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TWO DOLLARS I'EU ANNUM, j. QOD A-ND OUR OOTJISri'RY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. }? VOLUMES. SATURDAY MORNING; ?NE 20,! 1874. " NUMBER 20 The Husband's Lesson. The ringing of the door bell has a pleasant sound to me, more particularly in my idie moods. Like an unopened letter, there is a mystery about it, and ouc waits with o pleasurable excitement to see who or,what is CjOtniug. Returning home one-day earlier than usual, I found that my wife had gone out; and while idly waiting her return the door-bell rang. 1 waited expectant until Mary appeared with a note, con taiuiog a request from my old friend, Cicoigo 1-'??, to rido out to his residence in the country tho next day, and to bring my wife with me. I was much pleased, not so much on account of any pleasure which it might give my wife, but because I thought I needed a day's recreation, and in the lovely sum mer time, the country has peculiar charms for inc. Hut the next morning everything seemed to go wrong. Alice could hot accompany mo, and I could not get oil" as early as 1 wished ; consequently 1 was fretful and peevish, and Alice seemed to reflect my humor, for she never seemed to be so uoamiuble. At lcJ2?^I'-.iMffyvert 1'd'rovu "attay. tlmugji not in a very pleasant mood. It was a lovely day; and as I rode along, noting the beauties of the landscape, my memo ry went back unbidden to the time when 1 wooed aud won my bride. Oh ! how lovely Alice was then ! 1 thought. And Oh ! how happy we were ! But that- was long ago. No : is it possible; we huvc been married only three years j Aud 1 felt a sharp pang as I contrasted tho past with the present, to think that ?wc could settle down into the common place life we now led. We had no serious trouble ; we did .zktiOt quarrel; though when I felt cross, or thiugs did not suit me, I t mk no pains to conceal it, aud often spoke harshly to Alice, who sometimes replied in the same spirit, and sometimes with tears. Yet we were generally goo 1 fricuds. Still, the charm, the tender ness of our early love had imperceptibly vanished. I had become careless about my personal appearance at home and Alice was almost equally negligent. Her beautiful brown liuir, which she used to wear in the most becoming curls, was now usually brushed plainly behind her ears, uulcss she was going out or expected company. I dismissed the subject with a sigh, ns I drew up at my friend's gate, with the reflecth n that it was the same with all married people?must be so, in fact; for how, could romance and sentiment find a place among so many prosy reulities ? I suppose wc ate as happy as any body; aud yet it was not the kind of life that I had looked forward to with so many bright anticipations. My friend greeted me with great ooidiality. In tho hull we met Mrs I-, looking fresh and lovely in her pink muslin w rapper, with her jetty huir in tasteful braids. She reproved tue playfully for not bringing my wife with mo, chatted a few minutes, and then flitted uwuy, while my friend led aflio ^'ty to the library. As we entered :the room I noticed a vase of bright flowers on the table, imparting an air of taste and cheerfulness to tho apartment. I mado some remark about it, to which my friend responded : 'Yes, 1 urn very fond of flowers, and like tu see them in the house ; and as 1 spend much lime here, my wife always keep:? a vase of them ou the table us Jong us they last. After dinner we walked out into the grounds which were quite extensive, and most tastefully arranged. There W?s o great variety of flowers in bloom, tomi I noticed thutL- selected [here and there tho finest, until he had a .handsome bouquet. When wc reached the house Mrs. L. twos on the steps. Her husband, still continuing our conversation, gave her iiie flowers with a smilo ; and holding up a spray of oiimson bciries, which he hud broken off, cits bent her head while ho fastened it among tho dark braids of her hair. It was a trifling incident, yet their i manner arrested my alheutiou, Had I L been a stranger, I would have pro I uounccd them lovers, instead of sober I married people. All through tho duy I ? UOticcd the Ei'inc delicate attention und refereucc iu their deportment to each other. There was nothing of which the most fastidious guest could complain; yet, while showing me the most cordial attention, they did uot ignore each other's existence, as married people too often Hcom to do. I had never before visited my friend at his country home, ami was very much pleased with it. I said so, after dinner, as we strolled out into the woods. 'Yes,' he said, ll think it is pleasant j 'and,' he added, I believe I am a con totted mau. .So far, 1 am not disap pointed in life.' 'How long have you been married?' I asked. 'Ten years.' 'Well,' I pursued, 'canyou tell me whence is the bright atmosphere that surrounds your home ? J ell me how you and your excellent wife manage to retain the depth of your early Iovo as you seem to do? I should think the wear and tear ol life would dim it some what. I uevcr before saw a home where my ideal of domestic happiness was realized. It is what 1 have dreamed of. but have not yet been permitted to cnjoy/ , _ , friend s trailed, on if poin'tiTrg^'r^ *aj thrifty grape-vine climbing over a neat lattice, and loa led with fruit, said : 'That viue needs careful attention, and if cared for, it is what you see it, but if neglected, how soon would it become a worthless thing ! So tin: love which to all, at aume peril d, is the most precious thing iu life, and which needs so much care to keep itunimpuir cd, is generally neglected. Ah ! my dear fellow, it is little nets?trifles? that so often estrange loving hearts. 1 have always made it a point to tre.it my wife with the same courtesy that char uctcrized my deportment in the days of our courtship ; nnd while I am careful not to offend her tastes aud little prcju dices, I am sure that mine will \>: equal ly respected. Moreover, instead of treating her as an iuferrior?as a mere slave, bound to obey my every behest? I realize the fact that she is my equal, and, as such, has as much right to a voice iu the management of our daily affairs as I have. By this means, my dear friend, we manage to live happily together, and to show to those around us that there is still in the world such u thing us domestic happiness aud com fort.* That night I rode homeward ponder iug over what 1 had seen aud heard ; and reviewing the years of our married life, I was surprised at my owu blind uess, and determined, if possible, to recall the early dream. The next morning, at breakfast, 1 astonished sweet Alice by a careful toilette, chatted over the dinner, and after tea, invited her out to take a walk. When she came down, arrayed iu my favorite drops, with her hair in shining curls, I thought she had never looked lovelier. I exerted myself, as of old, to entertain her, and was surprised to find how quickly the evening passed. I resolved to tost my friend's theory perfectly, and the result exceeded my most sanguine expectations. For all the little nameless atteusious, so grati ly ing to a woman's heart, aud so universal ly accorded by the lover aud neglected by the husband, 1 find myself repaid a thousandfold; aud I would advise all who are sighing over tho uou fulfillment of their early dreams, to go and do like wise; remembering that what is worth UBing is worth keeping. I The report of some re marks of John Bright, at u tempcruuee meeting in Lon don, as given in our foreign telegrams this week, contains some points that may well be considered by tho more uggrcssivo of tho lrionds of temperance in this country. Iu a war against the use of intoxicating drinks public optu ion is the only effective weapon, aud this euu not be orcutcd by oppressive or violent measures, l'utience, aud earnest, unceasing work will be the means of accomplishing tho results desired by the temporanco people, if those results arc over accomplished. Excessive cxertiou often leads to a congested state oi tho luugs, aud defi cieut exercise is capahlo of produeiug tubercles in the samo organs through nutritional alterations. A Uood Opportunity for Land Owners. Dr. Win. F. Barton the President of the Orungeburg Agricultural and Me chanical Association is now on a visit to friends and relatives in tho west of Eng land. At a mooting of the Board of Directors held .shortly bofore his depar ture, he introduced the suhjoct of obtain ing additional labor, and kindly offered to further any plan for the ctioouragc mcut of foreign immigration that might seem practicable- After a considerable discussion, the Board resolved, in ac cepting his-suggestions and assistance to reccommoud the plan sot forth in this article to the planters and la-.d owners of Orungeburg County, The west of England teems with a thrifty and industrious farming popula tion, such as would be especially valua ble in our sparsely settled County. Many are actuated by a spirit of Enter prise, and arc desirous of trying their fortutus in the New World across the waters. In England, the average wagosofa common farm hand is about ?(.'18 per j^uvrL s^-JOi-a^ur _e urrcncy, "rji^JUiO^, J itb food and lodging lound: for a servant waman, to attend to a dairy, cooking, washing, &c, about ?C12 per year (say 800.); for a boy, or half hand, say 850 per year, and found as above. They live iu tho same house with their em ployer, have special sleeping apartments i and take their meals in the kitchen. Their food consists principally of wheat bread, cheese- beans 'irish potatoes and meat, with beer or cider. They acldom use cither tea or coffee, a kind of light beer which is made in that country bring their usual beverage instead. It is the custom of English fanner to employ ono man, one woman and one boy as servants, who live on the nrcnii wes. The majority of tho laborers live in cottages near the farms where they work, for which cottage thoy pay rent Irom X'l to .CO per year, according to size and convenience. This is in our money, from ?1 to 8'J par month. They hire thoir services to the farmers by the day or week, and during the busy sea son command the following wages, viz: (!o0v\ hands iu harvest time from 10 to 24 shilling per week, say 85 t? 87. Mowers get from 5 to 0 shillings per day say ?1,50 for a days work. Women du ring harvest get about 18 pence per day about 45 cents. These wages are paid only during the busy season;?after har vest time, and during the winter there is very little demand lor Agricultural labor. Undurdruiniug, hedging and ditching, aud breaking up lands when the frost will permit are about all that cau be done in wintar, outside of tho regular work dune by tho pcrtua ment hands on the rurtn, who are gener ally a man, a woman cud a bow, as above stated. A great deal of attention is paid to sheep rajsing, good shop herds got stea dy employment at about Id shillings a week, say 8375, with extras during lamb ing time. The principal products are hay, wheat oats, r)e barley, irish potatoes, turnips and boets. The foregoing sketch, from data fur nished by Dr Barton will give a general idea of the probable expectiotis of such laborers, should they come among us to seek employment and homes. It is to be remembered that the cli mate of England like that of tho North em States of the Union, does not admit of field labor but for a part of the year; and it will be noticed that laborers are puid more or iess, according as they aro engaged Ibra single day, a week or Ja longer period. The wages aro soino times paid in monoy, sometimes partly in money, aud partly in so much beer or cider; in othor rospects laborers by the day or weok find themselves. It is to be presumed that iu a climate suoh as ours, whereby steadier employment for a longer season may ^bo assured, that the woges would bo proportionately less per week or month. The Board of directors proposo to their ^follow citizens of Orungeburg County to send on to Dr. Bartou, auy communication in writing, signed by a reasonable party, making a distinct, pro position for tho employment of laborers, leasing of lands, selling of land"for cash or ou tim c, giving of lands iu cousidcra tj?u of the Bottlem 8nt and roproviug of the lauds giving, work on shareB, or, in fiuc, any proposition which any land owner or planter may sec fit to mako. Dr. Barton offers to jsubmit tho propo sals sent on to suoh of the English labo rcrs as are thinking of coming to this country, to eulighten them as to mat leiB they may doBiro to know, and to make enquiries ns to tho character and merits of such as evincc^a deposition to give South Carolina a trial. Ho will re inaiu in England until about the la9t of August and it is 'desirable thnt every one, who wishes to embrace this oppor tunity', should prepare this opportunity, should prepare his statements and pro posals by tl.o first of July, so that they can be forwarded in good time. Dr. Burton hiihsolf expects to ongago one or two* families: and the Board would suggest that it might work w,dl for two or three land owners in the same neighborhood to unite iu this en tcrpriso, and oaoh offer to employ, or rrrvide (or the location of, at least one family. In this way, two or more fa mi lies will be near each other' aud there will be more chance of their settling permanently among us, as they will n< t SW.-n^^i'^ujated whon they have so no of their own peoplo^ynoar by. The undersignodw'wili take pleasure in forwarding any communications which may be baud d to thle,"> ftnd ia Pivi"S any further iufbnnaiV" i[1 thoir P?wer coiiceri/ing'j?i's subject E.g. W. BttTfrriVUX^ Jacob G. Wanna make!) Mono an J. Keller. Lawrkncf, It. Beckwitii, 0. %ItlLEY. Samuel Diuule. What Sev^ii 1 ? ? "^"^rp-? A recent - English book, 'Facta, non Vcrha,' contains the history of the Philanthropie labors ofbcvco English women. It is full of intorost, not only for its facts, but for its inferences. Believers and disbelievers in the en franchiscmeut of women can draw argu iiients from it. It will delight the for tner by proving?to their satisfaction, at least.?that women can plan and cxeute as well as men. It will convince the latter that the proper field for femi nine energy is philanthropy, not polities. The Atheiucum : 'If the volume does nothing else, it at any rate gives us a new notion of how much there is for women to do, and how much a woman can do it she is in earnest about her work.' Miss Rye bega 1 her efforts a few years ago. She bad a capital of X.~7>0 Its lasting capacity has been as niiracul ous as that of the'Widow Crude's oil.' She has helped ITS governesses to emigrate to the British colonies, where they have all, mainly through her efforts, found employment. She has put 1,500 English women into good places as do | mcstics, in Australia and New Zealand. She has personally taken to Canada a.id placed iu respectable families 1,200 children of the London streets. Niu j tenths of them are girls,'who, but for their benefactress' efforts, were condemn ed inevitably to a life of the lowest degradation.' Miss Macphcrsou has done the same good work foi 1,800 children. Miss Chandler decided, some years since, to found a charity for the par aly/.ed. There was then no such t ing ill London. She began by taking care of a poor paralyzed carpeuter. As fast us she could, she assumed charge of more paralytics, one by one. She has now opened a hospital for paralysis au I epilepsy, in Queen's square, London. It is not excelled by any of tho same sort iu the world. She has also established a convalescent hospital, which is doing great good. She has, moreover, secured the endowment of forty-eight poruuiicat anuutius for incurable paralytics and epilepticB. She is now collecting a large amount of moucy to be applied iu this same way. Miss Gilbert, a blind lady, opened a bliud school iu Uolboru ecller, for which she paid eighteen pence u week. She has uow a thousand pupils, whom feho has taught to support themselves. They maintain the institution that gives them a home, an educatiou, aud an occupation. Its maintenance costs Jl'8,000 a year. This work of a poor bliud woman may fairly be. compared with any of the marvels history records, as wrought by blind men. Wc admire tho sightiess King of Bohemia, with his blazoned motto Tch Diem,' for his dauntless ride to death on tho battle field of Crecy ; but here is a blind wo man who puts that motto into practice, and saves life instead of destroying it. Mrs. Hilton has built up a dry nursery at Katcliffe. It is one of tho best ol its kind, and has served as a mo.lei for many. Miss Cooper has opened and managed a combined club, reading-room, and lecture course for costcrinongcrs. Miss Whatcly has organized great schools for Moham medan children at Cairo. The author closes his account of the work these seven women have done in those words: 'It may be said that there arc many others who would have furnished me with good types of the philanthropic Kujjlish woman, quite equal in the magnitude of their labors to tho e I have mentioned, but those whom I wish to take as my types are those who have had to fight their way up against diffi cultics. frequently themselves in rc stricted cireumstauces, and not those whoso position and wealth rcudor phil anthropic efforts less onerous.' Thcso great works are the fruit of purely feminine effort. They have bceu planned by women and wrought by wo men. The author of 'Facta, uoti Verba' cousiders them us a proof that women can do better by themselves, unfettered by conventual rules; than when orga.11 ized in masses. It is, he says, a simple Hfc^e of three sum. If Miss live and M issT^Lpcpbcrson have cared for o, 000 children, fif\*y-J"?u?cn ought to care for 7f),0UD. What Tist>trJjujod, fifty strong, has done so H Tho ecouotn^#rCt^ko good is another strong poiut. If tho Lmftlou .charities which are supported ..by tusv atiou were managed as well, the tax payers of the city would save .?500,000 yearly. The fact is of moment here, in view of the damaging di. closures .fames Gordon Bennett has made in regard to the charitable organizations of the K?st. .Some of them piy iu salaries for every dollar spent in their nominal work. There is a Bible society in Virginia which is said to sjiend Si) in order to iu duce its self denying agents to buy and distribute one dollar's Worth of Bibles. There arc Jew men who would be ?Iis posed, save for fear of establishing a pre ecdetit that might be abused, to deny the suffrage to the seven women whose work we have here outlined. There are few who would wish to deny it to a femi nine lawyer who had gained :i suit for them, or a feminine doctor who had cured their wives when masculine skill had proved vain. Themoral is not haul to draw. American wom-m will find that the franchise is to be gained by Jirttt, not verbn?deeds, not words.? Chicago Tribune. Desperate and Fatal Fight Will? a fjiitiatif. John Nolan, a demented man who has been frequently arrested iu West Baltimore on account of his sayagj tern pernmcut, committed a terrible assault of Officer Jumos M. Richardson, of the North western Police District, on last Saturday evening, and the officer is so seriously injured that he is not expected to recover. It seems that Nolan, on Saturday evening went to market with his mother, and, after carrying the mar kcting tOM his father's house, on Druid Hill avenue, near Preston street, he went into the kitchen iu the rear of the housa and picked up a hatchet, which he concealed under his oout. He then returned to the dining room, | where the family were at supper, and pulling tho weapon from under'his coat, struck n terrible blow at his father, who was sea ted at the head of the table. Fortunate I ly tho hat,diet slipped iu his hand, aud tho odge glauced^along by the side of the father's head, inflicting a piiuful but not scr.ou8 scalp wound. Before young Nolan could follow up tho blow, tho entire family lied from tho house. Young Nolan then fastened the front door, and retreated to tho baok yard, where ho sat dowu. In tho meantime officer Richardson, who had just answer od roll call at the station houso, and was on his w*y home, heard the cries of the frightened family, at ouce hastened in that direction. ETc found the front door locked, and while he was endeavoring to foree an entrance, Sergeant Schultz and officer Hays ^arrived. Officer Richard son was stationed at the front door, while Sergeant Schultz and officer Hays wont to the back yard, and on climbing over the fence found Nolau bitting, in tho yard. Heat once jumped up and com menced an assault upon Sergeant Schultz with the hatchet.! Schultz caught up a chair.that was standing .in the yard and^succeaded in parrying'the blows until Officer Hnys cam.o A&.rbja assistance. Nolau then .rau into the house, aud closed and locked the door. Sergeant Schultz immediately returned to the front door, leaving Hays in the rear. Officers Schultz and Riohard?on then put their shoulders to tho front do n- and burst it in. Nolan, who was standing near tho door, at onco struck at Schultz, who, iu attempting to ward off the blow, slipped aud fell fro-n Che steps, the hatchet striking his right wrist, inflicting a flesh wound. Imme diatcly Nolau turned savagely upon. Richardson, and struck him upon the back part of the hoad, fracturing the skull ann inflicting a ghastly wound four inches in length. Strange to say officer Richardson did not fait but suocosded in knocking down with his stiok, and before the mad man could riso from the ground, he was securely tied with, a ciotlics line. By this time an excited crowd of some tour or five hundred poo pie had collected around the house, and several pcrsous were so much excited-as to propose the hanging of the roan at once. Finally, however, ho was romov ed to the Northwester n police station, where be will remain until to day, and then be sent to the Rayview asyiuin. Officer Richardson was attended by Drs JiV inslow ajgd Atkinson^ ajter^ wjhich. ho was removed to bis li?tac at No. 117 Druid Hill avenue His physicians state that there are but slight hopes of his recovery. ..mnnB - The Chicago Tunes publishes several i columns of crop reports from various points throughout the States of Illinois, fowa, Wisconsin, Indiana. Minnesota and Kansas, from which it appears that, on au average of wheat sown is much iu excess of that of last year, and that the yield promises to be quite up to the average. In corn,oats and barley, fully an average amount of land has been seeded, and the crop will be large. Fruits of all descriptions never looked better. In several counties iu Iowa, Kansas aud Minnesota, grasshoppers and chinch bugs have made their appear ance. A year or two ago W. D. Mitchell, a carpet bag planter near Macon, GaM boasted openly that he had seduced tho daughter of Dr. John Rull, of the same neighborhood, and, hearing of the boast, I>r. Hull sent Mit obeli word that ho meant, to kill hint on sight. One day last week Mitchell was riding aloug, when a gun went off in the bushes aod he fell dead in the road. Dr. Rull was arrested, but he needn't be scared. The Georgia juror who would convict a man for shooting another man for seducing his daughter was kicked to death by a well educated mule more than forty years ago. Last Friday [an sged crippled lady named Donaldson, residing on her plan lution near Island Tcnu, was brutally murdered by a young man named Mur phy, who went to the bouse for the pur pose of robbing Mrs Donaldson, who was quite wealthy. Ho kuocked her down with a club, aud then took an axe and split her bead open. The Amoeba fouud among tho inuf soia, represents the lowest form of aui mal life. It has no particular shape al tering its form momentarily, and moves by this curious moans of progross ion. ? Ii???. -. ? ii?ii i ? . The Vermont siato Agriculfural So cicty has voted that a herd of cattle shall consist of ono bull not loss than ouo yoar old, two cows two two year old heifers, two yearling heifors,and two calves of either box. ?- ? ??! ??.?????? Tn bowiug to a lady, three inches is the attitude to lift your hat'