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VOLUME XXI?NO. 4. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 7 LEE AND HUGH WILSON BY W. A.. J. % WILL BE F NO. 2 GRANI Are prepared to bhow to their friends 'a. sel Staple Dry Ms, Sals, S1k and Best Also a Select Stock < In the Dry Goods Line will "be found, CALICOES, BLEAC1IE BROWN SHIRT tipu ivn OSXABURGS, and many other thing! In the Grocery Lid BACON, FLOUR, MOLASSES, NEV? ORLEANS SYRUP, S MACKEREL, LA RICE, POWDER AND SHOT, and everything ij Also a complete Lot of ConJ ORANGES; LEMONS, JELLIES, BRAN SARDINES. CRACKERS, SHEET both French and Common. We have on hands BAGGING and TIES Come one! Come all!! we think we cat Sept. 18.1372, 53?tf " WANDO " ai -1 vastsi FOR SA1 3VI. .AJEES.I . GSEENWO( EARLY ORDERS WILL ENSD Japy 15,1873, tf WALLERir MERCHA] GREENWOC AR1% uow offering to the public in their liuo of ail the Goods geuerally neede' THEIR ST< Lave been selected with great caj READY - MAD! A FINE STOCK OF A good assor Groceries, Hardware, Croc To which the attention of purchasers is inv WALLER Feb. 19,1873, 45-tf Marble " TIIE MARBLE YARD is removed froi Shop ant! handsome Office prepares Street, above, the Mai shall House. A fir ITALIAN AND AMI Can always be found on hand, and all w rior manner, and at prices lower than elf Also, a fine collection of Designs for ]?1 STONES, which can be finished at sho and styles. J. D Lumberl LUMBER!! LUMBER!!! A TIIE underigned, having purchased the STEAM SAW MILL situ ated immediately at the ju iction of the Air-Line and Bluo Kid/;e -Rail* i ti roads, are prepared to furnish, at the > s shortest notice, any qua.ity or quan-1 tity of Lumber at the Lowest Gash ' Prices. Orders solicited. TAYLOR & HXJNNICUTT, Ppvrwillfi. S. C IS-All parties desiring Lumber,] uoacquaintod with the fii m, will please fflvo u reference. TERMS POSI TIVELY CASH Feb 19, 1873 45-3m Sealed Proposals "WILL be received until FRIDAY tbe 22d dav of May next, to arrange and inte the OLD EQUITY PA PERS.. The Proposals must be in Duplicate, accompanied by a Bond, legally executed, tor $500, wjth ap proved security conditioned upon j the faitlifnl and proper perform- j nuce of the work, Specifications may he seen at the Office of the County Commissioners. W. J\ McKELLAR, Ch. B. Co. Com'rs. Office Co. Com'rs, A. C. H., \ April 7,1873, 4t. / Half Car Load of ST. LOUIS FLOUR, Warranted to give satisfaction, at J. B. & W. J. KOGEKS. tjrch 26, 1873,50-tf * . ' jLVjUxrxjauibJL7jaxv * mm# We continue to sell our Goods to Prompt-Paying Men, TEEMS LIBERAL. Q.UARLES $ PERILS, JWl 22,1873 41, tf OUND AT TE RANGE. ect Stock of Fall Goods, consisting of s, Crockery, Groceries' & Provisions. of Confectioneries. D AND INGS. COTTON PL,AIDS, S, KERSEYS, JEANS AND i too numerous to mention. ie will be found, tt n A Ti RI>, RIO and JAVA COFFEE, SOAP, CANDLES, STARCH, SODA, i the Grocery lino. fectioneries, ^consisting of BANANAS, COCOA NUTS, DY PEACES, OYSTERS, CAKES, CANDIES, 3, which we will sell low. 1 suit you. ' id " STONO " jE BY IS IV, Agents )D, S, C. RE PROMPT ATTENTION. BROTHER, STTS .AT )D, S. C? new and handsome building, a full d in this community, JCK OF :0?8? \ re, and unusually.attractive. E CLOTHING. SOOTS AND SHOES. tment of kery, and Glassware. itcd. Give us a call, & BROTHER. UU~ ogrlis! ii its old quarters to its new Work 1 ezpressly. for the bubiuess ou Main 10 stock of URIGAN MARBLE ork warranted to be done in a odus ;? where. OMJMENTS AND. FANCY HEAD rt notice. Call and Bee our prices . CHALMERS. SPRING Is upon'us and with its advent Sardlaw ? Edwards ire opening their Stock of Goods adap i?d to the season, not the largest, best clected, most desirable or cheapest ever nought to this market, but such as they hink they oan make it to the interast of >urehasers to examine. April 9, 1873, 52-tf Ladies Desirous of seeing a convenient, eco lomical and desirable household 'Trick," are invited to cull at WARDLAW & EDWADS. April 0, 1873. 52-tf At No. 3 Granite Range, AYardlaw & Edwards, "Would call attention to their "jDaily Opening" of Seasonable Goods Dry Goods, Staple and Fancy, SHOES AND HATS, Ready - made Clothing. Hardware $nd Crockery, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS Tobacco?a Specialty. Corn. GOO BUSHELS Prime White in Store . 400 Bushels White to arrive in a few days. WARDLAW & EDWARDS April 9, 1873, 52-tf ORCHARD Grass Seed, Red Clove Weed, and Lucerne Seed. PARKER & PERRIN. _ m NOTICE. All Administrators, Exec utors, Guardians, Trustees, &c., AltE hereby required to make thei Annual Returns for the year 1872, oi account of the Estates which they rep sent. Chapter Ad {section j, uencra Statutes of South Carolina, provides: Section 1. That executors or admin istrators shall annually, whiie any es tate shall remain in their care or custo dy, at the first Court to be held after tin first day of January, render to tin Jud^e uf Probate of the County, fron whom they obtained probate of will o ietters of administration, a just and tru< account, upon oath, of the receipts-am expenditures of such estate the preced ing year, which, when examined am approved, shall be deposited with tlx inventory and appraisement, or otlie papers belonging to such estate, in tin office of the said Judge of Probate, then to be kept for the inspection of sucl persons as may bejnterested iu the sail estate. Chnnfpp CT. Section 2. also orovid^s Sec. 2. All guardians of estates, ap pointed by the Judge of Probate, filial render to hiui an annual account o their actings and doings, as executor or administrators arc required by lav to do, and upon making default, slial forfeit their commissions. C. W. GUFFIN, J. Pro. A. C. J. C. WOSMANSKY, C. C. Pro. A. C. Feb. o, 1S72, 43-tf. New Store! * tt iMS V THE undersigned have just opneei au entire new stock of GROCERIES, Provision and Liquors. As well as Other Goods iE their Line. At the Old Stand of A. M. TIILL, re ceiitly TROWBRIDGE CO., when we will be 2?leased to seWe the public CHEAP FOR CASH. A . M. HILL. Jan..29, 1*7* rq5 The omy fteiiauie uiit .uiauiuuuiuii ii the Country. $60,000 00 IX VALUABLE GIFTS J lo be distributed in Tj. I:). BINE'S Feb. 2G, 1872, 46-If Final Discharge. NOTICE is hereby given that Da^ ' Jordan, Administrator of t Estate of Bartholamew Jordan, dec has applied to Charles W. Gulfln, Juc of Probate, in and for the County Abbeville, for a final discharge as A ministrator. It Is Ordered, That the fifteer [day of May, A. I). 1873, be fixed [hearing of Petition, and a final sett ment of said Estate, r J. C. WOSMANSKY. C. C. p. A. C April 8,52?It* Itiltli JieguJar Monthly GIFT ENTERPRISE! To be drawn Monday, June Ud, 1873, Two Grand Capitals of 5,000 each in Greenbacks, Two Prizes SI,000. Five Prizes $500. Ten Prizes $100. Each in Greenbacks, 1 Horsn and Buggy, with silver.moun ted Harness, worth $000. One Fino-Toned Rosewood Piano worth $500,! Ten Family Sewing Machines, wortL $100 each.* Five Gold Watches ^nd Chains wort/i $300 each! Five Gold American Hunting Watch' ers, worth $125eaoh. Ten Ladies' Gold Hunting Watches worth $7? each. S00 Gold and Silver Lever Hunting Watches (in all,) worth from $20 to $301 each. Gold Chains, Silver-ware, Jewelry, &c Whole number Gift, G,GO0. Ticket! Liinited to 00,000. Agents wanted to sell tickets, to whon Liberal Premiums will be paid. Single Tickets $1 ; Six Tickets 5 Twelve Tickets $10; Twenty-five Tick ets$20. Circulars contain a full list of prizes udescription of the manner of drawinj and otlior information in reference t the Distribution, will be sent , to an; one order/Jig- them. All letters must b addressed to L. D. SINE, Box KG. MAIN OFKICR CINCINNATI, C 101 \V. Fifth St. GUANOS. PECENIX GUANO. WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.'! Manipulated Guano. We can till orders promptly for til above celebrated Fertilizers, in ported and prepared by Wilcox, Gibbs Co,, Charleston, S. ,CM and Savannal Ga., as they have ample stores on hau to supply all demands. Oraer soon before the railroads a blocked up with freight. I Special attention is called to the use I the PHCENIX GUANO mixed wil I cotten seed. Apply for olrcular giving prioc terms, &c., to DuPRE & SMITH. Feb. 26,1873, 46-4t UICKSILYEH, fbr Bed Bu^ alias Chinches. W. T. PENNEY. .The Door Step. BY EDMUND C. STEAD3IAN. The conference meeting through at last, We boys arouncUhe vestry waited, To see the girls come trippiup past, Like snow-birds waiting to be mated. Xot braver he that leaps the wall By level muskel flashes litten, Tlmn 1, who stepped before-them all, Who longed to see me get the mitten. But no, she blushed and took ray arm! 1 We let the old folks lake the highway, c And started toward Maple Farm Along a sort of loner's by-way. ' ^ - I can't remember what we said, e 'Twas nothing worth a song or story, r L' Yet that rude path by which we sped ? i beerned all transformed and in a glory, r a ? The snSw was crisp beneath our feet, 1 1 The moon was full, the fields were . ; gleaming; ? By hood and tippet sheltered sweet, l - Her face with youth and health was \ r beaming. e T e The little hand outside her muff? 1 1 O sculptor, if you could but mould \ J * it!? i So lightly touched my jacket cuff, y To keep it warm I had to hold it. j 1 To have her with me there alone, i f 'Twas Jove and fear aad triumph B blended; At last we reached the foot-worn stone, 8 1 Where that delicious journey ended, f She shook her ringlets from her brow, And with a "Thank you, Ned," dis- l Bembled; S But yet I know she understood rj Willi what a daring wish I trembled. ^ A cloud passed kindly overhead, The moon was slowly peeping through o it, c Yet hid its faeeas if it said, c "Come, now or never! doit! do it I" My lips till then had only known, The kiss of mother and of sister, But somehow, lull upon her own Sweet, rosy, darling mouth?I kissed her! Perhaps it was only boyish love, yet, still, 0. listless woman ! weary lover! To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill I'd give?but who can live life over? HOW HE EARNED A WIFE. BY MARY GRACE IIALPINE. "And so you want to marry my daughter, voting man?" said farmer ? i Blil'kins, removing the pipe from his mouth and looking at theyoung fellow sharply, from head t<> toe. Despite his ratlier indolent, ef feminate air, which was mainly the result of liis: education. Luke Jor dan was a fine-looking fellow, and not easily removed trotn his self possession,*bu: lie colored and grew confused beneath that sharp, scru tinizing look. "Yes, sir. I spoke to Miss Mary l ist evening, and she?she referred me to j'ou." The old man's fane softened. ''Molly is a good girl?a very good girl," he said, stroking Ins liin, with a thoughtful air, "and -he deserves a good husband. What can you do i" The young man looked rather blank at this abrupt inquiry. "If you refer to my ability to support a wife, I can assure you?" "I know that you are a rich man, Luke Jordan, but I take it for granted that you ask my girl to marry you, not your property. What guarantee can you give me, in case it should be swept away?as it is in thousands of instances? that you could provide for her a comfortable home? You have hands and brains?do you know how to use them? Again I ask, what can yon do ?" This wji8 a style of catechism for which Luke was quite unprepared, and he stared blankly at the ques tioner without speaking. "'I believe you manage'd to get through college ? have you any professrtm ?" "No, sir; I thought?" "Haveyou any trad?'' "No, sir; my father thought that with the wealth I should inherit, I should not need any." "Yon father thought like a fool, j then. He'd much better have given you some occupation and cut you 'off with a shilling?ic might have j ! been the making of you. As it is, < what are you iit for? Ilere you ] are, a stout, able-bodied mnn,!< twenty-four years old, and never!, earned a dollar in your lite? Youji ought to be ashamed of yourself." I! "And you want to marry my h #1 ni-irvlitnr " l>PKIimi'(] t.llfi old lllilll. ? ' XI* t after a tew vigorous puns at his PH,e' <lNow, I've given Moll}' as good ie:advantages for .learning as am girl 1_i iti town, and she hasn'f thrown 'em f |away; but if she didn't know how; id [to work, she'd be no daughter of j jmine. If I choose, I could keepl jniore than one servant; but I don't, i of'no more than I choose that my. | daughter should he a pale, ftpirii!css| creature, full of dyspepsia, and all' "manner of line lady ailments, in stead of the smiling, bright-eyed,; rosy-cheeked lass she is. 1 did say j aim alisml/1 moiMMr nn ltifl t.llJlf*. i re | laitiy oiiuuiu mui i j i4v v"** - i J8?jhad been.cursed with a rich vather;j but she's taken a foolish liking to! ye, and, I'll tell ye what I'll doji fo to work, and prove yourself to e a man; perfect yourself in some occupation?I'doa't care what, so it be honest, then come to me, and, he if the girl is willing, she is yours." As the old man said I his, he de of liberately knocked the ashes ont of Ld- his pipe against one of the. pillars of the porch where he was sitting, for tucked' it#into his vest pocket and Je- went into the house, Pretty Mary Blifkins was waiting , to see her lover, down at the garden | gate, their usual * triating place. Die smiling light faded from her sye8 as she noticed his sober, dis lomtited look. "Father means well," she said, as juke told her the renult of his ap )lication. "And I'm not sure but vhat he is about right," she re umed, alter a thoughtful pause, 'for it seems tc me that every man, >e he rich or poor, ought to have ome occupation." Then, as she noted her lover's 'rave look, she added, softly : "Neveriniud, I'll*wait for you Luke." Luke Jordan suddenly disap >eared from his accustomed haunts, nuch to the surprise of his gay issociates. But, wherever he went, ic carried with him, in his exile, hcse words, and which were like.a ower of strength to his soul: "I'll vait- for you Luke." One pleasant, sunshiny morning, ate in October, as farmer jBlifkina vas propping up the grape vine, in ! he front yard, that threatened to' >reak down with the weight of its uxurious burden, a neat cart drove ip, from which Luke Jordan ilighted, with a quick, elastic pring, quite in contrast to his brmer easy, .leisurely movements. "Good morning, Mr. Blifkins, I mderstood that you wanted to buy ome butter-tubs and cider barrels. L'bink I have some here that will uit you." ''Whose make are they?" in |uired the olu man, opening the fate,'he paused by the wagon. "Mine," replied Luke, with an ir of pardonable pride, and I halienge any cooper iu the State to ?eat them." Mr. Blifkins examined them ritically, one by one. "They'll-d?>," lie said, coolly, as le set down .the la&t of the lot. What will you take for them ?" "What I asked you tor six nonths ago Lo-duy?your daughter, ir." . The roguish twinkle in the old nan's on ?-s broadened into a smile. ' YouVe got the right kind of netal in you after all," he cried. Conic in. lad?come in ; I shouldn't vornler il' we made a trade, after II." # . ^Nothing loth, Luke obeyed. "Molly!" bawled Mr. Blifkins, hrusting his head into the kitchen oor. . Molly tripped ont into the entry, .''he round, white arms were bared bove the elbows, and bore traoes f Hour she had beeu sifting. Her ress was a neat gingham, over /hich was tied a blue checkered prou; but she looked winning and Dvely as she always did wherever LIU ?VUO 1UU11U. She blushed and smiled as she aw Luke, and then turning her y&t upon her father, waited duti ully to hear what he had to say. The old m'anregarded the daugh er quizically. "Molly, this young man?may lap you've seen him before?has irough^ me a lot of tubs and bar els, all of his own make?a right ;ood article, too. He asks a pretty te'ep price for 'em; but, if you are rilling to give it, well and good. k.nd, hark ye, my girl, whatever iarjrain you make, your old father pill ratify." As Mr. Blifkins said this, he onsideratelv stepped out of the oom, and we will follow his exam >le. But the kind of bargain the oung people mude can readily be magined by the speedy wedding T filVlJl VUl Luke Jordan turned his attention o the stud) of medicine, of which irofession he became a useful and nfluential member, but every year, >n the anniversary of his marriage, le delighted his father-in-law by tome specimen of the handicraft >y which he won what he declares o be "the best and dearest wife in he world." Disease of Hogs. The Planter and Farmer gives rhese receipes for the treatment of cholera, mange, and worms in Liogd: "There are but three dis eases reouirimr treatment, which ire mange, cholera, and worms in the kidneys, commonly called breaking down in the loins. For mange, wash well with lye snap, and i hen pot liquor. For cholera, It I know the disease, as soon as you see the hog begin to droop and try to vomit, gag him, and give him twenty grain- of colomel nnfle into a pill. Ji you have* been in the habit of giving your hogs spir its ot' turpi-111ine at the rate of one tablespooni'ul to the hog, put it on corn, and you will rarely be trou Kl.nl tt* it'll tlllCl f'ltol /ll^AnOA ' If tin- iirrft (lose of calomel does not rell. ve in twenty-four hours, repeat the dose. I rarely have to repeat it if administered in time. We sometimes see hogs dragging their hind legs. This is caused 1))' worms in the kidney?, and may be easily cured by giving a table spoonful of turpentine every morn ling for three or four days mixed with corn. Ilogs which have beer 'feeding on acorns are most subjcci to this disease, and should have tin turpentine at least twice a-weel< while feeding on this mast. Ever; hog-feeder should keep a hottle o the spirits of turpentine, and giv< it occasionally through the year be will find it of great benefit t< his hogs. I have^practieed this fo twenty years " successfully. I seems to be a specific food for al hog diseases." Power of the Press. For good or evil the press of the country wields a mighty power.'? It shapes and controls public nenti- c raent by a silent influence always at work. A good paper is like the t pure air?it imparts health mid s purity wherever it goes. A bad paper is like the noxious gas tlnrt'< steals unnoticed from the earth, 1 carrying its pestilential poison andp corrupting and destroying whole! communities. Yet good men are(< to be found who permit bad papers i to enter their households to poison ? f -i. i ,1 rpi,, the minds 01 inuir uunurwi, seeds of depravity are scattered by ! the evil hand, and no efforts is t made to prevent it. Parents, may not approve the sentiments uttered F by these papers, but many appear < insensible to their bad effects, and 1 neglect to apply tne "correction. While they are careful to provide i for the physical growth of tlieir < children, they neglect their moral I training. Tliey provide fresh air and wholesome food for the body, < yet allow the mihd to fepd upon t (he poison elements .of a corrup- ^ tin?r literature. . 1 This should be stopped at once. 1 1 l)U JJ.IjK'fS IJ J. 1.11/ 1.U11UUII IIJIUIVIUI sentiments should be as carefully excluded from the family.circle as if it came from the pest-house, stamped with certain contagion auc death. A rigid exclusion of these organs of wickedness from the. de cent family in our land would con fine them within the. limits where their influence would soon be lost. They might still tend to encourage vice, but their power to corrupt and destroy would* on be gone forever. Every great citizen should have at least .'lie family paper. It should be chosen from among the many, as a friend would be, or a daily companion. Its*, tone should be elevated; its sentiments pure; its integrity unquestioned. With such a silent companion in your family, you can feel confident that good impressions are being in the uiinds of your children. The impressions may not be noticed in a day, a year, but insensibly they will mould the character that is to lead the youth through the temptations of early manhood; protect and advance him through active life, and sustain him iu honorable old age. Cultivation of Facial Expressions. The human face indicates the moral training of the owner, to the same extent that the human lorm denotes the extent of his physical exercises. This is proved by the appearance of a man wherever found. The moral discrepancies between the varieties of the human face are as great as those in the physical world. Those engaged in physical labor alone have -a stolid, meaningless expression, while those parts of the body most exercised are -fully developed. Those en gaged in mental labor have a bright intellectual countenance. The most savage people are always found to be the ugliest* Instead of their prominent features being developed by mental exercite, they are deformed by violent, unsubdued passions. Those who are endowed with great sensibility have beauti ful laces which are ?ull of pleasing expressions, but very strong emo tions of any kind are unfavorable to regularity of feature. The re-: lining effects of high culture, aided! by religious feelings, are certain to J subdue the evil passions, and ena-j blcthe unfortunate and sorrowiusr f i to persevere through all troubles./ All persons can beautify their e??un-.'s tenances if they will exercise reas-'* onable control over their passions,'J and cultivate their moral nature. If they permit their mind to con--* ! cent rate its efforts upon one course 1 of action or line of thought they 1 will necessarily develop more proin-j* inently one feature, while the othersi ! will gradually become less distinct, I aud thus, as it were, deform the 1 ' whole face. It is the duty, as well,! as the interest, of every one to i seek fo'- a variety of mental recrea-!' tion and pleasure, being careful to j 'abstain from those of an immorali: 'nature. A portion of time should! devoted each day to mental 'ex-; ereise and recreation,?JSexo York Home Circle, A Boy's Journal.?Dory, a boy six years old, thinks lie will do as! other men have done. 1 March 12. ?Have resolved . to jkeep a journal, March 13.?Had roste befe for 'dinner, and eabage, and potato, and apple sawse, and rice puding. I ;<lo not like rice puding when it isi like ours. Charley Slack's kind is! rele good. Mush aud sirup for, tea. ; March .19. ? Forgot what did. John and me saved our pio to take > to sellnie. . ' March 21. ? Forgit what did. -'G ridel cakes tor breakfast. Deo by [ didn't fry enough. ij March 24. ? This is Sunday. t.Corn befe for dinner. Studied my i bibel lesson. Aunt ssy wjihI 1 was - wrudv- Have resolved not to think so much about things to cte. Wish f I was a better boy, .Nothing per 3 tickler tor tea, ; March 25.?For^it what I did. } March 27.?Forgit what I did. r March 29.?Played, t March 31.?Forgit what I did 1 April 1.?Have decided not to keep a jurnal any more, EORTICULUURAL HINTS. 1. When fruit trees occupy the ground, nothing else should?ex :ept very short grass. 2. Fruitfulnesa and growth of he tree cannot ho expected the lame year. 3. There is no plum thatthecur ulio will nor take, though <iny rind may sometimes escape for oue rear in oue place. / 4. Pta h borers will notdomnch lamage when stiff elay is heaped lp round the tree a foot high. 5. Pear hlight still puzzles the greatest men. The best remedy cno?vn is to plant two for every one hat dies. 6. If you don't'know how to >rune, don't hire a man from the >ther side of the sea who knows ess than you do. 7. Don't cut off a big lower limb mless you are a renter and don't :are what becomes ??f the tree when four time is out. 8. A tree with the limbs coming >ut near the ground is worth two ;rees trimmed up 'five feet and is vorth four trees trimmed un ten eet, and so ou" till tlaey* are not worth anything. 9. Trim down, not up. 10. Shorten in, not lengthen up. 11. If you had an arm cut on^ pouwould feel it at your h'eart?a :ree will not feel, bat rot to the heart. 12. When anybody tells you" of i gardener that understands all ibout horticulture and agriculture, md that can be hired, don't believe i word <>f it, for there are no siwh to be hired. Such a man can majce more tlidn you can afford -to give him; and if he has sense enough to understand the business he will ihvaya have enough to know this. The Absurdity of Tight ?a 3iNG. ? There would be no tight lacing if girls could be made to un lerstand this simple fact? that men dread, the thought of marry ing a woman who is subject to fits Dt irritable temper, bad headache, ind other ailments we-need not mention, all of which, everybody knows, are the direct and inevitable product of the cdmpreasion.^of the waist, Men like to'see a small waist, certainly, but there is ,a very jroat difference between the waist which is well formed and in pro portion to the rest of the figure, md a waist which is obviously and irtificially compressed, to the de struction ??f that easy and. graceful carriage which is one ot the chief charms of a woman's appearance. A.u unnaturally , compressed waist is ar more certain of detection than i-massof false bair or a faint dust ng of powder. The rawest youth vho. enters a ball-room can pick >ut the women who have straigbtr med themselves artificially. If a foung lady who, to obtain the ap pearance of a dragon-fly, Las been subjecting herself to 'considerable physical- pain, and who has been aying up for herself a pretty store )f ailments, which only want time .0 pronounce themselves, could )nly see the stare of scarcely dis guised contempt, and understand he scornful pity which greet the -esUH of her labor, we should have i change ot fashion ? aud it is merely a fashion. Through .all changes women remain true only :o one fashion. Whether her cloth ing is as long and lank as that of a Grecian virgin, or whether she ^.-.41/-]^ nrtmiix] tl-in lmuttr lmlf of Jllliurj aiuuuu vuv ivm v> ber figure a rotund and capacious structure of eteel, she is ever faith ful to the tradition of a small waist; md she will weaken her circulation, die will make her hands red, she iviil incur'headache, she' will crack ler voice, and she will ruiu her di gestion, all to produce a malforma tion which wise men regard with pity, and fools with derision.? Athenoum. >?& Causes of Death. ? The last publication of the British death rate and its causes' is curious read ing. One man died from the biie of a cat; and two from the bites rcspectly of a ferret and adder. Another was stung to death by bees. A man and a boy died of tailing from velocipedes, and an old lady was killed by injuries in flicted by that agreeable machine', Tlie swallowing of a shell, a screw, and a cherry-stone, put a period to the existence of three infauts, while two died of putting, one a stoue and the other a bead, it.to the ear. Swallowing bones sent three people out of the world, syvallo.ving coins finished two, and swallowing a pin quickly pricked on grim death foi . ne. A scratch from a thorn killed a woman of middle age; improper medicine poisoned eight people, and improper lood rive. Foui hundred and forty-lp iir young ehil (Iron were smothered by bee clothes; and 930persons during tin (year lost their lives in railroad acci I dents. The proportion ot suicide: | to every million of the populatio* i is about seventy?the deaths b> 1 hanging, the kmfo, and drowning being the most. Hejirt disease tin year's record shews to be increasing ?astute of things which is said b; eminent physicians to be caused b the greater wear and tear of busi ness, and the increased flaei:ta| ac tivity of r!ie age. -i ^ ? Mother wit?the squaws hav discovered how to pi-utilize even Piute They make the noble sa\ /age carry the bain'. * Humors of the Times. Ducks dip their heads in water to liquidate their little bill^, "Well, wife, you can't say I ever contracted bad habits." "jTo, si?, you generally expand them." :: A man from Zanzibar, Africa, is ' registered at a Troy hoteL He is . rtuuposed to be in search of Stanisj with a bill/ When a Cincinnati woman shoots at her drqhkeu husband and misses him, the frewApapers say: "Another bullet wasted." I / '* ?.**?>? * * * * _ / Wha| i3 the difference betweetf a. Jew and. a:< lawyer ? The on* gets his law from . the. prophet, tho other his profit from the law, Mrs, O'Leary, that owned tha cow that upset the lamp that fired the baru that burned Chicago, has recently opened a millinery store. The Indianapolis Journal com plains that, .in making post mortem examinations, the doctors of that place use a wood saw, a butter knife .ad an ax. * ? Since the young ladies have.J taken to using newspapers for bus-' t ties, publishers complain that their . fair 8u bscribers are* more in arrears than before. > A clergyman in Pennsylvania, instead of saying "Let as pray !** say6: VLet us interview the tbxona .. . of grace." The dominie had once been a reporter. Fashion is rarely useful. It acorns utility. That of wearing . the hair loosely down the back u( now going out ^ust as fly time begins to aawn. A conductor ontbe Pennsylvania ?* Railroad telegraphed from Derrp station recently; "Traiu delayed fifteen minutes on account of A iady* Dou't know-whether it is a. ooy or a girl." An Alabama paper says of & re cently elected member .of the Leg islature that he has already shown nis devotion to the State by nine years' gratuitous service in; the State penitentiary. - Marx Twain, in spealring of cannibalism, grows serious for once, and solemnly declares that for his own part he "would go nungry for two days rather thAn eat au old persoual friend." ;7. A spiritualistic burgfar in Spring field, Massachusetts, plead in de tense that "the spirit of a dark haired Woman controlled his ac tions, arid directed him when and where to break through and steal" ; "Were you ever baptized? in quired an earnest minister of ft jfreen candidate. "No?no?'o sir! Never except once't, and then I fell in J" A minister not long ago, preached from the text, "Be ye, therefore, steadfast]" but the printer made him expound from "Be yg. there for breakfast." * A publisher gave a very good reason for preferring debased au thors for living ones. He said that the former never kept him waiting for copy. Why are coals. the most contra dictory articles known to commerce? Because when purchased, instead of going to the buyer they go to the ct-Jlar. e Among the officials who are to [ accompany the Persian Sha to Europe^ is his astrologer, He'll see stars enough to astonish him and to complicate his calculations. "How hollow it sounds V* said ft patient under the movement, as the physician was vigorously pounding his chest, "On, that# nothing!" said'the dootor; "wait till we get to the head!" "TC.-?nf>vr>1ent old ladv ? "Sakea alive, child! what do vou want two pails of cold victuals for? You had one only yesterday!" Little girl ? "Yes ma'am, but mother's taken boarders siuce!" "Lenny" said .a maiden aunt, <4you should eat the barley that ir in your soup, or you will never get a man." Lenny, looking up inuo ceutly, inquired, "is thatwhatyou eat it for, aunty ?" In a recent murder case in Ten nessee, the counsel for the prose cution spoke to the victim 44lying wrapped in soliloquy of his own blood;" . r The latest whopper is told by the World, to the effect that the bull frogs attain such si?e in California i that the hams are smoked for winter Leo n sumption. It is a little singular bow mach valuable time a mau will take up j.n studying the postmark of a let ter to see where it comes from, when he can open it and .find it out at once, All great things are done little by little. Atom make woridg. The greatest fortunes consist of farthings. Life is made up of mo ments. ' May it please your Honor," said a lawyer, addressing one of the city judges, "I brought the prisouer from jail 011 a habeas corpus "AVelV'said a fellow in an under tone who stood in the rear of tho court, "these lawyers will say any thing. I saw-the man get outof_a cab at the court door."