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NUMBER 4S.

mer registered forty-four degrees.
Ice has frequently been found there
in the month of June by residents
OF the locality. 1t IS too cold for
snakes, q proof of which exists in
the fact that none have ever BEEN
found there after the most diligent
search. A look up, after the des-
cent, impreSseS one with a sense of
awe similar to that experienced
from q first view of the Natural
Bridge. At the bottom, opposite
the side descent, there is an i'm
mense cave, which has only been
explored to tue extent Of two humid
red feet. The entrance to the cave,
which is on a;slight incline, is un-
der huge arch very similar in APP
pea-ance to the Natural Bridge,
and is about eighty feet in height.
Wat remains to be discovered be-
You'd the two hundred feet already
referred to is for the future to de-
termine. 1t may be that arrival. of
Lnray Caverns exists in Murder
Hole.
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Signature OF the Cross.

An exchange gives the reason
why the mark which persons who
are unable to write are required to
make instead of their signatures is
in the form Of a cross. This practice
having formerly been followed by
kings and MOBILES, is constantly re.
terred to us an instance of the de-
plorable ignorance ofancient times.
This signature is not, however, ill.,
variably u proof Of such ignoran ce.
Anciently the use Of the mark was
not confined to illiterate persons, for
among the Saxons the mark Of the
cross Is an attestation of the good
faith of the persons signing. 1t was
required to be attached to the sig
nature of those who could write, as
we'll as to stand in the place Of the
signature Of those who could not.
In those times if Il man could write
or read his knowledge was consider
ed proof presumptive that he was
in holy orders. The clerlcuS or clerk
was Synonymous with penman; and
the Iaity, orpeople who were clerks,
did not feel any urgent necessity
for the use of letters. The ancient
use of the cross was therefor univer-
sal alike by those who could and
those who could not write. 1t was
indeed, the symbol ofap oath, from
its sacred association, as well as
the mark generally adopted. Hence
the origin of the expression, God
save the mark" as a form Of ejacu
lation approaching the character Of
AL oath.
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Big and Small Opportunities.

Que reason why so many men 60
through life without accommodating
a moderate fortune is because they
arc always on the lookout for a big
opportunity. They have no time
TO waste in small things. They are
thinking about organizing stock
companies to operate mines aud
start cotton factories. A small in
duStry requiring only a few hun.
dred dollars start is beneath their
notice. YET these de<piSed little
Industries pan out surprisingly
Tho Nashville Union tells of "a man
in Nashville who, about eight years
ago, patented a method of twisting
one small wire around another for
the purpose of producing seals for
protecting freight car doors from
being tempered with while Ell
route. Starting with a small shop,
a four horse power engine, aud al
most no capital, the man, his son,
and two or three boys have row all
the work they can do. They use
two tons of wire a month, and re-
ceive orders for from $4,000 to $780,
900 seals ut a time. One road uses
100000 a month. Tue leading
roads of the United States, Cana.
da and Mexico buy their seals of
his shop. And yet the invention
seem such mere trif1c. 1t consists
of six inches of wire and a piece of
lead tile size and thickness of a
nickle, and the mode of twisting
tho wire. The merit and conyen
fence of the invention has pushed
it along. Thousands of just such
opportunities are neglected BY men
who are hunting a "big thing" We
are every day in neetl OF being re-
minded that "tall oaks from little
acorns grow"
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Applying Fertilizers to Corn.

1t is quite reasonable to suppose
that plants can be gorged with food
as animals may be, and that injury
may result from it. This is quite
true as regards corn. The corn
plant has a long season of active
growth. 1t requires about one hun.
dred days for it's maturity. II all
the food which is required to ma.
ture the plant is added to the soil in
a soluble and available condition Il!
the planting, Il large quantity may
be lost before the plant can utilize
it. Soluble fertilizers dif'uSe them
selves in a moist soil with great IA
pidity, and are quickly carried of
by the drainage water into the sub
roll. Sir j. B. Lawes has noticed
the nitric acid of nitrate of soda,
which has been applied to the sur
face soil, escaping in the water flow
ing from tn. drains, in torty-elght
hours after the application. Ifthen,
six hundred pounds of this fertill
zer should he applied to the corn
crop before the sowing of the seed
it will begin to be lost before a sin
Gle root has formed to arrest its es
cape. This fact is given only as al
instance of how fertilizers may bt
lost by misapplication. At the best
an excess OF fertllizing materia
given to corn i'll its early stages
forces a rank growth OF stalk, ant
tLc ,,lant food is exhausted before
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WAS a mucll-sought-after young man
in society, anil he discovered she
was II young lady he had long heard
ofand wished to know. So when he
babe her good morning at her own
door, it was with the mutual under
standing that he WAS to call.
When Marion entered her pretty
boudnir she fancied thatthe bronze
Cupid on the bracket in the cOrnor
looked at her witha more knowing
smile than usual OH his saucy face,
and that the canary, as he puffed
ont his golden feathers and lifted
his crest inquiringly, chirped with
Il world of meaning in his bright
black eyes: "Chee, chez, in love l
Sect" and she caught herself two
or three times that day weaving
day dreams around an athletic fig
ure and dark brown eyes.
: The next afternoon the young
man called, and yetagain and again
until hisface becamsa familiar one
in TX, household, and Dame Rumor
whispered that Marion would soon
change the name of Van Alstyne
for that of Earle.
And for once Dame Runner was
right, for in October, when the
woods were crimson, and the fields
were brown, and the ivy rustled
crisp and dry on the square tower
OF the old stone church in which
Marion had been cbristened when
a babe, she entered it again, this
time also to seek its blessing on Il
name she was about to take, the
name OF Frederick Earle.
Every Decoration Day they go
together and deck with flowers the
grave of the soldier-f father who fell
at tho Battle of the Wilderness.
Over a grave two lives met and
mingled forever, ont Of the sorroT-
full music of the dirge rose the joy
full strains Of the wedding march,
and ont of the lilies Of the funeral
wreath sprang tho orange flowers
Of the bridal.-N. Y. Sunday Mer-
curry.
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Murder Hole.

"MurdeI Hole" is the name Civ.
en- to Il wonderful natural curiosity
about ten miles from Salem, Vir-
einia, which is thought by those
who have seen both, to equal the
famous Natural Bridge. 1t con-
sists of perpendicular hole in the
ground, one hundred and sixty.six
feet deep by actual measurement.
The established width and breadth
is forty by sixty. 1t has three per
pendicular sides of solid rock. The
fourth side goes down at an angle
Of about forty-tive degrees, and is
almost wholly composed of rock
On this latter side the descent OF
the base is made with the aid OF
ropes. The bottom is covered with
perfect carpet OF moss and ferns
Of the loveliest character, that
wither almost as soon as brought
to the top. The thermometer there
one OF the hottest days this sum
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A Mirc,s Expenses.

Many married men blunder in
the management Of home expenses
although not one bridegroom in a
thousand, standing proudly at the
altar with the woman Of his choice,
would believe the thing possible
were some truth telling prophet tc
whisper to him. SIN one, or in two
or in five years, your wife will want
money for needIul expenses, person
al to herself, or for your common
advantage and comfort, and will
shrink from asking you for it, lest
you should upbraid her for extrav
agance or chide her for extravl.
gance or chide her folly" What d
blush would mount the cheek Of al
ingenious, well-ineaning young
man at such an aspersion! He is
Quick to resent it. Nevertheless,
in half the homes in the country,
because her husband holds the
funds and the wife must ask for
her share, there is evaporation,
there is false sham :, there is un.
dreamed of distress. And the
trouble springs not out Of the greed
ofpenurious men (tor men are nsu.
ally open handed, generous, and
anxious to treat their wives and
daughters with lberality), but has
its genesis in mistaken principle
at the beginning. Indulgence, lib
crafty and generosity are terms
wholly lnapplcable to the stu alton
when we are speaking of the rela-
tions Of husband and wife. The
one does not dispense aims; the
other does not accept a charity
They are partners i'll the business of
life. 1t is his part to do the pro-
vidirg, and hers to look after the
use of the provisions. He attends
to the outdoor economy; she to
that of the interior; economy being
taken in its rOot-senSe of systemat-
ic government. SIN true marriage
lies no equal nor uncqnal;" yet
there can be nothing but the farce
of equality where the wife must ac-
count to the husband for every
dime, and tue husband, forgetful of
the consideration due his wife, al
lows her to be tretted and worried,
worn to shreds, and subject to pet
ty notifications, because five days
out Of seven she is the posseSsOr Of
al empty purse. Entire openness
and confidence as to the resources
OF the firm, definite and exact
method of keeping household ac-
counts, and recognition of the
fact that bricks cannot be made
without straw, and that a certain
arproximating annual expense
must be proportional to the posi-
ton the family occupies in the com
munity, would so far bring in a
millenniumin American homes.
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Mr.. Beecber on n Higher Life.

"Men of all ordinary moralityare
irrigated by mechanical appliances,
as it were," said Mr.. Beecher at
Plymouth Church, "wlile Christ
ian men are refreshed by the rain
dropping from Heaven. They live
in an atmosphere and with an in
Spiration of feeling that does not
belong to those that are not christ
ianS.
"The full Christian lives in a
higher realm than any other man.
He lives where the best part Of his
life is unseen. 1t is the realm OF
imagination, of affection, of divine
inspiration, a realm when the i'll
shining OF Gods nature raises a
thousand beautiful images which
cannot be told of
"Men say in regard to these high.
or fancitul experiences, as they call
them, that they are dreams. | AIN
sorry for the man to whom they
have never come.
"Men are so bound up in the
practicallty of the lower life that
they don't believe in Il higher life.
1t is poetic, they say, as if poetry
itself We're not the higher form OF
truth, or might be.
Every deep soul has within it,
self a threshold over which 10 foot
may tread, and the most sacred
feelings are those that are never
exhibited, not even to the choicest
and dearest. Are there no such
cavernous crystalline haunts with.
in yous"
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The Feeding Value Of Corn-stalks.

At recent State Dairymen'.
convention held in Wisconsin, Pro
lessor Henry, Of the State Agricul
tural college, said:
"We are now undertaking ex
periments to determine the value
OF corn-stallls as fodder. On the
college farm, we got OH four acres
beside fifty bushels to the acre o.
shelled corn, $4,000 pounds of corn
stalks. Wei fed two calves on corn
stalks and two OH hay, each couple
for three weeks; then we reversed
and fed them three weeks longer
so as to minimize the possible diff
ferences in the COWS themselves
The result Of that experiment was
that We estimated one pound Ofhay
as worth two pounds of corn-stalks
Our yield of corn-stalks being one
and three-quarter tons to the acre,
was consequently nearly equal to
one ton Of hay, and, in addition,
we got fifty bushels Of shelled corn,
We fed the stalks in this case I'LL.
cut, and 1 estimate the waste as
about forty per cent. We are
about to make an experiment, cut
ting the corn stalks. We noticed
little or no difference in the milk
and butter yields of those COWS,
whether fed Oh hay or stalks, they
all averge,l one pound of butter
per day. The quality of the pro-
duct from stalk-fed cows was equal
ly as good as the hay-fed. In ans
wer Of an inquiry regarding the
grinding Of corn in the cob), Pro-
lessor Sanborn's experiment shows
the grinding Of corn and cob TO-
gethcr to be advantageous. The
cob gives q bulk which assists the
easy digestion of the corn. While
on the subject of cattle feed, let
me say good word for corn grown
for fodder, TO be used in- the fall
Rneu your pastures UGSlit ~ iuu
short. You can raise not far from
10000 of green stalks to the acre.
On this matter OF corn stalks,
| should say that it is no exaggela-
ton to say that there are enough
corn.stalks wasted in Wisconsin
every year to keep all the fourfoot-
ed animals in The State. [ should
say that for fodder l am opposed to
large southern corn. l prefer a
variety Of small corn. Enquiry as
to the relative value of eastern and
western corn) Eastern-grown corn
has greater percentage of nutrl-
ment than our western, but if you
keep on growing that corn i'll the
West, it soon becomes western. 1t
would be we'll enough to try the
eastern or southern. For fodder,
you must plant early and cutearly."
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The Richest Cabinet Lady.

The richest lady in WaSlinton,
says a correspondent, probably is
Mrs. Whitney, whose husband is
secretary of the navy and whose
father is the millionaire Senator
Payne, of Ohio. 1t is said one Of
her brothers gave her a cool mil
lion within a year or two, and as a
trihing Christmas gift gave her a
$4,000 ornament of rubies. The
diamonds she wore at her first
Wednesday reception in Washing
ton were very large and brilliant.
Her ear rings orsolitaire diamonds
and the three s0litaires which were
set in a bar breast-pin are unusually
large and pure.
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The Composition of the One Cent.

Do you know of what the COM
mon one cent piece is composed!
1t is ninety five per cent. Of copper
and five per cent. OF tin and zinc.
There is no nickle in it. Its real
intrinsic value is about one-tenth
Of a cent. The old penny used TO
be made of pure copper, and was
worth one third of a cent. Few
counterfeitS have been made on the
one cent peice. It would not pay.
Too many would have TO be made
and distributed to produce any
money for the sharpers. The old
penny was once counterfeited, the
fraud being made at Birmingham,
England. 1t didu't pay, and the
counterieiters gave it up for a bad
job.--Albany Argus.
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DE a WOMAN.

OFT Two hoard Il gentle mother,
As the twilight hours begun,
Pleading with II son on duty,
Urging him to be u man.
But unto hor blue-oyed daughter,
Though with loves words quito as req
Points out tho other duty
"Strivc. my dear. to hu II lady"
What's q lady? Is II something
Mudo of .oops and silks and airs.
Used to decorate tho lnrlor
Like tho fancy rings and chnirs3
In It one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is hu,nln7
II It's this to be a lndy.
IT'S not this TO be woman.
Neither, then. unto your daughter
Speak OF something higher fur
Than to bo moro fashions lady
woman" is tho brightest star.
II you. In your strong affection,
Urge your son Ia be q true man.
Urge your daughter no less strongly
To arise and DO woman.
Yes. womanl Brlghtesr model
or that high and perfect beauty.
Whore the mind and soul aud body
Blend to work out llfo's great duty.
Be q woman. naugh: is higher
On the gllded crest OF time;
On tho catalogue OF Virtue
There's no brighter, holier namc.
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Jameson, Faussett s. Browns Com.
mentary.

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at is the best commentary issued
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new Testament complete, cloth IS,
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OnonoOck Va.
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A country paper tells ola smart
wife that helped her husband to
grow seventy acres Of wheat. The
way she helped him was to stand
in the door and shake q broom at
him when he sat down to rest.
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NOTICE i.

The public will please take notice
that our
STEAM SAW & GR1sT MILL
is again in good running order, and
that satisfaction is guaranteed all
who favor us with their patronage
All persons shipping to us by rail
road will send to Hallston Station,
and their shipments from and to
that point will be taken and re-
turned free of charge.
All grinding done the last four
days Of the week.
Meal, Brand, Flour and Mill Seed
kept constantly on hand, and ship
ped to any point railroad on short
notice, and at market rates.
With thanks for former patronage,
Respectfully,
ID. Fl. Dennis
J. II. Jones.
Temperancevillc, Va.
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TOWN LOT FOR SALE In
BELLE HAVEN.

l offer for sale at private contract, my
lot in Belle Haven, opposite Wards
store, upon which Mrs. f. j. Savage at
present resides. 1t contains II acres,
more OF less, is improved by comfort;.-
Bile dwelling with all necessary out
buildings, and has thereon also build
ing now used AS Millinery Store. A
more suitable location either as a home
or for business purposes cannot be found
in the village. The lot will be sold on
reasonable terms, and ample time given
to pay the purchase money. For fur
ther particulars apply in person or by
letter to JOSEPH j. WESCOTT,
Locustmount, Va.
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s.
PhiIa., Wilmington 8 Bal
timore Railroad.
DELAWARE DIVISION,
NORTHwARD.

On and aftor May 25th. 1885 Sundays e1-
cepted), trainB will lenve rs follows:
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-16
THE Boxers

John Fryer of England, at Sportsmen's
park, New Orleans, on the 10th, knocked out
George Rookie of New York in the first round
in l minute, 10 seconds, in four-ounce
glove fight Fryer forced the fighting The
blow that knocked Rookie out was left
handler under the left jaw, which felled
Rookie like log.
Paddy Ryan has agreed to meet Sullivan
within 100 miles of New Orleans in May.
The fight is to be under the new London
prize ring rules, with small gloves, for
$4,000.
John L. Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey
are to meet in Philadelphia in four-round
contest, on the night of the Both inst
Paddy Ryan appears to be getting into hot
water He pretended that ne was very
anxious to meet Sullivan, and finally issued
a challenge that was aimed at Sullivan,
Richard X. Fox being authorized TO put up a
forfeit Immediately for Sullivan, and now II
looks as though Ryan had got himself into a
fix. He no more expected Sullivan to accept
than he expected to fly to Japan. The pre-
diction Is here made that If Sullivan ia in
condition RYAN will not meet him. Ryan
has now made match to fight Burke, not
wthstanding he has been declaring that be
would not fight anyone till he had had go
with Sullivan.
Bob Farrell of New York and Tom Ham
mond of England had a soft-glove fight
Thursday night last at Columbus, o. Ham
nond was stopped in the third round. The
fight ended in row and the police was
called in to protect the contestants.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-16
NOrtHfeId.

The good people of this city can now con-
gratulate themselves upon the fact that the
last OF the Robins gang of horse thieves has
skipped the town for parts in cog. Carleton
college closes the 27th inst, and reopens
April l. The expense of this city during
the last month was S242. 81. "A meeting Of
the executive committee of the Rice County
Agricultural association will be held next
Saturday at the city hall. In speaking of
our legislative member, ". s. Pattee, the
Faribault Republican says: "t is the I'm
preston that Mr.. Pattee's aspirations lie in
the direction of the attorney generaship"
The prospects for a cheese factory IN
the town of Forest are good. 49,.
The sale of the Rice County Journal effects
at public vendue took place Saturday at l0
O'Clock. The entire stock is valued at about
81, 700 and sold for 81, ,677 to the First Ma
tional bank, the sole mortgage. 1hls
journal was established in 1872 by Hon. C..
A. Wheaton, deceased. In its infancy, and
up to two years ago, the Journal hourished,
but the slackness Of ability, editorially, under
the Netteton regime, has dealt it death
blow The town Of Forest is no-license
town. At the last election the vote stood 81
pro and 81 con It at last looks as though
this city will, during the present summer,
clean up the malaria which has been
accruing these dozen years untouched 80.
The roads are awfully bad. St
Patrick's day will be observed here in right
royal style. There will be a pageant, lecture
and dinner. . The grand piano recital by
the Carleton students was grand success,
and they deserve much credit and encour-
agement.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-03-16
The Hours of Lubor.

From the Philadelphia Times.
Carroll D. Wright, chief of the United
States bureau of labor statistics, whose long
experience at the head of similar depart
meut of the Massachusetts state government
has given him a wide field of observation in
labor matters, estimates that under the ten
hour system the production per man for each
working day is fully as large as in states
where eleven or more hours con Institute day s
labor. Coming from such an authority as
Mr. Wright this statement is Of more thar
ordinary significance. 1t is an excellent
starter for category of information which,
when com pleted, will greatly assist the in
dustrial world in avoiding overproductiOn.
While it is very desirable that some fixed
mum Der of hours should come to be regarded
by all en ployers Of labor as a working day
whenever there is no greater or less number
specified by contract, it is almost impossible
TO establish an eight-hour Law, because an act
of assembly cannot alter mans right TO
work ten or twelve hours If be chooses to do
so. If manufacturers, however, could come
70 a general understanding on the subject Of
hours of labor. the restriction Of a workiD Q
day to certain definite limits by sort Of un-
written Law might have beneficial effect.
If lsborer does as much work in day OF
ten hours as in dav Of eleven or twelve
hours. It win not be worth the man ufse-
turer's while 70 make days work exceed
ten hours. II ten hours OF labor affords the
maximum production, eight hours would
mean steady work for great many indus
tries which are now idle or on half time be-
cause Of the overstocking Of the market.