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SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietoro. SuuscmrTioN. One Year.81.50 Six'Months.1.00 jMiulstorB oi* the Oospcl.1.00 Al?VKUTI3i:^JtKNT?. First Instertlon.......81,00 : Each Subsequent Insertion...'.60 . Liberal coutrncts inaUe .for 3 month und over. tBungtbuxs jgjtmotix&t. .IS^'ttlil'AJllJlJtTOiDOiALL KINDS OF I .^O/b jPx?iiiti rig Friendship of Our Day. Editor Orangeburg Democrat: ?Twenty-two years ago, when York ,vllle Female ?College was in its palm iest days, with over on hundred stu dents on its roll, wc.selected this sub ject Joy a compqstyipn, little did we realize then, .how important nnd almost cxhaustloss it was. Time has mado many furrows on our brow since then, and our heart has often bled at the unfaithfulness of those who professed to be our friends, and long since we have realized how un acquainted we were with our subject. Gay and haopy as .all suhool girls are, we caved not so much for true friends, and thought all that praised, flattered and joined i u our pleasant recreation weip our friends, of course. But we will ^venture now, to say that no word, is so greatly abused as it, and no tie^eo Receptive ; and we here ask, .what is the friendship of our day, and w^at treatmput do we receive from those that once professed to be our friends. Jjord Bacon says: "It ia a mare and miserable colitu.de to wani vtrue frien,ds, with which the world is but a wilderness." Yet greatly a? w,o all esteem them, nnd ,tlw need we all at times feel for thorn still we with him feel that there is but UttUe true friendship in the world. Our experience has been such. Every one you meet has felt fkp deceptive hubs of a friend to-day and an enemy (to-morrpw. How truly the poet sings, "There are many friends of summer, \Vho are kind while flowers bloom ; But when \\ inter chills the.blossom, They depart with Its perfume. ,C/tj the broad highway of action, Friends of worth are far and lew, So when one hasproyed this'friendship Cling to those that cling to yojuv' There is a dark but true parable, /'Eat not thy heart." Most assuredly thoso that want friends to unbosom themselves, are cannibals of their own hctmo, but one thing is most ad mirable, this communicating of one's , self to his friend worketh two contra? ? ry effects ; for it "redoubles joys and . tcutteth grief in half.", To-day' you isrest/op ^d&dnal, ii few^jromarks ^fefrl&^^S^^^ ydu^rie'nU-' Ty ifeeling for Itfrn, and goon, ah I too soon, perchance, your sj'mpathy tor confldpnee Jjas encircled your ppwly ms.de friend, one that will not ourely prove unworthy of your friend ly auction, and the mutual feelings of the heart flow freely; but ere many moons wax anjl wane your newly Jnade friend has turned against yon, and j'pu wonder what has wrought such a change, what has turned all that kindly feeling into hatred, scorn and bitterness, and your friend pf a abort duration is new your ene my. Perhaps he was neyer true?or has hp sought through low and pol luted channels, even as an enemy .would do, thereby to hate or despise you, and is such pycr worthy of a pure friendly affection? JIow true, J.'T/here ja np union here of hearts that finds not here an end." Il is far belter if we could pass through the wprld with a cheerful Indifference, regardless of the scornful look, or what thfs or that false friend has to say concerning us. Some seek, through every avenue that presents i?aplf, to cast reflection on pure and honest mptfyes, others weigh every word they hear, and the scales always go down on the side of evil. Why, because they are so filled with evil tbpmselyes, and think of it continual ly. The oid lady who lives off the road, perhaps, thinks the fashion changes often, even as the friendship pf pur days; but better far be engaged jn beautifying one's self than nursing ill will for a friend. Dollars make a great many pretendec] friends the world over? wbq often prove to be nptfiing'but smiling epemies. fs il not those that are bound by ton de r cst tica 'that prove untrue fripnds ? We w}st not. 'The, family tie, thp most (jacrcd" of all earthly ties, is often found wantjqg Jn some of the esspn? tials that go to make up true friend ship. Unfaithfulness, ingratitude, and self-appreciation, occupy to a greater or less degree too much of our purer friendly feelings, nnd causes many tp bo treated unkindly. Life Is tpo abp.rt to make it;, pay to cherish HI will or hard thoughts. What if your friendB havo forsaken you in time of need, or that they, having won your utmost confidence, your Warn^pst fiiendly affection, have con cluded that they prefer to consider and treat you as a stranger % Let \\ ali pass. What difference will it make fo ;you when you go to that world un known? A few more smiles, a few morp pleasant meetings, much paiu, a litUe.longcr hurrying and worrying through the world, some hasty greet ing, abrupt farewells, and our friends .may.miss us, and our enemies no longer scorn us. .It. is not when our hearts are light and free, and all sec ins to move qn pleasantly, and our jsouis arc .piled m\]x .music and sweet sounds, that wo need true friends. But when the hentt is crush ed by Bomo great earthly affliction, and lifo seems to havo no silvery fin ing, then wo all need the .sympathy of true friends. .How qftqn then are we reminded .there Is nothing truo but Heaven. Though ^earthly friends are dear and their sympathy sweet, yet there is one above the starry heavens who has promised never to forsake. Now, Mr. Editor, we find our sub ject increasing ra.th.er than lessening as we write, aiid Rearing that we wca xy your jmany renders, and cause them to think this an ;Utnopt -friend less world, we drop the curtain. Oak Grove. A . M. R. The Cut Worm. Sandy Run, Lkxinoton Co., ) August 13, 1879. } Editor Qrangefyurg Dcmcfirat; Jn your journal of the 8th instant I noticed a communication signed Stilltoman, in which he lays before the public an account of the cut worm as furnished by a young farmer of Lexington County. Now, knowing that the cut worm is looked upon as a gr.exu nuisance by farmers who have boon troubled with them, and believ ing that they will appreciate any in formation concerning them, is why I address you. | In the first place I must acknowl edge myself to be the young farmer referred to, although Stiltoman or the editor made a mistake in my name, it .being 1\ J. Rucker in stead of P. J. Recker. I have a field fenced in containing thirty acres, jjarj, I/eing bottom 0* black soil, and the balance sandy soil. This field last year was phraf ed as foliow8^jBw.qcacrc3f>tn pats^anxl. lour "acres ih wheat, the uafance inPT cotton. As soon as the oats and wheat were gathered (which ?ras afyout the middle of June) I went to work opd planter} the lantl in porn, which I worked late, finishing it about firat of September. The land mentioned as being planted in oats and wheat was pomposod of both varieties of soil, the oats being in the black qr bottom land, and the wheat being on the up per laud or sandy soil. About the 1st of February of the prosont year J broke the land which had bocu planted in cotton by running from three to four furrows in each cotton row. I did not break the land which had been planted in corn, as describ ed above, as it |iad been worked late last full. I d;d upt break this land on account of the cnt worm, but as 1 intended to plant the field in cotton I was satisfied that it would bp a good receptaelp for trash and set tling caused by the raip. About the latter part of March I commenced lapping or throwing up the land, running ' my rows through the field, throwing up all the land? that which I had broken iu January and that which I had not. About the middle of April I planted this field in cotton with the following result: A good stand of cotton. A few days after getting a stand I no ticed that the cotton planted ou the land which had been planted in late corn and which I had not broken up in January was being destroyed. \ went to work to find out the cause, and found that it was the cut worm that was doing the damage. I took four of my hands and tried to get them out, and in one day I succeeded ifl getting two quarts of cut worms. Finding this did not pay I gayp it up, and afterwards, about the lqth of May, planted it over. The cotton on the land broken in January pontinu ed a good stand with but very few cut worms and these I bcljcve migrated from the laud that had not been bro ken. It is conclusive to my mind thai if farmers will only break their lands in winter they need never fear the cut worm. \ do not believe that wheat or oat stubble causes out worm, and if not breaking the lands in win ter is a preventive. Being determined to find out how cut worms germinated and also if possible to Arid qtt antidote for thorn.' JI gathered twclvo, placed them iu'a Box' and kept thctp, losing somo oc casionally, until at present. I have two left; six woro thrown away when 'hpy died, but four pf the dpad ones ? 'i were kept with Uie result as mention ed by Stiltomap :ip your journal of the 8th instant. Now, if breaking ilqpils in winter will prevent cut worms and,pp.pther way can he found to pravqn,t their depredations, then I say that .instead of cut worms being an evil they will prove a blessing to the farmers and wo shall hear of less damage done to .crops by drouth. Yours, &c, P. J. Ruckbr. Notes from Elizabeth. Editor Orangeburg Democrat: A line or two from West Elizabeth I trust may bo acceptable tp yonr.col urons. W,o ha\;c had .fine rain? .lately and qur.crop prospects arc pretty good.; .this, with the blessing of health, makes .us generally happy Just now revivql .meetings and schools interest our people. A protracted meeting at Salem Baptist Church has just .closed w,\th thirteen additions, the meeting having been .conducted by Revs. Win. Mack, A. Amakcr, ,J. M. Jcffcoat and Dr. I. D. Durham. \Ve have a splendid school of near ly eighty scholars ^t Salem Academy, two miles (rom Witt's Mills, with Prof. Boyuton O'Brien, one of the most accomplished and successful 1 teachers in the State, as its principal. Here, instruction in everything from the alphabet to a preparation for .col lege is imparted. But wo are anxious to know some thing more about the manner in which our public schools are to be managed and arranged. It is time for our worthy School Commissioner .to first inspect or rather investigate and then rise aud explain. We all know how difficult it is for a school trustee to rjjeaso aJJ, but hejV? we &ave a .case so palpably junfair as only to require a mere mention to make it plain to any impartial observer. J.t is this i Pur trustees have located two white schools, one at North's, with Mrs. D-T-. as teacher, ? another at Ponn Brauch. Noy the wrM^f'j^&chijms any inlentioo^pl xef^.Q^n&pav^o V esiimabTe ladies, lut the faqts are that the people about Salem could at any time raise a free school of more than fifty scholars, with a teacher equal to any, yet the trustees flatly refused, to giy.e us a school, and with out ppy reasonable excuse whatey er tfrey grant a school in two miles of us with only about twenty scholars, nearly all of whom could and would willingly attend the schoo} at .Salem. Now if fairness and justice were the watchwords and the lulc of granting these schools where the greatest num ber pan be bencfitted, then it is plain that wc would be allowed a public sphoo). If our public schools arc to to bo rulpd by men of selfish motives who geek to provide fpr their families such as wives and brptheii-rin-law, and *q jgnpre the just wishes of t|)P people thep away with a school (ax and so callpd public schools. Tax PAytn. August 9th, 1879. A Fire ol Love. About three years ago the Observer reported the case of a citizen of this county who, having married in lS-Li, lighted a fire on his hearthstone as soon as he carried his bride to ids new home, and had kept it burning ever since. The citizen was in town hml week, and being questioned about the matter, stated that the fire was still burning, and that throughout all these thirty-six years it had never been allowed to go out. Questioned as to whether or not it made the house uncomfortably hot in torrid wpather, he said the extra heat thus generated was not perceptible. In reply to nm other question, he said that in sumrapr weather, when it was necpssary lor comfort's safte to keep the fire burning very low, he had got up frequently to replenish it slightly, but ho counted this ns nothing when bo contemplated the idea of that fire gojng out. He has evidently formed for it a strong attachment, and yet one would not take him for a senti mental man. But this lue is tp him a constant reminder of the day when be first brought home \\\s bride. Aro-ind it his children have grown up into manhopd and womanhood, and their children have gazed into its light. Its was tho last light that fell upon tho eyes'of his wife, he "hopes that it will be tho last that will fall his. 1' Viewed thus, his sentiment in tho matter can bo understood, and so strong is this seniiment that with tho old man it amounts almost' to a pas sion.?Charlotte Observer. '?? ^Biue Jeans" o?a Broo/.e. Editor .Orangeburg JX^nocrat,: Accepting the tr?^ Qf what Solo mon said w,hon ho u'ote.: ??There is a time to work nnd .fjlime to play,' wo started off on ?'breqzo ;^p the country with tho pirposo of taking in tho meeting of .11 .State (Grange at Qiestpr. vlt.may ,not.bo unfr$?reating to the] Patrons of Grangebu k to .know that the State Grange eBluuiBhcd.its.suro-. mcr meeting in Cluster ; also, that only t,wo delegates fe.re in attend ance representing/tf>c.jPorac.nn., cigh- ] loop -Subord.ln.Rte Gringo:*, and the five or six hundred Farons of Orange burg County 3 also, bat the Grange will be ?s dead ae I let or in less than twelve months, unlets more interest1 is taken in the order; This last as sertion is a stern fact and the sooner the members of tho tirangc realize the situation the better it will be for the order. Tho Grange was cordially wel comed by two young lawyers repre senting the Pomona Grange and citi zens of Chester. It vas somewhat amusing to us to hear.lhese followers of Blaekatone .welcctojng farmers. Nevertheless, the good people opened .their hearts, doors and pnntries to the visitors,, and the uniform hospitality that greeted us on cytry hand, made us loath to leave, and forced us to sjgb a r.cgrot that tho State Grange did not .tneot all the year round and that meeting in Cheater, Several interesting subjects wore discussed. A resolution was intro duced hy Maj. Woodward, of Fair field, looking to the utilizing of our oat-meal in view of the late short corn crop throughout the State. It was mentioned .during ijhe debate that the eating of oat mefcl inad? one good-looking, ac nnd there, since :'4 Ing a yenus, k> unn> ptforta la j Who knows fbo props country are geu< having never sul cotton is really in3 fear there is too mnc! expense of tiuit. The corn crop promises a large yield. Qn Thursday, by invitation of the President, Hon. W? H. IJnrdin, we enjoyed a delightful excursion over tho Chester and Cheraw Narrow Gauge Railroad. It was a free offer, and as Grangers make it a habit nev er to refuse free offers, we heartily accepted the invitation. This Narr row Gauge was a novel thing to us, but upon examination and informa tion gathered by innairy we unhesi tatingly pronounce it a complete suc cess, ft costs only about $4,000 to the mile tq bp built and equipped, an advantage of sevpu c V eight thousand over the broad gauge One other ad vantage it has over the other is that the large grades, so common ip tbp up-country, form little or no instruc tion to the narrow gauge. Would it not be a step in the right direction tending to the up-building of the eas tern portion of our pounty to run a Narrow Gauge from Sumtpr through Middle St. Matthews to Qrnngpburg? It would certainly pass through a portion of the State abundantly able to maintain it. We merply throw this out as a suggestion to our peoplp. The time may come when this enter prise will be a necessity. Wo might continue on our dots of the trip, but the length of this article forbids. But we cannot forbear no ticing a peculiar feature of tho up couutry?wo refer to the abspnpp of the fpnec. These fences worming through the country forcibly remind us of horizental corkscrews, stretch ing out their length for the the detri ment of our impoverished people. We could say much in favor of its abolition, but prefer to abide the time, I when our people will see tho necessi ty of destroying every panel of fence only so much as is required to en close tho stock. Where the "Fence Law" bus been adopted, you never sec the slopk of one man depredating upon the lands of another. Tho adop tion of tho "Fencp Law" established tftp grand old principle that a man can do what lie pleases with his own ho can protect' his own property at all hazards, provided ho docs not in |juio his neighbor. Wc bphpld sleek, fat cpwa in their pastures where they belonged. Wc wore told that since tho abolition of the fences in Chester County, the town of Chester has be come quite a market for milk and butter. What do our .cows, roaming tbc lanes and by-ways searching for a sprig of grass, gain by this unjust depredation.? Coming up in the.oven ing to bo milked., after having tramp ed some other jmau's Jand ,unwarrant ed ly they are a pitiable looking Bet of bovines, reminding .us.Qf a bundle of rails covered over with raw hides. But we must close. Hurrah for tho Grange, Cheater and the Fence .Law! BniiK .Jeans.. 7he Country Press as a Rising Power. It is not truo Hint the ability of the press is declining. The papers of the country arc better written flow than they ever were before. They are .bet ter edited. Theii average courtesy is greater; their average morality is purer ; their average tendency Jiighcr. They better hit the wants of great, miscellaneous communities, and so they have more readers in proportion to population. Their power may bo more diffused ; but it is unmistakably greater. There has been no more re markab'e phenomenon in tho history of the proCes&icui than the rapid growth of the country press and its increase in ability, in resources, In self-respect and in influence. There are half a dozen towns in the interior of New York which now bav* better newspapers, with larger income and more influence, than those of the me tropolis itself a third, or perhaps even a quarter, of a century age. No I The power of the newspaper I is not declining. Never before was it so great. Never before did it ?fter such a career. But it is power ac companied by the usual conditions? greatest when most self-respecting ] and least self-seeking. There is more goo.d young blood lending to this than to any of the other professions. There is more movement in it than in the bar, or pulpit, or whatever other so-called learned profession yon wilLr-rmnro growth^ a large? opportu grcater^Lt^pp!^ ,We_are pot ting'the best, 'lhese'young men will leave us far behind. They will achieve a usefulness and a command of power to which wo cannot aspire. Very crude and narrow will seem our worthiest work to the able editors of a quarter of a century hence $ very splendid will be the structure they erect, Wo shall not rear the columns or curve tho capitals for that stately temple. Let us at least aspire, with honest purpose and op a wise plan, to lay aright it foundations."? Whitdaw Our Sohool?. Editor Orangeburg Democrat: Having just returned from a tour of visitations to the free schools in Willow and other townships, I find them, as far as J have been able to reach, pretty much in earnest. They arc under tho control of competent teachers who seem to take quite an interest in the advancement of the pupils under their charge. I would make special mention of two of the most prominent colored schools, that at Busby Pond, District No. 18, Wil low Township, under the control ol tho Hon. B. G. Frederick (our color ed representative) is in a flourishing condition with tyy. pupils and J. B. Thomas assistant teacher. The other in (hat under H. O. I Frederick who has charge of St. James school, located in Zion Town ship District, No. 17. Here wc have 52 pupils doing well. We consider the teacher a worthy young man, and wish wc had more just like him. We were quite interested in qp old color ed n\t\n with gray hairs who was one of thp pupils nn.d hope ho may be able soon to read his Bible. I was pleased with one feature of this school, the tcuphpr dpvotcs a portion of the afternoon in teaching the Con stitution of this State and United States, which is a step in the right direction. D. L. Connor. Says tho Louisville Courier-Jour nal;- "Wo would walk seven miles barefooted over a turnpike to the funeral of a fool who would try tu make a cork screw of a mule's tail, but wo never can shed a tear for the idiot who hqd po better sense than to kill himself drinking whiskpy. Eve ry time a drunkard 'hands in his checks' he makes more room in this world for sober men who arc trying to keep body nnd soul together." IIb who is false to present duty 1 u nke.s a thicad in the loom, nnd will see the defect which the wenriug of a lifetime is unrolled. People will Talk. You may get through tho world, but 'twill he very slow, If you listen lo nil that U said as you go.; you'll he worried and fretted and kept in a stew, For meddlesome , tongue* must have something to do, ' For people will talk. If .pulet and modest, you'll have it pre sumed That your humble position Is only as sumed, You're a \volf>Iu sheep's.clothing-, or else .you're.a fool But don't get excited, keep perfectly cool, For people will tidk Aud than.rlf you show the least-boldness of heart. Or a slight inclination to faWo your own part, They call you an upstart, conceited and vain, Hut keep right ahead?dou't -stop to ex plain, For people will talk. Threadbare your dress, or old-fashioned your hat, Some one will surely take notice of that. And hint rather strong that you can't pay your wny, But don't get excited, whatever they soy, For people will talk. tfyou dres,s in the fashion, can't think to escape, For they?criticise them in a diflerent shape; You're ahead of your means, or your tailor's unpaid, But mind your own business?there's naught to be made, For people will talk. Now, the best way wc do is to 4o as j'ou please; For your mind, if you havo one, will then be at ease; Of course you will meet with all sorts of abuse.; But don't think to stop them-?it ain't any use, For people will talk. Recognition of Labor, The following eloquent essay upon labor is taken from a commercial pa per of San Francisco. The article is full of truth and sound sense : "Labor is a great "factor in the problem of social economy. It is the producer. It is the vital energy that creates society, It is the supporter of the community. It is the strength of the people. It is the power, the force that sustains the nation. It is ever active, it never ceases. There is not. a solitaiy instant of, time in which fobor i? h?t raovlijg. '"Tt"Ts in society that which has so' long been sought for in tho mechanical world? perpetual motion. Through the bright hours of day, tho dim twilight of eve, tho darkness of night, and the cold grey of the early dawn, the rythm of its ceaseless pcan never fails in its truest of all harmonies. It is the song of independence ; the lrymn of creative ability ; a psalm of vigor, a hymnic tribute to pure nobility. "Labor builds; our villages, towns nnd cities arc evidences cf its handi work. It constructs; our railroads, canals, telegraphs, steamships and all methods of conveyances are proofs of its ability. It invents; all the vast array of machinery that is crowded into our factories ; the engines that give motion to it; every article of comfort or utility, and thousands of materials for amusements are testi monials of its originality in design. It cultivates our fields, it spreads the sails of our commerce, it guides the speeding car, and, most powerful of all, gives to the printing press its disseminating universality. ^'Labor benefits mankind. It gives physical strength to the worker; it develops Lue anatomical symmetry of tho human rape. It extends tho in tellectual faculties and gives increas ed energy to the brain. It promotes the moral qualities and gives lo the mind its loftier sentiments. It is be nevolent, generous and charitable ; it supplies tho wants of the needy, gives abundantly and freely to all and be stows upon the suffering the means .of amelioration of tlicir troubles. <lIt is the companion of the poor and the friend of the rich. It brings cheerfulness to the liovel and plentU tude to the palace. It never de grades, it always elevates. It gives employment to all, and deprives none of occupation, for it is a rais notper to term any invention a labor saving mapbinc ; it should be termed, instead, a labor-generating machino/ The sewing machine has given work to thousands of operatives that else were idle without it; the cotton gin has caused countless acres lo whiten in tho autumn breeze that would now be barren plains had not labor con structed it. "In every ramification of society, in every department of life labor has been and ever will continue to bo a 8elf-0Yident blessing to tho human race. Possessing so many virtues, and containing no evils, tho recogni tion duo to labor should be pre-emi nent over nil other considerations. It should receive tho warmest grati tudc for the blcssiugs. it bestows, .and the highest meed of praise .sboi?d evor he given to it. It should be re garded with honor and attended by renown. When labor attains its truo deserts then tue'highest stage of civi lization will .have been attained. Man will no Jonger be a grovelcr, . bui.be wi)l.b,avc vison to a condition, but a Uttlo;lower(tbnn,tkc apgelsi" ,A Beautiful Sentiment. Tho following strikingly ,.t\uthful and beautifully expressed sentiment was given by Senator Hill in.his un answerable speech made in the Sen ate iii reply .to .an attack upon him and the people of the South by Sena tor Blaine.: "Mr. President, we are told that wheu-God created the heavens and the earth, on the third day He said, 'Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit alter his kind, whoso seed is in itself, upon the earth; and it was so.' From that day to this it has been so. Yet all these seeds be sown in their season and in the climate adapted to their nature, else they will perish. But, sir, there is a seed which will bear fruit in all sea sons and in every .clime under the heavens. Plant it in tho cold where the snows never melt, or In the heat where the frosts never come ; scatter it on tho naked rocks or in the most fertile soil; drop it in the water or on the land and everywhere, and every seed will germinate and. grow and re ward the sower. It is tilled by a hand that never tires: it is watched by an eye that never sleeps j it is trained by a power that tempers all the elements to its healthiest maturi ty. The seed, sir, is kindness, and I have garnered its fruits when and where they were least expected. WilJ leaders of a great party, will mem bers who aspire to hold in their hands the destinies of millions living and of many millions yet to live, neyer learn thai abuse and Blander and cahTiuy and IhisTepreslentatlorr^ are not the means which wise or good men employ to give peace to a coun try or prosperity to a people, or sta<j bility to a government? Will the. people themselves at the North never learn that brawling 'treason' and, 'traitors' at men for honest differ ences of opinion is not argument, and proves nothing except that the brawl-, crs arc neither statesmen nor pa triots?" Queen of All. Honor the dear old mother. Time, has scattered the snowy flakes on her brow, plowed deep furrows on her cheek, but is she not sweet and beau tiful r.ow? Tho lips are thin and shrunken, but those are the lips which have kissed many a hot tear from the childish cheeks, and they are sweetest lips in all the world. The cyo is dim, vet it glows with the soft radiance of holy love which can never fade. Ah, yet, she is dear old mother. The sands of life ore nearly run out, but foeble as she is, will go further and reach down lower for you than any other upon earth. You cannot walk into a midnight where she cannot see you ; you cannot enter a prison whose bars will keep her out; you can never mount a soafTold too high for her to reach that she may kiss and bless you in evidence of her deathless love. When the world shall despise and forsako you, when it leaves you by the wayside to die unnoticed, the dear old mother will gather you in her feeble arms and carry you homo and tell you of all .your virtues until you almost forget that jour soul is disfigured by vice. Love her tender ly, and cheer her declining years with holy devotion. It is said that in Siam the penalty for lying is to have tho mouth sewed up. If such a rule should he enforced in this country the yellow fever would not bo a circumstance in comparison with tho cpidomic of starvation which would prevail among t.lio Northern? editors. The man who shrinks from his du ty in times like these descives tho fate ho courts, and having already lost his self-respect, forfeits the res pect of others ; he was horn a slave. A new hay press has been patented in France and England which delivers tho hales in tho form of a solid uni form cylinder two feet one and one half inches in diameter, which may be rolled along by one man.