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_ # ' ^ ^ ^ ^ I _ ,-- - - ' - ^ ^ ?? ..-^ - ^ .... w&I^ r' ^ ^ '' ' ^ ' ' ' * ' ' ' ' ~ - >: ' V ; ." ' '" " ; . ' ' " ' '-v. - VrAr^rrtr*!' BY\ttA.LEE AND HUGH WILSON- ABBEVILLE, S. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 3, 1871 . VOLUME XIX?NO. 15. : _???? p- ' ?^rr>r-J..'' I'm Growing Old. BY JOHN G. SAXE. Mv days pass pleasantly away, My niglits were blessed with the sweetest sleep, I fool no symptoms of decay, T have no cause to mourn or weep; My foes me impotent and shy," My friends are neither false nor cold ; Andyejof late, I often sigh? I'm growing old! My growing tales of olden times, My growing thirst for early knews, M>* growing apathy to rhyme, My growing love of easy shoes, My growing hate of crowds and noise, My gcowfiig fear of catching cold, All tell me iu the plainest voice? I'm growiug old! ?. I'm growing fonder of my staff,. I'm growing dimmer in the eyes, I'm growing fainter in my laugh, I'm growing deeper in my sighs, I'm giowing careless of my dress, I'm growing frugal of my gold, I'm growing wise, I'm growing?yes? - v - I'll) growing old! J* I feel it in my changing ta^te, I see it in my changing hair, I see it in my growing waist, I see It frv 'my growing heir; A thousand hints proclaim the truth, As plain as truth was ever told That-even in ioy vaunted j'outh? I'm growing old! Ah mo! my very laurels breathe The.tale in my reluctant ears; . Ami every boon the hour bequeaths, Makes um debtor to the years; E'en flatteries honied words declare The secret she would fain withold, And tell me in "How young you are!" I'm growing old! Thanks for the year whose rapid flight My .sombre muse too gladly sings ; Thanks for the gleams of golden light That tint the darkness of their wings, * The light that beams from out the sky, Those heavenly mansions to unfold, There all are blest and none shall sigh I'm growing old! SOMETHING MORE THAN A CLERK ?* -.> ? BY MATTIE DYER BRITTS. Laura Carlisle, stood whore scarccly a half-dozon .women in the room xrould have dared to stand, directly under the blaze of the chandelier, her cheeks crimson with excitement her eyes bright as the jowils wl i h flashed in her brown hair, her heavy garnet satin robes sweep against the simple n.uslin dres9 of her cousin, Katv Carlisle, who was as different! from her as the tender twilight from ! the brilliant noonday. V/.t iMPf.iit Ti oli- Bvon in flint, dim. ! i VU OrtVV/J/ i*4HJ } VII ?M WMMV !/ J jilo dress, with eyes blue as tho tur* ! quoise sash which bound hor slender waist, was no less attractive than her ; haughty cousin, and so thought Floyd j Laurence as lie stood chatting with I them. It was not lack of beauty j which often cast Katy in the "shade? 1 l>ut Katy was poor, and a golden bait I is soonest suapped at, you know J "Oh; I do not think so much of a; good family 1" said Laura, who, having hehrd that l'loyd Laurence be | iong to one of the F. F.V's," desired ; to creato an impresion. "WJiy, I | wouldn't look at a prineo if ho did ! uot come of a good stock." i "Princes are generally supposed to ' do so, Laura," laughed Katy, a mis-! chicvcous twinkle -coming into her | eyes as she met Loyd's glanco. Oh, of conrso I mean if they could j do otherwise," said Laura, reddening; with vexation at her mistake. And then, glad to change the conversation I - *he turned to Mary AVest and began <0 make inquiries about some beauti-1 iul luce she was wearing. "1 got it at Warburton's'.' said Mary smiling. j "Gh, I must get spme to-morrow, if j there is a yard left," cried Laura. "I ' *hnll be sure to be there right away, j Yes, that is our waltz. Mr. Laurence," and taking his arm, she moved gracefully away. "Hem?yes?they arc pretty girls ^-the sweetest girls I saw to-night," solilijuized Floyd JL.aurenee, in his own room that night. "But I wonder if Miss Laura would smile so sweetly if she thought I hadn't a penny in pocket? Love's wings you see, wl'en tipped with gold, are beautiful to view! Confound the mono}'! It makes one suspicious of every body!?But I do wish there was a *vay to test the -truth sometitpes." ile sigliid, lit a cigar, and sat down to smoke away his fancies. Suddenly he ?prab/i; up, flung the cigar iu the grate, and began to pace tho room. By Jcvel I've got an idea!" said lie. "Miss Laura is going to Warburton's to-morrow; and Warburton hap pens to be a friend of mine?I think I'll fro tlicre. too! lic'll enter into tho thinr, I'm sure; and I've a fancy to. see if Floyd Laurence behind a .counter, and Floyd Laurence in Mrs. Howard's i>all-room, stand just the eiimo in Miss Carlisle's estimation, ileigho!" I wonder if that pretty, jblue-cyed cousin will come with her?" i After dinner next da}*, Miss Carlisle's carriage stopped before Warburton's store, and the haughty beauty and cousin Katy entered tho wide doors, aud crossed over to tho lace ' counter. "Show me your finest Mechlin," began Miss. Laura, but stopped in utter amazement, as she recognized in the polite clerk her partner of the night before. "Mr. Laurenoc!" she exclaim ed. Aod Katy opening her bluo eyes verjtwide, repeated tho exclamation, "Mr. Laurence, wo didn't expect to pee you here!' "Why not?" askod our hero, smilingly "\Ve were not aware?we did not Jcnotv ttiat you?" began Miss Laura, Laughtily, aod Floyd finished her W\J .'*> . X ;/ '* ' sentence. "That I was Mr. Warburtou's clerk? What 6tyle of lace would you prefer?" "Thank you?I do not care about the lace to-day.' Katy, come, we aro in haste," She, turned and swept her silken robes away, but Katy, her cheeks scarlet, lingered to give one little ' , white hand to Floyd Ladrence, and say, cordially, "jur. ijaurence,- reraemoer, you promised last night, to call upon me. I?that is, we shall expect you." And Floyd, as he ventured lightly to press that tiny, little hand, said, fervently, " Thank yon, I shall surely come!" "Tho idea! The very idea!" cried Laura Carlisle, indignantly, when they were in their carriage. "What does Mrs. Howard mean by introducing such persons to her guests? I'll never forgive her! To think I should have danced with a low dork!" * "Why, Laura, I am sure he is a perfect gontleman," said Katy. "Gentleman, Indeed! A common clerk pretend to bo a gentleman, and aspire to good society! Katy Carlisle you are a little idiot!" "At least, I like him as much now as I did last night," said Katy, with spirit. "Very well; indulge }'Our low tastes if you like," returned Laura, scornfully "I shall certainly not cultivate his acquaintance " A few evenings later, as Laura stood, robed like a p'incess, in Judge Glover's elegant saloon, she saw Floyd Laurence making his way to u aiu uii "lie hero! Are people all gone mad? But ho won'trdare to address me!" she thought, her bright cheek reddening angrily. But he did dare, coming up to her with a frank, gentlemanly greeting. Laura looked full in his eyes, with a glance which might have turned away in haughty silenco. Floyd's handsome face did not even flush ; he only elevatad his fino eyebrows, while a curious smile curved his mouth, just as a soft voice bohitid him said, impulsively, "Mr. Laurence, won't you shake hands with me?" lie turned quickly, and then, indeed his face did flush and his eyes kindle. | as he once more held held the soft, little haud he held once before, with * n u f i*n ri i lii'itf til liiu lw*onut I a on au^v win 111 AH m J vi v??ou. "Are you bravo enough to acI knowledge the acquaintance of a mere clerk, in this place, Miss Curlisle ?" he asked. "I don't care whether you arc a ! 'clerk' or a king," said Katy, innocent- J ly, smiling up in his face. "You are a^gentleman, and like you," "Thank you," said Laurence, draw ing her arm within his own. "Then, perhaps, you will promenade with "mo lor a few moments." "Yes, for I wish to remind you that you have not kept your promise to j call on us." "But I will," answered Floyd Lau- i rence. And as he looked down into \ her blue eyes, there was something ! in his gazo which set Katy Carlisle's ! tender, little heart all of a flutter i Well, Laurence called at Mr. Car-;: lisle's handsome mansion, and purpose-1 ly asked for "tho young ladies." j Laura scornfully declined to go down | stairs, but told Katy that her "aristo- ] cratic" acquintance was waiting to 1 see her, and Katy hastened to receive , him, and entertained him to tlio best of hoi* ability. She succeeded so well that Floyd < Laurence came again. And on this , second call, unconventional little Katy, who was alone in the parlor, opened tho door for him herself, and ] . met him with a frank welcome. "So, then, you still like me?" asked Floyd, as he stood in the centre of j the great parlor, with the littlo hand ; she had given him clasped between : his own. "Yes?I?I?think so," said Katy, I fluttcringly, the roses coming and going on her lair cheek. "J3ut 'liking' won't satisfy me any ! longer," said Floyd, with a rare smile. "I want something else?something far warmer, sweeter, stronger ! Is it in your dear, little heart to give, Katy I darling?" And Katy, giving him a shy glanco, as he bent down and* took her in his ; arms, whispered again, i "Yes. I think so!" ***** "It seems Katy is about to bo married," said old Judge Howard, meet* j ing Laura, a few weeks Inter. ' Yea littJo foolish thing!" rctu.ined Laura, coloring with vexation. "I'm sure I said "all I could to prevent it." "To prevent it! "What possible objection could have to Floyd . Lau-rence ?" asked her old friend. "Why, Judge Howard, think of her throwing herself away ou a common clerk?" "My dear girl, I don't know what you are talking about," s?id Judge Howard, with a perplexed look. "You surely know that Mr. Lau. rence is nothing more than a clerk in Mr. Warburtoii'd store?" "My dear, young lady, I surely know that he is something more than a clerk for any one. He is the only I son of the Laurence estates ?" "Judgo Howard! yon must be mistaken !" ' . ' "T am not mv child. I, myself, ! hold some twenty thousand dollars of his money in ray trust. llis lather was my friend in boyhood. Your cousin Kftty is fortunate, Laura, for Floyd Laurence is a match for any one to be proud of." "Is ho really so wealthy?" persisted Laura, doubtingly. ~ .y'** " j ~ "Ho has an income of at least fif- 1 teen thousand a year. I speak from c certainty, my dear girl, not hear- j say." .. "Poor Laura! She tried to conceal ' thcbitter disappointment rending in her heart, but it was hard to know the golden prize had slipped Ironi her 11 grasp, and only through her own jj fault! Nevertheless, she pnt the best face possible on the matter, was very afi'ectionato to Kat}% and cordially to Floyd, and very fond, long after, of .-i ! 5 A*- -A - -IV 1 -1 iciuri-ing wun siuuiea cereiessness, on ^ every possible occasion, to "my>dear . cousin, Mrs. Floyd Laurence. ' Anniversary ef the Abbeville Bible . Society. ^ ci The Board of Directors of "The U D< Auxiliary' Bible Society of Abbe- t| ville District," met in the Law of- 0j fice of Messrs. Perrin & Cothran, j Wednesday evening, July the 26th, p] 1871. ' h< Present T. 0. Perrin, R. II. Wardlaw, J. P. Pressly, J. II. Bas- re kin, James Drenuanr J. S. Reid, A. of Burt, II. T. Sloan, Wm. Hood, J. cc F. Gibert. Tlios. Thomsom and K. s' A. Fair. ' at Board was organized with nrav er by the Rev. J. P. Pressly, D. D. ie . The minutes of the last meeting ^ of the Board were read aud approved. On motion of Rev. II. T. Sloan, the following Committee were appointed to prepare a suitable minute as to the deaths of Rev'd R. C- of Gricr, D. D., and George W. Press- pi ly, M.D., to wit: Hon. A. Bart, S( Revs. II. T. Sloan and J. F. Gibert. a#l On motion by R. II. "Wardlaw, ^ the report of the Correspondii g ^ Secretary was directed to be read to the Society. ti" On motion by same the Board adjourned to meet the Society. (.y Prayer by Rev. J. b\ Giberfc. T. C. PEKRINT, re President. St T> A T? i rn ja. A. r .an, IIi . Recording Secretaiy. fil The forty-eighth anniversary of;^' "The Auxiliary B.ble Society, of it0 Abbeville District," was held in ! ^ the Methodist Church, in Abbe- 811 t'ille Village, on Wednesday, the "ri 2Gth of July, A. D. 1871. The Society was called to order j by the President, the lion. T. C. Perrin. 0f The Rev. James Boyee, D.D., Be then proceeded to preach the an- vi; nual sermon?after which the an- R< nual address was delivered by Prof. Wm. Hood. in R. II. Wardlaw, Esq., was ap- Di pointed by the President to act as Treasurer of the Society, in the ni! abseuce of Dr. I. Branch. an The door of the Society was opened tor the admission ot new !. members, when several came for-1 . ward, enrolled their uames and i . V inn paul their initiation fee. . The annual contribution of the members were then called for, aud paid to the Treasurer, pro. tcm. Delegates from Other Societies ; fo! being invited to enroll their names, Mr.# Wm. N. Blake, from the Bi Greenwood Bible Society, appeared with a contribution from his sc Society of ?7.10, James Drennan in and Dr. J. "\V. Hearst, from the Cedar Springs and Lower Long Cane Society with a contribution of of 835. and llev. J. F. Gibert. a Dr. J. S. Reid and Samuel Evans, 10! Esq., from the Lebanon Society, with a contribution of ?10. ^ The Society aleo received a contrlbutionof ?5.00 from Upper Long ; dc Cane Church, through the hands of Mr. L. C. Wilson?also the hand- th some donation of $25 from Mr. ce Thomas Gordon, a staunch friend at of the Bible Society. (8 The corresponding Secretary, Thomas Thomson, submitted his report, which was adopted, and is re as follows: tl] Abbeville C. IT., S. C., ) * July 2Gth, 1ST 1. J 01 To the Abbeville District Bible Society : ? Tho Corresponding Sccrctary ofirc said Society, asks leave to make the ^ following Report. P' That iu accordance with the reso- ?j lution requiring the Secretary to re- Pl quest copies of the sermons and addresses since the war from the gen- P' tlemen who delivered them, the Sec- m rotary sent letters to tho persons named below. Tlicso sermons and ^ addresses wove made at the time w specified: m 1863?Sermon bv T?cv. E. L. Patton. b( 86G?Sermon by Rev. Clarente Mc'artha. 86G?Address by Prof. J. H. Carsle." . B67?Sermon by Rev. II. T. Sloan*. " Address by Col. A. C. Haskell. 368? Address by W. A. Lee, Esq. 8G!)?Sermon by Prof. .T. N. Young* " Address by J. S. Cothran, Esq. 870 Spi'rann liu Row W P DnTlnRfl " Address by Rev. E R. Miles. The address by W. A. Lee, Esq, ad at the earnest request of a numer of the Bible Society been pubshed in newspaper form. All the persons named were written ) by the Secretary oxcept Rev. Clarnce McCartha, whose address was nknown. Some of the number in erson, with expression of respect for 1 e society, excused themselves: Two f them, Rov. E. L. Patton, and Prof. II. Carlile, returned written relies which the Secretary exhibits arewith, and requests their reading. It has not been the duty of the Sectary since the last annual meeting ' the Society, to have had other >rrcspondence than the above or buucss of ordinary kind requiring his tention. The Secrotary acknowledges the, ;ceipt of the "Bible Society Record' hich he keeps and places on file for . ./? ii n . J __ le use 01 mis oocieiy. Respectfully submitted, TirOS. THOMSON, Corresponding Socretary. The Rev. E. A. Bolles, State Agent. ' tbo American Bible Society, being esent, was invited to address tbe jciety. Mr. Bollcs responded by reading an Idrcss from the American Bible Soety, to its Auxiliaries and friends, rnishing valuable information as to io wants and operations of tbe Pant Society?also made an interesr.g statement as to the worlc of the >ciety within the limits of his agonMr, Win, N. Blake, presented a port from tho Greenwood Bible irliifK woo rnoolrnH no in r S. v- WJ | II ItlVU >V MU A VWI T VU IlllVf ation, and ordered to be placcd on o. The Committee appointed by the 3ard to prepare a suitable minute as the deaths of Rev. It. C. Grier, D , andjGeoi'go W. Pressly, M.D , bmittcd their report, which was lanimously adopted, and is as folws: Whereas, it has pleased God in his ise and holy Providence, to remove ' death since our last meeting, two the most cflicient members of the )ard of Directors of the Society, z: George W. Tressly, M. D.p and ;v. R. C. Grier, D.D., therefore, Resolved, 1st.. That while we bow meek submission to this afflictive spensation of Providence, we will crish their memories for their any' excellent traits of character, a i??j *n:u? U JUIIg Ul'VUUUlI LU LI1U U1U1U CUIIBU. Resolved, 2nd. That a blank leaf in ir minutes be inscribed to them, that after years, when looking back over c past, we may be stimulated to' litate their noble examples. ARMASTEAD BURT, Chairman, On motion of Thoe. Thomson, the Mowing resolution was adopted. Resolved, U'hat the Officers of the ible Society bo required to deliver eir annual reports to tho President ven days before the annual meeting July. On motion of the same it was Resolved, That tho thanks of the >ciety bo tendered to tho Rov. imes Boyce, for his instructive seron, and to Prof. \Vm. Hood, for his arncd address. On motion of Jas. S. Cothrnn, the anlcs of the Society were tendered Mr. Thos. Gordon, for his liberal mation to the Society. The treasurer pro. tern, reported at ho had during the meeting reived in all, the sura of one hundred id nineteen dollars and ten cents, 119.10.) On motion of II. T. Sloan, the reasurer was directed, of the funds ccived, to retain enough to meet ie wants of this Society and to forard the balenco to the Parent Sooty. The Rev. II. T. Slcan, submitted a qufcbt from the Cedar Springs and ower Long Cane Society, to be 6upied by this Society with 25 copies ' the Bible and a like nnmbcr of coesof the Now Testament. TKA T.SKi*ni*iAn ti*ob rlin^/ifn/1 i f\ fiin X*IW XI1V1(?1I0U " ?rj Uil VtkVU LVy OII|7y this demand, and all similar deands from Societies auxiliary to this. On motion of Dr. J. J. Wardlaw, le sum of $30 of the funds received, as directed to bo appropriated inaking Mr. Thos. Gordon a life mem;r of the American Bible Soeiotj*. On motion of bridge D. L. Wardr law, the present officers of the. Society were retained for another year. I Dr. J. W, Hearst, was felected a j Director to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. George "W. ^ Pressly, the Rev. "W. F. Pearson, to fill vacancy occasioned by the remo- t val of Rev. "W. R. Hemphill, D. D.f and Dr.. James Boyce, to fill the va- C cancy from the death of Rev. R. C. Grier, D. D. j The officers of tho society for the present year are as follows: T. C. j Perrin, President; II. H. Wardlaw, James P. Pressly, A. Burt, W. P. Do- ^ Bosc,.and James II. Baskin, VicePresidents; J. F. Gibert, W. Z. Mc- I Ghee, John McLees, H. T. Sloan, W ^ A. Giles, Jas. Drcnnan, J. O. Lindsay, W. II.. Davis, J. I. Bonner, Jas. Gillam, P. II. Bradley, John S. Reid, Wm Hood,JamesBojce, J.W.Hearst, C and Wm. F.Pearson,Directors; Thos. Thomsou, Corresponding Secretary ; Isaac Branch, Treasurer and Librari- Q an; ana it. a. fair, itccording see- . re tar}'. On motion, the Rev. James L. Mar- ft tin was appointed to deliver the next t annual sermon, with Rev. A. P. Nich- v olson, his alternato; and Gen. S. 3io- t Gowan, to deliver the address with ? Capt. E. L, Parker, his alternate. ?*r *j On motion the Society adjourned to meet on tho last Wednesday in u July, of tho year 1872. I Prayer by the Rev. W. P. DuBose. a T. C. PERRIN, e . r . President. f R. A. Fair, C Recording Secretary. . ' d .?. n Immediately after tho adjournment * of tho Society, tho Board met in the 8 V> JJ U 1 V LI .CW ' - . y Prayer by the ftev. E! A. Bollcs. ti On motion it was ; p Resolved, That the next meeting of n the Board bo on the call of the Pres- v ident. ... ^ * " T, On motion of Rev. J. F. Gibert, a ^ Committee of throe was appointed to confor with tbo officers of the Society j in reference to the supply of books 0 in the Depository, and other matters gi of interest to the welfare of the So- a ciety. Committee to consist of Rev. q J. F. Gibert, A. Burt, and Rev. W. P. S DuBose. e Adjourned. Prayer by tho Rev. \V. F. Pearson. T. C. PERRIN, q President. b Ti. A. Fatr tl ? ? - , wa Recording Secretary. E (? "Where the Sun Never Sets.? p The following paragraph is from t( the description of a scene witness- ei ed by Mr. Campbell and party in ?o the North of Norway, from a cliff w one thousand feet above the sea. b< 'The ocean stretched away in si- e< lent vastnesa at our feet; the sound ti of the waves scarcely reached our airy look-out; away iu the North the huffe old sun swung low along the horizon, like the slow beat of is the pendulum in the tall clock of J? our grandfather's parlor corner. We all stood silent, looking at our watches. "When both bands came ' together at twelve, miduight, the full round orb hung triumphantly tl above the wave?a bridge of gold running due North spanned the in water between us and l^m. There e: he shone in silent majesty that knew no setting. We involuntarily took off our hats; and no word ^ was said. Combine, if you can, F the most brilliant sunrise and sun- ^ set you ever saw, and its beauties 8C will pale before the gorgeous color- IU ing which now lit up the oceau, a, heaven and mountain. In^half au cc hour the sun had swung by'perceptibly on its beat, the colors chang- in ed to those of morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the flood, one in songster after another piped up in ^ the frrove behind us?we had slid tr into another day. EI Tiie Book of Proverbs.?If 3-0U wish to find a system of ethics gi better than all the "Poor Richards" si for practical use, and better in the- ia ory than all the books of casuistry ai studied in the schools, read the h Book of Proverbs. It is a won- ft derfnl book. It is full of common tl sense. It is discriminating and yet tc downright. It hits the nail square- tl ly every timo. As a means of sue- b cess in business, as a vade mcum b in our intercourse with men, good ti and bad, sluggish and excitable, hi cunning and simple, with men. of ft all sorts in all states, with all characters, there is nothing in literature which equals it or resembles it. I n/lnioa vAii fn mnlroif nrnlo/^f vnnr " UU V ICV J VVI WW tl?M4>,V JM M l VttV v* J life to read two verses in Proverbs a before commencing the work of si each day. If you would like to n have the name of never doing a si foolish thing, or using a foolish si argument, or utterfug a foolish opin- ei ion; study the Proverbs of Solo- a mon till the spirit has penetrated s' to the very mareow of you daily ii life. \\ lta Happy Valley. |J n the heaitof the long bare uplands *ar It Ilea like a river of green r? Lnd the trees each slope descending To Leave a flowery sward betweenanc c. sra< L flowery path for the children, ma With the oak and the thorn on high; _i j Joverts to tempt the boldest, And shelter-spots for the shy. ' V fou Jome, Love, to the happy valley, ... stn Where the turf slopes smooth and anc ary; per Lt our feet the laughing children; ma Above the laughing sky. ^ ' jife has no hoiir more golden Than thus on the grassy slope; f* * Vhile we blond the age of reason m i With the dearer age of hope;? * and ho\ tor childhood is of the valley, njg Havened from the tempest and heat; ? Vith flowers beyond its grasping . And flowers beneath its feet; - w0 mo lid-age has the long bare uplands, &ur Bare to the heat and the rain; . A'' pre tome love the happy valley, Children with children again. . " I . ;*' lisi Poi food Health -as an Element of Success. J J10 the anc It is no exaggeration to say that tim icalth is a large ingredient in what 2 he word calls talent * A/ man nar without it may be a giant intellect; of >ut his deeds will be the deeds of 8t" , dwarf.- On the contrary, let him j; lave a quick circulation, a good J [ieestion, the bulk thews and sin- 6U, wsof a mau, and the alacrity, the ^ inthinking confidence inspired ?by e|g( hese, and though having but a acc , thimbleful ot': brains, he will wa ither blunder upon success or set 4 ailure at defiance. It is true espe- con ially in this country, that the numler of contours in every comraulity?of men in whom heroic in- *}ie ellccts are allied with bodily con titutions as tough as horses?is ^ mall; that in general, a man. has J eason to think himself well off in I . he lottery of life if he draws the gV( rize of a healthy stomach with a t0 lind, or prizeof a healthy stomach tho without-a mind, or a prize of a mei ne intellect with a crazy stomach, mo: Jut of the two, a weak mind in a A erculean frame is better than a ful iaut mind in a crazy constitution. anc L pound of energy with an ounce ma f talent will achieve greater re Its than a pound of talent with ^ n ouuee of energy. T.he first re- foa uieite to success in life is to be a t0 ood animal. In any of the learn- Btrf d professions, a vigorous consti- alu ition is equal "to at least fifty per ing ont. more Drains. Wit, judgment, per nagination eloquence; all the uanties of the mrnd attaiu there- C y a force aDd splender to which oua aey never approach without. it clei tut intellect in a weak body, is of i like gold in a spent swimmer's var ocket." A mechanic may have oas. >ols of the sharpest edge and high- t?n jt polish; but what are these with t a vigorous arm and hand ? Ot qq hat use is it that your mind has <pen ecorae avast granary o^knowl- ^ M ige, if you have not strength to to r a1. - 1 o - uu mu Key t a cfc _____ _ oisi * ' * . in a Anecdote op Fanny Kemble?It bit < related of Mra Siddons, that once, witl hen dining at- the country-seat of a nap lend, she frightened out of his wits in a servant who, when on the point of anding her the butter, withdrew ifc F jickly. saying, of "Excuse me a moment, madam? two iere'8 a flv on the butter." teas To which the great actress, assum- Boil g a look and tone of intenso horror, gtac ^claimed. * cold "Afly, fay ye! How gat he there?" far| Something of the same sort comes cold ) us fresh from Rome, of her niace, 'anny Kemble, of whom many droll ories are told' in society of her lTr :?u i? l~ j: t We ibljuilljg djjvcuiiuh IV iiiuihitwi jjui- . >ns. One of tho drollest is this: A ^ ieek young man was presented to her p 0 id unluckily opened the new-bom r oa t) jnvcrsation with. r "I hear you have very fine hotels UP? i America. P?D' "Sir I 1 have no hotels in America !" . i a measured, contemptuous voice, P mt caused that young man to re- ?f*1 eat with alacrity.?Editor's Draw- . 3 l, in Harper's ^Magazine for July, ime 1,000 Chinamen have been enaged by a large planter in the A igar-growing district of Looisma, and are expected to arrive at forc nearly day A planter who has raec ad nothing but Chinese laborers wjt| ?r o veor ai* art r?nof- writno flint i. ft M J VWI V* WV I'likVV UUu iey are in every respect superior if s ) negroes. lie expresses the hope and lat a sufficient number "may be you rouglit to the State to make it loom as it did in the ante-bellum c mcs, believing that they are the sho ibor that can build up its broken bru irtunes, ^ie ' * wit] " ~~ witl The Virginia Liberty News says: hro< A gentleman relates to us a novel nd sight, witnessed on the road . r^r idea few days since. He saw a ibbit attack a very large black nake with the fury of a practiced ^ (lake dog. The snake had charra- 0f t d one of the rabbit's youn^ ones, p0U nd was in the,act of crushing and 1,001 fallowing it, when its mother put flou i her timely appearance aud saved nut :s life, thu Co Banish Fleas and Lice anyroyal, a common weedtn pases and meadows, is very offensive fleas, lice, .flies, and mosquitoes, use it advantageously, take lard, * I ruh or grind it with a muller on a rath, flat stone, slate, or piece of ' rble, .with the dried or green ( ht-leaves, stems, and blossoms, unwell mixed. Let it stand twenty r hoars, nfelt at a Jow heat, and i tin. With this, anoint the ears j I neck of the animal, or the ches and nestj of poultry. which y be invested. A small quantity i y be rubbed under the wings of i ] i with a brood of young chickens. ] ew drops of the oil of pennyroyal { Bweet oil, rubbed on the face, nock, I hands, will keep off mosquitoes, vever thick they.may be. A good ht's rest may be secured in the ret (in fested) woods'or swamps ere these insects or black flies do at abound, by the use of this mixe. ..Keep it out of the eyes, as its ' sence there is not agreeable. , rs?: ' 4 i'lVE Ways to Destroy Ants?1 1 lr, copiously, hot water, as near i boiling point as possible, down j ir burrows,-and over their hills, I. repeat r the ^operation several es, '-j., j . , * !. Entrap the ants by means of row sheets ot stiff, paper, or,strips board, coverod with some sweet, :ky snbstance. The ants are atcted by tk? sweets, and, sticking ' t, can' be destroyed as often as s Bcient number are entrapped. v t. Lay fresh bones around their j ints. They will leave everything 3 to attack those; and when thus :umulate(J, can bo dipped in hot ter. L Pour two or three spoonfuls of .1 oil into their holes and they will indonthe nest. i.-Bury a few slices^ of onions in ir. nests, and they will abandon !%ft i". y "S|C i i NTELLECTUAL CULTURE.?A Culticd mind may be said to have into stores of innocent gratification. erytniog may do made interesting ' it by becoming a subject of ught or inquiry. Books, regarded , rely as a gratification, are worth re than all the luxuries on earth. ' taste for literature secures cheeroccupation for the: unemployed I languid hours of life:, and how ny persons, in these hours, for nt of innocent resources, are now pelled to coarse, and brutal pleasi? How many young men can be nd in this city, who; unaccustomed find a companion in a book, and lingers to tintellectual activity, are lost driven?in the long dull evens of winter?to haunts of intemance and depraved saciety. Cleanse the Skin.?It is a curi- ! i fact illustrating the necessity of < mliness, and of keeping the pores 1 the skin open, that if a coat of ] nish or other substance impervi- \ to moisture be applied(to the ex- j or of the body death will ensue in j ut six hoars. The experiment ^ > once tried on a child at Florence. the occasion of Pope Leo the ith's accession to the Papal chair, c ras desired to have a living figure epresent the Golden Age, ana so ^ lild was gilded all over with var \ and gold leaf. The child died , few hours. If the fur of a rab- I or the .skin of a pig be covered l h a solution of India rubber in * htba, the animal ceases to bwa$Jie ? i couple of hours.-- " " * t erina.?Put together one quart <milk, one tablespoonful of sugar, ( tablespoonfuls of farina, and one >poonful of extract of almonds. 1 for twenty minutes, stirring con- 8 itly. Dip yourjellie moulds into 1 [ water, and -than pour in. the I na. Let it stand until it is quite c u " ' t _ ' t emedy tor A, spring-kneed.? t find the following recommended t trt f vtta kl a ia /innan/I kr? m /?An 1 'II vUID bll/UUiv ID VMUDCU UJ U VUU" 1 tion of the muscles or sinews: t e down the heels of his feet as. low tossible, have him shod with a toe n his shoe, and no corks. Use a' p etrating liniment, which will cause g sinews to stretch, Take half a e i spirits of wine; 1 oz. bear's oil, 1 \ oil of origanum, 1 oz. oil of sassa- e , 1 oz. laudanum; mix it all well fl , bottle; rub it in well with the d. This is a very penotrating linnt, and will effect a cure. ? ' ? ? ?: i . House's Petition to His Dri- 1 .?Up the hill whip me not; down hill, hurry me not; in the stable, 'c jet me not; of iiay and corn, rob , not: of clean water stint me not; ! h sponge and brush, neglect me ; of soft, dry bed, deprive me not; c iuk or cold, chill me not; with bit reins,oh! jerk me not; and tvheu I are angry, atrike me not. Ji ' 'c 'are op a Horse.?If caught in a 1 wer, and you get your hat wet, C sh it before it is dry. And so of \ horse. When he comes in wet s b perspiration smooth his hair h a uoarse brush?a common K ora is better then nothing?in the j iction you wish it to lie when he is \ . The animal will feel better, and c ill be only half the trouble to g ,u him tho next time he needs it. j Card Ginger Cakes.?One pound { >utter; one quart of molasses; one 1 nd of brown sugar, which has ] n dried a little; three pounds of ! r; half a cup of milk ; and one * meg grated, IIoll the dongh very i. t scraps, ? < < "' ' . . ' ~L_ : Paris is scud to be .Maaually. /all of Americans. - ! -v<; .. ... The latest German prim a d 0 n n a tvh'ose fame is heralded across Dcean weighs 375 pounds. . Ladies .are beginning to retarn to the primitive style Of wearing ' V their hair parted in the middle; \ ire, The composer of of the MWacht: \in Rhein" has received an imperial pension of lOtiO; thalere, as a . reward for the excellent service the jongdid in the late war. , . Sir. WrW. Corcoran, &e Waahington; ; banker,_ has almost ftuly recovered from his late seyerriH-^ aess, and with Btfa family, la jww ; it.the Whitq:8iilphur Springs, Vu;.', einia, O ' * .i 5j.._ The: etory of; William Tell abdj; * the apple is said to., have been distinctly told in an-an ancient Per-- . sian manuscrjpt just discovered .itti the library at Brealatf. v . ^ Charles D. - Writington, clianical genius at Fairhaven^Con-rr * necticut,na8 recently completed a ; miniftlnra Btfiflm fln<rin?k norfoAf "Sn every detail, of about" one 'racfage power. The boiler is threS iirche# long, and the machine contains^ ' over 800 pieces, soma of which ire gold. It runs finely?the-machine^* ( we mean, not the moose.* . ^ A scientific expedition to Bri&it; % headed by Profecsdf Charles Fred--- :C erick Haftt, of Cornell University-, is to start from v irom New York this week, on the Merrinac, bound / to Peru and Rio Jeneiro. Mrs. Amy Franks, of Fayette County, Venn., is such a woman -as> the ancients would have celebrated in song. She is 90 yeara old, and has 500 living descendants, irtcla-; ding 14 sons and daughters; * A correspondent of the iTew^ Tribune states that an . aggravated case of cancer in theface Was cUr^ . ed by inserting; a setonin thtf leg, and thus keeping up a perpetual issue- All vestiges of the usuallyT fatal affliction have vanished. A Geoma young, man, after iai absence from his femilyof thirty-* eight years' duration, qqjetly dropped in upon them tfte other dayas if notmng naa liappenea. ine wife, strange to say, nad indulged in no Enoch Ar Jen foolishness, ? From the Augusta papers it appears that Mr Jphn Clark, a resident of Beech Island, S. Cwjr ' waylaid and robbed of wlutt flM>riey be had about him, while he was on the way to Augusta, on the 20th nstant. - Warrants have been obained for the arrest of the parties^ vbo are all colored men, and one >f them has been overhauled and tarried to Hamburg. . Mr. John Edwards of Betff fonaine, Ohio, is a person, of unreas nable expectations. .Hp. greatgrandfather, 99 years ago,; leased, t is stated, a large tract of counry in England to King George, md now the lease expiring throws . he property into the haiids of the ieirs, who will be obliged to take iharge, it is said of something tik$ 182,000,000. The Jews of New. York; it is tated, have entered into arr$0g& uents for- the establishment of a mblication society, with the object >f. issuing works On Jewish life, listory and ' literature, excluding reatises of a controversial description. It is intended to unite on * >road add liberal platform, and to >nng the benefits of the orginieaion within the reach of every one, A young lady of >urchased her shroud and burial farraents' went home, took sfrvch*Lin'ej and died* instantly. As ft ras*he anniversary of her tnothir's death, she had fixed thfa day is the day .she would commlt^ sm:i(ie. John* J* ."Wilkie, '.jxfa i ummoned as one of the loroner'jS 'i-. i" l * .i : ury, uieu on me way%iv/uiw.iu^ufa?t rom rupturiug a blood ve^|.; ^ ; The last elopement o^cdVreJ^ut South Bend, Indiana. X ifian lq^t lis wife?the secend within xtytlar. before the end of tyro ^crnthsibe >ltered himself to hiaae^nifcwife's ildest sister, but she refused iiim. le quietly began his addresses to a 'ouuger sister,.and on;a-lata Saalay, while his ratfther-inJaw and he eldersistef \Vere gone'^o the emetary to'visrt the grave of his vjife, he lipped with the younger lsl<rr' .1$ \Utl v14 >, . It' is said 6f the many ma iden ified wUhjgovernmenf' newspapers u Washington, under tho old order if affairs before the war tho only urvivors are Duff. Green, now .llyng in the South at a veiy advanced age; Francis P. Blair,:of Silver Springs, Md? A. O. P. .Nicholson, vho lived' at Columbia^ t/Feaa; 3eorge S# Gidedn and Simeon M. fohnsort, of Washington; George \V. Bowman, of Pens\lvabi<r, and wo or iliroe others of less note. , " ' - " - < ' > t* '?< Tp V v.