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The state chronicle., 1888-10-12
t'lf ELEETrRs FOR TIE STATE At LARGE ::
4. N. WApDELL, of New Hanover.
! ! STRTrDNTCk. Of Orange

1st District-G. Fl BROWN, JR, OF Beaufort
2nI Oistrict-JNo. Z. WooDAED, OF Wilson,
ald Disrrict-C. B. AYC0CK, of Wayne
4th District f W. Pot, JE. of Johnston.
5th District. II. DOBSoN, OF SUrry
9Th Districts. ]. PENIRERToN, Of Stanly
TN DistricJ-L G. CALDWELL, Of Iredel
sth District-T. NJ. VANCE, of Caldwell.
9th Disfrict-W. T. CRAWFORD, of Haywood.
The state chronicle., 1888-10-12

THE NET DECREASE in the Western wheat
crop Is 40 per cent. This mems high pri-
ces. Let North Carolina farmers 60 to
work at once and plant wheat.
The state chronicle., 1888-10-12

A DEMOCRAT Is THE SAME the world over
whether he be the Irish bully of New York
the plug ugly of Baltimore, or the ku klux
of the South John Nichols.
The white people, who compose the
Democratic party in North Carolina, are
surprised at nothing from John Nichols
North Carolina like man who will call
each of them ku klux, Plug Ugly, or Irish
Bully? Some of the best men in the world
belonged to the ku klux. The Irish voters
in New York are as patriotic as any men
that live, and are not bullies. The charge
that the Democratic voters of Baltimore
are ''plug uglies," is a wanton slander.
But Nichols cares not. He pleases the ne
groes by abuse of honorable men, and they
are about the only voters who are going to
support him this year.
In the palmy days of Radical rule
Wake had a negro school examiner, by
name Rev Geo. W. Brodie The Radicals
want the white teachers of Wake and
every other Eastern county to have ne
Sio e0hoo' oAdulueT. now WOuIQ the
white folks Of Wake county relish turning
out Rev. W. 6. Clements, the present
efficient Superintendent, to make room
for negro2 How?
If it wouldn't set we'll on your stomachs,
voc the Democratic ticket, for just so
sue a night follows day RADICAL Sue
CPS N--..,s a NEGRO SUPERINTENDENT OF
f'tr.tiLS.
The state chronicle., 1888-10-12
FOR PRESIDENT:
CIEV EIAND.
OF NEW YORK.

FOR ICE-PRESIDENT:
LIEN G. Thu RM A N.
OF OHIO.
The state chronicle., 1888-10-12

There is no such a word IN the diction
airy as "unrivalled-ao.e, but Durham has
originated SO many new and great things
that think it viii require hit coin new
word to correctly describe this great exhibit
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sUPERsTIrIoNs OF BEES.

Great as is the difference between the
facts which modern science and more
exact observation have established with
reference to bees, and the vague popular
ideas on their economy, which, as we
have striven to show, were entertained
respecting them by antiquity, not the
least curious circumstance is that ancient
and modern bee-keepers alike meet on
the common ground of decomposition
and folklore. Some of the old beliefs
respecting bees have already been given.
Their hatred to an echo, which was an
ancient article of the bee-master's faith,
does not seem to be confirmed on inves-
tigation. Much modern folklore on bees
msy be picked up by any one who CON
verses with the peasantry in almost any
part Of England. From some reason OF
other, bees are looked upon as peculiarly
uncanny" creatures. Thus we were
told in Lincolnshire that bees would de-
sert hive on the occasion of death in
the family, unless some one knocked at
superstition we find to prevail in Essex
and even Cornwall. Similarly the belief
that after a death hives ought to be
wrapped in Grape or mourning of some
kind is current in Lincolnshire and East
Anglia generally. It is even found in
LithuaDia, and is probably connected
with an ancient idea that honey was a
symbol of death. In Yorkshire there is
a custom of inviting bees to the funeral.
II wild or humble bee enter North
amptonshire cottage, it is deemed a GER
tain sign of death; if swarm of bees
alight on dead tree, or the dead branch
of living one, there will be death in
the family within the year. 1t is curious
why the bee should, in Europe, be SO
connected with death, whereas in Hindoo
mythology the bowstring of Kama (the
Hindoo Cupid is formed of bees, perhaps
as a symbol Of love strong as death. 1t
is worth while mentioning one or two
more bee superstitions. They will never
thrive, it is said, in quarrelsome family,
nor when they have been stolen. There
can be no greater piece of ill-luck than
to purchase swarm; it must always be
given, and then the custom is to return
something for it in kird-a small pig,
say, or some other equivalent. Money
should be avoided in the transaction as
much as possible. In Hampshire it is a
common saying that bees are idle or I'M
fortunate in their work whenever there
are wars. at the risk Of being esteemed
credulous, we may remark that the mar
tial year QS70) was an unlucky honey
year. East winds and drought seemed
in that year to have repressed the score
ton OF honey in the hectares of many
howeIs.-BeIgrdvia.
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ABSORPTION THROUGH THE
PORES OF THE SKIN.

This subject is very little understood
or comprehended by mothers and guard
ians in its true relation for good or evil
to the physical system. Many persons
apparently realize that our bodies need
little support other than what is swal
lowed through the throat. Good health,
a happy disposition, and even moral
character, is depended in a greater or
less degree upon outward influences;
much foreign substance is taken in and
thrown off by the lymphatics and pores of
the skin. We may acquire valuable prac-
teal knowledge by the study of pbysiol-
ogy, learning how the lungs feed the
heart with pure blood by breathing in
the pure air and throwing aft the impure,
but few older persons properly realize
the necessities and the capacity of the
skin which covers the whole body. If the
entire surface of the body is washed off
daily with pure water only, much clog
ging substance is removed from the pores
of the skin, thus giving renewed strength
and tone to the skin to perform its func-
tions, while receiving the exhilarating
qualities from the atmosphere. When
the stomach and bowels are suffering
from intense Inflammation, and the pa
tent has become reduced from long alb
sence of food, considerable nutriment
may be taken into the system or absorb
ed through the pores of the skin if fire.
quent bathing is applied with nourishing
preparations. A delicate person may re-
ceive great benefit by frequent rubbing
with different alkaline preparations, oils
and alcohol-the latter of which is al
ways most beneficial used in outward ap-
plicatlons. Many a dear little baby has
been sent from earth to heaven when at
tackled by cholera infantum by being fed
on burnt brandy and other stimulants
that burn out the delicate tissues OF stom-
ach and brain, when, if pure alcohol with
milk or oil had been frequently applied
to the surface of the body, the little child
might have lived to ripe old age to
bless and comfort humanity. 1t is much
the custom in some foreign countries to
rub the entire surface of the body with
oil, to give elasticity to the muscles and
smoothness to the skin. A variety of
nutritive preparations may be used with
great benefit in the daily bath for young
DELEGATE children, as we'll as for old per
sons, when the vital resources OF the sys
tenn have become depressed and weak
ned,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-23

AGE OF PROFESSIONAL MEN.
Much has been written of late concern
ing the long lives Of those who follow lit
erary pursuits, and some inter esting sta
tistics as to the age of writer's have seen
the light. With the familiar instances
of Goethe, Voltaire, and score or two
more of past days, and with the more
modern cases of the laureate, Mr.. Brown
ing and Mr.. Bailey, the author Of "Fes-
tus long may they all live-I am not
inclined to concern myself. With full
sense of my own incompetency to deal
scientifically with the subject, 1 wish
nevertheless to place matters on scien-
tific basis.
In point of fact all professions are
healthy as compared with trades. What
men are longer lived than scientists,
psychologists there is no profession of
archaeology, but let that pass-lawyers,
clergymen, physicians, actors In some
professions, notably the bar, to which
might be added the stage, the early train
ing is said, in half serious banter, to
kill off the weaklings. To some extent
this is true of all professions. Men with
out self-control die, as rule, young,
whatever their occupations. In other
cases, however, the conditions under
which the classes named exist are the
most favorable. The two things that
most readily kill men who attain middle
age are anxiety or loss of interest. The
whether turn in the market may elevate
him to wealth or steep him in ruin dies of
sottening OF the brain; he who has made
his fortune and retired feele, unless he
has cultivated hobby, that he has no
place in the world, and dies of hamilton.
As rule, the professional man OF fifty
has learned what he can do. If he is I'M
fit for the line he took he has slipped out
Of it; if he is making fortune it is a ca
reer full of interest and with little trouble
or anxiety to himself. 1t is not his own
case that the barrister pleads, the physi-
clan combats and the parson arraigns. IT,
again, he is but moderately successful
his earnings, though small, are pretty
safe. He gets as near an approximation
to security as fate in world such as this
accords, and he may hope, barring excep-
tional circumstances, that the future will
be as the past. His occupation mean
while brings him consideration and intel
Ggent surroundings, and his life is fairly
and pleasantly varied. In these things
lies, I make bold to say, the secret of
long life on which the world is given to
comment. Once the philosopher tenn
permanent is reached the combustion of
life is very rapid Gentlemen's Mago-
zine.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-23
A FLORAL SCREEN,

Awnings are not only quite expensive,
but ugly, as ageneral thing. The follow
ing description shows substitute which
can be made thing of beauty, and a
JOY" while it laste, and the expense of
making it is small.
1t is the ordinary window box with
rack OF trellis added, over which vines
can be trained in such manner as to give
all the shade required.
This rack can be made by "the boys"
who will take delight in helping make
home attractive if you will take them into
partnership in the busin A few pieces
OF ordinary lath are as good as anything
to make it out Of. They can be used in
the rough, or planed, and painted. If
put together we'll and taken care of in the
fall, they will last a good many years. II
strips OF wood are not plenty, you can
make the screen by stretching strings
across square frame. The main idea is
to furnish something for the vines to
Chamber over. A little study of the illus.
tration will enable any one to make the
frame for the screen and put it in place
properly.
One of the best vines for covering it is
the well-known morning glory. These
should be planted at the ends of the box,
and trained up till they meet the supports
OF the frame. After that they will not re-
quire any attention from you, as they will
take care OF themselves. All summer
long your screen will be covered with
beautiful foliage, above which the flowers
will show to charming effect. It will not
only add to the beauty of the place when
seen from outside, but you will get the
full enjoyment Of its beauty from the
room over whose window it is placed.
Madeira vines, piogyne, scarlet beans,
or any other quick-growing vine, can be
used, if desired.
In order to grow these vines we'll it will
be necessary to keep the earth in the box
moist all the time. A little time of drought
will 80 ipjure the plants that they may
drop their leaves, thus destroying the
very effect sought for. A window box,
from the exposed condition of it, dries up
very rapidly, and must have good deal
more water than plants in pots, which
have some shelter afforded them. A box
foot wide and the length Of the window
will require nearly pailful of water every
day. Make it rule to give this every
evening. II you want brilliant show of
color, plant nasturtiumsin front, and let
them droop over the edge. Their pretty
green leaves will soon hide the box, and
when they come into bloom their rich
flowers will be constant source of de-
light. would add plant or two of mig
nonette for the fragrance they will give
Every breeze will bring some of the ger.
fume along with it into the room. By
all means have floral screen.
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JUNE ROSES.

o, sing of the Roses,
The beautiful Roses,
Adjoining the warm, pulsing bosom of June
Exult in their sweetness,
Extol their completeness,
And only lament they must perish so soon.
o, sing of the Roses,
The snowy, white Roses,
The Pink, and the Roses with hue of a star.
The deep-hued, the tinted
Give praises unstinted-
o, sing of all Roses. anear and ATARI
They climb on rock-ledges,
They glow amid hedges,
And choicely are cultured within garden wall
Or lofty, or Lowry,
Or sinful, or holy,
Their fragrance and beauty are free to us all
o, stately the Dahlia,
And fair the Azalea,
And countless the blossoms they cheer us to
view;
But what, like the Roses,
Such beauty discloses,
Such wonderful beauty of form and of hue?
They sing of the Roses,
The beautiful Roses,
Or scentless, or filing the air with perfume,
They lessen our sadness,
They bring to US gladness,
These Roses that gem the fond bosom of June
Mrs. Anna Clark adams. in Vtck's Magazine
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THE BRAINS OF CHILDREN.

There is almost no limit to what you
teach yourself, if you try long enough.
Time must always be given to the brain,
and on this condition patient perseverance
will carry student to almost any goal.
Hurrying the little brains of children is to
force false pace except with the obvious
ly lazy; but the bugbear of over-pressure
need not be feared so long as the princi-
pies controlling the health of the body
generally is observed. Over-pressure Of
ten means undertaking. Sleep is the
rest Of the brain. A variation in work,
change Of subject, is another kind of
rest, the best rest often for the higher in
tellectusl centers; and an immense amount
of. mental labor can be safely undertaken
if sufficient variety is secured. But in
the end the brains demand sleep, and this
is especially the case when the lower or
more animal centers have been much
used, as in children at play.
Habit has great deal to do with in
surfing a good nights rest, the habit of
going to bed at regular hour. Hard
mental work up to the moment of retir-
ing may cause the loss of nights rest,
and it is good plan to indulge in little
relaxation before bedtime, like light lit
erature, game, or some music. Trivial
things may win slumber, such as lower
ing the pillow or turning it's cold side;
but artificial means of distracting thought
have nearly invariably proved totally use
less. Children require more sleep than
grown people. A healthy baby for the
first two months or so spends most of its
time asleep. Alter that baby should
have at least two hours of sleep in the
forenoon and one in the afternoon; and it
is quite possible to teach almost any in
FAINT to adopt this as regular habit.
Even to the age of four or five years a
child should have one hour of sleep, or at
least rest in bed, before its dinner; and it
should be put to bed at six or seven in
the evening, and left urdisturbed for
twelve or fourteen hours.
Up to the fifteenth year most young
people require ten hours, and to the TWEEN
tieth year nine hours. After that age
everyone finds out how much he or she
requires, though as general rule at
least six to eight hours are necessary
Eight hours sleep will prevent more ner-
yous arrangements in women than any
medicines can cure. During growth
there must be ample sleep, if the brain is
to develop to its full extent; and the
more nervous, excitable or precocious a
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-06-23

candy does not require cooking, it is
easy to make. The materials being con-
fectioners' sugar, the whites of eggs, and
nuts, or fruits, it is not expensive. Even
at the low rate / shall ask for it can
clear quite little sum over the expenses
OF each pound. Indeed, mother, 1 am
sure my candy business will net more
ready money than Elsie's fowersr'
"My darling girlsI" cried the mother.
IL am more than surprised st your wise
plans. and energy in accomplishing them.
1 think I can be silent partner in each
branch of industry. Possibly may be
taught to bunch flowers srtistically; il
not, can surely crack nuts and pick out
the meats"
"Since you think 80, I will demand an
instant specimen of your skill. Here is
nut cracker, there are the nuts. At
tention !" exclaimed Marjorie gleefully.
"As my flowers have not yet made
their appearance, volunteer service for
the EVENING" Elsie said with bright
smile.
"Noble spirit brave defender of home
prosperity, fall in line. Other recruits
received cheerfully, as fast as offered
Forward, march, haltp cried Marjorie as
she, with the others, dropped into chairs
by the sitting-room table.
II must pronounce Marjorie's plan q
splendid one, motherP said Elsie good
naturally. II should not be at all sur.
prised if she did earn the most this spring
But wait until my greenhouse is finished
then you will see the rivalry between
flowers and candy"
CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.
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A VILLAGE WITH A HISTORY


Wittersham, in Kent, which has lately
become deserted village" through the
wholesale emigration of it's commonere,
has an interesting history. 1t has borne
a variety of names-Wytesham, Wyttys-
ham, Wettreseam, Wyghtershan, Wyt-
resham, Wygtresshamme, and as late as
l7l4 John Walker, the author of "The
SufferinRs of the Clergy" wrote it as
Wittresham. 1t is one Of the three par
ishes which make up the once prosperous
Isle of Oxney. One Boner, a "spicer and
mercer" of Wittersham, was thorn in
the sides of the mayor Of Wye, in Henry
Wis time. He insisted upon "hawking
with spices" about the streets of Wye in
spite Of the mayors frequent warnings,
and was punished at last by the forfeit
ure of his stock and fine. The grants
of lands and marshes to practitioners Of
Wittersham under the Lancastrian kings
indicate that the old commune was in a
happier condition in the middle ages
than it is at present The "players of
Wytesham," the players of Romney."
the "players of Herne," and other little
local commonwealth of East Kent, used
to visit the towns and exhibit their "plsys"
at Whitsuntide. The "Play of the Pas
sion," as rendered by the ancestors of the
Wittersham agricultural population four
centuries ago, was doubtless akin to the
still extant Passion plays of their leu
tonic kinsmen on the continent. Porteus,
bishop of London, was for a short time
rector Of Wittersham.
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PHYSICAL EXERCISES OF IN
TELLECTUAL MEN.

Nothing in the habits of Wordsworth
that model of excellent habits-can be
better as an example to men OF letter s
than his love of pedestrian excurs ions
Wherever he happened to be he ex-
plored the whole neighborhood on foot,
looking into every nook and Granny of it;
and not merely the immediate neighbor-
hood, but extended tracts of country;
and in this way he met with much of his
best material. Scott was both a pedee-
trian and an equestrian traveller, having
often, as he tells us, walked thirty miles
or ridden a hundred in those rich and
beautiful districts which afterward
proved to him such a mine of literary
wealth. Goethe took wild delight ir
all sorts OF physical exercise swimming
in the linn by moonlight, skating with
the merry little Weimar court on the
Schwansee, riding about the country on
horseback, and becoming at times quite
outrageous in the rich exuberance of his
energy. Alexander Humboldt was deli
cate in his youth, but the longing for
great enterprises made him dread the
hindrances OF physical insufficiency, so
he accustomed his body to exercise and
fatigue, and prepared himself for those
wonderful explorations which opened his
great GREER. Here are intellectual lives
which were forwarded in their special
aims by habits of physical exercise; and
in an earlier age, have we not also the ex.
ample OF the greatest intellect of great
epoch, the astonishing Leonardo da
Vinci, who took such delight in horse
manship that although, as Vasari tells
us, poverty visited him often, he never
could sell his horses or dismiss his
grooms. The physical and sinte llectual
lives are not incompatible. may go
farther, and affirm that the physical &C.
tivity OF men eminent in literature has
added abundance to their material and
energy to their style; that the activity of
scientific men has led them to innumer-
able discoveries; and that even the more
sensitive and contemplative study of the
fine arts has been carried to higher
perfection by artists who painted action
in which they had their part, or natural
beauty which they had travelled far to
see. Even philosophy itself owes much
to mere physical courage and endurance.
How much that is noblest in ancient
thinking may be due to the hardy health
of SocrateslE Hamerton's ImtelIectu al
Life.
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THE WORLDS DRY LAND.

The area of the dry land of the world is
estimated at 100000 square miles, the
area of the ocean 49,, 2OO,O 900 square miles.
The bulk of the dry land above the level
Of the sea is 23,450,000 cubic miles, and
the volume of the waters of the ocean is
1923, 100000 cubic miles. The mean height
of the land is $3.50 feet. The mean depth
of the whole ocean is Il, 480 feet.
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HOW MEASURE YOUR CHEST

HOW TO MEASURE YOUR CHEST.
As the result of many years expert
ence, the Recruiting Office of the United
States army have adopted this method Of
chest measurement, which may be of ad-
vantage to amateur athletes who find the
circumference of their chests varying
through inaccurate measuring. Strip to
the waist. Hold your arms above your
head, the tips of your fingers touching.
Have the measurer put tape around
your chest under the armpits. Inhale
and exbale naturally. Let your arms
fall easily by your side. The tape will
slip down to the maximum girth of the
chest. This is the mean chest. Exhale
all you can, still keeping your arms by
your side. This is the minimum chest.
Inhale and initiate all you can, in the
same position. This is the maximum
chest. The difference between the mini
mum and maximum chests is called the
mobility. A mobility of three inches in
man of medium height is considered
good, below two and one-half inches it is
poor. Artificial movements of the arms
or muscles interfere with proper meas
urements.