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G?NTER & RL AC KSTONE,
A TTORXH YS-A T-LA If,
Accom Xck C. IT., Ya..
will practice in the Courts of Accomack
ami Northampton counties.
Ja*. H. Fletcher; Jr. Gen; F. Parnimore
Fletcher & Parramore,
A T T O K N E Y S - A T - L A VT.
Accomack C. h.. Ya.,
Practice in all the courts on the East?
ern Shore of Ya; Prompt attention to
collection of claims.
John Seely, I CpMiur B. omnbr,
Accomac C. H. v.i. 1 Onancuck, Va.
NE ELY & Q?1NEY,
a t torn E Y S-A t-L a W,
ACCOMAC C. II.. Ya..
practice in the Courts oh the Eastern
Shore of Ya. Prompt attention given
to the collection of claims.
L. FLOYD NOCK,
ATTORNEY-AT-L A \Y
and NOTARY PUBLIC,
Accomack C. Hi, Va..
will practice in all courts of Accomac
and Northainptioii counties. Prompt
attention to all business.
JOHN W. EDMONDS.
atto r N E Y - a t - l a w,
Accomac C. it., Ya.
n. j. w. lecato,
a T t 0 R >' E Y - a t-la "W .
Postofltce, SAVAGEVLLLE.
Will resume the practice of his profes?
sion in the'Uouiivies of Accomack and
northampton.
L. W. CFaSLSRSY,
G EN Ei: AI- INSURANCE AG EXT,
NORFOLK, YA.
r^All communications promptly
attended to.
mo the i?riti.i<'.
Dr. I.enU J. nnrinnitNon tinvlug return
(?i t.i ui> uaUvo county *r.<-n t^iiclmure, nuJ lo?
cate! at Oimiicock for practice ?>?
dentistry,
offer.* hi* services to the puhllc
Belli: *i graduate <?'. rtio Baltl
more College ??! Dental Surgory;
ami bavins had some experience
in practisingIiis profession in Uuu city; ii<* ihs-y
be relied '?:> to execute nl! his work In the best
?ivie. Hu will vl?li' Dru:ninonJtoViievery '???urt
".f, a-j-l -a- "'w?ys lie found at Wnddy'S Botel.
031c-: Market St., ..;.;..-i;o liaiillst church
- ; j. BAItMANSOS; D. D. S.
Ouaucock. v.i.
Welly Qoard,
Carpenter and Builder,
Accomac C. IT., Ya.,
Dwellings. Storehouses, Churches,
built by the day or contract, accord
ing to the latest styles and improve?
ments in architecture.
Plans and Specifications Furnished
at reasonable rates.
References?Mr. George AY. Kel?
ly. Onancock; Messrs. Jiio. J. Black
stone and James II. Parrainore, Ac?
comac c. iL, va., and other numer?
ous patrons.
Agent of Patented Ready Roof?
ing, warranted not to leak. Sold
at one-half the cost of shingles.
Lloyd Tabb. ) ( Oe<>. C. Manlln.
J. Presset Tatib. I i W. C. Dimmuck
TABB BROS., MASLIN7& CO.,
'uipohters op
CI'TI.EItY, GO'S, Ac.,'
47 Hopkins Place, (formerlySharp st ,^
BALTIMORE
SLAOKSTONE & SELL,
Accomack C. ii., Va.,
3RUGGISTS
a FULL LINE OF
FANCY ARTICLES,
DRUGS,
OILS,
PAINTS,
SEEDS.
&C, &C, JfcC, &c,
hxn# rorsftte nfe lowest pTfce?
PENINSULA CLOTHINS
STORE.
I. H. Merrill & Co.,
POCOMOKK CITY. MD,
-Dealers in
MKX'S. YOUTHS1. HOYS' AND
CHILDRBNS F 1N1" C LOTH IKO,
LADIKS, GENTS; MISSKS AND
CillLtlRKNS F INK S II (> KS,
HAND AND MAC!II N F SK\VKD:
HATS. CAPS, AND ALL KINDS
OK GENTS FURNISHING
GOODS, KORKS IIORSK AND
LAP H L A S l\ KT S. Will PS,
S A T< IHK LSrUM B K K LL AS. K17 K
BEK BOOTS AND SHOES, &C.
v\rc avail ourselves ofthis means of act
vising tin- citizens of Aeconiac and
Northampton counties that we have
' made large additions to mir stock, and
are now ready for the fall and winter
! trade. We hay largely direct from man?
ufacturers and feel safe in savin; that
our stock of KEADY-MADKCLOTII
inu. BOOTS.S HO ES: HATS. CAPS,
ffEX'fS PLTRXlSniXfJ GOODS, is
without a superior both in style ami,
quality on this peninsula. Prices close
for meritorious goods; When von visit
Poeomoke City, don't fail to call and see
our-goods and prices. Your presence
will always be appreciated, and your
commands by mail will have our best at?
tention. Keinem her we keep an im?
mense stock, and sell low for cash.
1. H.MERRI LL & CO..
Poeomoke City, Md.
Francis Albert. Frederick Albert.
ALBERT BROS.,
-IMPORTERS 0F
1 A 11 ;W A 11,
Cutlery and Guns,
X?>. -i North Howard Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
@PSPECIAL ATTEUTIOfJ GIVES TO ORDERS.
HENRY C. LEV/IS,!
ACCOMAC C. II., YA.,
ATTERS HIS SERVTCES to the
^ public, and is prepared to build
houses of every kind and descrip?
tion at moderate rate*.
Satisfactory reference as to his
skill as a workman ca'ii and will be
cheerfully given when desired.
Tin- Superiority '.r the "StleiT" Pianos Is
r.stilzeU and acknowledged by tl;.- lilcluAi
i.; n-.lt-.il imtli'irltlt?, and the demand t'.r tlicm 1?
steadily Increasing as Uielr merits aru bououiiHg
mure extensively itnuwn.
HIGHEST HONORS
Over tdl American and many Euro?
pean rivals at the
Exposition,
Paris, 1878
Have the Endorsement of over
100 different Colleges, Schools and
Seminaries,
{As to their Durability.
XUey are Perfect in Tone, and Work?
manship, and ?lcjrmit ill
Appearance.
A large Assortment of Second-hand
Pianos Always on Hand.
General Wholesale Agents for
!
ORGAMS.
SSTSend for Illustrated Piano or Or?
gan Catalogue.
CHAS. M. STIFFF,
No. 9 North Libertv Street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
IT. Bins. Bra., & Co.
BOG GS' WHARF,
Accomac county, Ya.,
dealers in
General Merchandise, Lumber,
Shingles. Laths, Railing, Well
Tubing. Lime, Furniture,
Fertilizers, ecc., &c.
t^Furniture sold at Baltimore
prices, stock of building material
large, and shipments can be con?
veniently made to any point on
Ka^swn Short?.
Sewing Machine
STANDS AHEAD OP ALL OTHERS
In Quality and Simplicity.
It las no RtnLgnSs " &
Lt Stands Hold at the Piiont.
Having sold over 400 in I SSI, 1SS2 and
1SS3, shows that the
People of Accomac Appreciate Its Merits.
1 run soil you other machines for less
I price. Sinner pattern, drop leaf and two
drawers.for $25(HI; Ms in. Domestic;
Howe und any other pattern. Will sell
the Royal St. John.drop leaf and six (ii)
drawers, for sV.fr no. \nx\ \ eanuol put
Tk?? WMITS with these inferior
sS? tT?Fai 6 L machines, as to the
price; Having sold machines for nearly
fourteen years, gives nie a chance to
know something of the tricks which
others practice on those who are not
posted in loachinsry. If
Yon Want a Good Sewing MacMne
come and see me. or write to me. and I
WILL SELL Vor AXV M ACIIIXK
that can he bought.TpJI
hut none so good as 1 BEI
Also. ;i large stock of PC 15 X IT I' K B,
MATTH BSSKS. Sc.. on hand. Repair
ingof furniture. Pictures Framed, or
anything else in our line promptlv at?
tended to. COKF1XS. GASKETS and
TRIMMINGS for sale.
Kespectfullv. &c.
11. II. PENNEWELL,
Onancock. Va.
W
INTER SCIIEftt'I.E. r^sunc
the ?.;2iE^--c
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
OF HAT/TIM ORE,
On and nfier Sniiday. Nov. itotti. 1**4.
(Saturday exiropt.-d] win run their steamers, as
follows, leaving South Street Wluirr at 3.(Hio'clock
p. m. j
Steamer EASTEKX SHORE.
Capt. o. a. iuv.XOIt.
Sunday for Crlsfleld. Hoffman's, Evans". Roges",
Head's. DavW Miles'. Shields'; Hnngar's and
Taylors, Returning?Leave Tavlor's every
Tuesday at 8 a. in., touching at the above
landings Including Woggsvllle. at the usual
hours.
Wednesday for rr sll ?id. Tangier Island; It iggs
vllle. Uofrmin's, Evan's l?ogg*\ rsullfonl-aiid
Hunting Oreo*:. Returning?T;eave Hunting
Cre*k every Friday at T.:M v. M . Oullford 9.nn.
Boggsvlllo 13 7to?ii, and the utner landings at
the usual liours.
Steamer TAXGIER,
C.urr. s. II. Wilson;
Tues'iay and Friday fnfCrisfleid. Flnney's,
Oimhenck. Plus' Wharf. Cedar Hall, Uchoboth.
1'.moke City ami Snow mil.
itetUrning-Leave Snow mil every Monday and
Thursday.-it fia. m.. touching at tiir attore land?
ings at the usual hours
r-.-^a'l Steamers leave Crlsfield for Balti
V more, oa arrival of last, down train.
Freight and passengers received r.-r .-ill points
on the X. v.. Phlla. and Norfolk, wicoinlco and
I'.loke, and Delaware, Maryland ami Vir?
ginia Railroads.
Positively no freight received after fl p, in.
an.I must In- prepaid to all points, except
OH the N. 1*. Phlla.aud Norfolk lutln.ml.
P. ix. CLARK. General Accnt,
105 South .street, Baltimore.
New Firm! New Goods!
We will open on the 2nd dav of
June; 1SS4. nt~E7) KB W OOP, a 'now
1 miles fiom PU X( JOT E AGUE. ?
a large stock of
GENERAL ;
MERCHANDISE
bought with much care for cash.'
We can und will sell GOOD GOODS
lor SMALL PRICES. Call and see
for yourselves at
JJ. W. Mean ?? Son,
Jolin E. Fowler.
MAKI05VILLE, VA.
DEALEltIS
Wines,Liquors and Cigars. Cogniac
Brandy and other line liquors for
medicinal purposes specialties.
G. B. PARSONS,
WACIIA PRE AGUE CITY,
(Powclton)
Accomac county, Va.,
: MASTFR BUILDER & CONTRACTOR.
Offers his services to the public and is
! prepared to build houses of every kind ami
description by the dav or contract. AT
ANY POINT OX THE EASTERN
; SHORE. "Plans and Specifications
furnished when desired at reasonable
j rales."
lie can give best of references and
will furnish security, when necessary.
C. LLOYD DOUGHTY,
j BELLE HAVEN, VA.,
i RESTAURATEUR,
ana dealer in
Wines, liquors and i\gars}
Meals at all hours, on the European
plan. First-class lodging furnished.
Livery Stables of Jacob, Uro. & Co.
I attached, and passengers conveyed to
' any part of the Peninsula, lias recent?
ly opened to the public a half-mile raci
course. Has branch houses at Ward
town and Hiidlock, Northampton conn
ty, Va.
F. W. BYRD,
WITH
Jas. Myer & Co.,
"WHOLESALE
GROCERS
AND DEALEI5S IX
Tobacco, Cigars and Pipes
3!) CHEAPSIDE,
B-AiTIMG?B.
0>CB All) AGAIN.
I suwum elillilrei liuorlwliie
Their arm? about earn otiior,
I.Ike the little lciiilrlls nf a vino
I Ahoiii tin iienreal brother;
Ami ever nnil ftiiou,
As gnylyihey ran mi,
; Kuril looked into lligiillior'H tuen,
Aiitlclixtllnu an einbraeu.
1 marked those two when they wer? men;
I wiilehed them meel or.o ilayj
I They lout-lied i?aeh other's hands, ami than
fcaeh went on Iiis own way.
, There illil not srrm .1 lie
Of love, ilia lighten! elinln ,
To unit c Ilium turn n lliiKorltig eyo,
J Or (tress Ihu hand ugalu.
Kl?LBE?GERS PUPIL.
Karl Rergcr went to Milan aft
just tlio right time. It had become
Unite the fashion to rundown the
Italian method of instrumental in
struction, ami to extol the method ;
of their Northern compeers. ICarl
Merger came. His name sounded 1
like a German's, and he phiyedJ
music like n master, and that was '
all that was needed. Pupilstlocked j
to him, and he set his own prices.;
Even the city itself, through its]
governors, agreed to place three'
pupils with him annually, at its
own expense, as long as he should j
remain there. This was triumph j
enough to I urn the head of a muchjj
older man. and Karl himself was !
only three and twenty years old.? j
He sat in his room one night about]
two weeks after his arrival, smok-j
ing Iiis big pipe with china bowl,
and congratulating himself. Here
was success indeed!
He wondered whal his old teach-,
er, the Herr Kapellmeister, would
say to his success. He looked
around the room, furnished as com?
fortably as most in the city, uniife
fell il grim satisfaction in knowing
that the plebeian Karl Merger was
taking his rase in t he very chamber
where CiesarBorgia had once slept.
His was a nobility as high ashis
ancient predecessor, he said to j
himself, and lie laughed grimly, lbf.
the young Swede had but little re;
speet for nobility, and he often
spoke of his ancestors, the Merger
.larls ami Vikings, as thieves ami
cutthroats.
"\\ hile hesut musing, lazily watch''
ing i lie smoke curling up toward
the blotched and crumbled, almost
obliterated frescoes of the vaulted
ceiling above, a servant brought in
a note to "III .Maestro Merger.1' ?
The City of Milan informed his ex?
cellency, the MaesHo. that the last
of I he three pupils had been chosen,
ami the pupil, the Contessa Lucia
Vinella. would attend him wheim\
er the Maestro would be pleas'"'.*! i
.i.-? T.i-r-.:" pi.
scowled and shrugged his shoulders.
He had already, in the short time
he had been in Milan, heard sever
al "coutessas" play, and he had not
been favorably impressed by their
genius, ami. indeed, it must, ho ad?
mit ted that the ladies in question
bad a greater desire to see the:
handsome foreigner than to make
any pi ogress in music. He had
forgot ten that the three pupils were
loo poor to pay for their tuition
ami were therefore given their mu?
sical education by the. charity of
the city. However, he sent back
an answer that lie would give the
contessa her fust lesson at.'{ o'clock j
ihe next afternoon, and then he
look up his violin, and the contessa
and .Milan and success and the
Kapellmeister passed from hi*
mind, while I he music soared in
tremulous vibrations through the
loom.
The next day everything went
wrong. lie had yet to learn the
patience necessary for a teacher,
and the countless mistakes of his
pupils, the jarring discords and the
seeming stupidity rendered him
nearly furious. At .'5 o'clock the
charily pupil, Contessa Lucia, was
ushered into his presence', followed
by an old woman, her escort. The
contessa did not look very aristo?
cratic in her dress. Everything
she had on was cheap. In fact,
except that her dress was neater
and more tastefully arranged, it
was about the same as the servants.
The maestro was walking up and j
down the room with an ominous
frown on his face. He wheeled
around and looked at her.
'?Well, Siguora, what do you ;
wish?" he said, crossly.
H have come for my lesson, Sig
nor,"' she replied, timidly.
He looked at his tablets.
'?You are either loo early or too
late. There is a Contessa Yinella j
who comes now. Mitt if she does
not come?"
UI am the contessa, signor," and
she proceeded to unwrap her violin
fluni its green covering, while the
servant, hobbled to the nearest
chair.
-You came to amuse yourself in
a dilettante way on the violin."
'?I came to learn to play, Maes?
tro; to be able to teach music some
day. Who knows?" and she
laughed a little nervously.
"Contessas don't teach music,"
he said, scornfully. "It is only poor
plebeians who did that. Let me
hear you play." She nestled the
violin on her shoulder caressingly,
and obediently commenced. Tin;
air was simple, a pleasant lullaby,
in a minor key, soft and sad, which
had been sung by many Kornau 1
mot hers to their children. One of
those airs, which, like the Genna a |
Lieder, one finds among the people, |
its nhthoi and origin lost in antiqui?
ty, yet everlasting from its pathos
and tenderness. The violin was
j fit to be its interpreter, and old
j Cremona almost black with age.?
The music floated out from the. five
j quivering strings. The girl, her
i eyes almost closed and her head
bent forward, stood erect, playing.
The old servant sat listlessly,
caught by tlie music swaying to
and fro, as if rocking some child,
(load fifty years ago. Karl Borger
stood frowning in the shadow of a
curtail). What right had a cou
tessa, a young girl, to play like
that? What, right, had she to a vi?
olin which was so much better than
his' The soft repeated strains came
to an end, and t he girl turned proud?
ly toward him.
.'?It is a wretched piece, wretch?
edly played," hesaid,cros>Iy. 'Ton
Jwtfi.never make an artiste of your
gglf. It lacks soul, it lacks rhythm.
rail hcks every th i u g."
SgThese 'petulant words?words
pprich the honest Kail Borger was
'?ashamed of even while he uttered
'them?struck the voting girl like a
?blow. Her face, proud and Imppv
j at her successful rendering of the
simple peasantair, fell suddenly at
Phis harsh verdict, and, girl like,
|sjie burst-into sobs and left the
?f iom, 'while t'.ic servant stared
i-olidiiyat the fierce foreigner, and
then rose and hobbled after the
girl.
Karl Borger felt ashamed of him j
self and Ids sudden lit. of a tiger.? |
He. took up his own violin, but it.J
sounded harsh. He was cold and
courteous to the pupils who came
that afternoon, but he was glad j
when the day was over. They were I
lighting the lamps in the Court?
yard below when he looked out.? ;
He watched the servants as they!
put the lamps in their places, and
after they had left be stood at the
window looking absently down on
the empty courtyard beneath, when
he saw a figure coming slowly
across the yard. He, stepped out
on the balcony ami culled to her,
for he recognized the escort of the
Coutcssa Lucia. When the woman
had come up he asked hoi:
"When* docs the Coutcssa Yin
elja livef1
'?In this house, signor, with a re I -
tivc. The contessa has no other
friends .mil she lives here, but not
in idleness, signor! She is too proud
for that! She takes care of the
house, and works like a servant.?
She has no friends but me: I was
her nurse. She is loo proud to go
with others in the house. Even her
relatives do not patronize her, and
the servants are always very polite,
to her, and always obey her, but be?
hind her back they laugh at her
here, and call her the ?contessa of
all-work,' and the 'contessa cook.'?
Her grand father, the Count Vinel
la. had taught her music, and she
worked so hard at it that she
might earn her own living thai!
way. Last week she won the prize i
at the conservatoire, and the city
upi.s-to.riav l??*c tuition with you.?!
St on should nor. have spoken j
harshly to her, signor? 1 found her
in her little room crying as if her
heart would break.''
Karl Beiger ran his hands through !
his hair.
-I was wrong?very wrong. Will I
you tell her I said so? Ask her fn
come again, and I will promise to
be fairer.''
The next afternoon the girl came
in.
'?Il was very silly of me. Maestro
to run away like that," she said;'
'?but I want, so much to be a good i
artiste, and when you told me I
could not?"
"Don't talk about it. please," in?
terrupted Karl: "I was cross and
tired, and, if you must know if,
jealous,7'and he smiled grimly.?
"Yes, jealous, that you could play
better than L"
Lucia Unshed with delight.
'?If yon mean that?but no! Yon
arc laughing at me!"
'?I mean what 1 said," replied
Karl, determinedly. "1 can teach
you technique, perhaps: after that
you have nothing to learn."
So it was settled.
One day, during the lesson, Karl
said abruptly:
"Would you'Iikc also to study at
night? My evenings arc all my
own."
The girl laughed with pleasure
and cried: "Oh, Maestro, you are
so kind."
So, after the work was done,
Lucia would come in with Mareia,
her old nurse, and aller the lesson
Karl would pick up his own violin
and play. One night he stopped
suddenly and said to her:
UJ wish you would not call me
.Maestro. I am not a n:a- ter in
music. I am only a sham, and
some day they will find it out. 1
am not much older than you and
don't play any better. I want you
to think of me as a fellow student,
not as a teacher."
-What shall I call you, then?"
Lucia asked shvlv.
"Karl."
"That is a pretty name," said Ln
cia.
"It was my father's." and he went
on to speak of his Northern home,
of the Miinvstiiriii when all the
family died but himself, and how
he was found famished and sense?
less, with his violin hugged to his
breast. And Lucia sat still and !
drank in every word. Then she
told him of her own home and her j
past history. Each night after;
they laid their music aside they!
would sit and talk, and Marcia
would sit and slumber quietly in
her chair.
Soon the opera season commenc- l
eil, and often the three would sil
back in some little box which had
J been placed at Karl's disposal, and }
j listen to the grand creations of the
masters. A happy time for both.
Karl was all gentleness to the little ;
j contessa, and the grim young Norse-;
I man commenced to find himself
j making jokes to amuse her. He to!
: make jokes?who had hitherto gone ;
through life in his sober, solemn j
j way?to make jokes! It was sur-i
'prising indeed. They called each ;
I other Carl and Lucia, and some?
times brother and sister. So things
went, on, till suddenly Marcia fell
sick. Lucia stayed by her bedside
so much as her work would allow.
That lesson must cease till Marcia
grew better, lor she had no other
clmperune, and of course it was im?
possible Ibr her to go without one.
Tin; days seemed to drag slowly
along, and the night-walching be?
gun to tell on her. She grew paler
and went about sad and musing.
As for Kurl, the first time that
Lucia missed her lesson he been me
rather angry.
"She thinks she has learned eve
ry thing, perhaps, and is through
with me," he muttered.
He. tried to feel injured and banish
her Horn his mind, and for awhile
he thought he hail succeeded.?
When the. long evening came and
he. found himself alone, he became
restless anil uneasy, and imagined
himself only anxious that, nothing
might have happened to Lucia. Me
took up his violin, but soon put it
aside, and then he went out. to the
opera-house. The prim a donna was
out of voice and the orchestra vile.
Coining home he met one of the
servants.
"Where is Marcia?" he asked.
'?Very sick, signor."
So that was it. He went gloom?
ily up stairs and went straight to
the mirror and began to apostro
phizo his image.
"Maestro Merger, you are a fool,"
he said quietly. "However poor
she may be, she is still confess and
you are only?Karl Merger," ami
he took up his violin and comment:
ed to play. Hut with ail his self-,
restraint he found the "lays very
long and tiresome.
One night Lucia sat alone in the
room when she heard Carl's violin.
He was telling his story of love.un?
consciously, to the one from whom
he intended to hide it. As the girl
sat there iu the darkness, holding
Marcia's hand, she f.-It strangely
happy ami quiet. Suddenly Marcia
opened her eyes.
"Lucia," she said, "F am ever so
much better."
The proud contessa bent over
and kissed the wrinkled face of the
servant and said, gravely:
"That is well; but you must sleep,
Marcia, and not talk/'
'?'Play for me Cara," said the old
woman, drowsily.
And Kai l Berger heard suddenly
from .Marcia's room the. answer to 1
his violin's confession. Sweetly '
and softly it came to him at fust,
but soon it swelled out into full
volume. It told all to him that was '
necessary. And when the girl
ceased playing and sank hack in
1,,.,. n..-r, Ul.r.l.j,.0 ...wily foil t l,......
were two i.plu in the house who
were perJVotly happy.
When Lucia awoke the next
morning ami found Marcia belter
ami the heavens and birds iu har?
mony with her happA mood, the
first thing she did was to kiss her
violin, and when she had dressed
and was coining d iwn the stairs,
singing like a lark, she saw at the
foot Karl Merger, his face Hushed
and looking very happy, indeed.
??Tell me, little Lucia," he said,
eagerly, -didn't the violin speak
truly!"
I don't know what she said, fori
didn't hear it; but I do know that
Milan wits surprised to hear that
very winter that one of its con'.es
s.as had married a music teacher.
Healthy Sleep.
1 I hink we may safely say that
every one requires six hours' sleep
in the twenty-four, and very many
men ami women, not to mention
fools, require even more. Certain?
ly, too much sleep is harmful; but
too little is vastly more so. I would
let each man regulate his hours of
sleep by what he feels are his real
requirements; always urging him
to avoid the suspicion of laziness,
to take into consideration the bed
he. lies upon and to watch the ef?
fect on his health or any system of
sleep he adopts. If you get up
when you lirst wake, providing you
have had six hours of sound, re?
freshing sleep, you can scarcely get
wrong. Hut make sure of your six
hours' minimum, and be wonder?
fully suspicious of the necessity for
further sleep, as it is apt to become,
not necessity, but indulgence.?
Wellington could sleep at any mo?
ment; Baron Buusou could sleep
for half an hour at any time in the
midst of his studies, awaking re
Ireslied, and resuming his work
with increased vigor. A blessed
gift-thls; such a faculty, combined
with that of early rising, is as good
as a fortune to a capable man, or,
indeed, to almost any man. Sleep
is heaviest iu the lirst few hours,
gradually becoming lighter, and
probably disturbed by dreams, as
time wears on, until it slight noise
disturbs us, or our rested system
resumes full work of its own accord.
Everybody knows that in dream?
ing part of the brain is awake ami
at work, while the other part is
asleep?as much as the brain can
sleep; at all events, exercising les?
sened Inaction. It is therelore ob?
vious that dreamless sleep is most
useful, as dreams are evidence of
work by some part of the braiu,de
tractiug from perfect rest.
A very important factor in secur?
ing healthy sleep is the kind of bed
we lie upon. Feather beds 1 can?
not commend; indeed, luxuries?
and this is an undoubted one?are
not to be sought by him whose aim
is perfect health aud strength. A
spring mattress is very excellent,
ami the harder your couch, to be
comfortable, the more likely are
you to secure healthy, refreshing
sleep, not unduly prolonged. It is
a difficult matter to rise early from I
a feather bed, diflicult to awake in
a reasonable lime, anil more so tc,
leave its warmth ami cosiness in
winter. Hut Hie luxury mirst be
(sacrificed to the untre healthful in
fiuence of the mattress. The cloth
ing should be light and warm; and
11 cannot but recommend the sheet,
of paper placed between two blank
j ets as b ong very warm, for paper
I is a poor conductor of heat. Yon
[get warmth by this means without
undue weight, of clothing. Then
your bedroom must he well venH
, luted, for you require to take in an
'extra stock of oxygen during the
night to help our, the supplyTor the
[day. You will sleep too much if
the air is impure.?Leeds Mercury.
A Northern Editor's Impressions.
In a letter from New Orleans to
the Philadelphia Tim is, Col. A. Iv.
McClure, for manvyears a leading
Pennsylvania lylitpr and politician,
maki s the. following statement con
coming the relations of the white
ami c ilored races at the South:
"There is much unreasonable mis
conception in the North of the rela?
tive condition of the blacks in the
North and in the S inth. The prej- j
ttdice ol caste is just equally strong
in both sections id'the country. Toe
black man can no more sit at the
table of the most blatant Kcpuhli-1
can in the North than he can sit at
the fable of his old master in the
South. The same social laws gov?
ern all peoples, and they are immu?
table. Politicians theorize differ?
ently iu election campaigns, but
there their theory ends. The prej?
udice of race is live-fold stronger in
the North than in the South. The
northern people have no love for
the black man. and even those who
battled for Ins freedom and en?
franchisement, as a rule, cherished
vastly more profound prejudice of
race than do the southern people.
While the North maintains its
deep prejudice of race, the people
of the South have a general and!
strong sympathy for the negro.?
Nearly all of them have played with
the negro in childhood, have been
nursed by the black ?mainma' and
have grown up with more or less :
affection for them. Classify it- in
what type of affection you may, it
is none the less an affection that
tempers the hard, unyielding prej?
udice ol race that prevails in the
North. This distinction between
the northern and southern people
Dil the race question will prepare!
the public mind in the North for
the dissipation of another unfound?
ed sectional prejudice that is deep
ly rooted there.
The educational facilities for the;
black a:-:-, belter in-the. South to?
day than they are iu the North, iu
proportion,^) the facilities proffered
to all. South Carolina, employs
ami pays out of the State treasury
more black teachers than are em?
ployed in all the Stales of the
North, ami Alabama employs 1,100
colored male teachers and y'JO col?
ored female teachers. And they
provide the best means tor lifting
the cob red people for teaching.?
The normal schools for white and
blacks in both Alabama ami South
Carolina are exactly equal, and the
treasury of the State is largely
drawn upon to qualify the colored
race for teaching itself. North Car.
ulina, Georgia, .Mississippi,and in?
deed most of the old slave Stares,
each sustain more colleges for the
blacks than do Pennsylvania or
Massachusetts; and just as educa?
tional facilities have increased tor
the whites, whether ill common or
normal schools or ii> colleges, they
have been equally increased for the
blacks so far as State appropria?
tions have added them. In Georgia
the colored university ranks with
the white university, and even in!
Mississippi, presumably the most
bourbon of southern States, the
State does much more for the col
legiate education of the black race
than does Pennsylvania. 1 have!
heard southern men complain olj
many features of their local gov ?
eriiments, but I have yet to hear
the lirst one to complain of the
equal education of the two races.
Ami what is true in the matter
of education is equally true of the
recognition of the black race in
.southern politics. I found four!
colored democratic members iu the
South Carolina Legislature, nomi
uated and elected inainl.t by white
votes, and in Mobile and New Or?
leans the black policemen, appoint?
ed by democratic authority, is met
on every street, and has worn the
insignia of police power for years
before a democratic mayor in Phil?
adelphia lirst recognized the colored
voter as entitled to wear the star
and blue. Jn South Carolina alone
there are more black democrats in
representative oflice than there are
blacks of all parties in all the
States of the North. Pennsylvania
ami Philadelphia, where the black
volets hold the balance of power
both city and State, could
not elect a colored man to the
Legislature or any other honorable
or lucrative oflice, in the strongest
Republican district; but Sunt h Caro?
lina Democrats elect him to office,
with all the lingering prejudices of
the relation of master and slave.?
The intelligent and dispassionate
northerner, who closely observes
the relation of the two races North
and South, is forced to con less that,
with all our boasted superior devo?
tion to the black race, and with all
our assaults upon the South for
the oppression of the blacks, the
negro is better treated by the
South than by the Noith. I re
gret to make such a confession,but
it is the plain truth that we theo?
rize about the elevation of the.
black race with little practice in ac?
cord \v5tb our teaching, while the
South theorizes little on the sub-1
'jeer. and practices more than it
: teaches in the considerate care of
j emancipated slaves."
How Dynamite is Made.
j Tiie most powerful engine of des
; truction ever discovered is prepared
j in a manner so marvelously easy
that flic wonder is mankind have
not availed themselves of it long
j ago. Dynamite, from the Gre *k
; word dunamis, meaning power, is
simply nitro glycerine. ^Yhe glyc?
erine is a product of animal, fat,
I usually of hog lard. * '***
;? Take one pound of nitric acid to
! two <d sulphuric acid and mix thor?
oughly. The acids must he of lull
strength and purity. The mix?
ture will cost 34 cents a pound.?
j Put seven pounds of it into an
; earthen jar, and pour upon it, drop
by drop, one pound of common
Icrudc glycerine, which can be got
|1'oe.12 cents. Stir with a glass rod,
land keep the jar in ice or salt and
ice. or the thing will go olr before
you are ready for it. The sulphur?
ic acid does not enter as a constit?
uent into the explosive, but serves
to facilitate the chemical union of
the other ingredients. When the
chemical combination is complete,
the nitro-glyceri'ie will be found
settledtotli,'. bottom, while, water
and oil of vitriol float on top.?
These are poured off, and the nitro?
glycerine thoroughly washe 1, to
free it from any remaining acids.?
It is tuen complete, a yellowish,
sticky, oily mass, which will "go
oft"" almost for the looking at it.?
It must be toned down before it
can he used. This is done by mix?
ing with it a rough powder as an
absorbent?either dried sawdust or
old tan bark, or pulverized silica.?
The substance moste unmouly used
for this purpose, however, is a. veg?
etable earth from Germany, which
absorbs and holds three times its
weight of the explosive. The dyn?
amite, of commerce is not full
strength,as it would be too danger?
ous. Commonly it contains 40 per
cent, nitroglycerine to 00 of the
earth. In this state, as an explo
sive, it is four and one-half times as
powerful as gunpowder.
Salvation Oil is the greatest cure
on earth for pain. It affords in?
stant relief and speedy cure to all
sufferers from rheumatism, neural?
gia, headache, sore throat, pain in
the back, side, and limbs, cuts,
bruises, &c. Price twenty-live cents
a bottle.
Possibilities of Farmers.
1. They have ten votes to seven
of all other occupations.
?j. Tiie.> ii.iv? cnougii to carry any
election.
3. They can effectually put an
end to the extortions of railroad.-',
which takes one bushel of every two
the farmer raises.
4. They can put ten farmers in
Congress and the State Legislature
for every one they now have.
5. They can make their own laws
in all the States.
0. They can secure the same pay?
ment, per hour for hand work that
is demanded by brain work.
7. They can have all the comforts
and luxuries now enjoyed by the
classes which prey upon them.
S. They can combine themselves
into a compact body.
P. They can co operate: can stand
by one another, and if they do so.
can rule the world.
10. They can continue to be the
dull drudges they have been, the
prey of every cunning politician,
lawyer and speculator in the laud.
A SngsreilioH For Mothers.
A mother whose daughter is at a
boarding-school has arranged with
the mistress of the establishment
that she and hei' (laughter shall ex?
change daily letters. This corres?
pondence is outside of the rules*of
the school, and the letters pass free
from inspection. The. pupil is giv?
en ample time to write her letters,
and the mother allows nothing to
inter fers with what she calls a sa?
cred duty. She encourages her to
speak freely in her letters. Site
says: ult is my aim to make my
child my friend. Our letters arc
more like those of sisters than a
mother and daughter. We open
our hearts to each other. I ant
sure that not even a thought of my
daughter is concealed from me.?
Another advantage 's obviously
that by her letters I can see how
she is advancing in her studies.-?
The handwriting and the style tell
me l hat much more truly than
could any school report." Tin's lady
may be too hopeful of her system,
but can it he doubted that it aiusr,
have beneficial effect. How affec?
tionate and truly motherly it is.?
Progress.
The following is vouched for by
a brother editor, and notwithstand?
ing his general reputation for ve?
racity is, without, doubt, true. An
elderly and weil known genilem.t i
of Boston, who, while he likes to sib
at the convivial board, will not
touch anything spirituous, devot?
ing all his attention to the lacteal
fluid, was invited out the other
evening by a party of choice spSr
its. A huge milk punch had, how?
ever, been prepared for him, ami
when he was asked what beverage
he would prefer, his reply was as
usual: "Well, 1 goes- I'll take a
little milk." The punch was brought
and all eyes were turned toward
him to note the effect. Raising
the glass he took a sip, and the t
another; at the third, however, lie
drained the tumbler, smacked his
lips, and looking lovingly at the
empty glass, observed: "Great
Giesar! what, a cowl"?Boston Post.
