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TREASURES. . |
0:ir paths when strewn with roses,
Our .skies when clear nlx>ve, w-,
"Willi many1>iomls tli:u love us
And inauy whom wo lovg,.
Are more than princely treasures
To the youthful or the old ;
The sun and llowors of friendship j
Are better far than gold.
A spirit never eloude l,
Conu-nhd and juisi.se; .
A mind alive to music's
Joyful melodies; - *
Arc worth (Joleonda's diamonds?
Aie mt.re than all Peru?
Give mi- tlu-se rifle.' treasures
And I'll leave the wealth to you.
A heart that weeps with sorrow,
That feels with other's-woes^,
And tlirobs with kindly feeliugs,
Forgiveness to its foes,
Is worth an Kldorado
With mines of wealth untold;
Give me that {rem of Heaven
And you may have the gold.
NkwAi<K, May 10.
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WOULDN'T MARRY A FREACHER.
;
BY ZILMA ZEHLK.
Eleno Adair was a wild, reckless ]'
girl of sixteen, caring for nothing u-or ]
nobody. She had nu mother to give
her kind and loving advice, and tho' '
her linker was a loving jjood man,
lie did not understand the way of j 1
ju^0 Sul-jc-ction the- wild, |
.young iadvhood ; so Elene grew 'up '
an uncultivated and untrained bovver. ! ^
ller old anntsometimes remonstrated.!
but the more she said the worsei ,
Elene seemed to be, so the old lady] *
<lid as Elder Adair did, '-kept her'
'peace;" thinking surely there comos [.
;a time when the "wave of youthful k
fancies of their own accord break on !
contending rocks, and expose the j
deep feeling soul within.
Eleno had her sports; she hunted j
with her dogs and her gun, fished and { *
r:tcpii her horse when tlifi monrJ sniv.txl.'
lier, which was very often. She had j ^
no companion when in .school, for her i
j in tare was not like other children'*, j
Studied wdlj-Ufit tormented bothjf
teachers and scholars to her hearth , 1
content. >
One day in June she had roamed;0
jmd rambled alt day long, and coming "1
gaylv tripping to the hou^v passed j:l
uii into tlio parlor, her dogs, Festus j.
and 1*41111, closely following behind : ;
irer hat in hand hair tailing Joosuly.i |*
back, held bv a comb, and turning
itself into curls at the end, a feverish j v
<rlow on her checks, nil-'combined'' to l<
O ^ 1 ,
make her look liko a gypsy fprite of;
the woods). Oil tho tlnfeshoid cho !'
BUildciiiv halted, for a handsomej V
voun<i stran-jvr conversed with her
O O ^ J
father, who arose and introduced him j .
as Mr. Lester. Excusing himself to ; '
attend to his farm duties, he left |
Elene to entertain him, without one i J*
word as to who lie was. |.
She was pleasant in conversation.^.'
and a good listener, which is bettor!.'
II
than a good talker; so they conversed ,
agreeably for some time, when the i .
church was spoken about, and Mr. i-u
Lester asked (kt something concern-!
* in;; their church i:> Slant^n. 1 ^
'Indeed* sfr, 1 know nothing at r.ll i
.afcaut the church here ; it is a plan? I !
never go to." And she raided horb
dark, restless eyes to his, and her [ {
Jips curved to show the dislike she , n
fdt* " : v- -j It
lie- looked at hor with surpriseior-t t;
a few moments, then said: c
"Exeuso the question, but your 0
fatner is an.'elder,' is be not?" ! s
'Yes, he i.s : but papa is not I, \-ou ' e
?.T>bi know.-; V.
Surprise-'-gate away to pity in his j,
eyes, $0 sec one of her age and sur-; ?
roundings speak with such careless-: t]
liens on such a subject, | v
"Ann may 1 ask. Miss Adair, why ! v
3*oii do not-intend chui\':h?"- ; *i ! t
"Oh,.! dtfn-laslly explain that," slie l,
answered, a little amused by his
inqnisiIivoness-; ^just because 1 never !
could sit stiil long enough to hear a }
sermon, for what stirring creature;];
could sit a whole hour and listen to j
a preacher jumbling together words , f
to tell the late of mankind? and after ; s
ho is to.rough, pof/r old Webster feels i
a terrific , lossj all his overgrown 1 s
words are gone, and these have been 1
tied together by Latin* Greek and j "
Hebrew. And oh, such a coiiglora:J j
eraiion of wisdom ! who could sit and j
drink it into his being] coald. you?"
she asked, looking at him roguishly, j y
Darwin Lester Was sure then that | f
J^Ieno Adair di 1 not know that'he jt
n-Mia flm I'.iivtr tn ?st;iti_ !
tort, unci he answered firmly aud oui-j s
phatk'AJIv? - J/; " -- r
"Yos, f can listen to a sermon." j p
' Can you? Do you go lor your; i
'cwn etiifieation and improvement, or v
because i'thers go ? or do you like j t
to note the iast fashion out ?" i p
' I go to preach the gospel to men," i 1
answered Darwin with emphatic; j
pride. - : ' ! 1
For a moment only was Elcne dis-j \
.concerted: she ^avo him one hurried , r
glance, and the solemn firm news of - ^
his face restored her to herself ii.ud ' '1
sho burst into a rneriy laugh. Dar-; r
win Lester not expect such a turn, 1 t
because he did not yet know her. 1
After laiighing,, she ^nonchalantly ; r
eaid: j~ ; 4 _ v ** it
' lUd I Only looked at" you I might!
htrvo known you were a preacher,jt
V.../-.OIKO vniii' nnsfi is so lorif.''
j? ? r~.v ?
This speech opened his eyes com- i
pletcly to her nature, and the lecture t
lie was framing for her ho never gave I
her. ' t
' I suppose you are the new preach-1 c
cr? ? heard papa Baying something ^
about some one coming. j"
"I am, Miss Adair; and I hope j <
among my old people there .are not 1
,jnany iffee yourself." , > ' i
"I ana. the only one; papa says bo, i
any ho'.v. But, Mr. Lester, let m<
tell you now?do not trouble me
and I'll not .trouble yon; lor of ul
creatures whining preachers are tin
most despisahlo. flow rmrcli 1 ha|i
thorn never lot mc have cause to tell
you. I wish you much you much joy
in your undertaking lure. Come,
FVstus and Paul let us go and feed
the chiekens." And oil' >-hc started
whittling; then she struck into a
Scottish song ?
"Oh whistle and I'll corac to you," my
hid."
A smile crossed the linos about
Darwin Lester's mouth ns her voice
floated back to him. ami he thought
beneath that reckless exterior was u
deep loving heart.
Life had not been all sweetness to
him ; she who should now have been
his honored wife was another's bride,
and the wound in his heart which her
dugtcer of conquest had made was not
yet healed He was called to Stanton
to'jureaeh, and ho and his widowed
mother would make it their home; he
would stay at Elder Adair's until her
coming.
Hearing voice*, he voluntarily arose
and went to the window, and there
>tood Elene d spousing food to sin
irmy o?' poultry, and ta4kin?^ to them
ill the while,' wlieji lier aunt's voice
>ut in>
"Elene, child, did you know the
minister was here?"
"Yes, ma'ilia; I saw him and talked
frith him ; dial, auntie, I can not help
hinking how much ho resembles that
,urk?y there."
Aunt Mary disappeared install tor,
md Ellen, laughing, looked up to the
vindow, and seeing Mr. Lester, only
aid ?
"You, Jo not belit-vc it, do you ?"
On Sunday lie asked her if she I
voilld attend ilinrcli.
lv\f), sir." w:is her candid reply'.
' Jlmv shall you spend the day,
Hiss Adair ?" f '
"You are vciy inquisitive, but. as
ou are a prcaeher, 1 wilt overlook it |
,nd ted I you; in reading, writing,!
.iid having a good time in general,?
aid t>lu', howintj to bitn and leaving
lira alcne*
As time passed on Darwin Lester
nuM "riot *he!p~ admiring tlic tree
;r;u c of' E'enc h<-r honest frankness
nd eccentric originality. lie olio rod
o 1 her in her studies. 8ho at
;i\>t dot-lifted, 1mt, when t-lic consirjred
it. accepted his oiler. This
ro-ght them closer together; and
rhen -Mrs. Lester came and they l
rjok possession of their beautiful cot j
:i^e, ^-.Wiieli Darwin had eon verted j
itoa miniature paradise by his many i
npi ovetnents, he still instrneted f
)lene, and before two years passed |
way he found he had been conjuga- |
inthe verb "Awo.''
In all this time there never was ;i i
loment when he felt lie could tell !
ei' his thon^hts, for even did She j
>v<? him, he knew" she would say j
Xo," and laugh at his fully for a>k)i(
her love. He had sympathy for
liies Standish when Lie said :
'A HiniwlntMncf "NT a Y>r*inf lilnnlr frnm
the mouth of a woman,
["hat I confess I'm afraid of, nor am I
ashamed to confess it."
Up to this time Elenc-'s life had
Ccn a merry play, joy, mischief. and.
he roguish wiles Ot* the actors; hut
ow there came a change. II cr fuller
fell a victim to d-sea ho, mid in a
jw phorf days ])asscd away from
artli. She wandered through her
hi haunts in a dreamy way; nothing 1
eemed to amus* her or arouse her!
ny^ies. Now l>ar.vin Lester felt ,
ourage to tell her, and put his fate
ri her-ktepiug. lie told her of his
youth's love dreain," then of his
nan hood's more perfect love. Il'is
rords stirred chords in her heart
rhich never before had vibrated ; a
brill of joy passed through her being;,
nit she looked calmly into his lace
nu saw:
' You forgot your position in life.
Jarry a minister! 1 thought you
;new my feelings in that direction."
Tiie deep palor tiiat.oyefspivacft. is
iice made lie-r regret her word*, and
be addeU_\vith a smile :
"Certainly you do forgive me for
peaking t>o-frankly,%for raying
'What I ought not to Lave said, yet
now
' can never unsay it."
ti T 1? . A T*1 /V - T l-~ ^ ....
" i iurgive you, lii'.'oe, iur i khuw
our way. Hut consider ir. well heure
you answer so frankly my quesion."
' '
' No, Mr. Lester, I am tired of myelf,
oi everything; tlu-re is nothing
lew, and the old haunts weary me.' 1
hall go to New York, to my uncle;
ii tlie buzz of that groat city life
viil seem to flow faster, and the goal
oward which all arc coining. wi I
oon appear. I ain" wealthy, and
tave wealthy friends, which are great
jassports through life. 1 shall keen
)?y old home lu re to come back to
vlien I have bathed in the Dead Sea
>f my hopes?\\ hieh may never be.
A'c are pot suited to each other,
'hinl; <>f wedding the "dashing cataact
that Hied from rock to ruck lo
he gentle, purling stream!" She
yoked up at him, with one of her
oguish laughs, and said; "Not a
>ad sermonizer, atu I?"
Without answering her question ho
ook both her hands in Lie saying?
"Klene, you aro young, and bmldng
air-castles, and "asking blindly of
lie 1'uLure what it cannot give you,'
>ut when )*ou huve road this iiiRpripion,
Omnia vanit'is, on ev ry portal,
some back; and ere long Elene Adair
.vas whirling in the majlstrom of
NTuw York. She dressed, danced and
:-oquetted to her heart's desire. Before
long she I egan to weary of it:
Lh6 gilding of her contentment was
again wearing off. She kaew then
5 thut she loved Darwin Lester, and
, loved him yet Hot ween her and all
I . her admirers, his dark, pleading gray
s eyes would thrust them wives. His
* i words 4 I'll wait ibr you." were ever i
I : ringing in her ears, but "I'll never go !
' | back," she said ; "I will aoeept Frank j
,' Houghton, and spend my life in trailI
ing velvet robes over marble liali and ,
i velvet carpets."
, j When Frank Houghton eamo again |
! they parted betrothed. The news
spread fast and far. Away in Stan-1
ton they heard flic story of the!
wealthy and handsome man Elene ;
Adair was to marry, and one in that
j town felt a heavier load on his heart
than ever helore.
Almost three years had gone, when j
{on*' day in early sjiririElene Elene
I Adair came back to her old home.
Her health could not endure the labors
of lashiwn, and a canker was in
i her heart. Anger separated her and
Frank Houghton, and as her love for
him was very shallow a slight cause
thrx'W back the glittering soltalro to
the donor, with the words:
"Take lack your bundle, and with
it your unrequited lo?*e.
llni* /I ? ??lr ltiirirtnno /m? Af< c-AAmftfl I
114 V I \4 II I MI1II lll\MI(7 V13 PV'VIIIVU I
the only unchanged featnro in Elene i
so frail and delicate had she become.
Darwin Lester wept over her as lie
folded her in his arms and kissed her |
pale lips. But love euros all diseases j
and in a short time there was a wedding
in Stanton, and the rosy Elene
of old wedded a minister! And her
hushand, looking down into the
depths of her dark, loving eyes, could
not help saying,
' Elene, how much do you hate
preaehers?" A tender hand covered
liis lips, und a pleading "Don't," was
his answer
HOW TO WIN IN 1872.
True Course of the Democracy in the;
Uiir.cnnt Pitit'io nf +1m Pnimtmr rPlir. !
jlicoljju viioxo \Ji tug \J\juui-LJ J U\J
Constitution as it is?A Letter from j
Jolin Quincy Adams.
The following letter from John
Qu.ti'.'.y Adams, late the Demo-1
eratic candidate tor Governor of:
' Massaehusa'.ts, to a citizen of Mis- j
j souri, has been pven to the world \
i through the columns ot the St. !
; ijoins licpublicau:
n.ttx-/-,,. n ic7i
V? I ii> v ) | ;>!?!> U, iUlli
A. Warren Julsey, Esq.:
Dear Sir?1 have the honor to \
acknowledge the receipt of a coin-;
mutiioation from you enclosing two !
extracts from newspapers upon |
which you request my criticism; j
ana I in for from your letter that j
you wished to learn my opinion !
upon the public questions discussed ; ]
in those articles.
You are quite welcome to know
them, if you are willing to accept
them as simply the speculation if
j an individual. I represent nobody, I
and do not boast a follower in the ;
i world; nor do I hnow that my no-j
j tions are. shared by any consideraj
bio portion of any party.
| The people of the United States j
1 feel instinctively that they are go- j
ling wrong, but they are told that it!
will be dangerous to retrace their |
S steps. Tiiey know that the path j
! upon which they have entered is j
j beset with pitfalls; but even a bad
j pass is better than the piecipiee
i The sweet) of reaction is stayed by
tlie dread, of revolution. The policy
of shrewd Democrats, and the
duty of good citizens, is to dispel
| this apprehension, no matter how
foolish it may seem to them.
; Short of honor and good faith, no
; sacrilioe should be deemed severe
: which would sulllce to lay that
j haunting spectre. For that-rear on
j I deplore the halting, hesitating I
; step with which the Democracy is,
! sneaking up to its inevitable posi-1
tion. For this cause I share your,
regret at the studious ambiguity
I which seems to search for a silly:
port through which to dodge its
'destiny. And while I better liketli(?
siiii'it- T cnndiMnn tlif? !
i policy or those who only proclaim-1
! cd their purpose of revolution. |
Such indications of sentiment annoy
me, simply because they prolong
a s'tuation fraught with great J
! danger to the dearest interests of1
lis all. The dominant party can re- j
tain a power which has-grown too:
great for the public welfare only j
by an indctinitt extension of the
moral conditions of the civil war.
The Republican organization can
rally to no cry but a slogan and conquer
under no standard but a spear
That lurty needs strife to insure :ts
success, but good lceling is neces,
sary tor good govern meut.
J No?v, the hostility to the fifth*
teenth amendment is the stock-intrade
of the fomenters of strife;
is it worth gratifying ut the risk of
permanent subjection ? The South
; is galled to-day not by the .presence
! of that amendment to the constitui
tion, but by the utter absence ot
! the constitution itself. They feel
' a Congress which assaults them,
but they iind no constitution to pro
| tect them. .8 it not silly, then, to
: squabble about an amendment
; which would cease to be obnoxious
j il it was not detached from its context?
?
It is quibbing upon a technical?
of law and relinquishing the substance
of liberty. The constitution
was Rtrnrlc- flown hv the* n*.
! sault upon Sumter, and all constitutions
must necessarily fall before
! the lace of the supreme arbitraI
ment of war. It can never be liftj
eel up while war is flagrant. The
i people will never resign the attitude
of hostile vigilance, which is
the real significance ot the present
administration, until they know
tlin' Hit niin /if' tlifjip iviip tq
longer disputed. Then they will
gladly resume the habits which they
love and the good nature which
they repress. What, then, is the
meaning of the grotesque contortions
of those who profess a fondness
for camels and yet strain so
fantastically at this gnat? for the
essence of nil Democracy is equality
?nothing but the equality of all
men before the law?equal and exact
justice to every man, and each
to sliare in the government at' all.
That is the only genuine Democratic
doctrine- lint who dares
face an intelligent people, with that
testimony upon his lips, and denounce
a measure which is too
Democratic for Democrats, only
because the enfranchised are
bhfcks? Surely, the Northern Democracy
should not be forced into
such stupidities by the eonseien
1 _ _ x* x i ri ..*1
lions scrupies 01 ineir oouinern
brethren. Deference is doubtless
due to their constitutional qualms
and yet some lenity towards revolutionary
processes or* amendment
might he reasonably expected from
supporters of secession. If we can
condone the fault, is it too much to
ask paroled prisoners of war to pardon
it ?
No! You have given our cry
"Universal amnesty and universal
suffrage." I would only add, the
constitutional Union of the States.
ror uie oia constitution is just as
good as ever it was, for South as
well as North, in spite of the marks
ol the mailed hand which must remain
upon it for a wurningto those
that come after us. There is nothing
in it now which is not perfectly
compatible with the happiness, welfare
and liberty of allthe
people of .ill States. It is
only the administration that is at
fault, it is the interpretation which
is violent. Do you imagine that
Thomas Jefferson, do you think
that James Aladi^on, would say
their old organic frame permits a
protective tariff or paper money;
authorizes national banks or Presidential
diplomacy; countenances
military tribunals, centralization,
and the crowning and perfect infamy
of the Ku-Klux bill?
It never was the* constitution
which invaded or conquered a State :
it is not the constitution which op
<!.? T*
juu.nmcm uie. oiiin;>. xi was ?>m,
civil ?var. Close the war, and you j
restore 8elf goverume..t to the j:eo- j
]?lt; of the States. If they cannotj
secure their own peace and happi-!
jiess. lot us look around next year, |
not for the next President, but the !
first dictator.
Now. if you or any other in fin j
doubts the soundness of my jndg-j
merit in this matter, all I ask is aj
true . Democratic administration, j
and von shall see it tor yourself.
Yours, very respectfully,
John Q. Adams.
"LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH."
The Place- for Invalids?Interminable j
Swamps.
One of the best places in the'
Rnnth \Tni'tlihru iiur-ili/lo in inn. !
tor, is Aiken, in South Carolina.:,
It is sortie six hundred feet above;!
the sea, in the midst ot the dry, 11
sandy region, and the village i-< in
the pine woods, or the pine woods
in the village, it does not matter,
which. In years past strangers I
have had reason to complain bit-;!
terly of the want of good houses
in which to live or did when thejr
come South for their health.
They do not know how to keep',
hotels in the South. The people
themselves are so hospitable ami
make tliir friends so comfortable, j
that in old times nobody went to aj
hotel if he could help it. Butlj
k > . rt 11*111 f A 1*. >11 il I . .f t .tn .. l-v . 1 il. ? I
am iu ?>ruc4>wu u iuuci auum iutJ ,
hotels, and will not spoil it by bo-!
ginning now.
At Aiken a good house lias been
erected within the last year, well
supplied with all that is needful to
make guests comfortable, terms!
moderate and satisfaction warrante?l.
There i3 no malaria about'
Aiken. That is the groat danger,
in the South Hundreds of miles
by rail you go alftng the Atlantic
coasts, and the trees stand in the
water and out of the water, swamps 1
to the right of you and swamps to j
the left of you, swamps before you
aim swamps wyijiiiu yyu, swamps
everywhere and always; by name
dismal, in fact worse; boundless in !
dreariness, and irremediable by!
drain ; with a capacity incalculable
for the production of fevers and
frogs.
But as God tempers the wind to i
the shorn sheep, so he-adapts the
people to the clime. A traveler
asked a native hereabouts,?
"Is there not a great deal of sick
ncsB in this region?"
"0 no," he answered, "we have
the shakin' ager some, but then we
have a powerful undertow of
health."
Now at Aiken it is dry And sandy
and I'iny, and the invalids find it
sunny and cheery and balmy, and
tlifiv P.i>ir?\r if find tliriro T-Ti<rh
land Park is the name of the new
hotel I speak of^ and speak well
of.
About six miles from the village,'
through the woods, is Montmorenci
where Dr. Jewel, formerly of New
Haven, has opened a nice house
for hoarders, and especially for invalids,
and a more desirable place
spot for rest and recuperation, cannot
be found in the South, I presume.
Capt. Kuckson, an English
gentleman, has bought two
or three thousrnd acres of land
here, and has gone into the oultiviiiion
of crmiif's and manufacture
of wine and brandy. lie employsa
hundred negroes, and these,
with their families, make a large
colored poplation on his estates.
Now and then the hospitable
English -proprietor gives a lunch
to the whole country side, inviting
the strangers nnd residents
from miles around, to spend the
day at his mansion.
A Southern Load of Wood.
r r* 1 1 n n /-i _ c li n* l:
H;oiumoia,^. u., uor. or mc Cincinnati
Commercial.]
I walked out to the east of the city
and having i.o objective point in view,
except to get into the country. In
the suburbs of the city I met a concern
that always attracts the attention
ot a stranger. It was a South
Carolina load of wood. This load of
wood was on a rickctty wagon, the
wheels of which wabbled ai.d bobbed
about over the road in as unsteady a
manner as so man}' drunken men.
The tracks that it made wore fearful
to see. On this wagon was a rack,
and in this rack were four pins, each
about two feet high. They were distant
apart from each other some fourteen
inchcs one way, and four feet the
other. Within these standards gen
tie reader, was tho loud of wood.
Honestly, there was not enough of it
to make one good fire in a fireplace of
even moderate dimensions. One of
the old-fu.'hioned sort would swallow
wagon, wood and all, and then cull
for more. Il.tched to this wagon was
an animal, which, in the better duys
of the .Republic, might have been a
horse. Now it was a portion of a
horse's skin filled with bones. Tho
horse himself (lid not seem to he there.
This bundle of some skin and considerable
bones was hitched to the "wa?j011*'
by means of a cloth-line rope, and
an armful of straw tied into something
that ini^ht puss for a villainous
burlesque on a lmrse-collar, by means
01 a straw eut from the old boot-L'g.
The bridle was made, out of scrap
from thti same boot-leg that hud entered
so largely into t he construction
of the "collar." There wore only
two pieces of' it and the bit. This
last was a big (ami}' affair, and not
having shrunk away with the horse,
it looked, by the side of his vanquished
jaws, like a lightning-rod t wist id
into fantastic shapes. The reins were
on a scale commensurate with the
r.st of the turnout, one of them being
madt: out of what appeared to be
old shoe-strings, and the other of several
articles, starting out with a small
chain next the bit. or twisted lightping
rod, then a short piece of tishimc
line, then a few feet of something
apparently cut from the edge of a
piece of cotton bagging, and ended
with a bit of clothes-line that was
left over from the traces.
The driver and apparent owner of
this turn-out was a tall, thin, lean,
callow, spindle- shanked, leaned-jaw
ed. cadaverous-looking Cuss, who
looked as if he * hud not had a
square meal since 1SG0, and could cat
up the weight of his wood and horse,
if presented in the shape of meat and
bread, at a single .sitting
I looked at this moving panorama
of loverly so intently that the proprietor
thought I wanted to buy, and
brought his animal to a halt. It was
no trouble to do that as the bones in
the dried skin suddenly stopped wuddling
even before the word of command
was fairly out of the driver's
mouth, or there had been tho slightest
jerk on the twisfed lightningrod.
"Do yer want ter buy this 'ere
.1 ' l.?
WU'Hi I iiv a^utu,
What's it worth ?"
"Wall, seeing that I'm in a hurry,
and hits a good bit back home, and
I'm a needin' some money powerfully
bad, I'll just take eighty cents for tho
load"
"Is that the neual pi ico for loads of
that size ?"
'Wall, can't say for ce.fain 'tis or
'taint. Jlit's cheaper 'an ?iost load*
for tho money, for it's bigger. The
price of wood in Columbia depends
upon things; you* know; that is,
sometimes hii'u ncarce, and then agin
a good hit will come'in, air' then you
?ee we can't a I ways understand how
things will work and eome about
concerning of the supply of such
needs uh city people has to contend
with, which is ditto rent from the way
we do in the country about things of
the uort, you know. Uuvo you got
any tobacky ?"
I did not use the weed.
''Wall, talk tip pairt 'bout this 'ere
wood My old na^Vbout to lay down,
and ef I don't bo a movin' on he'll
lay down in hpite of the (level, and
--I. - i. . ? a :? ?.,!
Will 11 1IU gUl?J UUWII 1L LU1VC ?Ul iV
for to get him up, and I've fouud that
the unrest vt&y to understand these
little way this horse does is to keep
Lira on the move, for when he's on
, the movo the fact of the business is,
you see, he can't lay down, for he's all
the time goin' ahead"
I told him I did not care to buy.
his wood, at which he raised a whoop
j behind ins horse that would have
! caused any animal half-way fed to
-I have rnn away, then pushed his wagon
at hi in as a father incentive to get
along, and the* panorama of poverty
1 slowly moved on toward the city.
<?
Feeding Poultry.
Onions rrc said to be an admirablo
food for fowls, or rather adjunct to
the ordinary food. If given regular-1
ly, it is said they will prevent the attacks
of moro more ordinary diseases
of poultry. Meat is said by authorities
to be an essential food for poultry,
especially in the winter, when
they eannot get the worms they pick
up in the summer. Others, again,
main aiti that the habit of giving
meat to poultry is productive of
grave cvns?mo cause 01 many 011
the worst forms ot' disease which |
affects them. By those authorities
it is called an unnatural food, i'rias^
much as the digestive organs of the
birds are r.ot fitted to assimilate it.
There must, we think, be. some mis-1
tako in all this; for we know of a
surety that fowls-do eat, when they
can get it, and entirely of their own
accord, an cnormona quantity of animal
food Here it is not cooked;
the game found in nature's garden is
raw. If meat is an unnatural for
poultry, they certainly have a most
unnatural appetite for it. Throw in
one lump of meat amongst a lot of
fowls; if not litterally a bone of contention,
it is something vastly like it,
so eager are all to get a grap at it.
Wo believo the habit of giving much
food in a short space of time to poultry
is a bad one. Il you notice their
habits, you will see that the process
of picking up their food u^der the
ordinary, or what we call the natural
condition, is a very slow one. Grain
by grain does the meal get taken, and
with the aggregate no small amount
of sand, small pepblcs, and the like,
nil nT tinkiiK *-\n uu! ii ** ia-it/% ilia Mtrtn
IUii ui >> 1 iiv-11 ?*?? nnu viiv vi v>J^j I
! assist digestion greatly. But in the I
j "hen" mode of feeding poultry, a
| great heap is thrown down, and the !
, birds allowed to "peg away at such a
rate that their crop is filled far too
! rapidly, and tho process of assimilation
is slow, painful and incomplete
No wonder that so many cases of
choked are met with under this treatment.
How we go to Sleep.
The immediate antecedents of
1 sloop?a lauguor, a sensation of weight
i in the upper eye-lids, partial tempof
rary relaxation of certain must-let*,
as shown by the nodding aiu-l dropping
i of the head upon the breast, compar|
alivo obtuseness to external imprees|
ions, yawning, etc., call for no special
i remark. Tbe order in which the
! muscles lose their power ia, however,
j deserving of a passing notice. The
: rnuseles winch move the arms and
; legs usually becvnie relaxed before
: thoso whiih support the head, and
the latter before those which maintain
the body in an erect position.
There are, however, many exceptions j
to this rule, ua may be seen in achurch I
fin >1 lifit ^11 twl n t* ii* K an umviii a!' 1 ka !
\j ii it u\/v uununj , >? liCii cuuit v/j. me |
congregation are almost certain to be
Keen with their chins quietly resting
on their chests, but yet quietly graspi
ir.g their prayer-books. Moreover,
; in relation to the special senses, that
| of Bight is first lost, the closing of
I the eye-lids setting up a barrier be|
tween the retina and the external
world; but, independently of the
| eyelids?if they have been removed
! by the surgeon, or cannot be closed
through disease?tho light js 'still the
first sense whose sense is abolished.
Some animals, as the hare do not shut
their eyes when asleep ; and in cases
of somnambulism, their eyes remain
| open although the sense of sight is
i temporarily lost. The other senses,
as l>r. Hammond tells us, are not altogether
abolished, but their acute
ncss is much lessened, Tasto is first
to disappear, and then smell; bearing
J follows; and touch is tlio most per1
sistcnt of the senses. So, conversely
a person is most easily awakened by
touch; next in order by sound, and
! then by smell.
j Remedy for Cancer.?A Wash|
ingioti correspondent of the Balti-'
| more Gazette says: Some months
ago Col Capron, Commissioner of
Agriculture, received from Ecaudor
a package of roots ami bark shrub or
, tree, culled "cundcrango," which is
tounu growing in aounuance in rxau.
dsi, arid, it is believed, in other South
American States. Cunderango was
represented as a Hpecifio i'or that
heretofore supposed to be incurablu
and m deadly disease, cancer. The
: Commissioner distributed this plant
among our leading medical professors
and physiciand, One of these
has beeu applying cunderango with
extraordinary and unlooked-for stic,
cess, and in twenty days has almost
: entirely cured the mother of VicePresident
Colfax and other patieuts
: who are ufllicthd with Cancer.
i ~ ~ ?
The >>avannan Advertiser.say8: ict.
Rev. Ignatius Persisco, Catholic Bishop
of thm Diocese, has already received
*12,105,31, proceeds of the recent
fair, held in this city, for purp>:so
of raising funds for the building
of a Cathedral. This is by far the
largest sum ever raised in this city at
ny one tioio by a fair.
The Ethics of Dress.
Imprimis* The first instinct about a
new fashion is a true one. Don't
wait till yonr eye has lost its accuracy
and your judgment its edge. Subject
the thing at once to its general rule, .
.and bow to the decision.
2d. What suits one person docs not
suit another. Know thyself.
3d Dress should supplement- good
points and correct bad ones. Thick
and thin, long and short, are not all
to be subjected to one Procustean
stylo.
4th. Colors should be harmOnioiis,
should be massed?should be becoming
Id est. many little points or
blotches of color sprinkled over a
costume produce a disagreeably pied
and speckled effect, as of a monstrous
robin's ejjg, or a plump pudding.
One tint should prevail, relieved by a
contrasting tint. No amount of fashionablo
prestige can make an unbecoming
color becoming. "Nile green"
will turn some people in to oranges..
though twenty impresses ordain its
adoption
5tli. Lines should bo continuous,
graceful and feminine. It is
better to look like a woman (if you
happen to be one) than like anything
else?even a fashion pla'e!
6th. Ornaments must be subordinate.
Nature, with all here profusion
never forgets fundamental law.
7th. Above all. things, be neat.
Dainty precision and frcsliueso is essential
to a woman as a flower.
8th. Individuality is the rarest and
cheapest thing in the world,
6th, and lastly. "Stylish" is of all
the words in the English languago
the most deadly. It has slain its
thousands.?Home Society in Scribner's
for Jone,
o>? ...
Vices of Genius.
Coleridgo was such a slave to liquor
that he had to bo kept an unwilling
prisoner by Christopher North on an
occasion when some literary performances
had to be complete by a certain
time; and on that very day, without
taking leave of any member of
the family, he ran at full speed down
| the avenue to Elleray and was soon
hidden, not in the proves of the val
ley, but in some obscure den, where,
drinking among low companions, bis
magnigcent mind was soon brought
to a level of the vile. When hii spree
was over, he would return to the society
of good men.
lie Quincy was Buch a slave to the
use of opium that his daily allowance
was of more importance than eating
An ounce of laudanum a day* prostrated
animal life during the forenoon.
It was no unfreqnent fight to find
him asleep on the rug before the
fire in his own room, his head on a
book, and his arms crossed on his
1 ATt,i.:, 4. /?. ii..
I uicuob. it iicu 1111 tisrjjor iruui mu
I opium had passed away, he was ready
j for company until about da.ylight.
In order to show him off, his friends
had to arrange their supper parties
eo that, sitting until three or four in
the afternoon, he might be brought
to that point at which, in charm and
power of conversation, ho wz*s so truly
wonderful.
Burns was not less a drunkard than
Coleridge. It was a weakness of
Charles Lamb. And who can but
remember the last days of Poe without
repressive regret? He was on
his way to Baltimore, and was found
by a gentleman who knew him. in a
state of beastly intoxication, uneon- 1
scious as a log, and died that night in
the raving of delirium tremens!
Douglass Jerrold was a devotee of :
ein; so also was Bvron. Steele, the
Brilliant author of the Christian Hero,
was a beastly drunkard. Men wrote
of him that he would dress himself,
kiss his wife and children, tell them
about his pressing engagements, heel
it over to a groggery under tho "store"
and have a revel with his bottle-cornpanioos.
A Nashville woman is advertising
for tho whereabouts of twenty-four
of her children. She knows where
tho other three aro.
The Chnrchmon informs its readers
that Mr Bcecher's views of the Lord's
Supper "are a complete bar to any
Christian union with him in such a
service."
An estate in Germany, valued at
81,500,000, is said to be seeking, as
one of the heirs, Freduric William
Keyser, who served as a Union eol
uier auring our war,-ana who, when
last heard from, was a paroled prisoner,
lying seriously ill at Willington,
N. C.
A "Western paper says: Wild Bill,
the loyal, who was killed by Indians i
in 1869, and lynched by the Ku Klux !
last fall, and shot dead in a quarrel at j
Christmas, is marohal of tho town of ]
Abilono, Kansas. i
"Black Eyes" Repaired.?A New
York artist has opened an establish- ,
_ _ a. _ 1 J .
luenc w 11cre -uiul-h vo iwc muuu ^
naturaHn five minutes." Ho does a ,
rushing business every Monday morn- (
iiiif, when tbo bummers esceped from
the Tombs.
The Now York Shir has purchased
the Democrat, formerly "Brick" Ponicroy's
organ, and its lust number was
issued on Saturday. Mr. Lamlert,
.who has conductJtl the Democrat with <
decided ability, retires from the field
4 ^ Mt??49UM
^
. SCRAPS.
Deaf and Dumb Clerks are said to
be on trial in some of the departments
in Washington.
Nilsson is to favor the San Fran- N
ci6caus with opera as well as concerts.
Randolfi supplies Verger's placo in
her troupe. v
The New Yo?-k ladies wear their
parasols sword fashion, at their sides,
wnen not in use?a killing military
style.
Queen Victoria is said to have settled
her favorite estate of Balmoral
upon the Princess Louis.
This wjck, Mr. Bowen, of feouth
Carolina, has a little engagemont in
W-ushington, to be tried for . bigamy.
Many of the young men in Paris
with boardlesa, blooming laces, have .
taken to female apparel to avoid %tho
conscript law of the Commune. # f.'
The Presbyterian General Assemqly,
now in session at Chicago, adopt- A
ed resolutions of fraternal greeting, ?
and transmitted them to the Baptist
Abbumuiy, in session at St. .Louis. jfe
The Courier-Journal, in view of tlie
report that Worth, the man millinp,
is coming to this couutry, hopes ttiat
Congress will not abolish the i?u Klux
before ho gets hero.
It has been said that an inch is ft
cood deal in the length of n. TrmnV
nose, but ft Milwaukee prodigy (is
noied, who could spare an inch fromhis
and still have four inches leftA
Bostonian, who did -Mount
Washington on foot last year, h&s in
formed the Transcript tha; he got aft
ravenous as a raven among,the ravines,
and sat down in one of the
gorgeous gorges and gorged (himself.
It was Ifadame de Stael whp re*
marked of a conceited acquaintance:
., TTT ? r : I ? " 1
"YY nencvcr 1 Bee Dim, i ieei tne same
pleasure that I receive from lookipg
at a fond couple?ho and his self lpvo
live so happily together." *
The Danbury News tell* a story of
a new boy in one of the RtdgenelA
Sunday Schools, who, being- asked
who made the beautiful hills about
them, replied that ho did not know,
as bis parents only moved into town
the Friday before.
A gentleman in New England -recently
made a dying request that a
j ^ t i J t? ? *
jrmuu biiuuiu uu a pan oearer,' out
the friend almost at the name moment
died and his funeral took placo
the same day. .
At Union, Monroe County, "West
Virginia, on Friday, 19th instant,
William Johnson, colored, was executed
for the murder of George Hi Hunter,
on October 24, 1870.
" "Whiskey is your greatest enemy."
"But," said Mr. Jones, "don't tho
Bible say, Mr. Preacher, that wei are
to love our enemies?" "Oh, yes,
Jones, hut it don't say we are to
swallow them."
The first through train from New
Orleans, over the Alabama and Chattanooga
Railroad, reaehcd Chattanooga
Wednesday night, making tho
run in twenty-six hours and ten minutes.
As four or five darkies were passing
an agricultural implement store
on Third street, the other day, one of
them gointing to a cultivator, said:
l,A man c-anjistsit on dat thing and
ride while he's ploughing."
r\ ? ?
vne 01 our soutnern editors headed
a leader the other day C,A Cut and
Dried Affair," and when he came to
rga J it the next morning his piety
\va9 not the least increased by reading,
"A Cat and Dried Apple."
A live anaconda, six feet long and
nine inches in circumference in the
largest part of his body, has just arrived
in Northampton, Mass*, from
Brazil, in response to a request for au
anaconda skin wherewith to construct
a pair of boots.
Patrick Fitzgerald undertook to
climb into the house of one Corb'n.
bis brother-in-law, at Detroit, on Wednesday,
and, while endeavoring toforce
bis entranee through a window,
he was shot by Mrs. Corbin. He
will probably die from the effects of
the wound.
The Horry News estimates $60,000
worth of crude turpentine is sold annually
in that county, in seven months
of each yeur, and also states that timber
is also in good demand, and bringing
good cash prices, both in that and
Georgetown market.
A turtle mailed from DeKalb,
crawled out of his package at Omaha,
much to the discomfiture of the postoffice
clerk. The ftiuny man of tho
sterling tfazetto says if Undo Sam is
going into business of carrying live
packages, wo have a small purp of
the Fifteenth Amendment stripe to
send.
A company has been organized for
constructing a large tunnel under the
river from Detroit to Wiudsor, for connecting
the Michigan Central and
Great Western Railways. The work
is to be completed in two years, at pa
expense of. $5 000.000. It is to bo
wide enoiigh for a double track, Tho
distance will be over a mile.
Several of the priests confined by
the Commune in the Pan's prisons
have di?Ml from the eflectsof tho exceptional
oruelty and harshness with
mtkink t KA*r Ka?*a i-. - J ?
>Viiiwi i/wcjr UUV? UVUU UCJUCU Uy
their brutal jailors.