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Cii?--'--i_~_?n2?..? ?? ' .. ? . ' - . 1 . - ...^^=== . . ~^^^^^s====^^^^^SS5g5sg5g=3gS;' BY W. A.. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 9,' 1871. VOLUME XlX?NO. 7. CARRIE KISSED ME. I EY W. L. SHOEMAKER. On a glorious golden day, In the merry month of May, 'Neath a bright cerulean s-ky, Many little maids and I To the wild-wood took our way, And there 'twas Carrie kissed me. In the airy hammock swung. Clear and loud their laughter rung; Lightly ran they down tho lull, Bathed their white feet in the rill, Blitheas birds that o'er, them suug; But none save Carrie kissed me. Carrie, fresh and lily-fair, Charmed me with her winsome air; Toward me, smiling, turned her head, Something in a whisper said ; Back she fltmg her llowing liair. And, bending forward kissed me. Carrie's but a little girl; D.uk her eyes?her teeth like pearl? Lips more red, and sweeter far Than the buds of roses are: Xo crowning kin^?no belted earl Worth envy while she kissed me. Purer than the morning dew "Was that kiss?no guile it knew; Jt was such a kiss of love As tlie flints might give above, So that saini-.'ilte to my view Was Carrie Chen she kissed me. Brighter bloomed the powers of May; Softer llowed (lie wild-birds' kiy; Earth and Eden seemed to be? Full of peace and harmony, All that lung delighted day When the little Carrie kissed me. A MOTHER'S STRUGGLE. A STGIlV OF CITY LIEE. God only knew how how deeply ' ttrw.i. ni/ifKnv hm) fillftplVfK Sill! had riven her heart and httid to one ' j of her own station in life?a hardworking mechanic. That sho loved : her husband above all earthly objects ! was plainly evident, lor ho had been 1 her tirst and only love. She had long been alone in tne world?fatherless, motherless, sisterless, brother less? ! and irow she turned to him, her hus- j band, with all the worship of a passionate soul and sympathetic nature. ' .+5 he yearned for love returned, such 1 as shr had dreamed of. such as she fslt for him; and she had reason to 1 believe that she had found it. One morning, as was his custom, he j loft her for his daily toil. He hud . oyer and ever again printed kisses of 1 ^flection upon her lips, but stiil she ( clung to him, until tears started into J her eves, and ihe exclaimed : "Oh, George, why s it that T can j noe bear this parting? Don't think mc fooJish, but it seems as if I must ' cling to you and weep?weep for 1 very joy, for my heart is .so full. Am J I not too happy ? Will such joy last through life? 1 riayfully the husband patted her 1 cheeks, kissed her lips once more, and left her for his work. As long 1 as possible she watched his retreating : form, and then she turned to her 1 household duties, anil as she did so, tried to sing an-.l smile, but something choked her utterance, and tears 1 would fill l.er eyes in spite of all akc 1 could do. ' Slowly the day dragged on, and the supper hour whs approaching. fThe ' table had been spread with more than ' uiu:.l care, and a dish prowled of which the husband was very fond. * "In ten minutes more he will be here," she murmured; but at that very instant she was startled by the violent ringing of the door bell. She ' knew not why, but her heart bent with great rapidity, as the proceeded 1 to answer the summons. She opened the door, and saw half a dozen men Rt:mdin<r there. Not one at' thein *pok, but they (advanced into tho ? hallway, and from thence into a little parlor, where they deposited a heavy 1 burden they had brought with In. m. 1 She did not shriek or faint, but she appeared even calm under the!1 circumstances; for there was tho out-' j; stretched form of George Avery, her i 1 husband--and lie moved not There j ' could be no mistake, for there were' the very ganmnt* lie had worn in J purling from her that morning. But: 1 the lace was so covered with blooi j 1 that the features could not be diatiu-! 1 guished. ' Even yet, without a word, a murmur, or a sigh, siie proceeded to pro- ' cure water, and with her own hands!' she washed away the gore. Yes, it j1 was her husband's face ; but pale, and ; ] the eyes expressionless; for he was j1 dead. j , ' How did this happen?" she asked, I turning to o c of tlie men. "Poor George fell from the building '' upon which he had been at work,just!1 n* ho was speaking of his homo, and i' of the ending of another week of toil. [ lie never spoke after he struck the j; >> j , (gl I'UMU. * ?A.ne "oor wife did not sink underj Ihis b'loV >Wdi'J 001 CVtMl W?CP 5; but there seemed to n? an unnatural f 'light iu her eyes, and an unaceounta-.; bio culmncs3 about her. 13ve:i beside ; the grave, she did not weep, although ! it was found necessary to support her ' for she could not stand. Aiid now she returned to her deso-' late home, alono, although not long j to remain so; for her child was born, j As she had hoped, it was a buy, and i as she gazed upon it, she whisper- j I "But for this, I could not have ' lived?hut for this, I should hare' beside my husband Bull have a i fiacred duty now to perform. God; help me to be faithful to my charge." I Oue day, alter her usual toil, the; mother sat reading a newspaper ar-1 tide, where the description of a child { having heeu kidnapped, was given. For a few moments her loincl had [been absorbed, and then placing her Miaud against her brow, sho murmur-; I ed : ' Oh, if such a misfortune should happen to me, what should happen to! me, what should I do? Mino is a beautiful boy, unless I am blinded by, a mother's love, and I must guard him with jealous care. Georgic.'j Geonric!" . The little one had boon seated in j the front door, and 011I3* a moment before she had heard his innocent I laugh. But he did not reply to the ! i call of his mother, and springing up, i: she sought him where he had been i sit'ing. ilo was not there. She was ' not especially alarmed, for she sup- < posed that he had only wandered a ] .short distance from -the door, although he wits not in sight, and walking to i the first corner, she felt sure she I should find him. Still, he was no- : where to be seen, and the mother's 1 heart began to beat wildly, the blood l!,.kfniii.. f li 1 icll ll I-* ? i tu fyuisu IIUU ugiiuiui^ i,m i.v. vi iris, and then for n moment she felt a faintness creeping over her. Up :ind down the streets she ran, J1 eailiiig upon the name of her child. | r Her manner was wild in the extreme, i 1 and the deadly pallor of her face gave j her an unearthly appearance, and j i those who saw.her had no doubt hut t they were gazing upon a lunatic. But still, no little George could she]! find: oh, was he lost to her for- ' ever? c Iler manner attracted the atten- f tion of an officer, and, of course, the f tir.-'!- tiling lie thought of was arrest, < believing, as did all others, that the poor woman wi\s thoroughly insane, ! ruid might do harm to herself, and 1 perhaps to others. But in a few broken words she explained the cause jf her nnsual excitement. 1 To give the mother consolation was * impossible; and yet the assurance that c the authorities would institute an instant and thorough search, brought 1< some relief; but it did not, lesson the ntfVvM^o aC Ua m/\f J &111/1 t-O V/l Hiv liiuvuvn . But the night wore on, and from j b rery exhaustion she was compelled to li seek her desolate home. Hut she s jould not rest. Up and down her humble apartment she walked, cvor md arion calling upon her boy; but li no response came, save from the night t wind, which seemed to moan iu sympathy for the mother. Now she s ivould snatch up a toy or a little dres:i u md pressing it to her throbbing c [>rcast and fevered lips, would burst i)to tears; and they were blessed [ Irops, for the)' relieved the heart, j mil it from lm?iiiciny vet. i t Alurning came, and un officer stood j d it her door. She hastened to admit j s iim, and upon his fate s!ie sought to ind the word hope, written.* But it j v vas not there. Indeed, he appeared j a :o be an iil-omcned messenger, who [ t jrought bad news, bat struggled be- j ii ween the breaking of the tiding*, v md the secret which lie held. 1 ' I am calm?very calm," said the c nothcr, in a voice scarce audible. 4I nn prepared for the worst?tell me n ill." ' I fear there is no hope." c "No hope! No hope!" and she re-1 r icated the words slowly ''Yes, there ! s hope?in Heaven. Tell me, is my j I ?-hild dead ?' a "Do you know this dress?-' and ; s uhe officer produced a tiny garment. I she clutched it, and replied: j f ,;Yee. It is the one worn by; v jlcorgio when he disappeared." j a "Then all is over." "Over! Then tell mo how! 0 IV he re is the body? Where did you a ind this dress?" jt 'it was found down by the t "iver." ' "And the btfdy? where is that?" c "Only the dress was found." ; ] "But he wore it. IJow came it | ii 5 ri: pjd from his p M'son?" J r ".\iudatne, it is evident your boy > r; tvandered from his homo to tho | iver's side, and tlmt lie fell into tho I v ivater. You free the dress is badly ! v :orn. In failing, it was eau.-rht upon | m iron spike, and his weight stripped j ^ t from his person; for we found it i [ banking there." ! ? ' And you could not find the body?-': , "No. At the time the accidentia . i i ii.. i:.i. ! must nave occurreu, me uuu \y;ia run-; p ling out strongly, and the corpse j may have floated miles down the ! buy." # 11 'Oh, find him for me?find Georgia J * for me!" and the* poor mother could | *ay no more, for she full fainting into ; J' the arms of the officer, who gently#' placed her upon a couch, and then j a summoned assistance. And the mother did cling to 1' hope. ! l*..-!" nAni. /Jot- elm in wnil- I 4*1 IV 4 VIHJ UllV a ma . ( tiering nj> and down the fashionable ! j streets, peering eagerly into every : i1 carriage, examining the faces of all' children of her boy's age she saw j t at play and gazing into almost every s dwelling window, and still believing s that her child was not drowned, but ;1 had beeu stolen. Several times she : had been coj;elUcrabJy startled, half-, ? Smothered cries had escaped her, and ; the had run with all her speed to i > overtake some vehicle where the had i 1 caught the glimpse of an infant form, t - - " ? - 1 1 - ...I . L.? 1 . 3I?1'C tliau once sne uuu uurttuiuu luo : . attention of the police by her, to them, i strange manner, and some thovo were ! who thought bur insane; but as she h appeared quite harmless, she was not i arrested. And so the days wore 011, and for six weeks she had kept up this fruit- j 1 less search. She iouni that her j savings had become exhausted, and ' it now became necessary for her to j resume her toil. She did so, with a j heart ??s Heavy as lead. One morning her attention was attracted by an advertisement iu a newspaper. A woman was wanted in a wealthy private family to make clothing for a, child. Ilcr heart beat | rapidly as she read it, she knew not why, unless it wris from the fact that the' very mention of children caused her brain to whirl and her eyes to grow dim with tears. But at once she started fur the designated point. She was admitted by a servant into the presence of the mistress, who examined the applicant closely, and then said : "My good woman, I question the propriety of engaging you, for there | is Mjuiuuiiiiji wtiu in juur iiiciiinut# and if I am not greatly mistaken, I have often seen you wandering in this vicinity, with an appearance which indicated lunacy. Are )-ou not in the habit of drinking?" "No murium, nor do I think 1 am iisane. It is true there is a heavy jurden upon my heart, and if you ure x mother, you can sympathize with ne. "What is the causc of your sufferin? r . . 'My child?my only and darling ittic boy?has been stolen from mt\ iTou may have* noticed me in this icighborhood, but 1 was searching for :?im." A deadly pallor had overspread the ich woman's luce, and she hissed hrotigh her teeth : * "Go?I cannot engago you?go. f 3"ou are poor, here is something to elieve }*ou, but quit my house at >nee;" and the lady tossed Mrs. Avery i bank-note, which would havo paid or whole weeks of toil, had she been Migaged. At the instant a child ran into the ipurtmcnt, laughed innocently, and jolding up a toy, exclaimed: ' Mammal mamma!" A piercing shriek burst from the ips of Mrs. Avery; and springing up, ho caught tho iittle one in her arms, xclaiming : ' My God, it is Georgie, my own Dst boy J" The little fellow was, evidently, right.ened at the wild woman, arid legit)ning to cry, he stretched out his lands toward the rich lady, and aid: ' Come, mamma?up?1" By this time the lady had recovered icr calmness, and attempting to take he little one, she said : ' Woman, I know that yon are inane now. Give up that child It is lot yours?don't you seo he is afraid f you." . (,It is my child and no earthly lower shall part us 1" ' Give hirn up, I say, or I will call he police and irive von in charire as a langerous lunatic. (Jive liim up I ay!" 'Never. C;r!l the police, and I, too vi 11 call them." With the bo)* in her rins, she made a dash for the front loor, which ?die opened, and was .bout to dese ud the granite steps, rhen sho met an officer lace to face, 'he rich lady saw hiin too and exlaimcd: "A 1 rest- that woman She is a; lauiae. and would steal my child." j The officer attempted to take the hild," while he said to the poor wort an : "You get away from here, and ifi overeaten you in this neigh noriiooa j gain, I will Jock you up. I have i een you around here before."* 4 But I will not give up this child,! or it is mine," she shrieked, "and the J I'oman stole it from tne. It is mine,' nd I can prove it.' Bv this time as mi<rht have been f J O j xpeeted, a crowd had gathered i r un J. and as they gh aut d some-j hing of the affair tliey demanded ! hat each party should he taken he- j >re a justice, where the merits of the j ase should he dceidid. To this r- j angement the officer consented and j [j a sho"t timo after, the rival | nothers wore at the police court, the i ich worm n'>u< Icod by her husband; nd their friends, while Mrs. A very, ras all alone, unless her God was i ... 7 I .Mil) Iier. The justice listened to tho stor}T of! Irs. Avery, and it was given as it had j oen recorded here, but with, almost j oo much wildncss of manner to pro- ; uco altogether a favorable effect Ieanwhile the child had been kept rom both claimants. "Xow we will listen to you, Mrs. Jradley," said the justice, addressing he rich lady. Calmly she told her story. Her lusband and herself had been absent n Europe for the past three years, ,nd had returned but a few weeks benre. During this absence, her child, ittle William, was born. She was the ui wm.- yji tui5 UIW^L ro9|ii:i:ia>le and wealth}' gentlemen in New fork was herself wealthy, and the flea that she should steal the bmt of iny poor woman, was simply prep onerous The person who had prcented such claims, was evidently inane, and was a dangerous character o be permitted to have her liberty. >hc should be shut up in some ii'Suuc LSj'lum, Other witnesses were examined, ,vho declared that they had frequenty observed Mrs. Avery, that her aeions had always been very singular, md that they had looked upon her as x lunutic. "llow long . is it sincc your child ivas taken from you, Mry. Avery?" isked the justice. "A little over six weeks, sir." "At his a^o he would scarcely have forgotten you yet. 2sow let both these claimants go to him, extend their hands, and aslc him to come. Wo will see to which he will cling." Both women advanced, and extending her bands, Mrs. Avery eaid : "Georgie, come to mamma." The little fellow gazed upon her with something of wonder in his ex pression,and half extended bis hands But Airs. .Bradley instantly exclaimed : "Willie, dear, come to mamma/' The child turned to her stretched out his little hands, was received, and then laid his head upon her bosom, repenting the word: \ t " I M* "iwuuiiuu i iu a in in a i" ' It is enough," said tho justice. "The child belongs to Mrs Bradley, and Mrs. Avery is evidently insane. Remove her, for upon that question wo must have a further hearing." '.Stay," cried the poor woman, "and I will give further proof tliut you are mistaken. Permit me to take the child in my arms for a few m j merits, and I will convince you. During liis weeks abaonco from me, he has almost foryotton his * \ mother, but will soon remember her. 1 pray you, let me take tho boy only for a few moments." "Give her the child." She took tho boy in her arms, arid seated herself. She caresscil him tenderly, spoke a few simple words, such as children are accustomed to, and then said. "ueorgie, bieepy-oy, and sing., The little fellow dropped his head upon the woman's bosom, and commenced a murmoring sound, adding plainly the word, "by-by-by." ' Say, 'stop that,'" repeated tho mother. "Stop a-that," answered tho child. ' Say, Ella/ " ' Ella," came in distinct articulation. "What do yon hear?" asked the mother. "Hark ! hark!" repeated the child With tears standing in -her eyes, Mrs. Avery sprang up, placed the boy in a Beat, caught a bit of paper from tiie table and wrote a few words upon it. This she handed to the justice, who read it, and nodded assent. Then the mother, turning to her boy, Raid : "G-eorgie, mamma is going to pray. "Instantly the boy closed his eyes, and folded his hands across his breast. And the mother repeated, in slow and earnest words: ,iAi_ a\ n.i.f ~r? ii? ~ i "vn. uiou ruuicr ui uiu urpuun, and the widow's .God, protect this mother and her child." There was quite a pause before the littie fellow opened his eyes and un-( folded his hands. Then he extended them to hU mother, and clung to her with all his strength, refusing to he removed, from her. Those words had brought hack recollection, and all was with him as if he had never been separated from that parent. The justice held up the paper, and his utterance was choked, as he said: ' Mrs. Aver)* wroto upon this slip just what the boy would do wh n she poke of prayer. lie done it?the child belongs to her. There were few dry cyos in that court" room, and while tho true mother smiled again with joy, tho kidnappers were thoroughly crushed. They sluuk from the place, and to avoid a further investigation, they left the city, and all traces of them was lost But the wi.oh; fncts of the case afterward transpired. Mrs Bradley had married against her father's; wishes, and that father had sworn I . t ....... 1 .1 ? _?.. ! a uoU-imi oalh that nc wouici uisin- j herit her. After a lime he relented,' hut would not break his oath. And t.o "whip the devil around the stump," lie had made provisiou that the first child should^bave a very large annual income, and at his own death, that i e-.i!d was to receive a splondid for-j tune. But eleven years had passed j since the marriage, and still the woman was without an heir. The husband and wife visited Europe, and .mt.li I K rn.i vnni'o Ilili'irwi* I .. v. V J w. ? . absence they hud sunt word homethat the old gentleman was a grandlather. This was not the case, but one of poverty'< children, of the suit- j able ag", Dad been adopted by th3tn, I and was -to be palmed off as their own. This was necessary, for poverty was staring them in the face, and only tho will of her father would enable them still, to live in affluence. On the passage over from England the child died. It became necessary for them to find another, and on the very day of their rrrival, they had stolen that of Mrs. Avery. This is a strange world, and events biraii^ur uiuu uuj unu^ in ui-uuii uiu occuring every day, all around us. Don't bo too Sensitive. There arc some people, 3*es, many people, always looking out for Blights. They cannot carry on the daily intercourse the family without somo oftcnce is designed. They yro as touchy as hair triggers. If they meet an acquaintance in the street, who happens to be pre-occupied with business, they attribute his abstraction in some mode personal to themselves, and r.niki*niv^ 'i^nv/Iiniflr. Thnv ln\r i?i\v; u.iiun.nv - --"j -**j on others the fault of their irritability. A fit of indigestion makes tlx in seo impertinence in everybody they come in contact with. Innocent persons, who never dreamed of offence, are astonished to find somo unfortunate word, or some momentary taciturnity, mistaken for an insult. To say tho least, the habit is unfortunate. It is far wiser to take the more charitable view of our fellow beings, and not suppose a slight is intended unless the neglect is open and direct. After all, too, life takes its use in a great degree from the color of our mind. If wo are frank and generous, the world treats us kindly. If, on the contrary, we are suspicions, men learn to be cautious to us. Let a porsou get the reputation of being touchy, and everj'body is under more or less restraint; and in this way the chances of an imagnary evil are vastly increased. Standing Treat Iso American custom causes more genuine surprise and .amusement amonsf travelling foreigners than that which is known in our saloons as 'treating'"?consisting ; - ? - o in the entertainment of two or more with refreshments for which one volunteers to pay. It is a pure Americanism; all over the Republic it Is as common as in Europe it is unknown. There is probably no minute of any day in the year when two or three hundred citizens of Chicago are not guzzling something stronger than water at somebody else's expense. The casual meeting of two men who have ever before exchanged a word together is a signal for both instantly to exclaim, "Come let's have something!" and for both to dive down into the nearest subterranean cavity below the sidewalk. The one who spoke first usually insists upon "paying the shot''?the word "shot" being a metaphorical reference to the deadly character of the contents usually taken into the stomach. If two friends meet, the regular thing to say first is, "Let's drink to old times;" and the resident must invariably "treat" the stranger. If a man he well acquainted, it is considered the princely thing to seize upon all his acquaintances as often as possible, take them to a saloon, and give them a complicated standup drink at the bar. If there is anything absurder than this habit, we are unable to put our linger on it. Men do not always "treat" one another to car tickets because they happen to * 1 _ . nr. meet on me same sear, we never saw a man take out his pocketbook on encountering an acquaintance, a ik! say, "Ah, George! Delighted to see you! Do take a few posttge stamps! It's my treat!" Do men have a mania for paying each other's board bills? And is drinking together more "social" than eating together or sleeping together. A traveller may go all over the continent of Europe, of Asia and of Africa, without seeing any man except a Yankee, offer to "treat;" and the Frenchmen are unite social enough, bat when they tarn iuto a cafe to sip their wine or brandied coftce together, each man pays for his own. When two Germans long separated meet, they will be likely to embrace, and' then turn into an adjacent beer cellar, sit down and drink lager and eat bretzels and chat,.but when they part again each man settles his own score independently. So in Italy. The Italians are proverbially-merry and generous but each man pa)s for his own wine, maccaroni and j cigars. They never go into each! other's pocket-book in the sacred name ot'frieudship. They would as soon think of transferring to each other their washerwoman-a bills. Tho preposterous fashion of treating is responsible for the terrible drunkenness in America. There would be as little need of temperance societies and as little work for the GootTTemplars as there is in Germany, France and Italy, if this pernicious or insiduous habit was abulishod. It is, take it all in all, the most ridiculous, the most un reason able, and tho most pestilent custom that ever laid its tyrannical hand on civilized ; human beings.?Chicago Post. ? Horace Greeley's Letter. Washington, May 2D.?Tho following correspondence Las bceu published: Leavenworth, Kansas, April 29, 1871 To Hon. Horace Greeley:? Dear Sir.- { Your many friends in Kansas desin); to have your views in relation to ! your name being brought before tho j ncxt'National Republican Convention i in 18G2, for nomination for President, j Without any disrespect to General ! Grant, we believe no living American j statesmen, lias tho claim of yourself for President. Very respectfully your friend, (Signed.) WAl. LARMORE. .New York Tribune Office, <1 lB71 J.U 11} lOf 1 ? Dear Sir:?I have yours of tho 29tli, asking pointed questions with regard to our political future. I must respond in great haste. I trust never henceforth to be an aspirant for any oftico or political position whatever, but I fully purpose also never to decline any duty or responsibility which my political friends shall seo fit to devolve upon me, and of which I shall be able to fulfill the obligations, without neglecting more imperative duties. 1 have not yet formed a de ciued opinion as to tho man who ou<rht to be our next Republican candidate for President, but it seems to me advisable that ho 'should be a steadfast, constant believer in the AwJ aI/I Will.# /In/it liln A ^ r am a uiu nig uuutnuc kji uuu dential term. j (Signed) HORACE GREELEY. COUNTRY CHILDREN. Little fresh violets, Born in the wikl wood; Sweetly illustrating Innocent childhood; Shy as the antelope? BroWn as a berryFree as the mountain air, Romping and merry. Blue eyes and baznl'eyes Peep from the hedges, Shaded by sun bonnets Frayed at the edges; Up it the apple trees, Heedless of danger, Manhood in embryo Stares at the stranger. Out in the hilly patch, Seeking the berries? Under the orchard tree, Feasting on cherriesTramping the clover blooms Down 'mong the grasses, No voice to hinder them, Dear lads and lasses! No grim propriety?. No interdiction; Free as the birdlinga From city restriction! Coining the purest blood, Strength'ning each muscle, Donning health armor x 'Gainst life's coming bustle I Dear little innocents! Born in the wild wood; Oli f flint oil litflo nnp.d Had such n childhood! Ood'e blue spread over them, God's green beneath them' No sweeter heritage Could we bequeath tbem! ?>? Rules for the Care of Sheep. 1 Keep sheep dry tinder foot with litter. This is even more necessary than rooffing them. Never let them stand or lie in the mud or snow.. Take up lamb bucks early in the summer, keep them up until De/.nn.l.nn 1 ]/-> UM II rr vvlion thdlf L'Cllil'Cl x iviivn ii uvu ?uvj may be turned out. 3. Drop or take out the lowest bars tbat the sheep may enter or leave] a yard, thus saving broken limbs. 4. Count every day. 5. Begin graining with thegreateat care, and use the smallest quantity at tirst. ti. If aeweloseslier lamb, milk her for a few days, and mix a little alum with her salt. 7. Let no hog9 eat with the sheep, by any means in the spring. 8. Give the lambs a little mill feed in the time of weaning. 9. Never frighten sheep if possible to avoid it. 10. Sow rye for weak ones in cold weather, if you can. 11. Separate all wenJc, or thin, or sic!-:, from those strong, in the fall, and give them special care. 12. If anv sheen Is hurt, catch it ? ^ I t at once and wash the wouud, and if it is fly time, apply spirits of turpentine daily, and always wash with somethiug heating. If a lirnb- is broken, bind it with splinters tightly, loosening as the limb s we I is. 13. Keep a number of good bells on the sheep. 14. Do not let the sheep spoil their wool with chaff or burrs. 15. Cut tag-locks early in the spring. 16. For scours, give pulverized alum iu wheat bran; prevent by taking great care in changing green for dry feed. 17 TP AM A In lntvt A nvnmtnA A | i u j.i uuii 10 lauiv?) cAaiuiuu 111c i foot, clean out between the hoofs, I bare the hoof if unsound, and apply tobacco with blue vitriol boiled in a little water. 18. Shear at once any sheep commencing to shed its wool, un| less the weather is too severe, and I save carefully the pelt of any ; sheep that dies. The Port Royal Railroad.? From an article in a recent issue of the Augusta Constitutionalist, we learnt the following to be the present aspect of affairs in regard to the above named enterprise: "The entire length of the line from Port Royal to Augusta is 106 to 110 miles, according to the location of the depot at deep wa'.er. Po..f V I +r\ the Lower 'I liree Runs, is nearly completed?in faet, twenty-nine miles of that part of the road j from lower Three Runs to the city to he built. It is estimated that ^300,000 would be an ample amount to finish the eighty miles, Irom Port Royal up, and the thirty j miles on this end of the line could 1 1 - - 1- ? ' I * A* _ - 1 /% ?-- 4-1-v .. Wk ? 1 1 ! AM UU UUIIL IUI 1USS LliilU KUV UIUUUU. Tho work of dissecting JiulofFs head was so fur completed us to enablo those having it in charge to ascertain tho weight of his brain. The brain weighed fifty nine ounces, being nine and a half or ten ounces heavier than tho averago weight. Tho heaviest braiu ever weighed was that of Cuvier, the French naturalist, which is given by some authorities at sixty-fivo ouncos, j and by some at sixty-four* ounces.! The brain of Daniel Webster (partly, estimated on account of a portion be- j ing destroyed by disease) weighed | sixty-four ouncofl. Tho brain of Dr. j j Abercrotnbie, of Scotland, weighed uixtf-throo ounces, Let in the Sunlight.?Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher,in an article in the Christian Union, on mistakes in our houses, specilies the '-exclusion of sunlight" as one. She says: We wish the importance of admitting the light of the sun, freely, as well as building these early and late tires, could be properly impressed upon our house-keepers. No article of furniture ahonld ever be I 1 . . 1 A - ^ J Drougnt to our nomes too goou or t?u Uiilicate for tiitt sun to see al. day long. His presence should never be excluded, except when so bright as .to be uncomfortable to tho eyes. And a walk in good bright sunlight, so that the eyes are protected by a veil or parasol, when inconveniently intense. A sun-bath is of far more importance in preserving a healthful condition of the body than is generally understood. A suu-bath costs nothing, and that is a misfortune, for people are deluded with the idea that those things only can be good or useful which cost money. But remember that puro water, fresh fresh air, sunlight, and homes kept free from dampness, will secure many from heavy bills of the docJI i ia j tor, ana give yuurueauu uuu vigur which no money can procure. It is a well-established fact that people who live much in the sun are are usually stronger and more healthy than those whose occupations deprive them of sunlight. Gov. Scott at Washington.?-The Washington correspondent of Iho Baltimore American, in his letter of the 26th, says: ' Governor Scott, of Sonth Carolina, - ?- ?i i ?? i i _ who ui'nvuu iici u juebcruujr, nuu u long interview with Preaidont Grant this morning, in which ho said there was no necessity for putting the State undfer martial law, and that there was a good state-of feeling among the better class of citiacns, to put down Ku Klux organizations. . Governor Scott left for JNew York to-night on business conncctcd with South Carolina bonds." ^ The Mobile Register, speaking of George L, Putmau. the newly appointed Mobile' postmaster, says his only qualification for the office is, "lie is odious to the people." That very quality is all that is needed to- get an office in the South at the han.ls of the appointing power. The champion counterfeiter of the day and generation is said to be now in duranct vile in Pittsburg. His admiring friends claim tor him that $50,000 a month was a very small amount of counterfeit mcney for him to dispose of iu his palmy days of liberty. An Arkansas Tvoman named Emily Sarah Lord is reported to have had nine husbands in ten years. Two died with suspicious suddenness, aud three were divorced. What-has become of the rest is not stated. The 11th of Jane has lieen fixed for the triumphal entry of the Germau troops into Berlin. The Emperor Alexander, of Russia, will arrive in Berlin on the 9th ot June, and will witness the ovation. The wife of Stephen 3raall, of Eldora, l'owa, presented hira with twenty-one pounds of boy babies last week. There were three of them and all doing well. The father is sixty-two years old. A bronzo statue of Sir "Walter Scott is to be erected in Central Park by the St. Andrew's Society of jNrew York. Permission was srrauted 011 Wednesday by the Pork Commissioners. Americans will learn with sadness that, owing to the unexpected breaking; out of hall a dozen or I so rebellions at home. Thakamban, the King of the Cannibal Islands, j will be compelled to postpone bis I contemplated visit to the United States for a brief season. Tho most recent insanity is the noektio social. Each lady wears a calico apron, and from the same pieeo and patfern a necktie is made, wbfch is deposited in an envelope, and given to tbo doorkeeper. Each gentle-man, on paying for his adrnissfon, is given ono of these envelopes. He forthwith seeks out tho apron to match his nocktie, and tho lady wearing it is his partner for the evening. That is how the new thing works. A writer to the Scientific American says that "a good absorbent" will r?r otinnra* <*Tlio Knot ease uic ptHn absorbing substance that I have I tried is lean fresh meat. This will i relieve the pniu of a wasp-sting al-! most instantly, and has been recommended for the cure of rattlesnake bites. I have also used it with marked effect in erysipelas." I , -= * SCRAPS. ''' ^ - A now society of planters is being formed in Cuba, to bring Chinese to Havanna. f ' : / Leverrior, the great French rs* trorioruer^ is .hopelessly sick of consumption at Toulon. "Four tons of copper in a masa . have been discovered at Eagle Har* bor, Lake Superior. A Virginian colored'girl lute a' two hundred thousand dollar law suit pending in the courts. ' Over 200 women are now wo?k- t ing farms to their own account in C, the States of Iowa and.Indiana. v "When the Versailliats entered' ? Paris, the women embraced and/' kissed them with great entLuBi*/' asm. Cider has been decided by tfe Massachusetts Legislature not tgr be an intoxicatingTiqnor. J , There is a man at Niagara now who has actually succeeded-ill ; cheating the hackmen there. IT. . The Crown Princes3 Of rnfAaa . is writing and will soon nubliili a book on Female Labor. Wv . It is computed that th&coal | strike has resulted in a loir ill wages to the miners of $9,50m)00. A copy of the first editibl of Darns' roems, published ft:Kil, marnoek in 1786, was sold^/'iittc^ tion in Glasgow recently for ?17. A New York police captain la publicly reportedto have received | a costly set of diamonds, given by . a lot of gamblers and dance aaloorv keepers. | Breed's Island, Boston, connected with the battle, of Banker .Bttjr has been laid out, for residett: ceSf and will soon be populated*-*: v A young Philadelphjan,. threatfened with a breach or promisesttit, says "sue away; contracts mafia .. , on Sunday ain't legal" < '' j> ' ' ' ' ' V' ' ^ ' " At Montreal, oh Thursday A. Lodge and George Sprai&b?= of the editorial staff of tne C^zettav newspaper, were drowned rwhile boating. % ;' ? "William J. Brocke committed suicide by shooting himself in head at Washington, on Friday evening. He was seated bvi* young "lady, to whom be wat afi& anced at the time. At New Orleans, a schenie hay been proposed to "lift" vessels over the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi. The New Orleans Picayune ridicules it, but ttifc St. .Louis Board- of Trade approvef .it. A whole family were poisoned in Louisville- lately, from cream putfs made in a copper vessel, supposed not to have been properly cfeaned of the verdigris thai . accumulates in them when negtaefr. ed. ' ?v*i? ;* !.' ' The war again Ft hoops is renewed this year. With lone dresses*, they are not worn, but Only a bustle, With short walking-dresses a 1 small hoop (sixty-five inches at the base), with a curved back, forming a small bustle, is in order. Two of the moat successful and best paid editors iu New York art woman?Miss Mary L. Booth, of the Bazar, who receives $4,000 a year and Miss Mary E Dodgoy of L. IT J L -V.J Unm. 1*liA Via* * UlB JOJUirm ?/?* itUV * salary of $3,000.' George P. Prentice is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, at Lonisrille. Above his grave i9 a small Greciah canopy, resting on four columns; in the centre is an urn,. and on the top is a lyre with a broken string. The advertisement of a Pennsylvania railroad in December, 1882, read: "The engine, with a train of cars, will be run daily, commencing this day, when the weather is fair. When the weather is not fair, the horses will draw the cars. Passengers are requested to be punctual at the hours of starting. ? The Southern Presbyterian Assembly at Iluntsville, adjourned on the 25th. A new Presbytery was organized in Brazil, South Ameiv ica. The Assembly refused to re cognize tne DapiiBm 01 tne uampbelJite Church. As a lady was looking at a burning building in Brockville, Canada, a few evenings ago, she fancied that she saw a man full through the roof into the flames, and ao greatly was she shocked that she fell to the sidewalk dead. Another skeleton has been added to the painfully interesting collection in the Museum of Pocipeii, And tliprp are now, says a corrcs pondent of the Loudon Athena&uni the remains of six ot the unhappy victims of the eruption wliicii overwhelmed that city.