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* iiu u 11 inrnnnii >r ij"m nwn in?><????*> > * ' ' . :i" - . -~r- yKBY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABltEVlLJJS. S. C., FRIDAY. MAY 2ti. 1871. ' VOLUME XIX-HffO.5/-"' THE OLD HOMESTEAD. Ah ! here it is, that dear old place, Utic-1 augi tl thn.u^h all these vears; Il'.nv i.k-- some s\vv<>i, familiar facj (n d's home appeal*-! i in- ^r.iiiu oki iui> ins <ie tlie d<*)r Siill spmid heirbiau i e> w.de, The river wanders us oj yore, With sweetly murmuring tide; The distant hills look green and gray, The flowers are blooming wild, Ami every thing looks glad 10-day, As when I was a child. I Regardless how the years have flown Half wondering I stand, I catch no fond, endearing tone, 1 clasp no friendly hand : I think my mother's smile to meet, I list inv father's call, II lause t<> hear my brotIter's feet Come bounding through the hall ]iut silence ull around me reigns A chill creeps through my heart ? jSo trace of those I love remains, And tears unbidden start. What tlvuigh thcsunheams fall as fair, i What though the budding ilowers ! Still shed their fragrance on the air, j Within li;*u's golden hours? The hiving ones that clustered here These walls may not restore; Voices llrat filled my youthful car Will greet my soul no more. And yet 1 <juit the dear old place Wiih si ?w and lingering tread, As when we kiss a clav-eold faee. And leave it with tile dead. MY BEDFELLOW. * Into a country lmvn, and during court we k, 1 once rode on horsc-lwk i at I tie end ot'.ii weary day, passed in j a continuous r?u:d-hnje, studded with i stumps and ornamented with logs, thai a benighted country culled a road, j Night hud already closed in, and 1 was guided to the hotel by a thousand I aim one Hoys ot t tie pi tire, and I be I noise issuing from the bar-room, no !<ss beastly and disagreeable. 1 found the landlord shut up in a cor ner pen,*d- alinj; out liq-id insanity (<? his eiihtoni?;i,s?. To my request for Kiippt r and a bed he responded that J could cat my till, but th?-re was not a j 1 bed uncn^a^ed or not occupied in thci house. 1 pi.rsij.ted, u.itil the wretch informed me that there was *\i tidier" in number six occupying a double bed. | * and 1 could "roil in there" if so 1 minded. j il was dismal, hut my only hope; -so after the evening indigestion I ( (-limed Ihe rough hsiairs to numlx-i* six. I wrs told by the landlord to ? walk in without knocking, and did * to. I It-was a cheerless room, without 1 carpet upon the floor, or curtains to ' shutout the blank night of the win- t' daws that seemed to staie blindly in * on one, and wink the candle flared i ^ in the wind. 1 found my companion } measuring oft' his dreams by snoivs, i * and umlrvssiiii; ' rolled i< us the 11 landlord had suggested. My stranger ' turned over with something between I a growl and a gruul. us 1 crept lu Lis , a side. j a Tired as I whs, T could not.sleep. I The bed-tick felt us if it were stuffed | 1 with grass-hoppers, and the pillows j( were <?t" the sort to slip up one's nose j f in the ni^ht, anil In4 sneezed out some j tme during tho day. Besides this, t my bedfellow Miore<J uhominuhly. It t bounded like a giant trying to blow i "Oid Hundred" through a tin horn, wilhotit ^knowing exactly how. I ! I bore this infliction.us.long ] could ! u and at lusftgave my friend a dig in the . > ribs, exclaiming ?t the same time: j t ' J say." | l 'Hillo?sh ? what is.it?" hcasked.il in a confised way. '(I am sorry to disturb you, l?ut I a think it my duly to inform you that j r I walk in my sleep/' t Well walk-" "My Christian friend, I am well aware that thin is a free country, and if a man wishes to walk in his sleep there is no.constitutional provision to1 ^prevent him. Hut I, wish to remark a that if I do walk, you had better not a interfere with me." j \ ;-01i! walk; I won't say a word ; t about it." j z ' Well, don't. When addressed or si interfered will; I get furious. I i nearly brained a pour man with a r dog-iron the-othur night.' 'J ' flic deuee you did!" i "Yes. 1 did." ' Well, I'll he -Mowed! That's ' Tat her disagreeable. A fellow might, t under an impulse, blurt out some-1 I thing l<> you." * "Ji-jtter not." | t ".No, I should think not." j j A long pause followed this. At ? i lust the now wide-awake lodger asked j annitrtly: ii ' l>id }oa notice my liat on - the i I floor?" i i ' I believe I did." 1 j "If \-ou walk, you know, I'd rather: you wouldn't step in it.' j 1' i 1 bear that in mind." I 1 -After another pause he ngaia ' 4 aiV.: '! . I' 'Did vou notice that door on the . c left?" - t P ' I saw a door on my left" j c ' Well, if you walk, I'd advise you , .?/-?/mf iiinwi it iiiu'tis on a ? J1UI j;" v?iw vu \ i v* * .. j porch, only the porch hasn't been : ,built., and i's twenty feet down into ? the stable-yard ' i ' I don't believe I shall walk out of * that door." I "Don't think I would if I walked much." I | I suppose my inquisitive friend was < dropping into a sleep, when he again j broke out: 41 say, did you really brain a man with a dog-iron ?" j II tried pretty hard." Then came in a silencc that was not broken. After a little while 1 heard my be (Hollow creeping softly 1'roni the other side of the bed. I could liear liiai feeling about i'cu* his hat aud his clothes. Then I had the satisfae[ tion ihat the door lui'l closed' soft y <>n tnv retreating tormentor; I rolled over and r-.lcpt the sleep of innocence. j The next rooming on descending to breakfast 1 found an o|.| friend sealed at the taldc We nad not met lor years. Af'ler a cordial dream. I said: "A re you stopping here?" <;I have been trying. But I am j nearly dead. I slept on ti honeh in j tho bar-room amid a 1m ??l* drunken j bru'es, who sjn??( Bingo for wagers of; drink all ni^ht." "Could you ijot no bed?" 'Yes, I had u double bed to myself. j when thai sti'pid landlord sent up a j erazv fellow, who walked and btnn k J out with dog-irons " ' Ciood heaven, Gillespy, was that j vou ?" ' Arnl linni; von, Western, yon don't mean to say th:it you served uio that trick it \v:is a ca^e that en Hod for dijdo. inatic explanation.? (i-laxy. A Story of Old Fuss and Feathers Gen. Taylor, who was proverbially democratic in his habits. was ;>ecessi I>ie at all times mid in all plac-s I?? nn\ officer or soldier w 11?? had oeca-ion to eal I ii | *< >n him. His tent was alway.open to all ea'lcrs. and no ceremony was ivq ured to gain an audience with the (.Jeneral commanding. (ictieral Scott, oi: the contrary, was very c reinonious on this ooint and visitors were not always successful in their applications to see him, and nine ( times out often were referred to a subordinate officer, who acted as the medium between the general-in-chicf and themselves. This was not in | , every case satisfactory to those who | expected to be favored with an inter-1. view in person; but there was no help . for it. and they were compelled to ( -tiiunit, The following anecdote. which, occurred curly in 184G. and , lias never before been published, lilus- ' txatcs the point : ( Th"re was a certain Lieutenant (now :i general ^tfbvr t?y l.rt*v?*i kvlio h.ppened to come <1>??v:i the iii ' j. lit'Mtide snort iy after Gen. S;-'iit ha: anded at Brazo*. Ji iii^ desirous oi living his .respects to the ( inniati- , ier-ilt-chief, he huri.ied oft" to head- j , quarters in the way ih:it was custom- , try whew visiting Oid Zaeli As Ik ipproaeln'd lie saw I wo wall trills | ,v ili a "fly" in IV*nit, whifli were tin* ) ( ?eadquarti*rs. Outside walked a sen- ! j inel, ami imdde the cc/ilim-l sal an j rderly upon a stool, while in tin*. ^ irst tent were seated Col. , the *eneral'n military seeretary, ami ;| ,'upt. . one of his aid". As Untenant apt>r aehed II?t* j entiiiel he was saluted. and his httsiies* a -k; d 'To see Gen. Scott," was the reply, j j The senti el turned t<? the orderly | mdsaid: "Lieutenant wishes to j [<? .> G.-n. ScottI The orderly walked toward tin- <>nt- J, vard wall lent, and opening il said In ' Jul '-Lieiitenu'il wishes to see the General." Capt. . rising, went quietly to , lie inner tent, and peering in. saw-j hat Gon Seott was asleep. Ueiuin- j iijj on lip-toe lie said, in a *;*utnmim mice: "iliish! the General sli.in?eiw." Col. turned to tlie nrderiy itid repeated. ' Hush! the General In in hers,' and (ho sentinel repeated o the astonished ears of the Kiiha! ems: '-Hush, the General slum-j'j >ers." i Lieutenant . who stood in'dunih j istonishineiit at this exhibition of" 1??r- i nality, turned on hi* heel, tiie worst ( lisgusted man in those parts. i ?<??* L Double Meanings. u i The English language is peculiarly rj ibumlant in words and phrtscs which ire capable of two meanings, and vhieh thus give rise to an endless ? i?iml??i? /i<" ini<? L-i.< (. j i < 11, < si:i<I imz. . ........v,. . J , | lies, wliii-h afford a great deal of the , LiiiusenuMil of everyday life A fatnliar example is the word got whieh nay moan either was or procured. { I'll us, one hoy says to another with a jiavo face: "Fred potshot to-d;:y." Where?'" asks tlie other, i:i alarm, 'lie got shot i:i a hardware store," is j he answer - morning, if course, that ie bought it fj A man assured a Ktore-kivper who t icMtatecJ to trust liis companion lor it 1 >urchase: uIf" ho refuses to pay for j t, 1 will." 11 is companion refused to my f<>r it. and so did I lie speaker; as n ouo seiHv* lie had said he would. ^ t is tlnji-i very easy, by using uncerain language, to convey a false iin- j >res.*ion. !. A sheriff a.-ked the wife of a Qua- l :er. against whom lie had a writ, if her k lusband was at home. She replied: Yes, he will see lheo in a moment.*' } I"he sheriff waited: but the Quaker . lid not appear. He was contented ^ vith seeing the sheriff: he did not ( are that the sheriff should see him < The position of words itiii sentence ind the use- of stops often entirely j liter the meaning. Thus, an account; >f ii funeral declare-*: "Tin; remains ! vere committed 10 that bourne from ,v Ii it'll no traveler returns attended < >y Iii>: friends." "ignorant people are very ayt to use phrases with double meanings with- i :>ut intending to do so. Aiming the < advertisements, we may sometimes roa?> that a respectable young wiunan wants washing; the proprietor oi' a bone mill adveni-en thut parties sending their own bones to be ground will ho attended to with fidelity and despatch. It was owe related in a city I-il?u ?wli>hl*:lt.lOII. J1 paper iihw, uiinu^ mu child was run over, wearing a short red Ureas which never Bjjokc attei> ward Many popular puzzles depend or; tin* ambiguity or <lotiiik> meaniiii; oi words and phases. Tims, ive an : told there wa> a man who had six childr-n, and had never mtii out' ol tlu lu. We arc Ird to suppose that none of the children had ever been beheld l?y their parent. l>nt the olds may mean upiaily a> well (hat one of ihem had been horn while I he ma:> wa> on a join ney, and he had, eoiiqueinIy, never seeij, that one. Another puzzle is liii.-: There was poor hlind bei>ii'?'r who had a brother, tin* hrother died, lull tin* n an who die'l had no hrolhi-)'. What relation wns the hi'^ar to tin* man who died? Wo arts apt to think the he^jfar ai man; hut when we iliiuk that the hi'jr^ar mi^ln lie u&irl, the answer hei-omuii quite plain. Obstructing the Fisheries. Thi< subject having been referred bytho L '<xis!aunv o|" the State, at it* ii'ht session, to the Dtmau of A?i ieul lural Stati^ties. the Aetinir Com mis sinner applied to the A llonsey-(ien fi'al of lho Siut'\ as to his powers and duties in the premises. The fnllovvin*? reply of thai offieer, which is as ?-.\plieii :is empliaiie. is published fur :hc information of our readers: UtTJCE OK TIIK A TToKN EY-CJ K.\ Kit A T., C'olumi.ia, S. C., May 15, JS71 John hviirt, ?*(}., Artiny Commissioner Uitrow Ayicutmrul SluiixhCK. Dear Sir:?Your note of" the Gtli iust. Ims heen before me f'nr several days, awaiiing an opportunity for rei>l\\ I / Aii. examination of the statute** ol i lie State since 17iS0 will show that, i lie I'M ate has sought to protect in the iirnplest niaiiner. the great intcrest'of ill her cinzens in the free passage ol migratory fish in all iier inland ereeks bays and rivers. A scries of general and special enactments tor the past ninety years atlests lhis desire ami purpose on the iiart ot the State. 13y one of these Arts, all obstructions to-the free pas i>i ti.-li aiv dc'ciaivd jiuiiiic nuiami any cilizoit <?r citizen* a?\* u;iti"i'izo?] to "iiiiiuiarily alialc llii'iu. i'lic jii'i Hlcr pari <?i the oMor Act.11miii this* sui'jcct art* f-ii 11 of fore--, Mit uv?i inuiH- mvnl. cnai'tnit'iiiH j jrrilKi uiifvv llie lawb .w.Uieli guviTii IK'm* ca^'s. liy ;i Joint resolution of tin* ^r**n- I i*:ii ,\wtii'.ily |>as?v*il January 1?. i i8Tu. ;i l.u;jnJ ut' Ji-ii rt.iiiiui i.-| 11 -1 IJ1 iimiy.i'd :lii<l tili-11' till lies .lit1 i.u-il 1'hese arc: 1. To all i:islrcainiiitl report what oiisiI' iciii?h? ou^ht i." t* ivittovul. or what impurities :tiv j to ili.W into >tn aiii> wlier- j i>li ai t' fo mil, 2. r?? ivp..rt ail violations ot' tin j isii law* to the SuiliMUjf.s ?it' Liu: rai circuits ?*f" the fc ale. I lit* .Solicitus*- H'?\ lli" sulue i< ilitt.lon. ?li!vctni to jtox'imi i ,ni ].( i- ; oils ivportcri hy tin I'Uit t onnui-- | ioncrs.' Tiiis .give* i.h?' I'ulloJ. pow?r j o i*iiforce all existing law>. artl. a> ! j utve sai?l, ihe laws tlie cxi-ti'>^ werr ! vr\ .full air' eoinpletr l'??r tl>a* pur i iom'. t cuii iiai'(ii) < oil nvr ?i|" a ca-?* J vliich is not <*ovi-reii hv ihc vui'ion- : U-ts [ia<s*-(l prirti In 'HtivS. I >iiI :i! ! lie j u.-t *#l* li'v Lr^Mal lire an A< I ' va* |>a>tii*ii w nirli l'nil\ iv-viiad* Ui?- j i-atliiivc r?":?l?rcs of form t iasvs, an<.l ! i-ain uri'-rs t hi' fiill-^t nii-aio for tin*: ???*!jdi'te |ti(>U'?*li ?n ??t" .migratory fi-li j ['he first -mtUoh ??f" this Art f'orluiU ! my jx'1Mh;iikmit ohstruHi<?n .f siuy j iitul^wli:i??'Vi'r in any of tin* inla -i ! vatcrs of tlie slat*:, to tlit* migration j >t fish; ana lurttier provutes lur a] vloao lime' in oa?-l? week, from Sat- j irday ni^ht to Monduy morning, and I in}- person violating lhe provisions of ins section is made liable to a line of wenty dollars for every offence. L'ne second section of this Act rejuires all manufacturing companies, >r persons erecting dams, to provide uitable fish ways, and renders litem j iable to a tine ?5,000 for failure or rcusal to comply with tlvis r.?qiiireneiit. Tue third seetiou of this Act nakesitan indict able offi-nce to cause i o flow, or to be east into the inland j vaters of the State, any eultslutiecs i >oiso!>ous or destructive to fish, and j ittaHi is to the offence as penalty a ! ine of notless tban *500. or imprisoniH'iit for not less than six months [M.is law is now in force'and is ?updementcd Ity many ol' tin; provisions if formei* laws, which are also of bree, and. 1 am sure, that as Oomnissioner of the Hureaii of Agriculural Statistics, you could hardly ask or more complete legal lacililii-H for arrying out the duties of your ofice. You have only to ascertain any riolalions of tho foregoing laws, and epnrt them to the Solicitors of the several circuits wherein they occur. In addition to this, I shall be glad, it an}' time, to gi/c you any farther iid in my power in rendering your adv.ii.i.l huliiiii <if lliiw 11 ivt I w* ti nf vnm* ifflriul duty ettectiv? and useful i'oui's, verv respectfully. ' 1). ll. C1IA.MUERLAIX, A t to rncy-G eneral. A fantastical story is told of the iioat-of-arins of the Ki*marck family which cousintu of a clnver-;eiif entwined hy three iieltle-leuvcN. The t-nronielo ruiiM tl at. one of the maidl'iis of tlii* family, a heauty culled (iertrud- , i'.'jnj; eouiied hy many admirer*. r>. one of hep tiivl rou*iiiH. However there came a roil^h liaron from I he German Oecan, ac companicd I?y a hundred horsemen, to a>k lor her hand When it. was refused, he look the cattle hy storm, killed Gertrude's father, and finally embraced the maiden, remarking, "You golden clover of uiy heart, you are not nettle and >lo not stiii?i.* i whereat ilie >|?ri^litlv maiden oli.terv (' ititr- "I am a nettle when f wish, am s i <'!iii fillip, and no do nettles evil : ; siiiiiT ihe one wlm wo i'd I'rcjik :i fjelover i?*?it' of the Jii-nian ks'" I >!ll<11? 1 livt iiri v i)| iti-<n|.s lover nildei j ilie filth rili ?viih a d:?gi.er, injuring Ill:IJ SH that III* dU'cl. ?o- ?*? Weather Rhymes, The .old settlers of New Eugj l;iim 1 preserved some of the old English rhymes ami prophecies ol coming wealer. Some of them arc curious, it not correct. Some ol thi in me so often true as to be now considered almost infallible. When tho warm glow-worm lights her lamp Then tho air is always damp. If the cock goes crowing to bed, He's sure to rise with a Vet-head. When'black snails doeros? your path, ['hen black elotids much moisture hath. When the peacock loudly bawls, Soun we have both lain ami squalls. When you see the gossamer flying, Then be sure tliu air i? drying. A rosy sunset pressures good weather; a ruddy suiuioC bad weather. A bright yellow sky in the evening indicates wind f si pale yellow skv in the eveuiii<riudieares wet, A neutral gray color at evening is a favoiable sign; in the morning a favorable one. The clouds, if soft and feathery, betoken tine weather. Deep, unusual hues in the sky indicate wind or storm. More delicate lints bespeak fair weather. A rainbow in the morning Gives ilie shepherd warning. ni i n ,i t i t .t i tint is. it the wi?i| tie easterly; I hcatise it show* that the rain| elouds is approaching ilie oliK??rver. f at Knnrising <?r ?-4*tIini< the i elonds appear of a lurid red color, nic i.early to I he zenith, it is a sure si^n ol' storms and gales of wind. If tlk* ni'xm throws like a silver shield, lie nui a .aid iii reaj. yoar lieid.; iiuL II will* MHlt'i d ro iud, .~>uoh will wo .vu.i on tivlugcd ground. i A .uililiOWfl! niirlit is u ailoi'H dcliirht. rUUmbisv ill-jy also ho a good - if 11 j.r??vi.K':| iin? m'i1111 !?c wosicrlv, ii -ijmws tint I in1, ruin clouds ur*; [Kj-.-ing iiwuv: \Vi?? it rw<.U< |]y :-iM?rtintr lii^rli i.n air, L -ho\v.?! : !iu.? \v inly itonu- are near. i i.t>1'Vi-i.iiiv !Vil a;i-I t)io morning gray A.* ?< ? ui ii 1> a livuutil'ui day. FEET IN CHINA. ? Somi'lii/ig fresh About. Clilnese Women. Mr-. !S. 3?.il'l\vin, flu, missionar}* to ( h;na, rt??i in Philadelphia It' 'ttiiilv. .04 tlie Wollieil ill l,lliuu she said: The women-of China are divided into two liases?the hoiiud-'o?<U'd, who are the Indies, and the largelooted, who are the common class The latter earrv the burdens, do all the drudging and out door work, while their husbands do nothing. When a little girl is horn the parents tli.nk the gods are angry with tliein, and they hold a consul til.ion whether she shall he allowed to live or not. It she is, when she arrives at the age of 4 years they hold another consultation whether she shall he a hound-footed or a large footed woman, ff she is chosen to he a bound-footed she is not permitted to do anything, hut if otherwise sheis to he the family's slu?'e. I have seen a woman with four ehddren s<r '}>|>ed to her hack ami rowing a hout, while her hushand laid in tiie rah:n smoking his 12:..! . i i. : ? ' -! | M J VTIII* !IUW IHJ CIIWJCC Ul U1C1T husbands; the \oun^ girl is !<! I?y her parents at the highest price they can obtain for her. IShe never sees her husband, nor he her, until after they are married. If he chaoses he can be divofeed 1'rom | her for talking too much; it- he becomes po>r, or gets tired of her, he sells her again. In the coldest i weather the large-footed women are not allowed to wear stockings and cannot dress in anv other colors than black or blue. The manner in ! i'..-J. ni , WII1V.11 UICJ UK*l\t MiCII HJC'l hlliall IS by binding the four toes under the foot, which tliey keep bound up for eleven \ ears, when the foot becomes dead. I have walked | through the streets when the women would brush against my dress bo as to see my feet, so they eonld tell to what clurri I belonged. I would say to them, UI will show you my feet, tint do not pull my clothes as it is rude." When I would expose my feet to them they would exclaim: '"Why have you no real ladies in America?" And #!-. ? r.ti I %??..* 4 1 ? .? # I" --'V .. I 1 ? - -1 I Hi; wiii> *v?ij mat jl luiiiij III SJ K <3 I lie in believe tlisit we h;ul was by telling them that the umm.'n read booKt> iik? sins men. wliii-h utterly astounded thein, us the real Chinese lady id brought up hi the utmost ' ignorance, and they only marry in tlie rich families, ltccau.su they I know and do so little, and need so much waiting upon that it takes u! 1 rick husband to support them. 11 j you ask a Chinese women how j many children she Ims, she will git c I ' you only the number ot bo\s. iSlie J has to lie asked the second time | how man} girlsshe has, as they are j thought so little of that in many /KIQAj till. > J.?I1?1 ?- - - i-aot.l UIU Mlit'Uin 3UIM1 il? UUI IU ' A large:tooted women told me once thut her Hr.st child was a little girl, and nhe described to me how slie loved the little one. "My husj baud went out;'' she said, "and j brought in a tub of water. 1 begl ged him to spare its life, but lie , took the little one and put its head in the water, and held it there until it was dead." Her weeond babe was a daughter, and it was served the same as the tir*t; the third i.child was a boy; he lived until he j was a boat 4 years old, then the gods got angry and killed him; I 11 m \* lin^ikuiul I I w t* ft J UMOVUIIU MIUU UltU UW?f j if L cut anything that is nice and if I wear ^ood clothes, my relatives become an^ry and treat me harshly. 10vei. in our Christian churches ill China, the women are not allowed in the same room with the men, but are partitioned off iu a lattice work-room. ?o? Monkey's Afraid of Snakes. [From Durwiu'ei Decent of Man.] Brchm gives a curious account oi" the insiiuctive dread winch hi* nionkey# exhibited toward miukcn: lui; their eurio>i y was great that they could lint di'Mhl i'n?in Occasionally; satiating their horror, in' h most human iii-Iiion, l>y lilting up the lid ol the box in u tm li t?ju Miak** were kept. 1 wan so much surprised al liis account, that I look * slutted and roiled up hi ?l<? into the monkey* iniii-e at l he Zoological (jul'deli^, umi , the exi iiemeiu thus caused was one ol' tin* most "curious spectacles winch 1 ever beheld. Three Kpecie.* of CYr-' eophitheeu* w-.;re the most alarmed ; I h--y dashed aliout their cages and uttered sharp Mgiml cries of dinger, J which weiv undei>.iood by the oilier | monkeys, A tVw >?unig ui"ii!?-y>j and one old Analus hanoriu alone ! took no notice of thf. snake i then placed the htulfed spcciuirn on the; ground in one ol ihe large com part- i incuts. Alter a time all Hie monkey* ! I collceled round in a ia''ge cirule, and ' glaring intently, prcteuled a u?o*i | . Inil IiMiiii v ;i i iin'ii r;i iii-4> Tlini- Iii./.m mo 1 ? -ii- -"-j " ?? ?-> extremely iii*i*vo-ih; no iliuL when a1 wooden hall, with which they were J familiar as a plaything. was utciuen-j tally moved in the hlraw, under which . it wan partially hidden, tl.ey all in-1 ! stantly started away These inon | keyw l.t'have very ditf rcntly when a . dead fi>h, a mouse, ami some other new olijeetn were placed in their' ea?;cs; lor, though at tirsi frightened, they soon approached, handled audi examined them. I then placed a! | live snake-in n paper hajj, with a > moot h lniiM'lr c.(n-;:'i! .in utic tit I ln< larger compartments. One 'of Tlic, monkeys -immediately approached,! cautiously opened the hay; a liitlc, , peeped in and immediately dashed away. Then I u itnesned what Brehm has de.se i ihed, lor monkey after monkey, with head rained high and turned on one hide, could not resist taking' momentary peeps into the upright' I bag at the dreadful object lying quiet | : at the bottom -It would aim* st up-; 1 j)ear us if moneys had some notion of j j zoological affinities, for those kept by i Urchin exhibited a strange, though 1 mistake!., instinetive dread of innocent lizards and frogs. An orang, ; also, has been known to be much | alarmed at the first sight of a turtle. 1 ! tt.4.1... i j . j.nn. . jr.. jti uMnii'r ihi: man 01 "inu Jvu-Jtviiix Chinee," the New Orleans Ti-nes of Monday. Kill instant, lias the follow-; wi^: of onr coast jila.iiti^rs who ; lias a number of Chinese laborers in : his employ, seeing a disposition on the part of some of the negroes to annoy tin' Orie lals, and ap irehend* i iiiic ii ri'soit by llio latter to the use ot the sharp knive-n which they always wear. eautinned them not to lake the law into their own hands, but in oa*e they were troubled by J any negro to bring the offender be fore him and ho would see that justice. was done Accordingly, one day ihe planter, whilst sitting on his gal-, lory, obsc/ved a procession of the Chinamen coming from the quarters, bearing at their head a dark package. They marched with great deliberation and dignity up 10 the mansion, and laid their burden on the gallery at the feet of the planter. It proved to be a "chunk of a negro," securely | hound as only Chinamen know how ! to tie a parcel of goods The negro j. was scared out . f his seiibos, though entirely unhurt. Laying him quietly down on'I lm irs>ll??fv 11?-? ! ?? nt tiie Chinese, pointing t?> the daik mat**, ^ai?l to the j>IunIei*: 'Ni^guh! too inuv-li! too much tsig^uh!' and then the whole party trotted huok to th"ir work, it was an hour'* hard work to untie tho tVi?hU'iiiid ue^ro, who on iiirt release, very eherrfully ai-led upon the of the plan tor to 'inako himself M-arce.' " Iloft, tlie Berlin malt-extract man, has become in fifteen years a millionaire by extensive advertia in#, lie uss?;ns that In; ha* |>aul to daily ami weekly journals i.; that space of time, the enormous eutn of three milliou thalera, Idleness is Fashionable. h Nothing, perhaps, is more fash- }) j ionnMe thiii) idleness. >r We all agree in theory, at least, p, that the meaning ot lite is foijnil in that little?use; that the happiness ? ot lite is found in work; that to.bti tl idle is tn inisiTiililo. n Ilcre, however we must make a ? distinction. This law is sup posed to tpply only to men. Men must have an occupation. It a ^ man is without one, we at once j begin to suspect he must have some l( evil designs upon society. The K( law adds to the punishment, jjf the t| culprit has 4\no visible means of a support." That alone is a strong n fact against him. ti Not only the law, but public sen- t tirnont demands that every man |,( ahull do something. "lie is an idler," disgraces a man 1 * P I) almost beyond any other statement. 1' Now let us turn to the other' side of the house, In America we have a million young women r< with, ut th-e slightest pretense of ? occupation. They bpeml a portion of their lime in visiting. Miss 01 Ol 1-.. ^ >' ir . .. uianciit; ?^ol*8 in xsuw I OI K, 111 tUo " winter, to spend three months with M| her very tlear friend, JMiss Nellie, ^ who, in turn, comes to spend three C( mouths with Miss l>hmche in the s, summer. This sort of change has w become an immense system, a Blanche and Nellie, with this urrangeuien.t, work of six mouths of s< the year, and adding one or two ui other little affairs.of a similar kind, u tliey till up the residue of .the time J with the dress-maker* piano practice, the theater, working sicklylooking pink dogs iu worsted, lyiu^ in tiie morning, dr?gsin?' three 1 i \\ tunes a Uiiy, and reading a tew uoveld. A tnilliou of voting wo- , men of the better (?) classes, ill * America, are training themselves H ? ?. 11... I... > d Ivi ii?c 1UIUIV 11} IIJVSC IHC'llKMIS. A single yearatf such I.tie would ; iiiive rmaudu vonngiuau. His mind j c would bmiiuc miaU'july, ltin - %vili 1 weak ami vuciilaiiu^f, Ins body soil | j1 and delleate. A<iU a "glove lilting;-! , corset to bis w.itdrobe, ami in a ' lew years ne wuuni oe utterly uutit ' Iwi*'biisband la liter, or citizen, (Jan any cue give us a pliysiolog* kual or metiijiiiyoieal reason why ** ^irls should iiwi stiller the same de- 11 teriuratiou '! Would you like <1 iroot a. piooi tuai they do? Listen to tliy coiiviTftUiio.. of yuung women? 11 cUUcated youug ladies!?Beaux, ( ^ engagements, lovely. Charley, Uou- } ueis, Hails, engaged, Lc.t &cM till umimgliL Walcli them us tlicy pass this r< wiudow. i-i-ies that look like the r< earnest pursuit of any object in ti life? It'so, they certainly won't eaich it. JLoofc at their bare arms ?candle-dips,- jtfo. & tl .No '-right'" ol' women 13 so pre- 'ii ciciH, ' so vital to their welfare, , p present iitiU iuturc, as their light t-o | it Wolfe. tl Kven if a girl had no other ol>jei-t in life than lo get a husband, no investment would |>ay like an 1 c, occupation. It would give her in- jj* dependence and dignity. Alalia- j g ret Fuller aiijs; 11< "liiatilie hand may be given I ^ with dignity, she must must be! able to stand alone."?JJr. Jji& Ijcicis, in Out' Girls. ' ti rI si The Fat or the Land,?it is sta- e ted that a hungry uiun who sits down Q ho lb re u pound of bctd'stee c, tender juicy, an inch thick, and eatn.it) will tiinl upon aualysix tiial 65 pur cent, of this steak is water; that 18 per tent. ci will go to give him an aldcrmanic \\ fleshiness; that 1-i per vent, is assign- vv ed to wtt''M him, and make him feel! jr comfortable on a cold day. Of th I flesh-fbiming inge<;ient#, accordingly lo Dr. I'laylair. every one, on an av- j erage, requires 92 pounds annually to j keep up a proper bodily condition. If; it is not obtained from steak*, then it mu.-t be secured from something else, ii ( heekc is a great flesh former (i>0 peri aJ cent.), and taken with beer, speedily j aj conceals all traces of unsightly : ones, j Two ounce*of flesh-formers per diem j ^ will keep a man alive it' be is not forced to luborj but hard labor requires nix. or ihe body will run short of starch and sugar. and get behind- j S< hand in health :tud strength, in lt'O | m parts of wheat there is 1U pounds of j w flesh, but there is nearly double the | ? amount in the eatne quantity of oat- S(J meal. ^ Mr. Lenox, of New York, the owner of tli? Lenox Library, which A in to !"? ? to th* public after a if few year* i* a r?L*lu*e in bin "hahilH hi and ha* always been exceedingly bi averse to ai'owiu^ anybody to innpect n< liirt bibliographic 1|-cs>ure?. Si'iiu1 y,time ai^o Henry Ward Beecher was anxious to tfain uduiitt*iou to the li ?>r?ry, 10 coi.wuu a rare voiutuu which i riMild only lie Iroiind there. The piTMHi in charge >olil him the admis-14U1 bion vvad impossible, and that the ^ owner could not seen by anybody. | BeechcV, however, desired to take his j card to Mr. Lenox, which was finally j q(1 done. ' Beechcr," said the scholarly LQ hermit, :u. he looked at the card, j "who in this man 7 J have never heanl of him. (iivo liim my compliments, and tell him the li truiy i* not a oj'?Q to visitor?," o( Secret of Happiness.?An Italian 1 isliop who had alrngjiled through Tuny difficulties without repining, hail een mHch opposed without nia"ift>Ht.g impatience, being inked by a end to commijniiate the secret of is being always no happy, replied, rt connsts in a jingle thing, and Imf. in miikintr a rii/ht U.ie of ly eye*." His frjond, in surprise, e<:ged him to explain his meaning. Most willingly," replied the bi*hop. n whatsoever state I am, I first of II look up to heaven, and. remember liat my great business is to get there, then look down upon earth, and call > my mirid how small a space* I shall >on fill in it. I then look abroad in ne world, and see what multitudes re, in all respects, less happy than lyself. And thus I learn where ue happiness is placed, where all 1X7 noi>uy And n ?wl U Ait* lUthi IJ v ?u rr IJIU-W VIIU) mm uun ULlkV yiu9on I ever had to mnrniar, op to e otherwise than thankful And to ve in },bis spirit is to be always bapy" The late Prof. Wm. Gibson used to slate that while going through the 'urd of a hospital with Velpeau, that ! irgeon brought hint to the bedside P two men who were. unJer trcatient for pomo slight fracture. Would you believe it," said Velpeus, these men have made a living for lie hint fifteen years by being fcnockii down and run over. When they ^e a light wagon driven by some ealthy person coming by., they step cross the street, and are sure to be mi over, picked up, and curried to me hospital., and then sue for dam?es. When iheir money beeames xhausted they begin a^ain. Nearly ii.?:.. I i \c-i^ JU'IUO iu VJIUII uuuiua una ucuu rokeu," * ^ m 7o Clean Oil-Cloths.?If you wish > have them Jook new and nice, ash tlieni with soft flannel and ikewami water, and wipe perfect' dry. It you want them to look xtra nice, after thev are wined. ' J 1 ?* row a few spoonfuls of milk over iem, and rub them with a dry loth. Objects of wood, stoneware and oreelain, picture frames, etc., may u made to receive a beautiful ronze by applying, by meaiib of a rush, a thin layer of water-glass ulutiou, and then dusting it over ith a fine bronze powder The xcess of the powder is to be reloved by gently tapping, and the rticle. if of porcelain or stoneware lightly heated. The bronzing jay be polished by means of ail <jate stone, thereby assuming' a eautiiuI effect. Powdered Borax is death to cock caches. We are glad to give our sailers this modicum of iuforma011. To Remove Stains?-To take le stain of any fruit from any fabc. put the garment in a vessel, our boiling water aver it, und let: stxnil till cool, then wash it and | je stain is gone. ? To remove a film from a horse's j r?/* lil.ntr in innilai'tilc U'Ctitlldl' 41 I ) ^ UIU?? J III IIIVMVIUIV If V?iiKV(f M , ?le calomel ii. his eye through a oose-qnil. Care should he taken > keep the horse from getting wet >r three or four days after. ? In cases of kerosine fires, don't *y to extinguish them with water, 'hat will only spread the tire. Iu-! :ead smother the flames with blank ts, woolen clothes, quilts, shawls, I i.~<- i.? .... r wiiaiever uj??jr uc m uunu. ^ Ribbon Renewed.?Wash in | 301 suds made of soap, aud iron hen damp. Cover the ribbou j ith a clean cloth, and pass the ' on over that. If you wish to i itfon tlie ribbon, dip it, while tying. into gum arabic water. Blacking for Ladies' and Chil ren's Shoes.?Take good black j ik, aud mix with dissolved gum j abic. Apply with a brush or j >onge. This give# a beautifully j uw appetrance to morocco shoes; mt have become a little rusty. i To Whiten Staw Hats.? jrupe stick sulphur with a knife, I ix the powder to a mush wiih ater, plaster it thickly over the raw, and place it in the hot sun ] iveral hours; brush of when dry. j n easy and effectual plan. mo Keep Knkes from Itusling.? : ii excellent way to keep knives 1 oil] rusting is to scour tiiem on ft i >ard, crosswise, with some dry ielc, after having wiped them ' jrfectly dry; and put them away ] iihout wiping off the brick dust., < "Mr. Jonc* what makes tho canary jep on one leg?" "I dont't think', ivimdy makes him> my dear; I 1 ink ho does it of his own accord. j j1 11 What word may- bo pronounced, ] tick it hy adding two more letters | it??Quick. , j To euro toothache, 3'ou should hold * cortain root in the hand?tlx? root i the tooth, you know. 1 SCRAPS. ; 'Rossel, the ex-military leader of tho Communists, was formerly a sign painter. When Bismarck was Prussian ambassador in Paris, Julius Favre was his lawyer. Miss Julia Ward Howe has been appointed a justice of the peace in Boston. The Queen r,f "Belo-inm ta the moat nceoroplished equestrienne among tho crowned ladies of the Old World. Even the derided organ-grinder bait bis good points?ne 8UDp)ie& to the pent up poor one of the greatest luxuries ot life?a change of air. All of Marshal Canrobert's valuables, including fob orders, watch,ete., were stolen from* him the ot^er day at Brursells. Special despatches. received at Loudon, report a famine in Pejsia for lack of rain, and thousands of the inhabitants were dying., f Bismarck's new title us Prince is^ ' Seine Durehlatieht, Prinz vba Bismarck-Schoenhauseu." Nearly a million of Ametinarr breech-loaders are now in the hands of European soldiers, and ordera for more arms are. constantly re* ceived in the United States. I . ; "Shot through the heart" is a common expression, yet out of 87,822 cases of gunshot wounds reported during the late war, it is> said that in only four cases the; bullet wounded the heart. The remains of Bishop General' Polk are to be removed from the churchyard of St. I'aul'a, iii Augusta, (3a., where they now lie unmarked, to Louisiana, where a monument will be ereeted over- them.. , In China no virtue- ieunmra&Uy* recognized except duty'tb> paiJ&IWfe. The motive-to avoid' d*itarwje> s*n# wee': hoivor \? that credits may* 8# reflected buck on a man's fattier;* ana this reverence is the basis oif all rasoeet Diiid to the oolitiiifll noou* - k.? r J,_? ers that be. The students at Oxford during: the last term are said fo have beeu' over 7,000?the largest number at the university for ten or twelve years* The usual attendance is something less than 5,000, with aw average of about 300 students ateach of the nineteen colleges. A French chemist assert* tBatiF" tea he ground like coffee before Hot water is |*>ured upon it, it will* yield nearly double the amount of its exhiliratiiu? qualities* Another writer says; If you put a piece of lump sugar, the size of a walnut, into a teapot, you will make the. tea infuse in half the time; rill _ . 1 t.TT! .! ?t . I ne noreu -\tung or ram, a mail named McBryde. who traveled through the country selling lur^e quantities of his quack cure-, all, is dead. lie led a dissipated life, lost several fortunes by gambling and nude several by faro and quackery, lie was a man of generous impulses, but lacked judgment. A horrible outrage by the KuKlux is reported in North Carolina. It was an attempt to intimidate a minister of the Gospel. A negro preacher in Linen u County has received the following anonymous letter: "Keverend and dear Sir? You must either quit preaching or quit stealing hogs. K. K. K. An Eastern newspaper nominates Mr. Gree'ey for next President, on the ground that he could write aH his messages and dispatches. So he could; but if nobody else coivld read them, how. muctt better off should we be. Suicide statistics state that more, men kill themselves tliau women. Women prefer drowning; men blow their brains out. More single persons commit suicide than married ones, and more divorced ^AH.w\II>3 tUnn trw)Aii*/wl ^JCIOUUO lUUU MIUV\aU?. The census exhibits make it appear that the losses of the Southern States by the war amouut toj)l,200,050,000. This U>ss is greatly under the mark. The loss of slave property alone was much in excess of that sum. There wero 1,000,000 of slaves, and they were placed at an average of ?750 each, which would make the Ions in slave property alone ?3,000,000,000. Gen. Sheridan says Von Moltlce is a man of tremendous inherent will, lie moves largo . bodies of men with rare sucoess, and handles them, splendidly, lie carries out his plans as a man. recites sornething thoroughly committed to liemory. The Emperor, too, has a superb judgment. The beauty of he Prussian military mind is its jreat carefulness. It is never hassy gok ill-a4viaod.