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DEVOTUD TO IOLITIC, MORALITT, EDUCATION AND TO TUE SINERAL JITBERsT OF TE UOUNTRY. By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1881 A9 ALM alU UF=aA= WAN. Poor coat, well loved for many reasons, Since both of us grow old, be true; This hand has J)rushed you for ten season., E'en Socrates no more could do. Whilst Time your thin and white-seamed stuft Keeps on attacking without end, Wisely like rue, his blows re6tf' And never let us part, old frient. That birthday flown, when first I wore you, I mind well--memory yet is strong 3ly friends around to honor bore you, And poured their welcome forth it song. Your ishabby plight-of which I'm vain Hinders tien not an arm to lend, They'd freely feast us now again; So never let us part, old friend. You're patched behind, an ancient rending; That, too, recalls a past delight; One night to run from Jano pretending, I felt her soft hand clutch ino tight. Torn woro you, and that frightful tear 0 It took my Jane two days to mend, While I was held her captive there; So never let us part, old frienl. Havo you becn steeped in iusk and amber Which fops suir, looking in the glass? Or pushed along an ante-chamber, For sweils to sneer at as we pas? Throughout all France by faction rent, Ribbons and stemt, foll strife cai send A field-flower 13 your oranment; So never let iis pi rt, old friend. Fear no more days of idle ranging, When our two fates become tis ont% Of pleasure with plain interchanging, 0 interuningled rain and sun. 4For the last tinu- I soon shall (loft bty clothes, ju1st wait ! and we will wo Together, gently going oft; So never let us part, old frieuid. -14cm licrange . THE YANKEE SCHOOLMASTER. On "Miller's Hill" a farm-houso; a towland stiucturo 1)1ilt of wood; whoso elap-boards, weather- worn and gray, were falling into slow declty; wiose mossy wooden lane-trouighs swung from rusty Irons rudely hiug; whose curling shin gles here and there betrayed the need of good repair; whose ancient chimney, capped with stone, with lichiens partly Dvergrown abovo the sagging roof, looked do wn upon the spires of Brandon town. An old1 gray barn was built near by, with heavy girths and scaffolds high, and solid sills and massive beams, and through the cracks and Open seams the slanting sunshino used to play in golden gleams upon the bay, wvhert oft, with many IL shout, the children jtunped and played about at hide and seek, or looked wit h care for hidden nests in corgra there. Whero oft at morn they useJ -o hear the cackling hen and chanticleer, where, by the broad floor 'noath the Wnows, were cribs and staichiois for the cows, and strong plank stalls where horses stood to eat their hay from racks of wood, and, in a corner stowed away, a fanning-mill and old red sleigh. Where jolly farm-boys husked at night the gold en corn by candle-light, and hifing their lanterns by the bay on pitchforks thrust into the hay, where, sheltered from the autumn rain, with thundering flails they threshed the grain. E4acni year the mm or loney-.)ees was heard amid the apple tree, the lilacs bloomed, the locusts fair with their sweet fragrance filled the air; the stubble fields were plowed. and sown; the warm rain fell; the bright sun shone; the robins sang; tihe green grass grew; the roses blossomed in the dew; the tall red holly hock once mtoro bloomed brightly l'>y the farm-house door; the sun-flower bent its gaudy head; the cattle in the p)asturo fedl, the crickets chirped in meadows near, sounds were wafted to the ear o'er waving fields of tasseled corn, of clatter ing scythe and dinner horn. The reapers reaped their golden sheaves; the swallows left tihe stuccoed eaves; the apples in the autumin breeze grew ripe and mellow on the trees; the leaves were swvept about h. the air; the fields were brown, the wood lands bare; the snow-flakes fell; the air growv chill; the sleigh-bolls rangon '"Mil her's Hill." Tholi winter sk~y was overcast, the snow and sleet were falling fast. 'Twas Christmas eve; the air was cool; the children hurried home from school, with laughter loud and outcries shrill they reached the farm-house on the hill, they came across the kitchen floor, nor stoppea to shut the entry door, all strivinig first the news to tell, exclaimed, in concert, "with a yell: " The teacher's comin' here to stay; lie's up the road a little way; he stopped to talk with Susan Stow, an' we ran home to let you know." The mother stopped her spinning . wheel, and put away her creaking reel, swept up the dusty hearth with care. rollecd down her sleeves and brushed her hair, smoothed out her rumpled gingham go~vn, and in her rocking-chair sat down; 4 then, striving hard to look her best, she calmly waited for her guest. Her ruddy, round, and fleshy face was bordered by a cap of lace; her nose was nearly hid from view by her plump cheeks of healthy hue; her eyes were bright, her hair was thin, she had a heavy double chin; her husband's arms, when both embraced, could barely air eumscribo her waist. Of all large women nine in ten will most admire the little men, and little men-why none may tell-will love large women quite as well. They woo, they wed, the man through life is quite o'er shadowed by the wife. Soon, parting from his rustic flame, the tardy young schmooinmaster camo. His ey'es wvere blue, his features fair, his chin o'ergrown with downy hair; b~ehind his ears his locks of browni were smoothly brushed andl platsteredl dlown; his bony limbs were large anid long; his well trained muscles firm and~ strong; the tall, stout boys that years before had l throwvn their manstor through the (loor his rod regarded with dismay. anid seldom dared to disobey. The pride and hope of Hub bardton was tall Lycurgus Littlejohn, who had, his fellow-townsmen saidl: "A heap o' larnin' ill his head. " (T1hree termis in Midlbleb~ury College had given him his ''heap)" of knowledge.) He often used to .pit bietween the fair young girla of sweet sixteen and kinly help thom "do their smns." They brought him fruit and sugar plums; they had their girlhood hopes and fears; his words were music in their ears; each smile lie gave them had a charm; each frown would 1111 them with alarm. What envious looks at Susan Stow, his favorito scholar they would throw. Her eyes and hair were dark as night, her skinl was soft, and smooth, and white; a peach-liko bloom her cheeks overspread; her lips like cherries, ripe and red. What wonder he could not conceal the glad, sweet thrill lie use to feel through all his palpitating framo when to his desk she coyly C11me and, looking up with eyes of love, like sone 3ly, timid little dove, would softly ask him to expound some knotty problel she had found? What being in the world telow seemed halt as sweet as Busain Stow? Her eyes would flash and, in re turn, his face would flush and strangely burn, and, when he tried to calculate so me long, hard ''sum" upon her slate, , the figures danced before his sight like little gobblins, gay and white, ind, wheni at night, with cheerful face, lie started for his boarding place, what wonder that 4 he caine so slow in walking home with Susan Stow? The woman crossed the kitchen floor I to meet Lycurgus at the door, and, with ( a scrutinizing star,e she said: "Walk in i an' take a chair, an' be to home while you are here. Come, Busby, take his things, my detar." Forth from his corner, by the fire, thc I Iimshand canie at her desire. i.; lieal wa1s bald, save here and thera, stray lit- I tle tufts of grizzled hair; his shoulders stooped, his form was thin, his knees I were hent, his toes turnd-( in; lie wore a long blue fianiel frock, gray trousers, and1l a satin stock; a cottoin collar, aill: aindl queer, was ruidely runpled aroiund each ear; his face wa, mild, his smile was blanl, as forth he put his ponderous hiand. and said: ".I think I see you well. I I hope you'll stay a leetle spell; we're I plaini folks here 1I'd have you know. and don't go in for prido nor sh1')tw." Then, I after stepping oil th et, lie took the 5 teaher's coat and hat; lie liing thema on a rusty nail, and, picking up his mnilkinmz e pail, lie slowly shiffled omit of doors and wOnt to (o the evening elores. C(lose by the firelight's cheerful glare Lyeurgus drew the easy-clutir. The savory steami of elickens slain c:alme froim tihe black )ot on the erane. Tihie kettl' merry song he heard; nqponi the liearth the gray eat piurred; while, bY the chiiniey-corner snug. the house dou . dozed upon the rug. Among the chim- e ney-pieco of wood an idle row of flat- e irons stood, two candlesticks in brigit e array, a pair of snuffors and a tray. The time-worn clock ticked slowly ot; it t struck the hours forever gone. ''1'orever 9 gone," it seems to sa y-'Forever gone," l1 from day to day, iii its tall caso o I soimbre liue-'twas fifty years since it I was new. Between the 3vindows, small b and high, the looking-glass was hung, i near by; a brazen bird with wings out- e sl)read. perched on the scroll-work over head; I beneath. a shelf, the common home of family Bible, brush, and comnb; above, from iron hooks wvere hung long frames, wvith ap~ples thickly strung, and, fixedj upon the will to dry, were wvreaths of I pumpkin kept for pie. Forth from the buttry, to the fir-e, came Aunt RebeccaMclntyre. a swallow ~ spinster, somewhat old, whose mellow age was seldom told; her hair was gray, her nose was thin, it nearly touched her toothless chin. Life's weary wvork and constant care had worn a face that once wvas fair. Each Sabbath morn, from sprng to spring, within the choir she used to sing, in ancient bonnet, cloak, and gown, the oldest relics in the town;- beside the chorister she stood. andl always did the best she could, and, while with tuning- t fork, lie led, she marked his movements with her head, her nasal voice rose sharp) and qucer above the deep-toned viol near. She took the black pot from the crane, removed the kettle from the chain, and made the tea and chicken-br-oth, drew ~ out the table, spreadl the cloth; then, - from the table, bright and newv, brought t the best china edlged with blue. t The chores wvero donie, the feast wvas spreadl; all took their seats and grace was said. They ate the savory chicken stow, so juicy andl so well coo~ked through; b~efore them, rich roundl dup hings swam, 01n steaming p~lates, wvithi cold boiled ham, with feathery ~ biscuit, warm and light, with currant I jam andl hioney, white and cr-owning all ~ a good suppl)y of yellowv, meatly pump kinI-pio. Where such a bouniteous feast ~ is fountd, wvho would not teach and t "'hoar-d ar.ounid ?"' T1hie supper done, the father took from off' its shelf, the sacredl Book, and readl of I 01ne who stilled the sea one0 sto~rmny night ~ in Galilee; theni, kneeling down befo're I his chamir, lhe asked the heavendy Shep- I hierd's4 care. Soon from thme group, with drowsy t heads, the chtildr-en started for their t beds; took off the little shoes they wore, ( and left them oii thme kitchmen floor; then, bidding all a fond ''good niight," with pattering feet, they piassedl from sight. Dear- little feet, hiow soonr they striay 1 from the old farm-house far away; how g soon they leave the family fold to walk I the shining streets of gold, where every hope is real and sure; whlere every heart is kind and pure; where every dream is r brighit and fair,---O! may we meet our loved ones there! Tio farmeir left his cozy seat, wVith F clattering slippers on his feet, wvent to e the cellar where lie (drew a mug of cider,< sweet and new, anid from his broad bins brought the best and ripest aples for1 his guest. Then, by the warnm fire's rud dy light, they lingered until late at nighit, strange legends told, and tales that made them all feel nervous ani i afraid. But "Aunt Rebecca " watched in vain the curling smoke above the crane ; she nodded, dozed, began to snore, she dropped her kntting on the floor, awoke, her eyelids heavier grew, arose and si. Lently withdrew. Along the creaking stairs she crept, to the lone chamber where she slept, and 3lose the window-curtains drow, to screen herself from outward view. She stopped bhe key-hole of the door, she set the andle on the floor, looked 'neath the valance-half afraid to find a man in imbuscade ; then sitting down, aside wvith care she laid her garments on a ,hair, slipped on her ghostly robe of vhite, took off her shoes, blew out the light, thon, in the darkness, from her Lead removed her wig and went to bed, aurled up, with chilly sobs and sighs, and .uivering shut her drowsy eyes. Poor single souls who sleep alone, the tight wind hath a dismal tone to rour lone ears-you start with fear at wery midnight sound you hear, whein ate at night with weary heads you creep uto your weary beds. The nights seem ong, your lips turn blue, your feet grow -old-you know they do I She slept at last; she heard once more ie ripple break upon the shore ; again ihe sat upon the strand, and some one ilasped her fair young hand, and words vere whispered in her ear that long ago the loved to hear, and, starting up, zhe ried in glee: " knew you would come >ack to me." 84. woke. Alas ! no ovo was there. Hfer thin arms clasped he vacant air. 'Twas but a droam. She ived alone. Without she heard the night vind moan, while on the window-panes i snow was wildly beating. From be ow the smothered sound of voices came vhen still with Busby's social dame. Pheir guest sat by the fading fire and vatchled its fleeting flame expire while he listened, but no word they uttered ould he clearly heard; but soon a recol Detion came that seht a shudder through ter frame-the sausage to be fried at aorn, the breaksast table to adorn, was a the bedroom where their guest would oon betake himself to rest. The clock truck ten, sho softly said, "I'll get it re he goes to bed." The sparo bed stood within a room as lill andjl humid as a tol) ; 'twas never ired, 'twas seldom swept ; in its damp orners spiders crept ; they built their 'ridges through the itr, and no ride 41room1 distiurbedl them there. The rain hat fell on roof decayed, drpped througl he chinks that tinie had made, and on ho whitewashed walls ran down in won rous frescoes tinged with brown ; the ,indow-panes, with frost o'erspread, r warmer than that icy bed. Cold ras the matting on the floor ; cold blew lie breeze beneath the door ; cold were be straight-bicked chairs of wood ; cold as tle Oikent stalld thuat sitoo(d on spiln(1 mig legs that looked as chill as lone, bare imtes on senoe bleak hill ; high rose that (d o'er things below, like somio tall ice erg earpt'd witi snow. lleIr every i6vhbly l(t(llIre guest, wlen 1 ltiine ame10, re.tired to "rest." Witlin it.s lage and moldy pr-ess hung Irs. IRusbV's best silk dress: her Sundar 'onntet, shioes, amnd sliawl, ott rusty tails aruinst the wall, by Mr. Ibusby's suilt of tue, that at his weddhing had been niew. lere ont a peg his best eratvat repiosed it bin his old fur hat; here, shut fronm ighit of human eyes, were rows of miiee ud applo pies, with rolls of saiusaige and cten-cese, stored on the shelves and -ft to freeze. Friomi ouit her cot the mnaiden crelpt, lipp)ed Onl her shoe's aind softly stepp~led long the hall and through the gloom unt 1 she reached the chilly room. Unseen hie crossed the icy floor, unheard uni 'eked the closet door, snatched fronm hie shelf, in a firm hold, a bag of saus ge, stiff an\ cold, them1 turing quickly, ought to beat a sudlden, safe, and sure etreat. Too late! A light gleamted on hie wall, and sound oif footsteps filled lbe hall, then to the room came boldly n the sldwart form of Liittlejohn i! She iackwardl stepped and stood aghast, hen closed the dloor and held it fast. Withi chattering teethi and trembl)ing rme across the floor Lycurgus came. Ie placed tihe candlle in his hand upon lie spindling oaken stand. T1hecn closed he dloor, and, with a frown, within a old chair settled down, lie throwv his mnots upon the floor, ando, rising, tried hte closet door; but Aunt Rebecca, in ffright, clung to the latch with all her night. To look within Lycurgus failed, eo turned away and thought it nailed! 'hien, puhling down the snowy spread, eo put his warm brick in the bed, took ff his clothes, and slipped between the heels of ice, so white and clean, blew ut the light, and, with a sneeze, close n his chin he brought his knees, be eath the clothes he drew his nose, and ried in vain to find repose; while "Aunt lebecca," from the wall, took down the hmnday gown and shawl, she wrapped hem round her freezing form, and >hishied, to keep her visage warm. The paper curtains, loosely -lung upon he windows, rustling swung, while brough each quivering, narrow frame If frosty panes a dim light came that nade the furniture appear like dusky >hatntoms erouching near. Lycur -us istened in the storm and hugged his >rick to keep him warm, but colder crow the humid bed, the clothes con ~ealed around his head; to feel at ease in ain he tried; he tossed and turned from ide to sidle; each time he moved, be ecath his weight the bedstead creaked ike some farm-gate. His brick grew old, ho could not sleep, a strange sen ation seemed to creep upon him, while coss5 the floor he closely watched the loset-door. Was he but dreaming? No! his eyes >ehmeld, with wonder and surprise, what nan had never seen before--there was a novement at the door. It slowly turned mnd to his sight came, through 'the dim, mcertaim light a hideous hand, that in ta clasp some awfnl objec seeme so grasp, a erouching form, with fright ful head, seemed slowly coming towards the bed. He heard the rusty hinges creak, he could not stir, he could not speak, he could not turn his head away; he shut his eyes and tried to pray; upon his brow of palid hue the cold sweat stood like drops of dew: at last he shrieked, aloud and shrill-the door swung back and all was still. That midnight cry, from room to room, resounded loudly through the gloom. The farmer and his wife at rest within their warm and cozy nest, awoke and sprung, in strange attire, forth from their bed loud shoutina-"freI" But Uncung neitner smoke nor name, soon stumbling up the stairs they came. In cotton bedquilts quaintly dressed, the heard a dee p groan from their guest, and, full of wonder and affright, pushed in the door and struck a light. Deep down within the feather bed Lycurgus had withdrawn his head, and, out of sight, lay quaking there, with throbbing breast and bristling hair. They questioned him, but he was still; he shook as if he had a ohill, the cour age was completely gone from tall Ly curgus Littlejohn. What human language can express, the modest maiden's dire distress, while standing still behind the screen, a sad spectator of the scene ? What )en or pencil can portray her mute despair and (1ee) (ismay? A while she stood, and through the door she peeped across the bed-room floor; the way was clear, and like a vise she grasped the sausage, cold a ice, sprang from the closet, and from sight she glided like a gleam of light, away without a look or word, she flew like an affrighted bird; without a moment of delay, the mystery clcarcd itsdlf arcay! Again the snow gleams on the ground, again the sleigh-bells gayly sound, again on "'Miller's Hill" we hear the shouts of children loud and clear; but in the barn is heard no more the flapping flail upon the floor. The house is down, its in mates gone, and tall Lycurgus Little jolhn is now an old man, worn with care. with stooping form and silver hair. He married dark-eyed Susan Stow, and they were happy, years ago. WheIn, in tho merry winter-time, their children's children round him climb, he tells them of his fearful fright, on that far distant winter night: and. after thov are put to bed, when by the fire with nodding head he sits and sinks to slum hers deep, and quakes and shivers in his sleep, alas! he is but dreaming still of that spare bed on "Millet's Hill." Euycnc J. Hall, in Chicago Tribune. White Horse Shares. A New Yorker was seated in an office h Gunnison City, Col., one day, when 6 grizzly looking old chap entered and sked if that was the place where they iold shares of the White Horse Silver \fine. Being assured lie was in the of ice of the company he observed: "I have heard the White Horo spoken >as being a likely mine." "It certainly is. We took $10,000 worth of ore out ill one day." "P1hew! She munst b~e just old1 richniess! [low many men have ye got to work." ''Oh, ab~out thu-ee hundred." "Have ye, though? Are the sheers go ~ng off' purty lively?" ''Shares arec selling like hot enkes, andi~ ave have only a fewv left. Everybody says the White Horse is a big invest "What are shecers wvorthi to-day ?" "'I will sell you at ninety-flive, thou F know they will be0 worth face vahlto to morrow." ''No ! You d1on't really meani ninety live ?" "'I (do." ''Well, that's beotter; thlere's ai hunldr~d shaeers wvhich you soldi my paid ye st er :lay for twventy dollars. I went over It the mfineC, found nothliing but a hole anid a dead mule, and I told huim I'd coumn and~ get his money hack, er do sanau shooting! I'm tarnal glad t) find( thei shieers has riz from t went y to iniety v-iv(. I'hat will give my pmard hIs moneycv hoetk andi buy mno a winter outfit h -sith s Here's the slieers, anad no0w let mte se: the color of your- moniey!'' "'But, sir-, we-" ''Pass out the cash!" said the old mian,. as lie rested1 the end1( of his shonoter- on the edge of the conteri. Th'le company had left his revolver- in his overcoat outside, andl lhe dia'it b e hieve the New Yorker woulbt shoot m him. After a look around, lhe be-gan coAunting out the monecy with ai bland1( smile, and as lhe madle the exchange lhe said: ''Certainly, sir-greatst~ of pleasure, sir. Sorry youi adin't 1101l them-n one dlay more, and get the full face, value!' Lilies. Everybody is delighted with the fra grance and delicacy of the white water lily,. and we buy them at the rail roadl stations rn summer as good genii, which will dispel largely the lassitude, the de pression and disgust of a hot day's ride mn the sultry and cindery cars. Very few but have, at one time or another, wished that they might be able to propagate so sweet a flower. The following mode hasi proved successful: The roots, procuredl mn the fall, are kept damp during the en suing winter in flower-pots. in the spring a half-barrel, with the hoops well secured, is procured ; if painted1, so atnuch the better, an~d set on bricks in the garden, and one-third filled with a mixt ure of garden earth, sand, and1 well rotted manure. The roots are set in this and covered. Water is added gently, and a little at a time, every day or two (so na not to disturb the earth) till the tub is tilled, In the fall the water is iil towed to dry off, and the tiub is placed in the cellar and waternd~ at long interals. NEWS GLEANINGS. There are more than 200,000 Germans in Texas. Col. Fred Grant is to reside at Uous ton, Tex., it is said. In Lafourche, parish, La., there are 318 citizens named Williams. The frontier battalion of Texas now consists of five companies numbering 120 oflicers and men. The Louisiana Sugar Bowl does not hope for a large crop this year, for it is at least a month late. The Austin (Tex.) Statesman says that the increase of the sheep flocks about Uvalde this year averages ninety per cent., the largest known for a long time. The Charlotte Observer reports the purchase of land near that city for the purpose of smelting works. Ores will be purchased from the owner of mines and smelted and refined at the works. Chattanooga limes: A terrible dis ease prevails among the cattle in the Seventeenth district )f Bartow county, Ga. It proves fatal in nine out of ten cases. Not less than twenty inilch cows have died within a mile of Euharlee in the past ten days. Mobile (Ala,) Register: The resigna tion of Dr. Stuart Robinson retires from active service in the Presbyterian church, one of the ablest divines in the country. Many of our readers will remember hear ing Dr. Robinson preach when the Gen eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church South met here a few years after the war. Austin (Tex.) Statesman : Galveston having deprived herself of her natural barrier against the encroachments of the gulf waves by removing the sand hills that had formed along the beach, is re placing them, or aiding nature to do so by planting hedges of salt cedars, against which the sands drift and form natural levees or break-waters. The South Florida Journal states that Dr. A. C. Caldwell, of Sanford, has an orange tree that is a curiosity worth go ing to see. It is a large, fine tree, stand ing just at his front gate. It has a good ly number of ripe oranges on it, and about 1,000 green ones half grown, the tree having blossomed after the storm of last August, and is now full of blooms for another crop. The Pulaski (Tenn.) Citizeni says that D)r. Leftwvich, assisted by the Christians of Pulaski, held a prayer meeting in the court-house in that town before a very large audience of country people, and the editor states that it was one of the most serious and eff'ective meetings lhe ever witnessed. Two neighbors, come town to law each other, stepped into room where the meeting wvas being eld, and they sooni had each other by the hand and (lifterences were forgotten in embraces. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph says tha on Friday last Mr. W. 1H. Turner, a brother-in-law of Mr. Nelms. went dowvn to Ilutler to get 'squire Bryant, a negro, under sentence of ten years in the peni tentiary. 'Squire saw that he was in for a dlecade of labor, and, rather than en dure it, lhe took a p)ocket-knife andl cut out both his eyes. He afterwai-d claimed that the deed was (lone by his having run against some splinters in a wvall, but marks of blood upon his knife and other circumnstances disprove this, andl prove the first statement. Mr. Turner returned without his man. New Orleans States: Telephonic com munication has alreaidy been established between Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., andl verbal messages are sent over this wire dhaily. Yesterday the exchange in this city placed the telephonic attach ments to a 'Western Union wire and yelled' 'Helloa" at Vicksburg. The hat ter answeredl back, "What (10 you want ?" just as natural as you please. This interchange of salutations placed the two cities on speaking terms, as it were, and business began at once. Every body who had anything to say saidl it, andl those who hadl nothing to say saidI it just to he sociable. Mr. (G. W. lrh~y, of Vicksburg, sent an ordler to) Justin Langles for several boxes of ginger-snaps andl crackers. The explerimlental con nection wvas a dlecidled success. IT costs but little to make a child glad; it costs but little to secure the grateful rememb~rance of a child ; but if it cost a hundredl-fold more than ii does, it would b)e a profitab~le investment, It pays well to have a imoument erected to ourselves in a child's memory andl affections. And this we may have by a little thoughtful tna and attention. USEFUL HINTS. TO TAKE fresh paint off a woolen gar ment rub the spots with stale bread un til removed. LEMONS can be kept sweet and fresh for months by putting them in a clean tight cask or jar, and cover with ooli water. The water must be changed as often as once every other day, and the cask kept in a cool place. To DEsTRoy ANTS. -Take carbolio acid diluted with water-take one part acid to ten parts water-and with a syringo throw this liquid into all the cracks and holes where they nest, and ants will soon vanish. Cockroaches are also driven away by it. WiEuN sewing buttons on children's clothes where there will be much strain on the lutton, the danger from tearing the eloth out will be greatly lessened by p)utting a small button directly under the larger outsido hjitton. This applies of course, only to buttons with holes through them. AN exchange says: "For worms and flies infesting house plants, several read e'rs recommend watering them with lime water. Close the opening at the bottom of the pot, fill with lime water and let it stand for au hour or two, then remove the plug at the bottom and drain it off. If one application is insufficient, try a sccond." To olvE a beautiful gloss to shirt hosoms, procure two ouinces of fine white gui arabie and pound it to pow der, put it into a pitcher and pour on to it a pint or more of boiling water, ac cording to the degree of strength you desire, and then, having covered it, let it set all night. In the morning pour it carefully froit the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it, and keep it for further use. A table-spoonful of gum-water stirred into a pint of starch that has been made in the usual manner will give a beautiful gloss to shirt-bosoms, and to lawns (either white or printed) a look of lewness to which nothing else call restore them after washing. It is also good for thin white muslin and all kinds of laces. To CLEAN MiRios.-Take a news paper or part of one, according to the size of the glass. Fold it small and dip itinto a basin of clean cold water ; when thoroughly wet squeeze it out in your 1111d as you would a sponge, and then rub it hard all over the face of the glass, taking care that it is not so wet its to run down in streams. In fact, the paper must only be completely moistened or damped all through. After the glais has been. well rubbed with wet. pal(1, let it rest for a few minutes, and then go over it with a fresh dry nowspaper (folded small in your hand) till it looks clear and bright, which it will alnost immediately and with no further trouble. This method, simple as it is, is th1e best anid most expeditious for cleaning nirrors, and it will-be found so on trial -giving a cleanness and polish that cain be uroduced by no other lIrocess. Tline Homles of American. It is niot a mere4. aiden~lt hnt the iomes of America are the most comafort ible and coumifortingf oni eatrii. Nori are Jiose home comforts dlue simpily to me shanical skill or economic juidgmtent. . sountry whlich has limited the powe'trH of ts government stimulates society, anmd bigly moral society produces the' mosxt perfect homes which hiunain eves or )oetic visions can bhlOld. No 011e'knows the American system well whot doos not know the American home. Our political system is publicity itself; American so ciety has niever yet been fully chiarane brized; while the best result of bo0th, the perfect home, has been praisedl inl geni 3ral terms, but not describ~ed and ex plained in its true fullness. Tihe novel writers, from whom such descriptiops night be exp~ectedl, have failed ignonun ously in their attempts at showinig thhA naturest results of our social system. Eet this system is unique, and it is a narked advance upon alil European nodels. Tile English home approaches the American home, while the German tome approaches the English; but the ideal American home, not rarely realized, ba8 a comfort, a chlaraicter andi a dignity all its own. It may seem to) be wanting in the graces, traiditions antd resp~onsi bilities peculiar to the best English [tomes; it surpasses them in moral dig nity; it differs from all the others in be, ing the result of a highily-refined civiliza tion; it is the best and pumrest outcome of our ethical systema. Trhere has been much pleasant banter about the great American novel that is to come. Let it not dw~ell too mucth oni p)olitics; British politics are larger than ours. Let it not tell too much of butsy people; the French atre as induh~strious1 and1( inu~tstriail as we are. Let it not conIfinie itself to analysis r~f character or senatitmient; other nations have both in abunadaunce. Let it describe theo purest antd sweetest of American hlomels andi let it de(scrib~e, not an ideal, but that reality whtich distinguishes thme American home from all others, and shows it to be the best outcome of our hlistory, our political institution and our ecial system. /Roxio,,Advertiser. VANITY OF HIGItWAYMN.-A (alyes vestoni lady was reading a newspaper ac count of a stage robbery that recently took p~lace west of San Antonio and was very indignant on reading that besides robbing the passengers they had opened the mail and read the letters, among thlem, possibly, a Jotter the lady herself had1 written to a friend. "You needn't be alarmed," remarked the lady's hus banad.."I dare say they did not read a word mi any of those letters, as those fel lows don't know B. from bull's foot." "Why, then, (lid they make out that they read them ?" "Oh, they made out they couldl read so as to make a favorable imapression on the passengers."-GaL 'mN/nnf Ncws.