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dollar per aquamof tweJfo Niaieo ltoee
Ohl? iM type) or leee for for foil toeertion,
any own ooohfor tin nimlwi mrt ineer.
tione, ud twenty-Ire md(i for eahfoqaent
iaeertM*. Yeejrly eoatraete Will he fowde.
All UmtlwwW Bait bare tb? number
"f IkM/tiona in ark ad on then, or they will be
imerted till ordered oat, nl charged for.
Ualfw ordered otherwise, AdrertUemeoU
Will l.weelokln ko U iltenl.wai ?
Obituary no ticca, and all matter* Inuring to
t? tba baneflt of any oaa, aro regarded aa
Adrertlaaaaanta.
Itltrirt ^attrq.
Only a Boy.
O ily a boy with hie noiae and fun,
Tha verlrat myatary under the aun ;
Aa brimful of miachlef, and wit, and glee,
Aa ever a human frame can bt,
And aa hard to manage aa?what? ah, tur J
Tie bard to tell,
If el we love bim well
Only a boy, wllh his fearful tread,
Who eannot be driven, must be led ;
Who troubles the neighbors' dogs end cats*
And tears more clothes, and apolt^ more
bats.
Loses more kite*, and tope, and bats,
Than would atoek a store
For a year or. mere.
Only a boy, wltfc bis wild, strange ways,
With hia Idle boors, or his bnsy day a;
With his queer remarks, and hla odd repile*.
Sometimes food*, add sometimes wise,
Often brilliant for ope of lrla aixe,
A< a meteor hurled
From the planat world.
Only a boy, who will be a man
If oatura goes on with her first great plan ?
If lotennpet ance, or tome fatal snare.
Conspire not to roh as of this our heir,
Our blessing, onr trouble, our rest, our cat e>
Our torment, our joy 1
" Only a boy."
Itnrt} for tjjt Iai)if5.
THE HUSBAND OUTWITTED ;
OH, TWO CAM PLAT AT TDAT GAME.
A week at the watering place,
and moet of the time each day
epent in the company of Mr. Manwell,
the gentleman Miss Elaworth's
old friend, Ned (Vhittaker,
had introduced to her one morning
on the piazza. 8he had sailed
with him, had strolled with him,
or ridden with him along the
em?re? on me moonngtit evenings,
and she lia<t danced with him in
the thronged drawing rooms.
Miss Els worth was not a flirt,
who distributed her likings among
many gentlemen; and she had
found her ideal well nigh realized
in Mr. Man well. Only the evening
before, their talk had withdrawn
itself from general topics,
which to each other had been congenial,
and in tier admiration of
his intelligence and manliness she
had encouraged an approach to
that personal sort of conversation
which relates to love and matri '
mony.
And now, to find Mr. Manwell,
this morning, with his coat off and
Smith's apron on, engaged in mending
a lock 1 lie was doing it 1
publicly. The lock was on the
door that led to the middle of the 1
front piazza, where the fashionable 1
dressed ladies and gentlemen were '
sitting or i)rom?ii?ilin<?
W - """"" "ft*
11m back was toward Iter as site !
approached, leaning? on tlio arm of
Iter friend, Annie West. She re- (
cognized him, looked intently at
him, gave her companion over to a
party of young ladies near, and
then stopped and spoke to liitn.
4 Do you like that sort of work,
Mr. Manwell r
41 do, Miss Elsworth. 1 "believe
I am a natuial mechanic.*
4 It appears odd to see you doing
this.* |
It is my trade,* be replied, raising
from hU work and turning to
her.
Her clieek blanched a little.
4 Your trade f site said faintly.
' "'Sfc&sHrv*I
proprietor. Wld the lock needed ;
mending, and. I told biin I could
mend it for f#
Hie party of girls camo along
just then. -? u
Man well awhile, and laughing at
liim, they propoiedHfc ftde. There 1
were three carriages among them '
all; ihase would take the Marty.
Ned CTttMtafcar hero joined*hem.
4 WJgfftbe deuce, are yon about
hen fttctwliw to Mr. Man- .
w3T.^l6l^1e kidded, as the latter
tamed and glanced at him;
4 hot while >? ad here might as .
well eni>>* yttirself.'
InnweU < excused himself |
from joining the party, and they 1
all went away, leaving him to eoui- 1
pleto hia work.
. w,^oi;k
'it is well,' be mattered to him- 1
self. 4 Jf she cannot- take me aa ) *
am she Is pot worihy of roo. The
woinad that morrles the biust take I
me for inyself.'
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1ILEY. PRO'RS.
Ho atood and looked after her
nntil tbo bod disappeared. She
did not once turn to look back.
lie cave bis shoulder a shrug,
compressed his lips, uttered a cynical
4 humph I' aud turned to finish
?<{$ work. i
' Let it be so, be muttered, when
he was through, and was pnttinv <
i on his coat. * I thought perhaps I
had found a woman after my own ]
heart. But let it be so. Amidst
this world of wealth and fashion,
she too, has lost her soul. Let her
go.' I
He proided her thereafter. He
did not seek .to catch her eye for i
a bow of recognition. When she 1
entered the drawing-room where '1
he was, he would go out by anoth*
er w&y. Jttut bo was more than
over in the company of Ned in i
passing to and fro between Miss <
Els worth and him, who served still
as a sort of link between them.
1 Yon are a cynical fellow,' said i
Ned one day. * Why don't you j
take people as they are?' Vou t
will find good enough in them.' <
4 But they won't take me as I <
am : that is the trouble.' t
4 Pooh 1 You see yourself that t
she allows no other suitors to ac- 1
company her. Don't you see that
she is alone, or with the girls most
of the time ?" i
4 Her heart its full of vanity.' i
4 Pshaw ! She is tied to luxurious
notions, that's all' i
Man well's trunk was awaiting <
uim aim lue singe, outside on the
piazza, at the time this conveisa- I
tion was going on. On the trunk i
we<o his initials, 4 G. M.' Miss t
Elsworth, passing that way, saw
the initials?not by chance, for 6he
had been very busy scrutinizing t
the trnnks that lay together in a e
pile?and when she saw the ini- t
tinls she started and turned pale, i
She recovered horself, ana with i
drew with her companions a little i
way. and then stood still aim t
watched. Soon Man well came out i
witli Ned, upon the piazza, lie <
chanced to turn his eyes toward i
her, and their eyes met?met for I
the first time since she had left him I
while he was at work upon the
lock. She did not turn her eyes, i
Site bowed. lie approached her a
and bid her goodbye. t
What the conversation was, that
ensued between the two when thev o
were left alone, by means of Ned's
ingenuity in spiriting away the 1
rest of the company is uuknown, v
save the following:
4 But 1 am a locksmith,* said
Mauweil. ii
4 No matter.'
4 Are you willing to live the h
wife of one who, with his Lauds,
earns .his daily bread V s<
41 am willing to undergo any* g<
iiiing 10 Mo witn von. 1 have sul- ti
fered enough. During these last a
few days I have learned what it is t<
to despair of being mated to the
one I love.'
4 But your motlu r?your fath- p
erf' k
4 Unless I am willing to leave d
thcin for your sake 1 am not worthy
of you.* ... ti
4 But the loss of wealth, position, tl
of the surroundings ot refinement !' n
4 Do not say anything more. I f<
am willing to leave all tor your n
Bake. I am weary of being with- U
out you.'
4 Would you be willing to be- d
come my wife this day, this hour f g
Your father and mother might put *
obstacles in your way V d
41 am willing tbis hour?this
minute.' cl
4 Tliev still think vou are wealthy u
?as I did.' b
4 Come, then, we will go our way
with Ned Whittaker, and become &
before the world what we now are h
in spirit?husband and wife ; and c
then, at once, we will take the cars a
fnr llio linma T ImoA fiw ?
home which, though lowly, you fi
will make happy.*
* Whither you go I will go.* e<
They were married in a quiet u
way. in the little watering place |<
chapel, with the wicked Ned W.iit- si
taker conniving at the mischief, u
Die next train sped them to the tt
city. I
* I will show yon to the shop
where I work,* said Mr. Manwell, d
when the carriage which they took b
at the depot had drawn op before
me of a long line of brown stone n
houses, in a splendid part of the b
sity. w - si
* What do vou mean V she demanded,
as she accompanied her f]
nisbaud up the bruad steps at the nl
ioor. di
* Mean.' he replied, 4 that fis the fl
louie and this is the workshop.* *<
And he led Iter in, and among cl
>tlier rooms to which he conducted
his wife, was one fitted up as a ?
workshop, where be said he' was I*
accustomed to indulge his lov.e for
roeehspical work, after having, In
assured her, regularly served his lo
time at learning a trade. fa
Mrs. Manwell stood and looked rc
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4 Yea, madam,' . **
* And von are not poor, but
rich r
4 You apeak the truth, Mr*. Manwell."
4 And why did you play tCe jeat
upon me !' ^' " *
4 To see whether yon really lovad
me for my own sake.*
* Ah, pretty, indeed! And stipx>ee
yon do not love met*
4 Bnt I do.*
Hnmph P
So there was a little family quar*
rel on the spot.
4 Now Invite yonr father and
mother to come and see us,' said
blnnwell, after the cloud had some
what cleared.
41 will,* she replied?41 will.
But first yon innst go with me to
tee them, and pacify them in view
3t what we have done.'
4 Very well.'
In a few days they started ont
in the carriage on their errtinrl
Kirs. Manwell gave tbo directions
:o the driver, and her husband
*,ould net help expressing his bonier
at tho increasing squalor of
he neighborhood through which
;hey rode. The carriage drew up
jotore a miserable looking tenement
house, and stopped.
4 Whore the duce are you taking
me ?" asked Mr. Manwell; looking
?harp!v at his wife.
4 Come and see,' she replied, as
die proceeded to step from the
carriage.
4 llerc, wait, he exclaimed, arter
ds first hesitancy, 4 let ine get out
kiret and let you out. What does
hie mean I1
4 Follow me,' waa her reply.
She led hira up stairs?up, up,
hrough throngs, and dirt, and
tnclls, to the fonrtli story. Here
be opened the door Without knockng,
and the two entered. The wonan
was dressed ncatlv, and so
verc the children, but they were
ill dressed very poorly, in keep
ng with the place, llie man was
jlad more carelessly, and even
norc poorly. On his head he kept
lis hat, which, certainly, was full
lalf a dozen years old.
4 My husband, Mr. Manwell;
ny father and mother, brothers
;nd sisters,' said Mrs Manwell, inroducing
all parties.
Manwell, stood and started with
ut speaking.
4 Ask their pardon, George,' said
tire. Manwell, 4 for running away
nth me.'
4 W ho are they ?'
4 Have I not told you ; didn't I
ntrodnce yout
a \rri - TL .
- ?? no were inoso at tno waterrig
place V
4 Sumo wealthy people, wlio had
fen me at the milliner's where I
awed for a livelihood?served my
nde, Goorgo?and fancied my
ppearance, dressed mo up, and
>ok me with them.'
* Yon jest.'
4 Do It No indeed 1 These
cople seemed to recognize me as
daughter and sister. Jest, Ineed
! Yon will find that out.
4 You are too cultivated, too
isteful, too fine featured 1' 4 All
lis,' 6ftid Mrs. Manwell, a milli
er may be. or a sewing girl. Look
jr yourself among the class. Is it
ot true ) All that wo girls need,
i dress.'
Mr. Manwell lifted his fist and
ashed it through the air. lie
round his teeth, and, turning
way, left the room, slamming the
oor violently behind hitn.
His wife took off h?r nW
loak, and flung herself down at a
ible and buried her face in her
and kerchief.
The door opened again, and
lanwell put in his head. * You
ave deceived me,' he said, 1 but
ome, you are my wife, I will try
nd bear it.'
She sprang to her feet and con*
-onted liitn.
' Your wife, am I!' ebe exclaim*
d, 4 and doomed to live with one
ho dooa not love her, but was in
>ve with her circumstances 1 No,
ir, you may go; 1 wiil not live a
ifo unloved for myself?you must
tke me thus, or I will stay. Still
can work.* .
I f _ _t__ J - * -
ne cKwca me uoor end retired
own stair* to the street, clinching
is hands and teeth as he went.
4 The horrible disgrace of it,* he
luttered. The derision that will
e my lot. And then to marry
iich a girl 1
But at the street door he tarried,
le had to struggle with himself
II alone. Suddenly lie tflrned and
ashed impetuously up the stairs,
nr.g open the door of tho room,
lized his wife in his arms and
asped bar to his heart.
4 My wife,' be whispered in her
ir ;4 stich you are and ever shall
b, before God and before the
ortd.*
(Now I begin to think that yon
ve me'she said, smilingly in lus
ce. 4 You do love me? You
sally think yon do, George f
lie clasped her mere tightly to
im.^ ' % * - . ;M
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EENV1LLE. SOUTH CAROLS
* Come,, then,' ?a!4 Abe, ' (hongh
of such parent* as these, pour as
'hev are, sbonld not feel ashamed
?yet they are not my parents, but
have only played a part in which
I have instructed them. Shake
bands with them, George, they are
worthy people.'
And he did shake bands with
them, and what is more, he helped
them.
A merry party was gathered
that evening at Mnnwell's house,
a party consisting of Mr. and Mis.
Manwell, and their guests, Mr. and
Mrs. Elsworth, and yonng lady ac
quaintances of the watering place,
and Ned Whittakcr. Ned never wos
in better spirits, nor. let it be stated,
were Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth,
who forgave their daughter and
her husband without hesitation.
* I say, George,' said Ned, wl?is
penng in xuanweiis' ear, * two can
play at that game, can't they ?*
Man well took Ned's jeering very
soberly. 'Yes,' said i e, alter a
few moments of thonghtfulness,
4 and the experience has taught me
a lesson. What fools the pride ot
wealth makes of ns all. I thought
she ought to have taken me regardless
? f my circumstances, for
myself alone, and without lnsita
tion, even. And yet, when she
tested tnc, 1 myself, was found
W Ant i n or Slioll ?'o " *"?
"*~C nw v * VI iuai II IV
disregard a person's occupation,
and tlie sonlf'
Mr. Whittnkcr shrugged bis
shoulders dubiously.
*1 think I have learned the least
n,' Mr. Manwcll added.
A dvantages of Stock for the Production
of Manure.
A paper prepared to be read
before the Topsail Agricultural
Club, April 2, 1870, by ono of its
members, says:
A favored cow or full grown
steer will produce annually, if fed
with sufficient tbrngc and one peck
of beets, turnips or potatoes daily,
about sixteen tons of unmixed manure
termed solid?equal in ammonia
to 1333* lbs. of Peruvian
Guano, estimating the guano at
15 per cent. The addition of 260
lbs. of superphosphate of lime
makes it equal in all respects to
the Guano. Then sixteen tons
may by careful drying be reduced
to about the same weight as the
guano. The liquids of the same
animal yield double that amount
of pure ammonia, equal to 2607
lbs of guano, say in all 4,000 lbs.
of guano. Tho other phospbatic
salts ot tho liquid equal the phosphates
in the guano. So that you
have ill the animal product ot the
cow and about $3 expended for
phosphates, a manure worth $180
? sufficient with the addition of
Dickson's formula to manure from
20 to 40 acres of land.
If we assume the ammonia of
the guano to bo in the form of a
carbonate, we bave in the cow's
voiding tor one year, an equivalent
for tho ammonia of soven tons
of gnano, And with one ton of superphosphate
of lime equal to that ,
amount of guano for fertilizing,
and with Dixon's formula to manure
from 10 to 140 acres. Tins
may and no doubt does seem incredible
to persons who have been '
all their lives familiar with domestic
manure. But no one of us, I '
presume, has ever kept a well fed '
cow or ox so confined us to have all i
its excrements and in such a situation
as will secure it from loss.
Consequently we are unablo to deny
the authority of Dana, Johnson
and others upon whose careful
measurements and scientific analyses
of theso products the foregoing
statement is based. It is further
stated that the ammonia voided
in one year's solids and finidA of
a good sized animal will com* 1
bine with sufficient carbonic acid (
to make 2031 lbs. of carbonate of <
ammonia. If we attempt to sup- i
ply this out of the channels of 1
commerce, it costs $400. If the 1
loss sustained by the members of 1
tliis club, in the waste and neglect 1
of production of animal mnnnrA nt
all kinds bo measured by its relation
to Peruvian Guano, we shall J
find no doubt it equals tho sum ot 1
all our products, or in other words, 1
that if all were saved and as mndi
produced as is possible it would l
more than double them. Animal
manures absorbed by dry vegetable
mould and pure phosphates will
enable us to keep more stock, make
knore manure, increase the stock
and so on ad lib-turn, Shelters for
stock and shelters tor manures,
floors of puddled clay, and if required
of cement. Are the only
magic agents in this great reform. '
[Carolina Fanner. J
Mr. Ctiyckanickbucks Yakutsk
oiitmiiks eakiatskylitmiks Ankac- i
bagainuks MekutonekutEokorts i
keeps a hotel at Bitka, Alaska.? 1
He savt that thfe Americans have
the queerest names he ever heard
of, and it is with the utmost difl' '
cully lie can prottounco them.
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[From the Rural Caroltoiaa.]
Keeping Irish Potatoes.
Mr. Editor: I see flint "Mrs
\\. B. Itin your April number
inquires for the best manner o
keeping Irish potatoes. I am i
great lover of that vegetable, anc
Const quently I always try to keej
them in good condition. For sev
eral years I was not very success
fill, nor was I until I adopted th<
following plan: My house it
about forty feet square, and abou
three to fonr feet trom the ground
with occasional pillar*to suppor
it, so that there is a free circula
tion ot air, at all times, nndor it
When my potatoes are fully ripe
which is known when the tops aie
I dig them carefully, removing
them immediately into a shadx\
place, where 1 assort them, leaving
for preservation none but those
which are perfectly sound aud not
at all injured with the hoe. 1 put
the soQild ones under my house,
scattering them so that they wil!
not touch each other, and let them
remain there until there is danget
ot their freezing.
I have a large box under ray
house, made on purpose, into wluct
II put my potatoes lu the following
manner : First, a layer ot perfect
ly dry sand, and theu a layer o
potatoes, not allowing one to presj
on another, then alternately a lay
er of potatoes and sand, untfl my
box is filled, which will hold some
thirty bushels. Adapting this
course, I do not think I have loat
a peck from rotting in five years,
indeed, I have no tears whatever
in regard to keeping or preserving
uiy potatoes, and 1 often have an
abundance until alter ulantino
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time in the spring. Tbo only
trouble is in having dry sand, foi
if it is tiie least damp the potatoes
will sprout. Last fall 1 put up ir
this manner my seed for planting
this spring, and when I took them
out to plant not one of tb m woe
in the least injured, and the same
was true with regard to my eating
potatoes. I give this as the result
of my experience, and tor what it
is worth.
Isaac Branch, M. D.
Abbeville, C. //., ?S. C?, April
!?*, 1870.
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Use of Lime in Aokicpltcre.?
The use of lime is two-fold:
1st, physical, 2d, chemical. As
a mechanical agent, it opens stiff
clays, rendering them friaple, mellow,
and more easily worked;
chemically, it acts on tho vegetable
matter of the soil and sets free
those stores of valuable substances
which, without the action of this
agent, must have remained inert
ami useless. It enters directly in
to the composition of plants, and
in many varieties forms largo pro
portions of the weight oi their
inorganic constituents. It neutralizes
certain acids which are often
present in soils, rendering them
useful in vegetation instead of being
positively injurious, which
they are in their original state.?
The existence of water in the soil,
however, affects the action of lime
very considerably. If the land is
wet and undrained, lime will not
exert the same influence which it
would do in the case of thoroughly
drained land A greater quantity
ot lime is necessary to produce a
given effect, thus the neglect ot
thorough drainage entails a considerably
greater expenditure in
liming than would have been necessary
if the land was eidier naturally
or artificially dry.? Camron a
Chemistry of Agriculture.
A California letter says : " I
was quite certain that the * Shoo
Ply * mania would culminate in a
tragedy. News has just been received
from Trinity county that
a wanderingminstreT troupe, which
recently ponotrAted to that benighted
region, was warned to
cease singing the ditty, and on
their refusal, wore granted a fair
trial by the Indignant miners.?
Their cloths didn't fit the jury, so
lliAV trora nrAmtffn/1 Irs i^?rvnn
- -- VJ <wi v ?' v??? vvvv* ?V ^IVI/UI b IIIJ
molested, the committee donating
the treasury receipts to one Jackson's
widow, whose husband was
lynched by mistake the day before."
In the town of Heliport, L. I.,
there is a tnrtlqgwandcring around
with the date iol2 marked on
his back. A party who was out
there over Snnday, attending
church, heard of it aud camo back
here and told ilemboytafefcgn he
immediately dispatch^EHbuty
agent to Heliport to on
the turtle's baok .tnt? legend
A Helmbold's Bnclln,,.,, Business !
11k is happy wliose circuinstansee
suit his temper ; tnore fortunate
is he whd can suit his temper
to any circustancea,
wr. ' V >-1l?SS?*?"l O.
Kkvknob . pnta yon on a level
with your enemy ; forgiveness lifts
you far above him.
5KPR
i ' ' wi ,i- :
trttf nitb Country.
The Men Who 8neeeed.
Take twenty boys of sixteen, in
our or any city in the State, and
let them go to work, three or fonr
| in a dry goods store, boot and
t shoe, or blacksmith establishments
I and printing offices. In ten years
? they will become inen of twentv?
1 .1. t?f
oia, nnu inn iimjuriijr 01 mem win
then be about as far alone: in the
[ business as tbev ever will be.?
j One or two only in each of the
t above branches will be establish
ed in business for themselves or
? connected with some firm doing a
good buisiness, and the rest will
be barely getting a living and
growling about their poor luck.?
1 Now, we assert that there is good
\ reason for their poor success, and
* that luck has but little, if any thing
r at all, to do with it. If we take
; tho trouble to ascertain the real
' facts in their several cases, wo
' shall find that those yonng men
who became masters in their
i trades, or leadiug men in their
J persuits, were not afraid to work,
. and were determined to succeed.
They look beyond tbe day and
r week. They madethjmsdveavalj
nable and useful to their employers,
by bcirn; always faithful, relil
able and willing to do what they
j- could for the interest of those for
9 whom they worked. When a
press of business came, they were
r ready and willing to work extra
j hours and without sulking or
( grumbling, well knowing that
business must be attended to
when it came, and that there were
! plenty of dull times during the
, year, which would more than
1 counterbalance any extra brisk,
ness of the busy season. To sum
! it all up, these young men iden.
tified themselves with the es;ab
j lisbment where they were employ^
ed, became useful to their employp
ers, in fact fixtures, who could be
[ illy spared, and in due course of
( time, having gained experience,
, were invited to take a hand with
, tho already cstablahed house, or
else boldly stride out for themselves.
Here, then, is the lesson,
which is, if you wish to become
successful masters, learn first to
> become faithful servants.
American Wonders.
The greatest cataract in the
woria is me t alls of M mgnra, where
the water from the great upper
> lakes forms a river of three quarters
of a mile in width, and then,
being suddenly contracted plunges
over the rocks in two columns, to
the depth of one hundred and seventy
feet each.
The greatest cave in the world
is the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky,
where any one can make a voyage
on the waters of a subterranean
river, and catch fish without eyes.
The greatest river in the world
is the Mississippi, four thousand
one hundred mi.ee long.
The largest valley in the world
is the Valley of the Mississippi.
It contains five hundred thousand
square miles, and is -one of the
most fertile and profitable regions
of the globe.
The largest lake in the world is
Lake Superior, which is truly an
inland sea being four hundred and
thirty miles long and, one thousand
feet deep.
The longest railroad in the world
is the Pacific Railroad, over 3000
miles in length.
The greatest natural bridge in
tlie world is the Natural Bridge
over Cedar Creek, in Virgina. It
, extends across a chasm eighty feet
in width and two hundred and fifty
feet in depth, at the bottom of
which the creeks flows.
The greatest mass of solid irou
in the world is the Iron Mountain
of Missouri. It is three hundred
and fifty feet high, and two miles
in circuit.
Tl.o ^ * ?
a?v wot opcviuicn ui vjrectHii
architecture in the world, is the
Del phi a Girard College for Orphans,
Phila.
Mosquitoes are begining to sing
their sanguinary songs in cool,
dark corners. Josh Billings says
the mosquito was born of poor but
honest parents, who had in their
veins some of the best blood in the
country, and the progeny will undoubtedly
take care that the best
blood will not lack replenishing.
A clergyman, in a recent sermon
iu New York, quoted an anecdote
of an old merchant, who instructed
his clerks: M When a man comes
into a store and talks of his hon aty,
watch him ; if he talks of his
wealth, don't try to sell to him ; if he
talks of his religion, don't trust
him a dollar."
A fokthkn teak old boy at San
Antonio, Texas, pointed a six
shooter at hit father Just to scare
the old man. A funeral there
don't attract hardly any attention.
> The boy and his ma were abort
i the only onca who cried.
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The moaning oi the tied?a husband'*
grumbling.
An unpleasant sort of arithmetic?division
among families.
Troubles are like babies ; the/
grow bigger by nursing.
Never intrust a secret to a belle
?it will be to&d.
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Somebody says night gowns are
" late habits."
Book-keeping taught in one lee"
son?Pon*t lend them.
A man often regrets that be did
speak on certain occasions: very
seldom that he did not speak.
When the cat is away, the cook
finds it difficult to explain how
the cold meat goes.
How we do love to hear the.
whole barn-yard cackle every time
our selfishness lays an egg.
Queen Victoria is the richest *
widow in the world. She has laid
up $10,000,000Strivk
to do right because it is
right; shun the wrong because it
is wrong.
An exchange is not far from
right in saying that a sour-faced
wife often helps the liquor trade.
Baltimobb announces that her
foreign commerce is steadily in*
creasing.
Fashion decrees that ladies'
boots shall be laced hereafter?not
buttoned.
Sepabatb cars for colored people
are now run on the Baltinioro
street railroads.
Vice does not pay; the sin is
less sweet than we fancied, and it
cost more than vra bargained tor.
It is a great shame to venture
npon any wrong tiling, and then
presume upon forgiveness.
Wmen shall we look at, the rosebuds
or the rose-hugs, when we
visit a neighbor's conservatory?
All history shows that it is in*
finitely easier to control than to
rule a corps of priests.
Somk married men go out like
candles, leaving their wives in the
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uai n. ao lU Wlieie lllCy BpCIlCl
their evenings.
All young men have inalienable
rights, of which none is so sacred
as the privilege to be " somebody."
White your name in kindness,
love and mercy on the hearts of
those you t-ome in contact with,
and you will never be forgotteu.
Base all your actions npon principle
ot right; preserve your integrity
of right; and, doing this,
never reckon the cost.
Men of genius are often dull
and inert in society ; as the blazing
meteor, when it descends to
earth, is only a stone.
God takes notice of every paticular
man as if there waa none else;
and yet takes notice of all as if
there were but one man.
Be not over hasty to combat
public opinion without pressing
reason. lie that spits against the
wind, spits in his own face.
Tiie upper ten of London regard
it us bad etiquette to ride to
church on Sunday, whenever it is
possible to walk.
Eioht million copies of tho
French Emperor's letter to the
people on the plebiscite were
piinted for distribution.
An Irishman that was very
near sighted, about to fight a duel,
I insisted that he should stand six
I paces nearer his nntnm~n;n? ?'?
?? Nm %umi
the other did to him.
u Whkn he shot at me the third
time," said a California teaunster,
" 1 began to think he meant business,
so I up-with my rifle and put
a bullet through his head."
A totino man in Coldwater,
Michigan, suddenly lost his voice
on Christmas, and he has been unable
to speak since, except in his
sleep, when he talks as fluently as
ever.
Immediately after tire burning
of the Richmond Theatre, in 1811,
the Council of that city passed an
order forbiding any public show,
assembly or dancing tor the period
of four months.
A monkey has been born in
Pittsburg. The event being the
first of the kind in that city, the
editor of one of the radical newspapers
has visited the wfant, and is
disposed to recognise it as a man
ana brother.
" Ah interesting game, nc
doubt," the typical witty Frenchman
Is reported to have said, on
his first introduction to the ground
i of the London Cricket Club, " but
, why can't yon Englishmen, who
; are so rich, hire some one to run
[ about for you P