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:' "- " "I'B-IU?I IL ? ll ? I Wi 't ll i I I i i lliW 11 lilli? lilli I Iii I f in I i-ww^BMMwaw>j??j^rttf><MB>iwwwrt^??^<?#^jPfl^^^wpwij*EiM ! i. tl -l.l. . .l_.JBggg!g!gR.JILLL-."JAl.lll - TO THINE OWN ?ELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN ^BY KEITH, SMITH & CO. _ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1881. VOLUME -wn 1? True Love. "How muoh I lovo you, mother, dear!'' . A little prattler said; "I loVO you iu tho morning bright, And whou I go to bcd. "I lovo you whou Tm noar to you, And whoo I'm far away; 1 love you whoo I am ut work, Aud when 1 um at piny." And then sho slyly, sweetly raised Her lovely oyes of blue, '?.I lovo you whou you love mo best, And when you scold mo too." Tho motlier kissed her darling child, And stooped a toar to hide; ".'My prcoious ono, I lovo you most Whou I am foroed to chide. "I oould not lot my darliug ohild In sin and folly go, And this is why I sometimos chide Beoau90 1 lovo you so." Col. Aikon's Speech. Ia thc tiouso of Representatives, on Saturday last, tho apportionment bill beiug under consideration, Congrcssmau Aiken spoke as follows: After tho admirable Spooohcs mode to day by tho continuion from Cooncoticutt (Mr, Hawley) aud tho gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Robinson) I had hoped that this discussion might have been con tinued upou that plano of statesmanship which they hud iuuuguiatud, and that par? tisan prejudices would no more be hoard io this debato. Rut my good frieud from Lo diana, (Mr. Calkins,) whoso ottcution I now invoke, has thought proper to prcsout some very pertinent questions, which I pro posa directly to answer. From thc remarks of my friend and of some of those who preceded him oo that aide of thu House, 1 om impressed that if there is tiny pharisaical righteousness on earth it is to bo found in thc Republican party whenever questions pertaining to thc South aro discussed by them. To d i y they socm to bo solicitous whether or not a large i proportion of tho pcop'o of tho South arc permitted to voto, and tho question is raise ri by them whether it is not thc duty of Con gress to appoint a committco of investiga tion upon this subject. 1 asked my friend from Indiana (Mr Calkins) why is this a latter day thought with thom? Why did they not desire ti investigate this subject when Rcpublioai rascality aud extravagance were running riot over tho South and nono but Republi can vote wore oast? I hold in my baud, ?ir a Congressional Directory for 187-1, of lin tir?t session of thc Forty-third Congress aud in turning to my own State I lind thu J. H. Rainey received iu tho first distrio 19,705 votes us a Republican, "being ol tho votes that were oaat," as tho Director states. From tho same source I leura thu A. J. Ransicr wat? elcoted us a Rcpublioai from another diatriot, receiving 20,061 vote oguinst 0,519 votes oast for W.'Gurncv Independent Republican, not U ningi Democratic vote being cast in the district lu tho Third District which I have th honor to rcprcscot, R. II. Elliott, tho can didato for tho llcpublioan party, re?oive 2JL.627 votes, ff hilo only 1,094. votes wer oast for W. II. MoCaw, Democrat. On year later I lind L. C. Carpenter, llcpublioai was elected to lill an unexpired term, lilli ott having resigned, and received 28,18 votes, os is recorded in the Director] ?"there being no organized opposition." Why is it that this party of groat mon idcf.S, which thou controlled tho ox'cutiv and legislative bracohes of our Governmcn1 did not think it incumbent upon them t have Congressional investigation of th ono sided condition of things? Hut let us como a littlo neurer to th present time, lu thc Directory of 1876 fiod that at tho elcotioo of 1874 B. W. ft] M?okey, a Republican, received 16,742 vot< and C. W. Rotz, a Republican, ot tho sum time 14,204 votes; no record to bo fouud of Democrat voto being cast in thc district. Is ?not strange, Mr. Speaker, that this part? -whoso representatives on this floor uro ? clumorous for fuir and freo elections, did nt consider it their duty to investigate at tin timo these anomalous elections? Rut, sir, this same llcpublioan party, todo 80 just, so fair, so moral, at that timo i callous, so insensible to tho rights of Sou tl .ern voters, aro now. demanding that a ?election districts shall be composed of COU liguons counties. Sir, allow moto instant but a single caso of Republican gcrryman dering during their rovelry, extravagant ond prodigality in South Carolina. Tl Third Congressional District was compost Of th? Counties of Abbeville, ' ?nderst) . Laurean, Newberry, Ocouec, Pickeos.ut Richlind, and no portion of Moblar County is within perhaps fifteen miles i noy point of either of tho remaining com tics which constituto thc district, Loxing ton County which hus a Democratic majori, of about 1,000, intervening between Riol: land and Newberry. Tho gentleman (Mr. ('alkies) must n misunderstand mc us saying that it was tl number of . t roo pu that oveia wed Soul Carolina during: tho six .years to which have alluded, and during which timo I ha? ?hown there wcro no Dcmociatio votes out Wo reftnincd from voting not because v wore afraid of tho military for oe presen but because wo protested against tint usui potion of power that authorized tho proi enoo of tho military at tho ballot'box. Vt believed then, os now, that wo were aga io tho 'Union and had tho right to east freo hallo}, which could not bo dode in ll pres?noo of tho suzerainty of tho bayon? Sir, wu wcro subserviently obedient to tl F?deral authorities. Ooo. Huger was theo io command in South Carolina aod liad be hung up bis old ooots in tho Capitol and written above., tko ca "Ho who shall dare tboso boots displaoo, must nicol tho United States face to face," tho order would bave boco implicitly obeyed by ovory citizen of tbe State, and these old boots would havo been as potent in ezecut iug tho commands as teu times tho number of soldiers as wore then in the H' ato. lt was not the power, sir, but the presoooo of. tho bayonet that drove Demooratio voters from tho polls during those six long years of anarchy and oppression. Sir, in 1873 I myself told a soldier at tho polls, "I will not voto under duress; the Constitution on t ir lea me to the privilege of voting na a froeman, .and there is no freodom under that bayonet." For that reason, and for that reason alono, sir, I refrained from voting, and SO did tho Democrat? of tho Stato. But tho Republican party claim that the negroes of tho South must of necessity volo tho Republican ticket. Possibly thero was au ostensible reason for this thought como years ago; but today thcro exist potential causes for a reduction of tho Republican negro voto at every election. The intellectuality of tho ruco is i m pru vi og, more thrifty of thom are acquiring property oud becoming taxpayers, and lind a Demo oratio incomparably less burdonsome to tho taxpayers than a Republican govern ment, and thousands of tho moro ignorant ouutunq Jtaip ?cj ponosoj uaaq OAOIJ pimp put employers from tho oppression of theil Uuiou leagues and other jesuit i o a l organi zations of their race. [Laughter aoc groans on tho Republican side] Gentle men may grunt and laugh sardonically a this remark, but it is literally true. I hav< myself accompanied colored men to th ballot box. who, with fear aod trembling usked and received protectiou while thc; voted tho Demooratio ticket. You men o tho North know nothing about tho eoloret race in tho South. You aro ignorant, o their manners, customs, traits of oharactci and their wants; and tho gentleman fr.u. Michigan, a thousand miles away from an portion of thc South, and of all men mo.? ignorant of tho peoplo of that section, prc suming to read us a lesson as to how w should deal will) tho colored man! If the threats and warnings elicited b tho proceedings of this House from th stalwart portion of the Republican part are to bo credited, wo may uutioipato but few moro freo elections in tho South. As .Southern farmer I have u greater interest i tho welfare of tho colored people of th South than ali tho gentlemen on that ai< of this chamber, bceauso upon thom ar their labor I aud mino uro, aud always c: peet to bo, dependent for their suppoi Rut, sir, ?dent Qed from birth with tl peoplo of tho South and actuated by tl instincts of honesty aod ouudor, I deda it as my conviction that further and coi tiuued Congressional intorfcrenco with o elections will result in arraying moe again race to tho-dctrimont of tho negro F whatever fute may bofull tho South, tl white peoplo of that section, prompted 1 the first law of nature, will never again quiet submit to negro domination. Eight lot years' subjection to on oppression u ok nov to .modern civilization is out to bo forgott to a generation. Io South Carolina, and believe a similar .sentiment, pervades: t South, wo desire to see the negro elevate But, sir, a consummation of that desire w never bo attained by a second degruduth of thc white man. You moy draw yo party linet) oo color; wo will.meet you thc and extinguish them. Our' destiny is livo iu tho South with thc negro, and wc c poot to work that destiny peacefully, difl cult es tho problem tony seem. But if pi lili' ul legislation denies us, or subverts o rights upon the presumption that wo ho in uny wiso curtailed tho rights of t colored mun, just then and there wo w have roached that time in tho South anti ?puted by tho honorable gentleman fr< Michigan, when ho expressed a feur li civil liberty would be destroyed unless ch lion results could bo changed in that se lion. But if the American people vs only reposo cou?denoo in tho Southe white? and grant them tbo opportunit oireumstanoos present, I have but lit doubt that this problem will bo solved s isfaotorily to both races and ultimately res in the elevation of the negro, and tho co tiuued aud, I pray Qod, tho everlasting p litical quiet between tho two scotions on uccouot. A few moro words and I havo done. / lueiou has beon frequently made during t debuto to the small Republican vote thron* out tho South in tho recent Presiden! elcot'oo, aud it h?8 beon reiterated that could not bo aooountcd for upon just grout) For thu first limo aiboe I have beon a me ber of Congress havo I hoard tho South ot sored and South Carolina eso.ipe more tho Hon's sha re of tho abuse. But it scorns tho cent voto ia that State has given satisf>ot to those who, for tho purpose of this dobo havo bowildorod themselves with arithm ical calculations. Perhaps these geutlcu are . not awaro that during tho last ou psign South jjCarolipa had no Republic Stato ticket iu nomination, and iu only few instances a county ticket to roprcst tho Republican party iu tho campaign 1880.. The ghost Qf intimidation doul less presents itself to tho mind of ovi Repu ti I icu ii within tho. sound of my vo nt tho very announcement of such a fu Rut that such a thought is a mero pliant lot mo provo by printing ns n portion of remarks a letter received this morning fr a resident lawyer of this oily, who ia p haps tho brightest intellect that Soi Carolina cvor gave to tbo Republican pur Ho bas lately Bottled io this oily aod j terday afternoon I addren-jud him a u asking bim whether ho was not a member of tho Republioao State Convention of South Carolina, and if be did not publish a letter advising agaiost plaoiog a Republican tioket in the filed. I have his reply, and will print it: WASHINGTON, D. C., February 5, 1881. , Dear Sir: I havo your favor of yester day, and, in roply, would say that I did publish such a letter as you ioquiro about. Tho National Republican party had been injured, aud that of tho Stato broken down nod ruined by our running- unfit men for offioo. I knew that wo hud oot tho material for o Stato tiokot in South Carolina, aud I felt confident that if wo forbore to nom? nalo one, tho Democrats would bo moro likely to divide, run "Independents," and' thus sooner contribute tho material ucoded to build up a respectable and strong Rc publican party; ono not io name merely, but io principio and usefulness. Enter taining theso viows, I dcolincd most press ing solicitations to allow my name used beforo tho Convention. I am very truly yours, ' WM. E. EA.RLE. I ["Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, House of Ropro sontutivos.] Now, this is a letter from on intelligent South Carolinian, born ?nd reared upon her soil, who ia a Republican from principle; and it contains two iuoontrovortiblo truths: first, that the Republican porty in South Carolina had not material enough in it from which to soloot a State ticket; and, secondly that tho only hopo of scouring that mate rial is to dissever tho Democratic party. Think you, doss any gentleman on this floor suppose that this end will bo obtained by arraying overy two or four yoara iu doadly politioal strife that party which so Uekn material against that party olouo' that possesses it nt tho South? As well may you cr they expect to break tho "Solid South," by continually heaping abuses upon those who compose it. My fricod from Indiana (Mr. Calkins) with much fervor und prent emphasis, asks, What is n carpetbagger? In reply I say he isa politioal legalized burglar; that is just what a carpetbagger is, [laughter and applause on thc Demoer (tic bide; | and I say to my friend if ho will como to South Caro lina with o view of identifying himself with tho State, intending to become a citizen, olaimingtho protection of that flag that flours over our Speaker's chair, uud douiuud ing thc right to bc recognized as a citizen, at tho flame time lending a helping hund toward developing the resources of tnnt beautiful country, he will bo received with open arms from tho mountains to thc i seashore, and no question will bo asked ns to his politics. Hut, sir, no such motiven ever impelled tho carpetbagger to sci tin iu South Cnrolina or any otlmr Southoru Stato. I His was tho visitation of * political adven turer who, through tho ignorunco of tho blacks, foisted himeolf upon tho oppressed whites, whom ho proceeded ut once to tax ' to impoverishment, while ho squandered in luxurious living every dollar pnured into ? tho trcusury by the tax gatherer. And yet i my friend thinks it oi ucl to call mob crea tures "ulicns." Why, sir, it ia nn honor to them to bo recognized at ull. I bog ; gentlemen to recall tho history of my State during thc carpet bug regime and ask whut hus become of those, tyrannical spendthrifts. Sumo of them doubtless have been hung, as I believe all ol' them should have been; Homo of thom aro to day, I know, in thc jails of tho country, and others of then, had in moro ways thoo ono retributive jus tioo meted out to them by au offended Providence. If there is ono remaining in my State, I am not owuro of it. And if they hud ull gono to that othor ostato, Heaven knows I would not havo had a tear to sited at their domiso. AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL STATUTE.-Du ring thc Sessions Court at Charleston on Monday, says tho News and Courier,- it Was announced that tho bondsmen of a colored mun named Dennis Smalls had given him up. Upon inquiry Judgo Maokoy learned that tho prisoner wns hold for violating a contract, io not doing thc amount of work reasonably expected of him. Thc Judgo ordered his discharge, dcolaring tho statute tuner which ho was indioted to bo oleorly in violation of thc torios of tho Constitution. 1 beliovo, tho, Judgo said, that no court will ever sit in South Carolina while the' present Consti tution is in existence that will hold a prisoner for violation of a contract under this statute where no froud is alleged, nor uny appropriation of tho mop by him to his own ufo. Tho Stato of South Carolina is too poor to exoroiso a supervisory control over oil tho agricultural laborers of tho Stuto to soc that they do a full day's work. As completo as would bc tho slavery under this statute, yet it was passed in I860 by thoso who professed to bo tho special guar dians of the civil liberty and rights of tho oolorod mau. It was emoted in the primal poriod of legislative barbarism in South Carolina, and would havo appalled tho loamed und good mon who framed tho so called Blaok Codo. . No young men will ?Vcr full for the want of friends, influence and position who is honest, truthful und onorgetio. Honesty is the best capital over used in ?he affaire of lifo. It is solid os adamant, enduring os timo, as lasting as eternity? lt survives disaster, overcomes dofont, is superior to om ft, and shines os tho puro gold. Its crown is exoollenoo, its titlo manhood, its aim excelsior, and itu banner victory. The oity couuoil of Jefferson, Ga., hos plaoed the license for soiling liquor at ono thousand dollars per immun. An I m pr om tu Venice* TIIEOKESOENT CITY HALF SUBMERGED IN WATER. Nd person without n personal visit to tho overflowed distriot oau form any ostimato of the terrible pictures of desolation thoro prc sootcd, it appears almost as if pestilence bad stricken tho section, sud tbcro hangs over it a silence that is oppressive. Ia portions of the flooded districts ooo oan ron squoroaftor squaro and not soo au inhabited house, and only tho sploshing of tho boats' waves ogainsb tho doors and win dows disturba tho perfeot quiet. Hero and there discousolato tobbios havo takon refuge on tho roufs, and across tho wasto of waters once in awhile tho cheery noto of tho chanticleer drifts, recalling tho cxistenco tlicro ODCO of gardens and. poultry yards. VcBterday there was uo fall ia tho water, and if onvthing an increase outeido tito canals. Io the canals there w us a fall of so mo i oohes, but that did not benefit tho district separa ted from thom by levees. The overflow of tho protection levco down on Claiborne Canal, for a considerable distanco, extending from Elysian Fields street to Poland, for a depth of fifteen inches, allowed tho baok water from tho lake to flow in, which in oreased tho height in tho lower distriot. Tho wind during tho morning hauled to tho KoBt, where it remained most of tho day and provcotod thc baok water in Lake Fonl ohartroin from receding, and the prospoots aro that there will bo a risc by this morning. All day tho relief boats wero out, manned by willing volunteers, dispensing food wheu ever it was required. Their whito flags wore welcomed everywhere, and many would ere this havo Butlered extremo hunger had it not been for tho prompt action taken for their relief. As fast BS their meaos will permit pcoplo arc loaviog tho submerged district uutil, io some places, it was us gloomy und lonesome OB Goldsmith's Deserted Village. These who aro uotublo to move Bit iu tho windows, silently staring out upon tho flood with a forlorn expression. lu ono tenement house were lour or iivo little ones* seated ou a bcd with thu water but a few inches from thc mattress. In another, on St. Peter street, No. 165, thc reporter found Mr. A. Guer rero, a veteran of tho Mcxicau war, with hi? family, living ou tho roof of his house. The family waa composed of five, and all wore buddied ou tho> roof j exposed to tho clcmcuts. Oo thc cistern-top they had a little charcoal furuaoo placed, on which they eoviid do a little cooking. 1 he water in his rooms wss fivo feet in depth, aud thc furniture was floating about. Thc reporter ot oucc offered to take tho fam ily to a place of safety and seo that all wero carefully sheltered, but tho father said that ho would prefer to remain, os ho was sick, and if biought to tho city ho oould do noth ing. Ho would try mid stand it, and no offer oould get him to leave his little domicile. Ho had saved a few chickens, which were OD tho roof, and tho relief boat provided them with ampio food. P/?tith docs not stop from any cause, and thc grim urcher daily enters tho houso un?? der water just tho samo as he invades those which tho flood has not roached. A fluttering streamer of whito crape on a gil te on a down-town street told of a baby stilland whito and cold wit'iin tho house. Thc water rippled and splashed against tho gita aud rose und fell, chin hing higher each limo it rose, ns if trying to pull away tho sign which told that death had called and ?ntvi'od, lt is hard enough, God knows, to lonvo tho dear dead ones iu tho silent oities, even when tho flowers aro bhumming on every hand and birds oro singing iu tho tree-tops, and uti around is bright, but oh, tho agony of taking tho baby form from mother's arms aud hearing it all alono iu tho dreary, dismal waste within tho walls of tho flood-swept cometary! The tomb seems a thousand times darker und far moro lonely and further away than over beforo, nod tho water is so oold aud black, and might orcop up and up-who knows-and wash and splash until it fluda its way through bricks aud mortui-, and beats upon tho cherished form. Tho sight up and down Broad street was foreboding. Calilo aro swimming about, carcases of dogs, ohickous aud cats drifted in quito u oollcotion of steps obstruotcd thc passage of skiffs. M very known maleo of water craft was brought into requisition, from wash tuts to coffins, ki tchou tables iovcrtod, with a chair for a seat was quito aristocratic*. In tho parish prison tho water invaded tho cells, and tho prisoners had to bo moved up stairs. Tho Dumaino street oars oon tinned to run yesterday to Iiroud street. Tho mulos wore hitched to tho front as usual ou going out, but on tho roturo they wore attached to tho roar end of thc oar. lt was rather damp riding in them, aa for sixBqunrcs ou thc river sido of Broad street tho water covered tho bottom of tho car to a depth of from three to six inches. A tablo with a large rock io tho center to keep it iu position, and gpcrad willi an after noon meal, was noted. ' in a littlo ooftogo, whoso floor was covered with a foot of Water, there was found a family of six-a mother and fiVO children. Three of thc little ones were gazing mournful y and wearily out upon tho water, but tho other two wero not in Bight. Tho woman thankfully received tho food given her, but begged for medicine} two of tho children were sick, sho said, and glowing woise oaohday. Tho medicine was scot to her beforo nightfall. Tho Molpomeno and Bienville draining machines got to work os soon os they could do ?Dy good, but tho work, before thom is Titanic. Thu bridges all over tho rear of tho oity havo been osrried away, thc Iorgo ono over the Broad street canal going yesterday at Orloaufi ctrcet* . AB oar No. 79 of tho Esplanade street lino crossed tho Claiborne oonal yostetday afternoon, ono of tho most gallant incidents connooted with tho inundation was wit nessed. Two men woro crossing the canal j at tho time in a pirogue, whou suddenly the frail vessel careened and the occupants launohed into tho deepest of tho water. Loosiug self confidence ono of tho men caught bis companion iu such a position as to ren der him powerless and both sank beneath tho surface A second time they roso and sank, tho bystanders trembling at the imminence of their peril. At this junoturo Mr. T. J. Gilooly, orier of scotioD 13 of tho Criminal District Court, who was a passenger io the ear, throw off his coat, plunged iuto the water, and aftor a short struggle suc ceeded in drawing both of tho men to tho bank.-New Orleans Democrat, Feb ruay Wth. JOURNEYING ON FRIDAY.-Conductor William Coulter, of tho Pennsylvania Rail road, has been running on trains botweon Jersey City and Philadelphia, for about forty-fivo years, and bo seems to have twenty years of work in him' yet. Ono of the thousand of travelers that ho knows remarked to him tho other day that his train was lighter than usual. "Oh, well," said Conductor Coulter, "it's Friday you know." "What difference does that mako," asked tho passenger. "Why, there is always n falling off of travel on Friday. It may seem strang, but tho old superstition that Friday is on un lucky day to moko a journey on, still keeps many at home on Friday. Any railroad mon will tell you that," Captain Dennis who runs another train to Philadelphia, Conductor James Fiolds, who takes a night train to Washington, and Couduotor Thomas Gallagher who runs to Nev? Brunswick, aro tho oldest conductors on tho Pennsylvania Railroad. They all confirm tho veteran Conductor Coulter's avcrmcut about tho felling off in travel on Friday, and sharo his opinion that it is oousod'by tho popular superstition that Friday is an unlucky doy to start ou a jour ney. Superintendent MoCrea, of New YorK Division of tho Pennsylvania road, was disposed to disbelieve tho theory of the old conduotoi'8. Ho thought if there was any falling off of travel on Fridays, it was explanablo by tho fact that Friday fulls lute in thc week, and many peoplo return to their homes on Saturday. Superintendent McCroo, however, courteously procured from thc geocral ellice a series of tabulated figures showing tho number of passengers curried on cooli day of tho week for two moi)tbs. Tho figures show that thorn is probably sotno slight ground for tho theory of the old conductors. Of the passengers oarriod on the six Week days, 15 per ocnt. are carried on Fridiy, while there is au average of 17 per cont, carried on caoh of tho other five week days. In other words, thero is a falling off on Friday of nearly ono eighth os compared with tho average of other week days. Tho days of heaviest travel (giving tho figures appoximately) Monday with 19 per cent; and Saturday with 18 per ocnt, thero being many persons going to and returning from business on those days. Tho percentage shown on other week days are: On Tuesday, 16.25 per oent.; Wednesday, 15.75 per cent.; Thursday, 16 per cent., and Friday 15 per oent. How COXORESS PASSES A BILL.-In reply to a correspondent, who esks for in formation on this subject, tho New York Journal of Commerce says: One branoh of Congress pusses a bill and sends it to tho other. If tho latter adopts it precisely ss it is passed, thon it goes to tho President for his approval. But if tho bill is amended or changed on ita passage in tho other branoh, it is sent book with such changes to tho house in which it originated. If these amendments aro thero adoptod, it then goes to thc President, but if adopted, or adopted only in part, it again oom es back to the second branoh, where tho volo is to recede from the amendments or to insist upon thom. If tho body insists, thon a committee of oonforcooo is appointed, and notice being given to tho other house, a like eommittco is appointed, and these two com mittees meet. If thoy agrco on a report then tho bill, as roportcd, is voted on again iu each house. If thoy disagree, oaoh reports, and sometimes a now oomtnitteo is appointed and somotimcs tho bill foils. But if it passes both houses, thon tho President signs it, if ho approves; if ho disapproves, bo returns it within ton days to thc houso in whioh it originated, with his objootions. If that houso passes it again by a two thirds volo, it becomes a law. There is no arbiter between any of thu parties. Tho man who brings up his ohiidron in luxury is likely to regret it boforo ho dies. Hard work, self dependcDco nod personal responsibility aro justas necessary to toughen a rioh man's soo SB a poor man's. Whon a young mon beginn lifo in tho roll of aimless wealth ho is apt to end it in tho role of a vnginnt. Ho may bo a trump for a whilo, but ofter that he will be a tramp. Tho girl who oan work a bnquot on tho too of a slipper, or ploy ? Somedody's Coming Wheo tho Dew Drops Fall," on tho piano, moy boast of her accomplishments during the courting season, but aftoi tnarriago the one who oan put a triangular patoh on her husband's pantaloons and realize that some body's coming whoo the dinnor boll rings, is tho better wifo. "Novor borrow troublo," said a husband to his wifo. ''Oh, let her borrow if sho oan," cxolimcd tho noxt door neighbor, ''she uovcr returus aoylhiug, you know." ' TUB FUTURE GREATNESB or THE SOUTH.-Mr. Edward Atkinson, in okargo of tho cotton production department of tho census bureau, being asked by a correspon dent whet opinion ho formed of tho South in his lalo tour through it replied ns follows: "I only confirmed the opinion 1 had long had. Let a line be drawn from a point on tho Ohio river on the Western edgo of the blue gross region, around tho Western bor der of that district to Chattanooga, Tenn.; thence around the Southern ead of tho Apa laohaiu ohaiu by way of Atlanta, Qa / thenoo Northerly ou tho Eastern edgo of the Piedmont region to Virginia; thenoo by way of Lioohburg to Harper's Ferry, and thence- by way of the Potomac and Ohio to the point of beginning, and yott have inoluded an area equal to that of Prance, and nearly double that of Great Britain, lt is not too much to say that tn all agricultural and mineral resources it exceeds Great Britain and Franoo combined, md is possessed of the finest olimotc to bo found East of the Rocky Mountains. Tho blue grass section alono could raise enough wheat without manure to feed Great Bri tain, it is a groud section, but has been until lately a railway desert, occupied over half its area by a sparse population dad in homespun garments. Tho ourse of slavery having boen removed from it and capital pouring under general invitation and in iaduccmcnt, its future fills us with amaze ment. The cotton exposition will, we hope, jive nu impetus to development in tho South and systematize and improve tho vast energies now working within it." Tho Superintendent of Pallie instruction gives au encouraging view of tho condition of common school oduoation in New York during tho lost yoar. A few faota will be of genera! interest- Thero aro now 11,263 school districts in tho Stato, which is 17 less than last year; but tho number of school houses has increased within tho year from 11,862 to 11,899. During tho Inst ten years tho Stato has spent for school houses, 6?tcs and buildings, fences, furniture and repairs 816,345,054, and tho aggregate value of sohool houses and sites is 830,747, 509. Tho whole number of children be tween 5 and 21 years of ago, as reported, was 1,641,173, and tho number of pupils during some part of the year was 1,031,593. The average daily attendance per teacher ranged from 12, in Hamilton County, to 43, iu New York. Tho wholo number of tcaohors was 7,992 males and 22,738 fe males, making a total of 80,730. Tho amount of tcaohors' salaries was 87,638,? 921, and tho average salary was 8369.56. The aotual expenso of maintaining tho common schools during the year was 810,296,977 26. This enormous sum is equivalent to two dollars paid by every man, woman iud child in tho Stat?. Keep accounts and know precisely what is done and is doing and how the business of the farm is paying, in what particular it is paying and whero it is losing. Farming docs pay. It is the most profitable business in the world. The loose and careless man ner in which it is generally curried on would utterly wreck any less profitable business. There was once o mad Who made oortain attachments for looms known os "piokcra," aud prepared tho raw hide from which they were inado himself. But ho thought it was moro cleanly and botter business to buy tho hides aud merely out them up and tnako thc pickers. So ho bought the hides frota a neighbor, nod the; first your ho was overwhelmed with debt and sold out, sud his neighbor became rich by ouring hides. Tho unfortunate mau made money so fust before that ho never troubled himself how it was madoj end ooly learned too late that one part of his business was profitablo and tho other was not; but thoo ho had given over to hts neighbor- tho profits and kept tho losses for himself. It is muoh tho samo with farming, for no ono cnn tell where ho is losing or making money, without accounts. Just now is a seasonable timo to consider this matter and to begin a new and more reasonablo and safo system. Rural Nexo Yorker s AN APPLE TREE THAT NEVER BLOS SOMS.-In tho town of Harwinton, Con ncctioutt, and on tho form now owned by Georgo Gridlcy, thero lived and thrived a treo known as tho "No-blow' applo tree." This tree dorived its queer ?amo from tho fact that it always fruited but never blos somed. The fruit had a sweoe flavor, though tho size was below the average^ and when fully matured was sufficiently open at tho blossom ond so that seeds might bo easily shaken out. lu tho autumn tho' fruit buds sot similar to tho surrounding trees. In tho Spring tho bud swelled and throw out its feelers, but what wo recog nize as blossom was minus, and it took closo observation a Dd a studied acquaintance with its habits to detcot anything, even in tho matured bud, that would foreshadow fruit age-Hartford Times. Sarah Bernhardt has engaged materials for a glass dress to bo manufactured by a firm iu Pittsburgh. We oro of tho opinion that civilization and improvement in dress ma terials hnvo arrived at a very smooth point whon ono oan woar a glass dress. Wo hopo when glass clothes como in voguo tho glass will bo of that virtuo as to reflect tho "inner as well ae tho outer person." An editor tn Georgia titters a solomri truth applioablo in other States, whoo it says: "Gold is found in thirty pix counties in this State, silver in throe, copper io throe, diamonds iu twenty six, and whiskey in all of thom; ont) tho lust gets ?way with all tho rm."