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! Stray Thought#. I lovo llio bright mid cheerful sky, Tho woodbind's shady doll, Tlio tow'ring moutil nml rocky clitf The dark, deserted cell. I love u lmhl ami fearless liourt, A breast (hat's free from guile. tne merry laugn?uiu greater mr, I love trut friendship s smilo. T love the onenn'a heaving breast, Its sparkling, dashing foam; The gentle spring, whoso crystal tears Do mark the streamlet' liotuo. I loved llieni all?but give to mo A /riband steadfast hand; An Ao/ic.tf heart, whoso every pulso Cements pure friendship's baud. I love n friend?yes?truly, where Doceil 1ms uo'er hecu known. Where whispei'd words of hallowed truth, | 1< rent ho accents nil their own. A friend! tho glow that melts tho ho tut To deeds of untold love. And leads its sister spirit on To joy and peace above. mBQ'&LU\K\Y, Corn-Growing among the Aborigines i ' Indian corn, tho staple, product and the ! prido of America,'' luid never hoon seen by ! tho Pilgrim Fathers until after their arrival ! in this country. They found it extensively , grown among the natives, and their necessities soon compelled them to lcarnits uses and cultivation. It is interesting to look hack, over two hundred years, to the corn-growing of the aboriginal New Kngiandors; as wo may by turning to Prof. lTint's First ltoport to the Massachusetts Hoard of Agriculture, from which we condense the following paragraphs. The clearing of the land, all the farming, and in fact most of the hard work of the natives, was performed by the women, assisted sometimes by tlio old men and little boys. To clear the land of tree*, they built a fire fivnnnd tlin 4iw?f linrnlno- !* i .?l.? ?..v .Wv%i 11 .? ? uiiu it Mini, ur with a stone uxc tied to a stick for a helve, girdled it. After the trees heeaino dry, more or less of them were burned down each year, and burned into lengths so as to be rolled in- I to heaps. and then wholly consumed. The Fame method h still practiced by loggers and burners in all new timbered land. Corn was planted among the trees at first but after a time these would be all cleared off, and the nrst settlors loumt many snub small fields in tlio most fertile parts of the country. In planting and tilling their corn, they used a hoc made by tying the bhonldcr blade of a moose, boar or deer, to a stick or pole : or a'ong the sea shore, a largo clam shell fastened in the same way. With this, small holes were dug (our foot apart, in which, those along the shore put a horse-shoe crab or two, whiie those in the interior put in a few small fishes. The finest rows of corn wore selected for seed, and four or six kernels were dropped ' in the holes with the fertilizer and envoi-oil with earth. Beans were planted with the corn1 after it came up, and grew, supported by tin? stalks instead of polos. Groat attention was paid by the Indians to the protection and culture of their growing crops. To guard against the destruction by birds, a small waten-houso was erectcd in the midst of a field of corn, in which one of the family, often the oldest child, slept, and early in the morning rose to watch the blackbirds. As far as possible, they sought to prevent injury by insects, and waged a war of ?>.vi vaiunuiiiiiiiuu u^musi wccus, not r?ilowing one to bo soon among tho corn. It was their universal custom to hill their corn about two foot high for its support. The corn was picked and husked, the beans gathered and shelled, and after being well dried in tho sun or over a tiro, were stored tor winter in largo holes dug in earth and carefully lined with bark. After tilling, these were covered with i?nrih 1<?vnl I face of tlio ground, with a view to the concealment of tlio store from the depredations of their lazy husbands and sons, who were not slow to eat, though they thought all such work, save the culture of tobacco, beneath them. The hogs of the colonists were keen hunters of these concealed barns, and history says that oncc when the pilgrims' store of grain was reduced to five kernels to each person, they providentially gained a supply from this sourro. It would be interesting to know whether tlio custom of toping and suokering was not derived from tho original cultivators of Indian corn, as hilling evidently was. It litis beon .veou that they applied rich fertilizer*, and rrave clean and careful culture to the crop? practices as necessary to success in tlio nuieeoiith century, as in ages when Mondamin was a fresh gift from heaven to the red man. Advantages ok Rotation* in Chops.?Each t?fon wr*' 1 .?P * - - ??v ovu ut UUIIillli UiUIIlt'1115. Continuing tho same crop for many years consumes those elements. The soil will not produce that crop longor. Another crop consumes another order of elements, and will flourish when tho tirst will not prow. Kach plant, while growing, throws off certain matters which are not favoralj'j t > tlie growth of successive crops of the same plant. Plants in this rcspect are somewhat like animals which always avoid their own excremonts:? I ?\ow other phvutt may use those matters.? I Ionco a rotation la profitable, because one crop may take up what another throws off. Certain crops lmvo cortain insect* that prey on thein. Tho cultivation of tho same crop for many years favorn the multiplication of insects. Change tho crop and you diminish or destroy thon). Various crops f 'vnish various kinds of manures, which arc found profitable on a farm. Ho who wants this variety win una ;i rotation tho simplest and easiest way to sccurn it. A rotation in crops results in sonic grout social odvautages.? Among theso aro tho following , A ? immunity which nurses a good rotation will > o inoro iridependant of foreign Miju'pit It will { asH through a treason of scarcity with much ess .suffering. Its farmers will he inoro intelligent. Leeutiso thoir e*nori?noft will !.< ? > .? ried. Their prosperity, too, will ho more pqnnl as it will ri-.t depcn<l on tho tips unci downs "f u single crop ?-Ohio Farmer. King Ciiari.es the Simple and his Fool. This good follow'* influence was ho great. thatCharlos, King of Franco, onco remarked to him, that Jio thought thoy had hotter change places. Ah Jcnn <li<l not look well pleased at tho proposal, Chorion t>?kod him if he wcro content nt the idea of being a king. un. content enough, was the reply: "but I nhnnM l?o osfwlinj^lv nubnmed of having Mich h f< *A? It won this fool whoonco tried hi? master's nervo, by rushing into his room ono morning, with tho nxclnmotion: "Oh, piro, ouch newfl! Pour thousand men hove rimtn in tlinfllir I" ? . ? ???i v t v? ivu viiu nuir* tlo.l king, '"with wlint intention hfivft they rtaonf" "Well," ?nid Joan, placing hisfin^or upon hi# nose, ''probably with tho intcniwu of lying down ngniu at uodtimo." 1 Example of Moral Courage The uiiis'sacro of tin; Colonists on the 5th March. 177^, had beeiuludd as a sacred festival by tins people ofBoston. Orations were delivered on each anniversary, setting forth the murder legalized by the frown. Twice was Warren the orator of this deeply exciting subject. 80 patriotic were his sentiments?SO hostile to the British nnwnr? that the officers of the army under General ! Gage, thou fjuartcred iit liostou, declared 1 that no more .?ueh orations should he delivered. It was openly stated that it would cost the life of any man who attempted it. Warren took lire, at the threat so openly and tyranieally nir.de. 11 o solicited the honor of delivering the oration in 1775. Fur this post lie had few rivals, and it became ! well known that Warren was to speak. The ! ciav came ana me weather was remarkably line, The old South Meeting llouto was crowded at an early hour. The British, armed, tilled the house and aisles, and some even occupied the pulpit. All entrance to the house was prevented. 15ut Warren rcacncu me puipu l>y a ladder from the ! outside. He pre: soil forward to his post. ' In the bloom of manhood, flushed with the J spirit of liberty, the youthful orator advan- I cod. The Iiritish ollieers seeing his cool- | ness and intrepidity, niado way fur him.? J An awful stillness, like that which in the j convulsion of nature, often precedes the fell tornado of the Indies prevailed. Each man j felt the rapid palpitation of his own heart . and saw in the pale, determined face, and ; closed lip of his neighbor, the peril of the ' occasion. "L lie daring spirit of Warren j aro.se, and, in " thoughts that breathed," and " words that burned," ho spoke of the early history of the Colonists, their wrongs, their rights and their claims of ; justice ; how their rights had been trampled down, how violated by the tyrant power of Klil'lanil. I lit* (losnrmfinn iiI'IIki mil' ? n T%,v"' v" v,#"' "Vl * tarings, agony, and blood of the colonists chilled even the spirits of the British.? The sccne was sublime?the cause of truth prevailed. The day passed without any violence. Warren and hi* friends were prepared to chastise insolence, prevent disgrace, and avenge any attempt at assassination. This is a scene of moral courage and sublimity worthy of the pencil of (he painter il.A f il 1-A -? * hi uiu viubui ui iiiu euuipuir. i lie imumcr of Demosthenes rolled at a distance from Philip and his hosts; Cicero poured forth his invective when surrounded htv the Sonata, and free from the danger of the dag- | ger of Catalino ; but Warren spoke to the i very teeth of the proud oppressors of bis country, resting on their loaded arms, whoso i amnil ?.??. i ' > ........ v. T,i,a vu uieilll1C| UIIU WI1USM UUMlllCSS j it was to cotK|uer. iNo example in Roman j history exceeds this in moral courage or in I sublimity. The Duration of Man's Life?A New Idea, A work has recently been published by M. neurons, the celebrated French physiologist, in which be asserts that the natural length of a man's life !.-> five times as long as the period of growth, .vid assuming that ] i uiu miiur is iwenty years, concludes that | | the destined pilgrimage of man on earth is j one hundred years. From his own observations, and facts derived from the observations of Ikiil'on, and | from natural history, lie believes that the | proportionate length of life in animals to | their periods of growth is established, and I ! .. _V.: i - j? ? ' I uuiv <jiiuui? iu uavo uiscovercu tne peculiar physical change in the system ofbotli animals and man which indicates the completion ol" growth. ' Jt consists," says M. Flourens, "in the union of the bones to the epiphyses. As long as the bones arc not j united to their epiphyses, the animal grows, j In man the same effect takes place at twen- j ty, and consequently the duration of man's life is five times twenty. It is now fifteen years sinee I commenced researches into the physiological law of the duration of life both in man and in some of our domestic animals, and 1 have arrived at the result that the normal duration of man's life is i a f.fiiitiivv. Y<>? !i ?rtiiliii'w'w !!('.> J . , .. J .J IIIU 10 mull ! Providence meant to give us." M. Flourens brings some striking and interesting facts forward to prove the truth i this theory of as applied to domestic animals, and claims that it has an exemplification in the relative duration of growth and life in the camel, horse, ox, dog, and other domestic animals. In dividing the several r?e-I riocls of man's life, M. Flourens prolongs the duration of infancy up to ton years, because it is from nine to ten tliat second dentition terminates; adoleseciico up to twenty, because it is at that ago the development of the hones ceases; of youth, up to the age of forty, because it is only nt that I ago that the increase of the body in bulk | terminates. " After forty," ho say*, " the Iwwl- --a 1 uuwj uuua imv j^iuw, |)iuj)yrijr HpudKlllg J tllC augmentation of its volume which then takes place is not n veritable organic development, but a simple accumulation of fat. After the growth, too, more exactly speaking, tlje development in length and bulk has terminated, man enters into what may be termed the period of invigoration?that ? ,.ii i.:.. ?i > I .o, 1IIKJU.11I inn |)U[13 UVWIIIV inure complete ami firm, and the wliole organism more I porfcct. This period lasts to-sixty-five or or seventy years, and then, begins old nge which lasts for thirty years." I Although we cannot entirely a?reo with I the theory of M. Flourcns, that with cori rected manners, passions, and hab'ts, the ! life of man can be prolonged to the lengthI (MlP.i lUU'ini) KA mnnfiAnu i??a *!?!??!? *' * |,v. ?vv? J?vy iitviitiuiiO) Jfiii/ umirv l/iuit with the pood conduct he rccoiumcnds, moderate labor, study, and a systematic! course of living it may not only ho oxten- | d'ed, but its evening may he sustained in i boanty and vigor until night has entirely set iu. j Auf.rxktiiy was sent tor hy nn inn-keoncr, who had a quarrel with his wifo who nud llld fiW'ft wiHi Kai? r* n'?1 a OA *l?of !?? poor ninn wan olecding and much disfigured. Dr. Aheinothy, admoniahing tho offender, said: "Madame, aro you not ashamed of, yourself, to treat your husband thus?the husband ih Hie head ofnil; your head, madame, in fact?" ' Wufl, Doctor," liorcoly roturnod tho virago, "andnmy I not scratch my i own hond?" Odds a'ud Ends. Smvi.t. RffrtJoe is true service, whilo it lasts; I Of all thy friends, though humble, scorn not ! one, Tht- daisy, by the shadow that it coats, Protects theliugoving dewdt'op from tlie sun. The (lowers livo by the tears that full rrotn (tie tentures ol" tho skies: And life would linvc no joys at all, Wove I hove no watery oyea. I.ovo tliou thy sorrow: grief shall bring Its own excuse in after years : Tho rainbow ! see how lair a thing Ciod hath built up front tears. Counsels for the Young. Never be east down by trifles. If n spider breaks his wire twenty times, twenty times will ho. Ill 111 it M.il.n .. * *? IN V \? Jl > ? 'III 111 I Il'l> to do a tiling and you will do it. Fcnrnut if trouble oomcs upon you, keep up your spirits, though the (lay be u dark ouo? "Troubles never last forever, The darkest day will pass away !" If tho bud is going down, look f| to the stars ; if the earth is dark, keep your eyes on ! heaven. With dud's, presence and Ood'e I promises, a man 6r child may bo cheerful. "Xover despair when fog'a in the air, A simsliill v innrninn > " II __ ........, ...vtntiiu ?i hi vv/iiiu m 11iiyjui> warn|nK*"* Mind what yon run nftor! Novcr be content with u huhbln tlint will hurst; or lirowotid that willead in ss.mke nnd darkness.? Get that what you can keep, and which is worth keeping. ' Something .sterling that will stay When gold and silver tly awuv." Tight hard against a hasty temper. Amger will coiYio, hut resist it strongly. A Mjmrit may fci iv non.se Oil lire. A lit of passion may give vou cause to mourn all the days of your life. Xuvor rcvongo nn injury: "Ho that revenues knows no rest : The inoek possess n peaceful breast.'' If yon have an enemy, act kindly to himand make liim your frioud. You may not win him over at onee, but try again. Let one kindness be followed by another, till you have compassed your end. By little and by little great tilings are thus completed. "Water falling (lav bvdav Wears tlu> hardest r<iek away." And so repeated kindness will soften a heart of atone. Whatever you do, do it willingly. A boy that is whipped at school never learns his lessons well. A man tliat is compelled to work cares not how badly it is performed.? lie that pulls offliis coat cheerfully, strips up bis sleeves in earnest, and Kings while he works, is (lie man for ine? "A cheerful spirit gets on quick ; A grumbler in tho mud will stick." Evil thoughts are worse onnmies than lmim un<l tigers, for we can get out of the way of j wild beasts; but bad thoughts win their way | everywhere. Keep your heads and hearts , full of good thought:', that bil l thoughts may not find room? j "lie on your guard, and strive and pray j To drive all evil thoughts away." Lite's Dak it Sidk.?It is certain that whatever sunbeams (.Sod lias thrown across our patli?and His mercy has made them both bright and numerous?there are al*o clouds to cast their shadows over every career, however prosperous. Few summer days pass without rain, apd often their sultry heat brings death with it. - 80 every successful life has its disappointments, ^vcry happy one its sorrows, even cvt y Christian one its crosses. Unavailing strivings against oppression?heartless resistings of a pinching poverty?the griping demands of an avaricious selfishness?the prevalence of wickedness and depravity?these are life's dark sides, that shall never be removed j mi iiussin is destroyed. JiCt this insep-1 arable union ever be borne in mind. Sin ! rules with a high hand in that back street ! or in yon narrow lane, and by an unavoid- : able consequence, these are tlio abodes of the deepest and darken sorrow. J'crsomd J ungodliness ever entails the stings and vex- j altutis ol an unconverted state. Family irrelijrion is the sure precursor of intestine tumults and heart-breaking separations.? Social depravity brings prisons, and workhouses and police establishments with it. ' Life's dark side, is life's sinning side. Ev-1 cry time we lift the hand of rebellion against i God, we throw its shadows of sorrows hack nil aiinaI i'?i S!?..! ??? 1 - 1 ' 1 ,. ? V .7. ? 11 I \ v; n? iiiiitvt' 11 i.Km IlUiy, I to crush sin in your heart and rebuke it j abroad, to guide your steps by the lamp of j Clod's truth. You will thus l>ri?r!iton lite, and k'PS 'ii its dark shades ; while the reflection of your good worlds may throw a gleam or sun. on tiie < i cr of another, leas hopeful or more sinful than your own. "\VF.n.STKK had ananecdotcof old Father Scarl, the minister of his boyhood, which never has been in print, and which is to) ^ood to be lost. It was customary then to wear uucKSKin m et e lies 111 cool weather. I One Sunday morning in the autumn, Fa-1 thcr Scar) brought his down from the gnr- | ret ; but the wasps had talv possession during the summer, and were having a nice time of it in them. By dint of effort, he got out the intruders and dressed for mcct.'?g. But while reading the scripture to mc uungri-gauoii, ne lo.lt a dagger from one j of tho enraged small waieted follows, and I jumped around the pulpit, slapping his j tights. JJut tho moro ho slapped and dart- j cod, tho. more they stung. The people j t hought mm crazy, and were in commotion oh to what to do; bnt ho explained the matter by Haying: "Brethren, don't be alarmed : tho word of tho Lord i? in my month but the Devil i.1; in my breech oft !" Webster always told it with great glee to the ministers. -?ornm* - ? Snowbr ok Fi/iEs.?The St. Louis l)em<VCrAt rmulMn <1 vhmr/??. r.f Hi. - * - - -* - - - *>i iiivm, Ilk II IX>1II v oil the Illinois one night lust week, which toll to the depth of six inche*. It was noticed at nino o'clock, on board the steamer l-'ditor, on her down trip; and ho fn?t and thick did the insects doxccnd, says the Democrat, '"that they eovorcd the decks, put out tho watchman's light, nml enveloped everything in midnight dnrkne^s." Indeed, it whs a diffi- i edit mntfor to shove thorn overboard. The treea along tlio rivor shorn looked ns if Wno down l?y their weight. Thoy wero what is known ns tho Moimon or Sluul Fly. Mrs. 1'artinotoh declare thnt xheennnot take v.p u paper nowadays, Nit sho scon pome tiling about British ostriches in the Gulf of Cuba, and tho President ending shins-of-wnr to enptivnto thoin. Tho old lady thinks thnt Mr. Huetmnnn has takon afnncy'for tho fenthers, and wonders how ho will look with one stuck in his hat. A Stroet SceneThe otlier d;iy, as I came down Broome street, I huw a street musician playing near the door of a genteel dwelling. The organ was uneonimonlv Bwcet and mellow hi its tones, the tunc* were slow aud plaintive, j nnd I fancied that I flaw in the woman's Italian face an expression that indicated sufficient refinement to prefer the tender , and melancholy, iothe lively "trainer tunes" j in vofiue with the populace. She looked i like one who had suffered much, and the sorrowful music seemed her own appropriate voice. A little jrirl clung to her scanty gar- \ ments. as if afraid of all thin"* hut. hr?r ! mother. As I looked upon tlieni it young \ lady of pleasing eountenanec opened the window, and began to sing liko a bird, in keeping with the street organ. Two other j young girls enno and leaned on her shoul-' dor, and still she sang on. Blessings on her ' gentle heart! It was evidently thespontaucous gush of human love and sympathy. The beauty of the incident attract'd attention. A srroun of gentlemen crraduallv pul looted round the organist; nnd evor, ns the tune ended, they ho wed respectfully toward I the window, waved their hats, and culled out, "More, if you please!'' One whom | I knew well, for the kindest and truest soul, 1 pissed round his hat; hearts were kindled | and the silver fell in freely. In n minute j four or five dollars were collected for the I poor woman. She snoko no words of "-r.it itudc, but she gave such a look ! " AVill you go to the next street and play to a friend of mine if" said my kind hearted friend. She answered in terms expressing the deepest emotion : " No, sir, God bless you all; God bless yon all," (making a courtesy to the young lady, who bad stop- 1 pod back, and stood sheltered by the curtain of the window;) " I will play no more i. .1 I ...Ml > ? "" wuiiy ; i win no iiomc, now. L lie tears trickled down her cheeks, and, as she walked away, she ever and anon wiped . r eyes with the corner of her shawl. Tho group of gentlemen lingered a moment to look after her, then, turning toward the now closed window, they gave three enthusiastic cheers and departed, better than they came. The pavement on which they stood had been a church to them ; and the next hour, of Innuf !??!? ? -- 1' 1 ..v vi.^11 10 nuru uiuru man usually prepared for deeds of gentleness and meroy. Why are such scenes uncommon? Why iln we thus repress our sympathies, and chill the genial current of nature, by formal observance and restraints ? [L'/tlia Maria Child. How to Take Like.?Take lifelike a man Take it just as though it was?as it is?an earnest, vital essential affiiir- T.il/n it " J""* I j us though you personally wore born to the j tusk of performing a merry part in it?as j I though the world hml waited for your com| ing. Take ;t as though it was a grand op[ portunity to do and to achieve; to carry forward groat and g-jod schemes: to help and cheer a suffering, weary, it may be hoart-broken brother. The fact is, life is undervalued by a great majority of mankind. It is not | inadehalfas much of as should be the case. ; I Where is the man or woman who accomplish' cs one fifth of what might be done? Who I cannot look back upon opportunities lost, i |uui>* iiiiiii inuvuu, uiougius cruslied, aspirations unfulfilled, and tili caused from the | lack of the necessary niul possible effrrt! If j we knew bettor how to take ami make the most of life, it would ho fur greater than it is. | Now and thou a man stands aside from the crowd, labors earnostly, steadfastly, confidently, and straightway becomes famous for wisdom, intellect, skill, greatness -of some sort. The world wonders, admires, idolizes; and yet it only illustrates what each man may | uoii nc iukos iioid ot 11ic with a purpose. If a man but Bay lie will, and follow it up, there I is nothing in reason lie may not cxpect tone- | eoinplish. There is no magic, no miruclo.no secret to liiin who is l>r;ive in heart and determined in spirit.?London Journal. An III Wind that Blows no (loan.?As the .Mississippi recedes, the overflowed lands show heavy accretions of soil, of irregular unotinoHs, according to position, tho thiokent I being made in eddica. or whero the water Iihh been stagnant. T.i'iuany planters* thin will lie a rich compensation for the loss of eron< by ihe overflow. In several eases (here are large additions to the eultivaiable soil l?y thelllling up of the swaino land '. In ono ease tho retiring of the waters has asmred to one planter a riso of from tliree to five feet from this alluvial sediment, upon his back lands,ad dine fifteen hundred acre* of tlio host soil to his plantation. Two, three, and five hundred acres arc mentioned as common accretions from thiMBourco. iMMtHllllirV U'l.nn - I* UVII J'diuri ?? UUSU'I wo? delivering his memorable specch at the dedication of Bunker Ilill monument, tlic crowd pressed forward to such an extent, that sonic were fainting and some being crushed. Officers strove in vain to make the crowd stand bank ; they said it couid not be d lie. Some one asked Mr. Webster to make an appeal to them. The great orator came forward, Stretched forth his hand, mirl iniil in Viij rla??% ' Mn^.i.viia.i iuiiv;.->, , "Gentlemen, btand back !" "It. cannot be ; done," tbey shouted. "Gentlemon, stand back," said lie, without a change of voice. "L is impossible, Mr. Webster, imposs'blc." "Impossible ?" repented Webster, "impossible ? Nothing is impossible on Bunker j Hill!" and tl.a v?t crowd swayed and' rolled back liken mighty wave of the ocean. I "DAD," said a young hopeful tlio other| day, "how inany fowls aro there on thin ta- j hlo?" "Why, ' said the old gentleman, J as he looked complacently on n pair of nice-1 ly roasted chickens that wero smoking on j the table, "thcro aro two." "Two!" re-! plied the smart hoy; "there nre threo, sir, and I'll prove it." "Three!" replied the; old gentleman, who was a plain, inattT-of- j fnct man ; "I'd like to sco you prove it." ' "Kasily done, sir, oasily done." Ain't t hut j 1.? I?-s? 1 1 V..V. n.vniuciifc liijriil^ Ills KrtllO on tho first, ' and ain't thot two ? pointing to tho socond, and don't one and two make three?" "Really," said the father, turning to tho old lady, who was stupefied at tho immense learning of tho son ; " really ' wifo, this boy is a genious, and deserves to ' bo encouraged. Here, old lady, do you take ono fowl, and I II take tho second, and 1 John may have the third for hia learning." , What Clnas Suo.uld Lrahn.?After I the death of his wlfo, Sir Charles Napier removed to Caen, in Noi mainly, mid did his best to perform the part of mother to his girls. His uim was to uinke them religions, ?8 tho foundation of all excellence ; to tench them accounts, that they might learn tho ( value of money . work, tint they might not -v.. :..i t - iiuovj hiv ii tiiuu at hivj nuiu hv'ii) uvi uu ? helpless if thoy were poor; cooking, that ! they might guard against the waste of ser- j vauts, and be able to do for themselves in 1 the event of a revolution. ' A White Chow.?The Southern Recorder reports the capture of n white crow, by the s in of the editor. It had alighted with a ( Hock of perfectly black crows, in company with another almost while. Tho little fellow h.iu iho good luck to bring down the pure white ooe with n stone, and it turned out to 1 wear nil the peculiarities in shape, look, and 1 fouthor of tho bluck crow. ' I"nauk," pays ono student to another, whom he caught awinginga scythe most lu.'tily, in a fiolu ?>f stout herds-gra^s, " what makes you work for a living? A fellow with | your talent and ability should not be caught engaged in manual labor. 1 mean to get my living by mv wits." " Well, Dill, you can , wjrk with duller tools than 1 can." I A man idiould never bo ashamed to own tic ' lias boon in tlio wrong, which is but saying. ( in other words, that lie is wiser to-day than he was yesterday. " I>?> )0u know who I am ?" said a police ofliccr to ft fellow whom Hie seized by the throat. " Not cxactly, sir, but I reckon you are lUo malignant eollarer !" Actions speaks more forcibly than words: they arc 1 ho test of character. I.ike fruit upon the lice they show the nature of the man; while motive#, like the sup, are hidden I 4 oil 1 i U i* V iC Vv Puuno nn cx tmmnlion. ft medical student helii^ iiskod the question, "When does inortifi'Mtion ensue?" replied: "When you pop tae ((UOdtion, und uro anBwored, "No.'" Ordinary's Sale. BY virtue of an order to me directed by \V. J. Parsons, Ffq., Ordinary of Pillions district, 1 will sell to the highest hid'ler on Srtloilay in September next, tho Heal Estate of lltfnry (Jassaway, dooeased, to wit: Olio tract of Land, situate in Pickens district, on Long Crook, waters of Olinttuga lliver, adjoining lands of Jonas Phillips, John Maxwell and others, containing Two lutndrod mid thirlnmi Ai>r<>? mnp? nr linio unl.l ft>?* division among the hoira of said deceased. Tr.iius of Sai.e.?On a credit of twelvemonths, with intorcst from day of sale, excoj)t the cost, which must he jtnid in cash.? Tho purchaser to give bond with good security, to the Ordinary to secure the payment of the purchase money, with a mortgage of tho premises if deemed necessary by him. Purchaser to pay extra for titles. L. C. CKAIO, s.p.d. Aue. 5.18">8 a t.i ftlsiic of ttoutli Cnroiiiia, IN OUIHNAIIV?CITATION. WllfilUSAS, Rob't. A. Thompson, Coinuiission11 or in Equity of l'iokeng district, luitli npplied to mo for letters of administration, upon all and singular the personal estate of Daniel MoKinney, deceased, late of tlie State aforeuaid and (list iul of I'ickens: 'J'he kindred and creditors ofisaid deceased are, therefore, cited to uppeiir bofore mo, ut l'ickcns 0. II. on Wednesday lho 22d September next, to show cause, if any they onn, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal of office, 11th August, 1H"8. \V. J. PARSONS, o.r.p. Staie ol' KoiiUi Carolina, IN' OUD1NAUV?riCKKNS. n v fy? >. u. r. ?/U.\ I vs V Summons in Partition. 1'ihvfird Cox, ot. als. ) S I T npponrinz toiny sati.sfiwti "?u (lint John Cox, Mui'iniln Cox, Gabriel Cox, llobort Cox, l-.itiloion Kdtto and wife Minerva, tieurgo Naves ami wife Jane, George Glow r.iul wife llhoila, reside without tlio limits of ll?is State: It is or ucivu, mcrcioru, mai wicy uo appear in the Ordinary's office, nt I'ickcns C. H., 011 Monday the 8th day of November next, and object to thedi> vision or salo of tlic Heal Estate of Joshua Cox, deceased, or their consent to the same will be entered of vecord. W. J. I'ARSONS, o.r.D. Ordinary's office, August r>, 1868 -Slate or ttotilli Carolina, IN ORDINARY?CITATION. W'lIF.UKAS. Noah (Irant hath applied to me II lor letters ot' administration, upon nil and singular the personal estate of ltiley Marshall, deceased, Into of the State aforesaid and district of Pickens: The kindred and creditors of said deceased arc. therefore, cited to appear before ine, at PickensC> II. on Monday tbo 13thSept. next, to shew c utso, if any .they can, why said letters should not be granted. (Jivcn under tny iiu.11vi mm HCUI, Aug. ltv>0. W. J. PARS0N8, o.p.n. NOTICE IS hereby given that application will be umdc to tho Legislature of South Carolina, at its next hohhioii, for an act toincorpor ate tlie Baptist (.Munch, at S'ccono. Augusts, l8/>8 3 3m STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1'ICKKNS?IN OUDINAUY. W. 11. Bowcn and other* |To 1)rovo |Vm ia John Ruwen, lix'or. ot als. ) "okinn foim. IIHIKHKAS, W. 11. llowcn and other? hay? apII plied to mo to have u paper purporting to uv ...V mot IT ill mill i I'.niiuiuin (ll If 111111111 DOWon, dccen?cd. late of Hn.i<l distriot, proven in duo and solemn form of law; nnd it Appearing to my satisfaction that T. II. Howon, Joel Wellborn nnd wife Mnrthn. Thornton llenson and wile Elizabeth, and T. 11. llowen nnd wife Nancy, defendant* in this case, reside without the limits of lliis Ktntii !i i? awI??<I that they appear in tliu Court of Ordinary, to buheldat 1'iokeuaOoui t ilouso, on Thursday tlie Mtli day of Octobcr next, to allow causo, if any tlioy can, why the Haiti paper, purporting to bo tiie lust Will and Testament of tl?o deceased aforesaid, hIiouM not be proven In due form of law. Given undor my hand and seal of ollico, tho Oth day of July, 1858. W. J. PARSONS, o.p.u. Ordtijary'B OIBco, July 0, 18">8 8rn Stale of South 4/nroliain, IN ORDINARY?PICKK.NS. Jatncu M. Abbott ^ vrt I Hummons in Partition. Noah Abbott * other*, j |T Apponring to nio that Noah Abbott nnrt Jno. 1 ])owis niul wife Sarah, dot'endants in thiacaaa reside without the limits of this 8l rite: It in ordered that they do anpoar in tho Ordinury'a olfioo, nt l'ickonrt ('. II., on Monday tho 11th day of October next, and ol\joot to the dirialon or w?lo of Iho Real KbIhIo of William Abbott, declined, or their consent to tho aaine wiU bo entered of record. W. J. PARSONS, o.p.d. Ordinary's OfBce, July 8, 1WJ8. 3ui HIDES AND BARK WILL BK BOf'UAlT AT FA IK IMUCES by .J. 1.. K. SMITH. Tnn Vaiil. .inn 4.18JI8 SJ6?tf, Final Notice. JHIfE testnto of Julm AHcnt*. ?J??ccnBed,tvill " l boiinrtlly fcttloilin(lioOrdinary'^ OfHco. it Pickon^C. II. on Monday the2<tli day of SfiDtemlior next. Tlittan indebted must mukn inymont by that tinio. ami tho&o having deuinula will render tlicm to tuc legally attosed on or by tlint day. 0. \V. Pill LM PS, Kx'or. J mi'! l'.?, 1858 IS Jim NOTlOfS. r|1II0SK having demands Against the Ks? j[ tate of A. P. >Vliito, deceased, -will ven' lor tlicm to me legally attested, and nil those n dob ted to mud Kstate miift make immcdinU* i payment to the undersigned. 7 \V. W. WHITE, Adin'r. ( June 7. 1888 17 3n? NOT SUE. 4 rPLICATlON will bo made to the CommigCV sionci'ft of lloads, iii (licit' next meeting, for leave to change the public road lending from Pickens C. 11. to Cnvhier Valley, by leaving the present road at or near Dry man hill, four miles from I lie former place, and connecting again lialf mile beyond fills point. Diverge again at jr near Stamp Cfeek and intersect tho An mo road iii or neurit mile's length ; ulxo, such other Images as limy bo thought neecssary. Notico is also given that should 1 his application to tho Hoard fail, tlie Lcigfl\uturo will lie petitioned lor leave to change tlio abovo road as id herein set forth. May !io, lSob 46 3m" WfOTM'E IS hereby given that application will be made to the Legislature, r'. its next session, for an act to incorporate the Church (Mount Olivet) and the Camp Ground, at 1'iokcnsvillo. lul.V >. 1N10 oil 8m Sialc of Mouth Carolina, IN OKDINAllY? ,?1CKENS. Daniel Alexander ] vs. v Summons in Partition. las. Alexander, et. ftls ) IT nppeai'ing to inc tliul .lames Alexander, Win. Durham and wife Melinda. and Sally Iloatlior iloToniln lit w Sli f IiIh <<nun t'ouiilit uil IiaiiI llm limits of this St 'c: It is ordered tlnit the.r do nnpenr in the Ordinary'* ofticc, at Pickens C. H.. 011 Mondnv tlio -llli dny of October next, nnu object to the division or w?loof the Renl Kstnte ofTlioinnH Alexander, deceased, *r their consent to the nunc will ho entered of record. W. J. 1*ARSONS, o.r.n. \Ordinnrv's Office, July 2. 18"irt 8m *?* vtiruiiiiii) IN OIUMNAKT?PICKENS. J. W. Kelly ) V8 V Summons in Partition. v, Jftr.icj J. Kelly, ot nls. ) IT appearing to mo tlint Jnmes J. Kolly. delVndmit in this ens?,resides without the limits ot" this Stnte: It is ordered thnt ho do itppcnr in the Ordinary's Otiioc, nt l'lckens C. II.. on Monday the 11th d?y ot'Octobcr next, find object to the division or sale or the Ileid Estate of Andrew Kelly, decensed. or his consent to tl.e snmo will be entered of record. W. J. IWRS03S, o.i'.n. Ordinary's Office, July 8, 1858 3m JEWELRY, GOLD & SILVER. JEAN JJtk. FISOHESSEIt, ? Wullmllu, 8. ^ HAS just now returned from New York with n large nnd hcnutiful assortment of WATCIIKS, JKWF.MIV, (Doth OOI.D nnd SILVER,) Clocks, MuntaHnx c?, i.oinu*, i>nmncn. rnnr)' .Articles, rcriunicry, Noup*, fJolt! Pens, etc.; nil of whirl? has been ' bought for CASH, niul which ho offers for sale on the most accommodating terms. OST Ho nli<o HKPAIHS WATCHES r.lH other or tick's in ltitt lino, and solicits the patronngo of the public. Hio stand is ucar tho public square, at Wallialla, S. C. ' Deo. 1 ">, 1850 24 tf j. w Nonius, jn. j. w. iiaRkibok. r. r. rt i.t.tam. NOIIUIS IFAlfRISftN"PlTfTH \ fVT Attorney* at liiuv, WILL attend promptly to nil luminous entrusted to their cnre. Mr. 1'um.iaji can always be found in tlie Office. OFFICE AT PICKENS C. If., S. C. Sept. 0, 18i>?i 9 tf w. k. sablky. i.saao widki.ikkk. ~ EASLEY & WIckLTrrE i Attorney* at Lnw. \J\rn.b ftttcml punoluiiU.v to all husinea.* on! trusted to their envo in tho Diulriuta comprising the Weptorn Circuit. OFFICE AT I'ICKKNH C. II,, fi. C. Sept. 25, 18.r>f> 18 if LUMBER! LUMBER! rPIlE undersigned nvc now prepared to fill or1 dors for UJMIlER of all kinds, at their Mill 011 Oconco Creek, seven miles norih-onst of Walhallu. Lumber will bo delivered if it Ik desired by tlio purchaser. Our torms will bo iiuide ne- ' coininoduLing. nnd wc respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. JAMES (1EORC1E. M. V, M1TCJIELL, Feb. 10, 18f>7 31 J. N. I.AWHENCE. NOTICE. 1 PPLICATION will be inndc to the l.ogislnS1 tureot South Ciiroliiirt, Ht*Hn next Kcxsion, for nn net to incorporate tho town of l'ickens.-* villo, with the usual power mid privileges. July 3, 18A8 r,i) 8m , ivoTiciis. s Application win i?o mndototho no*t Legislature fur a charter to construct a i imipiKo jiniui irora mo west, coa ot the great Tunnel, the nearest and b<5?t route to 1'uluski. to lie en lied the Hmsutou n and l'antlior Creek Turnpike. June 12. I808 47 _ 3m Final Eatato Notice. NOTICE in horobj j?ivo? that a finnl net* tlement of Iho Ki?talo of Jnine;* IlilU burn, dccen^cd, will bo made in tho Ordiim- t ry'n Oflico, nt PivkoM C. II., on Monday the 13tb d?y of September next. '"liuK indebi* , I od inu.it make payment, and pornonn liming dcamnda will condor them legally uttcftt-.l ^ by that time. Notico I* al?? given that 1 will not be rcuponjiblo for intereM aOorthnt timo. JAMKS K. If A(JOOl), Adm'r. June 8, lHfl# 46 Sm ' a i A JC liJMll OVdWOMlCm WILL bo mado, on the Bflth day of Octpbcr next, or the pernonal estates of Wilton ojul Jcsho MeKinncy, docoaRcd. All demands iigaiunt either estate must no iiwnded in w'w ?!mi <*? * - i lo JOHN McKIKKKY, AdmV. - J July '28. 186ft 1 .j NOTICE. i nw wiMnv i.? .?? <" ?- ?? 1 - 1 i i uiv.? * iv.? Ti*i? *?v innuv %\? mo H'J\I a ?loii of the Hontli Carolina l.ogi*!ittmo for a P'vtiio iw??l, to Io*vo tho OlnyMfi voml near (InnibreU Brazcuta'*, to pits* near Wagner's mw , mill, thence to Sandy ford oiiChatluga ri?<sr. Aug. 14, 1858 b 8to 1