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r TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE m JU j1 ; ? J LIU ? BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IG, 1880. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN1 VOLUME XXXI.-NO. M. - ?uni yjvxiii?ijy Ul lUU DOUtH. If any ono ie curions to BOO tho real 1 solidity of tho South ho should road obout I this limo tho principal journal? of tho Southern cities. Tho 1st of Soptcmbcr is tho beginning of tho business year in tho South; nnd tho journals of tho largor cition havo fin oxoollcnt habit of sotting forth on that day an elaborate and statistical ??count of tho business of tho past year, with com? pavions of previous years and somo account of futuro prospects. Yt'o have examined with interest a num ber of theso annual summaries which havo como to us from Now Orleans, Savannah," Mobile, Galveston, Charleston, Memphis, Norfolk and other points, and wo Warn tho Southern mcu thoy must ooasc tho common outcry about their povorty. They arc not poor io tho South; they arc rich. Pros perity is an undeniable fact with them. There is no oity whoso reports wo have road which has not iu tho last year or two rapidly advanced in commoron, in manu - factures, in variety of industries, and in como tho advance is surprising as it is grat ifying in ?ll. Now Orloons, fivo yoars ago, under oarpet bag aud bayonet rulo, was on tho very vcrgo of baokruptoy; and in thc opinion of many of its best oitizens its prominence os a commercial port was so seriously shaken that it would bo muny years before it could recover its losses. Strangers who visited Louisiana at that time, and saw tho remark ?ble natural wealth of thc State, found it difficult to take so despondent n view, to bc ?ure; and thc reports before us show that a .stranger's oyo sometimes socs more clearly than that of a resident. Tho imports and exports uf New Orleans for tho past year were fifty per cent, greater than tho year before; an enormous, but apparently natural nnd healthful gain. Thc sugar industry of tho State, which was prostrate fivo ot B'IX years ago, has so greatly recovered that one hundred and fifty thousand acres of tho lieh sugar land of tho Stale produced a orup which sold for twenty millions in cash and yet thc sugar crop is only ono of the sources of Louisiana's woalth. Cotton is .oven a greater. Tho rice crop assumes greater importance yearly, and wo read of a healthful beginning made in manufactures. 'The ton nincr, of loather is fouud profitable because of tbo abundance of good bark. 'Tho cotton manufactures of neighboring Mississippi cannot produce enough to fid their orders, and tho transport of grain from tho Upper Mi?H??R?ppi in Knrgaa ?/? New Orleans, whence it is shipped to Ku tropo, han assumed great dimensions. Tho ?mount of grain shipped from New Orleans last year was ono hundred per cent, glentor than in tho previous year. Thc cotton ex horts iucrcascd from fifty five to seventy* .'seven millions in tho yoar, the grain trado grew in a year in value from less than fivo to very nearly ton millions, and tho product of colton aced oil mills-a oew industry saving what was but recently a wnslo pro duct, amounted duriog tho year to over four millions. Among her imports New "Orleans boasts of a great increase in tho coffco trado. Twonty ono ocean steamers besides on immense fleet of rivor croft ''belonging" to New Orleans and contribute to its wealth, and there is a prospect of thc establishment of glass, earthenware and paper factories. Mobilo also gives n good oocount of her ?elf. Tho first steamship of n foreign linc lias modo throe profitable voyages during ?tho year. Tho export trade of thc port Jia8 largely incrousod. Thc Register ro iports:-"Our financial institutions aro os solvent as any in ttic lund. Wo huvo liad .no bank failures; real estate, ono of the .truest barometers of prosperity, has improv ed in valuo nnd importance," and it rightly tolls "some that aro always complaining" that Mobilo is really pro&povous and grow ing. From Savannah tho reports oro oqually encouraging. Last year's bu&iuess was groator and moro varied than that of pro ceeding years, and tho new year now open ing promises an increase over thc last. Thc luusincss in naval stores, wo road has grown up to Iorgo dimensions sinco^tho war, and comesin ot a'.Vuio when ootton is out of hand, General trado is brisk, and os in Louisiana and Alabama so in tho rigion of (Georgia and rdjoining States tributary to Savannah, tho planters and farmers oro rO' ported to bo prosperous. They owo but littlo, and hove a good credit with mer chants and factors. Charleston, so long depressed and stag nant, appears to have revived nnd seemed a new and gonuino prosperity. There lins boon a handsome increaso during tho year in tho growth of both upland and sea island cotton in South Carolina tho rico planters liavo dono well and modo tho lorgest orop sinco 1861; thcro has boen n "striking" inorooso in tho wholesale trado of Charleston; naval Blores, phosphates, lumber and carly vcgctablo have added largely to tho export business, nnd tho vegetable and small fruit orop of thc region obout Charleston has assumed a magnitude nnd variety which is amazing. Tho number of business failures -only twenty oight for tho year-is littlo more than a third that of thc previous year, ond tho News and Courier reports that "tho roal cstato markot for tho year lins been nolivo and buoyant." A good deal of fresh onpital is going into manufactures, tho soventcen cotton ?notorios of tho Stoto being nt present very profitable and fully employed. No Southern report wo hnvo seen is moro buoyant and oncouroging than that of Mompliis. Far from being ruinod by two torriblo yellow fovcr years, Memphis scorns to havo gathered now energy and cntcrpriso from this disoslcr. Tho now sowcrogo sys tem lins givon courngo to oapital and labor, and tho city, ouoo merely o cottou port, ig. i now uot only a very important distributing I ooutro for merchandise, but is fust becoming I n manufacturing plano. Tho Appeal's I anuual report speaks of several cotton seed oil factories, ironworks, a giu manufactory, wagon, broom, soap, sugar, candy and othor factories, all prosperous. Most encouraging of all, bcoauao it speaks of lUrift among tho laboring mon, Mompltia has Bevon loan sud building associations, whioh have a joinl capitol of a million doltars. Whorovor wo turn, lu Texas, Ar kansas, Georgia, and cvon in Vir ginia, wo road only of rapidly increasing ?roapority nnd of general wolLbViug. t will not do for Southern men nftcr suoh nu official showing to com plain of tho poverty of their region. Thc .Southern Statos aro prosperous. It would uot bo extravagant to say that their people arc on thc wholo more prosporous than those of most parts of tho North. Undoubtedly tho conditions of living arc cosier in tho South than in tho North. But tho chango for tho bettor in "tho lost four years is very remarkable. Evcywhcro wo read of new industries starting into life; manufactur?e of various kiuds oro rnphViy increasing and give employment to increas ing numbers of thc poor whites, to whom factory lifo is a distinct advanco in tho sonlo of prosperity. Tho business of raarkot gardening for Northern consumption has boon found so prolitablo that vegetable and small-fruit gardens aud ovohnrds nro found in all tho States from Yinginia to Louisiana. lt is absurd to ohargo that a region thus healthfully prosperous is lawless or idle. Tho South produced lost yenr tho grcotcst cotton crop in its history, ond this year's orop will bc oven greater. Hut, over and abovo (ho colton, it is producing a-multi tude of other things which wcro totally unknown in tho Soulhern States before tho war. With a more healthful political life, suoh as would follow from a "divided" South, this prosperity would bc still more rapidly increased.-?V. Y. Herald. TIIK RADICAL PLATFORM-The plat form adopted by tho RodicalB at Columbia is U3 follows, thc lirst plank endorsing Gar field and Arthur: 2d. Believing that thc right to a free ballot is a right preservative of all rights, wc denouooo thc Democratic party of South Carolina for tho outrageous system of fraud whioh they inaugurated for tho purposo of suppressing that right, and wo assert that it ia only by preventing a full vote, by denying a free ballot ond hw ri'fltalna n f-iif nnnnl ll??? 'I. - t> orals con havo any hope whatever of carry ing South Caroline. 3d. That wc denounce thc actions of tho Dcmooratio Governor of tho State in rofusiug to allow tho Republicans in many Counties of the State any representation whatever on tho bonni of commissioners of election recently appointed, and tho de nial of such representation gives good ground for tho belief that in such enscs thc commissioners of election wcro np pointcd for tho purposo of defrauding thc popular will by an unscrupulous exercise of thc largo powers which thc election laws of thc State confer upon thom. 4th. In thc appointment of managers of election by the commissioners of elections, WO demnnd that a llepublionn manager bo appointed at oach poll, and in making this demand wc call attention to tho fact thst when tho Republicans controlled tho ap pointment of election officers representation was allowed nt every cleotion to tho Demo crats on every board of commissioners and I every board of managers, 6th. That wc emphatically deny tho assertion mado by Wade Hampton that ! 45,000 Republicans voted for him as the ! Domoorntio candidate for Governor at tho general election of 1878, and wc believe (hat tho assertion was made to ncoount for thc (holtonDds of tissue ballots stuffed in tho bollol boxes by Wado Hampton's cleo tion officers at that election. Cth. Wo charge tho Dcmooratio party with being unfaithful to tho many pledges and promises mado to tho pcoplo of this State, os demonstrated by their reckless disregard of thc rights of citizens, andes pocially their attempts lo disfranchise a largo portion of tho voters by unconstitu tional enactments. 7th. That wo arraign tho Dcmocrntio pnrly for their bod management of thc Stato Penitentiary nnd tho brutal trootmcnt of tho convicts in that institution, thc sickening details of which sends a thrill ol horror lo thc hearts of nil humano people and make a blot on the civilization of thc "go-_ ^ m_ SAVE TIIK FRAGMENTS.-Some year? ago tho dust and shavings from a book bindery, whore gold loaf is used to make tho titles on thc backs of books, woro sent to tho gold-boator's to be burnt out. And how much gold do you think was fount from tho little particles that had fallen or tho floor? Why a lump thnt wac valued n 8100-enough to bny '100 Bibles. Tin shavings from tho edges of books in tin same bindery sell for from 83,000 to83,f>0( a year for paper rags. If boys and girls would save tho frag monts of lime, and devote thom to rea din] and study, they might booomo learned am wiso. If they would novo tho frogmonts o money, they might bcoomo wealthy and usc ful. It they would savo tho fragments o opportunity, they would do a groat deal o good. It is ns right to bo econmicnl and savin as it is wrong to bo miserly and moor Savo to givo, and givo to save. Then yo will say ns n good man dills 'What I kcj I lost, and what I gav? away I have." - f> * 4. - . Senator ?. H. Hill, of (Jcorgla, is ?ni to lmvo a tumor on tho ond of hin tongm whioh it is feared will term?nalo lilt* oa?c< J>9 o pabilo speaker, if ucl cud hin lifo,. A Scono at tho Fair. In tho big orowd of excursionists sitting i on tho City Hall steps for a rest, tho othor I day, was a young man of oxccllcnt longth of logs, and a girl with sixteen nuburu curls hanging down around hor hood. Thoy had scarcely nettled thcmsolvcs and looked fingers who oho cautiously obaorrod: "I 'sposo thoy hoTO sod? wator iu this towoi"' ?.I 'sposo," ho ropliod, '?but tho last thing boforo wo started L promised your raothor not to lot you drink any soda water. It's tho worst thing iu tho world lo bring on consumption." Sho was quiet for n moment, nud then, pointing to tho left, remarked: "I 6eo that Sarah is oatiug poanuts. I 'sposo thoy havo poanuts in Ibis town?" "Wail, ycB, but your mother cautioned rac tho last thing not to buy any peanuts for you. Tho shucks uro apt to got in your windpipe. Tho Queen of Holland was ohoked to death in that way." Pretty HOOD a boy oatno along with somo fruit, nnd tho young woman felt obliged to say: "Them apples nnd pears look awful nico." "Yes, they do" replied thc prudent lover "but I promised your mother ot tho depot, not to buy any fruit for you. Them apples look nice; hut if you get tho toothaoho started on you, then tho wholo nftcrnoou is busted." Tho young mon hod just oommonced to take comfort again when she innocently re marked: "Whon I came up hero Inst Summer with Jim, ho bought mo mor'n two pounds of candy." "Yes, and what was thc roult of it?" ho demanded. "You fell down thc collar that very week, and didu't Jim havo to light out last Winter for bustiu' in tho school house door?" Sho got down to wator, nod with considerable sarcasm in her voice she in quired: "1 can havo a drink of woter, can't I? Mother didn't say nnything against thnt, did she?" "Wall, no, not exactly," ho slowly re plied, "but she gin rac an appealing look as thc oars moved otTsnmo os to say it ought to bo kind o' warmish water, if any! Vou sot hero and PH borrow D dipper jotnewhero. ling his arra around her. GOOD SENBE.-A farmer's wifo writes n t>it of sound sense to a nowspopcr when she mys that many of tho women who complain ?o sorely of their domestic labor, would find their burdens lightened immensely if they ind each member of their families, would put everything they uso in its place the moment they aro done with it. A good many people, besides farmers' wives, would profit by laying this advice to heart. Ob servation of thc domc8tio habits of many households, has taught us that not having a definite place for everything used in daily life, or neglecting to roplaoo things on their propor nail or shelf, wastes more time and sours moro tempers than nil other anuses oombinod. There should bo a pince for every dish and implement used in the kitchen; for tho ?IC?HHOVS, thread, needle and materials for sewing, and it is nu cosy matter to train ono's self and children to careful nnd tidy habits about clothes. Wo should not moke allowanco for tho disorderly ways of men that tho writer alluded to docs. Sho appears to havo given them up no hopeless careless ?nd provoking; but there is no ox 3U80 for tho raan who, when pinces aro provided for them, tosses asido boots for his tired wife to pick up; reads tho paper ?nd tin ow s it wido open upon tho floor, ?ind strows his soiled linen about tho deeping room. It ia thoughtlcsa to add so much to tho housowifo'i caros and labors, but it is oleo selfish and unkind. Evory ono knows tho difforenco between tho guest who LnkcB books from their shelves and coalters them all over tho house, borrows thimbles ind scissors and" carries them off in her pocket, or leaves us to hunt for them through tho house after her departure, und tho carofal observant person who is no moro prigiah than tho other, but who puts things in their right places. Tho ono rasps our noivcB and temper, nnd tho other lils deftly into household ways ?nd causes us to mourn her departure. Tho samo lack of order is observablo in the frequenters of reading rooms. Ono will leave every paper and pamphlet ho touohes askew and in a jumblo, perhaps carried to another tablo Ilion tho one to which it bolongs, whilo thc second render will leave tho tablo in as pood order as he found it, and lighten tho tasks of thc librarian hy a habit that costs nothing nt all. Women should FCC to it thnt their children, boys os well ns pirls, form orderly hnhits in childhood, and thoy will never forget thom. In this matter, as in all others, examplo is worth moro than precept. Hon. Geo. I), Tillman has bcon unani mously nominated for rc-olcotion to Con gress from tho 5th District. "Now, then," said a shrowd old former, "as tho (imo for ngrioulturnl fairs draws nigh, tho committees aro hunting round for lawyers and clergymen and politicians to nd dress tho fanners and toll 'em how to carry on their bus!noss." Gen. Hcnjumin F. Huller, of Massa chusetts, has deolarcd his intention to sup port Hancock and English. Ho has bcon heretofore a Republican in national politios, nnd on Independent in Stato politcs. Ho sccs tho impending overthrow of Republi canism, and, loaves thc old ship before sho .tukfJ lower. Roal Statesmanship. ^ Teated by bis oflieial acta in Louisiana nnd Toxas, Oon. Ilnnoook stands bead and shoulders above nil other oommnndors nt that timo in tho appreciation of Iiis dutios asa soldier under tho Constitution, and in subor dinating tho military to tho civil outhority wborovor low was to bo administered or obejod. Ills ronxarkablo Ordor No. 40 was n loBsoa to oflioors who dolightod to oxorciso arbitrary pnvror opproflsivoly, and who woro sustained at Washington in all thoir OXCOSBCS, as woll as an exauiplo of voluntary submission, which ontitles him to tho highost oredit. lu u bubscquont ordor, known as No. 203, Issued on Decombor 5, 1807, ho deGnod tho propor uso of military power in such clear nud oonciso terms that it will always ho recognized as tho truo application of tho Kiineiplo which marka tho dividing lino . otwoon law and forco undor Popublicun institutions; "Tho ti no nud propor uso of military power, besidoa defending tho national honor against foroigu notions, is to uphold tho laws and civil government, and to sccuro to ovcry fiorson residing nmong us tho onjoymont of ifo, liberty and proporty." "Tho Commanding Gonornl, in tho dis ohargo of tho trust ropoBod in him, will maintain tho just powor of tho judiciary, and is unwilling to permit tho civil authorities and laws to bo embarrassed by military in terference." Again from tho lotter to Governor Pon?o: "It is of evil example, mid full of danger to tho cause of freedom and good government, that tho oxorciso of tho military, through military tribunals created tor tho trial of offences against tho civil law should over ho pormittod when tho ordinary powers of tho existing Stoto Governments aro ample for tho punishment of offenders, if thoso charged with thc administration of thc laws aro faith ful in thc dischurgo of their duties." These maxims aro not only sound, but they servo to show what is moro important, that this great soldier was so careful in his studies of tho Constitution, and of dutiful obedience to its obligations, as ho was in thoso of tho profession of which ho is tooday tho brightest ornament. No civilian, however distinguished and no statesman however eminont, could have bettor laid down tho rule of conduct which should govern a soldier entrusted with civil respon sibility, or havo bettor outlined tho princi ples of constitutional law applicable to it, than Gen. Hancock has done. Unlike too many who uro content with empty profes? B?oiifl, ho livod up to evory declaration. His lotter to Gen. Sherman, written in tho midst of tho confusion ut Washington, and when roany of thoso accounted most wisc had lost their hoads in tho Presidential compli cation, muy well bc regarded as an oxtrnor dinnry production. Compared with tho cook ns a profounder student of tho thoory of our government and of its practical working, than almost any of thc professional "states men" who figured conspicuously on that occasion, not much to tho advantage of thoir reputations.-N, V. Sun. I Riot Out a Day. I keep on n desk before mo a oalcndar of tho year, with (ho day of each week by numerals. When thc doy is pnBscd I drnw my pen across a figure or the figures rcpro souting a day. lt is gone, aud I blot it out. So far as tho column of numerals is con cerned, I can do so. But 1 am startled by thc words, "I blot out a day." A day is a wheel in tho groat machinery of life-a liok in tho chain of my probation, lt is as truly a part of vi tal and cssentinl being as a year or a oen tury. Thc dny is given me. Will it van ish at my bidding? I did not originate it; I only received it. I have no moro power to blot it out than to bring it io. , It waa a gift. How should I treat tho giver if 1 could and would blot it out? It oamo ns a proof of the love of tho Giver. To ni?ny that day enuc not. It was on its way, but tho chain broke. But tho divine kindness would not allow me to bo a loser. Shall I not honor tho Giver? A day of End ness perhaps! Blot it out for tlint reason? If my sins tundo tho sadness of tho day, then let tho day stand -a memento of and rcmindor of my folly. That doy is worth saving that brings fluoh a voico of reproof. Perhaps tho day was sad under divino discipline. Surely, then, it ought to stand lest, blotting it out, ollcoce bo given to him who aflPcts "for our profit that we might bc partakers of his holiness." A day of gladness perhaps-tho sky bright, thc air balmy, joy in friends and all worldly comfort-above nil, joy in thc Lord and gladness in his salvation. Shall I mar such a beautiful picture? Shall L blot out such n day? Good Advice Don't run in debt. Don't buy what you don't want. Don't spend all your salary whatevor it is. Don't scold ohildrcn or servants if you want to get any good out of thom. Don't think swearing will mnko tho oar pet fit thc rooms in your new house. Don't out up your heavy clothing for carpet rag?; they ?nay oomo in handy next year. Don't leavo business affairs altogether with clerks, or household affairs with ser vants. Don't blamo tho maker if a number six glovo goes to pieces on a number eight hand. Don't try to suit all your relatives when you namo tho baby; suit yourself and stop there Don't think tho world will call you wiso if you make a fool of yoursolf. Don't imagino tho harmony of tho solar system will bo upset if Ibero's a wrinklo in thc back of your new coal. Don't oxpect to do a thriving business if you don't toll people through tho papers where you aro and what you have to sell. Subsuibo for your County poper. A Contrast. "Viewed merely in a scientific point of view, tho Dead ?Sea is ono of tho most remarkable spots of thc world. It is thirteen hun dred feet below tho level of the Mediterranean Sea and thus tho most depressed sheet of water in the world, as the Lako Sirikol where the Oxus rises, ?4In l?s high mountain cradle in Pani?re," is the most elevted. Sirikol is fif teen thousand six hundred feet above the sea-that is nearly as high as Mont Blanc-and is a sheet of water fourteen miles long and one mile broad, on the high tabel land called by the natives Bomidunniah-the roof of the world-a name not unfitly applied to the watershed of the Indus and Oxus. It is sometimes supposed that tl ie Dead Sea is the saltest water in thc world. This is not quite ac curate. The scale seems to he as follows: Rain water is the purest of all, then river water, then fresh water lakes, then the Baltic and Sea of Azof, then the Ocean, then the Mediterranean, then thc Caspian and Aral, thou the Dead Sea, last the Lakes of Ellon and Urania. Thc saline particles m the water ol the Ocean arc four per cent5 that, of thc Dead j Sea contains twenty-six and a fourth per cent; that of Lake Elton, 1 which is situated on the steppes 1 East of thc Volga, contains t.wen- j ty-nine per cent. The exact por-- 1 portions of the waters of the ? Lake Urania are not stated." 1 THE COLOGNE CATIIKDKA r.- 1 Another old prophecy has gone the 1 way of all uninspired predictions. { incompleteness1 ol 'wnie?rwas ' as ' well demonstrated as thc future J condition ot anything could be, ( was yesterday completed, just ? (?G2 years after its commencement. Six hundred years is certainly ( what Charles II would have called , an "unconscionable time" to take i in building anything, and the pc- . riod was long enough for prophecy c to cristalizo into some hardness and consistency. Thc jealousy of Satan, which has notoriously . hindred thc completion of the work hitherto, has now been lulled, and by permission of thc enemy . of mankind, the great templo is finished. As our correspondent at Berlin informs us, tho grandeur of the ceremony was marred hy thc absence of the archbishop, ( who is in exile on accout of a difference with the Gorman ? government on the limits of secu lar authority. But tho end of the magnificent work is an event of y European, or rather universal, interest. To say nothing of tho year 1248, the completion of a building which was interrupted 1 by the Thirty Years' War, is a 1 sufficiently striking event. The 1 thousands who have entered with , reverential awe the vast Cathe dral in which an ordinary village j would seem lost will be impressed ' hy the consummation of the J interrupted labor of cent urines. t [London News. , TiijB INDIANA CAMPAIC;N.---A 1 Washington correspondent of tho 1 Baltimore Sun wrote on Thursday: 1 A private letter to a gentleman in this city from Governor Hen- ! dricks, not written for publication, says that Indiana will undoubtedly 1 elect the Democratic ticket in ? October, and this despite the fact, ? Governor Hendricks says, that 1 tho Republican managers have . succeeded in colonizing at least 3,000 colored voters in the State. Representativo Morrison of Illinois, I writes here that never before in < tho history of politics in that State have thc Republican managers put forth such efforts as in the present, canvass. The Democrats have never before had such a strong State ticket in the field, which accounts for Republican activity. Mr. Morrison says unusual pains is being taken to .defeat,him for re-election, but he ! has no lear of the result. WHAT AN OLD L^AUAIKR ?AYS.~-TII?O in (ho adv loo o?' un old II. un who lias tilled thc noil for forty y oars. I um on old niau, upwards of three score vcors, during two eooros of willoh ? have been n tiller of tho ?oil. 1 cannot say that I um now, hut I have been rich, und have all I lined, do not owe a dolla:1, hnvo given my children u good education, and when I am oollcd away will leave them ouougli lo keep tho wolf from tho door. My expori enco has taught mo dat: 1. Ono aero of land well prepared and Well culiivote.d. produced H.VIT than Iwr. which received only the purni' amount of labor used on one. 2. Ono horse, cow, mule, sheep or hog well fed, is more pro?iUblo than two kept on the umount necessary lo keep ouo well. 3. One acre of clover or grass is worth moro than two of cotton where no grass or clover ia raised. 4. No funner who buys oat?, corn, wheat, fodder and liny, ns a rule for len yearn, cnn keep tho sheriff away from thc door iu tho end. f>. Tho farmer who never rends thc pa pers aud Biicers ot book farming and im provements always hus n leaky roof, poor stock, broken down fences, and complains of bud "seasons." G. Tho funner who is above his busi ness and entrusts it to another to manage, soon hus no business to attend to. 7. The fanner whose habitual beverage is cold water, is healthier, wealthier and wiser than him who docs not refuse to drink. - --..o <t?i MAMUAOU.- Tho foundation of every good government is tho family, Tho best and most prosperous country is that which has the (?rootest number of happy firesides. The holiest institution muong men is marri age. It has tnken tho raco of countless i<iC8 to come up to thc condition of marriage. Without it there would bc no civilization, no lumnu advancement, no life worth living ror. Lifo ir, n failure to any woman who has lot scoured the love und adoration of somo ?ood man. Lifo is a mockery to any mon, io matter whether he bc mendicant or mon ireh, who hus not won tho heurt of some ivorthy woman. Without love mid mnrri igc, nil tho priceless joys of this life would JO ao ashes on the lips of thc children of nen. ''You had better be the emperor of ?onie loving nod tender heart, und alic cm nuuu. " J. liv 'ina.. 'IT 110 HUS 11)1111} von tho love of one good woman in his world, it matters not though he die in ,ho ditch, n beggnr, Ilia life has bcon u IUCCCSS. '"hero is . a heathen book which say*: 'Man is strength, woman is beauty; man is iourago, woman is love." When tho one nan loves thc one woman, and thc ono wo llan loves that one man, thc very angels eave heaven and conic and sit in the house, md sing for joy. Tho reduction o?" tho public . lobt during' ibo month o?' August s stated to bo something over welvc million dollars, or at tho .atc of about $ 150,000,000 a year. Congress will bo called upon next ,vinter to decide whether this rate >f taxation shall i>o maintained, >r whether tho payment of tho lebt shall be horne in part.by the icxt. generation. IT tho cur ron I 'olumo of customs rocoipts could ic maintained, tho whole internal 'evonne system could bo abolished vit bout endangering thc support if tho goyornmcnl or the payment >!' tho interest on the public debi. How So MK COYS TALK.-Ifave you not icard nome boys always brag about what hoy nro intending to do? They ure always' ?oing to do wonder*. "Von just wait," say they, "and wc viii show you some doy what wo can do." Now is your chu nco, wo would say to fou. Voil aro old enough now. and you viii never have a better time. Letter hc ?in now; wo are anxious to see your first .flbrt. Let us ut once ace yon animated by ho practical purpose of doing--liol by thc ircam-and then wo will compute your ;uturo for you. Make an effort, liven if you shall fail thc first time-a hundred times-still con tinuo to try. Tho result is inevitable. It is only those who falter that conic to' ;ricf. Tho law of thc harvest is to reap more (han you sow. So\v m act and you reap habit; sow i habit and you reap :> charac ter; sow a diameter and VDU reap i destiny. Thc work that is to toll in ?leaven must be that which is [lone on purpose for heaven, rho work that is done for earth goos down With us to thc grave. When tho Spanish proverb says, "There is no such thing as. a'trillo in tho world," it speak ? most profound trulii. Not hing can be little, whoso consoquoncos are great; and tho lightest word or deed records itself in lifo ami character.