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THE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE. Dnjolcfr to Politic*, Jlnldligencr, aidr % 3myvoiumfut of % State an& Country ""loi^r^miteyrpro'b ^ gbeenville" south Carolina, september 2on^^^^^ xlf^ 1 Tan IVlltlM n?, ??"" ' 4 1 *" - ** '** Adtbb? ibbwbhts luaerted at the rates of on* dollar par square of twolra Minion linaa (tbla ataa 1 type) or lata for (ha first insertion; fifty cents aaoh for tha second and third Insertions, an J twentv-flve eanta for aubaaquant insertions. Yearly contraeta will ba made. AM adrertleemanta moat bare the number of insertions marked on them, or thay will ba inserted till ordered out, and obarged for. Unless ordered otherwise, AdrsrtiaemafiU Will lurarlably ba " displayed." Obituary notices, an<l all matters inuring to to the benefit of any one, are regarded as Advertisements. A I . .. . ? The Haiveet CallBT WIS. II. BURLI1011, ALiJo not lu the realm cf dreams, Oh, man, however fair it aaama. Where drowsy airs thy |-ow*rs icpreea fn lai gtior ol sweet idleness. Nur It 11 off i* tn liia intalv nail ??? ?? -V "j r? Entranced in visions vague anl rati ; But wiih cleir eye the present scan, And hear ihj call ol 0 ?J ami man. Tliat call, though many-voiced, is ona With inlghly meaning in each tone; Through sob and laughter, shrhk and prayIts iummot mee'a thee every what e. Think not in a1e*p to fold lltv hund?, Forgetful tf thy Loid's cuimrand* ; Fr> m duty's cl.?itn? no life is free? IK hold, to day lia.h need of lh?e! Look U|*f tl.e wide ex: ended plain Js billowy with the ripened grain. And on the rummer wind* ate rolled Its tvuvrs of < me.al l and gold. Tin tut in thy tickle?nor delay The work that calls for thee to-doy ; To morrow, if it come, will hear I 8 own demands of toil and care. The present hour allots lliy ta?k | For present strength and patience a-k, And trust liis love whoso sura auppllea Meet all thy needs as they arts*. if-o ! the hread fi-dds with harvest while "Thy hand* to stietiuoua Loil iuviie ; And he who labor* and belit-ve* Shall reap reward of ample sheaves. Up, for the timo ie ehoi t; aud loon The morning iuii will ciiinb to noon ; Upl ere the herds, with tiamping feet, Outrunning thine, shall spoil (be wheat. While the day linger*, do thy best I Full soon the night will bring it* icst; Ami, duty done, that re?t shall be Full of beatitudes to thee. KEMINISCENOLS or tiik CQUHTY QFQREEHVtLLEi JIV EX GOVERNOR B. F. FERRY. ^CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK ] Judge Enrle, I have mentioned at considerable length in my 44 Ilominisccnccs of Public Men," and will now pass over. I have written a sketch of Oeneral Waddy Thompson, in mv reminiscences, I I at * uiiu win, luereiore, puss nun uy in these notices. Col.'l'audy Walkcf, was a prominent lawyer, ill till) practice when I came to Greenville. He was a very kind, pleasant and ainiablo gentleman, and tor many years represented the District in tho Legislature. lie was personally very popular, and married the belle of tho village in her day and time, Miss Alary Toncy, daughter of Col. William Toney. William Choico was for many years the law partner of Judge Karle, and regarded as tho best collecting lawyer in tho cir cult. Ho was, also, Commissioner >ji Equity, for a great while, and his otlice could not have been kept better or moro satisfactorily, lie made a foitunc by his profession, .and retired from business many years siuco. lie wa? born and educated in Greenville District. whero ho still residua. Ilis professional life was marked by ener gy, industry, uttentiou to business, punctuality and correctness in all A>t* his moniod transact ions. Dr. William Robinson was iu full praotico as a physician at this time, and single, lie was a groat ladies1 man, and very inuoh ostoemud by them for his agreeable manners and kind attentions. Groatly indebted to him were all the young peoplo for getting up balls, dancing parties, riding parties, &c. Dr. Uicliard Harrison was also practicing medicine hero a- tbo same tiino.? He had a very high reputation a) n physician, and was a man of talout and high character, lie mar ried tbo daughter of Chancellor Thompson, and died early in life, deeply regretted by all who knew him. lie was a most excellent, modest and loveable gentloman.? The Rov. W. 1J. Johnson had charge of the Female Academy, and quite a flourishing school.? Young ladies were sent from all the eurronnding / Districts, and they contributed very much to the society of tho village, and the prosperity of the inerchanta^aa well as the boarding houses. Dr. Johnson very often had large parties at his house, and his eldest daughter, who was a most ohartning young lady, always made tbo evenings pass oflT pleasantly. The Doctor, as I havo already said, was a man of ability aud learning, a good disciplinarian, and a most excellent itucuor. u r. jonn uruienuon kept a hotel opposite tho Mansloi House, and entertained a grea many persons in the snmmer anc fall from tho low country. Hii house, though small, was admirably kept tor the times. He after wards kept the AJansion Uoitse which ho purchased of Col.Toney In early life the Doctor was ? sporting character, but in his olc age, ho became a devout niembei of tho Episcopal Church, as hit assoc.-i a to Col. Toney did of the Baptirt Church. Like Solomon in his old age, they cried out, 44 all if vnnitv nnH va.ollAii ' ?....y %? ? VAm IVU VI Opi I I j when they could no linger onj??} the exciting pleasures ot life. Captain William Wicklitfe was a merchant nt this time, doing i good business, and keeping a pri vate boarding houso. lie was, 1 think, born in the village, and W* tho most active, athletic tuan J over saw of his size. He married tho daughter ot General Blassingame, aui was for tnatiy years I'ost Master. John II. Goodletl was Clerk of tho Court, and sac cc8sor to Wasl ington Earle, wlic was elected by tho Legislature, ir 1801, and served till about 1821 Goodletl was tho fi:st Clerk elect cd by the peoplo of Greenville, anc was a very popular man. lie was several times, reelected, and con tinned inofticotill his death. Nim rod Underwood wan Sheriff, ant lived in the jail. Ho was a goot natuved, kind hearted man, bit wholly unfit for the office, and hit sureties suffered seriously by hii defalcations. Peter Cuuble, win fitill mirvivoa atwl n/in?iint/?n w... ? W) l?l>u % ?V III III IIUO 11/ 111' in tho village, was the blacksmith o the place, and he still works at liii trade every day, although eighty two years old. Ho made a tor tune by his shop, and through hi kiudiiosa and confidence in friends lost it all by going surety. Bu ho seems as happy as he over wue in his most prosperious days.? What an example to the thousands who havo lost their fortunes dining tho war, and now do nothinj but brood over their niietortunci Col. Fletnniing, was also a black smith, living here at this time, ii tho house now occupiod by YVil liam II. Watson, Erq. Ho wa3 i very sensible, honest, correct mac sold out and moved to Georgia.? John Brown was a merchant, am a correct business iflan. At tin end of tho year he required pay mout from all ot his customers and if they did not pay their ac counts, ho turuod them over t< tho lawyers and officers ot court lie favored the credit system fo twelvo months and no longer.? Thomas liridgoman, was our vil (ago tailor, and did all our cutting and uiukir.g of clothes. He was i Northern man, and returned t< the North, after living here man; years. lie was a good fellow, an< had a great doul of fun and hutno about him. James McDauiel, i negro trader, icturn.d once wit! seven or eight thousand dollars ii his pocket book. Dridgcmai heard of it, and went to him to so his money, and offered hiiu twen ty five oents to pay for the sight He said ho had never seen s much money before at one time and never expected to seo so tnuol again. Roger Lev el and was al* a Northern man, and a merchant in partnership with Col. Dunham They did business together for tfiii ty or forty years, aud never had i settlement. Tho oopartnershi] was settled in tho court of Equity after the death of both of them.r i .. j J -i-s j^ovuiuuu was cousiuoreu ino pot Bonification of honesty, and wu knownas iioncst Jlogcr. Davt llcnnlng kopta hotel fur the Wesl era drovers and Qonntry people wh caine to town, lie did a most e> tensive business, and ha 1 ho bee a loan of system and prudence, It might have made a fortune, fin he was oleoted Sheriff, and brok all to piooos. No' man in tbo Dii triot evor owed as many person as David Ilenning did when h failed, lie was a great general i postponing bis oreuitora and inal itig thorn easy. Samuel Afurphj a cabinet maker aud per forme on the violin, stdl survives, an still lives in the city. He has a< ded to his profession lately, that t tuning pianos. He has a decide mechanical and mnsioal turn, an has mode an honest living tbrougl out Ids life. The mail facilities of Groenvill In tboso days, were not quite cqnt to those enjoyed now. We had ? f /v a* ^ * _ a .i , borse mail from uoinmom 10 A.sn< villo onco a week, which passe through our village, going and r< turning. The post rider's tin trun ; pet always gave us warning of hi approach. We paid twenty titi ! oonts tor a letter then, ana oc | correspondenoe was not so eztei sive as it is at present. John I Good let t was Post Master, an kept books and charged postage t a merchant did in selling good IIow mnoh he loet by this oper , tion, I ain not able to say. But it 1 would bo A losing business now.? t There was no prepaying of poetI Age, and very often " bucketting " > letters were sent expressly to mAo one pay postage. In the conrse of < - time the Post Master-General cs, tablished a line of backs by Green* ! . ville, and a two*i orse stage carri* i ed four passengers from GreenI ville to Columbia in three days.? p This was a great improvcmei t, and * we boasted of it. But it was very | seldom the old stngo brought a pas-1; scnger to urecnville, or carried j 1 one from this place. I remember ' well tbo first four-horse conch ' which ever came to Greenville. It 1 wan qiiito a cariosity to tho natives, i * and many went out to see it. We ! 1 never dreamed of railroads in 1 r those days, or telegraph wires.? * Tlio merchants got on their horses ' ! and rode to Baltimore or Charles- ' . ton to innko their purchases.? 1 Goods were wagor ed from Balti- ' moro to Greenville, a few years ? L only before I came here. What ? would our ncrchanta say to this > j now I x " The profits of the merchants In ' those times were enormous. They 1 did not sell a great many goods, I I but a profit ot one hundred, and one hundred and fifty per cent. I ' was very common. John Roberts, I who was in partnership with Var- < j dry McBeo, was the first merchant < I in Greenville, who began to sell 1 t goods for moderate profits, ond his i sales soon showed the wisdom of i his policy. Every one went there to purchase. Capt. Cleveland,Col. i Toney and John Brown, who were I j- the oldost merchants of the place, B seemed to bo disgusted with the new order of business, and closed ,* their storos. Roberts sold for d cash, and was willing to receive ( small profits, lie could turn over J his capital every tbreo or four ( months, whilst the other mer_] chants, who sold on a credit, had ( to wait almost as many years.? ' This was the secret ot his success, and others began to follow his exp ample. lie had no bad debts to run away with his profits, like * thoso who sold on a credit, lie I lost nothing either by forgetting to Q charge goods sold. I once heard ! Mr. llargroves, an eminent mer' chant of Augusta, say that most j country merchants broke by ncg looting and forgetting to charge , their customers with their pur chases, in the hurry ot business. [continued next week j roil Tint aUKENVILLE ENTERPRISE. r ? Incidents of ft Trip to the West, Council Bluffs, Iowa, ) 5 July 15th, 1S71. J 6 Dear Enterprise?I have delibj erately and dispassionately looked yr at the state of affairs out here, and 1 have come to the conclusion that r things are mixed, "and that smarta ly." I expect, Messrs. Editors, you i .1.:_i. ti... ii ;j -j ?li u ti11iiiv uiui t nuvoBiiiu cnmiucruoie ii about tbo ladies in my previous n letters. May-bo I have, for my 0 opinion is, that life is too short to i. waste any time upon inen. i. The following colloquy took i> place this inormng, between myi, self and a bootblack, eight years 1 old; o 44 Givo you a shine sir 44 No." 44 Givo yon a South Cnlina shine ?" i. 44 Very well." 441 believe you are . front Calina?'' 4*Yes." 44 How a is times down there?" 44 Very p good." 44 Do you know Will am fftillendorsoUfOf Abbeville Coun ty ?" ,4Yes he is a friend and > neighbor of mine." 44 lie stayed a s good deal with us, and I kinder d liked him; ho wasn't much aot (iiiaintcd hero, but I took him uno tier my wing, and I found him a : mighty apt scholar ; he picked up n idccs foster than a duck picks up u corn ; ho was powerful fond of it looking At the city by gas light; ? and like all Southern gentlemen, i. lie wa9 mighty liberal; if yon >s would liko to run in his ruts. I am o I ho boy to initiate you. lio vou n know old Governor Orr 1" 41 Yes l- be id a friend ot mine." " lie exr, pressed the same to me. I kinder ir (iked l.im too. lie is a gay old d cock. I heard him tell Judge J ernes 1. that be would have to go back >f to the times of Henry the Eighth d to find what was the law in South d Calina. He paid like a true Southi ern gentleman. When vou go back, give my respect to Tell and le the Gov. } believe you are the il only man in the oily who has no a business onhepd!" "Possibly 1 s- am." " A?*e ycm Hying on the in d terest of yonr money V 44 J am at 0. present." "Are yon supporting 1. any bod? in particular except is yourself!" "JMo." "liownumy ? mora can joa support t" and with ir this he presented his hat to get n. what was coining, he then bowed I. and smiled, said lie would be bapid py to make himself useful, and u with a significant grin, bo asked, 0? * Hhow is that for eight years old." a- You know yourself I told him be I, | was a good financier. u Oh," said he,a there is nothinglike financiering,' sir. Shakspcare said, 4 pnt money in yonr purse, put money iu your purse.* I will see yon agaiu, good morning sir." Mow, Messrs. Editors, when the boys ont here are that sharp, you may be certain that it is hard to crowd the men and worn on. I was called upon yesterday by an individual of this city, who calls himself Potter Christ. lie wished to know if his book setting forth a now religion, was circulated South. I told tiim that I had never seen it, and would like to know about it. He stated that several rears ago he was on a voyage from San Francisco to Australia, and that ono night the angel Gabriel descended from llenvcti, and wroto in iudelible letters across It is foreflead the name Potter Christ, the Morning Star; that tho angel spent the night with hiru *nd passed him into an immortal itate; that he ascended into Heaven received divine inspiration, and was commissioned by Jesus Christ, to go forth preaching and propliolying. That in September next, he will ascend in a chariot to Heaven, and twenty-six men will be sent abroad to establish bis religion. That tho millennium will commence ono year from the date of his ascension. That the nn.cls visit him nightly, and all he says and writes U divinely inspired.? This man was onco a Mormon preacher, and it will surprise your renders when I state that he now has about eighty followers and be licvers in his new religon, and in him as divinely inspired. As I before remarked, tilings out hero aro very much mixed. There is scarcely any two tatni lies or persons who ever hoard of each other beforo they met hero, and consequently the sympathies which result from being born neighbors and being raisod up to-' gethcr **re unknown here. Thcro is no more coherenco between the people, in a socitil point of viow, tliuu there is between grains of sand. Largo quantities of fruits and berries ot every description are received in this city daily, being shipped from Southern Illinois and points further south. I saw peaches on tho fifth of June. The crop prospect in tho Noith-wcst is better than was evor seen before.? There are entire counties in this State that it is believed will average eighty bushels of corn per nvru. ouiiiu ui mo papers lliltik the State will average over iifty bushels. Iowa is not 60 good a wheat State as cither those just above or below?iu fact, she is the poorest wheat State in tho Northwest. Your readers will no doubt be astonished when 1 tell thein, that the climate in Montana, Idaho and Washington is milder and more pleasant in winter than it is in Iowa. 1 will not inflict upon the reader the profound scientific reasons assigned tor this apparent amomaly, nor will I attempt to present the great cliinatological and meteorological questions therewith connected?take tny word for it, it is so. It is too hot to say more. If heat expands, and the present hot weather continues, I will not he responsible for consequences. I will state tor the benefit of ^our reauerB, uwu it 19 tue general imprcsssion hero, tlint tho Confederate debt will be paid by the United State? Government, and also that all slaves will be paid for. It there arc any persons down Sonth who will sell their claim to their tormcr slaves at fifty dollars a head, or who are willing to give one-half that may be procured for them, they will please address Tourist, Council Blttfe, Iowa (N. IS.?and tend stamped envelope) and I will send them a statement with tho necessary blanks aud instructions. TOUUIST. A schoolmaster gavo out, one morning, as a reading lesson to his first class, that portion of tho " Merchant of Venice " in which the pound of flesh scene occurs.? The reading finished, ho asked tho class what Shylook meant when llA on 111 kfc Vf ? ? ?v ?mu| iu? uiwu* ii pun 111 jr bead." " Well," said Ibe tallest boy, u 1 don't know, unless he carried bis papers in bis bat." Just as a travellor was writing his name on tbo register of a I^eaven worth bqtel, a bod bug sallied out and took its way aoroee the page. The man paused aoJ remarked: u I've been bled by St. Joe flpaa, bitten by Kansas City spiders, and interviewed by Fort Scott Gray backs, but I'll be d?d if 1 was ever in a place before where the bed bugs looked oyer the hotel register to find oat where a fellow's room was 9" United State* DUtriet Court. Saturday Sept. 9th, 1871. The Court was opened at 10 o'clock, lion. Q. S. Bryan presid* i?gU S. v*. Wm. D. Roper, Allen Quntcr, G. Posey, Tbouias Jenkins and Henry Carter?under sentence o f * lpipi isuntnent in Greenville jail. On motion of IX T. Corhin .district attorney, ordered that these defendants be 'transferred from Greenville jail to Richland jail, on account of A~A I tiunuuu biuiu vi v?reeuvino jail. Court then adjourned till Monday lltli, at 10 o'clock. Monday, Sept. lltli, 1871. Court wad opened at 10 o'clock, A. M., lion. G. S. Bryan presiding. Jurors answered to their names as on previous days. Ordered, that a special jury be formed ot jurors residing in City, to try such civil cases as shall be brought forward and that the other jurors be discharged. The special jurors are as follows : DrO. 13. Irvine, foreman*, Isaac llcnning, It. K. Gossett, Porter Smith, Win. Goldsmith, Adam Whis11ant, C. T. 11 a m m o n d, Franklin Cobb, John Isaac How well, C. F. Carpcuter, Tonoy Ferry, Joseph Grant. Court then ndjonnod till Tuesday at 10 o'clock. Tuesday. Seut. 12th. 1871. ? I 9 IN EQUITY. Ex parte James Bonds, creditor, in ro Hamilton, Young & Bush, vs. Win. Y'onng, executor of Samuel Young, deceased, et nl. The Clerk ns special referee made his report, and on further argument tho further hearing was continued till to morrow at 10 o'clock, A. M. Ex parte John Wheeler, judg ment creditor, vs. assignees of John W. Grady, banki upt.. Question of preference to creditors, James Birnio for creditor, W. E. Earlo for assignees of bankrupt. After argument ot council, special jury was charged with this case, and rendered the following verdict?We find for the plaintiff; 0.13. Irvine, loreman. IN BANKUCrrCY. Ex parte David J. Winn, assignee, in re Lcandcr A. Bigger, banki upt?petition for personal examination o f bankrupt, and amendment of his schedule; Blanding & Richardson, pro pet. Ordered, that the bankrupt appear in the office of J. C. Carpenter, register, on >v euuesaay ino isi 01 November, at 12 M., and submit to examination, and that register take tbo testimony of witnesses, who may bo brought before him, Kx parte Thomas Ih\skin?petition for linal discharge, Blending & Richardson, pro pet. Poti tion read and ordered that it be refer ed to J. C. Carpenter, regis tor, for final hearing to be bad bo foro Court on 1st November, at Charleston. Ex parte Charles Cut heart, bankrupt?petition for appointment ot assignee. McCants & Douglas, pro pet. Judge approved of appointment of S. B. Clowney, as assignee. Ex parte James llardon of Fairfield, J. II. Rion, pro pet.? Register Clawson having reported favorably on the petition and all the requirements of the law complied with. Judge signed certificate of discharge under seal of Court. Ex parte R. A. Ingram of Lancaster. W. L. DePass, pro net. Petition lor final discharge. Idem Idem. Charles C. Afontcomer^ vs. Q. W. Sullivan application o n gart of owner of land sold by U. . tax collector, to redeem as against purchaser within a year, defendant judgment creditor had rodecmc 1 within tho year and taken title, E. P. Jones tor plaintiff, O. P. Sullivan for defendant. After hearing argument, it was ordered , that tho land ho tho property of plaintiff, upon hit paying tho pnrchoao money with interest, taxes, &c. Court then adjourned until tomorrow at 10 o'clock. InpwiKss.?Boys, nevor he idle. Always havo something to do.? Yon can study when yon aro not at work with your hands. Evory work of Qod has a lesson upon it lor your mind to master. Yon can walk tho street and pick up a piece of paper being tossed about py the winds, and upon that piece of- paper there will be lessons for yon t o learn. Never b e idle when you can #nd ?o much tforfc to do. Copper, in great quant itiea, U aid to davo been discovered in Butt* County, O corgi n. Gems of Thougkht. If oil those who obtain not their desires should die of disappointment, who would be living upon the earth f If this world is a fret show, what's the price of admittance? Bin, sorrow, a small trifle of snn shine, aud a good deal ot shadow. Novcr chide your husband before company, nor prattle abroad of mishaps at home. What pas* scs between two people L much easier made up before than after it has taken air. Every day brings its own dn ties, and carries tliern along with it; and they are as waves broken on tho shore, many like them coming after, but none ever the same. Everything which tends to discompose or agitate tho mind, whether it be excessive sorrow, rage, fear, envy, revenge, love or despair?in short, whatever acta violently on onr mental faculties? tends to injure the lieulth. A loving woman's heart is as the burning ship on the ocean.? It burns and does net become extinguished until it has burucd itself. Admirable is the human, which not from tho mind but from the changeable passions is governed. Tho shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is equal to the task of destroying or pulling down. Fully and rage can demolish more in an hour than prudence, deliberation, and foresight, can build up in a hundred years. It thou bast wronged thy brother in thought, reconcile thee to him in thought; if thou host of fended him in words ; let thy reconciliation be in words; if thou host trespassed against him in deeds by deeds he reconciled to him ; thai rpmnnilidlimi ic ?r?r?cf irl.inli : ""?v? is must in kind. Something Worth Rememberino.?u It any ono speaks ill of thee," Bays Epietetue, 44 consider whether lie liuth truth on his side, and if so, reform thyself, that his censures may not effect." When Anaxiinander was told that the very boys laughed at his singing, 14 Ah 1" said he, 4> then I must learn to sing bettor." Plato, being told thut he had many enemies who spoke ill of him, said, 44 It is no matter; I shall live so that none wil believe them."? Hearing at another time that an intimate friend of his had spoken detractingly of hiin, ho said, 441 am sure lie would not do it if he had not some reason for it." This is the surest as well as tho noblest way of drawing tho sting out of a reproach, and the truo method of preparing a man for the great and only relief against tho pains of calumny. Bk a Man.?Foolish spending is the father of poverty. Do not bo ashamed of work, nor of hard work. Work for the best salary i or wages you can got, but work for halt i>rice rather than be idle, lie your own master, and do not let society or fashion swallow up your individuality?hat, coat and boots. Do not cat up or wear out all that yon earn. Compel your selfish body to spare something for profits saved, lio stingy to your own ap petite, but merciful to others' necessities. Help others, and ask no liulp tor yourself. See that you are proud. Let your pride bo of the right kind, lie too proud to be lazy ; too j>rond to give up withont conquering every difficulty; too proud to wear a coat that you cannot afford to buy ; too proud to be in company that you cannot keep up with in expenses; too proud to lie, or steal, or cheat; too proud to be stingy. What 19 Home.?" Ilomo," says Robertson, in hie sermon, " is the ono place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. It is tho place of confidence. It is the place where we tear oil* that mask of guarded and suspicious coolness which the world foiccs us to wear in self defence, and whore we pour out tho unresorved communication oi lull and confiding hearts. It is the spot whore expressions of tenderness gush out without anv sensation of aw kward ueea, and without any dread of ridicule* Let a man travel where he will, home the place to which 4 his heart untravelled fondly turns.' He is to double all pleas are there. lie is to diviae ail pain. A happy home is the single spot of rest which a man has upon this earth for the cultivation of his noblest sensibilities." Fats awd Nbcmutt.?Wo can~ not oonqner fato and necessity ; yet we can yield to them in such a manner m to be greater than if wo could. ^ ?.nr7T" mm PSP T" * ~ ' J" V A Key to* Person's Verne. By the accompanying table of letters, the name of a person or any word, may be found out in the following manner f A B D n T> 0 O E I Q . B F F J H 0 O O K 8 1 J L L T K K M M V M N N N V o o o o w Q R T X X 8 8 U Y Y U V V z Z www Y Z * Let the person whose name you wish to know inform you in which of the upright columns the first letter of bis namer is contained. If it be found in but one column, it is tbe top letter, if it occur* in more then one, it i* found by adding tbe alphabetical number* Of the top let' ter* of these column*, and the *um will be the number of the letter sought, fly taking one letter at a lime, in Ibis way, tbe whole can be a<eertained. For example, take tbe word Jane. J is found in the two columns commencing with B and II, wbicli are the second and eighih letters down the alphabet ; their sum is ten, and the tenth letter down tbe alphabet is J the letter sought. The next letter A, appers in but one column, it stands at the top. N is seen in (he columns beaded B, D, and II; these are tbe second, fourth, and eighih let* ters of the alphabet, wbicb, added, ghe tbe fourteenth, or N, and so on. The use of this table will excite no little curiosity among '.hose unacqnainted withit.* r..??:? -?i :? ivir^vni^ V* j'lOllttllUIl* Sheep Husbandry a Necessity* Sheep husbandry is a necessity. There is no substitute for tho animal with the 44 golden hoofs "? nono which can so cheaply sup> ply the elementary wants of a dense ]>opulation. Franco has as many as souls in the empire.? England could almost as safely part with the air breathed by onefourth of her people, as with her sheep?the meat, wool, hides, and manure they yield ; and while wo are glad to see largo flocks transferred to nnd established on the plains of Kansas, Nebraska, and other sparsely populated States and Territories of the West, the older States, where lands have lost their virgin freshness and fertility, can ill afford to' submit to further reduction. Tho great bulk of the best wool grown in the world is prown by small flocks, iu the midst of the most densly peopled regions. It is so now in the United States, and so will it continue to be. On the whole', therefore, wo look in tho future of the woolen industry hopefully, and with abiding confidence. [ Wool Circular< ? ? ?? Somu arithmetician discover* tha tlio French war indemnity of 1,000,000,000 would, in fivo dollar gold pieces, cover moro than nineteen acres of ground used as paving. It won hi tako ono maiv 222 years to count them, at the rato of 100 a minute for twelve hours a day. It inny be interesting to tli?">60 who have sent fur counterfeitmoney, in answer to tlio numerous circulars which Hood the country, to lenrn that a full list of the names of snch is being prepared for publication. Tni.' iinatni- nf tin T? a lit iftfc' church in Cambridge, Missouri, baptized two young ladies the other day, nnd then married one ot them right there in tho church before she had time to get dry. A you no man in camp meeting asked tho prayers of tho assembly because ho " could not sit down to a tneal without eating three times as much as he ought." A orkat pear shapod spotr forty thousand mik*s long, is now to bo observed on the sun. It is said it can be seen without a telescope through a dark colored glass. ? ? -4 ? -T-? II harts may bo attracted by assumed qualities; but the affec. tions are only to bo fixed by those that are real. I ? ? ? An exchange, wanting to c mplincent a 44 live stock journal," says it ia edited by a man whoso bead is ftill of livo stock. r ? - ? . u Pju. what can I do, unless 1 you get me a riding habit up here in the country F1 44 Oct In the habit of walking, my dear." A crusty old bachelor says that M lore is a wretched business, consisting of a little sighing, a little orying, a little 44 dying," and a deal of lying."