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,,,,^J..,I^Il^v<.*f??^*???M?,.I,..>*>'t",?,t',UJ,,.'?"^^ THOS. J. ADAMS, PROFR. EDGEFIELD, -S. C. wm 28. issi. VOL. XL VI-NO. 84. THS W?ATii OF JACK FROST. J*ea Frost wu affronted and angry ? ? Tb? North Wind bad ttfd, la a gal?, How mortals wore dietding bia advent W bea Autumn should die io the Tal?. They spake of bia atora laws abiding, H.s treacherous kids that is death, Tbe tv a shment sad ot th? blossoms, Tba i re? ri rem cbaiasC by bin breath. Then, drawing bis white robe about Mm, Bc Towed he. would liare them to know That evils for mortals there m^ht bo Hore ?ire thoa tbs ic? or the ?now, Thea strode to the north, very sulky, TU} peop>e grew frig teaed to think Of the detattee denied-of the borrar Of summer-warm water to drink. They sent bim a tropical Utter, B.ocm-seeated, with touching device; With boax-froet he sanded hie answer, And wrote with bis anger, ?* No ice." The Granger* sent up a comml^eion. To speak, so they said, for the wheat; Be frosted their noses *?y wholesale, And seat them home blue with def eat, The skater*, with steal clashing loudly, Invoked him, with penitent cry, "Oh, como in thy beautiful armor, Oh, Fr? st-Xiag 1" Be whistled, * Not L* The ire-dealers prayed by the river, An army right atal-wart to se*; They oikd the soft ?ir T/!th reproaches. Xet -Tack never heeded their p'.ea. Then came to him, faintly and softly, A pitiful, weak afile cry From fever-hot childhood, still asking That bia hand on each forehead mi?ht Ue. To this be was strangely attentive, And bent to the tremulous prayer. Then spake io hie sen-ante ia wartlajr. To Sing ont Ma flag ? vary where, Than lo! there were crystallins bridges That needed nor cable nor pier; The South Wind before him retreated Ia turmoil and terrible fear. Be tacked the poor wheat away safely. Be sea ed the buds safe with a kiss, TU1 the waite winter harvest waa gathered And Loused fros the sss aad the misc Bot jost Tfhsre' the brook, running swiftly, Touched lightly ita ioe-tambo rifle. There were ?oboes of happy chUd-lscghter Still sounding ali pauses between. THE SUXISTKR'S OLD COAT. " Ministers' SOBE su? very apt to turn out badly," said I to the gentlemen whr sat next to me in the ear. We bad met in the train, bound for Chicago, and had a truck up an acquaintance. He stopped me with bis hand on my arm, and with an earnest look which I shall never for get I paused at once in what I wac haying, and it seemed for a moment al most as if the rushing train had ?topped to listen, too. : " Let me tell you a story," e said. " I know it is a common belief that min isters' son?'are wild, but that is because people talk ?Boat the bad cree, while those who tura out well arelgfeen aa a matter of course. I gathered statistics about them once, and found that out of i 1,000 sons of minister^ there were very - - lew who did not grow up useful and in dustrious men." > 4 4 But what is your story ?" I asked. "WelL" said he, "it begins withs class supper in Boston a dozen years aga. A njunber. of, old college friends iiad gathered in the evening for their annual reunion. Among them wa-' the rich merchant, J. E. Willis ton-perhaps you have heard of him-and a poor pas tor of a country church in Elmbank vil lage, out in Western Massachusetts, whose- nan)* "?as Blake, A good many of th e. class had died, and the dozen or so elderly men who wt-re left felt more '?ender than ever toward each other as .they thought of the bright old days at Harvard, and how soon no one would bo Seit on earth who phcred in that happy time. The dial* s rame and went, the iigfctf 'owed brilliantly, and at last the frionas grew quite gay. But the tender feeling I have spoken of would come up permost, now and then ; and in one o? these moments Wilton's eye was at tracted by something glistening on the coat which his friend Biake, who sat next to him, had on. He looked closer, oj.d aa? that the black cloth oi which the coat was mfrde had been worn so thin that it was very shiny. ."Well, Blake,' said he, suddenly, ricking ho!d of his friend's arm cordially . ;<whiufa b-j ?omehow hadn't thought ot dering before), 1 how has the world gone with you lately ? 1 "Blake bcd a naturally sad and thoughtful face, but be looked around quickly with a warm smile. **1 ?o need to ask,' be said, laughing. 1 You csu read the whole story on my bock. This old coat is a sortof balance sheet, which shows my fin uncial con dition to a T.' " Then he spoke more sariously, add ing ; 'It ia a pretty herd life, Willis ton, that of a country pars c i', I don't complain of my lot, though sometimes I'm distressed for my ?amily. The fact is, this coat Tve got on is hardly fit for a man in my profession to appear in, but I'm going to send my boy Sam tc? Harvard thia year, and must pinch here and there to do it I really ought to be tha Vol, though, that I cen get such . advantages for-bim by a few little sacri H?k'es of personal appearance find couven icape.' **v Don't you give a thought to your .rot?, old fellow, returned Will ?sion. | .*Nob*2y who knows yon will <jver j imaging that' the becurt inside of lt is i threadbare, however the ferment may ;icok.* " Blake was pleased with this Irindly .expression, and both, ines after th?t ex .chiinge of confidence felt happier. But, ncmonii: the various incideuts of the ovcaing, this one almost passed out ol tho raiuMter'B mind by the next day, when he started for Elmbank. Speed; ;?s his return vsr??, however, something meant for him hui got to bi* destina tion before him. It was a Ietfcar. Tak ing it up, he brok* open the envelope, .and found a few wonts, from Williston -frith ? check for $500, to defray the iirst year's colley expenses of hi? old . ^lsssraate's son. "You sw ? stranger Ut me, sir,"?aid . my ir?reling companion al thiri t?oinr. "but? think you wiD appreciate th? feeling w#l? which poor Mr. Blake stood in hii t-.are and dingy atudy iu the old form j>ttir>ona?f?:, holding that letter ia his hand, and YI&L?VJ/ hi" lett rfu 1 eyes in tbonkfulneei to (??od,*" "Yes," I replied, "W?hstOB 4id just the right thing, to-x And how wa* ii ? BM the son show that he deeerv^d tho helpr My ao?uaiutaooe looked away from ice si th* r^couatsy through wbiofa we were passing. Then he said: "Si Blake was a goed-natured, obedient, f JOT." enough, and was featly pleased have the expenses of his firnt .colle year taken of? hia father's buonlde: bat hi? sense oz duty didn't go very fi i ?Rev. Slr. Blake bought a new coat, a Sam entered Harvard that fall ; a there matters stopped for awhile. " A Freshman has a great deal to leas as you know ; but I think the chief thi Sam learned that term waa the great d terence there is between Harvard and little .village like Elmbank, and the gr* difScolty of working and playing ot t ?ame time. Here he had society QVM ings to attend, and rooms of his .ow I with a. chum, where a good cu {of smoking was done by timm [ and his friends. And then the j waa base-ball, into which it appear ! indisoensiblo for the honor of t? i ' class that he should enter aotively, < j account of his strong legs, woaderf j wind, and ground batting. " He cou 1 not refuse to go to the theater becario j ally, with his richer companions. Sa ! took a natural interest bo the society I young ladies, too, and had given v ; some time to its cultivation. He ali : thought 6 moderate amount of praetii j in the gymnasium was desirable, to pr j vent his health from going down und< ! the confinement of study. So, on ti whole, the actual work that he did i the college was not very extensiv This didnt seem to have any bad etfts .till well along in the winter, when tl habit of shirking work had grown ? strong without hie noticing it that li felT easily into reading novels when li ought to have been in the recitatioi room. Gymnasium, theater, billiard smoking, and I am afraid I must say little drinking, frittered away his tim? " One horrible, snowy, sleety mon ing, when he had got up too late fe prayers, tl?e postman brought him I note fr? tm the faculty-an 1 admonition. He dropped the pipe he was just light ing, and bolted off to the recitatioi But he 'deaded' immediately, and tho discouraged him. He soon began t m?ke light of the warning, and did him sell no credit in his studies. Thong! he managed to squeeze through the ex amination at the end of the Freshmoi year, he came out far down toward tb foot of his class. He wasn't quite con tented with himself, and thought bot try to do better the next year. Bot dur ing the journey home he recovered bi usual spirits. " When he walked up the village to ward the-parsonage farm, he was think ing . i* -since he waa a Sophomore nor --he would buy the knottiest and big gest-headed cane in Cambridge when h? should go bick there. And what d< you suppose was the first thing that mei him a^cfne^;JCLwae.his father outfit the field digging for new potatoes, hu coat off and bis spectacled face perspir ing. The sight struck fihame into tb? boy. He vaulted the fence, and, run ning np with hardly a pause for greet ing, cried : " ' O father, let mo do that. I donl like io see you at snob work.' "Mr. Blake ?topped, and looked earn estly ana rather sadly ot him. Well, Sam, I think that's about a? good a how-do-you-do aa you could hove ottered me. There's something good about you after ali.' "It had not occurred to Sam thai (here was any doubt on that point be fore. He blushed as he asked : "1 Where's the hired man Y '*' I've discharged him. I can't of ford one at present, my son/ wat? the answer. " Sam ww- rather puaded, and begou to reflect. " They went into tho bouse, and there, when the miuiswir reappeared after mak ing his toilet, bia ton noticed that he wore the old shabby, shiny coat At this be was more than ever astonished. The supper, also, not with standing it ww, the first night of the prodigal's return, was very meager. Not a single extra luxury was on the fable, and Sam ob served that his father and. mother took uo sugar nor butter. His own appetite began to fail at seeing thia, and his pet I ception was sharpened e^wrclingiy. He was now aware that his father looked very thin, aa weil as sad. Suddenly be laid down his knife, and exclaimed to his sister Katy : " 'Sis, what does all this msn?-this going withcut the hired man, and starv ing yourselves Y "His sister looked ot him, then glanced at Mr. Blake and her mother, and made no answer. " 'I thought,' said Som, petulantly, 'that Williston'B money was going to make it easy for you, father ; and here the pinching is gering on five times worse than ever.' "'I don't own my friend WilliTion'e money,' said the minister, quietly. " 1 Of course not. But the five hun dred do!- ' " Sam stopped abruptly on an entreat ing gesture from his sister. "The subject was not resumed ; but before bo went to bed Sam obtained an interview with his sister alone. He felt secretly that he was responsible for the depression and trouble which seemed to Ell the household. But that only made hint speak mere impetuously. 1 Now, Sis/ he began, ' can I get two words of seneo out cf you Y 1 Not until you ask politely,' she re plied. " ? Well, then, please tell me what tho mystery is.' " 1 It oughtn't te be a mystery to you. Sam, that you hsven't done well at col lege. Pap? is terribly disappointed.' " ' I don't see why he should try io commit suicide, if he is,' Sam retorted. 'I haven't coBt bim much this year.' '" Oh, yea, you have. Do you know he actually sold bia new coat ? " " . Why ? ' Sam frowned. " ' Because he's been trying every way to eAvo money since he began to get reports of how you were wasting your time.' " ' What fort ' asied 8am, though he began tc suspect. ".Well, h-Or-bow should I v -or? Don't yea sea? SVr fj? hsnp had that money from ms classmate he's nearly saved enough, and he's j to pay it all back. There, I was tc it secret, and now I've told you ! ' his sister burst into tears. '? nearly broken his heart, Sam papa:' " The next day Mr. Blake's Bon off directly after breakfast, and wu seen again till afternoon. Coming ha overtook his lather coming ?roi postoffice. 44 * I know ol! about it ! ' he esdai in fads excitement. ' Katy told mc night I wish, though, you'd bel to the new coat a while,' "'Why?' asked Mr. Blake, is turbably. '* ' Because,' said Sam, 1 I'm goi; pay my own wsy no w. I've been o day, and hired out i'or tho onosc Farmer Hedgobnrton. You won't that money to Williston, will father?' '." 4 Yon ore too late,' was the nunn answer, 'I've just mailed the lett him' "In fact, next day the kind mt . ant's eyes vere dimmed as he read t words : MDs4R WnxHTON : 3ly b>y-it sj break? my htiirt to BO: ?O -DOS cot pi worthy of yonr generosity. I hare dodd return the sum Tvhioh you S-IE: no for bm year, and yon r?ll and & draft inckwM r<>i amount. ULA s Here I interrupted Lie narr.' 41 Doesn't this story prove w.mt Issi the beginning ?" I asked. "No; for that isn't the end oi San: went down to Boston in the tumn with a few dollars ot earning! hii< iM?cket. He had decided to giv< o??].- c. sud so applied to Mr. Willi for a clerkship. " rle told him, ' ? proved wortliy, as my father said Now j me a chance to -show myself worthy '* W?liston gave him t position, he worked there two year". Then opportunity offered to go West and t a partnership in-whit do yoe thr Th? clothing business ! Sum jnmpn it : and you may believe he ^ent father next Christmas 'V likest r. that concern could produce. 441 am & well-to do man now. si continued my acquaintance, sudde speaking in the first person, "and vj we get to Chicago if yon will com?' ray establishment I wiii -show you : father's, the m:.nis*v,r's old, shu/.? ec which I preserve because it wan too ginning of a fortune and made a ir of me." " Then," I exclaimed, taking' him the hand, "it is yourself you have bc talking about all the time, You arc "Sam," corciuddd my now mot nod?ing and smiling. ?* raie t^r?- vTrfjw^ . Of ?ll the - wonderful ores turee in t entire animal kingdom nobe have ?. cited such deep and iasting interest the great man-like apes. Tin- pori 11 chimpanzee and orang-outang approa so near to tho form and size o? ju'.n th &e oues+ion oi relationship is instant auggesceo. :o the mind of every pets' who beholds for the tirsf time one ihe?9 wonderful forms, in the ?v? ?limais we Bee actions very dmiiar jvx own, and a perfect reflecu'on oi ot own peculiar pMwsions and emotion Scientists are anxiously looking io ward to the discovery of the 4* missie tink" which shah establish A direct lh of relationship between the unman rai p.cd the great anthropoid apes, Sligl wonder, then, that the latter ai t. stndii with'such deep interest, second only t that bestowed upon our^elve^. Scientists egree ir ?ccc-rdino; to ri, gorilla tba second highest pince in th animal kingdon*-that next to mai This is by reason oi his great size, an the man-like proportions ot Iiis hod. and limbs, which ensble him to stan more neariy erect thnn any other of '.iv opes. For structura) reasons tne chiu? ponzee is given the second ploce beta man, after which comes the orang-ont ang. Next in sLw to the gor lia, it weight often equaling men himself, un? with human like face, antE and hands th? Maley* of Borneo call him simplj orang vto.v, or "jungle man." Tht orang is found only in Borneo an? Northern Somotre, find the former is land may fairly be calledits home. Likt the gorille and chimpon7?:e ir. We-i Africa, ir is here found directly Tinda the equator, m habiting only the dense?) virgin forest, where wild fruit ir abund ant, and vt is comparatively safe fron: r.be attacks of man. In Borneo tits orang-outang inhabits that vddc l>elt of swampy forest, which lie? between ?,he ^o-coast and tho znountcin ranges I of the interior, and extends entirely I round the western heli of the island. Il ts most numerous in the territory of Sarawak, along the rive.5 Batang-Lupar and Sadong ond their small tributaries. This region between the interior mount? i ttinp and the sea is a vast swamp, en tirely covered with s- dense growth of virgin forest, into which a -whit, ?oari rarely ventures. Hero and there ri:-u>. isolated hills or mountains, inlands in. & K-I?, fciotheii so their ?nm. mits with tropical verdure. Upon these hills grow many noble ?mit fcreejs, and, j in thc "fruit seB?on"-January b .>!>.-. -the orang-outang norn the ?urr.vend ing swamps repair to them for their m\. j neal feast The principal tarim upon i which they feed are the famous dnrioo, i the mangosteen and rambutau, --uppie. I men ted by the green shoots of thc par. j danu s and the haves t>: rn rion s tree*, j -Harper's Wvrkly. 0TBKRT-CAJI C*>( jtnesr. I A halchet-i'aced woman, of About 51 ? ?ummers. with n wealth of freckles in j her fae* ?nd H snuff-stiek in her mouth, j ?ot into >: crowded car ou Galveston ?venue. Them were hall' n dozen gentle men on tin; ear, but none of them otTeri <i to give her a sent. After she bsd waited s reasonable time, Hbo Jsid : t ** El any of you galoots is wsititi' f? t me to -jquet in your laps, you aro bark ing up tho wrong tree, for I want yon \-.< understand Tm a lady." J A dread that che wes not in earnest esttaed ate gentianes to leave the oar. OTB-WIWI I ? ?l.li.nl.p I ? - pg y MtXIQV?XTS OF CAJtDS. The observances of card-leaving, or, it ha?: boen' BcoiKnglyitermed, "pas board etiquette, *' are at times found be irksome and-annoying.; bat they,* tallowed, nevertheless, wirb agtea-t di ai punctilio, Opon thu ?r.hiout I whole fabric of wie;;/ may "we said rest, for by the proper use of visitar cards, tho ice- of conventionality is bj ken-a circle .if friends either formed enlarged-thc woy paved for invitatio -acquaintance kept up, or connect ic fsevcied. Therefore the, study o? l code now followed in this respect is the greatest importance to those w are desirous cf Attaining any of tbc o ! jec*s ,;u?i mentioned, ?JJ well ns io ihr. who T,i if\ feel Uiemsolyes ar en ' ehould they; by any mean^?hd thc1 aelves removed from tier- onlinnry-rc ( riue ol' their lives. i Uard-ieavuig ie a dutj which coa j almost entirely within the province j the D.i.-nev- o? the hons*, ,:.it nrdy< ! lier own liehalf, hut OJi her huxham j also, , . Jn the cooiitrv it i- etiquette iot v. I old-established residents to call iii upon any new people who come to d.vy< in Ure neighborhood, nnd fins Ls a i?j tom which should Ire carefully obsersje By it a kind ol welcomeis given to ll Ktrangers, and it rests entirely with ii j "irst? callen? to decide whether thc- o . )Uiuntancesuip thus formed should?! I nothing more than a bowing one,h I whether it should expand biro intimai. I or friendship. Thia position can be niosr easily e plained by moantfol un ijlrii.tnmon?f% We will suppose, for instance, thar Mr. and Mrs. Smifji come tn reSi< .ir jer in the <.? uuitn. in the viUage/ijfl suburban locality, ?r any place whei they would be likely to roeef frequent 1; ?reven occasionally, with the .'stablish*; residentf -in a word, anywhere exec] .'i burge town. We will take the fondly of ihr: Bro^'i is a type of-the <>!U inhabitants. Upt I L-amiup thal .Mr. and Mrs. Rniitb wei ? udrly iu residence, Mn. Bmwn fnopou ! .?auiedor wy. by her husb.ind,-?as,fl \ ?ase may bc) would take an early oj . onuuity of cubing upon Mr?.. Smitl j f that Indy i* ::t 'mme, Mi?*". Brown. : i . shown bato the drawiug-roon ... rtiii intim?t1 toi.1 purport of h.. i .-iait- -namely, teal .: tnruiifesting ?rinndly disposition to-.rani thew,.'.' Th; ?..ail tn ud not Inst RioVo thia a few mi: ; .,t<*s- nay tin or fiftten. If Mrs. Brow : nes called with nut1 h? r husband, shetvj tak'- weoorKirtiinitr, while laving! ? slip cn Mle hall-raWo ?wo ot her hus bund's cards-.'ino iV.r >irs.,'tbe<itbei: Mr. Smith. This is : ??.en rr- equxvnjjp) to a eal! I'tiun Mr. Brokil : and, besjd? JJ this case, th?; cards, aro n*ein\,/t> is ijne-ij:?/">f?-. ->.. >. 'IK- Jj : ,?!:... ... re . ....?!.. .*.... . . ....:.?.....?. ni>ilit iv . ku??wn ?? '??ry. lt lu now Mis Smith's rum T<? rospen? 0.1 the civility tints shown. Ait??v t?i lapse of titree . ?r f.uir days, or a week id-ordiug to the amount ot eonualitj . ix muy foal -ir is her duty to retort Mrs. Brown's er.U. She does so. o ?..ourse, ieavbis: carde should Mrs Brown happen not U bc af librae., it i ttrt s /.-. noas. A"contrilniti?>n ir? kn?'?w?etl?re ?-i da? ?L-ontir bn*? t .vi: :n -<i. hy Td. O.ii1 I-.T. I French ssvienust. The iuc?st miporhui! .? ii ?? ..<>uo?7:.-?o:?s which lie draws fron Ids exp??riments is that lr:'- saliva o' ? mtnl d.'!.'. .."'Mnijiod fr?ai the ?iv'i?f.- atd :uaJ and !<ppt in wcter, continu?e vim. lent Hve, ?....:?.'.! n seo . v.-r> rwem...!... lionr's afterword-a Fad involving v-ciis. .ii'.??Tiees which :?vei"e?y?dy ?}??>sld >>. iwaro "t. riiii- i* -??. m* that the v -.:?.-( vi V? ll! wlliejl ?I jiCui ?i(".: ina? tlllVi dvo| >\M ii .. ?'i. ut hissal?vii in uttemptinp lo rtrinl: r-Ji--i?I?? eonsidcred nruleni Ute ni leas! rwooty-fonr i,ourc : ano next.. that MS ifiilivu from .? mad dog '.lita-?j bes succnmlied to the iiialady, ov bi: been killed, does not lose its pfcawrtiej Ihror.gli mere cooling oi the lKvly. ii > imporutni examining (ii?- i-n-.it?-v?; o' ti:?- month arni throat after death tn guard ai?aiiii-t ih?=- possible "iKii^t/i -?S :?inr??l .tioo, i OBACdii m ?PATTS. Since the t?m?:? ol CerrantM. aa.vs i it?c?nt writer on f^j-.tiii-b iiieraturi?, ''men?i capacita''in Spain hnslieea on ?b.-j decline. With r.?n introduction ol tobacco into the sfate physical hegrode .'.ion began, and, notwithstanding there are a few exemptions j > the mle, w,: a "he lxxly weak the mind w apt to bc weaker." Th<-ie ia not s particle o? doubt that climate bas ns e?VI in the i/..-k> of tobacco on the human syatom. Loo? nt tiie Spanish race, for instance.. Four hundred year.-, ago it -vu* road \??.'.? of stalwart men and beautiful, hued* ttome^/ormed and well t?et'eloped ipjjaeiL A stalwart Spaniard LS he.r.i j., lind nowadays. Tin women, with inte ex cc7>tk>ns, :u scrRgf/7,*, small in stature, withont pltunpness, ?ia?.i altogetiier im SHtisfaetory in a physi nd pxiini ol new. The fact that they m,.vt and applaud in cold bloods: the cruel scenes PI sty- bul] riiiiii. .-. evidesee eoongh f<? fettle the uburactot of their laeo?at srv.etr.i- . ThAt this condition is the repul? '': til. n.^e of tobacco, we ??o not entirely allow, it riv? Siiania'd had fallen from physical grace bj its cooKumpt?ort. Hie ' ^ im(l friendly Dutchman of Holland has ccr iaiidi improved. From tho timo of Pottu btuyvosant, ttie 7an Dams, the Di Ruy ter?, und the other heroes of Ataste, damion ?,i?*>r5. tobacco h?>s wielded n power ir- the diplomatic, political ano social ftiTiiirs of tbc world. Smoke hes taken the ]J-u <- ol arpomc-nt, and tho }Z.\w bas S-..T) J<-j?ir* rm*. i>?' lh?: front ft?xa-. We Think it. bardi;. 11 nsonable v attribute *b" j, -n- .-a! d fudence ul S}miii ro the lise oj ti!.' ae?-d. (?... anioi ii>jv!? :?,u' of which seems to i. r..'. oueJcinrm? ni t?i tb.', existence a very large and :TO portan! number ol thc htiman rta*^. As most people WOST find out by experience. ??ber hurts them, b is Imrdly worth while to declaim aguiust un almost uni ver.-?J habit, a? b< irj?: one woe tidly, morally and physically damaging. New York fTomnwckU JhUletin. CHICAGO. An EiifflMt /?mWe/to?, (PpMB ?miloe Tcde?7T?p'n.j aie return to Eaginhfl from Hie *#.?7icl ?4y vis?t tt rhe t'nirod States. r i'?'",Vn '.'^?wedtobi* 'r tha??e et?;?i.Ki..?'4^i J*?II' i'^r u.a. il tor crossing the Atlantic bj hav ?sJ'i on opportunity afforded him of ?ja .Si: gSifl ChiCSgO. ThoipjuT n cimtnry which ha* almost puseed I e .Mr. Cobden traveled in tho ,-rreat npntlic-and tras, moreover, .su de- ; ?gated with it- as to declare that, if j %niy years younger, he would estab t? himself t?tere tor good and all ave (wrought a prodigious chango in ?GC'?aosfc marvelous city that ist?:be \ ?Quud in tho United Stake. The pop- j ulatioti ?aa grow? more than five-fold, .' /tile -'KT has spread ta? ?ind wide ovear tfjjvj^?^uinjacent prairie; ?hr gr? test ! !A?^v!?h;rii For cereals, Inml ?cr and live i ' sb >..: ir: the world strek'h'is along tho : br.'ikuf tlie b?rnrc:it?ng Chicago river ; j j tl ?-. ?aunfocum? which have lately ; 5>f^% ?P within the conflues ot the j j " yotng giantcHsoi the West " ?re aston- j .. ;.. >ig m nnmber, variety, and in cn- { i ??nfi-?o; and, finally, the record of the j done by Chicago rends al- | j ?joni, like one of Babelais' ?'tu- i ,J perilous exaggerations. TJntfl tho time : &<tl arrive when the capabilities o? pro j tftOTibn shall begin to cease in the vast j u ^cultural region from which Chicago j i-:,ed, ie: until the grain, the cattle, the j ' e1 fep, the hog- and the poultry raised * tL'rcin nm required For home consnmp- j p(lio commercial capita] of tho { ?ate of II iuois -.viii continue to grow ? vi wealth and population, until, asia al- I eady predicted by its most .sanguine ?nd far-sighted inhabitant?, it becomes t?he largest and most popnlous eity in I tie 'Colon. Chicago is aire::riv the Mecca to which rho managers of all the great trunk lines !*?f.ruilway running lathe Eastern pori? ! o' Montreal. Portland, Boston, New T'?rk. Pbiiadelplua and Baltimore ext?end l-l?heir vision. "Toreach thal, vastom jtorium,"s ?vs 3Ir. John Harold, in hi? ble pamphlet upon " Farming and itailroad interests ia North America," ''into which are gathered tlxe producta I Of States having m ares of some 880, ?00,000 acres of rho most exub?rant fcixLi?r, in the world, ia the aim of ail rail way kings. No diffitmlties-whether geographical, physical or financial-ere allovc-d to stand in the way of their tap ping that great reservoir of ire.nV, upon which the profitable development of J their ironroads is so largely dependent," IfTlnj official ????distics of the trade and t^omioer?e of Chicago for the year just ? closed afibrd ample justification for the . Isforts of ijdlwayluanagers to "make ponnecti? with tbat" amazing center. '-.":?: 34213 ?sis jrraia'.Tfi j ceived there arno int rd io more than 160, I 000;OQO bushels, against 130,000,000 re ceived in 3870. and only 60.000,000 in i 1870. ' A time will come, prob ! ably within the lifetimo of many who ore j j already in existence, :--'-JC:? Chicago is j the biggest city ort Ute American conti nent. ;'is anticipation is based upon thc incontrovertible fact r'.i?.' nowhere oise i:: the ft'orld are all tho staples in dispensa! la for the sustentation of un ( enormous head of population at ibo cheapest possible rates tv> be found in such nnparailnksd ?md overwhelming abundance. Sf SOI I. IA- Minn: The Portland Pr**? fmnishoa tliis remarkable incident illustrative of a pe eulim* habit of the gentler sex : "When ?Jr. Twitehe?, of Fairfield, was nV.oui ! to extract a tooth from a lady's jaw, he j saw whiti he thought was a silver fabe, and Iw miked what its ns? wa-s. She re- j j >] J cv:. 'That is not a tube; it is pins. | J piel: np a pin I put it into my i mord?.:.' The doctor :uskod what she did j when she ate and, slept. 'I never re move one except tou*e it,' she answered. I To the doctor's uaionishment, he found ? ^sateen pins by the aide of her under : jaw." ti.xt ttOXESr 1/ i.V. niac s?i aroiuwl ;* r.tove in alie? froit?OII??CIN?store. There bad beena I .-: ;.. rj'.a ci silenee when one ol' them ru ila ii his leg and remarked : "That .?Jo wound tools as if it ?-a^ ...I?V to open again. ? shall ai ways { n iaem'ies rho battle of Hieb Mouut- j ?in.?' ? I IK?:.!- Kn< ? slight stir around the j stove, and a second man put bis hann ; i;>iiis oiotdder, ;.ud observed : ' and I shall not ?oon forget Brandy j .?i'ftti?u. Feels to-dny ns if tbe lend was :<. .:.':..' ic work ont,*' In .T.;<.;vsr KWH n..w considerably in- j creased, and the third man knoeked toe i allies oh' bis eigor and said. : 5Tes, those wi re two hard fights, bnt ; vv:i ought to Juive l>een with Nelson r't : Frauklin. [j-v, bur wasn't I exited . tliat dav ! When tljcse iw<> tinpe-^ j ivent v it e * grane-shot ? never felt the I pam !" j Tin- fourth mau growled oui some thing 'iixiut ' Sji-ond Bull Bim n?-i a ? . itt?. - .?t.>i> tbe hood, abd the fifth joan j . .. : ?.'ii - ide and ."aid hi sitonld I always reiaonibe? thc lay o? the ground ? at the ftdlow Tavern, The s?'li rnaij ! Rn other five. look<?d at him ? . naitrtl For bim tof-peck, bu? ii "O?S ? >?'.._.? t:we liefere bo pointed to bi.* vu i y .i.v v.- and asked : ? .. ..tr- ;-...<!. do you know -UII?V- ? , . : fhivty" So!?ir- mentioned one battle and rMao . not her, bnt lie shook his hea?t ruwlly : .?.I <-"!?rin?u-.? : .. :--.%>.. lot's bc. honest mu? own lighr np. [Josi my arm hy s buzve-haw, and I : M ?I] Vi;./; art the left and giv I : > oa, ., nbiouie f.- oji ar ni.- .> ..i... \uv, iJtou, ribo? your wounds. ' the liv?.- wen leimtMl bael, iu their , :<ii!okeit fast and chewed har?l i iooUe/1 at tw?h other, and ea "b OM w ??.bed b was m Texas, when a runaway .w by ano gsve them a .-him'-" u .>-!. ont i>etcloarof the?lutvaimed ! ???.o., li was o narrower escape than I ny one ot t)i?uu had had during the ? ?ar.-/Vee Press. TBE XXAVr TRUTH. Two ;oung masons were building a brick wcil-the front wall of a high house. One of them, in piecing a brick, discovered that ii was s little thicker co ono sido tii&u the other. __jftpoo:up&niou advised him to throw it O?X-:_. "It will make your wall untrue, Bern" he said. " Pooh !" answered Bes ; "what dif ference will such a trifle as that make' you're too particular." . 14My mother," replied he, "taugbi mo that ' truth is truth,' and ever so lift tlc an untruth is a lie, and a lie ie m mik." "Oh," ?aid Ben, "that's all ver; well'; I'am not lying, and have. 0? intention of lying." M Very true but you make your wal: v-Jj ;) Ke, and I have read that a he ia one's work u likes bein his character j will show itself ?coner or later, ano bring harm, i* not min," "I'll risk h in this case," ana wem! l ien, ?ud he worked ?way> laying moiv bricks and carrying the wall up higher, dil the rdose of the day, when they quitt?] work asd went borne. The uaxt morning they went to rr surae th:-ir work, when, behold, the Ke bad wrought ont the result of ail li**. The widl, getting a tittle slant from tho untrue brick, hod got more and mor* mtiue tu? it got higher, sud at Issi ir. '.he night had toppled over agsin. .Flint sc? *ith ever sc? little sn unpin tu in your character; it grows more aa-i more untrue if you permit it tb romain.' fid it brings sorrow and ruin. Tel?, aci a.'el live tit* exact truth alway*. '?BOTS.AHO tH?i i ARM. N-*rl ir,g but 'r farmer," is s phras-e j that is heard n>w ?nd then in America, ii would prul).?bly be. heard iu no other . 'ounrry abort of Ailiers, in the lie**. ti least, of the older countries ri;?- ! :-i.dfsmai'.,'the teacher, the mechanic-. ; va to say tho commercial traveler- i .\'.<:i'l'? tX'UgratuLite himself oe ?he go*?d ? . .rt me that promoted him to !h* s>>-!;? ? ?.tandi-g of a free-hold farmer, *?e-2: ila'. ; M his aeres shc-nld be few e?ong~ to bc counted on hi* fingers. The co- ; 'iou that rhe pian somehow star-da ? lit- j lie higher who wear? ilne iin?u aid ? benda '?vor a d ?sk nr a counter fhau tre i i: LO c. who wean overalls and holds s j plow-handle a backwoods notion. ?! j ir bus LH4 eny influence-as it doubtless lias bad- in beguiling young men frote i the !?:rr. io the. shop, the mill and the j .ihee.. jt ."''iii not have it much longer. Vf? a r.e*-conutry sentiment it will go j bc "'ivo! thc leg-cabins, sud theco'"-j j^r-'-v r"i^t.-. '--'.Toort Company. .4 SOLILOQUY. '* Ther?'s werry ii^-.'e wixikin' among ! V-LVs, wh?-ii they're ?-icokin ot. nother I '?....% 'ti-sdem??.!:.''?* r Instead or ?a ?3? in.' a ?il io ?.?f, they generaUy slaps a ? .hunk on. They takes h observations o? j lb.? :. folks' folbe? through a bunki.ro- | u./ti iarg? teieseope, but they re worses' ! I..- butstrttment when they're s-tryin' to J li^'.ivs-r ?beir hr??u : iv's just a delusive j waj of tryin' io cheat, themselves, into rhe !:?1:c-i shat lbw misfortune*] ain't not'iir.' in the ?vsa'e, wheo weighed agin the fgtilii o' bothers." ttl HA* A ti F, PK F'S H XT A TtVV. M. . oocstitueots of a meinoer of the j ? uv ral Court from Hucklcberryvilta vere discussing his qualifications. They : uviisod him of ignorance of the law, of ? r.dt.k-nee, and of being a disgrace to s j v-sp ctoble comiminity. The member ?sks, admitting ?di this, wherein be fails to represent the people of Huckleberry rnic. ?. W.tvr in the name of high heaven | dotti tba. fellow across the street wear Li.^t for ett-pfoT?" ''Probably he i* a nev; w.'. t rac, ?sd needs ? rur-ti'e brain." The groan? of the bystanders reminded one of a field hospital after a rMoi hn\tl*.-GaJvt6ion ?Vetea, C?ES. HASBPT?. of the Saltation Ar? ' my, aimed destroyed hit. usefuJnese at ! Mayfield. Ky., bj forgetting vb ere he j wa?;, and praying fervently for a bles? i'ur on Pudncah, a rival t?wn. J ACM SOS A\n TUX RKICK L i TBS. Andrew Jackson and Abrahan.; Lir> .dn always hud a soft side for r?? ?ofl ..f>. and a liking for working cloches - i.; which, many titeen, no idonbt, Itoth the great President? would bwv felt happier than in stitT "reception" I roodcloth. Jackson's eympathy for aboriiig men is shown in this little story ?rom IhaNaahville Banner: Job'i Crycr. a mason, was on eeveral occasion? eng&ged to build chimceys i-t the Hermitage, and while at work often observed the n;ost refined and woalthv people of Nashville coming to visit the (reneral end his wife. The good mason, b.r.viug more or less of mortar oma- i ra.enting his clothes, would say to Jack- I son that he "would not go to the fir??t table to eat ;" that he "was not fit to appear m such elegsnt company." The General always replied, "You must go to the first table, sir ; a labor ing mart ought to be aa highly honored nr.y in an in the community, for the supjxirt of the world d?pends on their labor. I will see that you are treated with pr<4>er respect ot my table." This story is oertainly ro the oredii cf -Tsekson's democracy, however it may be aa to his social graces. Cryer frequently, laughing, said that he had been mot? honored than any man in the world, for | President -lockson had frequentJy wait ed on him and brought him briek and m' >rtar when his regular attendant wat eui of the way. (.{CE culture io liecoming a profitable 1 ir.duHtry in T?xaa, c-speoially in the Brazos and Colorado valleys, where , ipiite a number of enterprising men have j found that it pays vastly moro than cot- , ton ruising. ? A MAN who had just learned poker, Mt bcd not sufficiently mastered'thc in rri.wics of the game, bet wildly upon a du >b, and, upon showing his hand, was told tb at "the spirit was w?hng but the flush was Tisak."-jrVc*. " | XTSTXXJBS OF 4 BBS-MITM. A life-time might be spent in investi gs ting the mysteries hidden in a bee hive, and still half the, secrets would be undiscovered. The formation of the ? cai] has long boen a celebrated pro bleu: Tor the metiiematibiazi, .while ^AtM^^ Every one knows what honey freak irorn~ comb ie like. It is a ?lear yellow sirup, without a tr&oe of solid ingar ia it Vpon g training, however, it gradually ? assumes a crystalline appearance-it can dies, sw the saying is, and ultimately be- I comes a soHd lump of sqgar. It has no4. ? '?eon suspected that this change wa.*due to a photographic action ; that the same : agent which alters the molecular arrange- 1 ment of the iodine of silver on the excit> j ed collodion plate, and determines i the formation of camphor and iodine crys- j rale, in a bottle, causes the airup-boney TO assume a crystalline form. Tbi% I however, ia the ca.-.*. M. Scheiblei has | inclosed honey in stoppered flask*, some i of which he baa kept in perfect darkness, | while others have baea exposed lo tba j light. The invariable resulta have been ; that the nunned portion rapidly crysta}- ; Uzed, while that kept , in the dark ht? ' remained perfeotJy liquid. We now: ^ why bees work in perfeot darkness, and why they are BO careful to obscure the glass windows which are sometimes placed in their hives. The existence o{ their young depends on the liquidity ci I eaccharine food presented to tb#a ; and .; if light wt-.Tfc allowed access to the simp . it would gradually acquise a more or j less; solid couidsteucy; it wr dd seal np j the ceils, and in all probability prove I fetal to the inmates of the hive. -.-.- J HOW TAHTRH DIFFER. The tastes of neighboring nations. ! '! ha Germans and the English esteem { i he goose aixiost as highly as the turkey, j Aiur ia franc ?the former is looked upon j n~ a \ ulgar bird, unnt to set before ?-pi- ! cures, An English journal, writing c-i \ r.h* cbange oi taste with respect to r*t- j jug \'i?c#. says: ..1 "TV-day we never s?e s poudrera j i ?.hop t?doinftd with row* *>i pe^cool^, ?nd, I should oe? tA thts* b-saut?rul bix?s ap- j ;M>8.T apon ?ke tab'? at some grand pub- i lie ?>r private dinner, ?one of th* gu** ts Tvouid go into ecstasies over the dwb. as ii its delicacy was a fact universally ttr.owix But it Kom6, no banquet was coniT>j?>.ie without the pr?sence of a pea cock. Among the other Ijwrge birds, the crane*, the swan* and even the ostrich were reid in high esteem. Geese ?ere j ?J??v highly prized, and they were eaten, I aol with a sauce, bur. s luffed with small gre^n Apples. Toe duok and teal were { wi ved with th? juice of the orange and I aol thai oi the lemon : and they were jpre I ferrad to the heathcook and woodcock. L ke: V/jj. ] ST??. ?uad ihTT3?li?i.- they - *?r.? j usually eaten at the end of a mea:, wrm ! the ililli that it would prove ? sovereign j remedy against affections of the bow<*la. j But she" bird most in esteem with the j subject* of the Csesars was the oom mon ?thrush. These birds were raised,and I rata.".; iu larg? *stabii?hmente nea:1 Rome I and brought very high prices. . The ar I tijieial rearing of these birds, which are I excellent for the table, would prove ?a [ easy matter. " . THE mother of Pernell, the Irish agi tator, who is the daughter of Commo dore Stewart, 14 Old Ironsides," ri the -imbrican navy, resides ia New York, and hi President of the Ladies' Land League, of that city. Hex daughter, Lucy Parnell, U a young lady of re markable brightness and great force of jharacTer, and an intelligent and vigor ous writer. One of her sons* ia a Gecgia planter, but is temporarily ?a New York" .TEE new building tor the Boston Ss-; ! ?iish High School and Latin Behool is" {aid to be the largest free pubbo building ?a the world, being 339 by 220 feet, withj. a hollow square in the middle. Th-^re' are fifty-six rooms in ?ll, inc tc ding a drill hall 180 by sixty, a gymnasium ol the same dimension, end an1 exhibition ball capable of seating 1,250 persona, **" THE FBttOHOrHT OF fi US36* IVress does cc; make a man, txr it often make?? s 'successful one. Che anet precious stone, you know, must be'oat sud poliehed, I shall ent*r your natte in my book tor an unlimited credit, and no acconnr to be .settled till you er* a j Privy COUEC?WT. I do not limit the I credit, because yon are A man'of sense and a gentleman, and will not abuse li. But be qiiite as careful cot to stint JOTS eeli as not. to be needlessly extravagant. * t * I havo known many an heir ess lo*t by her suitor being ?l-dressed, i*ou must dress oecording to your age, your pursuits, your object, in life ; you must drepfl, too, in some cases, according to your set. In youth a attie fancy is expected, but ii political life be your objec* it. phouid be avoided, ot least after 21 years oi age. I ?rn dressing two brother? now, men of considerable po aition ; one 'v a mere man of pleasure, the other will probably be a Minister of state. They are ss Eke aa two peas, but were I to dress the dandy and th? Miniar-er -.be fame, it would bo btw! top*?, it would be ridiculous, l?o man gives me the tvonble which Lord Eglantine i does; he has not made up his misd whether he will be a great, poet or Prime .ainister. M You must choose, my Lord,'' I tell Lim. u I cen not send you ont looking like Lord Byron ii you mean to be a Canning or ? Pitt." I have dressed a gresv- many ci our statesmen and ora tor.?, and I always dretaed them accord- I ing tc their style and the nature of their j duties. What all men should avoid is , the "ahabby genteel.*' You bad better be in rags.- V^go, thr. Tailor, in Bm* . _\_^_ ! A GALYSSTOH dandy didn't like the ! new pants be had received from hie tailor, so he told the artist who built tb? pants: "Look here, I can't nae those pants. I wanted them for a dinner par- ( ty, and they are so tight I can't waj^ in them." "Well." growled *U tailor, j "ii you don't $?- to be any ttigbterthan ! iba rpa?ta you wont find any tarenhk ira waikicg.'1 ' PLRASJjnCBIBS. A "vso* *rdei"~Whoa ! , \ " 8otj? hh..it"-Pca-jacketa. "LONG on salira''--Sorghum. - Wnp oat* are.the only crop that zr-?TO by gaslight' I ss -watch repairer Ia alway* engaged aoHors and a hali, ii it hap pees ta - .anary. PKOPL* -who harbor evil thought? rtbonld apply to Contr?e* for harbor im provements, ' .Tin xaaa who thinks the boy wu* .ive* next door to him is a good boy baa not been found. "Lax it be teeorded," said a buyer when he suspected thatr bis wood-dealer was bringing short measurement. ;? ElflBTEEK KXTXDBXD iXV EtOHXT-OS? does not resemble a pair of lovers on a sofa, because there ie one at each end. TUS?VH it 7?uu|i Mfow of Ovid ??nt ? Taknfxo to bl? beift-radA ' - Sot har UUver ?ame out Wtttt? i-?al. ?ad? ?bout, ?ix i o ?rr Om i-T. i*i bc ebcMr?]. ii is asserted that Yennor at one tim? wes ? plumber. We'd, he's not the only plumber thai makes a good weather profit. Tn old lady who mended her hus band's trousers with a potato patch is' now smoothing her hair with the comb of a rooster.. . . IT maw be-well to ?tate for the infor -n?.'i. m ci amateur -SJtiste that plaster ??-t?of royal personages are not made nf '?ourt-plaster. .; IPA LEWIS has saved twa brssa-band performers from drowning. She never di^rhninats^ against ? man's calling wh*u he in in distress. ; v: M VM. r.TO&fl 1 """" HaT?M Wb.i Ht* ?-?fatir.au--* 0* bMS3?. ?<Vti wi*! h^rr bi Wt, 3? r.;' ?.'. bf* Ult; .? ; srosX ?"17v:;.'! b* ?lid, "but bow caa IT" Mas. ?raroocss wus boasting of her new boa?*. The windows she said, ?er? all stained. " That's too had i But won't turpentine vr benzine wash it off?" He&ed ta* g<K>d MK, Oldl/ody. PAMWTS who contemplate making railroad mon of their boys cannot be too careful how they bring theta sp. We leam thai the cause of many of our railroad disaster* is defective training. jgA a?KTUUft?s wwx compiimen?ng a pretty young lady in the pretence of bia wife. " It's lucky I did not. meet Misa Hopkins before I married yon, my dear. " "Well,-yee, it. is extremely-for hex," woe ?he dry iv. joinder. A YOCKQ lady was caressing a pretty epamVt and murmuring, "I do love a ri?* dog 1" "Ah !" esid a dandy stand ing near, "I would X were a ?'og.'" '' Neyer mind," retort-. ? r.e voung lady, sharply, 44you'll grow.' LAST word of a ao?ne with an im portunate creditor : *' No, sir, af tar the way you have dunned me, I solemnly vow t?s?t I will never pay you a penny, and, when an honest man pledges yon his word about anything, that is the end o? it r 44 Ans yon ecgagedi" asked Col. Mark Anthony of a Galveston hack-driver. "Engaged! Why, man alive, I have five children down with the measles and two more to take it. I am engaged in sitting up with them all night long." A PAXDT of 26, having been formed an ** old bachelor," appealed to on elderly mon fe? decide whether he should be caUsd old or not, giving his age ss 26. Said th? elder gentleman : 44 It ia ow ing to how you toke it. Now, for a man it is young enough ; tnt for a goose it is r*tfeer old. " A vV'CNTarnA5 took his watch , to a watchmaker to Kare it repaired, .tfter ? ;*'v minutes' work on k, the watcb ; leaker handed it back with the remark that tn? damages were $5. 44 What wae tb? matter with if?" asked the stranger. " There was a hair in it " *;Woa that ?' ? You ought to have found a hair mai rws in it for $?>." A MTB Hf VS WABJX Mr. Toca?. T"ho WHB one of Artemas Ward's most inwnafe friends in London, taya (that be fold him the following 6tory : He went to leotnre at a remote place, where his face wa?; Dot known. Ke wo? a little lato ; tho audience be came impatient, and began to stamp with their feet and to whistle. By-and h? Wart, eaici? oufc, and l^ga-*? *..> racv* about the p??tiorm, dusting the <hairs. and desk. Hie people took him for a .'piipe," and became atilt more impa tient. Presently be turned around, dropped the, dust-cloth, and said-; "3iow, having dusted the chairo, I will begin my lecture. ** Many pf tfche* jokes be mode were not io good as this,' bur, so doubt, served to amuse himself and others. An aoqnaintsnoo told me that be wa? once riding in a Broad way ?ed?ii bns when Browne got in, and* on being ?ske? for his fore, inquiredjrof the driver if he could change $5, The driver said he could soi, stopped the coach, and re-> quested Ward to get out. Upon this. Ward became very indignant. Way shon:.? be gel? Otat ? Because he had not the proper fare, '*Rut- ? have/* b* .wd; "I never ?aid I hadn't 10cents. I only asked ii yon could change ?-riftfVT'g Monthly. TUB MFFEHES'CS. "Tba difference,"said Augustas Mill whiffie^, gaunterisg cato the oollcge li oroiry, "-the difieren ce between the works of Oopt. Maryatt and the works of Beaumont and Fletcher is, I presumo,, tho? the former are by a tor and the lat ?*r K-tn.-wen.*' Before he could e^ekle? he woe seised by (be*nape oi the neck ?nd thrust out of the building by au en raged professor, who said ta him, a* he arrack th* ground ; 44 Ho you know why yon aw tike. NeahV ark T1 *' Nn," said thu b?W?Jdered Augustus "Weil, it'i bjkJauso yorVo pi tobt-i without," ?aid the profesaar, ne he r it the door. ; Subscribe for the ADVERTISER. Only $2.00 a year.