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New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

Canada is suffering from extensive forest
fires, consequence of the prolonged drouth
which we have thus far luckily escaped on this
side of the line. In previous years destructive
fires have occurred in the woods of Pennsyl-
yania, New-Jersey and New York, and in the
pineries of the Northwest after dry spells much
less severe than that now affecting the coun-
tly. In Canada the fires have come so close
to Toronto as to make the air oppressive, and
Kingston is so enwrapped in smoke that the
boats cannot find their way, and business is
nearly suspended on the river.
More than one-third Of the payments from
the Treasury for Government expenses during
the month of August was for the single item
OF pensions. When the new Commissioner
went into the Pension Office few weeks ago
1T was reported that he meant to pursue o
more liberal policy than his predecessor, and
was going to aid claimants to get on the PEN
sion rolls instead OF placing obstacles in their
way In the shape of stringent rules as to proof
of disability. We hope in his generosity to-
ward the old soldiers he viii not forget that
the Treasury is not an inexhaustible well into
which every man who served in the war may
safely be encouraged to thrust his pump.
Yesterday was an exceptionally uncomfort-
dolc udy III tiJy. no Sky was overcast
much of the time, but the thin clouds
brought no GOODNESS and seemed rather to
send the hot, murly air in close to the earth.
There was only the feeblest Whit of a breeze
to mitigate the heat The prospects are that to-
day will be almost as trying, but Mr.. Vennor
promises change on Saturday and what is
better news still, the change has already como
In the West. Copious rains fell in the Upper
Mississippi Valley on Wednesday night to the
great benefit of such portion of the crops as
had withstoOd the long drouth. Our weather
changes come mainly from the Northwest, and
we may confidently expect that the cooler
temperature which has followed the rains in
that section viii come to our relief here on
the seaboard in a day or two.
Sitting Bull, who has furnished topics for
more newspaper paragraphs than any other
Indian alive or dead, is likely to be forcibly
retired from business as a manufacturer of sem
sational news. He and his followers are to be
taken to Fort Randall, Dakota, and confined
as prisoners upon reservation. Evidently the
fighting days of the famous old chief are over.
lie has had hard time during his long STAY
in Canada, and VIII probably be contented now
to draw his rations and blankets from our be-
neficent Government like all the other good
Indians. The noble red man is generally sat-
listed to forego the diversion of killing white
people if he is given all the beef and flour he
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02
PUBLIC OPINION.

The devil should get his due and we are
not TOO mean 10 eoncede that there evidences
that the kePubhcan party is not utterly beyond al
shame-lst Louis Republican Dem)
we suppose no one now has any doubt Of
our aDty 20 carry the State ticket That already
assured certainty bat so the Legislative ticket
-lRichmond state (Dem)
The example of Mrs. Garfield has taught
American women greater lesson than whole genera
uon OF preachers and female reforners could ever 10
-lPlttsburg Chronicle QRepD
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02
WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY.

I'M,
ne main question in Virginia politics this
year ls whether the Bourhons TO rule forever. 1he
o LOT are AT the 'front.', and win do an they or t1e
puDhc credit without increasing taxation Then Malone
NSo say the state as doing OH she pGy her debts
ara WISH the fact that she cannot pay recos
nzeu 80 FAR as the question of public credit coz
vantage.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

theswallowerA Hevilfbsqreliminary to chops and
eggs and coffee and othsr frst- -f1fxsof tho early
day. Hewfn nodHstfy keep the soup company st
dfnnen He Will pass througlrCheordea3 Of thefry
m his dehcate COAT eff crUnbsend Of bsfteE. He
win reach psEfectisnupen fhs gridiron. Ike theex-
cellent So Lswrsnce; he will even submit to the
humble and somewhat commonplace stew; OF, ap-
psaring in anaked simplicity of rawness. he win be
brought forward reposing upon one-haf Of his
original homestead, and being daiRtily taken upon
the fork, will slfp down. perhaps. the throat of
beauty, to be followed by namelsss delicacies by
mono of which he will he rivalled in relish Who
would not envy the fate Of this lamellibranchiate
melluscf
Tho oyster is fortunate creature if It be fortu-
nate to be much mentioned in history. People who
have swallowed an enormous number of oysters
figure in anecdote. and considered to have done
something meritorious. The Roman who first formed
oyster beds, which he did at Ba@, is known to
have been named Sergius Orata. who had the hap
piness to live in the time of Augustus, and who is
known to have made q great deal Of money by the
exercise Of his ingenuity. To-day it is mentioned
in all encyclopedias that Apicius, q contemporary
Of Trajan, was the first who taught the world
to pickle oysters. His fame rests upon that
fact. There was another Apicius distinguished
for has love of Holsters; there was another
who set up school of cookery; but the OYSTER
picking Apicius has distinct fame and survives
freshly in classical dictionaries When George the
First came to England from Hanover, the royal
cooks could not please the royal palate in the matter
of oysters until it discovered that his Majesty
liked them stale, as he had always been the
habit of eating them. When Mr.. Thacl1eray came
first to Boston, certain of his admirers asked him TO
supper. There were, among other delicacies,
gigantic oysters The novelist could not compre-
bend that he was to swallow of these in
undivided state, but being shown the way, and
having accomplished the feat. he observed that he
felt " as if he had swallowed baby.n
We do not know that it has over occurred to any,
body to make astronomical almanac. but it would
certainly be a pleasauter compilation than those
calendars which put forth by the propretors of
patent medicines. Every month would be marked
by the danties which it produces the greatest
perfection ; in column shad would be glorifed,
and in another this frnit that vegetable.
Each season has its charms of production, whether
fish, flesh or fowl yet nothing is inpatiently
waited for the oyster nothing is contentedly
eaten and nothing makes less trouble in the stom-
ach unless it happens to be stale. Then indeed he
is diabolica and thoroughly incapable of diges-
ton that the who has bolted him light as well
make his will and bid his weeping family farewell.
To the whole body Of oyster-eaters we present the
compliments of the season I; and may no such catas-
trophe befall them
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02
Hnaex TO ADVERTISEMENTS.


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New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

can eat, together. with moderate amount Of
clothing and an annuity in cash to buy
whiskey. His wants are few, and it is cheaper
to supply them than to fight him, though the
morality of supporting lot of lazy vagabonds
in idleness to prevent them from plundering
and killing industrious citizens is questionable,
to say the least.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

What is wanted in this State is neither Half
Breed nor a Stalwart victory but Republican vic
tory.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

1t is remarked by sangune Democrats that John
Kelly is completely outside the Democratic party
There will be evidence in November to show he has
company enough to keep him from being lonesome.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

Why any Republican should wish to cling to tho
name ofStalwart Is the crowning mystery of this
| psriOd
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

1t should not DO forgotten that when the Presi.
dent was believed to be dying the organ of the Star
Route thieves iii Washington, with characteristic
indecency, remarked that the Attorney General
difficult to frame more adequate certifcate of hi,
fitness for his office than this declaration.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

The Mississippi Bourbons are both mad and scared.
The long ooked-for split in the Solid South is thus
announced.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-02

The Democratic party is sour all the way through,
and it has reason to be.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
A GRAND OLD POEM.

Who shall judge man from mannerss ?
Who shall know man by his dress?
Paupers may be fit for princes,
Princes fit for something else;
God, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
OF a nations wealth or fame;
Titled laZiness is pensioned.
Fed and fattened on the same;
By the sweat of others foreheads,
Living only to rejoice:
While the poor mans outraged freedom
vainly lifteth up its voice.
Truth and justice are eternal.
Born with loveliness and light;
Secret wrong shall meyer prosper
While there is a sunny right,
God, whose world-heard voice is singing
Boundiess love to you and me,
Sinks oppression with its titles,
AS the pebbles in the sea.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
WINSTON N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1881. 4

found much real sympathy out
there, although the boys were all
good to me in their way. you've
been. having a rough tune of it, and
you must let me help you out
Il looked up, and there stood
Jim Kendrick,, with his months
pay. in his hand. He took out
from the roll of bills a twenty-dol-
lar note and held it ont to me.
knew he had a sickly wife and
two or three children, ard then he
had a hard time of it himself to
pull through from month to month.
so / said, half ashamed of the tears
that were streaming down my face
Indeed, | cannot take the money.
You need every cent YOURSELF
Il took the bank-note and ac-
cepted the Invitation, and after that
went to his house frequently, until
he moved away, and I gradually
lost sight Of him. | had returned
the loan. but it was impossible to
repay the good that little act of
kindness did ne, and | guess Jim
Hendricks little girl will not want
for anything if can help it.''
Then turning again the child,
whose blue eyes We're open wide
enough now, said to her:
"Ill take you home with ne,
Bessie, dear, when we get to Wayne
My wife will fix You up, and We'll
write and find out whether those
Vermont relations really want you
or not. If they do, Mary OF L
shall so on with yon- But If they
don't care much about having you,
you shall stay with MS to be our
little girl, for we have none of our
own. You look very much like
yonr father; God bless his memo
~"
Just then the Eastern train whis-
tied. "All aboard!' was shouted.
Engineer Frank vanished ont of
the car door and went forward to
his engine. wiping his eyes with
his coat>sleeve, while the conduc-
tor and sympathetic passengers
could not suppress the tears this
touching episode evoked during
the twenty minutes stop at Allen :
j unction. Golden Days..
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
Sixteen Children at one Birth.

A man IN Illinois, having sent to
a Washington journal photograph
of five of his children who we're
born on the same day. asserting
that "no other man can show
picture of tive," the newspaper qui-
cts him with the following statis-
ties
INSTANCES have been fonnd where
children to the number of six, sew
en-, eight, nine, and sometimes six
teen, have been brought forth at
one birth. The wife of Emanual
Gago, laborer near Valladolid,
was delivered the 14th of June,
1910, of five girls. The celebra !
ted Tarsin was brought to bed in
the 9TH monte, at Argenteuil, near
Paris, 11th of July, 1779, of three
boys, each fourteen and half
inches long, and a girl thirteen
inches. They were all baptized,
but did not live over tWenty-four
hours. In June, 1893, one Maria
Ruiz. of Ducena, in Audalucia, was
succ Nsstully delivered of sixteen
boys, without any girls. Seven of
them were alive OH the 10Th of
August following. In 1886 mus
covite peasant named JAS. Kyrloff
and his wife were presented to the
Empress of Russia. The peasant
had been twice married, and was
t!.en seventy years OF age, HIS
first vile was brought to bed TWEEN
ty one times, namely, four times
four children each time, seven
times Of three, and ten times Of two
making in all ftty-seven children
who were then alive. His second
wife who. accompanied him, had
been delivered seven times once
of three children, and six times OF
i twins. Thus he had seven!y-two
children by his two marriages.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
Broad, But Business!ike.

A newly elected. justice Of the
peace who had been used to Graw-
ing deeds and wills aud little else,
was called upon as his official act
to marry a couple who came into
his office very hurriedly and told
him their purpose. He lost no
time in removing his hat and re-
MAJ ked, Hats off in the presence
of the Court All being uncover
et. he said "Hold up yer right
hands. You, John Marvin, do SOL
eunnly swear that, to the best of
your knowledge an belief, you take
this yer woman ter have and ter
hold tor yerself, her heirs, her exc
kyerters, administrators and ASST gns,
for yoCr=an' their use and behoof
forever?"
Il do" answered the groom.
You, Alice Ever, take this yer
man for yer husband, ter have an
ter hold forever, and you to do fur
ther swear that you are lawfully
seized in fee-simple, are free from
all incumberance, and hcv good
right to sell, bargain and convey to
the said guarantee yerself, ye1
heirs, administrators, and a;
signss'
81 do" said the bride, ratEel
doubtfully.
swell, John, that'll be about 6
dollar'n fifty cents"
care we married?" asked the
bride.
Eyes, when the fee comes in
After some fumbling it was pro
duced and handed to the ''court,
who pockcted it and continued
"Know all men by these presents
that, |, being in good health and o
sound and disposin9 mind, in con-
sideratlon Of dollar'n fifty cent
to me i'll hand paid, the receip
whereof is hereby acknowledged
do and by these presents have de
clared you man and wife durin.
good behavior and until otherwise
ordered by the court,
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
Language Of Finger Rings.

In case Of. a. gentleman wishing
to marry-l;torally in the market
of his heart-hc wears a plain or
chased gold ring upon the first fin
ger of the left Cor hearD hand.
When success attends his suit
and he is actually engaged the ring
passes to the second finger.
After marriage it passes to the
third finger. So :;
If, however, tIle gent desires to
teil the fair ores that he not only
is not sin the Market bnt he does
not design to marry at all, he wears
the signet npon his little finger, and
all the ladies may understand that
he is ont OF their reach. !.
With the fair sex the slaus of'thc
ring are:
A; plain CIR chased ring on the
little finger of the right hand i'm
plies not engaged or, in palmer
words, ready for proposals, scaled
or otherwise. !.
When engaged the ring passes to
the first finger of tie left hand.
When married the third fin .or
receives it. J.. :,
II the fair one proposes TO dety
all siege to her heart she places tho
ring on her first and. fourth fingers
one on each, Like two charms tts
keep away the tempter. 1t is
somewhat singular that this dispc-
sition of rings is rare.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
How To Be Happy.

Keep good company or none.
Earn money before you spend it.
Be just before you are generous.
Live up tc your engagements. Keep
your own secrets, if you have any.
When you speak to person, look
him in the face.
Drink no kinds of Intoxicating Ii
quors.
Ever live misfortune excepD with
in your income.
Make no haste to be rich, if you
would prosper.
Small and steady gains give COM
potency with tranquil Y of mind.
Never play at any game Of chance.
Avoid temptation through fear you
may not withstand it.
Mover run into debt, unless you see
way to get out again.
Never borrow, if you can possibly
avoid it. Never speak evil Of any one.
Keep yourself innocent, if you
would be happy.
"Whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to
them"
When you retire to bed, think
over what you have been doing during
the day.
Good character is above all things
else. Your character cannot be injur-
ed except by your own acts,
If any one speaks evil of you, let
your life be so that none will belieYe
him.
If your hands cannot be usefully
employed, attend to the cultivation OF
your mind.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
A Dangerous Remedy.

A Red Bluff sportsman relates
lhe following story "While out
hunting short time since" said he
81 was bitten by a rattlesnake on
the back of the left hand, and hav-
ing heard that, if powder was burn
ed on the bitten part It would be
an antidote to the poison, | imme
dlately poured small quantity o.
powder on the bitten place. struck
a match and set fire t., it; the re-
suit was that I felt no inconveni
ence and experienced no pain. Oh
trouble whatever from the bite
The experiment is certainly wortl
trying, only be careful and dom
blow yourself up.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
7 can't hold this baby

81 can't hold this baby any lon
GER" called out the young husband
and father, otis getting too heavy"
"Pshaw, Edward replied a ,nnuf-
fled voice from the other room.
"You used to held ne for hours
and never complain, and the baby
is but a feather compared to what
I was" II was fool" said Ed
ward. And she was too sleepy to
dispute with him.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25

There is an outcry against long
engagements, and, indeed, much
may truly be urged against them,
but better an engagement OF years
than hasty and ignorant marriage
followed bv bitter regrets. 1t is
through the spirit of the times; that
hasty marriages are made. Look
at the many engagements to marry
entered into carelessly and broken
as carelessly l. ,ol- at the young
girls who bl;ndly dare matrlmony
with men as young and foolish as
themselves, unable even to SUPPORT
them, far less to guide and develop
them into higher nobility and
breadth of nature !! The remedy for
all this, as that for most Society
evils of the day, lies in a higher
and pnrer system of education.
The true reform must be of e. NOR
al and spiritual nature. Prudence
and common-sense cultivated to a
high standard of perfection will
guard even the warm impulses oi
the young from the dangers which
must follow Oh the heels of hasty
Marriages.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
What Young Men Have Done.

Before he was thirty the great
Napoleon had conducted one cf the
most brilliant campaigns the world
ever saw. .Casanbon, the famous
scholar of the sixteenth, a century.
was appointed professor Of, Greek
at twenty-five, and Hcinsius, of
Leyden, at eighteen. At the ago
of twenty eight, Linnacus, the bot
anist, wrote his great work.
At twenty SIX, Curvier was ap-
pointed professor at Paris. Kent,
the commentator OIL the American
law, was lecturer in Columbia col
lege at thirty-one. Professor Da-
ma, Of Yale college, published his
book on mineralogy at twenty-five.
only four years after graduation.-l
Edward Everett, AZ twenty, waa
ordained pastor Of q church in Bos-
ton, and within two years attained
distinguished fame as an orator at
twenty-one, he was appointed pro
fessor Of Greek at Harvard.
The late Benjamin Peirce, one
of the profoundest mathematicians
of America, was chosen professor
of mathematics at Cambridge at the
age of twenty-four. :
Three of the well-known poets
of this century-Byron, Shelley
and Kcats-died before the age OF
forty; Byron at thirty Elk, Shelley
as he was completing hie. thirtietl,
year, Keats at twenty-five.
'Ihanatopsis,' the mos. widely
known of all the poems of William
Cullen Bryant, was written in his
nineteenth year.-Golden -Duys.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25

The most powerful being on
earth is man the most beautiful is
woman. The graces unite in her !;
in him the forces. lie loves her
as an, embodiment Of all the iltues
she worships him as the incarnation
of omnipotence.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25

To cure felon: AS soon as tho
parts begin to swell get the tincr
tnre of lobelia and wrap the part
affected with a cloth; saturate.. u
thoroughly with the .'inctnre, and
the telon will soon die
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25

The nickel is actually worth
about cent and half or two cents,
There seems to be considerable
margin for profit TO the govern
ment in the coming of them.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-08-25
4 Marriage Fec in BeesWax.

Many of the first settlers of Hi
uois were rude in speech and rough
in manner. Money was scarce with
them, and service was. paid for in
produce. Governor I- used to
illustrate these incidents of frontier
l;te by the following anecdote
One day there came to his office
a young man accompanied by a
young woman.
BE youthe squire 2 asked the
manly yousF..
Yes, SIR
sCan you tie the knot for us right
away 2
sYes sir
Glow mnch do you charge?'
sOne dollar is the legal fee, sir
'Will you take your fee in bees
wax 2
Yes, if you can't pay cash.
well go ahead and tie the knot,
and I'll fetch the wax
No said the squire, thinking
there was a good chance for little
fun bring in the wax first then I'll
marry You.
Reluctantly the youth went out
to where was hitched the Lorsc,
uuon which Darby and Joan fash
ion, they had ridden, aud brought
the wax. in sack. Or being
weighed It's value was found to be
only sixty cents. >
Wall, said the anxious groom,
'5ie. the. knot, and Eli fetch more
wax next week.
NO, sir, | don't trust that is
against the rules of this office
Slowly the disappointed youth
turned to go ont, saying: Come
Sail, let's 60
Il say, mster,' answered Sail
with a woman's wit. Cant yor
marry rs as far as the wax will 90.
Yes, [ can, and will, replied tho
squire, laughing, aud he did.