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Year: 1878

A GOOD man in the large sense-in the
root meaning Of the words not merely
"goody -goody" person. The quality is
in his very grain and fiber. He "sbhors
that which is evi |, he cleaves to that which
is good" You can not separate a kind
man from his kindness, nor an honest
man from his honesty, any more than you
can separate him from his intellectual
faculties. Moral qualities are not acci-
dents, but growths. If a man is wicked,
then is his wickedness in him as acidity
is in the sour apple. Evil does not lie
outside of him; is not hung upon him
something that he puts on or of at pleas
ure; it is in him as blood is in the artery,
and as marrow is in the bone.-GOIden
Rule.
Year: 1878

Mark Twain tells the following story, re-
lated by fellow passenger, who, bantered
about his timidity, said he never had been
scared since he had loaded an old Queen
Anne musket for his father once, whereupon
he gave the following:


You see, the old man was trying to learn
me to shoot blackbirds and beasts that tore
up the young corn and such things, so that
l could be ofsome use around the farm, be-
cause l wasn't big enough to do much. My
gun was a single-barrel shotgun, and the
old man carried an old Queen Anne musket
that weighed ton, made report like
thunder-clap aud kicked like mule. The
old man wanted me to shoot the old mus
ket some time but was atraid.g One day,
though, got her down and took her to the
hired man and asked him to load her up,
because it was out in the field. Hiram
said:


"Do you see those marks on the stock
an Y and V, on each side of the queens
crown? Well, that means ten balls and
five slugs-that's her load"


"But how much powders"


"Oh," he says, ait don't matter; put in
three or four handfuls."


So loaded her up that way, and it was
an awful charge-I had sense enough to sec
that-and started out. lcveled.h her on good
many black birds, but every time I went to
pull the trigger l shut my eyes and winked.
was afraid other kick. Towards sundownI
fetched up to the house, and there was the
old man waiting on the porch.


Been out hunting have yep


"Yes, sir" says |.


"What did you.killP',


Didn't kill anything, sir didn't shoot
her off-was afraid she'd kick" knew
blame well she would.


"GiIime that gun /" the old man said, as
mad as sin.


And he took ann at a saplng on the other
side of the road, and I began to drop back
out of danger, and the next moment heard
whirling end over end in the air, and the
old man spinning around on one heel, with
one leg up and both hands on his jaw, and
the bark flying from that old sapling like
there was a hail storm. The old mans
shoulder was set back three inches, his jaw
turned black and blue, and he had To lay
up for a week. Cholera or nothing else can
scare me the way was scared that time.
Year: 1878

amount Of space this section can or
will fill In the Pavilion, but
we desire to apply for forty
or fifty feet along the aisle.
If we find on canvassiug that we
cannot fill this space we will so in
form you. We do not apprehend
any difficulty in the matter so far
as material is concerned, and shall
make all possible exertion to get
out q good display from Santa Ana
and vicinity.


Cannot you spare time to make
us visit notifying us befort hand),
that'w may call meeting of the
people to hear remarks from you on
the subject? =
Our papers will urge it upon the
people to exert themselves to make
the, exhibit from here u creditable
one. Respectfully yours,
COMMITTEE.
BY r. w. ELMENDoRF, Sec.


Secretary Holt will visit Santa
Ana next Saturday evening to help


inaugurate the work.
Year: 1878

! lhe good effects OF good manage
nrnt have never III any instance been
more thoroughly evidenced than in the


history of the Roanoke and Tar River
Agricultural Society. Since Its or
ganlZatlon 1t has steadily increased in
prosperity until now in the 9th year Of
It's existence, after paying out nearly
$4,000 tor property and about $10, 900
annually for premiums, it is entirely
out of debt and has thousand dollars
in the treasury.


This single fact speaks volumes for
the manner in which the affairs of the
society have been managed. but good
as this management has undoubtedly
been. it is not due alone to this that
the Society has been so wonderfully
and continuously successful. The
ease and convenience with which
Weldon can be reached from all quar-
terS of the habitable globe has not been
without its effect. Large numbers of
people have been originally brought to
Weldon by its ease of access and the
chaapness OF the rates on the railroads.
and when one once attends one Of the
Weldon Fairs he or she is certain to
come again, attracted by the merits of
the Fair itself.


The coming Fair Of this Society.
which takes place this year on the last
three DAYS of October and first OF No
vember bids fair to be the most sue
cessful and attractive ever held under
It's auspices. The premium list en-
braces every article Imaginable. The
premiums are much larger than tn )se
offered by any other society. i h 5e
are all money premiums.


They are paid on presentation, with
out drawb back, reserve or grumbling.
These are reasons why exhibitors
should send their wares to Weldon
Another fact, which commends this
Fair to exhibitors from abroad, is that
it is held in the midst of and is attend
ed by the people Of the richest farm
ing country of the State. Former
ehibitors have found tlis to account
We have been informed that every
steam engine ever exhibited at the
Weldon Fair has been sold before
leaving the grounds and from own
knowledge we are inclined to think this
is true. For reason why those who
attend Fairs for pleasure should come
we will simply say that the racing,
dancing and flirting will be of the
finest possible kind. The girls will be
beautiful, the boys gallant and things
will go on SO merrlIy, as to lead to
marriage bells. And SO come to our
Fair-jeldO0 NerS
Year: 1878

Everybody knows that it is not L.
gally necessary to say ON tie face of a
note for value received. 4 note
made OF Sunday is void. Contracts
made on Sunday cannot be enforced
4 note of minor is void. \ contract
made with a minor is void; the same
with lunatic. If note be lost or
stolen 1t cannot release the maker, lie
must pay 1t if the consideration for
which it was given aud the amount
can be proven. Notes bear interest
only when So stated. Principals are
held responsible for the acts OF their
agents. Each individual in partner
ship is bound for the debts Of the
whole firm. Ignorance Of the law ex-
cuseS no one. 1t is fraud 10 conceal "A
fraud. The law compels no one to do
mpossibilities. An agreement with
out consideration is void. Signatures
made with lead pencil are good i'll
law. \ receipt for money Is not
ALWAYS cOucluSiye
Year: 1878

Christopher Betchler died in this
city day before yesterday, and was
buried yesterday. Mr.. Betchler had
nearly run his course when he arrived
here few months since. His last days
We're spent in perfect quiet and seclu-
sion, so much SO that few Of our citizens
knew that he was here. He had passed
his three score and ten. Mr.. Betchler
was a somewhat historical character III
Western North Carolina. He was a
German by birth. and came TO this
country in 1882 or 1888, about the time
that the gold discoveries were made in
Burke and Rutherford counties. n
those days there was no mint or place
for coinage of gold in this part of the
country. Necessity suggested to an
elder member of the family to estab


lish machinery for the coinage of the
quantity of gold then found in that
Year: 1878

we distinguish our paper dollar of ninety-nine
cents from dollar of hundred cents by
calling the latter gold dollar The Buenos
Ayres people had the honesty to acknowledge
that their ''dollar" was worth but four cents,
Though they clung to the old term as we do)
while our Greenbackers contend that our
"dollar'' has always been worth hundred
cents, and that it Is gold which fluctuates in
value. The Herald correspondent however
does not make this mistake. He recognizes
the fact that the coin dollar is the only dollar
of hundred cents.


There is something more to be said. At
the time the paragraph the Herald quotes ap.
peared in the PRESS we supposed the paper
dollar of Buenos Ayres to be still worth four
cents. We were mistaken. 1t is now worth
less than three. So long as the people be-
lieved that the Government would keep its
promises, pay its notes at four cents ON the
dollar, and issue no more the value fixed by
law was maintained. Thus the evil results OF
fuctuating currency were avoided, though
by national dishonor and bankruptcy. But





will keep faith, the value of the dollar is again
fuctuating. Trade is once more disturbed
and values of all kinds unsettled. No man
who sells goods on credit is sure of getting
the value for which he disposed of them.
Trade is once more gambling, and the coun-
try is in the way to its old trouble and mis-
cry.


We see what redundant and deprecated
paper currency has done for Buenos Ayres
and we can judge what it will do for us.
The parallel between the financial policy of
that country and the financial policy
of the greenbackers is so evident that we
only need to call the attention of our readers
to it. Perhaps the Camden Herald, in the
cause of truth, will publish an account of the
money of Buenos Ayres, even though sit
might iDjure the National party" After
misleading its subscribers it should in justice
to them and to itself set them right.
Year: 1878

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
Year: 1878

GLOVER does have the worst luck. He de-
MED the assertions made by some of the
newspaper correspondents concerning his
staff of inquisitors, and they went to work
and proved their statement. 1t was shown
by them, for instance, that his assistant
Moore, after purchasing goods in the Canada
smuggling case with government money and
having them smuggled into New York, had
them seized on information which he gave.
and then claimed and received an award for
discovering and reporting them. 1t further
appeared that he had reported them for seiz.
ure as the goods of one Spencer when he
knew that this was an assumed name of his
assistant, the notorious G. S. Bell, and that
he had no ownership in the goods. Another
thing which Glover brought out without in
tending and thus had spread upon his record
was history of his assistant Moore's attempt,
some years ago, to fix a false charge of MUIR
der on Raymond 81. Perry of Bristol R. l.,
and have him kidnapped and taken to Texas
for trial on this charge.
Year: 1878

A lady with fatal squint came once to
fashionable artist for her portrait He looked
at her aud she looked at him, and both were
embarrassed. He spoke first. "Would your
ladyship permit me" he said, "to take the por-
trait in profile? There is a certain shyness
about one of your ladyship's eyes which is as
difficult 10 arr as it is fascinating in nature"
Year: 1878

WHEN the New Era is convicted of lying
it shows no shame but goes on repeating the
lie. 1t publishes week after week para
graph purporting to be from the New York
World, the authenticity of which has been
repeatedly denied by that journal. This is
the latest denial of the World, appearing in
its issue of Tuesday, April 3Oth:


A correspondent in Portland, Me-, kindly
sends us word that the following sentence, at
triouted to the World has been published 10 a
paper called the New Era. in chat city, and in
other OF what he describes as "greenbsck
papers" in the State.


"The American laborer must make IN his mind
hencetorth not to be so much better off than the
european laborer. Men must be content to work for
less wages. In this way the working man will be
nearer that station in life to which it has pleased
God to call him."


We are trife tired of "branding' this par.
tcuiar calumny. which is of importance to us
solely because those who propagate it do so
with intent to mlsrepresent not only the World
Dot the Democratic party. We have more
than once explained that no such sentiment
was ever expressed in the World, and that the
original inventor of the paragraph was delb.
crate liar, who manufactured it out of wor is
and phrases culled with intent to lie out of diff
terent parts of column in this journal. If
the New Era is edited outside of penitentiary
this notice will bring it to decency If this no.
tlce fails to bring it and all others when it NAV
concern to decency it may become necessary to
snow them better though harder way
Year: 1878

[R. ]. Burdettes TraVel-Letter in Burlington


HswkeYe-I


The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern railway company wrote a new
aud decidedly novel page in the records
of railroad enterprise. For the first
time the company furnished its passeR-
gers with smoked glass and held the
train while they looked at an eclipse of
the sun. 1t was Ogden's idea. The
glass was cut in Burlington, smoked in
the express car and, when the sun, OPP
pressed BY the heat, began to creep into
the shade, every man and woman on the
train blacked his or her nose with one
corner of the glass and watched the
eclipse through the other. The train
stopped and we got out. There was so
much smoked glass around that it made
all that part of the country dark long
before the eclipse. We turned our ex~
pectant faces toward the sun and kept
them there. Presently, with a crash
that was heard distinctly by all the ex>
eursionists, the shadow fell upon the
sun and dark spot on its bright surface
showed that the trouble had COM
menced. This was the only point
in the United States in which the noise
of the eclipse could be heard and the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
people had very carefully timed the ar
rival of the train at this point. Tn





dark spot grew darker and larger and
went tearing across the sun with rasp~
ing, grating sound that would have been
very annoying if it had not been so
wonderful. The shadow did not move
directly across the face of the sun, as was
the case from all other points of obser
walton. but at times dancing rapidly up
and wriggled itself violently from side
to side to the great amazement of the
Messengers. Vulcan was very plainly Wis
ible throughout the eclipse. 1t is a
large star, very enterprising and pro-
gressive, and contains two saw mills,
school house, eighteen stores, three
churches and twenty-nine saloons.
During the eclipse, and while the shadow
WAS at its darkest, most remarkable in
cident occurred, of which / have noticed
no account elsewhere. We saw the man
in the moon. Suddenly he grabbed up
q stencil plate, fsttened it against the
| face of the sun, brushed it violently for
a moment, and, as he.snatched it away
there glowed and burned upon the dark
eclipse, in letters of living light, the
words:


600 north by the Iowa route"
Year: 1878

superseding gas, and wherever it is ex-
tensiyely used the gaslights are extin-
guished. Whether it will ever be used
for indoor lighting is very doubtful, as
1t is too glaring a light when very close
to it, though it is shaded out of doors
with large and heavy frosted shades. For
railroad stations and all central public
places it is superseding gas, but it re-
qaires motive power near at hand to the
candles to keep up a steady current Of
electricity.


There are quite number of electro
cal Illuminating instruments in the ex-
position, but we have not had time yet
to examine them. They blaze away at
all hours of the day, but of course do
not show to advantage in daylight. They
throw out such an intense heat that's such
alight would probably be too oppressive
in doors in summer time
Year: 1878




A silver piece passes current 50 long
rs the imprint is not badly defaced or
weight greatly reduced. A hole through
the con, however, condemns it-a fact,
we believe, not generally known. The
low value Of silver prevents any such
proceedings asin the case of gold, as the
amount which could safely be abstracted
will not pay for the trouble of doing it.
Consequently all silver counterfeits are
true limitations, and there is hardly a
date of dollar, half-dollar or quarter
which has not been copied with remark
able accuracy. The counterfeiter either
makes mould in plaster from the real
coin, and casts from it, or he stamps his
imitation in dies. AS this last process
is the same as in use in the mints, the
counterieits thus produced are more diff
ficult to detect, because, besides being
more accurately finished, the cumpres-
sion which the alloy receives brings It
nearer to standard weight. A large
number of counterfeit silver coins are
made chiefly of type metal. A very
dangerous half-dollar is composed of
silver, copper and zinc, and is worth
about twenty seven cents. 1t is from
seven to ten grains too light. Spurious
half-dollars have appeared which con-
stantly deceive bank telleTs and other
experts because they are of full weight.
They are made Of compound similar to
German silver, and are 50 well plated
with genuine silver that the acid does
not affect them. They are, however, too
thick, and the gauge, as usual where the
balance fails, shows the fact. Counter
feits of the quarter-dollar, though very
plenty, are less dangerous than those of
larger pieces. They are composed of
antimony, tin and lead, and they are
both too thick and too light, although
they have good ring. A peculiar COM
position has been employed, to which
powdered glass is added to give clear
sound but this is but clumsy expe-
dient, as the coin is far below proper
leiS,bt fact easily appreciable by mere
hanohng'-L scientific American f
Year: 1878




LIGHTFUL.


The excursion to Ocean City, yesterday,
lett wilmington promptly at o'clock a.
IN. About six cars comprised the train
when it left this city, and four more were
attached at Delmar. Great numbers of
people got on board at Middletown and
at the different stations and when the
train reached Ocean City, it was made UP
OF about IL cars comfortably filled. The
excursion arrived at its destination at
ll.3O and the excursionists at once occu-
pied their time in getting dinner. After
dinner they found the bathing excellent,
and the bathing houses were well patron
lied. Some of the bathing houses how
ever are in a deplorable condition, the
boards not being closely nailed together
leaving large cracks, making some as un-
MT Tor the purpose they are used for, as
the open air. The hotels are comfortably
filled, and the city has quite number of
guests from Wilmington. These eXcur-
slons are success, and deserve to be as
well patrOniZed in the future as in the
past.


A sail on the bay is very pleasant and
a trimmer or neater craft than the Dan'l
L. Dukeman, cannot be found. Messrs.
Soper and Crammer the proprietors,
thoroughly understand the art of sailing
and Wilmington folks would do well to
patronize them. The ride down was at
times very dusty, hut apart from that it
was very interesting and exhilarating and
In some instances fully equal to a ride on
the bay,
Year: 1878

A common subject of comment is, that a Catholic church is rarely seen in perfectly finished state. Usually one of its two towers or belfries is only carried up to less than half its designed height, or some other prominent detail is left incomplete. This is the case not only in the United States, but also throughout Mexico and the West Indies. The reason for it is characteristic one. When a church is finished, it has to pay a heavy bonus to the See of Rome, and an annual tax thereafter. To evade this payment, the bishops have the churches left incomplete. Instead of supporting the pope from their own revenues, they prefer doing it by begging Peters Pence from servant girls.
Year: 1878

fresh impetus. Almost the en- tire water shed of Pinto creek and it's branches is covered with dense thicketS of catS-claW and similarly stubborn bushes. This fact has heretofore proved a barrier to thorough prospecting.

 Last September we packed our canteen and blanketso on a foot tour that through country, in search of health and subscribers-obtaining plenty of both. In a letter to the SENTINEL we wrote as follows: Passing on, one crosses the headwaters of Pinto creek, a stream flowing to the North into Salt river. Marvellous are tie tales of rich nugget float found along this creek. One man is said to have gathered nearly 300 pouu1S of nugget silver scat tered along its bed. But all efforts to dis cover the ledge, from which came this feat, have hitherto proved futile. The hill sides sloping into the streams are covered with impenetrable thickets of thorny cats claw bushes. These have guarded the hidden treasures of Pinto creek from eye and foot of prospector Not enough grass grows among the shrubs to kindle blaze and their own perennial verdure is proof against fire. In some of the gulches in this vicinity gold was found in limited quantities by the celebrated Minor party, a few years ago. In Lost Gulch gold is still mined and some promising lodges are now being opened. The air is full ot old legends, of discoveries made by soldiers while scouting after ApacheS; and of gold shown by Indians to captives, who were led to it blindfold and allowed to handle the glittering metal, but forbidden to carry any away. In numberless spots are found TulNo OI IOfUincaulOuS anu or dwellings, which only the hand of civilized man could have placed there. They are invariably situated in places unsuited to agriculture and where mining alone could have SUD- ported their occupants. Around them are not found the broken pottery and other relics peculiar to the semi-civiized IndIans who gave place to the cruel Apache. As no other record exists of these forgotten miners, it is fair to suppose that they too were eXterminated.

 Rich indeed must have been the ores that induced those old miners to throw up works of defense and to fight Indians for them, away out in a mountain wilderness, hundreds of miles from their own race or kindred And rich indeed they are :; every new strike proves
Year: 1878

We know a man who is quito par
ticular about keeping everything in
its proper place. We heard him say
that he acquired this habit through


the training of his mother. When
a boy, even as far back as he could


remember, his mother ALWAYS made
him pick up and put away his play
things after he had got through
with them. He was often allowed
10 get out all The materials he want
ed for good time. In bad wealth
er the kitchen was often at the
disposal of himself and brother, but
they always understood that every
thing was TO be cleared up at the
close of the play. No doubt there
is a difference in children, for we
have known boys Of the same fami-
ly, of nearly the same age, brought
up in all respects as nearly alike as
possible, yet one of them was always
careless, and became a careless, easy
man, while the other was extremely
particular in all the details of his
dress, sports and work. Still, grant
ing this difference, which many
would call a natural difference, we
believe persistent training in early
childhood would make an orderly
man out of the most careless child.
Year: 1878

In digging in the ruins of Pompeii
they have opened house that was
undergoing repairs seventeen hun
dred years ago, when the lava from
the Volcano flooded and buried the
city. The tools of the workmen
were found as they dropped them
1t was nearly dinner time, and
bread was in the oven; pig was
lying in the dish ready to be roasted,
just as the cook set il down when
she stepped out to see what was
the matter and never returned. The
bread taken from the oven is now
shown in a museum. Just think OF
it-seventeen hundred years ago.