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- -14 j IL DEVOTED TO SOUTHRj-~~N RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY,'NEWS, LITERATURE CEC NDTEAT CE.uARDSON LOGAl9 e - - .1 FRANCIS, Proprietors. TE S-Two Dollan v lVI t SUM ITERVILLE, S. C., M AY 24, 185. IRSOI ANEOUS. Timu d and the Duchess. TUX ANDKERCHIIEF IN TIlE BALL OF o1o*ing anecdote of Profess a iderson, 'tbe Great Wizard,' well repay perusalt During the professor's career in Europe, especially in England, his time was much occupied, and he was often called upon to attend soirees of the nobility, after his usual per formances in the public saloons. It was not uncomniort for the Wizard to keceive commands from his late maj. ,esty-, King William the fourth (who Was an adopt in the mystic art), to Visit him in his studio for the purpose ,of being instructed in Mr. Ander lon'g extensive mysteries, and after rie '4eath 'of the king, several very interest'in g seedets in natural magic were-found in his private bureau, ad. dressed to Mr. -Anderson, the great .and talented profetsor of magic. in Ithe hand-writing of'tne ing-among which was one of the mnost thrilling experiments science has ever devel oped, viz: 'The secret of freezing water in a red hot crucible.' Her present majesty, Queen Vic toria, about two years after her mar riage, commanded Anderson to visit the palace and exhibit his extraordin :ary performance in th6 crimson ,drawing.room, which was made over 14 to him for the purpose of arranging ' his paraphiernalia. The professor, however, unlike others, using very little apparatus, intimated that any place would suit him as he needed very little preparation, merely re NT quiring a small table which lie select. ed from those in the room. On the evening of the 3d of De cember, a large concourse of nobles, whohbad been especially invited by her .niajesty, were assembled and presented a most brilliant scene. Mr. A. handed her majesty a note, containing a list of feats he was pre pared to exhibit, and awaited the royal command. The Duchess of Sutherland, who was present, was of a nervous tem perament, and, on the Wizard enter ing the room, evinced a slight dispo. sition of fear, as also did Louis Phil ippe, who was then a guest at the Court of England. The prnoessor saw this, and determined to take ad vantage of it, and received from the queen a request to perform the mag ic filtration. Two large glass vases were brought by one of the pages, and Prince Albert filled one with i k and Lord Jocelyn filled the other with water. The professor borrowed the dechess' handkercheif, and cov ered the ink, when, by some mishap, it slipped in and was almost satura ted with black ink. Her majesty covered the water with her own hand. kercheif, and the Wizard sought the aid of the prince, from whom he borrowed a ring, which he placed in the hands of Louis Philippe, and de sired him to close it and carefully re tain it. The Wizard then gave the duchess the ink vase to hold, who, though trembling, had resolved to be . rave, and in an instant, as lie wav .t,'his hand, the two handkercheifs wvere removed, when 10! the vase that had contained the .ink was now filled with water, in which were seen three beautiful gold fish swimming, jmd the vase that contained the wva ter was now filled with ink. A breathless silence prevailed, and each became wonder-stricken. 'What of my ring!?' asked the Prince. 'Oh,' replied the King of the French, 'I harve it safe in here, but I cannot open tny hand.' 'Indeed,' said the Wizard, 'my ex periment works well,' and again he waved his baton, and Louis Philippe opened his hand, but the ring had fled. * 'That I had it, I am certain,' said the King; ''tis very extraordinary.' 'But where is the ring?' demanded the Prince, who was anxious for its for its safety. ''Tis in that fish's mouth,' answer ed the Wizard, pointing to the vase; 'will your highness favor me by ex tracting it?' Ue did, and the professor received the warmest approbation from all 4present. Thme professor afterwards introduc ed his famous Oriental feat, the mag ic yegetation, from a seed which he placed on the floor, and exhibited the, vegetation of a fruit tree in all fruit, and served the fruit, oranges, to the royal party, who pronounced it delicious. This is considered one of the greatest feats of the natural magic. The professor was requested by her majesty to, if possible, perform the famous chemical experiment im parted to him by her late uncle, William the Fourth, that of freezing water in a red hot crucible. The professor, expecting such a demand, had provided a crucible and made it red hot on his drawing-room fire. He then, took a bottle of water, which was tested and scaled by the prince, and was retained for a short. time by the Duke of Leeds, who was much interested by the wonders already workeli by the professor. The Wizard, purporting to conclude the exhibition with this experiment, took the duchess's ink saturated handkerchief and to the astonishment and alarm of all present, threw it in. to the glaring crucible, and it, of course, was immediately consumed. Mr. A.. then took the bottle of water from his grace, and, breaking off the neck, poured the water into the red hot vessel, and immediately threw upon the carpet, from the ves sel a large piece of ice, which was examined by them all, and to the most overwhelming surprise of the queen, the duchess, and every one, there was the destroyed handkerchief in the middle of the piece of ice. The ice was broken, the cambric tak en out and restored, without a stain, to the excited duchess. The Wizard's fame spread rapia ly, and his houses swere filled to overflowing for several months in London. le, being engaged, had to leave for the continent, where great triumphs awaited him, for in St. Petersburg he was in equal fa vor, and he was introduced to the Emperor, which was very great to him, and he lost nothing by the nerv ous duchess, whose curiosity to know how the professor extracted the stains and restored her handkerchief in such a singular place and manner, led to a lively and even friendly cor Ispondence. lie was introduced into her grace's family, where the Wizard always finds a welcome and a home. Becky Wilsonk'm Courtship. Oh, now, Becky, do tell us all a bout it!' ses the gals. Becky hadn't been married mor'n a month, and hadn't got over her bashfulness yet. 'I3out what? ses she. 'Why bout your courtship,' ses the gals. 'Shaw!' ses she, turning her head and blushing dreadful; "you better tell your own courtship -yourselves, I reckon.' 'Yes, but none of us ever had any beaux, Beck, and you's a mar ried worr.an. Come, now, 1o tell us about it. I do love to hear about courtin so much,' ses Betsey Pow Ora. 'Oh yes, Becky, do tell us.' 'Well,' ses Becky, after a great decal of blushini' and twistini' about, 'I'll tell you all how it was, if that'll satisfy you.' 'Well,' ses the gals, all get tin round her so they could hear good. 'WVell, ses Becky, putting an emn phasis oin about every other word, 'John, he cum to our house to see me,' she ses (turnin' awvay her head and lookin' down sideways under her arm)--'Foo! he bet ter go to see his self, I reckon. Gracious knows! I didn't care nothin about him.' 'Well,' ses the gals. 'Well, John sed lbe loved me. Fool! better love his self, I reckon.' 'Oh, that's so funny,' ses the gale -go on! 'Shaw!' ses Becky, 'I won't tell no more. 'Oh yes, do- do Becky,' sea all of 'em. 'Well, then, John, he axed me if I wouldn't have him.' "'hen, what did you say?' '11cm! I never sod nothin. Graci ous knows, he wasn't gwinc to git nothin out of me.' 'Oh, elh!' sea the gals -'do go on, Becky.' 'Then, John, ho axed me if he moughtn't have me. Fool! he bet. tor have his self, I reckon!' 'Well,' sea the gals. 'Well, mother, she got kind o'flus tricated, and sed yes. Fool! she bet tor mind her own business, L reckon.' 'And thea what?' 'Then, John, he nycd dad if he moughtn't have me; and daddy he got kind o' flustricated too, and sed yes, too.' 'That's the sort of daddies,' oes the gals, rubbin their hands. 'Then mammy, she went to town and got white frock for me, and white gloves to put on my hands, for to be married to John. Hem, fool! she better be married to him herself, I reckon.' 'Well,' ses the gals, 'go on, Becky.' 'Shaw, now, I ain't gwine to tell you no more about it, so I ain't.' 'Oh, yes Becky, do go on! Oh do tell us all about the weddin, Becky -that's a good soul.' 'Oh, hush gals, 'bout sicli nonsense.' 'Oh, do now, that's a good soul.' 'Well, bimeby the preacher man he came to our house,*and a hole heap of people to marry me. Fools! they better staid home, I reckon. Graci. ''us knows I didn't want to see 'em.' 'Never mind, Becky-go on.' 'Well, then, John he came to take ime-Op to the preacher nian, for to be married. Fool! I never did feel so mad-and then-Oh, shaw gals, I can't tell any more.' 'Oh yes-go on Becky.' 'Well, then, the preacher man, lie axed me if I would have John to be my lawful husband. Him, fool! better have his self, I reckon. And then-shaw, gals, I won't tell any more.' 'Oh, do Becky! Now your'e jest coming to the interesting part. Oh, do tell us the rest, Becky.' 'Well, I never said nothin,' and the preacher man he said I must have John to be my husband-when lie was sick, when he was well; and when he was better or worser, and rich and poeT; and love him, and stick to him, and mind him, and Lord only knows what a heap of *things; and then lie said people what he put together, it was agin the law to take apart; and so I was mar ried, hard and fast, the fust thing I knowed, to John.' 'Well, what then, Becky!' ses the gals, getting more and more interes. ted all the time. 'Why, then the preacher man lie went home, and then all the feller come a pullin' and haulin' me, arid kissing me and squeezing le, and sich other carryings on as they did cut up. Fools! they great deal better kissed their own selves, I reckon.' 'Go, on, Becky! tell us about it,' ses all the gals. 'Well, then, after they all went away, John, he--Oh, shaw,' ses she, 'I ain't gwine to tell you an other word more. When you git mar. red yourselves, you'll know all about it, I reckon.' AN ExcIrING SUMNE.-A year or two sigo, as the steariier Sotitherer was on the point of' depirture from Charlestim, S. C., for New York, our attention was attracted by a numiber of passengers on board, and the ex eitemenit of a large crowd u liich had gathered at a particular place on the vessel's deck. We iniade our way in to the thri ong behin~d the capI tain,, and ~oon founid a man dressed ini the gairb of a quaker', seated (n u liat app'j eared to be a chie-,t, dleclarinig that it shoumld inot be openied unless t hose w ho open(l ed it killed hirn. While lie was thus nct ing, a virice fro'm thle chest.(ais if froini a coloured person ini distress')said in a siniothered tone "Let ine out--l'd r'athier go to iniassa, oh ! inereyv ! dis chile cant stan dis, no how ! O h * golly, I canit stan dis no longer !" "Look here, any friend, said the captain, "you'll pulease get oil' that chest." "Il do no such thmg,'" lie repi ed coolly. "'Oh, dear ! Ill' me out dis !"' camne distinctly fronm lie chest, as it' the speaker' was sul'ucatiing. ".Alate," said the captaini, "bring some mna here, and take that person oil' that chest, and break it openl." Th'le Quaker' resisted, was seized by the piassengers, all believiing lie was stealing a dai'key, conitiar'y to the laws of' the South, anid held uncomftortably. Thle mate took an axe and forced the lid loose froim the chest. "O.h, don't ! you'll kill mie," said lie satisfied v'oice. "I want to get oiut; I want to go back, oh ! dear ! I shall die !"' "Hold on a few minute ' longer," said a good natui'ed peorson), steping out ; "y ou shall soon be released." Quite an intense f'eeling w~as now raised in the crowd, when the mate torced off'the lid, and as ~it came fromi the box, an unearthly, demoniae laugh rang from theo old clothes with which the chest was fdloed, and no sign ofaspy living thig was in there. Amazement appeared on the faces of the beore an. gry, but now bewildered lookers-on. We were shortly after let into the mys tery, by the captain. saying that he had forgotten that Wyman, the Ven triloquist, was on board. .That geni. us standing near, and nearly choking with laughter at the anxious faces of spectators, and the excitement he had raised by thus waking up a nigger in a box. GOINa TO BED.-Going to bed we have always considered one of the most sober, serious and solumn operations which a man can be en. gaged in during the whole 24 hours. With a young lady it is Altogether a different thing. When bed-time ar rives, she trips up stairs with a can die in her band,-and if she has had pleasant company the evening-with some agreeable ideas in her head. The candle on the toilet ; and her luxuriant hair is speedily emancipa ted from the thraldom of. combs and pins. If she usually wears "water curls," uses the "iron," her hair is brushed carefully from her forehead, and the whole mass compactly se cured ; if not, why then her lovely tresses are soon hid in innumerable bits of paper. This task acc6ln plishod, a night-cap appears, edged, maybe, with a plain muslid, or may. be with levy lace, .which. hides all, save her own sweet countenance. As soon as she ties the stfings- prob. ably she takes a peep in her glass, and half smiles and lialt blushes ut what she sees. The light is out her fair, delicate form gently press es the couch-and, like idear, inno cent, lovely creature, as ishe is, she falls gently into sleep, with a sweet smile on her still sweeter face. A man, of course, under tho same cir cumstance, actsquite dfferently Every moment in his chamber iidi cates the coarse, rough mould of his sullen nature. When all is ready, he snuffs the candle out with his fin gers, like a cannibal, and then jumps into bed like a savage. For a few moments he thinks of all the pec cadilloes he may have committed du ring the day-vows a vow to amend soon-groans, turns over, stretches himself, and then all is silent save the heavy breathing of the slumber. er.-N. Y. .Dutchman. MRs. BLooM ER.-imagines that the reason women differ from men is because they are schooled and edu. cated differently. Nothing, howev er, could be more unfounded. Girls differ from boys, not incidentally, but radically. The first thiing a bov does after lie is weaned, is to strad. die banistei s and ride down stairs. The first thing a girl sets her heart on is a doll and a set of half fleged cups and saucers. Girls are given to neatness and hatesoiled garments of all kin~ds ; boys, on the contrary set a high value on dirt ; and are never so happy as when sailing a shingle ship, with a brownm paper sail, in a mnud pudldle. Mrs. Bloom. or may reason as she may, but she will linid itn the end that NSature is stroniger than either philosophy or suspenders. Guc:m:mx AnD -rnE Bovs.-The New Yor~k Tr'i bune has espoumsed t he cause of puerile ju venility ansId di5Cscs ts: "li(oys have an untiriia t imte o'fit in this world. They get the drum. st icks of the turkey at dinner, andi~ have to wait for the hot enkes at breakfa lst till ever~y body e'lse is suip. p'lied; they are snulbbed when they are IIin piits, and told not to itnmke sucth a racket; they are sent off to bed just in the sweet edge of the evening, when it is so nicee to sit byv the fire and tell stories; in a thoiusand ways they are put1 upon01 and robbed of thiir natural rights." II urrahi slauts our "D~evil" at our elb.ow-three cheers for you "old 11loss, if you hi te hiard Biscuits unad d rinuk cold wvater you1 kno~w what's what Uni. ele I lorace. Stand up~ fo'r thle "round jackets ad chiubby fhees"' and then we'll call a Boy~'s rights* conlvenion) as the women, have done and give 'ema thunder, andui eleet you piresident. Mla's a mecmb'er, won't I cry down with the wo'mnen andl give the old La dly Beans. W A wag one day asked his friend, 'H-ow many knaves do you suppose are in the street besides yourself ?' 'Besides myself I, re plied the other in a hurry, 'do you mean to insult me ?, 'Wcll, then, said the first, 'how many do you reckon- including yourself? How to Use GnIno. Guano comes in bags, and usually contain may lumps which require to be crushed into powder, before it is ap. plied to the soil. The lumps are gen erally separated from the mass by a riddle or sieve, as lumps and pebles are separated from sand in ii.aking mortar; or as grain is sometimes sifted by hand. The aninonical dust that flies off in this operation is pretty s'e vere on the lungs and eyes of the oper ator, and is avoided by moistening the guano ten or twelve hours or a day before the sitting begins. The damp ness should be barely suflicient to keep the dust from being diffused through the atmosphere. The lumps riddled or sifted out, may be moisten ed a little more, and crushed as in ma king mortar, with the back of a hoe, or shovel, on a plank floor, or smoothe hard ground. . For corn, it will probably pay bet ter to put the manure in the hill or drill, than scatter it broadcast on the ground. After a field is ready for planting, let hands take the guano in buckets on their arms and the two fore or first fingers and thumb, take out a good pinch of the guano and drop it where the corn is to be dropped, speading it and covering it with a lit tle earth, by using the foot for that purpose. The track of the manure dropper tells the corn-dropper where the seed should be placed; while the earth between the guano and the corn prevents the -causticity of the former from doing injury to the latter, which when it begins to grow, is tender and easy killed. fhe above hints apply to the use of guano in cotton culture, not less than the planting of corn. But as cotton seed are usually scattered liberally in drills or rows, one way only, we should not hesitate to scatter in tie same fur row, or marking, guano equal to 2000 or 3000 lbs. per. acre, aid cover both seed and manure at-one operation. A few seed might be killed or damaged ,hy the manure, but enough and more than enouh, would.grow. No injury has ever resulted frori sowing guano and wheat together, and covering both with a harrow or plow. It is only soluble salts in guano that can njure any seed; and before the germ starts out, the salts, being at once dissolved by the damp earth, be canies difTused and diluted, that no in jury cen be done to the young plant. If' the soil is dry, where the guano is placed, the result might be diffierent. In dry sunmers, this hot, caustic fer tilizer does more hurt than good. In the Patent Oflice reports for 1851, the reader will find a great deal of informa tion on this and many other impor taint subjects, showing the best practi ces in farn economy. On page 252, .'Mr. Zook of Pennsylvania gives us an account of guano, and 1,000 of gypsuin on a poor field, badly worn by 20 years cropping, containing 15 acres. The Ji an1ure was sown immiaiediately after the corn was planted, and the ground harrowed, when the corn was two or three inches high. The yield was fifty bushels per acre. This crop was made in 1848. In 1859, the field was sown in oats, and turned out over 40 bushels per acre. Mr. Z. estimates the gain fron the guano and pla.-ter at 300 per cent.; cost per acre, *4 40. Mr. Mum. maiz, of' the same State speaks highly of plaster used ona corn, andl commends the free use of' limo. Of' the latter- he says: "So powerfid is the efTect on pooir land, if properly applied, that on manny fhirms ini the country, where' it hias beck used, the value of' the land fhas beent inicreatsedl 200 per cent., with less thian one hundred bushels per aere." Mr. Houston of Delaware applied 300 lbs. of guano per acre to 70aceres of wheat in 1851. Hie pre f'ers piloughaing it in six inchtes deep. lie says that lime pays better than guano, taking ten years together-. Bt lie gets linac cheap, and guano is ex piensive everywhere. His large experience induces him to say, that 100 lbs. of this mainuire will give ten lbushiels of' corn on pool' land. Mr. WV right, a v'ery sueccess'tid fiarmer of' Deleware, says that guano is too high fi'r priofit to the cultivator. Mr. W alsh saiys: "Guano is also used on our corni cirop, but not to the sanme ex tent as to wheat. It is applied, gener. ally to the land previous to its being flushed. Sometiimes after planting the land, it is sown upon the furrow, and then huarrowed in, either' way. It adds mlaterilfly to the gaini of the cr01); in creasing it I should think, when 3000 lbs. are tised, at least two-f'old." Mr. Chairles Yancey, of Buckinghamn Counity, Va., says: "In the fall of 1850, purchased ten tonts of guano, plowed shauller, as before stated (three inches deep) using 200 lbs. per acre, and seeded whteast, leaving occasional ridlges, iiot guanoed. Verily, the eye said the guanioed wheat would -yield double." We think favorably of the following practice of Mr. Y., although from the di'outh last year', it was nearly. a fail uire." The around when prepared was checked in squares three feet, four inches; a table spoonful of guano was scattered upon the check; the hilling closed to prevent the escape of tite ammonia; the hills were cut off4 inehes above and planted in May. Tho drought prevented the plants taking root) or bringing the guano Into solu. tion. There was no growth whatever until the 27th July, when we had rain; the growth was then in a week won derful; the plants attained a fine size. A second drouth occurred in Septem ber and October, which protracted th< ripening, and the plants faded and as stumed a yellow hue." Mr. Yancey regards guano as a powerful stimulant but too expensive ibr general use. Our notion is, that one may use guano to make a crop of corn at a profit if ie will make the corn pay a fine price it meat, as the equivalent of the guano. In other words, this costly commercial manure cannot be profitably purchased to grow corn for commercial purposes but for home consumption, where all the elements of the seeds, cob, blades and stalks may be saved as manure the equivalent of the guano, and nor< too-this dung of sea-birds may be brought to increase one's corn, cottor seed and lint. Da. Lxr, Hints for Youang Farmners. The soil best adapted to the growtl of barley, is a deep loam, tolerably moists, but not wet. One pound of saltpetre, dissolved in 4 gallons of hot water, makes a very good soak for a bushel of corn. Plough as deep as yonr teem will allow of, the deeper the better; harrow until you have the land in fine tilth. Keeping the potato always in dark. dess is recommended in the Londor Gardener's Chronicle and Detroit Far mer's Companion, as a prevpntitive o0 potato-rot. For early potatoes the planting should take plaice as soon after tie frost is out of thu ground as will admii of its being ploughed and put in-gooi condition. A cultivator will go over two and : half times as much ground in a day a will a plough, and thereby time and labor are economised-two very im portant considei atione. Late potatoes should be planted fror the 20th of April to the 10th of May experience having shown that the early planted are emore' apt to escape the rot than the late. Trenching new ground, which shouli have been progressing the whole win ter, except during the severest frost must now be completed, as it will soon be time to'set the young vines ill new plantations. Banks and walls should be repaired whenever the g ound will allow work. ing-if the rains or frosts have injured them they shoald be made up at once and all tendency to wash must b< checked inmteditely. A planter near Franklin, Louisiana, gathered last season, eleven hundred and seventy-seven bushels of sweet po tatoes fit.' three acres of land-ani left behind, he says, enough to fatter about forty hogs. One of the best articles that can be given to swine while id preparation foi the tub, is common charcoal. Thenu. tritive properties are so great that they have subsisted on it wirhout other food for weeks together. To cure founmder, mix one pint of'the seed of' the common sunflower the ani. mral's food as soon as you discover symuoms of' disease, and you will give inmediate and certain relief. 'This is the best remnedy known. In corn planting, we have ever look. ed upon liberality as a commendable virtue, and believed it true economy t(e make provision for birds, and wormt as well as for the contingency of rot. timng. It was 'our custom to drop from six to eight grains in each hill. For cholie in horses, dissolve in a quai t of puro water as much salt am will thoroughly saturate the liquid, and drench the animal thoroughly unitil y ou discover symtomns of relte. This is mm simple anid effectual remedy, and has been successfully applied in cases oi hots. Ilave a plan laid before hand for every day. These plans ought to be mtureoly ihrmed the evening previous, and, on a simg in the morning, again looked at, and irrnediately entered upon. It is astonishing how nmucli mrore we accomplish in a single day by having thne planmu previously marked out. By the Iato coneus it appears thai the Production of mraple sugar in thhn country in 1850 wvas within a smna] fractionr of thirty-four millions oh p ounads. An orchard of maple treem has been found almrost equal, acre foi acre, with thre sugar cane ini produing~ sugar and molasses. As soon as potatoes begin to comm up run the harrow through them the way of the row. This destroys gras and weeds, lets in the air, and eticour ages germination, and ensures a gener al stand. WVhen the potatoes are tw( or three inches high, throw wfmm~ from them, returning th back atgain, so as to give th toes a light flat hill. The bright spots of a an few enough without blotting u and since tir a moment o have and hour of sadnes t sorry policy to diminish th ' that. illumine our chequered exiit Life is an April day-_sunshi showers. The heart, like t6es would cease to yield good frurt weiit not watered by the tears sensI and the fruit would lie Worthless the sunshine of smiles. "Tim PAPr DoN'y SAY S Slocum was not educated in a- U*IVj';4"_' sity, and his walk in life has by paths and out of; the wa Iis mind is characterized by Jilen6 rather than a comprehensive- gras great subjects. Mr. Slocumn can 0 ever, master a printed paragraphm dint of spelling the hard words in/d liberate manner, and he manages get a few glimpses of men and th . from his I ttle rock farm, through tb8ihiC 4. medium of a newspaper. It is quie edifying to hear Mr. Slocum reding;t-z the village paper aloud to his wie ter a hard days work. A few evenings ago, father Slocu was reading an account of a dread ful accident that had occurred. factory in the next town, and iie the vi)lage editor had described In * great many words. '1 declare, wife; that was an accident over tew the mills" 'What was it about, Mr. Sloum 'I'll read the .'count, wife, and ,t you will know all about it.' Mr. Slocum began to read.. 'Horrible and Fatal Acid. becomes our painful duty to the particulars of an accident t curred at the lower mill, in tis ..-.v 4:,! lage, yesterday afternoon, bY dhh human being in the prime of h hurried to 'that .bdurne. from whi4 as, the immortal Siakspeare hasid "no traveller retprns-' 'Du tell!' exclaimed Mrs. S. 'Mr. David Jones a workman, wI? had but fev superiors this side of .he great city of N. York, was engaged In u adjusting a belt upon one ofthe lr. gest drums- . '1 wonder if it wasa brasi drum sich as has 'E Pluribus Enur' printed o it?" said Mrs. S. -'when he became entangl. d. '111 arm was drawn around the drum, aid finally his whole body was whirled'ov. er the shaft at a fearful rate. When ' his situation was discovered" hs had revolved about fifteen minutes, his - head and arms striking a large- beam , a distiet blow at each- revolutie 'Poor creatur, how it musk hurt him.' 'When the machinery had been- - stopped, it was found that Mr. 4Jones arms and legs were macerate t a jelly." 'Well did it kill him?' asked. Mrs.: S., with increasing interest. -'portions of the durameter, cr'3bum, and cerebellum, in confused ...asses were scattered about the fh or-In short the gates of eternity opened u onl him. lere Mr. Slocum paused to his spectacles, and the wife seized opportunity to press the question.~ 'Was the man killed' 'I don't know-havn't come to that yet; you'll know when I've finished the ' piece.' And Mr. Siocum continued his readmng. 'It was evident, when thme shapeless form was taken down, that it wase~ no longer tenanted by an immor. , tal spirit-that the vital spark was ox. tmect. 'WVas the man killed? that's what wan to come at,' said Mrs. S. ',Do .have a little patience, old 'om. an,' said Mr. S. eyeing his bkmt ter half over his spectacles;'* . pre - sume we shall eome upon it right wgy'' And he went on: 'This fatal casuality has -.east~n gloom over our village,,. and we ' trust that it will prove a warning to persons who are called upon to, regu. Iate the powerful machinery of our mill.' 'Now,' says Mrs. Slocum, per colinmg that the narrative was e~.~ ded, 'now I should like to know whet hu er the man was killed or not? Mr. Slocum loked puzzled. li 'o scratched his !- 1, scrutinized the ar.' tiele he had been * ading, and took general survey of the paper. -1 declare, wife, 'tis rather ourioue > but really, the paper don't say.>. Every creature hates its det6& Iherrings fly from Sootchmen 4 would from a shark; while 4'q k . as much dread of A Fren hW ha~s a well dressed won ml 4 ter t sweep. . Q e o