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Vol. IX. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1873. No. KVERLY WEDNESDAY MORINING,. At kewberry C 11. BY THO. F, GRENEKER, Ltditor 4id 1aPoprletor. fierM $.5 iieii a4#e4hI , Invariably in Advance. /- 'Tie paper Is sto ed at tle expiration of nke for widob i0 a a. a'j- 'Flie > tnai-k denotes expiration of sub *orlj.tiuu. Yegs, I knon there are staiis on my carpet Tie race of smnal, muuldy boots, And I see your fair tapestry, glowing, All spotless witl blossolns and fruits I And I know that ny walls are disfigured With prints of small fingers and hands, And I soc that your own household white nlees All fresh II Its purity stanli9. Yts, I know my "black walnut" is battered, And dented by many small heels, While your own polished stairway, all per. feet, Its smnoth, shiinig surface revealel And I know that my parlor is littered Wilh mlauy odd treasures and toys, While your own i; ill the daintest order Unharmaed by the presence of boys! And I know that my room is invaded Quito boldly all hours of the day, W11hi0 you sit in youl' own tnmolbstel Aln dream the sol't ilidet away ! yji., know. I have jackets that woar out, And bltiians that never will stay, While you can oubroider, it leisure Anl learn pretty arts of "crochet." Anl I kinow there aro lessois of spelling, W .ieh must be patient to Ilear, While you may Mi tdo wn to your novel Or turn tile last magazine near I Yes, I know,thbro are four little bedsides Wiwt.re I must stand 'watchful each night, While you may go out in your carritge And flish iin your dresses so bright I Now, I think I'm a neat little woman I like my house orderly, too, And I'm fond of all dainty belongings Yet, I would not change places with youl No! -keep your fair home, with its order, its free4onu from trouble and noise, And keelp your own fanciful leisure Bit give me my Iur splendid bdyal #tltcttb #,torn. CAMPING OUT. "This is what I call good fun 1" said Royal Marray. lie stootd in a lovely forest glado, situated in one of the spurs of the -A diron d ak s, h,emmnend in by stately w h i t e pines, silver birches anod a wall of the vine-clad rook whilo the brown wartora of a gurglinig trQut stream husrried by on the left, and a rude, impjroptu ton4. on the r i a lit mnarkced thq abiding place of.~hit. mnanity, no loss than the fire of dead sticks from whose ruby heart a column of' purple smoke thread ed its way, in f'antastie r i n g s, over the top of' the rock. Rloyal Murray-a bronzed and handsome man of three or foura and twenty summers- 1 e a n e d agai,nsL theo brug,k of a ttree, smole ang0.h da-k0n0d (ne.rcbaln, aft h dubicefance of eaquislite t'onttent. Harry Paylesford sat en the short, velvot 'ghas, wtcheing the frizzle and sputter of the savory atmelling wil-fowl that was brQil ing'for' supper on theoembors, with his olhows on his knees an d "IFur," hei replied, slow.iy. "Yes; buti h'nt.at thor lonoly?" gdada whdawe caia hels .' "Don't you remember how curi. 0118 the gil .vero to find a w here we intended to camp ? And the atmnosphore of mystoty where with we contrived to envelope our solves I I say, pild boy, it, is the best Joke out I Here~ wo are, as .hnug as crickets, arid nobody has anmy ideat of our wvhereabouts l It is as good ias Livingstoni iu the Africani wilds, or Robinson Crusoe on Juan Fernaundoz I" "Think so said Day hosford," with a sligi4 yawn. "Then all I have to say .a, that Livingston and old Robinson Crusoe must have founid itr pr'odigiouisly stupid I There comes the boy with the netvapa per-a daily sensation in our exist1 ence I What is up In the world ?". *T he boy-a small, shook-headed iellow wvithi a youthful body and a v'ery cold face-grcinned broadlly. "There is a lot of folks at the hotel to-night,' said he. "Come gnthe stage ; ladies1." ftLET htit d76fhig new19' said Mui iay, utfohting,the p ri nte1od alda as I'cbuteo to 1o6k fbo' you," said the boy, lowering his Voiee to a huAky whispof'. "I hoortd thena call %our she-Mr. Murray anid farry Daylesford. Real pretty, too, with red oeks and skins like eroam., Two of Murray and Daylesf'ord stared at each other. "What were the names on their trunks ?" the latter at last deman dod. * "Did not have no trunks-only carpetbags." "The deuce 1" cried1 Harry, halfW rider his breath. "Hlow did they to to know we came hero ? and tis to be done ?" _;% t4at, i Uwilig 14V14 LT, UI-ray philosopliCally answored, "oxcopt to await our Cates. .Fortunately, it is not leap year, and they can not marry lid I" "I am sorry we broiled the duck to-night," said Harry, with a.per. turbed countenance. It is not likely we can. shoot any venison at such short notice, and" Royal laughed. "Now you are just like a coun. try housewife," 'said ho--"a mis. culine Martha I Do not fret ; it will all be rilght, if they come." "They will." "I'm not so sure of that.- I say boy I" to the messonger--"g e t ho0i with yourself, and keop dark. Do:you hear ?" The boy disappeared with a preternaturally knowing wink,and once more tho ftiends were loft to thoisolves. "That isn't the worst of it," said Harry, gloomily-"my trousers I" "What about your trousers ?" "Don't you remember the day yod lost the spool of black silk ? How could I iond'en?" ,Oh, pshaw I don't be an idiot I It is only a little zigzag tear that don't hurt any one. Pin it up." "Yes ; and sit down on the pins, the first timo you happen to i'or got I You would not talk so if it was your trousers, old fbilow I": re torted Daylosford, with an injured air. "Well, w lat are you going to do about it ?" "Do I They must be mended I lov can I receive lady oompa. ny-I will wager my diamond studs that .Beatrico Millington is one-in such a state of tatter? Come Roy, don't desert a friend in such-a pinch as this" "Speak on, Damon, Pythias will obeyI" criod Murray,.theatrically. "1hen tako theconfounded things down to the hotel and got Puck a mother to mond them to-night. 1 will go to bed early." "All right-that's easily done. A nd I may as well bring up a doz on oggs to make an omelette, or a box of sardines, or some such pro visions in case of siego, at the same time." Thus the momentus questions was settled. Harry Daylesford went conton todly to bed on a rude camp couch, with a shawl fbr a pillow and a travoling rug for a blanket, and Royal Murray set out by mlon light on the errand, which was moi'o exigent thau, romantio, with his friend's damaged g a r in o n t neatly rolled up under his arm, whtilo the music of eataracts and the warble of solitary whip-poor will accompanied him on his way down the valo. "Jolly sentimental thisl" he said to himself, as he s0oambld over an ancient stone wall. "I say, suppose I should lose Hal's trous. ers ? That is something that will n9t bear thinking ofI" . - The parlors of the little road side inn were brilliantly lighted, but Mr. M uray avoided their vi cinage wit,h strategy worthy of. a soldior, and crept up to the win dow of the black kitchen, which was wide open to admit the soft s;ummer air and dimly revealed the outline of a feminine face and fig ure to its halt lighted dusk. in say, Mrs. Barron," hiebgan you do me a favor? Just patch up these trousers a bit. We are ox p)octing company up on the moun tain to-morrow, andl Day lesford -hke the young lady in the poemi -ho is got nothing to wear. I'll smoke a eigar while you do it." And thus speaking, he vanished into the soft shimmer of' the moon light among the hazel copice. "Ljulu I I say, Lui I" "W1.ell, what now ?" said Liu lu D)aylosfor'd who was standing be. fore a seven-by.nine mirror in the best bed-room of the, inn. "Did you get the cream for my poor~ sun-burned skin, down in the kitchen ?" "Yes ? and I got something else. See hereo!" "My goodness gracious I" cried Miss Lulu, starting back. "It's a pair of trousers I Whby BeatrIco, whore on earth-" "Hush-sh I" said Beatrice Mil Iingtoi, hfolding up a roguish fln g or. "They are Harry's I My dear', they hiave walked right into our trap. To 'think of all their vain glorious b o a a 1. s that we coildn' t discover thelj lurking place I Ot me a needie, Lulu and some brown sowing-silk, weoll waxed-quick! iHe i,s coming back after them direotly." "Whatl IHarry? Wrapped in a Highland blanket, like Rob Roy ina the play ?"' "No, you goosie I Royal Murray. He took me for the landlady, as I eat In the Wlnd9w waiting for the cream, and addressed me in the most confidential manner you can Imagine. It's an ugly, cr o okeod tear, but 1 think I can darn. It neatly enough." "What f il" cried TLulo, who was taking the sisterly. priviloge of rifling the pockets of bot' bt'otha er's garments, while Ileatries deft ly puiou noemo iand t It r o a . "Hore's a cigar, and two scrOws, a pockot knif'Q and-Boe, darling, only look h1ere " "Merey, how you make me rick my fingers!" cried Beatrice-sbarp ly. "Whatt is it? A lotter ? You have no business to look at it, ll." "But yod have," cried Lulti, laughing. "It is writtoa to you ! Look-'My darlinv Beatrice '" Coloring like a damask roso, Miss Millington snatched t h e crumpled bit of' paper from 1he hand of Lult Daylosfrd-a half filnished notolot, fu1ll of' loverliko phrases, whose last sentence was: "Will you trUst yourself to me ?" Yes, Harry Dayleaford'a societs was out. He loved pretty Bo0 Wil- I lington. I[e had written this half finished declaration oflove. "Boo" cried Lulu, throwing hor arms around the blushing girl's neck, "you should -answer it. She gave Beatrice a pencil as she spok-o-a golden toy which deponded . from her g 1 0 a in i n) g watch chain. "What shall I say ?" faltered Beo. "What does your heart t e I1 you ?-Yes, of course." And so in a trembling hand, Beatrico wrote below Harry's last inscription: "Yes! B. M." When Royal Murray came back to the casement, having smoed out his so gaR, and stared at the moon until he was tired, the little roll lay thero in a ineat little parcel and two pairs of' roguish eyes one hazel and dark, like Dayles. ford's own, the other like blue velvet,shown in the semi-darkmess. "Tell Harry they are very not ly done," cried a laughing voice. "And toll him to look in the pok. eta." "'Luli I" Only that one reproachful word, butour aghast hero heard the voice of Boo Millington at once. ."A piinces in disguiso, And not the landlady at all!" criod he. But the blue and hazel stars had vanished. And the next morning when the two fair damsel's had dawned liko morning's self on the bachelor's encampment, with Al pine parasols, thick boots, and broad-rimmud traw lutk, uarry Daylosford held out both his lads to the younger and fairor. "Boo, did you really mean it ?" And once more Boo answered: "YOs I" That golden summer day in the A d r' i o n'd a c k s-it was like a glimpso of'Paradico to Harry Day. lesford and Miss Milington, while Royal Murray and Lulu vory good naturedly kept out of the way. "What a blessing I mistook Miss Beatriceo for old mother Barron," said the formar, philosophlsing; "othorwise Hal might have gono on mourning for six months with out having the courage to toll her how much ho loved her." "It was the luckiest happen in the world," saId Luu ; "because Harry really is a nice fellow, and Bee an angel I" And so began the en gagent which you may probably have seen among the fashionable items in the New York Eavesdroper', the next September. if' one oaly know the history'o all these things. ~ f THEi KIND OF WOMERN TO MAR ny.-They must elimintate from their idea of' woman all her false adornments. Think of' bor' plain dress of tmusin--minus her r'ats and mice, pannlers and fizzes, seated at the breakfast table. May you succeed in getting a true girl for a wife, f'ull of' womanly sweetness, one that will look as well at the breakfast table as when she bowited you with the arts of her toilotto one who will not demand a ear' riage when you need a cart; oneO that will not require a muan sion when youa have only a cottage to ofler ; one that will be satisfied with p lain dresses when you cane not afford broeades; ono that will entertain your friends on a dollar when you can not afford a ban quot ; one that wil plant flow.ee ina your.yard and insIst on you white.washing the fence ; one that will be to'you the ornament, pride and magnet of that dearest place on earth-"Thome, sweet, home," -Rev. II. Hfenderson. A celebrated doetor-celebrated almost as much for his love of' good livingasf'or his professional skill '--alled u pon a certain eccentric nobleman, whom ho found'sitting alone at a very nice dinner. Af-. toe' some time, the doctor, receiv rn g no invitation to partake of It, said : "My dear lord, if' I were in your lordship's place, I should say 'p)ray, doctor, do as I am do ing.' " "A thousand pardons f'or the omission," replied his lordship. "Pray, then, my'dear doctor, do as I am doing-go home, and en your own dInner 1" Five men were banged last Friday, one in New York, one in Boston, two in Illinois, and one in California. Tit E LABJOR QUEmmTION IN ENGLAND. Mt. JOSEPiH ARCII AND HIIS VISIT TO ANMERIUA-HE OlIV lls 1U1 l1s p. POsITION TO UO)ONIZATION. LONDON, August30.-Mr.Joseph Arc Ih sailed for Canada, August 28th. Hefore starting he deliver d a last address to the body with which he is identitled, tihe Nation. al Agricultural LaborOrs Union at Leamington. I gather from his speech that Mr. Arch is profound. ing dissatisfied with the result of'his afforts in) .."lgland to improve the condition of-the laborers on farms. At any rato be is now convinced that, emigration, wlich he has herOtofore discouraged, is a neces dity, atind that conviction has boon forced upon him by the way In which the farmers are meoting their mel. In tho misery the Ia borers have had to enduro through the last eightoon months he finde proof that the farmers are determ ined not to do justico to the men. Thle farmers want labor on starv. ing terms, and Mr Arch has mado up his mind that omigration is the Only answer to their policy. Ile spoke sharply about the refusal of the Queen to listen to the poti Lion of her own laborers in the Islo of W ight, declaring, "with all ilI(1 rospect for hor Majesty, the Quon, 'he must say that, he had letters from the honest tillers of tie soil in the Islo of Wight bog ging him to go there and plead their cause, and if wo were not on gaged to proceed to America he would be in the Isle of Wight be. ore the- closo of the week. lie looply deplored th.it hor Mljosty took the stop she did, when het laborers nemorviallsed her foir an increase of' their wages to seven teen shillings por wook; and he thought, by the oourse the Queen adopted, she set a bad example to the country. If England's Queen did not value her honest tillers of the soil, then lie would take thom away to a country whore their la bor will be acceptable and well ro munurated." His demand had boon that the laborom Rhoild have somo of the soil in this country to aultivate for themselves, and lie denounced it as an absurdity to ask mon to fight for a land of Which they do not own a foot. Tho continuation of the speech is a tono more violent than I remem bor to have heard Mr. Arch use bofore. He said "they had now arrived 4t i cjimnN,* an4 .Prlia mont, the landed aristocracy and farmers, muAt look at It thtough lifferent glassos from what they had done in the past. le should dooply deplore farmors in this aountry being left without mon to cultivate the land; butI he would ask the aristocratic landlords and farmers which of the two things should be? and he would leave it to the chairinan and gentlemen of his class to givo th answor. Tho lborers had . tried every legltlinato rueans to birin g thofri caso tdutho front in a law-abidilig, peaceeful manner. They had only asked0( to be paid so they might live, and that had been denied. Either ho tina eix hundred thou sand laborers must bow at thofeet of a- tyrannichflanilod aristocracy, and a gr:asping aid..par'simonious class of- fairmor'e, or they must emigrate to a n o t h e r country, where their labor will be appr'o. clatedl,.and whero they eani liv by their labor." lHe r'epudiated the notion of disloyalty for him. self and his associates, but avew 0(1 that much as lhe respected and hionoredl the Queen, and much as lie loved his country, he loved'hu. manilty miore. Ini its jlnteost lie was to visit Ameica, and once there ho would not askc the laud ed millionairo or the aristocrat, if such there weoro, to tell him about the condition of' the workingmen ; he intended to see for himself, as he had done in Ireland. LIE~ DowN AND) II EsT.-Dr. nal says the best n oed ici n o in the world, miorefficienit in the cure of disease than all the potencies of the mates ria medica, tire warmth, rest, cleanness and pure air. S'me persons makoe it.a virtue to brave disease, "to keep up" as long as they can move a foot or crook a finger, and it sometimoes proves successful, bitL in others the pow era of life are thereby so complete ly exhausted that the system has lost all ability to recuperate, and slow and typhoid fbver' sets in and carries the p)atient to a premature grave. Whenever walking or work. ing is an effort, a warm bed and a cool room are the first Indispensa ble steps to a shre and Immediato recovery, instinct I e a d s all boasts ard birds to quietude and rest the ;ery moment disease or wounds assail the system. Best tent for the Su;mer-Con, tent. A wise quiostioning is the half of' knowledge. A WONIEitx,Fi s,E OF(AT. T14C. OVER FoRTY TUOUSANDI)OLLARS FOR A COW. Teho most remarkable salo of cattle ever nmade in this countiry took place at Now Yori Mills, throo miles fro,m Utica, Now York, on the 10th ;1%stant, comliprisinl-g the hord of* Dutchess and Oxflrd brods belonl ging to lion. Samuel Campbell. TIho sale attracted the most prominont shorL horn broed era of' the world; including repro sentatives fron the great grazing 8ctions of, Kontucky, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Canada, Big. land and Scotland. About five hundred people wero prosent, in. cluding all the A merican brooders and the following.Kngland : light Hon. Lord Skelmilersdalo, %vwoso seat is ne0ar. Liverpool ; Mr. Hal ford, of' Papillion Maarket Harbor; Mr. Calthrope ; Mr. 'Richardson, Who rI >rselnts Sir. Curtis Lamp son, of Sussex; Mr. Borwick, agent for Lord l)unmore, but who buys for EarlI Boctive, recently Lord Kinnis, of' Underly Hall, Lanca shire, and Nir. Kello, agent for Mr. I. Pavin Davis, of lorton, Glou. cestershiro; also Mossrs. Cochrano Cristio, Millor and Boattie, of' Canada. The Duchess family, headed by that noble threo-year old bull, Second Duke of' Oneida camo first in tho sale. lie was no sooner prosented than Lord Skelimers dale offered $10,000. This was quickly iollowed by offers of $11, 000 and $12,000, and he was sold to Mr. Thomas J. Mogibbin, of Cynthiana, Ky. Next came First Duchess of Oneida. The bidding started at $15,000 and quickly ran up to $30 000 after which bids of $100 more wro made until sh1o was sold to Lord Skolmerodale fbi $30,600. A beautiful yearling, Seventh Duchess of Oneida, was next offorod. The bids started at 85,000 and quickly went up to $19,000, at which sum1 she was sold to Mr. A. J. Alexander, of Kon tucky. After her the Tonth Duch. es of' Geneva camo into the ring. The bidding starting at 8500, ran quickly up to 830,000, and then, by smaller bids, to $35,000, at whieu tno was taitu uy 1jrd Bective, through Mr. Borwick. Several fine animals followed at high prices, some to cross the At lantic. The culmination of the intense interest, however, was reachod in the bidding for the Eigth Duchoss of Geneva, which was sold to Mr. R. Pavin Davis, of (ilouicestor shire, England, fbr the unprooo dented sum of' $40,000. After this eleven cows of tho Duchess family sold for $238,809, an averago of over $21.700. Of these, six went to England at a cost of $147,100 and five remain here at a cost of $91,700. After the Duchess family came the Oxfords, then the other fami lies, the bulls being brought in af ter all the cowvs wore sold There wvere in all one hundred and eleven animals pro'senlted. T1heo sum real izod was $380,890. The Duchese herd was originally from England, imnportedl in 1853, and kept in per~ feet purity in Duchess County, New York. For some years many young animals, both male and fe male, have been sold back to Eng land. THE~ KINo's UMHaiELLA..-Whon the King of Ashantee takes .the flold, lhis prosoneo in denoted hv his state umbrella, w hich is ay ways carridd near him or ovcr him by one or other of the nobles of his household, the king's umbrella bearer baing always a p)iorso of very,high rank. il'ho king's umn brella is of groat size. It is con structed of alternate triangles of rod anld black velvet, and is splondidly orn,amentod with gnld. 'lo give an lidea of' the value of these umbrellas, t hi e umbrella of a chief' not of the firsat rank of' ton costs $200. The loss of the kcing's umbrella in battle would be considered the greatest disgrace and dofeat anm A8hantoo army could meet with; and In like mianner for a chief to lose his umbrella in battle is considered a great dishonor f'or him. The chiefs all carry umbrl las varying in splendlor and costli -neas, dtecording to the rnank ol their owvnor4 but no Ashanitoe chief may have an umbrella as large as the king's, or wvith thc same arrangement ofecolors, which arceospecially reoserved( for royalty. Glass bonnets have appeared. Th'ley are formed of a tissue woven by fine glass of threads, and may be said t( be the glass of fashion fitted to th< mould of form. Ladies who weat them must deny themselves the ploe uro of criticising their neighbors, on the prin9iple that' it is dangerous fo, those whao live in glass houses t< throw stones. . P'eaches should be eaten b e1 f or breakfast. Yachtsmen would like to sail int< Old Peonki 1101TME BITLT IN A IPAYV! Tho laancastor (Pnn.) nOwspa. jra give it a full accounlL of' tho uilding in that city, insido of ton ald ono half*hours, on F"riday, August 7th, 187:1, of la brick dwol. linig ho18, tweity.four i by thirty (2-1x3O) Foot square, two (2) stories high. finlishod coinmpluto withl eiglit (8) rooms, together with all thu doors, clo4ets, ad :11 modrn im. Piovoielts, pmiited and til roof. .rho collar Rouindaition hald hooll prepared, and the requisite build. ing material vas iii readiiness. One hundred and throo (10:1) moni woro employed, anid ILL )rcisely six o'clock that norning they com moenced worik. To givu our Now. 130ono1 reader's all idom of the build ing,wo stato thit iti is a little Iarg1eg r thanl the two story brick b 11hdling omccupied by thu Freodmans Nia tionial Saviig. Bank in this City) From th Da"ty E'raminer of that city wO clip tho following accounilt: "Mrl.. J. T Reading, photograph-. or, wis )rosenlt with his appar-. tus, and took v,ows every fiften minilos of the biuildiig and th workmen Whilo in malotion, which, of course, produced ridiculous pic tures-men, white 1111d colored in almost, every position, are to bo soon represented. At 8 o'clock A. M., the structure was advaneod to the height of one story, with two fluors-ground aid socond-laid, par-titions in), and lathled anid pmaly plastered, doors liiung, stairlway up, and a view taken with the Doctor inl the milidst of his work men. The scone was a busY and comic ono-the bricklayors Oroct in*gsCaffolding for thU 80COd story. 10 o'cloelc A. M., view taken of' western front on Prilico streot: second story brick work two-thirds upl), with carpenters ready to lay the floor, and plasters commence lathing; westorn firont painted and brick poncilod of first story and masons runl short; of brick, and then some delay in conso. quence, but it was remedied in a short, while. 11 o'clock A. Ml., the Bricklay ors are up to the square of' ceiling for third floor, with corners raisod to the height required to receive the rafters for roofing. Tinnors waiting. The pocess of white coating is nlow about completon in the first story. 11:18 A. M., first rafter fi the roof laid. At 11:11 tho last brick was p)laced upon the chimneys, antid the bricklay ors are done. Roof' sheathed and tinners bugin to lay roofing. 12:50, suaflol( ig al I removed from building. 2:30 P. Al.,, sash in windowa of' flist storv and painters finished up ; wash-boards down and rubbish cleaned away. At this writing the tinners are leaving the building ; roofing and spouting completed. Plasterers still at work in the second story. Tho building has boon insured, and in the course of a few hours will be ready for a tenant. H-ow To STAR A F~Acrola. Tihe Columbus (Ga.) Sun of the 10th inst., has the following: Mr. J. Rhodes Browne yesterday com-. menced the work of takcing sub scriptions foir the purpose of erec ting a cotton factory on the site of' the burned Palace' Mills, When woe sa~w him ho had scured fifty. six thousand dlollars from thec Citi zens, lie also told us that over one hundred thousand dollars had boon pr1omised by men whose names woukt be subaoijbod as soon as the lists were presented. Our uniderstanding is that a mill for thirty thousand spindles is tQ be erected, Tihe capital stockc is to be. two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. It is a grand enterprise, and we have no doubt will be aL magn ificenta success. Th'le f a 9. t that Mr. Browne, a iarge capital ist, anid one of' the most e-xperione pd and falr-sjited of' prosp orous maniuf'otui'ors, is at the heOad of the undoertaki ng, guaran tees that the end desired will be speedily reach ed, and the onterprise prove high. ly roemuner'ative. Having a mag. nificent water lot, anid amplo Cap ital, and first-class managomont, the manuf'actor'y is sure' to pay large dividende.. THIEY VOULDN'T FiorT 'VTHAT WVAY.-About the commencoment of' the war Jumdge Rice made a sp)eech in 8 o u t Ih Alabama, in which he0 said the Southern sol dier's could whip the Yankees with pop.)guns. Since the war'li h a.n codlto make anotheur speechi at the same place. A big, double-jointed follow was present who heard it and being in no amiablo fr'ame of mind conclu ded to go for Sam. Rolling up his- sleeves and pop ping his flst in the palm of his~ hand, iie propounded the fearful question. "Sam Rico, didn't you make a s poochi here in 1861 ?" "I did," said Sam. "And didn't you sgy that we could whip the Yankees with pop. guns?" "Certainly I dlid, but the rascals wnnLIdn't. ihhi us t.hat. way." NEIECTING A WIFE. Wo have heard of this test be. ing ap1ilHed to severail girls, bu t John Starkley Vats the lan Who applied it to 1 he solectionl ofa wille. 'I'le Siarloys aild th lelknap1IIs had beln Fricilds throulgh several genatlIttiolls. 1In 0he present gonle I at 1wui there was, inl the 8(arkley Family, one sonl, aald inl the fitiily of leIklcap. tIIre w e r e live daughters; and it. had beei ar ranged betWeeln thce pareIntil that the heir of, the Starkleys Should tiaku him aw wfi i 1 from amir the aulglLers of Bellikiap. Jolu, the hWir aforesaid, at tie at'go of live aid Lwenty, had retuired From his travels, wheii his fither bade hiin select from the datighters of lhe Fricildly house the 0i10 lie wobIt have for at wilf.. John was a t 11 iful -.ollr aind i.is heart, was whole, :1114i a" tihe mllaidelis were all fair to look tponi lie aecopted lte situationi, and dfetermined to mIastor it if possible. John spOlt severail Ovolliligs ill the coianl)iy of tIe young ladies, aind it was dilictult, to docide wiich was the most charmnllg, though lis fancy rested most, lingeringly upoin the yoiun-g"s--not, that shie was the haidsomuest, but she ap. puared tie mllost.senlsible. .Oo day .John1 was invited to dinier, anld inl advance of' the tilmily he0 muIdo his waRy into the hall and throw at broom uponl the 1loor., directly aIcross the paissage tL ti1 dinuinlg.-room1. By and by 'hAe simiollos. sounded for the ineal, and .1ohn1 waitelhed for the result. The oldst daughter stop ped over tho broom loftily. Tho icconld went around it. The lourith gave it tia extra kick. The lifth--tho younigOst-SLooped amid picked the broom ui1p aml took it Lo the far. cornerc' of the hall and ict, it carefuilly out of tihe way. And John selected thu mook eyed, fair-hlaired mllaidenc who had tius stood the test, and he never had occasion to rogrot the choico. Sheo proved to be at woif whIto look Ud well- to the ways of' her houso hold, and her hear had no lack of faith aItnd lovo. The funniost, travolur's story I have hoard yet is told of anl old Iml). %t itt). vv Q%%,cj.'j. ~ i~cgcj tho Hudson I? ver railroad, boud for Albany. She would porsist iii aIskipg tie conductor at every Rtationk 'if this Was PIoughIk(oop. sico?" 'The conductor, at " (ice.'" gentlemanly mian, would try and induce hor to romain inl her soat andl( givo hopsol'f io aixiety ; io would cortainly inform her at the proper timo, as Poughkeepsie was somo disltanlco oil' yet. But the dear old lady, alarmed at the frequency of the stations and the rapidity with Which persons wore stopping oi the trainl, moved hr to rush forward and ask the con ductor "if this station was not Poughkcepsio." Assurod again that it was not, andkil lltat I%aIpl- notic would be given wvhen the train reaoced the dlepot, the nervous passenger 0oCncoaor relapsed in to a paivo uniconc0iousness. At laist Poughkeopsie wais roached, and1( the coniductor, rusahinag int,o the car, hurried the old lady up by sayuig, "Here1. wo aire, this is Poughtkoopsie;'mnako haste and goe, your thinigs ; we aro* bebind timae; quick, now." Jutdge of Ihis suarpriste whent, with LIce utmutost comp jlaicon - cy', tis fomalo patsetnger, -looking over hocr spectaucles, replied, "You donc't say t,his is Poughkooepsie; whcy, you see iMaria she told mue to lie stare and take mny pill whcen I got to PoughakoopsieoI" ''Te niewspaperci ts thce product of viast laibor acid thought. Anad yet, wheni you arc ince to face with it, and it talks inc utch ani eacsy, inatuiral way, miakmlg itself' comapletely at,h Iomie with you, you artO lauOtt to foargot at whiat cost it hass beeni brought into life. It comces to you so quiietly ancd smcoothly t,hat you acy well be patrdonced for tripping inato Lihe delusion thait it saprinsgs into voice aind beinig-somae thing like MIiinerva spranig inc full panoply fromu the bracin of Jupiter-at thce moere touch of a magie wand. .([Tu.f, Field and Farm. Queen Victoria roccives from thce British natiotn anr incomea of $1,925, 000), acid $160,000 more froii Lthe Duchty of L~antcastor', besides Lihe in comce arising froam her private estates cand inavestmcencts, wc ih i e ht probably amcounts to as maucht iaore. The Prince of WVales bias an~ allowance froum thce nation of $120,000, aind receives $300,000 more front the D)uchy of Cornawull. Th'ie largest farmer's meetinag ever held in Lice United States, Leek place ont the 5th. Sixty granages, anmber ing aibout ten thcousanad per'soins, ac comcpanied by five hundr'ed wagons, maarchted ini precession. Miss. Garret son, a farmer's daughter, was once of the speakers. - Wickedness with beauty Is the devil's hook baited. Captain Jack Is getting fat. Hoe will do to kill short. ADVERTISINC ftATES. Ai4veriscineiets I instrteld at tile rate of $I,()0 pr sqture--onu ineb-for JiIrst Insertion, 4tVI 75o. for caoh s-ubsequielit insertlon . Dot:iblo (9yl1n tl1ve it~isetuts teni pur ceut ou ubove, Notices of' Ilivetings, oblituurivs antI tributes of resj cti, sai e AItes wr sq:11re as ordt ilIy Rd vertiseImetI Q. S'pecill notives in loeali coimn 20 ectits le I line, Adverikmetimts not markted with the nitllu her or inserionq will be kept in till forbid mi liarged accordingly. Sljeciti cmitracts nudo- with la rge plyer tisere, witl 111,eral ieiductions oi a l,ove rites. 61/0' Paz Araxu Done wvith Ne-liness anl I)lspatch. T4.r-ils Cash. 10owvers stimilatto ii)(111stry its well as lighten toil. For we mllit hlave Iheom. W( atro Cold wvithoult thein. but to iave theiml req(luire:4 paitil)IIt stIIIN.y, pativit L a. d 1111tinlg <1.-luie e init hOili. Hiery one 1114ist be studied aloule. Thi.A can be stc I Clessfily (o I o oilly ill colectioll with art, and ta id of' b1orticltuiral genius. Their cIl. tlrc.s all art. How tle)- bati and Cat, inlid drilik ! Hlow they v-a ry thbei r spci (-ne r wVhat Ilawvs! Flowers are Servitors oF oilr imi agiliatiol,; they bring fbo to the poet. T hey prodo1o anl ill,mo 8 pl>hir that iS liculdiarly coliducivo to rhymth1111. I do ljo( kiuo% wh3. it is ihat color al gr:ree of' motioti Iind delicacy of for 111antId polrfilnim have .4uch at tondoney to matio every t.eighIthI or tkIeIth syllal, rhyme11C. anld every linle beginl with at capita, bilt so it is. V hut, a1 constial, tribuito pootry pays to flowrs. ('a yota fil ioile of* tho gtalt sillgers wh-lto hat-3 not it 10a4 at hile, anid most0%lyk pouem, inl holl or of, floral ebarmls ? Take av;I noble landscapes, lovel (1()wn t le hill?s, m1ak the Suill rise ald SOL in drab, kill out. tho flowers, and Lho poet's covier wotuld become very tspeudily ia bean patch. N ow the flowers Come to tle brain with 1 delieate touch, like tbe 1i nger of a mot,lor ill sle0) that takes the wrinlesotofdeams tinychil dronl with their ilirins full of' evory illagiiable graco. You cl leio purity, modety, believolollco, amn b it, I o l, Watculi ness, pltiono, truth, all sofliwhi'ro about, your feet. But not only do they inspir*0 11111ch of' taC rhyitno of' life. 1 hlt (o) You 8upposo must, be the power of at siligio fuehsia inl a inlily ? It ever elt 1che thbe cyo of'the nioth a1' without awaking a song; it, Calls t,he atteltion of the childrenl) and displaces the rudonss of' coei-so wVorIk o1 vulgar.coitaet. It doubtless has 11pt worful influeneo inl mak1inig thle Whole 11111nily moro1. neat, moro tasteflul, m1or110 Corll C0ous, 111010o r0filod. I likO to tiko ou1t th1e feoding pligno of cating, by ptting a boquet among tho dies. Co.01it.\Tl'ONx A MIONSTl 1"llil1it. -'-Ther'e 3W no. reasoni)l why f'armlers shiou ld not. colihinei to prlott th ir ownVI inltere'sts, but every reasonil 1'1 wy they should. The aigricult,ural into rest beiug the1 motut e'xtens!Iiv in l thle country1'3, anid betinlg thet basis OnlII wich naitiona3l prospert'iity is built31 up, sho0uld by all mneans make1 tse ~lf I'elt . But cautio hol uld011 be exerc'isedt iln choos Sig leadeIrs ill any1 mliioement looking towarlds eO operaitionl or' comiibi nation, andt libera and111 julsh. ie(ws withl re gai'd to tli1 helimIls ) of1seemingly ~conl fictiung linterIests shouid ho adopted, lis unhaply I iposibiliis bo(1 a) ttemplt. 0(d, andt faiilure ill expectattion shiould resu$lt. As anl elvidbence of' the ra*pid increaselR of' the or'der ini the11. Iuited Stts we mlenition ite mIunberW of' tinges 01' ganlized in thle following States:1 (2eor [Iowai, 1 ,776I, Kansas~u 35 1, M%Iinnelsota braisku :a (l ,Suith rli na~01Il 161 ,W1iseon, sinl 10)5, &c3. Tse.ii States~ halve the lar-" gest numiiber of' G rnges ; but niew every day. Thel order is, also maizkinig some1 pr'ogress ini the New Inglnd States. MaIssachIusetts has1 4, New Jer 5ey 3, and New Hamlipshlire I1( Gran~ge. Th'1e alverage age of' Amler'.ian eler gyl-men ,deceased thle paist year wvas a ,out sixty-onie. Of' 236 whiose deatths and( aiges werIe r'epor'ted, 7 wore' over0l 9)0, 29 were betwveeun 80 and 90, 46 between 70 anid 80, 49 betwoon 0 and1( 70, 01 betweeni 50 ;dit (60, 23 he, tween 40 anld 50, 22 betwcon 3) iand 4I0, and 9 between 20 and 30. 'ThIe first dulty of' the Gr'angesa, it is suggested, hlold be to extinlguisha every orator' whio begins with :"1 have miot the good fortun le to bc a far. mier, but I hiave aIlways felt the pro. found1( interest in the triuly noble)1 and predominan311t pursuit of iagriculture, and1( neOver was thitt initer'est greater T.irouble. is apprehended in aill the New York public schools this fall, in conse~quene of' the new law, which maiikes it ai crimIinl offence to refuse admnissioni to coloredl aplplicalin. Hlere tofore colored children have haid their Fr'om (.1Corgia, AlIabamati ami Missis sippji comod (oleflfreports of tihe rt1vages of the wvorm, rot and( r'uat in the cot. ton fields. HlIf, ono-fou'tJhIand one0 thlird are tile various calculations as to the crop._ To learni the value of.* money Try to borrow it. Mexican cow-thieves are again after Texas beef, BrIight is blowinlg for~ greater economy. Hie's Bright. Tbe Nova Scotia gale paled the blue-noses.' Slpitz dogs tow the belles uIp- 1ifth avenue.