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Year: 1871

A special meeting of Mechanics Engine
Company No will be held Tuesday eve
ming, at half-past seven o'clock, when the
matter of their annual excursion will be
finally determined upon.
Year: 1871

The coal oil remedy for potato bugs,
which not only killed the bugs but the
plant also, is applied on the same principle
that some physicians give medicine-it will
kill the disease and the patient to.
Year: 1871

Administrator Cockrem, of the Depart
ment of improvements, is now busily en-
gagged in the examination of the wharves
and landings with view to such repairs
as may be necessary to put them in first
rate order for the coming business season
Year: 1871

The dog of the Ardennes accompan-
les the flock when it leaves the penfold
in spring, only to return when thewin-
ter's snow drives the sheep home again
for shelter. Each shepherd possesses
one or two of these dogs, according to
the size of his flock, to act as sentinels.
Their office is not to run around and
bark, and keep the sheep in order, but
to protect them from outside foes.
When the herdsmen has gathered his
flock in some rich valley, these white,
shaggy monsters, crouch onthe ground,
apparently half-asleep; but now and
then the great sagacious eyes will
open, and, passing over the whole OF
their charge, remain for a while fixed
on the distant horizon as if they fol
lowed a train of thought which led
them away from earth-sO sadly dc
they gaze into the infinite.


But let the mountain breeze bear tO
his ever-moving nostril the scent of the
hated wolf, or his quick ear detect al
unknown noise; then is the time to see
one of these dogs in his glory. His
eyes become black with ferceness his
hair stands erect; his upper lip be-
comes wrin6led, showing range OF
white, formidable teeth, while g low
growl alone escapes from his throat.
When his keen faculties have detected
the whereabouts of his foe, he rushes
forward with a bound that overleaps all
obstacles, and bark that echoes from
all the surrounding hills


Every dog of the like breed that
may be near, takes up the note and
rushes cleaning through the brush
wood to Join in the attack. Tender as
the childhood he protects, woe to him
who dare lift a hand OH one of the
little ones with whom he has been
brought up. It is rot he who buys
him who is his master it is he who
fed him when pup, who petted and
shared his pittance with hlm-he it is
who has his love, and who reciprocates
his faithful affection. = OUerI03ad
Monthly.
Year: 1871

A foreign journal says that III the
same way as we employ bees to collect
the honey of flowers, which they store
up for their own use and for that of
their young, SO the inhabitants OF the
island of ST Kllda employ certain sea-
fowls to collect cod-liver oil, which
these birds obtain from dead and float
ing fishes as food for their offspring.
The enterprislng natives catch the
bird, and, dipping It's bill into n small
leather bag which they carry with them
compel it TO disgorge the OIL Enough
is obtained in this way to make it au
article of export. 1t differs only
slightly from other cod-liyer oil; the
chief difference being that it is puuer


as the bird by its instinct probably
only appropriates the best portions,
while man does not thus select, but
presses out the whole oleaginous con-
tents Of the fish. 1t must be under
stood that what is sold in the trade as
cod-liver oil is by no means all made
from the liver of Goldfish. Some think
that the oil obtained from the birds ot
! ST. Kilda is a peculiar secretion, or al
least is modified by the bird as the
sweet principle of flowers and wax is
modified by the bees which collect it.
Year: 1871

BY KATE PUTNAM esGooD.
The wind pressed outward from the land
To mutter round the rocky strand;
The summer night was very still,
Save for the trees upon the hill
About me in my leafy place
The branches blew before my face,
AS straining out to watch with me.
The ship far off upon the sea.
lust where the sail fell out of sight
one faint star trembled on the night;
Bevond my reach, I said, that star
Shall keep my steady watch afar
Shall hang DER all the wayward track.
The gong and the coming back,
And in its place more brightly burn
To tell me of q safe return.
Again l watched the low sky swim
And darken to the ocean rim
Far on their edge cloudy line
Lay right across my chosen sign
From underneath the heavy paH
A star shot out saw it fall
And, sfi1oanin Z up the1one hillside,
There came sad wind from the tide.
The boughs fell back into the night,
As stricken with sudden fright
I turned with them and bowed my face
l knew what evil thing had place.
hid my eyes, held my breath
Before the messenger of death
Nor watch nor cry should everm6re
Bring back my sunken ship to shore.
So many stars within the sky,
And none to tell my hope more nigh
So many sails upon the sea,
And never one to come to me
Year: 1871

The sunlight is past, and the dusty air
That filled the day in its prime
OF all the hours, there is none so fair
AS TIE dim white even-tiIne,
Inc wind, that blew like breath of heat,
Is. cooler and fresher now:
Of the winds, there is none so sweet.


Soft evening wind, as thou.
An hour like this is soon forgot,


And never recalled again;
The peace and rest we remember not,


Only the joy and the pain.
Were we content with such pleasure as this,
We might be happy in rest;
But, in the pursuit of more difficult bliss,
We scorn to be easily blest.
Year: 1871

Some gentlemen of this City went on
fishing expedition, recently, to Ber-
gen Point, n. J., to catch weak fish.
Instead of catching week fish, they
caught one strong enough to pull the
boat, containing three men and a boy,
around Newark Bay, for a space of
fifteen minutes. The monster of the
deep proved to be a huge drum-fish
weighing fifty eight and half pounds,
measuring about four feet IN length
and two feet across the centre of it's
drum-hke body. Its head, was about
twice the size of a mans head, and it's
mouth was big enough to admit of the
entrance of a Scotch terrier. The
scales of the fish were of the size and
thickness of a small sized clam she'll
The fish was cut and distributed among
about twenty persons, in pieces large
enough to make u good-sized meal for
family The decapitated head Is dis
played to the wondering gaze of fisher
men on the piles at Bergen Point land
ing. " Y. Times.
Year: 1871

At recent dinner in New York,
in Which no ladies were present, a
man, in responding to the toast /" Wo-
man." dwelt almost solely on the
frailty of the sex, claiming that the
best of them were little better than
the worst, the chief difference being
in their surroundings.


At the conclusion of the speech, a
gentleman present rose and said: i
trust the gentleman in the applica-
ton of his remarks refers to his oaon
mother and sisters, not ours"


The effect of this just and timely
rebuke was overwhelming; and the
maligner of woman was covered with
shame and confusion.


This incident serves an excellent
purpose in prefacing a few words on
This sgbieet;


'0f all tho evils prevalent among
men, we know Of none more blighting
in it's moral effect than the tendency
to speak slightly of the virtue of wo-
man. Nor is there anything in which
young men are SO thoroughly mista-
ken as in the low estimate they form
of the integrity of woman-not Of
their own mothers and sisters. thank
God, but Of others, %ho,' they forget,
are somebody clse's mother and sister.


Letyoung menremember that their
chief happiness in life depends on
their faith on sO0man. No worldly
wisdom, no misanthropic philosophy,
no generalization can cover or weak
en- this fundamental truth. 1t stan Is
like the record of God himself
should si pit IL evsFlasting seal upon
lips that are wont to speak slightly of
women
Year: 1871

In the recent Tax-Payers' Conven-
yention, when the Committee on Gu
mulative Voting made their Report
Gov. Manning took high grounds
against the report and system pro-
posed, and moved to lay the report
on the table, supporting his motion
with the following very appropriate
remarks:


I suppose that no man is more lily
prepared to discuss this point than I
am this evening, but having strong
convictions, will d. so. The ques-
ton seems to me, sir, to consist in
this. Whether we, by this cumula-
tive voting, shall be confined to one
third the power to which we are en-
titled. 1, for one, am willing to bind
myself by no such obligation. The
history Of the world shows US that
the modifying influences Of intelli-
gence have their effects. This settle
ment of the question by the commit
tee prevents any further. discussion.
To think that the people who con-
trolled the government Of South Caro-
lima from the time when it first be-
came colony-to think that they
are to be confined to this one point, is
thought that seems to me is abhor-
rent to the mind of every enlightened
man. It is II sort Of declaration OF
weakness to the other element to ask
them to yield their influence to con-
troll one-third of the State. The true
interest, sir, of the people of South
Carolina is to enlighten the whole
representative mind in the State to
enact laws for the benefit of the
whole people. Whenever you restrict
the mind of the individual people;
you restrict the liberties of the land.
1t is by the homogeneous elements of
the whole State only that the State
can be formed. When you confne
the action of citizen by incorpora-
ton OF restrict it by other means, you
restrict the right Of will and the right
of action. The principles Of human
liberty are just as free, sir, as the air
of Gods heaven.


A compromised No, sir. There is
better voice to appeal to, and that
is the voice of the world. Give us
justice, sir, and equal laws, and you
will have citizens who will obey the
laws, I say for one, that of all the
law-abiding people Of the United
States, this has been the most, 1t is
the mal-administration Of the laws
that gives us all the trouble. There
is no qualification to the sentiments I
make. I will never compromise my
rights as whole for an integral part,
let others modify their sentiments as
they choose. Give us equal laws,
and we would have proper represen-
tation; then will we have justice
throughout the land, and every man
may sit down under his own vine and
fig tree.
Year: 1871

DR.. Dewitt Talmadge quantity bu
truthfully remarks that the too fire
quent absence of force and fire il
the pulpit is the lack Of beet-steak tt
the poor minister.


The salaries of seven-eighths Of the
clergy of all denominations are utter
Ily inadequate to the decent support
Of their families. What more eff
fective damper of the energies of man
than hunger and the pinchings o1
poverty?


And in majority of instances the
servant of God, from his first expert
ence in the meagre commons or cheap
boarding house of the seminary, is
subject through life to a hard and
scanty regimen, little better than
prison fare, With a salary Of four
or five hundred dollars, eked out by
the odds and ends of surprise par
ties, and ofttimes paid en- kind in
stead of cash, after the shoddy ward
robe, fuel, medicines and other ex--
penses of the family have been pro-
cured, what remains to purchase
fresh meats, good tea and coffee and
the other necessaries of life? Hence
we have known faithful ministers to
go days without tasting meat, and
frequently see them toiling in the
garden or field to raise pulse and len
ills to supplement their daily meals.
And yet these men Of God are ex-
pected to- lead in all objects of chari
ty, and present a decent appearance
in society, despite thepaucity of their
means.


Now aside from Christian obliga-
tion, and consideration purely in the
light of business transaction, this
is all wrong, and smacks strongly of
injustice to most worthy and useful
class of the community.


That congregation which expects
moral and mental pabulum, and
beaten oil in the sanctuary, must
be willing to pay for it. Is any man
fitted for intellectual labor, when his
thoughts are prey to worldly cares
and anxieties, and the wants of the
body are ever pressing upon his at
tention But how can it be other
wise in the case of the over-worked
and poorly paid pastor.


The writer can cite certain church
in Southwest Georgia, which gave
$3.50 for melodeon, and raised but
fifty for its starving minister. Is not
this a burlesque upon philanthropy?


The secular press, and all honest
men, are equally bound to cooperate
in upholding the claims OF our faith
full clergy, to at least moderate sup
port, for their manifold labQrs in the
pulpit, at the death bed, aaid the
ravages of the pestilence, and where
ever else suffering humanity calls for
their presence.
Year: 1871

not proud, and married him, and went


to his camp on the banks of the
sylvan stream, where he trapped fol
muskrats. She stayed one night and
came home with a black eye, and,had
to send for a bottle of hair restora-
tive. 1t seemed the noble red man
got drunk and punched her in the
eye, while his old squaw went among
her hair: This girl don't want any
more Indian if she knows her own
heart.
Year: 1871

LApY's ADVERTISEMENT Want


ed, one hundred and fifty young men,


more or less, of all shapes and sizes,
from the tall, graceful dandy with


hair sufficient On his upper lip to
stuff a BARRIERS cushion, down to the


little bow-legged, freckled.face, car
rot-headed upstart. The object is to
form gaping corps, to be in atten-
dance at the church doors at the
close of divine service each Sabbath
evening, to stare at the ladies as they
leave church, and to make delicate
and gentlemanly remarks on their
persoas PEI aRd] dress, All who wish to
enter the a above q corps will appear on n
the steps Of the various church doors
next Sunday evening, when they
will be duly inspected, their names,
personal appearance, and quality Of
brains registered in a book for that
purpose. To prevent a general rush,
we will state that no one will be en-
Istedwhopossesses intellectual capac-
iity above that Of q yell-bred donkey
Year: 1871

formed nucleus for growth, and gradual
ly spread till the whole surface was com
pletely covered with sound and new in
tegument OF skin, and the young man has
good ankle Joint and beautiful stump.


Inc surgeon in charge Whose name we
are not ut liberty TO use) does not claim TO


be the diicoverer Of this treatment. the
credit of which is due 20 celebrated sur
geon Of Paris--Mr. Reverdin, we believe.


But the present case is believed TO be the


most clearly defined and cmincntly sue
.cessful one yet treated in the United
States, and as such will undoubtedly tx-
cite much interest in scientific circles.
Year: 1871

The young lady who represented "Ger-
mania in the peace pageant in New York
isn't dead, after all. The .Stdp gives the
reliable facts thus Throughout the pro-
cession with one arm she leaned upon q
huge double-edged sword, and the other
she distended, with gesture in strict
keeping with the artistic poise of her head.
Her fine figure was inclined slightly for
ward, expressive of constant vigilance.
This tragic attitude Miss Dopyler pre-
served, almost motionless for hours, while
the sixteen miles of pomp and pageantry
slowlywended its way through the crowded
streets. She wore on her head simply n
laurel wreath, and her neck, arms, head
and sandled feet were exposed to the pierc.
ing rays of an almost torrid sun, which
fell with an unusual fervor for the season
After undergoing this excessive heat, fear.
ful fatigue, and almost endless round OF
excitement the blooming lady attended
the grand ball at the German Assembly
rooms, ate hearty, substantial supper,
drank innumerable glasses of beer and
Rhine wine, danced until broad daylight,
and went home with the boys in the
morning Yesterday, when called upon
by the reporter she expressed much SUR
prise atthe report of her death.
Year: 1871

er Wheeling has or has not a remedy such
as indicated, our purpose in referring to
the matter will have been accomplished,


Meanwhile, however this matter may
turn out whether the terminus OF the
Baltimore& Ohio Road shall be restored
to this city or nOt-let us heed the lesson
of our present humiliating position, and
60 earnestly and practically to work
to make ourselves independent of
this corporation, by building one
or more roads thai shall afford us outlets
and inlcts for business in other directions.
The freight business of this city Is worth
half million dollars year to the B@Iti.
more Il Ohio Railroad Company, lEthat
Company cannot afford for that amount OF
business to afford this city reasonable and
decent facilities for carriage and travel, ut
their own rates, let us sec five cannot es'
tablish connections with lines that will,
Year: 1871

A MAN whose wife hanged herself in
his presence, on being asked why he did
not prevent the tragedy, replied II cut
her down three times last week, and l
can't be always cutting her down"
Year: 1871

The maxim that the voice of the people the voice of d
vinity may, in be open doubt but the testi
of honest and enlightened witnesses extending through


series of years, and all to the purpor is worthy
credence admits of question. Upon such testimony the
reputation of Iosteers stomach Bters antdote and
for many ailments based During the twenty years
that it has been before the world nnumeabe preparations
intended to compete with it, have gone up like rockets and
come down the eXnguished sticks Meanwhile the pro-
gress of that incompatible tonic has been swift and steady


always upwards and like the eagles flight 1t in


roduced revolution in therapeutics and it proved to be
of those auary revolutions that cannot go backwards
To-day osteters Bitter of the popular remedies
in Chstenom and commands larger sale than any other
medicinal preparaon domestic imported this side


the Atlantic. As for dyspepsia, bilious disorders
affections, general debility and preventive of
epidemic evers takes precedence of every other remedy
This should teach the ambitious country dealers who en-
deavor to os their local abortions the public in
how futile their small attempts to caoe the community must
necessarily be- Where the game fish have failed there
chance for the " suckers 0ct7
Year: 1871

AN EXCITING CHAsE.-Mr Austin Lawrence, of
Trinity Center, informs US that last Saturday he
was coming along the road just above the Jones
ranch, the other side of Minersve, when he
heard great noise in the brush and halted to
await further developments. In few minutes
Tommy Mullen came out into the road on horse
back, driving a black bear ahead of him, and
cutting him about every other jump with a cat
tie whip. Boston" could not view this scene
without taking hand, and as the bear came up
to him he headed him off by striking bruin over
the head with his cane. He assisted Mr. Null
len in the chase and they finally succeeded in
freeing the bear. @ Boston" stood guard while
Mullen rode down to the ranch about half a
mile distant, and procured a gun with which
they soon dispatched the game. When dressed
he was found to weigh one hundred and fifty
pounds. Mullen was out looking for stock when
he came across the bear and took after him just
for fun.
Year: 1871

PAY YouR TAxEs.-The Assessment Roll has
been placed in the hands of the Tax Collector,
and he gives notice through our columns that
the State and County Taxes for the fiscal year
1912, are now due and payable. Remembal
that these taxes have to be paid at his office in
Weaverville, as the law does not require him to
travel over the county to collect them. By pay
ing up previous to the third Monday in Novem-
Der, the five per cent. additional as well costs
of suit will be saved
Year: 1871

ROAD OvERsEERs, read the notice given by
County Clerk Philbrook, and do not fail to make
your annual settlement by the 9th day of No.
vember. Petitions for the appointment of Road
Overseers for the ensuing year will be in order
at the next session of the Board of Supervisors
Year: 1871

LYcEUM ORGANIzED.-A number of gentlemen
of this place met at Good Templars Hall last
Tuesday evening and organized Lyceum. We
have not been informed of the movements which
this new society will make, further than the
fact that the subject for the first discussion will
be- (which is entitled to the greatest credit,
Columbus for discovering America, or Washing
ton for defending itT' If the good people of
Weaverville will take hold, with the young men
who have started this debating club and make
it a success, they will find that much profitable
amusement can be derived thererom.
Year: 1871

How TO Do UP SHIRT BosoMs.-We have
often heard ladies express desire to know
by what process the fine gloss observed on
new linens, shirt bosoms, &C., is produced.
In order to crafty them we subjoin the fol-
lowing recipe for making gumarabic starch
Take two ounces of gumarabic powder, put
1t into pitcher, and pour on it pint of boil
ing water according to the degree of strength
you desire) and then having covered it, let
it set all night. In the morning pour it care
fully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork
1t, and keep it for use. a tablespoonful of
gum water stirred in a pint Of starch that has
been made in the usual manner, will give to
lawns (elther white or printed) a look of new
mes when nothing else can restore them after
washing. 1t is also good (much diluted) for
thin white muslin and bobinet.
Year: 1871

The pestilence fly, already noted in some
parts Of the country, has appeared in New
York city. 1t is precursor of cholera, and
it is enough to make one have the cholera, to
look at it. Il is little longer than the COM
mon house-fy, and has very transparent
wings, of slightly purple hue The head
is perfectly round, of dark, brown color,
with white mark on the face. The body is
divided like a wasp's. The round portion
next the head to which the wings are attach
ed, is of an invisible green. The remainder
of the body from the waist to the tail presents
alternate rings of jet black and a pale yell
low. 1t has six legs, which are longer than
the common fly's.
Year: 1871

At Lawrence, Kansas, on Sunday, while
minister was hold forth in church, crowd
got up cock-fght in the yard The people
who bad congregated in the church went out
to stop the fight, but awaited until the battle
was over before objecting. The minister
looked out of the window at the crowd and
said I'VE are all miserable sinners
which whipped %
Year: 1871

An oid-fashioned woman remarks, with
pathetic retrospectiveness II can remem-
Der when eight yards of print and ten or
twelve hours work without sewing machine
would make dress. which required only a
pretty collar, black silk apron and brooch
to arrange into very neat toilet. But that
was when ladies did housework in the fore
noon. dined in the middle of the day, oceu-
pied themselves in sewing in the afternoon,
and had tea at 6 o'clock"
Year: 1871

THE THEATRE.-The theatre was thrown
open again last evening, after having been
closed for q period of two weeks, with the
great card of the season. Rose and Harry
Watkins appeared before u good audience,
and were wen received. They are support.
ed well, and abundantly deserve the cor
dial support Of the public.
Year: 1871

The Buffalo (N. Y Courier has the
following allusion to the little game
played by Senator Scott and President
Grant:


"We are told that Senator Scott, the
chairman OF the Ku-Klux committee,
has made statement, and that Grant
is much impressed jess SO. The
President was prepared to be i'm.
pressed; it was arranged that he should
be impressed, and in response to that
impression a proclamation, prepared
beforehand. will be issued declaring
martial Law and ensuring Radical rule
in South Carolina. The Boston Post
saws: This is the downfall Of republi-
can government. What the President
may do in South Carolina he may dc
with equal authority in Massachusetts,,
At the first he will naturally make a
flourish Of pretext in order to save
appearances, but when he has once fair
" begun to operate his military ma
chine, he will pay little regard to such
needless restrictions. We shall, with
out doubt, have the Federal bayonet IN
every State that threatens to repudiate
this usurping Executive next year, and
nothing but q change in Congress Q,
the vote of the people will secure th'
salvation of the Republic from a clea'
military dietatorship.