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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
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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
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.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:
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"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
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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.