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Year: 1874

Carpenter still remains the most remark
able assortment of contradictions in public
life, and will until the undertake er is called
in. Whether he dies like a loafer or a gem
tleman is a pure matter of chance. Half of
the visitors of the Senate so home with the
belief that Carpenter is dissolute genius,
with an uncurbed Tredisposition to rowdy-
ism. The other half carry away the idea
that he is an ingram nobleman modern
Sir Roger de Coveriy; the ideal of all that
is enviable in Senator.


To-day he was at his best. He was to
seize the Louisiana enigma, and wrench a
manly solution from its miserable twist
ings. His carriage was Websterian his
attire as smart as Roscoe Conkling's, with
none of the suggestion of the private sala-
ried tailor so conspicuous in the clothes of
the Utica Apollo. "Carpenter looks as nice
as Sumner the day he was buried" said
fellow Of hideous taste in comparisons, be-
hind me. To look at Carpenter to-day, was
to gaze upon an august Representative of
great people senator brimming with the
earnest dignity of high station, and high
or mission.


To o-mOrrow this same man will slouch
dehantly around the chamber, with tum-
bled hair and shirt 'front.' coat old and
misshapen enough for the back of Richard
III, and sloyenly vest and breeches which
Goldsmith would have fouted in his seed
lest days. The Carpenter eyes will glover;
under lip protrude, Ia Nose; the walk
will be swagger, and the whole bearing of
the man will suggest what the worldly call
"Be-jesus STYLE"


In the chair Carpenter is the same strange
fusing of the admirable and reprehenslble,
although he averages better presiding Of
ficer than the senate has had since the days
of Breckenridge. The choking of Of any
objection to his ruling, with a joke or sneer,
Year: 1874

rife gale in the Mediterranean. One huge
wave washed overheard III Of the pilgrims,
and they were drowned. ... There was a
general suspension Of business in Bos-
ton, and all the public schools were closed,
on the 10th, on the occasion Of the OBJ
sequics Of the late Senator Sumner The
funeral ceremonies were very imposing.
Vast crowds assembled to witness and do
honor to the procession. The services at
Kings Chapel were of the most solemn
and impressive character. The remains were
buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery. ..
The Michigan House of Representatives on
the 10th passed to third reading the article
of the new Constitution putting the question
of woman suffrage to a separate vote by the
people =. The colored people in various parts
Of the country held memorial meetings on the
10th in testimony Of their love and veneratiou
for the life and character Of the late Charles
Summer
Year: 1874

THERE are at present twenty three jet
mines in full work, only one of these
being of soft jet. The average number
of men employed in each mine is six, and
there are now some 150 miners engaged
in this industry. Hard jet varies in price
from 70 cents to $3.50 per pound, accord
ing to size and quality, and sometimes
also according to the fluctuations of the
market. When the Prince of Wales life
was in danger Whitby was thronged
with buyers for both the raw and manu-
factured article at any price, and some
spectators were severely bitten by his
happy recovery. 1t is stated that the turn.
over in rough English hard jet amounts
to 100000 annually. The material is
manufactured as follows The jet is first
peeled and stripped of its skin, be it blue
or yellow, by means of q manual chipping
process with heavy iron-handled chisel
II is then sRwn up into the exact sizes for
the object for which it is intended, the
saw being guided by an ingenious ar
rangement Of title wooden directors.
Year: 1874

THERE are two men now living in New
Bedford, Mass, whose united ages are over
one hundred and seventy years, who,
more than sixty years ago, were doing
business together. In the tailoring de,
partment Of their business, at that time or
very soon after, they had in their employ
four females who are also now living In
that city and whose united ages are about
three hundred and twenty years.
Year: 1874

The following from one Of the
leading Northern journals, shows
the theory of government entertain~
ed by our brothers beyond the line


As soon as the President spoke,
the belligerent factions IN Arkansas
saw that their strife must cease
He happened to be on the right side
and gave a good opinion through
his Attorney General for being so,
hut had he taken another course
and firmly commanded peace, there
would probably have been no armed
resistance. He was on the wrong
side in the Louisiana case, yet he
compelled peace. When an issue
is made the federal government is
supreme and powerful enough to
overrule State authority. jackson
showed this i'll the Notification act
of South Carolina, and it was test>
ed, though severely and at an enor-
nous cost Of life and money, in the
late secession war. With all our
States rights and local self governs
ment, there is not a stronger central
power in the world than that at
Washington.
Year: 1874

Shall We have one: There are
certainly business matters demands
ing q County Convention. \ new
Executive Committee is TO be ap>
pointed, and settled plan for guid>
ance in the summer campaign adop>
ted. We hope the present Chairs
Of the Executive Committee will
call convention OF the democrats
Of the county some time during the
early part of next month, and that
the call will meet with hearty re-
sponse from our party. We can
hope for nothing without organiza-
ton.
Year: 1874

The Importance of the campaign
this summer is not. We think, fully
appreciated by the people of North
Carolina. The election of members
Of our State General Assembly is
4 duty containing more real interest
than that of any other officers per-
hans, for it is to them that we look
for those salutary laws that compose
such important clements in a good
government. and such absolute re~
quisites for personal liberty and the
enjoyment of happiness and the
we'll ordering of society. We not
only have to elect an entire Legis~
Iature, bat Judges are to be chosen
in six districts and Solicitors in all
the judicial districts in the State.
The election of county officers too
is matter Of no small moment to a
large portion Of the State. To us,
however, it is matter Of no inter
est, as the taxpayers Of the county
have no voice whatever in their
selection.


The election TO which We look
with the deepest anxiety, howev er,
not because of the essential impor-
tance attached to the office, though
that too is not properly appreciated,
but on account of the effect that
will be produced upon North Caro-
lima politics by democratic yicto>
ry in the State, is that of Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction. We
do not say that it is unimportant
whom we have at the head of our
public schools, but that notwith~
standing the benefits accruing from
good and efficient Superintendent
of Public Instruction, the greater
advantage will flow to the State
from the fact that Radicalism will
have received a blow from which it
will be hard for it to rally in the
gubernatorial election in 1876. A
defeated party always becomes more
or less demoralized and loses a
large portion of its less jealous ad-
herents, while victory not only ems
courages to renewed effort, but
brings the doubling and hating
fully in its ranks and under its ban
ners. With this aspect of the case
the election Of Superintendent be-
comes q most important one, it
becomes q test Of mutual strength,
a salient point on the main line
which, if carried, makes the victory
comparatively easy. We are cons
stantly receiving cheering intelli-
gence of the progress Of Col. Pool.
our candidate, and but little doubt
is entertained that he will 60 in by
Il good majority this summer if his
friends but realize the position and
10 their duty.
Year: 1874

\ clear-headed farmer contrib
utes to the Raual Carolnian a sem
sible article from which we collect
the following, and lay it before the
farmers of Edgecombe for their
consideration:


We may look outkfor drought
every season, and shall seldom look
altogether in vain, but the present
spring up to this time has in most
parts of the country, been marked
by frequent rains, and a wet spring
is likely to be followed by a dry
summer. What can we do about
it Z" do you ask ? Keep the soil
we'll stirred and our crops vigorous
by clean cultivation. If our lands
We're properly prepared before
planting, We have the means in our
hands of protecting our crops
against all moderate droughts. The
bad farmer suffers every year
either from drought or from toe
much moisture, and generally, frou
both. Such bad luck " is sure tc
follow him, from year to year, til
he shall mend his ways and learl
a more rational system of farming
Year: 1874

The San Francisco Bulletin says ::
We have in round numbers 1900 Of
flee holders in our local government.
To maintain them it costs over a mil
lion and a half a year. If to these
1900 we add the State and Federal
officers resident in this city, we will
have a grand total of 1000 men en-
I'loyed in keeping society together in
a community at the outset Of 100000
souls. OF course these are all civil
officers. It will be seen that they
amount exactly to one per cent. of the
population. We have long felt that
government was very burdensome
hereabouts, but the true cause was
not apparent till these figures were
compiled.
Year: 1874

Tho Democratic victory in Ohio will
make imitation and free trade the battle
cries of the Western Democracy. It will
make the Western Democrats so strong
and influential that they will be able to
force the initiation heresy upon their East


ern brethren. All this, with the anti
protection policy which will now be paint
ed on their banner, will give to the finance
and tariff legislation a totally new depart


urc. There will DO q new tendency among
business men to keep out Of investments
until they can see the end Of this new de-
parturc. The fact that has depressed busi-
ness during the past six months is not the
scarcity Of money, but the scarcity Of coni-
dence, the uuwillingnoss Of banks and
CAPITALISTS to trust their money ou. of
th,ir hands upon such securities as bg-i,
ness men could Offer. This sudden turn Cf
the political weathercock, the certainty Of q
strong demand for - new hzncial and anil
protective policy. can not fail TO have an
important effect upon business. Ii upon u
platform Of imitation, repudiation, anti
temperance, and frca-trad1, the Democracy
can carry q State ticket in Ohio, then il
must indeed be difficult for o business man
70 know what to expect, or what the fnan-
c.al bins Of next winters legislation will be.
Year: 1874

BY L. o. BRIDEWELL.


1t would certainly, Worthy Master
and Worthy Patrons, be gratifying t.
the ambition of any one to stand before
the representatives of 10000 farmers
as the selected speaker, on an occasion
like this; but, when it is remembered
that these constitute only small frac
ton of the 800, 900 farmers of this
vast nation, organized on the same
basis and striving to accomplish the
same ends, as ourselves, to stand here
to discuss the great objects of this
organization, becomes a responsible
reality to one, who, although student
the greater part Of his life, has not
been much in the public eye.


The theme sir, is boundless-for in
it and about it are all themes.


AGRICULTURE,


in fact, is the germ from which has
grown up every good to man. I'm
pressed upon humanity when it fell
from that position little lower than
the angels, as the universal cause for
disobedience, it is in the divine econo-
my, the nursery of true nobility, God
fearing and God loving men and
women-iconoclasts of the false idols
Of religion, in morals and in politics,
always pointing out the sure and GER
tain road to the final healing of the
nations. From it came manufactures,
from both came commerce, and from
the three combined, comes the diffusion
of true religion, and the definite and
legitimate civilization of all mankind.


THESE THREE ARE EQUALS.
They are the trinities of the earth.
They should work advance, and prosper,
BY that grand element of selfreliance,
which is the essential to success in all
industries. They should be syntagon-
istic in the highest sense of that term
through all of these rami6cations.
Antagonisms do not exist here naturally
this is always the result of unjust
or unwise legislation. Normal antag-
onisms only exist between the princi-
Piles of evil and of good. These grand
elements of the industry of men, are
all good, and the


IEAT0rrav AMI wAp


that has grown up between capital
and labor, is the work if corrupt men,
who have produced the enmity by the
perversion of natural law, and by the
abuse of the delegated powers of gov
ernment in special legislation. Now,
while there are only great facts, stand
ing out as plain to the eye and mind
of the thinker, as the law of promise
in the heavens, how little do they seem
to impress the rulers and law makers
of this nation; aye, even the agricul-
turists and laboring men themselves
We are but in the broad road of the
nations.


TYRANNY AND DEsPoTIsM,
the will to oppress the many and ele-
vate the few, is the unfortunate legacy
to man by the spirit of evil, when be
and seduuced the mother of
The same end to which we
are certainly tending in this govern
ment this day, is only repetition of
the history Of all nations during all
time. In the middle ages in Europe,
the agriculturists were the very poor
and the very oppressed, labOring for
he very rich and protected, and while
i remained so, the people and the
nations were held under a merciless
crushing out their life and
ight, and the heavy hand was only !
Year: 1874

The Commissioners Of Emigration were to
have met at Castle Garden yesterday afternoon, but
quorum was not present and the Board adjourned At
"A meeting OF the Castle Garden Committee "A comnuni-
cation from Controller Green read asking that the
rent OF Castle Garden for the past year, now due
amounting $4,000. he paid within reasonable time
and threatening that legal measures would soon be
taken II It were not paid After some debate as to
whether Castle Garden the property OF the city
not. the communication was received aud placed file
The resignation OF Patrick o. Day. the agent Buffalo
received. AT meeting OF the Wards Island Com
mittee "A communication was received from the Commits
sOners OF Charities and Correction stating that they
ooud longer bury the dead from Wards Island I'm the
City Cemetery for less than Is each The Committee
voted To discontinue the arrangement with the COmnis
OF Charities and Correction, ana to bury the
dead on Wards Island. The resignation Of DR.. Philip
EssrOser was received.
Year: 1874

coils il the cradle, and as the s tail 81
the snake glided over the side, every
thing around me seemed to swim, and I
tried to catch at the wall of the hut to
save myself from falling. - .


But that soon went of, and gazing in
at the window I tried to make out the
whereabouts of my enemy, as I recapped
and tapped the gun, so that the powder
might run up the nipple


The snake was nowhere to be seen,
and darting in I seized the child, and
carried it out to its mother, when, now
feeling relieved Of one horrible calami-
ty, l obtained my shot-pouch from the
kitchen. rammed down charge upon
the bullet, and cautiously went in search
of the reptile


knew he must still be in the part
of the nut we used for sleeping place,
and after cautiously peering about, I
came upon the hole where it had taken
retuge-an opening between the rough
ly sawn planks laid loosely y down to form
floor, while, unless there was an outlet
beneath the woodwork, 1 felt that the
beast must be there; and to make it
more probable, there was our CAT, chat
we had bought kitten in Sydney, gaz-
ing with staring eyes down at the hole.


Just then I heard soft rustlipg be-
meath my feet, and as I looked down
could see between the two boards the
scaly body gliding along. The next
moment there came the loud report of
the gun, the place was full Of smoke,
there was Z; loud scutf1ing noise, and as
looked down between the boards
where the charge had forced passage
through, there was no sign Of the snake.


Harry, Harry ~ shrieked my wife
just then, and on rushing out, there was
the beast writhing about in the path,
evidently badly wounded, while some
crushed down flowers BY the hut wall
showed plainly the hole of communica-
ton. never saw snake writhe and
twist as that did, but I was too excited
then to feel afraid. and few blows
from the buttend Of my gun laid it so
that there was only little movement
left in its body, which did not stop for
an hour or two after I had cut off its
head with an ak.


l should have liked to skin the beast,
but could not master my horror.
measured it, though !; fourteen feet three
inches long it was. and as thick as my
arm while as to its weight, I saw the
cradle rock to and fro heavily as it glid-
ed over the side.


Snakes are scarce now in these parts;
tor there isn't man in Queensland that
does not wage War against them and
where there was one settler then, there
are scores now.
Year: 1874

DTWe have devoted this column to our
young IN order to interest and improve
them, and We hope that the boys and girls
who write for The GRANGE ADVANCE will
try to see how nicely they can write, and
how much better they can write each time
Remember that the boys and girls of to-
day will soon be the men and women Of our
country, and in their hands will be the
farms, the homes, the schools, the interests
AMI welfare Of the State and Nation.
Year: 1874

It has been found that the roots of a
good crop Of red clover left in an acre Of
land after the removal Of the crop weigh
$3.50 pounds, or from three to three
and one-half tons. The same exam
ination gave the weight of an acre of
rye roots at 3,400 pounds. A similar
experiment gave the weight of the roots
OF alfalfa from an acre at over five tons.


All Of this matter is Of course valuable
for the use of such crops as may be
grown during Of after decomposition.


The weil-known superiority Of clover as
a manuring crop. however, it is not due
alone to the grester amount Of organic


matter, taken nlainly from the atmos-
phere' which Thy roots supply, but also
Year: 1874

Thought is deeper than all speech,
Feeling deeper than all thought,
Souls to souls can never teach,
What unto themselves was tauaht
We are spirits clad in veils;


Man by man WAS never seen,
All our deep communion fails
To remove the shadowy screen.
Heart to heart was never known:
Mind to mind did never meet;
We are columns left alone
Of q temple once complete.
Like the stars that gem tho sky,
Far apart though seeming near,
In our light we scattered lie;
All is thus but starlight here.
What is social company


But babbling summer stream?
What our wise philosophy


But the glancing of a dream?
Only when the sun of love
Melts the scattered stars of thodgH,/
Only when we live above
What the dim-eyed world hath taught.
Only when our souls are fed
BY the fount which gave them birth,
And by inspiration led


Which they never drew from earth.
We, like parted drops of rain,
Swelling till they meet and run,
Shall be all absorbed again.


Melting, flowing into one.


-Christopher Pearse Crunch.
Year: 1874

Thought.


Our thoughts and what they bring
forth. As we sit quietly in our little
room with nothing to interrupt our
thoughts, giving free scope to those dis
criminative forces that enable US togather
from the folios Of memory, the transcript
Of treasured articled gathered for such
times of retrospect, We find many little
gems which, upon furnishing, are in
readiness for that process of evolution
that carries them outside of self into the
world Of events, public property, and
consequently subject to public criticism.


And with what interest we watch
their progress as we. see them whirled
along down the river Of time, with the
seething, rushing mass of thought
that is continually being forced upon
its restless bosom children of onr own
imagination we wish them well, but
how often do they perish like flowers
by the wayside, whose fruition was
brought forth under uncongenial con-
ditions, perhaps of soil and may be sun
light: nevertheless they were ours, and
We mark their resting place with a
period of reflection that enshrines upon
memory's tablet the everlasting impress
sion of their having once been born Of
the souls noblest endeavors in the direc-
ton Of human benefit.


And as often, too, they live, live to
bless many forms whose souls are striv.
ing to work out the problem of human
destiny under false assumptions Of
power, whose uses are continually de-
pleting their resources and demoralizine
their efforts, until at last they are driven
out into this world Of thought in ssafch
Of a panacea to aid and ihvi87Afe the
unsettled condition Of miuQ forces, but
if perchance some thouA Aht Of ours
should contain the remedial agent then
we shall not have lived in vain. Sc
for this purpose We exist, to give and te
receive through this interchange o1
thought, growth, and development
and do you not see how necessary it ii
that We should think and act wisely
for confidence established by one per
son in another makes the opinion o.
that person to him Or her almost ab
solute law, and how many Of us ar
living in accordance to our highest
conceptions Of rights that have estab
lished within US such condolences p
are We not continually dodging the re
eponsibility Of truthfalness to each
other, through fear oferecting some Oh
stacle that would be in the way Of sue
cess to some particular interest Of our,
that is purely selfish ? don't We use .rti
flee and cunning to mislead others thai
We may attain to some object that lies
within their line Of pursuit, and proper
y belonging to them, which We, through
our shrewdness, if yop please to call il
so, seeing the opportunity first and covet
ing it? How many Of us are not com
mitting overt acts against the rulings o.
conscience, in the performance Of these
little tricks and deeds th.t are associated
with the several departments Of the 50
ei.' and business interests of this life
that We have learned blythe use Of de-
ception to consider as necessary to the
eonsnmmation Of our littleIplaas :? Ava.
rice is grinding ont Of humanity The
element Of spiritual growth, and With It.