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' i ,, r ' 'y iF-m WOW "W.-NDNE SDA G, 43,' 18700 O 2jt < t +1 hmn han pliyod' 11. thi Rgh h4 boatlful t _ and cover tle pth os 'and dim i s ittrtlni e and 4 t s:eyees witu sparkle, , and l ,tk Wth sw etAess, and ,his 4 alittle hettt ''nd lifb with i tin0ss and unshino. Whbnit v 'nrly f4l , ommy bogi n. to go to school. One iiright, wirm ,,a f'i noon, Tommy bad'learnrd ndipcitbd his lesson, *nd began to bo prtt'-tirdd stay ing:in school. 3 yand-by, hie aopir tgld him he might go homo, and so he went, by.tho dow pAth and ;the little,. tow bridge over the brook. Ho stop pod thoro, and sat down on the bank and watched thbr bright, gol= d9t} water, bubbling and rippling Mdawith suchi soft, cool, quiet } 0 C.'I sde the fishes darting by o;ast, and the round, wet s$ okng. so smooth an( :bright nci the water, and the shadojvqof-tho bushes beside him, wayingy,,waving, so slowly on the topof it, lPoor Tommy was very warm and very tired ; ho had been tired sitting down, and now he was tired walking ; his lesson had boon - pretty hard for his little mind to ntuster; he even began to think ho h4 a headache; and altogeth er,.Tommy wasn't nearly as hap py as usual. He took off his shoes and stockings, and put his plump, little feet in the brook, and laugh ed to sOO the trout como swim. ming along close by them, as if they' thought them little, white fishos. The .cool, bright water went slipping over his. il'od little foot, and felt 80 conifortable and good to him that Tommy wished he was in it all over, and so lbe said : "0, I do wvish T was a trout." Pretty soon he took out his feet, andl lay down on the gra,ss, with his head.close beside the b'eautiful brook ; and watched the little fishes, and the same cool, wet, round stones under the wa ter, and the same little shadows, waving s0 slowly on the top of it, and somohiow lhe kept remember .ing what lie had saidl, "0, I do wish I waq a trout." Ho lookeod into the blue Bky, and some little, white clouds came sailing along, andl it seemed to Tfommy as if' they made cloudy lettoe. * , 1 no wV1s1 I "0 dear/" said Tommy - poor Tommty; and he looked down .in to the brook again. lbo began to fool very quxeor; began to feel as if lhe was growing smaller. Hie was sure he had never felt so be fore. irist, there wvas a little singing in his oars; and then ho couldn't boar the.brook rippling any lo'n ger, for his ears woere gone. Then his arms grew shorter and shorter, and finally they changed into lit tic, redldish-.browni fins, with black and white edges. Then ho could not tell where his clothes were gone ; and his beautiful white skin began to turn yellowv and brown, with lit,tlo black marks and rod sp)ots over~ It. His logs grow short, just as his arms had, and some more fins and a tail came, and another long fin on his back. lie couldn't sit in his little chair in the schoolroom now. Tommy was so astonished he snapped his eyes, or rather ho *tried tpo, aild then ho found hIs oyolilda woMo goe.' lie hadiw all his omti'iy hair musthbegono, tod ; butt ho couldn't putt his fins up to fe his emooth head. The next thing lie know, ho wsini the .water ; and Mrs. Trout caime swimming along, and said, in the fishi languaget "Why, where have you been, my (dear, little boy ? I've missed you a long,time, and huntedToy,ery whore for you," That made Tommy think how his oWn doav inamm# would miss him when the chidrop came home from school without film, and he could never come again, because be had wished to be a trout, -in tho brook. The tears came into -" lour, a,iU Uyas, uUL LnU. rip pllng brook washed them away, .and'hobody, oxcept Tomin h'im soli, kno hgw sorry he was, for lshes' eyes don't show the ''eolings, .s children's do. "Mo, 1edme with mo,' said Mrs. Trout, "and swim under the bridge, In the shade." Tommy wondered how it hap. poned that ho could swim so well, until ho remembered that he was ottrout. Wi'wain along with a sad, lit. tio heart, until they woro under the bridge, and .Mrs. Trout said that the,,must stay thore until the children had gone home front school, for she' saw a: fsh lint hanging'ott oft Aleck'' pocket, as he went to school, at noon, and ho might stop to fish on his way 1tbhe. Poor Tommy opened his mouth to scream; but there came no sound, and Mrs. Trout said : "You are gaping, my dear; put your head on this little, cool stone, and take a nap." Now, Alock, was Tommy's big brother, and Tommy was think ing how dreadful it would be, if Alcc should come fishing and catch him, their own little Tom. r r, and carry him home for sup. But, of course, Mrs. Trout didn't know this. lie remembered how ho had felt when he had wished he were a trout; but it seemed now au if his lessons hadn't been very hard, after all, and de hadn't been very tired, either; and altogether, ho was a great deal more wretched, now he was a trout, than he had been while ho was a little boy. He began to hope that other little boys would be very careful what they wished. He thought, if they could only know of his un fortunate wi8h, they would be careful be careful; and then he began to wonder what would be come of him in the winter, when the brook was frozon over. Just then he heard a noise that sounded like thunder.' "It is the children coming over the bridge," said Mrs. Trout. "I will ju3t catch that little minnow for our lunch, and then we will stay hore, as safe as can bo." Mrs. Trout darted out to catch the minnow, and in a minute, Tommy saw her go up out of the sunny brook, away up on the end of Alock's fish-line. Then he heard Aleck say, "That's a buster; now we'll catch a little one." Poor Tommy opened his mouth to scream again, and he did scream this time, in good earnest. Then he heard Aleok again saying, "Hark!I "What's that ? It sotunds like Tommy." And wvell it might sound like him, Tommy thought. Tommy felt as queer for a minute as ho (lid wvhen he began to be a trout, for now he began to stretch and grow larger. Then he saw the blue sky overhead, and thon green grass underneath, and-it wvas on ly a dream in a nap, after all I for he had fallen asleep wvatching thei waving shadows and the bubbling water. Tommy jumped up on his two rested little feet. "Come on, Tommy I What arc you doing there ? and what makes your eyes so big ?" said Aleck. Tommy "dauihe on," but he didn't tell what made his eyes so big. Hie has never forgotten how unhappy he was while he thought he was a trout; and nobody ever hears him wvish now to be any body or anything but thd dear, little Tommy boe is, except, some. times, wvhen he is in a hurry to be the good, useful man he will be all in the right time. [Little Corporal. A Yankee one day asked his lawyer how an heiress might be carried off. "You cannot do it with safety," said the counselor; "but I'll tell you what you may do. Let her mount a horse and hold a bridle-whip; do you then mount behind her, and you are safe, fbr she runs awdiy with you.' The next day the lawyer found that It wvas his own daughter whe had run away with his client. Aftor the first or May 'the postage t< Englanr1 w i ba lOn. Simeon .Sles. Y SIX $UMNEMt. Simeon Sikes, silver seller, sal lying solitarily southwdrd, steadi ly sooking satisfactory sales,sann tered soberly, swinging sntchel, systematically showing solid silver spoons,,sugur. abovels, small sized salvors, superior spectacles, sharp scissprs, onuffers, sewing 'shields. Sombre skies sent soft showors, soaking Sinicon's satchel, shoes, stockings, shirt, skin. Suddenly something seemed saying softly: "Sweet SallySlater Simeon soon shall see." So Simeon straight way strodd 'etuiondous strides, sooling Sally Slator's snug shelter; soon satv sundry "stately- syca" mores, standing spnt.inel, shading said spinster's secluded shelter; spiod Sally sitting solus,. hewing stockinott, slyly snuffing sweet. scented Scotch snuff. Sudden sur. priso seized Sallio's sedato soul, seeing Simeon's swift strides; Sal lie's sanctity, somehow, skedad. died shamefully. She, somewhat sensitive, s h r a n k suspiciously, started suddenly, spilled some snuff, soiled stockinett; stuttered, stammered, said : "S e a t sir ?" Simeon shivered, shook, s aid: "Smart shower 1" Sally a a i d , "Slightly so." Simeon's shins seemed sore; so Sally sought some soothing salve ; supplied some soft-soled slippers. Squarc -shoul dered, slab-sided, spindlo-shanked Simeon seemed sentimentally sat isfied. Soon Sally said: "Sold some silver since Sunday, Simeon?" Simeon seowled savagely. Sally suggested supper. "Sartain, Sal ly," said Sineon, "something suffi ciently strengthening; some strong stimulant 1" So Sally sent sirloin steak, sausages, some soothing sangaroe. Simeon's stomach soon seemed satisfied. So S i in e o n smoked several sogars ; sat stupid ly ; soon slept ; snored sonorously. Sally, sitting solemnly stitching stockinett sh rts, suddenly sneezed. Simeon started, stared, seemed scared ; suspiciously surveyed sur rounding space. Shutter shades seemed secure. Sally, stopping sowing, said softly: "Somebody slyly sneaking, seeking Simeon's silver ?" Simeon, slightly suscepti ble, seomed suddenly smitten; sought Sallio's side ; sacreligiously surrounded sanctimonious Sally Slater's slight symmetry ! She seemed somewhat suspicious, said: "sickish I soft I" Simeon staring significantly, said: "Sweetest, surely solitary souls should sym pathize l'' Sally slapped Simneon. Sim seemed subdued. She seemed sorry ; showed some softening symp)toms ; supinely sough t Sim's sturdy shoulder. Slit Sim .smackcd Sally!i So straightway surround ing she smacked Sim i Simeon said : "Sot some suitable seasOn." Sally said: "September?" Simu, shrugging Sim's shoulders, said:i "sooner /" Scripture sur-ely sanc tions such strong sympathy! "Say Sunday !" So she succumbed!i Soveral supernal seasons slipped softly, sweetly somewhere. Seven small scions sprung successively, sheddling sunshine-shouti ng, sing ing, seldom sick: equalling some times ; still sweetening Sallie's solitude. So succeeding summers serenely sped. Simeon still sells silver, supplying substantial sub sistence. So shall such steady swains accuro Subesteneo sweet; subsistence sure ! - Woonsocket Patriot. The Bankrupt Act. "A misapprehension as to the effect of what is called the 'fifty per cent.' clause has, we think, a good deal detracted from the use fulbess of this law. It is sup)posed that no petitioner is entitled to a discharge unless his assets pay fifty per cent. of the claims against his estate. This Is an error. It is true that the act, as originally passed, had such a clause, the ope ration of which was postponed one year.- Before the, expiration of that year Congress passed an amnendatovy act which repealed tha', cr'ause and provided, in place thereof, that I16 petitioner should be entitled to hIs diseharge whose petition should be filed after the 1st day of January, 1869, unless his assets should equal fifty per coltpn ofth6 claimsproved agaii!t his estate upon whioh ? he shall be liable-as principal debtor, unless-the assent in writing of a mnjority in theinumbet and value of his cred itors, t9 whon ho shall have be come liable as principal debtor and who shall have proved their claims, be filed at or before the time of the application for a discharge. There is no provision for ascor. taining the value of those assets; prima facie, they amount to the sum at which they are set down in the bankrupt's schedule, and in the absence df the proof to the cont'aryW "NCO" Id obvioualy be the duty of tho Register to certify 'Cofordnity' in case such sim whoro equal to one 'half of the amount of the claims proved before him.upon which the bankrupt is liable as principal. In a large majority of cases no claims at all are provided ; and in such a case the District Court of New Jersey held that although nc assets were reported in the schedule, yet, as no debts were proved, the pe titioner was entitled to his discharge But upon the other branch o the case, the bankrupt was only to get a majority in number anc amount of such of his creditors at have proved their claims, and t< whom lie is liable as principa debtor, to sign a simple consent t< his discharge. The smil; propor tion of the creditors who are ac customed to prove their claims renders this in many cases no tasi at all. It is said that in proceeding under the Massachusetts Insolven Act, which contains a similar pro vision, though more complicate< and difficult, not a single case hai occurred in which the petitione failed to get his discharge. The position alluded to as takei by the United States Distric Court for Now Jersey isconsidorec sound,. and. covers - the cases o many in this State, who can nov file their petitions in bankruptcj with the reasonable expectatioi that in the due time they will ob tain discharges from their debts. Persons liable for security debti to any amount whatever, whos< assets equal fifty per centum o the claims upon which they are liable as principal, can obtain dis charges in bankruptcy though al their creditors should prove theil claims.-N, Y. Tribune. Afraid he Might be Dead. Scene at the counting-room of morning newspaper. Einter, man of Teutonic tendencies, con siderable the worst for last night' spree. Teuton (To the man at th dlesk)-"If you blease, sir, I vant (d0 babor mit dis mornings. On vet hash do names of de beeble vot kills cholera all do vile." Hie was handed a paper, an< after look ing it over in) a confuse< way, said : "Vill yo~u pe so good ash to rae< do names wvot don't have do chole ra any mere toe soon just now and see if Carl Geinsenkeepenoffe hash got 'cm ?" The clerk very obligingly rea< the list, the Touton listening witi trembling attention, wiping the perspiration from his lyrowv mean wvhile, in great excitement. Whom the list wias completed, tihe nam< of' Carl Gienson , well, n< matter about the whole name, i wasn't there. The Teuton's fac< brightened up, and he exclaimed "You don't find 'em ?" Clerk-"No such name there sir." Touton (Seizing him warmly bg the hand)-"This ish nice-thisi some tuna; that ish my names. pin trunk ash never was, and, m' tam, I vas fraid I vas gone toi mit cholera, and didn't knows i Mine Cot! I vos scart." A Boston lady complains tha a swooet-temnpored dyspeptic,. little too spiritual for tihe worl and a little too material for th next, and who, therefore, seem always hogrIng between thetwc is considered the highest type c female loveliness. A Florida tiegro was two years ago a terrified ,at the cars that he had to la blindfolded to get aboard. Now he is Senator and dirwet ofhIb railrad. 1i and Joint Resolution Passed by. the Legislatur of South Carolina. An Act to E:nforce a Unitorti System of Assessment and Tas ation by Municipal Bodies. Whereas, it is provided by Sec ton 1, Article 1X, of the Consti tution that the General Assombl shall provide by law for an uni f)rm and equal rate of assesamen and taxation, and shall prescrib such regulations as shall secure just valuation for taxation of al property, real, personal, and poE sessory, except mines and tninin olaims, the proceeds of whicl alone shall be taxed, and also o. cepting such property as may b exenpted by law for municipa educational literary, scientific, rc ligious, or charitable purposes and, Whereas, it is provided by Sec tion 8 of the sam0 Article that th corporate authorities of countiet townships, school,districta, citic towns, and villages may be veste with power to assess and collec taxes for corport.t9 purposes; sue taxes to be uniform, in respect t persons and property, within tlh jurisdiction of the body imposin the same. A nd the General A i senbly shall require that all th property, except that heretofor exempted withiin the limits of mi nicipal corporations, shall be taxe for the payment of debts contrav ted under authority of law; and Whereas, it is further provide by Section 2, Article XII, of tl1 Constitu*ion that the property 4 corporations now existing, or heri after created, shall be subject t taxation, except in cases othe wise provided for in this Const tution ; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by l Senate and Houso of Represent tivos of the State of South Carol na, now met and sitting in Go eral Assembly, and by the autho ity of the satne, That, all munic pal corporations created under < by the laws of this State, and ve ted with power to lay and collo taxes, are hereby authorized a required to assess all property,re; and personal,within their corpora limits, at its actual value, and b all taxes thorcon at a uniform at equal rate: Provided, That n property, and no other, exemptc from taxation by the third sectic of the not entitled "An act to pr vido for the assessment and tax tion of property," ratified tie 151 Sday of Septemiber, A. D. 186 Sshall be exempted from taxatic b)y municipal corporations. Sec. 2. That all acts or parts acts inconsistent with this act b Sand the same are hereby, repeale S A pproved March 1, 1870. The Last Scenes of' the App< mattox Surrender. John Esten Cooke, in his no book, "Hammer and Rapier," say: I The (lay p)assed, and the night on tihe 10th the army surrendor< formally, stacked arms, abandon< thleir columns, and dispersed1 their homes. The Federal cor mnander had acted throughout ii with the generosity of a soldii and the breeding of a gentlema Not a cheer was heard, not a bar playedl in the Federal ar'm SWhen far oft' a shout rose over tl y woods, one of the Federal office t. hastened to apologize for it. y"That is the r'ear guard-the :fellows did none of tile fighting Those who fought-the vert ,army of' the Potomac, triedi batt'o, in victory, in defeat, in i r the bard life of' the soldir-4ht 3 did not cheer when their old a I versaries surrendered. They wel r silent, and saluted when a ragge I Confederate passed. They fc .what surrender must be to ti men of' that army which they hi ,fought for four years-and not cheer or a brass band wvas heard. SWhy humiliate their old en mies? Why make more bitt thleir misfortune? On the 10th of April, 1805, ti jold sotdlorsl of the Army of t1 Potomao stretched the hands comrades to the foe they bh r' fought so long. To-day ;they a *ready to do as much, if the civilla would only let. thomi. Thenm 3 a personage more ferocious and a implaeablo than the fiercest soldier -it io the mia who had staid at home and never smelt gunpower; who, while the rest fought, clapped his hands, saying : "Fight on, my bravo boys ! You are covering yourselves with glory, and we are watching you 1" If' the civilians had been at Ap pomattox, they would have butch ored or handcuffed the men of Leo-would you not, messieurs? You would certainly have split the air with every brass band of the army, and shouted "Hlosannah" at their humiliation. Well; see the difference between men who fight and men who do not. The old soldiers of the Army of the Potomac Icopt quiet-when Leo appeared at General Grant's headquarters, overy head was un covered. Victory saluted defeat. Prollt on Small Farms. 0 In John Eston Cooke's novel, ' "The Heir of Gaymount," running i through the numbers of The Old t Guard, we have occasionally some a notions that would have boon con o sidered herotical some years since. ? Thus, his hero talks after the E following fashion: f "Why should the old Virginia e planter, with his ton thousand 0 acres, and his five hundred ser d vants, 'fash his head' about grape raising, and truck, and all that? He was obliged to raise so much corn and wheat for his immense household ; he sold the surplus 0 only, and mado his profits from tobacco. That was enough, how over, it made him rich. Ie ship 0 pod it to England to his factor; the ship brought back every lux - ury, velvet coats, laces and silks, wine and now books, and plato and e jewels if he wished them ; ho had all that ho wanted, this- good gen tleman with his ten thousand acres. Well, the consequeneos ? r- Why, that he cultivated only corn, - wheat and tobaceo; they sufficed >r for him and he gw no reason to change his crops. And when his t son and his grandson; and his d great-grandson succeeded h i m , d they in turn said to themselves, : 'Farming is raising corn, wheat Y and tobacco, nothing else.' Well, d that answered for a season ; but 11 the ostates began to dwindle. The d fiimily divided the estato--Primo " geniture having boon abolished and when tho grandson came to the old house, as head of the fami. h ly, ho found the estate no longer ,ten thousand, but one thousand ~'acres." "Eniough, I thinkc, in all con science, still." O "Yes, but not when div-ided ini .turn. That dlay came, and .t e one thousand acres was cut uip'in, to four or five portions. Theu eldest son hazd a grand house, and abjou t two hudred acres." "We'll, th)at is enough still. tV"It ought to be, but it is not. Why~1~ ? Because the owner of the -~ two hundred acres believes, that dthe only crops to raise are corn, d tobacco and wheat. Well, he triot o0 to live in that manner, and his Shired labor swallows up the whiole proceeds nearly. His gsroat-grand r father planted corn, etc. Why - should ho cease the good 01(1 pro. dcess ? Truck ?-grapo-raising ? Y- new-fhngled notions 1 all theory Ic nonsense? And so lie continueo rs8 the old method of ag.ieulture, which, under the present condition 5of things, is about tho same ai running a stage line along the n railway from Washington to Bal, n~ timore," * * * * Shall I gc lback and try corn and wheat, andc ty tobacco? Whlat did they bring -our farmers just before the war1 [' Take corn and wheat--what was d the average production ? Was it It eighty bushls of corn and fifteon 10 bushels of wheat ? I doubt It: d~ but plao it at that. Well, th< at farmers managed to live on that but they did not prosper. Whon 0- the planter at the end of the yeai or added tip everything, he wvas gon orally very well satisfied to com< io out square with the ivrold. Ta ao Icing all things into consideration of he did not make five per cent, or ad investment, even estimating hit re own supervision, often his labor us at uothing. That muoh brait in worke in t.his -ount,ry shl nine in law, medicine, or commerce how much ? Three thousand per annum. Well that would bring the average of profit from plantipg bolow three per cent." "Is It possiblo ?" said Lance. "Yos. The old Virginia system resulted In immense comfort, but it did not result in profit, which is a good thing, however it may be denounced by some. Profit means prosperity, and prosperity, means churches, lycoums, acado mies, schools, railroads, material ad vancement and happiness. But this is a digression. Such was the sum total of the old system of ag riculture, in the past. And do you think oven that is possible to. day ? If you do you atre mistaken. Slavery has disappeared, and black freemen are now the laborers freemen, each of whom costs abdut two hundred dollars per annum in wages and food, and who are far less efficient than they were before, under the most indulgOnt masters. The result? The profits of agri culture generally may be repro sented by the figure 0. Unless you walk after the plough your self, your land is scratched simply -not turned up. Unless you walk after the harvesters, your crop is half cut only, or they lag, at three dollars a-day. Work partially, or badly done, but wages and food the same. The land pro ducing, from bad culture, one-fourth the crop, but the cost and support of labor inexorably the same. What He Don't Know About Farning. In selling stock by livo weight, it is a good plan to feed each one about three pails of water and what other stuff can be got down them just before driving on the scales. If the buyer has ever in vested much money on 'Change, he will know what "watered stock" means. In hofding the plow, I always prefer to hold it. in the house, seated in i rocking chair, with my family clustered around me. As I hold the plow, my wife roads aloud, the dear children gambol in the hilarity of their juvenile friskiness, and my gorge rises as I broathe the pure air of heaven rush ing in through tho kitchen window, and the singing of the birds makes mo fool a contempt for those shut up in the dusty town. In planting hay, I always select the longest I can find, as short hay bonds a person's back too much in c,utting it. I put the hay in with ai drill which I bought for the pur pose, and get on and ride around at my leisure, as hay is something which will always come up, gene rally coming up to $30 a ton beforo sprmng. In the mat ter of wheat, I alwanys raise it by the barrel, at a mill not far away, as it saves buying seed, plowing, sowing, cr-idling, thresh ing. 1 thus also get rid of the ravages of the midlge andl all that. I generally raise it on a note. In traveling around the country I have often noticed that far'mers do not suflciently regard the health of their animals. My barn is arranged on a plan of my own. 11, is open on all sidles, so that no creature may have to stand out in a storm because I am asleop or away. This also saves lumber. All around the barn are honches, on wvhich ny animal can sit down when tired of standing, or when wvaiting for something or other to turn up. The sheriff says my cat. tie always sell wvhen my neighbors don't and he thinks it is all owing to my economy, and I do not doubt It. In subsoiling a piceo of ground, I al ways "plant" a mortgage on It the winter previous. Some flks think that a mortgage crop never turs up, but..[ have my own ex perience for saying that it raises the biggest kind of a crop, espocial ly where you let tLho inter6st get behind. 1 hardly ever kneow such a Bowing that didn't tun out full as well as the holder expected. In raising hogs I think that many farmers are altogether too slack for their own Interests. Now, suppose that I want to raise a hog, I goat it in a careful and sel cntiflo way. A good many fartners raise their hogs with the first cluh ela tUSOAb 'etTidt tio a* - Done with Nostui aud' JS telb,. Ters Qah. that comes hapdy, but.this :s, tendency to make the anltr1a1" couragod and disdontented. I have my owtn ideu' y tralsing horses. If:I', vet hold of a horse inclined to away, I Always borrow a bu somne of my neighbors, hiti to it, turn him into a lot,-.n lot him run. Ite goera yt sick of the fun by the timd.Ih buggy is gone, but if he dobt I hitch him to any of the whe,I that may be. loftt and. keep . #k traveling. The owner of tL ip gy idways expresses netonishmot at my system, but the evidence of Its success Is there before hhlieOid he can't dispute the pieco.. If I ever got hold of alik i cow, I always lot Mrs. Qiad I down first to milk, and I takQ4 station near by, to see what fo& the animal kicks with and * hard she hits. My wife has a tt markably clear memory, and aft coming to, she can generally gYt me any little particulars which I failed to note owing to disthnO. I then get the cow into the itble, draw her up with a wigdlat un til she is just evenly bahtnpd4. Then I got a bag and fill it with bricks, hang it within easy kivkitg distance, and I stand off fbt'"do" volopmnents. Every time #6d conlos down she hits the .brlAij and when she goes up, I bawa another thing to apply to her" ' front; and after she has gone through with this 'osiliatioiit tt or three times, sheo tievo' -IdMN' any more, at least not uhtil' :aNt looks around For brilcs,-f., Quadt in Detroit Free Pre8s. The Alarming EncroachMOfOtt of Women. Timeos have changed, nilgtt%y since Paul w~rote to Timothy' "Let the wVoman learn In. allents with all sub)jetion. But suffoi' fot a woman to teach, not' to nsostp authority over the ma~n, bdt .to t.ei in silene." This is untdoniabJly thes tigltt doctrino, but a tuist udinibdf 4 women of the prsent day, 0096 4 with scorn aund Indigdulltlde., On, all sides theoy aro booming ht*Xers doctors, pronchori. And tite co ored w~omen are no less ambitoi. thtan their white sl5ldit. ntuIfy, a colored woman, a graduates de' livod the valedletory addVggs at the annual comrnonent of' the Now York Medical dttilugu for Women. And wec read tha~t a no gro woman, nlamedl IIighgate, I. about to be eleted State Librarlen of' Mississippi. But that is 1tu all. The latest, aind mlost, laughal, ils the apjplienation of a M~r5: i't tdt, to join the M.Rh iodist Conferentco North, of conse! Thiemofibers of the Genernl Confero, row in, sossion1, if we mistakd fot; iWId op-. posed to her ontoring, and have postponed thle conIsideratio of' the subjet for' 0one gai.; '.t Hoy are quite right. If t1i6f Would not, "after preaching, themselves be. come eastauways," they lbud better' kceep the won'ion d(it: Imagine Mrsi. Van Coto riding tiid circuit. Of course she w~ouIld go on horse back, and astraddlo. Any other mode of travel #duld be donsidered too feininine. It's a groat pity *omlan have got to dloing sti iugly tricks, when they can d'~ sneh pretty ones f-dge field Advert iser. Mor,Asa:s CANDY.-Oflo quart of molasses or syrup, two politida of coffee sugar, or one pound of brown and the same of crushed. Boil over ia slowv fire in a brass or porcelhi k.6pte.-~ TIry iL by pst ting som'e iY a cup of cold Wi$ter; when it is; brittle, it hasrboled enough.~ '?h'6n take It outr into a buitteoed pwri: Vut it on e, ot' in a cool pla68 When the edge la cold, theo hontro will be warm; th'od b'ai'gi6 hIn. HEave a butfo~red b'o'ard to wvork it on. Whilo yotn are working is tho time to fla,vor, it; work it till it is all of the same degree of heat. PulL it on a hoo~k until it Is white. I ow, handh,o M lightly, or it wvill be dark awdd hard. Pall it out in a long string~ before you take It from the hooky Put It oh the table, and when-cold, break into omoh sized stieks~as you; please. Vott wvill have to wo0* fat, rit will be dark and hdd Candy made this wy;isgn~al~ t