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True Lerelineie.
She who thinks a noble heart
Better than nobla meio ;
llonore virtue more than art,
Though 'tie less In fashion aeen;
Whatao'er her fortune be.
She's the bride?the wife?for me.
She who deem* that inward grace
Par surpasses outward show ;
She who value leee the faoe
Than that charm the eoul can throw ;
Whalso'er her fortune be.
She's the bride?the wife?for ase.
She who kaowa the heart rsquirea
Something more then lipe of daw;
Tti?t when lova'e brief roee expire*, .
Lore iteelf die* with ?4 too-;
Wheteo'er her fortnoe be,
She'e the bride?the wile?fur ee.
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^tarq for tf?t lafotea.
XILLINO AN OLD HAN.
It waa shortly after the oj>ening
of the greet exhibition of 1351
that I ?et euil from England for the
gold fields of New South Wales,
with a heart brimful ot hope and
expectation, and pockets, boxes,
and nortmanteaus made ot sufficiently
capacious dimensions to
hold any amount of the precions
inetal (when found), in addition to
my somewhat scanty wardrobe.
Well do I rememl>er the packins?
of that black leather nortman
teau,-and the swallow-tailed dress 1
coat that my mother would insist '
upon putting in, although, having <
a presentiment that such articles
of apparel were not coinme U Jaut '
at the gold fields, I vigorously re- *
sisted the measure. I also remember
the many dozen pairs of warm 1
eoc ks that had been manufactured *
with sisterly affection and gray 1
worsted, by the live girls?from 1
Julia the eldest, aged nineteen, '
down to Susan the youngest, just 1
turned nine Finally, I have a 1
distinct memory of how my maid- 1
den annt, on the strength of her
sixteen stone weight, jumped upon '
the aforesaid portmanteau and per- '
formed a kind of war dance there- 1
OA flfl fA onaKlo Tnm fl?o (
VM) WW uu %v WMUVIV A VIII tuv ^ * v* /III
and Mary the honsemaid to strap '
and lock it^ and bow, after many '
tears being shed by my father and (
mother, my brothers and sisters, 1
and my maiden aunt in particular. 1
I was whisked away to the railway <
station in order to catch the 9.45 1
a. m. train for London. 1
1 will not dwell on tho voyage 1
out, because it was very much like '
other voyages, Suffice it to say '
that in just a hundred days we ar- 1
rived at Sydney, the capital of 1
New South Wales, and here I dis- '
covered that the favorite gold field
of the day was at Ophtr, near 1
Bathnrst, 145 miles op the coun
try. Here some tremendous finds 1
had lately been made, and people 1
bad been turning up nuggets like
an liishman shovels up potatoes.
In due time, after a fortnight's
weary journey in an ox cart, which
also contained my cradle, my pick
and shove), my tent, and other
camp requisites, as well as all my
personal luggage, I arrived at the
go(dfi*lds~
I found Ophir then a peculiar
and yet a romantic looking place.
Two hills roee in a pyramid shape
toward the sky, both covered with
gentle undulations, both thinly
timbered to their summits. The
lower alopea ot; these bills were
thickly dotted with diggers' tents,
and the Bummer Hill creek wound
right around tt^ir base. I
AC UM> time i rM li?d this gold
fields ho digging# there were estimated
to eorer an extent of BOU
miles, though eight months prerf.
ously the existence of gold in any
< * part of A oetralia wae utterly woI
lost no time in piloting my
wm mamuting out a ctoun. ?iu?
94 Mart Uteri was as bard at
ovarii ae the rest oi them.
Ity 4?jt Was pitched in close
pressmttf le one occupied by twq
strobg,fcwrly fellows of tba old con
wict class, or at least aucb I set
them down to be, on account of
the-odd if aj in whUfclTfaneied
eaeb of thtm lifted the left {eg in
walking, rn peculiarity Appertain
iog Co feeat men who have been
accustomed to eeraaihalateio leg.
irons for any Una:thy period.
These men were always rerjr cirti
to me, and of course t wpb the
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mine to them ; and yet, somehow
*r other. I contracted a dread of
theua, which I could neither oversome
nor combat; and when somefnoes
one or the other of them
froaild stroll 11 n nina in mnnlK In I
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the edge of my pit, end ask me I
aw T trat Mttincr An T mt?H in I
;y" . . - -I -> ?t? -ancy
that it was only done to see
whether 1 was taming ap anything
*ood, and consequently worth robbing
| and I used to conceal my
pdd in all sorts of out of the-wayplaces
to elude their suspected dctigns.
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One night I heard a horrid revelation
that confirmed all my sua
vicious against these men. And
low 1 come to the very subject
natter of my story.
I have said that my tent adjoined
that ot my two mysterious acquaintances
; in fact, the canvas
>f one tent touched that of the
>Uicr; and from my tent I could
tear the conversation they carried
>n in theirs very plainly. I bad
lever before listened to their disburse,
but one night, just as I was
retiring to bed, I heard one say to |
he other : "Yes, this little kuife
lid it for him ; I killed the old man I
irith one blow, sir."
The horrible admission staggerid
me, and I felt that I most lis
ten to the end ot the discourse now,
at whatever risk to mvselt; so I
glued my ear to the canvas in
;ime to hear his mate rejoin:
* Did you, now t And did the felow
resist you ?"
" Faith and he did," icplied the
issasin. " He grasped me till he
learly pressed the life out of me,
rnd tried to rip me up with bis
ipnr; but I drove the knife into
liui up to the hilt, and then cut
lis head off."
" Bravo, Charlie!" cried the otli>r
; "that makes the seventh old
nan we've killed since our arrival
n the colonies, don't it?"a
"No, tho eighth,? was the re
>ly., "Don't you remember the
black fellow ?" ?
. " Oh, aye, to be sure, l ight you
ire," said tho other ; " hut what
iave you done with the illustrious
lead in this present instance!"
" Why, I left the body in the
hish, with the exception of the
legs, which aro here tu the tent."
The conversation here ceased,
ind was not resumed ; in fact, a
itentorian snoring soon told me
;hat it was very improbable that it
ffould be so for that night, nt the
east; 80 I crept into my bed, not
m sleep (how could I, after so hor
rible a discovery ?i but to reflect
jpon all tliat 1 bad heard.
(i The eighth old man they had
tilled 1 and one of them an untornnate
black follow. Oh, the
vrctched miscreants 1" 1 mutterid
to myselt; and then my mind
wandered away, and I wondered
why it was that they always mnrlered
old men?how it was that
heir last victim tried to rip his
nurderer up with a spur, such an
extraordinary weapon of detence,
ind what ou earth had induced the
issassin to cnt off his victim's legs
ind bring litem into his tent At
last, however, I did sink into a
disturbed, unrefresbing slumber,
and was afflicted by a frightful
dream in which I fancied that one
of my noxt door neighItors was
kneeling on my chest and catting
tny throat from ear to ear.
My dream had, in fact, some
flight foundation, tor I was awakened
by a rough hand shaking me
by the shoulder ; and my eyes, on
opening them, rested on the rough,
bearded face of the very man 1
had been dreaming of.
I was about to scream M murder
1" tor I thought that my last
hour had come; but glancing
around I saw that it was broad
daylight, and that the fellow was
merely asking me for a match to
light hie pipe with. This I imme
diately gave him, and he went
away with a muttered expression
of thanks.
That day, instead of going to
work, I get ont tor the tent of the
Clice commissioner, and after a
ig walk succeeded in reaching
it. 1 bad to wait a eery long time
before ! was granted an andience;
but when I was ushered into the
pretence of the dread functionary,
and told him as succinctly as pee
Si bis the circumstances of thfe case,
and how 1 had heard the rascals
confess their numerous ci irnee, and
particularly their last iinrder, th*
proofs whereof were wubiu their
tent, tbe enthusiasm of tb? com
misaioner was fully aroused, and
be felt as anxious tor jtheir capture
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una pumsuiueut N| jnvmi. at
suggested thai two police, uen, disguised
a* (libera and well armed,
should eoine to my tent that even
ing en tho pretence of paying nM
a visit aa old acquaintances, and
tbat after it was dark, and the tare
murderers had turned in for tlx
night, we ahonld rusk into theii
tout and secure them.
This was a very feasible plot
apd I heartily entered intq it; so ]
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minutely deecribed the position of ;
my tent, and to make it still niore <
easily discoverable, promised that j
a bright red pocket handkerchief 1
should be banging on some conspicuous
part of it, as though to dry,
and bsvinir made all (Iima #r 1
raheeraents, I took my leave. 1
'Well, I got back to mv abode <
about one o'clock in tbe afternoon, I
and after a haaty meal, not wisti- i
ing to lose a whole day, I went to i
my claim, and aet to for a three 1
hours* dig. Strange to say, I had i
not been at work five minutes when 1
I came across a pretty little nng- I
get, ot about tbe size of a walnut,
and a few minntee later picked ont i
I another as large as a crab apple. 1
I was about to pocket the latter, I
when I looked up and saw one of i
the assassins gazing down on me. <
" Lucky find, mate t" said he, 1
with a broad grin, that in my pre i
CJiCed mind seemed to cay,44 Ave, i
t it will be mine before lortg. <
M Pretty well," I replied, brus- i
quely, and be walked away. i
I found no more nuggets on that i
occasion ; and at 5 o'clock, 1 knocked
off and made my way to mv
tent, where, after a good wasb,l
Sulled an old gin case outside, sat
own on it, lighted my pipe, and
coolly awaited the arrival of my
visitors. '
I had not to wait long. I nres
ently observed two strongly framed
men strolling leisurely in iny <
direction, as though merely sauntering
at random through the diggings.
As they came opposite to i
inc, one of them started, and, ad- i
dressing mc, exclaimed : IIolio,
Ted ; how long have you been at <
Ophir ? and where did you hail
from last?" and stepping up he
grnsped me warmly by the hand.
Seeing what was expected of me, i
I heartily returned the pressure,
saying, in a loud tone, " Why,
about three weeks. But when did
you leave Sydney ? Come in, man,
and bring your friend with you ;
Old fridnas like you and me should
liquor up before questions are aske<f
and answered;" and iuside we ,
all three of ue wont.
One of the two inen that we ,
wanted to catch wss an eye and
car witness of all this scene, but it
was so naturally enacted that no
suspicions that my two acquaintances
were detectives could have
entered his head.
I found that each of my visitors
whs armed with a revolver and a
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| pmr ui unuu ^vnio. mc;y nvic
both strong, powerful men, and ,
more than a match for the others ,
iu every way. The plan, however,
to make all things certain, and to
prevent any unnecessary spilling of
blood, waa to wait until the ruffians
were in their beds and asleep, {
when we were to steal in, and try |
and handcuff theui before they t
could wake up.
We had to wait many weary .
hours for this time to arrive, but at
last the snoring commenced in
earnest, and this was onr signal.
Handcuffs in hand, the detectives
crept into the adjoining tent. I
followed thorn with my revolver
leveled, in ckso that one or both
the rascals should wake up and he
too quick for them. They did not
wake up, and the irons were clasped
around and locked on their
wrists without their even twink
line an eyelid.
But now they were - roughly
awakened, and the senior officer
said, "Tom Jackson and Bill Wil
T . MW l I
iuii, x jtriuew you mr wiuiui murder.
Tou must both of you get np
And come along with na. I am
Detective Sinclair, of the New
South Wales police."
I nfever flaw two men so struck
with consternation and surprise as
were these two worthies. At last
one of them gasped out, " Murder 1
Willful murder! Detective Sin
clair i Why,you must all be mad."
The evidences of their crime
are in this tent, remember," I said
to Sinclair, nndgii g him with my
elbow. 11 Lot us search for the
limbs of their last slaughtered victim."
The bint was promptly acted upon.
We aeized spades and picks, j
and in ten minutes every inch of
tho ground covered by the tent
was turned over tp a yard hi depth.
No old man's legs were found;
i bnt we were not to be daunted, and
1 proccoded to ransack the tent all
I over, still without any old man's
* legs turning upf though we spied
two fine hind legs of a kangaroo
* banging up in an obsenre corner.
I." * Well, are yoasatfsttedTasked
1 one of the prisoners. * Are yon
1 convhioed that you are on some
- wild gooes chase f It * , take those
t cursed Irons off ana be gone."
No. we are not ab convinced "
1 answered Sinclair, with some atI
parity. " Tbit worthy gontleman,"
> pointing to me, "beard you con5
fett laet night to having murdered
' no lets than eight old men, and
tttch crimet win have to be ac,
counted for. He heard you oout
feet, too, to having hid the lege of
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i'onr last victim !]ft tbis tent; but
loubtleas you bate this day removed
them to Bpmemore secure
biding place."* *
ft He told you that, did he ? the
jroung donkey," screamed one of I
the accused, with a hyena-like
laugh. M And so vre have, too?
Did men kangaroos?and there are
Clio lege we spoke of hanging np
in that corner ready for to-mor- i
row's pie. Alt! hat ha! he has i
brought jqq on a fool's errand, ]
lure enough," and the roars of *
laughter the two men indulged in I
fairly shock the tent, H
Both detectives looked fearfolly <
annoyed, and yet they could not '
belp laughing. Without a word <
to uie they touk the handcuffs off i
the men and returned them to I
their pockets. Then Siuclair said : 1
11 What will you take to keep this <
matter a secret) You see, through
this unfortunate new chum's blonder,
we shall get langhed off the 1
diggings, nnloss you choose to be
merciful. I'll give you a j?5 note 1
out of my own pocket if you will <
keep this unfortunate affair dark."
441 will supplement Sinclair's offer
with the largest of the nuggets |
laugup in aay," i said, feeling
that if being laughed at was the
general dread, I stood in the worst
position of the trio.
44 Liang your bribes P wns the
retort. M I would not give up the
chance of circulating so glorious a
yarn for ten times the vnlnc of
what you offer. However, I will
tell it as leniently as possible. And 1
as for this new chum," turning to 1
me, " when I tlrst came to the col
ony, 1 and my mate here were
both of ue green enough to have
made just as stupid a blunder ; so
I can't blame him. Come, let us
sit down and have a drink all
round of real old Jamaica rum, of
which we have an uubroachcd keg
in stock.*
The invitation was readily accepted,
and we kept it up until day
break with rroi*. tnixr*
So ended the tragedy ojl u killing
An old man," which I now learnt
was a name universally bestowed
on h large male kangaroo. These
animals, when attacked, are very
ferocious, and if they cannot get
away, and are engaged at close
quarters, will clasp you with their
short fore legs, and pressing you
tightly ngainet their chest will
raise one of their strong hind legs,
which is armed with a terribly
long, strong, and knife shaped
spur, and rip you right down with
ir, canaine almost instant death.
When hunted with dogs, the "ol
man " will generally, wlien once
at bay, disembowel two or three of
his canine adversaries before he is
dragged down and dispatched, and
theliuman foe is sometimes served
in the same manner.
These two terrible murderers, as
I thought them, turned out to he
two right good fellows ; one had
been a cornet in a crack car airy
regiment at home, the other a cnrate
in the church of England.
We soon became fast friends and
partners in what tnrned out afterwards
to be a well paying claim,
and in the rear 1867 we all rc
turned to old England rich men.
The Public&ton of Sirtht.
The publication of notices of
births is rapidly gaining ground
fn various sections of this country,
4s has longsince been the case in
England, France and Germany,
and, in fact, in nearly all parts ot
Europe. The feeling of false deli
cacy ?* ' ?ch has so long existed in
conm on with this important and
eventful feature of human economy
is fast giving way to more enlight
ened views on the subject, and in
a little while the habit of annonnc
ing births will be na common and
fixed in all parts ot the country as
that of publishing marriages and
deaths. And why not I The fact
of being born ie jnst as patent and
necessary, and jnst aft proper moreover,
as that of getting married or
I dying. There ehocla, therefore,
bono tnare hesitation in making
it known in one case than in the
others, besides, such publications
are of great importance as public
records in furnishing vital statisin
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iivo iii wuivii *11 nrc imcrcoVDUj
and of hardly lees value a? a means
ot preventing iotpoeitiooa and in
the establishment ot identity, heirships,
etc., where other evidences
do not exist. It is oolyfMMtshry
for heads of fluiulfa to get .over
the old maidish feeling that it ie
adventurous or vulgar to make
publio those interesting domestic
events, to inaugmttt* a custom hi
favor of which many sound reasons
exiatj and against which no
valid objection oan bo urged by
any well-meaning person.
[ Chariegton New.
Human nature is a had clock. It
may go right now and then, or be
made toetrike the hour, hot itsinward
ft-amo treqrp to go wrong.
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A, MAY it, 1870,
An Jet
To .Provide fob the Construction
and the kkepino in repair of ?
Public II ion ways and Roads. d
Skuiion 1. Be it enacted by the p
Senate and House of Represents o
lives ot the State of Soutu Caroli- p
na, now met and sitting iu Qeneral
Assembly, and. by the authority of mQ
the same, That all able bodied n
male persons, and all male persons n
able to perform, or cause te be q
performed, the labor herein re- t
tjnired, between the ages of eigb- v
teen and forty-fire ytfars, shall be c
liable annually to perform such ?
days'labor on the public highways t
and roads as shall not exceed ten
days, in one year, under the di- \
rection of the Commissioners of s
the County in which he shall re- a
side: Provided, That if any per- n
ion, being warned as hereinafter t
provided, shall pay to the County v
Treasurer of the County in which r
he may reside the sum of one dol- s
lar per day, after being notified by s
the County Commissioners, the t
UUllO fthnll Ko rcpoivad in linn nf I 1
such labor, and shall be applied 1 <
by the said Commissioners to the
construction and repair of high [1
ways and roads in the precinct to I
which they belong. <
Sec. 2. It shall be (he duty of <
the Commissioners of each and 1
every County in this State to or- c
der out every such person, resi- c
dent as aforesaid, between the first y
Monday in December and the first t
Monday in August, annually, to t
do and perform the work aforesaid c
on the public highways and roads c
in their rcspcotive Counties; and t
if any such resident, being personally
warned by sucti Commissioners,
or by having a written notice
served at bis place of residence, ,
shall refuse or neglect, having had |
at least three days' notice, to attend 4
by himself, or substitute equally #
able to perfoi;iu said duty as him- j
self. or. having attended, nhnll r?- I *
? i n 1 " w i
fuse to obey the directions of the
said Commissioners, shall, upon
conviction thereof, be lined by the ,
County Commissioners, in a sum
not less than 'five nor more than
litteen dollars, the same to be collected
as other judgments.
Sf.o. 3 In case any person shall
remove from one County toanoth
cr, who has, prior to such removal,
performed the whole or any part
of the labor aforesaid, or in any
other way has paid the whole or
any part ot tho amount aforesaid ,
in lieu of snch labor, and shall
produce a certificate of the ^amc
from tho Commissioners of tho
proper County, such cirtiiicate
shall be a complete discharge for
the amount therein specified.
Sec. 4. Any person called upon
to perf rm any labor upon the
public bighwAys and roads, under
the provisions of tht6 Act, shall by
himself or substitute appear at the
place appointed by the Commi6
sioners at the hour of eight o'clock
in tho forenoon, with such necessary
tooU and implements as the
Commissioners may direct; and
tho Commissioners ma}*, if neces
l- fc- tl.a . a
j tur iiiv v^vhisi i iiviit'ii ur repair ?
of the highway or road, order any 1
person owning tlie same to furnish *
a team of horses, mules or oxen, |
and wagon, cart, plow or scraper, i
to be employed and used upon the
said highway or road under their 1
direction. i
Sue. 5. For the purposes provided
for under the preceding Sections
of this Act, the residence of
any person who has a family shall
be held to he where his famtlv resides,
and t ho residence of' any
other person shall be held to be
where he boards, in any County in
this State.
Skc. C. In all cases a man, horse,
plow and cart, shall be equivalent
to three days1 labor; a inan, wagon
and two horses shall be eqnivalent
to five days' labor ; and so in
proportion for all teams and wagons
used by and under the directions
of said Commissioners. And
the County Commissioners are
hereby authorized to appoint SubCommissioners
in each Township,
to superintend the repairing of
roads and highways in the different
counties of tho State.
Skc. 7. That all Acta or pai-ts
of Acta inconsistent with the provisions
of thie Aet, be and the
Same are hereby repealed/
15KG ?. That tnie Act ahull tare
effect immediately after iU passage.
41 r' ' * ' "*
Approved March 1,1870.
Founder in Horns?I have a
badly foundered horse, what will
euro him I 8. 8, V. Ithaca, N Y.
Ana.?^ A large tablespoonfuI of
pulverized alnm, and a teaapoonfbl
of pulverized saltpetre mixed.
Moisten tbe dose and administer
it by palling out the tongne and
placing the spoon as far l>ack In
tbe month as possible. Feed carefully
ahd exercise gently every
day. Repeat the dose every other
day for several days.
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The Ornt Cmm of UahappinM*.
Harsh judgment, rough words, 1
mull but frequent acts of selfishess
and injustice, sometimes quite
oison the heart that promised to
e heal hy, and curse tne start that
romiscd to be blessed.
There are families which possess
very earthly comfort, health,
lODey and occupation, but are
liserable from the jealousy and
uarreling that prevail within
hem. -latere are married couples
rbo live in dsily sorrow, not bonose
thev are in want, but because
ach thinks the other unkind, arbirary
and inconsiderate.
Young people sometimes marry
vith their eyes shut and thus intend
of being mated with angels,
a they foolishly imagined they
night be, they find ont afterwards
hat tlioy are only men and women,
rith the common work-a-day weakiess
and fanlts of their respective
ex. This sham love easily geta
oured, and then each, reproaches
he other for not fulfilling the seni
mental prospects with which they
jntcred into the married state.
Take any of the relationships of
life, and we should find that for
the greater part of all our sorrow
joines from the same cause. Get
my to tell you honestly what gives
liin the most annoyance and dis
[include, and he will tell you tbey
ome from want of kindness, sympathy
end fellow feeling. He will
ell you that be could bear other
hinge it he only met with more
onsi deration, support and ericourigcment
from the people with
rbom he has to do.
Effect of Forests on HealthIt
seems to be generally understood
among scientific observers
that forests, and even a few rows
>f trees, often have great effect in
checking miasmatic vapors. It
ias been observed that a screen of
rees in certain localities in Italy,
>rotectcd the inhabitants from
evers which were prevalent upon
he other side of them. Certain
:omuii8sioners in the Tuscany ad
rise the planting of three or four
rows of white poplars to intercept
he current of air from malarious
ocalities. Lieut. Manry believed
hat a few rows of sunflowers planed
between the Observatory at
Washington and the Potomac
narshes, bad saved the inmates of
be Observatory from the intermitent
fevers to which they had been
brmerly liable, and large planta
ions of sunflowers have been
slanted in alluvial soils in Italy
kvith favorable results in preventing
the spread of noxious exhalations
from the marshes.
It is supposed that the plants or
trcos not only act mechanically to
sheck the unhealthml current, but
ilso chemically to render the noxotis
effluvia harmless by decom-;
nosing it.
The uniform temperature and
tumidity of forests, except in tropcal
climates, are considered favorable
to health. Even the great
twamps of Virginia are found to
M healthy both to blacks and
a hites until portions of the forest
ire felled, when by rapid decom
position they become insalubrious,
und even dangerous.
Upon, the whole, it would seem'
that for comfort, fbr fertility of
soil, and for health, as well as for
convenience, economy, and last, bet
not least, the beauty of the landscape,
we ought carefully to cherish
our native forest aud encourage
artificial plantations.
lfo h \Judge French.
The flower of youth never appeals
more beautiful than when it
bends toward the ann of righteousness.
1. .: .- !!. !
Onr brains are seventy year
clocks. The angel of life winds
them up once for all, then cl- ses
the ca*e, and gives the key into
the hand of the angel of the
resurrection.
If us^^rutinize the living oi
roen we shall find tha
activity a?j persistence are theii
leading peculiarities. Obstacle)
cannot intimidate, nor labor weary
nor drndgery disgust them.
Marriage.?No man evei
trnnnra U'liort urliAra ai- tKum Kn'
marry. It's all nonsense, planuin
and speculating about Wr Yo
might at wall Took out for a so
pot to fall in a. steeple-chase.You
com? down in the very middl
of your peculation#.
w hokt*3r beard of a man dolu,
a good business that didn't adro
tise t Fat there are a namber 4
merclianta in this city who oot
tinually complain of lack of em
torn era, who hare no advertise
ment in the paper* asking Lbei
patronage. Ob, ye clneeflsto
men ! the people know the libers
man by l?ls advertisements, am
patronize him in preference to tW
one whose heart seems callous?
to all such acta.
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Qiu*s Cow b? <\wi?niaw
Haw on of gmpae, Moo?diag to
accounts frequently pnWiabed dnr
in* the past tiro or throe jeers,
has been very saccessfully applied
to the core or toonmptfoo, in its
earlier and less decided stages in
particular. The * grape process **
is condpcted now to a considerable
extent on the banks of the Rhine,
where several physicians have establishments
in which patients afflicted
with consumption, or with
deranged digestive organs, are
treated by eating grapes, as in
other places they are by drinking
water. The patients assemble in
the gardens twice a day, and each
fills a basket with the grapes, under
the Watchful qj* of a special
doctor. They then sit down to
slowly suck toe juicss of the fruit,
wtple -lively, music is played in
their hearing.' From four to six
weeks is the time required for a
cure. This story, if true, may
prove a sad discouragement to doctors
and proprietors of quack rood
icines which are upheld to core
consumption; but we believe the
main virtue ot the u grape process
" will be found in the regularity
oi habits which the treatment
otherwise imposes. A gentleman
tor many years connected with a
celebrated water-cure told us tliat
tliis imposition ot regularity in
sleeping, eating, drinking, bathing
and walkng, constituted all the
virtue that existed in the watercore
process.
[Chicago Republican,
CnioNoss.?There in a lady in
Washington who wears her own
lair hair without a chignon, which
faet deserves mention in honor of
the one sensible woman of the age
J. - "?
wuu uuw not ainigure nerseir witti
the carreot Tile wad. No one la
deceived by these monstrous to*
mors into believing any other
thing than by their assumption is
indicating a woful lack ot that
long hair wbicb is the glory of wo*
man in the persons wearing tliem.
They defile collars, they exhale
grave-yard savors, and do away
with one of the pleasantest part of a
woman's head, next to her face?
the ronDd shapely noddle, to wit,
ot beauty unadorned. Even the
close shorn " poll " ot a bruiser
is preferable in a judicious eye
to the hack brain of a pretty woman
foaled up* with a mass of
horso-bair, sea moss, and dead
folk's tresses. A way with it,
then, good ladies. The summer
is nigh, and its heat may reveal
those taints of the chignon which
the cold of the winter has kept
WMWVt VUWA* 4
?
To Destroy Moles.?Make corn
meal into dough with water in the
usual war. Mix therewith a small
portion of arsenic. At the breaking
up of cold weather in the
Spring, when the moles first begin
to travel forth, break through their
roads and deposit a lump about
the sice of a marble, and cover
again with a clod of dirt to exclude
the light Do this at many
points and the moles soon disappear.
It has sometimes been asserted
that it it not the moles that does the
damage, but a mouse that follows in
the wake. Indubitable reasons exist
for believing that the moles partakeot
the poison and are destroyed,
and that whether the injury to
crops is done by the moles or nrfce
the evil ceases alter a thorough
application of the above.
[Carolina Farmer.
The Prnsian Government has
military maps of every foot of its
territory, so* complete that every
bill, ravine, brooklet, field ana
forest is delineated with perfect
accuracy. It is a common boast
| of Prussian military men, within
> eight days 850,000 men can be
' concentrated to the defence of any
' single point within the kingdom.
| ??
Oh* of the convicts of the Micht
igan State Prison, getting tired of
r working, laid his fingers under the
trip-hammer and had them smash?
ed to shreds. He had five months
to serve. Ibis is the second time
that such an act of self mutilation,
| i<?? ?U? ??lUO ICWKMI, 11*0 UWUilCU
g in the Penitentiary.
ft Ibt Nevada, recently, the people
- met and unanimously 44 resolved
le that the Indian of poetry and romance
is not tho Indian in fact,
the latter being possessed of every
& attribute of beastly depravity and
J ferocity ?
?* Harm hope in despair, confi.
l" donee amid surrounding dangers,
h awd the cheering bnpe of a gloriT
ons immortality," while the dark
, night of the grave rests npon the
i horizon oftarth.
a ?
8 M Wan* me es one who loves
d hit fellow man," as the cannibal
said to the missionary.
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