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CONTENTMENT.
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.
"And I hai e said, and I say it ever,
As the vears go on and the V orld goes over,
'Twere better to be content and clever
In [aiding of cattle and tossing of clover,
In the grazing of castle and the grow ing of
grain,
Than a strong man striving for fame or
gain;
Be even as kine in the red-tipped clover,
For they lie down and their rests are rests,
And the days are theirs, come sun, come
rain,
To lie, rise up, and repose again:
Be even of clover with its own crown of
blossoms,
Even as blossoms ere the bloom is shed,
Kissed by kine and the brown, sweet bee,
For these have the sun, and moon and air,
And never a bit of the burden of care.
And with all our caring what more have
we?
I would court content like a lover lonely,
1 would woo 1her, win her, and wear her
o11ly,
And never Eo over this white sea-wall
h,or gold or glory, or for aught at all."
of. - - -
gral [OFFICIAL.]
VI
-The Laws of South Carolina.
Acts and Joint Resolatlons Passed
by the General Assembly at the
Session of 1872-'3.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE FEES OF
PROBATE JUDGES, CLERKS OF
COURTS, TRIAL JU.TICES AND
OTHER OFFICERs HEREIN MENTION
ED.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met
and sitti'ng in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
SEc'TION 1. T hat the fees which
probate judges, clerks of courts,
trial justices and other office'rs
herein mentioned shall be author
ized to receivc in the several!cases
herein specified shall be as fol
lows:
SECTION 2. Jtidges of Proba te :
For petition for letters, &c., fifty
cents; for citation, fifty cents;
qualifying executiors, administra
tors or guardian', and issuing let
ters to same, one dollar and fifty
cents; taking bond of admninistra
tore or-guat-dians, one dollar ; is
suin~g dvarrsanit of .appraisement,
one dollar; proving will in corn
mon form, one dollar ; proving will
in solemn form, five dollars ; filing
and entering renunciation of exe
cutor, one dollar ; dedirnus potesta
tim- to prove will or qualify execu-.
torMtwo dollars ; receiving, exe
aming and filing annual return,
one do.tar; for the first and fin al
return~aeakh three dollars; order
for sale of!ipersonal property, one
dollanihearing and filing petition
for guardians and appointment,
two dollars; entering caveat and
withdrawing same; one dollar ; for
hearing litigated case, three dol
lars, and twenty-five cents addi
tional for each witness examined;
issiiing sumrions for each witness,
*bhn not issued by an attorney,
thirty cents; for every rule issued
against defaulting witness or par.
ty failing to account, two dollars ;
for proceedings in partition of real
estate five dollars, and fifty cents
additional on every hundred dol
lars, or fractional part thereof, for
which the land may be sold, or;
in case of partition in kind, for
which it may be assessed: Provided,
That iri no case shall the fees and
allowances so aggregate more than
twenty-five dollars: Provided fur
ther, That in cases of partition in
kind no commission shall be ch arg
ed ;-for appointing guardians, ad
litern, one dollar ; commissions on
moneys received and paid out, t wo
per cent, on the first three hun
dred-dollars, and one per cent. on
all sums over that amount ; for
search for each paper, for certifi
cate and seal, fifty cents; for final
discharge of executor, administra
tor or guardian, one dollar ; for
proceedings in dower, inclusive of
all charges,4xcept recording, ten
dollars ; for proceedings in lunacy,
inclusive,.five dollars; for record
in" all papers proper to be record
ed,or furnishing copy of any paper
in his office, per copy sheet of one
hundred words, each figure count
igone word, fifteen cents; for all
services in setting off the home
stead, including the title and re
cord of proceedings, five dollars.
SEC'TION 3. Clerks of courts ; For
signing and sealing sub writ, fifty
cents; for administering oaths,
tweihntyfv cents ; for taking and
fiigbonds in trover, attachment
and other cases, one dollar : for
signing and sealing commission to
examine witness, fifty cents ; re
cording plats, under order of court
one dollar ; rule of survey, fif ty
a cents ; each official certificate un
'er seal, fifty cents ; issuing attach
ent for contempt or other spe
writ, fifty cents ; signing and
writ oi-habere facias possession-I
n ft cents; receiving and pay-j
over money officially, under three
hundred dollars, one per cent.; ov
er that amount, one-half of one
per cent.; on bill, nolle prosequi,
before given out, one dollar ; on
bill thrown out by the grand jury
or found and neUlle prosequi abated,
discontinued or struck otf, two dul
lars ; on bill found and verdict by
petit jury, two dollars ; issuing
bench warrant, one dollar; issu
ing sctre facias, one dollar; issuing
e:ch execution in sessions, one
dollar ; signing and sealing writ
of habeas corpus, one dollar; issu
ing warrant or taking recogiii
zance or other services in the ses
sions, the same fee allowed to trial
justices ; each writ of venirefiacias,
including all services incident to
summoningjurors, two dollars and
fifty cents; preparing and issuing
certificates for grand and petit ju
rors and constables, and furnish
ing return to county commission
ers for each week of every term
of court, five dollars; furnishing
advertisement in case of escheat,
exclusive of printer's bill, and re
cording proceedings thereon, three
dollars; for advertising and giving
notice to managers of elections,
six dollars ; for license to an at
torney, all incidental services in
cluded, five dollars; filing and en
tering notice of alien's intention
to become a citizeu, one dollar; fi
ling and recording report of alen.
ne dollar; administering oaths of
intention, tifty cents ; filing and en
tering application to become a citi
zen and administering oath,one dol
lar ; for giving certificate of citi
rensip, vce dollar; for taking re
uunciation of dower or inheri
tance, two dollars; for official re
ord of es.ray, and filing papers,
ne dollar ; every search, with cer
tificates, fifty cents; swearing trial
justice or constable in office, and
ertificate, and taking bond, one
Iollar; recording the bonds of
-ounty officers, and certifying to
same, one dollar ; for every pro
bate, in writing, twenty-five cents;
or signing dedim us potestatem, two
ollars; for official certificate to
xemplification of record, one dol
ar; on filing transcript, twenty
ve cents; for copying papers per
opy sheet of-one hundred words,
ach figure counting a word fifteen
ents; for signing and sealing each
xclusion and removal, fifty cents;
or recording and copying deeds,
iiorttgages and other papers per
opy sheet of one hundred words,
ifteen cents; for every certificate
>n deeds or other papers, twenty
ive cents; on every appeal from
rial justice, all services inclusive,
wo dollars; for entering satisfac
ion on mortgage, twenty-five
ents; for recording or copying
Aats, of not more than six corners
)no dollar; for every corner more
4an six, ten cents; for filing and
ecording every rule or order for
~rbitration, fifty cents ; for filing
nd recording affidavit for contin
2ance when ordered by the judge,
twenty-five cents; for granting
rharters of incorporations, thi-ee
lollars
SECTION 4. Trial justices of the
eace: Oath and warrant in any
:riminal case, fifty cents; each re
:ognizance, fifty cents; commit
ments and release each twenty
re cents; administering and certi
ying oath in writing, other than
bove, fifty cents; issuing writ of
~abeas corpus by two justices joint
, two dollars; issuing summons
md copy for defendant in civil
~ases, fifty cents; issuing copy for
iach additional defendant over one
tenty cents; issuirg summons to
ach witness in civil cases twenty
ie cents; for swearing and taking
3xamination of each witness in
ivil cases, twenty-five cents; for
~iving judgment in cases not de
ended, twenty-five cents; for giv
ing judgment on bearing litigated
3ses, seventy-five cents; for issu
ing exclusion, or removal of same
fty cents; report of case and ta
king bond to appeal, one dollar
and fifty cents; for issuing attach
ment returnable to court or jus
tice, including all notices, one dol
lar and fifty cents; for filing re
turn of garnishee and order there
on, twenty-five cents; for piroceed
ings in cases of ejection three dol
lar; for approval of indentures of
apprenticeship, or servants, one
dollar; for proceedings on coi-o
ner's inquest, the same fees its are
allowed to coroners; for proceed
ing on estray or mule. one dollar,
for proceedings on all other es
trays, fifty cents; for taking and
certifving renunciation of dower
or inlheritance, two dollars ; for
g-anting order for special bail, one
dollar; for the trial of any crimi
nal case, three dollars; for every
preliminary examination of any
criminal ease, one dollar and fifty
cents ; for taking examination of
witnesses in writing as prescrib
ed by law, one dollar ; for attend
ing and acting for the preservation
of wrecked vessels and goods,
three dollars per day out of the
vessels' goods and effects; for pro
ceedings against vagrants and re
turning report thereof, two dol
lar; for qualifying appraisers in
setting off the homestead, seventy
five cents, and five cents per mile
r all necessary travel.
SEcTION 5. Notaries public: For
taking deposition and swearing
witnesses, per copy sheet, twenty
five cents; for every protest, two
dollars, toraduplicate of deposition
protest and certificate, per copy
sheet, one hundred words, fifteen
cents; for each attendance on any
person to prove any matter or
thing and certif'imr the same, fif
ty cents, and fire cents addition:al
for every mile of necessary travel
in going- and returning; for every
certificate, fifty cents; for adninis
tering an oath, on affidavit, fifty
cents; for taking renunciation of
dower or inheritance, two dollars.
SEcTIoN 6. Coroners: For every
inquisition, ten dollars, and five
cents per mile of every mile of no
cessary travel in going and return
ing; for each warrant issued fifty I
cents; for each commitment, twen
ty-five cents; for each recogni
zance, fifty cents; for each body
disinterred, five dollars; for record
ing proceedings in each inquisi
tion in his book, per copy sheet of
one hundred words, fifteen cents;
for performing the duties of slier
iti, the same fees as are allowed to
sheriffs for like services.
SECTION 7. Witnesses: Witnesses
in civil and criminal cases, per day
one dollar, besides mileage at five
cents per mile, going and return
ing; Procided, That in no case, ex
cept in cases of felonies, where
witnesses for the defense are
bound over, shall the State be lia
ble to pay defendant*s witnesses;
witnesses in trial justices' court
shall receive twenty-five cents per
day and the same mileage as al
lowed in Circuit Courts.
SECTION S' Jurors per day, one
dollar and fifty cents, besides mil
eage going and returning; jurors in
trial justices' courts shall receive
twenty-five cents for each case
tried, and mileage as herein allow
ed to other jurors.
SEcTIoN 9. Sheriffs: For enter
ing every writ, process, warrant
execution, and making endorse
ments thereon, each twenty-five
cents;for serving every writ or
summons, beside mileage, one dol
lar; for bond in any case, one dol
lar ; for commitment and release
each twenty-five cents; for serving
each venire for grand jury, ten
ollars: for serving each venire for
petitjury, fifteen dollars; foi- serv
ing each bench, or other warrant
issued in the sessions, attachment
for contempt of court, besides mil
cage, one dollar; for search for
person or goods, not found, and
returned on the execution non est
incentus, or nulla bona, besides mil
cage, one dollar; levying attach
ment or execution, besides mil
cage, one dollar; dieting persons
per day, forty cents; executing
convict, including all charges for
burial and other expenses, twen
ty-five dollars; bringing up prison
er under habeas corpus, to be paid
by t he pr-isoner, if able, (if not, by
the county,) besides mileage, one
dollar; for executing wvrit of ha
bere facias possessionemi, One dollair,
besides mileage of five cents
per- mile for all necessary travel
going and returning ; for transfer
ring money, bonds or othcr securi
ties for- money to party, *one-balf
of one per cent; for summoning
freeholders to try suggestion of
fraud, five dollars; for serving any
paper in civil or criminal cases, is
sued by trial justice, the same fees
as are allowed to constables in like
cases; conveying prisoner from
one place to another-, besides all
necessary expenses going and re
turning three dollars per day; each
guai-d for sheriff' in conveying
prisoner, one dollar per day; comn
mission on all moneys collected by
him, if under three hundred dol
lars, two per cent.; if over that
sum, two per cent, on the first
three hundred dollars, and one-half
of one pe cent. on balance; one
fouith of one per cent. on all mon
eys paid out of office on all execu
tions lodged, executions lodged to
bind and order not to levy, twventy-.
five cents; advertising defendant's
property, in addition to printer-'s
bill, fifty cents; dr-awing deed or~
mortgage, two dollars; bill of sale
one dollar; each notice served on
set of managers of election, be
sides mileage, one dollar-; in ease of
ejetment and ejecting tenant or
others, three dollars; summoning
coroner'sjury and witnesses, to be
paid by the county, five dollars
for selling land under decrees of
the Court of Probate, in lieu of
commission and all othei- chairges,
except for administering, three dol
lars.
SEcTION 10. Constable: For sum
moning each witness in civil cases
fifty cents ; for serving summons,
rule or notice in any civil case, fif
ty cents; for serving attachment1
on each person, one dollar; for
levying execution, posting adver
tisement of sale, and paying over
proceeds, fifty cents, besides a
commission of two per cent. on all
sums collected, to be paid by the
party in execution: for every day
in search of stolen goods, to be
paid by the complainant, two dol
lars; for serving a warrant in
any State case, one dollar; for sell
ing an estray,five per centum of the
pr.eeds, and, in this case, five
cents per mile for all necessary
travel one way, to be certified in
writing by the oflicer on the back
of the process; for all necessary
service in case of ejectment as
well before as after judgment,
three dollars; for summoning co
roner's jury and vitnesses, to be
paid by the county, five dollars.
SECTION 11. That the following
compensation shall hereafter be
allowed to any physician who may
be called in by the acting coroner
to make apostmortent examination
to wit: Where death has resulted
from external violence, and where
no dissection is necessary and no
interment has taken ploce, twen
ty dr,llars: for the same, after one
or more days' interment, thirty
dollars; for the same, when any
chemical analysis is required, a
sum not exceeding fifty dollars, to
gether with the expenses of such
analysis. and that inl every case in
which such a physician sball be
called to any distance beyond one
mile, he shall be allowed the mil
cage usually charged in his neigh
borhood: Provid d, That in all
cases in which chemical analysis
shall be made. the physician who
sial make the post mortem ex
amination shall furnish to the
county in which the said exami
nation has been made, with his ac
count, a full statement of such an
alysis : Provided, further, Every
account presented for services fur
any post mortem examination shall
have the certificate of the coro
ner, or magistrate acting as coro
ner, that the services were render
ed.
SECTION 12. That all acts or
parts of acts inconsistent with or
sup)plied by this act are hereby re
peal(d.
Approved February 26, A. D.
1873.
.*itrdautsus.1
MACHINERY ON THE FARM.
ITS ADAPTABILITY TO SOUTHERN
LABOR AND PRODUCTS.
An Inte-restUng Essay Before the
Statt Ag ric.lura . ., Ilan
ctl Society, by 31. L. Dowld.on,
Es., of Greenville.
There is no subject bearing upon
agriculture at this time which has
stronger claims upon the earnest
attention of Southern farmers than
that of the "Comparative Advan
tages of Labor-saving Machinery
and their Adaptability to South
ern Labor and Products." Only
a few years back in the hi<tory of
Southern agriculture, this subject
wasone of minor importance. The
necessity of substituting mechani
cal for human labor was but little
realized because of the abundance
and sufficiency of the latter, under
the old and established system of
labor which then existed; and the
implements of Southern agricul
ture have ever been characterized
by their rudeness and simplhicity,
it being generally conceded the
best economy to construct upon
each farm, and in the cheapest
manner, all the implements need
ed for its cultivation, and with
these inferior implements, and la
bor so abundant. the natural ten
dency was to extensive superficial
culture rather than thorough high
farming. But the great political
revolution which has recently ta
ken place in the United States, re
sulting in the complete disruption
of the old labor- system in the
South, has necessitated an entire
change in her agricultural econo
my. The 01ld track has been block
aded and must be abandoned.
A new era has dawned, portend
ing a steady elevation in the scale
of agricultural science never be
fore known in the South, and it
shall be our aim to offer some sug
gestions as to the course to be
adopted and the agency to be em
ployed which wvould conduce most
successfully to the attainment of
this desired end. There arc a bun
dant evidences manifest through
out the Southern States of' a rap
id reaction from the paralyzing ef
fects of the late war upon agricul
ture, and as the scarcity and ineffi
ciency of the present labor system
becomes more obvious, every chan
nel through which relief may be
hoped for is eagerly explored.
There is a certain feverishness
and speculative tendency apparent
among Southern far-mers coupled
with many changes of both theory
and practice, all which gives in
dubitable evidence of a great lack,
somewhere in the elements essen
tial to a stable and increasing pros
perity, and as a natural conse
quen~ce a deep interest is aroused
on the question of' immnigratio n,.
the importation of laborers from
the old countries to make up the
deficit in Southern labor. Wheth
er that is the source from whence;
the needed help must come or not
time alone will reveal. We learn
that during the late war a very
similiar state of things existed in
the Northern States in point of:
labor to that oxisting in the South
since the mar Laor becme
very scarce and high, caused by so
many laborers enl:sting in the fed
Cral armies, and since "like causes
produce like effects," we may draw
iome conclusiolis of profit from
their experience. Did they ap
ply to Ireland, Germany or China
ror laborers to supply the deficien
ay thus produced ? It seems not.
S. Edwards Todd, of" New York
n an essay on im)roved farm im
plements, 1SG, (see A gricultural
Report, 1865, page 226,) says
"Our late civil war stimulated in
ientcrs to bring out improved im
,lecents, to enable f1rmers to do
ilmost everything in the field and
it the barn with horses, oxen, or
nules. Had it not been for effi
-ient farm implements during that
ong and bloody war, our farmers
:ou1l! not have mowed their grass,
,athered their hay, or harvested
t)( threshed their extensive fields
f grain. As thousands upon thou
;ands of our young men were call
d to the field of mortal combat. it
;eemed almost like an interposi
,ion of Divine Providence that in
entors were endowed with suffi
-ient mechanical skill to construct
m1plements with wh*4i1 horses
,ould perforni the labor of* the ab
;ent son or fatfer who had gone
.o defend his county, and to tight
Or his wife and Children. Now
,he infirm and the invalid, the
ame, the lazy, who could nev.
.r plough tihe fields, harvest the
frain, or make the hay of a small
.arm, can ride to ploulgh the land.
-ide when puttiug in tihe seed, ride
.vhcn scattering their fertilizers.
'ide when cultivating their crop,
-ide when mowing or harvesLing,
-ide when raking, and ride in an
,asy seat, and acomplish more
iard work in one hour than could
>e done in ten a few years ago.
veeu by laboring with all the
night of a strong man." These
acts afford proof so conclusive of
,he advantages of ILabor-saviNg
nachinlery compared with the Old
nethod of human labor with hand
m)lements that further argument
n this connexion woufld be super
luous. But the question arises,
loes the labor-saving machinery
Ahich has wrought such wonder
'l and happy results in Northern
igriculture. and which so clearlv
bretells the ultimate glorious
.riuiph of mind over matter, ap
>ly to Southern labor and pro
lucts ? Both reason anI experi
.nee respond that it does, so far
is those products are concerned
vhich are common to the South
is well as the North, viz : the ec
eals, irasses, fruits. &c., and even
rreater rood is destined to grow
>ut from the general introduction
>f labor-saving machinery adapt
d to these products in the South
,han has alr-eady been realized at
be North. In the first place her
'arms and fields are not so con
.racted, as is gencirally the ease at
\orth, affording a broader area
'or their operation :secondly, they
vill enable each farmer to prodnee
. sudiciency of their indispensable
products for home consumption at
ess, which, unfortunately for the
~eneral welfare of the country, is
riot the ease at present. .The
;reat "mania" foir cotton-raisinig
which is so prevalent every where
with the scarity of lab or, has eauis
ad them to be neglected.
The leading and farseeing agri
3ulturists of the South have re
urged the people to adlopt the plan
>f diversified husbandiry as an in
:lispensable prerequisite to future
independence and pirospcrity, but
ts yet to little or no avail. La
bor-saving machinery is neccssari
ly bound to effect by actual facts
ind results that wvhich precept has
thus far failed to accomplish. The
modus operandi by which this all
important reformation is to be
brought about we propose nowv to
consider. We find that the inven
tive genius of the piresent day has
not ignored the demands for im
proved implements bearing upon
the production of that most potent
rfSouthern staples, cotton, but has
produced labor saving machinery
well adapted to every process con
nected with it, from the prepara
tion for and the planting of the
seed to its shipment into market,
except that of' picking or gather
ing from the field. At this lpoint
Nature seems to have sene forth
her edict "Thus far and no farther
4alt thou go;" and although many
attemipts have been made to substi
tute mechanical fo,r human labor
in the performance of this most
tedious and laborious task, so far
as we are able to learn, little oir
nothing has been accomplished to
wards the attainment of the de
sired end, nor can we conceive
how any machine short of one pos
sessing cvecry known mechanical
movement, with the addition of'
brains and eyes, can be construet
dd to mate~rially facilitate this
work. Under the old regime of
hand implements it was estimated
that a laborer could produce as
much or more cottton than he
could gather- Now, it by the aid
of labor-saving machinery, he is
enabled in one-fourth of the time
to produce as much cotton as he
can gather, the remaining threc
fmoths mayne evtedti o the pro
duction of those crops most essen
tial to the o f,t of both inan
and beast. which will consequent
ly enable the fa-rIner to keep the
proceeds of his undiminished C(t-.L
ton crop at home. Thus it is, we
think, that the general introdte
tion of labor-saving machinery in -
South will prove of most inesti
inable advantage ; it will necess
rily enforce a diversified iidus!!ry
and afford opportunity for the
development of her many but now
latent resources. f n the Southern
States the in,roduction of labor
saving, machinery has been slow,
nor is it a matter of surprise that
such has been the case when we
contemplate the great clouds of'
depression and gloOm which per
vaded the m11inds of southern agri
culturalists as they gazed upon
the shattered ruins of the very
foundation upon which all their l
hopes for prosper-ity were based.
and the effeet upon the laborers,
the bulk ofwhich,as is well-known,
was com11posed of negroes, was no I
less marked, bu. was of an entire
ly opposite nature. producing the
wildest en-thusiasm. But tim'le and 1
force of circumstances have, to
large extent, closed the chasm
thus forimed between the own
ers of the soil and the la
borers and, as before stated, it
is gratifying to notice that a
reaction has taken place, and that I
a general tendency towards im
provement is manifest, that will
prove eminently salutary and
beneficial. Upon almost every
farm. from the verdant mountain
slopes to the seaboard, may be
seen labor saving machines t*some
sort. The innovatilon is insitius
in its progress. like all other great t
changes con tinunally going on a
round us. both in nature and art
but of which we are searcely a
ware. For illustration, behold the
tiny spears of wlheat or grass, just t
peeping through the soil, we see
all the while, but cannot discover l
the chang.e that has taken place -
from one day to another. yet in a
short space of time appears the
golden waiving grain in all its
beauty ready for the harvest. So I
it is with the great ag-icultural t
progress of the South. There arel
those now living and witnessing
the operation of the magnificent
Cotton gil, propelled by steam i
turning out fi-om eig1ht to twelve
thousand pounds of cotton per :
day, who will tell ou that in their
boyhood days ip was customary 1
fo.- the farmeir to fill his own as
well as his children's shoes with j
seed cotton, requiring that each t
one should finger pick the seed
from the lint, until the shoes wereI
emptied, as their winter evening's
task. H
And without going further backI
we learn that Z1-ain was harvestedIa
with siekles or reaping hooks. byl
which means it would be har-d to
say how little could be done per
day. Compare those pr-imitive
methods with those of the present i
time and note the wonderful
change that has been wrought.
Now with a span of horses and 1
a recaper or- mower broad fields of t
gr-ain al-c hal-vested per day.
In the cultivation of cotton, ast
before intimated, there ar-e many
labor-saving machines in use-such
as fertilizer distiibutor-s,seed p)lant-I
ers, sweeps, harr-ows, cultivators. 3
&c., by which one labor-cr and
hor-se can curltivate sixty acr-es as
easily as lie could fifteen a fewv
year-s ago. Cotton seed planters
especially have been introduced
with great pr-ofit and saving of la
bor. Uinder- the old labor system
it was necessar-y to have fourt
hands and two horses employed(
to make any headway in planting I
to say nothing of the time occu
p)ied in rolling seed. Now, as we
can attest firoi personal experi-i
ence, one laborecr and horse witht
seed planter without any stop)
page to roll or- rub seed, performs
as much or more labor in the same ]
length of time and in a more sat
isfatctoryv manner. Most of the
labor--saving machinery used in
cotton cultur-e arec automatic int
their character and ar-e therefore
best adapted to Souther-n laboir.
As to the adaptability of labor
saving machineryv to Southern la
bor we think there can be no ques
tion. The br-ief history of the ne
gro since his emancipation shows
that he is susceptible of a much
higher degrece of mental develop
ment than he has had credit for in
the past.
With prop)er tr-eatmient and pa
tient instr-uction lie may becomea
skillful op'erator of all the labor
saving machinery n ecessary to
place Souther-n agr-iculture, sur
r-ounded as it is by so many nat
i-al facilities, in a state of prosperi
ty unurpassed by any in the
known wvorld.
A Cleveland woman rose so far su
perior to sex as to fracture a burglar's
skull with a boot-jack. and delayed
giving an alarm till she could put up
her back hair, and the intruder es
capesL
A San Francisco paper- headed
its leading editorial: "The truth
for .a change.4
1 w :ipprpriate to tl prese:;t
i;e is tle b:c:utifu. hnt sad para
r..phs 1.-ow. Evrv day does this
ittle entce ! zneet The eNe. Died
'esterday:
ietrdy veara.' -' nd-so. Ev
unyX lP>e--a breach1 iS made in
.:1 : pycrl- jL .11Cen frum
LJmei tr. -nry oU I ve
El day. r L tle s :!ei-f:-ds of
Ic. LIhme b::m-,St diis:ape:s-yeVa, e\x
ry hir s:n. sentinel tfil!z from the
unpurt u into ternity. Even as we
cit,i% thc funeral oif U ne; who11 de
ezterd.:." winds like a winter sha
'-)ied y1,terday." Who died ?
'erb::j, it w::s aI *etl :, :siniess
s: a :a1. ipure as tie Zepyr's hymn
-AIe Wl"o.e I:u.h was as the rush of
11:11 ILI
un iz: r ! litingi in the h ~wer of
,Se?s-Wh-jse lif*e was but a perpetual
tany-a 3lay-time crowned with the
assion-flowers that never fade.
Or. IaylIap it was a youth hopeful,
alppy and generous, whose path was
CMIed by loewrs. with not a serpent
Irking underneath-m)le whose soul
unted for eiI5nnuniln with the great
lid g,ood. and reached for thenden
ii the itance. But that heart is
till now : he "died yesterday."
"Died yesterday." A young girl.
urc as the orange fiowers that clasp
d her forehead. was stricken duwn as
he stood at the altar-anid from the
trimoL aisles of the temple, she was
rne to tie 'arden of the slumber
rs.
A tall. erowined inn. irt with the
alo of victory. and at the day's close,
jider his own vine and fie tree. fAll
2 dust evan as the anthem upon his
ps ; and he. too. was laid here the
mn."atherr of the rude hanlet sleep.'
An ped patriarch. bowed with age
III carS, even Ias he looked out upon
Lie di1t:lit hills 1Or the coming of the
h,,l h. ri. k into drvaiidess slum
;nd on his door-post is written
--Died yDardy. ily. men. wo
w1 :iiil ch:ldren are passing away.
in biouny in somic grave-yard,the sod
ilung upon the dead. As often in
Ibe" moirl, we find some flower that
lUshed .sweetly in the sunset. was
iiihrd up f,rever-) daily. when
e- rIS frmi the bivouC to stand
;zain.,t our po.:ts ; we miss sone bro
betr soldier, whose cheery cry in the
Ir and striueIcs of the past, has
s fire from heaven upon our
elrts.
Each day s one pearl drops from the
?wcl thread of frielidship--some lyre
which we have been wont to listen,
as bn hushed forever. But wise is
eO who mourns not the pearl and mu
ic lost, for life with him shall pass
way silently as an Eastern shadow
rmn the hills, and death be a triumph
nd Iain.
'IE310RABLE DAYS IN NIAY.
Thec mouth of MIay is filled with
ays made imemorable during the war
y the eventful occurrences enacted
ni them:
On the lst of Mlay occurred the
attic of Port Gibson in 18, and
he surrender of MIorgan il. 1805; on
n the 2d of MIay, 1864. G rant crossed
he RLapidan. and the battle of Chan
ellorsville followed; Farragut oe
upied New Orleans on the t3d, 1802;
or ktown ev acuated' on the 4th, in
802. and the battle of Williamsburg;
athe 5th. Lee conmnenced the attack
n Gzran't in 1864; battle of the Wil
Lerness on the 0th, 1864; fight at
upelo. 31issis.sippi. on the 0th, 1804;
(attic oIf Spottsylvania Courthouse. on
he 7th, 1S64. and figtht at West
.oint; Port Hudson bombarded on
he 8th, in 1803; battle of Creek
;ap in 1864, and the death of Stone
rall Jackson in 1864; fight at Ber
nuda IIundreds on the 9th, 1904.
nid battle of Cloudv MIountain: N r
olk and Portsmouth eracuated on
he 10th. 186i2. and surrender of Al
xandria, Louisiana; 3Merrimnae de
troycd on the 11th, 1862; battle of
)alton. Ga. on the 12th. 1864 ; Bal
imiore occupied by U. S. troops on the
.3th. 1801. and Yazoo City captured
n 180: ; b)attle of Jacksor:, 3Miss., on
he 14th. 180:3, and battle at Rlesaca.
l. ort 1)arling fight on the 15th
n] 1862.' and figrht at Carrsville. Va.;
>attle of Champion Hill, 3Miss.. on tihe
6th.18.3: battle of Big Block MIiss..
n the lith, 1863; (Grant invested
icksburg on the 18th, 186:3; Grant'
rossed North Anna, Va., on the 19th.
8o4; Jefferson Davis imprisoned at
ort 'Ionroe on the 20th, 1805; fig'ht
t Suffolk, \a., on the 20th, 1862.
nud Admuir.:d Porter destroyed the
Kavy Yard at Yazoo and ranm Stone
vail surrendereud ; Unte States G(r
Irment seized telegraph on the 21st.
L0l; battle of Lewisburg. Va.. on
ha 2:3rd. 1952. and Alexandriai. Va..
recuied by Federais in 1801 ; Ells
vorth killed on the 24th. in 1961 ;
urrender of Confederates at D)uvall's
B~luti. on the 24th. 18G 3; battle ot
W\inehester on the 25th, 1864. and1
~attle of Dallas. (Ga..: battle of Han
ver. Va.. on the 26th, 1802. and
zurrender of K{irby: Smith in 1s65;
:)attle of Port Hudson on thle >th.
180i3, and Corinth evacuated in 1832;
.unnesty proclamation issued on the
29th, in 1805; battle near Chicka
hominmy on the 30th. 1864; battle of
Fair Oaks or Seven Pines. on the :31st
in 1862, and battle of Fairfax. 1864'
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THE VENTRILOQUIST ON
TiH E DOCK.
()litc anl C:,ceitinlg timlie, sayt a
e~trof' the Cleveland 1/'Ir.dd,
W01urre0d at onle of the wharv's rc
:cIth.
The hands of one of our steam
r3 weeen.aLred in rol'!I offa
ask. wie.!n. to the eolsteriation
Id sUTrise of the personw per
ormi that operatioi, a voice in
the Cask said
1 M1 it easv. these plagnev nails
t: I'd rathIr pa'' m Ly paSsage
han stand all this.
holding up their hands, their
yes expanded to the size of two
a Ives two iaborCrs exclaimed:
That beats thu diekens!
The mate coming tp at this
1tnomet,t:d un:a:are of the Caulsu
Pf delay, co lenced sco!ding
hei for thir di latoriness. when
vithin the cask the V(oicC Camte
orth
You're nobody : let me out of
his cask.
What's that ? said the mate.
Wthy. it's me. said the voice; I
va:lt to geotoiut:; won't stand
his ai long0 r
Vp-erd the cask. said the mate.
0, don't, you'll kill ine, said the
'oice. 0. ho the nails prick
ook ouit-don't again said the
:a.ked up individual, as the men
vure turtliUl'o it over.
Cooper, said .the mate, un
icad that eask and take out that
As the adze sundered the hoop,
.nd the head was coming out. the
oicec again broke forth
Be easy. now is there any I ne
,bout? I don't want to be caugh:.
Quite a crowd had zathered
ound the scene ofaction. when a
oud1 gutteral laugh broke forth,
CIich made our hair stand on end,
,nd the cask was found filled with
acon.
What does it ? says one.
It beats my time, said the mate.
We enjoyed the joke too well to
ell what it meant, as we walked off
*rm in arm with the ventrilo
tuist.
THlE HENP'ECKED MAN.--The
ienpecked man iz most generally
narried; but there are instances on
-ecord of single men being haras
ed by the pullets.
Yu can alwus tell one cv these
tinid ov men. espeshily if they are
n the company ov their wives.
Co.Ay look as resign(d tew their
'ate az a hen turkey in a wet day.
Thare ain't nothing that will
ake the starch out ov a man like
>eiug pecked by a woman. It is
vuss than a seven months' of the
'ever and agy.
The wives of henpecked bus
>ands most aiwus o~ut liv thair
rictims, and I hav known them to
et married again, and git hold ov
man that time (thank the Lord !)
who understood all the henpeck
lodges.
One of these kind ov husbands
z an honor to his sex.
The henpecked man, when he
~its out amungst men, ptits on
tirs of bravery and defiance; and
>nce in a while will git a leetie
Irunk and then go home with a
irm resolve that he will be cam
ain ov his household; but the old
voman soon takes the glory out
>f him just as she would a hafY
;rown chicken, who had fell into
swill barrel, and had to be jerk
id out awful quick.--Josh Billings.
WEDDING CAKE.-They have
otable ways of dealing with
wedding cake in England. In
E[orkshire, when an East-Riding
)ride is on the point of' crossing
er father's threshold after re
ur'ning? from church, a plate con
aining a few square pieces of cako
s thrown from an open window
>f the house, for the purpose of
earnmng whether she will be a
ltappy or wretched wife. If the
>late. on reaching the ground
reaks. she will happy; but ifit is
inbroken. she will not escape in
ury. It is needless to say that
he near kinsman of' the bride,
vho sends the pliatter from the
window. takes good care that the
men is satisf'actorv. In some
>arts of Lancashire and Cumber
and it is customary to put a ring
imongst the ingredients of' the
sake, and to invite the guests in
burn to cut a slice. The person
who holds the knife when it comes
apon the hidden ring is deemed
o be sure of happiness for at least
:welvc months.
A Wisconsin school mna'am demands
he modest sum of 81000U each for
four kisses stolen from her by a freight
~onductor. She missed the passenger
~rain and rode in the drover's saloon
fa freight train, and he took her littls
band in his big one, threw his mnuseu
ar arm about her slender waist, and
did the danage aferesaid. She sues
the railroad company, but they de
eline the honor of paying the S4000.
though theyv have discharged the con
ductor', and promise to prosecute him
in proportion to the enormity of his
offence.
A Comic paper. in interest of
the temperance cause, is ennou
-od in Londlon.