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' . : ... V - . '>J.r 2t +* '< '' ?" r'-'y- ^.--V ' V..S - v*3 , c = I ! ' I I - I. ... I I ijL , - ILLI i'.llJ 1LLU 1 LLI?J J I II P 5 ? -t'~- ' ~ - " ^| ^ ^ ^ ^ v; ^ ^ * ' 1; .? % . ' . . . ''',7".. ". " * * ' M,? ^ I . I . ? . BY W. A.LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. ,S. THURSDAY. JULY 27. 1871. V YOLUME XlX^tam - > - = ' . v .v ' ._? - . r . Hoe Your Own Roe. I think there are some maxims Under the sun Scarce worth preservation; lint here, boys, is one So sound and so simple, 'Tis worth while to know; And all in the siugle line, "Hoe your own row!" If you want to have riches, And want to hav? friends*. Don't trample the nieans down, And look for the'euds; But always remember, Wherever you go, The wisdom of-practising "Hoe your own row!" ' q - ?>- <, Don't ju*t sit and pray For increase of your store, But work-; who helps himself Heaven helps more. The weeds, while you're sleeping1, Will come up and grow; But if you would have the Full ear, you must hoe! Nor will it do only ToJiofe out the weeds; You must make the ground mellow, And put in the seeds. And when the young blade Passes through, you must know There's nothing will strengthen Tta ffpnwtli lil'P thA llfu* There's no use of saying, "What will be will be." Once try it, my lack-brain, > And sea what you'll see! Why, just small potatoes, And few in a row ; You'd better take hold then, And honestly hoc! A good many workers ' ?. I've Known In my -timc? Some builders of houses, Some builders of rhyme; And they that were prospered Were prospered, I know, By the intent and meaning of "Hoe your own row !" I've known too, a good many * * Idlers who said,' "I've a right to my living; The wurld owes hie bread." BERTHA'S LEGACY. *** r# '' -* *s V* It was a nighf in the month of January, cold, dark, and wet. The wind blew in fitful gusts, and the rain and sleet fell iti torrents. Cabs were flying in all directions, and straggling groups of men and women, homeward bound after their day's labor, hurried along the deserted streets. The.. Jjour^var$s,; squares, and pu bTic^thoK) ugh lares of Paris; free from Mongers and' promenaders, wore an a9j>ect of desolation that boded ill to the homeless poor. In contrast to the inclemency out-of-doors, many happy families gathered closer around their glowing hearths, enjoying their comforts all the more that they were'secure]v sheltered against the fury of the waring element?. In the drawing-room of a splendid hotel, situated in a quiet quarter iii the neighborhood of the Chaussec d'Alitin," such a family was assembled. A great lire shone aud crackled in the chimney; gilt-bronze lamps, encrusted with enamels, shed a soft light throughout the apartment; a rich Gobelin carpet covered the center of the bright-polished floor; and the elegant furniture and costly ornaments, artistically arranged were so many convincing proofs oi good (aste and ample means. M. Oonstautin, in fact, was exceedingly rich, and proud, because he was the artificer of his, own fortune. Upright and cautious in all his dealings, he, af;er many years of successful operations, skillfull}' accom> ]?lished, found himself at the head of one of the largest banking-coucernfc in Paris, recognized as a sure guide in investments, and a compe tent authority in all things pertaining to finance. On the evening in question, M- Oonstautin was in excellent spirits. During the day the balauce-sheet showing the result.ol the previous years operations wa.? r> Kni n t llicncui^u 11IIU) iiiv ,|.'i v^ui>] uviii^ larger than oilman}* former occasion so that he was thoroughly disposed to jndulgo in the good-humoi . of a prosperous and self-satisllec man. Reclining in his easy chair ' he was surrounded by his romping children, \vJio listened to his am us ing stories, which they frequently interrupted with their merry peal of laugntcr. At tnis njoment, outside, a vcr different scene was to'be witnessed A lonely woman stood motionles before the door, the umbrella ove her head protecting her but'slight * fro&L* the^rain .which- streame< ^b^&lflress^orming^a' pool of wn * tor* at her feet. After some min ntes' hesitation, she mustered com age and knocked at tho door at th door with a trembling hand. J . servant! opened it,'and requesting Ueito be;se|ted- iri'the antecham * De^ informed her master that a \vc man wanted to see him on urgeu business.* . j'A woman ? "What woman What does she want?" asked tli banker. "She did not seem willing to te lier name, but looks respeetabi antl has come all the way from I jUhapelie .tosee you." jtfTroin La Cjapelle, sacl^ -Uw 3? f k ! I !! ? night as tliis? Poor woman!" sai Madam Coustantin, "Has she carriage ?" "Oh no, ma'ame," replied th eerrant: "she has come on fool and isdrenchcd to the skin." "Toll her to call at my place o business to-morrow," said the an noyed banker. I cannot possibl, be disturbed at home." On observing an expression o - - - ? /! . _ I interest ana compassion nit acros the face-of his eldest daughter Bertha, who was in delicate healtl he changed his mind, "and went t< see what his visitor wanted. After an absence of ten minutes he returned, visibly out of temper muttering something about the irn pertinence of intruders. Ou being asked by his wife what she wauted, he said: "Oh, the husband of this Madan Renaud is a bookseller, I believe he has been foolish enough t( stand surety for his brother, wh< owes me a few hundred franca, an< is consequently embarrassed. Shi pretends that Renaud is in ba< health, and cannot just now rcfum the amount, but wants ments to ac cept it by installments, which pro posal I, of course, refused for one moment to entertain. I suppose she wastrjing to work upon mj feelings when 6he told me tha Renaud was threatened with con sumption, that 6hc had a smal family to bring up, and that time: were hard, and so forth."' "You could not then grant hei the favor she asked?" chimed hi: infer ? "By no means. It would be on tirely contrary to the rules of busi ness to which I mean to adhere But do not let us trouble ourse!ve< ab^ut the matter. Those peoph whot#re alwavs trying; to impost upoh - the credulous, and general!^ pay when hard pusfied.-^HDojjni; along, Bertha, give us a tune upon the piano to change the subject.? What a stormy nj&ht this is. Bertha sat down at her father's desire, but while her back was turned to him an expression of sor row clotidod for a moment her pale face, and a tear fell upon the musicsheet in her hand. In her guileless simplicity she pitied the pooi mother who had pleaded in vain lot her sick husbaud and helpless off spring- , The charming Bertha sang in a low, sweet voice, full of expression, her father's favorite songs, accompanying herself on the piano, and, l?im /v 1???? u'/vnhi/) r*r\t\A i csiu i Li I in iv; 1110 n viu^u humor. lie was proud of his accomplished child, and anxiously hoped thai with the approach of 6pring hci health would I>e reestablished. Poor Madam Renaud, on quiting the hotel, rapidly wandered her way home through the storm, witl a heavy' heart, insensible both tc cold and rain. Resigning themselves to their loi the Renauds witnessed their stock of books sold oil' at one-fourth o; their value, the proceeds beinc barely sufficient to pay the rem falling due, and settle M. Coustan tin's claim. .Stripped of everything they pos sessed, saving a bed, a table, and i ' few chairs, they moved to au acttii I in a wretched locality, and minglei with the poorest of the poor.. * er ' tile in resources, like many othe 1 French-women, Madam Kenauc girt up her loins, for tho struggh with want and misery. Being i skillful needle-woman, she sough ' work diligently, and found it, ant 1 thought nothing of traveling al l ? -p : over Pans in quest of it. r ron 1} dawn till dusk, she was neve idle, laboring in season and cut o season without murmur or com 1 plaint, knowing that the lives o of those near and dear to her de p peuded on her efforts alone. Onth ' miserable pittance so earned, th family were scarcely provided witl > the bare necessaries of life. B( ' continually imposing privation \' upon herself, her conicly face g^ ' pinched and wan, until she wa * scarcely recognizable. But th ' courageous woman's heart neve ' fainted, and in the faithful dis * charge of her duty she found he best reward. To her husband, i s the day of his prostration and a: .a: _i_ _ _ _ ? , uii'iiuii, biiu was u UM\ui c f strength; and her children rose u " before her and called her blest 94 ed. , Rummer came again,,laden wit ^ fresh pleasures and beauties ,'t J, gladden tlie heart of man.. Th j.j bright sunshine, the green field: J the fragrant lowers, the hum ( J bees, the songs of birds, the blea ^ ing of sheep, and the bellowing ( ? kine, were positive sources of 01 = joyroent, ?delightful forms an ( sounds, grateful to .eye and ear. ,t On the bankt? of the Marne stoc a fine old cliatcau, surrounded wit ? i spacious walks and stately trees, 1 :e I winen jvi. uonstanuu imu miuuvc I liis daughter Uerfhti, in hopes tin 11} the change of air and scenei e> I would ward oft' the .fatal discai ,a | that was undermining her strengl I from day to day. a ?ller cough increase I iu iutensii . ? t V aJ < %$ *r , i | J. ^ ? in "i 1 isa???i (1 with her weakness through the a long summer and autumn months, and M. (Jonstautih despaired of his e darling's life. Human skill and I wealth were powerless to arrest the j march of the grim destroyer, and the if: sweet resignation of the suffering - maiden was painful to behold, y To escape the early chills* of winter, the family proceeded to f Nice, hoping against hope tliat s Bertha's health might be restored. A hectic flush occasionally suffused 1 her pale face, as she looked upon 3 the magnificence of Nature?the fertile valleys, the hoary mountains, i, the waxing farest, the sounding , sea. Iler eye of preternatural brightness looked as if kindled with the , light of a purer life, while her uncomplaining gentleness would have l touched a heart of stone. Iler ; heart-broken parents now bent > over her night and day, smoothing ) her pillow, and comforting her in I her last hours. e "Father," she said, "do yon rc1 member the poor woman who 1 ' ! *-l- i' 1 i 60ugnt 3'ou mat stormy niguc, huh - pleaded for her husband and chil dren ?" i 4,I do, Bertha." 21 "Please give her the hundred;' franc note that I got from Uncle t Eugene on my last fete-day, wliieh - yon will find in iny work box." I UI will my child." 5' In the early dawn of the morn| ing, she'said: r'i "Father, mother, embrace me. 3 I caunot see you. 1 feel we shall j nor be long together; but we shall - j meet again.". j A tew minutes afterward she ,'i breathed heir last, and her spirit ot i! innocence and purity winged its i flight to the realms of peace. } ..The"iron had now entered into r| the soul of the pj'psgerous banker, 5 andii^fer once realizec.lf.the frailty i of humati nature and the vanity of - j worldly hopes and desires, A link was wanting in the family chain, ?. and Bertha's'vacant chair was a 51 perpetual sourvenir. of their loss. [The father's face assumed a cares j worn look, and the mother's an ex . i pression or sadness. . 1 ears alterr ward, when resigned tf> their ; bereavement, they lookedbsick with ; tender interest to the sweetness of Bertha's life, and fondly dwelt I upon the qualities that made her i! memory fragrant. , j In midwinter, M, Constantin, 111 ! deep mourning; was wending his : way toward La Champelle Saint 1 Denis, in quest of the Kenauds. j Their shop was occupied hy a wine : merchant, who knew nothing about t! A grocer in the neighborhood in ! formed him that they were most j respectable people, and had been rt brought to misery through the hard | heartcdness of an exacting creditor l j After much searching, he .finally >; discovered their address, and recognized Madam Remind 011 the stair k case before him, sadly altered' how - pvpr sinoft *11 r* tirst snw bnr TTo f followed her up six stairs to a narj row attic and listened in the doort way. A racking couch soon told - what the matter was with the occupant ot the bed. "The lady I sewed so much for i; has not paid me,-and tells me to 2 call next week: "What we must do, 1 God only knows. I have neither - Jire nor tood. r And her children cried for I j bread, while she had none to 3 J give .them. ' A tear rolled down i | the bankers cheeks, and he turnt ed on his heel and rapidly de] cended the staircase. 1 On reaching the street, lie proi ceedec to a restaurant, and orderr ed a savory dinner to be sent up f to the Kenauds. Shortly ar'ter ward, a smart boy, carrying a f [ heavy basketful, went whistling !-! up the same staircase, and knockI , ' e ed at their door. e Words cannot depict the asli tonishment of the forlorn family y on receiving this unexpected aups: ply, nor the happiness that reiguv ! ed lli.it. ni<rlir in tl.es iiiismvihla s garret. e; When they hail finished their v repast, and were still speculating >- about it, M. Gonstaintin walked :r in, and explained the motives of n ! his visit. Bertha's legacy, with f- j something added to it, he placed >f|in Madam Renaud's handy, while p i to the poor broken-down book;*! seller he presented a check on I the Bank of France for ten li I thousand francs, telling him he o ; wag to accent it as a loan, foi e i which he would only, charge him s, | with interest at the rate of twc >f | and a half per cent, annum,: tin t> til he was J able to refund the >f amount. . )- Prosperity again dawned upon the d pooa Runauds, who had been so sore It* iiMrwl rmfl t.hfi rrii'difijil filfill whioh j j failed to save Bertha restored the ok j bookseller to health and strength, ip M. Constaintin, after tho aceom plishment of his mission of mercy , . fell how much more blessed it is t( give than to roeeive, and went dowr J to tho Chaussce d'Antin with aligh 3e heart and a good conscience. Ilis charity, which began at tliii period of his life, did not end here ty Wherever human suffering was to b< 7 r~~?'r~r~?t:?^ ~h alleviated, he was sure to be one of the most generous and unostentatious contributors. So numerous have been the benefits bestowed upon the well-deserving in adversity that ho is now, in his green old age, belovsd and respected as "the poor man's <] friend." i ^ ^ ? T A Punning Judge. c Lippincoit's Magazine has the fol lowing account of the facetious <] sayings of Judge Richard Peters, of Philadelphia: 3 It was a punster that Peters was most widely known, great as was -j his reputation in more important respocis. Men love to laugh, and ^ who induces him to do so is much surer of a kindly place in their re- j j collections than any mover of their j other emotions. 1 ? | There can be no doubt that the | sign which Peters hung from his | office window on beginning his pro- 1 Sessional career., "jucuuru jl cicio, ^ Attorney-at-la\\\ Business done licre at half-price:. N. J3.?Half I (I'M e,"?a capital sign, b}' the way .fur all half price places?had the effect of tickling more fees out of passing pockets than coukl have been secured by more serious t means. " i Peters was collcr.gucd on the a bench with Justice Washington, of t the Supreme Court a quiet, severe j1 man, of whom lie used to say that ' TJro. Washington was the strict ^ Judge, while he.was the district' ^ Judge. Justice Washington was t i.i the habit of delivering the opin- j, ions ol the Court, and was, more- 0 over, noted for a very vigorous ap h petite?two facts which caused his I associate to call him the mouth- t niece'of*the Court. . n A superlative spinner of naval- t yarns, on returning from a cruise, j,1 assured a festive , assemblage, of . whom *he Judge was one that he |( encountered a <r6ap 'island, which j1 lie elaborately described. When v lie had finished, the Judge blandly t, requested to he informed if the jj making of that island didn't re- 'J quire a great deal of lie? . a At an agricultural dinner he en- t tertained a countryman of more 1 candor than courtesy by telling ex- v trnordinary stories; and when he a paused, the man shouted. ' "Tell us 1 some more of your 'tamal lic.sl" ' ' '| A neighbor who kept a 'pack olf-rj hounds, once complained of suffer- ,, ing from ague. "Bless my soul!" p he exelaimcd, "can't you cure it ? with all that bark?" ri At the tvial of some pirates in h South Carolina, the District Judge t | acquitted them for want of a c ! comma." Said he, "the doings of lr the rascals will never be brought to > a full.slpp." t* One of the members of the State j Legislature, when the judge was j c Speaker thereof, in crossing the! 6( hall tripped and fell, 011 which, of I a couse, tuelegislators burst into a li laugh. . ' si "Order, order, gentlemen ; don't f' you see that a. member is on the v floor?" Tins rebuke of the Judge c did not restore tlieni to gravity. Once when the Judge was standing near La Fayette, a young mrli- ^ tary officer, in addressing the lat- j ter exclaimed, t "Sir, although we were not born jt 1 to partake of your revolutionary s hardships, yet should our country i( he attacked, we will not fail to 0 tread in the shoes of our fore- P lathers." "No, no," interrupted the Judge: s , "that \ou can't do, for they fought e ! 1 _r >> ' J 0 a I UcU triouitiU. ^ "Why don't yon buy land in (j I North Carolina?" asked a friend of t the Judge. _ .. ... . a "I'd rather buy it in the moon," l] was the reply, "for then X might s sometimes see my purchase." a : .! "* t h A Fisn Story.?We met, a boy on t I the street, and, without the ceremony d j of asking our name, he exclaimed : c J "You just ortor been down to the h j rivoni while ago I" '* t "Why ?" wo inquired. " -ti j "Because a nigger was a swimming t j ami a big cat fi*b carno up behind him c ; and swallowed both liis feet, and went c ?j swimming along the top of the water i ; wiin mm; arm mere came along an- t I other big fish ami the nigger swal- { i lowed his tail, and the nigger and the* t two fish wont swimming about."' ii ' "Well, then what ?". t S "Why, after a while the nigger v i! swallowed his fish, and the other fish t s j swallowed tho nigger and that's tho t last I saw of either of them." e L "Sonny" said we with a feeling of r ) alarm for the boy, "you're in a fair r way to become tho editor of a radical. ^ ' newspaper.?Neva OrUans "Picayune. c ... ^r ^'t: ' t -ri ( > A banker in Indianapolis, Indiana; : - is annoyed sometimes ; by tho freaks j i of his absent-mindod son. , Jio sent I him the other day to tho clearinghouse with twelvo thousand dollars - in checks, but the hopeful young man c ' fnrrrnt." nil Jihonf. tho p.vVrtnH im/l ) his way home lost the pnckagc. Hap1 pily, about seven thousand dollars t worth of them was found by the messenger of another bank,; but tho 3 remaining fivo thousand dollars had i. gone. By stopping payment no loss 3 was entailed, * *" . '??.>! * A * - ' ' v" ' The Awakening. : BY FAU8TINE. : jow drift the clouds athwart the blue That canopies the round of earth, rhe hillsides glow with brighterfiue, The herald of a fiaiierbirtn. ' ' ' . . 2' ?he blue birds dip with airy wing, To trill a bar of sOnae hew song ' ^nmnno/?H lit U/O1/?A<WA *A ?u iruiwiliW W LUC < ? Who cometli with her fairy tliroug. 'he buds resell forth their tiny heads, And nodding sagely in th6 sun, , .. declare 'tis time to leave their beds, There's so much labor to be done. iTet all the while the drowsy things Keep on their little sleeping caps, ^.nd while the robin works and.sings, They catch a few more stolen naps. Jut Mother Nature don't allow Her little ones to oversleep, >o rotised by bird and bee and bough, From out their beds the blossoms creep. Hien hand in hand the merry band, Of blossom, bird and breeze and bee,; lo forth to bless the waiting land "Withrifts of blAo'ni and minstrely. *coria, March, 1871. J *Ti .Luxuro at miagtua. .... There is an indescribable fascinaion to the. mereJopkcr-on in \rtitchng the omnibus as it drives from the tatiomon'tho arrival of tho different rains. The bridegroom of a day umps unconcernedly out and with a icw sense of importance assists the irido to alight. lie bustles around ooking after wraps and traveling >ags in as business like a manner an hough his principal occupation durng his whole life had been the caro if a . lady's luggage. Entering the ioubc, ho airily,' waves her into the adles's parlor And walks to the offico o register their uames. with a manicr intended to impress-people with he idea that ho has been very much n the habit.of doing tho same thing or a long time. Their self delusion 3 respected, and thcro is nothing in lie clerk's countenance or address, as ie assiirns the room aud sends the waiter to pilot the way, that would i*tray his consciousness of the utter lilnro of the attempted deception, .'he very prettiest rooms in the house rc assigned to them, and they are reated'wiih a marked .consideration hat is shown to no one clso. The raiters beam upon thcnl benevolently, !id assume a protecting, half confideninl air that is indescribably touching, rhilo the head waiter hovers around ?e an olivo complexioned guardian ngel, watching them with a sentiumtal glance and as tender an cxrcssion as a young lover's when he urveys the special object of his adoption. The very porters handle tho uggage tenderly and considerably? lie newest of new trunks, the clean anvus showing how little experience hey have had as yet in travelling. Jnderneath those lids'strapped neaty down arc all those multitudes, of liitigs that have cost months of stuyand labor to bring to the poetic umpletion. Wonderful little nondcu-ripts, whose earthly use no one but woman can ever learn. The jaunty tile breakfast caps of lace that will ut so cunningly on the top of the izzes and curls that deck the young rite's head. Miracles of art in dainty mbroidcrcd jackets, and rainbow ombinations of bows, ashes and routts. A shadow of blush coincs to er cheek as her new name stares er in the face from the porter'sshoul-. er, where licr trunk is mounted, and he least touch of conscious dignity i visible in her carriage. The Itusia leather traveling bag is just as evJently on its. first journey, and tho 1 .. - 1* 1.1 1 * i. A *..4. uor 01 tno biiup is not ^ ut uuu 01 tuu retty gay traveling shuwl, which is o, daintly and neatly folded and trapped, showing the touch of int'ecsted feminine fingers in its prcciso rriingcments. And all the while the iridegrooin is growing moro nonchaint and unconcerned, quite overdoing he character, anil the bride is shyer nd more constrained, looking up at icr fchusbaud and trying to catch omc of his assumed ease" and assurnce, evidently rolieved enough when ho door of her room closes behind ier, shutting her away from tho eyes hat will follow her -mercilessly, stuying her face and general style, and omparing those who have proceeded ier. The hotel register is a sad tellale. Were there no other means of utding out tho newly weddi^l pairs his would betray them. The masuline name is written with tho usual areless flourish, indicating habit, but n tlio words that follow, "and wife" here is a noticeable change. The >cn has lingered over them and they ire-written with, a care and precison and plainness that cannot be misaken?with the least bit of awkvardness, too. l5aip afLer page of ,hcsc names are recorded,, and ' all in he same -peculiar manner. ;It is a ort of idiosyncrasy of .these newlynade husbands . to write in ! 'every -egister Mr. So and So and: wife, ?hile .those to w.hom marriage is an >ld <fltory,- whose romance years have lirumed, are entered in. the most natter-of-fact way^AIr. and .Mrs. Such in One. This.is the evidence ot ex)ericnce'd hotel proprietors and clerks. ?Lttler to Boston JJost. Dexter Smith the poet, find editor >f tlio Folio, an excellent musical nonthly publication of Boston, took wssage on ,tho Plymouth Ilock for Long Branch. As he stepped on joard the band recognized him, and forthwith the strains of <;Put Me* in My Little Bed" burst forth in compliment to tho visit of the author of that wcll-knowp ballad. I ?-ale ; General. Bales' for Preserving Fruit' 1. Let everything used for the purpose be delicately cjean and dry; Dottles especially so. _ ' . 2. Never place a preserving pari flat upon the fire, as this will' render the-preserves liable to barn to, as.it is called; that is to say, .adhere closely to.the metal, and then burn; it should rest always on a trevet, or on the IflWor 'hfir nf thft kitchen rnnrrfl. ' 3. After thesugar 5s added to them, stir the preserves gently at first, and more quickly toward the end, without quitting tbem until t*hey are done; this precaution will always prevent the chance of their being spoiled.' 4. All preserves should be perfectly clcared of the scum as it rises. 5* Fruit which.is to be preserved in syrup must first be blanched, or boiled gently, until it is sufficiently softened to ajbsorb the sugar; and a thin eyrup must bo poured on it at first, or it will shrivel instead of remaining plump and becoming clear, Thus, if it is weight of sugar is to be allowed, and boiled to a syrup, with a pint of water to*the pound, only half the weight must be taken at first, and this must not bo boiled with the water more than fifteen or twenty min utes at tho commencement oi the process; a part of-the remaining sugar .must bo added every time the syrup is reboiled, unless it j'should be otherwise directed in the receipt. ' 6. To preserve both the true flavor, and color of fruit both: in jams and jellies, boil them rapidly until they are well reduced, before the sugar is added, and quickly afterward, but do not allow them to become so thickened that the sugar will not .dissolve in them easily and throw, up its scum. ,,ln some seasons. the juice is so much i'lphcrthan others, that this effect'takes plaCc almost' before ohe is aware of ity'h'ut the drop which adheres to the skimmer, when it is held up, will show; .the* state it h$vs reached. ,7. Never use. ti.B; ^.ir^a. pr . pewter spoons, or" summers for preserves,; as they will convert the colol* of a' red fruit !nto:a dingy-purple, and impart, besides, a very unpleasant flavor. , 8 When cheap jams or jellies are required, make them atonco with loaf sugar, but use that which is well refined always, for preserving in'general; it is a false economy to purchase an inferior kind, as there .is a great waste from it in the quantity of scum which it throws up, 9 Pans of copper or beil mctal are the proper utensils for preserving fruit?when used:- thov must bo scoured bright .with. sand. Tinned pans turn, and. dGatrpy. tjy> cojor of tho fruit that, ia put into. ^hem. There is now a. sort of stew pan made of iron coated with eartheriwaro (porcelain.) which is very nice for preserving.?Mrs. Hale, in Western livral. , Treatment of Drowned Persons. I. Send, with all Rj)oed, for medical aid, for articles of clothing, blankets, &e. ' II. Treat the patient on the spot, in the open air, exposing tho faco and the chcst freely to tho breeze, except in too cold weather. III. Place the patient gently on Iho face (to allow any fluids to flow frojn. the mouth.) IV. Then r^ise the patient into a sitting posture, and endeavor to excite respiration; -V. 1. By snuff, hartsho#. &c., applied to the nostrils. 2. By irritating the throat by a feather or the finger, 3 By dashing hot and cold water alternately on the face and chest. If there be no success, loso no time, but V. .Rcphice the patient on his face, his arms under his head, that the tongue may fall forward, and leave the entranco into the- windpipe froe, and that any fluids may flow out pf the mouth, then? 1. Turn the body gradually but completely on the side, and a Utile more and then again on the face, alternatelj*, (to induce inspiration and expiration,) , 2. \Vhen replaced, apply pressure along the back and ribs, and then remove it (to induce further inspiration and expiration) and procccd as i r? oeiori;. 3. Let those measures be repeated gently, deliberately, but efficiently aDd perseveringly sixteen times a roinuto only. Continuing these meusuro, rub all tho limbs and the trunk upward with warm hands, making firm pressure energetically. .Replace the wet clothes by such other covering, etc., as can be procured. A momber of tho Arkansas Legislature, in speaking of an extravagant appropriation^ indignantly exclaimed: "Gentlemen, talk abont 'adequate (compensation of public servant#,' why sir, during the late war X was in thir. ty-scveq battles, was wounded thirteen times ip the cause of the South, and the entire pay I.received wa& $30' , in Confederate money, every cent of which I gave for one glass of old rye i whiskey." - , *. : * *' ? c . v. Tho editor of tho Bangor (Maine) Whig pays ho recently saw a largo number of young ladies onter a public hall with dishevelled hair and hat hnm annarentlv wrinkled and broken J I w and, as he fancicd, with excited countonanccg. "Upon inquiring what the row was about," says ho '-imagine our chagrin ^yhcn told it was tho fashion. 1 ' _ The Boy of the Period. - Everybody has seen the Boy of the Period. His face bangs on the showboard in front of the photographer's. . I - L'l He IS OD exnioiuoa ior awuue every fair evening on the<?rner8 of con-, spicuous streets. He is carefully and exquisitely dressed, wears delicate kids; twirls a light stick; puffs a fragrant cigar; eyes every young Jady that may .chance-to pass, ana gives his opinion of her at once while her cars are in reach. Saving finished his street performance*, he lounges into a billiard saloon, flourishes mgr cue, drinks his drinks, pays for them with ostontatious paraae.of his indifference to money, and then sallies out in search of home or of some, other place. The Boy of the Period is a great reader. He is familiar with, '.'Our best Society," "The Day's Doings,1' nnA nil fl,a n?nfAt?iftl liforotnro wUi/th I WIIU Uli VUV i&UVtUiVUIW ?? UIVU draws it embellishments from a lewd imagination. lie detests reading of a solid kind as being unworthy the attention of a modern, young.gentleman. His taste is too .fine and fanciful to be regaled with' the vulgar food cf useful .knowledge. He glances his eye now and then over the leading daily prints, but if he fails to find in them some rousing sensational record, of crime, he-tosses them away in disdain. He has heard of th^-Library, but deems it of no use to him?it may serve plodding blockheads very well. / ' .j' The Boy of the Period is a genius. He is above work, and ha* a cleckship ; but he has no intention of passing his years in the dull routine of a profession, trade, or craft. -.\H<?4s too smart for all that. He needs-money,, for he has the habit of 'a spend' thrift. \< M s?.' ?. * : Chanca is .Protean*.:'; Honesty is straight-forward, and has jingle eye The Boy of . the Period worships chance, and- waits'daily at her shfiqe. At length be saila;m;. makes a von.ture, in some form/;and luck, the deceiver, at first Is on JiiS' 'side.HSi/d-* derily luck has iarnedf 'against .hijrn-. lie fights against bis lack desperately^ flouriders into a crime; is detected arrested, imprisoned* and punished, Then the boy of4he.Period gets his face ..into the rogues' gallery, and himself among the criminaf classes"/.;' Sue b is a brief ontlino of the biog. raphy which very nearly describes^ the line of life along whieh a good many young men are travelling. A little reflection on their part,. might induce them to choos'c a better and: safiirpatfa^ ' " ' 1 ' tiffflKf ..yia h<\} ti ??'"'? > "?tj ?US!^*i , Artemus. "Ward's Ther following is 'said to be the JaStVthipg written By' Artemus Watd '/Until quite recent I'Ve teen a healthy individual. I'm Dearly six-, ty, and I've yet got a rtuscle in to me arm which don't mak^ my 'fists resemble the trade of a canary bird when they fly out and hit. a man. Only a few weeks ago I was. exhibitin' in East Showboygan,' in a bildin' which had been formerly ockepied by a pugylist?one of the fellers what hits from the; shoulder, and' teaches t the manly artof self-defense. And he cum and sed he was goin| in free in consequence of previously ockepyin' . sed buildin' with a large' yeller -do?. lie sed, Oh, yesI sed, 'Oh, no.' He sed-: 'Do you want, to be ground to powder?' I.sed; Tes I do, if there is' a p6wder grindest handy;* when he struck mo a disgustin" blow in. my. left eye, which caused that concern to close at once for repairs : but he ^irln'f linrfc m/> ?nir mnpfl. T "Wfln+i for him energetically. His parents lived near by, and I will oimply state that fifteen minutes after I had gone for him, his mother, seem' the pros trate form of her son approachin'- the . honse onto a shutter, carried by four men, run out doors, kerfuUy looked him over. 'My son you have been foolin' round a thrashia' masheen. You went in at tho end -"where tbev put.the grain'in, and came out' with the etraw, and thon got up in the ' thingumajig and let thfe horses tred on you; didn't you my eons?' You can imagine by this what a .disagreeable person I am when I'm angry. . JL committee of eight gentlemen had an appointment to meetat twelve o'clock. Seven of them were punctual, but tho eighth came bustling in with apologies" for being a quarter of an hour behind-time. "The'time," said lie, "passed away without my bcincr aware of it. I had no idea .of its being so late," &c*' A Qnaker present said, "I am not sure that we should admit thy excuse. It wore a matter of regret that thou shouldst have wastod thine own quarter of an hour; but there are seven besides thyself,. whose timo thou -'hast also consumedjamounting in the whole to two hours, one-eighth o? it only was thine own property." . i?t r An agent for a large life insurance company in New York called some time since on a gentleman with tho hope of insuring his life. On asking whether the gontleman was not desirous of taking out a life policy, he was met with the reply that if the company could insure him in the future state, ho was perfectly willing. This seemed to be a po'ser; but the agent promptly replied that he was sorry to say hid company was prevented by its charter from issuing any fire risks. . * * > '* ? To make hens lay: Tio their legs together so they cau't stand up.? G ret ley, ' ' "i ' . , * f r.*'i SORAPS.^^^j^ A man wh* has repeatedJy iSct ' them, says that all t#e short fortune are horribly overcrowde%*. It has been contepfed^^#85. glish court-that* a M?i "hpwBomdever'' canuot b^ man. - ? *** : .;*y yy &***> &*& . .. Five hundred And twenty^^?fcusand six hundred raflroad t?nii? le^ LondmintiecoorMofaJ^,,^ It' will probibly giye ^e to** dife ferance of opinion, if w6' $kT? iflWi . > individual who has married" a shrew can be considered fkthrjnod man. A "Western lady,*to sift1 i&Qmbje church, recently painted on theJnwjtf* work of , the' three days. Trne worn an to Appleton's J our na fcr$h preachers who ppetfk of \ J. ity of dresrt" of oar knd_ni not well read in the ui*toi*^$, 1 dred years ago. - . rnf.Vm A'neryooa pewoif'sf^s^aft'^. hated'being cqiled npon?- to a-speech ata pohUc^^n^.^l^Cfui. "getting on his legs alwayl ' on ms neau." T """ The Donbory to.)Jatito edof by the prisoners m fceing^oo airy And leaky. They don't- propose to stay there,, unlesa the Legislator will mend the holes. \ - ' - -Mrs. Sherman, of Cooiiecticot,'prisoner, has undergone an esBmio?tiQD. The bodies of, ner ViCtinis^^^TwV - ; they wero poisoned pelevei^jSnv alb ""The Queen . of * tlngland ' g^jo^'a fashionablebircakfSst, nndet-a jwirque, & fewi weejcs ? agot ? The hotnr ,wna ' -" !' ' At a CaiiipornlaValf recently,;ifefr?1 u^i*\L,?e u: ?* I <n uuvusirui ptiwucu uvue^ on exhibition, when froJiap put a -jbottle of caaterorl with- th? rest. * Tie oprnion qfvall who tried it the bee that mJido it was a.'fraud.-i/t' " ' The. casnalties at" ^ < July ifot io: New York- *rt&si arJrtlovvs: Military and joUce-^kykd, 24 wounded; Rioters and othera?31 J kill ed, 67 woatided.* f wounded: h&v? eiaco diecK '*'"$ It ifl noie^r&y tbakwlujffihe tru? of' European cities, |jEdin^^ forexari^plej has 19.000 rrio^ if^aree 'than males. r'The f^ttuflf efettl in i nnhJWJJBIW 'at Loweeioft with a rittiffber postage Btomp3. and . letters,:>ttwhed to its jvjngs. -It is Bttpjoge^-.lCTye " been sent from Paris duricglfffe .'late. eeige, and hitherto cscaped:de?eiiti6n . * A prominent*ftijd wealthy -'Chicago gentleman, in order to appear,?tq^d-. vaptage ac,tho.weddipg.of;.^e ceice, last week, presented J^er w$&?check * for $10oVith'great osfjhtat'idi^' the*clo3e_of the eeren^qay, l^w-eyer, * V aftor theguegtshad'depirl^i^-fce'tdbk the check . back and tlepo&tecnt to .his owb account.. . __ ; J'*5 "i Harpers' Bazar, in an arti^^Mson "Naming Children,'l, aa^s?^Lett j.he cnuaren nave a siraj).ie, gpoa jpame, and let him make it* Hlqstridua/if he can. Xetr it' be remembered"tpatTall those great names yotriiire OT&te4 fave no glory to the great faeH who ore them. The men madflf^.fche names-glorious, but it is a.glory which. cannot be reflected," . /? ' ' ' . Tho great Bpnnet.' Carre- crevasse in the Mississippi, Biter/ fchich submerged the Jackson Bafrroaifj and about 200 sqaareimil&S of fcrrttory, is 2.200 feet wide, bat the'rir'ef 8 fluting 0 rapidly, and by the rstfqf !Atf^usf no water will run tbronsjh ifc:;jfTiift -#ail road has been destroyed Jfrraqifdis tancoof about fourtee^ preparation s are bei ng to fftjaco it in thorough order af^ eooj^^Ltho water falls. ^ *.* The printer who ' :teWSrk?flrt-in atwo-dollaa obitnarf thut - Ctfa b^nrved husband was "hardly tabitft'o "jwenr the chemise of his wife," was. kqriod by the Unfon in a $13 50 '^liii he had followed copy ho won Id riave proved that that. the has band, coukl not bear her demise. { Z l- . , 1 * ' T . The Bnmpas family, tia&;fr*iHj&ting at Charleston, Massachusetts,"* last week. The gathering' w&s-'b&Td in the State jtrison, CharteS (Arriving Thursday, ms son Honryt^nd- his * brothers Harrison and Martinofiiing already tenants of the institution 0 , Seventeen Saratoga.-trnnk^' two large boxes, three hatnpew,1 three small carpet bags, two fciwi :fcagesr a brace of aogs^ a '3?retifc!x maid/'two easy chairs ahd a fhrrrdw^'^omritfsed the baggage, or a fashionable Bhlla. delphia family who resently arrived at theStoekton House, Cape Hay. Ayoung man * living la'tj&kfette rlvnVt A' -4n' UtimilSfft TKA XLlUiPUCty lO JLlUIlllfllry pvAovmMwu. . *?v ^tbfcr^ay'he astfea ^Wcran^ Jady if he might bo allowed fbe 'privilege of going home with her, and jvas: indignantly refused; upon; irhich-nhe inquired vey humbly if sh^ wovkU permit him to sit on the fence and see her.go by. ; . y , An awkward looking, fitage-strack hooaier went to see one of the theatrical managers at Philadelphia, lately, and solicited an engagement. "What role would you prefer, " my friend?" ka vma?\a/?/\m ((waii as* hit* a 'j uoiwu tuo Junun^vl t n ui'j nvjuuv, said the would-be American lioseitia, 'I aint partial to rolls, no how j corudotjgers is iny favorite."