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fbtCmirasttr CcDgcr. ----- -- ' " . -. 5?555?5???5-??-???asnSBT 2 PER ANNUM STO.^'SEarS'SSS5MT* IN ADVANCE il ^flmilg flfliJ political AJemajiaper?Xlcnntcii to the Arts, ^cieaccs, titrraturr, ifhnrtion, Agrirultare, 3atrrual iiupraurnicats, >arrigu una Jiuiurstic iiruis, ani) tije Blorkrts. VOLUME V I 1 1 . LANCASTER C. H, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JAN, is, ISOO. N U M B E R 49 . O . . ? ' ' 1 4VI" ,:l Mini ipMtnj. !'8ix of One and Half-a-Dozen of the Other" "Now, dearest Fred." she softly said, "Yon must abandon smoking ; It spoils your looks?and then your breath Indeed it's most provoking. I) d God d ereo that man should be A chimney Hew regarded ' Then, darling Fred, let it be said, Tobacco you've discarded." ' Hnw, well, usy door," said Fred, "I fear Thiit v.'ill not .lie sr. en*y ; Hilt, like a limn, I'll try n plan. And d<? the beat to please ye. Did Clod intend that woman'* inind Such vvrondou* think* should brew, love, As bustles, bloomers, crinolines, t >r hoops dc dooden-do, love ! Hut really, if?vhif, whif, wliif, whif? "And mind you, I'm not joking? If you abandon crinoline, By Jove!?I'll give up smoking." iflm'teii IHonj. From the Southern Field and Fireside. THE SPECTRE 1IY MJlt: KARNKST. 'Maggie, ?lo yon mean to we*l Hubert N r "ii C asketl Mr*. Leigh, as her neice, Maggie K'Wtuce, came tripping gavly in lo her room one evening ' \N liy, Auntie! what a question ! ^ o*i know 1 have la-en engnge<l lor I it last six month* to lieorge Ai iiii*lcnil, with tlie tail coiict*11 ol nil parties.' 'Ves, 1 kliow thai, hut whaltoeaii votir walks ami rhies with Mr. Norton, ail I these frequent evening culls f 1 iocs he know of yonr engagement i' Well, no? I think not,' she ntuworeil, while a crimson clow mantled her <lo...l* 'Hut whv <io you a>k such nueiitioiis, Auntie ?' Tliffc cur. ho no Itatin in a it 11?- ll.itH ion. h is so dull here during < ?oi>rg?'* mI Hein o?meaning no disp.ir i?o-n lit to or to father, who do ail \ on nil f..r mv coinf rt ; hui * on know I li ve a s| i e i f tiiischi-f in my cotnno sin ti. I iitUn h ive some soeiel) of my own and ta le, and Hubert Noiton i> nil that is available at prune III.' Maggie, ,\| ggie, there is iiarn* in what ?"ii ne t'tii g. I have neon von l >gi tlier, * d I know that he loies \ou 1 hel o\e I know something <?f human natiiie, aii.l I ihftik his is loo i.oble a In all lo he trilled with. l ake my ail. vice, dear eld d, and let him know of your engagement, or it will he a source of life lung regret to you What, do you think, would George think of lour ac lion- I Think how lie loves ami trusts you, and " 'There, there, auntie dear, no lecture, if vou nleasa I .lo not .............. t ..... . - - ? ? 'IT 1 worse ill h 11 I lie most of my he*,' ami Maggie pouted out iter rcm-luul lips in mock anger. Mra l^eigh waa silent, while Maggie rut-km! back am) forth, humming a new air. Iler foii-fieiit'e w;a i O' ill ? ase, though she trieil to li.Jo tbat fact from h< r aunt. Mrs. Leigh war llie unit s">ler of Mrs. Eustace. Slid hati limine- , at uiglilt-i-n, tine every way worthy of iter, ami, at twenty three, was left a widow ami child less. ? he immediately look up her a Imde with lu-r brother. In a simit while Mrs. Eustace died, and Mrs. l.etgh took upon herself the care of the little motherless Maggie, and a mother indeed aha proved to the little one. Mr. Hurt ice i loved his child with all a fund father's de votion. and would Lam cniiii.l?ii.lir -....it - - V,J ed her but for hi* sister's watchfulness? Maggie grew up beautiful and petted? coiiscijuenily h little wilful, notw ithsland ing the constant care of lier huiiI, who mw willi pain a growing propensity to flir. She knew her niece wits not very wi ked At h-art, and if she ooulci see her ajo in !! jl? bcinousnoss, would reform, therefore aim COioltltlcd to tell her her cam heart history. Young, beautiful, accomplished and wealthy, people wondereil why Mrs. Leigh shut herself in from the society of which she was once so bright an ornament.? j Fifteen years of widowhood bad passed ; still sho adln red to her widow's weeds and seclusion from the gayeliea of life.? J Wherever there was work of charitv to 111 done. Mrs. Leigh was first at Iter post, ? visiting the fatherless and the widows is llmr Nikbetuois, ooisLrlioi iIm *u?r??stricken, leading the wicked from their way bv gentle persuasions and ll.e brightest example, and nursing the sick, till all knew her as 'g? oil Mrs, Leigh.' 'Maggie, come here, dear ; [ wish to tell you a story ?my own itoiy. Come close.' Maggie needed no second invitation, hut, drawing an ottoman to Iter aunt's fft, ?*l down, U'nini g agaiaat bar witli face upturned, in token fur tier to proceed. 'J hi* wa* wliat she had fr.hg wished for, aa, with the real of Mr*. Leigh'* friend*, li? had often wondered why *he remained *o *ecluded. Hhe had *een more of her annt than any one elite, and aha fell ure tome aetret graif h?d made her give up lb* world. ? There waa a tremor in Mm. Leigh'* voire, and a moisture in tier eye, aa ?he put hark tlie heavy braid* from her niece'e fair brow, and atrtd : ' T i ..ij iicm I.mm. i wish lO IC'II VOU SOI1H j tiling of my life which is nol even suspet ted by any now living. When I wa | your age i was very gay. l'eople calle< ine handsome, ami having educations advantages superior ty those with whou : I associated, with but few exceptions, became vain. My society was eagerh I sought for, ami 1 had several suitors.? | There were two who sought inv hand a | the same tune?my beloved husband j Edward Leigh, and a young man naiiiet Jaine'v 1 need not led you 1 loved Kd ward Leigh t hut. as is ton fr<>niioiiilv 11. ; case with young and vain girls, I encour aged Mr. Jantes because lio lived near 1 was guy, fascinating, and unmercifully l?o red by mauopuvering inammas who thought Slim a splendid match for their daughters. lie was very intelligent, lia< Si oti a great deal of the world, was thirtj ' years old, and had never loved. The tie i sire, seized my inintl to captivate hint, t< 1 win him to an acknowledgement that In loved me. I never once thought of tin pain I might occasion him. I thought t would l>e such a triumph to accompli*! what no other woman had been able l> do. 1 knew i could Hot win liilti by flat ' lerv?I had seen Its effect* tried npot ' lirut in too many cages. 1 *t>.nlied well till part, and by feigning a pet feel indif ference, soon had the .satisfaction of hav | nig him as my constant attendant at par ties an 1 in tnv limiting lidos, while many i of my i veinngs were spent in entertain | ing him. I had become a c ?n*utntn itc aotiesa, and my knowledge of book*, tin i great love of reading, served me well, fm I knew he was not It) be won by such , llollselire Ub Women loo tit t|ilenli\' Hlilnll tote for m'iik! it> i! e i intercourse ?tii!i got! ' lltfll. Mv Clli??2t?Hi-Tlt With I i wnrt whs not generdlv known, as It.' WASHli.nnt several months | revt.nis t. our nuu ri tge. The lime s.-t ft?r the con summation of our hopes :it the altar was lite li'?t of < Mohor, nn<I ?n!\ one nnoitli i oil w lien Mr. .I .nues declared Ins love. Oil. Mnegie, lltougli I If..I hoped f.ir 111-t lime as one of triumph, t?od knows | d ,j not wish to gi.e I.mi pain. I did not know 11 i hi, or I should hive noted quite different lr. Mv parents mid hrotln t did not think of his loi iti^ in", or lhe\ vvutihl have interf*ireil. Well. I asked tor two weeks to consider the subject; at the ei. i of that time I sent itim an invitation t mv we.-ldiiig. I knew not then liovv lireceived it. Hut when the night c tuio I for our mttriiagc, 1 was arrayed in the le>ht costly stvle. Kverj tiling passed oil gavlv. I looked for Mr .1 tines, hnt In* ' . ? w?< n >i mere. toward 111?? tloMji'f the ' even to I overheard two gent'eim-n talking ? the name i>| II il>. rt James caught nn ear, mid I li-t.med. I lie.ml one of' them sHV. ' \ lie is vol v i I, and rail's pon sliitnlv it 111 ml Kate l'.us! .(< '. I'ii- i j.dnw I I I <1 il iiot think lie would over love, tli<?' K ?le ts enough to tni ii Inn head.' A sad <l?n bun iK'-n came over me, mid 1 leaned in tin' open window, until Kihmr l came and asked me if I w ,?s ill. *Oli, no,' I n il. as lightly as I could, "only a little faint; the lieal is oppressive.' ! was far fioni luippv, though it was my bridal ' night and 1 loved my noble husband,and knew that his heart was all my own. lie had not heard of my flirtation with Mr. James, ami I dare not tell him lest lie , should cease to love nie. (fit, I would have given everylh no I possessed, except his love, to have be'-n utile to undo the mischief | had done. I tried to diive 1 hwhv thoughts of mv victim bv eomiant ex item ml, but llieie seea ed to be i something ever near me, whispering hi my ear the name f K ?' eit James. I could not remain in the neiohboihood i i ?iii f . " v?ner? i count near <>i iiis nines* evert iIhv ; I went with my husband to visit iii* relatives, and was absent six weeks. U hell we returned to our home, the litst news tlinl reached us was the tardy reeov erv of Mr. James. How relieved I felt ! 'A lew days after our return, Kdward I anil 1 roilo out late in the afternoon, and met a buggy driven hv a rcrvant, while a gentlemen sat wrapped in a large shawl, so that I did not reeogiu/.e hiin until very near. Then he raised I.is head, and tix ing his great, sorrowfv!, sunken eves full upon my face, groaned aloud. The shock was too mtn h foi me, and I would have fallen ftoiu my horse hut for the strung arm of my husband, l'lie buggy passed on, and my husband lifted t ie .rum the saddle to a fallen tree rear bv, where we Ml whi'" be duealioneil me relative to the scene ha had just witnessed. He had heard the rumor that Mr. James was a resriilar visitor at lather's nrevions to n>v n < - - r . marriage, Ami tlint lio l?n?i very frequently called :ny iihiiio during In* delirium, and had forborne In question me until now. I dared not (ell Itiin all I have (old you. I told itiin Mr, J une* had addressed me and been rejected. lie Was satisfied, and pitied me f>r feeling ho sad about it. \ c?, Maggie, he (trained the goodiie** of my heart for feeling an keenly lor one 1 could not love, that was tho hardtsl part ol my punishment U> hear, 'J*'ur months I was as unhappy as one can well be. Sleeping or w aking, I could see a gaunt spectre, whose great sorrowful eyes burned into my very soul. Some times when pressed lo the loving heart of my husband, in momentary forgetful* ne*a of everything save the fact that I loved him above the who'e world, that spectre would stand before me. Many tunes when he thought that ill health was the cause of tny sudden fainting fits, I have been on the point of telling him ail. Eighteen month* altar our marriage n *on wss given to us. Then I hoped to h# rid of the upootrn. Mother remained with me ntft.il t was able to go out. Shu and Edward had been so attentive dur ing my illness, and liie tnuoy visits front foeiula, left tne do time for sad thoughts. - r"-A ' v > f. I '..ring that tune Mr. .lames had bee traveling t">?r iiis health. After my head s was restorer!, Edward had to he absent 1 few days on business. A neighbor tol il ine she had seen Mr. James, and be look n ed fearfully changed ? was soon to Itav I lor a winter's sojourn on the island < y Cuba, as it was thought he was cousuiiij tivo. I was not strong, and 110 mnrtn t knows tl.u extent of my sntVeiing. Tim , fearful spectre came between ine tint! m I child ; when I would < -atess it in the fu uess of a mothers love, those great hoi e low eyes would seem to be staring me i the t.ici', so that when Edward return*' , 1 was v?ry nearly insane. Mx baby's ill i* ness diverted my thoughts lur a xvkil* but when, after lingering a fexv weeks, it little limbs grew slit! in death, to ni 1 eves it seemed but a miuiaturo-iikeness o r liubert James as I last saw bim. A long death like swouu ensued. When 1 re > covered, by the side of my dead child told mx husband all. It vain he reason ed with me, tryin?j to make mo heliexa I that < iod iiad forgiven that one great sin i 1 felt that my child's death xvas a pait n ? mv |Minishrnent. 'Very out arrangements were madi i tor us to spend the winter in the south I A change was deemed necessary for my health. We went, and I deicrmim d try to overcome mv bad feelings, ant went a great deal into soeiel v. I he win ter passed ixxvav, and we returned hap pier than xve had been for months, tiny ' ety had acted like a charm upon un health and spirits. There were limes ; when the old gloom would selilo upon in* heart, hut iviwaid was constantly do vising some amusement tor me. Mv friends hailed mv re'urn in h- tier liealtl wish j v. and parties of pleasure wan 1 t'illiied Ibr ill V benefit? pie nic, boat ?'N i cor- mi-, soirees, etc., until i had no time e, t t'.ir ellnlH thought. Tile SUinilH'l w:?s I'o g.iiie. when I picked up a news pa; "i ill I - . w the death f Mr. .lallln alii.emtio .1. We were at a watering t-huv In a shoit w bile inv I.inland c:iiiii> ii with a i? t??*r, aniiotnieing inv moll er's ill< ties?. I Irs t.ew solicitude caused tne t> forget, in ? measine. tlit> new* I ii-?<I just learned. 1" be liticf, when I reached home. tii\ n.other was verv nuai In r end Sin* die i in a tea .lavs. I 11 11 father ?;n ill?then m\ husband. 1 Jy this linn- it was ascertained conclusive!v that the du ease was a malignant fever. In three weeks I was alone in ilie world, with tin exception of my brother. Father, inotlt er, i u.' an I, u'l gone ! I wa* ill a lotiu while. Then. M jrgie, I learned to cast my care ep.>n linn who carclh for us ; I sought and oh'ame I forgiveness front lliin win?, alone, is ahle lo grant porleC peace. 'I am not unhappy now ? have not been a long while. It.it the gavetica > life posses* no charm for me. I suffered a great deal le-fore I attained to thi." Iieavenlv peace. Let my past experii ti a warn you, iiiv darling, not to tritle with any one's nll'et lions Let Mr. Nor.'oi; know to morrow, of yonr engagement and von will never regret it *, and <iu.| will hlesa von, in\ beloved child." hears iiad been silontlv chasing each other down Mhi;i;Iv'h cheeks for some lino-; ami when lit*r aunt concluded, she buried I?* i !# ? in Iter hands and sobbed aloml. In a little while sho whs calm ; then, with Iter arms around Iter aunt'iiei k, she vowed never lo mislead anotliei person ? and she was true to her word.? A long li (> ,,f wed led Miss rendered bet mer grateful f.r the story her aunt ha<l lolil her Om.V (ink HltlCK t'I'on Anotiiku.? Kdwiu was one day looking at a largf building which they were putting up op posiie to his father's house, lie watched the workmen from day to day as they r.i'ried up the brick and mortar, and then placed them in their proper ordt r I!is father said to him : 'Edwin, yon seem to ho very much til ken up with the bricklayer ; pray whal might you ho thinking about f llavt you any notion of learning the trade C 'No,'said Edwin, smiling, 'hut 1 wat just thinking what a little thing a brick is, and yet that great house is built by I ying one brick upon anothor.' 'Very true, my boy ; never forget it ? Just so it i? with all great works. All your learning is one litfIc lesson added U another. Il a man could walk all arouni the world, it would 1>? by putting ont foot before the other. ^ our whole lift will he made up of one little moment af tor another. Drop added to drop mikes the ocean.' Learn from '.his not to despise iiltl< tilings. Learn, also, not to he discour aged by great labor. The greatest laho become* easy if.divided into parts, ^ m could not jump over a mountain, hu step by step lakes you to the other ride Do not fear therefore, to attempt gren things. Alwav* remember that tin whole of the great building is only otn brick upon another. Pvuntki) Tovs.?We publish the foi l lowing as a necessary caution to parent at tins Mason of holiday giftt : From a llel'inn medical journal wi learn that a child about a year old, win appeared to lie in dieadful pain, and hat a sort of foam at tire mouth, was takei to an apothecary at )ioa?u, when it wa IouihI iIthI li t* link creature IihiI beei point >r.ed by (tucking list* painted face of i .loll, in wbicli hi) extract of km! 1.a*i lu-ei mixed, lie admitiiMered medicine* wliicl lived tl.e cliild'* life, but bo properly nog ne?t* tlint toy maker* ought to be pro liibited from employing poinonou* nib ., BtHiice* in pricing piny tiling*. % \ &uniuuj lUniiiug, : From the Sunday-School Times. What the Sunday-School Teacher Should Do. . II.' should cultivate the habit ami spirit j of lervent prayer. Without tliis habit, though a man be ever so intelligent ?.ii j ail points of Christian know'edge, though , he bo ever so self denying ami ctor so am live, his knowledge will ho that which t nutlet h no: Its snlf ilt'lii.i will I.-. l( , . ? ----- sr. -?<? i rphleoiisnoss ; I.is activity will he that of a biistlinp sj.iii*., and liionph he may have lit* <>t devotional excitement, Ins hyhl will not hum with the calm and , steady hiiphtnoss that increases Id the , |>' rlect day. He should f* el an a hid in p and grow inp interest in liio welfare o( his pupils.? N'Uhinp -<> much attracts the esteem of our fellow beinps, and especially oi the you tip, or promotes so much our influence J- with them, as uianifestinp a cons'ant, ffer.erous, earnest desire to make them 3 happy. The tea In r should have sympathies , ronpenial to the young. Ue should ) study to make himself acquainted with I the capabilities and characteristics of youth, wi-h a view to adapt his instrue lions and m mi er to their age and ciienun 1 i stances. lie should teach l>v h's example.? ( There is a moral pprverseness of mankind i which renders the influence of a po?d ex ample more readily eflic icimis than in stitn lioti hy pieccpl. 1 here is, tio, in ( i ( man's natural ch iracter, a d >p?>s in n to ( excel in even attainment wh'uli lie deems | worthy of high n<lmiration. The Sundaysi h< o' ter.chei should, then rsin ii .i; ( lv sot before ills pupils, in his lif--, a all 1 : times, and under all circumstances, a , Christian <-\:unt> <?. He shook 1 hold 1... ? ; r I'lintiiiunlh th?* ?xceMenciea nf <' 1 r ^ eh trader, which ' men ate commanded ( to pos*e?s and cultivate. tearliini; tlicm t ( ( follow in the Hicji* nf Ject.s, l<> mo !< ! their character after liis iitiii^c. lie I -I...1,1,1 . M'l.-HVor m? to train tin* yonr.o , that tIt"v in ty bo educated into tlx) use , of their affections, pointini: out to litem , special liulds for elfoti, and diieetinn tluMii how to boioine ski I (JhiMiaits. lie should sti.vo tii acqntie i svsictiia! 11' and comprehensive knowledge of the Hible and of tin* history ol Christ's kmu p dr tn. Ki.nw'e lye height, n* and lu'anti lh*s all the urares * f the Chti-lian charao* I t? r. and it is one of tlx* jjiratest moans of ! 1 usefulness. The ignorant Christian may t h?* useful, hut hts ignorant?'! will alwa \s impede and limit his usefulness. Wo , want to cultivate in ottr children such an . interest ir. tlx* stuly ?,f the llihle that I ilx \ will e\oii ,?u llieinsolios therein, and to ?io 111.s we must atlord <hem the > l?? obtain a clear and comprehensive knowledge of it ; wo must furnish thorn j ^ wi ll a puide lo the reading of the Ho v Scriptures wliii-h shall not only answer * tin- purpose of a general inlr.xlnc i. n, hut which shall also enable them to so'vo np parent c mtrndictions, ami to study the ( 1 Hihle with that attention which its ?u ( ( pieine importance demands. Kspecialiv should the Sundaay School , teacher hear in mind that most persons . fettle the ipieslioti of tin ir eternal destiny | r while voting. Youth is the imitative time of our being. the reproducii g lime. p of examples. Next to our firesides we I are to look lo our Sunday shools to lay t the foundation of puhl'c and priv ate in , te/rity. It is therefnte highly important , to improve every opportunity to tn:ahe lasting impressions for pood. ! 1'. f?. C. I Traveling and Praying. The dutv and impoitance of prayer I are now I. It in the Christian church and i ' among Christians genera'k, a* they have never la-en fall before. A spirit of devu lion has breathed upon those who had L I.ut little more than the form of godliness, J ami made tlu-iu active and diligent in tlieir Master's service. Public meetings 1 are attended bv crowds, private closets are holy tryating places for the sou!. A new reformation has dawned upon the earth, and glorious things are spoken of . : Zion. The followers of Jesus rejoice to confess ids name before men, ami to ack | nowlct'ge liis sway at all times. Not long hi not- a few Christians were joMrnnjincr nil one ?<f our railroads, and , uiking anions themselves of the things of llit? kingdom, when they found that ail the persons in the car were interested in their conversation. They then proposed a prayer meeting, and no one objecting, tite? commenced hv singing a hvmn, which attracted passengers front other ( cars, who joined in the exercises with i:i iciest and animation. The service was varied with prayer, reading, singing and exhortation, and made to correspond With thai <>t !) ? it nil v met linos in litis city and elsewhere, And nil participating in it, felt that their time whs profitable spent. It is not often that a railway . tram, at. full speed is made a Bethel ; but when the Spirit is willing, all places and all limes are suitable f<>r communion with God. 11ius good acts are imitated ? and reproduced?thus the kingdom of > Heaven leaventth the whole lump. I Perhaps at no time are Christians i more culpably negligent Ihnn when trav s elling. Because they cannot worship ft God by their own fireside, they do not i worship him at all?because they cannot o unite with their own families in acts of de ? votion, they will not seek for members of the IloSehold of Faith with whoin they may praise their common Lord. We trust the day is near when Christ's followers will maintain a higher standard, both of (Inly and practice, mid like Jacob, whenever they I urn aside, even for a t?inele night, erect their aiw.r, *<> that, like h i in, they may find, by sweet pxjm i i r i c?> tiial < 'nI is with them. Dying. We lake tin* lolloping from the November number 11" the Atlantic Monthly, it i* very truthful ami very beautiful : No lintnan being can rest for any time in a slate ol mi'iilibriiiiii where tin* desire to live ami that to depart just balance* each olhei. It one lias a house in winch be has lived and always means to live in, he. pleases liiinsell with tlie thought of all the conveniences it < lie is him, ami think* little of its wants or imported ions; bat once having made up bis mind to move to a letter, ever* inoonunditv Malts out upon him until the vet \ ground plan of it seems to have cluing) d in his mind, and his thoughts ami atb-etions, each ol them packing up its little bundle ol cireum*tances, have ipsitleil tlo ir seier. ai chain I crs ami nook*, ami initialed to the new home long before the apartment* are teadi to receive their bodily tenant. It i* so with the botlv. Most persons have died before they expire?died to all caithiv longing*, so that till' last hie.ith is only, as it were, the locking of 'lie door of the aire id v deserted mansion. I he fact of the trampiilitv with which the great tm.ju.tv of d\ing poisons await this locking ol those gates ol life through winch its any ni.geis have been going and con itig, from tlio moment ol the tiist cry, i* lamiiiar t<) thosu wl.o have been , L'aln l tlllull In ivi'1 - ' 1 1 I - l"'r 11 lite. A>ii>??l illwn\s tin re i- :? pieparation ' in.uie by it.?tiiio lot linear:liiniX iJ ???ul, jilsl as on a scale ibelo is fol' liie ! rom<>v:?1 of a milk tootli. 11 im t? wi,i?Ii imM 11ii11;i lift' to ? irtli no nb?iirbei| liefnte it is lift.*! Irt'in i's it'-tro. Some if tlif tii mi; arc wfarv mi ! want tost, [lie i'lea nl niiiili is almost iiiM'tmrablo lit I in* untietsal iniiiti from ileutli. Some ir. in |i)tin, ami want to In* ii<! nf it. even litiiioli ij11 aiioth in*, bo tlrt |'|it-il. in in' Icyeinl. i'lo111 |l o mm t,l of tl i> Jteatli A tim i. Solilf ill!' sttlplii. tlieicilll \ liMICOtiZi tl, ll.lt ll.t'V may It'll1' sleep ui'bout lotllt ossiny about. A till some are slimy in ni'li ai.il linjit', so tint, as t! ev t'l.iw in ar !,e i i-xt world, llit'V WiiiiM tan It tit i v oward ii. I'uravati irnv, s f-s(ei ovi i tl,e it'll-- vlll'li toe fori 111 -.1 I'ave'.'ls -eil-l wt nl aliin^ tlia ti'.e that ?nicv w in sit/lit. 'llioiioli ear'li little juiitv tbal follows in a foot trai'k of its own nil' b.ue il thai li;o water to wiiicli oiliels tliink tln-v ar* lias', nil,!.' is a lllira^e, not tin: ie > lias it l>< en tine iii all ayes, ami t< r iininaii lanes lit every illell W 11it'll r? e, ytiizeil a UillTe, lllUt tllCS'* \\ 11 1 ||H\? l.lllfl',, IVoltl lit b\ llnT !ll;?roll illloU"ll tlu> (h'M'lt, lavf dreamed at !. ;?-1 of a Ii?\?-r of I.ife, ;iu! tin tight the) 11? ;*i> 1 its illiirtmiI>> as :hev lav d\ in<*. lie taiMiisiKii?"1 ?.> you know what lie people of Cape Ann ?1 ? v\ i ? 11 it rain-.'' ?rie asked of another Upon confs>-ii g i-i ignorance, lie was informed that they tit it lain. I his is tint true philosophy. ' It is last not to (let at evils which we i anno', help, ?>r even for those which we might help, lor fretting lines tin: better a hing any. We always a-iui r- ?l the exitnple of the venerable i.egio v" ;'.o, i ''whose lialiie whs I iie.e Ned." \\ lien . li 4 Ies lit tai ell loin, because ol ois oc-.in iu<j years ailil he could r.o longer eat the [ urn bread, he'd 4'iet the corn bresd I ?*' ai111 iharn.ii g resignation. 1 here is an i>!<! ?ivir.jg that "it is no use t>> en for pil.Vd milk." Fretting shortens life, and makes it mi-. r 11 ! ? wh:!e it I ist*, tiring iwnpathy and weaiing nut patience.? Fietting wrinkles the skin '.ike ; baked a| pie and places personal beauty at a risk. 'I lie Sage ol IhotmKk* was one bundled and ten tear- old when he il !. and at that age Ins lace was as fair as nn infant's. When asked the lea-on h'.s re. I'll ,ir- . I Iitr>(-| nn'lff mv UK'e lOpliCKerwith the wrinkles of fretfulius* or id irmpor." The wise Paterfamilias. in the midst 1.1 hi< family of discordant e!cm? nts ? his antagonistic chihlr.jr quaiiding and making a particular hurricane about bin liou&o ? never frets. lie looks upon them complacently, counsels the noisiest that wiil hear him, and makes up his mind that if they don't hec.-J him they ran let it alone ?Mrs. Partington's Knit ting Work Akkanokmi.nt of Tuni s :\ Oiiciiaiu>k ? It has frequently occurred to us that much land is w isteil, .vhvdi would be saved if the idea w?s presented to tl.e miiiils of homers and Gardners. It i* in this wav : If a fainter wishes to plant an orchard, and wisius the trees to stand aii} certain distance apart, say thirty feet the usual practice is to pi ?nt the trees in rows thirty feel apart, and the trees bCpa rated in the rows by the name distano, and forming squares. Now, if the above distance from tree to tree is desired, and the trees are planted as above, one acre wiil accommodate forty nine tries thirty feet apart ir. the rows, ami a fraction over forty two feet diagonally t but il the rows are twenty *1* leal apart, and tl.e treis planted thirty feet apart in the row*, and the tree* of one row planted opposite the ?|t<tC6ft ol In* ik xi row, the acre wiil accommodate liftv mx lree?l!iiil\ feel npMt in every direction TLc muiic priiycibU hold* good for cabbage and oilier plant*', and for other de-died distance*. " ih|nrultunil. | Head Work in FarmingIt is Mii|?iisi< g how muscular !ai>or is wasted every tear, wiiicli might bo saved or bettered. J Ins is true in all kinds oi business, and not the least in (arming.? l <>r instance: liovv many tanners toil on, tear after \ear, with seaiil\ or imiu.ri?.?.t i?, 11111>'( 111ft11> ol husbandry ! I ho modern improvements, which save much labor, ' Mini <lo 111 ? w oik ? i i??; 11 . i and better, thev will have nothing hi wnli. Improved varieties i I seed, 11o*V hold to be almost without exception, humbugs. 1 and subsoil plowing are ranked in the siiiiii' catalogue?11. v arc labor lost; but ( ' manuring cold, w?*t lands, and plowing tao1 in summer a lew indies deep, gatli. fting scanty crops?this is not labor lost ! Rotation id crops, and manuring lands ' will) reference to the grain or roots to be grown on t' cm, they consider something like book-farming?a very dangerous ' tiling. We never could see why farmers should tod think f?r themselves, and he tilde to give .a stitisfactorv reason for every pro- , cess thev undertake. W e never could ' see wliv thev should not endeavor toim , prove in all farming operations?to let.rn 1 , the very best way < f doing everything, nit I then to do it so. It is loM ()f a eeltain bill; woods tal I lit-1, w bo bad not vet ! nii'i time to clear the stumps from Ion ' lie'.is. that hi- boys c nnplaiued bii:? ? !v 1 of t! .r roubles in t owing ami harr.iu * ing; the oiii tashioin d 'drag' cspeeiailv troiil.Y-! tiictn l?v itM fieum-nt overturn ' it while plunging among tlie stumps, ' and needing t<> l o f?-t right tip tit eve- 1 ' rv I- \v ri. Is 'Pnivs !' the r-iirnti*i ' 1 arm*-r one dav, *?:?k* that harrow over '< tlihUek'tnit!', at) I tell liitii. to make all tin- teeth w it e th ir pio-eit length, atul sliat|> at built o -ds, and we'll see what that'll do J* 11? thing ivts dune, ' 'he teeth pointed both ways, !' k - 'I so I a revolving rake, '<d.e up, Hi'. v i <> along.' 'Iitit, father, it lias Upset t again. as had as 1 for--.' 'Never mind, t h-.v. eo rg! t ah-'it will wurl. well ! i'i-.-r -:?! up. e, now, what comes ' < tioi.i a little 'hit.kit g.' Ainl sure enough , it did work, and the field was harrowed ] in spite of the stumps. W n might have ( scire'ed a more dignified <\i?tnple of the , a?e of head work, hut tliis In niely story t will answer our purpose. | In the mallei ut iutaln.lt of crops, there is need of f.,retl.ought and mutiny, moot , >olno fnliners ta g.eet to Inalior'i largely 1 heranse of its e.xpi n-.t t nee ; they would ! !< t . ti'idt rdraiii more extensively, and 'a sub- i! plow tie ii lands it tin se things !i? 1 if t ?i- ?? t and monev | tllJMI ? Il0\ tlll'llk' ill' \ rili Spare. Hilt It | com* iio mote to l.i. ??v\ ii j_'ihm| system I | rotation of crop* than it does to ran'v on , i fitim without any such plait. Yet such i a system may Initio the f irmer three to .1 greater ami better crops. Not in uevis | iIIsuch a plan, lias lie got to lie] Olid otitirel\ on his ow n experience or sagacity . i holt- hi.! agricultural journals ate at : ham', 11 ntaimng the result of other men's cxpotience, and ail lo har to do is to adapt such inhumation to tin- wants of , his own case. A very little head work of this sort would pay well. A Hole In The Pocket. A great many men have a hole in ti.e pocket, alul so lose nil the little cll.it ge . 1 they put in it. Ami the worst of il i? | 1 tlo-v do not know il?if they did they could mend up the hole, and so put hii . i nd to ll.e loss. Kvtrt day minus a few din and th*v wonder l:o.v i|,t-y come j1 so si.oft. \\ lull hills Hie to be paid, | liny cai.in t imagine how they collie to j l>e mi short ol change At ll.e tltd of the \o:tl i hey ?). m.ij rin d to fllid so poor a footing up. Tli.-y work liard, rack their brains on plans and still they do md g,-t sliead mini) Hills accunitiliife, income din iiiislio, and stili tiiev do n"t discover I lie lode ill the |>?K lifl, t Mie man lo?s li.nl fences, pa'cs and l ais. 1 be cattle hienk through every 1 now and then and destroy crops, and oc | copying time in diiiing ilictn out. ll.e j pigs creep through ll.e lioler. I lie hoises (jet away. ll.e boys and ineli and ser- i vants and dogs an- kept on tl.e inn nfter roguish cows and jumping horses and climbing hngr. The stock becomes uneasy and does not thrive. The crops ate injured. Tin* fences arc broken down.? Time is cor.sumod. The trouble is, tint man has a hole in the pocket. One man has no sheds, nor barns, nor granaries, nor tool houses. llis grain is much in jurcd ami wasted. The rats eat his t orn ; and the damp weather moulds it. li s potatoes n>t. His pumpkins are ihstroved. His apphs do him hut little good, llis tools are rotted and rusted in the . Open weather. His stock is chilled and stunted for want of shelter. His trouble i?, a iwiu- mi ms p<<cKet, ""i ?i wnu-n Slip h t i his pr.lils, witli much of 11 e truita of Ills 11 hi .1 IhIk)I. Oih' iii 1*it liits 11 or plows, of ihe senile &t H in I > of liis ancestor*. He only skiing t!io land witli it. lie can't afford ft piodem plow lie d< n't believe in snbsoiling. 1 training i* tlie nonsense of scientific tools. ]>rill* are a humbug. Peep plowing would spoil the land. Ko he plows and sows ns his grandfather did on the worn out soil of his venerable ancestor*, lie has a hole in his pocket, and will have it till he wake* up to '.he iinpcr tance of good tools and good culture of r himself and aoij. And who hasn't got a hole in the pocket. Header, Imvn'l you ? L' ok and see. If so, then vou have a hole iu vonr ' I' K W! f pocket. Indeed, tunny a man's pocket is like a sieve. hose pocket is a treasury, saf" and sure ??[ \ ally Farmer. ihunoraus. Mrs. Partiugtou asks, very indignantly if tlie bills before nio IHJl colli) terleil, wbv should there be such a diffieultv ti passing ibem. Kveiy young man should be temperate ? go to church ? attend to his own ati.uis ? love all the good girls? marry one of ibem?live like a man, and die like a Uhristian. Ono of our exchanges advertises lor two compositors "who don't get drunk," and adds that "lite editor does all the getting drunk necessary to support tl.o dignity of the establishment." A blunt spoken, utl banded old gentleinuit. the other day, j.ievious to dinner, it rose and deliverer* himself as lollou*; 'For what we ate aLcul to nceivelnsy I,.. 1 ,...! 1 " 1 ' " .... Miiiiti; us una UlHIlKiU.? What a ife! ii jdaiti hash again to day V Ike come front school very much agitated, because be couldn't understand the [trittcijiles of Allegation, as laid down in L?ree'ileaf. 'Tt ere, dear," said Mrs. Partington.? Jhiti'l It el about it; you must tell tlio Heller you ain't nu alligator, and 1 know .e'll relinquish you.' J lie lad was cotu1 orted accoidingly. l>ui?ok ilit. Uig Onhs"?A gentieinan e'.al'*s aii anecdote ol lire Mcmchu war, Alii It lias never been published : Wben '.lie American army was form.g line l i toe bittle of liuena Yisla, eneral l.ane was riding up and down be line of bis Indiana regiment. The M* xieai s riad stati(>lied some sinali guns >n a neighboring height, which were bla* '.i> g ;>v.ay si.ost furiously on General L .tie's regiment but as their guns were irully aimed, the balls in every case J>a86u o\ cr their heads, Lt;t sufficiently, near ?s they heard the j eculiar wl.iz of the tails, to involuntary "duck" their heads. (iein-ral luMtio happened to notice this tnd in bis rough, stentorian voice ho l>aw led out . 'Indiana legimeiit ! No dodging 1' In about five minutes after, the tretnenlous wifZ of a twewtv four pound shot |>a.-si d i !tt?e by the head of the gallant l iigadier, who in an instant involuntary ol l ed h> head. The metisaw this, and oiiiiin iue<l talcing along the lino, which ihe <>!d General saw. Turning aiound w itli a m i: of quizzical expiession, be luindiied out: "Indiana regiment!? T)<'il<jc the bi<j ones !' ' The Schoolmaster's in that Bed 11 A correspondent of (he New York \Vareiiv gives liie following as one of (he many incidents that befell a "boarding round schoolmaster.1 1 had I o ii teaching in Mason county in this the Sucker Slate, and this term was bonding round One evening after school one ot my little scholars stepped up to me, and said ? "Mr. Jones, father said you would come in tin* with me.1' "Wry well,'" I replied, forthwith set out tor inv pa11onY house, whitli mHstlis. tmil some two Utiles. Now, le it known Jaim-s Mi Iinri\ ? tor such whs kits imme ? |.;xi two dunghleis, tLe pride and envy of the whole coinii, Lnilv. 1 had heard so much about ihetn that 1 was naturally anxious in see the lit. It seamed, however, I was to be disappointed. When we amw< 1 I learned the 'gals' bad gone to a party the other side ol the creek so 1 went to bed, execiaiing the luck which iu]'iiveu nit' 01 seeing litem that night. The night had well advanced, when I heaid otic of the girls come home, and passing into the adjoining room, she warmed hersel! before some coals which weie alive on the hearth. It seems that the old gentleman and lady slept in the same room, hut 1 w as not aware of them, (laving warmed herself, she turned to leave liic room, when she old mas spoke; 'tjiiIs,' said he, 'the schoolmaster'* in vour l ed.' "Vet v weli,' said Sarali, and passing through t'to room 1 slept in, went up sixiis About an hour had elapsed, when I heard Judy, the other one, come. She stood at the door a long lime talking with ' her feller," then entered solllv.? l>isr<d. iig her feet, she entered the room w here 1 lay, in her Slocking leet, carefully iii iih n>-<*I in..l . . ? 1 ~ *t-~ ---1 - ?|M| ? \ IV ?ll?l Plll*1 of the hed, prepared to j?*l in. Now it Ik>i|.pencil, 1 Ik\ in tlie middle, and (urniny hark I lie clothes, i-le pave me a shake iiiid said in n suppressed e bi?-|>er : 'Lay over, Sarah.' 1 rolled over, ?nd whipped tlie corner of llie pillow in niy uiou'li lo keep me from ianphinp. In she bounced, l?ul tlie lied would sqeak. The old man heard if, and t ailed out: Judy f Sir!' waa responded In a faint tone fr. m the l>ed I eaide me. " The tchoojmattet it in that hed /** Willi one loud yell and an '"Oil lieavet a!" eL?i landed on llie floor, and fled with fhe mpidiiv of a deer up staira.? Sue never heard tlie lajt pfit, I can tell you. ^ v ****<** <;