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Bearing Each Others Burdens.

Lite teens with unnecessary pain.
For every living soul there is work
to do. effort to make, sorrow to ALE
viate. No day in the short time al
lotted TO US here should pass without
some attempt, however feeble, to
lessen The load Of suffering pressing
so unequally on the lives OF those
around US. All can do some little,
and if each soul that has suffered
would take a share IN removing or
lessening the burden of another, life
would be other than it is. An old
writer beautifully says: "Ali can
give a smilen How few value a
smile as they Should. yet who does
not know the brightness which some
faces bring whenever they appear ?
The smile of kindly recognition, the
acknowledgment OF existing suffer
ing, the free masonry OF endurance
all are conveyed by a glance, and
none aniell how often the effort to
be cheerful has helped a weaker
sufferer to endure.
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Oatmeal.

Give the children oatmeal at least
once a day. 1t is genuine bone and
muscle food and they must thrive
Could our girls make the morning
and night meals on real nourishment
not pastry-take more to nourish
the brain and nerves, we should have
less of the neuralgia among our
women. Indeed, this oatmeal mush
would afford ample food for the last
meal, which should ordinarily be the
lightesl, simple, and easy Of diges-
ton, securing good sleep, while 1t
may well form part of the morning
meal. Its excessive use would do
much 10 promote health.
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JANUARY 5.
LEGAL ADV ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF INCORP GRAFTON
OF THE FLORIDA CANAL
COMPANY.

DY AUTHORITY of an act of the Legislature
ID of the state of Florida, ''entitled'a law to
Railroads and Canals. approved February 18th,
1873. notice is hereby given as required by said
act, that q company has been formed under
the name of ''The Florida Canal Company" to
ICES and franchises, conferred upon companies
formed under said act, for the purpose of con.
structing, maintaining, and operating canal
and property. The main line Of said canal will
be about one hundred miles in length, and
will be constructed between a point on the
GuIf coast of Florida at or near the mouth OF
fhe Withlschoochee River and the Atlantic
ocean at or near the town of New Britain, and
win pass through Levy, Marion, Orange and
the COMPANY shall be at Volusia Florida.
NELL MORRIS, WILLIAM X. TURkkk,
I34147 JOHN Y. JONES.
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SHERIFFeS SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue OF
~ certain execution. issued out OF the Circuit
Court oftbe County of volusia, in the 9TH Ju-
which Edward Morgan is Plaintiff and w II.
of sale, on Monday the Srd day of January, A.
D., 1881, sell by public cutlery in front OF the
Court House at Enterprise, all the interest
of lot in Section %, in Township &c. south of
Range 80 east, Florida, lying on the north side
of Rose Bay above low water mark. and south
of Sections 40 and 15 and containing acres
more or less, to satisfy said execution. Terms
cash w. A. CONE,
Sheriff of Volusia County.
Sherif7s Office, Enterprise, November 29th,
1880. l34
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HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
IonH DHinn OF

Gainesville, Fla, Defenders 5, 1880. !
NOTICE Is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before S. A. JAM
eson, Dupty Clerk Circuit Court, at Altoona,
Florida on Saturday January %, 1881, viz:
Francis J. Hinson, Homestead, Number 2,lo9,
northeast T. Section 81, and southwest of
northwest /, Section 80, Township II, south of
Range 81 east.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Solomon Holland, S. H.
Pike, w. b. Holland, all of Altoona, Florida,
and James Drowdey of Umatilla.
1874 1873 J.. A. BARNES, Register.
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HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office at

Gainesville, Fla, December3, 1890. !
NOTICES hereby given that the following
N named settler has filed notice OF his inten-
ton to make final proof in support OF ms claim,
jameson, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court Mt Al
toona, Florida, on Saturday, January y 1881,
viz: Thomas j. Hinson, Sen, Homestead Num-
Section 20, and west of southwest /, Section
20, and southeast Of southeast t, Section %,
Township II south, Range p east
hiscontinuous residence upon, ana cultivation
of said land, viz: James M. Dewitt, w. A:
Eubanks Solomon Holland, W Ii Holland, all
of Altoona Florida.
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HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office at

Gainesville, Fla, December 3, 1880. :
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filled notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his claim
Jameson, Deputy Clerk Circnit Court at Al
toona, Fla, ON Saturday, january o. 1881. viz:
Eliza Eubanks, Homestead Number2l07, for the
northwest4 of southeast t, and south of south
east |, and southeast of southwest section
20, Township It's outh, range y east.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and Gull
tivation ofsaid land, viz: T. j. Hinson, Sen Il
J. Hinson, Jr.. of Altoona, Fla, Jesse Timer of
Ponceannah, Fla and Nathan Norton of Fort
Mason Fla. L. a. BARNES,
134 1873 Register.
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another took it's place, and so the
long and murderous night wore away
and the blessed daylight came. Day
light was not to end the pursuit or
make wounds less horrible or rob
death of its ghastliness. Yet ii was
relief.
just at sunrise we had "a respite
The enemy was closing up to push
us with determined onslaught.
Our men were marching at will, de.
jected, respondent, sullen and tero-
cious. l could not see an officer
anywhere up the road | could look
over thousand men, but not SO
much as the bar of Second Lieuten.
ant was among them. Where had
all the officers gone to? Some were
dead in the road and bushes miles
away, but death had not claimed all.
Here was An entire regiment without
an officer TO command. We had
made dozen stands since midnight,
bnt no one remembered to have seen
an officer. Men had halted, 'front.'
faced and dressed lines like machines
and when the pursuit was checked,
we had toiled on again.
We struck a terrible slough ex.
tending across tie road. Five pieces
OF six in battery had been aban-
doned there with everything be.
longing except the horses. Scores
OF men surrounded each gun and
casson, and lifted them out of the
mire and dragged them along TO
clay hill beyond. On the crest of
this hill the five guns were planted,
and 800 men deployed rights and left
in support. Fresh cartridges were
served out, a supply Of hard tack
came down the line and we were
resting and eating and wondering
what General was in command, when
private soldier, face black with
powder, uniform covered with mud,
and his left arm in "A sling and
covered with blood, mounted gun
before us and said Boys, we are
going to stop right here and give
EN- DiaZeS 1hey can't flank us,
and they can't ride over us as long
as we have a shot left. Let's show
little Mack how we can fight with.
out shoulder straps to boss us p
He was only private soldier-a
man from the ranks whom no one
would suspect OF having anything
heroic in his composition-yet it was
under his orders we had saved the
battery-he had deployed us in sup.
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HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
land UfIlcc az
Gainesville, Fla, Dec. 9th, 1880.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
prise, Florida, on Friday, January DIST, 1881,
viz: VIM. NJ. Hamilton, Homestead Number
1906, for the lot of Section l. and lot of Sec
ton II, Township IL south of Range % east
and north west of northwest of Section 7,
Township II south of Range 30 east.
He names the following witnesses to prove
htscontinuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: Harmon Brown, Benjamin
Cook, G. w. Lancaster, Robert Cook, all of De-
Land, Fla,
1876 139 L. A, BARNES, Register,
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HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office at

Gainesville, Fla, December3 1880.
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proofin support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before S. A.
Jameson, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court at Altoo-
ma, Florida, on saturday January p, 1881, viz:
Thomas j. Hinson, Jr., Homestead Number
? no for the west of southeast4, and north
cast Of southeast I. and southeast of NORTH
easu sakne -
east.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, andcultivation
of said land, viz: J. W. Dewitt, w. a. Eu-
| banks, solomon Holland. w. r. Holland all of
| Altoona, Florida.
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From Private to Captain.

From the Detroit Free Press.
1t was not once year, but almost
once week, that the soldier who
had anything of the heroic in his ma
ture was offered a chance to develop
it. Men stepped from the ranks
into shoulder straps at one stride,
and the case to be related was only
one in hundred.
We were the rear guard. We
had fought the enemy at Malvern
Hill and checked him, but the army
dared not halt. Under the cover OF
darkness the long trains and the bat
tered and disheartened lines resumed
the march toward White House
Landing and the cover of the gun
boats. Dead and wounded were lett
on the field, and over the swamp
road, deep with mire and mud,
plunged wagon and gun and calsson
and ambulance, followed by men
whose eyes closed III sleep even as
they walked.
The rear guard had work on hand.
Close on our heels came fresh
troops who had orders to ride us
down-cut US to pieces--trample US
in The mire-get rid OF us that they
might reach the army beyond. They
followed us on the road, and they
followed us on both sides OF it in the
woods. There was hardly minute
during that long night that the guns
were silent Men fell dead in the
mire and We're left to sink out OF
!. siaht. Mea fell wounded in the
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ADMINISTRATIONS.

y Office is hereby given, that the under
- signed, has been appointed Administrator
OF the estate of James Patterson, late of Vo-
lusia County, Florida, deceased All persons
to present the same to the undersigned within
two years from Date or they will be barred
and all persons in debt to said estate are re-
quested TO make payment Immediately. All
claims for or against the estate can he IRE.
scented to my Attorney,
AVA A. KNIGHT,
JOHN BAN, Jacksonville, Fla.
Administrator. IL 1891
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Electrical Insects.

1t is not generally known that
there are insects which possess pecu-
liar electrical properties. Kirby and
Spence, in their entomology, describe
the Reduvius Serratus, commonly
known in the West Indies by the
name OF the wheel bug, as an insect
which can communicate an electric
shock to the person whose flesh it
touches. The late Major.General
Davis, of the British Royal Artillery,
we'll known as a most accurate oh.
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'IIa,:i5is ~ ~ ~ Irea. I,,ssg LA ~ I

aS u AHoSI dUiIiiI dDie painter OF them,
once said that, when abroad, having
taken up this animal and placed it on
his hand, it gave him a considerable
shock with its legs, as if from an
electric jar, which he felt as high as
his shoulder, aud dropping the crea.
ture, he observed six marks upon his
hand where the six feet had stood.
Two similar instances Of effects upon
the human system resembling electric
shocks produced by insects, have
been communicated to the Entomo
logical Society, of England, by Mr..
Yarrell one mentioned in a letter
from lady de Grey, OF Groby, in
which. the shock was caused by a
beetle, one of the common elateridae,
and extended from the hand 10 the
elbow on suddenly touching the III.
sect; the other caused by a large
hairy lepidopterous caterpillar picked
up i'll South America. by Captain
Blakeney, r. N, who felt on touch
ing it sensation extending up his
arm similar 10 an electric shock, OF
such force that he lost the use of his
arm Tor time, and his life was even
considered in danger by his medical
attendant.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
HOW JEWS HAVE FARED IN SPAIN.

Roughly handled all over the world, the Jews
have nowhere been so roughly handled as in
Spain Under the Fisigoths they had to submit
to all kinds of humiliation, and the invading
Moors found IN them their best allies. The estab-
lishment of Mussulman rule in Southern Spain
was an unmixed blessing to the Jews They
throve under the Calphate of Cordova and in
the kingdom of Granada; their schools were a
model to Europe, their wealth grew they pro-
duced scholars, physicians, and finaAciers, and
the feeling OF respect for them spread even into
the Christian kingdoms, so that there too. they
became an important and a wealthy part of the
population Then the old story began to repeat
itself At the end of the fourteenth century thew
were found to be too rich and that most effective
of all alliances, the alliance between the debtors
and the fanatics, was formed against them Mas
sacres and forced conversions began to be the
order of the day: and the new converts. given to
relapsing when the pressure of danger seemed to
be removed, became the favOrite food of the HOly
Office. At last, century later, in the very wear
such is the irony of chronology-of the discov-
cry of America, there came the famous decree of
Ferdinand and Isabella, banishng all Jews from
the realms subject to the houses of CASTLE and
AragOn A hundred and sixty thousand are sup
posed to have gone forth on this new exodus, not
laden with the spoils of the Egyptians, but them
selves robbed of almost everything of value, and
sent out in misery and destitutiOn to be massa-
cred in Morocco, to die of pestilence at Naples OF
at Genoa, or to find rest after their wanderings
in the north of Europe or in the Levant. In the
Turkish Empire, as is well known there remains
to this day large population of Jews who still
use Spanish their mother tongue and the
modern Jews of Salonica read their news in
journal, in which, yelled under Hebrew charac-
ters the Western scholar may discover the
Castilian of the fifteenth century.-LOndOn Times.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
RIDICULOUS SAYINGS.

General Taylor was made ridiculous for time
by the sentence which occurred near the begin
ming of his message to the Thirty-first Congress,
December, 1S49, as follows: We are at peace
with all the world, and seek to maintain our
cherished relations of amity ,rith the rest Of man
kind" But Mr.. Buchanan almost matched it in
a speech which he made at the South, in which
he said, Il do believe, gentlemen, that mankind,
as nell as the people Of the United States, are inter-
ested in the preservation of this Union; and
John c. Calhoun, in commenting upon the clause
in the Declaration of independence to the effect
that all men are created equal, remarked that
"onlv two men were created, and one Of these 'cds
% frOnlGnn
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
A CHINESE SERMON.
nous.

The following discourse by converted Chinese
tailor, with reference to the merits of Confucian-
ism, Buddhism, and Christianity, is worth pre-
serving A man had fallen mo a deep, dark pit,
and lay in its miry bottom, groaning and utterly
unable to move. Confucius walked by, approach
ing the edge of the pit, and said, . Poor fellow I
am very sorry for you. Why were YOU such a
fool as to get in there? Let me give you piece
of advice: if you get out don't get in again" A
Buddhist priest next came by, and said, Poor
fellow! l am very much panied to see you there
| think if you could scramble up two-thirds of
the way, or even half could reach you and lift
you up the rest" But the man in the pit was
entirely helpless, and unable to rise Next the
Savior came by, and hearing the cries, went to
the very brink of the pit, stretched down and laid
hold of the poor man, brought him up, and said
Co. and sin more
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UNREQUITED GENIUS,

Homer was beggar. Plautus turned mill
for his bread. Terence was a slave Bethius
died in jail. Paul BOrghese had fourteen trades,
yet starved with them all. TassO was often dis
tressed for a few shillings Cervantes died of
hunger. CamOens, the writer of Lusiad" ended
his days in an almshouse, and Vangelas left his
body to the surgeons pay for his debts. In
England Bacon lived life of meanness and dis
tress; Spencer died in the most abect poverty
Milton sold his copyright of " Paradise Lost" for
e15, and died in wretchedness and Obscurity
Dryden lived in poverty and distress. Otway
perished of hunger; Lee died in the street. Steele
was in perpetual warfare with the bailiffS; Gold
smiths Vicar of Wakefield was sold for a trife
to save him from the grasp of the law; DIR. John
son wrote "Rasselas" to raise money to defray
the expenses Of his mothers funeral, and used
frequently to walk about the streets of London
all night, because he had no money to pay for
his lodging.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
A MEMORABLE REPLY,

1t was memorable reply of Phidias, when
demonstrated with for chiselling so carefully the
backs of his statues, which where to stand high
against the wall, where no eye could see any part
but the front: But the gods will see the whole! :"
The finest, almost the only utterance of faith in
the perfect presence and oversight of the gods,
from the Grecian world. And we should know
and continually feel, that not only will God see
all parts of life the secret, lonely as well as
the public, but that often He may make that very
thing which looks most secret and most lonely
the bearer of greatest messages to others; the
seeds in them of character and of fdestiny.-AnOny-
NOUS.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
NOT EXACTLY
% fUOndn.

1t is said that forty members OF the French
Academy once undertook to define the word crab,
and hit upon this, which they deemed quite
satisfactory: "Crab-a small, red fish, which
walks backward"
Perfect, gentlemen said Cuvier, when inter
rogated touching the correctness OF the dehnl-
ton; perfect-only make one small observation
in natural history. The crab is not a fish, Is
not red, and does not walk backward. with
these exceptions, your definition is admirable
Art is the application of knowledge to prac-
tica end-Sir John Herschel
The National tribune., 1881-09-24
For THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
A RETROSPECT.

Just twenty years ago tonight
l held my darling on my knee;
My star of hope shone clear and bright
Upon life's calm, untroubled sea.
No doubts, no fears.
No griefs, no tears
Disturbed my beings sweet repose,
But love carest,
watched the West
To catch the evenings latest close
Just twenty years ago tonight
thought the sun would ever shine
That skies would never seem less bright
That love and hope, and JOY were mine
For ever more;
And DER and DER
pressed loves image TO my heart,
Nor thought my child,
Who slept and smiled
Could ever from my bosom part.
Just twenty years ago! Tonight
sit and watch the falling rain
Fast sitting through the dusky light
That struggles through the window pane.
My hopes are fed,
My darling, dead;
Yet comes he DER a sunless sea
To bring one ray
Ofperfect day
From Heavens blest eternity.
-GRIF.
The National tribune., 1881-09-24

All the world should be at peace
And, if kings must show their might,
I'd have those who made the quarrels
Be the only ones to fight.
-Jeannette and Jeon1lOt
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A Wonderful Shot,

The remarkable shooting of the
young Nez Perces Indian boy, OF
to, was witnessed Saturday night,
il Platt's hall, by large audience
OF those interested in rifle shooting.
The most remarkable feature of tho
exhibition was the lightning quick
ness of the boy. But very few at.
temps failed. The first shot was at
five cent piece on the head of a
figure representing man, and
was a hit, the distance being fifteen
PAGES.
The next feat was tiis emitting Of
a string that suspended figure at
the rear of tie stage. The rifle
was picked up from the stage by
the lad after he had turned a sum-
fIersati1t, and the shot was fred al
most instantly. The most remarks
able shot of the evening was ac
complished by the use Of peculiarly
placed appliances in the following
manner: In small steel frame a
pistol barrel was suspended, behind
the barrel a razor had been fixed,
and on either side of it was suspen.
ded a g'ass-ball. The boy was then
taken to the flent ef tie stage and
bliudtolled, with his face to the
audience. At the command 'about
face" he turned, raised his rife.
and after only a momon'a'y hesi
t;stion, fired. The ball passed
through the pistol barrel, was spit
by the razor, and each glass bals
vas broken by half Of the bullet.
This shot is said to be due to the
boys wonderful gift of the power
Of location. The precision of the
aim is secured by taxing a position
directly in fror.t Of the object, and
aim is taken by certain pressure
Of the riha-stock az lin ST the shoul.
der and check. An exhibition bly>
onet drill followed. The boy was
appiauded Tor his craftsmanship
and dextcrity-
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WINSTON, n c.. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3. 1851

bines the brown stone mansions
that are building for VIM. 81. VAN
derbils and his married daughters
the rear and side walls cf the cor
ridor that forms the entrance to
both houses present coating of
neutral colors with touch Of gold
above them that may be formed of
tiles or may be done with paint. 1t
is impossible to see it we'll fron
the street, and it is impossible to
approach it, because sNo Admit
tance' is painted up everywhere,
and fHer are there to enforce the
rule. These houses are furthnr i'd
vanced than the others. The win
dow lights are in, big bronze lamps
of ornate design stand in front of
the corridor, brass screens of great
strength and beauty protect the
ground floor windows, green grass
is growing between the railing and
the buildings, and a blaze of gold
and tile work in one Of the side
doorways gives a hint of how the
interior may look.
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Mrs. Campbell, the wife OF AL
exanIer Campbell, founder OF the
Christian Church, Of which Fresi-
dent Garfield was a meLaber, is q
striking locking woman OF eighty
years. Her hair is as black, her
eyes as bright as in her youth, and
her mental actively is remarkable.
She READS aud writes often untis
past midnight, and is now engage {
lIpon a volume of "reminiscences u
her husband
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-11-03

A cannon weighing eleven tons,
which it is claimed will revoluticnize
modern gunnery, was successfully cast
Monday afternoon in Reading, Pa. 1t
is to be fired on what is termed the
accelerating principle. The taf' is to
be started 10y heexplesion Of a small
charger of coarse powder, and its sped
increased by the successive explosion
Of separate charges of powder, ranged
in cha ambers along the bore. 1t is said
that With the use of one hundred and
thirty pouzas of powder steel ball
weighing one hundred and fifty pounds
can be thrown twelve miles. which by
Gar exceeds the power of any other
gun of the same calibre.