietors. Atlanta, Ca.
For sale by VIM. ROOF.
Call tor a copy of q Young Mems Friend
Sold by all Druggist.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
How to Train the Memory.

Your memory is bad, perhaps,
but l can tell you two secrets that
will cure the worst memory. One
of them is to read q subject when
interested the other is not only to
read, but think. When you have
read . paragraph, or page, stop,
close the book, and try to retnem-
Der the ideas on the page, ard not
only call them vaguely to mind.
but put them in words and speak
them ont. Faithfully follow these
two rules, and you have the golden
key OF knowledge. Besides mat
tentiye reading, there are other
things injurious to the memory.
One is the habit of skimming over
newspapers, items of news, smart
remarks, bits of information, po-
iitical reflections, fashion notes, SO
that all is a confused tumble, never
to be thought of again, thus dill
gently cultivating a habit of care
less reading hard 70 break. Anoth-
er Is the reading of trashy novels.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
Chicken Cholera.

For the benefit of the poultry
and those that have the care of
them, l will say that I had the
chicken cholera in my flock last
tall. | had about one hundred
fine birds when it first appeared,
bnt 1t soon made sad havoc; ten or
fifteen wonld die in one night, and
often in the day time they would
fall over and die, till they got down
to thirty in numoer. A friend OF
mine told nae to get some white
oak bark and make q tea of it, and
give it to them to drink; if they
were too far gone to drink, to take
them mp and pour it down their
throats with teaspoon. I did so,
ard saved twenty-four ont CT thir-
ty. II You have not got the bark
on your farrr, you can get it at any
drug store. Make it about the
color of strong coffee. Clean the
house aud roosts good, and give
them good coat OF llme-wash
and plenty Of sand to clean them
selves in and peck at, and you will
have healthy birds again.-Ea.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
And-And-(?S

A very innocent young lady, Of
Elmira, New York, had fer a f. lend
one Sam Harrison. The young
lady and some other girls were talk
ing of their likes and dislikes.
One said sine liked the arifeH of to-
bacco smoke; another said tie same
and the whole crowd echoed tho
sentiment. eyes, the smell Of
fresh smoke IS delightful, but I don't
like the taste ct it when it's stale"
''Taste ofil!" said another t'how
taste of ita'' You don't smoke, +
hope g
.No," was the answer, "of course
don't smoke, but you know Sam
does, all tile time, and it gets into
his mustache, and-amd-and-"
l.y this time the girls had recover,
ed and looked at each other, ard
the speaker began to binsl,, and the
pressure was only relieved tY 5p,ue
one asking if the church fair was
an assured success.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
Fidelity.

Never forsake friend. When
enemies gather around, when sick
ness falls on the heart, when the
world is dark and cheeriess-is the
time to try true friendship. They
who turn from the scene of distress
betrav their hypocrisy and prove
that interest only moves them. 1t
YOU have a friend who loves you
who has studied your interest and
happiness-be sure to sustain him
in adversely. Let him feel that his
former kindness is appreciated, and
that bis love was not thrown away.
Real fidelity may be rare. but it
exists in the heart. They only
deny It's worth and power who have
never loved friend or labored to
make one happy. The good and
the kind, the aHectionate and the
virtuous, see and feel the heavenly
principle.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
An Interesting Point Of Law.

In the case Of Ebenezcr McNee
ly, administrator Of g. S. Robins
son, against ]. T. Keerans ard 9th
ers. tried in the Superior Court this
week, suit was brought upon a note
which read as follows: six months
alter date, with interest at per
cent, | promise to pay &c. The
note was dated in 1875 and inter-
est has boen running ever since.
Plaintiff 5 attorney cohtended that,
according to the face ct the note,
it bore s per cert, until paid.
Judge Seymour however. ruled that
the s per cent. rate held only to
the expiration of the six months
when the paper matured, at which
time the legal rate of Interest," 6
per cent interviewed. There is
no decision in the North Carolina
reports which covers the case
The court, however, referred to a
decision Of the Supreme Court OF
the United States which involved
the principle and sustained hisview
Pl a n t If appealed. .-StatesviUt
Landmark.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
A Kentucky Heroine Of Early Days.

A well authenticated incident Of
Nelson County, Kentucky, illus
trates the character OF the early cm-
grants from old Virginia: In 1887
the cabin of one John Merrill was
attacked in the night by seven ma
rauding savages. The barking OF a
faithful dog gave notice to the oc
cnpants that somebody was coming,
Merrill opened the door to see
what was the matter, when he fell
severely wounded, being shot
through the shoulder and lower
limbs. lie called upon mis- wife
to shut the door, but it was speedi-
ly demolished by the tomahawks
Of four Indians. Mrs. Merrill, be-
ing woman of great courag> and
of l:erculean strength, seized an axe
and dispatched all of them as they
entered. Two mounted upon the
cabin roof and were entering by
way of the chimney. Quick as
thought Mrs. M. ripped open her
only teather-bed and ernptied its
contents upon the fire. The blaze
and smoke of the burning feathers
so suffocated the invaders that they
fell to the hearth, where she dis
patched them the axe. Only one
escaped, and he was severely
wounded by a blow from the hero
ines deadly weapon.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
Was It Contempt.

The following from Nashville,
Nash county, correspondent of the
Tarboro Southerner, will be read
with interest by the many friends
and acqnaintances OF Judge Shfpp,
in Charlotte, his home. The cor
respondent says:
Judge Shipp, who is there hold
ing Nash Court, was sitting on the
porch Of one OF the hotels this af-
tcrnoon, when s young man of the
most respectable parentsse began
to curse Che was drunk) not far
from the Judge The Judge re-
marked, seemingly about half in
jest, that it was his house and he
must not curse. The young man
then cursed the Judge, who told
him who he was, and the young
man WAS taken off. He soon re-
turned ard began to curse the
Judge fnrioEsiy, when the sheriff
was ordered to take him to Jail
where he now is. His father is
oRe Of the wealthiest and most
prominent men in the county, and
also very determined man Thesl
is no doubt at this writing that the
Judges right in the premises vii
be legally scrutinized. The father
has employed two of the ables1
counsel at the bar and the matter
will, very likely, first come up OF
a presentment against Judge Shipp
The question will perhaps resolve
itself into this S:
WAS the contempt committed
in the presence of the court p
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
A Good Glass Cement.

Mix 10 1-2. lbs, Of pulverizcd
stone and glass with 4 81 lbs of sui.
phur. Subject the mixture to such
a moderate degree of heat that tho
sulphur melts. Stir until the whole
becomes homogeneous, and then
run it into moulds. When requir-
ed fer uGc It is to be heated TO 24S
degrees. as which. Temperature 1t
melt and may be employed in the
usual manner. 1t resists tie action
of acids, never changes in the air,
and Is not affected in boiling water.
At 23O i. is az hard as stone.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

r.oof pcsiti7es Wife (who has
been Sitting up;') "Well, this is Il
pretty time to come home! Four
o'clock!' Husband (who has taken
nothing but one glass of a curroua
compound spoken OF, by himself as
"Whiskanwarra.'' "Wha' yors
mean, madam, by 'Forklock?' Un-
fort'nly for you, madam, it sh"
happens, curiouslenutf, I parsh'I
Trinity, madam and heard it strike
one (hic} sheveral times, MADAME
Retires to bed in triumph and lila
boots.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
Low Quarter Caters.


If there is a merchant in New
Orleans who can sell goods at any
price he chooses to fix on them,
Rube Hoffenstein who keeps
clothing and shoe store on Poydras
street is the man.
Some time ago, customer en-.
tered bis establishment and inquir,
ed:
Have yas any low quarter gai-
ters?"
"Certainly, my frent, I have any
sdyle you wish, und soneding dot
vas neat. Now here vas a pair uf
CATERS vat is made uf Prussian led
der, de pest kind dot vas known,
and I dinks dey will suit you. Sup
pose you dry dem on.''
"All right" replied the custo-
mer.
s'Vait, my fren!, and I'll put a
ieedle bowder in. Now dry dem.
All! vat peter shoe you want dan
dat? It Wits shust as if somebody
takes your measure.
ITS too tight across the instep,"
said the customer, rubbing the spot
with his fingers
TT Will sdretch, my dear sir re-
piled Hofenstein persuasively,
"dat ledder vas made expressingly
for stredching."
''But the shoe pinches nv toes.
also.'
s.Dot IS nadding; it will 60 way
de first time it gets vet. You don't
want to buy pair uf shoes more
as dree sizes too big. und 60 around
de ladies nit your feet looking like
a couple of railroed scrapers. 1t
vhonld be a shame, you know.
What do you ask for the shoess'
!" Only seek dollurs.>'
Jerusalem That's too much ,
"Vell, my dear sir, you must re-
collect dat dem shoes vas made OF
Prussian ledder, and ledder dere
vas scarce. My uncle vat lifs dere
write me last week und said ledd,l
vas so scarce dey don't make har-
ness nit it any longer. All de llar-
ness dere is now made of wool"
81 tell you what I'll do" sait
the customer, examining the shoe
closely. Il will give you four dol
lars"
My g-r-r-acious! A Prussiai
ledder shoe for four dollars ven i
costs me more as five dollars ane
fifty cents laid at the depot down
und de profit on dem don't pay f.
the gas. My g-r-r-acions, watts d
matter NIT de people!'
"Well, Pm not going to give S.
for these shoes" said the custome
moving toward the door, "they ar
not worth IT.
"vell, my frent, take them alor,
for 81, und call around again som
oder day.
TIE customer paid for the shoe
r end taking his parcel left til
store.
"Herman," inquired Hoffenstei
of his clerk, swat vas the cost pric
: of dem split ledder shoes [ shus
sold de gentlemany
, "Von dollar und a half, sir"
t "My g-r-r-acious, Herman, din
how small de profit vas. II pi
ness, you know, Herman, don't @
/. peter it will preak all dc stoi
q up.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

It is of no avail to attempt to.
raise good chickens, or expect to
have good eggs fron your birds in
season, unless a Soodly rImber Qf
their natural requirements i'll do
mestication are observed, and a ju=
dicious system of Care and feeding
is adopted for their advancement,
With such a tention, there is no
good reason why poultry may not
be advantageously kept by any
man or woman who possesses taste
Tor this simple rural Employment.
But don't expect that the poultry
will "rnn itself" any more than any
other business. No gains without
pains.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
Scratches IN Horses.

A Canadian correspondent of IL 6
Scientific American gives the fol>
lowing remedy for scratches in
horses: Having tried many lotions.
etc, only to obtain temporary relief
for my horse, | concluded to try Il
mixture of flower of sulphur and
glycerine, which | mixed into q
paste, using sufficient glyce,lne to
give k a glossy appearance, and
the results 1 obtained in Il short
time were truly wonderful. l APP
ply this paste at night, and i'll the
morning before going out [ apply
plain glycerine.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

Mr.. Flood, one OF the bonanza
millionaires, it IS reported means
to outshine Mr.. w. II. Vanderbullt
by erecting on Fifth avenue, New
York, a house which will be larger
and more costly, than the one now
beirg completed by the latter. As
the estimated cost of Mr.. Wander
butts house is $2.5OO,OOO., Mr-
Flood will have to put IA great ma~
ny of his silver bricks to outs hlne
Mr.. Vanderbuilt.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

The crucifix which Columbus
held when he first landed in Amer-
ica is asserted to be in the poss-s-
sion of a lady in Colorado. Wheth-
er it be actually that which was
once owned by Columbus or not,
it is certainly very ancient cruel
fix.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

An Austin boy came home from
school very much excited and told
his father that he believed all hu-
man beings were descended from
apes, which made the old man 81
mad that he replied, angriIy :
"That may be the case with you
but amt with me. l can tell you
that, now"
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08
164,133
40,061
Maiority...............1l6.O72

Malority..s..........:.ll6.Ol2
The official vote of Ashe, 266
for and 1928 against prohibition,
was lost, no return having been
made To the Secretary of State.
+ Composed of portions of Or
ange and Wake.
*-Graham voted with Cherokee.
b The vote of Angola township
was not returned to the County
Canvasser in time, reducing the
majority 81 votes.
t Composed of portions of Frank
lie, Granville and Warren.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

Only two grandchildren of Dam
iel Webster are now liying-Mrs.
James Geddes Day and Mrs. Sam
uel Appleton.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

"A,nantha," he murmured. with
pathos in his voice, "why do you
quiver at my touchl Why do you
shrink from my embrace as the
startled fawn trembles at the rnst,
ling Of the autumn leavesl-'-pvs
been yacclnated," she said.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

To prevent sows fr2n crushing
their young nail a board about one
foot wide to the side of tho pen.---
The board is to DC put on like q
shelf, So that the little pigs can
run under it to get ont of tho
way.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

An Indiana man is reported q
having two hearts. What the av-
erage resident of Indiana rea'lY
needs is au extra liver:
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-08

After man came woman and she has
been after him ever since.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-28
Refinement VS.. Vandalism.

The city Of Dayton, Ohio, with its
neighborhOod, is blessed with one Of the
most vigorous and useful horticultural
societies in the Union, at the same time
that the city suffers the intoierable annoy
ance of cattle and swine moving freely
through all its handsome streets. A strik-
ing instance is Iierc presented Of refine
ment and vandalism together, in 4 large
city claiming taste and intelligence. At
the January meeting of the horticultural
society 1T that place, President Dinner, in
his address, justly remarked that the prac-
tice was a disgrace to the city, for which
it was reproached by the strangers who
visited. He knew of no other city in the
land where such a nuisance Was allowed.
He himself, with his family, had a recent
narrow escape from being thrown from a
carriage by large hog chased under it by
4 dog. He alluded to the frequent dam
age done to the beautiful front yards Of
handsome residences by the ingress Of un-
ruly cattle in the nisht-trees, shrubs and
flowers crushed and trodden under their
hoofs. Prof. Morgan spoke Of dogs as an
equal nuisance and said there was no
other city that had SO many. Judge
Frank said that Mr.. Clark had his hot
beds torn to pieces by worthless dogs.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-28
1000 BARRELS OF BEER At a BREW
just Completed Improvements at Lauer
RreWery-CkanSeS in Ventilation.

just Completed improvements Mt Lauer's
Rrswery-Chanses in Ventilation.
improvements entailing an expense of
S., 900 have just been completed at Laues' S
beer brewery, Reading. The icrlnenting
room, situate ut the southwest corner Of
the brewery, 70 by so feet in area, has
undergone complete change in ventila-
ton. In this room are number of i'm
mensc tubs. with capacity to ferment
2,00O barrels of beer at 4 time, which re-
quire a certain degree of temperature.
Immediately above the fermcnting room
is the refrigerator, in which ice to the
depth of tweney-six feet is stored. The
floor Of this room is made of wrought iron
supported by beams and pillars of Phoenix
iron. Beneath the iron floor is ono made Of
corrugated galvanized iron, laid on sheets
thirty inches wide, having fall of ten
inches, to each Of which is attached a
wooden trough, which conveys the drip
ping of tho ice to the reservoir below.
Twenty one hundred square feet of galvan-
lied iron, weighing three tons, were used
in making this floor. From the refrisera-
ting room six galvanized pipes, ton inches
in diameter and sixty five feet high ascend
to the top Of the building. Through these
pipes air is admitted to the room and
when desirable is passed through twenty
trap air holes to the fermenting room be
low. The room was formerly ventilated
by means of six pipes entering the build
ing on two sides, which answered their
purpose until the present large consump.
tion of beer demanded better facilities.