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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.