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VOL. XIV.?New jskkibs. ^ ^ mi - ? I " - * wnere to nay : Pure Medicines i > ! Drugs, Perfumery, &c-, 1 * JW. l'OSEY & BUO., have on ban?l and arc , . constantly receiving additions to a Full Lino of r ( Drugs and Medicines, 1 Paints, Oils and Varnish, 1 Patent Medicines, I Perfumery, Hair Oils \ A Variety of Hair Dies & Restorers ' Fanoy Toilet and Laundry Soaps. | Pocket Hooks, Stationery i Lamps of All Kinds, J From the finest Swinging Hail Lamp to the wee j little wincy tincy Brass Lamp. ? Pure Wines and Liquors, , (For Medieal Purposes,) 1 Port, Claret and Blackberry Wines, wnisicoys, Brandies and Gin. t Crab Apple Vinegar. i # :o: TOBACCO AND CIGARS. J A. F remit Supply of t GARDEN AND Fill SEEDS, < FROM FERRY & Co., SIBLEY AND BUIST. t Onion Seta, Ace. u ? :o: u To Physicians We hnTO a few Hypodermic Syringes and Self-Registering Fever Thermometers. we Ask the Public To cull and examine our Stock. Work is our i tnolto, and we arc always ready to wait on customers i . W. TOSEY & BRO. I Opposite Union Hotel. t 8 53d YEAR. I p ODEY'S ! "LADY'S BOOK j FOR 1883, i f will contain i A COMPLETE NOVEL IN EVERY ISSUE, J llONitlcH ltd usual rich array Of Fashion, Art and Iiitcrary Matter. ; ?J" Only Per Year. j i Subscriptions will be received at this Office ( in Clubs with tills Paper. I The Union Times and Qodky's Lady's Book for .. one Year, at $3.50 ( Look ! Premiums to Club Raisers: j ONE copy one year $2 00 i TWO copies and 1 engi aving to club raiser 3 70 J THREE copies and 2 engravings ti elub I raiser 6 25 ? POUR copies and 8 engravings to club i raiser 6 CO t for % club of FIVE, with a remittance cf 10 50 t we will g've one free copy of the Lady's a Book tor one year, and any 6 of the engravings the eiub raiser may select. For a club of TEN, with a remittance of.. 18 50 we will'give one copy of the Ladv s * Book for one yer.r, 10 engravings and a handsome portfolio. 1 For a club of FIFTEEN, with a remittance e of 27 00 wo will give one copy of the Lady's Book for one year, 15 engravings and a t handsome portfolio. ( For a olub of Twenty, with a remittance of 8k 50 we will give one copy of the Lady's BooL for one year, the entire 20 engrav- < ings and a handsome portfolio. ? On application the Publishers will furnish a | list of the Twenty Engravings, from which you y may make your own selection. Specimen copy of Lady's Book sent free to ? club raisers only. 1 Address all communications, ( / PUBLISHERS GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK, 1 V Philadelphia, Pa. i Dec 15 50 tf i I M toads-marks^sopyrighte. eto., for 9 Ra the United States, andlo obtain pet* J PfiaV ente in Canada, England, France, . I AaA Oermany, and all other countries, kassi Thirty-six years* practice. Mo IT aherge for examination of models or draw' Inge. Advice by mall free. Patents obtained through us are noticed In the SOIBXTIOTO AMJEHICAW, which has e the largest circulation, rnd is the most lnfln- ; ential newspaper of ltu kind pnbiiahed in the world. Tha advantages of such a notioe every t patentee understands. This large and splendidly illustrated news < paperispublished wBEKI/Y at t3.20 a year. , and is admitted to bo tha boat paper dovoted osotenoo, mechanics, invepbona, engineering R works, and other departments of industrial progress, published in any eonntry. Single I oopfes by mail, 10 oents. Sold by all neww ( JtftOflPOOfc D00lpM60<B 1*?. I UNION HOTEL < GIBBES ? RODGER, TBB9M n? 1'IO^t 1)A.Y. , JKJIFEKIMENT IN WEr.ECriON OF SEED DOhn.?There has always beou a prevalent opinion among farmer i that the middle kernels of an^ar of corn arc llio most perfectly developed, aud would be the best for plauting. Hence it is the general custom with those who are particular in such matters to shell oif the butt and top graius, and anly use those in th: middle. Dr. Sturtc rant, director of the New York Agricultural' Experiment Station at Geneva, has made a sareful and accurate trial this season, a id the results?us far asoneseasou indicates? will be a surprise to farmers who have followed the general custom. lie used fair averaged ears of Waushakuui corn, and nlantcd kernel hv kernel e.? f -J v" two plats iu eight rows, euch kernel oc^ cupying in the row the relative position it occupied on tho ear. Ouo ear was thus diagrammed on uiauured and the other ou numauufed soil, leaving s uffioieutspace yetwocii the dtQacout , portions to auw* fStfracy. TfeT&fls of tho experiment would take more space than we can spate, liut the following are the general results a regard to the productiveness of the grains : 1st. Tho tip kernels were tho most proihcofgood (merchau able) eoru. 2d. Tho butt kernels were moro prolific >f good corn than tho central kernels. 3d. The tip kernels bore longer ears than he other kernels, the butt kernels tho next ....! .1? ? - ? *? - .mvi iuv cvuiriil KCI UCI6 mo SllOl'tOSt. 4ih. Tlic merchantable cars iroui tho butt veto distinctly heavier than those from the ip, and those front the tip distinctly heaver than those froui tho central kernels. 5th. The kernels furnished more iinmers :hantablc corn than did the central kcrtels and the central kernals more than did he tip kernels, < Dr. Sturtevant states in conclusion, in trdor to ensure accuracy, "the ours are hus ted by ourselves, and each plant's product aid by itself upon the ground at the foot of lie stalk which bore tho crop, thus ensuring igaiust mistuke in tho counting, measuring md weighing. Three separate observers sarefully went over each row aud verified inch other's conclusions, aud *.hus absolute igrermcut in observations was secured on he spot." Here are the comments of tho Elmira Uubamlman in which the stateuicut is ilfieially published: "The results of experiments conducted by Dr. Sturtevant to determine relative values of ced corn, with reference to location on the cob, ippears in the bulletin printed in this paper.? Vn examination of the figures will surprise firncrs who have unthinkingly accepted tho oldinie idea, that kernels from the tips and butts if ears are unproluctive. The evidence of a lingle trial, carefully made, favors the proposiion that the tip kernels are superior to those I aken from any other part of the car. Yet these | lurucis aro systematically rejected by many I good farmers because apparently imperfect development suggests the conclusion that they arc mperfect seed. It is truo the experiments reported in the bulletin when repeated may not field similar icsults, but there is no vaild rcaton to suppose the difference will be any thing ;xccpt in degree.* As the facts stand it may be lesumed that farmers have nursed a curious rulla y jq aakrjjtw jaal..m,rxt. Uosuotia iitelf a matter'of extreme importance to know hat tip kernels as seed are superior to others, put it is of great importance to have tull and general acquaintance with laws that govern production, for that attainment will lead moro surely to uniform andprofitable results. l'he/ work of the Experiment Farin is mnducted with special reference to the attainment of suoh knowledge, and in this view ho evidence furnished by this trial of seed corn s valuable. It is and incident that shows the possibilities of fallacies incorporated in the practice of the most intelligent farmors. There ire other poiuts iu the present bulletin deservng of notice, as, for instance, insufficient rcurns from the fertilizer used. Wo commend he whole to the consideration of farmers w'.io leek enlightenment ia their oalliug." Book-Faumeus.?Listen to Major Alrcrd in the Christian Union. He puts it veil: "The farmer must apply to himiclf, and to the sou or sous to succeod him, t staudard similar to that b/ which lie neasures the qualifications of his doctor ind minister. It is uufortunnto that farners ars so slow io doing this. No ou? sver heard of a physician fresh from his ichools and books being sneered at us a, >ook:doctor.' Oh tho contrary, all doctors, without a complement of book learning, icientifio training. arC shunned, and denom: rated as'qu icks.' Yet very reccutlyit was :onimon for fanners of tho olden stylo to ook with pity, if not suspicion, upon these who studied agriculture us a science and indertook its practice with a progressive >pirit, and to call such 'Look-farmers.' Happily such errors aro passing away; book armors, jvoll educated farmers, are making heuisclvcs felt, winning respect and inding an appreciation ofiheir enterprise. Lict us hope the liuio is not distant vhnu book farmers, in the best sense, hifll bo in the majority. Then, perhaps quacks' will be found h farming. I'ho fact is, at present, quack farmers are oo pleuty and book-farmers too few." In tiie Street.?A gentleman interestid in prisoners, visited a man in jaii, w*itng to be tried for a crime. "Sir," said he prisoner, tho tears running down his iheeks, "I had a good homo education, tfy street education ruined me. I used to dip out of tho houso and go off with the >oya iq llio street. In the streot I learned )?, loungo, in the street I i Uo learned to wear, iu the street I learned to stnoko sod gamble, in the street I lourned to pilfer and ,o do all evil. O, sir, it is in the street the levil larks to work the rain of tho young." Gather and burn nil the woods that havo leednd. By thas destroying the seeds of troublesoino weeds you will save yourself m:iny day* of labor in tho spring. ' V v . The Dilemma.?Thcro has grown up in the South soniewh.it unexpectedly to os a hesitation in carrying out what ww boliovrd to bo the dotorurued purp iso of thb Democratic party as the first result of success to abolish the Internal Revenue system aod re luce the tariff" to a strictly rcvouuo basis. Now there has sprung up a most toudcr regard for goverumeut credit and government mods, and most anxious solicitudo lest the ouc be impaired and the other" be denied. The dilemma to h? !-? *? -? J - - .V V.V.V 1.1 V? piUTUlt) iur both, while eking out the relief the pcoplo demand. This is to bo douj by taking out of the clutched of the revenue system all the small offenders, leaving within its grasp tho large sinuors, whiskey and tobacco , and by c r.npr.iuiisiug tho tariff by listen trig to the syren tariff commission, and aiakiug au average] reduction of 20.per cent. This is not what the people expect nor what they havo demanded. They dciuaucU od the abolition of tho internal revenue sys* tern, not uiore for the burdcus of taxation it imposes than for the iufamics of the machinery used to oary it into effect Tho people might bear the tax ; they will not endure without protest the foreign organic ttion in their midst which d slits local laws, which violates the rights of person and properly, which invades domestic privacy and insults the majesty cf State laws; which debauches tho ballot uud centrals elections, and riots in all the oonpicuous? ncss of inimical strength upheld by distaat but imprcguublo power, The cry of the people, South nnd largely North is, with tho exceptions indicated, "down with the whole system." The only pretext of delay?for permanency is uot claimed by any dcfcudcr of the system?is the necessity of providing for tho expenses of the government. Bnti.higiaflp ou the supposition that tho oxlravagaucc of tho Republican administration is to be perpetuated. The leaditrg Idea in Damocratic policy is reform and economy. It showed, when it had control of the House before, what could bs d>ue in the reduction of expenses. Every estimate is made on a royal scale, enough to make every department a miue of wealth to those who have the privilege to dig therein. Let it be understood . that this extravagance is to coiuc to an cad and that the people, uot office-holders or contractors, are to be considered ; and t hen it will be seen how feasible both the reduction of tho tariff and the abolition of the Internal Revenue becomes. Tho total rev win faWgimwMiwt rVrr- *lio uouiing ycift are estimated at 8410,000,000, of which at least 8150,000,000 is expected from the Internal Revcnuo. The last fiscal year ending Juno 1882, it was $14G,523,273, of which 859.873.40ft MmnlVn.n ant-Wo ...1.1 ?.?T 901 ? ? J ? . vwi ?-o IIUV4 V"* .Oi/l J* 988 from tobacco. , There is no dileuima for bold, yet prudent heads. A judicious ndiptation of the tar iff to a revenue basis willgive receipts from that source from the great increase of importations to keep the treasury full euough for all necessary wants of the government j aud economy and judicious usa of the receipts of tho Treasury will do the rest. ? AxheviiIt Citizen, * >m* - Youno Ladies as IIkkormers.?It is a mark of ill-broeJiug for a young man 10 smoke in the presence of a lady friend, but it rcits with that lady friend to uiako him conscious of it. So loug as you -<ay; *'1 enjoy the odor of a good cigar," or don't throw away your cigar on my ttooount, I IfOUIdh't for the world de~pnvo you of your cvid jnt joymcnt of tho frugruul weed." and kindred remarks of at leust implied approval) just so loug wo shall have the odor of stale tubacoo smoke clinging to the lace curtains in tho parlor ; shall sec youug meu on the porch, in oompany with molhor and sister, feet elevated, and the whole group enveloped in a oloud of cigar smoke. And, worst of all, wu shall encounter, on the street, young ladies aud gentlemen together, the lut. tur puffiug away at that ever-present cigar. Now, girls, the question of rofortu iu this matter lies largely with you. Give your young gentlemen friouds to uuderstaud most unmistakably that you oonsider it a breach of good- breeding?yea, au impertinence?for them to smoke in your prcseni-o. Don't allow it, anywhere, under any oitcum. i stances, and you will havo dono more in the work of reform than all tho uttorauces of our learned "M. D.V as to the physical,, injury wrought by this babit, aa tfell as the oareful computations of the ptudent, showing the immense waste in dollars and oonts. ^ -?? Youno Women's Unions.?Miss WiU lard says in hor report: "It a young lady superintendent of young people's work were secured in each local Uoiou, and left tree to enlist her frienda iu her own way, we should aoon sec the prosent apathy changed to interest and enthusiasm," Why not try the plan ? The young ladies thus appointed cao write to Mrs. Fannie J. Barnes, 82 Irving Plaee, New York City, for instructions. T"^ ' ' " " IIuJian Foari-ii;.. r.4 i.v Tennessee Rocks.?A correspondent of tho Nmhvillo < Amrri'in tell* of so?iio curious footprint* ? n .1 in ir.ic* ii ap:u>' il> nit t wo ily utiles t west of Nashville. "At this point Ilurjicth | Ri vor forma a horseshoe bond, making a cir- ? */ . cait ol six miles, aad doubliug back on : itself to withfo 80 or 90 yards. Iu the heel I of tho shoe rises a ridge, forming almost < a perpendicular bluff <>u both sides, extend- i ing ab >j4 half a mile south in tho direction I of the too of tho shoe. It rises to tho hoigkt of about 400 foot, and at tho highest point j is not more thau eight feet wide on tho top, | with a perpendicular face on the cast side ( for 100 foot or more?that is, a plumb 1 iue suspended from the edge of the precipice at tho top wouldjiang clear for 100 feet or ju,?P"tf jnd'oro it, yould.eucouuter auy obstruc- , y*g? BlW&igc at t'rte bed of the river is wide, but the slope wbich 1 WWgs it to that width at the bottom is j mostly on tho western side. "At the hivhi'Ml nniiit im lK.? m-nal ridga is a flat surface rock, aud on that rock are imprinted six and a half tricks of human feet. These tracks .nu indented into tho rock as much as a quarter of au inch, or in some placos more. The tracks are of bare feet, toes all poiuting in the same direction?toward the east. Most of the tracks are as perfect as if they had beeh imprinted on moist sand or earth.? They are in three pairs. The first or largest piir is farthest uorth. They are less than the average size man's foot, and larger than the average s?ze woman's foot, one a little iu adv; ucc of the other. The ucxt pair is on the south side, but near to the first. Ii> size and appearance they represent the tracks of a child fifteen or eighteen months old. Tho truck of tho right foot of this nuir is hirnnd it? o li??l? >1... ? .... 1 > ? uvw IU U iivblb UU & lie bU^9| UU<i ^ the toes of that foot uro turned down, as tvo j often see childret^fhea first Ui??utug k<^\valk t endeavor to clutuh the floor with their toes, . as if to avoid falling or slipping. Tho l topographical relation of these tracks to tho , largo ones indicates that the chil 1 might ( have been holding to the finger or hand of t tho larger porsou. ( "South of these little tracks, but ucar to t them, is the third pair, indicating a child t some fodV to six yoars old. These last wore | made by a beautiful pair of feet, an l are as pretty tracks as a child ever made in the | dust or soft earth. AW/?f those tracks aro | withiu three or four feet of the edge of | the precipice ou the eastern side, as already discribod. Hut I have said there was a half track, which is the most interesting -fe??*Mra*x>n~CJB tablet 'Tills half1, track tr ' printed on the very edge of tho precipice* and represents the heel and hinder half of the foot from the middle ofthoiuslep back, | and wonld indicate that the toes and front | part of the loot projected over the precipice or that the rock had brukeu off at that, poiut This halftrack is of the largo size lb at, or . foot of the adult person, and immediately ( in front of the largo pah of tracks alro.nly ( mentioned." Stirring Itusu Nkws.?Dublin, December 16. t -?TtMOfficial gazette {Mihlishm an nr<lor ilirect- i iug the forfeiture of all copies of tiio frith World of December Uth, for the reason, as the orJer states, that tliov contain m-?i(?! ;r,?.?- - I * - ?" "5 " ???D of violence anil intimidation. Mr. Jenkiuson, director of the criminal investigation department, Mr. Curron, .Queeu's counsel, and Mr. i Mallon, superintendent of detective*, resumed ?W*ir>pri*NU^Jnquiry today. They havo received information of tlie gxiatencoof tw; secret ( organizations iu Dublin, the object OT"One tmtrrg the overthrow of the government in a fair fight, and that of the other the assassination of inform- 1 ers. The disclosures have laid bare an extraordinary state of things, but the police are resolutely eilent as to thevparticulars of the facts revealed. A Tiirbat of Rktribdtion-? London,December 10.?A letter sijued Rory IIills was received ( at the Homo office last evening, threatening that within the next few days one or more of the 1 Government offices, or some other large building, would he set on Ore as a retribution Tor the execution of tbo three ; en in Ualway yesterday for the murder of the Joyce family, The polioe at the Government offices liavo consequently been doubled in number. DnofcsD to Dkath-?Dublin, Deocmber 10. ?Thomas Iliggins was oonvicte l and sentenced to death to day for patioipation in the murder I of the two Huddys, Lord Ardtlluun's bailiffs, i Alligator Huxtino.?The business ofkillirg and catching alligatois provides occupation for qnlfe a number of persons in our State. The hide of a large alligator is worth $1 to $2. It ie almost a day's task to skiu a large one. Alligator oil, wbioh haa at first a most unpleasant metl, is much valued as a remedy for rhoutna lism. Fishermen sometimes eat portions of the animal's body. The flosh of the tail, when oonU ed, it said 'o be like veal in look and like pork in taste. Yonng onos are bought by dealers at from $2 to $4 a doxen, if not over one foot in length. They fetch a much higher priee when retailed, as they arc hard to keep alive. There I is an tnoreaso in the selling price of &Q cents to 91 for every additional foot over a certain length. Alligalets sixteen to eighteen inches long at<9 often found by doxene in shallow water, and they may bo handled without trouble, provided the old one does not take alarm. Most ailigatbr (letters are usually turtle hunters as well, pulling out the animals from holes with a hooked pale. 1c*?? ' ' i $ 1% jlKT.i %v; ' ' * Two Okatoks.?The Philadelphia / ' :ori1 says, and says truly, tli.it no one who h: a ;vor heard llub lugorsoll lecture will deny hat ho is a rare orator?tli it his word painting is wonderful and his cloqucuce intrauciug. The /{rcon/, however, quotes 1 passage from a seruun delivered Suud iy tiefore last at Kausas City, Mo., by a Catholic priest, Rev Father David S. Phelcu, jf St. Louis, which is quite equal to any thin?r Iuircrsoll has si'n 1 IT ivtni* uccoel.wl that the idea of the soul and the faith iu its immortality must havo coiuo down from above, as earth eould uot havo taught it, uor could death havo inspired it, the reverend Father said: If there is no hereafter, theu life is one long debauch, and the highest education is to know how to find and how bcsr ut "enjoy pleasure. If there is uo hcrcaflor; virtue is a deceit n id heroism is a lie. See that youug man bleeding from a hundred wouuds. lie died in defence of a sister's honor. If there is no hereafter, that noblest of deeds will gi lorcvcr uurcwarded. Seo that youug sis tcr iu the hospital bending over a victim jf the plague; to morrow she will succumb, rnd a rapid ride and a busty sepulture will reward her devotion. It there is no hereifter, her charity met a sorry requital. S e that uian holding r.u affrightedjchild at the wiudow of a burning building. lie holds it long enough for a sturdy companion to grasp it from below, mod he tbcu falls back nto bis fiery tomb. If there is no bcrelflcr, sucb'sacrifice is heartless and unmeanug cruelty. See that Jroop of soldiers marching by to the beatiug of the drum, fheii country has called, end ^they go to jc ion a Dcr honor on tho battle field. They "olfow.that fla g into^the thick of the fight, ind when the buglo sounds tho retreat cw return from^the carnage. Those brave loldiers^died with their faccs^to the fee, and i smile was stamped on their features in loath. If there is no hereafter, their he' oisui was suicide ami their courage a mock :ryoffato. K irthly life is closed in death he grave terminates all consort and usaoriution with tlii;igs\>f time, but, w.iftcd. ibove the bier, tho wreck, the tomb, fl >ats he sweet voice of God, saying: "I aui the ifo." Contrast ilie rtbivc with the following from one ofOolouol lugersoll's lectures, and beautiful aud '.ondor as is the language o the infidel orator, that <>f Father Phclan loses nothing by tbu comparison : Next to eternal joy; next to being foreve with those we lure aui tho-e who hire tjyc ur; uox.1 10 tuat id to bo wrapped in the dream Jiko drapery of eternal doath. Upon the sh id >wy sh >re of death the sea o trouble oasts no wave. Eyes that have boon uncurtained by the everlasting dark will never know again the touch of tears. Lips that have boon touchod by the ctorual lilooco will never utter another word ol ijriof. Hearts of d i ' do not break. The lead do uot weep. A Weddino # Interrupted.?By tLc way, Ballard Simtli tells a story ofi North Carolina wedding. It runs this way : It was i.i the Carolina backwoods, a country couple and a country parson. Though a Baptist, the minister wore an old surplice, When he h id finished the ceremony he Buid : "An' thetn'uoa who God hath joined"? "Stop lhar, parsoo,'' ?-er**? i "don't say thom'uns ; say these'uns !" "Jo in," said the pursuit, "f-tech you al school, and I say theui'uus." Theso'uns," shouted the groom, drawing his pistol. The parson seeing the inovoment fired through his surplice and the grooui dropped lead?winging the parson as ho went down There was a lively fusilade of perhaps thirty shots. When the suioko cleared away t half jloaen men were on the floor. Th( bride peeping over the pulpit to which slu had fled for rof'uge, gazed mournfully or ,i... J ? - biiu auuuu aiiu n;iii| . "Theui a self cock in' pistols is a playin hell with my prospects!" Of course tlio story is an impossible one and yet, said Mr. Smith : "That is the staple story of the South that is circulated and believed throughout the North. While Buoh a thing could hardily huve happened in Nor'h Carolina any more than in New York tho average Northern man smilei incredulously when you tell hiu) that the performance is improbable at a Carolina wedding." An csthctio invitation to dinnor conclu ded with those words: "I havo aakoi four wiuds to uieot you." "Thanks," re plied the unoultured one, "I'm awful so.r; not to come, but havo already accepted ai invitation to dine with four stoumohs th same nlgfct." Lime shnu'd only be npp'ied in a finel divided condition and not in small lump: as is frequently the case. Tho Gncr th particles the more immediate its notion. * .* 4-"; v << i 1 Aiivick to a You no Man ? D-ut be mean, iny boy; don't do mean ?1iinj;f?. Culj tiviite a feelinj; of kindness, a spirit ofcharI ity broad and pure f.,r men and tilings. Believe ihe hc.-t of overybo ly, have faith I in humanity, and as you think better I of other people, you will bo better yourself I You can, with some accuracy, measure a man's character by the esteem iu wbicli lie holds other men. Whou I hear a mau repeatedly declaring that all other men are knaves, I want a strong endorsement on that mau's paper before I'll lend him money. When a man asures me that ail tlio tiuiperanca men in the town take their drinks ou th sly, I wouldn't leave that I m.ii. aim uty private ueunjoliu?it L had one?together in a rooui Gvc minutes. When a man tells uie that he docen't know oue preacher who isn't a hypocrite, I havo all the evidence I want that that man is a 1 liar. Nine times in ten, and frequently ' ofteucr, you will find that men endeavor to my boy, think well and charitably of people, for the world is full of good people. Aud if you arc mean, you cannot conceal it. People will know it. Oar unfortunate human fondness for gossip always puts ua in posessiou of all the worser qualities of each other. Don't you and yonr intimato friends, my boy, discus-? (be weak and evil points in your niighbor character? Of course you do; and wheu you arc the absent cue, bo assured, Teleniachus, that your friends are in like manner dissecting you. Iudccd tbey are. They know all about you, and that which you would havo least known, they know the best. And, at any rate, my sou, you know it, and that is enough. Sometimes I wonder what a mean man thinks about when ho goes to bed. Wlion he turns out the light aud lies down. When the darkness closes in about him and he is alone and oompellcd to be honest with himself. And not * bright thought, not a manly act, uot a word | of blessing, not a grateful look, comes to bless him again. Not a penny dropped into the outKtrochcd ,uxvn t povorty, nor the bairn of a loving w rd dropped into an achiog heart; no sunbeam of encouragement cast upon a struggling life; no strong right hand of fellowship reached out to help some fallen man to bis feet?when none of these thirgs come to him as the "God bless you" of the departed day, how he must hatu himself. How hj must try to roll awry from himself and sleep ou the other side of the bed. When tho only victory he cau think of ' is some tnean victory, in which ho has wronged a neighbor, no wouder he always sneers . when he tries tosmile. How pure and fair and good all the rest of the world must look to him, and how chccr'csi a .d dusty and dreary must his own path appoar. Why, , even one lone, isolated act of meanu ss is f euough to scatter cracker cruuibs in tho bed of the average, ordinary man, and what must be the feelings of a man whose whole life is given up to menu acts ? When thcro is ^ so much suffering and heartache and misory * -a th " vrn"* 1. nnjrha-v. v?hjr chculd y^u add I one pound of wickedness or sadness to tho general burden? Don't bo mean, my boy. p Suffer injustice a thousand times rather than commit it once?liurllnyton I la to key e JiETTKii Than Politics.?We 60 hearttily and thoroughly] endorse the following sentiment from the Now York Star, that F we copy the extract in which it is ccnt vcycd, as a substitute for anything that wo may say on the subject, and earnestly comi mend its perusal to our young men : Young men of intelligence and culture and noblo purpose can earn more money honestly, preserve their self-respect better, build up hap-' pier homes, and Jo more for the wot Id out of pclitics than in it. And the steady ten^ deucy in this country is to reduce political reputations to their proper dimensions, and increase the importance of private enternrfs/v The man who buijds up a great productive ' industry, giving employment to hundreds of people ; who makes a useful invention which adds to human comfort and power > who achieves distinction in any of the pro1 fessions or arts ; who does anything anywhere for the good of his fellow-men, wius ^ a surer and and ir ore satisfying reward than any ordinary political success can bring.? Whilo every American citizen should take an active interest in politics, all who have talent and education and industry and churn actor, and means to prcservo their honesty and self respect, should shuu pililioi as a 1 business." ' A writer in an oxchangc paper says . [ disoovorod many y"a s ago that wood , could be made to 'an longer than iron io s the ground, but thought tho process ho 1 simple that it w is u >L woil to mike a s: r i about it. Tho posts can bo prepared for | lass than two cents apioce. This is the ' recipe : Tuko bailed linseed oil nud stir i in pulvorizod coal t > the consistency of paint, i Put a coat of this over tho lirnbor, and \ there is not a man that will live to see it rot' Under obligation : "Oh, yes," Vo said, "I would lend Fred tho monoy if It wasn't 1 for ono consideration. [ lute to pot my? self under such obligations to a nan. If I i 1 >an him the monoy I should have to assoa oiute with hiui right along, so as to striko O tho first diAiinn nf aPAti.ii>>* it Ko/?lr " "o ?? ?/???. Odo of the Lest methods of keeping ma^ ouro is t?> hoTO it undor a leaky roof, which q koi ps it umist, but prevents washing mid dteuchiug by ;ainy. J