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?V W A.LEF, AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE,.S. GL, .THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5,1871. ' VOLUME XlX-NOr24r
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AT A WINDOW. I
An oriel window looks
Over el ms .alive wiUucoQlxS,
While afar,
Past gla<jtes*vfr&re bmweq the deer,
There slrtnfe a ailyer mere, >
. lokSUHA jl / A i
And, when the sunlight flits,- .
In that wide window sits -~i |
One I know.
I see an easel stand*, - * V
But idR t? t!iat'hand,a ^ - !
White as snow.
v ? *
A dreaniIsjjJp these cy?fl,
That g?z?on windy skies,
Cobalt blue :
A sad delicious dream,
>Vith love its only theme,
Lost, though true.
| fFain would the Inaic&ti'itfffeel ?,
An unfortunate face:
? .V A
Love means woe. r rf (-r,Tr. Tt.
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THE HAMI^ON BROTHERS. <? T ,
A Love Story.
We sat and talked in the firelight,
ray brother "Frank an<i t,' jus? as we
had set and talked a hundred times
before in the .busy, backward years
which we two brothers had spent to-.
ftlr.Ki . . I 1 1
gethcr.
Suddenly looking up, Frank met my
eyes fixc4 upon his, moody face, and
running bis fingers lazily through his
curly hair, htf laiighed but his laugh
bad not its old Variri, careless ring.
"IIow well seems to be getting,
on out in Melbourne,: Max," he said.
41 ?am iu . 1 nrtf ti !i{u
JLL19 IVIIUI IV J VU 10 U1IVU T1 iwu Uiy
own prosperity." 1
"It aeenis to me merely Written to
a*k if Wp could send liun out an assistant,"
I jM)6wered,. speaking lightly.
"Of course you * do> not. know any
f sKistant to seiid out t^'Benl*1 Frank
said. "The' poorest young surgeon^1
??f your* acquaintance are ourselves,
the Hamilton Brothers,, and, thank
Heaven? we have not fallen quite so
low as to exile ourselves voluntarily
ai drug mixdrk td Bent. I would not
change quarter^ with him for an}*
uouiideration, but 1 fear I "enVy his
euecess. ni^t pw^ ,Max, that it
i# hard fignting here," ;
"So it is anywhere, in any profession,
jnst ftt- tirsi/'-i' answered quietly
' There is but one thing we can do.
However PiualL our./income, wo can .
live down to it, and work hard to in
crease it;,: That,"!- take it,-'is the secret
of success", JhVairk. ''Wecanvassed
our prospect^,,^nd. ttyen Frank, told
ine how anxious,Jje to succeed,
that he;inight.win Leilice:for his wile.
It was Lettiifci* birthday and we were
going to pay our respects to her on
this eventful occasion* Frank told
me how. great a U'i&l it .was to him,
waiting and. struggling for success
that hemight inarry, and I asked:
"Frank, do you feel that the waitihg
is a trial,. t00j. for?her ?" .
"I know, what,you .mean," he an.swerod^iightjy
pausing* iui4i?iS) Max,
J think so." > *?>? < "
"Do you know it?" I questioned,
in a-low voice, whose 6adness touched
piy own heart.And lie answered,
wilh no pause at all ,
"Yes, Max, I kuow it,"
We had junfinisheddreesmg^wheo I
startled Frank , by saying/ very
quietly: * . * /' , , , " v .
' I have made up raj miad to go out
to Bent.. r .. . }/
"To-rVhat?'
nSiroply what I said?to go out to
Bent. t want to change, and a change
holding out some prospect of success.
Why should.1.not scire this opportunity."
"But?you take me so fearfully by
surprise," stammered Frank. "\Vhy,
you are a lar cleverer surgeon than
Bent; ypu gp alid be his servant."
We stQ04,unil?r ibe bare oki Time? ,
tree, which ini* summer shaded the
doorway^ awd niy haw* ;vr.as on tho
bell, wljcn Frank fetayed it,''Ktfd spoke
a few wov(js, ill1 uniVstial 'earnestness.
' Tell me one thing, ^^']ljefore wego
in. You do not d cide to leave here
fin* my sake?because Lhave so often:
cotnplainod "that ouh practice is not
sufficient' ibr two; awl because you
know I want to marry, anil can not
do bo as ,yw jarc.?J Youyfcould. not
. leave yonr home^ and your friends,
and me, and- ga.o'dt to iruflgVry .Tor
tkut reason, Max ? I shall not be comfortable
unless j*ou tell me that you do
it for your own sake."
Knowing that my going would spare
me one great pain which, in my
cow^rditje, ! shrank.from, I answered,
L?m wkfe ^quickj.^Mes,/! , j
Wo had a'very pitJasant evening
with Lettice. ,1 did not feel very happy,
and'!?^'ddjl'6ted appearance was
referred tb4 insy? tliaa once.during the
evening^ Frank made some remark,
when I'iu1 reply, said i !
"The fietls,.'Lettice; Frank can not
mtr 'l(V4t nflw1' whim?
iu^ **f" v 4V." . ;
vwhich i^'io g^./Out^pl Mejbourne' to
join an-oKl .friend aftvaurs~" i.?i j,;j ^.,}l. j
' And this was how I told her; on
her birthffarlMglk'" I whotoad worked,
and*^Qped',arfd'^aited for the fulfi
II men J., o u 6 V drejim
wbieu now lay. .pattered j iuto. frag-,
monts ib-ihfe'-prbttyj Cheerful; room.
"What do,, yofl'think, Lettiee of this
new project Of JHfip'if?' asked Frank,
iaughingly, as she moved by the teatable.
She simply said : "I do not like it:
but if ^pcjBfipks fit ^t;^I suppose
he doeS well to carry "out h^projeCl.*'
"Max," sauiiifit<Ucd^ father, as Ji?
came in, fjft,
."what s this the little one Jells me?
You are surely not thinking, in auy
r riousncss. of going ahro^d 8"
'I have decided'to d6Vo, ifadeed, as'
soon ag^raak^ajad I can arrange matters
hotlW'Ht! ot> lu
"1 cannot believe it -Why, if my
own didghter had suddenly lold me
she was going I eouhl notJhave been
more astonished* What can have de
j | ' f\ ' * I ^ J>1 ' , ')
cided you ?
"I have learned by; experience," I
said, trying to force a laugh, "that
lied bury is unfortunately too healthy
& jjliicc to support so many doctors.'
Frank and I walked home that
night very silently. I think we had
never before passed along the narrow.
I quaiut old streets after an evening
spent with Lettice, without talking of
her, aud of (,ho home she made soi
bright and happy. But when .we entered
our own silent room "wo both
hesitated, as if unwilling to separato
so.
"Max," began Frank at last, stoop*i\
nnnK a cr?5ll infn tlifi
UU ?? 11 IV/ puou U P|/ill anvv v..smouldering
fire, "this house seems
dreary enough to return even . with
you. What will it seem, I wonder,
when }*ou are gone?"
"It depends on who shall live here
then, f'ear fellow," I answered. "No
house where you and. Lettico live
! could he dreary in,any way." f
[w- Lcould see the'searlet rusln&iQ hit
face even before "he lighted the gas.
The if Uto tufad-d to< me with ioywua
eyes'; and 'loaning ??n tho .chimneypiece
askejl. me laughingly when I
Would come'"baek and prove that for
myself. 1
Jf^wUl-conie," X,said, quite, chccr-.
fully, "in ?let me see?in twenty
years, perhaps."
"Oh, nonsense, Max," he cried, in
his quick earnestness unconsciously
laying one hand upon my arm; "you
will come for mj- wedding."
"For j'our wedding?" I echoed, as
if tho words spoken so simplj' had bewildered
me. "Frank, docs she really
love }-ou ?"
"\V 1?3", Max, old fellow, I never saw
" l-*? A MA **AM npH.ti/1
jo;i suuurvuusuuiun:. aiujuu nutiiu
that I am deceiving myself?or that
she is deceiving me ?"
'No?never afraid of. that. You
know she loves you, frank ?"
"Yes, Alax, I know it."
.."Then I will come?unless you marry
within ten years' time."
Frank's whistle of astonishment
broke into a hearty laugh. "A nice
little waiting time you allow us. Max.
\Ve shall certainly have ha,d leiaure to
think it well over."
"If you don't marry until then," I
went" on. laughing too, "I will come.
If you do, you must havo your big
brother represented ; and I will come
to you for a holiday in ten years'
time."
"Ten j-cars!" mused Frank ; "what
a vreaiy lin?o to look ?n to, unless oue
is anticipating a happj* future."
Day after day, until the last hour
came, had I shrunk from bidding farewell
to Lctlice. Then 1"just wout.to
her, as I had gone many and man)* a
lime before, standing and chattinjridlv
in the pretty room where we hucfot'ten
been no gay together.
"If frank is to drive here for 3*0.11 in
time to catch tho express, you allow
us a very short time indeed," saiu
ilr: Oldfield.
"And yoL it is a long good-bye,"
added Lett ice, jestingly ; 'you are ut>t
coming home for a long, long time, are
you. Max ?" r
' Frank aqd I have made an important
arrangement about that/' I answered,
trying to jest too, because I
fancied she won Ul understand what he
had asked .me to do. ,;I am going to
stay ten years unless he wants mo."
"If he does not want, you, you prefer
staying out thcro ?"
"Yes. What prospect is there of
anyone else wanting me?" '
"I supposo none," she answered
quietly, "as you say so; but we shall,
be glad to see you when you return.
Not that }*ou will care for that either,
fbr you care for nothing, you kuow,
except fortunizing your life."
. Her word*, in their quiet, simple
ecorn, stabbed me to the neart.
<Tkn* !o o ici^n wnnl T.nltifift." T
X UMU ID U *? , ?
said, "and a word which even yet I
bave not fathomed."
"But you expect to do so in Melbourne?"
"I hope so "
With an odd little laugh she changed
the subject; and very soon Frank
drove uptothegale. Mr. Old field and
Amy went out and stood beside the
dogcart, talking to him, while I followed
more slowly. Leltice came
witK me, and&cfqd a minute finder the
bare old lime-tree, with the winter
sunshino -fcn! bet* bright young fade.
And IrrJftokipg, dqjvn up op bor-~
knew that this picture would dwell in
my heart through all m}' lonely life.
Her jesting scorn was all gone novy;
only her eyes were a little puzzled,
and a little sad.
' "You will be quite happj', Max,"
she said, "with that happiness which
makes others happy too."
"Tell m j how, Lettice," I cried, tho
strong and passionate love of my heart
trejrbling in my voice. Tell me how
to win this happiness." ? i
cannot," she answered, softly.
?<T /..nnM fflOf.ll MH wllftt. von IvllOW
I T A VrfUIlli^U > ? J ? ? . _ ..
so well." 1 \ - ': \"
"Letticc,'' I said, "my one dearest
! frieud, this is the. last moment. Give
me somo few words of help to take
with me?c6a sister woti'd havegivCn
them to me,"
Very softly, while her clear, sweet
eyes looked braveljr into mine, she
whispered tho little verse which has
been ever with -me since, and has
helped me oftenT as her voice could
help me in those far off-days.
There is a cross in every lot,
And an earnest need of prayer;
But a lowly heart that leans on God,
Is happy every where.
From tho gate I looked back wistfully
to where she still stood under
the winter branches, and she smiled
I - K.?>~kt Nrfir1/>L- nmiln. and mrr in*.
uiic urigu^ wr'f>- ri
-'TfceB' rrartJowii beside Freak,-in d
Amy sprang up,, and. gave me, with
iear:filled eyes, the only kiss among
all rpy s^d good-byes. ' ' ;
Later on, ja tho frosty winter
morning, we two brothers, who had
been together all our lives, parted on
the deck of the great waiting vessel,
toijh only a few broken words,; and
one long, close, lingering haud-grasp.
* * ' *./ *r * s.,*- j"The
tea yw& arapassing/fljpd you
most keep your promise Max, and
COILO. }(* * * t j
. i I read the words over and over
again. ojJ w^nofriyct ten, but over
seven years since I had sat foot in
Melbourne, and in every letter Frank
had sent me through those long years
I had expected him to tell me what be
had told me at last. Yet, now that it
was told, the lines seemed to swim before
my C);eB, and my fingers would
not write the glad and congratulatory
wordfe I wished to 6end him.
' .Now that my reward is corac," he
wrote, '"I* claim your promise. "We,
I only delay our marriage for yonr ar
nvui. iua.\, viu laiiuu, uuuiu |
j have felt happy for me indeed, if you :
! had seen how willingly Mr. Oldfield '
| gave my darling to me. I had been a !
son to hira for years, he said; I could i
hardly be nearer when I was his
daughter's husband. And now my
cup of happiness will bo full when you
come. How soon can you be home ?"
So, upon'a bright spring morning, -J
Frank and 1 met once more in Eng- "
land ; and tired with a.tiredness which 1
j I hfitl never felt before in all my life. J
Ideated that' evening in my own old'
; chair beside the cherry homo fire; '
striving to look back joyfully into my '
brother's beaniiug face. .. .. \.'? '
"You are very tired. Max," said <
Frank, in his quick glad tones. f
"A little ; but I was not thinking of
that. 1 was thinking-.(how utierJy '
content you look, Frank."
'So 1 ought to, ought I not? because
1 am so utterly content. Do I 1
look changed iu any other way ? 1
"No, none.'!. ,
"Sol look utterly content, .do I? yet
I have had trouble too. You 1
ought to sny you see the traoes, Max." >
"What trouble has it bcen; I asked." <
"A trouble of five years, ago, Max," <
he answered quietly; a "trcublo I '
never felt that I could UlJ you in a 1
letter. Wheu I first asked Lettice to *
bo my wife sho refused ,mo, Max.".,. 1
' 1 feared so, Frank," I said,.so low
that he stooped forward to catch tho <<
words. "I feared so from your sildri^e '
at that time. Hut.never mind, deal' 1
fellow, as if has ended so brightly.?.*
"No,-1 don't mind now one atom.
It has ended so brightly, as you say."
It seemed like a dream to bo walking
once more at Prank's side, along
the shadowy streets; and still more ^
like a dream to be entering unanounc- t
ed tho pretty familiar room, where i
Letticoeat alone at tho window, sow-, i
ing in the twilight. : ,
"Letticc,51 cried Frank, in gay eager- j
ness. "here's Max." <
I was standing opposito her, looking <
down upon her with still,* calm eyes; t
the brave elder brother of ;her affiat.c- I
ed husband. She dropped her:Work, i
and put her two hands into mind'iri f
quick, glad greeting;,and I spoke.to t
her just as I knew Frank would wish 1
m a 1 r\ ci?r?olr i n ltnv \iMifi?liin/r till t lia
111W VV IV Uvl j M UtVUHl^ u>4 HIV I
while his face, as well us hers. She .(
was changed more than he was, . The .(
face that had been almost childlike in c
its sunny, beauty was a wo man's face j
now ; dcepef* and graver, ^t infinitely
more beautiful, I thought, as 1 saw its j
old bright suuny smile still there! I
She looked up at Frank, a wonderful t
light shining in her cyti& ' ' t
"Now you have ail you-wish, Frank, -<
she said. And I felt that she was as ]
happy in his love as he was in hern. ]
I stood bosidfi them,'talking lit- faigh- e
ing, genial tones; hoping that she i
could never guess how hardly I had c
schooled, myself to this. , j j
Presently* Frank passed out through' t
the open y. indow, and Lettice, looking V
after him, raided her eyes questioning- I
Ty'fo me. _"... i
"You think us all Changed, I sup- (
pose, Max Even Frank ?" j
"Yes," I answered, absently. c
juit you nave not seen sister Amy t
yet," she went on, smiling, "She of *
course is most changed of all. Frank j
is gone to fetch her, I fancy. He saj's {
she is like what I was at her age,' but \
that is only his pleasant flattery, for [
she is very, very prett}*." t
I followed her words dreamily, won- ^
dering whether it could really be seven t
j*ears since Lettice and I stood talk- (
ing to each other last; while I felt (
how impossible it was that thclittlo |
one whom we had all combined to pet ]
and spoil could be at all wflat Lclticc;|
was in those days:-' < L1 *|
"Frank seemed, to know exactly : <
inhere she-woiild bp. Lctticc. went on,1,
jv little hen'ou'slj'," I Yaficiefl,' 'fri my si- j
"Icfiifce "You remember the low' old ! 1
seat under the lilatu Max ? Amy is j |
as fond of sitting there as?I used to j
be when I was her age. You used to '
say, too, that you loved lo rest there j
on a summer evening; but you hava
been away so long, doing so much, ,
that those o d memories will be all
buried now ?"
"Yes/ The)' ure all buried," Ian- *
swered, feeling (he scarlet mount into
?w.? ,.p
Ill J' 1ULU LV LU/llIUUlUb III U UUUIUU33 Ui l
my words.
/l She smiled, a little wistful smjle,
which had a strange, tyrayo tendevness
in it. .
"I too have lived* seven yeafrs since
then," she said : "but the old memories
are doar to me, Max, and kwould
not bury ihepi fp^all the world.^-*' '
"Because it is so different with you'
and me," I faltered. "I?I. think I
have nd courage left. How long
JPrank stag's." ' '
"I se.e them in the lower gardon
cow," she answered, gently, looking
awav from me as I struggled with'ray
pain. "*
"How quickl}' Amy would hive run
in to greet me. in the old times," I said,
flnftftlcino- onfA mora rh I had schooled
myself to do; only that a little bitter- .
ness would creep into the tone.
"Yes," laughed Lettice softly, "but
she will not oorae this evonjng withoUt'-Frank.
She has been quite timid
about your return. She asked ihe't'o'
dky if you would think Frank had
chosen unwisely: beauauso;sire Cjfc'jBO
much younger than he is; 60 ignorant
and untried, she.said." , ,
In the bewildered,. breathless si!
lenco which foljowed Lettiee's words,
i she looked up at me; deep shadows
J gathering iu. her eyes, as if she, too,
, felt the agony, qf ,the doubt and hope
I 'i! I ' ' . . ri
j wmcu surreu uie.
,lDo you think Frank has chosen
wisely Max, in taking my. little eis1
ter ?" she asked, speaking plainly the1
; trpth, which she know now that I had
ntfver heard. ;
"Lcttico?LottiCe, is it so ?" I
stammered, my fingers tight npon the
chair below me, and my heart beating
tirilrll** ll' ' V '
"Yes, Wax," she answered, "it is so." I
And 1 knew that she could read the '
whole stor}' of my deep and lasting i
love written in my quivering face ? *
"And you, Lettiee ?" \< *
"I,'' she answored, in a bright, low I
tone?"I have waited." 1
Then I covered my face hurriedly; 1
for boyish tears had overflowed my 1
eyes in the untold joy of. this sur- prise.
"Max," she wispered, hor gentle
touch upon my arm, "I thought you
knew this, aud had eomo home for
their, sokes."
"No; not for their sakes, Lettice'j'
for Frank's and yours.";:ip tmvr.
"Why ^or,'my.? sake ?". she asked,!
tears shining in her own .eyes as she
looked brightly into mine..
Then, low a?d. brokenly, I.to]drt her. ;
tf'my love; the. long, hopeless love'
which-would not die. And at last she
ihsweredj with her little gentle hands
5U' mine, and a deep, true gladness
ihining beliiud thii^ tears: ' '
"Mux. dear M'ux. I am vcrv crlad I ?
iYilited." ' ' ." ' }
"Max," said Frank, that night aftor t
wo got homo;,"may I have the old ?
plato put back upon the door?" 8
We both laughed at the idea, for T
Frank was Dr. Hamilton now,1 and I I
Iiad half .a dozen letters after, my t
lamo ; but we took a candle Uud wont 1
)ff at oneB to find'it..: Frank?sitting ?
3own and taking it upon his knee? J
Drushed the thick dust from it quite t
tenderly; while .1. leaning ,over his 6
shoulder, read thp lcttcvs as he cleared t
;bem. .. . *
".{Hamilton Brothers?' .It does not s
io, Frank; and yet thank,God for the t
iruth it tells. , We are brothers sjili; c
.re will bo brothers to the end." s
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The Manufacto of Cotton'. \
. Mr. B. Bayliss, who has spent a few ?
veeks among Eastern spinners,'reports }
through the .Memphis Avalanche that' '
ill the mills aro in active operation 8
md new ones are being erected at a r
ate unprecedented. Fall'River, Mas- c
lachusetts, with' twenty-seven mills in
wni'iitirin- h?R ten ' morn irt* mni'Rfl Of E
erection, and-in Norwich, Cohnectifetit *
,he largest'cottoiVmill in tho world is t
jeing completed, and will be in rcadi- '
less lor business in the course vt a
i'wr weeks, v lis fcapacity?i 110,000 J
ipiudles. In other of tho .New Eng- !
and Stiitesithe samo progreea in in- -}
lustrieK is noticeable, as indeed is the
use. all through the .Northern section.
Capital is*seeding .employment in 1
lastriuJ .entenprises.aud.lljesfl i^cLb are
unong the results. 9
Surely, SU3'S tha ^Avalanche, thb;is.DO A
ndieation that the lust season, lias not J
>ecn one of profit to spinners, o> that
.hero is want of confidence in the fu- ^
,ure of prices. The talk of spinners
jonccrning prices for insuing season, 1
Hr. Bayliss says,point* to atbDuE 15a c
10c. for middling. There is also, he ^
tays, a disposition to deal more l.ber- *
ill}' with products of tho staple or, in 1
>lher words, i ot to crowd the market, 4
ivhich is no doubt inspired chiefly by c
;he belief that tho greater the pros- 1
jerity of tho South the greater will ?
^ 4 I. . ? >?/%?-*? ? rv\ ?% 4 ?i\?? n 1 it a H . Aim on# ?
.IU . 1,11*3 U1JU vU v HiUlV/ Oiitsfactory
the prices t;of yarns -and ?
. loths.: It-is'also considered} with the 1
r esent cotoumption and the prospect
jf supply, that prices of cotton are
lot far from what they. should.be, but
ire health.}' and safe. , One thing t)p
ieoable about the new mills referred e
;o is, that they are constructed mostly ?
,vith reference to. the production of the
Dctter class of goods, apt), therefore, 1
,o tho consumption of the better ^
grades of cotton. The production of t
:oarse goods is gradually being turned t
)ver to,tho Southern .mills, whose fa- t
iilitics are such as'^o render that i
branch of tho triidb unprofitable to ,
Eastern mills.: Ift' other \yords? the 1
$ter are UtVrildo t^T bofApIet'o siictess- <
Fulfy."' Willi nnproVdd' inachfriei'y the ?
tjoutli*Will, i.l'tfoufr&S of iimb/bfter as* <
jhai p Competition Iri tiid tinor fabrics;"' !
This change in manufacturing is one *
that has long been predicted by the I
Southern press. At first it was only j
pirns that wo cxpccted to spin, then ]
negro cloths, and now ^11.tho heavier i
fabrics. If tho East.vyill .relinquish, tp '
the Soptli the latter, the $outh u7ll.be.
content to leave the finer Work to the
North,? Columbus Sun., ...
CnXNGixo His- Identity. ? Ari
amazing incident 'is related to havo
occurred on the Steamer Deiter,' on
her last trip-down tl?6 rivor! r JiIb*
below Vicksburg: a family got on
board, eh route* for Texas. Ihirivg
the afternoon the >pater fimitiflt-concluded
he would enjoy tho luxury of
a-ehavo," shampooning;: ?fco., 'and for
tl& purpodo went to the barber and,
af^his request, bair^ eyebrows and.
whiskers were changed from a fiery
*ed to raven blackness by tho artist's
dye. Tho travoler was hugoly pleas- 1
ed "with the idsa. of surprising his 1
wife at,,the. transformation, and hur- 1
fn /)/imnnrl f lift T^
i ivvi vv V?vu??t?v? v??v ! IIUU^IIUU
his indignation when he was caned \
upon .to focfoit $10. , He sworo he' 1
never would pay it, aud hurried to i
his state room to buckle on his defon- i
siv.e armor. , But he was met at the i
door by his' spouse, outraged at the i
infrusioQ of a stranger, as sh6 sun- ]
posed, arid' admittance'refused. lie i
called himself her husband?she tfatd i
he was an imposter. lie attempted 1
to explain. It was useless.' A crowd i
gathered' around, and the laugh bo- 1
came general. At last, in his per- i
plcxity, the hooster exclaimed:'Sal- 1
lie, look at my feet!" .
V Oi>e- glance at the pedal cxtremi- ]
tics assured , her. "Yes,. John," ?he *
said, "I know them feet. They can i
come in; but icccp that heail out ot i
my eightV'?l?-, Y>. Picayune.,'
,1?- I
Men make fools of women, and
when they get a fooi'for a wife they
spond the rest of their days in cursing
hor box. ,
Wives who are Not Wives. b
?r-'. . b;
There are, wad sighs and plenty to k
ye seen at any time under the sun, but tl
lone sadder, I think, than that of a b<
virtuous wife undergoing the neglect
if an alienated husband. Such sights 8V
ire not at all rare. Any one who uses ai
lisej'cs in whatever society he moves,
iigb, middle or low, will find them
jainfully frequent. There aro many
lappy marriages?marriages indeed
?over which love rules royally and tl
tbsolutely until death forces the first tl
md fiual separation. There lire mar'iages
in which man and wife share a CJ
nixed experience of smypathy aud p]
mtipathy, of like and dislike indiffeK- 8t
snco and ardor, but, as happiness goes c<
a. life,? rub. through comfortably ^
inough to the end. There are mar- ^
'iages,'too, which are wrecked by the: aj
vile being silly or bad, or the husband' jj
rile ori-brutal. The world knows of. di
liese cases; they get paraded in the j)
f^wspapers, and end with explosions
n the divorce courts. h
But besides all these, there are e?
hdusands of marriages which are tt
inch only in name?thousands of t<
vives who are not wives. I cannot fc;
magine anything raoro dreadful t'uan C]
he situation of a noble, loving wo- 0,
nan, when she lias discovered th&t jf
omehow, and with no faiilt on her. g
>art which affection should not over- ^
ouk, she has lost and cannot regain
he love of her husband. She loved tc
lim from the first so exclusively; she w
rave herself, all she was, and all she p
loped to be, so unreservedly to him at n
he altar, aud has since sheltered herelf
in him so completely that when 8(
he all supporting stay of his love is ?
vithdrawn, 6he ha9 no refuge left this 8j
ido of heaven. She is so helpless in v
he ma^lex. Sho wonders over and
>ver aguiu why the charm of her love, ^l
o potent once, is so unavailing now. B|
Sho racks her memory to. find what
iffnnoft itKo nnn Koro'* critrnn Rhfi /Ia. a_
FJJVUWW OUV'VUIJ UU1 V V WU| wuv 1^1
-ises Jures to win jbim back. She B(
rusts her goodness, truth and love, jt
itid patience will at last avail, and he jt
vill penitently roturn home more lov- q
og'th'ab ever. She shows a brave
md smiling fueo lo the world, makes n
10 complaint, utters no cry, and goes ^
>n dying, quietly bloeding at the heart. 0]
Who docs not know one or more t]
pch instances? I do not see what can C(
>e done about them. No *law made ^
ilrcady or to bo made when woman 0:
:asts her ballot, frill i%,aeh these eases. B]
tfo possible avenue of escape can be jr
asy lo such a wife. She can go away q
rom h'cr husband,* but not from the
nisery lie has caused her. Where, in ^
ill the world, is solace for the unre- g)
[Ui'ted affection, decided, despised, jj
rampled undor foot?
TUere is auptber road, Btccp of de?
cent and ending in infamy, but no
vifo who ever loved her husband
mough to suffer when ho withdrew u
>is affection from her, enters upon
hat. t; .
But what shall bo thought of the
msband who, having won the love of
b woman, and made her his own hon- 8
rable in marriage, permits himself to "
>ecome indifferent, then neglectful, 1
hen harsh and hard, and taking care
0 commit no offense which tte law
:an punish or society cau frown upon,
)eisistently poisons her lifo and de- *
stroys her happiness? Just this; lie
s.a cowardly tyrant, destitute of the P
jencrosit}', honor and chivalry of true
nanhdoJ ?Betchtr. "
Wonders of the Universe. ^
1 ? # 8
Ilcre is a good specimen of the
iweeping majesty of the thought and ^
ityle of Dr. Chalmers : (
Shall we say of th'eso vast heavenly
uminaries that they were creatcd in ^
rain ? Were they called iuto exis- Q
cnce. for no other purpose than to
.hrow a tide of useless splendor over |
,ho solitudes of immensity ? Our sun j y
s only one of these luminaries, and ; ^
we know , that he has worlds in his ! ^
;rain. Why should we strip the rest
if this princely attendance? Why t
nay not each of them be tho center ^
)f his own sj'stom, and give light to
nis own worlds ? It is true that we '
?eo them not, but could tho eye of man ,
Lake its flight'into those distant re- ,
*ions, it should lose sight of our little
world before it reached the outer lim- ^
its of our system ; tho greater planets
should disappear in their turn ; before
it had described a 6mall portion of
that abyss which separates us from
tlio fixed stars, the sun should decline ,
into a little spot, and all its splendid
retinuo of worlds bo lost in the obscu- j
inty .of distance ; ho should, at last,
shrink into a small indivisible atom, .
and all that.could bo seen of this mag
Fnncent system should bo reduced to
the glimmoi-ihg of a little star. Why ^
resist any longer the grand ancj inter*
sating conclusion ? Each of these
stars may be the token of a system as
past and i.s splendid as the one which
wo inhabit. Worlds roll in these distant
regions ; and these worlds most bo
Lhe mansions of life and of intelligence.^
In yon gilded canopy of ^
lieaven wo see the broad aspect of the j,
universe, where oach shining point j,
presents os with a 8un, and each sun n
with a system of worlds ; where the
Divinity reigns in all the grandeur of ^
liLs attributes ; whero he peoples im- v
mensity with his wonders, and travels j
in the greatness of his strength e
through the dominions of one vast and
unlimited monarchy. The contera- t
plation has no limits, if wo ask the j
number of suns and of systems, tho
unassisted eye of man can take in a
thousand, $nd the best telescope which ?
tho genius of man lias constructed can J.
take in eighty millions. But why ^
subject tho do|niuions of the universe
to the eyfe of man, or to tho powers of
his genius? Fancy may take its
(light far beyond tho ken of tho eye h
or telescope. It ma}' expatiate in the ii
outer regions of all that is visible; and h
shall we have tho boldness to say that g
thero is nothing there ? that the won- a
ders of tho Almighty are at an end, a
because wo can no longer trafce his c
footsteps ? that his omnipotence is ex- p
1 V\a/.nnaa Ii ii m n n ftvf Aan n a L
UilUStCU) ' uutijuow utiuiMii ma v vnu i>v j y
longer follow hirp ? that tho orentivo I g
energy of God lias sunk igto repose, '
ecause the imagination is enfeebled
y the magnitude of its efforts, and can
oep no longer on the wing through
jose mighty tracts, which shoot far j
jyond what eye hath seen, or the ,
eart of man hith "conceived! which ,
vcep endlessly along, and merge into
1 awful and mysterious infinity ? <
Napoleon and Josephine.
T' "-? !? Ifinrt iiiUan Mnnnlflnn tftftt /
JLU YYUO III AUVV ITIIOU i.?H|/vivvu www? >
:o step which always seemed to mo 1
le beginning of his downward ca- I
jer. lie himself read aloud tho de- I
:eo of his separation from the Em- <
rest*, and though his voice seemed I
rained and unnatural and ho falter- <
i once or twice, he read to the-end 1
2fore the silent assemblage, then on- i
sred his carriage and drove to Tri- I
non, while Josephine , ^returned to I
[almaison, which Jiad been neglected <
uring tho 3'ears of her reign Tby the 1
mperor's side. , !
Sho murmured no,more, though she 1
ad pleaded with him long and earn- 1
jtly befoi'o the final step had been <
iben by Napoleon. She pleaded not i
> be cast off; it was an ill omen for I
im, she said, that lie should take tiic i
rown from her head; his goodgeni-' 1
us would leave him, shfe warned him <
' he banished her from his side. .
ut it was in vain?and Josephine '
ad spoken truth. lie was losing ie
crown from his own head when ho ]
>ok it from hers: and his good angel i
ho had averted his fuce when Jose- 1
hine knelt helplessly before him, 1
ever smiled on .Napoleon again, but '
epartcd from his .side, slowly and i
>rrowfully ? weeping that earthly I
randeur and perishable groatness <
lould so dazzle the children of men i
ith their glitter and pomp. i
Back she went, broken-hearted, to i
ie scene of former joys-rwalking
owly over the lawns his fe^t 4bas i
odden?rosting wearily under *tho 1
eos in the park whero- the statues
;emed to gaze on her with sorrowig
brow, and the deer camo to look 1
ito her face with pitying eyea.
nee only she left Malmaison. . Per- i
aps the spacious halls seemed too
arrow to hold such' griei as hers;
ut she returned from sunny Sonth-..
rn countries, to find pcace at last in
ae "Evil House." Napoloon never
eased to pay every tribute of respect
) her. It was to her the first news
f the birlb of bis sou was sent; and
lie rejoiced with him, as be rejoiced
1 all good fortune that came to him
iftcn he sought the shade of the wil>w
and the cypress at Malmaison,
ieling, perhaps, with unerring inLinct,
that his "good genius" still
ngered there.?Overland Monthly.
Secret Service.
Offi's ov Josh .Blllings Farmers )
Allmanax for 1872. f
[y Deaf Mr. Editor :
Sum men are bor grate, sam men
it grate after they aro born, and sum
ion have grateness hove upon
hem. ' ' " ,
It seems tew me that I am all 3 of
hese men hove into me.
At a mass meeting lately held in
'ordank county (mi natiff village)
he inhabitants past the following
reamble and resolute*:
Where**, It is hi!y good thfct a Fabler's'
AHmanax should be born for
he year 1872.
Resolutjd, That Josh Billings should
e SDt apart, (and hereby expressly
et apayt) tew beget the job.
Restituted, That this Allminax shall
e begotted on the fust ov nex Oktoier,
wet or dry.. ;
Kesoluted, That this Allminax shall
:ontain milk for babes,| meat for
Iders, and crumbs for all. ' '
Resoluted, That Knower built the
rk, and Joner was the fiist man ^who
pent a whaleing, but Josh .Billings
ias the right ingredients for a Farmaer's
Allmanax. '
Resolutedj That Faith win's tho'batles
of life, Hvpe beautifys them, and
Iharity makes them immortal.
Resoluted,, That more dogs. than a
nan .wants are a nuisence, and less
han he haz got, iz posively no
oss.
Resoluted, That wo fully believe
hat man cum from the monkey, but
rharo the monkey cum from, we dont
eem to kno.
Resoluble, That the thanks ov this
nceting bo sent to Darwin (or tew
ho monkey) wo dont care whitch.
Resoluled, That all the nuzepapcrs
n our land (without distinction ov
olor) be allowed to print these Renouio?,
Resoluled, That this meeting- now
manirnously burst quietly, sinun
[i. ...
Josu Billings, Sekretarv.
Ditto, A11 roan acker.
P. S ?The meeting did bust quiet.
-J. B.
A colored sister thus accounted for
he late destructive hail-storm in Atunta,
Ga: "I can jest tell you what
3 de reason for all dis hail and wind
,nd rain what.tho good Lord has
?ourcd out upon us poor sinners; it
II comes of dat ice mershccn what do
flute tones hod siarceu in uis town,
t's agin natcr?making of freezin'
old ieo hero in do month of July,
nd de good Lord is> punishin' ub fur
ryin' to be smarter dan ho is. He
ou't make ico in de summer timo,
nd when poor sinful man gets to
;oin agin de Lord, den lie's sure to
unish 'cm wid storms of hail and
ain and wind aud tarafyin' fovers?
>le?s do Lord I"
A Georgia Farm.?Colonel .Lockett
as. in southwestern Georgia, planted
i cotton this year Bix thousand five
undred acres, and in corn and small
rain three thousand five hundred '
crcs, making in all ten thousand
cres. It is estimated tliat his cotton
rop will bo worth $180,000. This is
robably the largest cotton crop made
.? nnw /\nrt nni'snn in tho COLtOn TO
J **lij VIIV I'v.uv.. ? ? r - |
ion. lie employs throe huntmsd acd I
jxty hands, all blaoks.
The Human Ear. V .
It -would appear that all oar hearing
is done in arycry literal sen?fl un- pj;
]er water, as shown by 1 ho following, Y<
3xtract.froma London paper:;. .
"Professor Tyndall concluded one j0
->P V??a rnPAnf. Krf /.!>?!?-- ?J- -
A * vvv w w "J giyiug tt UI1U- I j?
ite description of the human ear/ lie'
explained how the exterior orifice of
the ear is closed at thp bottom hy a
rircular tympanic membranej behind
which is a cavity known as the drum \
:he drum is separated from the'brain in
[>y two orifices, the one rbund and the w;
>ther oval. These orifices are closed
5y fine membranes. Across the cavity
>f the drum stretches a series of four lit- 0?
tie bones, orve of which acts as a hammer ^
ind another as an atovil.; 'liohind the'
aony partition, which is pierced iby the- so
two orifices already mentioned;:is:the Hi
extraordinary organ-, called. tbe,Jaby-.
rinth, filled lyith.wttej:; this.^iw,^ . ,
between the partition and tho- Brain, ^
incT over its lining membrane :tUp tor- . jPf
rainal fibres of the auditpiy nepye are
iistributed. There ,is an apparatus ni
nside the labyrinth admirably "adap-. nr
ted to respond to these viurations of
the water,, which corrcsponid 'to 'the
rates of vibration of certain bristles, It
)f which the 'said apparatus Consists. ^
Finally, there is in the labyrinth' a
ivondorful organ, discovered by the ! '
\fnrfhcafi Gorti. which is^ to all att-* o<
pearance, a musical instrrinlent, with pi
its chords so stretched -as to accept ol
vibrations of different periods, and
transmit them'ta rierve filaments 8,
which traverse the organ. Within ^
Li e ears of men,, and .without, tjieir s]
knowledge or contrivance, this .lut? i,.
of three thousand strings has existed _
for ages,, accepting the music of,.the
outer world and rendering it fitforre- 11
coptiOri by'tho brain. Each musical
tremor which falls upon this organ
selects from its tensioncd fibres 'the s
one appropriate'to'its own pitch, and' ii
throws that fibre into' an [sonant' vrbratipn.
And thus, nd matter1 how '*
complicated thd motion of tho' ttrter1, '
nal air nmy be,-these > microscopies8
strings can analyze it and reveal the ;?
constituents of ,which it is composed :
at loastsuch are the. present yiows of fi
those authorities'wlrb bCst understand
the apparatus which transmits sono- n
rous vibrations to the auditory riorFC." ?
' 1 I?* ? -:;ufrn '(<j
The Remarkable ;So<rtaly. of Women;> b
The Pail Mall GozetCs correspon- '
dent at St.: Petersburg say^'writing
on the 4th of August.
Mdlle. DementyCva, the .lady con- !r
spirator.^ho has just been senteqeed 3
to four month's imprisonment .for
nvrnt.incr nrifT*ftnWiHhin<r'n. rnvrtlilllon'- "
I *'"b -? l "o . ary
proclamation to tho- students^ b<$1- n
longs to a curious; section of femalef :e
society in Russia, whichj ;itJ>ough of. k
very reccnt origin,/already numbers. a,
among, its members .women of all ir
conditions. These ladies' Call ihera- p
selves Progressists Qpierodovye); They
profess the doctrine of woman's t]
rigbtsin its most..pxtreme form, and, a
although recognizing marriage, jutter- a
ly repudiate the doctrine tliat.the tie' c
botween husband and \vifd: cdiitinneB v
to be valid after either of them desire ?
to break it. A Progressist accordingly
makes no scruple of .Irving JUer g
husband for another man as soon'as tj
sho is tired of him; nor does she c'on- ^
sider the ceremony of marriage nec
essary, oxcept as affording.: a; legal :
provision for hor children. I, know, ?(
a Progressist family here,' consisting j1
of two ladies, a mcdical student, an ^
engineer and two children. Those b
all live in the same bouso ?nd have
anan'thinir .in mm'mnn. Tllfi bov's pr
V'~'J O ? y? t
name (he has, of course, not been
christened) is Reason ; the girl's Lib- j
erty, The ladies are governesses, and t
they and the men put all the money: j
thoy earn into a common fund, which g
pays for the expenses of the house ..
and its inmates. ;,
' - ; :ul - T
; ?-*r- ... 1
Those -who take plcasurer in com- ^
paring the condition of ' different
countries, may be 'interested :by tho ?
following statement of the .oumber of.!,-,
farms throughout the, United States,.^
taken from tho returns of the late ^
census. Beginning with the smallest, ^
there aro 23,(342 farms of three aores- j,
and under ten-ncros; 157,810 of ten
acres and under twenty. acres; 612,- .
245of twenty, acres pnU\ under fifty u
acrcs; 009,48G of fifty acrcs and un- I'
dcr one hundred acres; 88G,249; of
ono hundred acrcs and undertime hun- I
dred acrcs; 20,280 of five hundred t<
acres and under ono thousand acresj .
and 5,348 of ono thousand acres and (t;
upward. Tho total number of farms' h
is 1,942,241. ' fc
A new grape region has bCon dis
covered, cxtehdirtg from JNortn uaro- i ?
lina to Georgia. The lino of this region
passes dircctly: over Tyroji.M/?.untain,; ^
in North Carolina, where frosts lij^ve 81
never been known by the oldesf/.ih- 7
habitant; and fruits of all kinds'^ev- f
er fail; Wild grapes nre gathered1 'in
tho month of .January, fresh and, ^
juicy as in Octoberand , this mounr c
tain range affords, . too,' wonderful j
grazing advantages, besides producing ^
all tho cereals oonimon to tho climate !fl
in great ftbundaneo. 'r < ?
4^0 .. " ft
A'Goon Test.?A contributor to the p
Macedonian says: "I have sometimes -E
seen persons put a locik;ng7gIass be- d
fore the mouths of those who aro dy- a
ing, in order to decide if life still re- "W
mained. The best way to detect the bi
same faoc with a church is, to put a r<
contribulioii'boz before them." This, to. d
say tho least, puts it in forcible and. tl
as wo think, truthful light.. At all
cvont9, there is fruth enough in it to
givo it a place in these columns, leav- T
ing our readers to consider the quefition
more carefully and to practically a
apply tho test to themselves.?Mission- a;
a ry Visitor. ?
"My dear," said a husband to his gi
wife, "j am going to start a coffee 'tl
nlftntntlnni;TTn?r will vnn rrnt. the ai
r.? -v ?? ; "*v ji-?" ? inland
?" 1 Oh, there is no trouble about j br
that; I always htive a plenty of coffee 1 tr
grounds in ray cup." at
- . *>.
: SCBAPS. ' ' o
,l . iM>Hi j'.i v:?J.?
There are;twenty thousand acres''.
apted in grpes in- Wc^ern .Netr-.
3rk. " '* >? . - ' ? ;
- ii.. ; ;
Young folks grow mo?t <wien In
ve. It .increases thoirfTsighs won-- ?p'j
rfolly. ; ; 1, > ? '
l. :>. * >: > I >i: '
Who pars the highest price for
mse t_,xhe . woman who marries ^
r one.
The leading fafehton egtabfiflftwents
Paris are again open, an4 harried
ith orders'from abroad; i"
In Philadelphia 125,000 person 8 ,,
aployed in not.less than.6,000 man$cUmng
establishments. |( . V Ar/ ,)
As the mind must govern the hand.?i
in every society lithe >matiofintaI- . / \
jcncemu&fc 4irect the ?n*n -of l?bo*i. r. \
!An Offto pajibr iftyi'tbatuo family 1 1
ted be without a Summer complaint, m 1
)w gi*eerraj)p!& ttreeo plenty. >* UsitH
jLse not too concise in. y6dxi*dQxtiii&il2.*?"1
cation lest yon be :aot, HbdoretiiW^"
>r too,diffuseICsttyon be. wearisofcie.
Educate the wluole man?the head,
ie heart, the bodyj^he bead te
link, the heartyo feel,, and tho, JSftflj'. ,
tact, , .. ... .
Tho water snakes have been picki
tip in California, dead from A4r
byxia, each having swallowed-. jtha
LherUtail. , !: *! ?:?-? lu-v -.r.u - J
Some'vfcry 'pretty slVles 'of Fatt"" -r
icks are of ligfc&Colored' clothes, 6f.
amented with a feather trimming! & '
bade darker than the material. ) r
; Hor^ton lace cellars liave J'<?om? 'in'
ishion again, worn very deep, reach- "i1
1? neatfy 'to' the sbonWerti and boint- i
d enaeTbacfi'Un'd ft'ont.
The po?%8t. articles in.
hops are,p# apart, not fjorthemnak . 1
A -boquet .made, ot?i grasshopper!f
t^ong on wires, took a premium jaX * s
ou n ty, fai r i n Massach as^tj^ASj, We<5k..
A flad*warningis coftveyediin ihe-.j,..met
that a Nashville girl ' fell . deaiL-. s,
rbile fitting up" with': her.: young,}//'
ran the other night/ mih.i u'Uuwjvtui
'The Prussian authorities Irtfve^ <fe- t!
ided that the Polish ' language shall"
e used officially in Po8en:,:Thf& de*'J?*'
3rmfiiatibu astonishes ovdrybodjv^i"!'
a iWPyffiave
incorporated, .a company/wrttf *
MQQiOOO .capital,work the i*eftW*! nt
iscove'red coalbeds in th^ Aletrtlira?'*
jlands. ' " " ^ ??? ' <
'!;nv *ifh %)
Joseph ShQFnan, ,tho qWe^Mturf.., ^
lanin Kentucky,, efld * ,f
r the firsb'-makftr^f ,,3oorbon; .^nirfey,"
died jat -Lexington, Saturday,
ged 90, of injuries, receivedtjy'*^ ' '
)g thrown from'liis horse afdwdiiys
revious, , . . * *~k' ' '
" ' ' ' ttoi'uY .T .it
A Washington correspondent s^atea,^
bat. on the reassembling of the ^lite
in;December, .there, will as ^ #
snal,a geperal change of the various / '
ommittees;, thaf Senator Cameron
rilll Recline,to .j?rve. fpy longer.'asfl'
Chairman of; the Committee.'.bn'ToN "
ign relations, and will mqvdthtit fir.";
omner be tostorod to his' old1 poii- s
on, and tbo motion will be.'adopted
'ithput opposition'.'
, Chief Jnatiqe Chase's private spcJtary,
Mr. J.JVV.Schuckers,is.prepaiV 1
ig a hiptory of . tbe^'financial!'adm'ijjtration
of the Government froui'thb '
egmning.
The Virginians -will elect or the;'
th of November, Statej Senators .int.
he first twenty. distrietsoftheState.,,-*
n the election of .Governor in 18<$, v >
ho Republicans carried five of these, n
)istricts and. the "Conservatives",
fteen. .,? . . ! '? iUl. .
Gen. !Ci ?./Washbnrno,knd; HdiiV j,
I, D6otittle,'the opposing' r*atididateir;'i
Jr liovornOr of Wisconsin, will Degm'>v
fiefr! joint'canvass of-the St*t? flt' .
)shkosVon Tacfeday/ October >
?? ??, ? > .< utfj fjf JSilli
' A San , Francisco, cd|t^r, thu9. a#,.,,
resses :an, .Oakknd brpiier: "Yo^.'
VaUagu^. you icthyo'dorulite,yoa *
ogps hammochirsos, you?yoa Oak- .
under IV '"i11"
* "'ti. J.U-: J,I .
, Take away my first letter, I romaia /.
inchanged; take away my pepond:->{
eiter, ihero is no apparent alteration ,
r? me.; take away a" ray letters, and
still continue unaltered. The let- ,
cr carrier., ?v ,t l "L
Barbers should frequently? wash..!;
licir handsi- A. stranger whose neee .;j
ad been gripped for the eighth time ;
y offensive ^.fingers of his tonsorial.
lanager, Saturday evening, blew th? ?
oap from his mouth and suddenly
squired, '<Was the body, identified?"
W hat .body juiced the start/efi abaer,:
''Wbat-,body?" repeated th$
trangor in surprise., ^Wn^/haven't
on, been, onp,coroner's jury.Ty--&art.'
" 114) -i:? i ! .j.!.;-.,'/.
A Washington telegram to the Bos*' v
bn Post sflys r "A package was. re?oived
a few days- ago at the* State-..
>epartment, from our counsel ..to
rcnczucla, containing a specimen of... >
coral fefoake. whose bite is ?aid .to be enerally
fatal. t.The anake bit a cat,
'hich instantly, while writhing wjth
ain, scratched thq band of its owner.
no puirtuuu^ uauu 01 cms mau xuiuic* .
iately swelled to Jan enormous sire,
nd the famous cunduraugo ptynfc ...
as applied with success, the poison. /
sing removed at once and.,tbe hand"^
^stored to its former size. !tTh'e can-'
u ran go party here ^still ad here to * *
jcir faith in its'" wondrous medicai 1
irtues." f** / ' ' "
W?rt III.!
A correspondent of the Rural JTewv
rorker saya tbat he has prevented ti e.
ttack of apple-tree borers by puttirg
bushel of tan-bark around the stem. ,
mi. _ i, i L '
t eacn ireu. hib mu-uar^, answers
ie double purpose of keeping out
ie borers and a ronlch. No weeds
row through it, and the writer states
lat he has never known a tree to be
taekcd around which a heap of tanirk
is constantly kept. Quince-trees
eated in the same way thrive admir*
>ly, and are free from borers.