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Year: 1875

GIVE THE GIRLS A CHANCE. The only
fair way for parents to bring up their
children is to give the girls an equal
chance with the boys. We mean to
educate them as we do the boys, and
prepare them in like manner in all re-
spects to rely upon and support them
selves. This is the only true solution
Of the much vexed question Of woman's
rights. The strong tendency of tho
age is to remove all the disabilities, So
cial as well as legal, which have hereto
fore, prevented women from compet-
ing, successfully with men in all the
different professions and industries.
A girl, therefore, should be brought up
in accordance with this spirit, taught
that tits upon herself she should learn
to rely on reaching that age at which
boys strike out into the world; andinot
to lean helplessly upon father or broth
er, waiting for that model husband who
is to come some day to provide her with
an establishment" A woman must
make, in our opinion, o better wife and
better mother for being sdncAtsd TO
be- aself-reliant land self-depsndent.
Then, parents, look to it that your girls
are SO educated; and then, when you
are forced ID 1oaye them, you win feel
the comforting assurance that whatever
happens, married or single, they have
the ability to support themselves, and
are not liable to be thrown ON thu char
| ity Of q cold world. ollsge Journal 81
10 ,Xit9A K s5s ~
Year: 1875

WHAT CAUSES WIND?-The cause Of
wind or atmospheric currents is the Gre
alton of vacuity. Vacuum is maintained
by vibration to so great an extent that
when the particles of vapor cause vi
bration and coalesce into raindrops, the
space they seem to occupy is diminished
to the extent of about 900 to l, and
the vacuity their great amplitude of vi


bration had maintained is then rushed
into by the surrounding atmosphere.
As the aqueous currents from the equa-
tor become cooled by the polar currents
on which they float, they sink into them,
and the vibrating particles of water
vapor have their vibrating amplitude
shortened more or less rapidly till the
vapor is reduced to a liquid by conden-
sation. The enormous extent of vacu-
ity thus produced by long g-continued
rainfall accounts for long-continued
stormy and windy weather. But some
one ADLER than I may explain how cleo
tricity affects rainfall - whether the
lightning-fash does not cause the union
of surface-foating hydrogen with the
oxygen below into steam, soon con-
densed into water-drops; and whether
or not the molecular change from its
extreme suddenness is not the cause of
thunder. I take it to be SO. But there
can be no doubt that condensation of
aqueous vapor in the atmosphere causes
aerial currents of wind.-J. Barwick.
Year: 1875

Mayor kiAy. of Richmond, says Of
the shock on Wednesday night =" In
all the sound, and the movement
seemed to me to come distinctly from
the east and move toward the west, and
in all the motion was an irregular shah-
ing, not n swaying to and fro, circum-
stance which, even at the time, struck
ME as singular, in view Of the definite
east and west direction which the earth
quake appeared to follow. | do not
think can better describe tho roaring
that accompanied the vibration of the
earth than by saying that it resembled


the sound OF Il chimney on fire /; but
the whole was so unlike anything had
ever witnessed or felt that never
thought of ascribing it to any other
source than an earthquake. Such tur-
moil in the atmosphere, such a tremor
on the earth, trembling of the house
so violent and protracted. could have no
other origin and | shared the alarm
which may well be entertained when
the foundations of the earth are felt
to tremble.'


Surveyor Reed, Of Henrico, says
After the second shock / went out
to view the appearance Of the heavens.
! The sky was clear, not vestige of .
cloud to be seen, but there was a dingy


murkiness about the atmosphere that
| caused the stars to shine with some


what reddish light, and those near the
horizon to have q faint nebulous ap-


pearance. My children are all hard


sleepers, yet they were all instantly


aroused by the first shock, and desert


bed their sensations by lkening them


to the effect produced by powerful el-


ectric current. About an hour previous


to the shocks l had walked out, and


while out noticed several faint flashes


of light, which appeared and disappear


ed so rapidly that was unable to To-


cate them. l had often seen flashes of


this sort on former occasions, thought


nothing about it at the time. These


flashes, though entirely unlike any


form of lightning, were evidently OF


eclectric origin, but whether they had


any connection with the earthquake
that followed do not presume TO say.


Some old soldiers described the sound
as very similar to the noise made by the


passage of heavy army wagons. Stepn-
en- Putney remarked that he remsmber-
ed the impression msde upon his mind
the morning that General Lee attacked
the Fedsrals before Richmond. the ter
rible rattling of the windows and tho
shaking of the houses, but that was not
TO be compared to the effect on him of
the earthquake.
Year: 1875

In response to request for the free
admission of certain French army
cloth, to be imported for the purpose
of making overcoats for the use of
the First Regiment of Infantry, Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, the
Treasury Dempartment decides that it
has no legal authority to admit the
articles free of duty,
Year: 1875

HIT THE NAIL on TIE HEAD.-Tne
Piedmont Press gives as it's experience in
news paper life, and it is about the same
thing down here. The Press hits the nail
on the head in expressing it as follows


"See here, don't get excited when we
send you a statement of your account with
the Press, and swear before you think, that
you don't owe us anything. Time flies
my friends Here is the way they come a.
bout-these misunderstanding. After one
has been getting the paper about sixteen or
eighteen months he will sing out to you
some day, 'helloa old fel, owe you So 90
for your paper, here's the money We
haven't the courage to tell him It's 800,
since two years subscription is due. So
when We send him a dun for the other
$500 he says: "Thunder and bitten I
just paid you the other day" 'Sich is
newspaper life We will have the same
thing to do Shortly with good many on
our books and hope such parties will read
the above and understand.
Year: 1875

MARROW EsCAPE,-We learn from the


Washington Echo THAT Mr. Fred F Hanks,
Engineer of the steamer Northeast, while
that steamer was within a few miles of
her deck, and would have in all probability,


been drowned, had it not been for the
timely arrival Of the Cotton Plant, which
picked him up. It seems that the two
boats were racing, and had ON full steam.
The Northeast, being in advance nearly q
mile, was going at such speed as to prevent
her from turning back and reaching the
unfortunate man IN time, and Immediately
blew four whistles of distress, and was an
swered by the Cotton Plant, which reached
our young friend, we are rejoiced to say,
in time to save him from Watery grave


PERsoNAL-Our contemporaries have been
very generous indeed in their compliment
aIy notices of the new management of the
SoUTHERNER-ENQUIRER, although some
may attribute it to lack of modesty on
our part, we cannot resist the following
from our esteemed friends of the News
and State Agricultural Journal. Says the
News:


The salutory Of Mr. w p Williamson
appears in the last issue Of the SOUTHERN
Err ENQUIRER Of Tarboro. 1t breaths the
right spirit and speaks well for the head
and heart OF the new editor. We gladly
receive his outstretched hand and bid him
welcome to the corps editorial, trusting that
his career may be as brilliant and success
tul as his best friends could desire.


And the Journal:
Messrs W P Williamson and q Charles
have purchased the eSoutherner-Enquirer of
Tarboro, the former becoming editor. We
welcome the talented young editor in his
new sphere of action.
Year: 1875

The ladies of the Little Creek Grange
have concluded to purchase no other goods
except calico for the purpose of making
dresses. Thinking thus to econom1Ze.


A calico dress is neat looking; and is by
far the most convenient, and cheapest dress
worm 1t is made Of cotton, therefore the
Southern ladies should be proud to wear it.
Calico is generally considered a common
article, and many will not wear it Oh that
account; but dare say girls have worn
handsome dresses, when their fathers were
not free from debt. How independent to
feel that your dress is paid for, even If it is
Calico.


Ladies, throw aside the idea of being
milliners, signs and merchants drays.-
Woman was intended to fill nobler sphere
So go to work with set determination to
do all you can to assist your husbands and
fathers in curtailing expenses, and remem-
Der that dress is not the only thing that con-
stitutes lady, but a head full of practical
ideas, a mind we'll cultivated, graceful
manners, industrious and neat habits, an
economical disposition and best of all a pure
| heart, which will beat as tanderly beneath
a calico dress as if robed IN most delicate
| fabric.


CERES.
| Little Creek Grange.
Year: 1875

TAR RIVER NAVIGATION Cove are
requested by the President to contradict ru-
mors which have been circulated by certain
parties to the effect that the steamer North
east would shortly discontinue her trips,
and to state that the company is more de-
termined now than ever to keep the boat
on the river In this connection, we would
also remind the public of the necessity of
sustaining this enterprise. The Tar River
Navigation Company was organized to pro-
tect the people of this section against exor-
bitant freights. 1t is home enterprise
and it is the duty of the people along the
river to sustain it. If the Old Dominion,
which is now making every effort which a
monopoly can to run the boat off, is allow
cd to do 50, they may look for unheard OF
charges for transportation of their produce.
It is matter of dollars and cents to Them
and if the present .enterprise is allowed tx
go by the board, good by, John ! NJ
such available chance will ever be Offered
them again. Now or never.
Year: 1875

GooD.-We invite those of our young
lady readers who are extravagantly in
clined to very sensible communication
in another column from Ceres of Little
Creek Grange whose article we shall always
be pleased to publish. We will be glad to
hear from her as often as she may feel
disposed to favor US.
Year: 1875

Things seem to be going all right
now in South Carolina. Chamber
lalne is making an acceptable Cover
nor, while the people have Quilted
down and appear to be working con-
tendedly and happy for heir material
struction.-Erchanqe.
Year: 1875

UNCALLED FOR FREIGHT.-Mr r Z
Whitehurst, Agent W & W r r, gives no
tice to those who have freight lying in the
ware house at the Depot, that if it is not
called for in Is days, it will be sold at auc-
ton
Year: 1875

NEGRO SHor- One of the strangest


tricks done here a week or SO ago by Prof.


Sands was the one in which he allowed a


pistol to be fired at him, catching the ball
in his teeth Some darkies are smart


enough to discover the "pint in almost


any trick, and so sure was the fellow of
whom we are speaking that he had the
who'll thing in a nutshell that next day he
got one Of his friends to stand ten PAGES off
and fire at him, telling the crowd that gath
cred to see the fun, he could catch the ball
Ike the professor No ? did as he was
directed, but the load took effect in the
guttural regions instcal of the dental
Don't suppose he will be qui.e 50 anxious
to initiate the next trick he sees.


BURGLAEY.-A colored individual whose
name we have forgotten, by means of a
false key entered the store of Mr.. S. Wool
lard on Water Street one night this week.
In divesting the money drawer cf its con-
tents, he concluded to appropriate 1Ir.


Woollards pocket knife (which happened
to be in there also. Next evening his con-
duct excited suspicion and in the search
which followed, the knife and other arti-
cles which were identified by Mr. w. as
his property, were found in Lis possession.
Thereupon Justice Taylor committed him
to jail to await the coming of his Honor,
Judge Hillard, who has little fondness for
rogues and who will doubtless give him
quarters in the Civil Rights Hotel at Raleigh
for few years. He deserves it.
Year: 1875

ABsENr-The Senior being absent in
attendance on the meeting of the Democrat
ic State Executive Committee in Raleigh,
we hope our readers will excuse us for any
short comings in this issue.
Year: 1875

CoMPLAINT.-A gentlemen living in the
upper portion Of the town who does not
wish to report the parties to the town au-
thorities, complains to us of the habit game
sters have of shooting birds in the grove on
his premises. 1t is very annoying and we
hope they will desist at once.
Year: 1875

torpey proposes TO bring the matter before the Grand
Jury of Queens County Monday and move Tor a. IN
fictment against the mate, although In the meah Tine
his name may not he ascertained
Year: 1875

There is one sin which it seems to me
is everywhere and by everybody under
estimated, tolerated with undue toler-
ance, and quite too much overlooked in
our valuations OF character. 1t is the
sin of fretting. 1t Is As common rs air,
as universal as speech; so common that
unless it rises above its usual monotone
We do not even observe it. Watch any
ordinary coming together of people, and
see how many minutes it will be before
somebody frets-that is, makes q more
Year: 1875

sary means Of support, pray the directors
Of the National Bank for the sum Of two
hundred dollars to be used for the sup
port Of our old and helpless father. We
pledge our honor as security, and
promise to pay the above named sum to
the bank within one year" This letter
was handed to the directors. The sum
asked for was given to them, and the
letter torn to pieces; furthermore, the
directors promised to take care Of their
old father as long as he lived. Scarcely
had this happened before it was made
known through the entire city, and rich
and poor paid visits to the old white
headed man, and none went empty
handed. The tailor was thus placed in
good circumstances, and after his death
left small capital for each of his sons,
= reward for their filial love.
Year: 1875

If you never had mother you have
never known how good il was to have
her take you in her lap when yOu had
stubbed your toe, and hear her say !:
''PoOr One-dOn't cry"


When my boy or girl comes home
from school, tears falling and chin
Quivering because some one had snubbed
them, or because the teacher had been
cross or the lesson hard, know what
they want. l take them on my knee,
smooth their hair back, and say:


81 am sorry. 1t used to be so when
was a child, and know how hard it is.
But, never mind; some day Wen have
our horses and carriages, keep hired
girls, five cOachmen, live in q palace,
and the sun will rise on our front stOOp
and set in our back yard"


1t helps them at once, and it isn't ten
minutes before Small Plea is playing
horse with the table-leg, and Long
Primer is singing yankee Doodle" to
her doll.


1t does me good, man though am,
to have old Mrs. Harrison come over to
our house. She hardly gets her nose
inside the door before she exclaims:


"My soul alive! Why, what ails
youY'


Nothing" reply.


But you look pale; you are writing
too much; you poor man-yOull be in
your grave in month If you don't take
better care Of yOurself!"


/ know In my own mind that my
health is good; that l sleep well; that
my ribs are accumulating fat, but never
theless it does me good to hear her go
on as she does. II were boy of ten
or twelve, I'd fall from a tree or get
half drowned just for the sake of seeing
her wipe her eyes on the corner Of her
check apron, and hearing her say:


"POOr boy! I'd give a thousand dol
lars to take your pain away!"


Mr.. Cooper is one of my sort of men.
If q woman comes to him with tears in
her eyes, and says that her COW is dead,
or her boy is sick, or she can't pay her
taxes, he doesn't lean back and 20 to
figuring the interest on fifty cents for
five years, or wondering if he can't take
an advantage and get mortgage on her
little home. 1t would do you good to
see the dimple i'm his fat chin grow
deeper, and his big bosom swell as he
strikes his knee with his fist and ex-
claims:


"Tm glad you came to me first. III
go right out this minute and see about
Il. Go home, my good woman, and
don't you shed another tear"


meet few such men. IL they come
across lad wailing over cold toes, or a
fall, or a beating, they will stop, pat
him on the head, and by speaking a
dozen kind words, they will make the
boy almost believe that he lives under
new sun and i'm new country.


When sickness or fire or flood comes,
/ like a man to knock at my door and
inquire if he can be of any use. If he
can do me favor shall ever feel CRATE
full; if there is nothing for him to do,
l feel grateful for his offer, and almost
wish that he had some trouble so that i
could offer my purse and my services.


say hang man who skulks along in
the fence corners for fear that some one
will want to borrow a dime of him, or
will ask his strength for moment to
help roll log away. The Lord put us
here to help each Other-tO work to-
gether-to lift each other over life's
blocks, and when can't do
my full share of such work, I'm going
to take poison, and no one will care
n Quad.
Year: 1875

Alexander Dumas once received the
following note signed by a French
Count: sMOnsieur-I have the honor To
propose to you to associate yourself with
me in the composition of a drama.
Your name will figure by the side of
mine; you alone composing the drama,
and / alone defraying all the expenses
of the first representation. You shall
have all the profits, for work only for
glory Dumas replied: Monsieur
have never been in the habit Of harness.
ing together in my carriage a horse and
an ass. l regret, then, not to be able to
accept your very kind proposition.
The Count responded: Monster Dumas
i received your note of refusal to
unite our literary labors. You are at
liberty to understand your own interest,
but do not allow yourself in the future
to call me a horse.
Year: 1875

A regular Turkish bed is something
different from ours. There is no bed
stead nor mattress, but about thirty
thickly padded quilts, covered with silk
or satin, laid one on top Of the other OH
the floor, until they are about two feet
deep. The sheets are invariably Of silk,
embroidered, and the coverlid is a mar
vel Of gold and silver embroidery on
satin or velvet. The pillows are of pink,
blue or yellow satin, covered with beau
tiful lace. From the ceiling hangs a
large jewelled and gilded hoop, and
from this rich curtains, which encircle
the bed.
Year: 1875

The most deadly acute disease from
which the people of the United States
are to day suffering is pneumonia.
There are not less than 2.00O cases at
this hour in the city of New York alone.
Many are nearly down with it who do
not suspect it, and these can bring it on
by q single act of indiscretiOn. Ten
minutes on street corner in the cold
wind; glass of brandy or whisky !;
late hours and exposure at night; an
evening in badly ventilated church or
theatre; any of these may permit the
latent disease to manifest itself.


The disease attacks the lungs. but is
not, as generally supposed, a species Of
hasty consumption. There is very little
expectOratiOn in pneumonia, and in
many cases none at all. The cold set
ties on the lungs, the air passages fill
up with mucus, and death is due to the
impOssibility of breathing, or to the
weakness which the disease brings on,
as cautious dieting is necessary. When
the trouble in the lungs is overcome,
the patient is often left in so low a con-
ditiOn that it is impossible to make him
rally. Ii is q rather singular phase of
this deadly disease that the percentage
of cases is as four to one in favor of
men. Women very seldom suffer from
it. This may be due to the greater
exposure to which men are subjected,
and to the more sedentary life of women,
who do not suffer from such constant
changes and such shocks to the lungs
The best preventive against pneumonia
is to keep the mouth closed when going
from hot place to cold, and breathe
through the nose. IL comes like flash
of lightning; there is no preparation OF
means of averting 1t. One may go to
bed healthy. to all appearances. and
wake up with the disease IN full blast
Then it is simply a question of consti-
tuition. Medical skill avails but little,
and physicians pursue but one course
to keep the patient in a warm, equal
temperature to give remedies as much
as possible to clear the lungs, and to
seek to keep up the proper animal heat.
Year: 1875

Just beyond the Darbonne of Cllea-
sieu river, in the parish of Caleasieu, is
a white oak tree, about two and a half
feet in diameter. There are no branches
for twenty-five or thirty feet up. About
twelve or fifteen feet up, pine limb or
part of a pine tree, six or eight inches
in diameter, and twelve or sixteen feet
long, runs at right angles through the
center of the tree, sticking out about
the same distance en- either side. It
tapers a little to one end, where are
two or three knots, giving it the appear
ance of tree top. The oak, where it
passes through, is grown closely around
1t. The pine is rich in turpentine, and
will not decay. There is no fork or
hollow in the oak; but it has the ap-
pearance as if hole had been made
and the pine stuck through, after
which the oak closed on it by growth.
The question is, how did the pine get
through the oak, or the oak round the
pine? In Mallet woods there is another
white oak, of considerable size, that
divides into two prongs about one and
half feet from the ground, which, after
running up like pair of owlegs, about
fifteen feet, unite in one round compact
stem. The prongs are about one and a
half feet in diameter and where they
unite above, the tree is larger than
either of them, but smaller than both
together. A man can walk between the
two prongs, and the tree stands on a
land boundary line. Forked trees are
very common but the question here is,
how did the two prongs unite SO per-
fectly into one stem above.
Year: 1875

Hair is not less useful than orna-
mental 1t is bad conductor of heat,
and keeps the head VAIN in winter and
cold in summer. 1t wards off the ef-
feet of the sun; and we find negroes
exposing themselves without head COW
ering to it's burning rays in a tropical
climate without the slightest injury,
and come tribes of wild Arabs
who wear neither tlrboosh nor turban,
are said to rely solely ON their bushy
heads of hair as protection against
sunstroke. 1t may not be generally
known that the state of the hair depends
much on that of the general health. In
perfect health the hair is full, glossy
and rich in its hues, iu consequence of
the absorption from the blood of a nu-
tritive juice containing its proper pro-
portion of oily and albuminous ele-
ments. In persons out of health
it may lose its brilliancy of hue,
and become Iank and straight,
from the presence of imperfect juices :;
in others, again, there may be a total
absence of such nutritive elements, and
the hair consequently looks faded and
dead. Climate exercises great influence
on the curliness of the hair, as may be
illustrated in the difference in this re-
spect between the native of the north
and the south.