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ffnrtj for tjie ?nMrs.
BACHELOR'S LOVE-MAKING.
Yon would have known it for a
bachelor's den, the moment jou
put your head in the door. Blue,
spicy wreaths of cigar smoke circling
up to the ceiling?newspapers
under tho table?castile soap
in the tin)' bronzo card recei\er?
slippers on the mantle-piece, and
general confueion everj'where.?
And }ot Mr. Thornbrooke?poor,
deluded mortal?solemn^ believing
that his room was in the most
perfect order. For hadn't ho
poked the empty champagne bottles
under the bed, and sent the
Wood box to boar them company,
and hung his morning gown over
tho damp towels, and dusted the
nshes sprinkled hearth with his
best silk handkerchief! He'd like
to 6ce a room in better trim than
il .i 1 1.- 1.1 I A .. ,1
mat?gutarasu II? wuuiu i ^c\uu
now ho was mending himself up,
preparatory to going a calling, to
call on the very prettiest girl in
New York. Not that ho wns particularly
fond of the needle, but
when a fellow's whole foot goes
through a hole in the north-east
loc of his stocking, and there isn't
u button on his shirt, it is time to
repair damages.
Now, us Mr. Thorn brooke's whole
6tock of industrial implements
consisted of a lump of wax, an
enormous pair of scissors, and one
needle, the mending didn't procress
rapidly. Ilia way of managing
tho button question, too,
necessarily involved some delay ;
lie had to cut all these useful appendages
from another shirt and
sow them on, and next time when
tho second shirt was wanted, why
it was easy enough to make a
transfer again. See what it is to
be a bachelor of genius ! It never
occurred to him to buy a few
buttons extra.
" Buttons are not much trouble,'1
said Mr. Thornbrooke to himself,
as he wiped tho perspiration from
his brow, " b\it when it comes to
coat sleeves, what tho mischief is
a fellow to do? I bavn't any black
thread, cither and he looked dolorously
at a small tear just in bin
elbow, where some vicious nail
had caught in the broadcloth.?
%i A black pin may do for to-night,
and to morrow I'll send it to the
tailor. The fact is, I ought to be
married , and so I would, if I on
ly dared to ask Lilian. O, dear, I
know she wouldn't have me?and
yet I'm not so certain either?if I
could only muster courage boldly
to put tho question. Hut just as
sure as I approach the dangerous
ground, my heart fails me. And
then that puppy Jones, with hie
curled moustache and hair parted
in tho middle?always hanging
round Lilian and quoting poetry
to hor?if I could have the privi
lego of kicking him across the
atreet I'd die kappv. He isn't
bashful, not he. ff soineboby
would only invent a new way ol
popping the question?something
that wasn't so embarrassing."
Our hero gave his black, glossy
curls an extra brush, surveyor!
himself critically in tho glass, and
then, with a deep sigh, set forth tc
call on the identical Lilian Ilay
jnond, resolving as he had done r
thousand times before, that if?
perhaps?may be?
Ob, the bashlulucss of tho bach
elors I
When Mr. Tbombrooke arrived
within the charmed precincts ol
Mr. Kaymond'g handsome parlors
velvet-carpeted, chandeliercd witli
gold and ormnlu, crowded to the
very doors with those charming
knicknacks that only a woman'*
taste provides. Miss Lily was at
home in a bewildering pink ineri
no drese, odged with whito lact
around the shoulders, and a crim
son moss rose twisted in among
the rippling waves ot her sof
brown hair. She never looked
half so pretty ; and, thank Providence,
Jones wasn't on hand foi
once in his life. But what was al
most as bad, Lily's cousin wa<
there?a tall, slender, black eyed
girl, with arch lips, and cheeks ac
red as a Suitzenherg apple. Oh,
how Thornurooke wisheu Miss Ks
tlier Allen was at the bottom ol
the lied Sea, or anywhere else ex
cept in the parlor. And then her
eyes wore so sharp?ho hadn'l
been doing tho agreeable more
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BAILEY, PRO'RS.
, than four minutes and a half be1
fore she exclaimed : .<
u Dear me, Mr. Thornbrooke?
r pray excuse me?but what on
i earth is the matter with your el
bow f"
f n talc A ? % /\ /I A/kA*?1n4 ^ V* A f t*H tf
iUai iv. vuiuvu Ptauci?ujo h aivorous
black pia had deserted its
j post.
" Only a compound fracture in
1 mj' coat, Miss Allen," said he, feel>
ing as if his face might do the dnty
1 of Mr. Raymond's chandeliers put
} together; %t you know we bacuelors
are not expected to be exempt
from such things."
" Hold your arm, sir, and I'll
set it all right in one moment,"
said Esther, instantly producing
from some 6ecret recess in the
folds of her dress, a thimble and
needle, threaded with black silk,
and setting expertly to work.
; 41 There, now, consider yourself
whole."
44 IIow sk illful you are." said
Mark, admiringly, after lie had
thanked her most sincerely ; 44 but
then you have so many nice little
concerns to work with. I have
only a needle and some wax, be
sides my scissors."
44 You ought to have a housewife,
Mr. Thornbrookc," said Miss
Lily, timidly lifting up her long
lashes in his direction. Lilv never
could speak to Thornbrooke
without a solt little rosy shadow
on her chock.
11A what?" demanded Mark,
turning very red.
" A housewife."
44 Yes," said Mark, after a momentis
awkward hesitation, 44 my
?my friends have told me so very
often?and I really think so myself,
you know?but what sort of a
one would you recommend, Miss
Raymond 1"
1 44 Ohv any pretty little concern.
I'll send you one in the morning*
s if you'll accent of it6he added,
i with a rosy light in her cheeks
again.
44 If? I'll?accept it," said Mark,
feeling as if he were in an atmoe.
i t i j u :?i. ?
JMIUIU ui jicuri uiiu guiu, wiui iwu
wings sprouting out of bis broadcloth,
on either side. And just as
he wr.s opening his lips to assure
Miss Lily that he was ready to
take the precious gift to his aims,
then and there without any unnecessary
delay, the door opened,
and in walked Jones.
Mark was not at all cannibalistic
in his propensities, but just then
he could have eaten Jones up with
uncommon pleasure. And thore
the fellow sat, pulling his long
| moustaches and talking the most
, insipid twaddle?sat and 6at, until
Mark rose in despair to go.?
Even then he had no opportunity
to exchange a private wojd with
Lily.
" You?you'll not forget?"
" Oh ! I'll be sure to remember,"
6aid 6he, smilingly, and half
wondering at that unusual pressure
he gave her hand. " Ladies
often do provide their bachelor
friends so.
Mark went homo the happiest
individual that ever trod a New
York pavement. Indeed, so great
was his felicity that he indulged
, in various gymnastic capers indicative
of bliss, and only paused in
l thotu at the gruff caution of a policeman,
who had probably forgott
ten his own courting days?
I " Come, young man, what are you
. about ?"
> " Was there ever a more deliI
cate way of assuring me of her fa
vorablo consideration ? Was there
f ever a more feminine admission of
r her sentiment. Of course she will
como herself?an angel, breathing
r airs from Paradise?and I shall
I tell her of my love. A housewife
I ?oh, the delicious words 1 Won>
der what neighborhood she wonld
like mo to engage a residence in.
i How soon it would be best to
. name the day ! Oh, if I should
awake to find it all a blissful
. dream I"
Early the next morning, Mr.
| Thornbrooke set briskly to work
f " righting up things." How be
swept and dusted and scoured?
] the room was aired to set rid of
} the tobacco smoke, and sprinkled
, with cologne and beautified gen*
, orally. And at length, when the
t dust was all swept into one cor.
ner, and covered by a carelessly (I)
, disposed newspaper, he found the
. window glass murky, and polished
, it with such vensreance that hia
I fist, handkerchiet and all, went
I through, sorely damaging the
. band, and necessitating the an.
graceful accessory of an old hat to
. keep oat the wintry blast tor the
, time being. However, even this
I mishap didn't dampen bis spirits,
i for was not Lily coining t
, Long and wearily he waited,
- yet no tinkle at the bell gave
F warning o! her approach, "It's
all her sweet feminine modesty,"
thought he, and was content. At
; length there was a peal below, and
> Mark's heart jumped up into his
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month, beating like a reveille t!
dram. He rushed to the door, e
bat?there was no one bat a little a
grinning black boy, with a box. t
44 Hiss' Raymond's compliments, K
ana nere s a? honsewite, sir."
"The honsewife, yoalittle imp
of Erebus 1"
" Yes, sir, in the box, all right."
Mark slunk back into his room
and opened the box, half expecting
to see a full-dressed young lady
issue from it, a la Arabian
Nights ; but no?it was only a little
blue velvet book, and full of
odd compartments, in azure silk,
containing tape, needles, scissors,
silk, thimble, and all the nice little
work-table accessories.
"And bhe calls this a housewife,"
groaned Mark, in ineffable
bitterness of spirit at the downfall
of his bright visions. "But I
won't be put off so."
Desperation gave him courage,
and off he hiea to the Baymond
mansion, determined to settle the
matter if there were forty Joneses
and Esthers there.
But Lilian was alone, singing at
her embroidery in the sunshiny
window casement.
" Dear me, Mr. Thornbrooke, is
there anything the matter ?"
Perhaps it was the shadow from
the splendid crimson cactns plumes
in the window that gave her cheek
6Uch a delicate glow?perhaps?
but we have no right to speculate.
" Yes."
And Mark sat down by her side,
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til id iuu&. liiu irciuuiiii^, uuuuiu^ <
hand. ^ i
? You sent mo a housewife this \
morning!" 1
M Wasn't it right ?" faltered Lil- y
ian. ' ,il
11 It wasn't the kind I wanted at ,
all!" ,
u Not the kind yon wanted ?" ,
u No, I prefer a living one, and ,
I caino to see if I conldu't change (
it. I want one with brown hair t
and eyes?something, in short, ,
Miss Lilian, just your pattern.? <
Can I have it ?" i
Lily turned white and then red, ,
smiled, and then burst into tears, i
and tried to draw away her hand, J
but Mark held it fast. (
"No, dear Lily, first tell me I <
can have the treasure I ask for." <
" Yes," she said, with the prct j
ticst confusion in the world ; and j
then, instead of releasing the cap- ]
tive hand, the unreasonable fellow
took possession of the other, too.?
But as Lily did not object, we suppose
it is all right.
And that was the odd path by
which Thornbrooke diverged from
the walks of old bachelorhood, and
stepped into the respectable ranks
of matrimony.
Original Conununicaliana.
FOB TUE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE.
Wheat.
Hacienda, Salcda, 1
Greenville, South Carolina, >
July 27th, 1870. )
lion. Iloracc Capron, Commissioner,
Department of Agriculture,
Washington City, D. C.
dir?ia8i year me urougtit r?- j
duced the yield of corn, and wheat (
flour, by the barrel, was imported
for daily bread. On? of the providontial
benefits ot a drought. j
forces an increased planting of j
grain the following year. Hie f
consequence is, tiiat we have a j
larger area of wheat harvested this (
year than nsual, and well has the (
farmer been repaid.
One bushel and three pecks of |
Red Bearded Mediterranean ,
Wheat, which was seed produced ,
from one peck, from tbe Agricul- ,
toral Department, yielded twenty- ,
five bushels; straw five feet long; ;
weight, sixty pounds per bushel: ,
planted 2d October; harvested ,
17th June; no rust: no smut: <
seed soaked in salt ana water and
du6tcd with lime ; top dressed with ,
barn-yard manure in mfd winter. (
Wheat sown early in this eli- j
mate, is in no damrer of winter i
killing by freezing. The young <
and tender roots ran well down {
into the soil before the ice belt I
reaches this latitude. By top- I
dressing in mid winter, with a ]
moderate coat of barn yard ma- ;
nnre while the earth is dry, the 1
wheat receives a thankful covering
which protects it from tbe cold 1
blasts of winter, and the fanner
will be well Mid for his kind at- <
tention to the poor old field?
which I regret to say presents a
distressingly ragged aspect in
freeaing weather in some quarters. |
Tbe intelligent farmer under- j
stands the ealtore of wheat from 1
Craetical experience, and need not ?
e told bow necessary it is to pre* |
pare the land by deep plowing be- ,
forehand. Tbe praetice of planting
wheat on ground already taxed '
almost to death with a oorn crop, '
is a bad one. In the first place, 1
LLE
nee, nnb t\)e 3itqn
jjKJILLE, SOOTH CAROUN;
be corn cannot be gathered soon
uongh in the fall to plant wheat,
?d in the second place?unless
be land la. lu a high state of rich- g
less?me crqp ot curu, huu ioi? .
Otoing M:'he?-t WAn. the
oil so muob, that continued im>rovement
is lost, and the end is
ict capped by big barns. The
>roper time to plow ior wheat in
bis country, is in August and Sepember,
ready to sow on the 1st
>f Ootober. lbe wheat must have
ime to make root before the soil
reeses. It grows in cool weather;
t ripens in the middle of June;
t must have its lull time?the law
ays so. Be who plants wheat in
his climate in January, may
nskc some imperfect grain. Would
ie rnin his ox team by forcing them
ip a steep hill without giving them
ime to catch their breath 1 1
Here is a field plowed well with ]
^double team. All the rain which 1
alls upon this field remains. The '
aw of precipitation is ordered so 1
is to give to the plant the water (
eqnired for a full and perfect <
growth. This is the rule The '
tun evaporates according to an 1
squally good law. Now let us sup- 1
vuo tliA fiolH ll* Qc i ill,wort willt I
lalf the power required, and not 1
to deep, and I bat one half the rain *
.vatcr ran off, and that, in the '
nouth of May, before wheat has
'cached a growth sufficient to
tbade the ground from the rays of
he eun, there is two weeks of
irought. As the soil has in hand
>nly one half the wherewith to
make a crop, the snn taxes the
and just the same as though it
aeld all the rain-water, and in one
ireek the gronnd is as dry as the
kighway and growth stopped:
whereas, if half the water had
lot rnn off, the chances are, the '
mn might not evaporate all the '
moisture before the end of the !
second week, when the drought is !
>ver and the crop ig saved. If we 1
want to find a gold mine, plow '
fagPw
Greenville Countr is a fine '
wheat country. Pennsylvania !
yields an average of 12 bushels and
iitfht-tenths ot a bushel per acre, J
[Report of Department of Agri
lulture, 1808, page 34,) after long 1
jxpcrience as a wheat crowing
State. 1 have made 12bushels
per acre this year on a very ira- :
perfectly improved old broora- !
>ape field.
The plant receives its life or
ieatli from the wind. It is, therefore,
important that the planter
should know what is in the wind.
Wheat takes the rust altera warm,
sultry rain, which, in this County,
senses on a south-west wind. These
winds have usually prevailed in
June, and it the wheat is late in
making grain, it is injured by the
rust. 11 is believed that smut is
caused by planting wheat on land
which has been taxed too heavy
5U those requisites of which the
toil should be possessed for a proiuction
of a pure, good, clean
wheat suitable for sweet, white
bread. The capacity of the soil j
5f this County for wheat, when j
improved and properly prepared,
&nd the clinvitc carefully observed '
uid obeved bv the farmer, exceeds
the physical strength of the labor- |
ora to cut with a common cradle.
When wo consider the market 1
for floor that lays at the very feet
yf Greenville, and the high price
that it commands at all times
throughout the year over the !
immense field to the south of this, 1
and recollect that it is down hill
to market?we feel the valuable
time passing; the want of capital
to accomplish the work; the want
of agriculture knowledge; tbe want
ot that experience; practical determined
will to enter deeply into
a thorough English, German or
French system, by which the riches
of the earth may ao easily he 1
developed. Who is to do this .
work f That is the question.
The farmer in Iowa can only |
get 15 cents per bushel for corn in :
cash, or 30 cents in exchange tor i
groceries, wbiis to-day, it brings
rl.70 per bushel in "the City of i
Greenville, and wheat, as a rule, j
12. Easy and quick transportation
in 13 hoars to the seaport ot
Charleston, on their way to the
bungry armies of France and
Prussia, compared with the costly
rrAi'fflit hv r&ilrmtH frnm ilia "NV?rih. ,
Western States to the distracted ;
States of Qermanj.
I have the hctoor, air, to be joqr i
obedient servant,
LARDNER GIBBON. i
Tux Emperor Napoleon wears
but one ring, containing a valuable
amethyst, which General de Bean
barnais, alter being imprisoned <
luring the reign of Terror, sent to i
bis wife Josephine. Queen Hor- J
lense wore this ring after Jose- (
phioe's death, and Louis Napoleon ,
baa bad it on his hand ever since ]
bis mother's death.
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PUBLISHED ?T REQUEST.
Karri aire of Kin KoHardv.
Wo copy the following notice of
. marriage which occurred on the
6t)? of June, at Chelmsford, Esex
Co., England, from an English
taper. The father of the bride,
re are pleased to state, is a broth>r
of the estimable wife of Major
jAmbert Jones, of Newberry, and
be friends of this family, and onr
eaders generally, we think, will I
>e pleased to read the account
vhich tells how these interesting
iffairs are conducted across the
rater.
The marriage of Malvina, eldest
laughter of Admiral McIIardy,
:hiei constable of the county of
Essex, with Staff-Surgeon Francis
Benry Blaxall, M. D., Royal Navy,
ras solemnized yesteiday at the
pretty little chuich of All Saints,
Springfield. The universal popilaiitv
of the bride's father, and
ho esteem which Miss McHardy's
)\vn kindly disposition hos inspired
for her in the L'arish, contributed,
with the fashionable character
of the wedding itself, to |
render the event personally inter
aeitng to a large nnmuer 01 people,
and the church and churchyard
became densely crowded a
long time before the ceremony
was appointed to take place. A
white ensign floated over the
church tower, and merry wedding
peals were rung at intervals dur
Ing the day. llio bridegroom arrived
at the church gates about
tslcven o'clock in a splendid carriage
drawn by a pair of greys,
sua having alighted, proceeded to
ti scat near the chancel screen,
where the first part ot the service
was to be performed. After him
came in the same way several
friends, and, ultimately, the bridesmaids.
These young ladies, six
in number, took up their position
inside the porch, and on the arrival
of tho bride, tfitli her father,
on whose arm she lent, they ac
compnnied her to the entrance of
the chancel, whero the Rev. A.
Pearson commenced to read tho
opening passages of the Order.?
l'lie Rev. gentleman was accom
named by Ins two curates (the
Rev. G. T. Dennis and the Rev.
[I. A. Lipscomb.) and also by the
Rev. O. J. Way, Vicar of l3orelinin,
the latter gentleman reading
the concluding portions of the
jervico nfter the wedding party
bad walked in procession to the
altar. Mrs. ilolgato presided at
the organ, and played suitable
marches as the bride and her
maids proceeded up the aisle to
the chancel, and when the whole
party, on the completion of the
ceremony, went into the vestry
to felicitate tho happy pair and
witness the signing oi the register.
As the party passed along
the churchyard path to re-enter
their carriages flowers were strewed
under their feet by a nninber
of neatly-dressed gills connected
with Springfield schools, who had
nrnvidpd fTiptns**! vr>? witli twfinti
f'nl baskets and wreaths. The
bride was attired in a rich dress
ot white corded silk, trimmed
with satin and fringe. She also
wore a beautiful wreath of orange
blossom and stephanidis and an
embroidered tulle veil. The bridesmaids,
whose names we subjoin,
together with those of the grooms*
men, wore white grenadine dresses,
elepantly trimmed with bine
satin ribbon, white bonnets, trimmed
with bine convolvuli, and
veils of w hite tnlle:
Bi-idisniaid*?-Miss Mary McHardy,*
Miss Way, Miss Pearson,
Misi ilary Pearson, Miss Prescott,
Miss Pasco.
Groomsmen?Capt. Vidal, ItN.,
Capt. McIIardy, R. N., Capt.
Lees, Mr. Malcolm McIIardy
Capt. Way, R. N., Mr. Chas.
McIIardy.
On the arrival of the party from
cbnrch at the residence of Admiral
McIIardy at Bpringfield Court,
il 4-^1 / -K J
iney jmnooK 01 jui ciegauuj scrvea
breakfast, tbo following laidiee
and gentlemen being present in
addition to the gallant Admiral
and Mrs. McHardy, the new It
married pair, and tbe bridesmaids
and groomsmen, via.: Admiral
and Mra. Barnet, Cant, and Mrs.
Campbell, Capt. and Mrs. Henderson,
Mr. and Mrs. Cogblan McHardy,
the Rev. A. Pearson and
Mrs. Pearson, tbe Rev. C. J. Way
and Mrs. Way, the Rev. N. and
Miss Oream, Capt. and Mrs. Bannister,
Mr. Beadel, Capt. Pasco,
Mrs. Mnstard, Mra. Blaxall, Dr.
Riohardson, Mr. Pattiison, the
Rev. G. T. Dennis, the Rev. H. A.
Lipscomb, Miss Bar nee. Miss Archer,
and Miss Bell. The bride
and bridegroom left Chelmaford
for Dover, en route for Switaerland,
by 8.12 train. Tbe wedding pretents
which were very nomerovs
and elegant, included one gift of
peculiar interest, both because of
its own character and of tbo
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late awl* Countnj.
source from whence it emanatedThis
wne an excellent photograph ]
of Admiral Mc Hardy," colored in c
oil, tho graceful offering; ol the ?
superintendents and officers in 1
charge of petty sessional divisions c
throughout the country. Tlie of- 1
ficors and men at Springfield conrt c
decorated the premises with great i
taste and prolusion, several spen- 1
did flags being displayed, ana nn i
arch of evergeens and flowers, i
with the monogram of the happy j
pair in the centre, spanning the I
gateway. I
Blaxall?MoIlardy?16th inst. \
at the parish church, Springfield, I
by the Rev. A. Pearson, assisted by 1
the Rev. Charles Way, Dr. Fran- 1
cis Henry Bldxall, Staff-Surgeon, i
R. N., and Inspector under the ;
Privy Council Office, to Malvina, 1
eldest daughter of Admiral McHardy.
Regulations for Pruit Distillation.
4 Mr. C. II. Baldwin, Assessor ot
, the Third South Carolina District,
has turnished the Goluinbia Guar- I
dian with the lullowing brief sy-'
nopeis of the requirements of the
Internal Revenue Law*, in respect
to fruit distillers, as modified by
recent regulations of the Commissioners
of Internal Revenue. In
addition to the charges mentioned
below, it will be remembered that
there is a tax of fifty cents per
gallon on all brandy produced :)
1. They must register their stills
and give notice of their intention
to distill. The Assistant Assessor
will furnish them with the necessary
blanks fbr tbis purpose.
2. They must execute a bond,
with at least two approved securities.
The penal sum of this bond
must not be less tban the tax on
the brandy that can be distilled at
the distillery during a period of
thirty days, aud iu no case less
than $500.
3. Thc^ mu6t provido themselves
with a book, (prescribed
form 25$,) in which a record must
be kept of tho hours of running,
material used, number of boilings
made and quantity of brandy distilled.
From this book, monthly
reports mu6t bo made to tho Assistant
Assessor.
4. They must have a place of
deposit for their brandy (which
may be any house or building near
the distillery>) and all brandy made
mn6t be put into casks, holding
not less than ten gallons, ana
placed in said building, until the
same is gnaged and the tax paid
thereon.
5. On or before the 25th of this
month tho distiller will notify the
Collector of the probable number
of packages he will have on hand
to do ganged at tho end of the
month; at which time the Collector
will order the guaccr to gunge
and mark the same. The guager's
fees, which will be about $1 per
cask, must be paid by the distiller.
Fruit distillers pay the following
taxes:
1. A special tax or license, at
the rate of $50 per annum, to be
estimated from the first day of the
month in which distilling is begun
to the first day of May following;
and, in addition, a tax of $4 per
barrel on every barrel of brandy
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100 barrels per annum.
In addition to tie above require
raenls, the Assessor, upon receipt
of the distiller's notice, proceeds,
at the expense of the Government,
to make a survey of the capacity
of his distillery, which fixes ti e
producing capacity of the distillery
at so many gallons for every
twenty four hours. Then. at the
end of each month, the Assessor
ascertains from the reports of the
distiller the exact number of hours
the distillery wa* run during the
month, allowing for all stoppages
and suspensions, and thus, by
means of the surrey, estimates the
capacity oi the month.
If the actual quantity produced
is less than eighty per cent, of this
capacity, the distiller is assessed
for the deficiency at the rate of
fifty cents per gallon. The dietiller,
however, by skillful management
can always avoid this deficiency
or make it so small as to
be of no consideration.
Parties intending to engage in
fruit distillery, should give notice
to lite Assistant Assessor, as soon
as possible, so as to give ample
time fir effecting all preliminary
arrangements with that office.
Five hundred coolies from California
passed through Memphis
this week on their way to the interior
of Tennessee, where they are
to work on plantations.
A man at Atlanta,Ga., recently,
who sleeps with his mouth open,
bad his false teeth stolen by an
adroit thief.
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Volume^xvn-na nT
Living Betono their Means.
3ulwer says that poverty is only
in idea, nine cases oat of ten.?
>ome men with ten thonsand dolars
a year suffer more for the want
>f means than others with three
luudred. The reason is, the richer
man has artificial wants. Uis
ncome is ten thousand and he suf"pro
orionrvVi fni" Ko!i</< J /?
?-.? wviuk uuillIUU IUI
inpaid debts to kill a sensativo
nan. A man who earns a dollar
i day and does not run in debt, is
;he happier ot the two. Very
few people who have never been
rich will believe this; but it is
true. There are thousands and
thousands with princely incomes
who never know a moment's peace,
because they live above their
means. There is really more happiness
in the world among the
working people than among those
who are called rich.
This living beyond one's mea* s,
is the cause of more demoralization
and woe in the human family
than any other of those indiKere.
tions in which it seems man is inclined
to indulge. Especially it is
60 in tho cities of the world where
vicious temptations in so many
varied forms abound. Bulwer,
more than any other ot the popular
modern writers, 6eems to understand
what poverty really is.?
lie is poor who lives beyond his
means, while he who lives within
them is not. And this will apply
to tho millionaire as well as to
him y ho has to labor for his daily
bread.
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Exciting Scene in a Circus
Tent.-?Wc copy as follows from
the Huntingdon (Tenn.) Courier of
the 7'h: ,An exciting scene occurred
yesterday at Col. Ames1
circus. After the "grand review"
had perambulated our streets and
returned toj^e tent, the keeper ot
uic Mexican Jions replaced them
in the ca^e, and in coming out,
instead of coming ont back foremost,
ho came ont with his back
to the animals. As he stepped out,
the famous performing Mexican
lion, Charlie, jumped upon his
back, crushing him to the earth.
The man cried out twice, "Shoot
him, 6hoot him P when a bystander
drew his revolver and fired
three times, killing the lion upon
the spot. The keeper was somowhat
lacerated, but not seriously
injured. Col. Ames regrets very
much the deatli of his favorite performing
animal, and it is certainly
a serious loss fur him, but nothing
compared with his keeper. A
crowd of 1,000 or 1,500 people
had gathered around when the incident
occurred, and such a skedadling
we have seldom ever seen .
Pkacii Trees Iinjured lir
Worms.?A correspondent of the
Farmer's Ilome Journal, gives the
following simple remedy for the
attack of worms on peach trees :
"After the peaches were somo
weeks old, last spring, I noticed
that one of my best trees was dv
ing by worms; the leaves were
crisping and withering. I saw
that the signs were destructive,
and proceeaed as follows : A bout
hall bushel of coal ashes around
the tree, and then one bucket ot
water. In a few days the tree revived,
and bore fine fruit. The
past winter I had the o&bcs put
around all of my trees."
Wood atiheft would have been
better.?Maryland Farmer.
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Ann Air am Lincoln U6ed to say
the b st story he ever read ot himself
waa this : w Two Quakeresses
were travelling on the railroad,
and wove heard discussing the
probable termination of the war.
"I think," said the first, "that
Jefferson will succeed." " Why
does thee think so?" aftk?>d ilio.
other. 41 Because Jefferson is a
praying man." 44 And eo is Abraham
a praying man," objected
the second. 44 Yes; but the Lord
will think Abraham is joking,"
the first replied, conclusively.
44 Ma, somebody is going to die,"
eaid a knowing little fellow, who
was looking out of the window into
the street. 44 Why?" 44'Cause
the doctor's just gone by," was
the reply.
Tue frog docs not remember
when ho was a tadpole, but others
do?there is a moral to this which
some might profit in remembering.
Three things that never agree
?Two cats over one mouse, two
wives in one house, aud two lovers
after one young lady.
Tailors, hatters, hosiers, butchers,
bakers, civil service stores, all
may tail you, but yonr bootmaker
will help you to the last.
The Kmporor of Rnssia drinks a
gallon of bad Russian whiekay
every day.