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?iw fanraster fe&ger. VOLIMB XVI. LANCASTER C. IL, S. C., OCT., 17, 1807. RUBER 36. SELECTED STOItY. ! "" MARIA, 7" r THE BECOAR GIRE.j I n DvrInQ the'Reign nf Terror' in France. i there were many deed* of .laring perform ^ ed, even by women, and many noble e* I ii ample* of atfeciion exhibited. j I The ?ery street* of Pnria were deluged !i wii|i human blood, but near the guillotine u ran in timliii g torrent*. I % One dark morning an unuenal number , ? of ihe aristocracy had been marched forth. | ( and cotjnihss beads rolled from the j bh<k. j a A gaping multitude stood by, and , | with shnins mm the air as the aristocracy I f *ere Ili?is butchered. | I Among the assembled multitude, that j ( dreary morni- g, were two females. One i ? of them whs plainly clad, while a cloak ' < whs thrown amumj her, with wliich she I V k-pi her fea'ures nearly conceale-V Hut * close observation would betr.y j the (net that the woman bad been weep. , ing. ller eyes were inflamed and red. and | he gazed eagerly upon the platform, while a shudder pa?sed over her frame as each shock of Hie glittering ktiife severed the head from the hody of some one who had been iin'ortunste enough to fall under the ban of the leaders. The face of the woman was very heato tiful, and she was young?certainly not more than sixteen or eighteen years of t The oilur female nm quite difT-rant in ( clurnrtcr. Her f*ff ??? Mr, but there whs a br?z-n expression about it. She ( whs cUd m rags, and hm em h bend fell | she would dance. and in various ways r| press Iter delight, mid then exclaim : 'There falls another aristocrat, whore | fu?ed toe charity when I humbly sued to hnn P Kach expression of the kind would ere. ate a laugh from those who heard her.? ( Hut any thoughtful person must ?omhr , how one so )oung could liatrs become so | depravssl. The tirat female watched this creators . for n few moments, and then pressing her ( way to her side, site laid her hand upon (! ? shoulder of the wretch, and wbsper J: ; ?Would you like to become rich at no- P | The female in rag* turned about with a hx-k of surprise, burst into a loud laU|{h, | and replied t -Of course I would." < -Follow n>e, and you shall be." "Enough. Lewd on." i It wws with considerable difficulty that the females extricated themselves trout < the cr>wd ; but tbey did so at length, and tlieu the first female asked of the < other: -What shall I call you 1"' l.?kl. I 1' il_J .L- D vii i ili emeu tue M?rk" "Yon live by lagging I" "Yes; but what's your name,and what do you *?di 1" "My oimt is Marie, tbe lame as your own." "It does not matter. If you know i where we can find a room, lead die to it, I and you shall have gold " I The pauper led the way in a narrow nod fi'iliv street, and then down into a cellar, and into a dark and filthy room. | The other female could not but feel a i sickening aetisolmn creep over her, but she recovered herself. After contemplating, for a time, the apartment and what it contained, she asked I I "Are you known in Paris !n "Yaa. Everybody kuowa Marie, the Beggar-GWi." "Are you known to Robespierre! If; . L- i - i <>, i wnoi 10 maan a btr|{iiB wilb you." "I mn. What do you wUh !" 'You aea mi clothing a baiUr than ! < your own and I with lo exchange with ' you I want you to conaant-to remain j i here, and not to aUow y<>u>a?lf at all for a abort tune, or utiiil I coma to you attain Aa a recompense for aidioi ma I will itiee you a tiiouaand franca, and when I i cohim hack I will gi*a ton a thousand mora. Aa aecurity for my return, tike ] tlna riff. j ' I ha lady draw a diamond ring fiom ( liar Anger and give it to the bazaar girt. Than aba handed bar a puree containing ' ^ gold. I I Tha girl appaarad a lillia puxs'ed. and a a>d; , Well, what are yon going to do with my dreee 1*" I want lo put il on and go w^ara I i Cut mat you." | a Oil I I Understand now. You want 0 see the chopping go on. .i.id you are draid you will he token for an aristocrat f tou wear that dress. You wani lo re iresent ine f ** "Yes, I want to look as near like you i? poMihle." "Well, that wont be ?ery difficult.? four hair and eves, and eve.t your mouth, 1 like mine. Your face is too white, hough Out we can alter that with a inle dirt." They exchanged dres?es, and soon the oung, rich and noble Marie d? Nantes as clad in the r*gs of Marie, the Beggar* ?irl of Baris. The tnstorv of M ?rie de Nantes was a ad one. Uei father and two brothers iad fallen victims to the remorseless lends of the Revolution, and a third and ast brother had been seized. But of his me *li? wa* ignoiant, although eI? ex tecied it would he similar to that of her ther relative*. tie had been torn from ier Mile hut a fe* hour* before. Ahar the exchange bad bfttn m*i|? the >*uper looked on the here feet aud ankle* if the led V, end Snid "That will ne?er do. Your feet ere no white end delicate. Let me arrange iiettera n In a few momenta Marie we* prepared, md m the filth and rag*, aba merged into he *treaK. Site now took her course hack toward* he guillotine, ?nd at length reached the intlura Mtltfltu llta Kln<\/4u ? ?- - 111 nil ninrir , turn i ?'i?u allow |]1' I " f ha tiHKijrr girl !'* "A*." "But Ih?* ii not Tour brother V* It it. A?k him?aak him." Yonn/ An'onin de N?nie? had lurne< i scornful g"Z? upon the maiden, hut i itflit paM*d across hit face, and be mur mui^d : "Oh, my S'ater P ' In this your brother I" asked U<>bes P'rrrn of lha supposed beggar, advancing neur her. "ft ia.n ' Hut hit name it down diff^rentlr." "Then you are inialakao. Ha is 013 brother. Aak him." "D '? Maiia speak tha truth I*1 ask?< Robespierre. "S?.c dot*," was the brother's '"p'f. "And you are not Dr Nantes t" "I te'l you I am ber b'otber." "Why did you not tell uathia beforeV "I attempted to speak but waa silaoc id." IIII... _:.L. -? A?1 - - -A __? WW. jww .uig.1t f??r wlf." * You Would not hara belisrvd mn." "But your rfr^M f" **It halongad 10 an aristocrat Parbapi a> bitu for whom I ?u takse." Kohaaiuarrs advanced cloaa to young Vantaa, and Mrn^lljr into hik Uc* ri.ao h? approached Maria, and looked iteadily in bar syss lor a short time. It wan a moment of trial to tha poor (irl. 8ba tranibbd is apita of all liar ?f t.rla to b? oalia. 8ha almost fait that >ha waa loat, whan' tha human Hand, ?b<no word waa law, turnad and aaid : "Kalsaaa tha ititn." Tl.a chains ware instantly ramoand and kntomo da Dantaa walkad down from th? caffo Id, folioatd by h.a iatar, whiia tha shcu't of those around rent the sir, for they supposed that it whs a commoner who bad been saved. I T!>e yoong mar. worked his way through th? crowd as rapidly as possible, leading Marie. They had searce'y escaped it before the poor girl faioted from the intensity of her i feelings. The hrother scarcely knew what to do, hut a hand was laid upon his aun, and a j voice said : "Bring her to my room again. She , will be safe there." The hrother oonvered her ?o the apart merit of the pauper, and asked of her : I i ll... ' -?i- i??? " filing on. Gradually sh? fiwd her ? ?* through he crowd. and nearer ai?d nearer she I a tliu u>?(T..U She f?en forced a laugh at several r? ni'ks she h??rd Mrnund her, but those mi^Im sounded ter* strangely. She no? Aland within a few feel of ll?e platform And swept it with Wer eyes, but Iter brother was nni there The crv was now raised : "Here canes Another belch" Her heart flnt'ered violently, end shi Felt a fsintness come over her as she hear'1 ihe tramp of the doomed inen Approach ing. Her brother walked pmndlv and fear esslv forward, and ascended the ven deps which led to the block. Up to this moment the strength of poni Marie had failed her, and she was unahlt to put her resolve into execution. Hut now n airier'* 'o?? rwelle.l up ir her in ) nhe recovered n'renirth. She rprang forward. bnrtti'ig flirontfli Lh- line of trusrdi, end ran up (he ??ep?. (irHoping her brother by ibe hand eh? :re?1 : What does this mesn f It it onlj |_ _ ... at a a J M 1 vin misMivrnm ill** Itrvi mu'? "A**y, woiiiii)," excUimud one of ?h< pieriiiionerft. "No ; I ?ilt not ?w*y until you lull m< eh v mv brother if here end thun bound.' "Your brother P wm the ecbo. "Ye*, thin in mr brother.H "Well, who ere you ?n ?I if?:... -i? .? i ? ?-???? ?nQii mr icmnio ?Tiurr i "Ye?, 1 know nil hI>oui it/' returned | the j.nnper, 'She l?orrowed my cloth^a to #s?e h-r lover. She h<*a done it and I , am Before the nob'e airier returned to con acioomicra the brother had learned ell. When ?he did an \h?t both roughr ae cure quartern, after rewarding the he^gnr girl ?? had been promise.I. 'Do you reallv think U.'be# pier re ?u really deceived!" naked Maria de Naoi tea. "1 think not," returned the brother. "Then why did he order your release!" "He saw your plan. He admired tour courage Coo'd a fiend have done lea* P "Perhaps iliin wits the case. But ilio, it was a deed <>l me cy and (be only on* bat inan ever d'd.H "You are right" Antonio de Nantes was not again ar rested, and lived hxopi'v with tbol liitur who had so nohlv tienhd her own hfe io save him hv representing tbe 'BeggarO-riof Pari*.' Eloquent Passage. t For the greatest |)urn4n intellects there in no exception Irora the cniumou doom. I h^ve sometimes thought how sublime must have been the emotion* of that man 1 whose prvilege it w.-ta to stand bv the I coffin of Shakaftesre and gaae on tbe *wpet and n?be face, when d-alh hath called out all the strange beauty which never lives there, ft was worth a lifetime r to have stood there one minute?to have laid voiir hand on that broad brow, and r started at the colrl oliiil ? an.t ?n ? ! to have called up in memory nil the mag nificent creation* ot his genius, and *or? i shipped him there in the silence end the gloom. > But he is dead and (tone ; At his head a gn>*a green turf, At his heels a atone. i So ihev all tro. Man <Te?, hut nature f is eternal. The season* keep their ap pointed time ; day returns with its gob ^ den splendor, and night with its eloquent mvs'erv. The same stars which lit the ^ gl.as'lr battle field of Troy, rough with , the dead b"d'eaof ancient heroes?which shone on the merhle streets of imperial Home, and on the sad eyes of vigil sleepera in the living glow of inspiration?the waich fires of the angels which, through cen'iiriea of devastation and change, have still humed on nnce?singlv?speak to ui as thev did to Dante and Shak*peare and Milton, of the divine glory, the omnipo< . tence, the ever'eating beauty end love ol God. i Amusing Anecdote. Daniel Wehater had ao anecdote ol old Father Seal, the minister of hie hov ' hood, which is too good lo he Inst. It waa customary then to wear huclc-skui breeches in cold weather. One Sunday nmrring in the autum. Fattier Seal ' brought hi* breeches down from the gar I rat, hut lbs wa?pe had taked possession during the summer, and were having a nice time of it in them. Dy dint of ?f fort lie got out the intruders and uresaet! for meeting. But while reading the scrip tll?M lA ike AAhwe^w.erw* '*' ? J f . ?.w ...w ?v i?ii a nig. e?r from one of llie enraged amall waiat ed fellowa, and jumped around the pulpit lapping h'* thigh*. Hut the more h? lapped end danced the more they Hung, Tim people thought him craty, hut he . eipUmed the matter hy Baying: "Broth i ran, don't he alarmed ; the eord of the 1 | Lord i* In my coourh, but the devil ia in rev breach** P We**t*r alvraya told il lib great glee to the mimatera. I Drikeixo at Meal*.?The aalivary gland* have an important ageocy in the ' utilisation of food. Tbeir office ie to moiaten and prepare it for the etomaeh. For ; thia purpoae they aerrete three pf#ta of , tahva during every twentyifour hour*.?L'qoide taken during the meala uaurp their place while they do not discharge I their function*. Hence dr nkiog during i (he lime of eating aboultji be avoided m i (far m poeaiWe. [For tha Lancaater Ledger.] Playing a Mighty Gam* Just now for $1500 000 000. To the people of the Sou'h the time dm come when tbey are loudly called upon in their aovere.ign capacities to decide finally and forever que?t;ors of vital importance to the preaern and succeeding generations. Thooffb there it good reason, from well grounded facta, to believe, that fiotn a white population of about eix millions of inKnhilnnla Ilia n?a -- eumatanoe* would permit? warn m 'rue and loval to the government of the United State* as the good people of the North ; yet an infinite difference of treatment ban beeo made between them. There the civil?here the military law prevails.? j There Congress remain* a friend?here he acts towards ua as a foa. There life, liberty aad property are secure?here thev are in jeopard v. O! tempore. 01 mores! IJow Ime has the myhtr M en 1 How Jurcily ha* ' the great been cast down ! By the powers that be, three millions of slaves bave been set at liberty, without mutual consent?without any corapeoea lion As bona 6de property, thase were guaranteed to their owners bv the Com ntution of the Uni'ed Slates front the origin of the government down to the late ! ..t,n:.~r ?. r I n-.itiiMir?i*?f>n VI 'O.-'HIOIU WinVULH.-1* Valued at five hundred dollar*. per capiturn, create the enormou* iuoi of fifteen hundred million* of dollar*, winch equal tli? on* half of the available property of the ?eeeded Slate*. SIimII all thin be lo*t to you and lo vour potterily without an eff irt?without a *irii|(giet That they are nout free, von do not deny. And you have no dneire that thev become elave* a^ain. Thank Qod and the Republic they were emanci* patr-d ! llut your ri^ht to claim a ju*t ' compensation for property invested in them i* inalienable and undeniable, unlee* 1 virtue become vice, and justice become 1 wronif. No government human or L)i 1 vine can honestly and junt.'y annul youi 1 claim. The time i* coming when the crooked ahall he made straight, and the rough i I _k-n I. i L ?-? -? ? pui'i un iukiii Miiwiiii?iinittr oiii 01 con fusion, and j-niic* out of wrong. Members to Convention* of ten South?ro Statu* contend earnestly?yet patient Iv?for your Constitution.*! rg"t*e* treeborn citizen* of one common country ? Let tbe North end the South eoe!?*ce.? Let tbe white and the bi?ck men here equal right* end privileges. And let the Union be p+rpeiuel. And if Mary lander*, K-otuck'en* end Misaourien* receive e remuneration for their emancipated *l*ve<*, etinll not Virginia, North Cnrolina, South Carolina, Georgia, F orida. A'ateipa, Mis is?ippi, L iitiaiana, Texas and Arkansas, unlese they destroy th* ir reapi-ctir* claimi by *ct* of tlieir own Convention*. Q ui yourselves like men Be lot*1 Be firm. Be 'rue. Let justice be done, though th< Heaven*t should full I Th* North and South contestor* ere , Playing mighty game. ( The North A a* u*>U firs, sword end lew. The South ean'l war the ume Fire, sword an J li?!?Fire, swomI and law 1 The South way Ivof the game. r Y*t nature, time and bleeding hearts Her future course demand, That ahe mu*( ?m the vital parte Of her sweet Dise/ land. The vital puts?the vital parte ' Of her O'tn Dixttf IaiwI. B. Beautiful Allegory. ! Mr. Crittenden waa engaged in defend , ing a man who had b??n indicted for t i capita) offence. After an elaborate anc powerful defence, he closed his effort bi : the following striking and beautiful aile gory : When Ood in his eternal eoonael con ceived the thought of man'e creation. h< ' called to him the three ministers whc i wait cnnstantlv upon the throne?Justice, Truth and Mercy?and thus addressed i them: 'Shall w? malt* man f* Titan said ,' Just'o*, "O God make liwn not, for h4 will tramp!* upon tha laws" Truth mad* an*w*r al*o, "O God, rnak* hira not. for k* will pollut* thy sanciosriea." But merry, dropping upon b*r koe*a and , looking op tbrouvh her tear*, exclaimed, ' 0 God. mak* bint?1 will watch ores him with my car* through all tb* dark path* which b* may have to traaJ M Then God mad* ma*, and raid to him, 'O man i thou art th* child of Sflarey?go and deal with thy brother* Tha jury, when h* finished, war* in tears, aad against ??idrnrs, and what must hav* b*aa tk*ir own oowvi?tioM, ^ brought in a v*r4iot W not guilty. Important Movement by Southern Citisena. The Washington correspondent of the New York World write* to that paper on [ the 27th ult. aa foliowt; "Important official information has : been rccsieed hero that judicial steps hare : been takeo in General Pope's district to secure the right of suffrage by rimie of < j the recent ?mn?(v proclamation. 8e\e , I ml citizen* of Alabama, who hum been , pardoned 1>T this proclamation, have laten , 1 before the Hoards of Regitiration, which I are now revising: the lists, and demand ( I the fight to bo registered. General Pope j 1 instructed the Hoards to refute to register i I | them, and tliev were refused. Honorable , iS F Rice, of Montgomery. an* ex judge of AUhama, who was one of these par ties, went before the United States Com missloner and made affidavit of the fact j wiili ft view or testing in the United ; State* Courts the constitutionality of the | Mi'itary Reconstruction lews and the pow. ! ers confined bv an Executive pardon.? j Similar movements will he made in all of the Southern Stfttee where registration it no* closed ; and, if legal redress fails before Judges Bo*?e?*d and Underwood, in Alabama and Virginia, hie Honor, Chief Justice Chase, can look at his Pres idential prospects over a decision fln the I Military Act in his Circuit Court io North Carolina. This important movement is exciting deep interest in official circles here. A t allforoia 8tory. A miner, who had been moch respeeti ed, died some time since, at the California diggings, and it was determined to give him a regular funeral. A J! !- -t . . a n Kgiftr in mm vicinity, who, report I eaxa. bad ooce been a powerful preacher in lite United State*. *66 celled upon to | officiate; end mfter "drink* ell round," 1 the party proceeded with becoming grav ' itV to the grave which had been dug at a dmtance of a hundred yard* from the camp. When (he epoc ?m reached, the officiating minister commenced with an 1 extempore prayer, during which all knelt 1 round the grave So far, *o well; hut the prayer ?m unneceMarily loog, and at lait eoine of thoee who knelt began in ao ahfttracted way to finger the loeee earth tbat had been thrown up from the grave. It wae tiiick with gold, and ao excitement wae immediately appereot in the kneeling crowd. Upon this the prea1 cber stopped, and enquiringly aaid, "Hoys 1 what'* that f" "Quid!" be continued, "and the richeat kiod of diggina?the ronrt r?r? n I inr\ i? I * Ti.? -p, - ?? Aiivs y\njw 1 minor *m taken from bis auriferous grove end was buried else* hers, while the fu nerst p*rty with the parson at their heed > tool no lime iu prospecting the new dig* 1 g??>g?. Xich Poor People There ere such, end we here teen them. They em, in our judgment, the prof- undent philosophers, end the beppi* est fellows on the pUnet. We beve been in the modest house* of those who never I were end never will be over-supplied with the wealth of this world, end there witnossod whet wealth could never buv? scenes of heppinees that were reel, he c*use they grew out of contented mud disciplined hearts. It is easy enough to be rich?misfortunes excepted. Let a perron elevate hie thoughts, dsvelop'ng the intellectual and spiritusl parte more ,1... ,t.? i:?:? !.-? ? J ,?.n ? v|<iim nvn >u*> IIHB ID OO W|ID nothing hut material and earthly axis lanes, and ha will b? astonished to find what ? shrinkage hia income is aaatlr ea ' pahla of undergoing. Ha will And that I he ?a obliged to labor for others leas, whila r ha can do for himaalf yet mora and mora. There is m?ny a man. intelligent and ra fined, who dwells in apartments of mnde? ram dimensions, vet get* vastly mora S.sp pu.ens ow? of existence than any million aire. It makes a great difference wheth er one is oomlortably situated, and with i ; slender means at that, or is perfectly wretched with the care of his accnmula ' {ted means in the shape of stock* and bonds. I Nous*?John Smith, blacksmith and , barbershop, horse shewing and sharing done here, loi mended, hare curled, bleed ng and tooth drawing, and Farriery work. > P. 8 ?All sorta spirims and wther molt i linkers according *o the kimicle act, and licensed to he drunk on th* premises ? , I N. P.?Take notiss?my wile keeps skule, 1 and lakes in needle work and polito art, | and washing? teaches reading end riting, i r?ihinvtia aad other langwitehea; and has i ' ; assistants to learn dancing, and matlhaw* matirks and all other fashiooablo arouse meots. "Mr T)esrH? An expression mm) by msn and wifa at th* cosamauoaiaaat of a quarrel. v * A GRI CULTURAL, From U10 Southern Cultivator. Practical Hints on Batting Wheat* The wheat plant and iu eeed, being very nutrition*, are quite subject to the attack* of paraaitee, both animal and vegetable. Of the latter, "rust" and ''smut" are moat common. Ot tbe former, the Heaeian fly and wheat fly or midge, are moat deatructive and prevalent.-? Ooulti the wheat grower diacover a pre ventive ol these evil*, it would greatly ancournfire the cultivation of this staple in the South, to the benefit of all classes; but no sure remedy is likely to be found, and palliatives alone are within our reach. Late seeding is perhaps the l?est preventive of serious injury from the Hessian fly. This insect deposits eggs on the leaves of wheat, first when the plants are a few inches high, where they soon bateh minute worm* which pass down the leaf between the sheaf and stem where, near the lower joint, they attach themselves to the stem and grow to full maturity by sucking the juices of the plant. The-fly comes out early enough in April or March, in the South, to raise a second and far more numerous generation before the wheat gels ripe. These insects cause the Dlant to look sickle an/? f?ll ?r.4 sometime* wholly destroy the crop. The midge or proper wheel dy, attack# the seed when in the milk and before, it# offspring destroying it in part, or wholly as the starch and gluten are formed.? Smut does precisely the same, only the product belongs to one of the lowest types of cellular plants, being a mass of black fetid cella of extreme mixtorenesa. Fortunately washing seed in bluestone or salt brine will kill the germs of smut on the grain ; and in clean land prevent the malady. No seed wheat or oata should be sown without first washing the seed in brine, copperas or bluestone solution to prevent black and poisonous heada. The MEsrly May" is perhaps the best kind of wheat to raise, as it rinans aarlia* ? - "" ' ? than any other, end it therefore lee* exposed to blight from rust or mildew, or to d?atrucli? n by the second generation of the HeMian fly. Rich land and thorough cultivation are important elements in wheat culture. High Farming. Three gentlemen in tbie county have been experimenting this season on high culture m cotton, in opposition to tbe old method, of a wide extent of cultivated land, to produce tbe tame amount of pound* in yield. So f*r, tbe advantage i* decidedly in favor of tbe new method.? There ie a saving in labor, and consequent* ly in wage*, in cultivating lb# field?few* er mules being required?a vary import* ant estimate, in the coat of tbe crop. Dr. Durham baa also tested the value of d'flerent kinds of manure. On that part of the field enriched with it*l>le me* nure, kept under a ibed and not laacbed by rain, or evaporated by the tun, the . growth is one.fourth better than that en riched with an equal quantity of stable manure, treated at it usually is in our farm yards. Good judges estimated the yield on this Geld, (August 15th.) at fire oalea to three acres. Several persons consider Mr. Kdward Bancroft's crop better than this. One ea timate was, the stalks stand 4X 3 feel? averaging 150 bowls to the stalk to ripen ?as there was, at the time, a fair prospect of so doing?one lb. to the stalk? i 3640 lbs. seed cotton to the aere. Is this a fair estimate t Should tbis method, of j farming become general, the old cotton j lands of Middle Georgia and South Caro* lina will be invaluable.? Cultivator. Thb Bomb TRAi>K.r-It is a true sayi tr.g smor-g commercial men. "crnate a demand for an article, aod the eupply will eoon follow." Daily, parlies may be seen with baskets of booet tbat ara ; brought in for sale. When the trade was started, the queetioe wae rapeatedly asked, I where can tbe bones he obtained t TK?? ' are collected, and will ba used in tbe manufacture of fertiliser*, returning to tfet j exhausted land tbe moat important element in tbe production of grain. Every farmer should collect all tbe bonee that lay bleaching on hie farm, dieaolve (ham and get their immediate use. If it will pay to carry bonee tboueanda of miiee to Kogland, aa ie done by tbe abip load, it will aieo pay to uee tbetn at borne.? Souther* Cultivator. The final reenlt of tbe election in Maine exhibits a Democratic gaie of about ll,i* 000 voter*. Tbe Demoeratf have also gained nine Henators and ebnt forty * ifreprsecntauoas to the Legielelere,?more than treble tbe a timber they bed lest year.