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y ari Paper Devoted to Literature, 4iscellany, .Vrews,4rc&t&e,d1res c VOL. XXI. NEWB3ERRY, S.; -c. PHE ESDAY; FEBTA Y12 85 PIANOS, Grand, Upright and Square. The superiority of .the ",TIEFF fIanos:1reeagized and acknowked tbe musical authoritie. and is as stead l.< In merits are becomnug more extenslvely known. 'do 'weia a and many European rivalsatthe _.. ;. L sia the;Endorsemnt of over 100 dIerit Colleges.Seinaies and SSchools as to thelr t rbility. . s we Perfectin Tie andWork esartment of secoud-hand Pao alwavs a band. 7 'WIhiolesale Agents for sterig. New Eng ,gh .a WIex and ltoie OR M A30 and QAi misold on EASf II. s'1eito&takei! Exchange, also thor '.h1y repnired. g3eud for Illustrated Piano or Or -gn Catalog ee. - Oha. M. Stef, NO9W Nornra IniTY-SrREECT, BALTIMORE. MD. F. Werber,-r., Agent, Newberry. April t - We desi+ to aii aee-to the citizens of Newberry and sarrounding'Counties, that we hive lodated aMARLE YARD tbeTOwn of'Newberry, pwd are pre paejj o.lraisall in& of MARBLE AND GRANITE TOMB STONES and MONUMENTS. TA first class style and 20 per cent cheap er4ban the ameclass of-work has hith erto-been so!d in Newberyi;eonequ.ut ly we=respeetfully solicit-a liberal share of their pat$onae. One. block ziorth west C:otwel otel. Oct 30 1 MiLLER & HOOF. noremoney thanatanythingelse - N by takin a age yfor the beat -. f ' fatem -tre WI. r2.w Co., more money right away sex, tr _ - elaetntbKS.wou4. of et . uoced from nst hour. Tes -broad road to fortune open betore the workers, absolutelY sure. - At.oace acdreas. Taua & Co.. Augsa Maine. 'Nov. 2-8s-1y. Land for Sale. A TRACT of LAND, containing Seventy-seven (77) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Dr. G. W. Glenn, Edgar Sigh, and the Wilson Place, is -offered for sale. It is well-watered, partly clearedl and susceptible of high cultivation. There is considerable cord woo oni. A bagi may be had. Apply-to -- - - BERAILIB U n' WS OFFICE, sep18 tif SA-TENTS OMsaad, sa1 all?A TENT' BUSrEESS attended ODE A3 ~theU. B. ?sbtQetOoa s r e a ot.inaients in. Ie,s tine than aeeoved frOgn WASIJ(TON. .5. ODEL OmgitWING. We advise as an be to t ar e ae. a dr Div., sad toOotb f lat.L01I or elwputer, edI.term' nd .*osto settaa slients in year own Sta DeinlI4-3m 4 debility edzl oth er fomso' rt.mOt'o nerot lsrde are failures Every person who muffers frou *nervIusness knows this, and thus medicinet only palliate, but never care. These applianes are magnetic, and differ lrom all others on the market which .are ele,trier. klagn.ti-m Is thet *lIfe of man. TheIr curative qualitle< are won derful In all nervous comphmuts. The Romat physicians practiced magnotic treatment 1.001 yesrs ago In nervous.diseases,. but did not tree from.the "brala battery." Dr. Hill has mad this great discovery, the only sure curs for ui. - yeus Headaches, Bheumatiam. Nettralgia *LIver and K.Idney Compictuts. Para[y"i Gout, Spinal weakness. Dyst'ep-ia, Constipe tion, Cold Limbs and Feet, and Genieral De bility, Ml!raeo'ucs cures tnoted every day The Kugnetlc- Beush lifts nail', arnd thz. onl article or the kInd invented. It ii the grestua carative agent knwu anud used in~ a"ru hath" inparts tone, replenishies the di bIlitate s ystemi, anid creates warmth. In L*tronic case our Magnetfe Baoch Belts and Pads should h used. The brushes are warrauted to do tlj work, or the money refunded . Send fur ciroi lar anid estimoniala, py givinig a det erlptiu ofrnervens troutsi, We will give advice a *directions how to use our unppliances 111 Medical M gietic A ppliance Cosapfln soo noa nrs3bhao. D; d. aa.9W YigltAJ. WACp4rock We now announce that our stock of S "V CLOTHING -and -01,FOR Men, Youths, Boys and Ghilde,r 18 NOW COMPLETE, and we think UNSURPASSED in F anything that tends to constitute A Farst-Cla s toc Oatline of - DRESU SITSUR was never MORE HANDSOME, Cl while our Business Suits are a decided improvement on any. thing ?we have ever been able to get. at Special attention giveni to- the se lection of Youths' and Boys' Good, nj No doubt every mother will be grat ified at the improvement in this line. hi We claim to sell the BEST GET' 8Hl1RT I1B,nc for the amount charged, and no one . will doubt the assertion when a le comparison is made. Indeed, our whole line of FurnishingGoods was ux Never So Good as Now, "A and in every-ibatance we will give as full value for the amount invest- S --ed es any other house can afford to w do, and we guarantee satisfaction. Respectfully, se WRIGHT & J. W. COPPOCK, b f- Front ofCourt Hoise, of Oct 9 41 Newberry, S. C. ig Cgs, O.Ws, Catarrh, Consap B. 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(Co, ofifarejord, Conn. The~ comub!ncd Capitall ntd A'.'gts of pglsin our ftgeneIy, 1nota Pg ge2,SSi,SOO. No gipsS work. havo figures to' show. tyou wsgg; poaLve [nauralnoe algainst s.aa wo wil be pleased to write It for tip flouae, ; taken with either stam. water or hafre o)~wer. - s. I.n B m1E3 ON. QU ESTIONS. ..[Graec S. Wels i Weekly Iagazine.] m,etitne.somewhere,oli,s,ul olipressed, ilt thon forget in Heaven's rest arth's. weariness, so hard to bear, ilt thou recall. no past despair? 'o pang of problems dark, ungnessed r will e'eu tragedies attest, raustigured by an insight blessed. he presence of a Father's care, Sometime, somewhere? r wilt thon cease from bootless quest, by body laid on nature's breast, er round of countless change to share, nd thus oblivious, unaware, Drget life's secret uncoufessed, Sometime, som(:& .w:-" - TeuAt the Man." "It's the last straw that breaks the unel's back," said Lucy, bursting in tears. The pleasant June sunbeams came eping into; the cool, stone-paved iry, where pans of milk'and cream ere ranged in orderly arra ; great one pots stood' under the shelves, id a blue-painted- churn w.as.plready aced on the table for service.:. Mr, Bellenden was justly. proud of s dairy. Not a-chance guest came to the >nse but was invited down to see it; >t a housekeeper in the neighborhood it secretly envied its many conven nces and exquisite neatness. "A nd it isn't the dairy alone,'" tri iphantly remarked Seth Bellenden. Ld you may go through the house :m garret to cellar, and you'll never d a speck of dust. There never is such a housekeeper as-my wife." Mrs. Biellenden wac young, .too arcely three and twenty. She had en the daughter o;a retired army lcer, delicately reared and quite norant of all the n ichinery of do stic. life until she married Seth lenden. - -It's very strange," Lucy had writ to her father. "The farm is beauti L. You never 'saw such monstrous l-buttonball trees; nor suchsuperb es, and the. meadoks are full of I clover, andthe.stvwterries.shine ejewelson the'enriy .iUuido.-Bac, 3ody sketebes or reads. -I don't nii -thre is a copy of Tennyson: in whole neighborhond, and no one er heard of Dore or Millais. All y think-of is how many dozen eggs. a hens lay, and" how much cheese ,y can make in a year. And the )man who has a new recipe for fes or a new pattern for a horri= e thing they call 'crazy quilts,' is e leader in society." But presently young Mrs. Bellenr n4 herself caught the fever; and li me a model housewife. Example is all-powerful, and Lucy ~gan to believe that the whole end Ld aim of life, was domestic thrift, oneysaving and the treadmill. of rk. "My -dear," said 8eth, "if you ought you could~get along without espy, the maid, I might be able to rord that new reaper before the oat op comes in." "'ll tpy." said Lucy, After that she rose before day: eak, and work~ed later in the night an ever, "What -is the mutter with your nds, Lucy?" Seth isked nre day. Pey are not so W:g andl- bsacti 1 as they iused.:t.o be. Mic~y colored as she glaupe4 down the membeye in question. 'I suppose it is from lking f)pes,' id she. And'then she took to wearing. old d gloye.s at her sweeping a.nd dust g and digging out of hle ashes~ !My coat is getting shabby," Seth se dy reinnrke4. W by 4on't yQn-buy another one?' 4ed hip. wife. Seth la4ghed a short 1a4gh. "Wlhat do you think Mrs. Higgin A4ham has done?" selq he. "She is ripppd up her huskand's old mit and elit a pattern -by i4 and mna4i new pne, an entirely ggved hin "Icogid do that !!' sa-id Lucy, wit] parklipg eyes. "I'll pry ip." " 9a cgn dg anythipg. my dpr aid MrL leU Ldsig gdgiiringy. And Lucy felt that aMhe had he: ich reward. Qompany began to come as sool a the bright weather set in. All the affectionate religas c Xr. Bllendeni soon discovered tha be farm house was cool and shiady h Lucy's cooking was excelleni ndtat9 bed rooms were nleal es itself Some of them were even o nough to invite their relatious a ej; and s&, the house was full fror pri ty pgember. All the ceryep made it thei iome at J3rother PelIepder's whe ,bey 'came to Sylvau l3ridge for e lesiastical conventions; all ti mge.i fr. nad or articles0 dil cov.ered that they knew soiiuebo,u5 who was acquainted with the Balld dens, and brought their carpet bas and valisss with that fait: in huma hospitality which is one of life.sbeI gifts. Mrs. Bellenden's fume went abroai among the Dorcases of the neig hood in the matter of butter a cheese; she took the prizes in domestic departments of all the ricultural fairs, and the adj housewives took no trouble to things. that they could borrow of Belletn, 'just as well as under .the blighting infience f-a horrible sick headache, was endea oring to strain three or four gallons of milk into the shining pans, the news arrived that Uncle Paul was coming to the farm. "Another guest!". said Lucy, de. spairingly. And then she uttered the proverb that heads our sketch. ."Oh, it's only Uncle Paul !" said 'Mr.- Bellenden. "Don't fret, Lutie ! lie's the most peaceable old gentle. nan in the' world. He'll make no more trouble than a cricket. John's wife thought she couldn't have. him because she has no girl just now-" "Neither have I !" said Lucy, re belliously. -'And Sarah Eliza don't like com pany." "And I am supposed to be fond of it !" observed Lucy, bitterly. "And Reuben's girls don't want old folks staying there. It's too much trouble, they say," added Seth. Lucy bit her lips to keep back the words she might have said, instead : -Where is he to sleep? Tne Bel fords have the front room, anti your Coasn Susan occupies thebauk, and the four Miss Pattersons sleep in the two hall chambers, atii the ired men have' the:garret room.', Sihe might- have-added that the and her: huaband and the baby hal slept -in-a hot little tep'pening . from .the kitchen for four-weeks,.vai-nlv expect :ing , nd .Mta Belford to depart and . that she " bad never yet had etaneer to iniyher -atlier: farm in pleasant weather.. But she was magnanimo s and held her.,peace. "Oh,.you can find some place for him," said her husband, lightly. There is that litt:e room at the end of the hall where.the spinning wheel "But it isn't furnished:" pleaded Lucy. - 'You can easily -sew. a carpet to gether out of .those oid pieces fror the Belfords room;. and, it's no trou ble tio put up a muslin curtain to- the window and lift ia a cot bed, There are a plenty of good sweet husks in the corn house, and. you.*can just tack a mattress together. and whitewash the'oeiling, and-'' "Whgde that; l3eniah? Thue cows in the rye lotJ Dear ne ! Svery thing gnes wrong if I step into the house a moment. And. really Lutic those things are your biuiness anid not muine," he added, irritably. Lucy could not help la~nghing -all by herself, as her husband 'ran tup the steps. But it was a very seg little:laugh, and scon chang0d into a-uIli . - i1 wconder," s'aid she. in-awhisper, lf. nly poor, tijdd-ogt ghost would haunt phoee stone ps;yenments, gjnc scrub - helves, if' I were to die I peger hep.rd of s ghost in a dairy be: fore, but I shot$ld think that It might easily be." But this little bed room was 4tt~ed up,. for. all that, asfresh a.s a rnse and Wocle Pal~ erriv'ed, idried-.,zy yellow comple;ioned. old unan, wPl gn old-f*shiloned e:ravat tied in many~ folds around his nebk, and ig snip o navy blee, with .brass buttons. He bad the polite *ay jg -;alf' centqry ago, and Lucy thought she ahpul14 like h1'u very much. ifrS only had ti,4 to get acqainted yri But she was ,churning teg poqnd pfbutter a, day, and there gyas t~ kaby, and the cpmnpany, and . th pgng phickeng, ad~the b ing 9 do my the sewinl sQggie$y~ which1 WI to meet at her house -that week. She was almost oO lusy fa sleep. But Uncle Paul was watchin.g .hc fquietly all the -time, tIe gamp out pne daiy to the-ba ,whre his nephew was putting a ne' ,handle on a sickle-blade. "Pretty busy times-3b, Unci Paul ?" asked the farmer, scarce' t in~ the leisuje to Ipok np M "ye,'' absently suswered the ol man. "Did I tell you.Nephew Set! about the reason I left your Coust Eliab's ?' "No't that I remember," said Setl bei4nog oni the blade gud po1 WhiW Leit with his silk handkerchief. .- "Dorothy died-his wife ?" Oh, :yes," said Seth.- "Malaria] fever,-wasn't it?" "No !" bluntly : answered Uncle Paul. "It was bard work. That wo 4an, Nephew Seth, did the house qrk for eight.persons. Eliab didn'l en-let her have a woman to help ir with the washing ant ironing." -Lst have. been a regular going :ute;said Seth, tightning the han. a:lttle. 1the sewing, too," added Uncle the mending and making. 1. went .anywhere except tc : diBt' belie'e in ?The:l s Se ; bShe was-fond of reading, but she pevei got any- time for it," said Un 'le PauL "She rose before sun-up, d never lay ddwn until 11 o'clock. It was hard work that. killed that woman, and Eliab coolly declared that it wr.s sheer laziness when she could not drag herself around any longer. And when she died he roll ed up his eyes and called it a visit. ation of Providence." "Wh'y didn't the neighbors lynch hiin ?" cried Seth, fairly aroused to indignation at last. Uncle Paul took off his glasses, wiped them vigorously, and looked his nephew hard in the face. "Why don't the neighbors lynch you ?" said he. Seth dropped the sickle.and stared. "Nephew Seth," said Uncle Paul, impressively. "thou art the man I Are you not doing the same thing ?" KI ?" gasped-Seth. "Your wife is doing. the work of a hosehold of sixteen people," said -Uncle Paul. "She is drudging as you could hire no foreigner to drudge. She is rising early and lying down late she is offering u' her life on the shrine of your farm and its -require rments. - 1 have seen her grow thin and pale even during th..few days J have been here. I hsve cai-ried water and split wood for her, be cause there was no one else to do it. I have seen her carry u-p Mrs. 13e1 Uor4's breakfast daily to :hcr room; - canse-r e ford fefereedetopei % .; rd eoo i , dii i4z } Helen. Paterson, because Helen wculdn't eat what the rest liked. No galley slave ever worked as she does. And ybo, with your hired men-whose board only adds to her cares-and your. labor-saving macinery, stand coolly - by and see her commit slow sticide. -Yes, jephew.Seth, I think it is a case for lynching!" Seth had grown pale. "I-I .never thought of this," said he. "Why didn't.some one tell me ?" "here were yod& own eyes ? asked Ujucle Pa'ul. - Seth. Bellenden roiled down hijs shirt sleeves, put on his coat, an(d went into the house. *Ic 6 td' the Blelfords and* Patter sons that it was indonvenient to keep -them any longer. lie gaie Cusin Susau to understand that her roin wras. needed, He made arrangemena to boai-d, the hired men at the vacsat farim house, and engaged a stout dairyman anid a~ house servant tc wait _on L pey. And he telegraphed to her -father -to -come tar Sylva~ Bridge at oinde.. .'She deserves a treat,'-'---he -said, "Sp- shall spend- thie" summer i' A4nd then he went tittell-Li'ey, -Sh~e trad fainted amnong-thie-btutter aqps, picking strawberries for tes Pao.r little:Lucy . --Thermaehinerj had mtterly reftised to revolve an~ longer. -- k1ls hert grew cola wthhim~ -, pb will die 1" he- thotght 1a RM salheec mindered her " Bhit "she d14 iot die. She recov ei her strength by -degrees. I*I better than meidicine,"'sak sh4 "to know that Seth is thinIdpg of me 4fnd for m p." 4ud. pnele Vagl.-5he last straw, ns shce alled- him.:-had .prov~ed he didn't yanpher togo as,b' ilfe did," said Uncle Pu. Boye Circle. .~ UNIgUE lyASIEQ. -- s8OMEUafOUs COeNOMENa AMONG TK! 1- NATION's P-ENsIONERs. ."Ys, I frequently meet queer pe pie with gaaer gates," sqi~d a prom: vsent poesion attorney in answer t the ediession of tihe Star reporter. e-I can recall a number of name rof actual living persons," he. cor $ipged; "gbipli erse es signifiesqt, a ajILny in tlie~ works of John~ funi , amnol'Warren or Oharles Dickens ~ P'raise God Barebones' is not a ci: *cnmstance with some names I have. ~"Ah;" interrupted tbo ques'ionem g !O yog'2 4earn gazgs ageti gharaotkr or oceqpatiol t' "Yes." was the response, "ersam whose names are snggetive of colors, as 'Brown' or 'White,' are met with; so also the names of -Long'and-Short,' and similar cognomens are so 'com mon as iot to excite surprise, but there are many instances where the appellatio: is peculiarly pointed and even ludicrous in its effects. For in stance -Pilgrim Crazylous' is a school teacher in a Pennsylvaniamining dis trict, and his name reminds me of-the time when I sat in an old district school honse'onihard woodeni jst behind-. Mi"", haire learned to -dread' after my mother bad: made several searching investi gations of my scalp." "I suppose Pilgrim boards round ?' observed the reporter. "I don't know," laughed the attor ney, "but here is- a man who ought tobe one of his scho!ars," and he hand ed the reporter a letter signed by "D Slatecypher." ' While the Star man studied the signature the lawyer pulled from a pigeon..hore a bundle of papers and .suddenly resumed : "'Christly Crow' is a colored preach. er who was a good soldier during the war and. was badly wounded. 'He.is now .fighting. Satan. in Illinois city which is big-and bad, and, I understand, has bad considerable suc cess as a minister among his own race.. I do n't wish to beirreverent" continned the speaker, "but I have wet several 'Christa' in my line of business. 'A. Christ,' from Bethle btm, not Jndes, bat Pennsylvania, ap plied through me for a pension, while 'J. Christ, who was a gallant soldier, i fighting .through the entire rebellion, 1 is how, I believe, a clothing dealer 1 in Pennsylvania -Chi istian Bible' is an. Indian .Geripn who ought to be a good nan;'.l,t. b b ave forgotten iat. he follots for. ajivelihocd." .Here . the narrator pansed : for a moment to relight his cigar, which operation having been accomplished ie took up a paper and said: . "There -ia.a. a..tiange relation of nsanes.and in. .o4&& is surrowth.iu thi.al;e--- " -; The r.ter. .ezxsined - tt- doeou ment a.,d.found that 'J.- S--Timber leg"-was asking Uncle Sam to pen sionhium hecange he had been man gled-l'y.a plinter ir, an engagement before Chai leston in 1864, on account of- whicbojnry -amputation was ren dered necessary above the knee, so that fo" the last twenty years his name has-been pecnliarly applicable. A- sL.-iking Oincidence in. this case.. wiis that the, justice of: tle peace. bet fore whom the' neeeessary- -affidavits .weire made:signed the name of "Isaac Waikingstiek.' "Here's anothser:' .sententiously saidhhe lawyer, as he shoved a-second application. towards his visitos, '&ho found that'"TormentLTwist'' was suffe~r ing the twisting torments of rhenzna. - tismn. contracted in the winter cam paign of General Thomas, near Nash ville.. The reporter regarded the paper. in contemplative silience, whiichi wvas.broken by the nttorney. exclaim ing: "'Dr'ea4sgo by contraries, and that is.trtie of. names someftinjes,.fQr -ohn Drinklager'evr:dr~ank..lager or any.o.ther i,ntoxiesting liggo . i.n bis.lify,..lie.went tluoUga the.wat .thgsane company. with me,. i.nd was wou.dd i the Wilderness. I knew b.i'n well,,and-when be.was here to see ab?out bis pension. ha ma4e a rattlj.ng gemperance speeph before a Qod emplars' lodge in this,.city, hIieb..he..isited with .rhe." After. two pree pajuffsat hi 'ia..the.' speaker went on :" e.o3 g'i. a compp,ound of schoolboy. slang..and. is.-an: .unL.l aspe even for aVert motYne b.it is not more pecnl iar~ the,n Skye Leaf,' whieb is Indian. Another enlisted I-udia, saoqt is known as sa .Ni Ye Uhgter who was afsabled biy firast bites -out in1 rMonten poe4tgdn the pr-o ip~tip gi bia m" The speakez h eys gqu and lit the gas sayipg ss he 4id so, "1 have a legter frm a womap out ip pinSinpati. She is a soldi,er's wloW end js entitled to her pensjirn. Her name is 'Movingham,'. wbich I tiiink is a little suggestive of -Porikp61is, don't you? The report s~stiiCellessly dazed for a moment, but recovered sufficiently to gasp : "I guess I'd better be going,'' and bid4ing him zigood.night' went down -the street wonderin~g why people will bear such names when an application to the legislature would secure for them auch appellations as "V.ere da - ere,~" or yPeppy,''.ar even plain John B mith.-Washin zon Star. YannasiABY XKNowLEDGE --The vast anid -gr-owing cattle interest of the country, and the annual great losses of stock should o0int out tq yqagg - uiap that there i a~ ga gield -foi ;pea:gipraeiee, offerjalg large n . Nard.' for veterenarXy knowledge, 1 or te beraU N ewe.' CONQERS.ATON BETWEEN of "MAftAR6"AND MB -ALL COTTON. Good morning, Mr. Maharg... Good morning. Mr. AlI Cotton M.-What's the newses All C.-Time ar j sold, and ".no" paid out, for corn, bacon, flour anc o You can raise ilL that. - a All C.-Yes. but we don't do it. tb M.-Did you plant any corn? ta All C.-I planted three acres, - ne M.-Good land, I reckon, 70 All C.-Oh, no ; some poor land be that won't make cotton. on M.-HIow much corn did ii make ? Wi All 6.-Not more than five or six th bushels. M.-You did not manure and work it well, surely. M4 All C.-Never manured it at all, b planted it twice. of M.-Well, that did not. pay you.. fr( All C.-No, there is no pay in it: th, M.-Well, I make 10 to 15 bushels va ,orn per acre on what I plant. All C.-How do you .do it?. M.-.I manure it well and plant ba ;ood land and work it. All C.-So you don't buy corn ? do M.-No, sir. ,No farmer ought to so 3Nuy-.corn when he can raise it cheap th .r than he can buy it. Ai d home th, aised corn is worti one-third more ca ;han bought corp. Corn. shelled off ;he cob loses its strength ; then the. bdder and shucks are worth a good leal to .feed, -as .neither mules nor iorses.will keep fat on bought. corn. All C.---That.is so; my mules get Wi oor in the summer. 3.-You don-t sow o.ts enough. ge All C.-liaven't got the land to spare. - iA:r:-Ae you maki-g any monev .- &n d:-=No 1'ave:sunk iroir one to=two- bundred a year. M.:-Well, -you take my advice: a Sow down one-third of your land and cut down your. expenses, -and then you will begin to make some money. All C.--That is good advice, but i an't do it-this-year. so M.:-We. can't raise cotton for less han' tei cents, and when-we don't Yet that fnor it we lose oney; unless 01 we raise our provisions. .re All C -:That's so, but'we have got se into-the habit of planting all cotton th in,nd it seems haird to quit it. Vil .-tes, but we must quit it, or th we-will all be broken up. certain. .h All 0.--Well, it does really look A s, inideEd. M.--We can make our farma pay w by raising our supplies, and then all b) the otton .after'wards that we can to pl give us money to educate our cliii dren and for other matters that only money can do.. Parties who have not received their o seed will please write at once to their presentativis Congress appropri. .ates $100,000 annually for .seeds. Tweliirdi~ of this sum goes in seeds a to thie 400 Senators am4 reprefenta. a tves, anid the Commissionri- Of Agri: h clture distributes,. the rest throga otev haaiels. - Each Congressman Is alotted 5,000 papers of vegetable seeds and 1,)011 papers of flour seeds, al to bein'with, In addition, the mem-~ bers froms.tobacco districts have re. Megve In he p4st-yesr:500 papers or 3 orted tobacco seed each ; the cot. ton belt members have each had 200 1 quarts of cotton: seed:; the winter wheat men, have had .200. quarts a-. piece of thoir staple grgn ; the sprig. whet 2gepesentatives. have, been eqili favored, and the corn Cain greefen have been-blessed1 fa aban' ance with kiemels of choice maie. A tihe. Congressmen 'eceived . in yuly, at the time of the nominating8 convent.ions were,.held, 1L000 papers o turnip seed each, and grass seed, three or four bushels to the member. Sorghum and. sugar beet seeds were sent to fsyorable dist,ricts.-Maco2t Teleriak.. Sweet Potatoer.-.-What is the use ti of letting them rot after the trouble 3 of producing stid banking them ? t low rpany farmers say "my p,otatoes g rtted ver.y badly iia the banks."' It was owing to bad management- t want of air; bruisingg6r unnecessaryi'y exposurto the c,ld. or rain; Bank f promptly after digging, aron4 hree stakes driven in e triatiglp three inch- t es apg't, i4 4p ~id@e, sof the bank t let ont -the -air Jr'om the bottom .bvogh the tob.. TheioVer ecuie- 1: ly against rain and cap the top so e that the air can have free eseape. c mnesaskep. as, ote-enderey a a4houaande th poa eie =?n .t with yes4yyeer= ango will er-be fdrgotlen. No,"yoii nae, - "C ur deeds .wil .be =-leible on lbe arts you leavebebid, as the ars the brow of evenig. -Good deeds ii shine-as brightion tlieea as e stars of heaven.-Dr. -Cha ximrs. ToBAcco R rWs -hlee P "ed - )t region of the$tattsad p'eculiarly adap to the te. a tobacco, gentleman who speaks Rn observation and zperice :ys p lant can .be successflly ulti ted in Lexi gton, Richiand or any unt in th State evea down: to t water Tands. 3I is neces y.to e gbod seed' and thorough culti tion'to make a success of its po etion, no mattir liow avoiable.the t 'may be to its growth. .And, for r, -It requires lrose attention from planting of 'the.seed until it "is red.-Colu?bia Reyi,;ter. JUST .s THE.-While:a propacte reting was being held in Renssa ., a number of ministers stbped th Mrs. J. W. Davis, and she was rely- perplexed as to-the means-ofr tting something good for them to t. She had triednva 9nld&be found. While she'ws sy the kitchen preparing the chicfen, id wondering how she could provide r her guests. a covey of partridges w into the. dining room.. The ors were closed, a number of the rds caught, and the ministers fared mptuously. A SNEEzINo BaWE.-A most in portune dislocation of the jaw is. 3orded at a recent wedding. It sins that during.the performance of e ceremony the bride sneezed so >lently as to dislocate her jaw at e critical moment when she. should ,ve pronounced a, soleynn oni (yes).' sne was uniable to articulate t1e yrd it was .found necessary for-the ole party to repair to a surgeon 'fore Lbe ceremnony could bd com'. eted. . -'What is that you say?: ..Harry arrie4 ! Well, I'll never believe in en again.' "Why r" The oaths leye that~ wan-swore to me V" Well, but you threw him. over, o've been married three months." [don't care. He was so devoted.to e, and when Jaclk.proposed.toime id I accepted,. Harry declaredthat. awould be true-to my memory and oura, me. as...one..dead 'to. hin.' Well, it's of no consequence no,wto n.". "He.miight have beien dec-ent boiflit. He might have gone into ornngfor ayearanyhow.' Porsos raos OGEFE Yi s.-T ig, thick erepe veil Itvety Iuri- ~ as.to the Momplexon.- The- rough ope rubsthe skinoffan&the polsei ms matter is taken-:Into the clrenls onnthat way,. aswellS as t$d io the langs in. breathing, suck a ei worn..for two.consecutive years sdom. falls- to produce evil r'esults imilar goods about the neck, -and lack silk and black cotton .goods Iso prodnce bad effects. Paris has feather dyers' disease, produced rom the dye, in which the black sathers are dipped. A SECRE'T FoR Grats,-'--want to sli.you a secret,"-said William Wirt his daughter. "'The way toimake ourself pleasing to others is to show. lit you eare-for them. - Thisis'the pirit- that gives to your time of life e sweetest charms. It constitutes be- 'sum total of all the witchcraft sof roman, Let the world see'that your r care is "for 7yourself. and you rillI spread the solicitude of the opal: reeyaround you." The price of mummies is said tq e fallen air about seventy-BSe par ent., sad those who deal In them dre lore i. a dad glve-away."