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July 21,1881 80-lf Two thotisntid doctors propose to meet together end discuss mcdioal suhjeots Tho bonefits tlmt will result, from thisoon not bo CHtimntcd. While tho doctoro are ip convention everybody will got well. ?Boston Globe. It is said that tho intestines of flies ond Other insecto aro blood vessels, tho smallest brandies whereof are 200,000 limes loes than a hair in me/ 3f?er Lato than Ne vor. j^fc ; a raco where somo succeed, voile Otbora aro beginning; ?. >mt hick, at times, nt others speed, That giveB no ear'y winning. . But if you chucee to fall behind, Ne'er shaken your endeavor; Just keep tin? wholc?omo truth in ujtnd 'Tia botter late than never. If you can keep nhead, 'tis well, But ncv.u* trip your neighbor; 'Tis noblo when you cno excel By holest, patient labor. But if you ure outstripped >?t l ist, Pres'on us hold IH over; lleuiopbcr, though you atc surpassed 'Tr* bettor Into than never. Nebr labor foran idle boast ?f viotory o'er another; B?t while you strive your uttermost, Dosi fuirly with n brother, i ?Vhnt'er your station, do your best, And hold your purpose ever; i And if you fail to beat tho rest 'Tis batter late than never. Chooso well tho palh in which you run, Succeed by noble during; Then, though tho Inst, whence once '[ won, Your crown is worth thc wearing. Then never fret if left behind, Nor stuck -ii your codcavor; But ever keep this truth in mind - 'Tie better lato limn never. A Man of Yo Olden Time Wo were pienso 1 to meet on (he siren of York ville, last Thursday, Mr. l?fcone??t W. Smith, better known to our olde Vj bili zeus ns "Abc*' Smith, father ?of 'i i: . Harvey Smith, of Cheater In the yen 1855, Mr. Smith emigrated from th] county, to Brocka Oap, Jefferson COUIMJ Alabama, where his hom! now is. Fe twenty four consecutivo years previous t his departure from York, he was superin tendent of the county poor house, and i can be truthfully said that a moro compe tent official never served thc people. Mr, Smith is a veritable und living lin] between the pa?t and present g?n?rations ns, should he live until that day, he will lu ninety ono years of age on thc 10th of uex December. He is still active and jovial with memory unimpaired, in excellen health, and gives promise to livo for man'; years to como, lie hus lived uu abstemious life, having never, during his lifo time draak os much at a quart of spirituous liquor. He is of a family noted for lon gevity. Ho informs us that ho hud a brother to die io Georgia, about four mouthe ago, at tho ago of 115 years. Two yena ago, ho heard from another brother, then living in Louisville, Ky., at the agc of 117 years, und bc may bo living yet as bo has not been informed of his deuth. Mr. Smith is a native, wo think, of Chester county. Having been born io the I st century, tho cut lier portion of his life w N spent in a comparatively new country, nnd consequently his experience of those days-io the absonoe of railroad, steam boats, thc tclograph and ot.hor modorn con veniences, was even more typionl of fron tier lifo tlinn tho existence of tho hunter on thc far Western pruirie, or tho seeker of gold on thc Pucifio slope to day. In his day, ''wagoning" wus tho univer sal modo of transporting commodities in land from one section to another, and thc owner of a fino team and wogon WOB alto gether 08 important a personage as the modorn manuger of a railroad or steamboat lino. In view of tho unsettled condition of tho country, thc occupation demanded men of enterprise, if not of moral courage. Naturally of au adventurous spirit, Mr. Smith took to tho wagon, just ns if ho worn ! living hie young life over now, ho would be at tho head of sonic publio enterprise, re(. quiring t:crve and enorgy, and mado seve rol "trips," which in this ago of steam and quick transit, would, to tho youngor per aoua of thie generation neem almost incred ible. Among these trips, n notable one was mado during tho war of 1812-14, when ho hauled a loud of 3,001 pounds of cot (on from Fish Dam in Union County, this State, to Philadelphia, for whioh ho re? oeived, for hauling 913 per hundred pounds-or $300 for delivering tho ootton in Philadelphia. With this loud he start ed on tho 12th of October, 1814, and he Oath to memory HOW tho blackened walls of tho capitol, whioh ho saw as ho parsed through Washington, thc work of tho Brit ish undor (louerai Ross, who attomptod to destroy the building in August pre* vious. On his return from Philadelphia, ho loaded his wogon with 3,700 pounds of butter, consigned to Charleston, for which ho was paid 912.50 per hundred pounds for hauling. He rea eh ed (J har lest on in January, 1815, and enlisting in tho United States army, was appointed wagon master. In this capacity ho started out accompanied by 'soldiers, with a boggngo und supply train en routo for White Uiver, Arkansas, thou tho oxtremo Wcstorn boundary of tho States. While on this trip a horso belong ing to him diod. Thoofiioor in command of tho train o.urned tho vu lue of tho horse to bo assessed, and drow an order on thc Quartermaster General in Mr. Smith's favor for $75, thc assessed valuo of tho animal, but up to tho\ ~"*" ' ?*' ;o tho order has not been ?l',?lhor wfcp was eqn?..^, howevo?, yet to . ' co?colcd weapon it must tho amount-ji1"0" ll"u aU #0 .aro near c ful of HU00C88, Tho J"** fottM tiie tUfchd thorio purso t debts, and c$ thinks thc boy living lidJ*|i ?'Southern w,*. " goocj bey has not HtfCH Mr. Smith io QoVr a pensioner of tho U. S. Government for his sorvioca in tho war of 1812-14.- Xorkville Enquirer. Spoopondyke's Picture-Hang ing "Well, my dear," said Mr. Spoopondykc, with a nail in his mouth, and buluuoing I himself waveringly ou n dining room chair, ! "all you'vo got to do now is to get your ! "cturo ro;'dy. and I'll show you how to I hang thu thing.'' lt's uwfui sweet of you, pet," said Mrs. Spoupcndylfo.'nltcrnstoly rubbing tho frame ' ot u very hectic ohroino nnd sucking thu : thumb sha hud been hammering for tito j last twenty minutes. "It's awful sweet I ui'.d thoughtful of you, my dear, to oner j your assista ncc nt such a time, tor I do be lieve I never would have got a nail driven iii that t-tlipid wall " "Of course you wouldn't, my door!" l&nghed Mr. Spoopoukyko. "Who ever saw a woman that could drive a unit? You couldn't drive a galvanized onrpot-tack in a Me.vcn-pound bladder of putty. And speaking ul driving nails, I'd like to kuow if you're ever going to hand up that ham mer, or meat pounder, or whatever you've been using Think I can drive nails with my elbowi"' "lt's thc stove handle, love," said Mrs. Sponpendyke, meekly, handing him n mysterious looking implement, with a woodoo handle nt one end und tim undcr jiW of a shoemaker's plyers nt the other. "Oh, it's n stove hook, is U'r"' said Mr. Spoopondykc, regarding thc weapon with a .sinister rs pression. "Now, if you'd handed n o up a dog iron, or a pair of Heel/ards, i'd have boen right at homo; but a Move honk'. Really, u v dear I'd rather nu lortake to drive n nail with a Soy the handle." "Hut ibo wail's so soft and lonely, dear, it really drives them beaut itu! ly-it they Would univ slick." slid Raid Mis. Spoop'ii" dyke, reassuringly, "Only slick!" said Mr. Spoopelidyko contemptuously; "now I'll bet you never wet thc mucilage on a single tittil before you started. Thai's why they didn't stick for you-ouch! Bulfonu' fd oses! Aro you going to aland serenely by and seo mc beat my knuckles into u shapeless pulp with this dodgostcd, measly mnrlinopikc?" "Poor dear!" s!.;d Mra Spoopcnuykb, consolingly. "You do ucl so (inpatient and nt the first trial, too. Maybe it slruck something hard in tho plaster, Try nu j nther place-that's the way I managed that." "Oh, yes," said Mr. Spoopoudyko, "that's thc way you managed it! and you have punched enough holes io herc to piny cribbage in. Will you gimme another nail? Don't you seo I've knocked thia one flat and con'' n.ipry it up again?" "Can't un) ry it up again!" ejaculated Mrs. Spoopoudyko, in n very gentle voice, handing him another nail. Can't utipry it up ogain!'' Well, if that ain't gram mar!" "Oh, ain't il?'* said Mr. Spoopondykc with n most horriffio smile. "Of course it ain't, you old female seminary with a cracked boll in your cu palo! Am I going to sMiool to you or am 1 driving nails?" "Well, dear," nighed Mrs. Spoopondykc "you're surely not driving nails." '.No, you can just bet I'm not driviu' nails, and you can just bet I ain't a-going to drive no moro nails neither! And yu can bet," continued Mr. Spoupendyke, with still densifying intensely, und a war dnn.-o flourish ns ho le;.ped to the floor, "and you can just bet your high uiuok-a-muck, if you'll set that measly old chromo of yours on thc fiido table I'll throw this duitunstcd thing so fur through it that it won't get back in a century!"-Brooklyn Eagle. Uncle Sam's Balanco Sheet A STRIKING EXHIBIT OP THE COUNTRY'8 FINANCIAL STRENGTH. WASHINGTON, November 3.-Tho nu? nnul repoit of the United States Treasurer Gilfillan, showing tho operations of tho Treasury for the fisoal year onding Juno 30 1881, was submitted to tho Seoretary of tho Treasury to day. Tho transactions of thc Treasurer's oflicc for tho your muy bo summarized us follows: Tho receipts of tho Government show un increase over those of 1880 from every souroo Tho increase in receipts from cus toms is SI 1.037,011, from internal revenue 811,265,011, ?alu of public lands 81,185,-. 350, luUoollnneoue $.'1,177,702. The total i ne rea sc is 827,255,080, which added to a ? net reduction in expenditures of 80,930, O7O, makes nn in?renlo in surplus revenue of 834,180,751. Tho not revenues wero 8300,782,202 and net expenditures 8200,712,887. Tue exocfls of rcoelpts over payments was$100, 000,405, of which 890,872,201 was oxpondod it) tho redemption of tho publie debt. Tho receipts from tho posloflioo were 889,757,004, expenditures 838,514,935, of which ntnounts 824,702,703 wore reooivod nod cxponded directly by post masters. During tho yonr fifty four Nntionul bunks wcro organized nnd twenty wont into vol untary . liquidation, leaving 2,130 doing busincGO nt tho oloso of tho your. No Nn~ tional bank fnilod during tho year. The scmi?unnual duty nourning from National banks was 88,493,552 oil of which has ";n collected and paid into thc Treasury, t">'w-' ,\ho total amount collcotod by tho *no tho establishment of thc .N???V#ki?8tom io 1809, 8108,855," t'l?ll I 'irfl>rA-M Manir ' ? ? Rfcmnfis, I'of-iW Vf am*?^,CKStates currency outstanding ot tho oloso of tho ye.ir was 8802,039,437. There was redeemed during tho your 871, 009.974, making tho totai rodomptiou since tho first issuo of ourrcuoy 82,300, 141,073. United States bonds amounting to 885, 804,050 wero retired duriug tho yeur. Thc oggrcfmto amount retired by purchase, ro? demption, conversion and exohango from ?Mureil 11,1809, to tho oloso of fiscal year is81,983 344,800. Oom pu ri ug the condition of tho TVODS ? ury .September 30, 1881, with ita conditiou on thc sumo day inst year tho most striking j changes arc thc inore iso in g.ild coin ar.d j bullion und standard silver dollars on hand and tn silver cortiGoatOSoutstanding. ?More than $23,000,000 in gold has been depos ! iud with tho Assistant Treasurer in New I York for thc purolnse of exchango on the West and Soul li payable in silver ocrtifi oates during thc last fiftecu months. Tho gross amount of gold and silver coin and bullion hold by tho Treasury in 1881 was 8209,700,000. Thc inore.se within tho lust year Ime boen $5,5500.000, ot whioh nuioant over 839,000,000 was in gold. Thc following oro tho important recom mendations contained in the report: Thc Treasurer regard? tho requirement of thc Act of 1849 that public moneys shall he deposited in the Treasury without diminu tion io any way, us most salutary und im portant, and believes thcro is no BU dicion t reason for excepting from it public moneys collected by the I'ostollico .Department. To correct this, and to secure efficient control nod uniform accountability, lie recommends u ohaugo in tho td* tu tea sp aa to require thc revenues of tho l'ostolliec Depart ment to bo deposited like all other roveuuefl ?o the credit of tho Treasurer's regular, account, and lo bo drawn out only on tho warr nt ol Secretary of I lin Treasury based upon tho requisition of tho Postmiister-ticnerul. notorio g to thu redemption of National hnuk notes, Ti ensurer Gilfillan soya. Aside from the morn difficulty ot properly up I portioning redemption expenses, J am firmly convinced that the power now pos sessed bv National banks of throwing up their circulation at will is wrong in princi ple, unnecessary und dangerous. Under tho present system issuers can suddenly and arbitrarily contract, tho currency to any extent, ?ind it may he for their interest to do this when llicro is a legitimate demand for all the currency in circulation or even moro. A bank haviug issued circulating notes should be held responsible for them until they aro redeemed and it goes out of business, und there is no obligation resting upon tho United Sutes to tam me lite responsibility for their promissory notes. The priviligo of surrendering circula.ion by deposit!nrt lawful money lorita redemp tion io i ..sHi'.ry to coircct redundancy io it.? ci> v um. If a bunk finds thal us issues hrc being redeemed so rapidly ns lo destiny profit Inc obvious remedy is refrain from reissuing tho redeemed notes and retire them according to law. Not would tho withdrawal of thc privilege pre vent thc hanks from winding up business and going into liquidation, inasmuch as thc surrender of circulation by liquidating banks is made under u prior and distinct provision of law. A Mailor of Busmesac '?Were you out lust night, dear?" pi?id Mrs. Breezy, taking her seat ut the break fast table and fumbling nervously with hot fork. '.Oh. no!'' said Mr. Breezy, it wasn't lalo. You see, darling, you wero oslcof, when 1 carno in and-" "No Mr. Breezy, I wm not asleep, bul U8 you say, it was not late fur you. Not ll? ing would oonvinoo you that tho clock struck 3 as you closed tho hall door. Ol course business detained you, my dear ll is wonderful how mush business a man will find to transaot after midnight, but, ol course, we wooton know nothing about sucii things. We can naver understand you men, c.?n wc deo ri" Wc aro always imagin ing nil sorts of horrid things when you happen to sloy away a day or two withoul sending us even II linc Women ?ri so nervous, aro they not den? Wh?t sill] ercittu'cs we are, to lm sum. If we would only go to bed und go tit sleep, it would siv, a world of trouble, would't it. dent? Wi might know that you great strong mon mn take caro of yourselves. If you uri obliged to sit up until 2 or 8 o'clock in lin rau/ning talking business with your custo mers, it is rou I ly ungrateful in us to com plain, for, of ooutto, you have (bo wornt ol it, don't you, darling? Now it mud ha vi bothered you ard how tired you must get and think '.hat it is all for our sakes When you oomc tottering homo and thro? yourself on tho bcd without even tin strength to remove your boots, we shnnli appreciate your dovotioo in thus laboring li support us. Now, lust night, deaf, whet stumbling over the rocking chair ont found yourself obliged to oling to lin he.albo.i rd to support your weary form, yoi presented a redly sad example of tho over worked husband and father When you shattered nerves oa?sod you to upset in] frosh bottle of cologne and so titer tho eon tonta of my work- basket over the fluor you really looked the ty picul martyr n married lifo. Of course you do nut remem ber it, dear, You wero too tired und won out with timi horrid customer to romcmbc anything What a dry, stupid timo yoi must havo talking business up to 3 o'oloel in tho morning, and you looked so sleep; and used up this morning. I would ron ll; imagino you had experienced a severo ill noes if I didn't know it was ono of thoa terrible racking business oares whioh pul you down. 1 soo that you havo quito los your appetite, dcor. You haven't touche your ntct>k. Now, dear, this will uot do. You must not apply yourself so closely to busiucss. It is killing you," onaVMrs. Breczy's mouth curled with n decided I sneer ns she dug a tablespoon into tho fried 1 potatoes. J ? But, my deer,2'' suid Mr. Breezy, mak I i ti g a hcroio effort to swallow a little of tho j steak, "lt was u most important business engage-? "Of course it wus'' said Mrs. Breezy, cs she poured out a cup of coffee with tremb I ling hand. "CM course it was, love Your ! engagements ire always important. They will ?ever keep over until morning, never What if ther-c engagements-theso very j important engagements-do occur fivo or ? six nights out of tho we.ck. Is it a sigu cf ! your prosperity? Should I complain if I you find yourself obliged to meet your customers, ut thc I li cut res, und concert Itu) lb, and ut poker parties in out of thc wpy ol' I hotels';' No, dear, you otc obliged to ad;ipt j yourself to your custom ors' mode of lifo. ; It is till in thc way of business, and wo short-sighted wives ure very unreasonable to suppose for a moment that you frequent I sueh places out of choice, when even in I stinct should tench us (hat you would much I prefer being home in thc bosoms of your families. You denr abused husbands! How patient you arc, to be sure, with us fidgety uurc?sonublc creatures," und Mrs. Breezy pus'icd buck her chair with a jerk und loft tho room.- Fruin thc Brooklyn Foyle. Gottiug Married in North Caro lina. A couple from Virginia landed in Milton I the other morning, n local paper says, to bo I married bv 'Squire Lewis. They walked hand-in-hnnd np Main street ond took a scat upon thc front step of tho 'Squire's office and tho man asked for a license. AB tho 'Squire was preparing to moke it out, liiii buxom girl began to inch oil nnd hesito lcd, and dually said to the young man in a half whisper: "John," said she, "I don't behove 1 will - I never did feel so Austraten'-lnwdl 1 wonder what poppy's doing uow-I feel right tremb otnc - lots go back; oomo on, John." "Well yr.u don't want tho license, then?'' said thc 'Squire. "Hold on thar, Mister; yes wc do," said thc man; and ho moved closer up and set his chin to earnest work. "Now, Solly," ?aid he, "don't go on thaler way: what 'ud tho folks siy? It 'ud bo awful hard on mc. An' thar's thc oaody stew at Bob Brown's to-night, an* nllcr that; And ou.."-; Jones would jest dio a giinnin' over yo;? :.bnut it. She was mad o? pizen yis lerday when wc heard wo wis coinin'-" "1 don't mind her no mur'u thc dust off my feet, but I feel so skittish like, John; wish'crmydio if I hain't sorry wc como. I don't want'er get married, John." ' Say, Mister, fix on your popers," said John. .?Marry i n's nolhin'; no mor'n standiu' up in a r'pellin' class at Oldfield School." "Well, stand up," eaid thc 'Squire. "I'm ready " But as tho ceremony was under way tho girl jerked back, exclaiming: "I'll bc John-dinged cf I do!" Thc V quito suggested that the license had been given, nod that they had geno most too tar to back ont now. "That's so!" 8?id John. "Stand fast, Sully! Don't git oil in'er quiver now," gontly Inking her arm. "Oonie'r 'long in place; it's most over with;" aad she sidled back. As tlio'Squire said, "I now pronounce you lunn and wile!" "Lud'amercy!" cried thc bride, "cn' it ia done?'' "You bot 'tis-easy as spelling; and now we'll yo," Bair] tho min; and they mounted tho horse double and rode out of town. Tho following lines from tho London Notes and Queries aro commended to writers for tho pref s generally: PREPARATION >V MANUSCRIPT. FOR TUE PRLSS. ' Write upon pagoi of o singlo siz?. dross your l's and neatly dot your ?' On one sido only lot your linen bo seen Hntti sides lilied op nnnouuco a verdant green. C< licet, yes rc-corrcct, all that you write, And iel ymir ink bc black und your paper white. Kur spongy foolsoap, of a muddy blue, Betrays u mind of thc samo dismal Imo. Punctuate e/irefully, for on this sooro Nothing proclaims a praotiood writer moro. Then send it off, and, lest it merit laok, Endoso a stamp with which to ccud it bu ol;; Hut firs* pay all the postage on it too, lwrr editor's look blank on "six cents duo," And murmur, as thoy run tho effusion o'er, ?A shuhby follow and a wrotchod bore!1 Yet, ero it goes, tako of it a oopy olenn Writers should own o copying inaohino, ? Little they know thc timo that's spent, and caro, In hunting 'copy' vanished-who knows whore? Bear lhi? in mind, obaorvn it to tho end,' And you shull make the editor your friend." .? ? --- AIIOUT COTTON.-Tho first colton plumed in this country waa in 1521 in South Corolin? Tho plant was discovered growing wild on tho Islnnd of IlinpaDiols ?Iso as fir Mot th oh tho Miosi&jippi ns Mu. thirtieth parallel of latitude, and it hu? been proved to bo indigenous ti tho soil o: tho lower latitudes of Not th Auiorictn W. Elliot, in 1700, gathered the first sAwoss ful cotton orop in South Carolina, ni"* within a fow yenra cotton oulfn Minn bc OQtno gc ne iv. I in extreme Soutlurn States, II). Ad vised ControVraoionl 10 -j- . 'ollowing Mr. R.G. Ingersoll, wo flf?n8?u is allowed to occupy a grea?:. ' pages in the latest number o'i North American Review v9' what is called a rejoinder to Judg Black's reply, contained in a for mer number. If Mr. ThorndikoV, Rice finds t his kind of controversy " acceptable to tho readers of rt once influential publication,- that is his business altogether; but in the interest not only of religion but of common sense, it is to bo hoped that Mr. Ingersoll may bo allowed to have the field entirely to himself. Nothing has given this man's foolish diatribes any popular suc cess or any power to harm tho Christian faith but the mistaken zeal with which ministers and others have hastened to assail him, and Judgo Black, by entering tho lists to dispute with him,has given a dignity to scofling unbelief that it never would have attained other wise. It is foolish to undertake an argument with a man of this kind* who insists upon measuring tho infinite with his two foot rule. No one with even the faintest con ception of religion can possibly bring himself to Ingersoll's mental plane, much less Ingersoll to his. lie doc.-, not know what faith means, a td his opponents never can meet on common ground. If they did he would simply resort to burlesque, and of what possible use is it to argue with that kind of thing? Ingersoll's whole capital is thc cheapest kind of s/nart burlesque, and nobody over would have dreamed of dignifying lt with a place in a prominent review, or oven in thc daily newspapers,} if religious men had treated it .with the little consideration it was en titled to. Thc best thing to do with men ol' this kind is to let them alone. Controversy has given' Ingersoll all his prominence. If he found nobody to reply to him ho would soon drop out of sight^ Doos tho Drought Do Any Good?^* Thc effect of a season of long continued drought is to improve the fertility of the ''oil. During such a season t ho wat or in the soil is continually rising to thc surface by capillary attraction and is there evaporated. It is precisely the reverse of tho leaching 'process. Too much rain passing down through an open soil luis the effect of leaching out thc inorganic eic?, monts and carrying them down beyond tho reach of thc roots of plants. This of course has tho effect of impoverishing the soil by depriving it of thoso clements necessary to tho growth and ma turity of plants. On tho other hand when a drought sets in tire moisture from bclow^ which bolos in solution small portions of ppt ash.soda, magnesia and phosphoric acid commences to risc, and as it evaporates from tho surface it leaves behind it in tho soil near (he surface those inorganic elements, just as the salt \yater when cxaporated will leave , the salt behind. In both cases only the pure water escapes. Alhnat ter held in solution remains. ?THo effect of drought therefore is, to bring up from thc subsoil the ele ments mentioned and to deposit thetn near the surface for tho usc of plants. It follows from this, that soils are improved by drought, provided, tho amount of watfcr necessary to tho growth of a crop, is forthcoming. All of this goes to provo that tho soils of tho drought stricken sections aro now in a goo(. condition to re?oive tho fall sowii.g of rye, oa"ts and wheat with tho promiso of a remunera tive return. Sow ryo op^<?n.,i, land and oats or/wheat stif lands. Tho rye- will -afford-^.. ? lent pasture for cotilo- or %^ i?i^aft will ?ave you-mtg* peinture for com,.and $P<* fU$M convenio^ next/ may ^Tw?vIion, Pf ha ps/ barrel. m?^?t?t ten dollar?