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T'AIRFIELD HERALD
18 'L ill,114i1)K WECEKLY BY
WILLIAMIIFS, & DAVIS.
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[cosTMauJNICATED0.
IIcicony STATION, N. 0.,
July, 31, 1873.
Mr1,. Ndd or :
Our first "Epistlo'' to your reader
will not be complete unless we retro
grade, and mention two more impor
t nt 'iiistitutidns of ptatdb'ville-: First
thle Simonton k'emalo~0le -
which would not have boon overlook
od had we been aware of its where
abouts-wo found it late in the after
noon, and wero both pleased, and sur
prised at the beauty of the grouinds,
and the grandeur of the st'i-i'tuito.
The young ladies were taking vaca-.
Ition, and we were denied the sweet
pleasure" their pretty faces would
have filled us with, so we called upon
our iingination to creato 'inaiis
divine," to peopnle the sylv-xn shades
and to awake with silvery voicos the
cechantcd garden. This college is
under the cate of the Rev. Mr. Mar
'tin-who is now rustioatiug aihotig
the mountains.
AN OLD MIONARCI.
We met in tUris beautiful dpdtth
statesman of former days-2ho 116n.
Abram Venable, a contemporary of
iMr. Calhoun. Wonderful is the only
word that will express the tenacity
*of this gentleman's memory, as, stand
ing faultlessly erect amid tile wrdok
of other days, h-o deseanted upon tho
hallowed past, and deplored the
present.
As he stood tvith oncoirer'ed head-z
his snowy looks dishevelled by the
breeze, his arm shaking with the in
firmities of age, speaking of the great
(lead-he reminded us of a pea'rl 6f
untold value stranded upon the shore
'of time. The other institution (aid
it is nothing less,) is the 'maiumoth
-*utore, and botanical warehbuse of
Wallace Bros. & Stephenson, to
which I before referred, as claiming
to sell a quarter of a million. This
is certainly a curiosity to0 any vhiitor
from a cotton region, an'd ii richly
worth inspection. As well as we'ca',
.jidge and as we are informed, those
.gentleman have now on hand a stock
of merchandize worth seventy-five
thousand dollars-and their supply It
greatly roducod. They have thirty
salesmen and port'ers, and their
sholvei supply almdst every wan't
of their customers, who come from
seven counties with roots and herbs,
to barter for goods. In short it is a
'coinpleto oinnium gatherurn. T'a
. botanical warehouse is removed fr'6m
the Store a short distaneo, and ih t*o
stories high. It ilandor th6 s'apervi.
'vion of a fino B6tanist wl'd absorts the
roots and herbs and ials6 manufactures
essential oils. IPackages of those mcdi.
'cinos look not unlike our cotton bald
anid arc shipped as far as Oanada and
Texas. Ilickory Station Town 'ttken
Its name from an Inn thlat dnco stood
near this point under a hickory tree I
That was long ago. Terh citizens aire
ashamed of the name no0w, and are
racking their brain fdr a th~ore res.
peetable "Entitlo"-lko our colore~
'riends thoy waint a "handle" to it I
.here are 22 stores, one Hotel, (and
'every one wvho can takes boarders)
*three churches al-e fnished atid btlh.
era are in cdntemnplation. The jopu.
lation is about 500, I puppose, with
almost daily additions, I mean pierma.
nant additions Upon the whole it
is quite a flourishing town, and yromi.
sea well for the future.- Tho liouses
are built on tile Dutch style, low stors
lea, a few are painted red.
TIIE IRON ItiALYdEIAtE SPRINGr;
About a quarter of a mile
fi'om the Hotel we have a stronp
.ron Spring, onU draught of
whieh will nmako a ilhan produce a
famine in our section of . cunitry!
We wont diown by moonlight last
night, and swallowed a gallon or two,
and at breakfast we kep>t two Waitdra
exclusively employed .
We are in aight of 1Baker's Moun.
tain, and a whole bhain of lesser ones,
all rohed in the asuire hua Campbell
beautifully describes.
CoCn? MiR$IAL.
It is excedin~gly dangerous to ak
for a glass of whiskey of any of thee
mnountainers, and for the benefit of
iny friends who have a weakness, I
tvill relate an incident which .1 heard
to-day. A stranger' was taken aidl
on theiroad (you know how it is,) and
stopped at a keg cabin, through the~
roof of which, curled the beautiful
smoke, and asked the barofootod
Apacimen of man, for a glass of ihis.
key. Tfhe stranger was requested t<
wait, ho did so and in a very short tim<
ho saw several barefooted gentry stall
up with rifles, and bowic knives. They
held a short consultation, and told th4
strange ho must die ! lma they ha
hworn a terriblo oath to allow no
black hearted detective to pass that
way. A good horso and a pair of spurs
alone prevente-d that .strangor from
selling his life dearer than intin's life
was ever sold ! Mr. Editor, it seems
to. ipe I can hear the olatter of that
ar' horse's foot to this day I
eri'VE D1AMECT.
We were on the street, and two
meq met, when the following dialogue
ensued :
"Gogh Sam I didn't know you ha d
W.'f i. hadn't 'come, I
would'na 1en here" ,
A representative inan-Imagine a
gawky individual six pluss 2f feet
high without his double boots, yellow
hair and ied whiskers, his human
form divine enveloped in faded jeans,
(which might have been brown and
'ten "aain it mightent") out to fit all
pedop'lo, from a tea'n stalk, 'to a fal
staff ! Whose middle *man '(I'm think.
ing of granges) or center of gravity.
has -cotreaved -; o'ver the vdid of which
his apology fo'r 'a 'vest falls in the
most languid aiill'y mpathetio manner.
'One side of his 0o follow.s suit to
hllow the othr a' distaiiec sulliciently
to accomodate his (extra) ordinary,
quid. His eyebrows might be mi.
taken for moustaches, ant they blendi
with the lashes most hiu'thonibusly
to the afilost total ektidetiin 'of the
bainless, soulless orbs-brainless cor
tainly on the ooou1t sciences, but on
the prices of produce and anything he
wants, he is a "regular down caster."I
He.tdwaya begin's the day iti a!
ha f pound plug of the wood, and
.causes moisture enough to put out the
Thespian Hall ! Ile smiles a ghastly
smole when called u-pon to exercise
htimself ip tha't way, atid oeposes
teeth tha't3 look as if they had boon
hewn out of solid rock I His
sunbhined bat "flops" around him
closer than a brother, and when he
turis it up behind he signifies 'ho ba's
'd to 'Sell!! IV01ON VIVANT.
Wh~iE SULPHUR SParON6s, N. C.
Augut 4, 1873.
Mr. Edior.
This beautiful sp'ot 'bould Trave
been (and may yet be) the birth place
of so'mo 'child of song. At any rate
p'rose is too prosy, a'nd 'to our ro
mantic, and uAoplist'icated mind
seems t de'secrato any description
ivo may have the temerity 'to attempt.
The Sparkling Catawba, or White
Sulphur Spring is in C.tawba 'Conn
ty, eight m;1es from Hickory Station,
and &cess is made very pleasant by
:good rondsi easy carriages, "and
fast, fat ho'res. The main buildings
tWo in nuinber are large two story
w'6dden stractlad with blin'ds to the
*indows (blinds are of recent intro.
duction, and the one in which the
proprietor resides is distinguished by
the narie ."Castle Thunder I" The
other building contains ball rooms,
dining ball and billiard saloon. A
hort distance rem'oved iA the Ton
Pin Alley-.
White cottages are 'do't round,
forming, with the main buildings, a
semi-circle. On the extreme right is
the stand where the cornet band dia
Bou.rasea sw'eet m usic. The first cot..
tage on the right is the "Joff. Davis'"
which is highly 'drnamented, and the
foliage of thie old oaks, sceen it from
the hun. There the gentletiion with
an' without crutches most do uongre.
gate, and h-elibVe the todi'dm with
chessi backgammon; cards &e.
TIlE PROPnIETOR1
Dr. Elliottis a jaundiced individai.
al of small statue, and as we leArn;
of sinaller Vi ws--hie dentrabted
features clearly index a niarrow mind,
and as he utters his stereotyped
"Hiowdyti do; glad to see you"-echo
niakeai him ad1d, "I have felt the spell
cf tile mighty dollar, and it has
withered rme." however his hbuse
keeper ibsists on a. good tabls; aind
e arb satisflod. We *dtild hbheover
enjoy flurrotitidingh, there if the
Dloetor *h8uld i-ida mere sulphur
water ind recater from the "depipA ."
Trhere are about fifty boarderB h1l'fe
now, and wvith a little hlntiirpriso suich
as the Plant tion: hitters man has so
mitch uf-the numaber would as easily
roabh t*o di- thi-ce hundrod.
tihis wonderful fluid is encased in
a marble font, supported by blooks of
graPite, and enclosed with iron rail
ing, It has a bluish color, and a hor
rible odor of ''apfled eggs !" We do
hot thske fo ii mucitly I We are here
for recreation, and we find that in a
"cobbler" w ith a straw in it!i A bout
noon a white laborer came in from
the field, and quaffed abodft a
gallon, ttstod a moment., and drank
as rtuh filofo. We said LIoh'k here
friend, are you hollow all the way
through ?" He showed his granite
teeth, and we had business up at
"'Castle Thunder !"
iIA LL oN TIE 'APig.
We are in a reasonable state of
excitement over the coming dance,
our irreligious heels are very unruly,
and from their contintrous tapping
evince an anxiety for the front. Tlh er
arc to be extra trains fenm 6ld Fer.
and Salisbiry, and visitors are ex
pected from all points of the com
pass. We are going to do our pur.
tiest, and wifl r-lloumt an eifulgent ray
upon the place "where we are from."
We only have to regrot your ab
sboe, Mr. Editor-could you be there,
your comaly proportions propped up
in an ingle with iecd cake, cream,
sherbert, etc. '-you would feel such
a degree of delight with all iiiai-kind,
that your facile pen would rii riot
and the old- folks at home would
know all about it. But we must not
anticipate.
A 81101MA'KERESS.
On our way thither we 'aw 'a "fe
male woman" engaged in the science
of shoemaking. Wo looked and were
amazed at the view and dexterity
with which she pounded a "solo." We
forgot for a moment that the sex wore
soul killers! This feminine appeared
as great -a philafitropist is Thad
Stevens, in her anxiety to provide
for the wants of others she forgot her
own-as her nude, and begrimmed
pedal extremities loudly proclaim
ed ! !
nEAUTY.
On this partioular point., Mr. Edi
tor, nature has dispensed her 'favbrs
with penurious hand ! In fact, ivIen
we look around, we feel that the
fjord has sorely affected this people I
The graceless amnz-)ns wyho go bare-1
footed, and bareheaded at home, and
who wield the hoe and the axe like.
men, do not please our critical eye.
We love the sweet girls at home.
"Those wM vaked (he poets sigh
The girls who gave to song,
What gold can iever buy."
BON VIVA NT.
The 8oiuthern llist'brical Society.
The Southern Historical Society,
whose object it is to collect and pro
serve authentic record, and other
evidence, of all the facts material to
'a correct history of the late war 5e-'
tween the States, will hold a conven
'tion, to be composed of delegates
from alltho Soutliern States, i't the
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs
in Virginit, to commence on Thura..
day, the l4th day of August next.
A. full delegation has been appointed
from our State*, anId beside the'
delegates proper from the different
States, it in expected that all, or
nearly all, of the officers of the society
will be present. These officers are :
Prsident-Rev. B. M. Palmer, D.
D. Vice- Pres.ident-G en. G. T.
Beauregard. Secretary and Treasu
rer-Dr. John W. Cald well. Vice.
3residents of Ststes -Gen. J. A.
Early, Virginia; lion. S. Tenakle
.Wallis, Maryland ; Glen. D. 11. Hill,
North Carolina ; Gen. Wade Haip
$on S6tth Carolina Gen. Joseph.,E.
Johnston, Georgia ; Admiral nt
phael Semmes, Alabama ;Gov. Isham
G. Harris,lTennessec ; Gov. Benj. G.
Humphroys, Mississi ppi ; Col. Ashbol
Smih,.Texas; Gen. ,6 oii C. Breckin
ridge, klentuety, Gen. Trusten Polk,
Mo.; Hon. A. I. Garland, Ark.;
Capt. Charles E. Dye, Fla. ; W. V.
Corcoran, District of Co)uiubia. .
, Ther'o is no Vico-Preside'nt for
L6nisiina, New Orleans being the
seat of the present society, and Gen.
Beaaregard being Vice-President
thereof.-Constitution.
1)istribntioin of the Sexts.
In numbers, the two sexes are very
nearly equail in the United State:
niles 19),493,565 ; females 19,0W ,
noG; but the distri ution is not even.
The greatest excess of males is found
in idaho (12,184 to 2,815 females,)
Montana (16,771 to 3,8241,) Wyoming
(7,219 to 1,899,) and Netada (32,379
to 10,112.) Fe males ai-a iii .eths in
Alabama (5041,560 to 4182, 470,) Dis
trict of Columbia (61,287 to 541,159,)
Georgia (600O,856 to 57-2,125,) Louis
iana " (336,345 to 328,743,) Maine
290,600 to 297,434,) Maryland ($.,
246 to 342,236,) Macsachusqtts (568,
1180 to 535,852,) Necd Iampshire
(147,698 to .140,991,) New Jersey
(363,664 to 353,485,) and New York
(1,647,214 to 1,599,192,) Virginia,
Vermont; Tdunessee, bcih Cardligas,
RhodgIland, Pemiisyldlnia, Ohio
hbd Ib he Meio alldw a like excess
of female pojiulation. In Utah,
there are more mals-28,994 to 27,
090.-S&cnti:/ic .Aliscella ny.
'the rissociation fornded in ilM3 for.
the purpose of pfocuring a colosiial
equestrain statue of the late Thomas
J. Jackson, to be placed at the Vir
gini Military Institute, at Lexing
tonl, at a price not to exceed twenty.
five thousand dollars in gold, an
nounces the completion of the work,
and that the statue is at Nurombefg,
Bavaria; awaiting shipieinti o this
oountry. Five thousand dollars of
the amount above mentioned has
been paid to thme artist, and it re
mains now to colleet the balan~e
from among those who clierish the
memory of one of the groat captains
of the Confederacy.
Colonel Mosby says ho shall vote
fqr the Conservative bandidato for
Govern1or of Virginia, whoever he
may be, claiming that he has never
changed his political principles, n~t
withstanding his support of Grant in
opposi tion to Orcnely.
We, copy the following extracts.j
from the Saret.bga corrospondeince of
the News and Courier.
TilE PEOPLE WHO VISIT SAnATOGA
are generally the rich, aid here is the
place to see rich men when they aro
untrammelled by business, and are
submissive to the charms of social life.,
'1'heri are more than a half dozon here!
whose individual wealth in each (ase5
would be under.estimated at $50,000,
000. Intellectual men, stylish men,
tihe beaux of society, men of the
World, ahd odcasibnlly fast men, are
'to be 'secn in Saratoga. Womlen
blondes and brunettes of either ex,
treme-the fluttering bee of fashion,
the gentler bird of beadty, the lady of
social rank who has enjoyed preroga
tivos that #6'talft have proeed morel
than one cooing pair, and her less
rotund maiden sister who, with the
wisdom of a warrior, resides behind
artifleiial breastworks--these make up
some of the peop'lo. fohdffi t'lis ,shni
ple-robin of A nor'ioal ociety flour
ishing at Saratoga, and throughout
almost the whole theru runs the per.
vading leaven of wealth. 'df maiden
ladio-a iwo still struggle and twit to
look enchanting in spite of Time's
effacing fingers, and of widows, dan
gerous and desperate as they endeav
or to recall their early charms, there
are not a few. Of future hcart-breakere
girls less than thirteen, there arc nany
of dazzling beauty ; of present heart.
r'pulcers, there is a fair proportion ;
but \vhere are the young umen, beaux
for all these ? Where, oh ! Where I
kIho'answers, "No where." The ab.
senee of young men has been coin.
imented upon for several seasons.
The wonien here are generally large,
it bcing a rare thing t, Seo a woman
under one hundred and forty pounds.
I saw a woman in the ballroom of the
Grand Central last nigbt, in -regular
costume, that would i.ot weigh less
than four htidrcd and fifty pounds,
and I do not sujpose the had exhibit
ed upon.her p'erson lens than fifteen
or twcnty th6tiaand dollars' worth of
silks, diamonds, &o.. Seventy-five
yards of silk would be a low estimate.
THE i'ide(iPA. I-OTFLS
are the Grand Union. Congress flall,
the Grand Central and the Clareadon,
but be.,ides these'thero are innumiera
ble expellent boarding.houses.
one of these-the Manor House-I so.
journ myself, and I nhesitatingly
recommend It to hl Y.y fri'n'ds as the
nicest, most comfo'rtable n'nd delight
ful boarding-house in all this region
of hotels. 9fhe United States Hotel
is being rebuilt, ntid will probably.be
ready for the admission of ute'ts by
next season'. It will be a mfiammothi
affair. To ot on which it is being
erected cost $150,000,and the esti
mated cost of the hotel is $1,000,000.
The Grand Union Hotel is iocated on
the *cst tld'e of Broadway', an',d with
Its man~ifldent grounds enilraces a
space of seven acres in extent, cover.
ing noim !y an entire square. It is a
splendid brick structure, with a strecet
frontage of 1264 feet. Tle office,
parlor, di'iing roomi and'danein'g hall
are unc'qualled for size, graceful ar
ebitecture and splendid equipments
and finish-the former exhibiting a
lavish .display of white and clored
mnarbl'es', while a series of colonnades
rise from the 'centre to the dome. A
vertical railway,'boMaprising the latest
improvem'ents, r'enders the sie htories
so easy of ieceso as to lie equally de
sirable to gu'h TJhere are threi
chandeliers in the parlor which cost
$3,ono apiece. The whole beloings
to A. T. Stewart, of New York, and
cost hmila $000,000i. T' he oapacity of
this hbit.se. isgr'edtr 'thin thait of any
oliher in tlie worldl' SmpeI sidea may
be formed from thud followmng statis
tics: Length of pilirms, one mnile;
hmalls, two miler:; carpeting, twelve
acres; mar le.t-iling, one aqre; number
of .Voomns, 824; doors, 1474; windows,
i891. Thie dining room is 250 feet
by 53 feet and 20 feet high,1an4j will
accommodato at one 1Atting I20l6 peo
ple. The folloning s tatemnent gives
the ai'erage daily consuuniption of cer
tdin articles at thisgranud hotel: Milk,
over 1200 qluarts; beef, 1500 pounds;
chickens, 800; berris, 250 tiuarta.
Tlhese flgnr a wire furnished by the
steward oh' the h'otel. To prepare andl
serve up this daily pabulum rerjuires
35 cooks and 200 wait ers.
Professor WV. J; Rivers has been
offered, and has niccpteil, the position
of principal of Walhington College,
in Miaryland, and hias rosigisod his
professorshmip of ancient loinguag< A
and literature in the University of
South Carolii'a. For eighteen years
Professor Rivers has held hisi chmair ih'
the College iSna University of the
State amid was always a favorite tvith
the students. Known all otor the
State as a polished scholar 6bd a ciii:
tii'ated gefitibm an; h is absence from
the State will be universally regret
ted.-- Union and Her Eld.
The old story of tio' n'atifes of
India soluntarily thiro'+ing them
selves beneath thme ea'r of Jugqgernaut
is shown t6 be purly fictional by
modern investigators. Poaths have
occurred, but It is proved that they
were always accidental, so far as [thie
vietimns wer6 concerned.
Olhere are so 1hiny of Them.
In his reeent execllent addre< be
foto the P[re.s Ao~'eintion of Tell.
ssee, Gen. I I. a 1. Jones, of the
Nahvillc Union & A iwric.a, Ii
t0h0 followinlg truthfu111li% lit acou o
newspaper mortality :
"WVe do much witut eompe.ie.
1.o1l. W paY too muh iiInloney
without any return whatover. Wc
establish an elO'-isyniry, init.ituti il
at our own c.xpcuse. We keep it ei, li,
ty school on our own hook. W con.
duct businecss as if we or:0 everytiing
to the public, and the p ublie, is not
iidebted to us a farthing. We art,
preyed up by the sharpers and inno
cents aliko. We advertise gratuitous
ly every week, wheu we shiould have
the money for it. The general
publio are ent'rcly ignoraht-proba
bly ourselves are not fully aware of
the extent to which newspapers are
burdened by this insidious dlain
upon its resources. It insinate*
itself in every conceivable form. It
does it through reporters, throuii
agents, through corresponldents,
through editors, through busincs
intmagers, through prop ietors, and
generally, tod with :; iuch d isa
vantage to the public as to the
press.
There is not a business, from tlie
dispeniser of ginger cakes and ciler
to the Iar'ge!t man uifatory, whiclh
will not advertise with you grate
which will, if you listen to it, en
deavor to convince you that it is your
duty to the public to do so. There is
not an aspirant for public taition
and when I contemplate the n umber
of these, I expeiience an overwh chun
ing sense of eommiih-dd imar enmenl,
und disgust-from constab ile t) tfhe
Senate of the Ulion, wlo dvoes not
conscientiously bclievo it to Le tie
imperative duty (if the p daily
and weekly, to speak with a pen of
telescopic power, of his microscopie
deserviligs. Even that army of
strollers which infest the county and
the peoplo an a Cort of viritation of
Providenuo for our iniquitics, from
the ,treet corner seller of prizo candy
or magic oil, to the operatic empres
sario, will expect you to write an in
definito number of editcrial.s on a
three Equare advertiseent, iniserted
for five days, changeablo daily, with.
out charge. Vo are required to
write up, to ulgo up, and p Iii rough
every enterpri:.e, great mr smkll, that
seis to have a posible coinectioi wit I
the public. - oit v:e mver hear if a
share of stock or a did4;idnd. The
church, tle Statet c0w1111re10, indius
try, art, inventi0u and humbug alike,
seoel to regird tle p Ir:. a their s r
vito s, and to ibe rn run and sustain.
ed for their advantage."'
- -.P'0. -
A Sililidtard 'trrecly.
The question of a. stand:ird cur
rency thIirougho ut the world ki L a
fair way of being solvc-1 IKeent
new's from South Almerica, eoifirmed
by 'dispatchies from Washington, is to
the effect that no Ic-s tha eiglt or
teii of the different gov(lin nt11(s of
that 1;irt of the continent, havo ap.
{>liid to the I'nitel SLates to have
ilver coin manufactired at otur wint
of our -standard dollar, hl f-4l1 bar,
dimo, half-dIime and quarter-dollar
pieces, and g~ol~d comin of oar qunarter
arid a Elf ena.;h, eagle anid doublie
e igle deiinimnat inns, wi; h, of cu r:.c,
heir own (listinctiv e deosigns, but o f
thi sam valn es of our own ecoinI, si
as to be in t Erollang.:aiible. (Cin'o Hr
pill be aosked noL'n winte- t) p-i: .
law auhrini'hig thtis coinage. w hicuh it
successful, will s~oni mike the1 uin iif
this half of the glolo of one valune,
and do more to produce an initernlia
Jional nionecy system i than all thle
irenchi theioriesi andt financial wr itoi.
could bring abouit in a centuiry.
The pre.: of Germnany, undel r the
Dismnarch regi mie, is iln a sorry plight,
which is only tolerable in vie w of thio
hoped for early going ouit of power of
that celebrated mani. The psit ion
of a respionsilEl editor of a f'rassianl
newspaper has becomo so dangerous
that Romo ignorent andl hardy fellow,
towhom imperial breadl and water
would be no great privation, is paid
to not as a dummwiy iand stand the pen
altieos. The D)eutschi Freie Zeitug,
of .ilrlin, has announced that its ro
sponsible director is licensed street
piorter No. 107. N~o. 1(07, while act.
ing ias responsible editor of thie Frecig
Zeitung, con tin ues h is occu p atilin o f
carrying boxes and( mie~ssiages, untless
when interrupted by a sullmonis to
court.
g'reat joy t hat, Mr. Dariwini was re
eced by twenty nix agaiinst six
votes; as co;rcreponiding miemnber of the
IFrench A cademiy of ScionCen. Th'le
six votes were given to him, it says,
by the "triends of the Apes.'"
On Sunday last, Mrs. Isabella M.
Blocker, of Turkey Creek, Edgef'ield
County, died in the 80th year of her
age. She was a grandl nice of Dr.
James Becattie, the famous Scotch
poet, and was born, educated and mar
ried in Charleston.
taura Fair has struck a balance
sheet, and finds it cost her $11,100
to settle Crittondcn'a asn.
W\ork oil 'kilo p'reat Tlra iiativl
Imiloonl of thle Daily UOrat )is
be en rapI i';dly pisied durig theI ia.At
two weeks, and every portion of the
!appar itu s now in an ad vaned stage
rgress Jrio eight to twelve,
IIbines of the lloIestie 'ewing
acieCompa,"ny have b'ellen can
stantly eiployed in sewing the scams
and unit ig the immense sti-ps of,
cloth. I b-st evening 5,500, 87
te'iie had been nIa.'0, andi over
four of the eight miles of towing r'
guired had been acei-nilished. TIh
foeeO will U further increased on
Mnday, and by tlhe- cloe oL n1 ext
week, aII the sowingr w ill live been
fini.h ed. The work of attaching the
doubitling, or seeonil thitkiiess o cloth
to the ciown of the balloon-a deli
cule operati'n, r 11iri1g much ikili
and experience-i.; being perforimed
und r tho inuie iate supervision of
MiS Ih inig, the niece of Profes'
Wie. Nearly one-ialf the. netting
is in ished. Profes'or Wiso and
Doiildson are superintendiug every
stepj of the prep..rat ions.
At the 1 flioolyn Navy Yard the
strip s which have alirady been ii h
ed are being coat-ed with varnish con.
sitig iof linseed oil, boiled very
th:ek, which irduedil with beizino
;i laid on with e:.lciiininig brushes.
SiX painteis ar) egiged in th i. por
tion ofii the work. The t rip will re.
grethree coiats of varnlish, One in
aide and two outsit, The varnish
ing and drying will ocuepy those mix
mn i ngl the i.ext two weeks. It
is the 11e.Ft te-!ious and slow "art of
tile work.
The construction of the car has
aIlrealy beeni oimmiten'l. ''he mnak.
ing of the boips as well ai of tho
valve, reiJi iri most careful mii anipl.
Ition aot hi's L. Yn intruxted to R1.
SIl ue & C '. The car will be inldo in
great part of mrene and due. and
will be In togetier and finished at
ile lmityt i l lull liig.
The lifchout, hals been connoced,
and will be finished on tlhe first 'Mon.
day in August. 1, is building at the
m lott ex pe Iienced boat-b ui ier 1
the city, and in nc ordnieo with tLho
bet approved plans.
't tmmct sil highly probable that the
bafilloon wIll be leadiy I-) ftart by tho
20th of A ngust.---N. Ortfli,.
A profes;or of Cornell University
recently published1 a nuib'cr -f hinto
as to "What to do in cases of acCil
deit" OQIlo of thee" was at; follows .
If' you choi, got down on all fours
and cough.' One ofonr n1eighbors
Woodward -rewi this, and deteirmin.
cd to reneiber it. Ility before yes.
terday lie Was eating h1s (irner alone,
rpd choked upon a piceo of heel.
Int-tuaitvl he got down upon :al Iour
and legail 14 Couligh. J ust then i.
Wooilward caei in, aild the ilm1p res
shin made luon her by Wood ward's
extraerdiinary attitudo and his bark
iig was th1at he Iad uitiddcly beeri
att aked with hydrophobia. So Sil
first tized (h o pi teher f wate Ir, and
took it f'roi thee rooin. 'Tlien ho ent
0un0 of t gir up sjair4 for the inat
tress, which was ihrown over Wood.
ward, while Mrs. Woodward and th
ftmuy satO oil and beld him1 down.
The iadder lie got the more alarmed
was Mr is. Wo1'od wa rd and t ho more
bie r~worO and foame ai :t the onn thI,
he mnore she his il on t he hireid girli
gnanextra. tili n of I hei ellthes
line airtounid his leg andt ty' ing 1h11m to~
the stiive. WV beni the tdottor oanme,
* ' pnile Wi Vootdwitrd'is a rm fronm uin
deir th ed atea.i anid bled him, antd
il fly-bliktirs tot hisi fr-et, aiil prom,~
1Ced to 0,1 cie 1.ound in. the VO veinig andt
~leve his hiend, in ordelr tO enp his
lcal p t'o as to relieve his brnain.
Whi~en the dloct or enllie th iiat iyhlt,
Wiioodward had a pr'ize-fight with hi m
in the( parl-or, anOd after' 1 se~ndhing th1e
mnetd ia ~~l H up to the btih-rIi ioomi to
wash the hblood f'rom hh nose and ( ciool
his eyeC Woodwaiird went ont to huni)t
fir the the Coirnell pr~iossr. Thiore
will be painl and ainguish in that in
tituio o learinig whien \Voodlward
arrives. Ile mieans~ war to theo knife.
~MAax Adeleri.
A kind old fathler-in-law wvanted1 ti
know .hiy theit eejeeans were ca1lled
gannl1ibabhe, to wh ich Uarnumn replied
"hecau.lo they live off other people."
"Then ci,"'' rphlied lie,unha topp ilIy, '"my
ftour sons-in-law miust bo cannibals
they livo off ime !"
Thb ere r main only t wo miles0 and a
half (if iron to be laid on the A ir Lino
it tilroadl. Thriains wvill bo able to tra
ver o thle entire lonigthi of the0 road by
the I15th iniitanibrind it wvill, it is sup.
poehe open to the public by Sop
ember l.-'Jreni.
Thec daughlter of a Mr. Przyby.
lowicz was~i the first girl born in Lonly
enwrt~tih 1Kansas1. Thin k of tho d ifli.
enity of getting such a pieco of news
inoised about town.
England is clbrated for its fon~s,
France for its frogs, Ireland for its
bogr, Canada for its dogs, Maino for
its logs, and Oio for its bogs.
"Where are tile mon of '1"
shouted a stump.orator. "Dead,''ro
spOnde~d a sad-looking inan in the2
middle aisle.
Urevities.
From the present nmovemenits of
the democratic party and the liberal
or anti-Graut republicans, it is most
probable that cach of these partic8
will have a Presidential tioket of its
own in 1876.
The proprietors of 'the Grand Cen.
tral hotel of Saratoga pay the cel.
brated Gilmore Band of Boston ono
thousand dollars per week.
The chance for future rule in Spaih
lios between a Bourbonist monarchy
and th moderate demcraay as it is
represtctiled in Madrid.
Portland Oregon has boon devasta
tcd by fire.
Thc Shah hia reahed Vicuna.
France is iielining to a constitu.
tional m1on'rely.
The Russians have "Khaunod" tie
himivec.
The lRadicals of England are pro..
tostiag against 'to allowauco of
15>000 P. year to tho 'Duke of Eden
buarg ou lis approching mitarroge.
Th1e Mikado of JapanI beheaded a
miuister of R'inace who reported that
thc government was heavily in debt.
Tho present ministor shows tha't
upan is pro~spering and makitip;
motey every day.
Prize Fight,
Nrmw Yoim, Angu -it 4.-Thn Cham .
bet n Siddons prizo tight yeslerday was
carried out --o ,Iluiotly that the polico
were completely frustra ed inl their
attenpts to d i.-over th localitv. The
fight was oun Long Island, betwooni
travcs(d and .NeI( N w ITtrelit. 'Iha
line was formed inl at clump of trees,
ilho ropes being run around the trunuaks
instead of ad ikes. There wais little
formality iln the preliminatries, tho
meI walking into the ring in plain
clothen. Chiiambers wasa in splendid
coundition. Siddons ioweil signsa of
over tratininag. Foriy seven rounds
were fought. Chatmhers drew the
farst blood3. Tho . mon eino to timao
p'rnptly u ntil the tortiet~h rond,
when -liddons showetl t1h effects of the
heavy punmeling ho had received,.
At th ei end of the fQrty -sevenih rounid
Hi-Mon.igs face rpas Iumm1eled to a jel.
ly aid, failing to come to t iamae his
scoonds threw up tle ,;pongo. Cham
bers was not much injured. Sidildons
was barely ahlo to stand ny, and hal
to ho oarried to tlo carriago and con.
veyed to lis haom1e. Chanhers, in
mediately after (to fight, left for hi4
homo in Newark.
Pu~al~ Cirrds..
The postoilice agent at Spriongllil,
Mlssachseh s, where ile posLal cards
ar4 n ac111a ha et ir(d, s01d- to the0 Lhird as
listnt, posinii!er-general each day two
sheets of Ile ciard loard umed oia that
day in.printin.tag the cards. IL improveg
every day, . :t a yet. not, a single card
las bieen prh. Id ill as ;ood a cond it6iol
ttad Is ec'mt it a11d down in thu Speciri
Cationis wheni the contract was aiale.
The Morgan Envelopo. Company.
lauafractriaers of thw jai aail cardis, hav
Ii iniall)0a that it is their intenlionl to ap.
ply to Congreis for relief because of
the-ir loss suslained, aR alleged, by fair
nishinig a superior orader of card board
andu by whiichI they lose moneaiy atI the
coatract, price for pint iing postalII card '.
The p~nostl s deipartmtient will oppose
nae i st -p siti tnousaly, becamel~ it 1 iis u
Itt to .other cornpetitors for tis pritat
ing, and it, as thte fanit of the nbov'e com.
pany) ~aoneI in not ascertiin g the prico
of g'ood card lioard whlen senidiog ini
thmi~r bids for the work.
It seems that overy membnler of Con.
grosa elect who holds tihe proper cor
talicate aund whoso seat is not oonteat
ed, now drawn. al salay !nonthly at
theo rnti of .$t652 por' jnonath. Thlus,
there hiaviang beeni up Maarch - ossion,
memcubers maty draw. $5,625 befaore
they take their gieats in Decombher,
which is *625 mnoro than the whaolo
rmtimit of thea old salary, asnd is to be9
paid before a day's servico has boon
rendereod, or before even the form of
memrberiihip has .beCen complied with,.
A New Orleans 18ppe says thaere
are rumors to the effect that then
Governor of Missihlipi has sont 9
requisitiona for RL. J. Rhaett, editor of
the Picayiane, for vioialaing theo laws
of Mississippi by fightting a duol in
theo limits of that .State. Colonol
Rhlett has niot bocn found .and it is
believed hao laos left the city.
Tt is annonnced in. .thae Ilondon
paupers that thae NQw Tesoitament eo.mt
piany of revisers of .the Soriptures
have got uau fart as time fifteenth oba pter
of A ets. At the paist rate (f. [iro
f.rrcs theoy will harve flinisherd tie neiw
Enaglisha Bible in abotut ehero.a
yearn. . .
Punch given tho followinur n' on
nxamnple of siolf-sacrifice Boy (io
lady visitor)a . "Toacher there's at gel
>ver there a-wirikina' at me I" TJeacai-,
ar "WVell,then, don't look at hera."
Boy : "But if I don't look at hteu
sho'll wink at sonmebody elso I
San Franciseo has a a tiny yacht
si foot long by t~wo feet beam. It'
oarries one man but miust bo j5alafuile'
iy suggestive of a eoffin:'