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a bl,Y'OItt TO 1'OLI III', M0RJAW1Y, EDUC ION AND TO TT.E (4ER iL N EREIff OF THE CUUlTAT, r -== - ______________________ _____ -__-__ ____- --- -- -- ----- - - - - "~--- -. - - --------- - By D. F. BRADLEY d 000 PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 7 VOL8, OL N GENERAL NEWS. Fifty'sic thqusand. cocoanuts will I Planted at Key West; Fla. In one week, near Winuna, Mic ufl'alo gnatA killed over 100 horses an inules. Lowdnes county, Miss., has over $1( 000 in its treasury and does not owe cent, .The white Baptists ofSouth Caroliii have 640 churches and 58,782 commi nicants, and the colored biaptists numb< 90,000. It cost $70 to raise 3:3, bushels < rice at a point in south Carolina, whic tOld for $340 in Charleston.. Net pr ceds *270. Nearly one htindred thousand dolla worth of buildings hove been erected i .Morristown, Tenn., in the last twelh monthe. The State of Virginia expended moi than a million dollars in 1882 for tl support of her common schools. ( these 4,062sare white achoole, and 1,5 colored. In is found at the South that tan Ihnted in cotton, after a vegetab] crop, produces a bale to the. cre, whei only one bale io three acrcs was th rule. Near Lake City, Fla., is a dead pini which is broken ol' at a distance of sixt feet from the ground. In the top < this tall stumu grows a huckelberr bush, In 1860 theie were 546,750 rheep i North Carolina. In 1870 the numbs was 463,435. In 1880, by the aid of tlh Legislature and the dogs, the numb; had fallen to 461,638. T The great need of New Orleans ad1mitted to be a comprehensive an harmonious system of dralnage, TI city authorities have detel mined on ti appointment of a ccmmission to loo into the matter. New Orleans has discovered a ne thing to do with its oyst(r ihelle, whic is to plant them for tle production< more oysters It is now found that be< ding-them out in oyster waters stimi fates production. A short time ago Mr. Thotmas Peter of Birmingham, Ala,, sold 30.000 acr .of mineral hnds lying in Fayette an Walker counties, to the Kentucky an Alabama Coal, Iron and Land Co., f< $)9,600. TI'e tovernor of Alabama has awai ' d contracts for 400 convicts. C Ihis number 200 were let to the Pra Coal and Coke Company at the rate < $19 a month for first-class hands. $l.f for sEv:oi,d and $7 fcr third class Adamh' cotton factory of 3,000 spu lles, started last year at Montgoner: Ala., was closEd recently for want < satisfactory prices realized from yarn Thle plroperty A'ill be sold by resolutie of the stockholders at an eariy (lay. The shipping oIf cattle from We Floridla to Texas has not provedl su (cssfuLl. Mai. ilin es, of Marianna, lo: one out of every six head shipped, at that before the arrival of the shipmen in New Orleans. Thle cattle (10 ni secm,biardy enough to stand1 aniy roug usage. According to t1ee Atlanta Constitr 1 i n, Georgia will produce 6,000 ca 1<ads of melons, or more than 7,500,0( n pnrate melons. TIhe price (of meloi rangedl in Chieago from (wenty-eight1 twenity cents. A veraging the crop th acear at twenty ents, and( puitting 1,2J ,nelons to the car, each car w"ill 1 wol (th $250. This will make the erc wo~rth $1,500,000 for this seas a . The largest Nile (If Georgia gold lan< < ver made has just been consu matedi london. Negotiations between D) Josiah Curtis, of Washington, D). ( the leprev<nitative of the Nacooch< Ms ining Company, and an English con pliny, have been pending for sever months past, and1( have resulted1 in tI plureliase oIf the latter. '1lie purcha ine lndecs nearly 8,000 acres of the be goIld lands1 in thie c'oanity, includlir 18and1s of J. K. 1Dean, J1. II. Nieli'is ai (it hers, besides thle Nacoochiee Miniu .(Companus 'c(anal, mill and( hinds. Mr. Warnier on the lDonkey. Th'le biest way of getting ablout Cair and its enivir ns is on (lie diinkey. It Cceap aiid exhiilarai ing. Th'Ie donikey easily umounited antd easily goIt off fron not seldom lhe will weakeni in his~ hind leg and let his rider tof the gron d--a sint ig operaition ii ch elIstroiys you11r ('II tidenice ini life itself. Some ntinies hi stiiumldes andit senids thie rider over hi hiead. BEnt thel goold dlonkiy nlever dot either. Hei is thle b est. miinal (of i size and appjearancee livin1g. 1 [e hias th two( qualities (If ourS greaitest genera donllkey is easy as a rocakin g. chair, snur< footed as a c]hiinois; lhe enn thirad an crowd and stand patiently dozing in lii niojsy thloroughifare foir honurs. TFo id him is onily a sl ighit comp romise (If one independenuce iln w;aking. Ono is e neair the gronnlid, and so1 absenlt-miinel(( ennii he gazo at what is around him, thiu hie forgets tht, there is anlythiing untde him. WVheni (lie donkey, ini thne exeit, menit of companuIy on thei opi'n street an stimulated by the wlhme L and cries< his dIriver, blreaks inIto :.ho ruishl of a g loll, thiero 1s so muel flyinig of legs at such a general flutte? tha t the ridor fai cies lie is getting El- er the ground1( at i (w.fllli rt e, runin 'g a braeak-ineekc rael ThJ e ridler has (lie feel ing of thie swi locomiotain oif the Arahl stead withou,t i - 'ldanger or expenso. JBesides, a lion, liggedl man, with a coIrk liat and a flyit lin en "dust er," tearing nmadly along< iin anjIimal as big as51 ashieep, is an amuii jigetaele. -My. WVinter onm fhr: Nil Tis: sunbeama iS cotilmpose orfitr distinct rays, one1 of heat, one of lig~ andit (111 called (ho chemical roy. 'I liue olr chemical ray is greater ini sprir tile light raiy ini summer. Tho ceimit ray is less ini autuimn. A r.uin,vX never hiocomesi extinct Ju1pan. It thitre are nii inile idesecon 11nt-, ii xiniiso of allothler family Mdopited, and takes tho famiy namtA n - - ITO'ICt OF THE DAY, The t.nnual dividend of seven per rs ^ent for the unfortunate depositors in n the Freedmen's Bank has been announ 'e rned. This makes siXty-two per cent of he funds restored to them. -e ? Malloy, the southern man, who recov 'red $20,000 for libel from the New York Iferald, for having been charged with being inspected of incindiarisn, d ias had his damages cut down to $2,500 )n a second trial. e Tho City of Wilmington, Delaware, e "aving ordained a dollar tax upon every elegraph pole in that city, the comspany , used to pay. The authorities order y 'd the removal of every pole from the ,f -t reets, and $850 were promptly paid y inder protest. This is a new form q) pole tax. r The Brooklyn 1:agle, tommenting on the recent change in proprietorship of r 'he New York World, says: "A news paper, to be successful, must draw its +upport from the publie ; to deserve and swin support, it must be true to the pub d lc interest and free from even a suspic c .on of control by public enemies." This e i a truth of general application. Its k force is not limited to New York. r; T!e Supreme Court of Pennsylvania b 'tas decided that giving a letter to a if carrier is equivalent to depositing it in I- the post-office. For it can make no dif i- ference whether one hands a letter to a -arrier or puts it in a letter-box a few f eet, away whence the letter-carrier , Will take it. The decision arose out of d -t suit in which the indorser of a note d c'aincd that he had not received notice of protest. Goldsmith Maid trotted 232 heats in )f 1:30 or better, won $364,200 (luring her i t'otting career, and captured 121 races. A merican Girl won $118,100 in forty i 'tine races. lIarus won $114,950 in six ty-three races. Judge Fullerton won 9102,035 in thirty-two races. Flora t'emnle won :90.000 in eighty-six races. jf Hopeful, 889,000 in forty-nine races. fA(dy Thorne, $79,575 in forty-one races The actual gains brought to her owners bv Goldsmith Maid, over expetises, were 2-1(,750. During the ten months ended April it 30th, 1883, 417,688 immigrants arrived d in the United States at the principal t, crstoms districts. During the ten >t months ended April 30th. 1882, the bi nber of arrivals at the same districts was 544,601. - owing a falling off dur ing the ten months last past of 126,913. r 1y fiscal years immigration to the Uni I ted States was at its highest tide during It the year ended June 30th, 1882. The .' urivals for tne current fiscal year will he fully 150,000 less than they were for ( that year. Still, with the exception of W 'le fiscal years 1881 and 1882, immi 1' trants are now ecming into the United Mtates at a greater rate than ever before ls in its history. r. Thle hones of Charles J1. G uiteau, the -sassin of President Garfield, a!ner hay eing been in the Army Medical Museum since July 3d l ast, hiave at length, it is , tatedl, lost their identity as his bones. Tc'lhe day following the execution, which too1(k place on the 30th .of JTune, Gui t eau's body was e'nter((d undler the floor gof the east wing of the jail. On the night of July 3d it was resurrected by igthe anantomiist of the museum, D)r. E. F. achathert, and taken to the museum. I lere the bonles were preparedl for ar tieulation, and l<iig in tine order for ch purp)ose, it was supposed that some l ay or other Guiteau's skeleton would be. placedl in a glass ease in the museum, properily labeled. It was known by ai -number of clerks and( other employes of 0 the museum that the bones were there, h ut only a fewv persons have been per 5 mijttedl to see them. It has been decemedl e inadvisable, howvever, to place the skel I, eon on exhibition as that of Guiteau, Sfor, like the cervicaml vetrabro' of the , assassin of Lincoln, Wilkes Booth, it *r would have attracted too large a crowdl. Recently D)r. (J. 11. Crane, the Surgeon SGeneral, took the bones into his per sonal possession, and he has made a t dlisposal of them of which every othei rperson is ignorant. (Gen. Crane will (doubtless keep the secret to himself. II ,fis thought the bones are yet in the buil l- ding as an entire skeleton, or that they, (1 with other bones, form exhibits there, - Keep Young. r. Don't growv old and rusty and cross, ft afraid of nonsense amd funm. Tolerate s the follies and crudikies of youth. Gray ~- hair anid wrinkles you cannot escape, g but~ you needl not grow old1 in feeling J) unless you choose. And 8o long ca your n'- age is only on the outside, you 'will win~ c. in coinf'lentce from the young and find your life all the brighter for contact CC with theirs. But you havo too many lht grav*e thoughts, too many woighty anxi mcetMus and duties, too mluc~h to dq to make titrfling possib~le, you say. The very rea-on, my friend, why you shlouldl cultivate fun, nonen'ise, lightness of heart - hecause you nteod them so miuch, n. heeauise vou are "~ wenry with thinking." 'I'lThen do trty to tbe young, event if von 1s hmave' t, he fo'oli-ht in so doing. Onme oannot le wiae a.ll the timao The Viennese Dandies. The \iiese dandy is soiotiing wonderful. IIe is invariably slender, t very slender, and has a face that is ti meaningless and hits tlo .rtdrk exprtssion d in it than a llour dutt\pling. Ills hair Is A invariably parted in the middle and is cared for tenderly and with great k solicitude, his teeth must be white, or if ci otherwise, he keeps his tiioutlt shut Ii tightly that they nWay not be seen. lie a has a beard, always a light one, for the li material for heavy beards is lacking, I and he shaves that meaningless face at least once, if not twice a day: Ilis clothing Is sotidtltin to 'wonder t at. If the fashiot for tollars is the li standing, his is a trille higher than Pny '1 one else'sb exdapt those bf his own W'ass, ' and if the turn-down is the mode it is ' always widerthan any actual gentleman would wear, and his trowsers are wider c at the bottomn, or tighter, as the ease i may be, than aty otte else wears them. it if short coats tt'e the rule his is a trille t ahorter thatn those shown on the fashion n plates, and if long, longer. One thing n Invariably marks him, his cuffs are lways enornaos, there is a vast extent of white on his wrists, and his hand 4, up 5 as far at least as that part which the cuffs do not exposb, at scruttuloud ly clean, and always whit'. In short, i whatever the mode he dresses to it, y only exaggerating just enough to attract d attention. As to what Is tundi'neath these exag gerated gartmtents, that may never be known. There probably are no stockings under the immaculately c'eaned and polished boots, and very likely the gamly scarf ulices also fot- tht shirt, and possiblyR the body, except what is vi ,ible, has not known soap and water for weeks, butt whas is to be seen is purity and fre ,h - ness itself. Ile always carries a light switch of a cane, and in the day on the streets and at nights in the cafes he fin.Is pleasure in behig seen, and, by waiter girls who are freh front the country C and not familiar- with the specie., ad mired. m dis waltzing in the dancing-halls is something never to be forg- tten, any more than his walk as he promenades I the principal streets. They have the same kind in Paris, and als > in America, but as in A mrica they are emp ,loy ed during the day, hey at e not see 1 -o fre- I (icently. In Vienna the sales imn are I gtanerally saleswomen, and the Vienese swell is cut (oit from the halling of ribbons and (lross-goods, and has plenty of time to disport him-clf on the beaut fttl Streets. Ilow he lives no one has I .ever been able to find out. lie hasn't brains enough to gamble, nor ability enough to do business. Probably the I most of them live upon their mothers. I They appear to have just enough capac. thy to fo'low that, profession. It almost reconciles one to a mnarchy to know that these insOcts are e mipelled, like all other males. to serve three years in the army.-). R. Locke, in Toc<" 1la I. About llot-nets. Old Jerry Greening, the hunter, says that.on one occasion tie shot ii hear and was going to drag the carcass home, when le discovered the hear had just been robbing a yellow jackets' nest and was still covered with the nery iiille in sects. "'h' that h 'ar lied only been wounded I'd a wllts'd right in an' fixed 'im," said derry, " but, a couple o' them ciussed little huot-tailed critters ('aie arter me an' I skipped, al' I didn't dare go ariter thet l'ar 'i two days." Hornets build their nests high up in the branches of trees or fasten them to the rocks. But as cute as these insects arie the hear is more thain their maitchi. A beiar discover's a hornet's nest far out oni a l imb beyon'd his reach, Hec limnbs the tree, brueaiks thle longest bruanch lie ican get, anid, holding it in his fore pas hits thle niest ittii it drops to the ground. Somiiet.imes lie dances ori stamps on the linmh till thue nuest is shaikein off. Should the nest be on ia rock the he'ar goes up to the top of the ledge above '., where lhe gatherus stones and sticks a4d rolls them doiwni thXe side of the rock till one0 hiits the nest and sends it tiinlinig to the gr'oiund h elow. 'The hornets appear to knowu lit, lhas cauised thieir' ruin and all reiiainu ini the fiilleni nest till the hiear alppeairs, when they attack him. ". horne it's sting,'' says Jerry' Green ing,"'is 'biout's stroing 's a whaek from a sIlgei-hlammner, an' one h orniet '1l knock a hull diwiu, lbut their bite woin't ra i a iump h igger'n a b uckshot on ai h'aru, an' thle shaggy eritter' thIiinks its fun. lie'll stanx' on his' hini' legs an' s' pmrle off' with his fore paws jest as of lhe were'i a bloxin' with somebhody, only lie's durii keerfuil t' keep hiis e'yes slut. Th eii he'll lay down aun' ro ll ove'r 'ema jest u"z if hi" didni't keer a cent for 'ema. On i ce't I seed a she b'ar' knock a ho'ret's nes't bigger'ni a half-bushel basket off 'ni a r'ock ani' pick it up an' tuck it under heri arma an' wi,lk oft' n ithI it ez col iez-i if 't were ione o' her''n ius." '- ('orre's.pond eel /'hilade/phija Tiw .. -An Act or Charity tol nI Vlhini. WVe <tioite' the followming firiii a rece'n t issue of the Detr'oit Prec~' /''es.: "'Mr. and Mrs. Geo. WV. Rurnhnam, (if 14 Columb iai street wvest, were wialkinig up Woodwanrd aveinue, and at the Coni gress street crossiing onie of tho(sio strict corner oglers oIf liadies a(dre'ssed an ini suiting remark to Mrs. HUrnhnam. Herii husband (If course hienrd it, bult withI great self-control lie paissed on a few doors, left the lady ini a friend's stor'e and( r'etiuned to the place wheire the in cident occurred'O(. 'Thle fellow was still there leering at other ladies piassinig 1hv. Walking up to him Mr. Unrnaim gmIietly saidl: ' You have insulted a liady amit I and I am going to pniishi you foi it. Put up your handis. 'h The fellow acepitied the chiallenige and in about three( inultes he( was perhaps the moist scenutiticilly p ummeled1 mort 'l the streets (If D)et rot iave seen in a generation. Bleeding, limp and( helpless somei men loaded himn oni a draLy and carted him of), while Mr. Burona wrapplled a hir.nd(kenchlief around his swvollen and bleeding right hand, re-. jinedi Mrs. Ilurnhiam and wvent o. his way as ciiolly as if lie lad not done1( tIe coiinmunity an invaluanble service. Ilia example is eminently worthy of emula t ion. Tiom D)oiner is the name oIf the person to whomii the wholesome corriee tioni was anui~lied." 110tMOIWUS; aiinnoys til atla1edi lddt! d flitid at his pbetrv has been "rurt in'' by e ititel ioelif e0om1ptisito r atnd everv het lilioe'qutitid." -X. . Cumme Ircidl -Youhg ladties who are iifraid tlti vers arti after them for their nioney In hiak4c ai effective (iLfenso by regu rly bueklit (li%Vln id tho Wasli-tih t filliti the baik-yttr(i with thiit nocn overy Motiday tloriting. -ullicago der Oct<tn. -Vo ard sirely litzzltid by ail assa atc!d liress disith, Whie I says tie iulitry selt tf all editor, ntar LOng ranch, Wis robb' (1 on Sunday nighlt. hlert' iR sotliething( atout this <lispatch C eaulidt t(iersand.l---lfiddow(InIC -A New Y&rk man says he keeps I1ps and Steaks for several (lass in the ott0st weather by hurvini 'thlem t in i 'eather for steaks :iand chops. \ i; lore particularly refer just 1( w to the lorling meal. ---Ilnbury Nnes. -Oatmeal is really a very good ting to make the skin itne and s ft., if is used in col water as at wash1. We IWays utul It tlotitll thtt Ottrimeal eoull b put, t sonie gool 1(. Ileretofore hits beti p'itieipally ise(l by et'anks rho keep hoarding houses :s a lileanls f killing app(;tites for breakfast..-Tlhe udg e. --"So you' Ve weaned the baby," sa:d lady to her text( doorne'glhbor. "es, (id that soie timtle ago. Whl1y?" The uerist stepped out on the front porch s sIe replie(l: "' Well, jludging from le Irtpping l1i!t3 I lheatrd last night, I knew ou were hrnginug him up by haml1:" 'lie door (losel with a bang that cou'd ave been heard over in the next coun. . orrist')>wn !Ic'ra1d. -ILundreds of thousands of men (lie nnually from strong (rink.--IlKn.(ss 'rc hifi(j.tisn/ We iever iundeirtake to 1ti(ise ity OIlet e(litor, but we do not (lieye that any m1.111 can (lie ainnually. in(tally mlleans everyyear, al no man :i lie every year, for any great lengtih f time, tunless he has a great leal of iraethoe anid exptiriel -e it' the busitness. -.1e.rus(. i ili rs. -The seashore correspondents of ollle of ou1' variiousl y esteeni(1 cot('iemi -'ari:es ap pear to) 1ind1 the oceai ini a 1igily devotional and recelential mod his sIa:on. (b1e of this ilk speaks of 'the loud husanllths of t he wa,ves n >tler of "the simenii 11,~ ninns of the urges,'1 anid .a third of "the deep 'Te )eumu of the inidnight tide.' All of vhih is very beautiful and poetic. Blt, %-et when yout come down to hard :nd >rosaic fact, the idea seems to be car ied out and strengthened1. One does lot need to go very far from Boston lniy ay to e( )cil Spray. A key to his joke will be furnisheI ra' ers on lpplication at this ollice.--luslon Jour A Missing Finger. Judge t.yter is as good a namo eas any >tler to call him by. He is one of the best-known lawyers in the State, and riot long ago spent several days in Neva la City trying as important ease before the Superior Court. One of his lhandt, ts most peoplo observed, is minus ia fin Rer,or rat hert ho best part of one. There is quite a history colnerted with that unnaturally short piece of flesh. As the story goes, the Judge did not alwaty center all of his talents on solving knot ty legal problems. Ever so many yearsa ago he lived in one of the northern countieF of the State. lie was all infant inl the profession then, and the denizens of the milling camp h111 a wayof settling their little misunderstan:linigs with pis tols and kniiives. Consequently grass goIt priettty short withl the younilg lawyer, and the first thing ho knew lhe became onie of theo "'hoys."' One .night ho got into ai game of piok er with "'Black 13ob,'' anu Ceiet catrd sharop. There was ai mint oif money on the cloth, and both pilayers became ob livious oif the crowd of interested spect a tors, whoi( h ad seldom witnessed such stiff playing, even in the mines. Bob' had thle first deal, and lhe dealt wvell, for le and thle Judge continued to shove coin to the center till their respectivo tre'asures were exhiaulstedl. They then Thue Judge tossed two aces and three kings down, and( reache'd out toi rake in the spoils. As his hand slid acroiss the tabile it came in contact with a bowie knife tha:t Bobi had fished out fromii s(omei where, and1( one1 of his linger joints was whacked off eian as a whistle. The astonished lawyer looked up it amazement to learn the cause of his~ 01p ponenit's eccentriet ction. The lattei lid three aces and two kings alongsid( the other " full.'" Thle Jud(ge gaziedl at thel t wo ibatchoi oif eards a mlinuit4, then raiisedI his ey<'(I to the stained knife that the ohler wa hoin ug in readiness for any emergency "Ah, yes, I see,'' lhe shuttered ner vou'isly ;'"queer kind of lay-out, ain't it B(ob? But youir apl)Iogy is aecepited. hb approp(lrialted the spoils withou any demunrre'r being file'd, and it is sai. thaitt for a long time after the two melh had great respect for each other, an hunted in pairs.- -Ncv'ada CitUy Tra, Able to Suupport Thehmselve!. The imnperial family of Genann ii quite abl1e to) support itself. TIf the Crow Prince were deprived of hiis inheitanm lie could easily win bireaid andii hnti ter b' his skill ias a turner; while his McIInt i Prince Wilhehcl n, is ain excel lent anuiilerc adgan.1 On the Empheroir's cubinuethn Meverhi sam)ples oif his udead t;raniIo Th?is acuiisi(tin of v a trdeii in Liero ancef' wuithI thne tradlitiary huistomisi theo rolyal family, which p'rescribe~ till every Plrinice oft tIhe blood1 shaill leur iLi[io usefulii hanieiraft, so1 as to stirengt i enI h is spIirit Iof indede, enePi, anid niied hiim w i.e throagh actual conttact w'itI the material world. "Yr-s, you nmay como again next Mmi day eveniing, hbut "'-- and she hesitate< "What. is it, darling ? Have I giveuiyc pain ?"' he asked, aashe still remain;e4s lent. "'You didn't mean to, I'mi sure. s,he responided, "b ut? next time pleat don't wear one (if those coillard vi'ith~ hI nointa tnrning outward. they soratch so. Learn a Traue. it in 'erf evident that a great dis prop)t' oin Ax.int, A reg.ards educat-iont11 Uetweell Lhdit kindl %tit"! is needed antt iti of piractical iintanttce, at:; that >tl N'tticlt is not; hut which thousandt ne ill-"e tithout an1v definite purpose; and 1 if they de<!l,e ftpon somle pursuit it is not chosen with flint regrtrd to their qltialifientioni Iand dlicicnelies wn1:;}h tie r( im ofttnce of the tueitietin re(lnires. 'h:tauing uait \ho thinks he will a be a htwy;r a doctor; c f ministe, andl hopes to iattaini suevess; iust J"eidC t On his choice of any pitfessio lt Iry sone thing besidei his own amb1ition nlil Col 'eit in the matter its to his fituess an1 ability f(t the siiime. The desire to till a bigh and i,,thiitial. 1o1Kition is laud able inliwhen it is not disproportion- 11 4te to (ne's albilitv. One of tlt, ntr'(titst iteentives that infliences uniny to It1 1i it.' the pro fessions without that careful delibet! " tion Which the sublject lentnids, is the idea Uilt th 4avocations will rftet more honor and1( ecdf. 1fi1<m (,hem1 thant a trade, but instead of such ohoirbig the profession, the reverse is glaringly apparent, that a large proportion of then1 are sadly out of place. It don nt1 require nmueh(It sagacity to nee thmt onie had better hoe at good lum bernin hiat it thira-r'te lawyer, a tirt class miechaiie thanti iuackILil totor1. 'There are thlse whtlo ltIte spent !1 a great deal of time mnd ntey in study ing Lat in and (treek, and many othlier thlilgs, which never did them nty good, practi:tIlIy speaking, antt have learned 1 too late that tlter timi(e Iight have been I employ ed to far better advantage. Mnyiin' y mlg mlen, ift er years spent in mistIireted elbrt, lmve had to resort to 1 e anything that offered, (f this there ao inst aite11s too numerotus to i l ment.im. The world is full of so-called educated It men who dou't know anything of any t importaunec, considering the kind of t knowlege which the needs of t he coutntry dentai'n. There is a need of skilltt me thanies, capaliie, active men, instead of I doctors, lawyecrs, m1inist(ers and clcrk.. it is a (I1estimn of gret iml.ortneL'lO t not only It1 the yoting, boti to the parents, this of pr1-epr:ihg their ch1ildr'n for a busiucss whetreml they can not only earn their da:ily bread, but secure to them selves isoime of the comforts and conven iccs of life, ancd an huonorahl position in the world. \Wlhen people get. out of the prevailing bult tooh1shi noti(nl of thinlking; that it is moro honiorable to have a 11oessiol than it good trade, ald wltn the reve so (of thtis raithtit is tauilght to the ytounIg, it Cannot fail to itve a jtt(lieious tendtenc"y toward correcting tilt error whih Iis becn fostered long, a1d lies "lo.;e to the iiterests of il. .If eVery mn1 had an (wecupationl thait was chosen erIuause he wavts better titted for it thanl for any otlier, he wmild he in ai condition to enjoy 1nmeh inl life, and his spihere of usefulness and iut 1tttneo woutlit he greatly enlaruged. Practical oduction, with ia catefriul consit,ideration1 of one's biilities and d("li"ietlcits, with an adaptedness to the wants and Iteds of our lnd, cannot fail to iak(e our coit dition much pleastnter aid our labor mlore renumerattive. 'I'lte Pleasures of hisiness. No lunnai miin(1 is cotented n%ithouit (cupa)Stion1. No hln nan soul is saltis:tied wlithou)tt :m 11im1 tr 11rp1 .-) 5 inI life. The great est su1(cess in lif(. conlsists nlot inl the mcrc ac"cuu ilation (f ri("b1(n, bult in 1.(, ing :1blte to n<ihtire wealth with a dispto sitioln to al 1y it iii :.1u.h i m ii:1, rr that it shiall bte a 'mf1' 'it :il 11cs,i s ig t) other., -not inl thlimrc g;iving. awa1y of tit labor atind help thenitsi'ele. Theroie us the poortt; butit therei' is a greaLt deal1 of gein e sat isfatio itn~ lig abl tIo fier) dli. On)te of thle greatest enjot ymet'ls tf 1h prIoI spier<mus 1butsiness man11 con sists ill twing able11 to cotmiforitaly priov'ide for thte man:oy emph>ltyes in his htouse andit manulttfatory i. In diniig this Ite is ftil tillinig his oblligaitionts to stocie'ty; het itt b tusiniess to htimt us real ple:auri; lie ('n joy~s his suiccessest, wh'len theoy arle fairly wonii b'cautse Ito feels I tat Ite deserves Whenci at butsines~ mtant htas theo right kitnd otf IL purpoise ill life heo ienjiys his p 1ride in his isprttwity, heo is idieast'l with te reispec(t andii grattitudie of those whomlt ho dlitects titu iotrottls in thte mtatnatgemenit Iof Ihis taffairs, and Ihe feelst that ini htwnttittittg hiimtself Ito is confer-| rin h ao pn otes. Wieding anad enga~gementit rinlgs are'i both 4,ornt on the saione fintger, t hird't tf - the left. hantd, thte latter' seringt ats groomtt aL wedding-r'ing. Slit gties litun Ia Seal rintg, aL caL's-eye ort aL bonit gobtl ring witht gemis sunkenti mi it. Nit brtide shiouili wear ait aL wetddling any it, heo somel tr'iflt to) conit(fo withI t lie saLke, shiold( wearL somtiniig ohi atnd to dance(, ILa lady nett'd onluy Ihow it nece'fpt ing the inv'.itaItioni. 'T'ere is lif nttc'essity toi return taniki wiho invtitts hier toi danice', rult',dr , - rotw itt walk withI hiimi. I is a Ia :t an td thaLt sheu graciou"ly ionfers It faorI. t Thre s nohiwof thit t listo ui hw'i ide' of aL womantl IL iman iiwalks ini the atgrI(eabtle andti safe fori hetr. Nttr doe's he keep chanLlgu. a t I the gree(t tornters. A mant raise0s hit ha:t to the womani to - whomrr his fiend)t htows. IThis is to bowta, if gractitus. wil lio for severaatI i .0 once(. Sittle :Lndi gl:inenfu:1 al Il a'\tt et fif st. Ci 'tra (Illi'e in Inj uni/ii' I;, OlisiGi. CURRENTS. To MAKE hrrd lead rencits a consid orablo quantity of ilno ciay is mixed with lie powdered graphito. O*tp ounceo of gold may bo beaten out so an to cover 160 esinaro feet of surface, ut tho leaveH are seldom niado so thin ; 100 squaro feet to tho<>unco troy being ho usual extent. IN strength granito exceeds all other mnilding foties in cuoiruon use. Its Weight 1r abont 166 pounds to the oubio oot, henco a cuT>ic yard weighs about wo toi. Urauite usually contains bot t oncr per cent. of water. Ttt.: wa,er power at Lowell, Ma ssa ahusetts, was begn to be improved for yeital na nufacturing pmrposes in 1822. Vho Aferrin>ae 1tiver at this poiut Ias a all of thirty-five feet, and furnilaes at a uininumin about ten theusand horse )owc-r lurinmg the usual working hours. Hfoj,ow iteel shafting is being in roduced into Frt'ie, It is made by ast:ng the metal roil(1 a core of limo, he ingut being finally rolled into shaft. ,ng, the lime core going with it and liminishing in diiamaeter in tlie $amo >r apt).rt ion as the metal, even whoml the otal diinetr 1- relduced as low as 0110 'ourth of an inielh. Tim earliest npplication of water power :o genierl mnufacitutring plurpioses1 ap gears to have been at 1Patterson. New JerseV, where " The Society for Estah islhiing Useful Manunfac'.ures " 'as forme(1 in the vear 171)1. The I.lssaio liver at this point furnit ties, when at a ninininru, al ut eleven hundred .horse power continuouvly, night and day. To m.mAi: tisliing lines Water-proof, taeh of boiled oil two parts and gold sizo one part ; nltke to getler in a i bottle, and tho mixture is ready for use. Apply to tho line, thoroughly drjed, with a ri(ce of flannel ; expose to the air, and (try. After using the line two or threo t1n,% it should have another coat, the a )plicittieu being repeated when neces sarv. BitearATls urake use of spirits of tummi 1-1tine, 11n1 also (if vinegar, for the p1urp oSe C. reiioviig mortar stami s from presFed briclk fronts, the iiaterials being carefully applied with t sipoige or rag. Any a(oid applied in the abiuvo manner, in very dilute form, would wjj;wer the purpose. Vinegar heing a very diluto asectic acid is 1robnablly as good It recipe as cinn he given. AwrsrS' pro(nfs if an engraving are impressions talken with gr(:tt iare, uler the sunervisiol of the artist himself, he fore the regu11:r edition1 is printed. 'They iro always oi the best of p)aper, and are more rerfeet Ihan those irnt4,d sulSe, (lilitly from the mime p1lttes. As but a very few at' ever st ruck oif from th. aln1 plate, they ar, highly prized and c oi ln ss tu m 1-g ( t i ( m rtatd o b y b lo w in g a ir t.hrongh iueltil :tst iron, thuos hillning silicon and eatrl:lml out of the e:1St, ir-on. Aftt'r the silir'a and tarb1iion uite imrned oult, rnclted sI ic,!clci-Aen or ferrt,- uanuga ntes(' it Itl to the elinirgt'. The ear Illm in tie .spil reearlhnizes the steel t, the dt 1ired poin1t, and1 the inaugane.. unites with autd remuoves th ' o.zygc I which the alir used( leaves in the Ateel. A NEW tile :(hould1 altw"vs ih' use' w4t1 a li,ht pressu nr( until th(' very tluit sharp edges aie sw(rn ti1t, niter which a heavier rest'Sure may1v be us i'.li d itih1 1 mue'l let's (Ilager of the tIet crnmling at theil t or li-eing of at the base. ille to use Iirnst oni ' chilhed surifaces~ or gr itty skin oif east ings, or on a wol whl ee hornax or' iia flulIxes havwe beeni emp4~loyedt, orn on thie glazed suirface of Baws after' gummuhIig. 1R.s-r;un stteel is iii;ad by' ii-atinig lhars hiermtet illy scaiiledl chambler's. 'lTe ('ar hon oif thie 'charieoiul peetralites the hiot ion, 'onerting it intoi a ervstatllinef mass5 ofi erude steel. 1 arn'e 1bl'it ers riso oni th1 e surfaces of thie bar, i gi ving tIti 1nanio1 blister steel to this pn>ducitt. (Germatn steieh is Iist irIe tild i Wiilt haris. It is uiseid iininly foir tires and11 supere4i'idedi by 1th chea1i- g' jdes of east steel. The hieight, of SublImity. T knuq sill fior $1 , 8:3, ia 1)4Ihs, a sweet vir 1 hankls iiv the Hudlisoni, kointaining l> nesi T het i1lin is luxuriiisly ivid-'1 le,b the le-ili lature and it, 2I~it pasit.ori t' t ilg , Ii tepla i :a i delivy ity,i 5int stern trheupinss and thiei gialb tainseuh nostfe medidier;ntI studs (f irli,noi itglasi(ii ek whilth troiut)h owthelo imusikii'v, te kriitaeof a grlthoper. Tlii;hit n gr sigiltishiis tat. thiie evninigtzehirtt nliti ho lit sii- i owyIil ' bzon, kiisnaih ucre (1 jinbles lik the'424a l i-siittn hate of'itii a dann l-. Frits ofI thetropi4ks, lie gle. buty,I 11)nw lLiiit is th , a th, bees go44if hv tiiin12e t fro h e li ld t o ' te i am nring~ hives. 'I ii '.''he sta l iir worthy l ofl tlw st ,d ivl iinn1 11 l, i orI t , 4-t l m isi Ak 1i il s,ma its hennery wti hi' i lt expresiI Iiii 2 hr in41. th dirmee, )ilw te env of1 ita herm'S it ~ tlim s 1r en t i av the Idi etg lrM paintr hve rohh.1eti ih scene( stay > dr;on huusk.ms mlt here te phiil-I him2 fth aLkiiis huiv atur&ikih. Az t ytun itnon iling li-iiistIa rurlt of ti liir fromii tate blu i breasttli, o tth s k s tOgli 44.4 thsee dantiinge whoit g tohn 12Tiinogi goth wh'litiit (ihie ace)i./S/isi iit W'11 omesi o 1 1(ie. I1ir4ls4! 0 s24gt ~er i un i w the M:ald iklgy Cli )silkw 5 do1 y nddeth yei's ~iV tItn21, lond t h woods, il it iI rreto ind a diii bird.sno rretty Women's i"Potrnfa. ' Is thi.s a faney picture?" asked A id 41(1 w\"ouan, (1'ling her purse to y a jlot1gr1'ap h of Lot(it, ' the char .or of at romping, misclhieVouts SC1!)' - 1. "No, ma'am.t .rj ed the girl behind counter. 'it's the pictir4 ef anl ac he Woman conidnl't have dr"oppecd tho ni qu(ickei" Ji1 A ha l heen red-ho t. " Here is a very p'etty one that isn't act ress," the 1ales girl continuel. " Who is she?" I dn't know; but she':t not (nl tho Ite." 1he hIeoograph itli(We(d a 1eautlliful 'e, 4n' inknoWvn in puhHlie perfor :nees, vet n1nlifestlg belolgiig to i L w\' York wonlil, i<' It was th originlll ik of :' we'l-kirown phl otogTallet. In ron1Idl of hl, n dozen storl"s w11r'V( cl pictu res I I :' dealt inl, only M( ore pictures of other thin stage VIlrites w(ti ?l-n-1. Ill neit her in"atlc ere they pt lrtraii ' 1f women \ .ey cx 1sively kniwl iln socit. They lhrd Idllnh!ltclly been ptro(b1ucl to mtc;' the mandl hIlicented(1 biy the cov'ersa.tion w1i)('(1. The " rf(4'l1oind11" 1(1a uty' is i of tile 1,ondon pecuIth,"i l4' t yet 'otught to New York. T1'he sale of atctresses' picti t' 4114 no 11 off ill the least, though the bumsiiw'ss 1not lne o nuIch by ittielfil sej)rate ur"':S. A pjhotogrlp h (ounter is now i >1u11lle thing ill flit finll(y- goo,iti estatbl llhmew'ttof iroaldwaty tul Sh h a niue. he hu1ve's tm1T mostly o'e1111, wh(i 91im lv de'sire pretty lings for mlanltels i ('iniets, aud( aireuit no t atuated V ad(lmliraltion of the originllic. 'I'hcso 'iresss' 'I''traits 11re the m11 :st ittl.ract -(e to be hll at tritling c( st, and, tlhere ire, ell rap idIy. T'he ptrchlases by \ men re ulSually for collection of ln:uttatic Pi>r -a;Iits, th')ugh a h,ashfull y(nuthi somec nws h ivls tho cOunterfeit 05) 'it rslent lit earit. fls, nt 1 Itti~ ftl 's(ltier i f a [144m' 11111t44 t;S 11i11 iut.mt'(i1o 14, 4" 15 ll Vc e r i 11;'x 11' in(luiries of the Sellers elicli . the fact hat 111:ny formler p ets of the c:tnicrat are 1hll)1y supplanted. 1,ydia 'T1h111. 1 sln , 'auline Markham, A alit Ilm'!:* I, l se | ItJssc\y, )Slin l' kev.n,ll ti 1l'r f:tlr t of at few years Ig I), arne 1:11 41 to be undc in the 11''St1 is ' ase nt. 1':ven 1n11d 1Braniscomb11e, of whicltn i1 mnegai iv"es are said to have Is 'n ilace, ini pls nresi ritginn flo)m si1mperIng plrettily in t sw\"ing to clngillg dc14peratt'Il 1o 11 1r)s, is dl'j jrlo p 1pin (u o lf'(o . T m run'1 1I' it presen t is ()n 3ary Andeir"''n. A enhti net pic"ture reres'nting, 114-1w se the ti1 tessi 1 ov'e,"' \' ith at hawk\ Ip iwd h l t1 her liftt4 linge"r (just i.; 1 ' tlulltlly ' 1f.us s to perch ill the 1play' ). is t 1e Illst 'njid1 selling thing now inl the ina:rket. Iler head1 inl profile. with hlu'l,nih nl~ exp)ression on1 her face, 11nd1 her ianel 1: 1i1ssed, standls next. in popull j lar av,or. Thle writer eountedl t\\wenty-sl'Ven litiiireint asp)ects of Miss Anderson ;1igat;y in on Sixth avenue c(,'llectioni. A11 Ing the actresses w\'.ho1 lirnity\' hold1( their places b ef" re thle e:cera are I,(Ilta, Kote Claxton, \Iinniir paner, F:Innie 1)hvenimijort an1 MIa1d iranger. '.I'-i" races are adpt abe144 fr111 I 1t1114:Iraphinl, Ini [l44 t j 1 pin1,tgrap i' s ar. c1i 1 mn i144y puting them into n[4w id ll' witingt IlnIs. A\longsidec theill rcimains; Iletty T rncy-,1 a burhle. ,ir, wit h t h llo cue mco of at sai! it. The new 11nes' tihit sill well are Alelaide Cary, Ithcrinc i(-'tIwi, 1-'.11io 1'.Isclr, (' r'i'ie Ii(il' w rdl, Annmi' I'ixIly, the w\-esternil star , m ll Ada (l iiIn n. if:mv p1urchasers d1 not knl ow (ur ill(lruire u\l..e the portraits ar1e, 1and1i have no fur tlhr inst thntll to get it pretty picture. ):n the other u11, thepr(4nine'I(e of a11n acltss 'nIt tilwt stage 144;k4s 'i demand M e Ar f I.ib r to' f-l -i n o- V .. '."n ji'ns.' 141 e dtenou ced tlwlra-4i44o passng clletIin howsortht.t wasil': unser i4ural. H4e leliea l iha -, t eit' 'i tught to11 ble don r on piOri 11('wipt w\ih V ut XIIweial 1int iuls, and nt ithut'1Il~1 4pi l tIm flings. t 4( liedet1rn ineto pute own way. Soetohlihisyou-gpe ''tit fo In year4 they1 inigh pu'ltilwir 11 do'niti. whih e placedII for the pu~rp . vin th14 lmreh1 ves1tibu [14 ls. Teset 14iine:1 wil wer nitle1t oft)r'iut o w4I4l ere s *nr lle ,ni l wor nt l )Vle' 4 tpeedi mii41' t e lose4 of t year,1when l''14lw iboiw<t ~Iw wonh le)1 fu11 ll of un'41wv. l I i'e C:it44 tops'Ifelal;m1e in>xes, in 414in. 4 1 it of 'da carefolh0 -<iti te connt of bothtpll 44 thet00,00 wa0 fundtole:00.ha